Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-10-23
COUNTY NEWS

/ friends. Mrs. Anderson was form
erly Miss Anna Jaudon. Of this city.
The quarterly report Of the State
Board Of Health, which includes the
months of April. May and June.
shows there were 81 births reported
and SO deaths IN Andrain County.
According to the report whooping
cough claimed three In death which
next to heart trouble is the largest
number of deaths from any one dis
ease in any one month. There were
"a deaths and 20 births In April; Z
10 deaths and IS births IN May and
10 deaths and 20 births In June.
For the quarter there were five
deaths from tuberculosis; six from
heart trouble; five from accidents;
tour from pneumonia; three from
cancer; two homicides; two from
Brights disease.
George r. Crockett andswife, af
ter pleasant tour through the
South and East visited in Mexico to-
day en- route TO their home in
Marshall. Mo.
Clarence Hopkins informs the Led
ger that 1t was not his son who
fell on the little selb boy at Trinity
| Church last week, when the Selb
boys leg was broken. We are glad to
publish this correction.
! Mr.. and Mrs. George Adams are
home from a visit In Huntsville.
Mrs. G. A. Bast went TO New
Florence Wednesday, to take part
in the ceremony Of placing markers
Of the Old Trails Route in front OF
her fathers farm.
Mrs. Basis old home near New
Florence and the marker will be plac
ed on the road just in front of the
house She is on the program for 9
short talk She represents the
Mexico Chapter of the D. A. r.
A fine two story brick building will
be erected on the property now occu
pied by Hollis feed and coal yard
shortly for the Hass-Leber Grocery
Co, Of st. Louis. They will hous'
their local branch in this structure.
w. f. Atkinson, In speaking o
the building, says 1t win be a credi
u u to the city and modern in every de
tail.
Four years ago. the home OF Ciai
enco Barnes on South Jefferson St.,
u was broken into and about $4,000
worth OF silver and jewelry was tai
en-. The rober left no clue and tn
guilty party could not be found.
Among the things he took was
watch belonging to Mr.. Barnes an
y one belonging to ]. G. LakenaI, VIII
= was living with Mr.. Barnes at tn
time. They offered reward Of 81
each for the return of the watche'
About a year after the robbery. M
= Lakenan's watch was found In
: = pawnshop in st. Louis and returned
!. !, to the owner. The man pawning
- however, was not found.
:. In August, this year. Mr. Barnes
: watch was pawned in st Louis an
was returned to him In September
=. Several days ago the man pawnir
= 1t went to the shop to secure it az
was arrested and sent to Mexico.
~ He gave his name as William Al
= ena Low and his address as s
u Louis. When questioned about q
watch he said he bought it from
" friend six years ago next spring. !
. is being held and il possible will
; identified as the man pawning tn
y watch belonging to Mr.. Lakenan.
- The Kansas Missouri football gar
n will be played in Columbia as sch
uled this year.
= According to advance notices
f the Missouri Booster Book, Audrs
p County ranks among the coal pl
ducing communities Of the state a
W 'Wio is third from the top in the List
counties receiving the largest ave-
ns age price per ton. Audrain
eo ceives $2.22, Galloway leads W
s2.46 and Lafayette county
i'e second with sS.2s.
Macon County leads the State
10 the auantity and value Of coal min
'hh Last year there were S1S,170 tor
ee' mined there which had a value
$1,251,755.
Fas Charles Wright, the Ledgers
sne MILAN High School representativ
us won the w. G. t. U. Medal G
Vl test. which was held at the Meth
NJ ist Church, Tuesday evening. Wrie
'ne spoke against saloons from the *
pS nomic standpoint, showing they &C
community more than they 81
to It.
All OF the contestants for {
medal did splendidly and the j.
y, es had some trouble in deciding
W. the winner. All of the speech
wa" were against the liquor traffic.
arso contestants were Charles Wrig
'ne Orlando Worrell, Douglass John
ai' Stanley Hamilton, Albert Culbert
W. Bessie Johnson and Maurine Tri