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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19
A Rural Carriers Advice.

A Rural Carriers Advice.
This poem was written by w.
A Braham, a rural route carrier OF
Paris, Mo-, and expresses the sen,
timent of good roads. advocates
everywhere:
When rhe smiles of spring appear
Drag the roads;
When the summer time is here,
Drag the roads;
When the corn is in the ear,
In the winter cold aud drear,
Every season of the year,
Drag the roads.
When you've nothing else to do,
Drag the roads;
If but for an hour or two,
Drag the roads,
II will keep them good as new,
With a purpose firm and true,
Fall in linel It's up to you,
Drag the roads.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

Mr. Poage was dragged to death
by his horse. A Mr.. Ebbs, a
young stranger and a minister's
son, was drowned in a creek near
by and Miss Abbie Summers was
stabbed to death by her lover.
For long time there was on ly
one church there. 1t was built
and designed for all denominations.
The Methodists occupied the fourth
Sunday. The rest divided the
time except the first. It was So.
cred to Rev j. w. Campbell. On
that day everybody went to hear
him.
No. difference how inclemeut the
weather he always had go cd con
gregatiOns. His spirit has passed
beyond to that golden city so Won
drously fair, but the beauty and
tenderness of his words can never
be forgotten, described or initiated.
They were his own words and
spoken in his own way. And the
young Rev. Mr.. Pearson, as he
was then, used to come and assist
at the protracted meetings. He
did not come regularly, but was
ready when needed. Like our Saw
ior he went around doing our Mas
ter's work. How previously sweet
is the memory of those services
and those at the Antioch camp
ground. I wonder if any who hear
that camp ground spoken of can
imagine what it meant to the peo-
pie who attended year after year.
We counted the weeks and days
till the time came! So many
weeks till camp meeting time, so
many days! Like everything else
it has passed!
Some of you may RENE mber
when Missouri was a slave state,
when everyone almost had his own
servants, but if more help was
needed than was already provided
a man did not go to colored lady
and ask her to please come and
stay with his wife a WHILE" but
got on his horse and rode to Bowl
ing Green, hired a girl and his
wife set her to work when he got
home with her, or if she preferred
a good old woman to take care of
her children he went in wagon
aud when he had bought or hired
one she got in the wagon with her
chest, her high post bedstead and
bedding wrapped in a gay quilt
ana was driven home. Did some
one ask why he went there to get
herr Why, because that was the
place provided for that business.
If a man had more black people
than he needed at home or did he
wish to punish Que for misconduct,
or perhaps no wanted the money
he would get for their hire or sale,
he would take them to the county
seat on the day set apart for that
business aud an auctioneer would
cry them off to the highest bidder
This sounds rough, but it did not
seem so then and it is all in the
reminiscent history of Pike eoun-
ty and all in the state of Missouri.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

On the train from Kansas City
last Saturday the MESSAGE editor
met Mr.. aud Mrs. Dave Moore and
little son, Henry. who
live at Bonner, Montana. They
were coming back to old Audrain
and Rails on a visit to their old
home. Mr.. Moore was a pupil of
We editor at the Neville school
house I ear Hutchinson q number Of
years ago. Mrs. Moore is the
daughter of Mrs. Robert Harris at
LaddOnia and a sister of Amos
Harris near Benton City. Mr.. and
Mrs. Moore think Montana all
right and will return to that cOun-
try in June.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

August Bertels, near Martins
burg, while dragging the roads re-
Gently, sustained q broken leg.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

The little 5.months-old child of
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Powell of
st. Louis died recently of whoop-
ing cough and was shipped to Ben
ton City for interment. The par.
ents formerly lived at Benton City.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

w. Hardin Sims, southwest of
Cant, was over at Mexico last Sat-
urday. He~is a jolly good fellow
the MESSAGE was glad to make
his acquaintance.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

Albert KempsOn and wife, south
of Mexico, have moved to Ken
lucky.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

Joseph Luckenhof Of Westpha.
liza, Mo-, has located at Martins
burg
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19
PIKE HISTORY.
1t Touches Audrain-The Slave
Business and Other Matters.

