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Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21


THE sentiment 10 favor OF prohibi-
tion in Missouri ID rapidly growing,
and 1t looks now as though the Legis
lature might submit constitutional
amendent along this line. Those who
are chiefly responsible for this move
ment are the saloon people who not
only continue to violate the law, but
try to control city councils and State
Legislature. The people OF Missouri
rather than have the State controlled
by the saloons will close them up. Any
one at all Intelligent and conversant
with the situation knows this to be q
fact Along this line a valued ex-
change says:-If the laws Of Missouri
respecting Sunday closing and other
wise imposing restrictions on the liq-
uor business had been quietly observ.
ed by the men engaged In this busi-
ness the people Of Missouri would not
have listened to talk Of prohibition,
for the belief of the conservative men
In both the great parties and among
many Of the highest churchmen has
been that high licenss aud stict regu-
lations afforded the best solution to
the liquor question, and this has al.
ways been Governor Folks idea.
But the brewers, the distillers and
saloonkeepers who imagined them
selves about the law and who openly
detied the efforts OF the officers to en-
force the liquor laws, have brought
this election down upon their own
heads.
They have mistaken the temper Of
the people OF Missouri when they pre-
sumed that they could combat the
forces OF the law and not have to pay
a penalty for IL.
Missouri counties are going dry and
saloon licenses have been increased at
a rate which must be alarming to the
brewers recently. IL Is estimated that
the people OF the country are two TO
one In favor OF prohibition. They
have tired OF the arrogance OF the liz
uor interests. They have determined
that rather than have the brewers and
dlstillers and their satellites run Mis-
souri,, that they will put an end to
such business 10 this state.
And every saloonists and wholesale
dealer In liquor make to combat regu-
lations which cities and counties and
the state put upon them will be but
adding an impetus to this movement
andput the stamp Of outlawry on the
business
The people are terribly in earnest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
MRS. SHARP LEAVES
HARDIN COLLEGE.
Has Accepted a Position as Director Of
The Musical Department Of The
Millersburg, Ky, Female Semi
nary.

Mrs. Edna Sharp, who has been 0
member Of the Hardin College musical
faculty for several years, has accepted
a position in Kentucky and will leave
Thursday. She is to be director Of the
musical department. of the Miller
sburg, KY, Female Seminary.
Mrs. Sharp has been a member Of
the Hardin College musical faculty
for several years and one Of the
schools most popular instructors.
She Is a finished artist and will be
greatly missed by the college as we'll
as by her host Of warm friends in the
city.
TheLEDeER wishes her the greatest
success IN her new home and con-
graduates the Kentucky school upon
its choice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
EXTENDS SERVICE or LOCAL
LONG DISTANCE PHONES
r. v Montague viii Manage Locs
Exchange Of Missouri and Kan
sas Telephone Company--A
Branch Of the Bell-Deal
Consumated Saturday.

R. v. Montague, the popular mana
ger Of the local telephone company
and the Independent long distance
exchange, Saturday closed deal with
the Missouri and Kansas Telephone
Co., branch Of the Bell Co., to man
age their local station and conduct IL
In connection with the city phones.
This arrangement will be OF great
convenience to the citizens of Mexico
who desire to talk to parties In any
point In Missouri or Kansas. In a
few days several officials Of this COM
pany will be In Mexico to arrange any
details that have not been settled and
look into the local situation.
Mr.. Montague is endeavoring, In
every way possible, to give the best
Of service to his patrons and this new
compact will greatly enlarge his con-
nections.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
RAPs soNNETs IN
BIBLE CLASS.
Chicagoan Declares for Segregation
OF Sexes in Church.

