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


J ter, of Jackson, have been guests of
MRS. Browns parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. H. DAVIS, at the Scott Hotel.
Miss Edna Montgomery left yes
terday for Alamo, where she will
resume teaching in the Crockett
county high school, which will open
on the 21st.
Mrs. Robert Taylor and little dau-
ghter, Mary Elizabeth, and Miss
Bonnye Smith left yesterday for
Chattanooga for a visit of week or
ten days.
Mr.. P. B. PEBBLES, an expert
plumber of Memphis, is here Install
ing water fixtures in Judge Lancas-
ter's handsome residence, which is
nearing completion.
AT the Baptist church next Sun
day morning and night regular SER
vices will be held, the pastor hav-
ing sufficiently recovered from re-
cent illness to preach.
Henry Moffitt, Of Newbern, who
left here thirty years ago, has been
back to Lexington on visit this
week and was a guest of the family
of his cousin, j. H. Moffitt.
We have a car load of young
Kentucky mules we want to ex-
change for war mules or will buy.
Will be in Lexington for the next
two weeks. w. d. KIzER.
Mrs. W. V. Barry and Mrs. G. 7.
Ray went to Parsons Wednesday to
spend a day or two with the family
of G. Sterling Barry, who lives a
mile on this side of the town.
Miss Alice Knowles returned
Tuesday from a visit of several
weeks to relatives in Jackson. She
was accompanied home by Miss
Amanda Thompson of Fulton, Ky.
Green Attaway, Of Luray, was
here Monday and reported his wife
sick. Mr.. Attaway will be remem-
bered as having had four or five
cases of appendicitis in his family
W. 0. Mangum, editor and pub
Usher of the Savannah Courier was
here yesterday attending the Re-
publican congressional convention,
and gave the PROGRESS office a
call.
Miss Mary Logan, of the j. r.
Fielder store, left Tuesday for Nash
vile where she will spend a few
days before going to Primm Springs, |
Tenn, to visit her friend, Mrs.
Charles Sloan.
Gus Pope returned Sunday from
a business trip to Detroit, Mich,
which was prolonged as a pleasure
trip to Niagara Falls in company
with j. r. Fielder and the three
Barry boys"
j. M. Brasher and family, of
SCOTS Hill, with Prof. J. 0 Brown.
and wife and F. A. Brown, wife and
daughter, Miss Lucille, went to Mem
phis Wednesday in their respective
Studebaker autos.
Mrs j. V. Freeman, who has been
making a stay at Biloxi, Miss, for
the benefit of her health, has been
writing back to her frinends that
she is getting much pleasure and
improvement by the visit
Miss Allie Mai Mccall returned
Monday from her trip through the
North and East, won in the Mem
phis News Scimitar subscription
contest. The trip was a great one
and enjoyed to the fullest by Miss
Mccall.
We are glad to note that one or
two bad places in the road between
here and Hinson Springs have been
repaired. There are, however, one
or more other places that should be
fixed at this time, especially beyond
Hinson Springs on the Life road.
Franklin, son Of Winfield Moore,
aged three years and one day, died
last Sunday night a few miles west
of town. Mr.. Moore and wife have
the sympathy Of many friends in
the death of their little one. The
funeral occurred on Monday after
noon.
Rev. j. V. Freeman left Sunday
for Junaluska, North Carolina,
on the trip so graciously presented
to him by the late District Confer
ence held in Selmer, to attend the
meeting of representatives OF the
Mission Boards Of the Southern
Methodist church.