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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
Trustne's Sale

Whereas, John @. Daniel and JeulI
G. Daniel, his wife, by their ces41|
deed of trust, dated Novembef \
1892, and recorded In the Reoosd6f
Office of Audrain County, Missouri
book IL, at page 10, conveyed 70 Y
undersigned trustee the following 4
scribed real estate situated In Audr1I
County, Missouri, to-wit:
The west half (1a) of the soutbGn
quarter % and the southeast fond
| ca of the southeast quarter 20
section Twenty-Five (22), toWisht
fifty lone (51) north, range tn n
| west OF the 9th p. M, containing e
hundred and twenty (120) acres NJ
OF less, which said conveyance ~
made in trust to secure the payudI
of the promissory note in said dbl
trust described; and, whereas, e.
note remains due and unpaid; ~
therefore, at the request Of the ~
holder of said note and by authoHq
of the provisions of said deed oftul
l will, on
Saturday, the 25th Day Of HeptensE,
A. D., 1897,
| proceed to sell the property hefeif
before described, at public vendueh
the highest bidder, for cash, . -
east front door of the Court Houset
Mexico, Missouri, between the bon
of 9 diock in the forenoon and o.
O'Clock In the afternoon OF that d1fa
to satisfy said debt and the expeu1
r. p. HOPKINS,
TrusteG |
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
Shnrin's Sale.

By virtue and authority of q general
execution issued from the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Audrain
County, Missouri, returnable at the
June term, 1897, but continued to the
September term, 1897, of said Court,
and to me directed in favor of Joseph
M. Coons and against James M. Bea-
giles and Frank Beagles, I have levied
upon and seized all the right, title,
interest and claim of the said James
M. Beagies of, in and to the following
described real estate situate in Au-
drain County, Missouri, to-wit:
Eighty acres, east Is southeast d
section / F; 40 acres, northwest "a south
west "a section 2; 80 acres, south Is
southwest Ii section 2; so acres, east
Is northeast u section 10; 40 acres,
southwest ID northeast "a section 10;
10 acres, southwest Il northwest "a
northeast "a section 10; 20 acres, east
part north Il southeast "a section 10;
80 acres, west part southeast ID south
east ID section 10; 100 acres, northeast
"a section II; $40 acres, north part
west Is section IL, all in township 50
north, range 8 west; also, middle part
of northeast a southeast n section %,
township 81, range 8 west; also, lot
No. 1 of block No. 8, Lakenan &
Barnes College Addition to the City
of Mexico, Missouri, all lying and
being In the said County and State Of
Missouri; and l will, on
Friday, the First Day of October,
A. D., 1897,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in
the forenoon and five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the east
front Court House door, in the city of
Mexico, County Of Audrain aforesaid,
sell the same, or SO much thereof as
may be required, at public vendue, to
the highest bidder for cash In hand
(subject to all prior liens and judg-
ments) to satisfy said execution and
costs.
M. N. NELSON,
Sheriff of Audrain County, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
ShnKif's Sale

By virtue and authority of q general
execution issued from the Office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Audrain
County, Missouri, ~returnable at the
September term, 1897, of said Court,
and to me directed in favor of M. ].
Friedman & Co. and against Urban
Weimer, l have levied upon and seiz-
ed all the right, title, interest and
claim of the said Urban Weimer of, in
and to the following described real
estate, to-wit:
Lots three and four, block B, in
Hunters Addition to Mexico, Au-
drain County, Missouri, all lying and
being in the said County and State of
Missouri; and l will, on
Friday, the First Day of October,
A. D., 1897,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in
the forenoon and FIVE O'Clock In the
afternoon of that day, at the east
front Court House door, In the city of
Mexico, County of Audrain aforesaid,
sell the same, or so much thereof as
may be required, at public vendue, to
the highest bidder for cash in hand
Subject to all prior liens and judg-
ments) to satisfy said execution and
costs.
M. N. NELSON,
Sheriff of Audrain County, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
TTuStee's Sale.