PfTTsBURe, Feb. 12.--''The spirit OF
organization has reached the young
women and they are forming bible
organizations. But In some way you
cannot appeal to manly young men II
you have lot Of bonnets around.
Therefore 1 would not advise the
formation OF classes consisting 0f both
sexes.n
In advocating the separation Of the
sexes in tine formation Of church or
ganizations Andrew Stevenson Of
Chicago, President Of the Young
Mems Presbyterian Union, gave the
above reason in an address before the
Pittsburg presbytery to-day. Mr.
Stevenson scored the board-house ir
Chicago in these words:
''In our city our landl aides usually
take no interest In church work, OF
they are positively DETRIMENTAL to the
morals Of their boarders.'
Among the other speakers were Rev
Charles W. Gordon (Ralph Conner)the
author, of Winnipeg, Canada, and
Charles s. Holt of Chicago, Vice pres
ident OF the National Presbyterian
Brotherhood.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
Hits Big Rockefeller GIFT.

CLEVELAND, Feb. S-John d, Rookie
feller's motive in presenting the Gen.
eral Education Board s32,0O0,000 is
regarded as Of sordid nature by Mayor
Tom l. johnson. In an interview to-
day the mayor said that the gift was
made merely as a bid for the perpe-
tuation of the special privileges which
the oil king enjoys in bis various in
terests.
The mayor also regards 1t is certain
that no educational institution which
pays any particular attention to the
teaching of political economony will
receive part In the benefits Of the
gift.
Nearly all the other gifts Rockefeller
has made to schools and colleges are
regarded in the same light by Mayor
Johnson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
EDITORIAL DUsHWAH.
L.. NJ. w.

Roosevelt desires tofreeze the Thaw
case out Of the newspapers.
A maid Of twenty may sigh for an
automobile but at thirty a ohauffer
will do.
Vanity like the woman with the
purchased complexion, is at its best in
the dark.
German papers refer to Harry Lehr
as the ''court fool" Another case Of
murder will out.
Liliuakalani wants damages, says
meHopoliton paper. We presume she
is sueing her parents.
The woman that wears the largest
switch can be depended upon to count
the eggs the grocer delivers.
A prominent writer says an en-.
gagement should last,a year. This Of
course in no way refers to the college
| or summer girl.
Society s latest fad is the "Salome
veil''. But per usual there is moth
ing in name as 1t is worn about the
head.
A prominent divine has announced
that dancing enlarges the feet. II he
can substantiate this, there will prob.
ably be more feminine conversions at
the next revival.
The French Statistician who at.
tempted to ascertain why woman
marry found the majority Of replies to
be ''because" A womans best reason,
A bill providing that no actress
shall appear on the stage in tights,
has been introduced into the Wiscon'
sin Legislature. Should 1t pass will
"front row. and "baldhead" cease to
be synonymous?
A Milwaukee man, 81 years old,
states that be has never been kissed,
This sounds as credulous as the state.
ment of the temperance advocate with
a blossome on his nose, who says he has
never touched liquor.
Another attempt on the life oi
Count Witte. Foreign correspon.
dents are evidently short Of news
when such commonplace occurrence
is made the subject Of cable dis.
patch.
Colorado has new senator called
Guggenheim who announces with
pride, that he began life as barefoot
boy. 1t strikes the writer that the
time is yet TO come when anyone will
begin life with their boots on.
A dispatch from Paris, France, states
that at a recent dinner given In the
"City of Folly'by one Of Its aristocra'
tic matrons some OF the titled girlt
present appeared, after the viands,
dressed In tights and tulle, la corps
de ballet, and danced In the most ap
proved fashion. This adoption Of tht
decollette in two ways should make
Anthony Comstalk sit up and TAKE
notice In view of the fact that
mother Eve discovered her nudity
after eating the apple we suggest Il
the keeper Of New York Oity's moral
that, If the American four hundred
show any inclination to adopt this new
fad to hand them an apple instead o.
a lemon,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
MEXICO AUDRAM COUNTY MISSOURI THURSDAY FEBRUARY
ROOSEVELT FOR whitley.
President Upholds Mexico Judge at
Shanghai.

