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Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23
MEXICO MAN
WELDING The Sceptre of
The State of Arkan-
SaS.

ihlttt hOck, ARK, mhy 10
With the adjournment of the leg
islature aud his election as presi.
dent OF the senate. Senator X. o.
Pindall, OF Desha county, took
charge rs acting governor during
the absence ol Gov. Little who is
in sanitarinm at Corpus Christi,
Texas. Sen. Pindall announced
that he will carry ont as far as he
is able the policies of Gov. Little
and said that he will not be gov
erned in any way by the attitude
of JEFF Davis.
Acting Governor Pindal's vote
on the Montgomery, Lafayette
county. bill after it had been
signed by Acting Governor Johu
Ike Moore = esterday, was the topic
in po itical aud official circles this
afternoon. Upon referring to the
senate journal this evening it was
discovered that Senator Pindall
voted for the measure when il
passed the senate.
Following is a copy of Gov.
PindallPs veto message:
Il beg to file with you senate
bill No. 449, by Mr.. Montgomery,
being entitled AN act to redis.
trict the sth aud 18th judicial
districts of Arkansas, aud for
other purposes.
The present status Of the lines
dividing the various judicial cir
cults OF Arkansas is such that any
disturbance of one of them neces-
sarily affects the districts adjoin-
ing. and thereby causes disturbed
conditions among the people Of the
districts affected. Citizens. Jurors
aud witnesses become accustomed
to the conditions of their judicial
affairs. and when the customs have
become established they are slow
to want a change regarding them.
They become acquainted with their
judges, prosecuting attorneys and
their other court officers, and for
these reasons do not look with ia
vor upon disturbed conditions.
am sufficiently advised and be-
lieve that there is no necessity for
the disturbance of conditions as
they at present exist.
The representatives and sena.
tors from a majority Of the coun.
ties affected by this bill are op.
posed to its passage. and from
these gentlemen. a well as from
one Of the circuit judges of dis
tricts, find these facts aud there
fore veto this measure.
This bill / found in the posses.
sion OF the governors Office. when
l assumed the duties Of governor,
and that 1t has already been signed
by my predecessor in Office. the
Ave days allowed for the govern.
Or's consideration of the matter
having not expired. and feeling
that Justice demands that. as gov
ernor, | exercise my discretion in
the matter. hand the bill to you
without my signature"
Mr. Pindall formerly lived IN
Mexico aud is well remembered By
many Of our citizens.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

Henry Youngblood, southeast
of Laddonia, who fell from his
hay loft some time since and was
severely hurt, is getting back to
his former self again.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23
MOTHER FINE LIST.
New Subscribers and
Renewals to the Mes
sage.

Since our last report the MES.
SAGE has enrolled the following
new subscribers or renewals:
Rudolph Miller
CN TurpIn
Rev II b Rice
J ID Bates
J ID Allison
w N Maxwell
RI Offutt
Dick McMahan
J II Faucet
James N Beagles
Mrs W S Mccoy
G w Bailey
A l. Yarnell
A Il Hoyt
Mrs Annie Miller
CA Candy
DIR j u Wallace
Rev L n Lanning
Mrs. Virginia Luckett
NJ L Huffman
L II Hagan
+ M Loveless
w M Lander
T Il Kemp
John Back
&C Woodbridge
b l. Frisbie
j F Parker
j II Jones
G N Herrold
Abraham Zimmerman
j V Faires
JR Dorgan
Geo. w. Russell
j Il Jesse
WF Raffety
John Rediger
j 4 Goodrich
d w Thompson
G w Bybee
Leon Bybee
CE Cook
j g league
J II Davis
Arthur Brandon
Joseph Armstrong
j. /. Brown
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

Q. (. Cook of Santa Fe made the
MESSAGE a pleasant business call
last Saturday. He brought 20
head Of fat hogs to town which he
sold to Powell & Mundy ct $6.25.
Mr.. Cook thinks the Mexico, San
Ia Fe q Perry electric railroad is
going to be a 90.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23
They Want Light.

