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Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16

We are authorized to announce
John B. Graham as a candidate
for reelection as County Clerk,
subject to the action of the
Democratic voters at the August
primary.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16

The Laddonia Herald has com
pleted its Both year in publishing
the news from week to week. Bro.
Mayhall gets out one of the best
country newspapers in the State.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16

The Message is authorized to
announce Quincy James as a can
didate for County Collector sub
ject to the action of the Demo
cratic voters at the August pri-
mary.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16
Judge Western District
G. G. Bledsoe

The vacant saloon buildings
are being cleaned up and repaint-
ed; beating the most of us to
Cleanup and Paint-up Day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16
NEW ADMINISTRATION.
Mayor Dry's Inaugural-A Force
full Speech.


main feature of the evening We
believe this speech will interest
Message readers both in town and
country and we give it here in
full:
| realize the responsibility that
devolves upon me in accepting
this place. | hesitated a long
time before | would consent to al
low my name to come before the
people as a candidate. | thought
| could, and did in a measure, re-
alize the responsibility that comes
to one in this position of honor,
but as the time draws nearer for
actual service, | realize more fully
the great responsibility.
l am glad that / have to assist
me, in the matter pertaining to
city government, band of
councilmen that | believe, to a
man, have nothing but the best
interests of the city at heart.
believe that we are broadminded
enough, and have the city's well
fare enough at heart, that we
will not allow anything to come
up that will disrupt our plans
(the plans of all the people of our
city, which are a bigger and bet
ter Mexico.
In the time that | will fill the
Office of Mayor, / will insist upon
the hearty cooperation of every
good citizen of Mexico, and l be.
lieve | will have it. We have diff.
fered in opinions in the past it is
impossible for all of us to see
things exactly alike in the future
but if we are united in mind and
in heart on the thing that should
be uppermost with ala bigger
and better town, and if each of us
fully understands the other, the
criticism and the fault-fnding
will soon cease.
If anyone in this town, with
whom | have differed on import.
ant matters in the past, thinks
that l now have up my sleeve q
knife ready for those who differ
from me, | want to say that he i.
badly mistaken. The battle is
over and the smoke is cleared
away; the time is ripe for us to
exert ourselves along different
lines from getting even" OF
paying back" for things that
have transpired in the past.
was chosen by the people OF
Mexico who believe in law en-
forcement and this l expect to do
as far as it is in my power. To
him who violates the law ignor-
antly, | may show some leniency,
but to him who violates the law
wilfully, in order that he may
add a few more dollars to his
purse, will be given the limit,
from the first charge to the last.
| trust, however, that the law
breakers will be few and that
Mexico will be known from one
end of this country to the other,
not only for its fine horses, its ex-
cellent streets and homes, its
strong business firms, its factor
les and their products, but also
for its sober, law-abiding citizen
snip, the greatest possession any
city can have.
l am greatly interested in
future Mexico and the surround.
ing country. The question that
has received so much attention of
late, and one that every citizen of
Audrain county is deeply inter.
ested in, is the one pertaining to
good roads. pledge my support
to good-road building, believing
that when money is well spent on
roads, it is spent in a way to bene-
tit, not only the citizens of Au-
drain county outside of Mexico. |
but will benefit everyone living in |
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16

Mayor Potts made a timely
speech OH retiring from office. AT
its close DR. Rothwell, retiring
Councilman from the Fourth
ward, then arose and said:
This is not a funeral. though
some of us feel as if we had been
buried. This is a love feast, a part
ing of the ways, a breaking up of
old ties. 1t is with tender recol-
lectiOns of our associations in the
last four years that on behalf of
the Council / present this token
of our high esteem to Mr.. Potts.
"We have had our differences
here in the Council we have had
debates, got hot under the collar
and aired our opinions, but it was
all for the best, for the uplift of
the affairs of Mexico and there
were no personalities and no sore
spots remaining.
Our accomplishments, in com
parison with the good we would
have done, are insignificant, but
we did our best. No doubt our
newly elected Mayor has built his
air castles and hope that he and
his new Council will do better
than we have done, but they will
have their dreams rudely shat
tered in some respects by per-
fidious friends and unrelenting
enemies. On behalf Of the Council
and myself, however, / wish them
the success that should crown
their efforts"
DR.. Rothwell then presented
Mr.. Potts with a huge boquet of
beautiful flowers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16