Whereas, Demer Washington y
Susan Washington, his wife, by a.
certain deed of trust, dated Juns 4
1894, aud recorded in the Records
Office of Audrain County, Missouri, 4
book 10, at page 473, conveyed to ~
undersigned trustee the following r,
scribed real estate, situated in Audn6
County, Missouri, to-wit:
Lots one "a and two (2), bloA
twenty-five (22), Ladd's Addition r
Mexico, which said conveyance n
made in trust to secure the ~.
ment of the promissory note In ~
deed of trust described; and, wheson
said note remains due and unpaid ~
the trustee named In deed of tRuoch
dead; now, therefore, at the requat
of the legal holder of said note, N
by authority of the provisions Of ~
deed of trust, I will, or
Saturday, the 18th Day of Septemhs
A. D., 1897,
proceed to sell the property heroh.
before described, at public venduA 3
the highest bidder for cash, ct the -
front door of the Court House, In Mn.
leo, Missouri, between the hours ~
O'Clock in the forenoon and 8 oacioa
in the afternoon of that day, to mtinJ
said debt and the expenses Of execuk
ing this trust.
M. N. NELSON,
Sheriff of Audrain County apdxsk
ing Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
Bryan On High Wheat.
PRESENT RISE in THE CEREALS
PRICE ATTRIBUTED SOLELY
TO FOREIGN SHORT CROPS.
Questions Asked the Party Which is
Now Rejoicing Contentious OF
the Advocates of Bimetallism
Why Silver Has Fallen.

Copyrighted by the New York WORLDLY
LINCOLN, NEB., Sept. 5.-The rise
in wheat will aid rather than injure
the cause of bimetallism.
While a few people may be inclined
to give an administration credit or
blame, as the case may be, for every
thing that happens during its exist
ence, every intelligent person rea-
SONS from cause to effect.
Wheat has risen because the foreign
crop has been exceedingly short. BIZ
metallists contend that the law OF
supply and demand is universal. They
apply it not only to money, but bull
lion, both gold and silver, to wheat and
to every other article of value. They
contend that the excangeable value OF
both money and merchandise will be
affected by anything which affects
either the demand o the supply.
The American wheat grower is just
now profiting by the almost unpre-
cedented disaster which has overtak-
en- the wheat growers of India, Europe
and South America.
When wheat reached75 cents q BUSH
ell a Republican in Western Nebraska
pointed out that the rise was just
about equal to the tariff on wheat and
attributed the rise to the Dingfey law,
but it would be an insult to the intelli-
gence of the average Republican to
suppose him capable of cherishine
such a delusion. While wheat is high
or in Liverpool than it is in New York
land it always or nearly always is) q
tariff on wheat has no influence upon
the price In the United States,
QUESTIONS FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
In an interview given out August q
President Mckinley said: "The cause
of the present boom in the West ID
undoubtedly due, In a great measure,
to the large crops and higher prices
caused by the failure of crops in Other
countries" If the Republicans desire
to claim credit for the high price Of
wheat they must assume responsible
ty for the famine in India. Will any
Republican convention ''point with
pride" to the famine as an evidence
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

THE Mexico LEDGER has been under
the present management twenty-on
years this week. The Daily LEDGER
was established ten years ago last
week. The Evening LEDGER and
Mexico Weekly LEDGER have steadily
grown in circulation and patronage,
and the management is under renewed
obligations to the public spirited, en-
terprising and prosperous people of
Audrain and adjoining counties for a
cordial and liberal patronage. We
make no new promises, but abide by
our motto, carried ut the head of this
paper, which is, ITO our pride in the
past and q hope for the future, let
us add vigorous work In the living
present" We try to make the LED
GER the best country Newspaper pos
eible.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

