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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-06-29
CONDITION YOUR GROUND.
Mr.. Buffers Ides--Live Stock
Sales-Frank Ruse's Wheat
Plant Cherry Trees.

4,300 pounds and sold at
cents. Charlie says he has a fine
field of 81 acres of wheat, as
good as he ever saw. lie is on
the Gardner farm, southeast OF
Molino.
Frank Ruse, northeast of Mex
leo, has field of so accreS of
wheat which he says is the best he
ever raised. He has 80 acres of
oats which he says he will be able
to harvest all right, too. His corn
also is in fine shape.
johnson & Romans shipped out
a load of new wheat from Benton
City last week, the first shipment
of wheat frem the county this
year.
James ii. Ware has bought the
l.. d. Green livery stock in this
city.
B. Rickman, south of MeXicco,
has harvested field of 30 acres
of wheat. He thinks it will thresh
about ID bushels to the acre.
John Lyle started his threShing
machine in the community south
Of Mexico last week. The wheat
yields are turning out well.
j. 7. Crews, southwest of Mex.
leo, threshed his wheat last
week, ID l-2 acres, and he tells the
Message that the crop yielded
him 22l bushels.
Judge j. ID. Sutton, Of near Far
ber, has told the ladies of the Bap-
tist church at that place he
would give them a load of wheat
if they will come out and help
him thresh. The Forum has an
idea that the ladies will tackle
the job.
The Message got acquainted
with Charles c. Lawrence. south
of Mexico, near the Galloway line,
one day lost week. lie is a broth
er-in-law of j. w. Plunkett. of
Mexico. Mr.. Lawrence is a
great optimist and throws in a
Joke at every turn he can. Mr..
Lawrence sold ID lambs to Over
felt & Atkinson, of AuXvasSe
The kids" weighed 1910 all
told, and sold at five cents a
pound.
c. NJ MOrthland sold hi,
lambs recently to w. ID. Mason al
1925.
w. d. Mason bought corn of T.
W. McFadden at 80 cents bushel
Wallace Dowell, ont Molin,
way, sold eight lambs TO Powell
4 Mundy at $5.25. They aver
aged 20 pounds each.
Wallace and Arthur Dowell
last week sold two wagon load,
of lambs to Powell & Mundy. de
livered in Mexico.
Wallace Dowell sold eight head
of hogs 10 Powell & Mundy last
week. The hogs averaged Is,
pounds each and brought 1913.
Mike Peek brought wagor
load of lambs to Mexico one day
last week which he sold TO Powell
& Mundy.
The man who pays II or Is
cents a pound for ham when hog.
are selling at cents cant heir
wondering if the packers haven Z
got a cinch on both producer and
customer.
Why doesn't some around Mex
lcO put ont an acre or more oil
cherry trees? Even in good croI
years the demand is never FULLY
supplied, and prices are always
higher than they should he. A
few mulberries among them will
satisfy the birds.
j. b. Butler. one of Audrain' ,,
careful and successful farmers
says he would not plant his corn
unless he could get his ground il
the proper condition. lie plowct
some of it over several times nm
til 1t was almost as fine as ashe,
and this practically assures {
crop He says he never planted
but one corn crop over and tha'
was before he discovered thi,
fact.
Grant Morthland. near Worces
ter, has been very i'll of append
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-06-29
HattOn, Mo-. June u.

Now 1t happens that the editor
of the Message knows Mrs. Cot
trill and he also knows Mr.. Ben
lamin Wood. The families both
lived on farm 2 l-2 miles north
of Laddonia, said farm now being
occupied by Arthur Barnes. Both
families since have lived for years
in the community west of Aux
vase. Mr.. Wood was in Mexico
last week attending court. We
asked him about those snakes, and
he says he will swear to the story.
II was 30 years ago He was near
the house plowing. His wife and
children first saw the snakes. and
they would have been scared up
a tree if there had been one big
enough to hold them standing
near. The snakes feet were
white, like the flesh of baby. and
when not in use the feet were
drawn in. something like a turtle
hides its feet. Mr.. Woods says-he
thinks he killed the last of that
tribe of snakes in the Prairie
township (Or Laddonia) bailiwick.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-06-29
AROUND M0LNo.
A Thriving Community-Termin
us of The Electric Railroad.


