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Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01
An Open Letter To w. J. Bryan
lie Is Urged to Add Another Plank to His
Progressive Democracy" ~ r. ~ a.

My Dear Sir:-- have always
been a great admirer of you and
have voted for you in both your
campaigns for the Presidency.
have read THE Commoner" from
the first issue to the present time.
No man who has not read The
Commoner can appreciate your
ability or the greatness of your
character. In the columns of that
paper You have been at your best,
and in its pages / have found the
most statesmanly discussions of
the great issues that have divided
the two political parties in the
United States. Your war upon
plutocracy, as it has appeared
in both parties, has been brave
and fearless. You have written
your name along side of that of
Henry Clay in that you have dem
onstrated the fact that you "would
rather he right than president" 4"
You have maintained your consist
ency and integrity to the end.
Within the last few months
when it became more and more ap-
parent that you were on the losing
side and that the plutOcratic ele-
ment of the Democratic party
would win in the great convention
in st. Louis, many wondered what
you would do. Deserted by many
of your friends who ought to have
stood by you, but who through
cowardice went over to the enemy,
and facing the men who had done
all in their power to defeat you in
the past and were now here, not
only to defeat, but to humiliate
and crush you, you did not cover
or waver, but made yourself he
rO in the fight.
Hou came out of that convention
unscathed and a greater man than
when you went in, furnishing to
the world one more illustrous ex-
ample Of man greater in defeat
than in victory.
! tFi"E The proudest title you
have yet gained from your coun-
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

trymen is that which has deserved
ly come to you as being the con
science of the Democratic party. II
is to that conscience l now make
my appeal. In the last two or
three issues of The Commoner YOU
seem clearly to realize the fact that
you are no longer the recognized
leader OF the Democratic party. and
that, as a man in the ranks, you
are free to express your views upon
all questions without embarrass-
ment to your party. Released
from the responsibility of party
leadership and in the enjoyment of
OF this freedom which must be
very grateful to you, you have al
ready outlined in your great paper.
The COmmOner," some of the
new>lssues yoH propose to advo-
cate in your departure from the
old beaten track of Democracy, all
OF them important, and destined
to become live issues before the
American people. But, as a Chris
tian statesman, having the best in
terest of your country at heart. as
yOu look over the field of her
greatest evils and needs. | wonder
that You fail to see and mention
the greatest issue of them all. the
liqnOr traffic. In comparison with
this all other issues you may men
tlOn, or which are already before
the two great political parties.
sink into insignficance. would
not insult your intelligence by ar
raying before you facts in proof
OF this statement. You know that
1t is so and your conscience an
peals to you and tells you the aw-
tul evil ought not longer to stalk
abroad and go unchallenged in our
land. You know that the distil-
lery, and brewery, and licensed
saloon interest is the greatest
curse that confronts us, and you
know that these combined interests
IS one of the strongest factors in
the politics of the day, and that il
CONCLUDED ON LAST p,op
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Stephen aud Forrest Roddy of
Centralia, aged II and IL years.
passed thru Mexico last Thursday
with their calf team, the public has
heard so much about, on their trip
to the Worlds Fair. Three other
Centralia parties were with them.
Willard While, Deane barley and
Hall Tottle. An advertising agent
for a st. Louis house was also a.
long and pays all expenses of the
trip. They will be on the road
about twenty days. They only
travel about ten miles a day, as
the young oxen are slow and lazy
as were their ancestor oxen in the
pioner days of the settlement of
Boone and Audrain counties. Those
boys and those young oxen are out
for high good time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Following are among those who
united as members with Hopewell
church, near Thompson, at the
revival meeting lately held there
Mrs. J. M, Jones and Mrs. Thos.
Culbertson, Misses Pearl Roach,
Leila Tinsley, Beulah Griffin, Eta
Jesse and Florence Hawkins,
Messrs. Reed Brown, Reed, james
Ware and P. H. Ecton. Baptismal
service the second Sunday in Sep
tember.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Judge James Heaton, of Au-
drain County Court, who resides
near Vandalia, went down to see
the Worlds Fair a short time ago.
He thinks it indeed big show
and every man and woman and
boy and girl ought to see it. The
Leader says the Judge took in the
Pike; looped the loop, going down
the incline quieker'n you could
say seat The sensation was de-
lightful and made his rheumatism
feel better
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

