Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-10-05

and We Will have such noted shot
as Crosby, KlIem, Clark and Bill
with many others present.
Mr.. Grub wtii shoot shortly a
the Interstate finals at the sunse
HiH Country Club. ST. Louis, wher
ever entry must have made 30 pei
cent or better in two other interstat
shoots.
Mr.. Grub Is teaching his wife q
shoot and states she will soon b,
one Of the best women Shots IN this
section il she Is not that already.
The coming marriage Of Mis-
Clara Bertels, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stephen Bertels and Mr. Jno
Tennewald, son of Mrs. JOSEPH
Fennewald, both Of Martinsburg, wal
announced at st. Joseph's Church OF
Sunday. Sept. "a, The wedding viii
take place Oct. 18th. The contract
ing parties are members OF the mosi
prominent families of that colnmuni
~. The Ledger extends best wish
es in advance.
County Clerk John B. Graham will
address the State County Clerks
Association meeting in Sedalia on
Oct. 4 to 6. His subject will
be Should the Clerk Make the De
tailed Financial Statement and Ac.
count for Fees Charged in Making
the Same.
G. H. Culbertson, of Montgomery
City, vas in Mexico on business Fri
day. He was accompanied home by
little Miss Katherine Frances Ny
ers.
The Rev. j. D. Greer, assisted by
the Rev, R. B. HeIser. Of Centralia,
closed a very successful protracted
meeting at Antioch. 20 miles north
west Of here Wednesday night. There
wer 10 additions to the Church. Next
Monday night the Rev. Greer will be
gin a meeting at New Hope.
Born, to Charlie Harmon and
wife, on September 20. a on. Both
mother and babe 4 doing nicely,
A marriage license has been issued
to Jenkins w. Green and Miss Ma
RE Huff, both of Audrain.
G. r. Gibson and family have
moved from the Coons property ON
E. Promenade street to the w. L.
Harper property on w. Monroe.
George McLoney, the local aviator,
made a short biplane flight at Van
dalia, Thursday, with Woodlief, a
student In the Benoist school Of av-
iation. The flight was made during
the exhibitions IN the afternoon.
Mr.. Benoist was greatly interested
in Mr.. McLoney's aeroplane work
and has assured him he will gladly
give every assistance possible, MIR,
,McLoney is building a second BIZ
plane, his first being broken In a
trial flight.
Mr.. Jacob Blum, after a pleasant
visit TO Mexico relatives, returned
to his home in st. Louis to-day.
The reception rendered the Rev. J.
@. Handy, the new pastor OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church OF this
city, and wife, Thursday evening by
the congregation, was largely attend
ed. Possibly 200 members and
friends of the congregation attend
ed.
The receiving line was composed OF
the Rev. ]. c. Handy and wife; the
Rev. j. o. Edmonston and wife; the
Rev. H. L. Davis and wife; and the
REV. W. c. Rice and wife. After the
arrival and introduction to the new
pastors of the Methodist churches Of
this circuit, the crowd repaired to
the auditorium where speeches were
made by several members of Church.
Among those who spoke were Dr.. W.
L.. Reed, S. p. Emmons, w. w. Fry.
In his talk MI, Fry highly compli
mented the ladies OF the church when
he said that if he were to marry for
ty times he would pick a Methodist.
Following the talk, Mrs. Martin
Yates, of Artesia, N. NJ, sang a very
pretty and impressive solo.
Then came the refreshments.
Felix T. Hughes sold two lots in
Farber, under a deed of trust, Fri
day, Allen Stallings buying them for
5000. They had a house upon them.
Mrs. w. G. Johnson has returned
to her home in Cleveland, Ohtp, aft
ter a visit with her father, VIM. Pol.
lsck.
w. R, Heighler, Of Mexico, a civil
engineer, was in Fulton "Wednesday
for a conference with the commits
sioners of the Fulton special road di
trlct. Accompanied by members Of
the commission Mr.. Heighler made
an inspection of the Mokane and JEFF
ferson City roads and the Cross-Stat
Highway. He expressed 1t as his o.
pinion that the work of transforms
ing these highways into rock and
gravel roads would not he a difficult
task. Mr.. H~eighler is being consid-
cred for appointment 10 the positio
Of engineer OF the district which is
soon to be made by the commission
ers,-Fulton Gazette.
G. w. Lewis and wife, who have
been visiting relatives in amarillo
Texas, have returned home. Mr.,
and Mrs. Lewis had a delightful visit
but found no place they liked better
than Mexico, Missouri.
Miss Mary v. Houston is home
from s.. Louis.
George Johnson, who underwent {
serious operation at the Jewish Hos.
pttal in st. Louis a few days since,
has returned home much improved il
health. Mr.. Johnson is very weak
but his friends will be glad to know
that indications are that he will 500
| be enjoying his old-time good health
Fifty-seven years ago Friday, Sep
| tember 29, James Garrett, Sir, an
Miss Elizabeth Hooton. of this city
were married by DR.. Hopkins. Th'
radqar ioins The neoDle of MexioI