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Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28
In Memory of
Mrs. Nc Gee.

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Mary j. Kirkland was born
Sept. 8. 1920, in Mercer Co., KY.
When quite small she moved with
her parents to Cooper Co., Mo-,
and a short time later to Monroe,
near Paris. She was married in
1886 to David McGee. To this
union three children were boru:
Mary Elizabeth and Mrs. 7. b.
Hill both deceased, and John e.
MCGEE, of near Holleusville. with
whom Grandma had made her
home several } ears. in lS43, she
ard her husband were converted
and united with the Christian
church in Paris They moved in
1S49 to Audrain, aud were charter
members in Midway church at its
organization. They were both
among its most faithful and earn
est members, in attendance at all
services, aud always ready aud
anxious To take large share in
every good work. OF late years,
defective hearing and failing eye
sight, with other infirmities had
made Grandma prefer being at
home. But she still loved her
church, and wanted everyone else
to go, and was sorry it was neces.
sary for some one to stay with her
After an illness LASTING four days,
she passed away on Feb. 81, 1907
at the age of Sc years, month,
and l3 days. Death was due t.
general breakdown from old age
terminating near the last in paral
ysis. Besides one son, she leaves
nine grandchildren, sixteen grea
grandchildren aud many relatives
and friends To mourn her loss.
is very comforting to them I,
know she was prepared to go, an,
D that she suffered so little. Nea
the end. just before she lost he
power Of speech, she sad that sh
a had suffered no pain. only had
e dizziness in the head.
: On Tuesday night at ten o'cloc
she passed away without a strug
u gle. The funeral service was he'll
at Midway church at IL a. IN. o
Saturday. Feb. %, conducted b
: Rev. A. w. Kokendofferof Mel
, leo. The remains were then lai
to rest by the side of her husban
4 who had preceded her to Il
d Better Land" over twenty year
Y ago.
d Grandmother will be sad
Z missed in our home and in Il
r neighborhood, where she WI
n Grandma" to all, old aud yount
II aud where,
|N None knew her but to love he
y None named her but to praise.
h GRANDDAUGHTER.
" Paris and Mexico papers plea
copy.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28
MARTlNssuRG.

Mr.. and Mrs. Verhoff of st.
Louis are visiting at Fred Wat
kins this week.
Moving seems to be the order of
the day, quite changing around
in tOwn-peOple getting ready for
spring.
Again the death angel has Wis
tied us aud taken "a loved one,
Archie Mcdowell, to his Heavenly
home. He was agent at the Bur
lington depot in n. Martinsburg;
was at his post at 4 o'clock the
evening before he died. he leaves
a wife aud one child and many rel
atives and friends. The entir,
community joins in sympathy witt
the bereft.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Il. Armstrong o
Mexico we're visiting here Ut Y,
Lewis Sunday,
Mr.. Hugh Horton and. Miss Alt
Davis were married in Montgom
cry City last week. they will live o
a farm near Laddonia. All via
them a successful, happy life.
Mrs. Annie Walker and Mi.
Leila were Wellsville visitors Sur
| dat.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28
A Silk Flag Bomb.

President Roosevelt went to
deliver an address to a school
near Boston. AS his ear pulled
ont of the city an old man threw a
bag striking Mr. Roosevelt on The
head. The guards stood in breath.
less horror waiting to hear the ex
plosion. The bag contained a
small silk flag.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28

Rev. ]. @. Hardy of st. Louis
preached two excellent sermons at
Baptist church Sunday morning
and evening. Many old friends
were glad to see him and to hear
him preach once more.
Rev. ]. w. KeItner Of Mexico
will preach at Baptist church We'd
nesday at 1880 p. m.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28
SEED TICK.