the expense of those who 8 -four
the latter In some way secure
corresponding increase in their
incomes. A general rise in prices
should be followed by a rise in wages.
cARLIsLE's PAST WORDS QUOTED.
Mr.. Carlisle, in his speech of 1878,
commenting upon the advantages to
be secured through the Bland act,
said: "Instead of constant and relent-
less contraction, instead OF a constant
appreciation of money and the depre-
citation of property, we will have
expansion to the extent of at least two
million dollars per month and, under
its influence, the exchangeable COM
modities, including labor, will soon
begin to rise, thus inviting investment,
infusing life into the dead industries
of the country and quickening the
pulsations of trade in all of it's depart
ments."
The farmer and the manufacturer
would each receive a higher price fol
his product and would be able to pay
more to those employed in it's produc'
ton. The laborers, on the Other
hand, would at once realize the advan'
tage enjoyed by the employer an6
their own disadvantage and demand
an increase in wages. The labor
organizations, aided by the increased
demand for labor, would obtain thit
increase and thus secure protection
from harm. The good effect of a gen
eral rise and a subsequent level O.
prices would be widespread and per.
manent. The owners of money anc
the holders of fixed investments are
the only ones to whom rising prices
bring a real injury, and this injury
Is partly remedied by the greater
security given to investments.
If it is said that rising prices do al
injustice to the owners of money ant
those enjoying fixed incomes, let it bt
remembered that the restoration o.
l bAA1Obh4AA1Ah SoA OhAy t0ho away -
advantage which the gold STANDARD
gave. 1t is a choice between falling
prices indefinitely continued and {
return to the bimetallic level. Tit
gold standard gives a perpetual advan'
tage to the money owning class ant
works a perpetual injustice to thu
producers of wealth, while bimetal
lism gives a temporary advantage t.
the producers of wealth at the expens,
of the money owners, and then estab'
fishes Justice between all classes BY
preserving stability in the purchasing
power of the dollar.
WHEAT PRICES SURE TO FALL.
Those who understand the cause o
the recent rise in wheat know that tn,
price will fall when foreign crop
again become normal; in fact, whea
has already receded twice owing t.
fear that the first reports of foreign
crop failure were exaggerated. Tit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

THE st. Louis Republic covers re-
turns from crops with the following
headlines:
Corn crop facing adverse conditions
Reports show generally lesser yield
this year than last years gathering
Gut short by drought-Lack of rain
has reduced the yield in the principal
corn growing States-Prices, though,
are higher,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

THE LEDGER is glad to know that
the County court is seriously consid-
ering putting down granitoid walks in
the Court House yard. The members
Of the court are in favor of keeping
the county property in first-class
shape and intended to make these
improvements this fall. On account
Of large appropriations for bridge and
road purposes, which were absolutely
necessary, the court finds that there
is not money enough on hand to make
improvements contemplated in the
Court House yard. Granitoid walks
and water will, without doubt, be put
in early in the spring.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

WHY does not Col. y. Is. Cook, in
his profuse eulogies of Democratic
workers, refer to Hon. John M. Bark
or, who did such valiant service in
the campaign last fall? Col. Barker
not only made many rousing good
speeches in Missouri, but did splendid
work in other states, and for weeks
was in the thick Of the fight, travelling
day and night, without any pay.
During the entire campaign, as the
LEDGER is informed, he never used a
single railroad pass. Barker was
working for the good of the he
loved. Surely he is not overlooked
because he introduced the now
famous anti railroad pass resolution
In the Mexico Bryan Free Silver
Club.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

HON. WIN. j. BRYAN received a
grand ovation in st. Louis on Monday,
Labor Day. He made a magnificent
speech, which was listened to by
thousands of people. Fully ten thous-
and working men took part in the
demonstration. Democratic leaders
from all parts of the State were pres
ent to assist in receiving the distin-
puished orator,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

Hons. II. p. BLAND, A. NJ. Dockery
and ID. A. Ball were orators at the
grand Democratic picnic at Tulip
Monday. There was a large attend
ance from Monroe, Galloway and Au-
drain, and the distinguished speakers
we're listened to with close attention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
$4,000 Asked For

Mrs. Archie Cottle has entered Il
against the @. q A. railroad comp..s
She asks for $4,000 for the dests Z.
her husband, who was strucl &
Chicago & Alton train, two mills ..
of Thompson, on August 8 and kiJr
There r three causes for acss.-
named In the petition. The an !.
that the engine bell or whistle WEI. S.
used at the approach of the croe.i,-'
the second, that the crossing NJ Z
bad shape; the third, that the -.
men werec careless and unskiifun -
each charge she asks 5000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
Hon. VIM. J. Bryan, of Nebraska.

