The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-18


ray, accompanied by his brother
Elder Billie Pope, of Pope. Perry
county, was in Lexington Monday
Elder Pope preached in Luray Sun
day night to a good sized congrega.
ton and was given the closest and
most respectful attention Elder
Pope is minister of the Primitive
Baptist church.
Melton Delaney of Greenville,
Texas, arrived here Wednesday and
spent the night with his nephew,
is. A. McNatt, going on to Sardis
Tuesday. Mr.. Delaney left this
county 80 years ago and has not
been back but once since, that be-
ing eleven years ago, on the occa-
sion of the death of his sister, Mrs
M. F. McNatt Of Sardis.
CHIEF FLOUR-24-pound Sack
for S1.05; Barrel for 1925. The
highest grade, fanciest patent sold
in Lexington. Specially milled for
hieh-elass bakings- cakes, pastries
and biscuits. Lay in a supply of
flour now if you want to save mon
ey. Use one sack of Chief Flour
and you will join his tribe, for he is
Chief of Them ALL" Sold by Lex
ington Feed Co.
Guy Youngerman, who has de-
voted the summer to the study of
Jaw in the office of Hon. John F.
Hall, left Wednesday for Huntland,
Franklin county, where he will re-
sumo his work as teacher of English
in the Franklin County High School.
Mr.. Y0ungerman expects to enter
law school next year. He has
scores of friends here who have
great faith in his future.
H. E. Riley, Mrs. Riley and their
son, John, have moved to Luray,
where Mr.. Riley and John will run
a blacksmithing business. 1t is
with deep regret that we lose Mr..
Riley from Lexington, for he has
been to us true, tried and valu-
able friend-beside the fact that
we hold his family in the highest
esteem. The removal of Mr.. Riley
is Lexington's loss and Luray's
gain. May they live long and
prosper.
Mrs. j. H. Stout and son, Wylie,
and daughter, Mrs. Logan Mcmillan,
passed through Lexington Monday
on their week to visit Mrs. Stout's
brother, j. 7. Reeder, at Smithsonia,
Alabama. Tom Reeder, long since
a successful man of business, got
his first experience by playing the
devil" in the Office of the Decatur
Beacon, published in Decaturville
from 1881 to 1884 by the pres
ent publisher of the Lexington
PROGRESS. ,s.~, ass,iAsux~4
The cottage residence belonging
to Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper Sweat at
Hlnson Springs was destroyed by
fire of unknown origin last Sunday |
morning at $50 o'clock. The house
was furnished but not occupied and
Mr.. Sweat says the loss will total
about $4,000, with $4,000 insur-
ance on the building. Bee Grissom
says that it took heroic work, done
by himself, to save the F. H. Wat
son residence, which is occupied by
the Grissom family.
Winfield league of Tatumville,
Dyer county, arrived here on Thurs
day of last week to visit the family
of Esq. W. T. Threadgill and other
relatives in Lexington and adjacent
country. Mr.. league is accom-
panied by his daughter, Mrs Callie
Hume, who lives with her father;
her daughter, Mrs. W. H. House, Of
Dyer, Gibson county, and Mrs.
Houses girl baby, making in all
four generations of the same family.
They will remain until some time
next week.
Rev. Fleetwood Ball, while assist
ing Rev. Frank Boren in holding the
annual meeting at Union church,
near Chesterfield, was taken so seri-
ously ill on Thursday Of last week
that he had to abandon his work
and come home, after which he was
quite sick for three or four days.
This is the first time in his preach
ing experience of about twenty
years that Mr.. Ball was ever ill
enough to cause him to quit his
work.
Presiding Elder j. V. Freeman.
filled the pulpit of Pastor Fred H.
Peoples in the Southern Methodist
church last Sunday morning, select
Ing a text from words of the Psalm