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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
BRIDE FLIES WITH $4,000

Denver, Colo, Oct. 26.-It cost
John North, a wealthy Missouri farm
er, $4,000 to get married, and he didn't
even get a kiss.
North has been trying, without sue
cess, to find his bride ever since the
marriage ceremony was performed
here about a month ago.
North saw an advertisement in a
newspaper which read:
young woman, highly educated
and refined, loving and pretty,
would like to meet a mar of some
means. Matrimony if suited,
Then North found the author of the
ad. When she led the conversation to
finances and he showed her his bank
roll, she told him it was a case of
love at first sight with her. She said
that her name was Effie Snyder
North took her to a department
store and bought her an expensive
suit. He tried to kiss her, but she
shook her head and said coyly: "Wait
till we get married"
Then they were married.
"Now, papa, we are married" she
said. an hold the pocketbook. l
must go home and tell mother. I'll
meet you at 5 o'clock this afternoon
and we will start on our honeymoon"
She has been gone ever since.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
PRESIDENT WILSON

PRESIDENT WILSON is deeply
interested in the results of the cleo
ton on November 8, when the entire
House of Representatives consisting
of 435 members will be chosen, of
which POI are Democrats and 144
are Republicans at the present time,
the Democrats having a 2 to l major
ity. The terms of 80 of the SO Unit
ed States Senators will expire next
March, so they will be chosen. Al
the present time, the Democrats have
a clear majority, Of 10 over all oppo-
sition. 1t is believed that the Demo.
cratic majority Of Y $50 will be
cut down some what to about II
majority or it may possibly not fall
below 100 as the American people
are safe and sane, and they believe
in standing by such a great patriots
and incorruptible president as Wood
row Wilson particularly when thu
country is passing through such
! crisis as at the present time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
FLOWERS BLOOMING

flowers out all the time. Roses are in
bloom all winter. There are 5000 peo-
pie here now from the North and viii
be 10000 by Christmas. I took a
stroll this morning down to the st.
John River to see the boats come in,
laden with fish, oranges, apples and
other fruit. / saw cabbage nearly as
| large as a half bushel and very fine
and large fish selling at half price.
If they were in the North they would
bring double.
/ was at Mat Nelson's today, and
they have sold out their mule BUSH
ness and gone to his fine farm. His
daughter and s~on-in-law are still
here keeping the house. She is
looking for Mrs. Annie Kemper
Brown down to stay with her two
months. They have invited me to go
out to the farm in their auto and
| should be pleased to accept.
They say the drouths in the Middle
West have made times very dull and
the cotton helped to make it still
|, dulIer but when thousands of mil
lionaires get here, there will be plen-
, ty of money for the winter. My broth
/ er, So years old, and l took a stroll
through several parks and to the won
i, derful water works where the water
shoots great volumes Of water ~
S feet in the air. There is a very large
: pond here and in it we saw the larg-
i est alligator that grows and the one
d that ate the Wisconsin mans bull
o dog at a gulp. The man cried but thai
did not bring the bull dog hack.
S l am expecting to go over the State
h soon, stopping at old st. Augustine
S the oldest city in America: from
S there on to the Indian River country
This is the first place everyone goe'
r. from Jacksonville to get the large
e sweet oranges. From the Indiai
River country we go to Palm Beacl
and then to TT. Myers and Arcadii
where have a cousin living, whom
It saw. He has a large orang'
Is orchard and raises some Of tn
best oranges there are.
Regards to all,
If GEORGE KABRICH.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
NEW MILk cow

Columbia, Mo, Oct. 26.-Missouri
proclaims a new champion COW, Pom
tiac Lady Josephine, n of the prize
dairy herd of the College of Agri-
culture.
Her record for the year ending 0c-
tober 18 gives her first rank in the
State in milk production, and second
in butter. In that time she produced
23,493 pounds or 11,193 quarts of
milk, and $50 pounds of butter. Her
record for milk is thirty nine pounds
higher than that made by the famous
Chief Josephine in 1901, when she
gave twelve gallons of milk a day.
The college has been offered $500
for Pontiac Lady Josephine, but it is
doubtful if $1,000 would buy her.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
THEY CALL IT BUSINESS

