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Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Mrs. Richards and son, Frank, Of
Bloomington, ILL.,, after a pleasant
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. George Lee
returned TO their home Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

II you paint this fall remember
Purdy carries the old reliable Horse
Shoe paint.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12
Oldest Retired Offcsr.

The Oldest retired army ON
Brigadier General Daniel H. "
who lives Ia Washington, w
born in 1912, who was an onc|
dragons in 1887 and who s !"
five years OF being a centenarl'l
is a long jump to the neri
officer Lieutenant Colonel Y
who is 81 years on,
the third Oldest officer, Bfs'
General Thomas f. Head, WD' !
years old.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Before you buy your paint let Pur-
dy tell you about the old reliable
Horse Shoe Paint.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Bob HOOton are shortly
to 20 on an extended visit to Jefferson
City and Fulton relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Ed. Dermody's health Of late has
not been good and be is thinking Of
taking a much-needed rest,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Mrs. ]. D.. Jackman is very III at
the home OF her daughter, Mrs. Paul
st. VraiE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Mrs. Scudder and daughter, and
Mrs. Parker are visiting in Louisiana,
Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

John E. swanger, OF Jefferson City,
was In Mexico Wednesday night,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

DR.. Frank Peck is home from a
pleasant vacation at jacksonville, Nj.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

The farmers 0 Audrain county are
sowing an unusually large acreage Of
wheat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12
WILLIS CARLISLE, Secretary.

Mrs. Walter Davidson, OF Kansas
City, Kansas, is the gu est Of relatives
in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs Joe Moore, ST., leave
soon for Virginia and Dayton, Ohio,
to spend the winter with relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Drilling machiue. LIST class shape.
With or without traction engine.
24-4t Day Bros.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

L. F. Childers was here from olum-
bis Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

County Assessor Rufus jackson Is
able to be out again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Morgan Day has returned from Han.
nibal, Mo,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Ernest CANT is home from a business
visit In st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Miss Frances Pearl Is visiting in
Bellhower, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

T. A. McIntlre is going 10 spend tn e
winter in California.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Assistant Postmaster Ed Keath has
some fine pictures Of the races at the
Mexico Fair. he took them himself.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12
Miss Vaughn to Teach \ virginia,

George Robertson is home from
Salisbury, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12
Had Tetter for Thirty Years,

Mrs. A. X. Yancy has returned
from Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

:. ). Harrison passed through here
FRIDAY enroute to his home in Aux
vase from a trip through Texas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12
Administrator,a Notice

Notice is hereby given that letters
Of administration upon the estate Of
Mary E. Worrell, late Of Audrain
County, Missouri, deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned Z. d. Wor-
reli by the Probate Court Of said Au-
drain County, bearing date August sth
All persons having claims against
aid estate are required to exhibit
them 70 me for allowance within q
year after the date OF said letters,and
II such claims are not exhibited with
In Two years from the time Of the
publication Of this notice, they will be
forever barred.
r. D. WORRELL,
2S-4t Administrator.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

W. NJ. P~atterson,o of Monroe City is
.ne guest Of his fathers family, DR.. A.
M. Patterson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Hiss Edna Duncan has returned
nom an extended visit Ia Colorado.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Joe Williams is up after a severe
Illness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

John X. Brown is home from
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Miss Frances Pearl is in Belllower.
on a visit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Benz. Barnes is back from jackson.
wfIia IN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

mrs. sally Hisey is the guest OF
friends and relatives IN st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

W. W. Braden, OF LaddOnia, is in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12

Mrs. 40 Bush was here from Full.
ton Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-09-12
Robert Holmes is home from Troy.

