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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
FORMER LADDoNIA MAN.
Marries a Wife at Vandalia; Set
ties at Benton City.

The Vandalia Leader last week
used the following:
Wednesday evening, Dee. II :
the home of Mrs. Fannie Percy III
the west part of town, was the
scene of very pretty wedding
The contracting parties were
Mr.. j. George Brakel and Miss
Olive +. Percy. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. a. r.
Allison at o'clock.
The wedding march was played
Iby- Miss Kate Birdhoff. The guests
numbered about twenty. the rela-
tives OF the bride and groom and
n few intimate friends. Clarence
Percy, brother Of the bride, acted
in the capacity of groomsman and
Miss Margie Brakel, sister of the
groom, was bridesmaid. After the
ceremony the company was in
vited to regale themselves at
table grOaning with good thing,
calculated to delight the inne?
man.
The bride is daughter of Mrs
Fannie Percy of this place and i,
| highly esteemed for her many
good qualities and graces. Tho
groom. although not so widely
known here. is one of the sub
Stantial young men of Laddonia.
They expect after a few days to
establish their home in Benton
City, Mo-. where Mr.. Brakel is en-
gagged in business. The best wish
es of their many friends will fol
low them to their new home.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
MOLINO ITEMS.

The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Mundy, who has been
quite sick, is better.
The community sympathizes
with Mr. and Mrs. Porter Cauth,
orn in the loss of their infant
daughter. Burial at Bethel
church cemetery Dec. llth.
Mrs. Mamerva Barnes, of Idaho
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Tom
Stuart, this week.
Miss Edna Tanner. Of Mexico
visited over Sunday with Mis-,
Leota Weaver, out on route I.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Beam. ot
Mexico, visited X. l.. Heizer anc
family last week and ATTENDED
church at Mt. Zion.
Rev. w. G. Reeves, of Bell
| flower, Mo-, preached at Mt. Ziol
last Wednesday and Thmsda,
nights. The church has calle,
! Bro. Reeves to preach for then
the coming year.
Paul Cawthorn, Jr., who ha
been quite sick is some better a
this writing.
Most every one is thru gather
ing corn and hog killing is tn
order of the day
Walter Strap e has sold hi
farm, east of MoIino, and is NOV
| ing south of Mexico.
ID. $. Weaver, O. l.. Wood,
Russell Woods and a. l.. Winner
halter have returned from "A pros
Ipecting tour through Howel
Texas ana Maries counties.
Miss Ellen Carter visited Mis-
Ruth Woods last Sunday.
The Misses lByhee are visitin
their sister, Mrs. Elgin .Iuns
near Mexico.
Wishing the Message and all il
readers Merry, Merry Christ
mas and Happy New Year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
HOW to Avoid a Church panlo.

Macon, Mo-, Dec. 1S.-While the
Rev. S. CarOthers was delivering
the closing prayer at the NJ. f.
Church this morning f, C. Thorn
burg, a physician, arose and re-
marked quietly, Brother Caroth-
ers, the building is on fire. " The
tone was so free from excitement
that the large congregation lett
the building quietly. 1t was only
when the worshipers reached the
sidewalk that they saw that the
roof was ablaze. In ten minutes
the church was in flames. Tn,
building cost about $4,000 IN.
insurance Is $4,000,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
BEAVER DAM.

Most of the farmers are through
gathering corn in this vicinity.
Butchering is the order of the
day.
II. H. Bennett delivered a spal
of draft horses to Lee Bros, Mon
day, which brought $500.
\. II. Dicus sold 20 hogs to
Green Cant, which averaged $50
lbs, at 1925 percwt.
Walter Vain sold to Mr.. Creed
400 bushels of corn at 45 cents
per bushel.
Miss Yella Norris will leave
Monday for a visit to friends and
relatives in Illinois.
Victor Vain and wife enter
tanned quite number of their
friends with an oyster supper last
Thursday night All report a
good time.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

