Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-03-28
COUNTY news

Mrs Dan Dudley xho has beeal
Fistuns her mother In Kansas CRY
for some tins. seturned honb tbs
week accompanied b. Der mOsher.
Morris Arnold, son Of r. r. Arm
old. ST.. o. Mexeo. and president o.
10 Nationai Bank at seattle, wash
~lagton. has been appointed executor
fo- coloaei Huflns. a big steel mag
nte. withoat bond Tie estate
amounts to near s. 5000 900. md
Mr. Arnold viii harc charge Of Il for
at leass tveaiy years This shove
IA what high esteem Morris IS he'd.
in Seattle.
Col. n. g. Qusnn. who has IL;
turned fpsn St LOUIS to Columbia.
save out an iu.sryisw IN oolumhla
"Wednesday IA resard to the coinm.
hIa NersAern Electric Road rs fol-
i0Ts
AT the S. puis meeting held
Tuesday sad Col Quinn. arrange
ments we're made 10 put up 8 per
lccnt 81 The Capitalization Of the
road Or some siss.oao which win b
done N a few dsysl The road IS
suTs % be bait FOR . TELEGRAM CIV
Ing snll powers WIS cont to T. Ed.
mnrl Holiday the English broker
ruesday Tho psx Improvements
have 70 MAKE win be news sure
enough.
0. X. Ross. Of nuSkht III, has
rented the James Mttcag property
IN Northwest Mexaco and moved
here 10 reside.
VI c. Bsrnes. lormefIx OF Mexsco.
now Of victori. Texas. has sold his
org humber yard at that place and
has reured from active business.
Growth Of the Best Telephone sya-
TEN IS shown concretely in the am
nual report q American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company for
1911. 1t Indicates an increase of
TAO sos stations making 6.6s2.625 in
al q the end Of the year. OF these
Ass l5f we're operated BY connect
inc companies. Wire mileage has
been increased 30 nearly 10 million
maes. more than half OF st under
ground. about 400 miles Of this Is
in Mexico. Net earnings for the
year are given az sas.s POI ,245, an In
~creane OF 81. s6Ss OsI over 1910.
Mr.. and AIRS. Mlze Peters are pre-.
pairing to move to Independence. Mo.
where MI. Peters has purchased the
Walker Drug Store, Mr.. Peters
Is a registered pharmacist and fol
q Number Of years. previous to biz
connec;8on with the Morris Grocery
Store in this city. was In the
drug business. Wilde in Mexico Mr.
and Mrs. Peters made many friends
and the Ledger Joins in the gener
al regret Of their departure buI
wishes them Sqscceas In thelr nov
home.
James and Roy AfcPheeters havv
purchased n. o. McPheeters In
~terest IN the firm Of McPbeeters
Bros furniture and undertaking Is
tablishmenk. The Messrs. McPheet
nrs have been In business ID Mex
leo for the past six years and duiaua
this time have bnilt up an e~xcellenI
business.
The firm name wall remain the
same. McPhectcrs Bros. and the es
~tabHshment viii b conducted Al
heretofore.
Mr. 4. O McPfeeters, tho retir
member, Is undecided as t
wharv he viii locate.
! Earl Morsv - IL tlye cry Jaa IN
der arrest on a warrant issued b,
/ the Galloway county authorities
charged with taking $50 from tbl
| home Of Mr.. A1tlzer. the farm hans
Of Jack Harrison Of near Auxvasse
I The lad says be Il IL years old
: Earl rs a son Of Rowe Murphy 0
near Auxyasse. lie he'd been stay
ingg ut the home Of Aatizer. TIL.
body says he saw the twentydolla
!. bin lying on a chair. Thursday, am
he could not overpower the tempta
7 ton to take 1t.
He says he went Immediately t
: Futon. There he purchased a pal
Of high top shoes and a duck coal
For this he gave s47o. He had s11.b
on his person and he is unable f
account for s375. He came to Mex
4 leo on the eYenig train ThursdaI
ana was arrested ahortly after Al
: irving here.
Murphy at time lived with I'd
Hamilton. south Of town.
Mrs. Burt Of Auxvasse is visitin,
: her sister. Mrs. w. r. SHARP
who s III at her home on r, Lii
: erty street..
Judge Carter is the new preaiden
: Of Mexlco's electric line. He Is
d strong business man who bring
\ things 10 pass. Here's hoping tha
the line win be completed under hi
administration and pat on a pawn.
basis-ceptralia conrler.
Mrs. Allie Luckie, matron Of III
denwood College at 81. Charles. !
7 visiting her mother, Mrs Lucy Graf
am, in this city.
An operation was performed 0
Mrs. w. Z. Sharp Saturday morn
ing. She is reported 10 have undel
gon E the operation s~aaisfactogil
and her many friends wish for her
speedy recovery.
Hon. Champ Clark mas sent IL
Old Ladies' Home a half buahel {
seeds and a half bushel Of bulbs. I'll
Speaker OF the House OF Representa-
tives has signified his intentions /
sending the Home here some shrui
berv in a few weeks.
Mrs. w. J. Rixey. a member (
ii the Board Of the Home, said Satu.