Judge L.R. Wilfley's conduct Of the
affairs OF the new United States Court
at Shanghai, China, which was criti'
clzed In letter published over the
signature OF volcano Marshall, has
the thorough approval of the PresI
dent and the Secretary OF State, ac'
cordlng to Washington dlspa' ches.
The letter is said to have beer
prompted by man other thin Mar
shall, ore who carried on an agitation
at Washington, against certain q Nv
ernment officials In The Far East
Judge Whitley, former st. Lonis
ian is carr, ing out the instructions OF
the administration, the dispatches
say, in requiring rigid examinations OF
those who practice before the court.
The two chief points in the criticism
Of Judge Whitley we're that be had re-
fused to allow several American law
yers to practice In the court, and that
one, Arthur L Basset, practices be
fore him In civil cases.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21

STANTON, Ill. Feb 5-We note with
regret the Death OF Mr.. George Klotz,
at his home in Olive township. south
OF tdis City, on Tuesday Feb. 9Th,
death being due to bronchitis and the
illness OF short duration. Mr.. Klotz
was native Of Germany being born In
Sofenan Obermant, Wcstenberg on
the l4th Of January 1921, he migrated
to America In 1854, and on March 9th
1856, was married to Miss Dorathea
Kirchheck, at Wood River, Madison
County ILL.,, eight children being born
of the marriage, four OF whom are
still living. His wife died some II
years ago, the surviving children are
Henry Klotz, Mexico, Mo. Annie wife
of VIM Hesterberg, Mexico, Mo.
Joseph Klotz OF Shiloh, st. Clair coun
ty Ill. and VIM. Klotz, who lives al
his fathers home. The Casket wa
delivered at his door, by the Electric
car, funeral took place Feb. Ith from
the residence at 2 p. m. Rev. Hug
officiating. He was buried In spangle
|eauatarv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
EMBALMER saw THE
BODY MOVE
Child Restored After Coma of Sew
eral Hours and is Likely to Sur
vive,

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 13.-Called
to the home of Nicholas Presique, on
Escher street, this city, to prepare
twin child for burial, Edward A.
Curran, an undertaken, had complet.
ed preliminary arrangements for en-
balming, when be saw the body move.
He found the child was still alive and
then fed from the place to summon a
physician. The physician restored
the little one to consciousness and de
clared that it is likely to recover. II
had apparently been dead for seyera
hours before the undertaken was sum
moned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
Origin Of Missouri's Name.

The Albany Ledger observes;--Few
Missourians know from what the
state took its name. The original
tribe Of Indians from which the word
Missouri was taken was "Onmossour.
les" which means in Indian language,
jewellers at the mouth Of waters, as
the tribe lived near the mouth Of the
Missouri river. a number Of histories
state that Missouri means "Mudd,
which ia prronenus.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
The farmers Wife

