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Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21
LADDONIA ITEMS.

ilrS. Lucy Nandeventer and
Miss Sallie left Monday for St.
Louis to attend the funeral of Mr..
Funston.
Mrs. Onie Beal visited relatives
in Wellsville first of the week.
Miss VERNE Levick spent from
Friday till Monday the guests of
Miss Ruby Weber.
DIR. Rex Hancock left Saturday
Tor Muskogee, Okla, where on
Monday he was united in mar
riage to Miss Alma Klein. Miss
hIeln taught in the public school
here last year and is a very re-
hned and lOvable young lady.
while DR.. Hancock is one of our
resident dentists and a young man
.oI splendid habits. They will ar
rive home the last of the week.
W. VI. Waterman of Louisiana
moved his family to the house va
Gated by jeff Hulett this week.
Jno. Hobson shipped two car
loads OF good cattle to st. Louis
Tuesday. He bought them from
Geo. Ramey.
Miss Winnie Gibbs spent Satur-
day and Sunday the guests of
home folks in Mexico.
Laddonia was visited by a
heavy rain Saturday night that
put plenty of water in the ponds.
This is the first rain to fill ponds
since early spring.
L. j. Shobe will have a sale
Saturday and will sell all his
household goods. Shannon Hodge
will move in the house vacated by
Mr.. Shobe.
VIM. PIttman will move this
week to a farm near Santa Fe and
T.. j. Hamilton will move to the
place vacated by Mr.. Pittman.
VIM. Nandeventer is attending
school in Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21
THE ELECTRIC R. R.
The Columbia Times Reports
Something Doing.

Positive assurance that the mat
ter of financing the North Mis-
souri, Central Electric Road is now
approaching contamination is
given in a letter from c. Porter
johnson. the Chairman of the
Commercial Club committee on
railroads, says the Columbia
Times.
The Times, continuing, says:
"Mr. Quinn, representing the
interests of the prospective North
Missouri Central road has been in
conference with representatives Of
the Mexico, Santa Fe and Perry
road, relative to taking over the
property and concessions Of that
corporation. In the event Mr..
Quinn is successful i'm acquiring
the NJ. S. +. and p. interests. it
will be made an extension of the
North Missouri Central road.
An offer of 100000 will be made
by the Johnson interests for the
Mexico road. Of which four miles
has been completed south of Mex
leo and nine miles north of the
same town. 1t has direct terminal
connection with the Chicago &
Alton railroad at Mexico. The
Mexico road also has a franchise
20 use certain streets Of Columbia
which has been twice extended
by the City Council Of Columbia
and which expires in the coming
November. The Mexico company
wants S3j. 600 for this franchise.
Work on the line between JEFF
ferson City and Columbia is to be
gin in October, it is said
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21
Seven Prisoners Sent up.

Seven prisoners plead guilty to
charges in the Circuit Court this
week and were taken to the peni-
Tertiary Tuesday morning by
Deputy Sheritfs Crockett Woolery
and VIII Barnett. The prisoners
were as follows:
James Earl, James Jones and
Joseph Cooper, charged with
picking B. r. Middleton s pocket
at the Airdome on the evening of
August "A, each two years.
Willard Burton, charged with
murder of Lus Dixon, both color
ed, seven years.
Edwin Benton, charged with
picking the pocket of Chas. Stew
ems of Laddonia, on the evening of
Aug. y, two years.
Clarence Carter, col, charged
with shooting his brother, Nell
Carter, 10 years.
Fred Stapleton, col, charged
with stealing chickens from l.. A.
Bybee, Alton ticket agent, two
years.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21
Rev. J. c. Handy.

The Plattsburg Leader last
week said:
DIR. j. G. Handy, who has
been pastor of the NJ. E.
Church South in Plattsburg
for the past year, has been
sent by the conference to
Mexico, Mo. The action of
the conference was a surprise
to DR.. Handy, and a source
of deep regret to his congre-
CATION here, as well as to the
people in other churches of
the town. He has been a
strong and honest preacher;
one who sought to find the
truth and explain it. In
church and social relations he
has been Il modest and gen.
tlemanly man. 1t was the
wish and expectation of his
church here that he should
remain, yet it was understood
that larger work was ready
for him. In this connection
it is a pleasurable duty to
commend the admirable spirit
and ability with which Mrs.
Handy has joined in the work
of her husband and the whole
church. AS u teacher and
helper in the Sunday School
or other departments of the
church in Plattsburg, she has
borne a large and good part.
Little Virginia will leave here
many young friends who sor-
row to part from her. May
this excellent family find
pleasant surroundings in
their new home.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21
LIBERTY ITEMS.

