Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-06-27
COUNTY NEWS

~ @A@AAJ uan JUST ActulA1l
from Fsyette where &c ~scissered ths
commencement address at Howard
Payne College and attended a Il
days Preachers Institute. This In
stiiute Is a yearly meeting OF Methot
LIST preachers for the discussion o
vital church interests. Specialists
are invited to deliver courses Of lee
lures. These lectures are OF tn.
highest order. No man who Is small
and narrow ever gets a place on thi
platform. This year was probably
the best ever he'd. Prof. Jordan, OF
Queens College, Canada; DR.. Lee, OF
st. Louis; DR.. Rice Of II. Worth,
Texas; and Prof. Smaller Matthews,
Dean OF the Divinity School Of ChEca.
go University-men from different
parts Of the country, and of different
denominations, dilivered courses OF
lectures Of a broad. liberal and eultul
al character. They dare to see the
truth, and to state It as they see it.
DIR. Handy while away, closed a
contract with the Wisdom Sisters TO
sing IN his church during a special
series OF meetings beginning Sept. is
These young ladies' are accomplished
singers and unsurpassed in this part
OF the country as church workers.
Clark white, who has been attend
ing Pennsylvania College in Lexing-
ION. Ky, is with s. G N. Philhpdur
ing school vacation.
Mexico has a manufacturing es alb
lishment not only new. but growing,
that has come with the soft pedal"
on and has been too rushed with or.
ders to engage a pre- s agent. The
New Era Cowpea Planter, a recent
invention Of ST. Cla'r Emmons, son
of Mr. and Mrs. s. p. Emmons, Of
this city, is the product OF the indus
try. They are making IS planters a
day and are far behind the many o
ders that are arriving daily.
The assembling plant is at Henry
Wright's In West Mexico. The parts
OF the attachment are made several
different places and shipped here for
assembling. Mr.. Emmons is in
charge OF the work himself. This
was recently referred to by s. NJ.
Jordan. The Missouri Corn Man. as
the best attachment for The work
yet invented.
AS cowpeas are becoming more
popular every year in this section,
the demand for the New Era will
surely increase and Mr. Emmous be
forced to enlarge his plant. thus Civ.
ing Mexico another first-c,ass mana.
featuring establishment.
Geo. q. Crowds, OF Farber, maid
$l25 for two lots In Farber, sod I'M
der deed OF Trust at the Court
House Thursday.
Joe Weinand, who has been In
The banking business in Wellsvire TO
a year, Is back home, dear Old Mex.
leo, 10 stay, They all come back.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Bybee of Madi
son, who have been guests of Ma
jor and Mrs. Logan Bybee. of this
city, have returned to their home.
g. e. Ward, a prominent railroad
who recently announced hts
Intention of leaving Mexico, will
remain here In charge of the Ri. hard
son L~ubricating Co. station. This
Company will install, at once, two
10000 gallon tanks here and a tank
wagon and make this one Of their
prime pal Missouri shipping points.
John P, CLARK Ii secretary Of this
Oil Co. The Ledger is glad To-
hear Mr.. and Mrs. Ward intend re.
naming i'm this city.
/. D. Kemp Of neal Auxvasse sold
pounds Of golden seal root to sam
Morris Thursday, for which he re-
s64.S0. Mr.. Kemp spent about
: days gathering the root. He gath
cred It in the woods of Galloway at
his leisure time.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. L. Pitcher, of San.
"a Fe, were in this city Thursday.
Miss Brown, the lovely daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Brown, has been
IL. Her many fir ends join
he Ledger in wishing her an early r
,overy.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Johnson will
attend the Baltimore Convention.
Geo. Metcalf, Of the bank at the
National Stock Yards, East ST.
louis, ILL.,. visited his grandmother
lere this week. He went from here
Columbia.
John shearman, cashier Of the
,ank at Santa Re, Mo, who
vas ~paralyzed several weeks ago, is
10 better.
A marriage license was granted
Thursday TO Geo Youagb God and
Miss Venice Brase OF Audrain eoun.
y,
MIS-. j. G. Handy and daughter,
Hiss Virginia Will DEPART Monday
or a visit to re'atives in Minneap-
MIMI VIII oh was Mrs. Handy's
home.
Mrs Frank Porawski, o. Kansas
who has been the guest OF Mr..
nd Mrs. W. ]. Porawski, of this
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