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Union National Bank Bldg.
Headquarters for farms and
city property. Us acres, near,
Richmond, good land at $3.50
per acre.
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Phone i40i.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
DIES SUDDENLY.
Frank Herin Succumbs to Stroke
of Paralysis.

Mr.. Frank Herin, 60 years old,
living west of this city, enjoyed q
visit last week from his soI,,
Vance Herin, of st. Louis. Sunday
Vance, accompanied by his faith
er, came to Mexico to take the
train home and at the passenger
station the father was stricken
with paralysis and died, before a
physician could reach him.
The deceased is survived by his
wife and one son, Vance, as men
toned above. The body was taken
to Lawrenceville, ILL.,, for burial.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
UNWRITTEN HISTORY.
First Buildings in Mexico and
The Builders.

Uncle RufrS $. Pearson, in his
SSth year, one of the youngest old
men in this tCwn is a very modest
fellow but he knows more about
the early days of Audraiu county
and the first improvements in
Mexico than perhaps any other
person now living We managed
to pull n few observations from
him the other day and make note
of them here.
Mr.. Pearson came to Mexico in
1885, and has been here now
longer n anybody. John w.
Beatty is the next oldest first set
tier Mr.. Beatty's father came
from Illinois in 1912, settling on
farm north of Mexico.
VIM. Piney Harrison. from
Usage county, came to Mexico in
1850 aud built the first two-story
business house in the town. 1t
stood on the Ringo Corner, where
Worrell s Jewelry Store is now
located, and faced the north. Mr..
Harrison and John p. Clark sold
goods there two or three years,
Harrison then selling out to
Clark. About Is months after this
Clark sold to Alfred and Carter
! Cauthorn, who were Unclcs Of the
late Ben Cauthorn. I'm 1854 DR.
| l.. \. Hunter built the first drug
store building. 1t stood on the
southwest corner of the square.
"a 1854 or '55 John Reed hauled
the framed timbers from Boone
county and put up store build.
ing on the southeast corner of the
square, where the Savings Bank
now stands. His son, DR.. Tom
Reed, put in a stock of drugs.
Mi. Pearson tells 'h.s history
stiaight, and he could tel! very
rdch more if you could get him
to unfold himself.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
CUIvRE ITEMS.

Cornett school began Monday
with Miss Nola Hanna of Santa
Fe as teacher.
George Williams and family
and Charlie Rocky and family
spent Sunday at Jim Halls.
Tobe Dubray and wife attend
ed the funeral Of Mr.. John Glass
north of Laddonia Sunday morn.
ing.
Will Holloway and family
Clarence Bales and family, Tom
Brace and family all spent Sun.
day at A. Z. Braces.
Emmett Vanfeet and wife Wis.
tied in Wellsville Monday.
Charlie and Ethel Edwards,
George Williams and Frank
German all hauled wheat to
Mexico Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Youngblood
visited at Jim Montaguc's Sun.
day.
Jim Hall and wife attended the
funeral Of Mr.. Hall s grandfather
At Wellsville Wednesday after,
noon
Mrs. Dave Christopher return
ID home Saturday after visi'
with relatives in Galloway coun
Ity.
r. \. Gray and wife spent Sun
day evening at Tobe Dubray s.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
POWELL FORD.

We are still in need of rain.
Mrs. McMurtry and daughter
Miss Anna, of this vicinity, and
Misses Emma and Bessie Me
Pheeters Of Mexico spent few
days last week at AuXvasse and
Concord.
John Coons, of Hallsville, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Coons, of Mt.
Sterling, Ky, were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Berry last
Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hedge of Sweet
Springs were the guests of their
daughter, Mrs. Oscar Lewis, a
few days last week.
The miscellaneous shower
given by Miss Ellen Carter last
Saturday afternoon at her beau
tiful home in honor of her cousin,
Miss Laura Carter, was a great
success. The bride-to-be never
looked prettier or happier, in a
low neck and short sleeves even
ing dress. Quite a large number of
relatives and friends were pres
cnt. The decorations were yellow
and white. After the bride-to-be
received the shower all were in
vited to the dining room. Re.
freshments were served and a
souvenir given to each one pres,
ent. All extended congratulations
in advance and everyone enjoyed
the afternoon very much.
The Chautauqua was well at
tended from this community Sun
day afternoon, and all say it was
fine. Several have season tickets
in this vicinity and will attend
all week.
There will be preaching at Ris
ing Sun church next Sunday and
splendid Bible school. so &C
early if you can. The Willing
Workers will meet with Mrs. Mil
ford Berry first Thursday in Sep
tember.
Elder ]. d. Greer sold a nice
calf to Milford Berry last week
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

