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Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
MEXICO PrBLIC SCHOOLS.
Are wcll Supplied With Exits and
in Case Of Fire the Building
Could be Empisd Quickly
Fire Practice ia Be Inau-
gurated

The terrible iire Of Collinsville, O.,
brings to the public eye the great
need OF fire escapes for all public
school buildings throughout the coun-
ty.
The public schools Of Mexico, how
ever, are well equipped with exits and
with the well trained pupils,it would
be only a matter Of q few minutes till
the building could be emptied.
A representative OF the Ledger call
ed on Mr.. s. P. Emmons, OF the school
board, late Thursday afternoon, and
ascertained that only the first and
second floor OF each Of the three
schools are In use. At the North side
school, there are three exits, one on
the south and another on the east,
while the South side school has
large exits on the north and south
ends, and the high school is equally
as we'll fixed with large exits on the
east and south sides.
In addition to this the Easements Of
all the schools are well prepared with
outlets With these well supplied out
lets to the Mexico public schools, for
their pupils, and with the training Of
marching out of the building orderly,
which the pupils receive every day
and with the additional fire practice
to be had, there need be no fear
among the patrons Of th is locality for
the safety Of their children.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
THE TRUTH ABOUT MoKANEl
Interview in Tribune Shown to be a
Gross Misrepresentation.

A citizen OF Columbia, seeing a
malicious misrepresentation Of bis for
mer home Mokane = has furnished Us
with the statement below.
We the undersigned business men OF
Mokape, Mo having read an inter-
view from G. S. Mosley, Of this city,
published in the Daily Tribune, desire
to contradict and refute such inter-
view.
Since the adoption Of local option,
according to Mr.. Mosley's statement,
bootlegging has increased and busi-
ness has greatly diminished in Mo-
kane and vicinity.
That this statement is manifestly
untrue is proven by the fact that Mo-
kane was dry" for more than year
prior to the adoption Of local option,
therefore, even granting that present
conditions are such as Mr.. Mosley has
stated, the change could not have been
brought about by the local option law.
To the contrary, business has never
been better in Moksne than since To-
cal option was adopted, notwithstand-
ing the recent financial depression,
more houses have been built, more
granitoid sidewalks and street cross
ings and other municipal improve
ments made, and q larger increase Of
population, and a higher class Of Cit
izenship attracted during the past six
months than any term Of three years
or more previous.
Not only is it false that more trade
Is going to Jefferson City and other
foreign points, but it Is a fact that
Mokane merchants are carrying larger
stocks than ever before, and that the
trade area of Mokane has been mater
tally widened and more people are
coming here from q distance to do
their trading.
Geo. S. Collier, Physician,
B. Earle Hodges, Editor The Herald
Post.
]. M Whanger, Real Estate and In
surance Agent,
Jas. T. Ferguson, Postmaster,
G. W. Pierce, Merchant,
+. Stolle, Hardware Merchant,
J. s. Miller, Lumberman,
Rev. A. Snowden, Pastor NJ. q.
Church 8.
j. NJ. Daniel, Real Estate and Insur-
ance Agent,
Phil Foster. Town Marshal,
O. B. Nichols, Physician,
e. Il. Smith, Painter,
]. r. Bradley, Ey-Butcher,
John +. Taylor, Farmer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

SOME of Mexico's property owners
areIlike some Of Mexico merchants.
We have two or three merchants who
complain about business being dull.
On looking into the matter we find
that they don't advertise or go after
business in an up-to-date manner.
The property owners referred to OBJ
ject to street paving and granitoid
walks, and refuse to fix up their build
ings; and at the same time wonder
why the people are not climbing over
each other to rent them. If you ex-
pect live business you must adver-
tise. II you expect to rent your pro-
perty you must keep 1t In first-class
condition and have granitoid walks
and street paving around it. II Is Inn
possible to make a city without start
ing right. The starting point is paw
ed streets and granitoid walks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
MUCH cONCERN FELT.
Ordinary Methods for Treating Ca
tarrh Prove Unsuccessful.