me, and now what am | to do?"
Knox then told Hampton that
Kavanaugh s gesticulations were
caused by his being deaf and
dumb and not because he was a
German officer in the Federal
army. The frightened Confeder-
ate soldier was allowed to con
tinue his journey.
LII. Talbot, now living in Mex
leo, Mo-, an uncle of w. X. Kavan-
augh, was the latter's guardian
after the death of his father and
mother. Some years ago Mr..
Kavanaugh went to st. Louis to
sngage in the transfer business,
where he became one of the lead
ing financiers Of the West.
Upon one occasion. when Mr..
Talbot was in Kavanaugh s office
in st. Louis the latter came in and
said:
"Uncle, am trying to organize
a company TO buy coal mines over
near East st. Louis, and | must
have million dollars by Saturday
night" D."
"Well, my boy" said Mr.. Tai.
bOtt, "your unclc's advice to you
is that you had better go home
and quit right now. You cant do
it,"
In few days, before Mr.. Tai
IbOtt returned to his home. Mr..
kavanaugh came to him and said
"Well, Uncle Hale, | have the
million dollars and | will close the
deal. The option expires on Sat.
mday night"
And he did. And now Mr.
Kavanaugh is some million nj ,
himself, and is, moreover, II figure
of national Importance.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
made good profit for Frank.
The Horse Editor Of the Bari

made Il good profit for Frank.
The Horse Editor of the Baris
Appeal drops the following very
sensible thoughts:
We would get a bit more fun
ont of your jokes about these co..
lege fellers telling us farmers
how to farm. Mr.. Oldrut, but fol
the fact that men who follow
their suggestions make two bush
els of corn grow where we have ia
work like thunder to produce one
The Horse Editor used to get of
jokes at their expense, too, until
he learned that he was only advcr-
tising his ignorance. These gem
tlemen are the best posted and
most successful farmers on earth
They study the science of the soils
and evolve theories for making
them produce to the best advan.
tage. These theories are pu;
through all sorts of actual tests
and when their utility has beeu
demonstrated beyond the shadO,,
of doubt they are passed on to
us tillers of the soil who have lo
time for experiments. Therefore
Mr. Oldrut. when one of these
college gentlemen hands out 4
bunch of suggestions about better
seed corn, different methods q.
cultivation, and schemes for feed
ing it to best advantage. you car
follow them with full assurance
that they will lead you into the
ranks of intelligent, prosperous
crop producers. A good way t.
demonstrate the wisdom of THEN
advice is to try it on part of q
field and ignore it on the other
part
Mrs. NJ. s. Willingham, OF
Beaver Dam neighborhood, sOld
six white Holland turkeys whicl
brought %24.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
Neighbors Save Farmers Corn

KirksvilIe, Mo-. Dec. 1S.-IIer-
bert Gluck, farmer, of Adair
County, is of the opinion that he
knows the full meaning of the
parable of the Good Samaritan.
His daughter became very i'll
several weeks ago. and as he had
to give practically all of his time
caring for her he was unable to
gather his corn crop, He was
very much surprised one morning
this week to count thirty-foul
teams and eighty men in his fiell
at sunrise gathering his corn IIC
was so surprised, in fact, that he
went out to the field and asked
them what it meant, They tOlC
him to go to the house and be con
tent, for his corn would be in tn
crib by noon.
His forty acres produced abou
sixty bushels per acre, and tht
army of noighbors had it all crib
bed before noon, and now Mr.
IGmck says that his neighbOrhoo,
is full of good Samaritans.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
Baptists Call Pastor.

The Mexico Baptist church has
called Rev. j. f. Ayskew of North
Carolina to be its pastor. He is
expected to be here to take charge
the first of the coming month. He
is said to be a man of fine ability
and we hope to see the Mexico
church greatly prosper under his
leadership. The Mexico. congre,
cation has been without a pastor
several months.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
THOMPSON ITEMS.
Mr.. Decker, The Blacksmith -,
Ryland Pearls Mishap.