Is very careful about her churn, She
scalds It thoroughly after using, and gives
IL a sun bath TO sweeten Il. She knows
that II her churn Is sour 10 viii taint the
butter that is made IN It. The stomach Is
a churn. In the stomach and digestive
and nutritive tracts are performed pro-
cesses which are almost exactly Eke the
churning Of butter Is 10 not apparenk
then that Il this stopschrchurn % foul 10
makes foul all which 10 put into 10?
The evil Of a foul stomach Is not alone
the bad taste in the mouth and the foul
breath caused by 10 but the corruption Of
the pure current OF blood end tho dissem-
nation Of disease throughout the body.
DR.. pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
makes the sour and foul stomach sweet
II does for the stomach what the washing
and sun bath do for the ehurn--ahsolute
removes every tainting or corruptjng ele-
ment. In this way 70 cures blotches,
pimples, eruptions, serofulous swelllngs,
sores, or open eating ulcers and ell
humors or diseases arising from bad blood.
II you have bitter, nasty, foul taste n
your mouth, coated tongue, foul breath,
are weak and easily tired, feel depressed
and despondent have frequent headaches,
dizzy attacks, gnaYtng or distress In stom
ach, constlpated or irregular bowels. soul
or bitter risings after eating and poor
appetite, these symptoms, or any consider
able number OF them. indicate thRtyQu ar
suffering from bilionfness. torpid or az
liver with the usual Accompanying indt,
gestion, or dyspepsia and their attendant
arrangements.
The hess- -agspis known "a -nsdleal scl
4 sond sS eS ata,MSltipg ,SIts! 8
all the seYeral Sch QQls of pe edieal ntActiEe
haye been ll4lIL and harmq9loHsll
nIscozefI. That this Is absolutely trul
will Be readily proven % your atiEfactior
lif you will but mail postal gard re9ues
to DR.. Z. V, Pierce, Buffalo, N. X, tof
free copy OF his booklet q extracts trou
tho standard medical authorities, givinl
the names Of ell the ingredients eptfrinl
Into bis world-fsmed MEDICINES epd ehov
ling what the mcst eminent medical ne
otthe ace 80 OF them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
MOUSE WAS ON SNAKES TAIL.
Surprising Discovery in the Snow
was Made by Rural Mail Car
rier.

SEAFoRD, DEL, Feb. 13.-A three
foot blacksnake was discovered craw-
ling over the frozen snow by Robert
Trice, rural mail carrier, while he was
covering his route. He killed the
reptile, and, to his astonishment, dis
covered wood mouse clinging to its
tail. The mouse was alive and had
been nibbling at the flesh Of the
snake.
Trice found a colony OF the mice in
the woods nearby and evidence that
they had aroused the snake from its
winter nap in the hollow Of an old
tree and brought the reptile from its
hiding place.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
30, 20 and 10 Years
Ago This Week.
THIRTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.

AtAAAA A<-Hfs0 NV NtAAfS W e~>-e~'
]. W. Gatewood, OF Audrain county,
sold several head of mules to Illinois
parties.
/ J.C. Clark, formerly With Harper
and Bros, went into partnership with
I. w. Nichols
]. W. Mcguire, and old blind man
OF this city. complained TO the police
10 st. Louis that he had been vic
tinized by horse dealers in that
city.
TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS wEEK
Ed Bolts, formerly of Mexico, was
In the dress goods department oil
Bullene Moore and Emery, Of Kansas
City.
Invitations were issued for the
wedding OF Jef Ellis and Miss Carrie
Canterbury.
The Audrsin County medical society
met at the Office Of Drs. Russell and
Cave.
Thos. Gibson moved his produce es-
tabllshment to the old City Hall
building.
Aaron Frank. formerly Of Mexico,
purchased laundry at Little Rcck,
Ark.
Married-John T. Asbury and Miss
Lillian A, Walker, both OF Audrain
county.
TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The following from Mexico attend
ed the funeral Of p. S. Faddis, Of
Sailing, Township: J. A. Potts, ]. e.
Jesse, A. @. Barnes, A. r. Briscoe,
Joe Weimer, G. @. Davis, ]. A. Lewis
G. W. Pickett.
Mrs. Hugh l., Williams, aged So
years, died at her home southwest of
Benton City.
Oliver Rouse leased the Central
Hotel.
L. r. Ferris and Ross Cauthorn
formed a partnership In the hardware
business.
Millionaire murderer, Arthur Due
strow, Of St. Louis, was hanged at
Union. Mo-, for killing his wife and
child.
Generel Joe Shelby died at his home
near Adrain, Mo.
Mrs. w. A. Edmonston, nee Sharp,
died at her home In this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
west Rud. Meet Market sold