The following interesting paper
appeared in last weeks Louisiana
Press.Journal and was read by
Mrs. M. 9. Purse before the Cen
tury Club of Louisiana. We take
it that all the early settlers of this
county, especially, will read it
with much interest:
AS was born and reared in the
western part of Pike county in
Ashley / will begin my recollec-
tions in that locality. Some of it
l remember and some was told
me.
Ashley is a small town seven
miles west of Bowling Green. In
1886 my father had it surveyed
and the town lots laid off by Major
Michael j. Noy es, an old resident
Of Louisiana, tho he had previous.
ly lived in Bowling Green. The
land was part of what is called the
Gaines tract and laid in the old
Spanish claim and was paid for
three times-frst by my fathers
father, Rev. James Kerr. He
bought a large tract of the land
and divided it among the children,
my fathers part lying in and
around where Ashley is now. The
land originally belonged to a man
named Daniel Clark, living in the
state of Louisiana. He died and
it was sold by his executors-Relf
and Chew. Another heir turned
up. Again the land was paid for,
this time by my father for his own
portion, but he was not yet done
paying. Mrs. Gaines came on,
said she was Daniel Clark's daugh-
ter. She came to st. Louis,
where my father met her. She
pleaded her own cause in the
court and established her claim.
He paid her and received his deed
with Mrs. Gaines signature, and
l haye it now
/ will read a piece thatis in an
old scrap book taken from news
paper published IN the county a
long time ago. 1t was contributed
by Prudence Dodd, a nom de
plume of Mrs. Draper 0rr'
During the Indian troubles
Captain Kerr (he was my father)
at the head of a body of men
known as the Missouri Rangers
pursued a band of Indians from
Louisiana, where they were burn
ing houses and committing other
depredations, across the country
to the Missouri river, the flight of
the red men being over an old In
dian trail which passed thru this
part of the country along the very
lanes and streets of this our day,
The Rangers overlook the enemy at
the river as they were making
across, fired into their canoes, kill
ing and wOunding a number of
dusky faces aud routing the whole
band"
This is a depression, yet it is
really part of Pike county history
but very little known by any one
now living here,
/ will go back to Ashley. 1t is
as / said before a small town with
about 500 inhabitants. 1t seems
old, but it is not, though the flavor
of antiquity elings to it in an an.
usual degree. For long time
there was no doctor there, and if
any one got very sick they sent to
Bowling Green for Dr. Hardin,
That was in an early day. The
doctor moved to Louisiana and
they followed him to that place,
They seemed to think Dir. Hardin
could almost restore life il it had
had already passed away
There was a dearth of lawyers
there, but if a fight occurred and
an arrest they sent to Bowling
Green for General John B. Hen
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

j. N. Moran, formerly of this
county, now Of st. Charles, re-
news for the MESSAGE.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

Rev. r. w. HOwerton, we un-
derstand. is to establish a newspa-
per at Santa Fe.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

Mr.. James r. Leeper aud Miss
Elizabeth Wisdom, both Of Mex
leo, were united in marriage last
week, Rev. q. G. Selecman Oficiat-
ing. They will make their home
in Denver. Colorado.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

