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Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

Mrs. Charles Harmon and small
child, of this city, have been visit
ing Rush Harmon and wife, south
of Nandalia, and Warren Wright
and wife, at Curryville.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Braden and
small child, of near Laddonia, Wis
tied James Braden and family in
this city last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

\. Hickerson: | get my mail at
Wellsville and live in Montgom-
cry county, but | often have bust
ness in Mexico. | used to live
near Laddonia. l think a great
deal Of old Audrain.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

S. p. Cunningham Of this city
held a Masonic lodge of instruc-
ton at Fulton last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

The Mexico Commercial Club
took long step forward last
week when it voted to guarantee
The salary of a farm adviser for
Audrain county. The County
Court had declined to take any
action, as two of the members re-
tire from office first of the year.
1t is believed the salary of the ad-
wiser can be raised all right. There
Is a State appropriation available,
which will help, and there is 9TH
help in sight. A county farm
Mvlser is all right; the project
has proved a great success wher-
ever tried. If the farmers of Au-
irfn county can be helped in the
matter Of raising bigger crops and
can be assisted in building up soil
fertility at the same time, and the
larm adviser helps toward that,
'here will never be any trouble in
paying the salary Of this officer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

l.. H. Biggers received a box of
japanese persimmonS the other
day, sent him by his wife s sister,
Mrs. Ollie Oakes, at Alvarado,
Texas. Mr.. Biggcrs brought a
sample of the fruit to this office.
1t grows the size of a tomato.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

The Centralia Guard makes
mention as follows:
We are informed that one night
recently young man from Mexi-
co was waiting outside of one of
our churches and attempted to cs-
cOrt young lady home as she
came out of the church, when am
older lady stepped up and in
formed the young man that she
would accompany the girl home.
The lady was right. If the young
fellow could not call at the home
of the young lady and take her to
church and sit through the devo-
tional services with her he had no
right to try to escort her home,
and we will bet that the same good
style prevails in Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

DIR. and Mrs. Allie Adams, of
Auxvasse, visited Mexico relatives
first of the week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

Little Miss Mabel Spar, who
has been i'll so long with fever, is
now on the way to recovery, it is
thought.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

Miss Lena Johnson visited Mrs.
r. b. Finley in Hannibal last
week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

L. j. Gartrell, formerly of Au-
drain county, accidentally shot
and killed himself at Bay City,
Texas, a short time since.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21
A MOVE TO
HELP FARMERS
uApvESTER TRUST" TO
GIVE A MILLION.
Here's Hoping That Audrain May
Get In.

Chicago, Ill, Nov. 16.-One mil
ian dollars, to be used to educate
aa American farmer, has been
,oted by the directors of the In
prnational Harvester Company.
What the company intends doing
!, TO compete with the United
State Department of Agriculture
in the "uplift" of the American
farmer.
Agents will be sent out to dis
tribute improved seed and scien-
tifc farming literature. The
wheat belt will be broadened and
he Yield increased; seed corn
yccial trains will be run; free
e,tures on scientific farming de
Kered; social and farm improve
ment societies organized pfac-
iicaI farming will be introduced
in country schools, the Office Of
county crop expert may be estab-
Eshed and tested seed will be fur
nished to farmers.
Prof. Perry c. Holden, Iowa
state director of agriculture ex-
tension, will be brought to Chica-
20 to take charge of the work.
4 few months ago Julius ROscn-
vad Of Sears, Roebuck & Co.,
gave one million dollars to the
farm uplift movement.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

Thursday evening while j. A.
Vaughn, a carpenter Of this city,
was doing some repair work at
Mrs. j. f. Lleweuyn's residence,
a board fell and struck him on the
head, which knocked him uncon-
scious for some time. The board
contained a nail which pierced his
head and made a bad wound.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

new W. C, Rice reports Il fine
4' a' Llttleby Methodist church
'as ,'', sunday. ) Large congregations
1rt 1 IL me turnout to Sunday school.
~ .ae heds and Blues of the Sunday
,uUol are having a contest on at
~ udnce, Scriptural reading and
4. "er points, 1t ends next Sun.
Ihe interest is high and it is
s'i' pec'ed that much good will re.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

Mrs, j, d. Miller is visiting her
son and family, Nelson Miller, at
Excelsior Springs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21
SHORT INTERVIEWS.
Mr.. Rogers Farming-Cliff Dud-
geon Clad. T. Dudley and
Washington School.

