Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-08


house. The meat house with all the
meat was burned and the chicken
house and some of the chickens. The
fire started about supper time and
gained such Roadway that it could
not be checked. The property was
partially covered by Insurance.
Miss Bessie Denton has resigned
her position with the Crown Laundry
to accept a position with W.. F. AT
kinson. Miss Esther Hardine isl
now with the Crown Laundry.
Paul Edmonston, who has a respon-
sible position with the Colorado
Midland Railroad, in Colorado Spring
is here the guest of the Rev. J. O..
Edmonston and w. A. Sharp. Paul
is a sterling young man of fine hab-
its and industrious, and his many
Mexico friends will be glad to learn
he is succeeding In the West.
Mrs. w. A. Sharp has been the
guest OF her mother, Mrs. H. s..
McCune of Auxvasse.
Miss Grace Boyd of McCredie Is
visiting in Mexico this week.
Dave Sullivan, who conducts a
grocery store on Wade street fell on
Thursday evening, and dislocated his
shoulder. He was near his store at
the time. He is improving nicely.
Mayor Willard Potts has announced
that May 18th will be Cleanup Day
for Mexico. On that day every
housewife in the city should have
the yards and premises clean
ed and wagons will be provided by
the city to carry all rubbish away
Mayor Potts wishes every person
in Mexico to cooperate with him to
make Mexico a more beautiful and
healthful city, and thinks this is a
good way to start. All rubbish that
is placed in barrels or anything
handy and put in the street or alley
will be carried away by city wagons
Summer is almost here and every
one should join the cleaning bri-
gade and help make Mexico more
beautiful and healthful.
Mayor Potts is arranging to build
a large wire-enclosed incinerator Tor
paper as close to the business sec
ton of the city as is possible to
destroy the large accumulation of pa
per collected in the business section
every few days.
II the paper is dumped without
burning it blows over adjoining prop
erty and If burned outside of an en-
closure, it endangers nearby prop
erty.
Seven students from Audrain coun
ty at the University of Missouri are
candidates for graduation this year
The commencement address whic
will be given June 9th will be by
President William o. Thompson, Of
Ohio State University.
The graduates from Audrain coun
ty and the degree they will receiv'
are: Lawyer, Chalmers lrwfi
Henderson, Moline; B s in Civil Ell
~gineering, James Ralph Hancoci
Laddonia; B. s. in Electrical Ell
~gineering, Carter Harris Taylor, Me-
ico; A. B. in College of Arts an
Science, Misses Martha Chinn, va
dalia; Frances Glandon and Clar
Haggard Of Mexico and Howard w
Hanson of Mexico. Misses Glando
Chinn and Haggard will also recet'
a degree from the School of educ
. ton.
to L. T. Coyle, formerly of this cit
y was murdered at Ardmore, oklah
lct ma, last week, by his wife's first HI
Us band from whom she was divorce
rod No details were learned here. N
ed Coyle will be remembered as havil
been a hog doctor in this city.
Following Is the list Of names
-. those uniting with the Christi
Church during the evangelistic me
ling. which closed at that chur
last Sunday night: Emmett Atkins'
William Armstrong, Frank Atkins
Burks, Mrs. Elizabeth Burks, M
myrtle Burks, Charles Brenton,
10. Bromigan, Mrs. R. 0. Bromae
Geo Blowers, Mrs. Geo. Blowers, Il
Inert Collins, Miss Emma Ola
Ralph Goose, Mrs. Ralph Goose,
lP. Carter, Mrs. Kathryn Carter, j.
Carroll, Mrs. ]. F. Carroll, Miss M
Dahlem, Henry Dean, Miss l
Dunlap, Miss Alice Dobyns, l..
Cove, Mrs. L. c. Cove, Miss Blan
. Cove. Miss Maybelle Cove, Nj
. Guthrie, Miss Carrie Hildebrand,
W. Hape, Mrs. c. w. Hape,
Ella Haycraft, Miss Carrie Hayc
miss May Haycraft, Miss Mary H
ton, Bryan Johnston, Miss
Jones, Miss Hazel Johnson, Miss
die RETRY, F. Lavender, J. Lewis
sell Lewis, ]. E. Lowery, Mrs.
Lowery Miss Jewell Maxwell, ia
Metcalf, Edward Machin, Roy \
Mrs. Roy Nicely, Miss Martha
z enberry, Miss Edythe Quisenbe
-. Miss Arlene Squires, Herbert S
Harry H. Rose, Miss Helen :
Miss Erma snider, Mrs. I. L.
herd, Mrs. w. G. wilkins, Mrs.
.ng Williamson, Carson Wolff, Mrs
Woltz, Miss Alaska Wright,
Myrtle zumwalt.
r. r. BUCKNER has added
large commodious sleeping pol
his residence on South Jefferso
up-to-date residences are now
ing sleeping porches.
Miss Nancy Mosley of Auxya