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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
TO THE PEN.
That's the Bunco Mans
Fate-Flve Years.

John Eagon, the fellow who
tried a confidence game with cards
on B. o. Sims several weeks since,
will get to learn a trade or two in
the Missouri penitentiary.
Most of our readers will remem-
ber that Eagon got a team at Cen
tralia and drove out to Mr.. Sims
place, northwest of Mexico, and
introduced himself as Banker
Harris" of Fulton and said he was
looking for a farm which he de-
sired to purchase for a widow.
Mr.. Sims was willing to sell and
began showing Eagon over the
place. But, directly, a Sec
ond man came up who soon
made himself acquainted and pro-
posed game of cards.
The next thing they desired was
a big bet on the cards. Sims
caught on very soon and bid the
fellows good by and came to Mex =
leo and reported the matter to the
officers. Sheriff James took in
Eagon and the other man, Hill as
he called himself, was arrested at
Centralia, but the evidence at the
time was considered insufficient
against Hill and he was released.
Eagon faced a fury in the Au-
drain Circuit Court last week who
gave him the full extent of the law,
five years in the penitentiary.
Take a better man than Eagon
or Hill to beat an Audrain farmer
---Our farmers are too smart.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
BAD SITUATION.
Audrain People Would Not
Permit Such Ways.

Louisiana, down in the State
of Pike" seems to be going rapid
ly to the bad. Here is the style
in which the Louisiana Times
writes mp little happening in the
Pixies county town the other day:
Wade Lafferty, b. Pappenfort
Joe and Britch Bechtol got into n
scrap at Anderson & Pappenforts
saloon Monday morning. In the
mixture Joe Bechtol got his face
considerably bruised and the other
Just a few scratches. The fight
was the result Of II poker game at
PappenfOrt's saloon Sunday.
Crow, Heavener and Lafferty in
dulged in a poker game Sunday
and there was dispute over "A
misdeal Of cards. Heavener
pulled a gun on Lafferty. Lafferty
knocked the gun out of his hand
and Crow picked it up and threat.
ened to shoot Lafferty. In the mix
up some one stole Lafferty's chips
amounting to about $25.
Monday Pappenfort agreed to
pay Lafferty the $25 and Lafferiy
signed an agreement to that effect.
But he states that Pappenfort only
paid him $ll. Then the fight took
place.
Crow, Heavener, Lafferty and
Pappenfort were arrested and ar.
raigned before Judge Gum. Crow
and Heavener plead guilty to gam
bling and assault and were fined
$25 in the former case and 81 in
the latter. Lafferty and rappen-
fort ave each charged with assault
and their trial set for today.
This is all the result of gambling
and saloons running on Sunday
and the sooner they are both stop.
ped the better it will be for Louis
lana,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

An exchange tells of a man
named Henry Henderson, living
IN the north part of Montgomery
county, who came very near diving
from eating ice cream while hot
Ihe exchange further abjures
young men to cut it out (the item,
not the ice cream) and show it 10
their young lady friends. This is
an entirely unnecessary procee.
dure and reflects upon the intelli-
gence of the fair sex. Simply be.
cause Henry suffered the conse.
quences of devouring large guam
titles OF hot ice cream is no indica.
ton whatever that the girls NAV
be similarly inflicted. In the first
place woman seems better ADAPTED
for struggle with ice cream of
any and all kinds than man. Who
ever hearu OF woman getting
SICK on ice cream' A girl can
consume more ice cream sodas in
one day than man can drink
mint Juleps, and the beauty of it is
she arises the next morning look.
ing as fresh as n daisy and with n
sweetly serene temper, while the
man is the proud possessor of n
large-sized headache and fero.
cious disposition. Then, too, no
sensible, refined young lady will
take ice cream hot. All expert.
enced girls will tell you that cold
ice cream is much preferable, es.
peclally in warm weather. They
are naturally better yersed in ice
cream matters than the man in the
case. But we must not be too hard
ON Henry. No doubt he Thought
he was getting hold of mild and
harmless Tom and Jerry.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
PROF. GASS TALKS.
A Few Words for Audraln
Teachers.