James Harrison closed very
successful term of school at Eller
Feb. l3.
School has closed at Jackson and
Union.
James Harvey of Des MONIES.
Iowa, has moved to his farm here.
We bid him welcome to our midst.
Mrs. Bell Harrison and family
moved to Mexico last Monday. We
are sorry to lose these good people
but wish them good luck in their
new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett of Gala
way Co. have been spending a few
days with Mr.. and Mr.. Joe Bra.
shear.
Bonnie .Winn, Wallace Harri.
son and Ralph Walker helped d.
T. Hickman butcher Thursday.
Chas. Harvey is confined to his
home by severe attack Of rheu-
matism. Mrs. Harvey is also i'll.
The debate at Eller school house
closed Friday night.
Benz. VIM and family spent
the day at Mr.. Joe Brash ears last
Friday.
Geo. Crum will work this season
} for Robert Nichols aud Jim Woods
will work for Charlie Harvey.
The Misses Foster gave a de-
lightful party to their young
friends Monday night.
S Lilburn Dudley gave a dance
Feb. 10, in honor of the marriage
r of his sister, Miss Hattie, to Mr..
d Jones.
d Lewis Harrison went to Gala
j. way Co., Saturday to visit his
d father and brothers.
e Charlie Harvey lost a valuable
C. cow last Saturday.
VIM Bros. sold Jewell Bros. {
ID span of mules for $500.
4 Harrison Bros. bought a fin
mule at the Harrison sale for SITS
y Died. Ralph, only son of Mr.
Z and Mrs. William Heinlen, ageC
a , months. 90 days, died Februar!
II "a, 1907, OF spasmodic Group. Tn,
body was shipped to Iowa Sunda!
ST night. Interment at Altoona
es Iowa, Tuesday. Their man
Or friends sympathize with the sor
rowing parents in their sad be
a reavement.
lg Mr.. Bishop from Galloway Co
stayed over Sunday with Nit Har
10 rison.
Mrs Mollie Bradley has move
Iir from the Lander property, to he
s. own farm, p mile north.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28

A sparkle from Oliver Wendall
Holmes: / would have a woman
as true as death. At the first lie
which works from the heart out
ward she should be tenderly ehlo-
reformed into a better world,
where she can have an angel for d
governess. and feed on strange
fruits, which shall make her al
over again, even to her bones anC
marrow.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28
SUN RISE

John Callahan moved his family
to Mexico last week to reside. We
regret to have them leave us.
Mrs Willis set her incubator
last Thursday. We hope to be in.
vited to eat fried chicken. /. e. i'll
this isn't counting chickens before
they hatch"
Mrs. Albert Harrison went to
Montgomery City Thursday to visit
her mother several days.
Lee Childers moved to the Grady
place last week where he will live
this year.
Mrs. Culver received her new
range Wednesday Can't you see
her smilei
! w. J. Baker aud John went to
Auxvasse Tuesday after load of
shingles. They have built a sheep
harm 20x24 II.
Miss Theresa Dermody visited
her Gra2dpa Shahau aud family
for week.
Cal Walkers child. over west, il
} badly Injured from fall.
Baker Telephone Co. had theil
annual meeting Monday, elected
officers. w. j. Baker, reelected
: president; John Kessler, vice pres
/. ident; Cal Walker, secretary an,
treasurer; will Culver, Charli
Harrison and MIR. Kettle, direC
tors.
1 C. &. Douglass bought a geo
Percheron tilly from John Gala
han for $50.
i T. V. Starr sold a young ba
horse to Tom Hamilton, Rob Lock
ridge, for $llj. He also sold
u good bay driviug.horse to Virg
L Marvin for $3.50.
At John Callahan's sale las
u week stock sold for excellent price
l. two brood sows selling fc
=, $3.50 each.
IL Albert Williams purchased
horse from Sam Watson. payin
$50.
Rolla Hendrix sold a team |
Tom Hamilton for 1890.
:. Charlie Harrison bought a pa
of two year old mules at AIR,
Belle Harrison's sale. Price NJ
heard.
Alb Harrison bought a four yel
old Forest Bird horse at Call
" hans sale for S10l. Alb RomaI
10 bought a Forest Bird flly the
for $64.
V. Willis bought 100 bushels
seed oats from Chas. Harrison
40c.
Jouse Moss sold some hogs
Auxvasse buyers at $50.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28

dered. Carter Atkins read pa
per that was good. 1t was very
evident that the pupils hn'l been
well trained by their tpnc',.r, Miss
frankie Harrison. who il me Of
our very best teachers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28

Mrs. Ed Atchison OF Worcester
is spending the week with her
mother, Mrs. 7. j. Clendenin on
east Monroe street. Mrs. Atchi-
son is delighted with country life.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28

Edward Brecht OF Iowa who
"wus the McCarty farm at Oak
Gr"ve is in the county looking af-
ter his interests.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28

Mrs. j, F Griffee, who has not
entirely recovered from the effects
of her fall on the icy pavement t,
went to st. Louis Tuesday to con =
suit a physician.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28

For our High School girl or boy
friend to translate. Who will
bring us the translation Nulla
dies sine Inca.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-02-28
THE MESSAGE
THURSDAY. FEB. % 1907

s. w. Thomas of this city went
D .Tsff =rspu CITY tn esday.
Evening star., 1907-09-01
An Appreciative Audience.