The Laddonia Herald said last
week;
4 gentleman was speaking to us
the other day in regard to electric
lights for Laddonia. He said, 1T
would be a good business invest
ment for the Mexico Lighting and
Power Company to extend their
line to Laddonia by way of Rush
Hill" We believe the scheme is
a good one, aud the officers Of that
company could increase their busi-
ness quite a good deal by such an
investment. We believe the citi-
zens Of Laddonia would take to
the scheme literally aud it would
nay the promoters. Talk this up
and let Us send a committee to
Mexico and see what can be done
along that line. Louisiana fur
nishes Bowling Green with light
aud power and it pays the com
pany good dividends on its invest
ment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

j. M. johnson Of this city en-
tered the home for Confederate
soldiers at Higgiusville last week,
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

Mayor P. /. Pierce Of Laddonia
was in Mexico one day last week.
Called on the MESSAGE. Said he
had not been in Mexico before
since Bryan's first race for the
Presidency in 1896.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

q. Il. Murry, the new division
passenger agent for the g. & A.
r. R., has moved his family to
Mexico to reside.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

VIM. Kindig. uortb ot Martins
burg. is q new settler from Iowa
in that neighhoFhood. He picks
% friends readily and this apring
was elected read overeeer of bis
district.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

The Headington property in east
Mexico is to be laid of in lots and
sold at public auction. Clark &
Cauthorn have the matter in
charge. The place will be known
as Oak Grove Addition.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

j. A. Pierce is now salesman in
Howard Baskets grocery in this
city.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

r. o. Pindall. a former citizen
OF Audrain county. 10 0 State Sem
ator in Arkansas. Governor
Little OF Arkansas is sick
and out Of the State FOR his health
and Last week the Audrain man
was called upOn to hold the whip
Is Chief Executive and to have
charge Of the State government
till Greenwood returns. To reign
is worth ambition. even 10 Arkan.
pas. and we warrant Il gave tbs
Andrsiu man an eIecttical apasn
Of pleasure.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23
To Button Her Waist Behind.

She stood at the glass and she tried
To buttO
Behind.
The. movements she went thru were
surely a sight,
To button
Behind.
She would reach and she'd tug, she
would sigh and she'd groan, 81.
And after each effort she'd let out
moan:
She twisted and squIrmed till she
strained every bone,
Behind.
She would take a long breath and then
stand on her toes,
To button
Behind.
She strained at the risk OF ripping her
clothes,
To button
Behind.
She had a eontOrtionist beaten q mile.
She would bend like a iack-knlie, then
strsighten awhile,
And wonder why Nightmares like that
were in style,
The waists
That button
Behind.
For an hour she labored In widest de-
spair,
To button
| Her waist
Behind.
Her face became red and all lOossned
her hair
/ Her waist
Behind.
She wept, and the tears sPlashed down
In her lap,
And for life and It's pleasure she cared
not u rap,
When she went 10 the ofiee = hideOas
gap
In her waist
-MilwARkee Sentinel.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

Porter Gregory Of this city re-
turned from q trip recently down
into Old Mexico. Mr.. Gregory
enjoys a trip away from home oc-
casionally, but later he always
wanders back to this Mexico. Au'
drain county. NO., is all right.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

Mrs. j. F. Gritfee of this city,
who is at a hospital in st. Louis,
ia reported as not improving in the
condition Of her health. Mrs. Griffee
is suffering from injuries received
in a hard fall on the sleet last
winter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

JEFF Bates at Santa Fe has q fine
herd of Shorthorn cows-35 head
some Of the best blood on foot.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

A crap game was raided in this
city by the officials last Thursday.
Five men were apprehended, aud
not one of them was a negro.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

e. Nichols, northeast Of Mar.
tinsburg, called on the MESSAGE,
last Friday. Says the farmers are
patiently waiting on the weather
to get at their spring planting.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23
FROM MONTANA.
A Former Audrain Man
Tells of Conditions.

