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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-08-29
Mr., EDMONST0N
A SUICIDE
SICK AND AFFLICTED HE
COULD NOT SLEEP.
Once q Prominent Lawyer, Asso-
ciated With P. H. Cullen.

william A. Edmonston, 66
wears old, residing on East Liber-
tv street, this city, committed
suicide at his home last Saturday
morning by slashing his throat
with a razor. His body was found
about six o'clock by his wife in
the back yard.
Mr.. Edmonston was stricken
with paralysis about five years
ago and lately he was stricken
again. He was able to get around
and to be up town but he suffered
from sleeplessness and the whole
night would pass at times with
out his being able to sleep at
all. He had no hopes of relief
from his affliction, and this is
supposed to have been the cause
of his suicide. He had told mem
bers of his family that he could
not endure his suffering much
longer.
Deceased was born in Galloway
county, in 1916. His first wife
was a sister of w. A. Sharp of
this city. She died a number of
years ago. His second wife was
Miss Carrie Rankin, who survives
him. One child survives him by
his first marriage, Mrs. j. E. Wal
lace, of Colorado City. A son,
Paul Edmonston, of this city, by
his first marriage, also survives
him. A sister, Mrs. n. V. Bates,
of Los Angeles, Cali, also sur
wives him. The Rev. j. o. Ed.
monston of this city is brother
Mr.. Edmonston studied law
here under the late Judge w. o.
FOrrist and later was law part
ner here with P. II. Cullen.
Funeral services were held at
the home Monday afternoon, con-
Quoted by Rev. j. c. Handy. The
pail bearers were d. M. Roberts,
VIM. Vivion, James Pledge, Chas.
Holt, Austin Calhoun and Chas.
Leeper. The following members
of the Audrain County Bar at
tended the funeral in a body: ID.
A. Murphy, John Y. Baker, S. ID.
Stocks, A. C. Whitson, w. w.
Fry, Wallace w. Fry, r. d. Rod
gers, W. w. Bolts, f. r. Jesse, Il.
5. CAN'T, Clarence A. Barnes and
Easton E. Shannon.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-08-29

Preston Hill, who tells the people
in his public letter that the truth
is there is nothing Of the single
tax in this amendment, this
same DR.. Hill made Il speech. Here
is the official report. II quotes
him as having said: 1--WE have
all been working to see the Single
tax established in one state of the
union on November If, 1913, and
are proud to think that Missouri
will be the first state to hold aloft
the ineXtinguishabIc torch of Jus
tice lighted by Henry George -
SO, according to reason and ac-
cOrding to their own statements.
made i'll the private meeting Of
themselves and their fellow con
Spirators, this amendment is moth
ing but the pure, undefilcd single
tax.
Now what is it for? The single
takers conceive the notion that
private ownership of land is
wrong. They think the state
ought 10 own the land and let il
out 10 tenants. This however is
practically impossible of attain
ment. SO they devise a scheme to
make the state the universal Ian
lord without confscation Of the
titles to land. Then they figure
that all land will be free to whom.
sOeyer wants TO use il and that all
land will be put into use. With
this accomplished they say thcr,
will never be a shortage of raw
material, never an industrial de.
preston, never spell Of hard
jlmcS, no poverty no want no
suffering. But how shall they de
stroy the value Of land, make land
free, and make the state the uni
yerSal landlord. Why simply in
this way: Have the state collect
the full economic rent Of the land
LNv IA, III.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-08-29