Written statistics that show an in
crease in catarrh have shaken conf
dence In the usual prescriptions to
safeguard human health from the
ravages Of this disease.
When stomach dosing was proven
ineffective, Ii was natural to look for
some other treatment, and 1t is be-
lieved that in Hyomei an absolute cure
for all catarrhal troubles has at last
been found. Inhaled with the air
you breathe, its healing medication
reaches every part Of the nose and
throat, and soothes the irritated mu-
cous membrane SO that relief is almost
instant, while lasting cure is practi-
cally sure to follow.
The complete Hyomei outfit costs
but 81, and is sold by Otis Purdy un-
der an absolute agreement to refund
the r4oney II 1t does not give satisfac-
finn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

TIE bookkeeping department Of
the Mexico Weekly Ledger Is kept
very busy looking after the renewal
Of weekly subscribers. The manage
ment OF the Ledger is very much
pleased at the way In which It's old
subscribers are paying up all arreages
in advance, under the rulings Of the
postoffice department. Our old sub
scribers are not only paying up In q
most satisfactory manner, but during
the last three months we enrolled an
unusually large number OF new sub
scrlbers. The Weekly Ledger at eI.0O
per year cash In advance is proving q
most satisfactory proposition. Now is
the time to subscribe, because II the
price Of white paper still continues to
advance the subscription price Of the
Ledger will have to be advanced later
on. If you are still In arrears you must
give this matter immediate atten-
ti0n, because within the next week or
so the order Of the postal department
goes into effect, and we will be COM
pelled to discontinue your paper, un-
less you have been removed from the
delinquent list.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

SEVERAL articles have been pub
lished lately In reference q Mr.. Mos
ley, Of Mokane, No., ''regrettlng that
Galloway county had gone dry.n The
following from the Mokane Herald
referring, we presume, to the same
Mr.. Mosley, would indicate that pros
perity has arrived In that part Of the
county since local option was adopt
ed: "Smizer Mosley has gotten busy
the past two weeks and during that
time has made some real estate deals
aggregating as much as many real
estate men attend to during as many
months, He traded the farm for
merry owned by Mrs. w. BagbY to
r. o. Dolph, a Sedalia real estat to
broker, for $1,000 stock Of grocer
les and $500 cash. To the same
party he sold the Calvin farm, near
Steedman, for se,6O0, taking as pay
ment, $500 cash, 5000 stock Of
groceries and barber shop valued at
$1,000. Mosley is o hustler and Is
making some of the best trades Of his
career.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

THE Missouri Press Association at
Its meeting at Excelsior Springs May
27, 28 and 20 offers three prizes for
the best papers to be written by an
editor Of country newspaper, or some
member of bis family on 1.-THE Real
Mission of the County Newspaper. y
One don't have to be member OF
the Association In order to compete
for these prizes. Hon. Fred Lehman,
Of st. Louis, will act as Judge. These
papers are TO be typewritten, not to
be over four hundred words in length
and the papers must be sent TO Pres
ident o. d. Gray, Sturgeon, Mo-, not
later than noon Saturday, April 25,
1908. The contestants are not TO
place their names on the papers, but
on q separate sheet or card. The
papers will be graded on five points
as follows: English, clearness Of
expressions, ideals, argument, at
tractiveness of statement. The first
prize is twentF-ave dollars, to be Civ
en- by the Commercial Club Of Excel
sior Springs. Two other valuable
prizes are to be given, which will be
announced later.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

IN WIl5ek has the pleasure Of be-
slas guess Of Warden Hall, Of the
z9pfi Stats Penitentiary,thi week
Visited he institution 10 all Of
ami tn1snts While we have Wis
t.le nenitentiary nearly every
! lof tlae last thirty years,we never
a6 \ y hetter condition than 1t Is
b Nf Hall, Is a business man
I l10iis 4pon the puplic office as a
|lie tfpst, and is making the state
& aIpIe1h and conscientious official.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
PRIEST GOT BLAcKMAIL LETTER
"Bi Order Of Dafi, a st. Louis Extor-
tionate Note Was Signed.

St. Louis, March 4.-The Rev.
Father Timothy Dempsey, pastor Of
St. Patrick's church and proprietor Of
two hotels for homeless men, received
q letter this morning demanding that
be leave $500 on the Eads bridge near
q designated spot at midnight Friday
night. The letter which threatens
death II be fails to comply Is illiterate-
ly written. The letter concludes:
Whatever els you do, do not tell
police. II u do you die sure, or II u
fail to bring mon u die. Italia men is
hungry. Ifyou do this we protect
you 10 years.
Bi order of Mafi.
Father Dempsey is not inclined to
take the threats seriously, but he
notified the police.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
Our Peruna Tablet
Is Peruna With
Fluid Removed.

