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Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15
MORE R. R TALK.
An Electric Line May Be Built
Thru Mexico.

A special from Shelbina, Mo-,
says a moter system, an interurban
route from Labelle, Mo-. to Shell
bina by way of Vermont, Bethel
and Shelbina will be built this
summer.
From Bethel down to Shelbina
the proposed line will follow the
survey Of the Eldon & st. Louis
Railroad, which was made several
years ago. AT present the scheme
is limited to Shelbina on the south,
but 1t is more than probable that
it will in time be extended along
the Eldon & st. Louis survey down
to Mexico, and perhaps into St.
Louis. 1t serves one of the rich
est sections Of the country in Mis-
souri, and will bring to market
farmers and stock raisers, who
have for years been compelled to
transport their produce along
muddy highways, at a great ex-
pense of time and labor. Mr..
wainwright says that his trains,
both freight and passenger, will
have orders to stop at every farm.
house or road crossing where q pa.
iron may have goods to ship or
may wish to board the train.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15
Mexico's High School Needs

Prof. L. u. Hawthorne, Mexico, Mo.
Jefferson City, Feb. /, 1906
Dear Sir: Your letter received
and noted. would like to help
you get before the citizens of Mex
leo the need Of a good high school
building and equipment. I will
send you my report soon and you
can Gull from that a good many
statistics about high schools and
their equipment. l can say a few
things that you may Gull from this
letter and use if you so desire.
Columbia, Moberly, Macon City,
jefferson City and St. Charles and
nearly all other towns of the size
of Mexico have we'll equipped lab.
oratories, libraries and separate
buildings for high school work
Mexico has had for long time the
reputation Of having a fine high
school, but it can not long hold
that reputation unless it erects o
good building with modern APP
pointmentS and properly equip il
for that work. Carthage, Mo-,
has just put $4,000 into mag
nifcent high school building and
equipment. Mexico has more than
half the population and wealth OF
Carthage and a high school of con.
siderable more than half the size
of Carthage. If it would keer
pace with the work that is being
done in the other towns and cities
of the state, Mexico should spend
fifty or sixty thousand dollars ON q
magnificent high school building
at once.
If l can be of any further ser
vice, command me aud ask me
definite questions that may an,
swer them.
Yours respectfully,
! W. I, CARanseTON,
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15
Public Sale.
Wednesday, February q. l9O6


On the above date We will sell
on what is known as the z. T.
Northcutt farm, 3 miles west of
Thompson, the following proper
ty:
Head of Horses and Mules,
Three coming 3 year old mules
15% hands high, one roam horse
16 hands high Il years old, one
sorrel horse 15I hands high, one
brown Norman mare 9 years old,
black mare years. old sired by
Rex.
81 Head Of good native sheep
40 ewes and 3 bucks.
Farming Machinery: One now
er, one new sulky hay rake; one
lever harrow; , cultivdtors, one
II inch breaking pillow new, one
farm wagon, one surrey, one hay
frame new, one hog rack, some
feed troughs, chicken cOOps, etc. ,
some household goods. so barrels
of corn, 2 dozen chickens.
Terms-All sums of SO and un-
der, cash; all sums above $40, six
months time, bankable note, s
per cent interest from date. No
property to be removed until
terms of sale are complied with,
Sale to begin at 10 a. m.
HENDERSON & ASHER.
j 7. Johnson, Auctioneer.
Notice of Annual Meeting.
Office of the Hannold Hose Coup.
ling Mfg. Co.
Mexico, Mo-, Feb. IA, 1906 -
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Hanuold Hose
Coupling Mfg, Co, for the cleo
ton of directors and the transac
ton of such other business as may
come before it, will be held at the
Office of the company, No. 1882 E
Monroe ST., Mexico, Mo-. on
Thursday, the LIST day of March
1906, at the hour of nine O'Clock
Il. m.
G. A. WITHRRsPooN, Pres.
2w A, Q, WmTsON, SeC'y,
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15
Public Sale.
Wednesday, February Fl, 'O6.

