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Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
FIRE AT AUxvAssE.
Drug Store Burned-Caused
Great Excitement.

A fire broke out in A. Il.
Omeara s drug store at AuXvasse
just after midnight last Friday
night and the blaze threatened a
good portion of the town. Cit
izens began to fire revolvers to
give the alarm and the rumOr
spread that robbers were in town
and had broken into the bank
near the drug store building.
Paul Weber at Mexico was tel
ephoned to bring a quantity Of
dynamite pOst-haste in his auto
mobile. He started at three
o'clock, he and George McIIoney,
the latter carrying "a sticks Of
dynamite in his lap-to protect
it against the jar of the machine
and Weber had the caps in his
pocket. They were there in 25
minutes, a distance of ten miles
and had explosive enough to blow
the town into kingdom come, but
there was no use for it.
The drug store was destroyed,
building owned by w. M. Over
felt. r. r. Buckner's hardware
building adjoining was damaged
about $3.50 when the citizens got
the fire under control. The drug
stock was insured for 81 400; Mr..
Buckner had no insurance.
But how would you liked to
have been Paul and George in the
care of that dynamite?
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
New Teachers.

The following new teachers will
be in the Mexico public schools
thru the coming year:
Prof. Frank II. Millett, OF
Beloit, Wis, will teach history
instead of Prof. c. F.. Carr, re.
signed.
Miss Alice NJ. Lieurence will
teach Latin in place of Miss
Bernice Bell.
Miss Fannie Mason, of Mexico
will teach English in the place OF
Miss Elizabeth Ferris.
Miss Judith Jones of near Mex.
leo will teach No. 8, in the North
Side school, in place of Miss Car,
ter.
Miss Elizabeth Price, of Mex
leo, will teach No. 4, in the South
Side School, in place of Miss
lrma johnson, who will be at
Fayette next year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
The Laddonia Convention.

The 29th annual meeting of the
Audrain County Christian Co
Operative Association is in ses-
sion at the Christian church in
Laddonia this week. The follow
ing will be the program for to-
day:
9:15 o'clock. County Work,
Treasurer's s Report.
$50. Many Voices in Behalf of
County Work. Basil Smith, Salt
River church; S. A. WinscOtt,
Macedonia church; David Doug
lass, Unity church; w. II. Wind
ers, Central Union church; Clyde
johnson, Farber church; j. w.
StiverS, Rock Hill church Charles
Casper, Rush Hill church; Ed
Machin, Martinsburg church
Frank McGee, Midway church
W. T. Northcutt, Liberty church
G., II. Sanford, New Hope church
John II. Smoot, Friendship
church; DR.. Douglass, Benton
City church; Mord Fox, Sun Rise
church; Chever Day, Laddonia
| church j. w. Dry Mexico
church; David Ralston, Vandalia
church.
1l;00. Report of County Evan,
gelist, Il, II. Harbord.
II 80. Sermon, j. C. White
Milton, Ill.
Thursday Afternoon, Aug. 70.
300 p. m, Devotional Services
Endeayor Session. program tc
be supplied by State Endeavoi
| Secretary
$3.50. G, w. B. NJ. Session.
| program to be supplied BY
District Manager).
500, Devotion Services.
! $3.50, Sermon, Walter NJ, White
Mexico, Mo. 'eGod be With Yol
Till We Meet Again,
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
NORTH MoLINo.

My, but this is hot old summer
time.
Mrs. f. A.. Ellis of Mexico is
the guest of Mrs. Ed. Sharp.
We are glad to know that G.. T..
Schieffer has come back and is
rebuilding his house. 1t will be
remembered that his home and all
the contents were burned the 18th
Of last September, while he and
his wife were at church.
Mrs. DR.. Settles sister, Mrs.
Smith, Of Wichita, Kansas, is with
her for several days.
Mrs Fannie Crawford is on the
sick list.
Born, to Leb Dye and wife,
Aug. 9, Il girl.
Mrs. Charles Showers, who re-
turned from Tulsa, Okla, one day
last week, is quite sick.
AS Rev Sutton will attend the
Association there will be no
preaching at Berca church.
Edwin Settles team broke
loose from the hitch rack at
Santa Fee last Saturday night,
while the family was at the ice
cream supper, and started for
home. They became frightened
and ran into Lock Crsigh's rig,
throwing Mr.. Creigh out. They
ran a little farther and broke the
surrey tongue. a piece of the
tongue pierced one of the horses
so that it died in a few minutes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
Married Last Thursday.

