The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-05-10

ball team Of Lexington went tC
Long Sought and defeated the team
of that community by the score Of
twenty-five to three.
W. R. Russell, of Mckenzie, a
grower of Florida Yam potatoe and
slips, will be in Lexington Saturday
and will place an advertisement in
The PROGRESS next week.
Uncle j. Henry Gibson was in to
see us Wednesday and agreed with
us that the party who robbed the
Belgian Baby Box" in the post
office is even lower down in the
scale than a bootlegger.
Mrs. c. A. Logan claims the first
new peas-last Monday, we believe,
and new beets earlier. The PROG
REss editor had peas large enough
to eat at the same time and beetS
OF unusual size a week earlier.
The Democratic State Primary
will be held on Thursday, August
LIST, to nominate candidates for
United States Senator, Congress-,
Railroad Commissioner and mem
berS of the legislature
Mrs. Eula Moore has been very
seriously i'll, but began showing inn
provement several days ago Mrs.
Moore will not be able to perform
her part in the M. f. church, South,
service next Sunday morning or
night.
AL. E. Beasley left Monday eve-
ming on his return to St, Louis,
where he is taking special treat
ment for a nervous affection. Mr.. |
Beasley believes that he is finding
Improvement under the St. Louis
doctor.
We have increased our force and
can take care of your work on short
notice; grind your cast pillow points,
Have two good cultivators some
second hand plows to Sell; can make
you good price on GAS engins.
f'EsMIRE & WALKER
Lexington vicinity has never put
finer Strawberries on the local mar
ket than this season. Our people
have persisted in the great mistake
of failing to raise berries for the
Northern markets, for no finer can
be grown than in Henderson county.
J. W. Enochs and family made
their move to Jackson last week,
but Mr.. Enochs is with us daily, at
tending to his duties in connection
with the United Grocery Company.
We shall miss Mrs. Enochs and all
he family, but wish them satisfac-
ion in their Jackson home.
The PROGRESS is glad to be in
ormed by letter that its former
General roustabout, Ed Kirby, col,
1t Camp Lee, is very well pleased
With his short experience with army
ife. Ed gave us his sacred promise
o get the Kaisers goat if any sort
If opportunity presented itself.
Judge T. A. Lancaster went to
huntingdon Wednesday on Chan
cry Court business there and was
accompanied by Messrs. H. E. Ora
yer, John F. Hall, f. A. Adams and
surveyor f. L. Fesmire, all of whom
are concerned in the Big Sandy
Drainage District, which is in both
and Carroll counties.
W, E. Lancaster, Of Bath Springs,
Decatur county, spent Wednesday
md yesterday here, at work with
Judge W. H. Lancaster, counsel as
administrator of the $4,000 estate
If the late N. j. Began, merchant
1t Swallow Bluff, who died about
hree weeks ago. Judge Lancaster
;pent Monday and Tuesday at Swal-
ow Bluff on the same business.
Mrs. f. L. Drake and two chill
lren returned last Monday to their ,
home at Aberdeen, Miss, accompan- i
ed by Mrs. brakes brother, Mr..
dather Lancaster, who will remain {
n Mississippi until called home 5
o 60 into the army They make {
he trip to Aberdeen in a Mitchell {
,ar, which Mather gave to his Sis
er.
The PROGRESS editor has been {
placed under an additional and very {
aelcome obligation to Mr.. AL. F. {
3easley and his son, Stanford, by |
he gift of a thoroughbred Poland j
China pig. 1t is refreshing in these {
degenerate days" to know that the |
gorld and our own community es- {
,ecially has such generous charac- {
ers as AL. Beasley and his son. {