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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-12-05
MUNICIPAL XMAS TREE.

In response to the announcement Of
Mayor M. j. Bailey several citizens of
our town gathered at the Court House
on last Monday evening for the purpose
cf considering the question as to whether
or not the people as whole cared to
Join in some suitable celebration of the
Christmas holiday season.
After considerable discussion it was
unanimously decided that We should
have a Christmas tree, program and
romp in the Opera House If it could be
procured. Also that tree be placed on
the main street near the fountain and
that it should be decorated and illuminat-
ed suitable for the occasion and be kept
in place until New Years Day.
The following officers and chairman
of committees were chosen:,
NJ. J. Bailey and VIM. A. Simonton,
chairman and secretary respectively.
Geo. Hitch, procuring and placing
trees.
M. ]. Bailey, finance and treat.
WIN. A. Slmonton, program ana gen.
eral arrangements for the romp.
Mrs. Perrin and Mrs. Nevin, music.
Mrs. Hanley, preparation of treat for
distribution.
w. r. Jewell in conjunction with the
committee on finance is to act as COM
mittee on electric lights.
Walter Fink, special emissary Of Santa
Claus to secure the names of all the
children. The children should see the
man with the smile.
The meeting adjourned subject to the
call of the chair.
Let us all get together and make this
a regular old time Christmas so that the
good cheer may pervade the entire COM
munity and linger with us all through
out the coming wear
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-12-05
FARMERS INSTITUTE
Pringle Wednesday and Thursday. Decem-
Der 9 and lo-Farmers Should
Take Part in Meetings.

The regular annual Farmers Institute
is to be held in Pringle on Wednesday
and Thursday, December 9th and 10th,
| 1914, and it is the desire of the Chronicle
that every farmer tributary to Pringle
and Custer be present and take an ac-
tive part in the meetings. The Far
mers' Institutes in South Dakota are ac-
complishng an untold amount of good.
Crops adapted to the soil and climatic
conditions are being praticed, farms are
being handled in more rational and
scientific manner, more alfalfa is being
planted every year. more silos are being
built, more and better live stock is being
raised and prosperity is evident on every
hand. There can be no question that all
these things haye been due in great part
| to the efforts of the Farmers Institutes.
Let us make these meetings better
this year than they have ever been be-
| fore. Let the business men put their
shoulders to the wheel and make an
effort to make it success. The busi-
ness mems interest and that of the far
mers is reciprocal. Let us provide for
big exhibit, both Of farm and kitchen
products and then let every farmer and
his wife, as well as the town ladies, bring
in their products for display. The corps
of lecturers will be stronger this year
than ever before. New charts have
been prepared that can be easily read
POO feet. Let everybody, both country
and town people, turn out and make
the Farmers Institute this year an
event to be remembered for many years
to come.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-12-05
LICENSES GOING UPt

On and after December l no more
marriage licenses will be sold for the
traditional fee of one dollar. The cost
of the matrimonial certificates has
climbed upward. The cause for the rise
is in an item Of the war tax recently
passed by congress to provide revenue
that is needed by the falling Oft of i'm
ports since the beginning of the Euro
pean conflict. After December first
it will be illegal to present a
marriage license for the tying of the
nuptal knot unless ten cent war tax
stamp is affixed to the document.
Ministers, prospective brides and
grooms who do not wish to pay fines or
languish In Jail must see to it that the
necessary stamp is glued tightly to the
license before the life bonds are tied
Heavy penalties apply for neglect to
affix such stamps on licenses or any
other document which is affected by the
tax law.
Hereafter, too, all real estate transfers
will have to show the amount of the
actual consideration involved in the
transactions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1914-12-05
Uncle James.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest' Tucker, of Elk
Point, S. D., arrived Monday evening
for a short visit with the Wilson and
Reynick families. They are on sight
seeing trip through the Hills.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
CUIVRE ITEMS.

