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Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
Crashes Into Store Front.

Miss Ida Rosamond's new elec.
tric automobile arrived Monday
and it made a record for itself first
thing.
Miss Rosamond had the machine
in front of her store and William
Coleman, the professional chautfer,
was giving her instructions in how
to operate the power. 1t seems
that Miss RosamOnd took hold of
the wrong lever and all at once the
machine turned in off the street
aud over the side walk into the
store front. Thomas Mcintyre was
run over and pushed up against
the wall and sustained a badly
bruised knee and the broken pieces
of plate glass falling upon him he
also suffered badly cut foot.
There were screams of frightened
women in that neighborhood just
then, don't Yer know But the
machine climbed no further after
it had smashed the big plate glass
Miss Rosamond understands now
just what levers to touch and we
predict she will have no further
trouble.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
BODY CUT TO PIECES.
James Barley, COIOred, Meets
Awful Death.

The body OF James Barley, col
Ored, was found at the side of the
Wabash railroad tracks near the
old passenger depot site in Mexico
early last Friday morning mangled
aud cut to pieces. II is said that
another darkey after the body had
been taken away came along with
a basket aud gathered up toes aud
fingers OF the dead man.
Coroner Coil held an inquest but
how BARLEY happened to be there,
to meet such an accident, was not
cleared up.
BARLEY had employment at Wm.
Kemper's saloon, and it is said
that he slept of nights on a pile of
straw near Lemp's beer depot,
which is near where he was killed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
Beekeepers to Gather.

The Perry Enterprise last week
said:
The bee keepers of Rails and
Monroe counties will hold a meet.
ing in the Opera House in Perry
on Tuesday, Sept. l, to which
everybody is cordially invited, and
all beekeepers are urged to come
and add to the general fund of
knowledge aud experience in the
bee business. j. w. Rouse, of
Mexico, one of Missouri's best
posted men on the bee culture will
be present aud deliver a lecture on
the profits of the bee business, both
morning aud afternoon. If the
weather will permit he will 60 int o
the apiary aud give demOnstra-
ton of how TO handle bees. This
is something no bee keeper can
afford to miss. The old veteran
bee keeper. Del Calhoon, will be
present If possible to. aid IN dispen-
sing knowledge, handskakes aud
smiles. Let us all come ont aud
make this a day of pleasure and
profit. Any one desiring more
information about the meeting can
call on or address Il. NJ. Judy or s.
P. BSbee.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
PTNDALL FREES WOMAN.
Former Audrain County Boy Par
dons Much Married Girl.

Little Rock, Ark, July o.
Lula Davis. the only white woman
convict in the Arkansas Peniten-
tiary, received a pardon to- day from
Governor Pindall.
Mrs. Davis recently was convic-
ted in the Sebastian County Circuit
Court of bigamy, and sentenced to
three years in the Penitentiary.
She was Is years old when she
first married, aud shortly after.
wards separated from her husband
and remarked about a year ago.
She is now 20 years old.
Her pardon was recommended by
the members Of the Grand Jury
who returned the indictment
against h err.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
Lewellyn Now For Bryan.

Washington, July l3.-J. F.
Llewellyn, of Mexico, Mo-, who
bOlted Bryan in 1896 aud 1900, in
an interview here today said there
is no doubt about Bryan carrying
Missouri. lie thinks the Nebras-
kan will be elected in November.
II used to be a gold Democrat, I"
said Mr. Llewellyn, and bolted
the Democratic ticket in company
with thousands OF other Democrats
when the l6.tol plank was a part
of the Democratic platform.
This question has been settled and
is no part of the platform to-day.
Those who deserted Bryan because
of the silver plank will rally TO his
standard aud effect his election in
November. Bryan has gathered
wisdom aud experience and he is
regarded with confidence by the
business people to-day"
MIR. Lewellyn said Taft would be
stronger il he we're more indepen-
dent of the Roosevelt influence.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
Berry and Hubbard.

One of the pretliest, quiet we'd
dings of the season took place at
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Barton Hubbard. GOA Craig street,
when Miss Floy Hubbard was unit.
ed in marriage to Mr.. Walter Ber.
ry, Tuesday night, at $50 o'clock,
July 2lst. 1908, Rev. j. J. Griffin,
uncle OF the bride, officiating. AZ
ter congratulations the bride aud
groom led the way to the dining
room where light refreshments
were served, A pleasant socia |
evening was spent after which the
guests departed wishing for the
worthy young couple all the hap.
piuess that can come in this life
They were the recipients of many
valuable aud useful presents.
Those attending from a distance
were Mr.. aud Mrs. Ed. Azdell aud
family. Mr.. Gaither Berry aud
daughter of Worcester, Misses
Beulah, Maud aud Master Fay
Cornett of Rush Hill, MIR. aud Mrs
j. w. Stigall. Mrs, Emma Weeks
and Misses Diadema aud Linnie
Griffin Of Cairo. Mo-, aud Mrs. j
II. Chadwick of Montgomery City,
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
A Big Deal.

