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Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
County News.
LONG BRANoa,

LONG BRANCH.
Rain Is quite plentiful In this sect
ion, corn is needing work badly, oats
and wheat are very promising.
Rev. Gordon preached to q large au-
dience Sunday morning ct Midway.
Mr.. Johnnie Upton of California who
is visiting relatives here is quite
sick.
Mrs. Chism is improving.
Mrs. Thad. Boulware is corvallis
cent.
Mr.. Joe Gilbert has returned to
California.
Master Harry Roberts has spent the
past three weeks at his grandfather's,
Milton Roberts.
Clyde Ellis and II. @. Berrey have
sold their wool 10 s. P. Emmons at l5c
ID.
Miss Lea Lipp is suffering with a
sprained ankle.
There will be three day meeting at
Berea Church at their next regular
services. Basket dinner Saturday and
Sunday June 20 and 81.
VIM. Mundy is improving after and
eight weeks seige OF nervous prostra-
ton.
Miss Bertha Roberts and Mr.. Dick
Greed we're married in Mexico Thurs
day by Rev. Hook. The wedding was
quite q surprise to their friends.
Mr.. Jim Greed is building a five
room house on the land he recently
purchased OF Joe Duncan. Messers
Massey and Henry are doing the work.
Homer Mundy is home from Nebras-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
ENGINEER MYsrERIoUsLY
HURT IN COLORADO.
Eldridge Waldron, son-in-Law Of
w. A. E~dmonston, Of this City,
Suffers Fracture of the
Skull While Driving His
Engine.

Struck in the head by some un.
known object which fractured his
skull and brought Inconsistencies
Eldridge Waldron, an engineer on the
Colorado Midland route, hung hall
out Of his cab window Saturday morn.
ing, while his train was speeding
through the night. Had it not been
for the timely discovery of.his fireman
he would have fallen from his precari.
GUS position and the train gone un.
nolested to destruction because Of NO
guiding hand upon the throttle.
Mr.. Waldron isa son-in-law OF W,
A. Edmonston, of this city, who re-
ceived notice Of the accident to-day.
Mr.. Waldron is one Of the most
trusted employees of the road and has
charge OF an engine which pulls
freight No. II. The accident occurred
shortly before six O'Clock in the morn
ing and the speed Of the train as 1t
drew near q tunnel attracted the fire
mans attention and resulted In the
discovery Of the accident.
Though serious and quite painful
the injury is not necessarily fatal and
the latest reports from Mr.. Waldron
state thatihe will most likely recover.
The mystery surrounding the acct
dent is as yet unsolved. The railroad
men all state there is no projection
on the line which would be likely to
strike the engineers head as he leaned
from the cab window. The only solu-
tion they can offer is that some signal
board must have blown over and linear
enough to the track to strik the I'M
%suspecting man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
JUNE TWENTY EIGHTH.
VIII Be Visible In America as Par
tial Eclipse Only-WiIl Com
menee at $3.50 Sunday
Morning and Termin-
ate at ff:f5.

An annula eclipse Of the sun will
take place ON June 28 and 1t will be
visible In America as a partial eclipse.
A large portion OF the face OF, the sun
will be eclipsed and it will probably
be one Of the most interesting natural
phenomena which has taken place and
which was visible In North America
for some time.
June 2S is on Sunday and the middle
OF the eclipse will take place just
about the time that a few people are
going to Sunday school and a great
many more going fishing. 1t will
commence about $3.50 O'Clock in the
morning and terminate about Ills.
in part Of western Africe, Florida
and Mexico, IL will be visible as an
annular eclipse, only a small part Of
the suns disc being visible in the
form Of a light circle around the
moon.
II the weather proves favorable ana
there are no clouds or but a few OF
them the inhabitants OF this section
Of the world will have the opportunity
Of witnessing a fairly good eclipse OF
| the sun.
Three eclipses and one lunar appulse
are scheduled for 1908. The first q
total eclipse Of the sun occurred jan
urary 8, but 1t vas visible In the ex-
treme southwestern part Of North
America only as a partial eclipse. The
second is the eclipse which will take
place OF June Is.
The lunar appulse or approach OF
the moon toward the shadow Of the
earth will occur December Z, but IL is
of no general interest excepting to as
tromoners and scientists. The last
eclipse of che year is another annular
eclipse of the sun on December % or
two days before Christmas. This will
be invisible here and will be seer only
in the extreme southern hemisphere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
STATE JEWELERS. AssocIA-
rIoE MEETING IN KANSAS CITY.
R. D. Worrell. Of This City. Presi
dent OF the Association Ad-
dresses Assembly Tuesday
Meeting Closes Thurs
day.