cliff Dudgeon: How am | since
the clcctionY just fine, bully
as Teddy would say. Well, didn I
Wilson beat emf Now it falls to
us Democrats to make good.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

John II. Thole: Some time ago
| sold out my blacksmith business
at NandaIia, but | am now in
again with one of the best cqIipp-
ed shops in that splendid little
city; | feel at home AGAIN. | met
my old friend w. II. Bcal in Mex
leo the other day. | had not seen
him since 1877, back near the time
when | used to keep a shop on
East Lick, adjoining the old Fish.
er farm, northwest of Farbcr.
Father Beal is growing old, but
he has the same sunshine in his
life he had when ! first knew him.
j. Y. Johnson: | had an offer
of $l1.l0 per cwt. on part Of that
bunch of fat cattle | shipped to
Chicago last week. The whole
shipment brought me $12,660.48.
The railroad did me bad service,
delayed me on the way to market.
They must pay me at least $500
damages. But | am proud of the
shipment. 1t topped the Chicago
market for this year. | have more
cattle on hands-100 head of two
year old steers and 100 head of
three year-olds, all fine fellows: |
don't believe anybody in Missouri
can beat them for quality, condi-
ton and general worth.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

d. l.. Rogers: | like the farm.
| didn I think | was cut out for it
when | first began but now
wouldn't give it for anything ]
know. plan the paintings | put
in my fields years ahead and | am
always looking to building up the
soil. | think it crime to rob
your ground. There is no call for
it. The soil of China is feeding
four hundred million people and
they tell us that the Chinese farm
produces more now than it did
five thousand years ago, III the
first cultivation. They know how
to keep up the fertility, and that S
what the American farmer must
learn, and it is time for the Au-
drain county farmer to begin,
right now.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

G. kabrich: I'm going to
spend the winter in Florida again.
| have relatives down there and
that with that sunny cline make
it very delightful for me.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21
IMPORTANT MENTIONS.
Mr.. Biggers' Persimmons-Johr
Vaughn Hurt-Mr. Gartrell
Accidentally Killed.

Circuit Court opens next Mon
day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

II. p. Warden; My father aud
Woodrow Wilson S father were
born i'll the same town in Virginia.
! have known of Mr.. Wilson S
people for years. When Wood
row was elected Governor of New
Jersey thought him then good
Presidential timber and told a
squad of Mexico voters so. lie
is Scotch stock and there is not n
family in America with broader
intelligence, purer patriotism and
higher ideals than are his people
and were his ancestors, to the
third and fourth generations, so
to speak. Wilson, in my opinion
is going TO make the greatest
President we have had in a hun
dred years.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-11-21

j. Y. Dudley: | live out south
west from Washington school
house. BY the way, Washington
school is fourishing. That enter
tainment recently your paper
mentioned was a great success.
Fine literary program and the
proceeds from the supper amount
ed to about $32, which will be
used to enlarge the school library
Washington school and Washing.
ton district are all right.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
Davidson to Referee
Tech Crews Regatta

DR.. William NJ. Davidson, superintend-
ent of public schools, today accepted
the invitation to be referee OF the re-
gatta to be given bv the Technical High
School crew at the Analostan boat
house on May II. DR.. Davidson sent
his acceptance to larence r. Hecov.
who is coaching the crew. Other Of
ficials have given their word to be on
hand to watch the school boys row
against the Analostan crew.
Capt James f. oyster, president OF
the Board of Education. will leave his
duties long enough to hold the watch
on the races with Richard r.. PairC
famous as an oarsman for many years
l. w. Mattern, of Tech, will be one oi
the judges with Capt. Ralph w. Nc
Dowell, u. s. n.
The feature of the regatta will be thc
eight-oared shell race between the Tech
crew and that of the Analostan Boar
the schoclboys, and they are anxious
to win. Besides this a number of Other
races will probably be staged A wal
caroe race with other short canoe dou'
BILE events, and four-oared shell race
will be featured, 1t is expected.
Members of the faculty and friends q
the crews have been invited to the oreT
house which will be a feature of the
evening, after the races. Invitation:
are to be extended to crew members ant
their friends to take part in the dancing
which is to follow the races.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
wild Bob" Burman
To Start at Laurel