About two inches of rain fell
here Saturday night. Fall grass
is looking fine.
Mrs. Lola Allen of near Halls
vile is spending a few days with
j. I. Allen and family near Ben
ton City.
R. A. White purchased a milk
COW recently.
J. w. Foley and J. T. Allen
made bushes trip to Auxvasse
one day last week.
j. w. Foley has traded his stock
Of goods at Benton City to Ed.
GoOlsby, over in Galloway. for a
1872 acre farm. They say it is a
good farm, too.
7 E. Allen Of Hallsville made
a trip to his fathers here last
week.
Elk Littrell and wife Of Mex
leo spent Saturday and Sunday
with their uncle and family, j. T.
Allen, here.
VIII Blse sports a new horse.
just as we suspected.
Ed. Goolsby and wife, our new
merchant at Benton City, moved
to Benton City Tuesday. We wish
them good luck.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21
"Put Convicts on the Roads.

Chicago, H., Sept. 10
Gov. John Shaffroth of Colo
RADIO advocated the use of con-
vict labor for building and
maintaining public roads to-
day at the international Good
Roads Congress. At the
conclusion of the Colorado
governors address, the con-
gress adopted resolutions de-
handing the enactment of
federal and state laws for this
purpose.
"In Colorado we give each
convict ten days for every Sc
days sentence in working on
our public roads," he said.
And we have not lost a man
by sending him out to do this
work The keep of the prison
ers is less expensive to the state
and the beneficial results to the
individual convict are great.
We should have state and fed
eral laws compelling all able
bodied convictS to earn their
liberty by work. They should
receive one-third of their earn
ings for themselves and their
families"
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

Miss Ethel Snidow Of this city
who left a few days ago to teach
in the high school at Tulsa, Okla,
when she arrived there found that
she had been installed as princi-
pal of the school and is to get an
increase of So on the month sal
airy. The teacher having the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the school had
resigned. But the Tulsa schools
have lost nothing that Miss Sni-
dow gets the place; she will make
good.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

The Message has a letter from
Mrs. J. y. Mayes, at Diamond,
Mo. who formerly lived in this
locality stating that she does not
get the Message regularly She
adds: I'VE can't hardly get
along down here in the South
west without the home Messages. -
Sorry about her not getting the
paper. We have sent it regu-
larry every week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

The Northeast Missouri Press
Association held their annual
meeting at Moberly last Friday.
The editors We're given the keys
TO the city and were told to take
anything they wanted without
asking for it. In the afternoon
they were given a free ride in au-
tos over Moberly's 20 miles of
paved streets. In the evening
they were treated to barbecued
meat and other fine things to eat.
One is well impressed by a visit
to Moberly; she is a great old
town; Improvements going on all
over the city. Mexico ought to
60 mp and take some pointers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

and when he is thru you feel like
60 it was good to be there Rev.
Handy knows the Scriptures, he
knows history, he knows litera-
ture; he is scholar, and best of
all he appears to have a great
Christian heart The community
rejoiccS that Rev. Handy has
come to Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

Prof. Harvey Emmons and wife
of ST, Paul, MINI, visited Mr..
Emmons' father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. s. P. Emmons, here. re-
Gently. Prof. Emmons is becom-
ing known as one of the most
prominent biologists in the United
States. He has been rising rapidly
in the last few years in his chosen
profession and is now dean Of the
department Of Geology of the Min
nesota State University. Harvey
Emmons is a Mexico product and
scores Of friends here are very
proud of the success he is attain
ing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

Two hundred men are employed
at the Mexico Brick Plant. 1t is
one of Mexico's biggest institu-
tons. They ship brick to many
parts Of the United States and
Canada. Soon they are to ship a
million brick to be used in the
construction of a steel plant at
Duluth, MINI. They have another
order for 10000 to be shipped to
Omaha. Neb., and another for
10000 to Winnipeg, Canada. We
are glad to see this enterprise
getting to the front.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21
Stock food and sheep dip,
'Salyet" and Cremoline.
Ricketts, & Emmons D. c. Co.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Sallee will
move to Des Moines, Iowa, in the
near future to reside. We regret
to lose these good people from
our city.
Mrs. Geo. II. Randle and Miss
Lizzie Settle returned first of the
week from a visit to the family of
}, y. RosSer, near Centralia. Mrs.
HANDLE and Miss Settle are spend
ing this week with friends in the
vicinity Of Rush Hill.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