h Of the surfaces the mu ocuar
the pharynx chronic coyza aa
hys stomaoho tonic useful dyspepsia cron gastric
at cah of the duodenum caah Of the gall
nten cah Of the kidneys hOno Bghs dsease
bladder, and catarrh Of other pelvic organs
BARTH0L0W REGARDS excellent remedy for chronic
catanh the bladder chronic bronchitis Of
RARTH0L0W STATES THAT CUBEB ingredient Of Perua
notes the appetite and digestion
a in chronic nasal oatar lcuar phangs aah Of the phnx
increasing the tonc Of the the
eve haness Useful in atomic dyspepsia arrh Of the
chronic caarh colon and recu bladder
and chronic bronchial affections
MLLspAUGH MEDICINAL PLANTS Of the most authoritative
works medicinal herbs in the English language commenting
C0LNS0NIA CANADENSIS
motor increases the seereos Of the
general In the mountains Of Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and Carolina
headache collie dropy and indigestion DR. sCUDD regards
highly remedy diseases lungs asthma
These citations ought any candid that Pc
oatarh remedy Surely such herbal remedies that the
enthusiastic confidence highest authorities obanab
combination ought caah remedy efficacy
This claim and able sbantate this chain ample
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
smithRsrrsy.

Miss Leila Berrey and Mr., Joe Smith
both II tnis county, we're married by
Judge W. W. Bolts, Thursday after
noon, at the Court House. The bride is
a daughter Of Joe Berreyof near Cant
and is lady OF lculture Iand refine.
ment. The groom was also .reared in
the vicinity OF CANT, and is an indus
trious young man Of good habits.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will leave fol
Colorado In few days where Mr..
Smith is engaged In business.
The Ledger joins a host OF friends
In extending best wishes and a happy
life to this young couple.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
FORT OPPOSED TO SALOONS, BUT Is
NOT PRoHIBTIoNIsT.

FORT OPPOSED TO SALOONS, BUT IL
NOT PRoHIBrIIoNIsT
"Judge j. L. Fort, who has Just
quit the race for governor, said yester-
day afternoon at the Southern Hotel
that the decent people OF the State OF
Missouri could get all the liquor they
want under prohibition II 1t were
adopted. "What we want to do away
with is the Saloons" he said. "There'll
be places where decent people can get
all they want to drink"
"Do you mean that there will be
blind tigers and lid clubsP" he was
asked.
s'There will probably be blind tigers,
but they will do no particular hurt.
The people who are decent won't have
to 20 to them for something to drink,
There will be many ways for the right
sort Of people to supply themselves
with liquor"
Judge Fort was here as q witness In
the lawsuit between Bert Fem and
Jim Conran, the latter OF New Madrid
County. ."-Globe Democrat. March
4, 1908.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

THE Vandalia Leader editorialll
says: "Prof. J. W. Million, president
of Hardin College, who speaks at
the Chris tian church,in Vandalia,
Sunday,on Local Option, is eul-
tured christian gentleman, and
one OF the most prominent educa-
tort In the state. He Ia Thoroughly
informed on all subjects Of public
interest, pertaining TO economies
and the Advancement Of human
ity. He has q practical mind
that discovers the relation Of con-
ditions and will give you practical
and convincing reasons why Local
Option should carry in Audrain.
No one should fail to hear him..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
THE EDITORS LIKE PROHIBITION
Not Town in Missouri Has Suffered
Through Absence Of Whisky.

Macon, Mo-, Feb. 29.-When the
First District Press association met
here the other day Philip Gansz, editor
Of the Macon Republican, interviewed
rhe editors touching on prohibition.
He found them unanimously In favor
Of 1t, and those In whose homes the
saloons had been banished longest
were the most outspoken. They said
the saloon patronage never amounted
to anything and that the general
business conditions we're much better
without them. They were not annoy
ed SO frequently by their printers
failing by the waysIde," and they
spent their money on their families,
and saved it. One editor said:
'rhe only thing that can be said Of
the saloons is they helped out the
news columes some, but we are glad
to dispense with such items. I'D
rather print story about some far
mer's prize hogs than a saloon fight
any day.
Not an editor complained Of any em-
barrassment to his town by loss OF
saloon revenue.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

THREE or four Mexico young men
have been sent to the penitentlary
who with In the last two or three weeks
who could have been useful citizens
II they had been willing to work and
there are others. There Is no excuse
for idleness or the cry OF ''hard times''
In Mexico. There is plenty Of work at
good wages at the shoe factory. Young
men and young women get OF the
streets or go to work or you will 60
to the pen or reform school, Some
people don't want 10 work 10 fac
tory--they are the people VINO come
to bad end Some OF Mexico's finest
boys and girls work In the factory TO
make money so they can 90 TO school
they work during vacation. Others
who spend portion OF their time in
jail are too "hlgh toned" to work and
there can be but one ending to such
q life. When YOU get too good to
work you should arrange to move of
the earth or go to jail or the poor
farm. There are fifty young men and
women In Mexico who should te made
to 20 to work or "move on.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
THE UHsELFIsH MRS. CHAMP
The Missouri Representative Tells the
House What Practical and
Self Sacrificing Wife
Mrs. Clark IL.