The Farber Forum said last
week:
Tanner & Arlington of Farber
purchased llS head Of cattle aud
80 head of hogs from Nick Smith
this week aud shipped out from
Laddonia Tuesday night. This is
the largest single deal this enter
prising Arm has made this season
aud represents an outlay of about
100000.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
Child Lost In Heavy Rain.

THE little I year old son of John
Smith, near Molino, was down at
the creek" last Friday when
hervy rain came up. The little
fellow started home but got lost in
the binding downpour. lie wan.
dered mile or 81 from home aud
after the rain stopped ia at a
neihhbor's. They did not know
him nor whose child he was. But
he was able 10 explain matters
somewhat and the telephone was
pm: into use. But his folks could
not be reached, as the streams were
up aud they were out search.
ing for the child The good Sa-
maritans whom he had encounter.
ed hurriedly accompanied him home
and thus ended the suspense. The
childPs safe return made great re-
joicing in that household for
time
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
Fined For Wife DisertiOn.

Mrs. w. G. Adrey of Vaudalia
is sning her husband for desertiOn.
The case was brought TO Mexico
aud was heard by jury before
Justice Allen Stallings last Friday.
A large number Of vandalia people
were here as witnesses.
The couple were married in Van
dalia last February and lived to.
gether but ahout a month when
Mr.. Adrey left home, Ostensably,
as Mrs. Adrey stated. 10 seek work
in Oklahoma, after which time
plaintiff charges that her husband
ceased TO provide for her support,
The jury fined Adrey 800. but
the case win be appealed.
Af;ss Qme;a Hnrst,n ;s ,,;s;ti,,n q
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

The eighty-ffth anual meeting
of the Salt River Baptist assOcia
,tiOn will be held with the Curryville
Baptist church, August 2S aud %,
1908. Rev. w. A. Bibb is mOdera,
tor aud Lem T. Patterson clerk,
The Introductory sermon will be
preached by Raw. WIN. +. Pearce
OF Louisiana.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

Ed. &. G. Hill OF Roosevelt, n.
~, is here on a visit to his
father.in-law, Il. Hughes. Ed.
Hill used to preach for the Lad
donia Christian church in this
county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
Some Things a Good American
Citizen Should Consider In
Casting His; Vote.
EDITOR MESSAGE:

~ ~ NNiC hht W. AhN hbhNHtt lhT
telligent. thoughtful voter. our
country under a government by
the people" would go % the dogs
and into bankruptcy as the South.
ern states did after the war, when
the voice of the white man in gov
ernmentHl affairs was choked off
by a relentless aud uuwise federal
government, and the management
of those states placed in the hands
of the ignorant, thoughtIess blacks
who had just been released from
slavery.
The safety of ourselves, our prop.
erty and country under Il govern
men" by the people" depends mp.
on the honest, upright, thoughtful
voter, who has a head of his own
and follows his own judgment.
The county, state and nation are
great corporations. Every voter
is n stOckhClder and should be vi
tally interested in these great cor
poratiOns organized for his benefit
and protection. When elections
are held the stockholders are called
upon to go to the polls and to use
their brains in the election of "A set
of servants or directors for the
management of the affairs of these
great corporations. 1t is the high
est duty of every voter to consider,
first, and above all, the honesty,
fitness and ability of each man
who puts himself mp rs a candidate
for membership on his board of
directors.
Don't listen to the little feIlow
who tells you to vote for or against
candidate Bill Jones because he il
I from Bean Creek. The question
is qualifications" not location"
when eligibility is settled.
Remember that the man who
wants you to vote for his friend
aud pal and in consideration there
for> offers to vote for your friend
aud pal, wants to huy your brain,
yonr independent Judgment, for a
consideration
The trader in politics is about as
Shiny aud lowdown a parsonage
as the dirty campaign liar, aud
should be prosecuted under the
criminal laws of the state provided
for such corrupt practices in elec-
tions.
The common talk in the past nf
voters in Que end of this county
trading their votes to voters at the
/ other end is disgraceiul To the
county.
But the most contemplate, dirty
whelp of all is the campaign liar,
who with 4 wise and knowing look
on his face, tells you that the sen.
timeut all over the county" has
changed against Que candidate,
when the said liar knows nothing
on earth about it aud has not been
over the county Look out for
snch liar, and for the one who
circulaies the report that some
other candidate has resigned from
the race, or that you will lose
your vote" by voting for such aud
such "A man
The campaign lie usually put in
circulation just before the election
is Il cowardly stab in the back of
probably an honest man who has
no time TO defend himself, aud the
liar nsuallv has the money in his
pocket which has been paid him
for telling the lies
Let every honest high-tOned eiti-
zen go to the polls on election
day anu vote his sentiments like a
man, and kick the rascal to the
rear.
Ii. L. WARDEN.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

