Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-19
COUNTY NEWS.

Maurice Phillip manager q PhA
Bp-s LADY Saop. 1sTrOEly escaped
lOsine his let eye
Fortunasely the kook turned out or
n xoaid have catered the eyeball
Nj RhiEip's many trends are Cad
learn be asezped EEh 20 more ser
Gus hurt
Tom Woodward and family wea'
rhrou@h here THURSDAY en- rOuie 10
Moaeriy to reside Mr. Woodward foe,
merry resided IN this city and vas
empsoycd b. the wabash lie later
went 10 Moaerly. From there he
moved 10 callzssy ccunty where be
fzrased for several years. He Is go
ing back 70 Moberiy % work for the
Wabash.
Mr.. 2eliz Cssaex h VISITING her
/ daughter. Mrs. Clay Hamilton. in st
| Charles. sOath Dakota
The Marslnsaars CMor Oracle
says. Mrs. Ecker. who Is making
her home with her daughter. Mrs
IT, X. stephens feH and broke her
Jeff arm near The shoulder Friday
afternoon Mrs. Ecker IS 81 years
old. We are very sorry 70 hear Of
this accident"
The Kings Daughters Circle, Of.
| Benton Clsy. spent the day Friday
With members Of the local Circle al
the honse The day was most enjoy
ably spent. and a most beneficial da
10 the new Chspter at Benton CITY
resulted
Among those who visited the
Home we're Mesdames Douglass. Rob
err Dorgan, S. E. Oaky. Mrs J W.
| Dowell. Abe Harrison, Ernest, New
man. 7 C, Hicks. ]. w Hines. c. C.
Thompson, Wright,
During the present p~astorate OF
the Mexico Presbyterian Church.
about es5 additions have been re
ceved into its membership. During
the same period the number Of mem
bers has more than doubled and loss.
- by death and dismissal have
amounted to so. The Sabbath
School has doubled its enrolment
ore Founs man has entered the Cos
pei ministry. and two members have
| gone into the missionary work on
the Foreign Field One of these I'll
Church has supported for the pas
eight years.
Seventy three thousand dollars in
voluntary offerings have been con
tributed to the work Of the Church
One sixth OF this amount has been
given for purely benevolent work
These cover in brief some Of the re-
suits capable Of t~abHla,ion The
greatest work mast Of course lie in
the region u heart and life and in
fluepce whose effects are not sus
cepebie OF reduction 10 statistics.
The first 81 November Mes Alice
Ecinn. row pr fietor o. ths CITY HoI
tel, VIII assume the management of
the Planters Hotel Just 30 i'll
anyone. will usAe the City Hotel is
not kIosH Mrs Ecton is eArerienc
ef as a hotel i'araager ana VIZ make
a success Ct her new ventu-a
According to teegaphie dispatches
b. BERG. a poultry dealer Of Contra
ia, Is in financial trouble. and a warl
rant has been issued Tor the arrest
Of young Berg, who IS a son of Jon;s
Berg. formerly OF Mexico. o con
daeiEg a poultry establishment in
Fred Lbewellyn sas excited to the
office Of Exalted Ruler Of EIks
No. s1s. 60 fill the Vacancy
caused by the resignation Of F A
Morris who has been appointed depu-
b d the Eastefa District Of Missouri
X vas because q the datSss Of this
office. which keeps him asay from
lYHn 10 some extent, Ahaf Mr AorrlsI
-esigHed
a 2. Green. for 4 nominal sum,
has released tie and upen which
be MEXICO Brick and Fire Clay
'hnt rs situated for 50 years and
vi a. oaoe erect a three story
rick building for Be~ machinery an !
be drying pans. This was necessita
a by the great demand for this
proiuct +
The old siding viii be torn ap and .
- tracks put IN mil the ysrdase |
rM Be double what 4 has been. As 4
be Ledger prophesied. Mr. Green
'ih soon have the largest and most !
roaEerOas plant q - kind IL 10 !.
'rior Missouri. ]