Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-05-07
County News.
M%ARTTNSBURG ITEMS.

MARTTNSBURG ITEMS.
Correspondence of the Ledger.
MARTISsBURG, May 5.-Born, to Mr..
and Mrs. II. A. Overbagh, a son.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. James Peery,
a girl.
Misses Angie Copeland and Nora
Bullard, attended the entertainment
at Laddonia Friday night.
Miss Callie Billiard was in Martins
burg a few days last week,
Elder l.. B. Coggins failed to I'LL his
appointment here last Sunday, being
in North Carolina.
SundaySchool will be organized next
Sunday at the NJ. E. Church.
Mrs. o. P. Jones and little daughter
are guests of relatives in Martinsburg.
Marion Walker, wife and daughter,
Efie, visited in Mexico Saturday and
Sunday.
Our balloon man assembled with per-
feet Gee last Thursday.
The base ball game between Sham
rock and Martinsburg on last Thurs
day afternoon was watched with in
terest by a large crowd of people.
Martinsburg won, as usual.
We had the pleasure of spending
last week among the prosperous and
happy people of Shamrock and vicin-
ity. The country was never more
beautiful than now, with its deep and
luxurious foliage and flowers; its
lovely sloping hills thickly dotted
everywhere with fine cattle, sheep,
hogs and horses. This is a happy and
~contented spot in the Lords vineyard.
You ought to have a good correspond
emit from there, MI. Editor.
Wire worms, chinch bugs and corr
feas are destroying cor in this part
of the county. Chinch bugs are kill
ing the oats and wheat.
Miss Maggie Torreyson is home
from Laddonia.
DIR. Cox, of Shamrock, was in Mar
tinsburg with one of his patients last
Friday.
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.
Correspondence of the Ledger.
MARTINsBURG, May 5.-The balloon
ascension last Thursday brought tn,
largest crowd to Martinsburg that haI
been here for several years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Rodgers cam.
down from Mexico Sunday to spent
a few days with their daughter, Mrs
billiard, southwest of town.
@. T. Martin is up from st. Loui
visiting friends.
c. d. Williams went to Moberl.
Sunday.
The M. E. Church has organized
Sunday School, with Harry johnson
as superintendent, Miss Gibbs assist
ant, Dottie Vandeventer secretary
! and Tresa Martin treasurer.
Geo. Burwell made his annual visi
to Mexico Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Painter, of Benton, re
turned home Sunday night after
weeks visit to her cousins, the Mise
I Northcutt.
Miss Maggie Torreyson has return
ed from Laddonia, where she has bee
teaching for several months.
:. Mr. Emmons, of the firm of Rick
etts & Emmons of Mexico, was her
Monday.
Miss Maggie McGraw, of Benton
, visited friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Chess WiIburn, of st. Loui
: came up last Friday to see her fathe
Mr.. Overbagh, who is very low.
John Martin is preparing to ere
r a fine residence on his farm neartow
= Mr.. Spiesr, of Auxvasse, has the co,
tract for building.
ell Mrs. DIR. Taylor was the guest
relatives near Shamrock last week.
al Adrian Hageman and wife return'
last week from the Soldiers Color
:, in Southern Georgia, where tn
spent the winter. Mr.. Hageman
delighted with the South and thin.
n he will go there in the near future
reside permanently.
=. Mrs. Duty, of Mexico, came dov
Sunday to see her sister, Bertha Car
. who is very ill.