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

The next teachers examination will
be held in the High School building
Thursday and Friday, May 25th and
Goth. This is good opportunity for
those who desire to make a better
grade certificate and let me urge that
you take the advantage of this oppor-
tunity. | again call your attention to
the fact that those of you who expect
to teach the coming year that you
must take this examination. You must
have certificate when your contract
is given you. Remember the date
Thursday and Friday, May 25th and
26th, at 300 a. m.
Also, ! have made arrangements for
those under eighteen years of age who
desire to take this examination. Re-
member this will not grant you GER
tificate when you reach eighteen but
will only give you a little experience
which will be of value to you when you
take it later. These papers will have
to be retained in this county and grad
ed. This is being done merely be-
cause so many students of this age
have requested it. l would be glad to
see good number take this examina.
tion. 1t will be at the same place and
time as the others but in different
yooms.
R. E. POWERS,
County Superintendent.
We sell Tanlac also ELL
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05
THREE LIVES TAKEN IN
RAILROAD ACCIDENT

Last Sunday morning at 2:lE
o'clock, the switch engine of the
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Ldui:
Railroad, while crossing the viaduei
bridge at Main Street and Railroad
Avenue, at Memphis, happened to an
unforeseen and unexpected accident
which cost the lives of three of the
four men on the engine.
Just before going on the bridge the
drivers of the engine struck the frog
Of a switch IN a way that threw the
flange of the driver up on the rail and
resulted in derailing the engine and
tender, the former turning across the
track, whise the tender was complete.
ly overturned and fell "a feet to the
street below. Engineer Seba K. Bal
lard and Engine Foreman Roberts C.
Albright were buried under the engine
while Fireman j. l.. Simpson had q
leg broken and was so scalded thsA he
died in a hospital soon afterwzrds
without regaining consciousness s.
V. Richardson, switchman, suffered
from burns and bruises, was carried
to hospital, hut escaped with his life.
The death of Albright and Ballard
were horrisRe ones, being pinned un-
der the mars of tangled steel and snb-
jected to the horrors of super heated
steam A crane to lift the engine was
required before their bodies could be
removed.
Albright and Simpson both lived in
Memphis but both were known and
had their friends in Lexington. Seha
Ballard had been on the switch engine
job for shout one month and expected
to soon be joined in Memphis by his
wife and children who live here--for
Seba Ballard was not the kind of man
who can be long away from his loved
ones. Eli
The remains of Mr.. Ballard reached
Lexington at about 400 O'Clock Sun
day and there was a great outpouring
of our people to do honor to the citi-
zen who had not single enemy In the
entire town or county. There were at
the depot practically every automobile
in Lexington, several from the cpun-
try and large per centage of our
towns population.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05
A GOOD SERMON AND
A GOOD PURPOSE.

1t was. our intention to. notice in pgour
Hast issue the excellent sermon
preached in the Christian Church b,
Elder L. L. Brigance, of Henderson, In
the Christian Church, the Sunday be.
fore; also to note the compilation OF
the recent Nashville sermons Of Elder
Brodie Hardeman, also of Henderson
into book form and the purposes for
which these sermons will be so pub
| lished.
Elder Brigance preached on the Bi-
BILE manner of worship and made it
very plain, from his standpoint, that
the Bible alone should be looked to
to tell in what manner God should be
worshipped. He spoke of "Idolatry''
and said that while we are raising
much money and sending many men
and women to foreign lands to convert
Pagan idolaters, we have in our own
Nation, State-yea, in our own COM
munity man and women who are idol
aters. The man who gives more time
to the making of dollars than he gives
to the service of Almighty God, is an
idolater and so is the man who spends
his life in pursuance of fame. Like
wise, the woman whose principal aim
and object in life is to dress and who
works for social prestige rather than
the salvation of the immortal soul, is
an idolatress. In regard to the ser
mons preached by Elder Brodie Har-
deman during his recent meeting Of
three weeks in Nashville, Elder Brig
ance stated that fifteen of the choic-
est of these sermons, with a photo of
Br. Hardeman, flashlight picture of
the great crowd that filled the auri-
torium on Saturday night before the
meeting closed the next day, and a
general history of the meteing, will be
put into book form and sold at $1.50
per copy to assist in defraying the ex-
penses of the meeting and to aid poor
boys and girls in attending the Freid-
Hardeman school at Henderson
Brodie Hardeman did not go to Nash
vile after money, but to preach
hence, the meeting is all the more to
be commended. This reproduction of
the Hardeman sermons in handsome
book form, ought to be in the home
of every member of the Christian
church in this section, for that relig-
ious body has no more gifted, earnest
and able preacher than Brodie Harde-
man is known and admitted to be.
Those who want the book can write
direct for it or we will be pleased to
forward their orders.
BY the way: Elder Brigance is a
former Henderson county boy, having
been reared in the Scott's Hill vicin-
ity.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05
TRUTH FOUNDATION OF TRUST.