The Missouri retail Jewellers asso-
citation and opticians association met
in Kansas City the fist three DAYS Of
this week with similar organizations Of
the state Of Kansas. r. d. Worrell,
Of this city, is President OF the Mis-.
souri, association.
On Tuesday, the opening day Of
the meeting, Mr.. worrell add ressed
the bodies in session. The sessions
were held in the Baltimore hotel The
object Of the association Is co bring
the retail jewellers and opticians into
closer and more advantageous business
relations and to keep closer eye on
any illegal operations which may be
conducted under the guise OF their
trade.
Mr.. Worrell is q member OF the exc
cutive committee OF the National re-
tail jewellers association and one Of It's
most prominent members as well as
most popular In the state body.
Prosperity-that's the principal sub
ject OF their talks. Never before were
so many watches sold, never before
have 50 many persons bought rings,
bracelets-everything In the jewelry
line. And. according To the opticians,
so many farmers in both states have
worn out their eyes In an endeavor 10
figure the money they've made that
there has nearly been q famine 10 the
glass market. When you talk TO a
jeweler about conditions, he smiles.
The panic has been forgotten, he tells
you, and just as an instance, be will
inform you that tie May sales Of jew
elry nearly equaled the Christmas
time sales OF other years.
But the jewelers. have their troubles,
nevertheless. Even though the sales
OF this year are larger than ever be-
fore, the jewellers believe the mail or
der houses are hurting their trade and
there will be much discussion on this
subject In the convention. The par
GELS post bill, which favors the mail
order houses, is to come In for the CON
vention's disapproval also.
There are about 1000 jewellers and
opticians at the convention and many
representatives of Eastern factories,
who have come TO display their goods.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
SKINNER

]. W. Holloway delivered a load Of
bogs to Lewis Anthony last Thursday
at $500. Weight, 200 pounds.
The Sunday school convention at
Bethlehem was a bowling success.
Regular meeting at Maple Grove
Sunday morning and night Rev.
Kerby was In pulpit
The "HaId Shell" Baptist held their
annual two-day meeting at Liberty
Saturday and Sunday. Sunday there
was q basket dinner on the ground,
and oh, my SO many good, toothsome
things, that the occasion made every
body wish they would come every day.
Revs. Hardesty and Sutton were
present.
A big hickory tree blew down at
Liberty church Sunday but lodged In
another tree, thereby saving a good
team and several buggies
Miss Mary Berrey, Of Mexico, Is the
guest Of her uncle, Taylor Berrey, and
family.
Miss Grace Ridgeway is here from
William Wood College to spend the
summer with her uncle, Fl. T. Spurl-
ing and family.
Chas. Tanner made his regular trip,
Monday, huckstering, despite the bad
roads.
The Misses Chapman and their
brothers, Walter Subring and Omer
Squirting, spent the day on Salt River
last Thursday fishing. Some fish were
caught and a bushel OF fun was had.
Miss Ella Holloway is home from
William Wood College where she at
tended school the past year. She was
accompanied home by Misses Claire
Sharper, and Kate Chouteau Of Okla
homa.
At the special school meeting held
at Gatewood last Saturday week, q
vote Of 200 on 800 valuation was
made and a new porch will be erected
In front and the old seats will be re-
placed with new ones.
Be q good time for our sheep men to
bring In a lot Of sheep as pasture is
very plentiful. Some Of our farmers
are not through planting yet, while
others hitch up every day or two and
go out into the field and mud, pillow a
round or two, just to break the mo-
notony Of doing nothing.
Chas. Tanner says, Tell the folks l
have the finest boy a-living." Nearly
a year old, however.
The Misses Tanner, Of Mexico, are
here, guests Of their brother, Chas {,
and family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
NOBODY SPARED
Kidney Troubles Attack Mexico
Men and Women, Old and
Young Alike.