tions in Audrain county is MolinO
community, ten mile north of
Mexico, the present terminus
of the Mexico, Santa Fe and Per-
ry Traction Company's tracks
north.
A representative of the Mes
sage was in that locality last week
attended the ice cream supper
given by the ladies of Mt. Zion
church Thursday night. About l4O
other Mexican were present also.
The ladies took in $117.6S, clear
ing over $4,000. They did well
and we congratulate them.
Friday morning we were pleas
ed to see and hear from many
citizens we did not meet the
night before.
One of the best fellows of the
little hamlet is DR.. J. F. Flynt.
the man who looks after the sick
of that section of the country and
who is also postmaster. He has
his business in little building
with CDR. j. f. Flynt Drug Co."
in large letters printed across
the front. His faithful clerk is
Mr.. G. Hardin, nephew, who
came from near IIallsville about
a year ago.
r. L. Heizer & Son, Will Heizer,
general manager, who keep dry
goods, groceries, etc, are doing a
big business. Clark Williams is
the busy and genial clerk.
j. d. Worley & Co, J. ID. WOr-
ley. the head man, is the village
blacksmith. Mr.. Worley was too
busy with work to much more
than say howdy to us. Arthur
WOrlcy, his youngest son, is
with him. Beside stheir regular
blacksmithing they keep supplies
for many kinds of farm machin-
cry.
Lowery & Burgess keep a gen
cral store. They have grist
mill business also. j. f. Lowery
was at the store when we called
and he was rushed with business.
His neighbor, l.. w. Smith, was
pressed into service as a clerk for
a time.
Walter Robinson, over Will
Heizer's store, does a good bar
bering business. For sometime
he was located in Oklahoma and
then some months ago he and
his family came to Mexico, Mr..
Robinson working at his trade
here until only a few weeks ago.
lie is the son of "Uncle Dick"
Robinson, of MolinO, and a broth
en- j. II. Robinson, who married
Miss Effie Rogers several years
ago, also reside in the communi-
ty.
Among the farmers we men
tlon the following: r. l.. Heizer
has a good farm two miles east.
j. p. Cauthorn and Porter Cau-
thorn are two good farmers living
out that way also.
Dave Wilson has lately built a
new cottage He has nice little
~ acre farm. He is getting about
over into the old bachelor list
and the community is very much
III earnest about getting him mar
ricd off.
Henry Weaver has a nice farm
Been on it "A long time. There
ar" many Weavers in the locality
'Nl he is the oldest of them all.
., l.. Wood, T. u. Stuart, VIM.
duncan are three mighty good
farmer citizens of the community.
thomas Hendrix is called the
oldest farmer citizen of the com
munity.
~ l.. Lipp and j. f. Mundy are
TWO other thoroly good farmers.
Mrs, Tina Heizer has a nice lit
tie farm,Her son, Harry, is with
"rr' Harry is mail carrier on
Ipn'e NO. ont of Molino. Mrs.
,'elzer's father Mr.. johnson. and
"er sister, of Chicago, are visiting
her now.
D. a, CauthOrn, a mighty good
,r''ow' is rural carrier on route
No. ont of Molino.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-06-29

Grant Morthland. near Worces-
ter, has been very i'll of append
citis.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-06-29
MEXICO ACTIVITIES
Factory Girls Getting Married
Two Homes Robbed-Person-
al Mention.