that the Republican party is redeem
ing its campaign pledges? Will the
Republican party pledge itself to use
it's best efforts to continue the famine
abroad, as it pledged itself last year
to promote international bimetallism?
The most significant thing about the
Republican rejoicing w the rise in
wheat is that in admitting the rise to
be beneficial they answer the ar
guments made last fall by the leading
advocates of the gold standard and
plant themselves on the ground hero
tofore occupied by bimetaliists. We
were told last fall that an approaching
dollar was s national blessing, and yet
within a year the entire Republican
press is in is in ecstacy because the
purchasing power of a dollar has been
to some extent decreased. The wage
earners were told last fall that a rise
in the price of commodities would be
detrimental to them, and yet, behold,
how happy the Republican %spellbind-
ers r because one great staple
flour-has risen.
The laboring men were told that
their wages would be virtually reduc-
ed when it required more dollars to
buy a given amount of food and cloth
ing. Can it be that our, opponents
have forgotten the "Railway Sound
Money Clubs?" AS soon as the en-
ployes ask for their share of the
promised prosperity the large en-
ployers will be compelled to raise
wages or eas Boosting that pros
perity has returned.
BIMETALLIsTs AND REPUBLICANS.
While the Republicans seem to
have come W to our position, there
is this essential difference between
them and the b~imetalllsts: The latter
desire to raise all prices to the bimet-
allie level, and then keep them there
by a financial system which will fur
nish a standard money sufficient in
volume to keep pace with the demand
for money; the former praise q dear
dollar, but grow happy yer the
cheapening of the dollar in its relation
to q few articles.
A general rise quickens enterprise
for the time being, and the maintain
ing of the level when reached, protects
business in general and the producers
of wealth in particular, from the disas-
trious effects OF falling prices; a rise
In a few articles may bring advantage
to those who produce such articles
and yet be q detriment to those
engaged in the production of articles
which do not enjoy q corresponding
rise. A few instances may be given:
II wool rises, the wool-grower will be
benefited, but the manufacturer Of
wooden goods will suffer unless there
Is a corresponding advance in the
price OF wooden goods. But an advance
In the price of wooden goods ID an
injury tc those who wear wooden goods
unless they enjoy . corresponding
increase in their incomes. II sugar
rises, the sugar trust reaps the profit,
but it must be at the expense OF those
who consume sugar unless the con-
sumers OF sugar can make enough
more 10 cover the increased price.
SO when wheat rises, the wheat
grower h benefited, bat he profits at
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

IT seems almost impossible for deal
ers to secure school books for public
schools. 1t is especially hard to get
any of the primary grades.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
Executors Notico.

Notice 10 hereby given thst ~
testamentary upon the $500 !
Michael Scannell, deceased, VII =
annexed bearing date of ApRnessn
have been granted the under 4.
by the Probate Court Of Anp
County, Missouri.
All persons having claims eess
said estate are requested 70 -
them for allowance to the exes
within one year after date o. ssi
ing letters, or they may be pre-
from any benefit Of such eststel
IL such claims be not exhibited \ +
two years from the date they ~
forever barred.
p. H. sCANEEI
21-4t. Exeo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
Harry Atchison is nome from Cole

Harry Atchison Is home from Colo
RADIO, where he has been in the inter-
est OF Q large Wholesale fruit house in
st. Louis. He shipped 81 car loads of
cantaloupes out of Colorado, $40 crates
In Q car, 45 melons in q crate. Harry
is all business and pushed the trade
for all there was in It.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

ending June 80, 1892, was 81. O3; for the
year following it was eighty cents; by
the first of November, 1893, the price
had fallen below seventy cents.
What will be the eventual effect oil
this temporary advance? That it must
be adverse to the Republican party ia
certain. If any are foolish enough to
credit the rise to the new tariff law, to
the gold standard or to "restored con-
fdence" the spell will be broken when
wheat returns to the level of the last
few years. The disappointment will
then be the more intense because OF
the temporary delusion, and the Re-
publican papers which are to-day call
ing attention to the price OF wheat are
simply laying up for themselves adj
ditional trouble.
The advocates of bimetallism can
rejoice in the rise while it lasts and
when it is over they a contrast the
advantages of higher prices, due to
increased volume of money, with the
short lived benefits of a spasmodic
rise, due to q famine SO distressing as
to appeal to the sympathy and charity
of the American people.
An official in the Agricultural De-
partment has recently issued a state
ment estimating that the farmers of
the United States will receive for their
wheat crop this year several hundred
millions more than they received for
last years crop and points out the
STIMULATING effect of this amount of
money on other branches of industry.
This is another confirmation of the
arguments made by the b~imetallists.
A large part OF this money comes from
abroad. Wheat is not only higher,
but more of 1t is being exported. If
we had enough money in this country
an increase in the volume would be
an injury.
PROBLEMS TO BE CONSIDERED.
If an increase In the volume of
money secured by the expectation of
higher wheat gives cause for rejoicing
is It not evidence that we now have an
insufficient quantity3 II the farmers
are constantly reminded of the large
increase In the value OF this years
crop, viii they not be able to calculate
their loss the more easily when wheat
goes DOWN. Is 1t not possible that
the pleasure experienced from the rise
In wheat will lead farmers to desire
an increase In the price of other farm
products? When they learn the ad-
vantages OF restored prices will they
not seek some more durable means Of
sustaining prices than a drought or a
famine7
The department official has also con-
tributed to our cause by emphasizing
the benefits received by other indus
tries from the farmers prosperity.
The President, during the last CAM
paign, gave utterance to very effect
i've phrase when he suggested the
opening Of the mills instead of the
mints, but be was answered by the
statement that the mills would open
when the people were able to buy the
products Of the mills. When q gov
eminent official points out the adyan-
tage accruing to the country from the
fact that the farmers have several
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
Corn Injured BY Dry Weather.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Sept. 4.-The
intensely warm and dry weather for
the past three weeks has greatly
impaired the late corr and 1t has
almost destroyed the fall pastures.
The Thermometer has stood about 101
here for the past week. The school
board to-day, owing to the warm
weather, decided to defer opening the
school for a week, until Monday, Sept.
18th.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