Your correspondent has just re-
ceived a letter from his nephew,
formerly Of Audrain. now n resi-
dent of Bozeman. Mont. and
knowing that he still has Il host of
friends in the eastern part Of the
county | send YOU few extracts
from it in his own words:
Bozeman, Mont. May IL. 1907.
Dear Uncle aud Aunt: Your
welcome letter OF March 81 at hand
some time ago. l haye been busy
and did not answer as soon as |
ought. You said you had moved
back to Audrain again. You folks
are like lots of Missouriaus. you
cam: get very far from the old
home stand. You speak of ending
your days there. l hope you do
not intend to do anything rash.
You spoke Of $500 being a big
rent. I know Of people paying
81, 500 here.
You say old Missouri is on her
good behavior. We have been
having fine weather here for Feb
luary and March, but the last of
April has been cold and bad, but
the haves have been green for a
good while. We have had a
number of little SHOWS. 1t showed
here last night, about four inches.
The snow on the green grass looks
good. You have heard of gather
ing flowers with one haud aud
snow in the other. Well, you
could do that here more than once
in a year, but that is the kind of
spring showers we have here, a
snow. The farmers are thru seed
ling. We have here this spring
what is called a wheat worm, or
cut worm. that Is playing haYoC
with winter wheat. Will be much
of it to be sown over. My son-in.
law has lost about 200 acres and
have to SOW it to spring wheat.
The worms are something new
here.
The prices you quote on farm
products are all pretty we'll up for
that country on everything but
farm hands, they stay quite toe
low. Why don't lot Of those
young Missourians get out Of there
and 60 West. as Horace Greely
said. and grow up with the couu'
tryi Good hands are worth SIC
or $50 out here. and yet they are
not satisfied, The more they gel
! the more they want. You said il
you could crawl back q few years
you might think OF coming OuI
here. II you could get out here
with q few hundred dollars anC
buy a few acres of land close Il
town and raise garden stuff anC
strawberries and chickens for sale
You could make q living for thu
two Of You much easier than yoV
can there raising corn. There i
I as much hard work to cut ant
0 husk and haul OF the corn anG
/. haul the fodder and feed 1t out q
!. there is 10 raise Il.
III World be glad to see you al
9 and would be glad to have you se
Q our children. They are ell mar
a ried but our baby, he ia q ysaT
J, Old now. They I'll live here &
i RoEeman. You asked II my hea
is gray. have a lot Of gray hal
on each side of my temples. M
"a mustaehe has not gray hair in I
A. MOllie's bead is q little Rrayer tina
,r mine. Tell uncle I can hold hil
X down eating eggs. l am eatin
b lots Of them'now as they are cheaI
IN only 20 cents per dozen. Te
ip uncle to write a few lines in. yOv
10 next letter. It 10 alI a notion thl
at he is so old he can't write.
N Your nenheW.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

A mention By the Rails Co.
Record: Eld. j. D. Watson, of
Mexico, occupied the pulpit in the
Baptist church. this city. last Sum
day. We learn that many MEM
bers Of the church here are well
pleased with him. but as yet be
has not been extended call. BE
is an advocate Of the good, old
style religiOn--zealous OF purpose,
with pleasing. sOciable person
ality,
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23
~ HAPPENED AND HAPPENING. ~

Vandalia is talking an ice plant
for that town.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

The Windsor Hotel in this city
waa sold al trustees sale last Fri.
day. q. r. Clark was the buyer,
%. 900, Il is q Hne property aud
worth the money.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

DIR. Claude Kelley breaches the
baccalaureate sermon at Hardin
College at l0:45 Q. m. next Sun
day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

Mrs. Maurice Dudley OF Thomp'
sou will move to Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23
SURROUNDING AUDRAIN.

- "NNacNht a. 1uhla ECt
is reported by the Paris Appeal as
being seriously i'll with stomach
trouble.
Homer Powers says that a wolf
has killed 1900 worth Of sheep in
his neighborhood, near Paris,
Monroe couhly.
The NIddletown Chips says Co.
lumbia wants the State to build
her mp, but the town claims the
right to choose her own liquor.
Miss Elizabeth Whitaker has
been re elected superintendent Of
the Louisiana public schools. Old
Pike honors her women teachers.
Rev. Howerton tells the Paris
Appeal that he has secured the
contract for $4,000 ties for the
Mexico, Santa Fe & Perry electric
road. He is Offering Acc a piece
for them and expects to begin re-
ceiving them early in July.
The Centralia Guard remarks
that when the G. & A. aud Wa
bash start their double track ar
rangement between Clark aud
Mexico a tower with fifty switches
will be installed at Mexico. Four
men will operate the tower.
The grand jury in its report
made public at Montgomery City
the other day recommended as q
solution of the road question that
the county prisoners be made to
rock the roads instead of
keeping them confined in Jail with.
out labor.
Harvey Cobb of Middletown who
has been down in Oklahoma for
several years writes back that there
are poor chances for crops in that
country this year aud that his
friends in Montgomery county
needn't be surprised to see him
coming in home at any time.
The Centralia Courier says that
every little bit the Columbia drug
gist, II. Mikel, reaps a fine for vi
olating the liquor law. The Cou-
rier calls upon Prosecuting Attor-
ney Harris to take the proper steps
to have Mikels druggists license
revoked.
The Auxvasse Review says that
John Mcintyre, THE big hearted
Audrain farmer" took ride into
that section the other day, OF
the Branch traih. considering
it such "A daring feat that hi
thought the Review ought to give
him a big puff-aud it did, sortie
Two colored sisters sought ad
mission, into white folks church
at Wellsville recently, aud it caused
II rumpus. Whittier than snow
is the qualification for membership
in Wellsville churches. even If il
does cause a little strife occasion
ally to assert it.
Engineer Wallace Wray of Mo
berly, who was pulling the il
fated train when the wreck oc
CURED at High Hill, on April 10
was indicted by the Grand Jury a
Montgomery City last week on
charge of'criminal negligence. Mr.
Wray was very seriously iuiure'
himself.
Stephen Turner Of Pike count,
was using an emery wheel at tn
Lacrosse mill the other day AM
the wheel few to pieces and tn
fragments struck him in the face
He was awfully disfgured an
gashed. but a doctor put him i
repairs and he ia still in the rim
feeling a little sore about il all an
SO does his face.
the Paris Appeal says that
young lady OF that town. VII
some eighteen years ago had be
picture taken clothed in atmos
phsrs aud sitting in a wash bow
does not like to have il mentione
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