Mrs. Carrie Lane, of Los Ange-
les, Cali, arrived here last week
on a visit to her nephew, John II.
Lane.
VIM. Frazier returned last week
from Toronto, Ohio, where he Wis
tied relatives and friends. He
says they had dry weather in the
Buckeye State too. A light frost
along the Ohio River one night re.
Gently.
Miss Mary Bass returned home
last week from Rochester, Wis,
where she took treatment in
hospital.
Mrs. Miriam Ross Of this city
is enjoying a visit from Miss
Frances Ross of Baird, Texas.
Miss Lucille Mcllhaney, of San
Antonio, Texas, who has been Wis
iting the family of J. w. Plunkett
here for month past, leaves this
week for Minneapolis, Mimi,
where she will visit relatives thru
the summer.
f. O. Morris returned TO Ash
ley, Mich, last week where he has
a real estate agency.
Miss Violet Ruth McMaster,
former Mexico girl, was married
last week to Mr.. w. NJ. Maddox,
a warden Of prison camp in Ala
bama.
Will ]. Morris of the Mexico
Shoe Factory says that matri-
mony is the worst menace his in
Stitution has to deal with. The
girls get married and stop work ;
a dozen or more of factory girls
have married this year, already.
Mrs. j. 7. johnson, of this city,
has been entertaining her sister,
Mrs. DR.. Cole, of Sedalia.
Mrs. r. c. Paul of this city
was notified last week Of the
week of the death of her niece,
Mrs. John T. Keenan,, Of Brent
wood, Maine.
Miss Myrtle Harding, of Du-
lnth, Mimi, is visiting her sisters.
in Mexico, Mrs. f. p. McCord and
Mrs, w. w. Jackman.
f. b. Sellard suffered a badly
burned hand while repairing a
gasoline stove in Joe Daniels
Fix 1t Shop.
Mrs. James Denton, of Mexico.
has been enjoying a visit from
her sister, Mrs. John Suggett, and
little daughter, Lillian, of Jeffer-
son City.
Mrs. j. w. Dry and little son,
Marion, visited in Moberly last
week.
Mrs. Mildred Browning has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
w. l.. Crawford, in Monroe
county.
Rev. John s. Jesse and wife, af.
ter two weeks visit to relatives
and friends here, returned to their
home in Chillicothe, Texas, last
week.
Robbers entered the homes OF
f. ID. Graham and Mrs. z. s. Cave
after midnight, last Friday morn
ing. The robbers got but little
for their risk and trouble. Only
about five dollars was the com
bined loot at both places. 1t is
well to keep a close watch for
These night prOwlers.
Miss Edith Torreyson of Lad
donia visited Miss Bessie Scobee
in Mexico last week.
VIM. Kempcr, of Mexico, is in a
hospital in st. Louis.
Mrs Katherine Sannebeck, of
this city, who is quite aged, fell
down a stairway one day last
week and was considerably hurt
and bruised.
The ladies of the Mexico Bap.
tist church gave a "dollar So
cial" last Thursday. They re-
paired to Sun Rise Park, so of
them in number, going by way of
the electric ear. Original poems
were read and there was a spread
of good things to eat, also. All
had a delightful time.
Miss Addie Cunningham had
for her guests at a delightful
"spread" last Saturday the fol.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-06-29
YOU CAN'T BEAT IT,
A Snake Story What is q Snake
Story-Reptiles Had Feet.

The following communication
appeared in the st. Louis Republic
Friday Of last week.
Benjamin Wood of Hatton, Mo-,
relates the following: In the
early seventies, in the month of
June, | was at work. In the field
close by was some tall prairie
grass about 2 l-2 feet tall. Above
the prairie grass / saw the heads
of two snakes, motioning toward
one another. | killed both snakes.
They measured 2 IL feet, the
heighth of the grass. ] began to
wonder how their heads could be
seen above the grass. / took
stick and began prodding and ex-
amining them. l found on each,
about six inches from the tail, two
feet, resembling the feet of
y0nng chicken. BY means of
these feet and their tail they were
able to get their heads above the
grass. ! have told this many
times to different people but
could never find anyone else who
had ever seen feet on snakes.
If any reader of your paper has
seen a similar specie of snake
should like to hear from them.
This occurred at my home,
which was then at Laddonia, Mo.
Respectfully,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20
Fletcher News.

Since the recent rains the farmers
OF this community are getting real
busy with their farm work.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20
GENERAL ORDERS FOR
REUNION OF VETERANS
GeenraI Carr Issues General Orders
for Confederate Veterans Reunion

LM
GeenraI Carr Issues General Orders
for Confederate Veterans Reunion
LIN May.
With reference to the reunion of the
Confederate veterans to be held in Lit
tie Rock, Ark. in May, Maj. Gen.
Julian s.. Carr. commanding the
North Carolina division, has issued
the following general order:
Headquarters North Carolina DiVi-
sion United States Conferedate Vet
Grams. General Orders No. 43.
Durham, N c.. April 10, 1911.
Paragraph 1.-The twenty-frst n
nual reunion of the United States
Confederate veterans will be held at
Little Rock. Ark, on the 10th, 18th
and 18th of May, 1911, and the pub
lie spirited citizens of that city and
state promise that it shall be the most
enjoyable that has eve yet been held.
and are preparing in every way pos
sible for the comfort and pleasure OF
all veterans who may attend. 1t is
hoped that a large delegation will at
tend from this state and enable u
good old state to be represented in a
manner worthy Of her glorious wal
record.
Par. Army tents have been
kindly loaned by the United States
governemnt, and will form the camp
in City Park, where will be lodged
and fed free all veterans who cannot
pay for their entertainment, but all
such veterans must notify in advance
Mr.. B. L. Roberts. chairman OF the
encampment committee, so that &C
commodations may be reserved for
them. The railroad companies have
given the usual low rate of one-cept
a mile for all persons who may at
tend the reunion. The exact rate from
any station may be learned by in
quiring of the local agent, The rate
from Raleigh is $3.50, and in proper
ton from other places.
Par. 3.-All camps in areas for
their dues are earnestly urged to pay
the same at once to Gen. w. f. Mic
kle. 824 Common street, New ORLEANS;
otherwise they vii not be entitled to
any vote or voice in the meetings at
the reunion This is a most impor--
tant matter and should not be over
looked by any camp.
Par. 4.-This division is fortunate
in having as it's sponsor for this re-
union Mrs. Sidney P. Cooper, of Hen
derson, and Miss Julia Cooper as
maid of honor.
By order of Maj. Gen. j.. S. Carr.
H. A. LONDON
General and Chief of Staff
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20
1t Does Pay.