Mrs. Byrd Me'iarvey of Kansas
City is visiting her mother in Mex
leo. Mrs. Miriam Ross.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

Mrs. ID. Wiseman and daughter,
Miss Grace Wiseman, of Spring
field, H., are visiting Mrs. Rolla
MclntiIe here.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

The Wabash railroad has estab-
lished bureau of information and
ticket Office in the Lawder build
ing, across the street northeast
from the City Hall. Frank Bru-
ton is in charge. The business
men. farmers aud stOckmen are
invited to call.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

Misses Frances Cauthorn, Laura
Baker aud Callie Morris are visit.
ing ia Colorado.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
LADDONIA'S BIG FIRE.
The Third Town In the County
Has a $4,000 Blaze.


One of the buildings reported as
destroyed by fire the editor of the
MESSAGE used the hammer and saw
on-helped in the carpenter work
-2S years ago. The building was
first occupied by Beal Bros. as a
furniture store. Bee Lewellen's
happy home" we guess, was
the hotel building on the corner,
which was remodled and rebuilt by
Frank Cummings, 20 years since,
who was one of the early settlers
of the county and improved the old
a. L. Hoyt place, on Middle Lick
Creek, near Elm Bend school
house.
Hear the Herald's account of
the fire:
Tuesday night our citizens were
awaked from their peaceful slum-
bers about l:l5 by the cry of fire.
Most all of the towns population
responded to the alam-in all
kinds of costumes. From the first
peep out nearly every one was con.
vinced that the fire was in the row
of frame buildings on Front street.
And sure enough it was. The fire
started in NJ. Il. WOOdsOn's res
taurant and lunch room. The ORR
gin of the fire is mystery. Mr..
WoodsOn says there had been no
fire in the building during the day.
II was evident from the start
that the row was doomed, and the
attention of the fire fighters was
/ directed to saving the contents of
the buildings.
While the loss will hurt some
individuals, it will be n benefit to
this town in the long run, as the
burned district will be replaced by
more substantial and commodious
buildings.
The building occupied by the
WoOdson restaurant was owned by
Mrs. Joe Smith of Kansas City and
had $500 insurance. The restad.
rant stock had 800 insurance. The
barber shop and pool room build
ing owned by G.. A. Wilder, and
occupied by J. q. Rose and NJ. l..
Eastman. No insuranc.
The next building was owned by
Il. c. Kennen and had 500 insur-
ance. II was occupied by Mrs.
II. II. Bellamy's millinery store.
No insurance. Most of stock saw
ed.
/ q. G.. Elliott's pool room and
building was the next. No insur-
ance on building or contents.
The hotel and drug store owned
by j. ID. King. There was $500
insurance on building and no in.
surance on the hotel fixtures and
drug stock.
The fire wall and window of the
the Bank of LaddOnia were damag.
ed. Covered by insurance.
NOTES.
No breeze stirring.
Il was and ideal night.
, Now for a spacious brick hotel,
Bee Lewellen lost his happy
home.
Many rodents lost their roosting
place.
The expected happened-after
about IL year wait.
SPLENDID work was done in saw
4 ing buildings adjacent TO the fire.
There were some very hurried
D costumes worn by both men and
e women.
j. G. DeLaporte caught a wire
Q trap rs full of rats as it could hold
after the fire.
: Walter TOrreyson didn't stop
/. for fire or anything else when he
d started to enter the bank.
Z, Jim higgins, the jolly travelling
/ man, after working hard, realized
Q that he had not place TO lay his
4 head. Friends came to his rescue.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

Harvey EmmOns visited his
brother, j. &. Emmons. at Tina,
Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

A new fire escape has been
placed on the Mexico opera house.
as required by a late city ordinance.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

ii. =. Warden is down in Okla
hOma looking after some real cs.
tate matters.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
NEARLY A CENTURY.
A Former Mexico Woman, Of
Great Age, Dies.


