Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-10-14
A VALUABLE SUGGESTION.
A Historical Society for Audrain
County.
Mexico, Mo. Oct. 9, 1909

lHuISudy, Jile IIH luSJ', OuI us
tinguished and much loved repre-
sentive in Congress, Hon. Champ
Clark, struck a responsive chord
which has been ringing in my
ears for a number of months. Mr.
Clark suggests the organization
of a Historical Society in each
county in the State. This is good
and should be carried out. But
having spent nearly twenty years
|of my life in old Audrain, l am
of course more interested in the
history and the preservation Of
the history of this county, and
for a number of months have been
wanting to respectfully suggest
to history and reminiscence lovers
of this county, through the
courtesy of the county press, the
advisability and desirability of
organizing and Incorporating a
permanent body for the purpose
of chrOnicling and preserving the
past and current history of Au-
drain county. This could be done
by papers prepared on the vari-
Gus topics by the members of the
society and read at the meetings,
say annually or sem-annually, and
thus very pleasant time be en-
joyed by the members. while do
ing a valuable service to the cause
of history and future generations
in this great county and state.
These prepared papers would of
course be recorded in the perma-
nent record of the society.
Who is not interested in the
sturdy old pioneers who received
this land from Uncle Sam, con
quered the wilderness and brought
| it into civilized form? Shall their
names, their heroism, their his
tory, sink into oblivion and be
lost through the carelessness of
an unappreciated and umgratefuI
lposterity?
Audrain has produced am
claimed many good and great
men and women, whose works
live, and will continue to live af,
ter them. Shall their records and
: history perish by reason of in
difference or shall it be preservef
in an intelligent formY
The history of old families Of
the county, particular individual.
of note. officers of the county, or
ganization of the towns, enter
prises and achievements of me-
, and women Of the county, woul(
; all make interesting reading.
II With a membership that tn,
society ought to have the paymen
, of a pittance from all would will
our advanced art of printing, en-
, able the society to print its worI
, in series of volumes for the bene
| fit of its members.
Such an organization should b.
entirely void of any narrow o
sectional spirit, and its member
ship should be composed of i'll
$ terested citizens from every por
tion of the county.
Ladies should be eligible {
/. membership as well as men.
I 1t is a well known fact, Nh
: Editor, that newspapers usual
!. ltake the lead in matters of genera
Interest. l feel certain that tn
r discussion of such an organic,
J., tion in your paper both EDITORIAL
n and from correspondents, woul
/, be of interest, and it is muc
S hoped that a goOdly number {
Audrain county people will met
and organize. If not asking to
i much of the reader will you no
e if interested, express yourself b
y Ipostal card or otherwise TO
# county newspaper man who wi
e doubtless be glad to publis
the interview or general seatimel
and thus aid in establishing SUI