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Deichman, ON July 30, a fine girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Johnston
went to the Old Settlers Re
union last Saturday at New Flor
ence. VIM. Downs and family Of
Pine Bluff, Ark. arrived here last
week for visit with his mother
Mrs. W. w. Cornett. They all
attended the Old Settlers Re
union at New Florence Saturday.
West Cuiyre Baptist church
has been newly papered and
painted, and new granitoid
walks put down, which adds
much to the appearance of the
premises. On Monday, Aug, 10,
1914, all parties who are interest
ed IN the cemetery at West
CuIvre are requested to come and
help clean up the cemetery. The
Ladies Aid of Providence
church had an lee cream supper
August 1st. 1t was a success fl
nancially and quite a crowd out.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
The HOME Eco
N0MIC INSTITUTE
Meeting at Cant a Great Success
Housewives Practice Scientific
Cooking-Big Dinner Saturday

The Home Economies Institute
held on the lawn at the home of
Mrs. Beatty at Cant last week
proved a great success. The meet
ings were under auspices of the
South Wilson Township Farm
Bureau, of which w. 0. Smith is
president and W. T.. Edwards
secretary.
Miss Eulalie Church of Column
bia was in charge of the Institute
and sessions were held every day
last week up to Saturday. The
housewives of the neighborhood
interested themselves III the cook
ing tests. Everybody was pleased
and Miss Church made many
friends for herself and the work
she is engaged in.
Saturday was given over to
public speaking, social inter
course and big free dinner to
everybody-a picnic held on the
Smith Brothers farm. Over 500
people were present. Rev. j. ID.
Watson of Laddonia made "A fine
address, taking for his subject,
"The Full Orbed Man. Rev.
Watson is much Interested in
rural community work work
that will make farm life happier
and better. Mrs. $. p. Emmons
of Mexico made good speech
favoring votes for women. j.
Kelly Wright Of the State Board
of Agriculture also spoke, as al
so did Levi Winn, one of the live
wires of Cant community.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
HIGH HILL DISTRICT
MIR. Rediger Sells Farm-School
opens-Mrs. Dalby III.

High Hill District, Mo, Aug.
.3,-We need rain badly. Most
people are compelled to feed
their stock. Pastures are bare.
corn is suffering and in some To-
calities chintz bugs are killing it..
b. +. Pulls and wife were in
Mexico last Tuesday and b. f.
attended the candidates speak
ing at night.
John Rediger sold his 100 acre
farm to NJ. S. Bush of Centralia
at $50 per acre. Mr., Rediger may
not leave here, at least for some
tine.
Jesse Pulls and wife and little
Vivian visited at b. +. Pulls
last Sunday. Joe Berry, our
good road overseer, was here the
past week working our roads.
Mamie and Nellie Pulls of Mex
leo Were here latter part of last
week visiting relatives. Grover
Sims shipped cattle to st. Louis
Monday.
School opened at High Hill
Monday with Miss Mable Kill
gore, teacher. She comes well
recommended. Her home is at
Thompson.
W. II. Pulls formerly of High
Hill, now of west of Centralia,
has new boy at his home. Quite
number of women from our dis
trict attended the Cooking
School at Cant last week.
Mrs. Philip Dalby while at
tending the farmers picnic at
Cant Saturday was overcome
with heat and had to be carried
home.
Little Miss Mildred Barnes,
Urma Shock, and Master Gar
rard Spencer, visited at B. F.
Pulls Friday.
Mrs. James Woolery is on the
sick list, but is some better al
this writing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
KILLED BY KICK
OF HIS HORSE
Wesley Stuart Found Dead in His
Fathers Ban-FIit Above
Heart and on Head

Wesley Stuart, IL years old,
SON of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stu
art three miles southwest of
Mexico. was killed last Thursday
morning by the kick of "A horse.
Wesley went to the barn to sad
die the horse to ride to the mail
box some distance away. When
me- did not return his brother
went to see if anything were
wrong when he found Wesley ly-
inc on the stable floor and life
extinct. The horse did not like
to be curried and the curry comb
was found near, showing that
Wesley had been trying to curry
the animal. The horses hoofs
had struck him on the left side
above the heart and just below
his left temple.
There were ten children in the
frmily and this was the first death.
The other children are; Willard
Stuarat of Fort Collins, Colo. ;
Estell Stuart, st. Louis; Mrs.
Theodore Miller, Burlington, Iowa:
Mrs, Roy Jesse, Mexico; Winfield
Stuart, Fort Collins, Colo; james
Stuart, Duluth, Mimi, and Har-
old and Misses Wreatha and Fran
els, at home.
The funeral was held Sunday
morning at Rising Sun church,
north of Mexico, conducted by
Rgv. W. A.. Shullenberger. The
pagl bearers were his boy friends
Ray and Roy Ritter, John Ra-
ney, Floy Dean, Clarence Jesse
and Fletcher Powell. The family
has the deep sympathy of the
community in their bereavement.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06

not wish to talk. Speaker Clark
and Gov. Major sent regrets be
cause of their inability to attend.
Mrs. Mary Ann See, mother Of
the famous astronomer, Dr.
Thomas Jefferson See. who is in
her elghty-third year, was given
the distinction of being the old
est settler on the grounds.
The report of the association
showed that several of the old
settlers had died since the last
reunion. A feature was big
chicken and apple pie dinner
spread on the ground.
State and county candidates
were served free. The associa-
tlon is one of the oldest in the
State, having met every year
since its organization in 1882.
j. W. Morris won the old lid
dlerS contest, with William
Clark second.
Il. Z. Marlowe was elected
president of the association, f.
f. Allen secretary, and Jewett
Elliss, treasurer.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
WoOdmen of The World.