marked copy of the Lock Springs
(Mo.) Herald giving account of
the death of Mrs. Nancy Grant
Stone at Mlysville, Ky, few
days ago who formerly lived in
Mexico, She leaves two daugh-
ters residing at Maysville, Mrs.
Martha J Collins and Mrs. f.
Chase, and two sons Eugene Col
Inns of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Har-
old II, Collins of Lock Springs,
Mo.
The article referred to above is
especially interesting in that Mrs.
Stone was the first white woman
ever known to he in Mexico up To
the time of her removal here. The
editor of the Lock Springs paper
is j. b. Ferguson. His article
says:
On yesterday the editor of this
paper received word from our old
home town, (Maysville, Ky.,) that
our aunt, my mothers sister, had
just passed away at her home at
the age of % years and 6 months.
1t is not now many years since there
were six sisters, hut they have all
passed away except the Youngest,
our mother, the oldest one lust
having died. Mrs. Stone and her
husband moved to Missouri about
1880, locating in Mexico, she be-
ing the first white woman ever
known to he in that place up to
that time--it was only trading
point standing out in the prairie
with Indians and wolves, and the
little huts surrounded by high
grass; it was certainly at that time
not very desirable place to live.
Mexico is now "A little city of s 5000
people an educational center.
Mr.. Il. \. Pearson, one of Mex.
ico's oldest citizens, tells the MIS-
SAGE that he we'll remembers Mr..
and Mrs. Stone. They lost a child
and it was the first body buried ia
the old cemetery in northwest Mex
leo. The husbands name was
Thomas T. Stone. He was a cab
met maker. For many years he
made all the coflins for burying
the dead in Mexico and vicinity.
He was and uncle of Joe Inflow,
late of Mexico but now in the
West.
John Bingles Morris, the father
of the late j ID. Morris and Geo.
Morris, built the first house in
Mexico; Ed. X. &. Mansfield
built the second. and the above
Thomas Stone built the third. II
was II two-room log structure aud
stood on the northeast corner of
the square, now known as the
Shootman corner. Love street was
named for Mrs. Stone. Not that
her name was Love, but her huS-
band always called her Lowe. -
and when the town was laid of
Love street was named thus in
honor of Mrs. Stone, and the name
was also at the request of her fam.
lily.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

A government inspector was
here last week looking over the
grounds for Mexico's new $50, 900
postoflice building. Many think
that the site just north of the Hox-
sey Hotel. or the corner just across
the street east, will be the site
chosen.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

In the 62nd annual distribution of
school money to the counties of
Missouri Audrain county this year
gets $9, ,6Sl 81.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30
Horse Scared to Death.

Centralia, Mo-, July 23.-As a
result of meeting an automobile, a
horse belonging to s. w. Herrick.
residing near here, fell dead Of
fright this afternoon.
The horse had never before seen
an auto aud died when the driver
blew his horn. MIR. Herrick's
daughter was slightly injured by
being thrown from the buggy
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

Judge J. J. Alexander of Lad.
dOnia has bought j. w. Almonds
stock OF dry goods 10 Vandalia
and will move the stock to Lad
dOnia.
Ed. Williams left last week for
Kansas City where be joined the
Colonial Quartette. who are filling
dates at Chautauquas thru Kansas.
Nebraska and Missouri.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

John c. Higgins of San Fran
cisco Cali., is here visiting his
sister, Mrs. ID: A. Murphy. Mr..
Higgins is a clerk for the war de-
partment of the government. lie
has spent five years at Manila.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

Miss Ida Rosamond has purchas-
ed a new electric automobile which
will arrive from st. Louis in a
Jew days. II is one OF the most
perfect machines mad e. The mo-
tor will be charged from the elec-
tric light plant.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

w. A. Sharp snd wife have been
enjoying visit from MIR. Sharp's
sisters, Mrs. Mary Barker. aud
her daughter. Miss Gertrude, both
OF Shelbina.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

Miss Susie Houston is visiting
in MnskOgee, l. T.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

The Moberly Democrat said last
week; Mrs. w. T. Bolts will go
to Mexico Thursday for a visit with
her friend, Mrs. DR.. Berry. She
will attend the Mexico Chautauqua.
Among the social functions in her
honor, her hostess, Mrs. Berry,
will entertain a number OF friends
at an elegant six o'clock dinner.
AS Mrs. Bolts will be visiting in
her old home town she expects to
greatly enjoy her outing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-07-30