Mr.. Fred Mundy, a son of Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Mundy, near
Mexico, and Miss Tennessee
Wright were married at 8 80 the
evening of the 9Th inst. at the
home Of the brides parents in this
city, Mr.. and Mrs, r. II. Wright.
Rev. c. NJ. Aker ofliciated. Mr..
and Mrs. Mundy left for a short
visit with friends at Kansas City.
They will reside ON farm north,
west of here. The Message
wishes them happiness and long
life.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
Automobile PloW.

f. B. Sellard of this city has in
vcnted-patents pending-an au-
tomobilc plow which we hope viii!
make him rich. The motor will
puli the plow or drive the thr .sl'.
ing machine or can be used am
where ON the farm where power
is needed. If he gets it now so It
will pull the buggy or spring
wagon to town. and do it in
quick order. we are sure his
fortune is made.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
A Paid Superintendent.

The County Court last week de,
cided that after the close of tho
present contract the County Poor
Farm will be placed under the
management of a paid superin
tendent.
This is no reflection upon the
present superintendent, Wa
Willingham. He is one of the mos
careful and painstalSine superin
tendents the County Farm eve,
had, We understand that tllc
court simply wants to try an ex
pertinent, which is in usage else
where.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
THE POOR GIRL!
Even Her Mother Forsakes Her
When She Goes Wrong.

Kansas City, Mo, Aug. A.
Seven months after she took her
first Intoxicating drink, Helen
Chambers, not yet Is years old,
died at the General Hospital this
morning a mental and physical
wreck, from dissipation. Her sys-
TEN had been weakened to such
an extent she could not recover
from the shock of an operation.
Miss Chambers, the daughter
of a respected family in Aurora.
ILL.,, was a high-schoOl girl sc, II
months ago. In a brief period 81,
crowded events into her life that
would have been good measure
for a lifetime.
From the simple drinks she
first INDUCED in last New Year s
Eve she went to stronger ones.
For two weeks before coming to
the General Hospital she virtual
ly lived on absinthc, and at the
last she began using morphine.
A message to her mother. still
living in Aurora, received no re-
sponse, and the girl, with her
life slowly cbbing out, dozed
restlessly through weary and
torturing minutes until the end
came.
"I was just quitting high
school" " she said, shortly before
her death, when asked to tell her
story. "I went to Chicago New
Years Eve with another girl.
We met two boys and went to a
cafe, where the New Years cele-
bration was just starting. / didn t
know what is was like, but /
lo''llu out Everything was order
ly, but | noticed the girls seemed
10 orihk as much as the men.
everyone drank freely and
soon 1t seemed as though all were
intoxicated. l TOOK my first drink
because everyone seemed to he
ur'ilklllg ana 10 be happy as well.
Inc minute" passed quickly and
my pralIl gre" numb
l uol I kho" exactly now |
s"I OUT OF the care or the events
Ieauihg up 10 IT, but when l
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
Worked a Scheme.

