Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-08
Court House News

Frank Pimpel has filed suit in the
Circuit Court for $4,000 against the
Chicago and Alton r. r. Co. for dam.
ages to himself. alleged to be caused
by negligence of the railroad company
Mr.. Pimpel at the time he was in
fured was acting as substitute night
yardmaster at Francis In place Of J
w. Dugan. On the night of March 20,
1912, he was badly 'fhtfred bodily
and mentally" the petition reads
and "was untitled for work whofe
year."
Mr.. Pimpel claims that now he is un-
able to earn as much as he did be-
fore on account of the accident Clar-
ence Barnes Is attorney for the plain
| tiff.
WIN. Benper was granted a saloon
license Monday by the County Court
under the two-thifds rule. Mr..
Kemper had only about one vote to
spare as quite number Of residents
in that block who were IN favor of
saloons didn't vote at the last cleo
tion. In order to be petitioner for
saloon in a block, you must have
voted in the previous election.
The County Court, Tuesday after
noon, selected the Southern Bank as
the County depository. The bank viii
pay per cent on the county depos-
| lis.
The County Court. Tuesday morn
ing, granted T, T. Morris a pool
and billiard hall license for another
year. This action on the part Of
the court was taken because Mr. Nor
ris' license had expired before the
court decided TO do away with the
pool and billiard halls In Audrain
county.
Presiding Judge Alex Carter said
that no more licenses of this kind
will be granted in the county and as
fast as the licenses expire the halls
will be closed. He said that Mr., Nor
ris had had no notice OF this decision
Of the court and that it would not
be Just to refuse him license now.
There are twelve pool and billiard
halls in the county and their revenue
amounts to only $410. The follow
ing are the owners of the places and
the time when their licenses expire:
Mexico, B. E. Sims, April, 1914; T. I
Morris, May, 1914; Chas. Scott, June,
1918; William Porawski, Jan. Is
1914; Vandalia, Jos. Keller, June I'd
1918; G. C. Elliott, Oct. %, 1913; A.
B. Gregg, Jan. 2, 1914; Farber, s..
A. and A. Jones, Jan. 2, 1914; J. A.
KimbaH, Jan. %, 1914; Martinsburg,
Sam Teas, July 30. 1913; Laddonia,
AL Self, September 16, 1913; Rush
Hill, James Myers, Dec. Is, 1913.
Mayor Potts and Councilman Han
ley appeared before the County Court
eruesday morning and asked the
court to take some action toward
cleaning up the old cemetery and i'm
proving the looks of theplace general
ly. The court agreed to let the city
use the county prisoners to do this
work and the old cemetery which has
been an eye-sore for many years
will take on much-improved look
The rubbish will be cleared off, the
grass will be cut and the trees will
be trimmed.
Judge w. w. Fry appeared before
the court also and stated that the
cemetery could not be made into a
park, as some had suggested, be-
cause the law stated that any piece
of ground decided for a cemetery and
used for that purpose for ten years
must always remain for that use and
cannot be changed or sold for any
other purpose.
The old cemetery is part of Block
II of the County Addition which was
decided to the county in 1855 by Jas.
II. Smith and Robert G. Mansfield.
The deed did not specify that this
lot should be used for cemetery,
but the county allowed it to be used
for that purpose. Most of the bod
les that we're buried there have been
moved to Elmwood or to other cities.
The County Court met May with
all justices present and transacted
the following business:
The statement OF fees collected by
]. w. Barnett, sheriff. for the first
quarter ending March 81, shows the
same to be s152.ss.
A petition presented by G. w. Peck
and others for a public road in n
51-9 was refused.
The quarterly statement of H. H
Grafford, Co. Treas, was approx
i eu. III SHOWS DdldHCo Ol ali luhus
on hand May 1 in the amount of $54,
CLIO.
The tax levy for 1918 was ordere
by the court as follows: County, A
= cents, special road and bridge, q
: cents, poorhouse bonds 4 cents, roa'
10 cents.
The total receipts for the year 1911
= amounted to $1OS.624.95. The expent
) lures amounted to $74.291.95.
/ The statement OF fees collected b,
]. B. Graham, county clerk, for tn
? first quarter, ending March 81, shov
the same to be $1,11640.
i Bills allowed May 5, follow:
y ]. w. Barnett, feeding
prisoners $3.50
w. L. Craddock. sup. Probate .5
70 G. w. Robertson, sup G. II, 29
l. NJ. Greer, sup. Jail, 81
]. p. Powell, Co. Farm Sup, 1913
w. l.. Craddock, Sup. Col IL
Moore & Field, Sup. Co. Farm S4.1