Kidney Ills seize young and old
alike
Quickly come and little warning
give.
Children suffer in their early years
Can't control the kidney secre-
tions.
Girls are languid, nervous, suffer
pain,
Women worry, can't do daily work.
Robust men have lame and ach-
ing backs.
Old folks weak, rheumatic, lame,
Endure distressing urinary Ills.
The cure for man, for woman or for
child,
Is to cure the cause.-the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys-
Cure all tine varied forms of kidney
suffering.
Mexico testimony guarantees every
box.
v. e. Yates, living on Walnut St.,
Mexico, Mo-, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills have done me more good than
any remedy that l ever got hold Of.
l know them to be a genuine kidney
cure from my own experience. l had
trouble with both my back aud kid
neys and was completely laid up.
could do no work whatever, my back
was SO lame and my kidneys were q
continual source of inconvenience, the
s~ecretions being altogether too fire.
quent. ! got Doan's Kidney Pills
from Q. w. Criswell 8 Go. and they
quickly brought relief. l could
sleep soundly after using them and all
the lameness In my back disappeared,
l was generally strengthened by using
Doan's Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. Price q
cents Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
Flower Parade no Date.

Unless what seems to be 1.-THE ipev
; able" hsppens there will be a show
ng at the flower parade. Those who
have signed up, agreeing to decorate
are; The Eagles, the Elks, Mesdames
Scudder and Burks, Mrs. Brewer, Mrs.
Fred Morris, Miss Pearl Morris, Miss
Pitcher, Miss Flavel McLoney, Mes
danes Davis and Edmonston, Mrs.
Rutter q rigsl, Mr.. Paul Weber, Mr..
Fred Morris, Mr.. Purdy, Messrs. Dur
kee and bearing, Misses Anderson
and Fox of Kansas City, Miss Louise
Johnson, Messrs. Llewellyn, beta
Sigs," the Million children, Gas Light
Co., Mexico Implement and Harness
&C., Misses Mary Garrett and Elva
Clarke OF Monroe City, the Fire De-
partment, Mrs. ]. W. Lee, Mrs. W.
Williams, Mrs. Wonneman.
There are several others who have
expressed a desire to enter the parade
and will probably report their names
early next week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
Kansas City Star.

kansas City Star.
Kansas City is again suffering the
effect Of the high water OF the Kaw
River, which is now 81 feet above low
water mark. 1t is rising at the rate
Of one-tenth Of a foot an hour. The
river bulliten Of the United State
weather bureau foretells a futhur rise
Of Q or I feet by Wednesday.
Reports from the town along the
Kaw and the tributaries Of the Kaw
in Kansas Indicate that the crest of
the floods have passed, although some
OF the streams may have a furthur
rise. The Kaw here still has a furthe
rise to care for, but the waters are not
piling up in the Kaw tributaries as
they did In 1908.
Weather condition in Kansas are
fair and apparently the rains are
over.
The low lands above and below the
mouth Of the Kaw river are submerg-
ed. mississippi town on the west
bank Of the Missouri, opposite the old
Wyandotte levee, is surrounded by
water. About fifty houses in which
negroes live are In this place. The
Missouri river has covered nearly all
the land to Jersey creek above the
mouth of the Kaw. There are no
houses there.
THE PACKERS MOVING UPSTAIRS
Protiting by their experience in for
mer years all the packers in Armour
dale have moved the meat from the
cellars to the upper floors.
At none Of the Armourdale houses Is
any killing being done. All the avail
able men are being employed in NOV
ing the products out of reach OF the
water.
At the Schwarzschild 81 Sulzberger
plant this morning the telephone and
telegraph instruments In the office on
the first floor were being moved to the
offices on the second floor. All meats
that would be exposed to damage by
flood have been moved.
At Swift's no cattle were being kill
ed this morning and meats was being
moved from the cellar to higher floors.
No water bad reached the cellars at
noon. All the sewers we're sealed and
pumps were in readiness for use II
water broke into the cellars. No cat
tie were killed at the Cudahy plant
this morning.
Much Of the live stock is being ship
ped as fast as possible to Chicago and
other places. Train load after train
load is leaving the city as no killing is
being done by the packers in Kansas
| CitV.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