The evidence that has piled up in
the last few weeks against the alco-
hol curse is what a lawyer would call
Cumulative"
First the German kaiser, in an adj
dress to his soldiers, told them that
the army which drinks the least alco-
hol will win in the long run.
Then the Russian czar closed all
the liquor shops in his vast empire, as
a war measure.
Following close upon this, some dis
tinguished English medical and army
men issued a statement that careful
experiments and long experience had
proved that alcohol had a bad effect
on physical efficiency.
Early in September the ~convicts of
the state p%enitentiary in Philadel-
phia signed a petition to the state
legislature stating that 80 per cent
of them were in prison because of
drink and asking for legislation that
would bring statewide prohibition.
Last week twelve hundred con-
victs in the Illinois penitentiary in
Joliet signed a petition to the legis-
lature asking the enactment of legis-
lation to forbid the sale Of intoXi-
eants in Illinois and asserting that
70 per cent of all crime in the state
can be eliminated by prohibition.
This week R. L. Palmer, chief in
spector of the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Labor and Industry, told
delegates attending the National
Congress for Industrial Safety, meet
ing in Chicago, that go per cent of
all industrial accidents in the Unit
ed States could be charged to liquor.
Here at home the superintendent of
the General Hospital stated the other
day that the great majority of all
cases coming to that hospital were
the result of drink; and the matron
of the City Reformatory for Wom-
en- said that nearly all the women
and girls who entered that place ow-
ed their downfall to liquor,
An awful arraignment, that, of the
liquor traffic, and yet there I peo-
pie who call whisky selling "a bust
ness."-Kansas City Times.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
10 KILLED IN o

San Antonio, Tex, Oct. pa five
inch rain in less than three hours ear
ly yesterday caused a f~ifteen-foot
flood in the San Antonio River here
| and put the San Pedro and Alazan
creeks out of their banks from 100 to
1000 feet.
Thirteen deaths by drowning have
been reported with indications that
the record will reach seventeen or
more. The property damage is esti-
mated at $15O,O00.
The 0lmos Creek, which empties in
to the river north of the city, was a
mile out of its banks and reached its
highest stage in thirty years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
FINE SPIRIT

We know a community old in
years and honorable in repute where
in reposes an unusual degree of ON
tentment and happiness. The soil is
not especially rich, nor has it ever
been especially rich, but it is care
fully titled, so that crops are remun-
eratively large. Cattle are kept and
fed, are used, grasses are
sown and the soil has yearly fertil-
ization and occasional Innings. All of
these things can be found elsewhere,
but the thing especially notable in
this community is the spirit of the
people. Ask one farmer Of another
and he will likely reply, James
Brown? Oh, of an excellent fam
lily and a very fine man. He is well
worth knowing, and his farm worth
going to see." There seems no jeal-
ousy or petty spite in this communi-
ty; the people are friendly and soci-
able; they love to assemble at each
others home and converse, or stroll
over the fields to see the land, the
crops and the cattle. Il have reck-
oned up and there are more than fiji
ty families of fine people in this
neighborhood," said one of these
men to us one day.
There is rivalry to see who shall
grow the finest ears of corn, the big
gest crops Of wheat, make the best
gains on a lot of grazing steers, or
who shall have the loveliest lawn, the
finest flowers, or the best horses;
yet it is all a friendly rivalry, and
these people admire one another's
things and speak well of them. They
send their young people away to
good schools, from which they re-
turn, part of them, to enrich the
countryside. These people are not
wealthy, as dollars count for riches,
yet they have all the real wealth Of
the world in cattle, fertile fields,
homes and friends.-Breeders' Ga
zette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
EQUAL SUFFRAGE WRITER