Washington, Feb. 2S.-Mrs. Champ
Clark is a practical woman. The au-
thority for this statement is her dis
tinguished husband, who ought to
know. Mrs. Clark would like to see
the Missouri Congressman in the
White House and she would be will
ing to take chances Of Office hunters,
bad sanitary conditions and other
disadvantages that go along with the
Presidency.
Mr.. Clark, himself, thinks well Of
the speakership Of the House. He
told the House today something about
the ambitions of the Clark family.
This was incidental to a speech on o
resolution removing the Ways and
means committee from its quarters in
the Capitol to rooms In the new
House office building.
Serene q. Payne, chairman Of the
committee, does not want to be NOV
ed, and he made a fight against the
resolution. Mr.. Clark did not think
much Of the proposed change either,
although he was willing to adjust
himself to the new conditions because
they provide the Speaker of the
House with more room. After talk
ing about committee rooms awhile be
said:
"The first time that my wife and l
attended q White House dinner she
was assigned to the Peruvian Min
lister, who escorted her to the table.
She could not talk Peruvian, and be
could not talk English, and, though
she III very fond Of talking, the con-
versation Jagged. Sitting on her
right was the Secretary Of State, John
Sherman. She had never been intro
duced TO the Secretary, but she recog-
nized him by bis picture. She bad
said that she had always intended II
she ever got close enough to him to
ask him about the crime offs. When
they scraped up an acquaintance Sec
retary Sherman explained to her that
the President and his wife were be-
deviled by all sorts Of persons, includ-
ing office hunters, and that the condi-
tions at tthel White House were so
that the health Of the
President and his wife were endan-
gered. After drawing very gloomy
picture Mr.. Sherman asked her;
Madame, would you be willing to
see your husband live In this house
for four years under these conditions?'
"With that good sense she exhib-
tied when she picked herr. husband,
she said:
"'Yes, believe / would
"She was willing to take chances
on unsanitary conditions and the
Of nervous prostration.
Now, would like to see
the Speaker of the House have two
rooms. But / would be perfectly
to accept the Speakership
any room at all.''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
PERuNA EDITORIAL NO. 2.

Dr. Hartman claimed many year EXCELLENT
CATARRH REMEDY Some the doctors critics have disputed the doctors
lain as 70 the efficacy Of Peruna
Since the ingredients Pena longer secret what the md
cal authorities concerning the remedies Of which Psuna composdf
Take for instance the ingredient HYDRAgTIS CAEADENSIS OR
GOLDEN SEAL Tho United States Deno this herbal remedy
that largely employed in the treatment Of depved membranes
chronic rhinits NASAL cah atomic dyspepsia atarh Of the stomach
chronic intestinal catah catarrhal jaunde rh Of the hv and in
diseased membranes Of the pelvic organs also recommended for
the treatment Of various forms Of diseases peculiar
Another ingredient Of Pa C0RYDALIs FoRM0s elasd
United States Dispensatory
CRDR0N ingredient Puna an that
has been largely overlooked the medical profession for the past fifty
THE SEEDS ARE TO BE FOUND IN VERY DRUG STORES
The United States Dpeno the action Of
bitter tonic and tho treatment Of dns and intermittent diseases
IS SUBSTITUTE FOR QUIElER
OIL OF c0PAIBA another ingredient Peruns
States Dpensatory mild muant and du
and intestinal tract smulant nembranes
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

IL NkuTHoRN, formerly Of the
zIso Ledger, has our thanks for a
7 Of the Sen Diego Sun, OF which be
zQnI4tIQi1 manager. Joe is q hust-
aHa cne Of The best Newspaper
! sHat nss ever gone out OF Mexico.
E|e qeSef was any doubt OF his
KsnH gcna, and his many friends in
sla6 axe lad to know that be is de-
ziez the goods right along.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

per year 10 advance. On account Of the
increase Of the price OF white paper
and other necessary expenses in order
to make q country weekly self sustain
ing and selt-respecting, the price uni
formiy will have TO Dc advanced to
s1.50 and 50 90 a year Newspapers
like other business propositions must
be conducted slong business lines, and
unless a profit Is made the manage
ment win be unable TO meet the ex-
penses, and instead OF being q help to
acommunity in which it exists IL viii
always be dragging behind, proving Of
no service to the public, and no profit
to the publisher.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