Thompson. Mo-. Dee. l9.-Dan-
iel Chrismer, foreman of the WI
ash extra gang at this place, went
to FOristell, his home, Saturday
night, and returned Sunday night
bringing with him his wife. They
will board at DR.. Jordan's.
Mr.. Thomas Gorsuch and familj
of Cromwell, Indiana. who hal Q
been visiting friends and relatives
here for the past week. left for
home Sunday night.
Miss Addie IIalc of Laddonia
visited friends here the past wecl;
Miss Edna Cant. who is teach.
| ing school near Benton City, Niy.
tied home folks Saturday ard
Sunday.
Cant 4 Considine sold two loads
of hogs on contract the past week
Frazier & johnson of Columbia
getting one load and James A.
Carpenter, Of Sturgeon. the other
The price received being nUt
learned. They also shipped a
load Sunday night.
Mr.. Bogie Redmond, of Paris
Ky, visited friends here the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Decker, Of st
Louis, who recently bought the
blacksmith shop and residence
prOperty'of +. +. Elliott. came in
last week and are now ready fo.
business. 1t is Mr.. Decker's pur
pose to make this one of the best
Equipped shops in the county
Mr.. Decker himself is a fin,
mechanic. lie was formerly il
the employment of the Lawson
Leon Stone Service Co.. as tray
cling mechanic. He also ha,
employed Mr.. VIM. Glover, oI
Springfield. Mo-. to assist him il
the business. Mr.. Glover wa.
't6rmerly employed by the HOLLAND
Stock Farm as shoer and genera
smith. These gentlemen come Il
us highly recommended. AMI w,
bespeak for them the patronage o
the whole community.
Little Ryland Pearl, the onl,
child Of Ed Pearl and wife, ouI
merchant at this place, happene,
to quite painful accident Fri
day morning. While taking Tn,
saddle off Of his shetland pony
the pony wheeled and started t,
run, catching his leg in rope i
was tied with and in some wa,
breaking it about middle ways o
the thigh bone. He is doin.
nicely and nothing preventing
will be out in two or three weeks
Mr., Daniel O'Callahan. of Bat
tie Creek, Mich, attended the fun
eral of his sister, Mrs. R. X
/, Thomas, last Thursday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
West Boint Test.

Gervais Berrey, son of DR.. and
Mrs. R. w. Berrey of this city,
stood first in physical examination
in the test here last Saturday. lie
stood second in the mental eX,
animation. 1t is understood that
the examiners have suggested Ia
Congressman Clark that Mr.. Ber'
rey be given the appointment.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
The Electric Railroad.

According to r. II. Phillips.
who has just departed from Col
umbia, work on the Mexico, Perry
and Santa Fe Traction Company :
electric road, of which he is chiei
e n g eer, is being push.
ed rapidly north of Mex
leo, says the Columbia Trib
une. The road has been construct
ed a short distance out of Mexico
and the grading is completed fol
over ten miles toward Perry. The
distance to Rails county is twenty
five miles and the grading will
continue as long as the weathe.
permits.
The south end of the Mexico
and Santa Fe is contracted for a,
far south as Hereford, Callaway
county, and about five miles of i
is completed. Hereford is twenty
miles from Mexico.
The Mexico and Santa Fe roa,
has a charter from the City of Co
lumbia to run its lines into thi
city and the survey from Here
ford to Columbia has already beer
made. From Hereford the surve,
has also been made to Fulton, tn
projected road branching at Here
ford, one leg running to Fulton
the other to Columbia,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

The Wabash R, R. Co. paid
Clarence A, Barnes, attorney for
Pribe- Simater Co, $500 in com
promise of claim for damages re,
sulting from fire set by Wabash
engines.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

Thomas. RObnett, who has a fine
business position in New York
State, is visiting his mother in
this city, Mrs. Lucy RObnett.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

IRIS. d. w. Butler of this city
refused few days ago from Il
NlNt her daughter at Fulton,
i Mrs. Fra, Dodd.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

z Il Roberts, southeast of Mex
lco' visited his sister, Mrs. Ed
England, in ST. Louis, last week
and attended the Industrial Con.
gress, which closed yesterday
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