The Message mourns the death
of Warner ". Williams. He was
a young man, just in the prime Of
life. and in good morals and gen.
eral worth of character Mexico
had no citizen who excelled him.
He was honest and progressive,
and in every walk Of life, and in
all his business dealings he always
deported himself as the true
Christian gentleman that he was.
He was a manly man. This com
munity is the poorer that he has
passed hence.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

Rev J. c. Handy, the new pas
tor Of the Mexico Methodist
church, was in his pulpit Sunday
morning and Sunday night. He
delighted his congregation with
his eloquence and forceful presen-
tation of the Gospel, and all are
agreed that he is going to be ga
mighty handy man to have
around" He starts out with a
text and hammers away at it all
thru the discourse and his last
words-isst you forget are to |
repeat it again. He presents
original ideas. too, thick and fast,
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21
School Library Benefit.

There will be a Box Shadow
Supper in Rush Hill on the night
Of Sept. 30 for the benefit of the
school library. Come and enjoy
yourself and assist a good cause.
2t.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

Petitions are circulating in the
east part Of the county calling for
special election to vote bonds
for the building of a new county
Jail. Special elections cost money
but II the taxpayers are ready the
new Jail is needed all right.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

7. B. Hendrix, out Molino way,
was in Mexico Tuesday. He was
grieved to hear of the death of his
old friend Hardy Doolin. They
were boys together. He said of
Mr.. Doolin: "He was a good little
boy and always a good man."
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21
SI.OO Per Year in Advance.
OFFlCE-ll3 East Jackson Street. Three
Doom East Of Saving, Bank.

\. f. Moore, one of Ferris &
Cauthorn's popular clerks, spent
little vacation last week with
his brother, Robert Moore, of near
Hatton.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

W, G. Sims, southeast of Mex
leo, IS another farmer who was
agreeably disappointed as to the
results of the drouth. His corn
has come out since the good rains
IN recent weeks to beat anything
he ever saw in his experience as a
farmer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

Rev. w. II. Hook will leave Sat,
urday for Hallsville, and will
preach at Red Top church Sunday.
near that place.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

Robert L. Davis and family.
who moved to Fresno, Cali, some
months ago to reside, have re-
turned to their home at Thomp-
son, this county. Glad to have
them back. We predicted their
return last week and had we
known it they were here then.
They are now sure that Missouri
beats the world.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

A new concrete bridge has been
put in at the draw. on the
county road just northwest of
James Quinlan s residence north
east of Mexico. Citizens did the
work free of cost to the county
and the county furnishes the con-
crete. The bridge is a daisy piece
of work.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

w, f. Jameson has sold his 155
acre farm, in the west part of this
county, to A. B. Patrick for
81, $50.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

DO you expect to buy a good
ShorthornH Drop us a postal. We
will file your name for a catalog.
Nov. 9th sale.
S. p. EmmOns & Son.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

Edwin Marshall is reported
quite ill with pneumonia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

These only few of the many points to which tickets
sale at greatly reduced For further information
call on H. A. BYBEE, Agent G. e. A. r.. r., Mexico, Mo-
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-09-21

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06
WILSON MEETS RADLEY.

Missouri Governor Greets New Jersey
Executive at Kansas City.
Kansas City. Mo, May 6.-Governor
Wilson of New Jersey, accompanied
by his secretary, on their arrival In
Kansas City were met at the Union
depot by a committee and taken to the
Hotel Baltimore, where the New Jersey
governor moi, Governor Hadley of Mis-
souri,.
For several hours the two eyeeu-
tives attended 10 private business and
correspondence, later attending a
luncheon at the Hotel Baltimore given
by the officers of the Knife and Fork
club, Commercial club and Princeton
Alumni club. Governor Wilson spoke
briefly at the Manual Training High
school on the education Of boys. Later
a duplicate reception was held In the
rooms OF the Commercial club, where
several hundred citizens fell into line
and passed by the governors OF the
two states to grasp for a moment the
hand of a possible president after 1912.
The main event of the program was
Governor Wilson's address to the
Knife aud Fork Club, in which he
made plain his attitude toward ma
tional affairs. He was enthusiastically
greeted wherever he appeared here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06
INTERESTED IN
BUILDING CODE
Gossip of Contractors
Start New Buildings.