| Prof II. a. Gass. connected
with the Office of State School
Superintendent at jefferson CITY,
one of the best school men this
State affords, talked to the Au.
drain Teachers Institute in this
city last week, Following are n
few thoughts he presented:
In order to be able to master a
business one must know thoroly the
matter to be impaired and the sub
Ject, and the child to be taught.
In order to this the teacher must
daily prepare his lessons.
In learning trade young man
goes INTO carpenter shop as an
apprentice for several wears
learning every detail of the work
before he is capable of taking
contracts, drawing plans, oversee
ing other workmen, etc Teachers
must do the same thing. He must
learn to use the tools he is to work
with, as do those of other profess
sions.
Teachers ought to be able to give
instructions without a text book
IN hand. They should be able to
present the matter without referr-
ing to the text book in the pre-
sence of their pupils. BY SO do
ing you not only inspire your pu-
plls, but have greater freedom in
giving instructions.
Teachers should be able to see
the relation of one subject to an
other, as that of history to geog-
raphy. bow knowledge of one
Is help in the study of another.
it is necessary that teachers
keep in touch with the thought
and development of the times.
Changes in the times makes changes
i'll conditions. What was good
enough few yaars ago is not
good enough now. We must keep
progressing with the age we live
in i'll order to do the best work.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

A certain minister, name un.
known, also color and denomina.
ton, thus describes eternity:
YOU shall suffer for all eternity.
DO You know what that meansi
LII tell you: If a little sparrow
was to dip his bill in the Atlantic
ocean, and take one drop of water
day and hop across the country
and put that drop in the Pacific
ocean, and then hop back to the
Atlantic, one hop a day, after an
other, and if he kept that thing up
until the Atlantic was as dry as a
bone it wouldn't be sun.up in
hell" 1t isn't necessary to add
that many penitents came up that
night and the meeting continued
for some time.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Harve Kelly, of Trying, who has
been turning his attention of late
years to raising ginseng, says the
Montgomery News, contracted last
week with st. Joseph, Mo-, man
to sell him all the ginseng seed he
raises this year at SIG a pound.
MIR. Kelly expects to raise from 30
to 80 pounds of seed on a little
plot of ground 25 feet wide and
10 feet long, and the st. Joe man
contracted for all of it, requiring
Mr.. Kelly to put up a forfeit of
$lOO that he would sell none of
the seed to any anyone else. The
Missouri man is preparing to 20 in
to the ginseng business on large
scale. Mr.. Kelly informs us that
ne started to experiment with
ginseng in 1894, and had he known
then as mnch as he does now about
raising the plant he would have
made a fortune by this time. The
demand for ginseng root and seed
has constantly increased and the
price has gone up until home grown
ginseng root brings about $40
pound when ten years ago it was
only $3.50. The ginseng Mr.. Kel-
ley raises is exactly the same kind
that grows in the woods. 1t used
to be found in the timber in this
county in paying quantities, but is
now nearly eXterminated. Mr..
kelly's ginseng farm" is in his
garden at Irving, and he has
studied the peculiarities of the
plant until he is an expert.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
THE FOURTH.
Some of the Dolnes at Lad.
donia Tomorrow.

Laddonia holds her 10th annual
Fourth of July tomorrow.
Following isa portion of the pro-
gram;
D a. m. Discharge of cannon and
hoisting of "Old Glory"
$3.50 Il. m.-Chiming of bells.
1000 Music by Band.
Call to order.
Address of Welcome by Mayor
{. A. Smith.
lnvocation-Rev. T. NJ. Tay-
Tor.
1890. Song" America"
Music by Band.
Reading of Declaration of In
dependence by Prof. w. M.
Jones.
l1:OO. .-Oration by Allen Stallings.
Music by Band.
Dinner.
Loo. p. m.-Music by Band.
Call to order.
SOng-"Auld Lang Syne," by
the old settlers.
Music by Band.
1:3O.-Address to the old settlers
by Hon. G. w. Beal, of Ne.
braska.
Music by Band,
Address by Walter Burch.
Music by Band,
4 4;OO-Bicycle parade-two prizes.
Prizes to oldest settlers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
Land EXCHANGES.
Matilda 4. Wells to Lutte Diggs,
all 1926, $4,000.