cit doesn't pay" said a young man
bitterly, "all this struggle. to do the
right thing. Look at Brown, a man
who is known throughout the coun-
try. He's rich, but no n pretends
he made his money honestly. His
private life wouldn't bear scrutiny.
And yet he's respected and even held
up as a model to young fellows just
starting out in life. What's the use
of trying to be square and decent
when you can have everything with
out that?"
The chances are that on second
thought this young man would have
acknowledged the shortsightedness of
his point of view. For a man who
is rich and not honest has a greater
burden than poverty to bear. To be
respected without deserving it is the
secret of humiliation.
Success is of varying degrees. But
when someone has reached a point
where his fellows are ready to show
him honor while deep down in his
heart he despises himself, he has
missed the best thing life affords. 1t
does pay to struggle to do the right
thing. not necessarily because this
will put money in your pocket. nov
because it will win for you the respect
of those about you. but becaues it
is in the condition of being at peace
with ones self, the foundation on
which all lasting satisfaction is bTilt.
Richard Miller in the Young Peo-
nles Weekly.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20
Flat Rock News.

Mrs J. F. Freeze and two children
are spending a fortnight with her pa
rents near Fletcher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lentz are visiting rel
atives near Concord, N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Patton, DC
Greenville s.. c., are guests at the
home of Mr.. John Patton.
MIR. G. ". Lentz has sold his grocery
store to H. E. Mabry and Grady Smith,
who will continue the business at the
same stand. Mr.. Lentz will move I'd
Hendersonvii,e and be connected with
the H~endtrsonville Wholesale Gro-
Gerry Company.
Mr.. L. E. Fisher is in Salisbury at
tending to some business interests,
Master John and little Miss Liza &C
cCmpanied him TO visit: relatives.
The keepers -. of the various Flat
Rock summer homes r cleaning the
grounds and making sundry repairs
and Improvements preparatory to the
arrival of the owners. Mrs. E. 0.
Serghing who has one of the largest
estates is expected to arrive for the
summer on the 26th. Miss Margaret
Campbell and her mother came last
Wednesday and are occupying their
magnificent now home.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20
An InteIIiuent Pussy.

A young lady bookkeeper in Boston
has been in the habit for some time OF
giving the Office cat a piece of meat
for her lunch every day, precaution be-
ing taken to lay down a piece Of paper
to prevent the meat greasfng the floor.
The other day at lunch hour. when the
young lady happened to have no meat
In her basket, pussy begged for some
in her most intelligent fashion. Find
ing no meat coming. the cat ran to the.
wastebasket, dragged out a newspaper
and laid it on the floor at the young
lady's feet. This appeal was so touch
Ing that the young lady went out and
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20

"Celerity the Demand of the Times.
Celebrity in all modern traffic is the
demand of the times. One I an atgthe
wh't! of 8 nt.Dr vehicle takes on \
ST. horse LOAF and makes distances
IL Il traction IF the time DoS:.hi. ~
The six horses ctIached to the three
wagons employing three drivers.
Where does the horse come in as
a cOmpetitor?. He is an adjunct,
merely, in many lines of business.
Today a shopper goes down town, ten
or fifteen miles from 'home, makes
her selection of commodities at the
department store and hurries back
from the morning trip in order to be
H"e in time to receive the delivery
at the door. Five years ago she made
her purchases on the morning of one
day and probably waited all after
noon of the next day to receive the
goods.
Today the big retail house has its
branch delivery stations. A big mot
or truck can make several trips a
Jay to any one of them, loaded to It's
limit. At the branch stations, the
horse wagon covers its two or three
square miles Of territory three or four
umes a day, making local deliveries.
Shall anyone contend that the old
department. store in metropolitan down
Town is a competitor of the motor
vehicle delivery house, when he in
SlSts upon the h~orse-drawn service on
such a scale?
Celebrity in the motor vehicle deliv-
cry has come to the metropolis and
II has come to stay. Shall a success
tul merchant, retail or wholesale,
hubble over comparative costs OF
naulage and overlook the hidden loss
mat month after month, is pilling
up against him in increasing ratio
because of that one handicap-lack
VI celebrity in delivery?
newspapers are rushing the news
VI the world to the waiting fast mail
IN motor vehicles. Shall the post-of-
ice department load 1O, O00 special de-
livery letters into a horse-drawn wag-
On, making five or six miles an hour,
oIne same train while in the matter OF
0Ollecting them for the mail bags,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20
Miles of Roses.