DIR. +. NJ. Shoush of this city
delivered an address for the Odd
Fellows at Auxvasse last Tuesday
night.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

Mrs. H. t. wOrley returned
few days ago from a visit to her
parents at Fulton, Mr.. and and
Mrs. A, c. Clayton.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

Thomas Gill; formerly Of this
city, is now managing salesmaa
for the Singer Sewing Machine
Go, in Nebraska and Wyoming.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

Mrs. 4. ,. Graham and Mrs,
Mary Graham are visiting st
Louis friends.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

Mrs, +. R. Douglas and j. w.
Stephens subscribe for the Mes
sage,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

Attorney +. c. Kennan, at Lad
dOnia, renewS for the Message.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

Mrs. Annie Arimstead Of this
city is reported quite i'll.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

Il. NJ. Shannon, James p. Powell
and Mrs. Milford Berry renew
for the Message.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

The weather and roads continue
good.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-27


Thereupon he gave orders for a
change in the course Of the ship. He
pointed the Constitution for spot II,
the Atlantic sixty miles southwest.
What possessed him to direct the ves-
sci to that particular point he never
could explain. He simply had what a
race track follower would call a
"hunch,' and when he got TO the spot
ate Crane. Soon after the Cyane came
ed the sloop-of-war Leyant. The Lee
as the Constitution but she was not.
She had false gun ports painted amid
ships, and 1t was not until the action
lied her true Dimensions
In tonnage and In gun fire the Lee
want and Cyane were a. little heavier
than the Constitution. This advantage
should have told decidedly in a con-
test where two vessels were fighting
one. Upon Stewart devolved the duty
of keeping the two either so busy or
SO separated that they could not con-
centrate their fire on him.
The Fight.
For several hours the warships ma
noeuvred, the captains jockeying with
rare skill. It was late in the after.
noon when they began manoeuvr1ng.
and 1t was night before the battle be-
gan. Students OF naval warfare de-
clare that there is nothing to equal
the superb seamanship Stewart dis
played In this engagement. AS tho
battle began the moon arose. At times
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nifty offered. he stepped the mast.

nifty offered. he stepped the mast.
In our war with Tripoli he was sec
ond in command to Commodore Preble.
and he had plenty of action. but to De-
catur went most of the glory Of that
expedition. for his dash into the harbor
OF Tripoli, when he burned the Phila-
delphia. "thc most bold and daring act
of the age" as Lord Nelson termed it.
overshadowed everything else. Stew
art. too. had hand in that thrilling
affair He. in the Siren. accompanied
Decatur, who was in the Intrepid. While
Decatur entered the harbor. Stewart
waited outside, prepared to go in and
rescue Decatur IL the attack failed.
or pick him up in the event of success.
In the entry in Prehle's log equal credit
for the success of the remarkable at
tack Is given to Stewart and Decatur
but really 1t all belonged TO Decatur,
for Stewards part only was that OF
\ supporting his brother officer.
A testy man was old Preble. Good
lighter and good seaman though he
/, was, he was not a good judge of men
: He had lot of youths as command
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| form. BY his side hung HIS full dress
sword. magnificent Toledo blade.
There had been a gold hilt TO that
superb sword, but II was shot away in
the fight with the Cyane and the Leyant.
and the armorer OF the Constitution
had fashioned rude iron one on 1t,
and so the commodore wore 1t.
The land could not hold Charles
Stewart long. Back to sea he would
go. He was commissioner OF the navy
for four years. position practically
tho same as Secretary OF the Navy to-
day. There was movement In tho
early forties TO nominate him for the
presidency. but he sauelched It.
On May 81, 1885, his daughter Della
married Charles Henry Parnell. and
she became the mother of Charles
Stewart Parnell. who will be ranked
by historians perhaps as the greatest
lender the Irish people ever have had.
In 1856 Stewart was senior commo-
dore OF the American Navy. In 1860
he was flag officer. In 1852 he was COM
missoned rear-admiral. On November
6. 1863 In his ninety-second year. odd
Ironsides" died For sevcnty-two years
he was in the service OF the United
States, and he was on waiting orders.
when he died.
Copyright. 1910. by Richard spillane)
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ny RICHARD sruI.ASE.

