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Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
MANY WERE HERE FOR
SCHOOL DIRECTORS We

SCHOOL DIRECTIONS MEET
The meeting Of the AndrAn co1n-
~ school Board Conve5non. at tho
Mcmillan High School, MOnday, V1s
vel attended By sehOd directors
from an oFsr the county. County sG
pertntendent ". Clyde johnson pre-
sided and q splendid program was
xivsn. Prof. r. H. EmbersOn. q
the University. made q splendid I'd
dress On '-The valas Of Agriculture
IA Rural schools q man from the
Kirksvfle Normal School made
good talk Many Interesting an
! cushions also added to the interest OF
the meeting.
Among those at the meeting were:
Geo. K~sllerhais, ". H. Ray. L. A.
Harris, N. C. Barnes. D. " carper,
II. Stuart, Thee. II. selb. John H.
Miller John Schroeder. John F. Bnn'
asdre. w. ". crosswhite. l. l. spen'
car. Frank German. J. L Miller, j.
b. Johnston, Frank vanwinkls, J. o.
Reeds. J. C. Ford. A. l. Gallop' r
Crews. Jas. NJ. wylde. B. F. Quick.
E L. LAerheimer. August Blaze. g.
L. williams, II. L. Hakmn, J. W.
Hammett, w. II. Berrey, T. NJ. Dow
ell. +. P. Jacob. t. J.. Arnold. s. P,
] Green, W. B. Graham, L. B. Deaton'
! W. NJ. Tompson. J.. R. Thomas. J r
Maxwell. j. e. Northcutt, Val Erdej
liz II Marsh, J. Z. Wilson r L
Barnes W N Jones. c. +. Barney W.
A. Johnston, V. V. Smith. J II He
bel, A. T. Chase, E. Il. Blase. w i
Blythe, Fred Kellerhais. H. W
shoup, Mark Pierce. Edgar Stuart
{ Sam ]. Bovine jr.. Clyde Ellis, s j
a Carter, Marston Beamer.
The program was a s follows;
s:s0-EnroIlment Of school boar
members and clerks.
s:o0-What preference should ,
/. given to the old teacher, II success
full? whyf Walter Boyd. d. W. Ca
per, W. H. Fields, s. J. Bovine, tr.
lel e:30-What Is the responsibility
the school board as to the health
the childrenf W. s. ClaypOol. DR..
u-E. Coil, DR.. R. W. Berrey.
rel 10:00-What records should the
clerks keep? C. NJ. Denmark. J.
4 Sale, J. E. Sims.
I'll O:30-what reports should
made to the district clerks? S.
"a Groves, Bert L. Frisbie, H. L. Blu
well.
12:e0-Noon.
il 1:3O-why should the school roo
he be kept neatly painted, both insi
h. and outside? Why should it not
IS papered? J. C. Ware. C. M. Berry,
nj W. Brockman.
Il. 2:00-The value Of Agriculture
rural schools. r. H. Emerson
2:45-outbuildings should be keI
well repaired and clean. Lime Is
good dIsinfectant. C. W. Hoyt, L.
. Parker, ]. w. Stephens.
N 3:t5-walks. where? what kline
why? r. l.. Barnes, w. c. Shoul
"a. Jno. j. Johnston.
~. 3:35-who should make plans Il
new school buildings? Dan Quinl
,oIw. C. Offutt, Clyde Ellis.
cbl 4:00-Address by representa-
from Kirksville.
al 4:45-Issuing OF certificates OF
tendance OF school officers.
In 5:00-Adjourn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

EX-SENATOR BEN ANDERSON Of
Columbia. No., was in Mexico this
week on a visit to the J.. B. Evans
Construction Co. Mr.. Anderson is
just home from Washington City and
says the report that Senator ]. A.
Reed was not loyal to President
Wilson is without foundation. Mr.
Anderson is a great friend Of Senator
Reed and says he is not doing any
thing TO embarrass The National Ad
I rfnfsfratiou.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

NATE PHILLIP. chairman Of ths
Commercial Cha, makes a spieadh
suggestion along the line that ey-
.eybody in t0un send postcards ad-
vernsing Mexico to al their friends
throurhout tie world That's the
way 10 put Mexico on the map.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