best located towns in Missouri for
Horse Sales, Poultry shows and
contentious of all kinds. Lo-
Gated on two main line railroads
with from thirty to forty
passenger-carrying trains in and
out per day, with a prospect of
the Burlington extension from
here to Kansas City and st.
Joseph which will increase our
number of trains per day by six
or twelve, making Mexico, be-
yond doubt, the best town in
Central Missouri for Conventions.
| believe a convention hall, large
enough for our Horse Sales, and
large enough to accommodate any
convention that will come to Mex
leo, can be financed and built be-
fore January LIST, 1915, and |
pledge you my hearty support in
this matter.
AS Mayor-elect, | am not I'M
mindful of the large services
rendered by my immediate pre-
decessor, Willard Potts. BY com
mon consent and voluntary testi-
mony, he has given himself unre-
servedly, in faithful attention to
the affairs of the city, and he has
endeared himself, not only to the
citizenship in general, but to
many of those, who in times of
misfortune, have received from
his heart and hand, kind words
and good gifts.
These are a few of the import
ant matters that come to my mind
as / thus address you. There will
be others of equal consequence
arise; and in a word, l pledge
you to study from time to time,
the affairs and the needs of our
city, and become, to the best of
my ability, the servant as well dts
the chief representative of this
people.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16
FOR COUNTY OFFICE.

The Message is authorized to
announce the following as candi-
dates for County Office, subject
to the action of the Democratic
voters at the State Primary,
Tuesday, August 4, 1914:
County Clerk
Ross B. Cauthorn.
John B. Graham
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16

Mrs. Clay Mcclure remains
very ill.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16
Good Fences

Attract Attention. Notice
the Peerless woven wire az
YOU drive along the road. 1t
always looks good, it stands
the expansion and contraction
of the heat and cold better
than any other fence built, is
always tight if the corner
posts remain solid. Build
fence now, don't wait till
cropping time. Call and see
me for styles and prices.
j. w. DRY
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16
County Collector

Omer Dickerson.
G. T. Powell.
l.. A. Harris.
5. A. Pulls.
QuincyIJames
EdlJ. Shobe
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16

FOR RENT-Well improved 14O
acre farm, cash or bankable note.
Adams & Son. If
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16

Old papers for sale at Message
Office.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16

For Sale.-Yellow Dent seed
corn, $3.50 per bushel. d. w.
Thompson, North Jefferson. 2t
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-16
WANT ITEMS.

Notices under this head
cents per line per issue. Count
words to the line
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Fur trimmed coats of velvet and wool.