Continued on Page Five. J
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-08-29
NO.4I

on west and came up with the elk
on the fruit farm lately owned by
George and John Trimble, just
southeast of Santa Fe. The elk
were browsing in a crab apple
patch. Getting close to them Hur-
ley picked the largest and sleek
est fellow and at the crack of his
gun the elk fell dead. The other
four circled around back to the
dead one and by this time Hur-
ley was ready with another shot
and the second elk fell. They
then clrclcd around till the fourth
elk had been killed. And the
last one even circlcd back, but by
tins time Hurley had become ner-
vouS and his fifth shot went too
low, only womding the elk.
which gallopcd away this time.
but Hurley and his dog followed.
tracking the big elk by its blood
on the snow. lie came upon il at
a pond of water. This pond was
east of Santa Fc, at the mouth of
Elm Creek, near farm later oc-
cuplcd by Jacob Hanger. I'm
1897 w. II. and A. A. Bcal
bought 40 acres of land near the
mouth Of Elm There were many
sugar trees on the lot and the
trees had the marks, plainly at
that time, of where the Indian
SquaWs had tapped the trees to
make syrup or sugar.
But as to this elk and pond. The
elk was in the pond and the dog
ON one side and big Indian on
the other.
Hurley said to the Indian, eco
fetch that elk out and you may
have half his carcass.
r,; ,"e '"1'"', repl'eu' Poor
Ingin got sick hand; poor all
over And then he pulled aside
his blanket and further said to
..,y y 'o ''oS
'N'' Says IluTleN, IL you
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-08-29
SINGLE TAX
DISCUSSION
S. d. SILVER SPEAKS AT
MEXICO COURT HOUSE.
Audrain County Farmers Will
Fully Appreciate This Talk.

|
cial Club, delivered the following
interesting address to large au-
dience at the Mexico court house
last Monday night. If you are a
land owner you will carefully
read every word:
The principal if not the only
point of difference between the
supporters of these amendments
and their opponents, is that the
supporters insist upon declaring
that their amendment does not in
corporate the single tax doctrine
of Henry George. They seem to
realize that to admit such to be
true would condemn them in the
eyes of all thinking people. This
is not because they do not person
ally favor the single and unlimit-
ed tax upon land, and the con-
fisction Of economic rent, but
Henry George has made the
political error of setting down in
black and white just what he
proposes and just what he pur-
poses. If you read Henry
Georges book and find out what
he means you will most surely be
against him. OF course if you
read it and do not find out what
it means you may be for him.
SO they want to shake Henry
George and they want to shake
the term "Single Tax" Here in
Il public letter written by Mr.
VIM Preston Hill, president Of
the Equitable Taxation League,
to Jewell Mayes, editor Of the
i;lchmond Missourian, he says =
The truth is that there is moth
ing of the single tax in these pro
posed amendments. " And all
their paid public speakers will
tell you the same thing. In fact,
my friends, this campaign on the
part of the proponents of these
measures is one of fraud and en-
deavor to deceive the voters of
this state. These amendments as
truly incorporate the single tax
theory of Henry George as if his
hand had reached back across the
irretraceable gulf and guided the
pen that drafted them.
What did Henry George pro-
pOse2 Simply this to put all
taxes on land at an unlimited
rate. And what do these amend
ments propose? Exactly the same
thing. But Mr.. Hill says that the
first amendment here will tax
public utility franchises, and the
privilege of recording papers in
the recorders office, and also will
permit of n revenue license on the
liquor business. | tell you that is
not true.
This amendment specifically
abOliShes all revenue licenses. II
makes no exception Of saloon
license whatever. 1t does say that
the laws regulating the sale and
manufacture of liquors shall be
unchanged but that simply means
regulation laws and regulation
licenses. " In other words. the
law against Sunday saloons and
sales to minors would be un-
changed, But the amendment
specifically prohibits any license
for revenue of any kind or char
acter. Next, he says that under
the power to tax privileges, there
can be revenue tax laid against
the recording of mortgages and
deeds. That also is not true, for
the recording of an instrument is
not "a privilege but duty en-
joined by the law for the protec-
tion of the pu&c. If you go to
the bank to borrow money the
banker wants to know whether
your property is mortgaged, and
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-08-29
LAST ELK
AND INDIAN
A SCRAP OF EARLY MIS-
SOURI, HISTORY.
Pike Audrain, Rails and Monroe
Figure in The Story,