REFERRING to the Importance
OF the Public Utilities Commission Of
Missouri, we note from the Kansas
City Star that residents of Clinton,
Mo-, complained to the State Pub
lie Service Commission that the met,
er rates charged by the water com
pany of that town are unfair. The
commission on investigation holds
that the rates are reasonable. Deci-
sions of this sort as well as those
in which rates are found unfair In.
dictate the attitude OF the commits
sion. 1t is not a partisan body. It Ia
an agent appointed by the state to
see that the public interest Ia conser
ed. That interest, it recognizes, is
best guarded by a policy OF fair deal.
ing. In this connection we want to
say that Gov. Major is being highly
compllmented on the personel of
this commission, which promises TO
be n Of the most important ever
appointed in Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

IN the death of ]. A. Nichols, Mex.
leo and Audrain county lose one q
their very best pioneer citizens. Mr.
Nichols was an upright, straightfor
ward citizen and the Ledger is yerJ
sorry to announce his death. We
join other friends In extending u
heartfelt sympathy to the bereayed
family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
THE Mckinley system comma II

THE Mckinley System coming into
Missouri means that Missouri will
shortly be on the Electric Railroad
map. " the Mckinley system
takes hold Of the Electric Railroad
proposition in Missouri In earnest
there will be something doing in this
part Of the State right away.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT

WfhHh ~ FOO lHiHh VT fHE' :
Our young friend, Loren Turnage,
formerly of Mexico, No, chuckles the
Armstrong Herald, sis figuring on en-
gaging In the newspaper business On
his own hook In the near future and
either buy a paper or establish one
in some good town Loren Is a good
hustler and when he gets Just a little
more age on him, on is sobered down
by matrimony, will have Al qualifi'
cations for making a successful news,
paper man, and we came near forget
ting TO state that a little bird told
ns that Loren was seriously contem-
plating pulling in double harness
before long."-Missouri Notes, Kan,
sas City Timea.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

col BURKs, ex-mayor Of Slater.
and president a the Bank Of Slater,
was Ia Mexico this week on b1sL
ness Col Turks was much pleased
with Mexico. its enterprise and
public spirit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
Or. Prettyman

Is a graduate of the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons, New
York City, eae Of the best Medical
schools in the United States He
has had years Of experience in the
great hospitals and twenty years
special prattice. He points with
pride to his many cures in Mexico
and vicinity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

THE MEXICO MESSAGE is four.
teen years old and one Of Missouri's
most conservative, substantial and
well edited country newspapers. MAJ
1t live long and prosper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
AuDRAIN SHIPPED OVER

1000 HORSES AND MULES
According to the 1918 Red Book OF
Missouri, Audrain county shipped
out more than 1000 head Of horses,
and mules during 1912. Live stock to
the value of $12S, 2O7.197 was mar
keted by the entire state during
that year. There were 1O2, 1865 freight
cars used in hauling this vast array
of live stock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
FAvoRs CITY MANAGED PLAN
FOR THE SMALLER CITY,

FAvoRs CITY MANAGER PLAN
FOR THE SMALLER CITY.
Toronto, Ont. Nov. Is.
The ~city manager plan" OF munbci-
pal government vas explained n
heartily endorsed at the 18th annu-
al meeting Of the National MunicapA
League recently By the special com
mittee appointed at the Richmond
meeting to study the problem OF con-
mission government and It's develop
ments.
Commission government at present
rules more than Z million persons N
three hundred clties and towns.
One Manager is Better.
The committee that the plan OF
electIng a commission purely repre-
sentative and legislative in function
permitting the members to give on
" part time to municipal work and
receive nominal salaries or non'
and leaving the chief executive wori
TO a city manager hired by the com
mission from anywhere in the coun
try and holding office at its pleasur'
was best.
/ This manager appoints and control
the remaining city employees, subiec
TO adequate civil service provisions.
The advantages of the plan ar
pointed out by the committee as fol
lows:
ut creates a single handed admins
~trative establishment instead of tn
five separate administrative estab
lishments seen in the Des Nome
plan. This administrative IN
. ty makes for harmony between mum
oipsl departments, since all are sub
ject to a common head.
EXPERIENCES In Administrator.
"The city manager plan permits e.
pertness in administration at the
point where it is most valuable. nam
", at the head.
1T permits comparative permi
hence in the office of the chief e.
ecutive.
1T permits the chief executive
migrate from city to city. inasmuc
as the city manager Is not 20 be ne
essarily a resident of the. city
the time OF his appointment.
while giving single-headed admil
istration Il abolishes the Imam pow
seen in the old mayor-and-counci
plan. The city need not suffer fro
his personal whims. or preiudlces
the manager, since he is subject
instant correction. or even discharge
by the commission.
A Check on individual Whims.
Likewise, IN the commissio
each members individual whin
or prejudices are safely submerged
and average in a combined judgmei
OF the whole commission, since /
member exerts any authority in IL
municipal government save as a We
ing member OF the commission.
at abandons all attempts
choose administrators by popular ell
ton.
at provides basis for better discil
line and harmony, inasmuch as Il
city manager cannot safely be at cd
with the commission.
"In very small cities, by proyidiI
the services Of one well paid manag
instead of five or three paid COMM
s%ioners, it makes possible economy
salaries and overhead expenses.
1T creates positions (membersh
in the commission) which should
attractive to f~irst-class citizens"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

