Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-02
COUNTY NEWS

| Clayton Hook, IL years OF age
son of Mr.. and Mrs. zed Hook. o.
Auvxasses was found unconscious, oi
Sunday morning, about o'clock, I
mile east of Auxvasse.
Young Hook had been down a
Bachelor to a party and had returned
to the point where he was fount
with friend. The rest Of the wa,
he intended to ride horseback oil
a horse he had taken to the party
He told his friend that he was go
ing to look for glove he had lost
and nothing more was heard of hin
till he was found Sunday morning in
an unconscious condition.
Although he is not known to have
had an enemy, It is thought some
one struck him down. No clue tc
the assailant has been found, how
ever.
Clayton works for his father, who
runs the Auxvasse Review, and is
well liked by everybody around
Auxvasse.
He has not yet regained con
sciousness entirely but is much i'm
proved and is on the road to recov.
cry.
Miss Mamie Seymore, Master Houl
ton Riggs Of Sturgeon, and Mrs
Ralph Dildine OF Cameron, Mo-, were
the Christmas guests OF Mrs. G, L.
Denham.
H. r. Nealy was operated on Sat.
urday morning for blood poison. Mr..
Nealy stuck splinter in his right
hand about week ago and, not be-
ing able TO remove 1t at the time,
let It go. About three days age
blood poison set In and he had to be
operated on. He Is getting along
splendidly.
Form, to Ed. Pearl and wife, Of
Thompson, daughter, December 30
i'he little lady will be sure to get a
Ledger Christmas silver cup.
Wallace Bassford. Jr.. son Of Ho-
mer Bassford, Of the st. Louis Times
was one Of the boy soloIsts in the
rendition OF the oratorio Messiah
In Christ Church Cathedral. OF st
Louis, Sunday night.
Mrs. Carl Sanford is the guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Sanford, this
week. Mrs. Sanford has been visit
ing her brother. Leon Gordon. the
past week in vandalia, who has a
responsible position with the C. &
A. Railroad Company. She will re
tuIn to st. Louis the latter part OF
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Rowland en-.
tertained at dinner Christmas Day
Mr.. w. B. Rowland of Little Rock,
Ark. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Grupe OF
st. Louis, Mr.. and Mrs. e. M. Row
land and Miss Mary Rowland and
Kent Rowland of Mexico. Mrs. Row.
land servd tn Christmas fowl from
meat platter over one hundred
years old, family heirloom, brought
from Kentucky by her grandfather
in the early settling Of Galloway
county.
Porn, to Mr.. and Mrs. H. s. Davis,
south of Thompson, December 80, a
ion. Another Ledger Christmas baby
A. ]. Fry, of Laddonia, was in
Mexico on business this week. Mr
Fry has been loyal supporter to
the Ledger for nearly twenty years.
The Boy Scouts erected 35-foot
flag-pole at their. Cabin, north OF
this city Monday. Russell Lewis has
secured large flag for the organiza.
tion and it will be raised and lower
ed with appropriate ceremonies each
week when the boys go to the Cabin.
The pole is of steel pipe and placed
in a concrete base for permanancy
About 20 Scouts went out Monday.
Some of the first rabits on the
local market this year were fol
sale Monday by local merchants The
rabbit. with other game, has been
Unusually scarce this season.
Mrs. PAUL st. Vrain and children
departed for Arkansas Tuesday.
The crum and Wayne families hat
a large reunion last Friday. s miles
southeast of this city, at the home
OF Thomas Crum. The reunion wal
an ah-day affair, the big feature o.
the occasion being the dinner. Those
who attended were descendants o
John Temple Wayne. who came her'
from Kentucky, early in the nine
teenth century and Lewis Riley Crun
who came out from Kentucky in 1871
Those present Friday were:
Thos. Crum and wife and their chi
dren. Mrs. Vernon offutt, Misses Ad
Lucy, Lillian, Belle and Beatric
crrn and James H., Andrew JACK
son, Carl Hendrix and Giles Z
Crum H. P. Crum, wife and chi
drcn, Robert L., and George an
Miss Ella Crum; ]. w. Crum, wifi
and son, David; G. w. Crum an
J wife; John T. Wayne and sons
Frank and Willard. and daughter
Mrs. AL Willis; J. w. Wayne, wife
and children, Joe Dan, James H. an
Miss Ellen; j. S. Bradley and wife
Frank Waters, wife and three chi
dren. Misses Ethlyn, George. Edit
and Florence; Clarence and Dewe
Waters; Misses Bess and Eth
Walker.
Mrs. Laura Marshall and daugl
ter, Miss Beulah, are home from
visit in Kansas City.
sterner & White are moving the
grocery into the room formerly o
cupied by Boone's Tea Room. M
Boone will store his soda fountai
fixtures for the present and wi