H. ~. WOhhELL,
ISL Administrator,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-29
GOV. PATTERSON
AND MISS GARDNER
Approaching Marriage in Union
City


City.
The wedding Of Gov. Patterson
and Miss Gardner is an event III
which the whole citizenship Of the
State feels a cordial interest. The
occasion will attract guests from
many distant points. 1t is to be
solemnized on Saturday afternoon,
Dec z, at ? O'Clock at the home Of
the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs.
w. H. Gardner, in Union City. The
residence is large, old.fashioned
house, handsomely proportioned
and spacious, but it will probably
be taxed to its capacity with the
guests assembled to witness the
Governors marriage TO a young
woman Of unusual gifts and per.
sonal fascination
The ceremony will be performed
by Gov Pattersons brother-in-law
Rev. Sterling j. Foster, a Presby-
terian minister of Birmingham
Every detail OF the affair will be
simple and devoid of all ostenta-
ton. The bride will wear a trav-
cling gown Of dark blue tailored
broadcloth, with a dark blue silk
hat There will be no attendants,
The brides younger sister, Miss
Leonora Gardner, will stand near
her during the ceremony to hold
her bouquet. while the wedding
ring is being adjusted, aud Mr..
Gardner will give his daughter in
marriage.
Immediately after a brief space.
for congratulations, the Governor
and his bride will leave Union City
in a private car and come direct
here, where short time will be
spent at the Mansion before they
leave on their wedding trip East.
Gov. Patterson will go to Union
City in a private car, on the day
before the wedding Among the
guests from distance who will at
tend the marriage will be the Gov
ernor's mother and daughter, Mrs.
Josiah Patterson and Miss Sara
Patterson, his brother-in.law and
sisters, Rev. and Mrs Sterling J.
Foster, of Birmingham, and Mr..
and Mrs. K. B. Lemaster, of Mem
phis; the brides brothers and sis
ters, Messrs. Russell E., f. d. and
w. A. Gardner, all of ST. LOUIS,
and their wives; Mrs. S. G. Hun
sakar, Mrs NJ G. Travis, of Chi
cago, and Mrs. G. S. Fitzpatrick,
of Helena, Ark, and her aunts,
Mrs. L: N Jones, of Columbia;
Mrs. j. r. Thomason, of Dresden:
Mrs. Oscar Turner, OF Chicago, and
Mrs. J. B. Regan, of Terre Haute,
Ind. Mrs. d. c. Taylor, a friend of
the family from Fulton, Ky, will
be also among the out of town
guests Nashville American.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-29

/ have been much interested IN
an editorial which recently APP
peared in the columns of the TrI-
bune under the caption, "For a
Parcels Post" in which it is sug-
gested that the present rate Of
postage on fourth class matter
should be reduced with a view to
the cheap transportation of mer-
chandise through the mails 1t
seems to me, however, that you
have quite overlooked a number
of important considerations, the
force of which ! think the Tribune
will concede.
It's true that Congress has been
urged for a number Of years to
establish a domestic parcels post
and that this proposition has been
favored by a few men of practical
business experience. 1t is equally
true, however, that as has been
pointed out by ex Representative
Loud, for many years Chairman
Of the House Postoffice Commit
tee, and an acknowledged expert
on postal affairs, "there is hardly
a sincere Socialist who has not, in
season and out of season, adyoca
ted it, TO the Socialist it is a
step toward the attainment Of the
end be has in view-the ownership
and operation of everything under
one great centralizing power.
The great army of retail mer-
chants of the country whose pros
perity is the prosperity of the peo-
pie, have no special interest in the
welfare of the express companies,
but they believe with the utmost
sincerity that an express business
is not q proper function of the pos
tai system, which is not organized
for that character of transporta-
tion. 1t is much to be doubted
that those who advocate domes-
tic parcels post have any concep
tion whatever as to the changes
that would be necessary ia the pos
tai equipment to do the business
that would be turned over to the
Government should any of the va
rious parcels post measures now
pending in Congress become law.
Such Government enterprise !
would involve the organization of
an entirely new divisieA of the pos
tai service, the providing of large |
and extensive warehouses in all the
cities of the country, the owner
ship and use of large dray and
wagon systems, and, most impor-
tant of all, an entirely new system
of transmission, unless parcels
post matter should be carried with
first-class letter mail on fast trains
at enormous cost.
! note that you state that the
postoffice departments of almost
all other civilized countries carry
parcels on a remunerative basis,
and that the Postoffice Department
of the United States ought to ex-
pand into the parcels carrying
business as fast as is consistent
with adequate returns. You do
not present any details with re-
gard to the remunerative charac-
ter Of the parcels post system of i
the countries referred to, but l |
would like to call attention to the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-29

