The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-08-08

If you are interested IN strawberry
cultur you would enjoy seeing how
beautifully the strawberry fields are
worked out in Gibson county.
Whether you have consumption OF
not ELK TONIC and FLESH
BUILDER will help you wonderfully.
A fair trial will convince you.
Mrs. j. Frank Stewart and two
daughters, Misses Geneva and Ruby,
left Monday morning for a two
weeks visit in Dawson Springs.
Mrs. Ennis Tanning and baby came
over from Memphis last week to Wis
it relatives and friends. Mr.. Tanning
came Monday and will spend the week
here.
C. C. Sweat, wife and nephew, AL
len Sweat accompanied by Ms. Jno.
F. Logan and little son Dick, left
Tuesday for Mont Eagle to spend sew
eral days.
We are glad to see Deputy County
Court Clerk P. o. Roberts able to get
back to his post of duty at about the
middle of last week after several days
of illness.
The demand for cold drinks was so
great last Monday that enough could
hardly be kept cold by the many
houses selling them from fountains
and from bottles.
We are going to press this week
too early to give naccount of the
result Of the big auction sale of the
Apleby- Howard lands, three miles
North of Lexington.
Mrs. Bessie Blackman and daugh-
ter, of Mississippi, are here visiting
the family of w. L. McHaney. Mrs.
Blackman is daughter of the late
Hon. L. F. McHaney.
L0ST-Somewhere in Lexington, a
string of pearl beads. WILL LIBER-
ALLY REWARD finder on their re-
turn to the Undertake Buckley store
or to Louise Undertake.
The rain of Friday afternoon was
said to be am enormous downpour at
Hinson Springs, but fortunately there
was no wind with it. The wind was
pretty strong in jackson.
Make fall garden. Plant beans,
set out tomatoes if you an get the
plants, plant Triumph or Cobbler
Irish potatoesAa do not forget the
turnips, lettuce and radishes.
Mrs. S. A. McNatt and two chill
dren went to Sardis in the last week.
end to spend about two weeks with
relatives. Trips to Sardis are great
events to the little McNatt girls.
If you are "joined to your idol"
keep on scraping and frowning. An
Elk Razor will change it to smooth
shave and smile. Only so cents in a
nice leather case.-Elk Drug Store.
Kirtley Blount resigned his posi-
ton with the Southern Engine &Boil-
er works, Jackson, and arrived home
last Saturday, to spend little time
before entering the Fitzgerald Clark
School at Tullahoma.
OF the splendid rain that fell at
late hour last Friday, there was said
to be none of consequence at Luray
or Sardis--but much Of the county
was favored by an amount Of mois-
ture which could not fail to benefit
the still gowing crops.
w. H. Montgomery, Mrs. Montgom-
cry and daughter, Miss Raulie Yates,
spent from Friday until Monday on
visit to the formers daughter, Mrs.
Herman Conyers, at Alamo, Crockett
County, and Mr.. Montgomery's sister,
Mrs. Robertson, at Stokes. Dyer Co.
w. M. Flake and others were over
from Jackson last Friday to give
dispositions in the Chancery suit Of o.
R. Greer, (col) VS.. w. M. Flake ct al,
this suit involving the small piece of
land on which is located old Hepzi-
bah church, which was said to have
been organized in about 1856.
Bob Joyner, who has been across
the Atlantic fighting the Huns, came
home few days ago and luckily
found his wife, mother and all his
people well. Bob has been known in
Lexington as good boy" and we
are glad that he will resume work
with L. 7. Fielder in the ice business.
Robt. W. Hall and H. d. Barry
left Wednesday on their Summer va
cation trip, on which they will take
in Chicago. the Great Lake trip from