Rev. Triplett, OF Mexico, filled his
appointment at the Christian church
Sunday morning, and In the evening a
special programme was arranged and
a collection taken for sending the
Bible to the heather.
Miss Hazel Friedman left last Mon
day morning for st. Louis, where she
will Join Miss Cochran and accompany
her to Michigan where she will spend
several weeks.
Norman Martin and wife were
Wellsville visitors Sunday.
Harry Noel and sister, Mrs. Arnold,
visited their sister, Mrs Holt, OF Mo.
berry, last week.
Miss Alma Mcdowell is the guest OF
her sister, Miss Jessie, of Kansas City,
this week.
Prayer meeting at the ME-. Church,
north, every Tuesday evening.
Rev. Henry Marty spent a few days
last week with his home folks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
PLAYGROUND OPENED
MONDAY MORNING
Large Number of Little Folks Take
Advantage of First Day-In-
structor Erfiing Makes
Friends With the
Children.

The public play grounds we're opened
Monday morning. The campus Of the
the North Side School, where they are
located, was crowded with little ones
before the hour set, all anxious to
learn what was ito happen. Instruc-
tor Erfing had the girls In the smorn'
ings and the boys in the afternoon.
This arrangement will continue only
every other day, the mornings will bt
for the boys and the afternoons given
to the girls.
All of the apparatus has not beer
installed but the Iwork will continue
as fast as the rain will allow. A large
wading pool with a sand bottom will
be one of the features for the little
folks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
WESTERN AUDRAIN.

P. 0. Curtis has painted his house
and has added other improvements to
his beautiful farm.
The friends of Miss Lucy Kitchen
will be sorry to learn that she is
dangerously Ill at her home in Clark.
r. d. Crosswhite and James NAL
Tory are on the sick list.
Mrs. y. y. Boyd who has been very
sick is getting along nicely,
VIM. Quisenberry, of Moberly, spent
several days In this nelghborhood last
week.
The recent rains have delayed the
farmers In their crops. The corn In
general is very weedy but the wheat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

Rev. Lincoln Mcconnell, the Meth
odlst evangelist who conducted a pro-
tracted meeting here last winter, Is
now In a revival at Nevada, Mo. Last
Sunday afternoon he preached to q
thousand men, and 10 the evening to
over two thousand persons listened To
him. The singing Is under the leader
ship of Mr.. Jones, who also lead the
chorus during the meeting here last
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

Chicago Stock Market.
halnsr 8 Dos private wire. Hiram Stevens
HsnSRer.
HGae-s0.0oo slower
Nztlraated 1900
Light SIS to 5 so
Mixad 5 10 to t5 b2h
R1azh 5 05 to 8 IS
Folkers 5 40 tot IS
n49a Choice Heavy S 25 to 5 50
EaIk s o. TO s 20
Ffzt4 rs to5 70
4ATpLE-isOOO steady
8oeves 4 90 TO 7 20
TEXANS 4 20 to s e5
Western 4 80 toe
aE0ckers and feeders 2 60.to s 50
ueWk and heifers 2 10 to 8 80
Calves 4 80 too
4HNEPN-iB.Ooo 10 higher
Native . % to SO
Westerns 1 2s.to 0 70
stnbs, Native f2b TO 0 30
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
MEXICO RESIDENT, BLIND
FOR YEARS, PUBLISHES BOOK