According to the statements of
Rev. Mr.. O'Brien, a minister of
Shelbyville well remembered in
Mexico, who two years ago at the
annual conference of the Method
ist church here declined his ap-
pointment on the Sturgeon cir
euit,-tho, for ought we know, did
so OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is very
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Elgin l.. Beal, formerly of Au-
drain cOunty,-bOrn and raised
here-now located in Custer cOun-
ty, Neb., writes the MESSAGE that
the crops are immense out there
this year. Oats, in some instan-
ces, are making 80 bushels to the
acre. Other crops will yield in
like proportion. Elgin well re-
members the 10th section, s"
northwest of Laddonia, this county,
near his old home; Field Ak
ridge, Mrs. John Summers, Jim
Thomas, and Others now living
on it. 1t was school land" set
off by Congress to that township.
Referring to the land sales he no.
tees in this county, Elgin notes:
The james Thomas farm, on the
10th section,near the Lone Elm
sold for $50 per acre. That land
was bought at $4.OO per acre about
thirty years ago"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

w. s. Moore, now of near Slat-
er, formerly residing northwest of
Mexico, paid his respects to the
MESSAGE one day last week. He
was down this way to visit his
brothers, Robert Moore, north
west of Auxvasse, just over the
line from Audrain, and A. IL.
Moore, with the hardware firm of
Ferris & Cauthorn of this city.
w. S. Moore will be remembered
in this vicinity as the man who
about four years ago was with a
threshing crew and was on the
straw stack, back of the thresher
while it was at work, when a
spark from the engine set the
stack on fire. Mr.. Moore waded
thru blazes higher than his head for
his life. He escaped as it hap
pened, but both hands were badly
burned so that he was not able to
do any work for year or more.
He is now all right and is pros
pering in his Saline county home.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Says the Perry Enterprise:
James w. Gallaher Of Mexico. and
Rev. r. d Chinu of Vandalia.
were in town yesterday. Mr.. Gala.
her has bought property at Mex
leo and moved last week. He open
ed up a marble shop at Mexico
and will have marble shop at
Vandalia, but will have all his work
done at Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Arthur Trick is a new reader of
the MESSAGE. Mr.. Trick was
raised in Pike and Rails counties,
residing a number of years near
Perry. He knows all the old set,
tiers down that way. Mr.. Trick is
now citizen of Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Miss Decide Sallee of Mexico is
home from Bonssteel, s. D., where
she filed on the land claim she
drew in the government lottery.
She goes to live on the claim in a
few months. 1t is only four miles
from the town site Of Dallas and is
considered a fine piece of land.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

The new out,off railroad people
are going to rshow u.s. after this
month. They have already begun
to carry freight on the other end
of the road towards st. Louis. Re
gularly freight services win be in.
stitpted between Mexico and Old
Monroe this week, Passenger SER
vice may be put on a couple II
weeks later,
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

They do say that Nolan Hodge
Of Worcester is the boss road boss
Of his section. He is putting in
new bridges and rigging his roads
up in fine shape.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Miss Goldie Bass formerly of
Mexico, was married to a Mr.. Wise
at Armordale, Kansas, few days
ago. That's the couple that
Ed. Hook went ont from this city
to make happy; the MESSAGE had
it all last week but the names.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

aud flowers now, when eighteen
months ago it had nothing but a
wire fence around it.
Will send check to keep the
MESSAGE coming Il while longer.
Regards to any inquiring friends.
CARRIE E. PARKER.
Wagner, /. r.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01
SOME LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS IN PELLET FORM

w. NJ. Jones, late of Mexico and
earlier than that of Laddonia, this
county, uses a two column add in
the Bowling Green times relative
to Pike College aud signs himself
"W. NJ. Jones, M. A. Ph. D.,
President"
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Fritz Role, IA years old, work
ing in Paul Weber's bakery last
Friday, caught his hand in the
gearing of the bread mouldering
machinery and sustained a badly
mangled finger. The finger had to
be amputated.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Mrs. Frank Crawford, formerly
of Bean Greek this county, now of
Huntsville, is in a Kansas City
hospital taking treatment for can
GER.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

A mudhole in the middle of the
road down on Liberty street this
.ity, that the country people who
drive that way think our city coun.
Gil should look after.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Prof. Basil Brewer who resigned
his place in the Mexico schools to
go TO Harvard has reconsidered
and will be with the schools this
year. He has trouble with his eyes
which made it impossible for him
to take up his college studies at
this time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Wallace Bassford of Mexico,
secretary to the Hon. Champ
Clark, has been chosen superin-
tendent of the process and publicity
bureau for the State Democratic
Committee for the coming cam
paign. His headquarters will be in
st. Louis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Profs. j. N. Gross, Of Mexico,
J.L.Shobe, of the Cauthorn school,
and Luther 9. Mccall, principal Of
the Martinsburg school, conducted
the teachers examination in
Mexico last Friday and
Saturday The gentlemen
named compose the County Board
Of Education
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Miss Amy Hutts of Mexico left
last week to resume her school
work at Crowley, in the State of
Louisiana:
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Clyde Langford of Mt. Carmel,
this county, has employment in St.
Louis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Lee Bros, oil Mexico, with their
Ripping Brook" horse, won the
5000 1925 pace at Bowling Green
fair last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