The AuXvassc Review gets off
the following hot weather story f:
Two one arm men met in Mex
leo Monday. One had his left
arm off and the other his right.
The man with the left arm Off
proposed TO his newly found
right armlesS friend to buy a
pair of gloves. They hitchcd up
side by side and visited a near
by store They found a pair that
fit and they put them on. "Now," "
said the one, "both of us have a
pair of gloves at the price of one
and two heads are better than one
if one is a sleeps head" "
These two men had never seen
each other before and may never
meet again, but it was a nice
little scheme to make his newly
found friend a present.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Dave Hollopeter was taken to
the railroad hospital at Mobcrly
last week, He was working with
a Wabash concrete force and was
injured in getting cement ON his
clothes, his flesh being badly eat
en- by. the water afterwards get
ting on him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
Asks Divorce

Mrs. Carrie ID. Williams OF this
city is suing her husband, James
d. Williams, for divorce. She
claims that he threatened her life
and at one time grabbed her and
choked her. They were married
at Trenton, Mo-, six years ago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Judge b. II. Burroughs, broth
cr Of d. $. Burrougs of Mexico,
was appointed on the board Of
State chairman for Illinois last
week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Frank and Lee Northeutt of
Beardstown, H., have been visit
ing their grandmother here, Mrs.
Mary Nicholas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12
THAT sPAETE CROWD.
Butting in Against the Building
of the Electric R. r.

~. r. Spaete OF 81. LOUIS, pro-
moter of the North Mo. Central
Electric Il. r., and other parties
were in Mexico last week and
made a proposition to the Mexico
Business Men s Association. They
We're told if they would
reduce their proposition to
writing it would be considered.
Apropos to this, Judge Bolts, in
terested in the building of the
Mexico, Santa Fe & Perry line,
gives the Message the following
.lterview:
81 was present at the meeting
Of the Mexico Business Mems AS
sociation Thursday afternoon at
the Southern Bank with O. f..
Spacte, Judge Roberts and others
of the North Missouri - Central
proposed railroad and heard all
they had to say. These gentle
men are certainly past masters in
the art Of dispensing "hot air. :"
They say their railroad iSfinanccd
but that how and 'by whom is
THEIR business.
My information on this sub
ject comes straight and is this /:
They have a paper signed blythe
Franklin Construction Co.. agree
ing that it will build the road
from jefferson City TO Mexico by
way Of Columbia for $1.SOO.OOO
in bonds, 100000 in bonus and
100000 cash to be raised from
stock sales.
"The important question arises
in this connection, who is and
what is The Franklin Construc-
ton Co. How big concern is
it? Has it the financial ability to
build the road without selling
those bonds?. If not, the road is
not financed.
"These gentlemen stated that
they now have 60 per cent of the
right Of way between Mexico and
Columbia, when as matter of
fact they have not ten per cent
Of it and Mr.. Estes, the man who
made the statement, admitted to
Judge Thos. f. Murrey and Mr..
Glenn, Of Boone county, that lie
had merely been told 50 and did
not know anything about it.
"They stated that their plans
did not contemplate building to
Fulton for the reason that their
engineer pronounced it impract-
ible from an engineering stand
point-too expensive. When |
heard that statement, | thought
! could judge how much their
other statements ought to be dis
counted. For, as "A matter of fact,
the line from point anywhere
near Hereford ON their proposed
line or our line TO Fulton is the
easiest and best grade on the en-
tire line. 1t is a level country
and not Il bridge to be built cX-
rcpt the bridge over the c. &. A..
railroad at Fulton.
"ln this connection, ! would
like to inquire, who is their en-
ginccr and what character of a
man is he as regards his engineer
ing ability? / have never heard
his name; ! have never heard of
his having located any lines;
sought out any terminals, and,
in fact, | have heard that they
are paying their engineer $3.50
per day,
"Their proposition to the peo-
pie of Mexico is that Mexico and
the farmers along the line from
Mexico to the corporate limits of
Columbia raise as a bonus $4,000.
They said they thought Mexico
ought to raise $4,000 or $780,
GOO of this amount, but that what
they wanted mostly was that the
business men, bankers and pro
fessional men help them to talk
the farmers into giving big dona-
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Rev. w, NJ White will preach
at the Liberty school house the
fourth Sunday in this month, at
( p. m. August -.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Y. r. Burch of Kansas CITY has
been visiting relatives and rf!eEGS
1T his former old home, LaddDma,
this county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Simpson of
New Mexico are visiting relatives
and friends in this county. Mrs.
Simpson is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Thomas of Van
dalia, Mr.. Simpson was formerly
ticket agent at Laddonia aud
Farber. He kept Office for the
agent at Auxvasse last week
while the latter enjoyed tho
Bowling Green Fair.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Miss Eva Stcppleman, who has
been in very bad health of late,
was taken to St. Louis last week
for treatment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Phillips
of Richard, Va, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Phillips, near
this city.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

