Mexico Missouri message., 1905-09-14
THE AUTO FIGHT.
The Agitation in Audrain Getting
Throughout the State.

The st. Louis Republic last Sat.
urday contained a double column
article with the following head.
lines:
Audrain County Farmers Call
Meeting to Stop Auto Evil"
Judge Kendall Heads Moveme mt
to Check Menace to Lives of Peo.
ple"-Women Indorse County Of
fcer's stand, Which Is for More
Stringent Laws Than Govern
Threshing Machines-Plan to Car.
ry Matter to Northumberland
of Modern Vehicle Are Active, De-
claring That 1t Can Now be Used
in Combination as Farm Cultiva-
tor.
Then came the following, part
of which appeared in the MESSAGE
last week:
Mexico, Mo-, Sept. S,-A large
number of citizens of this county
have signed a call for a special
meeting to be held at the Court
house, Sept. %, to conceive and
execute some plan to check what
they term the automobile evil. ="
Many tOwnspeople, as we'll as
farmers. have signed the call. 1t
reads:
I'VE, the undersigned citizens,
ieeming it necessary for the safety
of our families, and believing that
the automobile is a menace to the
lives of our people and of the
the prosecution of our various call
iugs;
Hereby give public notice that
there will be mass meeting held
in Mexico, at the Courthouse, on
Saturday, September 30, at . pm,
to consult as to the best means of
controlling this evil.
And every man in Audrain
County who opposes sthe running
of the auto in our city or on our
public roads, is resDestfulIv urged
to be present"
JUDGE HEADS TIE MOVEMENT
Judge S. E Kendall, County
Rccol der, heads the automobile
movement aud is very zAalons in
its cause. The Judge says:
An old gentleman came into
my Office aud told me that he came
to this country in an OK wagon and
when the country roads became a
necessity, he moved in his fences
and gave-not soda road, and
now, as he was old, he cannot use
it, as his horses, tho gentle, will
not be safe to meet an auto. The
object of the people who have a
called meeting is to try to get our
representatives when next assem-
d. bled, to enact very stringent laws
governing threshing machines,
reapers, mowers, etc., all Of which
are required to stop 100 yards be-
fore meeting persons driving
horses, and engines are required
to shut off steam and stand still
until persons driving are 100
yards in the opposite direction.
I'VE deem it just to agitute the
question, which is a serious one,
to see if we can't avoid the shock
ing accidents which occur daily in
places where there are many autos
in use. Instead of try ing to make
trouble, we are trying to avOiC
trouble. What l have done is fOl
the public good"
WOMEN INDORsE MOVEMENT.
Judge Sc. Kendall has received
the following card from the wo
men:
: We. the undersigned ladies o
r north of Mexico, take this mean
| of letting you know that we appre
! ciate your attitude toward The au
/ tomobile, and we are so glad tha
n we have at least one county Office
> that can grasp at a glance the ter
t rible danger Of the auto, and tha
c officer is not afraid to speak on
y in meetin'." " We say if we hav
the autos, let the owners have
7, private road and stay on it.
Again thanking you for the in
:. terest 'you take in us farmer;
.s wives, we are very respectfully,
,c Mrs. Frank Harris.
At Mrs. Harry Householder,