Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-06-05
COUNTY NEWS

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State Treasurer again. Mr.. Crab
am made a most efficient treasurer
but on account OF his duties as coun
ty Clerk will not have time to looh
after this office again.
DR.. NJ. 0. Biggs of Bowling Green
No, and son,in-lav Of R. R.
Buckner Of Mexico Is moving to Hos
pital No. / Fulton, No. The Doctor
VIII euter on his duties as s~uperinten
dent on the 10th OF June and in the
meantime is getting a line on the
work. DR.. Biggs comes highly e c
commended and we feel confident thai
he will have e most successful ad
ministration
Ed. Machin has purchased the Mer
rift Llewellyn place near the South
Side school. The Ledger joins the
people Of Mexico in welcoming hin
and his family to Mexico.
R. r. Buckner, ]. W. Pledge and
Tom Chopper are home from a visit
TO Excelsior Springs.
Miss AnnabelIe McGee is home
from Novinger where she taught q
most successful term Of school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Lee of Skies
ton. are here for a months visit with
homefolks.
DR.. j. w. Million, president OF
Hardin College, with his wife and
children, Edward. John, jr, Margare
and Helen. left in his Hudson six
for Kansas City. Thursday morning.
From Kansas City will motor to
Emporia, Kan, for a short visit and
from there they will go to Colorado.
where they will motor through the
mountains, camping along the way,
They will be gone about six or
seven weeks probably. On their
return trip, they will visit DR.. Mil
lions father in Nodaway county.
Mrs. Edith Fox, formerly Of this
city, is enjoying the best of health
at her home in Houston, Tex. She is
among the Ledger readers in the
Lone Star State.
Laddonia will hold a Chautauqua
August II to II.
Dysart Moore who has been attend
ing a dental college in st. Louis is
in the office with his brother DR..
d. t. Moore, Of this city. for the
vacation,
Mrs. J.. J.. + Johnson, treasurer
of the Helping Hand Kings Daugh-
tiers Circle, of Benton City, makes
the following admirable report:
1.-THE Helping Hand Circle was or
ganized May 81, 1912. at Benton City
with eight members. Since then one
member has died and two g ones
have been added to the membership
roll. The following were elected of.
ficers: President, Mrs. ]. W. Dowell;
SECRETARY, Mrs. c c Thompson; treas
urer, Mrs. ] ] F Johnson.
"our money has been secured
through donations, suppers, showers,
quilting, sewing and making carpets
and rugs.
During the year 1912 we have met
our obligation Of 800 to the
Kings Daughters Home in Mexico to
which we are pledged for five years.
We now have a balance of SAIL tc
our credit in the bank.
ut is through the kindness OF our
friends that we are able to make this
report. We want to thank each one
for favors shown to us during the las
year"
Churchill KEENAN, has gone West
on a trip for his health.
Mrs. J.. A. Henderson has just re-
turned from a three years s~ojourn
in California where she went after
the death of her husband, the late 10
seph A. Henderson. Mrs. Hender-
son is. the guest of her cousin, Mrs,
J.. M. Burhop, on E. Breckenridge
street
Mrs. G. B. Macfarlane Of Columbia
is the guest of Mexico relatives.
Joe Davis is quite sick with ty-
phoid fever.
Mrs Eaton, of Hardin College, will
spend the summer in California the
guest Of her son, Hubert Eaton.
Dave Sullivan returned to Colora-
do Friday, after a pleasant visit
with relatives.
C. II. Culbertson and son, DIN,
were up from Montgomery City to.
day in their automobile and we're ac'
companied home by Mrs. letter Crews
and Mrs. e, r. Myers and children.
Chris Pearson, of the Mlddletowni
Mo, Chips, was in Mexico on bust
ness to-day.
Mrs. Robert Hopkins, accompanied
by her daghter, Miss Ida May Moore
and her mother. Mrs. Ducetta Moore
will leave for Ruthven, Ont, Sun
day, where they will spend the sum
mer.
Miss Elizabeth Let's has gone t
Columbia and from there she will &c
10 her home in Sedalia. Her many
friends in this city regret to lear
she viii not return to teach in McMi
Ian High School next year.
J.. b. Graham, Fred A. Morris, FreC
Pitcher and M. T. Vandegrifthave re
turned home from the State Elks
meeting at Cape Girardeau, which
closed Thursday at noon st. 10
seph was selected as the next meet
ing place for the association. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Ferdi-
nand Helm of Kansas City, president
w. D. Webb, st. Joseph, Allen Nc
Reynolds, of Carthage, and B. S
Carrick, Of Louisiana, LIST, End and s.
vIce-presidents, respectively,
The only contest developed when
trustee to succeed James Boyle of Nc
berly was to be elected. Two 81
Louis Elks, L. B. Schmntz and C ]
Gallant we're candidates. F. E dallae
her Of Springfield was finally elected
E. A.. Major of Clinton was elect
ed treasurer; E. P. Thomas of Cc
lumbia, d~oorkeeper; j. w. Patton,
eargeant.at-arms and John Donnelly.