order houses at the expense of the
small merchant, and array the
Government against the man OF
moderate means, dlscouraging him
from going into business for him
self. 1t means that the retailer
and his clerks must look for some
other way to earn a living, and the
iobber and his travelling man must
90 out of business. 1t has uniyer
sally been conceded that no coun-
try is so sure of peace and plenty as
the one that is filed with small
towns and cities. A domestic par
GELS post would drive the small
merchant to the wall, and with
him would 90 the local newspaper,
which must depend upon home
advertising for its existence.
The Governments loss on a do
mestic parcels post would come
out of the pockets of the tax pay
ers at large, and thus the many
would be burdened for the enrich
ment of the few, for the real ben
efciaries of such system would
be a handful of mail order estab-
lishments, which are now said to
handle business of more than
$3.50, 100000 q year in one city
alone. 1t is estimated that two of
these mail order houses would
save $50, 900 per annum in the dis
tribution of their catalogues alone
should any one of the pending par
cells post bills become a law.
If the question of a larger pos
tai deficit is not to be considered,
let Congress give the people an
advantage to be enjoyed by all,
namely, penny postage. Instead
of turning the postal service into a
freight bureau for few mail or
der houses, let us have one cent
rate on letters. Such a rate would
stimulate business in every line,
enabling thousands of manufactur-
ers and dealers to extend their
trade by the use of letters, circu-
lars and other advertising matters,
and to prepay replies to communi-
cations soliciting orders without
mourning the heavy expense nee
essary under the present rate. Ev-
cry person writing single letter
in the course of year would be a
beneficiary of the one cent rate,
and if a small deficit should be
caused at the outset there would
be no injustice in charging it to
the tax payers at large. In a short
time, according to the opinion of
the late Postmaster General Payne,
irst-class mail would produce as
much revenue as it furnishes to-
lay. Very truly yours,
l.. d. SALE,
oecy. Merchants National League.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-29
To the Farmers.

We have organized Truck. Grow
ers Association, which meets on the
first Monday of each month at the
City Hall at ? o'clock p. m. We
need the cooperation of every farm
er within FIVE miles of Union City
to help us build up an industry that
will bring thousands of dollars to
this community each year. Come
in next Monday. Brother Farmer,
and we will make it to your inter-
est to mix up with us.
MEMBER.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-29
OBJECTIONS TO PARCELS POST

] following statement on this point
made by Mr.. Loud after a tour of
the leading countries of Europe,
taken for the purpose of investi-
eating the postal systems thereof;
"Those who fayoc parcels post
say that England, France, Ger
many and other countries have the
system and that it works we'll. That
is true, but the conditions, geo
graphically and socially are who'll
/ ly different. In these countries
the dense population is concentrat-
ed and the distances are not great,
These conditions might make the
system practicable and profitable
there, while our conditions would
make it impracticable and unprof-
liable here. The officials in the
countries named do not know
whether the system is profitable
or not. have been credihIy in.
formed that as far as England is
concerned land that is the only
country that attempted to find the
cost, so long as separate account
was kept of the service it was
found to be conducted at a con-
siderable loss, and the only way
in which it could be held to be a
great success was to quit book
keeping. A Government that has
the taxing power can do this, but
an individual that has to furnish
all the resources could not main
tain his credit long under this
method"
think / am safe in saying that
the advocates of domestic par
cells post have never presented
scintilla of evidence to refute the
above statement.
According to statistics compiled
by the Third Assistant Postmaster
General, the present cost of hand
ling mail matter is fraction over
13 cents per pound, from which it
will be seen that the present rate of
16 cents leaves the Govern ment a
small margin, indeed. In spite of
this rate the Government annually
transports more than 10000, 900
pounds of merchandise, which it
carries from the Atlantic to the
Pacific for the same charge that is
made from New York to PhiIadel-
phia. The various parcels post
bills now pending in Congress
provide for rate of 2 cents per /
pound, which would mean loss
to the Government of approx
nately 800, 900 on the basis of
The present volume of fourth-class
matter. The increase in this bus
ness, which experts admit would
not be accompanied by any sub
,tantial decrease in the cost per
pound, would mean an annual loss
If several times this amount.
With a postal deficit which prom
ses to reach SO, 200, 900 during
he current fiscal year, this would
hardly seem to be an opportune
ime for advocating parcels post.
But it is because of its great
entralizing influence that the do
nestle parcels post is opposed by
he people of the country, and es-
,ecially by the retail merchants of
II sections. 1t would build up
he business of the gigantic mail
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-29
Little Girl Shot.