The following was told the
writer by Abncr Smith, Il mighty
hunter in his day, who, in 1884,
settled in the then village of
Bowling Green, Mo. Later he i'm
proved Il farm seven miles north
of Laddonia, which was later for
many years known as the Luther
Moss place. Two daughters of
Luther Moss now reside at Lad
donia, Mrs. G. A. Smith and Mrs.
H. G. kcnncn.
Deer, wolves aud turkey were
plentiful in the Lick Creek and
Spencer Creek country in those
early days. Abner Smith said he
started one day with his gun
from Bowling Green for the tim
Der of Spencer Creek to the north
west, looking for game. When
only about Il mile from the court
house in Bowling Green, near
where the c. & A. depot now
stands, he saw lying in the grass
ahead of him what he took to be
BaiSey's jacks and jennets.
Baiscy lived in Bowling Green
and kept a bunch of this kind of
stock. Frank Hendricks. now
living in this county, we'll remem-
hers the Baiseys. Smith passed
near the jacks and iennets, as he
supposed them, scarcely noticing
them, but when he got to the
windward he heard loud Snorts
I@ud looking back he saw five big
elk sIimming over the prairie bat
row ont of reach Of his gun.
Some time after this Smith was
near the mouth of East Lick
Creek, near where now stands the
village of Hutchinson, in Rails
county where he saw eating
grapes. another bunch of what he
took TO be jacks and jennets. He
knew that the Muldrows, further
down the creek, kept such stock.
But when they saw Smith ap-
preaching them they broke away
with SnortS and "A crash thru the
brush and timber, and again
Smith counted that same five elk
he had seen at Bowling Green.
States Attorney General Dan.
II. Mcintyre few years ago in
making "A speech at an old set
Tiers picnic in Audrain county
made reference to the fact that
occasionally elk were seen on the
rralrirs of this part Of Missouri
aS late as 1894 and "Lo, The Poor
indian, would sometimes be seen
N the banks Of Salt River, but
the Indian was then on the
bounty Of the white man.
John Hurley tells of the last
Indian and last elk seen in thi,
/ rupt pr tt, Ctnt,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-08-29
At Bethel.

Rev, W. H. Richardson will
commence meeting at Bethel
church, two miles east of Molino,
On saturday, the 31st. AS the
services will not, probably, be
pfotracted beyond II days, a
good attendance from the begin
hihg is desirable. All FRIENDS are
cordially invited to meet with us
ana help in the good work.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-08-29
SENATOR LUKE LEA.

ENATOR LUKE LEA from Tennessee
tauqua He is the United
Portable margin but he fighter,
feared by special privilege n
and Is fast becoming been
battle and his six foot two frame
big fist and big brain and is making
Hear him
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-11

notice or shLE OK REAL ESTATE
UNDER MORTGAGE F1RE
CLOSURE


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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-11

NAel gou hare z bal eold you want
the hl medicine cbsaiaatls % AZ 10
cure & with "a iiiiie delay As possible
Here Il druggists efiniea. A have
scll caan5eriaia'z Cough Remedy for
fifteen years., says En0s Loiiar oi
saFaigga lnd- and consider u the
best o. tbe market For sale By an
desisrs -AdF DIV
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-11
fF1rst pablishea Oct ID. 1879
NOTICE or SALE or PROPERTY
UNDER EXECUTION.

