The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-12

patches of their own.
With an outlay of about $4,000
Lexington can install first-class ra-
dio station in any auditorium of the
town that we may select and thus be
put in touch with the outside world
almost regardless of ditance.
Lexingtno people and all who will
come in from the country are having
plenty of entertainment this week,
and it will be extended into and cover
most of next week, in the closing ex-
ercises of the City and High Schools.
When your breath is bad, appetite
poor, and you feel "blue" and discour-
aged, you need Herbine. One or two
doses will set you right. 1t is great
system purifier Price Coo. Sold by
Watson-P Parker Drug Co.
Lexington and Huntingdon played a
good game of ball last Friday with
the result that Lexington lost by a
score of eight to four. On Saturday
Lexington and Bargerton played and
Lexington won by score of four to
one.
A. J. Scarborough, of Dover, Stew
art county, is here spending the week
with his sister, Mrs. DIR. J. G.. Can't
we'll Mr.. Scarborough was a soldier of
the World War and had the bad luck
since to need hospital treatment at
Dayton, Ohio and other points.
Lexington High School base ball
team lost a game to Huntingdon last
Friday by score of 10 to 8. A detail
ed account of the game has been hand
ed US but on account of limited space
we will have to carry over until next
week.
The congregation at the First Bap-
fist church was delighted Sunday
night by a quartet, composed OF
Messrs. Lon Austin, Hersie Davis,
William Tolley and Paul Walker.
Their selections were dandy and very
much enjoyed.
A bad sprain heals slowly if not
treated with a remedy that has the
power openetrate the flesh. Billiards.
Snow Liniment is especially adapted
for such ailments. Three sizes, 30c,
Coo and $1.20 per bottle. Sold by
Watson Parker Drug Co
Charlie Barry, when in town last
Saturday reported his father and our
brother, G. Sterling Barry, near Par
sons, as doing no good, after being
confined to his bed for five weeks.
Before that time Sterling had been
up for some time after several months
of confinement.
J. C. Partin, who has been employed
for several years by the master Prin-
ters in Richmond, Va, was here the
latter part Of the week, from Parsons,
where he is now in business with Wal
ter and Carl Partin in the Parsons
Hardware Co. We appreciate job of
printing left by Mr.. Partin.
J. D. Porter, of Parsons, who re-
Gently had narrow escape from
death by blood poisoning, in Nash
vile Hospital, had not returned from
Nashville at the first of the week, but
was convalescing and able to walk
out. We are informed that he will
visit Hot Springs, Ark, before his re-
turn to Parsons.
Lexington had a visitor Thursday
of last week, who spent a part of a
day with the family of DIR. w. 7. Wat
son, in the person of Mrs. Mary Carl
ton, of Memphis, widow of the late
]. o. Carlton, former sheriff Of both
Decatur and Henderson counties. Mrs.
Carlton lives with her married daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. E. Smith. She is daugh-
ter of the late Bedford Moore, of the
Perryville community and has always
been a good woman.
Lawyer Noah Cooper, of Nashville,
candidate for the United States Sem
ate on what is seemingly a religious
or at least a moral platform, is send
inc out literature with "Help Ameri-
ca Get Right with God" in big letters
on the envelope. Notwithstanding
Mr.. Cooper's position, we guess it is
just an occasional minister of any de-
nomination who will support him-for
preachers, like laymen, have their
particular brand of politics.
Postmaster John L. Sullivan, who
took charge of the Lexington office
on the first ray of May, will indef-
finitely retain the service Of the two
Efficient clerks, Misses Maude Murray
and Blanche Threadgill. Postmaster
Sullivan says his first aim and inten-
ton is to give the people service
Postmaster Sullivan's son, Guilford, is
so situated on the farm that he could
not well give it up and go into the
postoffice, as he al one time thought
he might do.
w. G. Kirk, known to his friends as
"Bill," who has been on the road for
more than thirty years, for two
houses, was here Thursday of last
week. Bill is an optimist-a fellow
whom it is always good to meet, re-
CARELESS of the administration and his
visits to Lexington, covering more
than thirty years of the thirty-eight
we have lived in this town, have been
enjoyed by many business and other
friends whose confidence Bill won
early in his career as a knight of the
Grip.
DR.. John William Hendricks, of
New Stafford, was in Lexington Tues
day. Our acquaintance with DR.. Hen
dirk dates back to 1900 Of earlier,
when H. E. Graper made the race for
the Legislature against Judge I. A.
Lancaster and We made much of the
capyasS of tha caY1utv with Mr. Fro