Dsrs gwine to be lot o. speechifyin' out
our way;
De lamps will all be lighted an dey'll let
de music play,
An ev'ry time dat sumpin' sounds right
pleasin' to yoh ear
Dey'll let you jine de ceremonies an send
out cheer.
Dey'll talk about de tariff an de folks dat's
over-rich,
An gives you arguments until you don't
know which is which;
But it's mighty elevatin an it keeps you
feelin' fine
Unless dey gifts you all stirred UP about de
color line.
Dey'll take de trusts an scold 'em till dey
out to be ashamed;
Dey'll show you jes' ezackly how railroad
kin be tanned.
OF cose. dem trusts keeps runnin', an you
mustn't be too slow
Bout dodgin locomotives when you hears
de whistle blow
But even if de plans dey make don't allus
seem to work,
Dey does DER bes at speechifyin' an dey
never shirk
De 'sponsibility of settin' up a mighty
sound
An givin' lonesome people some excuse
fob hangin' round.
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Mr.. Roots Visit to Mexico.

Maybe this visit to Muldoon's is but a
preparation on Mr.. Roots part for his visit
to Mexico. He understands that a thor
oughly good time awaits him, and he may
think it advisable to get in the pink of con-
dition for the hospitalities of our friendly
southern neighbors. President Daz, al
though an Older man, is in his way quite
as strenuous as President Roosevelt, and
Mr.. Root as the formers guest should be In
fine fettle when he meets him.
Probably, too, the Secretary of State is
advised by his experience of last year, when
he made his trip to Central and South
America. His receptions everywhere then
were most hearty, and he had what in our
lingo is call the time of his life Recep-
tions. parades, and banquets were the offer
ings to hun, and through him to his coun-
try, and he needed his full strength to meet
the requirements of the occasions. He
confessed upon his return that he had
never enjoyed himself more anywhere.
Visits like these count in every way.
They draw countries closer together. They
are at once personal and official, and their
effect is general. For this reason more
of them should be paid. Our neighbors in
high office should call on us oftener, and
our high officials should return the visits.
1t used to be said of us at home in our
domestic affairs that We travelled too lit
tle-knew too little of one another at first
hand. Northern men were advised to visit
the south, and southern men the north,
and both northern and southern men the
west and in that way get a clearer idea
of the country and it's manifest destiny.
If we give this advice larger applica-
tion it still holds good. Had possessed
a wider knowledge of our southern neigh
bors there would have been a deeper SYM
pathy with them in this country, and,
growing out of that, better relations of
every kind. And had our neighbors pos
sessed wider and better knowledge of
US they would have paid less attention to
stories about our land grabbing purposes
and general bumptiousness with respect to
the affairs of this hemisphere.
At last the old order is changing. Mr.
Root is setting excellent example, and
we may expect to see it followed to ad-
vantage. Indeed, the time should come
when the President of the United States
should drop in on his brother the Presi-
dent of Mexico and his brother the Presi-
dent of Canada when Canada becomes a
republic, and they should drop in on him
here In Washington, for neighborly visits.
Evening star., 1907-09-01

has supporters in the south. and of the
Foraker men that the Brownsville cpl
sode has made Secretary Taft weak wher-
ever the negro is found. whether with or
without vote And it must be admitted
that there is probability in the contention
of the Forakerites.
A problem of very great interest relates
to the part the delegates from the lower
southern states are to play in the next
republican national convention Condi
tions down there are well known. State
organizations calling themselves republi-
can exist, but have no power and no
prospects. The electoral votes OF those
states can always be counted in advance
for any candidate on any platform la
tDeied democratic. Nothing is left to dis
cussion or to chance
Now why should delegates coming from
1T would not do to say representing. for
there is nothing to Representation states
be permitted by combination to name the
candidate for President? What special
knowledge have they of the sort Of can
didate necessary to carry the republican
ticket to victory in the debatable terri
tory? Or if they will be voting only as
patronage or as prejudice moves them,
why. still. permit them to decide upon
SuSH SiOunuS so mOUlentOuS Il QueStioH!
1t has been some years now since this
matter figured in the equation. Not in
deed since 1888, when the clash between
Alger and Sherman over certain southern
delegates caused a scandal. have the
party leaders been plagued with it. In
those twenty years disfranchisement has
made the lower southern states incon-
testibly democratic. and the talk of re-
publican campaigns in any of them is
either moonshine or bunco. To permit
the delegates from Mississippi. Georgia,
Texas, Louisiana and other such states to
name next years republican candidate
would be an act of folly deserving and
inviting defeat at the polls.
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Roosevelt and His Predecessors.
4 cable from Berlin tells us:

,. .t-,,, tt, ,.r,, j., t,c,,,r =, o,.or, ,.,sa
:, his narsnnaIity wits prof Schismann
IN an article on President Roosevelt which
appears SATURDAY IN the lnternationale
~ ~ !. me p,oiesSu' pidces t'le
Jacksnr and Lincoln but believes mat
President Roosevelt probably influenced the
American people more than any other of the
= M LleIt 'oi''i VIZ o.sh ms pc eCuii!
and nractirai nnIifics
"Religiously th., professor finds in Presi-
dent Roosevelt a spirit of Calvinism with
out iHtoierdnce ana says ms services 10 the
~ ~ ItaI Nv, th 1nss. ..teu mn -,
enuaIIv onnosed 70 .tbe enervatine doctrine
of eternal peace
Among American statesmen, President
roosevelt froi' Schiemann aods. ranks
rGoracta ia T. NJ 49, oonGdanoo =, - IT,
nrofessor thinks II inronceivahIe that Mr.
Roosevelt's s retirement from the presidency
Will close his political career. as the Amer
;cah peopIe VIII not let MS power lie lal-
1t Is 700 soon as TINS GERMAN saVaht
sH"lid now to &ppraise Mr. Roosevelt,
ana espec'a-F as regards MS historical COM
pahy he once OF President OF the United
states Is one or great power and the man
filling 1t appears large to all of his con-
has done some notable things. and these
nave hrousht nm worldwide distinction.
But to say that he has impressed himself
upon American meanings and purposes
NOR" than did any of his predecessors, in
Guiding Washington. is to talk extrava-
saniIy, or with hasty Judgment of Amer
lean history.
Prof Schiemann does not mention the
name .: Mckinley. and yet the latter while
In the White House made a profound i'm
preston the country His four years
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Manila's Health Record,

Americanism is beginning to tell even in
Manila. Civic pride is awakening there,
the people are sitting up and taking notice.
industry Is humming. improvements are
pushing, and the health of the city Is
getting better. The American is van
gushing plague. cholera. smallpox and
other diseases that have scourged the Phil
ippine metropolis.
This is the way the Manila Times sum-
marizes the situation:
Proud We may have been over our
conquests of arms in this archipelago, We
have cause for much greater pride in our
victories in our fight with disease and death
Slowly but steadily we have advanced from
triumph TO triumph until today we can
point to record which is almost phenom-
email. rivaling even that established in Ha-
vana.
Saturday we closed the first six months
of the calendar year 1907 with not one re-
corded case of epidemic disease. For 1SO
days our metropolis had been free from the
dread scourgeS of plague, cholera and
smallpox. and there is every indication that
it will be kept free. And this for the first
time in its known history! Truly result
little short of marvellous, and truly Won
derful testimony to modern science and
medical skill. And not only have we kept
free from epidemic disease. but our death
rate has been steadily reduced. So won
derful have been the strides made In this
direction that from being one of the highest
mortality cities in the world Manila is now
able to hold its head above almost any
oriental city and even to put it on par
with not a few European and American
cities
Discussing the improvement in sanitary
conditions, the Times says:
Our death rate for the past fiscal year
was only ~ per 900. while for the quarter
just ended, April, May and June, it was
only 25 per LOCO, and the prospect is that
If anything 1t will be lower during the re-
mainder of this year. For the calendar
years 1901 to 1906. inclusive. our death rate
per thousand has run: 45, 81, AZ, Al, 40, A.
For the fiscal year 1861 it has run % per
1000, and for the quarter just ended 1t has
been brought, as stated. down to 25 Truly
u remarkable showlng"'
The matter of sanitation alone furnishes
one of the proofs of the beneficence of
American control. Examine the health rec
ord of Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama.
And now the Philippines are yielding to
treatment and coming into line.
Evening star., 1907-09-01

