The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-16


and looks the picture Of health.
Private Luther Buck, Of the United
States Army, spent few days with
home folks last week.
The Elk Pharmacy will give to the
young lady making the highest aver
age, on the final examination, in the
third year High School, a box of can
dy. labeled; THE Medal of Honor"
Oakley & Company have recently
bought body of $50 acres 31a miles
West Of Lexington composed of the
Carver, Owens and Durringer lands.
Oakley & Company will sell these
lands as whole or in different
tracts as there are four settlements
within its boundaries.
Esq G. W. Stewart requests us to
announce that all people interested in
the Palestine Cemetery are requested
to come there on the Friday before
the FIRST Sunday in June prepared to
help to clean off and beautify the
cemetery. Bring garden tools and
your dinner and spend the day.
Mrs. W. H. Denison and baby left
last Friday for Nashville, Shelby
vile, and Maryville, to visit relatives
and will require two weeks or more
to make the round. In the meantime
Mother Denison is staying with her
son, Phillip and sons "Watty' and
Emmett are "baching."
Jno B. Cunningham, Jr., son of j.
B. Cunningham, has reached home
from France, having been discharged
in New York, April 25th He came
home in fine condition, notwithstand-
ing he had pneumonia in hospital
in France. "John Bob" will now stay
at home with his parents.
Clarence, son of Price Barnett, ar
rived at Wildersville Thursday of
last week. Clarence has not fully re-
covered yet from the terrible wound .
he received while fighting on the
Western front in France. He came
for ten days at home and will return +
to his hospital.
Last Monday morning when the
Progress man and Clerk 4 Master
was counting on big weeks work,
he had the misfortune to stick a nail
in his foot and for q day or two could
do nothing but sit at home and read
anc scribble-just like this--and
hope that all may be spared from
such contacts with rusty nails.
Congressman T. W. Sims, after
making Lexington his headquarters
for few weeks, left for Washington
last Sunday morning. We do not be-
lieve our worthy Congressman has
ever better enjoyed visit to his dis
trict. While here he had large
daily mail and was very busy man
every day-and part of the night,
Pat, son of Col Ed. J. Undertake,
Of West Point, N. Y, has been visit
ing the family of his uncle, Mr.. ]. K,
Undertake here, and his aunt, Mrs.
N. R. Barham, in Jackson. Pat is
just plain boy, approaching man
hood, but is very likable. He will
soon enter West Point and probably
follow in the footsteps of his father.
While the Strawberries raised To-
cally and sold in Lexington have held
up to a fair price, the buyers and
users may congratulate themselves
on obtaining lower prices here than
we're current in neighboring towns.
The price opened up here at 20 cents
the full quart, soon dropped to l7A
cents and this week has been 10
tents.
A new novel by Booth Harrington,
begins in the June issue of the Pic
.orial Review. Since he wrote Pen
rod" he has had the reading public at
his feet. The new novel is called
The Oriole" and is bird, alright.
L is one big laugh from beginning to
md. The June Pictorial Review will
De on sale in few days at Watson's
Drug Store.-RH0DEN p. ROPER,
Agent.
Mrs. Amanda Taylor returned last
Saturday from a trip of two weeks
70 visit her son, Judge William Tay-
or, at Blytheville, Ar, and her broth
,rs, John c. MeHaney and DR.. II. A.
at Kennett and White
Oak, Mo-, respectively Mrs. Taylor
enjoyed every minute Of her trip bnt
was glad to get back toher beautiful
home in Lexington just when the
roses were in their fullest bloom.
Evangelist L. C. Wolfe, of Musko-
zee, Oklahoma, is to assist in revi-
val at the Baptist Church. in this