The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-19

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tended the memorial and decoration
services at Independence last Sunday.
Ernest Ball and wife returned Tues
day to Dyer where they will spend
about two weeks and then will go to
Knoxville to attend the Summer
School of the University of Tonnes
see.
Mrs. Merit league and little daugh-
ter, went to Luray last Saturday and
were accompanied home Sunday by
Dewey England and small daughter,
who returned to Luray Sunday even
ing.
Stanford Beasley arrived Wednes-
day morning to spend the balance of
the week here with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. E. Beasley, and to attend
the Commencement exercises at the
High School.
Steve Golf returned Tuesday to Co
lumbia, Maury County, where he has
spent six weeks selling the Home
Comfort Range" for the Wrought Iron
Range Co. Steve says he is well
pleased with the work.
Hon. 7. w. Sims, candidate for the
Senate, spoke in Huntingdon last Sat
urday to a nappreciative CROWD, which
would have been larger but for the
facts that farmers were at work and
there was a nearby funeral of citi-
zen who had many friends.
Arthur Pearson, a lawyer of Okla
homa City, Okla, was here Thursday
of last week on his return from Wash
ing ton, d. c. Arthur is a son of the
late Jim Pearson of this county and
nephew of our townsmen, P. P. and J.
| /. Pearon.
j. F. Kent, senior, came over from
Tiptonville last Sunday morning and
continued his trip to the Sardis COM
munity to attend the decoration SER
vice at Prospect. He returned the
same day and left for Tiptonville on
the $40 p. m. train.
We buy arsenate of lead and lime in
large quantities and save you money
on it.-Elk.
DR.. J. T. Keeton, of Sardis, was
here Tuesday enroute to Memphis to
have examined for possible operation
Mr.. Will Kennedy, who was struck on
the head by negro, several months
ago, the accident causing the practical
loss of Mr.. Kennedy's hearing.
Boys, we carry big line Reach base.
ball goods all the time-it's stand
ard line.-Elk.
A telephone message from Mr.. A.
L. Hughes, of Saltillo, informs us that
his sister, Mrs. Jim Watson, of Rec
tor, Ark, who was recently operated
upon for appendicitis, in Memphis
hospital, has done well and been on
the road to complete recovery for
some time.
w. R. Britt, of Jackson, was here
Tuesday. Mr. Britt was clerk Of the
Circuit court of Henderson county
when the Progress was established in
1884-and it was he who introduced
the Progress editor to Jim" the ia
mou, tackeating dog owned by the late
Ben F. Jacobs.
Uncle Johnnie Wise, who lives.
about six miles Northwest of Lexing-
ton, was in town last Saturday. I'm
Gle Johnnie was SO years old last No
vember and his wife was "a last Feb
ruary. He says that he and his wife
have been married 81 years--and that
she is still with him.
Cold Cream powder (Armond)
stays on-sell lots of it-so nice
Elk.
Mrs. Mollie Meeks, formerly of Sar-
dis, arriver here last week on her way
from Benton, Arkansas, to spend the
summer at Sardis. Mrs. Meeks is the
widow of the late C. Y. Meeks and has
lived the last four years in Arkansas.
While here she was the guest Of the
family of J. Frank Kent.
There were so many Lexington peo-
pie, men, women and children, who
attended the singing convention at
Rock Hill last Sunday, that we could
not attempt to give their names. Lon
Austin went out Saturday at noon af-
ter standing in water all morning to
take cold and get hoarse enough to
sing bass-he said. With or without
cold, Lon can sing bass.
113 Gallons (2,400 bcttles) over
two big BARRELSFUL sold to date.