All untruth is but to gain an unfair
advantage. But truth is the founda-
tion of confidence and trust. Placed
in this world, mutually dependent on
each others souls, we cannot watch
each others every deed. God had in
tended that we should trust each other
and be trusted one by one another. In
order to do that we must be true to
each other. In reality we deceive
none but ourselves. All the seheming,
the subterfuge and the misrepresenta-
tions fail to conceal the actual individ-
ual from a keen-eyed world. In a
Talmudic fable the Angel of Truth
fits between heave nand earth. We
give her but an inhospitable reception
here. But she has a few staunch
friends through whom she may hope
to save the world.-Dr. L. Lewinthal
in Tennessean.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05
HENDERSON COUNTY
SINGING CONVENTION.

The Henderson Count Singing Con-
vention will convene at Rock Hill
church, five miles East of Lexington,
on the Lexington Parsons road, Sat
urday, May 13, 1922.
The following program will be rem
dered.
Saturday Afternoon.
Invocation.
Three songs by B. H. Deere.
"Choir Singing. H. Davis.
Lecture on Music. o. Brown.
~Choir Singing"-H. c. Barnett.
Series of quartets and duets by
Bargerton Singers.
Saturday Evening.
Opening song by 7. M, Harwell,
followed by C. L Page.
"Choir Smging"-A. c. Sego; fol-
lowed by secular quartets.
Lecture ON "MRsic," by j. w. Gains.
Sunday Morning.
Welcome address by Roy McPeake.
9:3B-Program will consist of the
following: Solos, quartets, duets, mix
ed qusrfets, and choir singing by the
different musical directors. There
will also be special selection by H.
d. Barry, of Lexington.
This bids fair to be the best sing
ing convention ever held in Henderson
county and the Rock Hill community
promises every visitor the highest en-
tertaniment. Every music lover of
the county will miss a treat if they
fail to be present. Singers from
other communities are invited to at
tend.
Very respectfully submitted,
A. C. SEG0, President,
B. HI. DEERE, Vice President,
T. M. MAXWELL Secretary.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05
IN MEMORY OF SEBA E. BAL
LARD.

Il 49, -
Seba E. Ballard, son Of the late W
B. and Mrs. Annie Ballard was borr
in the old 7th district of Henderson
county, Feby. 10th, 1884, and at the
hour of 2:l5 Sunday morning, April
Both, 1922, met tragic death at his
post OF duty as engineer on a switch
engine of the Nashville, Chattanooga
& st. uoLis Railway, in the City OF
Memphis.
Oct. 18th, 1904, Mr.. Ballard was
most happily married to Miss Ollie
Sue, daughter of the late James Britt
To this union four children were born
and survive, namely, Moran, Mary
Sue, James and Annie Laurie, ranging
in age from to 16 years.
Fifteen years ago last February Sc
Seba entered the service of the N. C.
railroad and throughout his career in
that capacity he has made faithful
and efficient employe and at the last
his life was taken by that service
when in the very prime Of his man.
hood.
The outpouring of the people of
Lexington and adjacent country that
met the remains at the station on
Sunday afternoon at about 4 o'clock,
gave unmistakable evidence of the
esteem in which Seba Ballard was
held among the people who had known
him all his life. The death of such a
man, such citizen, such a husband
and father as Seba Ballard was
known to be, is simply calamity. He
was honest, he was law-abiding, he
was all that man could be that was
good in his home and to his many
friends he was one day after another
the same quiet, unassuming, kindly
"Seby" who was more than welcome
under every home and business roof
in the town and county that he had
ever visited. Such a husband and
father is to be found every day even
among the happiest of people-and
away from his home his word was as
good as the bond of any man. With
all the sympathy possible for us to
fele, we sympathize with the wife
and children from whose arms he was
snatched without intimation or warn
ing.
The funeral was held at the home
on Maple Street. at ii 100 o'clock Mon
day morning, Elders Brodie Harde-
man, of Henderson, j. o. Brown, of
Lexington, also Rev. Fleetwood Ball,
of this place, officiating and the re-
mains were inferred in Lexington
cemetery, the following friends of the
deceased acting as pahbearers: Joe
Rockholt, Carl Edwards, Bud. Thread
gill, Willis Jones, George Teer, Jack
Fielder, John Wadley, Bob Peoples.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05
BEN ". HOOPER ELECTED
CHAIRMAN OF BOARD