THERE will be a Christian Science
lecture at the Court House at 8
O'Clock Thursday night. Tho public
u cordially invited. There will BIO no
admission fee charged.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

Mr. BURLEsoN's plan for dtvid-
Ing The PostOffice Department into
three parts mus mean that the Bull
Moosers viii at least come in for
the ore.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

THE public Is cordially invited TO
Contribute gifts TO the ThankHgiv-
ing dinner for the Kings Daugh-
ters' Home on che Boulevard.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

THERE 10 a growing suspicion TIM
while Huerta supplies the o~bstinacy
some n else Is furnishing the
scheme and the money to finance II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

WHEN Murphy captured Suffers
goat. he did not know that the frac-
tio1s animal would butt him int
the East River!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

1T is announced that there !
some talk of establishing a bank a
Thompson Station about the first {
the year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

THE best purity trainingschoo is
good home, with Professor Father an
Professor Mother as the faculty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

THEY say that the Statue Of Liber-
ty in New York Harbor is becoming
dangerously corroded. Well no won
d@
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
The Weekly Ledger


The Weekly Ledger 70 new sub
ssribers, from now until Jar I. 1915,
for 500. The remainder Of 1918
tree n YOU subscribe at once.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

PRESIDENT WILSON has not bee
able as yet to make Cen Huerta eur
render on account Of consequences.
brit be will soon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

RUMOR seems to be very we'll in
fornes az TO what Is not going to
happen in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

FELIX DIAz testifies that the ad-
vantages Of Mexico as a health resort
have been greatly overestlmated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

YOUR should buy your tickets i'm
mediately for Miss Mary Highsmith's
concert at Hardin College Dec. l.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

Dr. l. 7. Turley was Gallo,
KirkSvllle Sunday night and vim .
Nreturn until Tuesday might ea
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

INDIANAPOLIS is convinced tina
the best time to stop a strike Is be-
fore 1t begins.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

Mrs. TILE Moore. Of 81. -
has been the guest ofhsr sister y,
Geo RohiEing. mas returned I'm, an
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

The thrifty shopper who wants d
save money reads Ledger advertise
nents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

YOU will enjoy your Thanksgiving
dinner much better " you will make
a Thanksgiving offering to the Hos :
pital.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
He Treats

Acute and Chronic Catarrh, Ring
ing in the ears, Deafness, Diseases
of the Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat,
Lungs, Stomach, Heart, Liver, Kid.
neys, Bowels and Bladder.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

THE Donkey is in clover; but the
tiger will have to learn to eat this
tleg. !
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

PUTTING Tammany out Of bust
ness Es all right, but the only tron-
bic IL, It won't stay out
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27

Miss allie Howard let TO-DAY T..
visit With friends hi Kansas cl,, I" I
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
PRIZES FOR
FARMER WOMEN

q The Ledgei offers $40 first u
prize; IS e md prize; $3.50. u
third prize and the Weekly Led 3
ger a year fourth prize to the B
Audrain County Farm Women
who sell the most butter. eggs,E
chicken. ducks. turkeys, geeseE
ream or milk from Jan.
uary /, 1913, to January /. n
> IA, not counting eggs sold for
setting purposes. Any resident
woman Of the County Is eligi-
ble q
All entries must be accom-
panied By full lists OF sales IiledM
at Ledger office not later than 81
O'Clock p. NJ, Jan. Is. IA The
decision will be announced with B
10 a week. Make your report asE
follows: n
No. doz. eggs brought g..
No. lbs butter brought -. n
No. chickens brought -. 4
No. turkeys brought 49,. :
No. ducks brought -. 4
No. geese brought -. n
No. gal. milk or a
brought 49,. Z
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
NERVOUS DISEASES

N%euritis, Nervous Prostitution,
Neuralgia, epilepsy tfits) Rheuma-
tisim given special attention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
MEN

Suffering from Nervousness, Dizz
ness, Confusion OF Ideas, Aversion
of Society, Defective Memory, Ner-
Debility, Sleeplessness,
Weakness and exhaustion, treated
by the latest and best methods.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
the FOLLOWING PLAN,
ST. LOUIS ONE OF the WORLDS GREAT SHOPPING CENTER,