Rube McCord, who for the past sew.
eral months has conducted the West
End Meat Market, has sold bis bust.
ness 10 Everett Farrah, ,ofRush Hill. He
arrived Tuesday and took possession
Of the place Wednesday. Mr.. Farrah
states that IL is bis intentions TO add
some improvements 10 his shop and
make 1t thoroughly up-todate In
every particular.
Mr. McOord is as Jet undecided as Il
bis future plans but says he expects
to engage In some other occupati,nIir
Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Ohio river Is to be bridged at
Cincinnati with a structure that will
connect the Pennsylvania lines on the
Ohio side with the Chesapeake s. Ohio
east of Dayton, on the Kentucky
side.
Discontinued employees Of the Penn.
sylvania who have been chatting for
months over the refusal of the com.
pany to grant their request for in
creased wages and new scale Of work.
ing hours, threaten to strike IL the de-
mands are not met. The members Of
the grievance committee are all In
Philadelphia now, having been sum-
moned there TO attend the final thresh-
ing out of the question In dispute
President Harrahan Of the Illinois
Central says that road has all the
track, locomotives and cars to handle
the business offered II 1t could get its
cars back from connecting lines. "lf
there was any use Of sueing railroads
for refusing to return cars | would
start several suits immediately" be
said. "On an average other roads
have 10000 more Of our cars than we
have of foreign cars, and we would be
glad to see the per diem rate raised to
IS a car to punish the roads which
would rather steal than buy new
equipment"
The Alton has practically adopted
the new heating contrivance for cars
containing perishable goods, and ex.
tensive circulars from the general
managers office give instructions as
to how the oil stoves are to be cared
for. The brewers are the first to re-
cognize the advantages of this means
OF shipping their product during the
cold weather, and have scheduled
many train loads to be delivered under
the protection Of the heating appar-
atus. The oil used in these stoves is
furnished by the Alton, and is 300 de-
grees fire proof headlight or mineral
seal oil. Division station men are In
structed in regard to refliing the
stoves, airing the cars,etc.
A queer accident happened in the
Moberly yards Monday night in which
two persons were hurt. Engine No
264, which brought NO. 8 In from the
north, was left on the dump track
about $50 o'clock by Engineer A. M.
McJilton. Atabout 1880 when no one
was near the engine, the throttle In
in some way got disconnected and the
engine dashed through the yards at
about forty miles an hour. In front
Of Union Station 1t struck MOSS trair
demolishing the engine and making
kIndling wood Of No. SIS baggage car
Larry Hendrix and Jim Hoard, tive
car repairers, who were in the train q
the time, were injured and had to b'
taken to the hospital for treatment
The accident was a bad one, but nigh
have been much worse II No. 3 hat
been Is or 20 minutes late as is gen
orally the case. The runaway engin'
would then have met No. 5 on th'
main line coming in and heavy los
Of life would undoubtedly have re
suited -Moberly Democrat.
FL. Richards is on the sicklist.
Div. Supt. Stumpf, Eng. Maint. Way
Shehan and Road Master Walker, al
Of the Wabash, were In this city to-da
Will Rogers, q brakeman on th
, south Branch, is quite Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
Man Covered With Tons Of Earth Is
Unharmed.

South Omaha, Neb., Feb. l3 Al
ter being imprisoned at the bottom Of
a 40 foot we'll, covered with tons Of
earth, for twenty.four hours, and re-
ceiving his air supply through an iron
well pipe, Herman Frankholdt, a
welldigger, was yesterday afternoon
dug out and found practically unin-
jured.
Frankholdt was protected when the
cave-in occurred by the iron ladders,
through which supply Of fresh air
reached him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
Skin Disease Of Twenty Years Stand
ing Cured,

1 want you TO know how much
Chamberlain's Salve has done for me.
1t has cured my face Of skin disease
of almost twenty years standing. 1
have been treated by several as smart
physicians as we have in this country
and they did me no good, but two
boxes Of this salye has cured me.-Mrs.
FANNIE GRIFFEN, Troy, Ala. Cham
berlain's Salve is for sale by all Drug
qiSts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21

THE Macon MOI s.Democral
is Of the opinion that the subscription
price OF the country weekly papers will
have to be advanced to 81 so or % OF
per year. This advance has already
been made In majority Of the States
White paper has advanced third, ,and
is still going up. A majority Of the
country papers published for on'
dollar per year are losing money on
every issue. except during the two OIL
three months when they are owe
crowded with advertising.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
Another Freak Bill.