in Audrain county. The last rain
that year until the following year
fell in June. People drove their
stock miles to get to water. We
thought to get some relief when
the snow came, but the snow
was so dry it blew away
with the dust. Numbers of men
who entered land in Missouri
that year got discouraged and
went back to their homes in the
East and lost their prospects here
But we have had no more drouths
of any great consequence since
then till the year 1901, and this
year again we have a pretty good
touch of it. But why complain!
Missouri raised a bumper wheat
crop this year, the greatest in the
history of the State.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
MARTINSBURG ITEMS.

Miss Edna Wilson returned to
her home in Jonesburg Tuesday
after a pleasant visit with Miss
Hazel Friedman.
Miss Anna Guthrie of Mexico
will visit Alleta French several
days this week.
Miss Lottie Cornett of Mexico
came down Tuesday to spend a
few days with Rosie jacob.
Misses Ara McGrew and Althea
Horton made business trip to
Wellsville Wednesday.
A. B, Cluster of Middletown
was in town Tuesday.
n. NJ. Friedman and son, Ray
mond, made business trip to
Chicago this week.
Mrs. John Watkins and family
of Montgomery City spent Fri
day with Mrs. Fred Watkins here
w. G. Pike made a busines,
trip to Mexico Saturday.
Misses Hazel and Vera Fried
man were in Mexico Friday.
Mrs. Anna Walker and daugh
ter, Miss Eunice, of Wellsville
are the guests of Mrs. H. G. Bur
well this week.
The following from here at
tended Masonic Lodge in Mexico
Friday night: II p. French, w
G. Pike, c. d. Williams, H. Z
Christrup and John Lansing.
Miss Minnie Pike spent Sunda!
in Wellsville with Miss Sylvi,
Kuhne.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
MRS. BASKETT DEAD.
Passes Away at Her Late Home
in st. Louis.

Mrs. Jennie Morrison Basket,
beloved wife of j. n. Basket, the
noted writer and scientist, after u
number of months illness died at
her home in st. Louis last Friday
night. The body was brought to
Mexico Sunday, where she used
to live, and interment was made
in Elmwood, Rev. w. f. Dmkle,
pastor of the Methodist church
here, conducting a short funeral
service at the grave. The pail.
bearers were Henry d. aud Fred
Llewellyn, E. r. Myers, S. p En-
mons, w. c. Williams, and f II.
Parker.
Mrs. Basket was born in Lin
coin county, Mo, 50 years ago.
She was educated in the Lincoln
county schools, receiving a musi-
cal education in st. Louis. She
came to Mexico in 1873 and was
the first music teacher in Hardin
College. She was married to Mr..
Basket in 1874. They lived in
Mexico most of the time after that
up to three years ago when they
moved to st. Louis.
Mrs. Basket became a Chris
tian in early girlhood, taking her
membership with the Methodist
church. Besides the husband she
is survived by two sons, G. NJ. and
II. G. Basket, both of st. Louis.
She was a good woman and scores
of Mexico friends condole with
the family in their sad loss.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