Art leyee this afternoon and to-
night at Hardin College.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

G.. 7. Jesse has sold his store al
Thompson to g. 4. Sims.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-05-23

Money 70 loan on real estate 90
Nv. hoWKEl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-01
.B|G BIRMINGHAM
 ELECTION JAN, $
On Monday 5596 Votes Were
 Cast In Greater City
GLEN IRIS NOW IN CITY
Eight Votes Were Cast and Eight Were for Annexation-LittIe Op- position To Greater Bir-
 mingham Expressed.

Greater Birmingham has stuck it's head from out behind it's hiding place where it went helter skelter when the firewater question caused everybody to lock horns. Seeing that everything had quieted down it sprang up and announced that it would submit itself to the people on January 6. which will be but two days before the time will expire In which the election can be held The entire district affected will vote as unit, and a campaign will be started at once toward the balloting of solid vote for Greater Birmingham. The territory included in Greater Bir- minghan cast a total of 5596 votes in the prohibition election Monday. Bir- mingham proper boiled 31S4 of these votes, while the outside district in- cluded in Greater Birmingham boiled 2412. It is believed practically that all. opposition towards the greater city has been dispelled. Most of this opposition arose in the suburbs, where the people were afraid they would not be fairly treated. The campaign committee of twenty pledged themselves to see that they received fair treatment. and this together with the fact that out of the forty aldermen composing the City Council of Greater Birmingham, twen- ty-two will be from the territory out side of present Birmingham, is be- lieved will make things as fair as could be expected.s
 The campaign committee will meet again within short while and pre- pare document setting forth the req sons why there should be Greater Birmingham. The Greater Birming- ham bill required bull dog grip to pull it through the legislature and the committee is on the lookout to see that no obstacle arises to prevent its adoption by the people. Every time anything is mentioned which they think might break a spoke in their wheel they begin to growl and have an- nounced their intention of growing even louder if necessary.
 The election held Wednesday at Glen Iris resulted in an overwhelming vic- tory for annexation. Eight votes were cast and eight votes were for annex ation. This brings into Birmingham one of the handsomest residence sec tions about the city, and includes sev eral hundred acres of very valuable land It includes Glen Iris park, Smiths addition, Jacobs addition and Sylvan heights. This property also adds about s300,O more to the tax values of the town.
 The election was held under the Smyer act. and was worked up by Jere C. King, who resides in the ter ritory annexed and who is chairman of the campaign committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-01
MORE GAMBLERS ARE
 CAUGHT IN THE ACT
POKER PARTY IS SURPRISED IN THE COLONIAL HOTEL AND AS A RESULT SIX MEN WILL FACE JUDGE FEAoIN TOMORROW.

Like spirits in a haunted house, were Officers Street and Simmons last night in the Colonial hotel. No one but themselves knows how they dropped into the middle of poker game on the third floor at the hour of IL, but they did, and IS a result six of the old line gamblers will face Judge Feagin next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock
 The officers managed to slip by the watchman in the hotel lobby if he was there, and hid themselves in a closet across the hall from the door they sus- pected. They waited until man came tapped long signal for the door to open. As it swung open, the two police men slipped across the hall, and were in behind him before he knew it. Leav- ing him to escape they rushed into the adjoining room, where the six men were at play One of them continued to pile his chips. and said. Wait till count my chips. Now. there's $1S.75 worth that belong to me. Mr. Street."
 Mir. Street put them in his pocket, and has good case for the judge. Two of the fellows were fined $100 and 1S0 days in police court yesterday morning, but their attorneys took an appeal. If they were gambling to get enough to pay their fines, they slipped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-01
BRIDGES MAKES CHANGE.
Will Become Pastor of First Cumber. land Presbyterian Church, U. s. A.