In recent special to The Star from
Columbus, giving the claims of Secretary
Tafts friends as respects his strength as
lowing estimate:
Washington, 10 votes; Oregon. S votes:
California, - votes: Nevada u votes; Col
oradO. 10 votes; Arizona. @ votes; New
Mexico, votes. Utah, votes; Idaho, 6
votes: Montana, votes; Wyoming 8
votes; Kansas. 20 votes; Missouri, 36
votes; Oklahoma, IA votes: Nebraska 16
votes; Iowa, 20 votes; South Dakota
votes; North Dakota, s votes and Mime
eota. p votes. These states foot up 24O
votes OF which the Taft men here are
quite confident.
Because they have reason to believe
that the Secretary is popular with the re-
publicans OF the south they count upon
the entire delegate strength of the sec
tion south OF the Ohio with its 27S votes
In the national convention. With the
west, that would give him SIS votes
Michigan. they say, has no favorite son.
and they have every reason to believe the
republicans there think well of Mr. Taft
lie has a good chance TO get the twenty
eight votes of that state.
"Ohio's forty-six votes, of course they
expect TO land for Secretary Taft. Even
though Senator Foraker should keep up
the hght against the Taft movement to
the time of the convention, they believe
lie Will be able to control no districts.
With Ohio and Michigan in line they
would be able to show 592 votes in the
convention"
The item or most Importance in this is
the one relating to the south. That sec
tion is placed in it's entirety in the Taft
column, Notwithstanding the claims of
the Fairbanks men that their favorite
Evening star., 1907-09-01
BRYAN And TAFT.
From. the st. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic.
Mr.. Bryan photographs Mr.. Taft in the
right attitude when he depicts him as
straddler In the speeches he has made
since leaving Washington Mr. Taft has
straddled the Rooseveltian ideals and he
has done little else.
From the Columbus Ohio Sym.
Col. Bryan calls Secretary Taft q strad-
dler on important issues of the day. Now,
it would be interesting to have the colonels
definition of the wo.d ''straddler.'
From the Toledo Blade
Bryan thinks Taft is a straddler" Then
what must he think of a man of the Fair
banks style of architecture?
From the Nashville Tennesseean.
Taft should be easy for Bryan If the
formers opening speeches give a correct
line on his campaign form.
From the Boston Transcript.
In the matter of derailments Bryan is
still three ahead of Secretary Taft.
From the indianapolis Star.
If Taft is really straddling the issues,
as Bryan charges, they should look out,
for If he should happen to fall 1t would
be all day with them.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Substantially, Mr.. Bryan criticises Mr.
Tafts speech as being seriously lacking
in rant and anti-corporation stage thun-
der.
Evening star., 1907-09-01
The TELEGRAPH STRIKE.

From the Newark Evening News.
The telegraphers' strike continues to be
"entirely satisfactory to everybody but
the people, of course. and they 6on't count.
From the Grand Rapids Herald.
Efforts are being made to put an end to
the telegraphers' strike. The strike has
ceased to be either ornamental, useful or
exciting.
From the Birmingham Age Herald.
The people firing of the telegraph
strike. They. do not see why they should
be thus punished week after week
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Many of Boston's striking telegraphers
have gone to work for the Canadian Pa
ciic railroad. Expatriation Is severe pen
atty for precipitancy
From the Columbia State.
Slang is never looked upon with favor
yet the use Of the word hello Is growing
every day-especially since the telegraphers'
strike.
From the Scranton Tribune.
Now that both the companies and the
operators claim to have won the battle,
Is 1t not about time to call that telegraph
strike of?
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Rockefeller Gets His Fee.

The public suspense is over. Mr.. Rookie
feller has received his witness fee for his
appearance in Judge Lands court. There
was delay, and the witness had to nudge
the court officials. He may not have needed
the money, but he was right in demanding
IL. 1t was a good opportunity for him to in
sist upon legal forms-something, If we may
believe historians, he is not famous for doing
BY the way, all things considered, that was
a memorable trial. First came the difficulty
in locating Mr.. Rockefeller. Then came the
fine imposed on the Standard Oil Company
the largest in .egal history. And then the
necessity of the richest man in the world
10 dun u court officer for witness fee of
about eighty dollars.
Evening star., 1907-09-01
The LORDS" AND The SISTER" BILL.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The unexpected has again happened. The
deceased wife's sister bill has finally been
forced through the British house Of lords
after eleven reflections, King Edward being
credited with urging its passage. This dis
poses Of one of the most famous of legs-
lative bugbears.
From the Providence Evening Bulletin.
Now that the deceased wife's sister bill
has been enacted into the law of the realm
the old joke about the prohibition against
marrying ones widows sister may be ex-
pected to resume Its rounds in the British
press.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
The British house of lords has at last
passed the deceased wifes sister bill.
We may yet hear that the celebrated case
of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been settled.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Now that the house of lords has agreed to
pass the bill permitting marriage with
deceased wife's sister. the world is pre-
pared to hear that the honorable bodys
next move will be to adjourn sine die
From the Detroit Journal.
The house OF lords has now made the
sister bilP' q law, incongruous as the title
may appear as personal sobriQueE