Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-22
LARGEST LUNCHEON FOR
SONG TfME FRIDAY NJ

SS1E LIVE fDA
one OF the most largely attended
~luseaeonz Of the Comrerclai Club
was he'd Fnd4y. The regular room
vas crowded asa rwo tables vere us
81 in the large dining room Of Ho
81 Horsey. Although little business
Was trzns4cted the meeting vas one
Of the most Interesting ever held. T.
J.. Williams presided.
II VIA voted 70 send resolutions.
supporting 81. Louis. as The location
OF one OF the four regional banks IN
der he nsE banking law Of the Unit
ed States, 10 the Federal Reserve
Board at Washington, d. c. fhis vote
vas taken after a communication
.frozn the St LOais Board Of EEchang
had besa read The three other re
serve banks viii probably be located
a View York. Chicago and San Fran
cisco. al tour Of them being shout
equal in hm~portaDee.
DR.. Henry Lawrence southTick, tho
president of the Emerson School Of
oraory and a leading Interpreter Of
the English and American drama, adj
dressed the Club in a most pleasing
and entertaining talk which
was greatly enjoyed BY all WHO heard
him.Dr southwick viii intefpretsher-
dams famous comedy, The Rivals
al Hardin College. this evening
Secretary r. E. Race announced III
committee on nomination Of officers
for the coming election as made BY
President Fred A. Morris. The com
mitea is az follows. c P Malone. DIR
J. A Wren and H. D. Lleweilyn. The
committee to Investigate the dairyin5
interests Of the county IS composed
Of the following: Rufus Jackson. T..
J. williams and C. P. Arnold.
Ivan Ashworth, who attended ;
meeting of the Missouri Saddle HorsI
Breeders Association at Columbia
Thursday, said at this meeting Mex
Eco came in for its share OF the cred
It IN building up the saddle horse In
dus1ry in Missouri. He said Mckee
should have a high grade saddle stal
lion, but Il would take a great dea
OF money o buy n no@. He al
50 ssid"Srhe Missouri stoekman," tn
paper published in Mexico exploiting
the Missouri saddle horse Shout
have the support Of the citizens here
George Lee said the move to erect
2 monument to Rex Mcdonald was
} very commendable and the Mexico
: people should contribute to the fund
for This purpose.
The matter Of the annual ban
qaet has not been definitely decided
although II Is thought Il viii be he'll
either Thursday or Friday evening
during the first week in February.
Dr. J. W. MiIlion-said he had learn
cd from Dr. isadore Loci. Of the I'm.
a yersity, that the present law in tn
STATE for the commission form Of mu
nicipai government is unconstitutior
al The debate on this form Of gov
+ eminent was Indefinitely postponed
on request OF DR.. Million, who is on
Of the speakers.
T. j. Williams, in the closing al
dress, said he thought If the CONNIE
ciaI Club did nothing else It wa
d worth while 70 meet each week and
u hang together. He was very optimi
tic and said he felt IT would a.
eomplish something big for Mex
leo in the near future.
Those present we're: r. d. Worrel
Rolla Mcintyre, Leo HanIy, w. ]
Fowies, ]. T. McCue, J. A Gallaghe
lit. J. Williams. C. P. Malone. & W
Pollock, VIM. Pollock, S. J. Duncan
p e Locke. s. D. Byrns, H Il. {
Trucker, the Rev. w A shtllenberger
Or R W Berrey. w A Sharp. r
E Race, w S Hathaway, Tom NJ
Kean, Sid Houston, DIR. J. w. MillioI
&c r Locke, W @ Smith, e r Myer
Sam Morris. George Lee. Ivan AS
worth, Ross cauthorn, ". H. Uphal
S. NJ. Locke. DR.. J.. @ Moore DR. Sou
wick, ] e Fish
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