weeks, but the latter part of last
week began to fail rapidly.
The funeral was held at the
home Monday at noon, conducted
by Rev. A. A. Wallace, assisted
by Rev, j. ID. Greer. The Masons
and Odd Fellows, of which orders
deceased was an hOnored mem
Der, then took charge. The body
was escorted to the railroad sta
tiOn and shipped to Laddonia for
burial In the vicinity of Lad
donia and in other localities of
the county the rural schools dis
missed for the day and scores
joined the funeral cortege and
marched to the cemetery to show
their respects for their friend and
brother and former neighbor. 1t
was one of the largest funerals
ever held III that little city.
The deceased was the youngest
son of Judge Jacob and Susan
Hort Shobe, both also deceased.
The wife and a little daughter,
Ola Merle, two brothers, Ed. j.
Shobe of Laddonia and DIR.
II. G. Shobe of Jefferson City,
survives. He was a ma
tive of Chamois, Linn county,
No The Shobe family moved to
the vicinity of Laddonia in 1888
Jacob Luster was educated In
the county schools and at the
Kirksville Normal. He then be,
gan to teach and was the first to
introduce the study of Agrl'
culture in the schools of the coun'
ty. He was principal of the Rush
Hill schools for some time and
then was elected County Superin
tendent of Schools for two years
and then, under the new law, was
reelected for a term of foul
years. Three years ago he wa'
married to Miss Maud Bell, o
'Laddonia ;, one of the brightes
and most accomplished young
women of the county.
Mr.. Shobe was a manly man
gentle and unobtrusive, a Chris
tan gentleman. What NOR
could be said. The county ha
met great loss in his death.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
NO. Al
America.

America. -
The speaker stated that in the
early days he was Just as corrupt
as any of them, and that he was
for from being proud Of it now.
He told of how, when he was go
ing to school, the teacher asked
him if he would not like to have
a teachers certificate, and upon
his replying in the affirmative the
teacher told him how to get it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

Ben Canada Of near Sturgeon
lost his elegant country home by
fire one night last week. Mr.. and
Mrs. Canada were in Sturgeon
and spent the night there, A ne
gro boy slept in an clubhouse near
the dwelling. He was awakened
at four O clock in the morning by
the fire and gave the alarm. OF
course it is not known how the
fire caught. The loss is partially
covered by insurance.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

Herald Harris, son of L. A,
Harris, east of Benton City, was
treated to a birthday surprise by
a number of his young friends one
day last week. Herald was sent
away from home on an errand and
When he returned they had "fix,
ed' things for him. There were
games and other past-times, and
al the close of the day dainty re
ireshemnts of ice cream, cake
lemonade, fruits and candy were
served 1t was joyful day fol
herald and all present.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
Leeper-Norris Nuptials.

Mr.. Charles L. Leeper, of the
firm of Ricketts, & EmmOns Dry
Goods Co., and Miss Esther Nor
liS, one of Mexieo's most popular
and cultured young women, were
united i'll marriage at 4 80 O. clock
opueIV ss!V 'Supg!0Wo 00gUBM
" " 'Aoa 'uoouL9lJe ABpsLuQL
lsBI qoInqo uB!I9lHqs9Id 9W lU
Wallace presided at the pipe or
gan. After congratulations, the
happy couple went to the Wabash
passenger station and were off
for Colorado on a two weeks
bridal trip. Our warmest con
gratulations extended them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
AUDRAIN TEACHERS.
Held County Meeting in Mexico
Last Week.

Audrain teachers held an inter
esting conference in Mexico last
Friday and Saturday. Prof. shobe
being i'll Prof Herbert Pryor, of
Mexico, took charge. Miss Mary
e. Meade of the Horace Mann
School of st. Louis made a noted
address on teaching reading in
the elementary schools. Prof
George Melcher of the State De.
partment of Education discussed
the consolidation of rural schools
in an able manner. Other noted
teachers also made talks. among
them Miss Maude Orita Wallace
supervise of music IN the Mex
leo public schools. She formed a
number of the teachers into "A
class and gave "A demonstration of
her methods of teaching music
The following teachers We're
among those present:
Mexico = Ruth Cook, Annie
Bledsoe, Coralie Lake, Marie Cow
herd. Mabel Cook. Bessie Day, f
lC. Offutt, Beulah Crawford
Blanche White, Helen Graham
Mary Griffin, Anna Kelly, Ada
Crum, Zola Beal, Bulah Moore.
Lida Bolts, Myrtle Duncan, +. f
Shay, Elizabeth O'Brien.
Laddonia- Gladys G. Furber,
Goldie Quinn, Pearle Parker,
Rowena Brown, Mrs. J. w. Yost,
Fern Fuqua, Beulah Hagan, Lola
Spencer, Della Talbot, Hermie
Gibbs, Martha Montague, Iva
Hummel, Mable Newland, Flor
ence Kirkpatrick, Abbie Sullivan.
Clark-Frona Stauterman.
Centralia-Ada Douglass, Mary
Harrington, Mary Harshbarger,
Bette Harshbarger, Sudie Winn,
Frances G. Sappington, Jennette
R. White, Blanche Taylor, Grace
| Smith. Minnie ForbiS.
Gazette-Jewell Ford.
Santa Fe-Nola Hanna.
Thompson-Mrs. Nellie Mckee
han, Mabel Kilgore, Ella Sharp
Annie Marshall, Mary Murphy.
Rush Hill-Effie f. Bryson
Beulah Greer, Annie L. Miller.
Vandalia-W. E. Lewellen, Eva
Stone, Bessie Watson.
Farber - Ethel Smith, We;
Smith, Ella Criswell.
Molino Mary Hofriehter
Mary Cowles, Matte E. Slonaker
Blanche Slonaker.
Auxvasse-Lizzie Telkemper.
Martinsburg - Dick Coving
ton, Sallie Crane.
Wellsville-Minnie Gibbs.
Sturgeon - Edna L. German
Edna Earnst.
Benton City-Zella Brown, Al
ma Brown.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

