The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-09-05


Esq. J. c. Peterson, who has taker
possession. Mr.. Oakley and wife arr
temporarily boarding with Mr.. Arlar
Reeves and family.
DR.. Samuel I. Parker has agar
located in Lexington and will have his
Office in the same place, in the Nc,
Haney building. The Doctor has many
friends that are glad he has decided
to locate here.
FOR SALE-Good farm of $50
acres, lying one-half mile North of
Darden. Three settlements. One ex-
ira good dwelling worth 100000
Good spring wherever one is needed.
Come and look.-W. T. SMALL.
| Mrs. Cora Garner and daughter,
Miss Maxine have returned from a
trip to Nashville, Lebanon and Knox
vile, where they went to see about To-
eating to enter Miss Maxine in school,
They will possibly locate in Lebanon.
If you only KNEW about Elk Lung
Remedy Tonic and Flesh Builder, you
would take it and be strong. 1t will
build flesh. We've sold Is gallons and
just received 5 gallons more. Don't
neglect that cough. A word to the
wise is sufficient Elk Drug Store.
The removal of ]. R. Thrasher and
family from Lexington to Jackson is
a mater of regret-to Lexington. We
have never had more popular fami-
ly than that of the Thrashers-M
Thrasher,, his excellent wife and
several likable children. Success to
them.
John Bryant and wife, Of Florence,
Ala, spent Tuesday night here on
their way home after visit to their
old home in Sardis. Mr.. Bryant has
wholesale and retail grocery bust
ness in Florence and reports John
Blankenship, who is with him as do
ing fine.
ESQ. ]. S. league, of the Luray
vicinity, brought to town Tuesday
good lot of Winesap and Arkansas
Black apples, at just the right stage
for cooking, preserving, etc. Esq.
leagues apples are exceptionally
good, considering he has not spray
ed his trees.
One of the best ones that we have
heard is that a woman walked into
Lexington dry goods store and
asked for "heavy artillery" with
which to trim a dress. 1t turned out
that she wanted rick rack braid
but how she got "heavy artillery"
out of it we can't imagine.
The bevy of beauties taking part
in the Memphis Labor Day parade
last Monday, is evidence that good
looks do not always go with riches.
The owners of all the corporations
would do well to show women and
girls comparable with the wives and
daughters Of the working men.
"Bud" Oakley, of Brownsville, has
been here this week. Mr.. Oakley in
formed US that he had bought the
half interest of ]. P. Rains, of Par
sons, in saw mill near Darden, Tom
Stewart being the other owner. Mr..
Oakley says the outfit may be moved
to Haywood county in few months.
The rains from Thursday morning
until Saturday night, put plenty of
moisture into the earth, guaranteeing
the turnip and sweet potato crops and
putting the late corn on pretty safe
prospect. Henderson county is going
to have plenty of the wherewith on
which to live and with some to sell.
We hear that Morgan Wadley, for
merly, of Lexington, now of Colorado,
has sent back here lot of literature
knocking" on President Wilson. If
Morgan cannot send other stuff than
that back to his old home county, his
post office address is not needed here,
so far as our Democratic population is
concerned.
DIR. Sam 7. Parker, who has been
back some time from overseas SER
vice as a member of the Medical
Corps, of the U. s. Army, has again
"hung out his single" for the prac-
tice of medicine and surgery in Lex
ington-and in any capacity, in this
community DR.. Sam is just as well
come as a good rain after a long
drought.
DR.. S. A. Mcdonald and wife, of
Linden, were here Monday, enroute to
Medicine Park, Okla, where their
son, Carl, lives and they will be join
ed there in family reunion by their
other son, Cecil and wife. of Tulsa,