Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-03-19
COUNTY, NEWS

James Ramsden. formerly of this
city, was IN town Thursday shaking
hands with friends.
Mrs. Merit Johnson Is confined to
her home with illness.
Ross Cauthorn Is seriously III.
w. w. Fry Is arranging to build a
modern. upto-date bungalow on his
lots just west OF where he is
now residing.
Mrs. Walter Fields is very i'll at
the home Of her fa~ther-in-law, J. Il.
Fields, on East Liberty street.
Guy Lakeland and wife are guests
Of A. X. Luckie and family on s.
Clark Avenue.
A number Of Catholic clergymen OF
this district met this week IN Mex
leo for the purpose OF organizing a
&c lholic Census Bureau. The present
scope OF the organization includes
Mexico, Martinsburg. Wellsville and
Montgomery City with headquarters
at Mexico. The Rev. Father ]. ].
Dillon was elected president; Father
Jnsph Lancaster Harr Of Martinsburg
vice president; Father Thomas ]. Az
ward Of Montgomery City, Secretary
and Father Daniel J. Hurley Of Wells
vile Treasurer.
Nate Philip has gone to Californii
witt, his brother, Ben, OF st. Joseph
who is recovering from a nervous
breakdown. the result Of too clos
, attention to his large law practice.
The Ledger joins Ben Philips man.
. friends IN wishing him IN early re
coVery of his former health.He Is ON
Of Sc. ~Joseph's most prominent attor
neys.
w. II. Upham and c P Malone havI
just completed the papering of the in
terror of st. Paul's Episcopal Church
These gentlemen bore the entir
expense of this improvement. The
result is most attractive.
Happy" Blattner has secured Get
McLoney's 46 foot biplane and is al
sembling 1t for the purpose Of expel
imenting in aviation this summer,
Mutton & Sands, the local agents
for the Ford cars, have q machines
on hand and expect more cars
shortly. They have just taken o
the local Buick agency and hav
three cars here of that make. The
' carry a full line of equipment an
= their tire stock, at this time. amount
! to over $500. They expect this sea-
. on to be one of the greatest in tn
motor car industry yet known in Mi
souri,.
as Mrs. C. c. Fowles is still in Ma
toon, H., where she IL only slight
improved in health.
RI J. o. Barrow of yandalia vas in
! this city, Thursday.
vi N. NJ. Friedman of Martinsburg WI
J.in town Thursday.
Mrs. Earl Moore, Miss Mildre
Moore and Miss Lucile Kunkel
Mexico visited their kiaswoman, Mr.
'e Retta. Brown, and other relatives
4 and friends in Auxvasse Monday
70 and Tuesday.
II Besides Vandalia, Missouri, thel
are eight other vandalias in the fc
: lowing states: Illinois, Indiana, Mic
igan, Montana, New York. South d
y kota, Ohio and Texas.
e. Mrs. Dan Dudley has as her
! guests, this week, her sister, Mr.
Lawrence, and husband Of Farmin
" ton, Mo.
n Rev. f. B. Haggard, a former Me
Dh leo, boy, who has had charge Of
+ church at Liyermore Fails. Main
$ has been called to Detroit, Mich,
90 where he is pastor OF the Warren A
erue Baptist Church.
th u. A. Shannon has gone to Gree
SIS Vile, Wayne Co, where he max
or a speech in favor of local option. N
ut Shannon has been making speeche
for the "Drys'' all oven the State.
Alexander Kilgore is quite
l.b it'll pneumonia.
JEFF Woods of Galloway went
w Marietta, Ark, where he sold thiI
4 head OF hnrses and mites jeff h
10 a big trade in the South.
/: H. H. N~eidershutte is tickled
he death, for he has an S-pound boy.
TX says the boy is going to be a
publican. We don't believe IT,
oui The annual settlement OF s,
9. Pulls, County Collector. with the G
o. ty Court shows a total collection
Ira taxes of s1s4, 7OS, SS, last year,
ny about SIS, 600 more than was collec
d u this year before. Mr.. Pulls is to
congratulated on the splendid sho'
~ ling he made in his collections.
his says he believes more taxes w
20 paid last year on borrowed moI
his than ever before. The report Wink
Isl was approved March IL, 1914, Is
ere follows:i
We, Current Tax-State s16,697.44, Go
ty 50, 2.39; Roada 7,925,17i Spec
on & B. 21,97s.1S; School 61,612.4s.
Delinquent-state $s06O1; Cou
f,ss7.67; Road 1926; Spec. r. &
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