On the above date we will sell ut
my residence 81 miles northwest
OF Rush Hill the following proper.
ty:
10 Head of Horses and Mules.
One brown mare 10 years old in
foal to Roland, one bay mare 8
years old, one draft stallion colt
one year old sired by the best
draft stallion in America, 6 com
ing , year old mules.
Three milk cows, one yearling
helfer and 2 steer calves. Fifteen
head nice stock hogs.
Farming Machinery: Two 2
horse wagons one as good as new,
one binder, 2 moving machines,
one cornplauter, checkrower and
160 rods of wire, one disk cultiva-
tor good as new, one breaking
pillow, one set of double harness,
one hay frame, and other things
too numerous to mention.
Terms: sums of SO and
under, cash; all sums above $40,
nine months time, bankable note,
z per cent interest from date. Sale
to begin at 10 a. NJ. Dinner on
the ground.
CORNETT & WILLIAMS.
Ed AtchisOn, Auctioneer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

CUPID'S CAPTUN ES


The marriage of Mr.. Russell
Emmons to Miss Ethel Plunkett,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Plunkett, is announced to take
place at the home of the intended
bride Feb. 26. Rev. c. G. Selec-
man will of1iciate. 1t is a most
worthy young couple and scores
of friends join in extending them
congratulations and hopes for flu
ture JOY aud prosperity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15
To Have WaterwOrks.

Montgomery, Mo-. Feb. 12.-
This city is to have an excellent
system of waterworks at a mini
mum cost. A standpipe 100 feet
high is being erected over the city
artesian we'll at a cost of $4,000, the
town having voted a bonded debt
Of $500 for this purpose. A large
light is to be placed on the NAM
moth structure, which promises to
furnish both light and water for
this city.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15
YOUR NE1GHBORS v

Miss Edna Butts, au employee OF
the Clark Chronicle, visited Miss
Eugenia Crockett Of Mexico last
week.
Mrs. Ezra Lewton, of near Lad
donia, was at the bedside
of her friend, Mrs. Lesta
Myers, in Mexico first of the week.
Miss Elizabeth Green, a profes.
sional nurse of Danville, ILL.,, is
visiting her uncle, Mr.. Frank
DANES, Of this city.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15
Officers A. o. U. W.

The Mexico A. o. U. w. Lodge
enjoyed a pleasant evening last Mon.
day. The new officers were to be
installed. There was vocal music,
recitals and speeches. This is one
of the Oldest organizations in Mex
ico-instituted thirty years ago,
and during that time has paid out
to widows and orphans of it's de-
ceased members over $85, 900.
The ladies of the Workers So.
city of the Christian church fur
nished an excellent supper to the
guests.
The following officers were in,
stalled:
J w Plunkett, p NV
V F Morris, NJ w
B N Robinson, Fore
j B Hawkins, Averser
R H Herman, Recorder
j T Williams, Financier
W j Winscott, Receiver
RIM Allison, Guide
John Keiser, l Watch
r n Miller, o Watch
P w Harding, Repr G Lodge
IF Griffin, Alternate
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

breed. They have vanished. No
one seems to know whence they
came or what became Of them.
They could have been made the
nucleus Of native draft breed,
but their existence has no value
for us now except to show that
draft breeds can be devel-
oped that are peculiarly suited to
American conditions.
All the draft horses on our
markets at present are grades Of
the foreign breeds.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15
A Lost Breed of Horses.

In an address before the Ameri.
can Breeders Association at Lin.
coin, Neb., Mr.. Geo. M. Rommel,
OF the Bureau of Animal Industry
said, Only once had this country
anything approaching native
draft breed, and that has been
completely lost. This was the
Conestoga draft horse of Eastern
Pennsylvania.
They were dappled gray or
nearly white in color, other colors
being rare. They weighed 1000
to 400 pounds and stood from 16
to II hands. Some specimens
weighed 1,500 pounds, and occa-
sional ones 1900 to 1000 lbs.
They are described as smart draft
horses and rare good workers.
They were used in the cities of the
East and in the freighting business
across the Alleghanies before the
days Of railroads. The develop.
ment Of railroads seems to have
sounded the death knell to this
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Q. T. Peyton of Martipsburg is
announced as . candidate for Cir
cult Clerk. He has served on the
County Democratic central com.
nlittee, has an extended aequaint-
anee among the voters and will
have a strong following. Remem-
ber him on AVril7.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15
The Collectors Office.