The Centralia cornet band made
the mnsic for the Pike county fair
last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

w. L. Barnes aud wife Of Mex
leo have been at Bowling Green
for IA week, slipping Of Beebe
Springs water
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01
AUDRAIN PEOPLE
Moved From the Vicinity of
Skinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beal, Mexico,


has. been set to write to You, but
something always prevented. To
day after returning home from
church 1--WE are having protracted
meeting) l decided l would try
again. We are all alone, as
Lotta, Roscoe and Irene are in st.
Louis.
Have had good health so far.
Haying is well along. They cut,
rake up, press and car the hay at
once. Go to the big fields, pitch
II tent or two and live right there.
The farmers do not put up any
hay to speak of, but spectators
that call themselves Hay Men,"
lease the fields and hire the work
done. There will be very good
corn and some cotton, notwith-
standing the floods we had in the
spring.
Living is high here. Work
scarce. Most farmers are renters
and live from hand to mouth.
Most of the farm houses are poor
two-room affairs.
Went out near the Verdigris
river with Mr.. Parker last fall. He
had business with a widow. SO /
put up n lunch and went to hunt
pecaus. He took his gun. Got
cold and hungry but waited until
we got to the woman's house,
thinking to get a cup of hot cof-
fee, but the desire for coffee left
when we went into the house. They
put dry limbs on the Goals in mud
and sticks fireplace and soon had
fine, bright fire, so Mr.. P. could
dry his socks which had gotten
wet wading after ducks he had
shot. But | never was in such a
house. One room, no windows,
holes between the logs that cat
could climb thru; an old rusty
stove, two chairs, two beds, ia
BILE and sewing machine, a few
boxes and four people. SO smoky
and dirty, | was in a hurry to get
out of doors again. Do not see
how they lived. Ate our lunch on
the river bank, picked pecans,
found a curious plant, to me, was
green leaved but seemed to have
for bloom a flower of clear white
ice or frost that came out of the
ground and broke as brittle as thin
ice. Looked with a longing eye on
great shining bunches Of mistletoe
that were in the tops of old trees,
leaning far out over the water. !
Saw some fine hogs and calves,
priced the calves as they
were good ones, wanted ten dol
lars, have seen no better bring
twenty many time in Missouri. |
Passed several fine orchards and a
few FARMS with good houses and
barns.
This is fine fruit country. We
went with Uncle Josh and Aunt
Lucy Palmer last fall to Grand |
river after wild grapes. We just
came back loaded, such fine grapes |
and persimmons like winesap ap-
pies in size. and hickory nuts. We |
kept putting into the wagon until
the men said we would not be able
to get home. Yet we would find
something else. / have pretty
evergreen tree in the yard as a |
memento.
Did any of You ever work up !
They make beauti-
full marmalade that keeps fue
without cooking, 1t is almost equal
to hOneyi know, for | made three
gallons.
Am sure we would be very lone
some without the MESSAGE. It is
like a letter from home. It tells Of
the changes that we would nothear
of otherwise. Love to hear of the
people we lived among for twenty
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Hardin College and Missouri
Military Academy opens Wednes-
day, September 14th.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

j. w. Patton has moved fro I'm
here to Idaho to reside.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

John Blum of Bean Greek is
erecting fine six.room dwelling
on his farm.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

DIR, Frank j. Harrison, late Of
this county, who is third assistant
physician at the hospital for the in-
sane at Fulton, has been chosen to
deliver a series of lectures on men
tai diseases before the medical stu.
dents of the State University. DIR.
Harrison is an Audrain boy, a
brother OF County Collector Alb
Harrison.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01
-SSS3S33SSSS

Miss Lena Do we'll opened school
at Bryan a few days ago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

The Mexico schools open Tues
day, September 18th,
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

a man down in Pike county
named Bottoms fell thru Il bridge
with team near Curryville, his wife
was injured and later died. The
Bowling Green Times says Bot
toms will sue the county for dam
ages, claiming that the bridge was
not in good condition.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

The editor of the MESSAGE had
a little business in Centralia last
Saturday. We enjoyed the hospi-
tality of our old time friends and
former schOolmates, Mr.. w. w.
Selders and wife; we had not
seen the latter in twenty years She
was formerly Miss Hattie Sprague.
We used to work ont sums" to-
gether and spell against each other
in spelling matches" at the old
Asher school house in this county
more'n thirty years ago. The
neighborhood is now known as the
Oak Grove neighborhood. Mr..
and Mrs. Selders made earnest in
auiries about Nick and Bennie
Smith, Jesse Asher, the Lewtons,
the Akridges and others. Of
course we had to tell them that
most of them are scattered and
gone and others are under the sod.
Mr.. and Mrs. Selders are prosper
ing in Centralia, have an elegant
home, and Mr.. Selders is one of
the busy builders and contractors
of that nIace
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