Contractors in all lines are show
ing much interest in the ordinance
providing for a building code which
passed on its final reading at the
special session of the Board of AL
dermen, Thursday night. With the
endorsement of Mayor Bollsehweiler
and the usual advertisement this
new law will put in effect a syste-
matte order of erecting structures in
this city which has long been need
ed in the minds of the majority Of
the builders.
Excavations will start Monday for
the erection of two new business
structures in Smith street. These
are to be erected by Joseph E.
Stricken on the Stricken property at
the southwest corner of State and
Smith streets. One building to the
south of the plot Is to occupy a site
80 by LA feet and at the corner a
three story structure 40 by 100 feet
is to rise.
G.. G. Christensen will start work
Immediately on the various fire
houses in the city, having been
awarded the contract at the meeting
of the Board of Aldermen on Mon
udy HlSub lOT 9AsOfD. he Will WOTh
on specifications prepared by Archi-
tect ]. K. Jensen. The work con-
sists Of repairs, alterations, paint
ing, etc. Plans will be presented by
Architect Jensen at the meeting of
the Board of Education next Tues
day night for the alterations and adj
dition to the high school building.
Bids will be asked for at once.
The construction work on the new
buildings of the Roessler & Hass-
lacher Chemical Company's property
ON the Sound, is about completed. In
charge of the George w. Mercer
Construction Company, the work has
been progressing since last fall. The
cost OF the seven buildings con-
structed Is about a quarter Of a mil
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06
RECORD WEEK
JUST PASSED
Large Transactions Cause
Comment Money Involved.

Perth Amboy has Witnessed. in
the week just passed, two OF the
largest real estate transactions ever
consuDlmated in the same period Of
time in this city. Not only does it
show a steady advance in local real
estate values. but confidence OF bus
mess men in the ultimate increase
ment of the city's suburban line and
greater demand for office space in
the heart of the business center.
Both deals in question, the pur-
chase of sixty-ive acres on Amboy
avenue from the Lehigh Valley by
Massopust Brothers, and the trans
fer of the Seheuer building, at Smith
street and New Brunswick venue
from s.. SeheGer & Sons, of New
ark, to Sigmund Splitter, proprietor
of Hotel Central, are worthy of no.
tice in any New Jersey municipality.
Suburban Land Booming.
John Hanson has a sale on for to-
day and tomorrow, the lots in que
ton being at Alpine Heights, Am
boy and Hail avenues, with all mod
ern Improvements. There are about
sixty lots left, size % by 100. a
number was disposed of last week
by this firm, who also conducted a
sale at Stanford Heights at the same
time. Sd
The Metuchen Realty Company, of
1913 Smith street, has experienced
lately a number of quick sales of lots
in Boynton Beach Heights, situated
in Woodbridge and Port Reading
yet near enough to this city for COM
muters- Several houses have been
erected recently, all containing mod
ern improvements, and home-seek-
ers will find this section one of the
finest, being developed this year.
Lots range in size from 20 by 100 to
SO by $50.
Hans Nielsen in Seheuer Deal.
Hans Nielsen, the we'll known
real estate promoter, added another
feather to his cap when he put
/ through the Seheuer-Spitzer deal on
/ Wednesday. Around S100, 600
changed hands on the deal and Mr..
Nielsen, who has played a prominent
part In many other large t%ransac-
lions, considers the sale the biggest
he has ever handled.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06
REAL ESTATE.

The following real estate transfers
were recorded this week:
John S. Thomson to Christ Colt
stein, lot %, block 248, Groom
street.
andre Kondra to Michael Karsik
lot IL, block $50, Meade street.
John Adamcsik to w. w. Pierce,
lot Z, block 1873, kirkland Place.
w. w. Pierce to John and Mary
Adamcsik, lot 7, block 1913, Kirkland
Place. :
Emma ]. Barter to William Blu
chanan. lots 7 and s., block rs, Mar
ket street.
F. L. Brown to Fred l.. Haney, lot
13 u, block 90, Lewis street.
G. c. Hommann to F. L. Brown,
lots So and IS, block At, State street.
@. C.. Hommann to F. l.. Brown,
lot 81, block At, State street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06

lion dollars.
At the United Lead Works a chute
mas been constructed at a cost of sew
eral thousand dollars, connecting
the shot tower of the lead works
with the United States Cartridge
plant. 1t is about 100 feet long and
has a drop of 60 feet. Through this
chute shot can be transferred direct
" to the cartridge plant without
handling.
The new open air theatre at Smith
and Mcclellan streets, is now COM
pleted. II consists of an ornamental
fence with decorated entrance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06

