The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-07-08

had poor keginnings-so il no barrier
to lofty sttainments.
The concert at the school house
Saturday night was largely altended,
proceeds going to the school
Several from here attended the an
nual outing at Hinson Springs, Sat
urday.
F. M, Enestberger was away last
week on business.
j. E. Todd and Clayton Birdwell, of
Senath, Mo-, are on q visit to rela-
tives here.
Miss Ruby Caldwell, of Hazel, KY,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. L. Hoff-
man.
Elder Joe Boswell delivered a dis
course at the Christian church here
Sunday morning.
E. e. Stewart, of the Wildersville
Produce Company. is passing off the
warm days at his summer home in
Atwood.
The NJ, E. Church, South, is being
treated to a new coat Of paint.
Miss Marie Foulks, of Hot Springs,
Ark, who has been visiting here, ex-
tended her visit to relatives at Yuma
last week.
Sebert, through Pope Gregory the
Great, in COS founded Westminster
abbey and built the first church ever
built in England. This remained
standing until l045, when Edward the
confessor built another In Its place
and in this one his remains were de-
positeds in magnificent shrine and
there remained unmolested for more
than 600 years, when Paul Pry, Of the
sacred edifice, told of rummagetery
among the bones Of the deceased mon
arch. After this, servants of the alb
hey told Of seeing the body Of King
Edward and that it was in a chest or
coffin which could be indistinctly
seen in the upper part Of the shrine
erected to his memory. This aroused
the curiosity Of the people till final
ly worthy narrator mounted to the
coffin by the aid Of a ladder and
found it to be made Of wood fastened
by iron bands and hole was found
in the lid six inches long and four in
ches wide. Thrusting in his hand and
grasping among the bones he drew
from underneath the shoulder cruel
fix richly adorned and enameled af-
fixed to a gold chain "a inches long
and showed to the inquisitive friends
who were very much surprised. He
next drew the head to the hole and
viewed it and found the jaws whole
and full Of teeth and plate of gold
above the temples and also some
white linen and golden colored silk
and all his bones, which were left as
they were found, until King James
ordered the body to a new casket he
had bought especially for the body
and here the ashes Of this great King
rests today and should we ever have
occasion to visit London we must not
fail to visit West Minister Abbey for
we can not only see the things de-
scribed in this short narrative-but
of other great men whose bones are
inferred therein and monuments, in
scriptions and relics, some Of which
are centuries old-which have been
preserved ever since Ceaser landed in
Britain in IS B. c. Reader: IL you get
else from the foregoing, you
will surely learn that the good deeds
men do live after them.
Willie Rush has been carrying the
mail on Route l, this week.
Rev. A. U. Nunnery, Of Parsons,
will fill his regular pulpit ut Mt. ris-
cab, Route 2, Sunday.
Leon Dickson and Eligah Lee were |
social callers beyond Clarksburg Sum
day.
Drummer J. D. Tilson ives in Hunt
ingdon and Camden, Monday.
Gus Martin, of Paris, was here Sat-
urday.
George Bolen was in Lexington
Monday.
Mrs. R. w. Darlington and nephew,
John Arthur Bolen, left Friday Of last
week for Anna, ILL.,, on their annual
visit to their brother and father, j.
NJ. Bolen.
George M. Parish, wife and daugh-
ters, Misses Lorraine and Vanelle, of
Huntingdon, visited in the home of W.
R. Bolen, Sunday.
], M. Crockett and wife visited
friends in Yuma, Sunday.
George Merrick, of Huntingdon,
was here to see friends Sunday.
Willie White, of near Clarksburg,
was here Saturday.
J. L. Umstead, of Yuma, was here
J. B. Cunningham and wife visited
at Farmville last week
J. Sam Lewis, of Cross Roads, was
here again Sunday looking after bust
ness matters.