The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-06-02

A fine safety razor to the first Lex
ington boy knocking home-run FRI
day (2nd.)-Elk Pharmacy.
Miss Elizabeth Spellings left last
Monday for her home in Hazel, KY,
where she will spend the summer
months. Miss Spellings was quite a
help to the student body of the City
school last year and her friends are
pleased to know that she will return
and take up her work in the Fall.
A. L. Hughes, of Saitillo, accom-
panied by Mr.. Jess Reed and Edgar
Atkins, was here Wednesday enroute
to Memphis and Arkansas. Saltillo
people coming to Lexington report
Mr.. William Hinkle, who is visiting
Saltillo, as having "the time of his
life".
The Musical Comedy, "Miss Cherry
Blossom" under the direction of Miss
Fay Houston, played by thirty Lex
ington people, under auspices of the
Parent Teachers Association Of the
City School, was presented to fairly
good crowd at Decaturville last Fri
day night, realizing a nice sum, which
will be help in making the payment
on the seats in the City School build
ing,
Let's all play balI-we've got the
goods-Reach 1.-THE standard.) Send
US your orders.-Elk.
Elwood Hilliard, elder brother of H.
billiard, operator at Lexington sta
ton, died last Friday at Westport,
where he resided with his widowed
mother and brother. Mr.. billiard
was absent from his post of duty on
account of the death and burial of his
brother and was himself sick, necessi-
tating Glenn Batten coming to work
in his place.
Homer Joyner left Tuesday for his
old Home and Farm" near Huron, to
spend two or three days visiting his
mother and looking after his landed
and agricultural interests. Brother
Adam ought to straighten out Mutt"
on this trip-especially for that dog
tax" hoax, the last one pulled off on
Adam, in which hoax we take it for
granted Homer was at least "parti-
ceps criminis."
One lady buys $500 worth Of Elk
Flesh Builder at one time. 2,400 bot
ties (115 gallons) sold to date. 1t
builds 'em up.
Miss Lena Wells, who has been
teaching domestic science at Equality,
ILL.,, arrived here last Sunday to spend
two weeks with her sister, Mrs. j. w.
Wright. She will attend a Summer
Normal at Nashville, after which she
will again visit Lexington. Her moth
er is expected from East Tennessee
this week, to also visit the Wright
family.
Mrs. Mae Parker and daughter, Lo-
raine, of Memphis, returned to their
home in Memphis last Sunday even
ing, after a short visit to relatives and |
friends and attending the cemetery |
decoration Sunday afternoon. Many |
doors in Lexington are open to Mrs.
Parker when she chooses to come to
Lexington-and the Barry door is one
of them.
Judge t. A. Lancaster went to
Nashville in the last weekend and
when the verdict of the lower court in
the second trial of Bolton Robinson
was confirmed by the Supreme Court,
the Judge succeeded in procuring the
Governors pardon of Robertson. Gov
ernor Taylor seems to have had no
hesitation about issuing the pardon
after reading the record.
We are selling lots of True-Tagg
Lead and Oil with zinc) save you
good money and you get the best
Elk.
There was a Salvation Army wo-
man in Lexington Wednesday-ask-
ing help, of course, for the truly great
cause her organization represents.
The man who will not give money to
the Salvation Army is proof against
appeal. This woman said she had been
in the Army twenty-five years and
her pay for the work she had done
had not gone beyond the food she ate
and the clothes she wore. All honor