The term of the collector in
Audraiu county has been two
years, ever since the office has
been separated from the Sheriff s
Office, until the last Legislature
made it. a four years. term.
The following gentlemen have
held the collectors Office in An.
drain county:
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

The City of Mexico VS.. John
Harris, in the st. Louis Court of
Appeals, was reversed last week.
Harris was charged with conduct
ing q gambling table.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

The we'll being bored at Hardin
College reached a depth of 24O
feet a few days ago. There is q
fine flow Of water of $1,000 gal
Ions daily, but a greater flow is
desired and the boring will be
pushed deeper.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

A had wreck on the Missouri
Pacific near jefferson City yester.
day morning. No one killed, but
several train men hurt. Four or
five coaches burned to ashes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Rev. Il. B. Rice of Laddonia
will be the pastor of the Baptist
church at Mt. Zion, north of Mex
leo, for another year. He is much
beloved by his congregation and
people out that way.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Fighting Johnny" Rodgers
lost his case against Dick Worsham
in the Circuit Court for $4,000 al
legged damages for assault-the
jury gave Dodgers one dollar,
throwing the cost onto Worsham.
A suit against Rodgers followed,
prosecuted by the State, charging
him with disturbing the peace. He
was found guilty and was fined
one dollar and given one day in
Jail.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Rev. VIM. Craig of Paris, for
30 years pastor of the Baptist
church at Long Branch, is re-
ported very sick.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15
- HAPPENED AND HAPPENING. II

Probate Court opened in regular
session Monday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

James Vanlandingham of Row.
ena has been wrestling with the
humps.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

]. r. Henderson Of Thompson,
who came to Audrain two years
ago from Galloway, will move to
Mercer county where he will take
charge of a 500 acre bottom land
farm. Sorry to lose him and fam
lily from our midst.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

/. NJ. Williams, the horseman,
northwest Of Rush Hill, is moving
to Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

G: A. Asher and j. r. Hender-
son, west of Thompson, will have
a joint public sale next Wednes.
day. Mr.. Asher moved to .Au-
drain from Illinois about a year
since. He likes our country and
people aud will remain with US.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Basil Smith, who is but 1s
years of age, closed a very success
full term of school 10 the Payne
district, near Cant, recently. Mr..
Smith is now attending the Bust
ness College at Chillicothe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Bishop Hendrix of the Metho-
dist church is to preach in Mexico
next Sunday week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

W. NJ. Childers, south of Ben.
ton City, has moved to Hinton,
Boone county. He tells the MES
SAGE he will be back occasionally.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Earl Berry, son of Taylor Ber-
ry, ont Molino way, has been very
i'll from appendicitis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

DR.. j. F. Flynt of Molino visit
ed his parents in Boone county
last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

R. L. Philips, of Virginia, ,1is
moving to the Henry Rodhouse
farm, southwest of Mexico, which
he purchased recently.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

The Kemp & Pearson Clothing
Co of Mexico has incorporated
with a capital Of SIS, 900.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Rev. @. G. Selecman is assisting
in a revival meeting at Salisbury.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Miss Margaret Clark will be
bookkeeper and stenOgrapher for
the Mexico Clothing Co.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Miss Bennetta Barley of this
city is attending the State Univer-
sity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

The collectors Office in Audrain
county has never been held longe r
than four years by any one man,
and two years by four men.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Prof. ID. A. McMillan's condi.
ton is not improved.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Mrs. Frank Wheeler of Mexico
has been quite sick with grippe.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Sam Howard has sold his auto
mobile to a Galloway county man.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Some thieves broke into the
meat house of the Kidd Meat Go.
in Mexico the other night. Forty
or fifty pounds of beef carried off.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

D. c. Owen Meat Market,
opposite POStOffice. The
finest meats and choicest
cuts. Be sure and call.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

John Sewers, at Rowena, sold
his corn at "a cents.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