Chicago, April 27.-Ben w. Hooper
member of the public group of the
Railroad Labor Board, and former
governor of Tennessee, today was
elected chairman of the board at the
annual meeting, succeeding Chairman
Barton. G. w. Hanger, also a member
of the public group, was elected vice
chairman.-Tennessean.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05
PERICLEAN SOCIETY.

The Periclean Society met Tuesday
afternoon, May 2, 1922, for the last
time this term and carried out the
following program:
Resolved: "That the Monroe Doc
trine should be Abandoned.
Affirative-Eunice Wood, Bobbie
Pope.
Negative-Paul Walker, J. D. Muse.
The Affirmative won.
my Four Years In High School. +"
Shelby Wood.
Report of editor.
Report of critic. q
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05
JIM PRICE RUNNING.

jackson, Tenn. April 25th.-James
II. Price, for many years in the insur-
ance business at Jackson, today an
nounced his candidacy for the legis-
lature, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary in August. Mr..
Price has been a lifelong Democrat, is
well known in the city and county, has
served on various Democratic boards
and committees and feels that he is
closely in touch with the needs of the
people in a legislative way. Madison
county is represented in the legisla-
ture by two members.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05

Would you mind letting us save
you GOOD MONEY on your paint bill
and you get the VERY BEST lead and
oil-with zinc added. We do NOT
sell low grade Of paint.-Eik.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05

Il gained so pounds on Elk Flesh
Builder. II is wonderful, wonderful,
wonderful. Mrs. Calvin Reid, South
Lexington.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-05

Spray grapes and apples with Bor-
deau Mixture-we have it.-Elk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-15
Sold Everywhere. : Advertisement.
NOTICE.

Bennington County Savings Bank
The annual meeting of the corpora
tors of the BENNINGTON County Say
ings Bank will be held at tie office OF
said bank in its bank building in Ben
nington, Vt, on the first Wednesday
Sd day of January, A. D., 1928 at :
O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of elect
ing a board OF trustees for the year
ensuing and transaction of any other
business found necessary when met
especia ~ to fill vacancies in the nun
her of corporators and to alter and
revise the bylaws.
Charles II. Dewey, Secretary.
Dated at Bennington, VI, Nov. 80
1922.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-15
Annual MEETING

The annual meeting of tho stock.
holders of the First National Bank o.
Bennington. Vermont will be held at
their banking house on Tuesday, Jan.
nary .. 1923, at Zen o'clock in the
forenoon, for the election OF directors
for the ensuing year and the transac
ton OF such other business as may
properly come before the meeting,
Arthur j.. Colgan, Cashier.
Dated Bennington, VT. Dec. 0, 1a22.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-12
DEBATE
RULESFORUSE
SCRAPPEDS
Early Agreement on Pacif-
ic Forh6cations Is i
Forecast