crs, both North and South of
town, shows that they stand
ready to do their part and don t
need to be told by the bankers
and business men what they
ought to do.
"They stated that if Mexico
would not heartily and promptly
join in their scheme and help
raise this bonus, that they would
change their route and build to
Moberly. That is exactly what
our people proposed to them that
they should do last fall. We
stated TO them that we were
ahead of them on the line from
Mexico to Columbia and showed
them that Mexico had direct
communication with Jefferson
City by the way of the c. & A..
railroad and that Moberly had
not; that they could get through
business, from Mobcrly to Jeffer-
son City without successful COM
petition and that their line from
jefferson City to Moberly would
make Il good feeder for theirs
and each would strengthen the
other and neither be in the way
Of the other.
Instead of doing that, how
ever, they have for nine months
thrown in our way every obstacle
that they could and have not to
this day obtained a franchise
from 4 city or a county on their
proposed line. They have not.
apparently, located their line any
vhcsc unless it should be between
Columbia and Ashland. They
have not had in their employ an
engineer Of any note and in fact
seem to me to be playing at rail
road building.
con the other hand. our com
pany has carefully surveyed lis
lines from Hannibal through 20
Columbia and Fulton; has had
the entire line checked up, cor
rected and relocated and reported
on by a high-claSs engineer, who
is known to the financial World.
We have obtained franchises from
the towns and cities into and
through which it runs: have
maps, profilcs, blue-prints. esti-
mates, in fact, a complete show
ing Of every grade, curve. cut
and fill, bridge and culvert on the
entire line.
We have franchises from all
the counties. including the right
granted by tbe Rails county
,omt to use the Salt River
bridge at New London and the
Hannibal and New London turn
nike and 90 per cent of tha RIGHT
of way actually decided to rs,
"Om. only troubIe inst now is
that this Spaefe crowd is contin-
naIIv getting in orr way and that
the first pcopIa. who cot a chance
M tba iob or fnancinr our line
hav. fallen ont with their associ-
atps over a division of the protits
and we have been compcIled TO
turu them dawn aud nppp mn pey
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Mrs. Stella Boyer of st. Louis,
president of the Rebekah As
scmbly, visited the Mexico lodge
last week and Thursday night
she visited the Laddonia lodge.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

Fifth annual Modern WoOdman
picnic at Martinsburg next Sat
urday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-08-12

The infant daughter of Mr., and
Mrs. c. +. Clark has been very i'll.
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marry Dick ere il lie II u, rnoaned