II % haven't visited st Louis recently, you'll be SURPRISED 70 coo ~
aenll improvements in the stores generally not only BY enIaroenen t a won
us, u" ao IN the chone selection of merchandise, the ore,tv ;ro-1un5
stocks, the exceptional values; in fact, you cannotf find r eeauy increased
OF goods anywhere than is shown in S.. Louis more complete line
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-27
FOR FALL AND HOLIDAY SHOPPERS

It to Out-of-Town Shoppers to Come to St. Louis, TIL,
Refund Railroad and Interurban Trolley Fares Under
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
When Logan Was Notified Of His Nomination.
CWritten Expressly for The Washington Herald)
BY E. J. EDWARDS.


Republican National him that he had
in
Gen Logan at that time winter wind
he in
What he of
which
myself by saying o is suneripg
told really
at that time and for
previous Logan had been subjected
the
1ss;
cratic House of Representatives to
four years
the time Of the v Of committee
Blaine
mad. some years earlier
n dreadful mistake
though their Intention
The by
the
SCopyrisht isal
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
BILL TO BAR MILITANTS
MEETS WITH APPROVAL
House Committee on immigration De-
eides to Make Favorable
Report

BY an overwhelming majority the
House Committee on Immigration yes
teriay voted to report favorably the
Burnett immigration bill In practically
the same form and phrase as that en-
ployed in the similarly named measure
which passed the Sixty-second Congress
only to be vetoed by President Taft
President Taft's reasons for the veto
were that the measure contained the
objectionable literacy test for inc6using
aliens. This paragraph has been retained
in the bill in practically the same form
as in its predecessor.
II the terms OF the bill as today ap-
proved by the committee are not changed
by the House there will be q hue and cry
started by the more radical
women suffragists Of the United States
for the measure now contains provision
for the exclusion OF active militants.
The inhibition upon the admission Of the
followers of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
Is contained in the language which pro-,
yides deportation of ANY alien who. at
any time within three years after entry,
shall be found in the United States ad-
or teaching the unlawful de-
struction of property"
Advocates Of sabotage and other active
forms OF anarchistie or radical socialist
are provided for In the
conclusion Of the. same paragraph
wherein IL is promised that deportation
shall be the lot Of those who at any
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
A Suggested Reform.

Many Republicans are persuaded that
housecleaning is due in their party
Il has taken some hard knocks to con-
vince them of this fact, and there are
still a few who refuse to see the light,
but these few are they whose very
political life depends upon the perpetu-
alton of unfair traditions. They can
not from the nature of the case, have
much weight in the final reorganiza-
ton. The great majority of the lead
ers are willing to reform the party
procedure. They differ only as to
detail.
The reduction of Southern delega-
tions, which the progressive wing Of
the party says must come, has obscured
other reforms every bit as essential.
The national committee at the present
time is a self-perpetuating body. 1t
can now not only create vacancies in
its membership, but it can fill them.
For example, if a national committee
man is not, in the opinion of the COM
mittee, a supporter of the Republican
candidate, it can remove him and ap-
point a substitute. This substitute
may not be such a person as the ma
jority of the Republicans in the State
affected would desire. If the comait-
tee is conservative and the State COM
mittee is progressive, committeeman
may be chosen who is opposed to the
ruling organization and popular senti-
ment in his own State. This situation
to say the least, is anomalous in a
democracy
1t is perhaps entirely proper that the
national committee should have power
to create vacancies, but the State COM
mittee only should have power to fill
them. The control should be from
the people up, not from the national
committee down. State committeeman
should be elected, by the county COM
mittees and the national committeeman
by the State committee. In this way
the committeeman will reflect the pop
ular sentiment of their States. The
national committee will then rest on
a sound democratic foundation. The
pyramid will set, not on its apex, but
on its base.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
THE OPEN FORUM
Punishment to Deter wronsdoins.