Washington. D. c., Jan. 11.-(By The
Associated Press)-The big five"
made further progress today in their
final revision Of the naval treaty but
encountered a difference Of opinion
when they came to lay down rules for
the scrappins of prescribed hattleships.
For the American delegation 1t was
proposed that the surplus vessels be
rendered useless. France readily sup
ported that view with Italy indicating
IL similar attitude. Great Britain and
Japan withheld assent however the
suggestion being made that the dis
Indntied ships might be used as har-
Dor guardS or training vessels.
When the five delegation heads ad-
journed after several hours of debate
the question remained unsettled and
Will be taken up again tomorrow.
During their two sessions today how
ever they had completed approval Of
the first of the treaty annexes en-
bodying replacement chart, and they
expressed hope that all five annexes
might be disposed of tomorrow or FRI
day. Except for the article dealing
with Pacific Notifications all Of the
text of the treaty proper already had
been virtually approved and should
Tokio's reply on the Notifications pro-
vision be received in time a plenary
session may be held Saturday or Mon
day.
Indications that an agreement will
not be difficult were supported by a
declaration of a Japanese spokesman
tonight that he saw no objection to in
Guiding Bonin island and the Oshima
group in the status quo" agreement
on Notifications.
1t Is said to have been over these is
lands that the issue referred to Toxic
arose
While the delegation chiefs were con-
tinuing discussions today the Japanese
and Chinese resumed their interrupted
reached a tentative agreement re-
garding withdrawal Of tho Japanese
troops with the province.
Meantime also some members Of the
delegation began to lay plans for re-
sumption Of the general Far Eastern
negotiations which will follow COM
pletion of the naval treaty. For tho
Japanese II was predicted that the
Chinese plea for consideratio ton of the
"twenty-one" demands would be
quickly ruled out by the Far Eastern
committee view that seemed to be
supported by American official opin-
ion. despite minority effort in the
American advisory committee to in
struct tho delegation to support
China s request.
There was increasing evidence how
ever that tho American delegates re-
Kord settlement of other pending
Chinese questions as OF great import
ance and that actual signing of the
naval treaty probably will bo delayed
until the Far Eastern treaty also is
ready for approval. It has been the
American position that tho two sub
1ccts arc not interdependent but II Is
known that certain advisors to tho
delegates have strongly urged con-
clusion Of the two pacts Simultaneous
Iy.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-12

Paris. Jan. ll.-IBy Tho Associated
Press)-Prcmicr BRAND bearing the
text of the long-sought British alliance.
viii face tho French parliament to-
morrow, which altho hostile tonight
may nevertheless in the opinion of
many observers give him ~ vote OF
confidence because 1t dare not refuse
a concrete pact owing to difference OF
opinion concerning somc clauses and
concessions.
Both senate and chamber party
caucuses have sent messages of pro-
test to NJ. Rr!and aud there is much
talk Of ovcrthroTing tho government
as has frequently been the case in the
past year. Briands supporters how
over expect him to win.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-12

ing that at this moment. High as
arc railroad charges they are not
higher relatively than other prices
are or were and 1t is important to re-
member that railroad charges or
prices were the very last to 20 up and
in the nature OF things cannot bc
tho first TO go down. rhey can and
Will participate in the downward
movement OF all prices"
Lowest cost OF operations which
must hc attained before rates can be
Gu; he said. largely depend on lower
labor costs or on Investments of large
amounts of capital in bctterments and
in time for the consumption of high
priced materials still In railroad in
ventories and their replenishment
with cheaper products.
l.. Il. wetterling. appearing for
Western roads, fixed $273.713,000 as
the amount by which carriers in that
district had failed to earn 6 per
cent return. When the hearing OPEN
cd the United States chamber OF COM
merce asked the commission to cali
Secretary Hoover ms general represen-
tativ. OF commercial interests and the
commission SO ordered. Mr.. Hoover
will appear later. Sessions were adj
iourned late today until Thursday,
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-12
FORD PLANS. GREAT INDUSTRIAL CENTER IF HE
OBTAINS POSSESSION MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT

to the people of the district or to
the government in such way that
no ono in the future will be able to
lake a personal profit from tho un-
dcrtaklng. He will arrange that
neither he nor any of his heirs may
realize any monetary benefit from
the Muscle Shoals plants or the power
developed, 1t became known today.
Mr.. Ford proposes to make the pro-
ject, IL the government gives its con-
sent. the outstanding achievement of
his career
The Muscle Shoals project Ia how
ever, only the start of greater pro-
gram. it became known. This in
cludes the development of water
power facilities in many parts OF the
country by which persons in those
communities would derive power to
run manufacturing plants. light their
homes and run machinery on the
farms.
One detail of the plan is the har-
Messing by farmers of every creek
and brook that crosses their property.
Enough power is wasted on these
small streams to operate the farm
machinery and to light farm build
ings, Mr.. Ford believes.
Mr.. Ford expects to leave here
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-12
URGE HERO COUNT TIME
ExTEkS|0N10s10CkMEN
Cattle Raisers Can Not Get
Loans Until Task Is
Completed