Blind most of her life and unable to
see the beauties Of nature which the
band OF the Maker had so lavlshed
upon .her native heath, Miss Lily
Hendrix, OF this city, has just com.
pleted a volume of verse to be issued
from the press of a st. Louis publish
ing house shortly.
Miss Hendrix has spent her mo.
ments Of darkness in improving he
mind and In literary exercises. Hel
reading led her to write, and nov hel
volume, which will soon be placed on
the market, is to be a witness Of what
she has accomplished. The title will
be "Gleanings" and it will contain
vers
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
LARGE CONCERNS In THIS AND
NEAR BY STATES TO BE REP
RESENTED AT MISSOURI
DRUMMERs CONVENT
ION -AccEPTANcEs
ARRIVE DAILY.
LETTER FROM THE ARMOUR
PACKING CO., KANSAS CITY
Special Invitations Being Mailed
Society Woman Of other Cities
to be Present and Assist In
the Festivities = Great
Crowd expected.

The Mexico Business Mems Asso-
citation has issued the following invi-
tation to all of the prominent whole
salers and jobbing houses In Missouri
and near by states to send representa-
tives TO the Missouri Drummers On
venLion.
The Mexico Business Mems asso-
citation desires one or every member
OF your firm to be present and meet
with the retail dealers Of this section
Of Missouri during the third annual
meeting Of the Missouri Drummers'
Association June eighteenth, nine
tenth and twentieth, nineteen hun
dred and eight.
q. ID. Graham, President
Rufus Jackson, Secretary.
A similar invitation has been mail
ed to the society woman of neighbor-
ing cities requesting they be present
and add to the festivities.
Perhaps, the most interesting coEa-
munication in reply came from the
Armour Packing Co., of Kansas City,
and is as follows:
Mr., Rufus Jackson,
Sec'y. Mexico Business Mems Assn,
Mexico, Missouri,
My Dear Mr., Jackson: Your kind
invitation Of recent date to be present
at a meeting Of the Missouri Drum
mers' Association, to beIheld in your
beautiful and enterprlslng little city
on June Is, 10 and Goth. is preceded by
advice from our MIR. Reed that he
would very much desire the writer's
presence on that occasion, and l take
pleasure 10 assuring you, Mr.. jackson,
that, II circumstances SO fashion them
selves during the Intern as to permit
of my contributing even the smallest
mite to the successful consummation
Of your plans, l will cheerfully do so,
but,should circumstances prohibit my
attending, you certainly not only have
my personal good will, but this Com
pany's as we'll, for a jubilee, both Of i
business and social nature, that will
long be remembered with pleasure
and profit by those harbingers Of pro-
gress, prosperity and good-cheer, the
boys who Great prosperity, lessen ad-
versity, and make a place for every
new thing that is moulded into form.
Very truly yours,
J. p. Mcclure.
Other firms who have accepted and
will have acknowledgement are:
The Blees Buggy Co., Macon, Mo-.
Adam Roth Grocery Co., st. Louis,
kellogg Berge Grocery Co., Keokuk,
Iowa; Geo. It. Dittman Boot and Shoe
Co, St. Louis; st. Louis Dressed Beef
Co., st. Louis; Burnham-H Hanna
Munger Dry Goods Co. John @. Hume,
Orockery Co., Kansas City; Onicials Of
the Wabash, @. s. A. and Burlington
rail roads.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

been chosen and the $4,000 appro-
priated for its purchase and prelim-
mary building ARRANGEMENTS partially
spent OF course no definite date can
be settled upon as to its completion
but within a year, l think. would not
be too short q time.
est. Charles and Louisiana both suf-
fered delay In the building of their
government structures through indie
cision In the choise of site."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
BUILDING
Short Interview With Wallace
Bassford Concerning Time Of
Completion and Possibilities
Of Having Building
Open within the Year.

