The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-09-22

of last week.
/ Brakeman Ray Mcdonald left
| Wednesday for Golconda, Illinois, tC
| there join his wife and children who
are on visit to Mr.. McDonald's
old home town.
Brakeman Ed Mansker, with his
family moved the first Of the week
to Paducah, where he takes the
passenger run as fiagman with Con-
ductor O. L. Wallace.
Johnnie P. Henson, a former Lex
ington boy, now a resident of Besse-
mer. Ala, the Pittsburg of the
South, arrived here Monday to visit
old friends and relatives.
DR.. W.U.McKenzie. merchant and
practicing physician Of the Center
Point community, was here Monday
en- route for Nashville, accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Exile.
Rev. Fred H. Peoples is assisting
Rev. I. F. Maxedon in a meeting
on the Dancyville Circuit. near
Stanton, this week. He and family
will return to Lexington Saturday.
The first frost of the season was
observed by many last Saturday
morning. Several farmers have
noted the effect Of Jack Frost's bite
on green corn leaves and other ten
der Vegetation.
Mrs. B. F. Page has received from
Broken Arrow, Okla. the unwelcome
news that her Aunt, Mrs. Nan Cred
gington, has suffered a second stroke
Of paralysis from which she is in a
critical condition.
Mrs. Mae Hassell, of Clifton, has
returned from a trip to California.
Mrs. Hassell is a daughter Of the
late E. E. Tarbet, of Saltillo, and
has many friends and several rela-
tives in Lexington.
We are requested to announce
regular services at Chapel Hill Bap-
fist church next Sunday afternoon
at 2.30 o'clock. The members are
urged to be present to attend to
important business matters.
Our good friend Esq. N. A. Gard
ner, of the Juno vicinity, was in
Lexington Tuesday and gave this
office a call. For thirty-two years
Esq. Gardner has been good friend
and patron of The PROGRESS.
Subject Of sermon at morning
service, M. E. Church, South, next
Sunday, The Boldness Of Christ"
subject at evening hour, Thorn or
Fir Tree?" Everybody invited to
these and all services of the church.
Julian Jones, of Sardis, Jerome
Powers, Of Reagan, and Joe, John,
and Felix DAVIS, left for Knoxville
Monday to enter the University Of
Tennessee. Robert Powers,of Reagan,
left Saturday for the same sbhool.
Miss Lucille Brown left Tuesday
for Nashville to take special course
in music and other studies in the
Ward-B Belmont School for Young La
dies. Miss Brown has marked talent
for the divine art OF music and
will give it sbecial attention.
Merchant W. A. Bobbitt, across
the street says: Both Of my boys,
Arthur and Luther, are in school at
the West Tennessee Normal at
Memphis, and miss them Mr..
Bobbitt's two sons are genuine cred
it to him-as they would be to
any father.
Esq. Jesse M. Kennedy, Of the old
10th district of Decatur county,
came to Lexington Wednesday from
his home to bring to the railroad
his daughter, Mrs. Lester Russell,
to return to her home in Dyers-
burg. Esq. Kennedy is great friend
of County Judge W. H. Lancaster.
Our townsman Jack Tennessee,
has a brother in the State guards,
member Of cavalry Troop B., which
was organized at Chattanooga. Mr..
Tennessee and wife went to the de-
pot last Friday night to see Brother
Vernon who, with his troop, was on
the!way to the Mexican border.
Mrs. S. A. Mcdonald, who had
been at the DAVIS Hotel for several
days visiting her sister, Mrs. 7. w.