The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-08-25

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acres, in Gainesville, Ark. Coos
opening for physician; suitable TO
truck or poultry farm. Also 80
acre farm seven Cd miles north o
Paraeould, Ark. Mrs. WEgP, 39(
: Arkansas avenue, Fayetteville. Ark
John A. Jones appeared to b.
considerably improved after his re
turn from Hot Springs, Arkansas
on Wednesday of last week. Tit
best help Mr.. Jones got while a
Hot Springs, was from an osteopatf
physician who was visiting rela
tives there.
County Court Clerk j. W. Page
returned last Saturday from his
two weeks stay or more at Dawson
Springs, KY. Mr. Page came home
much improved after several weeks
of indisposition which had untitled
him for the work which he had to
do.
An unsigned notice received in
the mail informs the public through
The PROGRESS, that on the 22nd Of
August, a girl was born to George
Y. Bird and wife, that both mother
and babe are doing nicely-and
that George is expected to be out
in few days.
The county woodworking force is
indebted to the following persons
for sumptuous dinner furnished
them on Thursday Of last week by
the following persons: Frank Nc
Peake, Walter Blankenship, Job
Jones, Joe Owens, Thomas Veteto
and M. L. Thomas.
Mrs. Cora Garner and daughter,
Miss Maxine, returned in the last
Weekend from visit of six weeks
to Mrs. Gamers sister-in-law, Mrs
DR.. DeBoer, in Chicago While
away Mrs. Garner and daughter had
the pleasure of a trip to some of
the beautiful lakes of Wisconsin.
j. S. Sims and wife of Ennis,
Ellis county, Texas, were here Mon
day enroute home, after visiting
relatives near SCOTS Hill. Mrs.
Sims is a daughter of the late Jim
Jackson of Decatur county, or rath-
er on the Decatur and Henderson
line. They visited here last sum-
mer.
An auto party left Wednesday
for Shiloh battle-ground, at Pitts
burg Landing on Tennessee river,
via Corinth, Miss, the party being
composed of Kennon Smith and
wife, accompanied by J. Frank
Stewart and wife and H. H. Thread
gill and family, accompanied by
Sam Barnett, wife and baby.
Eugene Fulghum Of Jackson,
Democratic nominee for the state
senate, spent Thursday of last week
in Lexington. Mr.. Fulghum is con-
stantly making friends among the
Democrats of the 18th senatorial
district, regardless of partisan diff
ferences which have heretofore ex-
listed.
Leo Thweatt, former manager of
the Union Grocery company, which
recently moved its Lexington stock
back to Nashville, spent Sunday
night and part Of Monday here
He is connected with the same
business in Nashville and reports it
to be prospecting. Mr.. Thweatt
has plenty of friends in this town.
We failed to mention last week
the departure of Dorsey Moore who
had enlisted for month of service
on a United States warship to make
a cruise Of the eastern Atlantic
coast from Florida to Maine. Mr..
Moore took this work as a matter
of preparedness and when his month
is out will return to his job with
the Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis Railway.
Miss Marie Sims, who with her
mother, Mrs. T. W. Sims, is spend
ing the Summer here, while out rid
ing horseback last Sunday morning,
received a fall which very narrowly
escaped being a serious hurt. She
seemed to be in a serious condition
all day Sunday, but her splendid
vitality pulled her back to about
normal by Tuesday.
Rev. Fred H. Peoples came home
last Monday from Vildo, where he
had spent a week assisting in a re-
vival meeting He left the same
day for Decaturville to spend at
least this week there in a meeting.
We took particular pains to not tell