The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-07-26

John J. Joyner had the miSfor
tune to lose black bill-fold poke
book last Friday in Lexington, con
tanning $115.00 in bills.
New Telephone Directory goes tt
Press on August 1st. Get YOU
name to Manager Williams if vol
you want 1t in the directory.
Elk liquid whitening, stays on
good for the skin, keeps the face
from chaping, Csc post paid. We
take stamps. Elk Pharmacy.
We sell fine spices and extracts
they are strong and we keep them
that way by keeping them in air
tight les.-Elk Pharmacy.
Former Sheriff J. Frank Martin
returned Wednesday from a trip to
Sheilield-.and says Home, Sweet
Home, is good enough for him.
f. B. Holmes and wife, Of Nc
LemOresville, were here last week
visiting his brothers, j. H. and W.
A. Holmes, and other relatives.
This has been one of the finest
working and growing weeks ever ex-
perienced in Henderson county
and farmers still had plenty to do.
The Hamilton boys" near Lex
ington, have been bringing some
fine watermelons to the local mar
ket. They know how to raise EN-.
Ed. A. Mccain, Clerk & Master,
and Jere Galbraith, both members
of the Henderson bar, were in Lex
ington last Friday on a drainage
district case.
Bill" Hardeman, of Chester coun-
ty, was here last Friday to see his
old friend, Sol. Bunch. Twenty-Five
years ago Mr.. Hardeman lived in
this county.
A. L. Hughes, of Saltillo, accom-
panied by little Edgar Etkins, met
here in the last weekend his wife
and daughter, who had been visit
ing in Jackson.
Brighten your home by using
True-Tag Paints, varnish stains and
enamels; they don't cost much, you
can apply them, we sell them.--The
Elk Pharmacy
Elk Pharmacy, the new drug
store, viii A. Lawler, prescription
druggist, proprietor--across the
street from the Republican and
PROGRESS offices.
Hon. John F. Hall gave several
friends a stew last Friday in
honor of his guests, Mrs. Lou Tea
que and Mrs. Bird league Dalton.
Of Gainesville, Texas,
LOST Somewhere in station
yards, small, fiat gray purse, con-
tanning a ten dollar bill. Finder
will please return to W. H. Linden
field and receive reward.
Mrs. Will Tanning, Bill Segerson,
Henry Powers, Julian Jones, Miss
Lucille Brown, Miss Achilles Lancas-
ter and Miss Mary Winchester made
a trip to Shiloh last Tuesday.
Bob Ferguson, the Shady Hill
merchant, was here Wednesday and
said for his community, Cotton is
fine, early corn hurt some by drouth
and late corn looking splendid"
John D. Franklin is back at home
from a prospecting trip to Hadley's
Bend, near Nashville, and is singing
BE it ever SO humble, there's no
place like home" when Lexington
is that home.
Attorney-General HUI C. Anderson
was here Tuesday morning on his
way to Linden aud was right sick at
the time--but General Anderson
was needed at Linden and was de-
termined to 60.
AL. E. Beasley was on a gasoline
boat on the Tennessee river when
it struck q snag, near Saltillo, in the
last weekend. We are informed
that Mr.. Beasley waded some dis
lance to the shore.
Mrs. Celestia Logan has a won
derful patch of "A plants of the
great PondoroSa tomatoes. The
vines are tied up some eight feet
high and the patch is prettier than
any catalogue picture.
Young man, make that buggy of
yours last must longer and look
new with coat or two of True
Tasg buggy paint; not expensive; we
will be glad to show you how to ap-
Ill, - Eli Dharvpaox