ley. The first that / remember
hearing of was kept by a bachelor
IA Maine Yankee-named Joshua
Sylvester. 1t was said Of him that
he was a schOolmate of Longfel,
low. l do not vOuch for it, but
tell you as it was told to me. Our
tOwnsman, Mr.. Yale, was one Of
his pupils. He boarded at my
fathers and when / ia little chap
would run away to the school
house and get tired he would take
me home. Some of the folks who
had young daughters wished them
to 90 to a female school instead OF
the district where there were SO
many boys. so they sent to Con.
necticutt to an agency, where
teachers were furnished when
called for, and got a teacher by the
name of Miss Lavina Stoddard.
She opened her school with few
young girls and as a special favor
Mrs. McPike was allowed to send
her two boys. Soon the school in
creased so thai it was plain she
must have assistance and they
sent for another. Miss Mary F.
Mitchell was her name. They
were both fine teachers and the
fame of the school spread. The
farmers around found a good
school close at hand for their
nearly grown daughters, so put
them on horseback, with a negro
man or boy following them (as the
custom was then.) They trotted
into town Monday morning, board.
ed there till Friday afternoon,
when they were sent for the same
way.
Miss Martha Shaw, our first vice
presidents mother, was one of
these young ladies'. Her cousins,
the Misses Turner, and Miss Nancy
Forgey, now Mrs. James Kissin-
ger, represented Paynesville in our
school, and a Miss Elizabeth
Watts Il think she was a relative
of Miss Whitaker) and three st.
Louis girls. Miss Mitchell, the new
teacher, was proficient in drawing
and painting and some of the
girls took lessons from her aud
sat on a low bench in front of their
desks. / would turn half around
and look at them making the pref
ty flowers till Miss LQvina would
see me aud say, MARY Kerr, turn
around aud look at your lesson"
This school passed away as all
things do, and the Watson semi
nary was built. You all know
about that. The Rev, Josiah
POage was the first principal, then
Rev. McAfee. BY this time Miss
Shaw had returned to Ashley with
husband aud children to educate
the children, and l think | remem-
Der hearing Miss Rllla Shaw dis
coursing in Latin as glibly as a
Philadelphia lawyer. Miss Gene
Bennett, now Mrs. Champ Clark
and her sister, Mrs. William Pit,
ger, and our own Mrs. Pitzer, who
was Miss Emma Gardiner, also at
tended.
Mr.. j d. Meriwether and our
presidents husband, begging their
pardon for speaking that way, per-
haps tho they will not be offended
since it is predicted thai Mr., Long
worth will hereafter be known as
Alice Rooseyelt's husband, Mr.,
Ben Campbell, whom we mistook
for Col. George Anderson (as he
praeticed his speeches down in our
back pasturel were some of the pm
pills, and MIR. O. @. Bryson- but
it will take too long to mention
them all. Whatever Ashley is or
has been the Louisiana people
should cherish a tender recollec-
ton for it, not oply on account OF
the living, but for those who have
-. ...-I !. .,..a.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

At the Eller school house in
southern Audraiu, the debating
society offered two gold medals
and a silver medal for the best
recitations. The contest was held
recently aud the prize winners
were Misses Sallie Walker and
Ada Crum aud Master Pool Harri.
son. They have had a very lively
debating society at Eller all win
ter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

G.. M. Price has resigned as
the cashier Of the Farber Bank.
j D. Sutton has been electedin his
place.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19
Audrain Co., Mo.

Mrs. A. A. Sutton, aged 40
years, died suddenly of heart dis
ease at her home at Farber last
waaly
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

Miss Celia Kennedy of Perry is
attending school IN Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19

The MESSAGE supplement last
week stated that j. N. Cross, now
Of Boone Co. was made one of the
secretaries of the Democratic con-
vention. 1t should have been F.
N. Frost of Vandalia. Another
bad error we had in the table of
figures of the primary was that
Will HrMOrris receivedbut IA votes
at Vandalis when it should have
been lie.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19
Administrators Notice

State of Missouri 9,
County of Audrain
Creditors and all other persons interest
cd in the estate Of Lucy J. Hendrix, late
of Audrain county, deceased, are here
by notified thatuthe undersigned Public
Administrators of the county aforesaid Z
has this day taken charge Of said estate
for the purpose OF administering the
same.
e. a. SHANNON,
Apr IL, 1906 Public Admr.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19
II HAPPENED AND HAPPENING. d

Measles in the family of Bruce
Icenogle at Benton City.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-04-19