The press work of the Missouri
EQUAL Suffrage Association is under
the charge of Mrs. Emily Newell
Blair of Carthage. Mrs. Blair has re-
Gently opened an office whence suf-
frage literature is mailed and suf-
frage items and articles prepared.
Mrs. Blair is best known as a mag
azine writer. Her advent into the
literary world took place several
wears ago when she had a story ac-
| cepted, "The Letters of a Contented
Wife" by the Cosmopolitan. 1t was
her first literary attempt and was
accepted Immediately after it was Of
fered. Thus encouraged, the editor of
the magazine asking for more stor-
les from her pen, she wrote, THE
Heart of a Wallflower" which also
appeared in the Cosmopolitan. Since
then she has had many stories and ar
ticles published in many of the lead
ing magazines, among them, Every
Man His Own Campaign Manager"m
the Outlook, "The Cooperative Kitch
en-" in the "Woman's Home Compan-
ion" and stories in Lippincotts, Lad
les World, Blue Book, Harper's Ba-
zaar and many other periodicals.
Mrs. Blair has also written extens-
lively for newspapers, having done
much feature writing for the Kansas
City Star and the Globe-Democrat.
At present, she is the President OF
the Missouri Woman's Press Associ-
alton and, as she is giving most Of
her time to the work of presenting
the cause of the 18th Amendment to
be voted this fall giving women equal
political rights in Missouri, she is
not writing as much magazine stuff
as heretofore Yet many of her stor-
les, written and sold last year, are
even now appearing.
Mrs Blair, as her first story re-
yeaIs, is a contented wife. One day
Mrs. Blair said to her husband, 81
am SO tired of hearing all these tales
of unhappy, rebellious wives Why
some one write about the hap
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
CLARK LEAVES FOR HOME

IDAp LEN
Washington, D. c., Oct. 22.-Speak
err Champ Clark, Senator Stone and
members of the Missouri delegation
of the House still here, plan to de-
part for their homes as soon after
the adjournment of Congress-ex-
pected t~omorrow-as they can get to
the station. This means that Mr..
Clark will be in Mexico for the open
ing day of the big Round Up. The
delegation has chartered a Pullman
car, which is large enough to accom-
modate the members and their fam
lilies.
Mr.. Clark is going directly to
his home at Bowling Green and
will go to Mexico Monday after
noon, Nov. End. He will speak at
the Court House in the evening. SEN
ator Stone will stop at st. Louis,
where he will have the base of his
campaign.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
LITTLE

:.pathy Of the writer goes
IN to Belgium during the
ope. We had the pleas
ears ago of visiting Bel
from Antwerp to Brus.
IN Brussels to Paris, and
through as highly a de-
ptry as we ever visited.
puntry and the towns
rOus and the country was
lied, the farms being
ell-cared for. No happier
anywhere. Referring TO
an innocent bystander,"
y Evening Post editor
However, history may as
possibility for this war
ely is innocent. She sent
M
ms and played no game
War was simply stuff
throat. She had no op-
epting or rejecting it.
erman army crossed her
was brought to her
wanted it or not. Her on
! choice was either fight
fy, which violated her SOY
I fighting the Allies. And
d the losses of the war
4 with terrible force. Her
been trampled, her vii
y, her capital occupied;
y at once demanded huge
nnities from her. Bel
clear title to the sympa-
lied mankind"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

j. C. KINGS friends are kidding
him about loading up his pistol and
getting ready for burglars on the
only night his wife was not going to
be at home. He evidently counted
on his wife for protection and on
the only night she was away, in
spite Of his loaded pistol, a robber
broke in and King shot at him
twice. If Mrs. King had been at
home they would either not have
gotten in or if she had had two shots
at him, there would have been some
thing doing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
NOTICE SALE OF BANK STOCK

/ will receive sealed bids on Is
shares of Mexico Savings Bank
Stock. These bids will be opened on
first day of November 1914, and
sold to the highest bidder, with the
understanding that l have a right
to reject any and all bids.
Will sell for the cash.
w. S. ELLER, Elk. R. A. Calhoun Est
de- 34-2t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