We regret to learn that Mr.. Bob
Huey's little girl was dangerously
and probably fatally wounded by
her twin brother last Sabbath night.
The children we're preparing to go
to bed when the boy found under
the mattress what he thought was
toy pistol and snapped it at his
sister. The pistol, though small.
was a real one and the ball passed
through the little girls body not
far from the heart. The child still
lives though in an exceeding pre-
carious condition. News Banner.
Use Dahnke- w alker Milling Co.
4 \. 4
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-29

Women's Custom Made So Vic
Patent Leather Shoes at 81. 40
W. G. Clagett & Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-11-29

Use Dahnke- Walker Milling Co
dour. home product, and guaran-
iced.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
oIney Looked at the Moon.

In Grover Cleveland's second admin.
istration there occurred a slight
eclipse of the moon, which the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland were watch
ing with keen interest, when the latter
remarked: "Mr. Olney would be in
terested in this; but he may not know
of It,"
Instantly Cleveland turned to an
usher and told him sto telephone the
Attorney-General to look at the moon.
Promptly the message was sent, but
it was received by French bitter.
ITO look at vat?" he called back.
'.The moon," was repeated.
''Ze vat?" came the question again.
1.-THE moon. The MOON
is re President in hees mind! p was
the next query.
Yes. and he tells Mr.. Olney to go
look at the moon. Repeat the mes
sage"
wat for lis dat?" was the final OBJ
lection: but he went and gave the
message.
Nearly an hour later the same but
Ter called up the White. House. and
in tone that suggested that he was
more confused than ever, said: Mess
taire Olney desires to say to Meestaire
President Eat he hass looked at re
moon, and he ISIS mouch obliged!"-
New York Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14

"Frenchy," the man who was after
ward killed, was with him. They had
rugged up chair to which were at
tached ropes by means of which they
could let themselves out of their
perches onto the roof of the steeple
and thus climb down to the gable,
through which they came out of the
belfry. One end of the rope was kept
knotted, to hold 1t in the chair. After
"Frenchy" had gone down one evening
after work he undid the knot and the
rope slipped through, leaving Risky"
marooned at the top of the steeple,
with no way of getting down other
than Jumping.
He was compelled to remain ON the
steeple all night, and when an effort
was made to rescue him early in the
morning a new trouble was encoun-
tered. He had no rope nor string to let
down that line sufficiently strong to
bear a rope could be raised. Finally he
cut off the sleeves of his jacket and
tore them In strips. These he tied to-
gether and let the improvlsed rope
down to the gable, where his would-be
rescuer was waiting for him.
A strong wind was blowing, and the
fragile rope sung in the wind far out
from the steeple. Finally risky" tied
a bunch of keys and penknife to the
end of the string and succeeded in get
ting 1t where it could be reached. The
rest was easy, and he was soon tucked
safely in bed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Tea Drunkenness.