Punishmept DO Deter wrongdoing.
Editor Washington Herald: An article
appeared in Saturday mornings issue Of
your paper which said that Judge Lands.
in the United States District Court Of
Chicago. had sentenced a postal clerk to
one year for the theft Of 10 cents from
a letter.
At first reading one would think that
the punishment does not fit the crime.
but after further thought. another view
presents itself.
II must be remembered that the State
does not seek revenge solely because its
dignity has been encroached upon, but
more TO deter and abolish crimes. The
time has come when a concerted effort
on the part OF citizen and court Is nee
essary to the abolition Of this great wrong.
Two remedies are at hand for such a con-
summation, namely, a stricter observance
of the law and serever punishment for
breaches. In this connection II Is well
to compare the systems of American and
English criminal Jurisprudence with ref
erence to punishments, the number Of
crimes and respect for the law. The
fact that a man is guilty OF a minor
public wrong should not make him i'm
mune from punishment, and severer pen
alties for lesser offenses would do much
toward discouraging crime.
A stricter observance OF the law
should be strongly advocated and taught
from childhood, and the decision Of the
honorable Judge should be upheld
ALFRED H RODR1Ck-
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
The Glyptodont Is Here.

The reflective mind, driven in upon
itself by so momentous an announce
ment as that in the telegraph dis
patches of yesterday conveying the in
telligence that the skeleton of a
glyptodont had arrived at the Museum
of Natural History in New York, finds
it hard indeed to free itself from the
Pessimistic suspicion that the times are
out of joint For the museum Off
cials added TO their CHEEKY proclama-
ton of the advent of their new speci-
men the information that 5000 years
ago the glyptodont roamed through
Mexico, gnashing the futed teeth from
which its forbidding name is derived !;
and we cannot but believe that if the
glyptodont only roamed through Mex
leo today the perturbed and disorderly
persons there might conduct them
selves more decorously.
1t is not of course, given to any
but the naturalist and the biologist to
have a quickening appreciation of the
merits and dement's, habits and appear
ance of an animal so extinct as the
glyptodont, which is very, very ex-
tinct indeed; but we may readily
imagine that the glyptodont would
make for the peace and dignity of any
state whose territory he deigned to
grace. While the glyptodont is de-
scribed as being of the armadillo fam
lily, he was an animal of impressive
bulk, having, we are told, the size and
weight of an OK. So ponderous a
brute as this, protected with a heavy
shell and with horribly fluted teeth,
would engender a wholesome mild
ness in the manners of the community
in which he lived. His moral effect,
it is quite possible, would be larger
than that with which the world is en-
deavoring to surround Huerta.
We are taught to believe that those
animals whose stock and seed have
vanished from the earth passed out of
the life of our known world as their
usefulness to their world ceased. We
are all conscientious about this belief,
but we can't help a lingering wish
that our moral suasion had the cor
roboration and support of few live
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16

Dwight. CT Dryden. N. Y. in the good old
way.
Before Watson went down In the gem
eral smash of things in the Hoosier State
he was the Republican whip OF the House
and counted q coming man not only IN
Congress but IN the future dispensation
Of political honors In Indiana he had
arrived at a station Of power ana prom
inence even In the House when things
slumped in his beloved State. and all Re-
publican members but Crumpacker were
left at home. After Watson came Dwight
as whip and he promised TO be no less
powerful and active than Watson, even
trifie ponderous and not SO quick on
his feet Dryden failed to connect with
another term and he Is not now hanker-
ing for return to Congress, although his
new district promises 10 elect Repub-
lie next year.
each other during their meeting that
whether they come back to Congress or
not a Republican majority was coming
back soon enough. and they. were both
eager to assure Chairman Frank Woods.
of the Republican Congressional commit
tee that Indiana and New York would
have a wonderfully revised list OF House
members year hence. Watson supple
ments with possibly more enthusiastic
phrase the prediction OF Senator Hemen-
way. made last week. that Indiana will
make its first good showing for the Re-
publican party by sending a half dozen
members Of Congress as a protest against
Democratic legislation. It occurs TO Wat
son that the same sentiment IL growing
In lndiana which sent him here as the
successor OF Holman, in 1884. and sent q
dozen other Republicans with him, not to
mentioL a Republican Senator. The Hon.
James z. hardly looks for so great a,
victory next year, but admits much may
happen II the business depression blamed
on the Democratic way OF doing things
continues.
Gov. Hatfield. of West Virginia, is
visiting Washington for the first time
since his Inauguration last March.
He was one OF the few Republican
governors chosen last year. and with over
three years to serve. he promises to do
the Republican organization of the State
some good without OVERRIDING the per-
sonal friendship proposition. Hatfield
comes from the southernmost section of
his State and one never before hon.
ored with a governor. He il a ply
stcian in private life and a big stall
wart citizen who has already indi-
Gated to other Republicans In his
State that he is inclined to have
his own way without wholly disregard
ing the advice of certain leaders who
were in politics before the governor had
graduated from medical college. Some
thing less than 100 agile and alert West
Virginia Republicans are in Washington
today, and Gov. Hatfield has not had a
lonesome moment