Matilda K. Wells to Lutte Diggs,
all 1926, $4,000.
Bernard Jung to w. l.. and G.
A. Barnes 3 hf sw l4-52-9, So, 100
J. G. Parrish to G. Y. Bast, lots
10, II and -, block II, Farber,
$3.50.
w. S. Ragsdale and wife to Ezra
l.. Randel, east half northeast, 33-
Sis, $500.
j. j. Alexander and wife to Jos.
eph Boehm ne l0-52-7 less 20 S
side. S., 900.
Ben d. Brown and wife to Ezra
l.. Randel, east half southwest, %
SIS, $1,000.
Byron Marcy to Jesse l.. Oar.
nell Sc sc and 6 a sw corner ne sc
21-5l-6, 5000.
Mary E. Kearns ct al to b. Wad-
dington. ll-7acres adjoining Ben
ton City, 5000.
Joseph Riggs and wife to Ru-
dolph Warner, 200 acres in 26 and
27-52-11, $S, 900.
Jacob Schopp and wife 10 Sarah
f. Little, Is acres at noith limits
of Mexico, So, $50.
Clayton r. Lupton and wife to
Edwin S. Cave. west half south.
east, 23-50-S 1862.
John w. Sudduth to w.
Latney Barnes, 1,0S0 acres in O.
10 and 16-52-l0, ,$32 900,
E. G.. Kennen and wife to j. b.
McCarty, 66% acres north west
part northeast, l2-52-7, 81 $50.
Bertie D. Lonergan and husband
to Walter l.. Crigler "a hf sw
and W hf Sc and part Sc he 24-5O-
Z, $1,000.
Catherine Reynolds and husband
to r. A. Jesse a s W Mexico and
lots | and 2 blk 3 Muldrows Sub
Mexico, 81, ,775.
John r. Mallory ct al to w. G..
Moore, E IN acres east end
south half northwest ! and l54
A. acres east part southwest l-52-9
and 75Ia acres east side west half
northwest and northeast north
west, 12-52-lO, So, 1852.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

The above appeared in the Kan
sas City Star last week, to which
the Star added the following:
i. V. Montague was in his Of
flee in the New York Life building
this afternoon when he was shown
a copy of the above dispatch.
"Yes, my company has bought
the telephone system at Mexico,
Mo. =" said Mr.. Montague, 1.-THE
exchange now has about 800 tele
phones, bu; we will extend the
system at once. The Mexico tele-
phone system was owned by DR..
X. Z. Graham. | do not care to
say how much | paid for the prop
erty."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

The "devil" of North Missouri
paper was ambition to become
paragrapher. The other day be
produced the following "stub ends
of thought" which he submitted to
the editor:
There are no hair on Il frog.
Good apples grows high-also
cherries.
The humble bees looks pretty,
but cut him out.
The farmer what raises wheat
kin git full and raise other things.
The Lord made the earth, but
Morgan and Carnegie owns it.
"A corn is wart on yaur toe.
Corns and warts are the same only
different.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
AWFUL MISHAPS.
Girl Loses Foot, Other
Child Boz, Feet.