Tea has undoubtedly Its victims as
well as alcohol, though we think 1t
would be absurd to say that the for
mer beverage shares with the latter
any serious connection with crime
Both, of course, may easily'be sources
of disturbance to health, and immod-
crate tea drinking is, in one sense.
just as physiologically sinful as drink
ing an alcoholic beverage to excess.
Alcohol is, of course, more insidious
poison than tea, and its effects are
more drastic and perceptible. Never.
theless, tea may be equally stealthy
in disturbing functional equilibrium.
As factor to disease excessive tea
drinking is very often overlooked, and
it does not occur to many persons
that tea may be the source of their
trouble. At any rate, when the abuse
Of tea In such instances gives place
to the drinking of 1t in. a rational man.
ner and in moderate quantities the
common symptoms of disturbance of
the gastric function, such as fatulence
and irregular action of the heart and
Of the nervous system. such as tremu.
lousness and excitability, disappear
London Lancet.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
A Long Time.

In the service of certain committee
of the Senate, the chairman of which
is a Southern Senator, says Harper's
Weekly, is certain capable young
stenographer and typewriter, in addi-
ton to the clerk of the committee. One
day the chairman, missing the very ca
pable stenographer, inquired of the
clerk where he was.
He is not here to-day, SIR" respond
d.the clerk. "His father is dead"
Some days later the chairman again
asked for the missing employe, only to
receive the same reply from the clerk
"He is not here to-day, sir. His faith
err Is dead"
The chairman said nothing, but look
ed very Interested.
A full week thereafter the head of
the committee for the third time in
quired as to the whereabouts of the
stenographer. In the reply the clerk
began the usual announcement:
HE is not here to-day. His"
Twill you kindly advise me-" inter-
rupted the chairman with alarming
suavity, whether that young man in
tends to stay away from his duties all
the time his father is dead?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
$ style Of address original, and his

his style of address original, and his
seeming profundity was intermixed
with humor that left the uninitiated
in doubt as to whether the young man
was Joker or person of great depth.
There was much Important work
done in the State Department while
Lands was there. The Cleveland poll
cy to put back Queen Lllluokalani on
the Hawaiian throne was undertaken,
the Boring sea arbitration was on, the
Venezuelan boundary controversy with
England was conceived and the ALI.
anca affair occurred.
When Gresham died Lands went
back to Chicago to practice law. Some
years ago he was appointed United
States Judge. 80
Judge Lands wears his hair rather
long and has habit of passing his
hands through It. He is a young man
with an old mans manner. His Ian.
guage is picturesque and his sayings
quaint. He talks with drawl, MS do
all the Landis brothers, and his way
of expressing himself is Impressive
Utica Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
A PICTURESQUE JUDGE.

kenesaw NJ. Lands, Before Whom
Rockefeller Was Examined.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands, Of
the United States District Court at Chi
cago, before whom John d. Rockefeller
was examined, is only 40. His father
was wounded in the battle Of Kenesaw
Mountain, hence his name. Judge
Lands Is picturesque in appearance
and manner. He was private secretary
to Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresh-
am from 1898 to 1895. Judge Gresham
had commanded the regiment in which
Judge Lands father served, and there
had always been warm friendship be-
tween Gresham and the Lands family.
When Judge Gresham was starting for
Washington to become Secretary Of
State in the cabinet of Democratic
President and asked young Lands to
60 with him as private secretary, Lam
dis turned Democrat and accepted. He
had practiced law in Chicago, but
clients were few, and the chance Of an
official experience In the nations capi-
tai was too alluring to resist.
The State Department woke up when
Lands came. His manner was new,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
rHr HlLLs OF HOME.


The hills Of home have called to me
Through days Of stress and pain,
Come back, come back, come back to
us,
And learn our lore again;
Come back to US that we may ease
The burden Of your soul,
Come back to your forgotten dreams,
Aad let us make you whole!"
Deep in the laundering city's heart
I hear the hills low cry.
The sad entreaty of their call
That pleads for my reply;
And hero where tides of traffic surge
On LIES tumultuous stream,
! Hunger for the hills of home IA
And for the old, old dream. n
The voices of their sylvan wales
Call to me day and night,
And many an hour my heart has wept
For the old. lost delight
The dreams knew. the faith I knew
10hg ere learned to roam
Far from the quiet, steadfast peace,
Far from the hills of home!
CHARLES Hanson Towne in the
X Ladies' World.