In day OF wonderful ships and re-
markable saiiormcn, Charles Stewart
gave an exhibition of seamanship un-
caualed in naval warfare. With one
ship he fought two ships, and not only
did he capture the two. but SO cleverly
did he handle his own craft that never
We're the enemy able to deliver a broad
side. He has been termed the 1uckest,
IF not the greatest OF the conmodores
OF that glorious 1872 period, but to
skill more than to luck mis- success may
be aseribed. He never lost a ship and
he never lost a fight. His fame rests
largely on one contest. that between
the Constitution and the Levant and
Cyane. but that one fight was a classic.
1T is strange that the two greatest
fights of the War Of 1912, the one on
land and the other on sea, should have
been fought after the treaty OF peace
had been signed. 1t was month after
jackson had crushed the British at
New Orleans that Stewart captured
the Levant and the Cyane.
Stewart was born in Philadelphia
July IS, IT'S. His parents were Irish,
end he was only two years old when
his father died. His mother. left with
four small children. had bitter strug-
b gle to provide for her little ones. When
he was eleven years old Stewart went
( to sea as q ca bin BOY. BY the time he
was twenty he was In command of a
clipper ship. But the merchant marine
had less fascination for him than the
navy On March .. 1898. he was com
missioned lieutenant and assigned to
the frigate United States. He had as
shipmates Decatur, Sorlers and other
men destined to win high honors in
the service.
Obey Orders.
1t was not until 1900, when he got
command of the Experiment, that he
began to show what stuff he was made
of. No vessel in the West Indies was
more active in chasing French priva-
Steers than was Stewards little schooner
He captured the Deux Amis, and did 1t
so brilliantly that he won the COM
mendation Of Congress. He had fine
faculty for handling men. He was
martinez. hot-headed and imperious at
times, and a stickler for the rigid car
rging out of his orders, but he had
60 many lovable qualities that his men
We're devoted TO HIM II he insisted
upon others obeying his orders, he was
none the less obedient to the orders of
his superiors. Once he got orders to
sail. The order was neremptory. His
vessel was without a mainmast, and he
sailed. He towed his mainmast an6
Joined the fleet. Then, when opportu
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across the Atlantic.
9 Stewart arrived in New York In May
and got magnificent reception. a
gold medal and the thanks of the ma
tion were bestowed upon him by Con-
gress. "A few years later he raised his
broad pennant as commodore and went
to Europe In the line OF battle ship
Franklin.
There was no better ship or better
sailor on the seas in that day than the
he returned after Emperors and Kings
had been his guests on the warship. he
went TO live on his estate near Bor-
dcntow n. which he called Montpelier.
but which came to be known later. as
ne. too, came to be known. as old
Troy eli lac
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His Ncighbor the King.

His NciEhbor the I1inE.
There he had for neighbor Joseph
.Bonaparte. once King OF Naples and
once King OF Spain. and now an exile.
They got to be great chums. Every
Fourth OF July they celebrated the ma
tions birthday together at Bonaparte
Hall. The commodore wore full uni-
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Business Men Go to China.

San Francisco, Aug. ga large
party of members of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce OF the Pa
cific coast sailed today on the Korea
for China, where they will make a
six weeks trade boosting trip through
the interior. Sections OF the empire
now having but little trade with the
United States will be invaded. The
delegates carry credentials that will
call official attention Of the Chinese
government to the proposed Panama
Pacific International exposition to be
held in San Francisco in 1915, and
they hope to do a great deal of mis-
sionary work among possible oriental
exhibitors at the big fair. The party
will visit the Chinese exposition at
Shanghai next month, several men,
bers Of the party having been appoint
ed official American delegates.
The chambers Of commerce of San
Francisco Oakland, Los Angeles, San
Diego, Portland, Seattle. Spokane and
Tacoma are represented. After the
trip through China, some of the men,
bers of the party will visit the Phil
ippines and Japan