Perry Enterprise; j. W.. Trim
BILE shipped l car OF hogs aud l Of
lambs and sheep to st. Louis
Monday. He bought the hogs
from the following parties: j. w.
Holman 32, w. II. Smiley l6, II.
NJ. Hanna s. Joseph FlemminR s,
,Jno. Sherman g, Fred Rich Q,
Price $6 to S6,40. Lambs aud
sheep, Harry aud Fred Poege IA.
Joseph Flemming IS. VIM. StetsOn
So. Jno. NJ. Young 20. Mrs. Fran.
ces Jerdon Z, Jno. Gentry 40. Newt
Snider 8. Jno. Hawkins 4. Carl
Barre 6, VIM. Francis 3. Price 3
to 5sts per ID.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-26

Thin Chappie Il haven't seen you
running about after that fair haired
girl lately. What's the reason, old fel-
lah?
Stout Chappie-Oh, chi weil-eh-
she's my wife now, you see.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-26
END OF FAMOUS WRITER'S.
Literary Geniuses Who Died Miserably
Poor and Destitute.

That Ouida should have died as
she did in poverty and loneliness, an
exile, though a voluntary one, from
the land of her birth, was an undoubt-
eddy pitiful ending to an exceptionally
brilliant career. Equally sad has been
the fate reserved for some literary
geniuses, in the past, says Tit-Bits.
For instance, Richard Savage, the
gifted poet, died in a debtors prison
at Bristol, after enduring the pangs of
semi-staryation for years. Chatterton,
driven desperate through hunger,
poisoned himself at the age of eigh-
teen. swift died mad, as he had all
along predicted he would.
DR.. Dodd, whose Beauties OF
Shakespeare" is well known, was
hanged for forgery George Gissing,
after suffering hardships that embit-
tered his whole existence, died just as
fame was beginning TO be assured to
him.
Stow, the famous antiquarian, au-
thor of the Survey of London" be-
came in his old age a licensed beggar,
asking aims from door TO door
Through thirty-six counties" Wych-
erley, from being the spoiled idol OF
society, fell to the lowest depths OF
desiitution, and was eventually con
signed to the Fleet prison for debt,
where he remained seven years. Cot
ton also spent many years in a debt
or's prison, and eventually died there
| by his own hand.
Robert Burns, writing only four
teen days before his death, implored
his friend Cunningham to use his In
huence with the Commissioners of Eek
else in order to get his salary raised
from e25 a year to $50, otherwise
| If / die not of disease, l must perish
with hunger"
Lorente, the learned and talented
historiographer of the Inquisition
was glad during the close of his bril-
liant but unfortunate career to hire
himself out for few sous night tc
keep watch over the dead bodies al
the Paris morgue, and died eventually
of starvation. Camoens begged his
bread from door to door until com
PEELED TO take refuge in an almshouse
where he died.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-26

No man in recent years has been
more successful in restoring human
health than l.. T. Cooper. During his
stay in Chicago, and while he was
meeting thousands of people daily, he
gave the following reason for the re-
markable demand for his medicine to
a reporter:
Mr. Cooper said: "My New Discov-
cry is successful because it corrects
the stomach My theory is that few
can be sick IL the digestive apparatus
is working properly. 1t naturally fol-
lows that few can be well with a poor
digestion.
81 know from experience that most
of the tired, half-sick people that are
so common nowadays have half-sick
stomachs. Put the stomach in shape,
and nature does the rest. The result
is general good health. My medicine
does this That is why fifty thousand
people here in Chicago are using it
who never heard of me until month
ago."
Among the fifty thousand men
toned by Mr.. Cooper who used his
medicine in Chicago is Mrs. Hilda
Pflueger, living at 1903 Ainslie ave
nue.. This is the statement she makes
concerning her experience with the
medicine:
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-03-26
COOPER TELLS REPORTER WHY
HE ACCOMPuSHES so MUCH

81 have been sick for six years with
stomach trouble. / was always hun
cry, but did not dare to eat much, as
| had severe pains in my stomach, and
also through my body. l could not
sleep at night and was very restless
/ was also very nervous, and would
have severe headaches. | was constl-
pated, and always felt bloated after
eating.
81 had tried many remedies, but
could secure no relief. until one day
noticed in the newspapers what won
derful results Cooper's medicines were
accomplishing in Chicago. l decided
to try them, and shortly after COM
mencing the treatment began to feel
better. | did not have those severe
pains in my stomach, and l could
sleep at night my appetite improved
and | can now eat well. | am feeling
like a new woman.
81 am very thankful to Mr.. Cooper
for what his remedies have done for
me. They have restored me to good
health, and | would advise any one
who suffers as l did to try them"
We sell the Cooper medicines. They
are easily the most celebrated prepa-
rations ever introduced in this eoun-
try, growing in popularity daily.-W.
b. Mcpherson.