Hardin, H., June pa -
year-old son of Dan Harkins, a
farmer living in Green County,
about II miles northeast of here,
accidently drove with a mower in
to his little three-year-old sister
who was standing in the grass
unobserved. One of the girl S
feet was cut off. Later the
same boy moving weeds, had the
great misfortune to drive against
his little brother, who was play
ing among the weeds, cutting off
both feet.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

The automobile is coming to stay
awhile. There is one of the things
in Hannibal which, it is said, runs
usually at the rate of thirty miles
an hour. If you should chance to
be forty feet ahead of it in its line
of travel it would pulverize you.
It's scorcher from Scorchersville.
Next to the general terror created
by this car of Juggernaut is the
automobile face. In the early
days of bicycling the bicycle face
excited much concern among peO-
pie, and the press often commented
upon it. If the bicycle face is SUI
pernaturally hard set and lined
with determination, the auto face
is subnatural and demoniacal.
The look is one of: Ell am out to
race against the flight of time;
other things must stand aside and
let the procession pass"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

W, Fl, Hawkins, the Maryville
real estate and mortgage agent who
disappeared from there June 4,
after having forged many mort,
cages and notes, and gave himself
up ten days later, was sentenced
to eight years in the penitentiary
by the Nodway county circuit court
last week. There were seven charges
against Hawkins. One was made
by Miss Mary Ford, one by Dr.J.
H. Todd, one by Mrs. Lucy Saun-
ders and four by ], Barringer
Hawkins pleaded guilty to all
counts. Hawkins's hair, which
was only slightly tinged with gray
when he ran away, has turned al
most entirely white.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
Teachers Resolve.

The following were adopted by
the Audrain Teachers Institute
last week:
l. Resolved, That we express
our thanks to the county board and
to Messrs. RAIDER and Brewer for
making this institute success.
,. That we recommend the ef-
forts of our county commissioner
to secure county supervision
and that we urge our representative
in the Legislature to secure super
vision by legislation and do all we
can in our respective districts to
forward the cause.
). That we favor the consoli-
datiOn of Our county districts and
free transportation of all pupils to
schools.
4. That we ask our legislature
to authorize our text book com
mission to revi sc the list of text
books not oftener than once in
two years.
D. That we extend our thanks
to those who furnished entertain
mcnt-Misses Leona Jackson, Mary
White, Lcola Walker, Cecile Wei
mer, Bennctta Barkley, Mr.. Willie
Cross, Mrs, Grace Souders, Mr.. and
Mrs. Treloar, and to Messrs. Gass,
Basket, Million. Kokendoffer and
Hanna for addresses.
6. That copy of these resolu-
tions be sent to each county paper
and to the Missouri School Jour
nal for publications.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
TELEPHONE SOLD.
Big Extension for the Mex
leo Line.

Mexico, Mo-, June 27.-The
Mexico telephone system has been
sold to X. V. Montague and other
Kansas City men and the lines are
to be extended in this section of
Missouri and greatly improved.
Ten Thousand dollars is to be spent
in improvements. Mr.. Montague
is president of the X. V. Montague
Bond Investment company of Kan
sas City.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Ed. F. A. Mayhall, pastor of
the Christian Church at Louisiana,
well known in this county, will
quit the ministry and take up the
study of law,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Laddonia Herald: TT. Turley,
of Mexico, was in town Tuesday.
He likes the country down this
way well enough to want to buy a
farm, having sold one in the west
end of Audrain in April.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

II. ). Duncan, chairman, an
nounces that the summer term of
the Riverside Scripture Institute
will be held at Troy this year,
opening at 3 o'clock p. m. Mon
day, July IA, The sessions are
open to all who wish to come and
spend few days in Bible study.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

The first fellow to make an au-
tomobile purchase in Mexico will
be talked about till the next fellow
gets one.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Prof. w. M. Jones, president of
the Laddonia Normal Institute and
Business College, read an inter-
esting paper before the Audrain
Teachers Institute in this city last
week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Miss Matte Petty, formerly of
Rush Hill but now of Nevada, Mo. -,
is representing the Cumberland
Presbyterian Sunday School of Ne
vada at the National Convention
in Denver, Colo, this week. She
will visit Pueblo and Colorado
Springs before returning.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

