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Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
IN AND AROUND VANDALIA

We had some hail Sunday night.
Miss Villa McCune who is at
tending school in Fayette and
Miss Geneva who is attending the
University, spent the week s end
with their parents, Mr., and Mrs,
Guy McCune.
Fount Darnell visited her
mother, Grandma Darnell, last
week.
Mrs. a. Guy left last week for
BIythyille, Ark, where she will
visit her sister, Mrs. O. b. Sugett.
Miss Gertrude Gardener of
Nandalia and Mr.. Canterberry
were married in Martinsburg last
Sunday (week).
Mrs Geo. Lake and Miss
Maurine Smith visited relatives
and friends in Ellsberry last week.
Mrs. Jno. A. Brooks and baby
visited friends in Mexico last
week.
Leland IIickerSon, who has been
attending the University, return
ed home last week. lie will try
farming this season.
Jack Keithley and Miss Edris
! Cole were united in marriage last
Wednesday. Jack is night
operator at the C. & a. R. r, here,
Miss Maude Barhee visited
home folks last week. Miss
NIaude is attending Hardin Col
lege in MeNico.
Miss Frouia Clifton went to st.
| Louis on business last week.
Miss Ellie Stone who has been
teaching school near Slick return
/ ed home last Monday.
Miss Bryina Middleton spent
/ the weeks end with home folks
last week. She is attending the
Moberly Business College.
Mrs. Sarah Osterhout returned
home last week from an extended
visit to Mount Olivet friends.
Mrs. Frances Jones is visiting
/ L. S. Goran and family.
/ f. W.Sparks is having his lum-
Der yard surroundings painted
this week.
Mrs. Mollie and jeff GOran Wis
tied jeff Slavens last Saturday
and Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
A Surprise Wedding.

Fulton, Mo-, April Am
nOuncement has just been made of
the marriage of Miss Edris cole.
a student at William Woods Col
lege. to Jack Keithley, night
operator for the Chicago & Alton
Railroad at Vandalia. The bride
is niece of Deputy Sheriff James
Cole of Fulton.
The bride is only II years old
and it was necessary for her
neither to give her consent. Mrs.
Cole said she thought it would be
needless to oppose the match. as
the young people were determin-
ed to wed. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. W. A.
Shullenberger Of Mexico, Mo,
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
AIDS MAIL CARRIET
Latter Talks Politics and Loses
His Job.

Washington, d. c., March 30
New Speaker Champ Clark may be
gruff at times with little or no
provocation, but no one can say
truthfully that he is hardhcarted.
He demonstrated this today when
he made a personal trip TO the
Post-Otfice Department in behalf
of a rural carrier in his district.
who had been suspended for the
month Of April as punishment of
having INDUCED unwiScIy in poll
ties last fall. As a result of Mr..
Clark s visit the man will he al
lowed to continue his work and
will suffer no loss of salary.
The interesting feature of the
incident is the fact that the car
rier's suspension was the out
growth of charges filed by Mr..
Clark himself.
The man benefited by the Con
greSSman's s action is Charles
Bivin Of Fulton, Mo. A few days
ago w. Ed. Jamison of Fulton. en-
route to Europe. stopped over in
Washington and made a plea TO
Mr.. Clark for Bivin, on account Of
the latter's wife and children.
Yesterday Mr.. Clark received a
letter from an old college mate.
President J. b. Jones of William
Woods College, at Fulton, urging
that it would be a good act to re
scind the order of suspension.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
EAST HALLSVILLE.

Quite a snow fell Thursday
night, making it very nice on
farmers having clover to SOW.
Mr.. Clarence Doyle and Miss
Cora Davis were united in mar
riage Wednesday, March 10Th.
The bride is highly esteemed
young lady and the groom a very
prosperous young farmer. We
wish to extend our heartiest con
gratulatiOns.
Rev. Clinton filled his regular
appointment at Mt Zion church
Sunday.
Vest Castleman happened to a
very serious accident last Tues
day. While drawing hay into the
loft with a hay fork a piece of
iron weighing about so pounds
fell the distance of 20 feet, strik-
ing Vest in the back. His recovery
is little expected.
The wedding bells will soon be
ringing. Guess who.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
A Blaze at the Fix 1t.

Last Saturday morning, about
four o'clock, fire was discovered
in the basement of the French
Building on the northwest corner
IF the square, occupied by c. A.
Bush, the Elk 1t" shop man. w
H. French owned the building,
and both he and Mr.. Bush were
insured.
The fire department had a hard
fight. They were able to confne
the fire to the rear and basement
of the building, and at last the
blaze was put out. The Singer
Sewing Machine agency was also
in the same building. a number
of new machines was burned
loss about $500, covered by in
Surance.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
Charlie Rodgers Purchase.