a lodge Of the Woodmen of the
world has been organized in Mex
leo. There are 20 charter mem
bcrs. The officers are: IL, w.
Lindsey, council commander ;
VIM. Beadle, adviser lieutenant ;
Eugene Hape, escort; Roy Neil
l'ney clerk; Arthur Crowder,
o'nker; John j. King, Jr., Sher-
man Mckinney and Geo. w. Par
cells, managers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
Stoddard and Olmsted

Stoddard and Olmsted OF
Ohio, tree doctors, are in Mexico
fixing" trees. They doctored
the maple in front of the South
ern Bank. Took out the old "'in 10
nards," scraping away the decay,
administered oil and antiseptics
and then filled the cavity with
concrete and finished the job by
putting several iron bolts thru
the tree. Good shade now in
those quarters for several sum
mers. Sam Locke keeps those
cushions at the side Of the front
door of the Bank and VIM. Keith
and VIM. Frazier, etal, make
free use of them. Lately the boys
have been demanding ice water,
as further accommodations, but
Sam says that is the limit.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
FROM OKLAHOMA.
iIeAico Man Tells About the Big
Oil Wells.
Oglcsby, Okla, July IL

Friend Beal Wish you had
been with me some days ago.
took "a trip to the Cushing
oil fields. Arriving at Gushing
you tind you are yet 10 miles
from the field, but 10 autos and
some few carriages are waiting
to take you right out; 800 for
auto, Sl.0O carriage. Arriving
atDrumright, which is near the
.oil and gas field, you find a
booming town. Hotels, restau-
rants, cold drink stands, pool
halls, in fact, everything that
goes to make booming town
lively. It's not a big place, but
10000 people get their mail at a
small postotlice, and people and
rigs SO thick on main street one
can hardly get along. 1t is just
like busy Saturday on Ringo
Corner in Mexico, and you must
get your bed before night if you
intend to sleep inside. If you
have bank account you can get
a room, otherwise get cot, may
be in a room with 10 others. PeO-
pie coming and going all the
time.
You see hundreds of teams
hauling supplies to feld-tank-
stuff, tools, engines, lumber, etc.
Out III the field you see "a big sign
$4,000 fine to enter but be
fore you get there you know the
reason, gas is so strong and
spraying oil that you would spoil
a suit of clothes very quickly,
besides the danger to you other
wise. You hear gas roaring just
like locomotive popping off.
Maybe you are two miles from
some big well, or maybe one be
ing drilled IN. One well there is
O3 million cubic feet strong.
Drilling in those wells is dan
gerous. They have accidents oc-
casionally. One spark and may
be several lives gone. One lease
| was on was running 1900 bar
rels per day in the ditch, as they
could not handle it in tanks.
The best oil well makes about
l5O barrels per hour when they
are first drilled III, and generally
drop Off little after "A month or
two. One lease | was on is max
ing a little over 10000 barrels
per day.
Nearly all rigs have their dy-
namo and make their own light,
as no torch or gas light can be
had after 800 feet, and then the
drilling never stops till well Is
finished Drilling rigs run night
and day. Two men on tour
change at noon and midnight.
Chas. Day.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06

Misses Lottie Cornett and Bcr-
nice Smith were driving a horse
last Thursday when it became
unmanageable and started TO
run. Roy Neeley caught the
bride of the animal just as the
buggy was about to tip over in a
ditch, The young ladies got a
scare but no hurts.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
Additions to Church.