Mrs. Alice O.. Macfarlane of
this city sailed last week for a visit
to the prominent cities of Europe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

John MercuriO, some of the at
torneys in Mexico, will ask, is it
John or the other fellow, as John
figured in a law suit here at one
time while he was running fruit
store in Mexico when the question
came up whether it was John or
Frank gives the st. Louis papers
a nice little story. John is an Ital-
ian and has an Italian cousin John
Sansome, aged q, up at Keokuk,
Iowa. 1t is this Iowa cousin that
makes the basis for this item.
Mercurio now lives in st. Louis
and keeps a fruit store at 02l Nor
gan. His cousin, Sansome, came
to st. Louis a few days ago to see
the Fair and has since mysterious
ly disappeared, MercuriO tells the
police that he fears no foul play,
that Sansome had an American
sweetheart up at Keokuk and she
has disappeared also. Sansome's
parents didn't want him to marry
an American girl but had an Ital-
ian girl picked out for him. Mer-
curio thinks his cousin wanted to
do his own picking aud has eloped
with the American girl, o.. he may
be on the Worlds Far grounds
enjoying his honeymoon.
Mexico Missouri message., 1904-09-01

CONCLUDED ON LAST PAGE.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-10-27
THE GOOD OLD WAY.

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Isaac Sharp, ex-t;ovcrn"r of Kansas,
In Il letter from 1.227 street, =. E.N'ash-
inston, ID. c., writes:
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Congressman ii. Henry Powers writes
from Morrisvillc, VT:
"Pcruna l havcU liz my family with
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All Frizs Office.

Raleigh Times.
Tom Watson could have put his en-
tire letter OF acceptance IN a angle
line. Here 1t is: 81 am mad with the
Democrats" That's the Truth.
Sam Jones says they once
counted Tom out and he has never for
got 1t. You can take a fellows land,
his COWS and horses, even beat him in
a suit to recover damages from a raj
road, and he will, after while, forget
Il. But ii you take his oilice from
him, he will cuss you'll he does it ~,
to the day OF his death. Most people
have long ago forgiven the Repu"li~
can party for emanclpatlng the ne
groes, but the fires continue to burn
in the breasts Of Democrats, when VIC
remember they stole the Presidency
from Samuel ]. TI'den. There is
something In an flee that sticke'h
closer than brother. When Senat'
Vance was sea-sick he said he threw
up everything except his scat in Con
gress. Men are OF the same opin ION
who are yet upon dry land. The TAX
ing away OF an Office Is a seri Gus bus:-
ness. 1t was at the bottom Of the I'M
parchment proceedings which proved
such farce few years ago. To yet
somebody's Office or TO prevent SCR
ones getting it, has been the basis
some doubtful legislation ia rcte"t
years.
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Scotland Neck Commonwealth, June go, 'o4.
A Mammoth Apple Dumping.

Mr.. Peter E. Smith gives account
of a great occasion in Scotland
Neck which dates back sixty years.
This is longer than the memory
of most men run but Mr.. Smiths
days have been unusually length
ened and many interesting things
can he recite OF the long ago.
He relates the apple dumping
story as follows: In 1910 William
Henry Harrison was elected Presi-
dent. In a part of Halifax coun-
ty not far from Ringwood there was
a voting precinct called dump
ling Town" In that precinct In
the year 1910 there wers la vo-
ters and the entire vote was cast
for Harrison.
Scotland Neck wishing to show
special appreciation OF the unani-
nous sote IN "Dumpling Town"
precipct set a day on which to
honor the voters of that precinct,
inyited them down and sent wag-
ons for them and brought many
down. under the escort of band
of music. A large crowd came to-
gether to celebrate the day, and
the place of festivities was in Mr..
James Bakers grove, now known
as Mrs. Ferre!l's srove. Two days
aud a night were consumed in pre-
pairing The bill of fare.
THE HUGE DUMPING.
1t consisted O! a mammoth ap-
pie dumpling weighing Ia pounds
to correspond to ia votes east for
Harrison at "Dumpling Town."
The dumpling was prepared and
cooked under the supervision of
Mrs. James Baker. It Was placed
in a large sack, lifted under a tri-
pod with rope and tackle and low
cred into a large hog kettle end
cooked two days and a night.
When it was we'll done 1t was low
cred into large tray and around
it were ia apple dumplings of Or
1iaasy -.->, ..-.<a S"o 6ioas OiU"u
invited to partake OF the unique
dinner. A barrel OF good molas~rs
was used for sauce, and Mr.. Smith
says he distinctly remembers the
scene as the hungry crowd ate
the apple dumping sauced with
mOlasses.