The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-03-31
BARGERToN ITEMS.
Hubert Jones, Reporter.

iona COWBOY, Friday night, March 81.
G. C. Sellars, Sam Peterson and
others were in Lexington Monday on
important business.
Don't mention so to me again. III
bet you were in Jail in S9."-Mrs.
Bugs in Arizona Cowboy.
w. S. Pruitt returned to his home
in Jackson Monday.
Fred Sellers ordered car load of
Fertilizer Monday for the community
and expects to order another car at
an early date.
"That was the biggest blizzard ever
seen in these parts-big ball of fire
struck agin locomotive and knocked
it six miles up in the air, melted it
and they had ter pack it in ice to
freeze it inter shape-that was in 49,"
-Buggs in Arizona Cowboy.
Misses Ruby and Gladys Gardner
and Flora and Alma Wheatley, of Ju-
no were among the ones that attended
the community meeting Friday night.
c. v. Coffman and B, s. Jordan
were in Jackson last week on bust
ness.
Jess Gately and family, Of Law, WIS.,
tied r. B. Sellars and wife last week.
The storm Of last week, about eight
miles northwest of here, near the Car
roll county line, did considerable dam
age, destroying two dwellings,, be-
longing to the Blackwells, and blew
down several outbuildings and some
timber.
w. L. Harris has been hauling cot
ton to Lexington.
The road hands have been working
the road fro mhere to Centre Ridge.
Sam Jordan has built him a new
storm house.
The young people enjoyed singing
at the home of d. w. Parker Satur-
day night.
T. A. Hays has been running his gin
and saw mill.
Prof. C. M. Vernon has returned
from Palestine, in Carroll county,
where he taught successful Today
singing school.
w. l.. Harris has improved his gar
den considerably by placing a new
fence around it.
Any one desiring to purchase Fer
tilizer this Spring should see F. s.
Sellers at an early date as he is TAX
ing orders for this community.
Robert Mayo is up after a tussel
with the flu.
Eugene Scott is right sick with
pneumonia.
Homer Meals, who moved from this
neighborhood to near Poplar Springs
some time ago, is reported very low
with pneumonia at this time.
Edd Wilson has contracted to make
a crop this year for w. w. Jackson.
s. L. Pierce and David Stewart, of
the Hearn's Chapel community,
were in Bargerton Saturday attend
ing the Odd Fellows.
Jack Day, of Prospect, has been
here several days visiting.
Ed Wilson has traded his Ford run
about to R. B. Sellers.
The farmers around here have been
very busy sowing oats and planting
corn for the past week.
The Bargerton baseball club will
begin their Spring practicing next
Saturday afternoon, April LIST. They
request all players to be present.
Our hustling overseer, J. T. Moffitt,
has greatly improved our road from
here to Centre Ridge. May this work
go on, as the roads are in deplora-
BILE condition.
Several from here are hauling fer
tilizer from Lexington this week.
The writer visited home folks at
Warren's Bluff last weekend.
Walter Pruitt and family, of Pros
pect visited L. j. Pruitt this week.
Lonnie Moody is right sick with
pneumonia.
This is test week again and some of
our pupils are making excellent
grades.
Bud Pearson, of Poplar Corner, was
here Saturday on business.
w. L. Harris continues to haul cot
ton to Lexington. We understand he
has about 40 bales on hand.
Mrs. Vera Crook and Mrs. Bette
Utley, of Hearn's Chapel visited R. C.
Wilson last week.
Miss Cora Mae Wilson, who is in
school at Lexington, visited home
folks last weekend.
On account Of the inclement wealth
er, there was no preaching or singing
here Sunday.
We are informed that Hersie Davis
and family will move to Lexington at
an early date.
The Bargerton school board will
meet Saturday, April LIST, at o'clock.
Let every member be present as there
is some important business to be
transacted.
Lester Autry, of Poplar Springs,
was in our midst last week buying
chickens.
l.. w. Sellers, the Rawleigh man,
has been very busy lately.
l.. A. Dudley made a business trip
to Jackson this week.
Some cattle buyers, of Clarksburg,
were here several days last week and
purchased nice lot of cattle.
If you fail to see the Arizona Cow
boy Friday night, you will miss rare
treat. This play is thrilling from
start to finish and it teaches a moral
all should know.
SCHOOL NOTES.
School is about out and every one
is preparing to have a good time the
last week.
There will be three evenings of en-
tertainment, which is as follows:
Wednesday evening, the graduating
exercises. The class address will be
delivered by Rev. Fleetwood Ball.
Thursday evening the drama, enti-
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