At the revival meeting recent
ly held at Mt. Zion Baptist
church at Molino 10 persons were
added to the membership. Three
of these were by lcttcr-Mrs. Il.
Robinson, Mrs. Swift and Rich
ard Baker. Those for baptisms
We're: Ray WilIingham, Ebert
Swift, John Bybec, r. H. Miller,
Mrs. Richard Baker, Lillian
Flynt, Frances Flynt, Marion
FIynt, Ruth Bybec, George and
Rosie Eubanks, Myra Miller,
Gladys Crump, Elya Swift, Stella
Rouse and Francis Crigler.
Rev. Lyon of Kansas City as
sisted Rev. Grimmett in the
meeting Rev. Grimmett preach
ed his last sermon as pastor at
Mt. Zion last Sunday. He is an
able young preacher and the con
gregation is loath to give him up.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06

Rev. A. f. Booth Of Johnston
City, ILL.,, the new pastor of the
Mexico Baptist church, will
preach his first sermon for his
congregation here next Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06

DR.. and Mrs. f. II. Tincher in
Northwest Mexico were absent
from home last Wednesday night
and at about $50 Wallace Fry
and Jake Buckner were passing
the house and discovered the
roof of the kitchen to be on fire.
Buclner cut his way into the
house with a hatchet and Fry
secured 30 gallon lard can and
carried water from the well and
eXtinguished the bIazes. In
little time the house would have
been destroyed. The fire caught
from a defective fuc.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
Some Views and Interviews

!
Ayscue is leading it. Bro Rice,
the pastor, is on the sick list.
Rev. f. 5. Gibbs OF Mexico Wis
tied the meeting day or two.
There have been two conversions.
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. ID. Wilson in.
viteG the congregation to their
honc for dinner last Sunday.
About 40 present, and what u
great dinner that was. Bro.
Ayscue is tar heel and two
tar heel friends of near Old Aux
vase church, Mr. and Mrs. Grit
ter, came 20 miles to hear him
preach and were at the Wilson
dinner.
Osborn, Mo. Since we moved
from Mexico community we have
been failing to get the good old
Message. Here S dollar, keep
the paper coming.
John NJ. Young: | am farming
near Santa Fe. had 20 acres OF
wheat that averaged SO bushels
to the acre. Sold part OF it to
Pollock in Mexico at 10 cents a
bushel and he said it was the best
in quality that ever came to his
mill. / had 1900 bushels of oats.
Sold 1000 bushels to Judge
Frank Naugn at 80 cents a bush
el. | have 200 acres of corn,
part of it Oh the j. ID. Bates
place, that will make 80 bushels
to the acre. Corn is good over
toward Perry from me too.
Charlie Lucas Mrs. Lucas and
l are here today Saturday
from Santa Fe. Yes, m over
here quite often. Drive over to
MOlino and then catch the elec-
trio car. Say, what's going to
become of this railroad PROPOSE
ton, anyway Extend the road
to Santa Fee, let us see the car
coming in on its regular trips,
and hear the gong ring, and our
people Will help with the build
ing Of the road. Isn't that good
enough? Come OH with the car
j. II. Edwards | have fine
garden this year. raised two
variety OF beans The Red
Mexican Bean" was one variety.
The pods are over y inches long
this year, drouth or no drouth,
and | have grown them with
pods "A yard long. You don I
have to "stick" 'em; mulch them
with straw and let them spread
out over the ground. ! use sur
face plow for the garden, and it
has proven "A fine trick this sea
son.
| c. Il. WorSham; / live on the
old Mart Hubbard farm, north
Of Worcester, now owned by
Frank a. Sannebeck of Mexico.
! have been mining coal this sum
mer. 1t was cool under the
ground lately, even if it was hot
out on top. My little four-year-
old daughter, Christina, was
thrown from horse Wednesday
of last week and her arm was
broken. DR.. Will Bolts of Santa
Fe set the broken bone and the
little one is getting along all
right.
S. V. Stone: | am little
along in years but | enjoyed
meeting with my Masonic breth.
rem at the dedication Of the new
gymnasium at Hardin COlleg,
last week. | live northeast OF
Martinsburg. My son, Georg,
Stone, lives near me, but is acrOs,
the line in Montgomery county
Another son, A. Stone, lives OF
the j. f. Jesse place southwest o
, Mexico. How are my crops9 All
I'll raise a good deal more than
did last year. I'll have plenty
, of feed this time
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
THE new FLOR.
ENCE PICNIC
Everybody Gets Chicken Pie and
Old Country Ham-Mrs. Mill
ion Makes Speech

