Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-03-14
COUNTY NEWS

expects to make some improvement,
and will probably purchase severa
new vehicles. AIR. Ware will depar
IN q few days for Kansas to reside
While the Ledger takes pleasure Il
welecming Mr.. Farrell to Mexico. N,
Wares departure from Audrain \
~regretted' but 1t is hoped he will
decide to return.
A. G. Barnes OF Mexico has nre
scented his daughter, Mrs. No.
cabe Howe a $4,000 home in Kan,
sas City.
clanton Ellis has sold his inter
est In the Mexico Grocery store. on
the east side Of the Square to his
partner. A. M. Roberts.
Hugh McMahan. manager of tha
PaynerBecker Com. Co.'S local OF.
nee. viii return to st. Louis this
week and T. D. Smith viii a.
sime the managership. Harry
Street OF Moberly will be Mr..
Smiths assistant.
VIM Wright. OF this city. has
again signed a contract with Lie.
comsc & Elesher. the wen known
Theatrical managers. to appear in
their magnificent production Of
The Prince OF Tonight Mr..
Wright with them all last sehs.
on and this year has the choice Of
two Of che best roles in the new
lproduction.
chas Hays, a former Mexico negro
vas sentenced to u years In the
State prison. for murder. in the Rails
county Circuit Court. late Thursday
AFTERNOON. He was charged with
killing Ethel Gibson and wounding
Roxy Jenkins. both coIored.
The shooting took place May 9Th.
OF last year, near Perry. at the
home q Rosa johnson, colored.
The following land was sold un-
der a deed Of trust at the east front
door Of tho Court House on Friday
afternoon. P. r. Price and G. n.
Early, trustees, 24O acres located in
section So, township SO, range ii.
sold in two divisions. so Acres
were bought by j. r. Brown for
$4726; 100 acres by Mr.. Showers
for $4,000. s. NJ. Locke, trustee.
10f acres IN section S6, township
Rs2, range u was bought by j. r..
Brown for $500.
Geo. 3, Ernst trustee sold so A..
OF land located In the southeast
part Of the county. This was bought
By NJ. ". White for $500.
w A. Martin has traded his inter-
eat in the firm Of Martin & Meyers
to his partner. w. B. Meyers, for the
latter's stock Of groceries and dwell
ing in Perry, Mo. The deal was
made through tho firm Of Tucker
a Mcclure. The consideration in the
ueAl WhH A1S.uuO.
Mr.. Meyers intends to move his
family to Mexico to reside psr1na-
gently. lie purchased d nice house
and lot In East Holm Addition a
few weeks ago.
Other Deals Contaminated.
The Central West Construction
Company has purchased from Hiram
Stevens his property on North Mis-
for $1,000.
air. stevens has bought four lots
II Trolley Heights. paying $1,000
for them
Thirty years ago this week Mr..
Nniderschutte and family moved to
Audrain from Illinois They are bet
Ter pieaEed than ever.
Hen 4. P. Harrison OF McCredie
ATTENDED the big ]. T. Johnson sale.
Fourteen births and eleven deaths
were reported to Wallace bearing,
the local registrar Of births and
dt aths for the month of February.
Thursday, March Z, DR.. r. w.
pourne Of Mexico celebrated his
92nd birthday, and is enjoying splen-
did health. His friends wish him
many happy returns.
There is not a deaf. dumb or
blind child Of school age in Audrain
c%ounty. according to the report of
tie Eciiool enumerators for 1912. No
child with any one Of the three
above named affections, who is be-
! fweeE six and twenty years old,
was found in the county.
Heretofore. there has been at
least cns child who was deaf and
denb reported, and some years more
but It has been a long time, If
there ever was. since the school
~enumerators report was free from
names Of children similarly afflicted.
The Phllathea Glass of the Metho-
dist Church will have the Howard
Payne Band brought to Mexico some
|4ime during the latter part of this
month, If negotiations do not mis-
carry. It is the intention now to
give the entertainment at The Or
pheun Theatre and is for the bene-
tit Of the Church.
The Band is composed OF thirty
| pieces, and vocal numbers. This or
Plantation Is making q tour Of
| eight cities and It Is very probable
that they AN be brought to Mexico.
Cameron, Mo-, March ..
Twenty-one districts along the
IlIne Of the Old Trails highway across
| Missouri will have commenced work
on hard surface roads by May 1
Of this year, said Curtis Hill. the
| State Highway Engineer, In a speech
here Friday, He discussed mis-
%souri's part in the building Of q
coast.to-eoast roadway.
aBetween Kansas City and sc.
Louis, along the line Of the pro
posed national highway, at least
li50 miles Of rock roads VIII be built
by fall,' said Hill.
er.a-ito + i uTrenca A brotherIin-laW