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Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Prof Gueme, who spent the sum
'mer in Switzerland, was the guess
|pf his friend, Urban Welmer, this
week. Mr.. Guerne's many friends VIII
pre- glad TO see him here again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

|G. W. Painter. father of Robert
hlnter, Of this city. is reported to
quite III at his home in Wells
,lo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Hubert MCGOWAN, the son of Mr..
nd Mrs. Robt. MCGOWAN, is very Ill
typhoid fever. He remains
bout the same.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Mrs. Snowden Moore, of South Nc
Alllster, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Lou
larmer, Of Portland, Ore, are the
.usts Of their nephew, ]. Bottts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16
JUDGE KENDALL HOME

Editor Ledger:-
Mexico, Mo-, Sept. II.
According to promise l will report
the meeting Of old friends while on
my visit TO California. / met Cap
tain Burroughs and wife at Long
Beach, CAL; Judge Rafferty, at Los
Angeles, and Will Brown at Den
yer, Colo. All were well and havin
the time of their life. returned on
the tenth, after the finest visit oi
my life.
Yours, respectfully,
S. Il. Kendall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Miss Annie Murphy, OF Mexico, lis
he guest Of Glasgow relatives and
bends this week.--Glasgow Mis-
Aourian.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16
MlJseRovE BARKER WE'D
DING THURSDAY EVENING"

Walter Musgrove and MISS JOSIE
Barker, both of this city, we're mar
rled in the office of the official
ing mtnister by DR., j. B. Hawkins
Thursday evening at s o'clock TheS
will reside in this city
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Miss Rachael Truck departed for
Joseph Thursday to spend the
inter with her uncle, the Rev. G. NJ.
|tnIex.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

p. stults and wife, of Rich
Ia, Cali, are the guests of Lu-
q Saunders ad wife.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Robert McCleny and wife, OF st
his, are tho guests Of her parents
IN Leeper and wife, north Of this
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Joseph H. Miller, who has been liv
at Casper, Wyoming, orders the
sekly Ledger changed to Buckum
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Miss Ophelia Miller departeed for
Welsh, Okla, Thursday, where she
has a position in the public schools
of that place.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Miss Trixie Plunkett has class
In art at Centralia. Miss Plunkett is
one of Mexicois best artists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Mr.. Stanley Pearson and children,
pueblo, Colo, are the guests of
|t,,s Pearson and family IN this
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

marriage licese was issued Fri
to Harry Harrison, 81. Joe, and
..iba Phillips, Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

,ouabIe goods marked in plain fig
A Dearing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
cHAM5ERLAIN's coLlc, cHoL-
ERA AND DlARRHoEA RENE

Mr.. Frank C. Hanrahan, a promi-
nent druggist of Portsmouth, Va,
says; For the past six years |
have old and recommended Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remdey. 1t is a. great rem
edy and one of the best patent med
ichnes on the market. handle som
others for the sanao purposes that
pay me a larger profit, but this
remedy is so sure to effect cure,
and my customer so certain to ap-
preciate my recommending it to
him, that give bt the preference"
For sale by all druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

.Ometbing new In rimless eye
rses Dearing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

,tjs Hudson returned to Bowling
Ian saturday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

rank Blackburn, engineer on the
Nh branch, is taking a vacation.
IL BLACKBURN is taking his place.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

H. S. Crlgler is visiting at
home Of D. Nj. Scott, near Paris,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

your kidneys are weak or out OF order,
you can understand how quickly your en-
tire body is affected and how every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or "feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. A trial will con-
vince you of its great merit.
The mild and immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root, the great kidney and
bladder remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest because its remarkable
health restoring properties have been
proven in thousands of the most distress
ing cases. If you need a medicine you
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16
AUDRA|N COUNTY FARMER
AND SON IN SAME CLASS
At MO. STATE SCHOOL
BOTH RESIDE NEAR VANpALlA-
WILL GRADUATE At THE UNI
vERsITY IN THE SCHOOL OF
AGRICULTURE NEXT SPRING =
FATHER IS, SON 22.
Fathst Ents School in 1888 Did
Not Finish School, Because He
Fell In Love with Stephen College
Girl and Married Her.
Columbia, Mo-, Sept. 8.