ries. that is MarsaaDs. are selling for
about $3.50 box now. Its month
Vet until you want hem. They W. go
up about 30 cents week a. least. I'll
give YOU the dozen boxes figuring s. i
box. at $50 That's taking off s. for
the order, OF course you can ct South
ern berries at 30 or 30 cents box"
no. no, TO, wan, Marsha,ls." she
insisted, and I'm willing to pay $50
for hem II they are good BY the way,
could YOU g't me I've pounds of fresh
toma .oes? | want To make this dinner
a summer affair IN the dead OF water.
What are tomatoes worth, anyway
Better figure ON Sl,50 a pound for
the best grade" said the manager. II
can get you good orcs at that price,
every one as nearly perfect as the hot
| house can grow t. I'll make YOU the
five pounds for 8; ana throw IN two
lunches Of lettuce"
Good, very good indeed" sand she.
| As long as you've got tomatoes and
| lettuce" Went ON the manaGer, you
might as well have some cucumhcrs. |
/ can get these for You very cheap II YOU
take. say, three pounds
Good, very good. What VIII they
COST"
"Oh, just mere matter of So Thai:
will make $50 for tho lot strawberries,
tomatoes. lettuce and CuCuuCrs We
can get some fine muskmrlOns or
grapes those miEnihcent Black Ham
| burgs, YOU know"
NO, | won't order any just now,
, said she "Muskmelons and grapes
sound too much like late summer or
fall" She moved toward tho door, II
will expect these things without fail.
IN fact, ! must have the. A. any cost
DO not disappoint me--and mail the bin
TO my husband"
Il viii not dlsappoint YOU" returned
the manager Good day
| lie turned to the clerk.
! you aren't a boob or "A nut" said he
seriously. so ] won't try to call YOU
down, but for the love of Mike get il
into your head right now that there $
crates of strawberries, muskmclons GU
cumlrrs, lettuce and all the summer
dellcaces eaten on this avenue in the
dead Of winter Cost? What do they
care They want what they want when
they want It, and they get IT too The
next time You get an order for hothouse
products grab it quick. II means a nice
! commission for you
Tho following day n string Of hot
house owners in and just outside New
York got this order from the Fifth ave,
nue. grocer. Along with it may have
come several more orders but i made
no particular difference. If the supply
of ripe strawberries on hand runs short
or sometimes II It doesn't run short
and a good demand is anticipated Tire
price jumps M, NY, up hut the order,
still come Won would IN .nl> thai sum
mcr delicacles in winter were an abs 20.
lutte necessity judging by tho hothous,
business that is done.
There is never any difficulty in scllins
Marshalls at from So to $3.50 a pint 70
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fun skirts that might have made even
a stout woman feel hopeful. In four
or Ave models he had too handled the
circular skirt problem with genuine
originality and success.
In some Of these fun skirts he had in
PRODUCED a hem band of horsehair sup
pie yet aspiring, limiting demurely at
the Crinoline to which Lanvin declared
allegiance last summer; but there was
nothing aggressive or extreme about
the skirts. Given full skirts. here were
charming things of their kind. Look
ing at them one felt the possibility OF
accepting them without demur when
summer arrives. felt even certain
pleasant anticipation at the thought of
pretty women flutterng such soft yet
billowy folds of taffcta and muslin and
lace across green lawns and along
garden paths.
With the bodices youthful enthusiasm
and cleverness had not don. quite so
we'll as with the skirts, but there were
exceptions enough to make that rule
unimportant. Abou. the SQUARE cor
nered little peasant jacket there is
much room for doubt. Women who
hav, worn it will probably wear it again.
deed is generally unbecoming save to
t, very youthful contingent tDo what
we will. youth VIII intrude upon this
storyD
However, some Of the overbodice and
coatee effects evolved from the Jacket
idea were eminently wearable and
charming, and there were bodlces
aplenty that showed no sign Of jacket.
Many were sem-ft,ing, though retain
iug tho large waist There W, some
quite neY and good collar and decol-
! tage arrangements and some very
drhghtful experiments with Victorian
shoulder lines and notifications Of tho
sleeveless decollctagc so much liked at
the present time.
If out of fifty models a designer can
STOW a round dozen which are original,
, bcautif and wearable success has GER
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they are the stra" berries win a d.S-
tlnct summary NaN"'. southern grown
berries, which sell Tor only 90 cents
pini. ar" grown outside ana 'onsr-
qu"ntly do not nave that me hhN"r 81
the -otAouSc product no. ~ LONG aS
'H''" are rlcH people WIN app 'eS COZ
responding 10 '"e" PocN''o"oNS ''''
WI, ~ GREENHOUSE ''"''"he'S .''"! '''t
""'''s ~ 'fr'"NV '''He aPP'''''' "'0'
o", ~ S'1N'" u'', IS
- ,eP"''S II" "''e HN'.t ~ So"
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IONS "' SUR ''"'P, '"' anu N"'-
''7"' ''"H' 'c !uo' 50, 49,
,, nav ~ pe 'V' ,.''%'" ~ -
-. ~. = "''e'c Nv ''"'.''...''
O'd''SI NAMES use % ''N '"S'"'''S'
f'r'I'|'hS 'he blossoms > a TEDIOUS
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about the scheme TO settle spring FASH
ion uncertainties All irswered politely,
very politely composite of the an
swers would read somewhat after this
fashion
you are most kind and we appreciate
your thought of us. but If We have any
good ideas We intend to keep them for
ourselves"
And there ended the get together
scheme. But youth refused to Toe
snubbed. If nobody would cooperate
with him he would cooperate with him
self. He did it. and "A ma jority Of the
models he achieved were so undcniably
good that there's fair possibility of
the individualists' having lost more than
they gained.
Seriously speaking, this exhibit was
an encouraging thing. The head of the
| ilrm-really he is so young that one
could hardly expect older and more
reverend experts to come at his piping
| disarmed criticism at the start by stat
! ing that he made no claim to lettering
Tor CQuallng the record of the French
| designers. that he merely felt this was
| a time when American designers must
| depend upon themselves more than ever
| before, that he had hoped many Of them
| would cooperate and obtain "A basis for
| spring fashion work. that since they
