Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-04-05

ned illness OF "a Dermoay. Hope ne
win soon Be at his place Of business 70
dish out cents worth Of cheese and
crackers
Be good NEXT Saturday and talk and
work for the man OF your choice and
ali win be well. AS we have remarked
before, wish we could cast our ballot
for the shole bunch but We can't
cutter. AT any nate. we hope 70 lana
a few OF the boys all o. I.
The county candidates will discOn-
tinue The dragging Of the roads after
next Saturday.
Mr.. and Ms william Kemper VIII
return nome from Hot Springs, Ark
tomorrow, where they have been for
month. Mr.. Kemper writes that he
and Harry Turner hare been greatly
seneatted during their stay in thel
Hhot bath" city. Mr.. Turner arrived
in Mexico Friday.
The gates leading to the Springs will
probably spring open about May L
James Stephenson. . Mexico boy,
who has been In St Louis for the past
| 10 years in one OF the swell barber
shops Of that city, has recently pur-
chased the Mason Creasey barber shop
one door south OF Mr.. Crezsey s
store, in this city, and has rehtted bis
shop and 1t now resembles little PAL
ace. Jim is q hrstclass barter and
does fIrstclass work. Col Green, the
well known tonsoral artist. Is also
with Prof. Stephenson Give the
boys call; they will please you
Paul Weber has sold half interest
| in bis bakery In Mexico to N. z. Gecr-
lgy, Of Troy, who is said to be a right
up-to-the-minute man. The new frm
will always be there with the goods.
We thank the new firm for hand-out
which was sweet and juicy.
Lonch ShOotman and family will be
home from California about April 20.
Col. Bob Hooton viii be glad when bis
private secretary returns, as Bob Is be-
bind with bis business Affairs. Arthur
Landman will also be happy, not that
he cares 50 much about Looch as be
does for one OF the family. The court
house will also be glad to welcome
him home. "They all come back. "
Misses May Belle and Ola Pryor, nf
Mexico, and Miss Bennie Stone, OF
Paris, and Miss Leta Pease took din
ner and spent Sunday with Mrs. Wal
ter Peck. All the young ladies are ex-
ceptionally pretty. and Mrs. Peck, as
sisted BY her beautiful and viyaclous
daughter. Miss Mittie, endeayored to
make the young ladies have a good
time, and they did Miss Stone and
Miss Ola Pryor will graduate from
Hardin College In June.
Il Miss Mary Edith Hollopeter, the
beautiful little daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. David c. Hollopeter, graced the
new LEDGER with her presence Satur-
day. Mary Edith is a sweet little
child and she seemed to enjoy her visit
very muchgiying her glad little
hand to all the handsome compositions
Call again Miss Mary.
, Grover Cleveland Harris has re.
signed his position as foreman OF the
Intelligencer, and will accept posi-.
tion with the Stephens Printing Co.,
of Columbia. This makes three oi
|. the Mexico printers now working in
that town and one more will follow
soon. Mr.. Henry Clark will take a
position In the job department OF the
Herald Of that town. But they'll
!. all come back. It's way they have
Il Prattyille is new burg that ha,
lately sprung up2 miles east Of Mexi
co. Already the burg is on a boom
|, there being a residence and black
! smith shop at that place William
, Pratt is the owner Of the shop and f
doing a good business. DR.. d. ]. Ka
naly will erect an opera house ant
, build manufacturing plant for Say
! mans soap at PrattFille. The docto
is very progressive. He is the ownel
Of East Lake, near Prattville.
II Col. Louis Bybee, the celebrateG
, "coffee blender," now holds the rib
bons over Barna. the horse that pull
Jim O'BrIen's delivery wagon. Col
: Bybee is very progressive and popula
E with everyone, especially the ladies.
A case OF Kicking the bucket wa
; quite fully demonstrated 70 US Sunday
r evening. Walter Peck was milking /;
: young COW, In stall when, from somt
mysterious cause, she began to kick
! and kept on Kicking. The bucket go
the first shot and 1t went flying to thl
: roof Of the barn, and then the bovinl
went right on with the act, kickin.
right and left, fierce and hard, too
We we're in close range Of that COW ant
only escaped with our life-by takln.
10 the roof Of the barn. The kickln,
OF the aforesaid animal was fast, fur
iOus and fierce Luckily, Walter wa
not hurt, neither was Reuben, but Il
was a close call.
To Col. Jim Squires, manager OF th.
Never Sweat Base Ball Team-Deal
Jim We would willingly print the
names Of the gentlemen who compos,
your ball team in to-day's LEDGER
but the pressure Is so great on US thai
we will have to refrain from 50 doIn,
D just at this time. And then Col. Bol
i White and some Of the members o.
your team might give US the ''hol
foot and then again we want to liy,
' long enough to cast our ballot at mex
Saturdays county primary. We vii
admit. though, that you have the besf
I ball team that ever happened, but
j., some Of your ball twirlers are to.
strenuous. and We would like Z
have their pictures in q bunch tohan.
In the Cottonwood Springs Library.
Ned Powell, Of this city, who re
Gently bought hne 2oo-acre farm neal
hartinsburg. visited home folks Sun.
/ day. Ned and his brother. Drake
will batch" this summer down OF