G. q. Hickman has moved onto
the J. NJ. Stotts farm, near Ben
ton City.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Tanner & Heller have charge of
the store at Moline.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Bud" Mallory, out at Rowena,
sold a riding horse to Samuel
Rowe for $40.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Whooping cough in VIM. Sea-
mans family at Rowena.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Lakenan & Barnes havea farm
Of 160 acres aud also a farm oil
224 acres for rent.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Judge W. w. Bolts is a candi.
date for reelection as Probate
Judge. He has made a good Off
Ger and will have no opposition.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Judge Baker Barnes, w. H.
KEENAN, and w. II. Turner are
mentioned as probable candidates
for Presiding Judge of the County
Court,
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

J.E.EU9EES,
Undertaken, 2O6 S. Jeff. st.
City 'PhOne, 400; Union, 81.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

A letter to this paper from Rev.
W. Beale, now of Hugo, 1. T.,
late of this county, states that he
and family are we'll and prospecting.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

Master Sims Rixey, who has
been very i'll for two or three
weeks, is not improved.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

The Epworth League of Mexico
and the Endeavor Society of the
Christian church are to contest in
debate next Monday night. Ten
cents admission to hear the ora
tory.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-02-15

We are agents for OLD
TRUSTY INCUBATORS
and BROODERs; we think
none better; can hatch much
cheaper than with hens, and
they can be kept laying; we
have a machine in operation
now.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-30
JOSEPH LETTER WANTS OUTLET
FOR HIS MINES VIA MOBILE
& OHIO.
Is Out With Illinois Central and
Seeks Possession of w. c. & w.
Railroad to Reach
Percy.

| Joseph Letter, the Zeigler coal mag.
nate on his visit to that place this
week, confided his intentions in one
| of his officials which. as stated in
| these columns several days ago, will
brighten Du Qnoin's prospects for an.
other railroad. In the course of his
conversation, Mr.. Letter stated that
his efforts were now directed toward
securing another outlet to ST. Louis.
Some friction exists between Letter
and the Illinois Central who receive q
comparatively small amount Of his
patronage.
Leita seeks to connect with the
Mobile & Ohio for another outlet to
st. Louis to increase the railroad com
petition at Zeigler and subsequently
cut freight rates To effect this con,
nection, Letter hopes to get posses
sion Of the w c. & w railroad which
ntersects the Mobile e. Ohio AT
Percy
Mr.. Letter sails for London, Au-
gust 2, to be gone several weeks and
little will be done with the project
before his return.-Du Quoin Call.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-30
HOPELESSLY SPLIT
is the McGee Presbytery and Union
lists and loyalists Hold Separate
Church Meetings.

Macon, Mo. July ga division has
arisen in the MCGEE Presbytery over
the question of unionism. and there
are now two distinct bodies claiming
TO be regular, Those known as Union
lists will hold their tail meeting at
August 2S, 20 and 30. The ants will
assemble at eBthany. Charlton county.
the last of October. They ground their
action in withdrawing on the assertion
that they are in the majority. ana
that the majority in the Preshytery
voted against unionism with the Pres
byterians. They insist upon the reten-
ton of tle name "Cumberlands." The
Cnionists say the general assembly
has settled the question of unity, and
that II is the duty of the Presbytery
to obey,
Perhaps nowhere in the United
States Were there sharper debates on
the subject than have occurred dur
ing the various fall aud spring meet.
ings of Niece Presbytery during the
period anterior to the general assem-,
bly's action, and even after that there
was one lively meeting at Madison,
Monroe county.
At the called meeting Monday, the
23d. at Bethany. Charlton county
there was no attempt to get together.
as il would have been useless. The
,iamberlands held their meetings in
the cAgiah. while the Presbyterians.
Hr l'iiCalsts. met IN the lobby. In their
mjur the formally drop by resoh
ID ,n-.r l-ng-tima brethren the Rev
.. nd A. Poteei T. l.. Routt. r. j
Maupin and II. w Berry. all minis
.ers e vet ran experience and promi-
aen in tAe church.
After the organization of the two
the met at the same board.
spread ont on the church lawn. and
enjoyed good supper provided by
he brethren of the ne;gnborhood. II
vas the last supper of brotherhood
MCGEE Pre-bytery was ordered con
it.tuled by the cumberland Synod in
october. 1879 Its membership M until
he recent split was nerly 5000. There |
re about forty churches in its iuris |
LECTION This is the first serious dis |
Election that has occurred in lis !
'1ghiy-seven year existence.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-30
SHE SHOWED FIGHT
Did the Modern Maude Muller Wher
Crowd Of Boys Tried to Josh
Her Along.