Bloomington, ILL.,, April s.
Suit to set aside a deed and for
relief was filed in the circuit court
here today. involving the estate
of James w. Vandolah, of Lex
ington, ILL.,, who.in company with
Messrs. Scroggin and Pierson.
about , years ago became in
volved in financial difficulties to
the extent of over $625,0OO. Re,
Gently the Vandolah farm of 6l7
acres involved in this transaction
with Mrs. Holiday, which it is
alleged was manipulated through
Long, was sold at auction. The
tract was bid in by c. d. Rodgers
of Mexico, Mo-, for $98.72S.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
RUSH HILL NEWS.

Mrs. Emma Davis, who was re-
Gently hurt, is improving at this
writing.
Mr.. Will Doolin and wife were
visiting in st. Louis last week.
Little Tommy Sneed, who has
been visiting his father in st.
Louis, returned home last Satur-
day.
The Rush Hill Switch Board
will soon he completed, as the ear
penters have been working on il
for the past week. Also the foun-
dation for the Odd Fellows Hall
is laid.
Mrs. William Armstrong and
two children left last week for
Montana, where they will make
their future home.
Mr.. Dan Myers and wife and
daughter, Sadly, were the guests
of Harry Armstrong and wife last
Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
LADDONIA ITEMS.

JnO. HobSon and wife and two
little children, Bernice and How
ard Lee. visited relatives at
Williamsburg several days last
week.
Willis Eastman of WellSville
visited relatives here Sunday.
Miss Leta McCune was a Mex
leo visitor Saturday.
Miss Minnie Quinn spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. Lhas
Biggers, at Perry.
Quite a bit of improving is be-
ing done here this spring. Mrs
Ida Knipfel has just completed
a modern front porch, which adds
greatly to her place. Edgar
Elder did the work. This was
formerly the Jno. Freeman home.
The first material was hauled to
Moss Addition last week by j. w.
Elder for the erection of 7 room
unto date house. Mr.. Elder and
son. Edgar, will do their own
work,
Herman Sipple has commenced
the erection of bungalow in
Swift's Addition. west of A. c..
Corner.
Luther Shotwell is putting up
another room to his dwelling.
j. w. McCubbin bought the
restaurant and grocery store from
B T. Alexander and will close
these ont and mt in an up-to-date
stock of drugs
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
That Gross State Electric.

The directors of the st. Louis
Kansas City Electric railroad
have ordered the L. j. Smith Con
structiOn Co. to start work on
their line this month. They pro
pose to begin work at Higgins
vile and independence in few
days. The Mexico, Santa Fe &
Perry electric will likely have a
Joint traffic arrangement with
the above road, for the two lines
will cross each other this side Of
Columbia.
with our double track, and
powerful electric locomotives, "
said Judge d. c. Nevin, president
of the company, eve viii be in a
position to compete with all the
steam roads, and | think more
than hold our own. We have this
advantage: Our road will be
thirty-seven miles shorter between
the two cities than the shortest
steam railroad. In the spring, or
any other time for that matter,
we will never be in danger of high
water, as there is not a half mile
Of our line that is within the
danger line of the 1903 flood. We
follow the ridge all the way. We
are only 24O miles to St Louis.
"Think of 5-hour service to St.
louis, ," continued Judge Nevin,
that's just what we will be Civ
ing in about two years, for this
line is to be pushed without inter
"uption until it is finished. Then
we will have the unit car service
That is a single car will leave
Kansas City and ST. Louis every
half hour to pick up passengers
at the smaller stations going
either way"
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
REV. G. G. SELECMAN.
Formerly of Mexico, Believes in
old-Time Religion and
Heaven.