Colorado Springs. Colo. Jan. III
Extention Of the time limit allowed
western stockmen to count their herds
which must be done before they get
loans from tho war finance corpora
zion. would be a great thing ror tho
industry, ". T.. BySart. California
onttlcmsn. here for the National Live
stock association meeting which opens
tomorrow, said tonight
July / is the present limit set. and
he declared that the count cannot
bc made until late IN the spring and
VIII take some timc. Upon the war
finance corporation and tho willing
ness of banks and trust companies to
cNicnd aid to the industry. it's exist
encc depends. MIR. Bysart said.
Tho executive committee of the as
socia ation numbering fifty. attended a
banquet tonight at which policies and
the general situation were discussed.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-12
Continued on Pago Two)
new RESOLUTIONS TIE
SENATE KNOT TIGHTER
Fight To Unseat Newberry
Gains Warmth In Upper

Washington. n. c.. Jan. 1l.-Ths
fight in the senate over tho right Of
Trueman II. Ncwberry. Republican OF
contested by Henry Ford. his oppon-
ent in the 1918 election. continued to-
day and when tho session ended to-
night "redictions of tho outcome Gen-
orally were held in abcyancc, so un-
certain has tho result become. It was
agreed among leaders that the out
come rested on the final position to
bc taken bv fewer than half a dozen
senator's whose attitude has not been
disclosed.
Hope for vote today WAS dashed
by last minute demands of ecnators de-
string moro time to speak. Even an
attempt by Senator Spencer. Republi-
can of Missouri, who Is leading the
Newberry supporters. to obtain an
agreement to vote at o'clock tomor
row, was closed. Senator King. Demo-
crat of Utah, objecting. Mr.. King sus-
sested that the asrcement might be
entered into tomorrow, II brought up.
The introduction of two now reso-
lutions dealing with Mr.. Newberry's
right to seat also complicated ef-
forts to bring the controversy to IL
close and deferred agreement on
the new resolutions those senators
whose timo has been exhausted under
the hour limitation again could go on
tho floor and several took advantage
OF the opportunity.
Tho resolutions both to declare the
scat vacant. were by Senators owen
of Oklahoma and alsh OF Montana.
Democrats. Mr.. owen said he had
sought to eliminate all disputed points
in the controversy so that the senate
could determine solely whether 1t was
sound public policy that. such large
amounts of money should be expended
in campaign. Mr.. Walsh's resolu-
original proposition declaring the seat
vacant but redrafted to express in
"firmeet tone" statement of the sem
ates views with respect to the well
fare of the nation when large sums of
money are used In a campaign and
election.
The possibility of a Democratic move
to seek to recommit the whole case to
the senpte elections and privieges
committee temporarily set aside today.
was talked of again after the debate.
No decision was reached however.
Efforts to get pairs arranged for
and against the seating of Mr.. Now
berry continued to offset the loss. OF
strength on either side thru abscntces.
The pairings arranged today were:
Senators Dupont. Republican of Della
ware for, and Stanley. Democrat of
Kentucky against and Moses. Re-
publican. of New Hampshire, for and
Reed, Democrat, OF Missouri. against
Senate officers also attempted today to
locate Senator johnson. Republican. OF
California whose attitude 1, not
known. Several kilograms have been
dispatched in efforts to locate him and
determine whether he can be paired, X
he is unable to reach Washing ton -
vote.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-12

Detroit. Mich, Jan. 11.-tBy The
Associated press. )-1f Henry Ford
obtains possession of the Muscle
Shoals project in Alabama, he Will
take immediate steps TO make that
part Of the south one of the indus
trial centers of the country The AS
socinted Press learned today.
The Muscle Shoals plan of Mr.. Ford
cor'e--- Dlates one of the largest un-
dertakiRs in the history of indus
trla. America. ~ became known, and
includes development of the property
as model and the eventual extension
of the system to other parts of the
country.
Mr.. Ford's proposal includes the
building of city 75 miles long in the
Muscle Shoals region. 1t would be
made up of n numb + of iargu owns
or small o'tiHs --hf- g. '~ ;" hN
the manufacturers view that men
and Their Id.u4iie shuutu iNc al snun
communities where benefits of rural
or near-rural life would not be en-
tirely lost
Mr.. Ford's proposal to the govern
ment includes leasing of the property
for 100 years. But before the en-
piration of half that time he propc Sea
to turn tho completed project over