5to narry Diick here IL he II oaneds
The girl.
40 gone bach ttosg tile sdesert he is5
gone out of our yes fore & RED
Jack her, rms outstretc
s DIM $youS let him away i'll the:
ss6eliefs that AIS knew him $tto be living7,,s
accused the wifi
5ssSssNN Z not d man do Is keep the
woman BE loves Dick Lane has gone
from so1lrs ives 81 ess WIN b never re-
3turf, nrgued Jack.
mus, 3. screamed Echo. There
Eis crime charg etl inst you. ne
must return 10 prove that your story
as the noney he mnst know,
through your own lips the lie that
separated
on love him yols love him! z, JACK
kept repeating the words, ag hast ut
the knowledge that Echo seemed toS be
S5rcing upon
Brings him back ttos me. Firmly SIC
SPOKE 5 Esass
Jack gazed at her inS fear. Choking:
Slys escried again, 1ou love him re
sss don knoW know is that
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he shouted hi ,sss M t1,s,
young wife and pulled he,. back from
the doorway Echo sstru ggIed to free
herself but the young man was too
strong.
Us ..IIe had ruined Dicks life, stolen
from him The Woman he loved q he
Missed III her ear.
ack Jack y: was her only an
sWer.
q; he shan L come back Let him
go as I hes LET my brother go out of
your life foreY Z,
can. can't love hinai
Throwing Bud offr, she ran e. the
door. Bud pulled his revolver and
.sIf he enters that door I'll XIII
Ehtm
Slntside Neho heard Jack inquiring,
'Echo Echo, yol allied me Z.
Echo laid her hand on the knobato
open door when she heard the
|, click of the pistols hammer 81 Bud
traised Il.
With prayer 81 her eyes she looked
! at The young man. he was of,durate.
Nothing could move hin,
Turning, she shrek ed !: 81 I did no,
| cali Col 81 Gods name, gol
bobby, was Jacl's farewell. This
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)lllld
lOlllnance Of All zolla
From II
DAYS fslo drasmA
OHls ana
NH us
Gopyr 1908 ~ ia. M Daliin0-

young Vie groaned inS her ago
blow had Hen Dick alfve,
and she nov the wife sc another man!
That her onise Il g must ef
of her
didn,t know a TINT III af ter We were
sssengaged,'s ~ pursued Jae sssix months.
sSsS was the uestioned you about
ether you ould keep youl promise
MI 20 Dick he returned wanted to;
tel You then, but tlle te ing meant
that should lose you. he wrote to;
me ico,s IN here he had been
@ ~ The hosp l.sss He Yas coming home.
osed this lett to go
lack drew from his pocket the letter
gghich sS lick had inclosed III the one
llic d he had sent Jack telling #himof
@ his proposed return. asSss
sEsssSs he took the IissiYe mechanically
Il and opened 10 sloWlly N.
wanted to be square with him,
81 but loved on 3 lead d. Jac L. 2S.satI
loved you better than u &c, better than
honor cotid n't lose otI, an so 49,
Yords sfell on uni needing ears
She was not listening TO his pleadings.
Her Thoughts dWelt on Dick Lanes and
what he must think of her. She had
ken refuge at the piano. on which
xss8she bowed her head WI hin her arms.
Slowly she arose, crushing the letter
IN her hand - d. low, stunned voice
# she cried, ou He'd rs me n
Jack buried bis Face iin his hands.
~ ssYes, he confessed lEIe came the
TfIf yzyn WORE nj S.tsi III n
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,styEfAp''TEIIR];,'; sXIII.5