It is said that Sam. B Cook and
Prof. Howard Gass. candidate for
state superintendendent of schools,
met on high street in Jefferson
City the other day. They paused
to chat in front of a light, heat
and power company's Office, in the
window of which is a sign saying
Cook with Gas" There" re-
marked e. Simonsen, is a living
example of that sign, for there is
is Cook with Gass.n
A Wellsville friend. on the 11th
inst, sent us the following item;
E. NJ. Steere, living 5 miles
north Of Wellsville, died last night
at IL O'Clock of paralysis. His
wife and children were at his bed
side. His son. Allen, arrived from
Humboldt, Iowa, last week and
his son, Charlie, arrived from
Boston. Mass, Sunday night. Mr.,
steere lived about ten days after
being stricken. He was a highly
respected citizen, Was about 81
years Of age. Leaves wife
and four ehildren-the two
sons named and two daughters,
AbbIs, the wife Of Elmer vanatta.
living south Of vandaIia, and EN-
ma. wife Of Bert vanatta, who
lived near the father
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-05
SENATE ANSWERS PRESIDENT.
Calls Upon "Big Stick" for Full In
formation on Japanese Question.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-The answer
of the senate to the presidents recon-
mendation for legislation that would
force the city of San Francisco to give
the japanese equal privileges with
other residents was to pass resolu-
tions this afternoon calling for full
information on the subject.
The resolutions were presented by
Senator Flint and he called upon the
secretary of commerce and labor to
send to the senate copies Of all official
letters, etc. ''in connection with the
investigation of the matter of the
Japanese attending the public schools
of San Francisco if it were not in
compatible with the public interest.
There was no objection to the resolu-
ton
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-05
Northerners Are Discreet.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The north
ern legislators are discreet in public
utterances on the Japanese situation
but all favor California's contention
that she has exclusive control of the
schools.
Southerners sensitive on state rights
support California enthusiastically.
Roosevelt is meantime working
through diplomatic channels to secure
settlement.
So much is said in the language of
diplomacy that it is hard for outsiders
to guess the intentions of those in
charge of affairs. Opinions differ as
to whether the message was written
for the Japanese or with a real inten-
ton to adopt an extreme measure to
force the japanese into San Francis
co schools.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-05
FEED 10000 HEAD OF CATTLE.
Alfalfa Districts of Umatila County
Are Being Denuded.

Twelve thousand head of cattle are
being fed in the alfalfa districts of
Umatilla county this year, according
to the estimates of stockmen who are
in touch with the cattle situation.
OF this number 5000 head are being
fed in the Butter creek district, 1000
in the Walla Walla river district near
Hudson Bay, and 1000 head on Nc
Kay. Birch, Tutuilla and Wild Horse
creks
This is a small per cent more than
was fed last year. The number being
fed on Butter creek is about the same
as last year. but the number being fed
in the Walla Walla river district is
slightly increased over last years esti-
mates
Hay is worth from $3.50 to Sc a ton
and is plentiful in every portion of
the county and the number of cattle
fed in the alfalfa districts promises
to increase from year to year Small
farmers on Butter creek, Hudson Bay
and other portions of the county are
beginning to feed more cattle every
wear rather than sell their hay in
the stack and the feeding industry is
being stimulated by the profits nj
@J,4 1x-fr oil
prices which are being paid now.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-05
RIVALS STORY
BOOK STORIES
Romantic E|opement Ends in
Happy Wedding
LOVER STEALS HIS BRIDE.
Wheat Kings Daughter Flies
From Her Home With
Man She Loves
LOVER STEALS HIS BRIDE

An elopement in nigh life, with
irate parent, faithful woman, flight in
the dark and all the other romantic
trimmings took place at st. Patrick's s
church this morning.
The girl who ran away with the
man she loved rather than marry the
man her father picked out for her was
Bessie Hoffman a Whitman college
girl and a daughter of John Hoffman,
wheat king of Eureka fiat, owner of
thousands Of acres and worth a qusr-
ter of a million dollars.
The lucky bridegroom was Benjamin
Grote, proprietor of the Picard ranch
on Eureka Flat. Grote is no pauper
himself being possessed of five thou
sand broad acres of his own but the
ambitious wheat king had higher as
pirations for his daughter.
But the parental choice did not look
good to pretty Bessie VINO much pre-
ferred her Bennie and so the lovers
framed it up to marry anyway.
How 1t Was Done.
The coupe d etat was sprung yes
terday afteroon. Miss Bessie left the
home of her childhood with a fare
free air saying as sne tripped out
that she was going to visit neigh
Dor friend.
She was met by young Grote who
had brought a cab from town to get
her and they fled hastily. The ruse
had worked we'll for Bessie was not
missed at the old home, until dark
and then no one knew where she had
gone.
Grote brought MS sweetheart to the
Dacres hotel, where they arrived af-
ter dinner last night. Here they We're
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-05

