Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-01-31
BENTON CITY ITEMS.

BEN1ON CII1 IIEMO.
Correspondence of the Ledger
BENTON CITY, Jan. 30.-Mrs. 7. M.
Diven visited her parents in Mexico
last week.
James Meyers and VIM. Frazier, the
Rush Hill druggists, were in town
Sunday evening.
Capt. Lot, Of the Union Chapel
neighborhood, was visiting at DIR. Nc
Murtry's Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. frankie Brown, of Burlington,
Iowa, is visiting relatives in this
vicinity.
Mrs. L. l.. Cohoon has returned
home from a several weeks visit with
her daughter in Galloway county.
Tom F. Moore, Of Hatton, was visit
ing Col. A. f, Romans last week.
George Jones, who has been suffer-
ing from grip, is convalescent.
Now comes D. M. Slonaker and
offers us county supervision of schools,
as a panacea for all the ills infllcting
the public school system. win coun-
ty supervision prevent local boards
from hiring cheap and incompetent
teachers? He says young pedants
have introduced Civil Government
and other branches instead of thor
oughly grounding the pupils in the
elements Of an education" Shades
of Pestalozzi! Don't you consider
government an element of educa-
tion for our boys? Say, Mr.. Slonaker,
if you cut out what you call the
higher branches from our rural schools,
what will our thousands of poor boys
and girls do for an education? Don't
you know that there are 'heaps and
gobs" Of them that are not even able
to attend school in u town and vii
lage schools? Our schools do not need
a superintendent as badly as theyneed
an application of good "horse" sense
to their management, especially in
the selection Of directors and teach
ers. The fault is with the people,
Let them elect~good representative
men directors of schools; lei who
will apply good, sound business meth
DDS to school management like they
do to other affairs of life and weak
teachers will disappear as rapidly as a
snow ball on the equator.
Miss Mamie Jones is visiting in
Montgomery City.
DR.. T. A. McMurtry is quite sick al
this writing.
We are informed that W. o. Powell
formerly agent Of the Wabash rail
road at this place, now agent a
Sturgeon, will be transferred to Tho
office at Wellsville in a few days. Mr.
Powell is a fine business man, courte
GUS and accommodating. He has
host Of warm friends here who will
be rejoiced to hear Of his promotion.
Uncle David Mcclure is quite i'll o.
paralysis.
Fred Vail, who lived 3 or 4 mile
east of this place, died of pneumonia
Sunday. Funeral services and buria
took place Monday at the Benton Cit!
Cemetery.
Uncle Jim Brown is suffering from
the grip.
Walker Pollock and wife, Of Mex
leo, visited the family of H. L. Mile
the latter part Of last week.
Mrs. Morris, Of st. Louis, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. George Jones, in thii
city.
John Hilderbrand gave a party Il
his many young friends last week
His spacious dwelling was crowded b,
a gay concourse Of young people VIII
amused themselves until a late hou
tripping the eight fantastic toe.
Mr. Hilderbrand and lady are desery
ably popular with a large circle O
young people.
Lovers OF Missouri and defenders Q
her fair name will regret that dema
! gogues and pot politicians are !
the ascendant of the State Legisla
ture. That body in passing the resC
luton Of sympathy for Aguinaldo an
his horde Of Filipino cut-throats wei
guilty Of treason, the most fragrant I
their own country; a government II
most benign; and II to further blacke
the name Of the fifth State in u
Union, failed TO pass a resolution
sympathy with Christian England O
the death Of the beloved head Of u
nation, a nation Of the same origin