ORTIZ to the land of dead things,
II through cities that are forgot
ten, Jared Dick Lane. Tricked
4 u BY HIS friend, with The woman
She loved lost to him, he wandered on
ward
Automatically he took up again Ills.
quest for buried treasure THAT which
Hi the flush of youth ffu1l enthusiasm
and Sroseate prospects of life and love
had seized him as q passion @Was now
settled habit and for unately 30, for
y kept him from going mad. He had
no thought Of gain, only the achieve
sment Of a fixed purpose d monomania.
With this impulse was conjodned d
more Volt ional motive he wished to-
revenge himself III on the Apaches and
chiefly upon the renegade Mckee,
whom he supposed still tto be- with
them. Someho he blamed him rather;
thansJack Payson as being the chief
cause of his miseries. ST he had not
stolen the buried gold would have.
returned In time, nSs he muttered HE
is att the bottom Of all this. AS walk
Led away from j ack III the garden VIE
felt as If 1T was Mckee that was fol-
lowing me with Ills black, snaky eyes,
Accordingly Dick directed his way
Ito q region reputed to be both rich IN
buried treasure and infested BY hos
lille Indians. He wande cred westward
Eto Tularosa then down to Fort Grant
and toward the lava beds Of south
western Arizona. Ell all that arid land
there was nothing a. withered as his
soul
lack, wei mounted. with q pack
mule carrying suppl ies, had picked up
Dick trail after It left Tularosa from
81 scout out Of Fort Grant. SsSs5sas
Slim Hoover headed for b Fort Grant
I'm his search for jock. Although the
ranchman had only q brief start OF
him, Slim lost the track at the river
ford. Knowing Dick had gone intto the
desert Jack headed eastward, & while
Slim, sup posing that Jack was break.
Ling for the border to escape into q for
efgns country tn Ted south ward a;
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more than any word She had spoken.
Her face buried inls her hands.
Deep sobs shook her Shout ders.
Jack followed her G. take her again
In his arms, but she mad no signSGf
forgiveness Turning, he strobe TO the
rack and tool down his hat and ear
fridge belt. Pic king up his rife, he
firmly declared ]: Will 80. IN search
the plains, cunt ms and Tho des-
Serts 10 find this man offer my
life sif it will serve to place the life:
you love beside gu. ssoodby
The sound sof the closing of the door
reused Echo IT'D % full rea lization of
what she had done She had driven;
the one man she really loved ont Of
her sent him forth wander
over the face Of the ear III So search of
Dick Lane, for HON she no longer
cared. She must bring her husband
back. She must tell him that he
alone had her hear III his keeping
ONE back she
Escalled love gu and 3aloneI
Come back Come
Is Before she could 9tthro open the
door and sunmo n him back TO happis
mess and trust Bud, who had heard
the full confession from the room sSin
which he had taken refuge when he
though Buck would throw the blame
ON Jack caught her the arm.
stop ss he com ,1ande
Bud Lane III xclaimed Echo. You
have heard
heard otherhe e
1alive!
Bud spoke rapid Els belief was
lkSconfirmed. would have full Re.
ISvenge for what his BROTHER had SUIT
1 fered at oayson' hang .sSs5;sss
no Echo,s plea Qf ~ Don. stop melt
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ssHe is uIi,,sis

g q asSS az
rapid beat of horse's hoofsg told of tis
mounting and hi ding away.
Comet OF, Bud what have
l2Yon done
should have killed hin, was
Buds answer as be gazed after the
fatreating form ping down the
trait
frs. Allen hearing Echo,ss calls, has.
tened III from the kitchen. She found
her daughter sobbing at the table, 4
MA That is the mai child ~
Then, turning I'd Bud, she fercely
demanded off hat have yotig
been sayfn, To- her
chin, n he replied as he left the
house
ether. not vailed Echo.
Jack have sent
Sent him away ~ repeated the
startle Mrs.
es, assured Ech
81 on don, mean to say he isS guilty
You don NEAR, a.
g no 's interrupte Echo. Oh,S
j. never though OF that! He must
come back. Call dad call Slim 5555s
Echo had fore ottten lacks promise
To- Slim. He, ii his period o.
stress had oVerlooked the fact that he
was 81 suspected ( muir erer. Now He;
had fled He must he brought back
\ to- clear his good name.
|BBS Mrs Allen called her husb band and
/ the sheriff into the roo I'M
WHAT'S the row Y outed tie sher.|
Jack5s gonel' cried Mrs. Allen.
E Inamazement the two men could
tSnly repeat the news Gomez,
Zone where Y, crisply demanded
the sheriff
Don,tt stand there tarin' do some
thin, 4 coided MR.. AlIen.
HE gave me his word tos stay an,s
lface this thing osltt vs. shouted The be-
Iwildered Slim
III d al my faulltt. sent him sway
IEcho seized Slim ID hand as she spoke.
lou sent him ava 4,
She fell on her knees before him.
Lifting her hands as 81 prayer, she
I impio IS ttlhoHg BE lis
promise tp Jfou. He never thought offE
Go ma bring him back 10
met
Bring him bacIz laoWled the on
cited sheriff his eyes bnlging, hisII