DR.. w. .Traughber of this city was
elected treasurer of the American
School of Osteopathy alumni as
sociation at Kirksville last week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

This comment by the Middle.
town Chips: The Mexico Mes
sage is authority for the statement
that the drouth last year killed off
tho rats-along with the corn
crop. The Message wont lie, and
Chips hopes it's not misinformed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Mark Twain is guilty of the two
following maxims: 1--WE ought
never to do wrong when people are
looking" and-"No real gentlemen
will tell the .aeked truth in the pres
ence of ladies'"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

A real estate firm at Vaudalia
has sold seven farms in that vicin-
ity in the past three weeks. The
sales amounted to over $j4 900.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Rev. James Noble, of Jefferso n
City, conducted services at the
Episcopal church in Mexico last
Sunday. Rev. X. M. Dean is still
unable to assume his pastoral
duties.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Mayor Jones has accepted the re.
signation of II. E. Cluster as eoun-
Gilman from the Second ward. A
special election will be held to fill
the vacancy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

The Pike County News says that
a little girl from St. Louis, who
was visiting near Edna recently.
upon seeing hen preparing to
gather her chickens under her wing.
shouted excitedly; "Oh, don't sit
downon those beautiful little birds,
you great big ugly old rooster,
you!
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Judge Hughes overruled the mo-.
tlon for Il new trial In the case of
Patrick Markey VS.. the Louisiana
4 Mo. II. II. Co. An Audrain
County jury gave Markey $50, 900
two weeks since against said rail
road, Markey lost both his legs
in the wreck near Curryville two
years ago.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

a Louisiana old bachelor says
the reason there is no marrying in
heaven is because it is heaven.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

The pastors of the Mexico
churches will hold union services
in Hardin Park thru this month.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

1t has been suggested that Lord
kitchener's coat of arms should
bear an American mule, rampant.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Capt. q. w. l.. Stevens, of the
United States army, has opened a
recruiting Office in this city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Judge j j. Alexander of Lad
donia last week traded the G. r,
Bondurant farm, 40 acres, north
Of that town, to Joseph Boehm
for the latter's stock of groceries
in this city. Mr.. Beohm gets a
splendid farm, but he will move
back to Chicago, He and wife
are now visiting Mrs. Boehm's 5
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Koch, of
near Rush Hill. We understand
Mr., Alexander will move the gro
Gerry stock either to Laddonia or
Farber.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
just Four Items!

"Nothing's on the square in
Macon" says a North Missouri
weekly, "because Macon hasn't got
square.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03
Tomorrow's the Fourth.

Centralia will celebrate in great
style tomorrow.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Program of the Laddonia cele-
bration in the issue.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1902-07-03

Row Are Your Kidneys
DR. Hobbs sparagus Pills cure all kidney Inn. pa,n'
pie free, Add. sterling Kennedy Co., Chicago or S.f'
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-05-28
DISCUSSING SILVER.
House Has Under Consideration the
Coinage Bill.

Washington, May 2S.-The house to-
day transacted some routine business
before regular order was demanded.
A rule for the consideration of the
bill to increase subsidiary silver coin
age was adopted and under the terms
two hours are allowed for general de-
bate
Mr.. Hill. of Washington. expressed
surprise at the criticism of the meas
ure INDUCED in by Mr.. Shafroth yes
terday. Ii had nothing to do with the
question of exchange. abolition or re-
demption OF silver dollars. 1t covered
only the subject of subsidiary coinage
and was so innocent the minority had
not seen fit to attack it in their report.
Mr.. Hill declared that legal tender
silver dollars cost the government
$3.50 900 900 in the last twenty years,
which is convincing proof of the wis
dom of their retirement. Mr.. Bell, OF
Colorado. declared every great panic
this country suffered was precipitated
by currency tinkerers" like Hill and
his friends. He said it would create
an all-powerful banking trust which
would control the issue of paper cur.
rency.