Columbia, MO-, Sept. y.
For the first time In the history Of
the University of Missouri, or per-
haps Of any university, father
and son are candidates for the same
degree, and will stand IN the same
class this year and be awarded a
diploma and the degree of bachelor
of science OF agriculture. They are
e. E. Vannatta, OF vandalia, Mo-, As
years of age, and son, Earl S. vanat-
ia, 20 years of age. Both are sen
iors In the school OF agriculture, and
both have taken the full course, ex-
cept that the father viii have fin
ished it in three years and the son
In four.
When Earl S. Vanatta entered the
school OF agriculture four vars ago
as freshman, he did not dream that
his letters home would prove so in
teresting that his father would be In
duced to sell his farm, move to Co
lumbia and enter up for the same
course, but that is what happened.
His father sold his farm near Van
dalia, came to Columbia, and in three
years has overtaken his son, less
than half his age, and will receive his
degree in the same class. He has
done more, for his excellent work
has made him eligible to the Alpha
zeta, the leading honorary fraternity
of his department, which his son was
not able to make, although he is
member OF an honorary fraternity
himself, the standard Of which is not
so high.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

i 90 Alarm Clocks. s5c next week.
Dearing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

,Oods marked IN plain figures.
Dearing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Hon. C. F. Clark writes from Doug
lass, Arizona, that his brother, e.
w. Clark, is no better and is in
critical condition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

L. Lucy Massey was the guest
,rIends IN Centralia recently.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

grank Donnelly has returned
M a visit to st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16
FREDERIckTowN, O.,
FrederjcktoWn,
GOES DRY

pTeuerlGhtOWH, W. oept' io'
In the local option election Satur'
day the "drys" were victorious. The
vote was 44S to 1853.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

,rs. c. W. Biggers has returned
4 Louis. after a short visit to thi
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

.,ss Nell Key, of Fayetteville,
rs the guest Of her relative, R,
key. and family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

'.,ss ZelIe Gooch, Of Mhdletown, is
(, I,lne friends IN this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

.,exicO band disbanded Thursday
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by OVer-W0Tk.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re-
sponsible for much sickness and suffering,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

! C. Kinsella, prominent real
,te man Of San Antonio. Texas,
Mexico on business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

h. r. e. Randolph, Of st. Louis,
sbe guest of W. H. Richie and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

Mrs. Jas. Gallaber Is the guest of
her mother in Yandalia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

,erbert Plunkett has returned to
A ottv after a visit in Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16
he Weekly Ledger
Ling can save you money.

|ered at the P. o. in Mexico. Mo.
admitted as End. class matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

III a N11o~S'
should have the best.
Sold by druggists in
ffty-cent and one-dol-
lar sizes. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a
pamplllet telling you
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16
TOM BRUCE AT
BARTH's AGAIN.

Tom Bruce is again with Joseph
Barth, at his clothing store. He
has abandoned the idea of opening a
store in the Southwest. His friends
are glad to see him at his old stand.
James Brown has sold his resi-
denc property in north Mexivo to
Jas. Bledsoe, Of Strother.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

uOHe uuOItt lOI HIS 6ANcliCuL WIN
has made him eligible to the Alpha
zeta, the leading honorary fraternity
of his department, which his son was
not able to make, although he is
a member OF an honorary fraternity
himself, the standard of which Is mot
so high.
Twenty-Five Years Latdr.
Vanatta Senior, as the students
call him to distinguish him from his
son, was student in the University
of Missouri In 1884, but did not get
to finish his course, because he
fell in love with and married girl
at Stephens College. Both quit
school and bought farm at Van
dalia, Mo. When their son Earl
had finished high school they sent
him to Columbia to take the agricul-
tural course. Earl's letters proved
to great a temptation, so they sold
their farm, moved to Columbia, and
university students experienced the
sensation of having a father and son
both students IN the university. Fur
thermore, the son was a sophomore
and had to enforce the rules against
his freshman father. Earl was a
member of the committee that com
pelled all freshmen, including his
father, to wear the regulation
"dimkie" caps, and in the class rush
they fought on opposite sides.
However, when 1t came to studies,
the "old man" got the better of the
contest, for before Earl knew it, his
father had caught up with him. Such
things as student 'hops" and "co-
eds" did not bother Vanatta, Sr.
He got special permission to carry
work and made the highest grades in
the freshman class. This entitled
him to extra credit and now after
three years they are in the same
class and will be graduated 20
gether. He Is pointed out on the
quad as the only freshman who was
good enough in chemistry, the hard
est study, TO be exempted from
the examination.
Built Clubhouse.
Mr.. Vanatta has always taken part
In student activities and holds sew
eral offices In class organizations.
He Is popular with the students and
takes work in the gymnasium as
we'll as the 1S-year-olds. He jumps,
wrestfes, and takes cross-country run
with the best of them. His popular
ity hs largely due to the fact that
he built a large clubhouse for the
students in his department. 1t is
known as the farm house." and Is
conducted on the cooperative plan
by the students in his department,
much cheaper than they could board
at private houses. The house cost
$4,000 and he rents 1t to the students
cheaply. He and his wife and son
also live a. the house.
Earl is frequetly twitted by the
other students for permitting his
father to overtake him, but he an
swers that his father should do so
as he has had practical experience in
farming before taking the theoret
cal side, which is the reverse witt
him, as he will have to get practica
experience after graduation. Mr.. Va
natta will probably specialize in SONS
of the courses and become a teach
er in some of the branches of agri
culture here tn Columbia. His son
Earl, has a position with the Stat
Soil Survey as soon as he is gradu
ated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-09-16

do you know Of any woman who ever received any
benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound1"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
JOHN BLACK ON TRIAL.
Former Member Of South Carolina
Dispensary Board.