AteGA~FF A+Ft leAs ~ ? f~fAt
Whereas. Un the slh day 81 seutgni-
ber. 1912, there vas issued ont q the
Superior Court by the CLERK thereof
an execution directed 70 ne zs sheriff
Of Grady County. Oklahoma, CON
handing me 10 levy upon certain prop
erty Of W. 3. Harris. found in my
county. to satisfy a Judgment hereto
fore rendered il tie Superior Court
of Grady County, Oklahoma, wherein
tie Guaranteed state Bank d Marl0w.
Oklahoma. Vas plaintiff, and r. T.
Aiken, W. B. Harris. ef a.. were de-
PENDANTS. in the amount Of s9ssoo
principal. s42.7o costs Of said suit and
interest thereon amounting TO the sum
of 1910 and accrued costs amounting
to the sum 81 szs5. making total
due al the time Of the issuance of said
execution Of g354l5. and ia pursuance
u said execution ! took possession Of
tho following described property, tg-
vii.
one black stallion. six years old,
weight 1850 pounds. fifteen hands nigh.
named Tfopes one sorrei mare. about
five years old. weight llo9 pounds. fif-
teen hahds high, named Nay OHe
brown horse, about three years old.
weight $50 pounds. fourteen and one
half hands high; one sorrel fillY and
her colt one red COW. seven years Old
branded o on left hip; one red COW.
four years old. named Lstsle Red enc
red COW. three years old. named Cher
~; one red COW. two years old, named
Rose. and undivided one half interest
in forty-five acres Of corn On the ?. A.
Thompson place, about five miles
rargh. and one mile east Of NARROW,
Oklahoma
and It appearing that sald GuaTan-
teed State BANK Of NARROW. Oklahoma.
the execution plaintlff has paid off
and deposited IN the Clerks office Of
the County Of Grady. State ol Okla
hona. a certain mortgage given By
the execution debtor herein. W p.
harris, tie amount of said mortgage
debt being Tie sum of Ssi10o.
Now. therefore. IN pursuance Of said.
execution and in pursuance Of the Jaw
Of The State Of Oklahoma. / wifi. on
tie 2lst day Of October 1872. sell an.
Of said property. or so much thereof
a8 is necessary to satisfy the amount
of the morgaged debt herein in the
sum Of sil70o. and also for the salts
faction Of the amount Of the execution
herein. being to-wit. The sum oil
{s5Al5. together with al costs Of this
action. and the execution herein
Said sale VIII be made at The hour
OF ten o'clock a. 10. Of said 2lst day Of.
October. 1912 and on tie p A. Thomp
son farm. about five miles north and
one mile east ogthe Town Of MARROW
Grady County. Oklahoma.
Witness my hand as such Sheriff Of
Grady County. Oklahoma. fhis. the eth
day Of October. 1912.
JOHN C LEWIS.
Sheriff o. Grady County
BY J A. THOMPSON,
Deputy Sheriff. l0-fi3od
II you have young children YOU nave
perhaps noticed that disorders Of the
stomach are their most common ali.
ment 70 correct this yoa win lind
chamberlaina Stomach and Liver
Tablets excellent They are easy and
pleasant TO take, and mild and gentle
III effect. For sale By ali dealers
adv d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-11

People who know are going 70 buy
a Majestic range during our demon.
stration week You would too # you
knew. Read OUT BIS ad in this paper
ellkey.Jarboe Hardware co.-Ad4 Il
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-11

Come yourself and tell your neigh
5or about cur Majestic range demon
s'failon neat week See our large ad
elsewhere GiIkeyJarboe Hardware
CO. Adv Ii
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-11

During the college year the Univers-
ity Of Oklahoma requires each student
in English ] and Il to work out 100
points in library reading The Carne-
gle library Of Chickasha has the fol-
loving dties Of the required reading.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-11
Biography


