Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-04-03
COUNTY NEWS


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W. T. West and Geo. KAaneh an
hose from Florida very much
pleased vith the south bat found NJ
place they liked as vel as good old
Neaica. Missouri
Program q TIE Audrzia Bap;lsi
Associ4tional UnIoa and Y. L n. c
CoafsFenes April 9Th;
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1s.eo Noon-Dinnsr at Church ans
Social Hoar.
ap. m-Devotloaai services
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an. Shanghai China
Music.
J B. STEWART Of Rush Hill Ia
aoals from n St. Loais hospital whers
he had his eye treated. Mr.. Stew.
srt said TINT he vas in hopes that
MeAico would soon have a hospital SC
that Audrzn County people would
not have to 30 10 81 Louis to b
tEeaTed. On an average OF one q
Day from Audrain has to go TO Biz
cities to receive Hospital treatment
The annual election Of officers for
St Paul's Episcopal Church was
acid Tuesday morning L II. White
Nas elected Sensor Warden and Sec
rsiary and Mrs. Stella Hopkins, treas
|rrer. R. E. Race vas appointed Jun
ior Warden. The same vestry was re
elected.
Mrs S. p. Guthrie, who has been
quite sick is better.
Prof Frenh Strother. Of Virginia
is critically III. His daughter. Mrs.
H P. Warden will go to his bed.
side at nee She tried TO buy a tick
ct for Virginia. Wednesday. but the
railroads are not selling through tick,
cts because OF the flood.
Bowling Green has closed all its
FOOL rooms.
Mrs. P. E. Locke is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. C. C. Madison, in
Independence and Kansas City.
Kansas City.
Z. D. Graham and wife are home
from San Antonio, Texas, this week.
John Mundy Of Moline has gone to
Texas on business.
R~obertsdale, Ala, March "a.
Editors OF The Ledger.
Mexico. No.
Gentlemen:
Enclosed find s100 to apply on our
subscription to your most valuable pa
per. It helps me TO keep sweet
so ! a enjoy life so far away from
Mexico friends. / thoroughly en-.
JOY its weekly visits to our home,
and think ! read every column in IL.
to the ads. We have had a
most delightful winter. Gardens fresh
and nice all through the winter. Pick
ed u first ripe strawberries Jann.
airy goth They we're large and lus
Spring gardens look fine; in
many Of them the Irish potato vines
stand a foot high Cucumbers are up.
Last year 'cukes7 were shipped from
our little town by carloads, and
sometimes by trainloads. You people
Mexico don't know what fancy
'eukes" look like. At least, / never
saw any on the market there that
could compare with the ones we grow
here, We were not allowed to put
n such looking ''cukes" as are
Jumped onto your merchants. Sweet
'otatoes are a great crop here. Wei
'aise the Duly" sweets. They do
lot produce as many bushels per acr
s some other SORTS. but the South,
m trade demands them. One young
lanter here raised SIG bu. Of the
Nancy Hail. variety on one acre Of
round He only" had about Is
ores planted, 80 II he ate plenty Of
hem he surely ought to have found
easy TO keep sweet Mr.. Mac.
iaster hauls most of our sweets to
ensacola. 2S miles away. He has ay-
ragged going there once a week since
ug- 1912 to the present date, dis
osing Of our last years crop. 1t is
ON 8 to II hours drive with a load. {
Ut he rather enjoys the trip. :
We send best wishes to all Mex. {
o friends, especially to the Ledger
:
Very truly, I