Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
COUNTY NEWS

was operated on at the Hospital on
Thursday morning. She is doing nice
ly.
Joy Kistler, who was operated on
for blood poisoning Thursday after
noon, stood the operation very well
and is improving slowly. His many
friends regret to hear of his condi-
ton and wish for him an early recov-
cry.
E. T. Stark, of Huntsville, Mo,
bought the M. l.. Argo stock of groc-
cries, late Wednesday afternoon and
took immediate charge. Mr.. Stark is
a young business mar who comes
here well recommended and the Led
ger joins the people of this city in ex-
tending a hearty welcome.
Mr.. Argo has not decided what he
will do but we hope he and his family
will continue to reside in this city,
where they have made many friends
since coming here.
John 7. Brown of New London eel
ebrated his Goth birthday, Oct. 8. He
was born in Buckingham County, Vir-
| ginia. He came to Missouri in 1919,
before Missouri was a state. The gen
tleman is an uncle of Thos. Pearson
of this place and R. W. Pearson of
Mexico.-Laddonia Herald.
Mrs. Lucy VanDeventer is in st.
Louis visiting her daughter, Mrs.
John C. Morfit.
DIR. Booth, the new Baptist minis
ter who will be here shortly to take
| charge of the Mexico Church, has re-
ceived two calls since accepting the
one from this city. The Johnston
City, ILL.,, Progress, >in speaking OF
DIR. Booths success while pastor there
for the past twelve months, pays him
high tribute.
He has not only built up the Sun
day School but built a new church
which was dedicated the early part
of October.
A house on West jackson street,
owned and occupied b. Luke Blew
ms was badly damaged by fire, on
Thursday night. Almost the entire
interior was destroyed. The damage
was partially covered by insurance.
Roy Ferris, who recently received
a handsome pair of Elk antlers, has
had them polished and mounted and
presented to the Mexico Elks Lodge.
They are e five feet and a half
from tip to tip.
Mrs. Jane Rose of Madison, Mo.,is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Rose.
j. Y. Mclean of Western Kansas is
in Mexico shaking hands with old
time friends
Among the curios at the historical
exhibit at the Fulton Street Fair was
n wedding cake made At years and B
months before, when it graced the
table at a nuptial festival in Owen
County, Kentucky. A trunk two
hundred years old and a plowshare
made in the early part of the Nine
teenth Century were also to be seen
at the exhibit
Lewis Y. Moore is home from Gull
ford, Montana, where he visited his
brother Joe Moore.
Bennett Clark, Parliamentarlan OF
the House of Representatives, and
son of Speaker Clark, while in Mex
leo today en- route to Fulton made the
Ledger a pleasant call
Miss Kittie Turley is home from Co
lumbia for the week end.
Albert Baehr of Rush Hill was IN
this city Friday on his way to Des
Moines, Ia, where he will remain
for several months.
Mrs. W. H. Coons is in Kansas
City, the guest of her mother, Mrs
Isabel Parker.
The following delegates will repre-
sent the First Baptist Church oil
Mexico at the State Association to
= he held in Columbia next week; j
W. Million, j. A. Guthrie, c. A. WITT
erspooh and Mesdames A. s.. Hous'
! ton and c.. r. Gibbs.
Miss Sara Reitz, superintendent Of
the Mexico hospital, is home from
st Joseph, where she attended th'
State meeting of the nurses Iher'
was a large meeting and a most sue
cessful one
The Rev and Mrs. w. l.. Hatche
spent Sunday with Mrs Mary F. Key
Mr.. Hatcher has been pastor of tn
Baptist Church at Elsberry for Tn
past four years and has accepted
n~astorate near Marshall in Salin
County. Mr.. Hatcher preached a
the Baptist Church in this city Sur
day night. He is a splendid youn
preacher with a bright future.
w. D. Lee and wife are in Kansa
CITY where Col. Bill is judge at tn
big Horse Show.
]. C. King and T. j. Hoxsey al
J. home from Detroit, Mich, and VIII
there they visited the big automobi
factories of the Cadillac and Ford
Norton Cannon of st. Louis is IL
quest of his uncle, |. N. Cannon, al
his cousin, Mrs Walter Briscoe, tn
city.
LYNN Webb of Vandalia, a studeI
in the University, was elected pres
dent of the all-senior class of that
stitution last Friday.
Misses Mildred Johnson and Fret
Nav Anderson have returned to Z
lumbia after a short visit in til
city.
Mesdames A. S. Houston and G.
Gibbs have gone to Columbia to
tend the State Association of the b
w fist Church.