With wild Bob Burman and his
S00-horsepower foreign racing car as the
star attraction, a two-days' automobile
race meet will be held at Laurel June
% and 20. according to announcement
made today. Application has been made
to the contest board of the American
Automobile Association for a sanction,
and competent staff of officials will
conduct the meet.
Dick Shaded is the moving spirit in
the enterprise, and after an inspection
yesterday of the half-mile dirt track, he
decided II would be an ideal place for
Burman to show what he can do with
big racing car on such a course. In
order to eliminate as much as possible
the danger of skidding on the turns,
the track will be banked. 1t has been
suggested that a series of aeroplane
races would prove popular, and negoti-
atoms are now in progress with a num-
ber of aviators to race their machines
against the racing automobiles. In the
preparation of the program it is likely
one or two events will be set aside for
Washington amateur drivers.
w. ]. Henderson of the Waverley
Company, makers of Waverley cleo
tries, is in the city for day or two.
Billy Knipper, the automobile racing
driver, who drove a Chalmers car in
the first Munsey reliability tour, has
temporarily retired from the racing
game and has opened an automobile
salesroom in Rochester, N. Y. He han
dies the Stutz car, together with a ma
chine of foreign make.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
Wilding Will Play
Tennis at Olympiad

NEW YORK, April 3O.-Anthony F.
Wilding, the famous Australasian lawn
tennis player, who holds the all-Eng-
land championship, Is to represent his
Gection OF the world at the approaching
Olympic covered court competitions to
be held in Stockholm the latter part of
May. This news was received from
London yesterday, and the statement
made that Gordon lngis, the London
representative of the Australasian Lawn
Tennis Association, had been instru-
mental, after considerable difficulty. in
securing Wilding's consent to have him
entered as competitor. S. n. Doust,
one of the ablest of the Australian lawn
tennis players, was also sought as a
representative of the nation that holds
the Davis International Challenge Cup
but he was unable TO go as a partner to
Wilding. II is intimated that the Aus
tralians by appearing at the Olympic
hope to be able TO inspire a greater
number Of challenges another year for
the cup If II continues to remain in
their possession.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
PRIZES AWARDED
TONIGHT IN THE
ARCADE LEAGUE
Meeting of Duckpin Teams
at President Costinett's
Home to Be Held.
BY Goldberg

Prizes for the highest scores rolled in
the Arcade Duckpin League, which
closed its season Saturday night, will
be awarded tonight at the home of
President Joseph r. Costinett, when
a meeting of the league will be held.
To the Holmead team. which finished
with the highest average. will be
awarded $40: second high, Argyles, $50;
third high, Laborites, $50: and fourth
high. so. For highest team game. GOA,
Argyles.. IS. For high team set, 1,649.
Holmead. s..
Goodman, of the Holmead quint, will
be awarded SIS for scoring the highest
individual average Rider. of the Ar
gyles, is second I'm individual averages,
and will be given prize of $40. A prize
Of s. goes to Keller, who rolled third
highest for the MohaWks.
Besides having the record of scoring
the highest individual average, Good
man, of the Holmeads. is credited with
l54. highest individual game, and will
receive an additional prize Of S. for that
achievement. For second high indi-
vidual game, Kamm will be awarded a
prize OF SO for rolling second highest
game.
Malcolm. who has been a consistent.
ly good bowler for the Maplewoods
knocked down the greatest number OF
pins, and will tonight be given the
prize of IS offered for that feat.
Other prizes named are:
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
Chevy Chase Club
Announces Golf Dates

The Chevy Chase Club has issued In
vitations to its second annual spring
golf tournament to be played May 16. II
and IS. The tourney Is open to members
of the club and specially invited guests.
The program:
May Is. $50 a. NATURALIZATION round;
So holes: medal play.
May II. $50 a. m.-First round match
play; IS holes.
May 1S-Semi-fnal match play against
par (all day.; scores to be handed in
by 6:45 p. m.
In the first sixteen the winner will
have his name inscribed in a replica
presented the Chevy Chase Club by
President Taft. The runner-up will
have his name inscribed on a replica
presented the club by Vice President
Sherman.
There will be prizes for winners and
runners-up in the four siXteens. There
also will be prizes for low qualification
score in medal play May 16 and for the
handicap match against par, and also d
second prize in this handicap against
par.
The maximum handicap In the tour
ney is is strokes.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
Tonorrow's Sports