New Florence, Mo. Aug. l.
The Old Settlers Reunion OF
Montgomery county attracted
large crowds today from this and
adjoining counties. Several State
and county candidates were
present.
State Auditor John p. Gordon.
who is prospective candidate
for Governor, was the first speak
er after sutfragists had been
given an hour to tell why women
should vote. Gordon said that
Missouri was in the best financial
condition since the Civil War. He
said that he had cut down the
cost bills of the State about
100000 the last six years.
w. II. Wallace of Kansas City,
candidate for United State Sen
ator, made a speech in favor of
equal suffrage and against
saloons. Every brewer and every
saloonkeeper i'll Missouri was
against him in his efforts to de
feat Senator W. j. Stone for re
election" he said.
"This is fight" said Judge
Wallace, against the saloon and
for the home, and if the saloon
has more friends in this State
than the home, then | cannot eX-
pect to be successful. There are
about ninety counties in this
State i'll the local-option coludl',
and | therefore feel optimistic. -
Mrs. Walter Men. Miller,
president of the State Equal
Rights Association, made a plea
for equal suffrage.
Missouri after November will
be surrounded by suffrage States
and her influence in national
councils minimized unless the
women get the vote she said.
Ninety per cent of the men ask
ed in twelve congressional dis
tricts signed initiative petitions. ~
Mrs. j. W. Million of Mexico
State recording secretary, also
spoke. She made a pleasing and
convincing address, saying in
part:
cover a hundred years ago
our country started the biggest
democracy IN the world S history,
We felt quite in the van of pro-
gress, but some of our states have
rested on their laurels and fail
to realize that they are dropping
back toward the start.
Many states and countries
have extended the use of the bal
lot as a means of government to
what you men so chivalrously
call the better half of the people.
All of Australia and New Yea
land have for some years had full
equal suffrage. The same is true
of Finland, Norway and Ireland,
while in Sweden, England and
other nations, women have par
tial franchise.
."In our own country nine
states grant full suffrage, twenty
seven partial suffrage, so that
the sixteen states in which, as in
| Missouri, women have no vote,
are giving their women less
power than any country in the
civilized world. This, we are
sure, is not what the men of Mis-,
souri, want, and we are therefore
asking them to step into the van
by voting yes on the thirteenth
amendment in November" "
Judge Blair, member Of the
State Supreme Court Commits
sion, who is a candidate for Su,
preme Judge, was present, but
declined an invitation to speak
? saying that his opponents were
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06

w. w. Nash, the Variety Store
proprietor, underwent an opera
.'on for appendicitis at the Mex
leo Hospital last week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06
Tall Timber in Audrain,

The Far and Near Man of the
st, Louis Republic says;
Stalks of corn thirteen feet
high are displayed at the Audrain
County Farm Bureau in Mexico.
Ralph and Jewell Bybee, boys
who live near MolinO, raised this
tall corn timber. The corn is of
the Boone County white variety.
Assuming that both Ralph and
Jewell are five feet tall, if one
should stand Oh the others head
he could not reach the top Of one
of these stalks. Northern Mis-
souri, is hard to beat for corn.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06

r. A, Calhoun is reported very
i'll at the Mexico Hospital.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06

Miss Lucy Jesse of this city
mas gone to Hendersonville, \.
~ where she will teach in Fruit
'and Institute. Miss Jesse is one
OF Audrain's most progressive
ana popular teachers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-08-06

j. f. Llewellyn, Government
weather observer in this city,
says that during the month Of
July there was total rainfall
here of 5.0l inches. That was
more than twice the rainfall for
the corresponding month of a
year ago.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1914-03-12

dos Unidos tiene diputados trabajan.
do ahora mismo en- TODD el estado.
Algunos han partido 4 hacer ~arrestos
y otros a servir papeles en- pleitos
que SO venularan Drontp. Carlos
Dreamer ha partIdo para Gallup. y re-
gresara ell Microbes Alfredo Delga,
do Sc halla en- Taos y no de espera
que regresara por varlos dias. Manuel
Baca Sc halla en- Rodeo, no muy lejos
de la f~rontera, y cuando regrese la
fuetza de la oficina espera DIR algunos
relatos interesantes de la revoluci6n.
}. r. GaIusha ha partido para Roswell.
FL mariscal de los Estados UnidOs, Al.
n. Hudspeth, tambien SO haIIa au,
sente. Fue llamado d Texas en- item.
pc pasado por la muerte de su padre.
Sr. Newcomer Sc halla %ausente en-
una vacation. So cree que esta cerca
del Mediterraneo. El Diputado Maris.
cal Rose es 81 dnico que Sc '1halIag
aqui pero con el regreso del juez fede-
raj. William H. Pope. la semana que
entra, los diputados d~uienes han esta-
do en- Ell campo Sc espera que lIegaran
todos "juntos."