carlyle-Life o. John Sterling
Lockhart-Life Of scote
Fiction.
Biackmore-Lorha Doone
Diekens-Tale Of Two Cities. David
eopperneid Nicholas Niekleby, pick
wick Papers.
Eliol-silas Mariner The MN on the
Fioss Adam Bede. Scenes from Clcrt
cal Life.
Gaskell-C -Cranford.
Kingsiey-Hypalia. Westward. Ho.
Kiplng Tie Light That Failed.
Mefeaiih-Diana Of the Crossnays
Tie Ordeal Of Richard Feyerel
Reade-The CloisteF ana the Hearth.
Stevenson Kidnapped; David Bal
four Treasure Island; DR.. Jekyll and
Sir. HYDE.
Thaekeray- Vanity Fair. Pendennls:
Henry Esmond: The virrinians.
Trollope Barcheater Towers; The
Warden
Huckieberry Finn.
coopa-The spy The Last Of the
Aohicans.
Hale Man Without a Country.
Hawlhorne-The Scarlet Letter;
House Of seven Gables.
Holmes Elsie Venher.
-Knickerbocker
Bacon -Esaays.
Essays.
Carlyle -sarfor Resartus.
Emerson Essays.
H0uelis- Hcr0lnes OF Fiction; Liter
ary Friends and Acquaintance.
Essays from Ella.
Lane-Lesters 70 Dead Authors.
Literary Essays.
Ruskln Sesame and Liiics Grown
81 Wlid Olive
Ihaekeray The -Four Georges The
Book Of snobs
Travel.
Clemens Inn0cenis Abroad
Dana TWO Years Before the MIST
Hern Kokoro
irving Captain Bonneville; Tour Of
the Prairies
KipIing-From Sea 70 Sea
Parkman-The Oregon Trail.
Smith -Cond0la Days
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-11

Irving The Conquest OF Granada
Macaulay-~History Of England.
Mahan-Thc Problem Of Asia.
Page-The Old South.
R0oseyelt-The Winning Of tn
West
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-11
OKLA UNIVERSITY LIST

CT REQUIRED READING.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-11

Carlyle--Life o. John Sterling
Lockhart-Life Of scots
Elrtlnr
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-03-14

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ere not secret. Itcont irs Iron Phosphate entian
1itA}a, Chinese shubarb, Peruvian Bark, VOmica
Oregon Grape Root, Cascara CaDsicuEa, SarsaparIa
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-03-14
Natural CuPatiNeS To
Make Natural Health

When you use Bodi-TOne you know Just what'you are
using know it is pure and safe and know you taking
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body 1t contains nothing that your own family doctor
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createneW nerve energy and force Ltha aids in the
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mote Vigorous Liver activity Peruvan Bark raises the
tone OF the entire system, Golden Seal SootheS the
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-03-14
Bodily one Does eJuSf
AS Hts Name Means

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Whch underes ali OF Bod Tones great work for the
SICK TINS IS the power 1t offers you help get
health and strength new vigOr and new vitality
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-03-14

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-12-12
TAINTED ON WITNESS STAND
hr. Louis Broadwater, of GrantsviIIe,
Remained UnCOnscionsI Some Hours

Tuesday afternoon some excitement
was caused and no little concern was felt
by the friends of Mr.. Louis Broadwater.
a prominent citizens of Grantsville Dis
trict, who was being examined as a
witness in the Circuit Court, when he
lost consciousness and for more than
two hours renamed in an unconscious
state Notwithstanding the efforts of DR..
M. c. Hinebaugh to restore him.
Last summer Mr.. Broadwater, who is
a farmer, had become involved in some
difficulty with Chas. C. Swauger, also
Of the Grantsvllle country, who was
doing some carpenter work for him and
Mr.. Broadwater ordered Swauger from
his premises. The latter was slow to
move and to hasten his movements Mr..
Broadwater used force, whereupon
Swauger had him arrested on the charge
of assault and battery. The case was
being tried Tuesday before jury when
Mr.. Broadwater tainted and for some
time his friends were very much alarm
ed at his condition.
The jury in the case returned YER
dict of guilty as charged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-12-12
INSTALLING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
High Pressure Gas Line Being Laid
For Whistle.

The Mayor and Council at recent
meeting, after having the matter under
consideration for some time, issued an
order for the installation of fire alarm
system in Oakland, work upon which Is
now progressing and the system may be
completed yet this wesk.
The gas mains IN the town are all low
pressure, carrying less than a pound, but
the large main carrying gas to town
came about one hundred pounds pres
sure, and a special one-inch pipe is now
being laid along Third street to the
old municipal building, where siren
whistle. purchased during The past
summer, will be placed and which will
be used to sound the alarm when IRE
visits the town.