Representative Hiram Ball has intro
duced a freak bill in the legislature.
He would prohibit barkeepers from
selling a man drink oftener than
once an hour. He forgot to add the
quantity of water that must be consum.
ed between drinks, the osceola Dem.
ocrat remarks: AS Artemus Ward used
to say, the average Missouri legisla.
tor is tan amoosin sort of a cuss."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
$lO0 Reward 800.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased Co
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure In all It's
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
faces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease and giving the
patient strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature In doing Its work,
The proprietors have SO much faith In its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred Dol
ars for any case it fails to cure. Send for
list OF testimonials.
Address Z. ]. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, o
Sold BY druggists, price TOO.
TAKE Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21
sant to jail for "Gadding.

Colombo SPRINes, Colo, Feb. II
Mrs. Belle OFT, wife Of OF John Ott,
a miner at Cripple Creek mine has
been committed to Teller County jail
by Judge Thomas, because she persist
ed in absenting herself from home and
neglecting her husband and children,
The husband and children recently
secured court order compelling Mrs.
OFT to go home and discharge hel
duties as wife and mother. Her con-
tempt Of this order got her into jail
where the Judge says she must stay
until she agrees to respect bis com
mand.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-02-21

uNpza the heading OF "The Folly
* Ef6fe Prohibition in Missouri, the
81 Lo5ilu Republic editorially says
THE sx'oon having been taken out Of
politics III Missouri under the present
HdfuInl1tfation Of the laws, IL is to be
x<gf6Gtod that the Senate Committee
Ane9dnaont has taken step toward
ppttlnH N back into politics by agree
inc 10 report favorably Senator Peck's
proposal for State prohibition.
Ibo cxperience OF Iowa, Kansas,
A&in aud other States has proven
tnkt rf4nibition does not prohibit
nof dIminIsh the use OF intoxicating
liquors. - only demoralIzss the
liquor traI1lc. leads TO lawbreaRing and
sn02<IkpeS the unlicensed joint for
tl1e d<I9Qn regulated by law.
IIndef the present laws OF Missouri
ep{ e1unty may by local option pro-
nz6if fhe sale OF intoxicants within
'a1Imits. and nearly one.forth Of the
counties have voted for the prohibi-
tiou. In these counties the prohibit
tI1n will stand as long as the majority
Of fneIr voters deem it expedlnet.
Any county In the State is free to
follow their example and to outlaw
tz1e liquor traffic whenever majority
Or is voters so declaet themselves.
State Prohibition would force upon
ne cIIIea, where the sentiment against
absolute restriction Of the liquor
fF4<Ile can never be overcome, the un-
If0eazzd instead OF the licensed saloon.
Il would Destroy great investments OF
czpllzl employed in the manufacture
ana sale Of liquors, without diminish
ine y gallon the quantities annual
y eozsamed within the state.
zt<Ie Prohibition In Missouri would
only zzznsfer to other States, most
ll<eIf d Illinois and Wisconsin, ths
1a91z1r7 Of manufacturing the
s<1fI<aous, fermented and vinous IL
4a6Ez upsumed in Missouri, and with
Il world 90 some s75, 200, ,0oo-o capita
r1z1h aow contributes to the wealth
ol the state.
state Prohibition would wipe ou'
tbe STATE and local revenues nov
derived from the licensing Of the II
. quof trafic, without In any way
dimInIahing the traffic. This ha'
hee1 che experience of every STATE
that has tried it. Missouri might Al
we'll le4rn from them without &C
QafrIaK costly knowledge at her owr
expenze