! had not done so he was showing what
! he himself had prepared in an effort to
meet the emergency and that while
| some OF the models might be unsuccess-
full he deiied any one To say that there
| was one of them withou; some note of
originality.
This gauntlet was still on the floor
| when the crowd came away: for, as "A
| matter of fact. though there were good
bad and indifferent among the nifty
models. IL was true that every one OF
them did have at least u redeemins
touch OF originality or charm.
He had drawn chiefly on Russian
peasants and Colonial costumes for his
ideas. These fields have been pretty
well combed over and he had made the
mistake in many cases OF cling!ng to,
closely to historic costume, of adoptinl
the ever picturesque common failing
with designers who have not beer
through that phase. But when he haC
laid Racinnet and the historic costum,
plates aside and had trusted to his owr
taste and talent to develop models alonl
lines already indicated he had SCORED
heavily.
The fall and winter developments ir
fashions leave little doubt in any ones
mind but that the full skirt Is to hav,
triumphal career. Neither Russian
peasant costume nor Colonial frocl
was needed 20 accentuate that con
viction. but with the vogue OF full
skirts IN their minds this man
ufacturer and his designers haC
rung an astonishing number OF changes
upon the circular skirt and full Skin
themes.
Figuring wisely that in thin spring
and summer materials the circular cut
would be impractical. he had giver
much Of his, attention 20 the very ful.
straight skirt. and by various little de-
vices for restraining Its fulness at the
hip line and breaking its flowing straight
folds he had obtained a collection oil
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INTER modes have hardly crys-
IA l.llzcd. but the manufacture
w ,rs are already worrying over
-pr.ur models. The word
.,,.rr.' b. used advsedly: for At ex-
,r,,.,s exactly thc state of mind of the
,.,plc whose business it is, even In
ori.rarv seasons. to be months ahead
q the fashion game.
The magnitude Of the ready to wear
,...u,s. makes Il impossible for manu-
,,.'.ir.r. ID wait for even the earliest
pr. opDu.ngs before n; king ready n
Ir.c part Of their stock. but usually
4, is irJct.cpb,c to gather up fashion
,-.,1h. IN pars that. falling from the
e.. fail and winter tables, may afford
..s., for snrcwd guessing as to the
,.arc the spring fashion loaf is likely
- ahe. This year there are no crumbs.
Trc,a are mo- tables.
Many of the Paris dressmakers have
sore TO the front or closed their houses.
Others are doing business. but more with
e., idea Of keeping work folk busy
than ~ turning out new models or
launching new modes The Eue de la
PAX is making clothes, but it is not
masking fashions
4 Sew York importer last week sent
,ru cablcgrdms 10 Paris dressmaking
houses. Six were not answered. The
houses were closed Four firms an
sv,rrd and the answers were practically
the same. They were filing orders for
early season models. but they were maxi
!n- nothing new and would promise
nothing new. Commissionalres send the
zane tale.
What will happen when spring calls
Pound. there is no telling. This autumn,
s. spite Of alarms, Paris created FASH
.e.Jo and sent solid pegs upon which TO
hang American notifications and
sue. jments. The importers had trouble
81 getting French models. The New
York openings We're delayed and were
Father hi; ~ miss affairs when they did
occur; but. after all, Paris furnished
ideas .or the winters modes and many
Ams-.Jlu designers are clever enough
u need only the most skeletonlike OF
hints oa which TO build.
But that was before France ever
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ind.fferent'y 10 the clerk. tapping her
would ike to hand IN an order now FOR
a dozen boxes Of nice fresh rawborrics,
not Southern grown berries, but Mar
shails, the KIND grown outside in sum
tina; i"
The clerk cut her short
Il beg your pardon said he politely,
but December is no, the month for
growing"
None of your butts for me" inter
rup:cd the woman. Where is the man
agcr? Call him at once"
The clerk went away and good look
Ing young fellow who called himself the
manager appeared presently.
Il am Mrs. So and So" said the
woman, al which the manager said he
was pleased to see her looking SO we'll
and what could he do To be OF service
to her? She told him. as she had told
the clerk.
"Why, of course, of course" said he
81 Will have them on the thlrtieth, say
Tha. won't be too soon, will !t?"
NO, bit too soon she answered
will you give me an estimate of what
the dozen boxes Will cost. SO can figure
! bcforehand:'
He drew out penci, ana pad
Lets see" he pondercd. "Strawber'
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f7r,y understood the hideousness OF
~. thing that was upon her. The
months that have gone by since those
AUGUST openings and sales have been
euu.-u "a take the heart on, the pur-
Nr>ors % the vanity and extravaganza
Of ,,u.uuIy. Women in France-and
~ world oycr-have been shocked into
sudden understanding of the verities.
IT, pendulum will swing back. The
r.. up ia PAX Will be the same old
RE de la la.N, and womankind VIII
d" a.. same old womankind-but
whether Paris will remember tina, she
g fashion centre when spring comes
Is sral,y 90 be doubted, and in any
ey ul the change is not coming in time
IL .oIp American manufacturers.
N.... brings us around once more 10
TIL Hmc worrying manufacturers
There has been off and on for years
m. talk If American fashions. This
E. ..u '..h has naturally been louder
srd more excited than ever, but frankly
s.....-, there have been no American
t'-...s. America had her lead from
Ia.- she followed II. Now, however,
u o.. words Of the Walrus, the tim.
i.- ,.2o % talk Of many things" To
''.U from poetry to prose, we are
l. .a'y facing pu2z.!ng situation.
r PM. uuia"turcrs must either repeat
!! ..y spring stock The ideas exploited
-" .r they must stake their reputa-
3D.. .uU. some fashion theory of their
o.. ." upon some blind guess as to the
u. Har.s fashions Will take IL they
i'..r turn at all.
OBJ ."usN their safety lies in num-
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MANUFACTURERS WORRY OVER NEW SPRING FASHIONS
American Made Fashion Show Gives Hope for Coming
Seasons Frocks Credtalle Designs Produced in
New York in Absence of Paris Models