This is positively the last chance you will have to secure
one of these lots in the heart of a fast growing community
with a credit check of $4,000. Since we opened this land
for sale they have been going like wild fre--all you have to
do Is see them and you'll buy. These are the choicest lots on
the property. and we urge you to get in quick if you wish
to buy.
The first 10 persons sending in hr name ad address,, with the coupon. be
low, will receive a S1O0 Credit Check be Applied on purchase Of one Of our $3.50
Lots at Boynhm Beach Helhks By sending gin this coupe you have achance to 10
tain me of these $3.50 Lots, which will only cost you 500 paying it off So down and
SO monthly. ~r0
Boynton Beach Heights is located between Port Reading, Woodbridge. Sc
warema INC Perth Amboy, 5 minutes walk from Central R R. minutes walk from
trolley. 10 minutes from Pennsylvania R. R. This property has all the improve
ments-gas,w water and electric If you wish to build, re will build for you you can
pay us on easy monthly payments
Houses m property for sale, ready for occupancy, with all modern improve
ments, N easy monthly payments.
Sign this coupon and bring it to our ofce, orr mail to Il at once.
We will take you out to the property by auto, calhng at you home Tor
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06

All the news for 10 n a week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06
MANY FOR ANNAPOLIS.
$40 Pass Midshipnan's Examinations
In Mental Tests.


Annapolis, Md, May 6-One hun
dred and forty candidates for admis-
sion 10 the Naval academy as midshtp-
men we're accepted by the academic
board at the academy from among the
$50 who took the mental tests in
Washington IN April. The list Of sue
eessful youths WAS posted here and in
Guided principals and alternates from
most of the states.
Following are the successful candi-
dates from Pennsylvania and New
Jersey:
Pennsylvania-John f. Bates, Jr.,
Julius C. Delpino. Earl Hutchinson,
Edwin s. McCoach, Harold NJ. Meyers,
Scott Umstead.
New Jersey-Charles G. Clark, T. P.
gilbert, Cornelius W. Flynn, Freder-
lex W. Pennoyer, Jr., Robert C. Ram
sey, Isaac Schlossbaeh.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06

Know what your nelEhbor knows
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06

Ganbrel roof houses are ever popular and he one We how today is ne of the
most attractive of the tvpe. Size OF. this house is 3K feet by q feet. Height IT
stories: first nine feet second eight feet The above estimates includes bath, plumb
ng.f furnace. etc. Further than a statement that this home is particularly vel arrang-
ed it is hardly necessary for US to go INTO detail regarding tn design Tor the Hor
plan and the perspective show all features to advantage
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06
5000 FOR JERSEY HISTORY.

Book Published In 1898 Sold at Hoe
- Auction In Now York.
New York, May6-A first edition of
Gabriel Thomas history of west New
Jersey was sold at the Hoe library
auction. The buyer was George D.
Smith, the New York book dealer. He
paid $500 for the volume.
This book was printed IN London in
1898. The title is Historical and Geo
graphical Account of the Province and
Country of PENNSYLVANIA and of West
New JERSEY In America"
KunW Nh11 Your nNlHnhnr kn0NS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06
NEWARK FIRE CHIEF DIES.
W. c. Ashley Served In Departmsr
For Forty-thrss Years.

Newark, N. j., May 6.-Fire Chief
William C. Ashley, head OF the New
ark fire department, is dead. He had
been of duty for ten days with illness.
Death was due to heart disease. He
was sixty-six years of age.
Chief Ashley had been connected
with the Newark fire department for
forty-three years. He was assistant
chief for fifteen years and was made
chief June 22, 1865, He was d master
of detail. and the efficiency OF the
Newark department vas largely due
to his ability.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06
GOLD AND SILVER JUBILEE.
Catholic Club of Now York to Dc
+ Honor to Gibbons.

of New York will tender a reception to
Cardinal Gibbons next Wednesday
night in commemoration of the golden
jubilee of his ordination to the priest
hood and the silver jubilee of his ele-
walton to the cardinalate. 1t Is ex-
pected that the reception viii be q
memorable event in the history Of the
club. Every pastor In the greater
city, many prominent Roman Catholic
clergymen from all over the state and
distin g,Iished lprelates from other
states have been invited to attend.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-06
Strenathenina Blinds

To keep paper blinds from tearing
get some very narrow tape and ma
chine it down each side. and you Will
find that they will last longer and wind
up mech straighter than without it