Mr.. ORLANDO HIT, of Mexico, Mo-,
is being prominently and frequently
mentioned by the press, the bar and
the people for Circuit Judge of this
circuit. Mr.. Hit is an able lawyer, a
close student, with a judicial mind, a
clean, conscientious man and would
make a most admirable Circuit Judge.
IL he should become a candidate for
this office he will have the cordial and
solid support of the people of Audrain
cnuptu
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

Married, at the residence of J.. J.
Burks in Wilson township, on Sept. 8,
Mr.. Charles Fouts and Miss Fannie
Gravitt, ESQ. ]. w. James officiating.
The LEDGER joins friends In extend
ING congratulations.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

THE Mexico LEDGER rejoices with
our people in the fact that Rev. Mr..
Marvin and Presiding Elder Cooper
have been returned to Mexico by the
Conference. These gentlemen are
most popular with all church-going
people, no matter whether they be-
long to their church or not. In and
out of the church they have great
strength throughout this community.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
Notice Of Final ssttlsmsns

Notice is hereby given tess
settlement Of the estate 81
Hill, deceased, will be made1
Sept. term Of the Probate -
Audrain County, Missouri, 70
at Mexico, Mo-, on the second
In Sept, 1897. JOHN HILL
I'd Adminisf1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

IT'S twice as easy to deceive ones
mother as it is any other woman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

A POSSIBILITY is something you want
to happen but which refuses to do 30.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

THE average man spends a lot OF
his money in trying to get something
for nothing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
calI and Settle.

Parties indebted to the old firm OF
Turner, jackson & Co., VIII please
call and settle their medicines atonce
as all old business must be closed mp.
TURNER-JAcKsoN MERCANTILE Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 0.

THE true wife always acts like a
woman possessed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation. Cure it positiyely, GER
tainly, infallibly. Cure II so it stays
cured. Cure it 10 You can stop taking
medicine. And that is something
that no other remedy in the world
will do.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

WANTED.-Trustworthy and active
gentlemen and ladies to travel for
responsible, established house in
Mexico. Monthly ss5 and expenses.
Poaition steady. Reference. Enclose
self-addrsssed stamped envelope.
THE DoMNIoN COMPANY,
49, Dept, w. Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09
CORN 80
John Atchison Sells Five Hundred
Barrels Of Old Corn.

John Atchison has sold to John
Smith 800 barrels Of old corn, weighed
at the crib, at 80 cents per bushel.
About two years ago John Atchison
and Gale Berry bought over 1000 bar
rels ut IS cents . bushel. Mr.. Atchi-
son says he will not sell any more for
20 cents per bushel, rs he thinks corn
b going to be a good deal higher.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-09

THE Kansas City Times, one of the
staunchest Democratic newspapers in
the country, in referring to the maIic-
ious and bitter attacks being made on
the Mexico LEDGER by Soapy Sam
Cook, says:
The Mexico LEDGER insists that it
is a loyal Democratic paper, aIwaysh has
been and always will be, and that the
opposition cannot read it out of the
party. There seems to be a very large
tempest in a small teapot in Mexico,
and bitterness is being engendered
that can do no one any good.