The st. Louis papers are taking
notice of Rev. c.. G. Selecman,
now located in that city, formerly
pastor of the Methodist church in
Mexico. At Kingdom House in
st Louis a few days ago he dis.
cuSSed the location of Heaven.
"The hope of heaven affords the
most powerful motive for right
living" he argued.
Suppose" he went on to say,
eve should tell bank cashiers and
tellers, "Be honest, for if you are
not you will carry the penalty in
your own breasts" " many men,
| fear, would be capable Of
managing thir consciences fairly
well.
"It is not true of life that
Heaven and He'll are realized here.
Dives was having a most COM
| Portable time until he died. Wear
ing fine linen and faring sumptu-
ouSly, he was type of the men
who prosper and are jolly and
complacent in their sins.
81 know a woman on Chouteau
avenue whose husband often aban-
dons her, and is a cruel brute
when at home. She has a disease
which has enlarged her joints
and crippled her for life. She is
so feeble that she cannot keep the
children and the house tidy, and
often the children cry for bread
when she has none 20 give them.
This is a good woman, trying to
serve God. Am | to tell her that
all the Heaven she can hope for is
here? ? Then the Universe is out of
joint, and divine justice is a joke.
Jesus said, Il go to prepare a
place for You, and | will come
again and receive you unto my
self that where / am, there ye may
be also
"Then if heaven is not a place,
either Jesus was laboring under
a mistake or did not mean what
He said. ! do not think golden
streets and jasper walls will suf-
flee to make us happy, but | do
conceive that somewhere in God 3
universe there is a place where
His will is supreme and where sin
and death, selfshness and sorrow
never enter Jesus assured His
apostles that this was true. If it
were not so, ] would have told
you. ,"
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
A PROTEST.
Bowling Green Church Deplores
Sunday Session of The
Legislature.

Bowling Green, Mo, March 20.
That Sunday session of the Mis-
souri, legislature, in which mem
berS fought on the floor of the
house, ism t to pass mnoticed in
Pike county, of which this city is
the county seat. The Baptist
church of Bowling Green has
adopted a resolution deploring the
conduct Of the legislators and
action of the Legislature in hold
ing a session on Sunday.
BY doing So" the resolution
says, 1T disgraced itself, lowered
the dignity of our great state,
violated the divine law and
brought reproach on the Chris
tian manhood and womanhood Of
our state"
The resolution suggests a gen
eral meeting in which the citizens
If Pike county can voice their
sentiment in behalf of observance
Of the Sabbath. 1t ..also orders
that a copy of the resolutions be
sent to the representative from
this county and the state senator
from this district.
Bowling Green is the home Of
Champ Clark, speaker-elec of the
National House of Representa-
tives.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
House Struck by lightning.

The residence of DR.. Y. II. Wi
mans on South Clark avenue, this
clty' was struck by lightning last
Sunday while the family was seat
ed at dinner. One of the children,
however, Theodore, was in
another room and the lightning
Knocked him to the floor.
NeighbOrS across the street saw
the blaze from the bolt as il
struck the roof, but hard down
pour of rain coming just then ex-
tinguished it. No serious damage
was done. The family, at first.
did not realize that the house had
been struck.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
SOME CASH; SOME NEWS.

George Byars made us glad last
Saturday with a renewal favor.
Henry S. Clark has our thanks
for renewal of his Message sub
scripti0n.
j. A. Farthing, one of our
valued Vandalia subscribers, has
our thanks for a renewal favor.
o. f. Hafner, a splendid friend
of this paper, down on bittleby,
greeted us with a renewal favor a
few days ago.
These splendid friends renew
for the Message Mrs j. D. Wor-
ley, G. II. Crockett, j. w. Filing
ton. Prof. l.. J. Shobe. and w. E.
Spencer.
Miss Emma l.. Barrett of this
city leaves this week for an ex-
tended visit to her sister in San
Antonio. Texas. She orders the
Message TO follow her.
Mrs. f. II. Skelly, at Pilot
Point, Texas, renews for the Mes
sage. Says she cannot do with
ont the paper. Especially enjoys
seeing the Rush Hill news letters.
w. l.. Bush subscribes for the
Message. His wife has been quite
i'll for several weeks with a gath
ering in her ear, resulting from
an attack of the grippe. Hope
she may soon be restored to
health.
We have an interesting note
from B. II. Showers, at Holcomb,
Kan, speaking of his appreciation
of the weekly visits of the Mes
sage. Misses a copy occasionally
and when the paper fails to come
1t seems like missing letter from
home. Says everything looks
promising for a big crop in his
State. Had fine rains lately. Lots
of moisture makes big suntlowers
in Kansas.
Our boyhood friend, Cliff Dud-
geon, down Worcester way, was
in to see the Message a few days
ago, to get ahead on his subscrip-
ton. lie likes the Message, zap
preciates the paper as much as
anybody in the world" and we
appreciate his telling lis so, too.
Cliff is one of the best hearted
fellows living. He is always look
ing on the sunny side of things,
and takes the bumps of life as
they come.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
J. F. STYLE s BARLEY.
G. H. Culbertson Purchase-W.
E. Thompsons Calves. w. H.
Yates Buys.