At Columbia John Black, former
member of the State ~dispensary
board. was put on trial a few days
ago for having received a bride OF
$4,000 from John T. Early, repre-
senting ~Fleischmann & Co., a Gin
cinnati firm. The transaction is al
legged to have occurred in 1906.
There was sensational testimony
when Joe B. Wylie, a member OF
the same board, testified that there
was an agreement between the whls-
KEY statesmen and members Of the
board by which certain houses were
to be favored. Wylie submitted In
evidence his private memoranda al
legged to have been made when the
board was in session in March, 1905.
Attorney General Lyon put IN evil
dence check for $4,000 from John
T. Early, and for $1,000 from M. A.
Goodman, both payable to Black.
Defendant will try to show that these
were for services as salesman be-
fore election on the board.
The Black ease is the only remain
ing one of the series In connection
with alleged frauds In the old State
dispensary which will be tried at
this term.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
SHERIFF OUTWITs MOB.
Florida Officer Saves Three Negroes
From L%ynching.

From Pensacola comes the news
hat, evading a mob bent upon lynch
ing his prisoner, Sheriff Hayes Lewis.
+ Mariana, Jackson county, reach
ID there early Thursday morning,
having In custody three negroes, Dan
Davis, Cary Gray and Robert Gray,
Who we're arrested Monday for the
murder of John Dukes, a planter.
Of that county.
After the negroes had been placed
in jail at Marina Monday night a
mob was formed about midnight and
demanded entrance. Concealing the
negroes, the mob was admitted by
he jailor, and after falling to find
he prisoners, quietly left the jail.
alter learning of the rule by which
hey had been outwitted, the citizens
'ormed again and prepared to attack
he jail a second time. The sheriff,
however, succeeded In getting the
prisoners away without being mo-
,ested. Dukes, it Is said, was muir
Tered In a brutal manner, the body
,eing horribly mutilated. His wife,
Tho was a Mrs. King before their
marriage, is Frustrated, her first hus-
,and having been murdered In 8 sim
liar manner by negroes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
CHICKEN STEW EXPLODED.
Woman Badly Burned While Prepar'
ing Dinner.

The explosion OF a chicken ste"
nlaced Mrs. Annie Hardy in the Pres
byterian hospital at Philadelphia inns
week. She was burned about the
hands, arms and face. The suppos-
edlv decent stew was placed IN a pot
TO boil for dinner, just as any stew
would be but the Developments yer
unusual.
When Mrs. Hardy was busting
about the stove, preparing other
things for the Sunday meal the top
suddenly flew off the iron pot, the
stew went hurting through the ali
and the pot itself rolled to the hoor.
When all the excitement was owe
an analysis of the conditions leo 70
the theory that the lid had Mt SO
tightly when pushed down tina II
did not permit the escape OF tne
steam which gathered when the POI
began to boil. Mrs. Hardy's DUNE
ara serious, but not Of a critical na'
ture.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
Id DISAPPEARS.
New Hampshire Lad, in School ut
Asheville, Missing.

A dispatch from Asheville says
an appeal to the chief OF police OF
that city by the anxious parents of
Gray Churchward. of Hampton, New
Hampshire. a few days ago develop
ed the fact that the lad, a student
at an Asheville school. had mystic
riously disappeared from that insti-
tuition September 10, and has not
since been heard of. The school
authorities state that the boy had
been missed on the date mentioned
and after his departure a fellow stu
dent had given out the information
that young Churchward had told him
that he intended to 60 to New York.
The boys father is now In New York
using every means to locate his miss
ing son.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
POLE DISPUTE CAUSES FIGHT.
Macon Banker and Judge Come to
Blows In Dispute.

A heated argument between Robert
II. Brown, president of the Central
Georgia bank. and Judge W. A. Poe
IN Macon, Ca, over the Cook-Peary
controversy a few days ago. led to
blows, the Judge using his walking
cade with telling effect on the bank
or. The prompt interference OF
friends prevented an encounter that
at one time promised to be serious.
The banker insisted that honors
should go entirely to DR.. Cook while
Judge Poe was equally convinced
that Commander Peary was the dis
coverer of the North Pole.
When the Judge questioned the
soundness of his opponents argu-
ment the banker used an ugly word
1t Is said, which the Judge resented
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
Saw South Pole of Mars.