1t looks very much as II fall will
see the property purchased for the
new government building to be erect.
ed in this city. Though little has
been said concerning this structure
except In the way Of conjecture q lis
patch from Washington, Sunday
plainly marks the first step in itl
building. The dispatch is as fol
lows:
Washington, June I. = Supervising
Architect Taylor took the first step
to-day in the work of erecting thu
new public building Ia Missouri citieI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

Miss Alma Davis and sister, Miss
Eunice, of Montgomery City, who
have been the charming guests CT the
Misses Brandon, OF this city, have
gone to Laddonia to visit friends and
may probably 90 to Louisiana to visit
before they return to their home.
Miss Bessie May Brandon is also Wis
iting relatives In Laddonia and Louis.
lana. DILL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
JONESBURG HAS A BIG FIRE.
Over Twenty-Five Thousand Dol.
lars Worth Of Property De-
stroyed by Flames-HolO-
caust in Business See.
ton of City.

~Jonesburg, Mo-, June "a whole
business block In this place burned TO-
night. The loss is s25, 900. The town
has no fire department, but q bucket
brigade succeeded In extinguishinR
the blazs after fighting from 8 until
1890 o'clock. Five buildings were de-
stroyed They embraced a grocery
store, meat market, paint and paper
house, millinery and a livery barn,
where the fire was discovered. The
origin ia not known
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
THE KAw STILL RISING.

Fair Weather is Predicted In Kan
sas-The Packers Are Moving
ing Their Killed Goods to
the Upper Stories While
Live Stuff is Being
Shipped From the
City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

Thoroughbred Stock for Sale.
Red short-horn bull, two years old
and a good one. Four Poland China
Bears ready for service. d-w1
w w pnllnck
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

Need Harvest Hands in Kansas,
A letter to the Ledger from Larned,
Kas., states the farmers in that vic
unity are sorely In need OF more har
vest hands. The crops are so bounti
full the present number OF workmen III
the fields is inadequate to gather
them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

Miss Leona Jackson and mother are
In Chllllcothe, Texas, at the bedside
of Mrs. Jackson's mother, Mrs Lizzie
Orear, who Is very Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

Our Metal Home Savings Banks
will help your children to save money
They are free for a deposit Of 81 and
on their return the o. will be refund.
ed. Get one for each member OF your
family and start the "Savings
Habit" dw1
NoRru Mtsa0uRr TRusT IN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
,FREDENDALL 81 WILKINS.

Mfs, Eliza Price, Of 121 Central
avenue. this week received . message
from Oakland, California, stating that
Der sister living there was very Ill.
Mfs rice will probably leave shortly
% visit her sister.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
Cultiyators.

We are headquarters for the "Dutch
Uncle" and eastern Dandy Guilt
vators made by Moline Plow Co. Also
the ]. L. Case Eclipse. These are
the best. Hurry before they are al
gone. owl
FERRIS & CAUTHoRN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11
CHOSEN TO FILL VACANCY
LEFT BY GENERAL KEENAN,
Governor Folk Appointed Boart
Members for Various State In
stitutions = E. G. Williams,
Of Pulaski County to
Supereede Former
Audrain Citizen.

Jefferson City, Mo-, June S-Gov-
ernor Folk this afternoon appointed
e G. Williams of Pulaski County q
member of the Board Of Managers Of
the Confederate Soldiers Home at
Higginsville, vice W. H. Kennan, de.
ceased, of Mexico. The Governor also
appointed Joseph Hall, Of Platte
County. to be a member Of the Board
Of Managers of the State Hospital for
the Insane, at Nevada, vice o. R.
Waters, resigned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

F~REDENDALL s. WILKINS

Rev. W. B. Watts and wife, Of Hig-
ginsvllle, Mo-, while en- route to Ill
nois, visited their daughter, Mrs.
Robert McOown, Monday. They were
accompanied to Illinois by their son,
lanes Watts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

o0ha make fine summer fuel. Order
. foad nov while you can get same
VIM. Pollock Mill s. Elev. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-06-11

Mrs II. r. Duckworth is very Ill at
she home OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. !. Mckinney.