The Lexington advertiser., 1939-01-12

J. NJ. Bedwell and Mrs. Edgar Mayfield
their subscription. The paper
has a good healthy list of readers in
that part of the county. Dropping in at
the cafe of c.. L. Schrock the boss was
out but Mrs. Schrock reported they had
started off nicely in their new place Of
business.
Passing the filling station of w. T..
Marshall / stopped briefly to shake his
"paw" and found the same old pleas
ant smile playing all over his face and
| was pleased to also meet his good
looking wife. The hour growing late l
then pulled out on my return trip to
Lexington and as | neared the home OF
H. L. Barrentine l observed he and his
young son looking wistfully out across
space and stopping to see what was
the trouble with them Mr.. Barrentine ex-
planned his wife had quit him and was
in New Orleans staying with their
daughters and that he and his son were
nearing starvation, and but for this
reason he would ask me to spend the
night with them. The son verified the
statement of his father and said it was
awful, and that if the heart of his
mother didn't melt soon to the point
that she would return he believed he
and his daddy would go the way of all
flesh. Resuming my journey after con-
soIing them as best could arrived in
Lexington little after dark, somewhat
fatigued but glad / had rambled down
to the historic old lake town of Tchula,
one of the oldest if not the oldest town
in Holmes county. l may interest my
good readers at Tchula to know the old
town was the social center for all the
surrounding country hundred years
ago and that big dance was happy
event there on Dec. 12, 1888, and that
Louis G. Galloway, Samuel d. Shackle-
ford, John Dean, Henry Morton, j. w.
Meredith, Edmund Purssell, VIM. J..
Frayser, J. j. Mcknight, Stephen D. Bell,
VIM. C. Clark, James C. Wetmore, Joseph
Hodges, Thomas Land, Thomas T. Land,
VIM. Eskridge, Robert L. Scruggs, Chas.
Fisher, Louis Richardson, B. w. Sanders
and r. c. Ogleby were some of the gal
lants participating at the ball, as is
shown by the printed invitations they
sent out.
Ford Byrd and his young son-in-law,
Mr.. Wynne who resides on the Lipsey
plantation few miles below Richland
were business visitors in Lexington some
days ago and Mr.. Wynne asked me to ex-
press thanks for him to his generous
neighbors who donated many things to
him to help reimburse him for the recent
loss Of his home by fire. This is only
characteristic of the good people of
Holmes county. A few years ago a
farmer Of the Acona community lost his
barn and feed, including his work stock,
by fire and his neighbors gave him more
than he lost and only two years ago a
splendid citizen of the Emory community
lost his nice home by fire and his neigh
bors hauled logs to the saw mill, fur
nished the lumber and rebuilt him
equally as good if not better home
than the one he lost by fire. What
county can beat this for generosity and
people?
Hon Charlie Mansell, one of the most
likable men / have met in Madison
county, was business visitor in Lexing-
ton last week and | was happy to meet
him just as he was leaving for him home
1T Camden. He represented Madison
county in the legislature under the Con-
ler administration, but was defeated for