Dib dortcriag tie elects, while the orig-
faaI disease rnderlllincs the system.
What To DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DIR. Kiliner's
Swamp-Root, tie great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish III curing Rheumatism,
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
1t corrects inability to hold water
aud scalding pail i'll passing it, or bad
effects following usc of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcone3 that l.nl leasaiit ne
'cessity of being compelled 10 go often
during the day, ard TO get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root
is soon realized. 1t stands the highest
for its wonderful cures Of the most dis
tressing cases. If YOU need medicine
you should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes.
You may have sample bottle and a
book that tells all fE
about 1t, both sent free n IA
by mail. Address Dr. II !!l!1I's;sI "a
Kilmer & Co, Dhg- ssas ssse.:ssssell 49, -
hamton, N, Y. When Home OF swamp-rsoOs
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and
the address, Binghamton, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

R. M. White. Editor. Mexico. Mo.
Mexico, Missouri, March 8, 1908.---
VIII you please publish the subjoined
interview with one OF the chief
apostles of prohibition in this state,
as frank admission that prohibition
does not prohibit and that such is not
the purpose of the prohjbitionists in
this anti-saloon agitation.
Very Respectfully,
Geo. Robertson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12

]. T. Johnson is In receipt of q
letter from D. W. May, who has
charge Of the United States Expert
ment Station In Porto Rico, regarding
thirty-three head of thoroughbred
cattle, which Mr.. johnson shipped
him sometime ago. Mr.. May writes
that the climate there does not agree
with American cattle. Eight Of the
thirtY-three died, while the others
did not do much good.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
John W. Million,
Mexico Antl-saloon Organization.
How Anarchists Drew Lots For Death
Of Three officials.

Chicago, March 3.-Positive evil
dence that lots were drawn by anar-
chists for the assassination OF Chief
Of Police George M. Shippy, Chief OF
Detectives P. d. O'Brien and Mayor
Fred A. Busse, has been unearthed by
the police. The ballot that cost young
Averbuch his life was found on his
body. Somewhere in Chicago are
two other anarchists who are under
orders to kill O'Brien and the Mayor.
The lot drawn by Averbuch was the
number "2l," multiplied by 3, making
So. 1t is believed to have been drawn
Feb. 2S, as the number is written on
the sheet of a desk calendar bearing
that date. On one side, around the
figures "63," ring is drawn, and over
this ring is an x. Beneath is written
George NJ. shlppy, 81 Lincoln place,
or City Hail.
According to the police in formant,
the man delegated to kill Mayor Busse
drew the number 21, while the anar-
chist who drew the lot calling for
Capt. O'Brien's assassination received
slip OF paper bearing the figures
"21-21-2I.r
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-03-12
How and Where to Vote on Local
Oution,

Let every voter who desires to have
bis vote counted at Saturdays local
option election be on bis guard as to
where and how he votes. To be a le-
gal voter In this election man must
have resided In Audrain County, and
outside the city limits OF Mexico, six
ty days prior to the day Of election,
and must vote In the township In
which he resides, but may have some
choice as to precinctes where there is
more than one voting place In his
township, but should vote at bis usual
place of voting when general elections
are held. For example, q man living
In Salt River township may vote at
Molino, Union school house, or one OF
the four precincts in Mexico, provided
he does not live in Mexico. On the
ballots furnished for this election, will
be printed,
against the sale Of Intoxicating IL
quors.n
"For the sale Of intoxicating H.
quors.n
II you are against the saloon, and
want to vote ''dry', leave the line
which reads, against the sale Of In
toxicating liquors. and scratch out
"For the sale Of intoxicating liquors. :"
Names Of the places Of voting appear
elsewhere in this paper.J
Polls that will be open Saturday,
March IA, for Audrain County Local
Option Election:
Mexico, list ward).
Mexico, t2nd ward).
Mexico, (3rd wardl,
Mexico, t4th wardl.
Molino.
Union.
Thompson.
Burke.
Nsylor.
Cant.
Rowena.
Beagles.
Laddonia.
Grow.
Farber.
Black.
Vandalia.
Canada.