Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-01-02

lily OF Auxvasse, and H. NJ. Imam
and wife Of this city.
The weather was ideal. and the da
will be long remembered by all those
present.
The Board Of Director of the In.
ternational Shoe Company. to which
the shoe factory in this city belong,
Friday declared an annual dividend
OF : per cent on the outstanding com
mon stock OF the Company, payable
quarterly. The first payment OF
1921, 1875 will be sem to the sharehol-
dtrs about January Is. The total
outstanding common stock amounts I
$f2. $50, 900 and the dividends 1t viii
draw during 1913, will aggregate
sSs2. 500.
.. F. Dix has traded his 200-aere
farm, IL miles south OF Mexico to
II. L. Enlns, of Guymond, Okla, for
Mr.. Guymond's half section OF land
In Oklahoma.
Walter Murray. OF San Jose, Cali
fornia, formerly OF Mexico, has the
thanks of the Ledger for a box of
fine California prunes. This was sar
ly a delightful Christmas emem-
brance.
VIM. Weaver is quite i'll.
Mrs. Mary Elier, Of this city, on
Christmas Day, entertained Jesse A.
Bright and wife. of Highwood. Mon
tana, and Captain William Eller, Of
Auxvasse. Mr.. and Mrs. Bright for
merly lived in this county, but have
been in Montana for about 80 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Eagon, after
a pleasant visit with home folks.
have returned to their home in
Barstow, California.
Charley Criswell is home from st.
Louis, where he has been in st.
Luke's Hospital for some time. and
his many friends will be glad to
know that his health is materially I'm
proved.
Mrs. s. G. Adams and daughter are
home from a visit to Huntsville, Mo.
Mrs. John Beckley is in Auxvasse
at the bedside OF her mother, Mrs.
Taylor Brett, who is very i'll of rheu-
matism.
All of DIR. and Mrs. d. J. Kanaly's
children gathered around the fam
lily hearth on East Railroad street,
near the East Lake Observatory,
Christmas Day, for the first time in
nine years. Four Of this splendid
couples children live away from
here and several of them have not
seen each other since they left their
happy home many years ago. All
four OF the fair ladies' Of the family
have found a soui-mate and DR.. Ka-
naly is to be congratulated on the
fact that he has three grand chill
dren. Those present at the joyous
feast were: Mrs. Dora Tyson. of
Novinger. Mo-: Mrs. Mary Jane
Heayener, st. Louis, Mrs. Geo. Pr
att. st. Louis; Mrs. Horace Wright
OF this city; John William Kanaly,
Of Haverbaek, Neb., and Dennie Ka-
naly, of this city. The Ledger Owl
extends congratulations to DR.. and
Mrs. Kanaly on having such a
splendid family,
It is to be regretted that Col.
Steve o'Grady of Kansas City and
his handsome young bride were not
present at the fancy dress ball Civ
en- by DR.. and Mrs. Kanaly at their
handsome home. during the reunion
festivities. Dill.
Easter of next year will come earl
Ter than IL has in any year in Sc
years and 1t viii be 81 years before
1t occurs earlier. In 1918 Easter
came on March %. 1t will be in the
year 1000 before it is again that
early. In 1913, it will be on March.
70. The latest Easter OF the Nine
tcenth and Twentieth centuries was
Ia 1859. when 1t fell on April "a.
In lS4S and 1905 1t came on April
20
Mr.. Emmett Cunningham Of Padu-
cab, Ky, is expected tomorrow to
visit relatives here.
Mrs. Everett Blaekman OF Kansas
City, is here visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. II. Cauthorn.
| The front cover of the next weeks
Issue Of Golfers Magazine will be de.
signed by George Baker, formerly
OF this city. Mr.. Baker is now one
CT the leading illustrators and artists
Of ills country.
Fire, which threatened to destroy
the whole of Farber, burned two bus
mess buildings and a church, be-
tween 2 and 3 o'clock. Friday morn
ing. at that place. The loss is esti-
mated at about $1,000.
The fire was discovered in the
drug store belonging to H. Il.
Tighe and quickly spread before the
bucket brigade could get control of