In making a motion that the case
of Mrs. W. H. Hagan versus the
Northern Pacific railroad, dismissed
at the last term of the federal court,
be reinstated on the docket, Judge
Bennett, attorney for Mrs. Hagan
filed several sensational affidavits
with Judge Whitson at a session of
the federal court last night in which
he indirectly charged E. j. Cannon, at
torney for the Northern Pacific, John
Smails, a Walla Walla saloonkeeper
and others with having spirited away
Richard Taylor, the plaintiffs chief
be able to appear at the trial
Judge Benefits affidavits and sub
sequent explanation of his contentious
were highly sensational and have Gre
ated no end of comment among Wal
la Walla attorneys and others attend
ing the session of the federal court.
Inc case OF MIS-. f1dSdn versus the
railroad company was the outcome
of the death of Mrs. Hagan's hus-
band who was killed on the Northern
Pacific some years ago. She brought
suit for heavy damages alleging
negligence on the part of the railway
company.
The case was set for trial at the
last term of the federal court, but as
Judge Bennett sets up, was to have
been continued in order that he
might try an important case in Port
land at the time. An understanding to
that effect he says was reached with
Attorney Cannon but at the last mo-
ment Attorney Cannon notified him
that it would be impossible to get
the case continued over another term.
Judge Bennett was in Portland at
the time.
Witness Disappears.
Garrecht & Dunphy, associated with
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-05
Schultz Bfackens Teamsters' Case.

CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-JOSeph Schultz
the teamsters' official in the trial of
Shea today testified that sluggers were
organized into squads which patrolled
to "get non-union drivers and to
knock them OUT He said each squad
captain reported to Commander
SteVeSumner daily the number of af-
trays, and injuries inflicted, and the
drivers disabled and he said Shea knew
about it and approved the payrolls
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-05

Judge Bennett were willing to pro-
ceed with the trial but it developed
that their chief witness, Richard Tay-
lor was missing. The case was con-
tinued over two days at the expira
ton of which it was dismissed and
the costs taxed to the plaintiff. Judge
spirited out of town and in support
of his assertions filed several affida-
Wits, alleging that Taylor on the
evening before the trial was made
drunk in Smails' saloon and later in
the night was loaded into a hack by
Smails and with two women of the
tenderloin, driven to Lowden station
The party did not return to Walla
Walla until noon the next day. The
Albright and frankie Morgan, We're
to the effect that they had been called
to the Smails saloon and after
round or so of drinks, entered the hack
with Taylor, who was drunk, and
Smails
The Albright woman in her affidavit
says Smails took along a bottle of
whisky and several bottles of beer and
that Taylor, during the ride, was lib
orally piled with liquor.
"keep Him Drunk"
Smails is alleged to have said to
the Morgan woman that you under
stand we will keep this man drunk"
She also AYERS that the ride was sug-
gested by Smails who paid the bill
amounting to $1,000.
Attorney Cannon in answer to Judge
Benefits charges denied there was
any conspiracy and filed an affidavit
from John Smails in which Taylors
presence in his saloon, the ride to
Lowden and other minor events were
admitted but it was denied that
Smails knew there was trial or that
Taylor was witness
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-05
Majority Now Want City Hall in
Two Editions
Three STORIES IMPRACTICABLE
TINE STATION IN SUMMERTIME
WOULD GIVE OFFENSIVE
OOORS.

abandonment of the proposed third
S'''y TO the new city hall, the purchase
'' Ieet on Rose street west of the
,'sSeh' city property on Third and
streets and the erection of a sep
0'9 IRE station on this property were
'nree propositions to which four
'I'lltn committed themselves flat
"'l" one conditionally at the meet
ing last night.
. '''ect Osterman was responsible
Ue change of front. He reported
mot IN attempting to carry out the
-. N'lohS OF the council to prepare
'oF three-story building he had
ir mat such a structure would be
''ucable and not suited to the
suS OF the city.
IN a permanent citv hall if would
''' De advisable to put a stable be-
.,~ IN the first place but the worst
ha e would be that buildings could
wo',,' ru' on the adjoining property which
otio.. 'iu' the light out of five of the
r.I' This would leave only five
'''eo Offices, which is not nouga fol
Present needs.
recommended the pur-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-05
Irish Lord Kicks His Wofe.

DUBLIN, Dec. 5.-Mrs. Gerald, FitZ-
formerly a ranch owner of California
was granted a divorce today on the
grounds that her husband is guilty of
cruelty and adultery. He is alleged
OF have kicked her because he did not
was formerly Miss Nichols Of Penn
sylvania. She met and married Fitz-
coast.