Columbus, Ohio, July 29.--Elizabeth
Hess, residing on farm With her
mother north of the city, was emu
latng the example of Maud Muller to-
day by assisting a farm hand, Benja-
min Smith, in raking the meadows
sweet with hay. crowd of boys
came along the pike, and the action
Of Elizabeth they did not like.
They began TO joke her, but she
showed fight, and an attempt was
made to put the boys to flight. Ben
took hand, and before he knew
what was going on fists and clubs
laid him cold one or the party OF
boys then shot him through the groin,
and the physicians believe he has 4
small chance Of recovery. The police
are securing the country for the as
aailants, who made their escape.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-30
SALES GIRL
In Curio Store is Left $500 900 BY j
Kind Old Bachelor Uncle in
London.

Buffalo, n. Y, July 29.-Miss Mabel
Swallow, 10 years old and a clerk in
a Turkish curio store on Falls street,
Niagara Falls was this afternoon ap.
prised cf the fact that she is the solo
heir to an English estate, valued con.
servalively AT $5OO,O00 The money
Is left her by her uncle. jackson Swa.
low, bachelor. who died intestatc
six weeks ago. The fortune consists
OF Sl25.o0O in personal property and
the remainder in real estate. Miss
Swallow will leave for England on
September ! 10 claim It.
The heiress is am orphan When
her parents were alive she resided
with them in Lexington Ky The
last two years e her life have been
spent at Niagara Falls.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-30
WOMAN ABDUCTED
According to Claim Made BY Mrs.
oliver George of CentraIia-
Taken From Friends.

Centralia ILL.,. July ga remark
able case of abduction is reported
from North Centralia Mrs. Oliver
George is the victim. Last might, be-
tween 10 and II o'clock, while about
l25 friends were joining with Mr.
and Mrs. Wiley Adams in the celebra-
ton of the latter's birthday at their
home, and while scores of people were
sitting IN the yard not more than fifty
or sixty feet distant. Mrs George, as
she emerged from an outbuilding, was
suddenly confronted by man who
grabbed her and clapped his hand
over her mouth, to which he held
handkerchief. supposed TO have been
saturated with chloroform.
According to the account she gives
on the affair. she lost consciousness
and could make no outcry.
About O'Clock, as nearly as can
be ascertained. Mrs, George heard
man say, For Gods sake Jet her go:
they are coming after us" and she
was allowed 10 fall 10 the ground. An
hour after. weak and worn, she ar
rived home.
She thinks. from what she hear at
this time there were two men con
cerned in the abduction. though she
saw but one when she was taken from
the rear of Alderman Adams prem.
Uses
Mrs. George says when she regain.
ed consciousness she was lying IN
Harry Roper's field which is planted
in stock peas. distance Of nearly
four blocks from the residence Of Al !
derma1 Adams. and about two blocks !
from where she and her husband 70
side
The abducior or ahductors appear /
not io have committed any attack M .
IN her further than the assault IN /
her away She is about - 4
Years old and with her hu han +
-sme here from Nationwide. jefferson
County. July T.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-30
MOUND CITY, ILL.

Mound City, H., July 90, 1906,

'SS''S ~'Nyt ''''i WY 60 iSSO'
Geo Richardson ana Harry Wilson
left Thursday night for Greenwood
Miss
Misses Minnie Beal and Gertrude
Beaupre and Mr.. George Rutledgc
visited friends in Cairo yesterday
(FridayD
Miss Della Armstrong left Thurs
day for Memphis, Tenn. She is going
there to live with her brother, jess
Armstrong.
Mr.. Dan Sullivan is having the
house which was vacated by Judge
Bristow newly repaired.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs Edward Car
son, nine pound boy.
Bert Ralph (colored) of this city
accidentally shot himself Saturday
afternoon He wns returning from
picking blackberries and rode In on a
wagon uail he reached town and
while getting off of the wagon his
pistol went off and SHOT him in the
breast
Miss Zatha Oyerstreet is visiting
friends in Heath, Ky.