One of Audrain county's promi-
nent teachers last Friday when he
had been informed of the fatal i'll
ness of Prof. j. l.. Shobe said to
the editor of the Message: | can
not reconcile myself to this sorrow
full situation. But Gods ways
are not our ways. | don't see
how we can do without Mr.. Shobe.
1t will be impossible to find man
to take his place. He had built uI
a work among the schools of Au-
drain that no other person can catch
Iupwith under three years hard eff
ort. His death is IA caIam ity to the
county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

John Hildebrand: I'm located
northeast of Benton City. Getting
along happily out our way. Things
not rs lovely on the farm as we
could wish, but we are going to
ralsr scads of stuff in Audrain this
yea in spite of the discourage
mel, If some folks.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

Mr.. Ravurn Cove, a prominent
farmer of the Vandalia cOmmu-
nifty, and Miss Fern Lefever, a
bookkeeper for the Vandalia
Bank, were married in Mexico
one day last week, Rev. j. f,
Ayscue officiating. Our best
wishes extended them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

Landon Powell of Perry was
fined $25 in Justice S. d. Stocks
court in Mexico this week for
striking Mrs. Rebecca Bickel with
his auto as she was passing over
bridge in east Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

Wallace Feutz of Rush Hill is
the new bookkeeper and account
ant for Charles Holt, the Mexico
feed and grain dealer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

Frank McCord: Mayor Potts,
f. w. Walker, w. w. Pollock
and others went out to work the
roads last week-and that's where
all these grasshoppers came from:
they scared 'em in to town.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
PROF. SHOBE
PASSES AWAY
Popular School Man Succumbs to
Attack of Fever.

Prof. Jacob Euster Shobc, 30
years old, County Superintendent
of Schools, ill of typhoid fever,
died at his home in this city at
one o'clock last Sunday morning.
He had been sick for several
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

w. II. Beal; / remember that
drouth they are talking about
away back yonder in 1854. / was
just young fellow then. That
year | came from my home in In
diana and entered 320 acres of
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

}. =. Howell: hear from my
sons rcgularly up in the Dakotas.
The ,iilers of the soil up that way,
undct the supervision of govern
men. experts, are preaching dry
farm. = : and in some instances un-
der } 'cial treatment of the soil
befor planting, they have raised
the yiIld of wheat from 10 bushels
an acre to 40 bushels.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
SOME INTERVIEWS.

j. b. Owen: They tell me that
no poor folks ever have appendi-
citis. Is that Joke on the
doctors, or notl
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

+. Marvin: They say | have one
the finest l55 acre farms i'm the
fic'nitv of Benton City, and it is
natural that | should think so too.
[ have 1000 bushels of corn left
over from last year. Don't you
hink am fixed. 1t is worth 80
'entS at the crib.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28
THE BIG CHAU-
TAUQUA OPENS
Judge Blair Tells About Votes
Sold at Auction-0ther Fea-
lures.