Yale VS.. Franklin and Marshall.
Holy Cross VS.. Princeton, at
Princeton.
University of West Virginia at An
napolis.
Lafayette VS.. New York University,
track meet, at Easton, Pa.
Tristate Baseball League opens its
season with Johnstown at Altoona,
York at Harrisburg, Lancaster at
Reading, and Wilmington at Tren-
ton.
Central Association of Baseball
Clubs opens its season, with Musca-
tine at Keokuk, Ottumwa at Hanni-
bal, Wewanee at Monmouth, and
Galesburg at Burlington.
Wisconsin Illinois Baseball League
opens its season, with Oshkosh at
Madison, Appleton at Rockford. Wau-
sau at Aurora, and Green Bay at
Racine.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
BIG FIELDS MARK
THIRD DAYS CARD
At P|ML|C0 TRACK
Feature Event of Seven
Races Is Dash of Two
! Year-Olds.

BALTIMORE. April 30.-With a sur
plus of entries the card at Pimlico is
stretched out to seven races again,
each with big fields.
The opening event is for two year 5
owned in Maryland. Virginia. West Nir~
ginia, and Pennsylvania. All of the
youngsters except Stockton. are new
to the barrier. and not mitch Is known
about them.
If reports 10 for anything Nellie
Agnes should be the winner here. This
one is half sister to Belle Nelson by
Monsieur de rOrme- -Ethelinda ii. and is
Considered by the stable connections
the best tilly in the Ryan string of
ThGse who saw silver Moon race
Saturday will have some idea of Mel
lie Agnes calibcr when they consider
that this one can run rings around the
hot Water, bv Commone r. -Clorita,
from "Hily,,,, Garth's stable, has been
working well since coming to Pimlico'
Captain I'resgraVe has handsome
3ryn Mawr hllY entered here in Bryn-
wood. out of :hac good mare Mary
Greenwood. This one is. likely to be
Some very shiftv sprinters are entered
in the second event, of the day, six
furlong dash. Suffragist. speedy trick
good here. This mare showed excellent
form: at Charleston. and is in the pink
of condition.
1t is hard to single out another after
I seaux is as good as any for the place:
Tile Ren Stcom Gelding won several
good races at Norfolk. and Is said to
be much better than generally rated
stable, is liable to make them all run.
A rather ordinary lot of platers is
entered for the third race and 1t may
not be so easy to locate the winner.
! Fatherola, a Fatherless gelding out OF
the stable of Robert Davies, the Can
adian turfman, has run and won, both
at Charleston and Norfolk. In Norfolk
a week ago today Fatherola ran fourth
to such shifty sprtnters as Thrifty,
| the race before that won over rather
clever field.
Rubia Granda. which won first crach
out of the box at Norfolk last Thurs
day, may run into the place: Camel
a very consistent old platter from
Hughie McCarren's collection. and
which finished second in the last race
at Pimlico Saturday. will take some
| beating here
The Patapsco steeplechase brings out
some of the best jumpers In the
country and should be the feature Of
the afternoon. 1t will be veritablt
! battle of the giants.
The fifth race, for maiden two-year
olds, Is very open. Little Hugh. makint
his first start, ran a good race Satur
day and finished fourth. He shoulc
improve on that performance and may
win today.
or the others Mary Scribe looks best
This filly ran well at Norfolk and II
her race at Pimlico Saturday finished
third. beaton by Silver Moon and Sand
Vale. Early Light is also said to b'
a good one and may prove the surpris'
of the race.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30