tainly perched upon his banners. This
designer has done that, and more than
that. So. as we have said before, his eX- |
hibit was distinctly encouraging. Doubt |
less there are others who could do as |
well, though the get together idea does |
not appeal To them, and the conviction |
makes one feel that the spring fashion |,
season here. whatever may be European |
conditions, will not be barren of in |
terest.
And. by the way. there was another |
encouraging thing about this fashion |
showing. Manufacturers of materials |
, and trimmings had proved more willing |,
To cooperate than manufacturers of
frocks The materials used were. al |
most without exception, American made. !
silks charming enough to satisfy the
most eNaCting mad come from American
mills. and among them the new taffetas.
for which great season seems indicated
! by the full skirts, were particularly de-
serving Of praise.
Some of the frocks both in SILK and
muslin had been painted by hand in de-
signs fancied by the designer, but al
| ready stuffs Of similar designs are on
| the looms for spring, SO that the models
can be duplicated less extensively But
| ton manufacturers had designed buttons
! especially for certain other frOcks cm-
broideries and applique trimm ngs had
been made for still. others. Even some
of the laces had been copied here in
America from old lace designs.
Now this is how French manufac-
turers of all things connected with
dressmaking cooperate with the French
designers and dressmakers. The co.
operation is one Of the many reasons
for the consummate success Of the
French designer. Whatever he needs
10 express his ideas he can order and
get. We have not gone far along this
path, but 10 have made a start is a
great thing.
So much for spring and its harbirgcrs.
outside OF manufacturing circles winter
clothes are still the vital fashion .ssue.
Colder weather has brought out many
handsome coats. Never has a season
shown more picturesque and attractive
models in luxurious evening and
limousine coats. white even the more
practical motor and street coats are un-
usually good looking and becoming.
A lavish use Of fur has much to do
with all this but the long flowing coat
lines are really admirable, and this m
pliclty Of line combined with richness
OF materials gives an ensemble Ear
more attractive than that Of the drapcd
up coats of yestcryelr. Many very
short wasted efec,s mr.. annearirg IN
the richer models of velvet. silk plush
and soft yet heavy silks. hut the nor
mai waist line is the moro usual thug
Big fur collars running stra ght
around the throat or rolling high at
the hack are on nhout All of the costly
COATS and even on many of the cieaper
ones for dyed raccoon and some Of
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waistcoats in cloth or velvet coats and
for whole blouscs or bOuiCcs, hut II Is
good II not Extraordinarily
practical, in such combinations as that
Illustrated here, where the simple skirt
and lower part of the boo &c are of fine
twill dark blue serge, while the upper
bodice is Of fine white serge and atones
for It's simplicity of line by smart and
effective white braiding
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n, ELEANOR uoyr BRAI>ERp.

~ INTER modes have hardly crys-
Az u.llzcd, but the manufacture
w ,rs are already worrying over
.,,..,, models The word