ed last Sunday and one of the
great features was n great speech
Mexico folks who pride them
selves ON being somewhat more
than ordinarily clean in politics
heard a story at the ChautauVua
Sunday of rottennesS in the same
direction that made them literally
sit up and take notice. The story
was that of Judge A. T. Blair OF
Portsmouth, Ohio, the trial court
Judge who fined l,690 voters on,
of total of 6.5O5 and disrran-
chiSed them for five years for sell
ing their yotes-all in one county
in Ohio.
Most of us who heard Judge
| Blair's address had read some
thing of his fight to clean some of
the political filth out Of Adams
county, Ohio, but we had never
dreamed that conditions could ex-
list anywhere like the speaker told
of in that one county.
In beginning his address Judge
Blair stated that he wanted to
make it absolutely plain that the
population of Adams county did
not consist of lot of illiterate
people, foreigners or negroes. On
the other hand the residents or
that particular county are better
educated than the average in any
county in the country, and out of
the 1890 disfranchised voters
there are only two foreigners and
about twelve negroes.
The corrupt election methods
secured their start soon after the
war, and have been continuing
ever since, he said.
Many of the prominent men in
history came from Adams county,
Ohio, said Judge Blair. General
U. S. Grants s folks were from that
county and Grover Cleveland s
ancestors lived there, as did the
parents of WhiteIaw Reid. The
mother and father of President
Wilson formerly lived in the
original territory that became
Adams county.
After the war politics became
the principal business in the coun-
| ty for months before election, and
finally the buying and selling of
votes entered into the every day
affairs of life.
81 have seen them take men
down near the polls, said Judge
Blair, y and put them on the
auction block and sell their votes
TO the highest bidders, the same
as you would sell a horse. This
happened, not in the rural pre-
cincts alone, but in the county
seat directly across the street
from the court house. saw one
man buy IA vote and take his man
down to the polls and vote him
and then he came back and hold
ing aloft "a roll of bank notes
shouted, You see | have not spent
it all yet.
"The matter got so it affected
every walk Of life. If you want
ed "A teacher s certificate you got
it thru a pull and ability to con
troll votes. 1t was the power to
control votes that counted if you
wanted anything.
When Mckinley was a candi.
date for governor, ;" said the
speaker, Joseph p. Smith was
buying votes on the street. He
did it openly and brazenly, and
worked for the ticket at which
Mckinley was the head. And
when Mckinley was elected
Joseph p. Smith was appointed
state librarian, Then Mckinley
was elected president, and JOSEPH
, p. Smith became private secre
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

George Lee of Mexico bought a
horse a few days ago from j, r.
Thomas of Rush Hill for $40.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

Eli Nicolas: I'm in the vicinity
north of Martinsburg. I've been
feeding some of my stock-that
should be making its way on pas
ture since July. Alonzo Hamil-
ton and his sister Miss Caroline
Hamilton, my uncle and aunt re-
spectively, are keeping house for
me. | and my son, Orville, who
issa bigger man than | am, do
most of looking after the farm
.Orville and | are expecting to
spend this week among relatives
in Fulton.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

Mrs. VIM. Smith of College
Mound, Mo-, visited her sister,
Mrs. Stephen Johnson, near Mex
lro, recently and attended our
Fair. Mrs. Smith was formerly
a prominent teacher in this coun
ty. She captured two fine prizes
at the Fair this year. Every year
she visits our Fair and has ex,
hibits of Drawn Work.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

j. d. Bates and family have
moved to Mexico from Santa 'Fe
His children will enter our
schools. Mr.. Bates is conductor
on the electric car running be-
tween Mexico and MOlinO.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

Thod Boulware: OF that inn
mense rain southeast of me last
Monday week only got Il little
lightning. Lightning struck two
trees on my place ut the same in
stant, and ten head of horses
were punched between the trees,
but they came out without hurt.
The trees were about two city
blocks apart. II was another
freak of lightning, one such
Ike it | never heard of before.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-08-28

Jim wilkins: The other day
they had II heavy rain east of Ben
ton City but none on Cuivre, south
of Laddonia. But the creek runs
down that way, and few hours
after the rain at Benton the said
creek south of Laddonia was
rushing full of water, but dry up
on the banks and all thereabouts.
Drinking water for stock in the
creek but none on the banks for
the corn or grass. That was a
freak, Ell!