That the South Pole Of Mars Is
a white peak surrounded by an ice
clad area. is the statement made by
Prof. Philip Fox. director OF the
Dearborn observatory at the North
western university, at Chicago, ILL.,.
who says that this week he had an
unusually good observation of Mars
which was then only 100000 miles
from the earth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
PellaRra In Georgia.

At Valdosta, Ca, two cases Of
pellagra have developed and both
victims are dangerously III. The
sufferers are a prominent lady and 4
young negress. Attending physicians
called in consultation an Atlanta
practitioner who has had experience
in treating the disease. He pro-
nouuced the diagnosis Of TIE local
physicians correct.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
LAID TO REST
Last Rites Held Over Body Of Ex-Gover-
nor Miles B. McSweeney
END CAME WEDNESDAY
Had Been In Ill Health for n Year
or More and Several Months Ago
He Was Taken to Baltimore for
Treatment-Body Laid to Rest In
Hampton Wednesday Afternoon.

Treatment-Body Laid to Rest In
Hampton Wednesday Afternoon.
A dispatch from Hampton says the
body of Ex-Governor McSweeney
reached there at 5 o'clock p m
Thursday. The funeral services were
held Immediately thereafter al
Hampton cemetery.
The body was accompanied by Mrs
insolvency and two Of his sons.
The funeral services we're conduct
ed by Rev. J. w. Elkins, pastor OF
the Methodist church, assisted by
Revs. w. H. Bowling and G. E.
spruill.
Hampton lodge, No. 70, knights
Of Pythias, then took charge and
he ex-governor was laid to rest with
Pythian honors.
The active pallbearers were: j.
s.. Folk, Bamberg; w. c. Mauldin,
w. 8. Smith, e. M. Peoples, j. c.
'ightsey, e. J. Watson, Columbia:
G.. D. Bowling, e. H.. Aull, Newberry'
The honorary p%allbearers were:
Mayor E. F. Warren, Gen. Jas. w.
"oore, w. F. Cummings, DR.. j. L,
Folk.
Former Governor McSweeney died
Wednesday morning In Baltimore.
he news was received here and
aused widespread sorrow among the
many personal friends Of MI. Nc
Sweeney throughout the State.
Governor insolvency had been In
Ill health for a year or nor and sew
eral months ago he was taken to Bal
'imore for treatment. Since that
ime he had been under treatment In
l private sanitarium In that city. His
condition became critical a week or
more ago and Mrs. insolvency was
summoned to his bedside. The end
came Wednesday morning at 1870
o'clock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
Indicted for DESERVING Child.

A dispatch from Spartanburg says
the grand jury returned a true bill
against H. A. Sack and wife, charged
with DESERVING their three weeks
old infant at Southern Station last
Saturday night. They we're arrested
in Columbia, but Mrs. Sack was not
able to return to S~partanburg on
account Of being Ill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
Husband Bathed Once a Year.

Declaring her husband bathed only
once a year, and that, though worth
$4,000, bought tainted meal, eggs
hat we're nealy rotten and rancid
butter. Mrs Henrietta Newman. OF
Washington. D. c.. has fled suit lot
a limited divorce from Mayor B. New
man. She also charges cruelty ana
neglect.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
DYNAMITE DESTROYS GIN.
Unknown Parties Blow Up New Plant
at Cerro Gorda, Fla.

A dispatch from Pensacola. Fla,
says dynamite set off by unknown
parties a few nights ago destroyed
the cotton gin owned by John Gum
at Cerro Gordo. The entire contents,
including a large quantity Of cotton
and cotton seed, was destroyed by
fire. The gin var a new one, hav-
ing been in operation only a few
weeks. The dynamite had been plac-
ed under the machinery Of the plant
and the explosion shook the entire
town. No motive for the act is
known.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
Ball Disjoints Neck.

A fatality occurred Monday In a
base ball game near Greenville, Tenn.
The 20-year-old son of Alexander
More, a farmer, while playing short
stop, was truck In the mouth with
a swift ball. He died In a few min
utes, and 1t is believed he was struck
with such force that his neck was
unjointed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
Coon Frightened Her to Death.

An aged negress, living on the
plantation of J. Y. Westbrook, near
Greensboro. Ala, was frightened to
death this week by a racoon which
she saw crawling across her bed
The raccoon was killed and eaten
by a grandson to prevent any more OIL
his family from per!shins.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-06
The Neptune Is Launched.

A dispatch from Portsmouth. Eng
land, says the Neptune, Great Brit
aims eighth %battleship of the Dread
nought type, was successfully launch
ed there a few days ago by the Ouch
ess of Albany In the presence of a
great concourse. Experts regard this
vessel as unsuitable by torredoe5.