j. r. Smiley, of near Santa Fe,
is feeding III yearling steers.
Hugh Hoar, over near Santa Fe,
is feeding 130 cows and heifers
and 100 head of hogs.
w. f. Thompson, north of
Martinsburg, is feeding a fine
drove of yearling calves.
c. II. Culbertson. now of Mont
gomery City, has bought the John
Evcrt farm, five miles southeast
of Mexico.
w d. Lee has bought Dave Me
Gees residence on East Brecken-
ridge street, this city, paying
$4,000. 1t is a fine home.
Miss Pinkie West. as agent. sold
the Charles Criswell property on
East Jackson street in this city
last week to O. Hollody for $4,000.
j. f. Styles, of near StrOther,
has a field of barley this year. 1t
is an experiment which his neigh
bors are watching with consider
able interest.
|. Y. Van Note, who bought the
j. w. Lee & Sons dairy here, took
charge last Saturday. Mr.. Van
Note is the man who had charge of
Chief Josephine at Columbia. the
worlds famous milk COW.
T. w. Ball of Fulton has bought
G. l.. Ferris plumbing business in
Mexico. C. b. Bergen who has
been associated with Mr.. Ball at
Fulton will have charge of the
business in Mexico.
The Auxvasse Review says VIM.
II. Yates dropped over into Au-
drain county last week and bought
four of the best mare mules in
that county. He got them off OF
Earl Cunningham northeast of
Mexico and paid 1880 for the
four. They are Is ~ hands high
and are about the best that ever
made track in the road.
James Overfelt. four and one
half miles northeast of AuXvasse.
in addition to being one of the
corn. Mr.. Overfelt also fat
stock buyers, is also a farmer of
considerable proportions, says the
AuXvasse Review. He is sowing
90 acres of oats this season and
putting ont about 40 acres of
corn. Mr.. Overfelt also also fat
tens quite a good deal of stock.
He now has two cars of sheep on
feed that will be ready to ship out
about the first of May.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
Dies Suddenly.

John NJ. Ruloff, aged 90 years,
died very unexpectedly about
nine O'Clock last Friday morning
in the alley back of Buckner s
Drug Store. He was preparing to
hitch his horses to his medicine
wagon, which he drove around
over the country selling remedies,
when he was stricken. He was
afflicted with heart trouble and
had been suffering Herewith only
about a half hour before bat he
recovered and went to his horse.
A little later he was found dead.
Mr. Ruloff is survived by his
wife and two children. The chill
dren are: Mrs. Legare Gary of
Springfield, ILL.,, and Irwin Ruloff
Of this city. His mother, Mrs. NJ
+. Ruloff. also resides here,
a II d two sisters, Mrs
Thomas McCune and Mrs. S. j.
Buckner.
Coroner p. f. Coil held an in
quest.
The funeral was held at the
home Monday morning, conduct
ed by Rev. W. A. Shullenberger
The body was taken to st. Louis
for burial.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
Is Placed in Jail.

Ben Greenman Of near Van
ialia, who was arrested last week
on the charge of forging the name
of d. II, Murrell of Vandalia to a
check for $3.50 and passing the
heck on +. p. Dye & Bro, plead
not guilty in Justice StalIing's
court in Mexico last Friday and
was held to await the action Of
the Circuit Court and was placed
in Jail.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
Mrs. McNeely Dead.

Mrs. w. T. McNeely, a sister of
Charles. George and Ralph Dean.
south of Mexico, died at her home
in Vinita. Okla. Wednesday night
of last week. She had been i'll
about month. Deceased is sur
vived by six children. A sister,
Miss Laura Dean, resided with
Mrs. McNeely. Another sister,
Mrs. c. G. Hill, lives in Texas
Ralph Dean left here Thursday
morning to attend his sister s
funeral.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
Stallion Day.

The following had fine stations
on exhibition in Mexico last Sat
drday:
GrandiOse, a fine PercherOn, i'm
ported from France last year,
owned by J, r. Shook and VI. T
Pierce.
Glenmont Rose. saddle ami.
NAL, owned by j, r. Shook.
Rex f., owned by r. II. Can,
thorn.
Two Percherons, a bay and a
black, owned by VIM. Culkins,
Tom Moody, an Illinois bred
stallion, owned by II. H. Weakley
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
Moves to Mexico.

The Centralia Guard last week
said:
Godfrey Zaugg and family will
remove to their new home in Mex
leo on Monday of next week. Mr..
Aaugg having rented his shop and
residence here to f. w. Richard
son, of Springfield, H., who i
moving into the place vacated by
Mr.. Zaugg.
Mr.. Zaugg is the father of Mrs.
S. l.. Robson of Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
Mexico Team Beaten.