j. s. Bridges has accepted the position of assistant pastor of the First Cumber- land Presbyterian church, U. s. A, and will take up his duties with that church in a very short while.
 Mr. Bridges has been connected with the Young Mems Christian association from the time of it's organization four years ago, and is very popular with the members of the association. He was re- gently offered the position of general sec retary of the Young Mems Christian as- sociation at Decatur and had the matter under advisement He has been a mem Der of the First Cumberland Presbyterian church for a number of years, and Is the teacher of the largest Sunday school class in the city. When the members of the congregation heard that he was con templating leaving Birmingham they called special meeting of the session and offered him the position in order to keep him here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-01
HOBGOBL|NS WERE
 THICK LAST NIGHT
SpriteS and Elves of invisible
 World StaIked Abroad
FRANKS ALL OVER TOWN
FaVorite Stunt of Mischievous Young sters Was To Grease Car Tracks On Hills and Thereby
 Delay Traffic.

Last night was the night of all oth- CTS when supernatural influences pre- vail; wh en gravestones take form. and dead folks turn over in their graves !. the night set apart for the universal walking abroad of the spirits of the invisible world, and the mystic even ing when the human spirit detaches itself from the body and wanders abroad. More directly. 1t was Hal loween.
 If the harmless spirits of. the in visible world had been allowed a mo- nopoly of the walking abroad perhaps there would not be so many bad tenn pers this morning. But not SO. Mischievous youngsters fairly swarm ed through the streets over town and got called "devilish imps." ebrats" and divers other pet names. Practical ioke es they played without partiality. and aft CT all that is what Halloween was made for, they thought.
 The dawn of day this morning no doubt finds many front gates swingine. from the crossarms of telephone poles; and front doors tied hard and fast with a rope extended to the bannisters on the porch, or the window blind may be pitiably banged up as evidence of the tick-toeking" of the evening be- fore. Still, when the front door is opened a bucket which had been leaned of fresh water onto the carpet in the front hall, or there may be a stack of dirty tin cans. four feet high. oc- cupying a prominent position in the front yard.
 But this is all presented on the damp gray dawn of the morning after.
 There was no end to the devilment were all away off. The few steep hills in the city afforded the mortal spirits no end of amusement. Bar soap, toilet soap. soft soap and perhaps other kinds were all mixed up, probably with axle grease. and the street car rails given a thorough coating. The poor car gets half way up and slides back. This is repeated half a dozen times, and then the conductor and motorman get off and scrape up dust with their hands and scatter it along the rails all the way up the hill. maybe q block or more. The boy hiding behind a brick wall nearby is in his glory.
 The girls resorted to the more picturesque. Clad in sheets and masks the hob goblins paraded the streets. All sorts of jack -or orlanterns decked the tree , Y.o . father awake. This continued until it got late and the hob goblins themselves saw ghosts, and then safely deposited themselves between the blankets in a warm bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-01
HER "eEsT FRIEND" A Woman Thus Speaks of Postum.

We usually consider our best friends those who treat us best.
 Some persons think coffee a real friend, but watch it carefully awhile and observe that it is one of the meanest of ali enemies for it stabs one while professing| friendship.
 Coffee contains poisonous drug-caf-I feine-which lnjures the delicate nervouo system and frequently sets up disease in, one or more organs of the body. if itQ use is persisted in.
 'I had heart palpitation and nervou7 ness for four years and the doctor tqk me the trouble was caused by coff&o. He advised me to leave 1t off. but q thought could not" writes Wis. lady.
 On the advice of friend l trio& Postum Food Coffee and it so satisfie4 me l did not care for coffee after few days trial of Postunl.
 .'As weeks went by and continued to use Postum my weight increased from. es to lls hounds and the heart troubl? left me. | have used 1t a year now anJ am stronger than ever was 1 can llu1tQ up stairs without any heart palpitattof and [ am cured of nervousness
 My children are very fond of Postu . and 1t agrees with them. My sister hksn 1t when she drank it al my house. but not when she made it at her own horne. Now that she has learned to make right. boil it according to directions. she has become very fond of it. You may usc my name if you wish as l am not ashamed of praisinE my best friendTPos- tum"
 Name given by Postun Go. Fsoia Creek, Mich. Read 'rhe Road to Welt-f ville," in pakgs. There's a Reason. \