There are miles and miles of roses
in Portland, Ore. One nan with a
.fondness for figures has calculated
that if the rosebushes were placed
close together they would stretch in
an unbroken line from Portland, Ore,
to Los Angles. Cal. a distance of l.
253 miles. Their fragrance, beauty
and color defy description, says the
Authors Magazine. The bushes are
planted along the streets and boule-
wards all over the city, and strangers
wonder at their not being molested.
As a matter of fact, the youngest citi-
zen of Portland takes too much pride
in the roses to pick one. Travellers
from Italy and the south of France
agree that nowhere in the world do
ross attain such perfection as in Port
land. There seems to be a harry
combination of soil and moistrre
which suits this most beautiful flow
err as nowhere else. At t1o fegti@al
time-second week in June-bcth Cay
and night are given up to -spee"Hcrfa~
floral ~pageants. There are III sri Il
floats, cars and chariots and ga1.y de
corated motor cars
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20
Told BY a Bird.

49, - -
To say "A little bird told me" is a
common way of getting out of telling
the real way information Ia obtained.
Little birds have. however. told i'm
portant stories sometimes by means
of notes fastened about their legs or
necks. The birds most often employ
ed for this purpose are pigeons. but a
well known tiding was once carried by
q seaguli.
Over twenty years ago a large ocean
steamer. Atlantis. which ran between
Liverpool and Calcutta. was lost. No
message was ever received from her
but one. and this ~was>found some five
months after she had started on her
last voyage. tied about the neck OF a
seagull In the Indian sea. The note
read: Atlantis struck on the Harad
rock. We are all lost. Father Coathe."
No trace Of the wreck or its crew ever
came. to light, o was 1t known who
"Father Coathe" was.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20

tanning. Ben Green, Efie Bagwell
Paul Whitaker. Mamie Hutchinson,
Jay Pryor. Annie Green, John Hutch
1nson and Vesta Garren. All report
having had a fine time, but
The crowd came home feeling mighty
blue
For they eat so many eggs they didn't
know what to do.
And one young lady could not grin
Because she lost her lizard pin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Whitaker spent
Monday night with Mr.. M. T. Edmond
son and family.
PEGGIE.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20

How many people have ever seer q
baby giraffe? Very few at the best.
In all there have been only four baby
CRATES born in the western hemi-
sphere; three OF these were born at the
Cincinnati geological garden. The first
two lived but a short time, but the
third one, which was born Sept. L,
1910, in the Cincinnati garden, is still
alive and is one of the prettiest little
animals that you might wish to e
CRATES can utter no sound-they are
mutes-but the two old CRATES looked
on the young one with eyes as full Of
expression and appreciation as if they
had human intelligence. and one
scarcely seemed to notice that they
made no sound whatever, +,
The picture shows the little giraffe
when 1t was two days old. 1t was then
five feet n inch In height and
weighed about ninety pounds. 1t be-
gan to grow right away. so that at the
age Of about four months it measured
six feet six inches. That certainly is a
marvellous growth. and a boy or girl
who would grow over a foot in four or
FIVE months would be considered a
most unusual phenomenon. When we
stop to think. however, that the old gi-
raffe is almost fourteen feet high and
can reach a foot orltwo farther by
Strengthening out it's head and neck. il
is easy to see that the baby giraffe has
to do some growing to catch up with
its father and mother.-St. Nicholas.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20
Would Hear Debate By Bryan and
Bailey.

Texarkana, Texas, April 16.-M. A.
Shaw, a wealthy farmer prominent in
Texas political circles, believes Will
liam J. Bryan is a thorn in the side
of Democracy and that the tariff diff
ferences between Messrss Bryan and
Bailey should be settled by debate in
order not to imperil the ultimate uni
ty of the party. Shaw states that he
is willing to bear the financial ex-
pense attached to such debate per-
sonally and to give the gate receipts"
to The Comn1oner.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20
Frnifland News.

The farmers of Fruitland are very
busy these days getting ready to
plant corn.
The Fruitland ball team are ex-
pecting to play at Hendersonville
Friday evening.
We are expecting many friends to
attend our commencement exercises
this coming Friday.
A large crowd of the Fruitland boys
and girls took an easter trip to Bat
Cave in a four horse wagon. The
crowd included: Eloise Garren, Bur-
ton Jackson, George Garren, Bertha
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-20

Mrs. ]. c. Sales, has gone to Nash
vile, Tenn, on al extended visit