The Mexico High School debat-
ing team in the contest against
the Boonville High School team
took place here last Friday night.
The Judges gave the decision to
the Boonville team. The Mexico
debaters were: Arthur Snedeker,
Ralph Wayne and Buckner Har-
rison.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06
Mrs. owen Dead.

Mrs. Mary f. Owen, aged 50
years, died at her home in this
city the Dist ult,, funeral conduct
ed from the home by Rev. Willis
Carlisle, Thursday afternoon.
burial at Harmony, near Bachelor.
Deceased is survived by the fol
lowing children: James, Seaton,
George and Walter and Misses
LYDIA and Ollie Owen.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

There was thrcc-inch snow
here last Friday morning. Before
noon the warm sunshine had
melted it all away; that was the
way March went out.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Jerry West of near Fulton Wis
tied Mexico relatives last week.
Jerry was one Of the prominent
teachers of Audrain county some
years ago
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Virgil Miller of near Thomp-
son, who has been attending Gem
City Business College, at Quincy,
Ill.,, returned home a few days
ago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Miss Sue Hutchison of Van
dalia, a niece of DR.. and Mrs. A.
l.. Afford of that place, was
elected Queen of the Savator at
the University of Missouri last
week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Mrs. f.. d. Graham and Mrs.
Mary Graham are home from an
extended visit to friends in St
Louis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Marriage license was granted
here this week to Mr.. Leslie Tired
way and Miss Gertie May Dull,
both of Monroe county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

John r. Ricketts, attended the
State meeting of the Local Fire
Insurance Agents in st. Louis last
week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Guy Forbes and Seymorc Black
burn of Pendleton. Ind. are visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. c. +. Bush.
northwest of Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Miss Mary Morrison closed a
successful term of school recently
in the Strother district. Miss Nor
rison will spend the summer with
her fathers family at Ft, Benton,
Montana.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Everett Mcdonald, south Of
Mexico, visited his uncle, Porter
Waters, northeast of Benton City,
last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Alton Hairbison, south of Lad
donia. had his shoulder dislocated
recently while hitching up a wild
horse.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Mr.. and Mrs. b. A. Powell are
nome from an extended visit
thru Oklahoma and Texas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

c. l.. Stewart and j. r. Thomas
of Rush Hill were in Mexico first
Of the week on busines.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Mrs. j. \. Rosser, Of near Cen
tralia, is in poor health this
winter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Mrs J.. p. Miller Of High Hill is
visiting her brother, Of near Mex
leo, II. w. Allen.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Judge Douglass of Benton
NY was a county seat visitor
Monday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Mrs. c. =. Malone is at the bed
side Of her father in st. Louis
who is quite i'll.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

George Kabrich is home from
an extended visit in Florida.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

Levi Jones has been seriously
afflicted with erysipelas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

w. II. Logan of Laddonia was
here on business Monday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-06

John McIntyre'S condition is
not improved.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-04

A petition to the prison commits
sion to relive Shepherd of the chain
gang sentence and allow him to pay
fine has been pending three or four
weeks, and is set for a hearing to-
day Tuesday. Attorney R. R. Mar
lin has gone to Atlanta in his be-
half. Mr.. Shepperd was well-known
bailiff for number Of years, and
was a familiar figure about the court
house.
Heretofore, in cases where the de-
fendant was under bond, it has been
the custom when a verdict of the
superior court was affirmed by
higher court to wait until the next
term of the superior court to enforce
the sentence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-04

mendation that the license for each
pool or billiard room operating from
one to three tables be fixed at $500
year; for leach dealer in drinks or
liquors such as are authorized to be
sold under the laws of Georgia. >"
S2O1 per annum, and for each cigar
cite dealer SIG per annum. These
licenses were fixed Monday as
emergency licenses, and other spe-
cific taxes will be adopted at a meet
ing of the council to be held We'd
nesday night.
Mayor Bell stated that there had
been some criticism of officers enter
ing near beer saloons and pool
rooms, and said they must not go
into these places in the future unless
necessary to do so in the discharge
of official duty.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-01-04
THEM TO THE GANG
White Man and Negro Convicted of Selling Whisky Have
Their Liberty Suddenly Cut Short

J. W. Shepperd, white man, and
Bob Smith, a negro, both of whom
were convicted at the last term of
the superior court of selling whiskey
and appealed their cases to the Court
of Appeals, have entered upon their
terms of twelve and ten months each
in the changing.
Judge Worrill was in the city
last Thursday afternoon, and when
he learned that the remitturs from
the Court of Appeals, which affirmed
the sentence of the lower court in
both of these cases, had been re-
ceived here he issued an order that
the two men be taken in custody at
once and delivered to the warden of
the convict camp.