The handsome bronze trophy embla-
matte of the championship in cross
country running, which is to be given
to the winning team in the annual inter
city Times-News Marathon race to be
held on May II from Laurel to Balti-
more, distance of twenty miles, will
be awarded on points just as the team
points are distributed in every cross
country race. Five men are to be quail
iied for the team count, each place
counting the same number of points as
the position in the race. The team
qualifying five men with the smallest
total will win.
The fact that five men are to be quail
ifed for the team trophy assures pat
rons and followers of the crosS-country
game that many stirring races and ex-
citing struggles will be feature Of the
great race. There are at least six
clubs now entered which have been
hard at II for the past three weeks and
are sure of qualifying their men far
enough up among the leaders to put in
the strongest sort of bid for champion
ship honors.
Three entries received today bring the
total up to 124, just four entries shy of
the l2S mark which was the record for
the year 1909. These men are entered
from Baltimore and enter unattached
Charles NJ. Schriner and John c. Smith,
both of Baltimore, sent in their names
late last night, and Walter Hlleary
Memorial A. c., entered today John c.
Smith is the fourth of that name to
enter the big run, as there is F. X
Smith, of the Memorial A. c.; J. r.
Smith, of the c. c. c., and H. C. Smith
of the Lafayette A. c.
The fact that H. C. Elphinstone is
taking workouts every day and is fitting
himself for the grueling race is spur.
ring the Washington athletes to harder
work. Elphinstone, a veteran and las
years winner of The Times-NeWs mara.
thon race, Is considered the peer OF
any of the marathoners In this section
of the country. He won the race hand
lily last year. and, although he has no
sont In his entry as yet. he Is working
hard with the other members of tht
Baltimore Cross Country Club in prep
aration for the race.
Saturday at midnight is the latest tina
athletes can send in entries and mara
thoners intending to enter should have
their entry blanks in this office before
that date. The registration numbe
should accompany the entry and shouIC
the Amateur Athletic Union which hav,
expired will not be accepted. If candi
dates for the race wish to send in thei
names on post card with their ad
dresses and registration numbers th
matter will be attended to in this office
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
TEAM POINTS WILL.
DECIDE WINNER OF
BRONZE TROPHY
Club Qualifying Five Men
With Smallest Total
Wins.
EVENT EXPECTED TO
BE WELL CONTESTED
Every Athlete Who Starts Must
Be Registered With the
Amateur Union.
Prizes TO Be Aqvarded

First place-Diamond studded
gold medal.
Second, third, fourth, fifth and
sixth places-Gold medals.
Seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and
eleventh places-Silyer medals.
Every man who finishes one hour
after the winner will receive a
bronze medal.
Point trOphy-This will be given
TO the team having the lowest
score-fiye men to count. For
instance, II n club has men TO
finish first, third, fifth, sixth,
and seventh, the sum total Of
these places (22) will mean a
score of 22 points for that team.
A team landing men in second,
fourth, eighth, ninth, and tenth
places will have scored 33
points. The lowest points
scored, of course, win the team
trophy-that made by the %.
point team.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
Jack Johnson Starts
Training for Flynn

CHICAGO. April S0.-Jack Johnsons s
training for his battle with Jim Flynn
starts this week, according to the
worlds champion. and those of his ad-
herents who fear unpreparedness on his
part may as well set their fears at rest.
Johnson declares he will be In shape for
the July fight and says he will start
light training I'm Chicago this week.
This will continue until the latter part
of May, when he will go to the scene
of the proposed encounter at Las Vegas.
Road work is going to occupy my at
tention this week." declared Johnson to-
daN.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
McB-ide's brains are working.

There will be enough different
branches of sport around Washington
on May II to please the most fastidious
follower on May II. First our long dis
tancers are off for the Times-News
Marathon race at Laurel. Technical
high school is to have a regatta at the
Analostan boathouse in the afternoon.
Maryland Aggies hold their meet morn
ing and afternoon at College Park, Nd,
and there Will be many amateur base
ball games.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
Schaefer hit the bull.

The amateurs started yesterday.
There were some good games and some
poor ones, and some which were willy
nilly as far as baseball goes. but many
of the old standby followers were on
hand to welcome their favorites and
wish them success during the summer
season. Darkness called a halt on hos
tilities in many cases and but five in
nings or so were played in the majority
of the games.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
TangleWoOdS Win.

Tanglewood Athletic Club defeated
the Bancroft team by T. to 2. The
game was PLAYED at the Monument Lot
before a large number of spectators.
This victory puts the Tanglewoods in
first place in the Western League.
Hood Smith. and Steed featured the
eamc by good hitting.
The Washington times., 1912-04-30
Uncle Sam leasuers tomorrow.

Uncle Sam leaSuers tomorrow.
Eppa Rlxey, Virginias star twirler,
who is to make an appearance here
against Georgetown on Friday, won
against the University of Georgia yes
terday. The big fellow hammered out
two hits and figured in every way pos
sible on defense and offense. Virginia
followers pin all their faith in him in
the coming games.