WILL omeone kindly state who
and what is behind the conspiracy to
defeat Judge Alex Carter, Demo
cratic nominee for Presiding Judge
of Audrain County. There must be
a reason for the letter being sent out
by the Republican County Committee.
The Democrats of the County will
show very clearly on Election Day
that the committee is misinformedi
and that there are no traitors in the
Democratic camp in good old Au-
drain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 20, 1914.
R. NJ. White & Son,
Mexico, Mo.
Sirs:-
| am again in Dixie's land where
the sweet magnolias, the lily Of the
valley and thousands other beautiful
flowers bloom all the year round and
where the orange, grape fruit. ba-
nanas, apples and garden truck
grow the year round, and a be
gathered any time in the year. l
started from Mexico, Mo-, the 9Th OF
October, stopped in st. Louis four
or five days and took in the wonder
full Veild Prophets. 1t was both
grand and brilliant and they say
there was at least o%ne-fourth more
people than ever attended before. ]
then started for this place the morn
ing of the 10th, and had to transfer
7 times in coming to Jacksonville
but we lost no time getting here.
would advise all to come down on thu
Dixie Flyer. In the evening, 1T run.
through without any stops or chant
es. When | arrived at Jacksonville
my niece was at the depot but tn
crowd was so dense we missd eacI
other and | got to her house first.
am now stopping at SCI, Flat II
Main street. This city has improve
very much in the last two year
with her skyscrapers, 10 and 10 stol
les. They are fixing the docks an
deepening the st. John River, whic
will be 35 feet deep. They are ais
widening the streets in this city.
Some 6 or 8 feet so that the auto
and street cars do not interfere wit
each other. The Ears have two track
in all the streets and the autos pas
on either side.
| wintered in San Antonio last yea
1t was too cold, damp and changeab
for me. This is much the healthi'
place as there is scarcely any chang
or any rain in winter. The ST
shines nearly every day. You know
is warm here all winter as all kint
of garden truck would not gro
here the year round. There is l
frost here. SO they can keep the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
INSTR

rs ADMINISTRATION
EG to the Democratic
a under Governor Ma
Il Democratic Tribune ed
s.. "The Major admins
ssouri has been a bust
ration. 1t has been do
lot saying things. No
nd in gold braid; no hot
possible things; no aris-
kew business. State aid
Ousand weak country
sachers training courses
4 schools More than six
busand dollars in state
*ry roads. More than Sc
Dollars in the treasury.
three hundred thousand
in criminal costs. Col
all sources to date
million dollars more than
ame period under Had
IA six million dollars al.
spriated for the cause Of
No increase in the state
hiking about q record Of
i how could you beat it !
*Or this sort of govern.
i go to the polls and vote
Bite ticket November 8.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

eaiy the two other members of ,bs
triple Alliance counted on Italv,s
support; but the italian peOp'e hates
austria for long oppression. Weigh
ed against volumes of Apstr;.n
wrongs the Alliance counted Cor
nothing.
mere are no forts on Mason and
Dixon's Line. The South Is not look.
ing back to 1860 and asking herself
how many army corps and siege guns
she can muster against the North.
nor is the North counting its secur-
ity against Southern aggression in
military terms.
For four thousand miles On tho
north a mere chalk mark seoarates
US from the British Empire. Nobody
on either side of the line is uneasy
about that. Years of fair dealing.
mutual respect, courtesy and good
will make infinitely stronge, defens.
es against war between North ant
South, or between the United State,
and Canada, than if we had all tn,
Kaiser's soldiers or Ill the King
ships.
1.-THE relations between this coun
try and Central America and SoutI
America are probaly better at thi
writing than they have even been be
fore. The moderation, patience an
convincing proofs of genuine goo
, will that we showed in the Mexica
t affair are the reasons for this. W
could have driven Huerta out {
Mexico at the point of the bayon,
, and thereby earned a quantity of La
5 in-American suspicion irritation an
< hatred, which, in turn, would hay
e made it advisable for us to strengtht
our army and navy.
"0ur most dependable national d
d lenses against war are justice, mode
alton and good will. This wal is n
e an argument for another army cor
n or a new stride in navy buildin
That is the road Europe has travele
In Northeastern France we see j
goal"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
kTRYS

RATIONAL DEFENCES.
ING to the national de-
AiS country, the Saturday
st editorially says:
oot Of this war runs back
p Germany forced France
Essentially French PROVING
and Lorraine. That wae
ruthless act, accomplished
4rute force. France his
pany for it ever since and
me for vengeance. After
ween Japan and China,
ptervened against Japan
v, Japan has nursed that
nd seized the first oppor.
ettle the score. Una ubt-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

PRESIDENT WILSON has re-
deemed every pledge. The tariff was
revised in the interest of the CON
sumner, and the currency has been re-
constructed, and the new system will
be put into operation by the middle of
November which will inaugurate the
greatest and most lasting period of
prosperity this country has ever
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

"There really isn't any use in a
man carrying a gum" Judge N. M.
Shelton told the Macon Times-D Demo-
crat. "In many cases to do so is an
indication of cowardice. One of the
best officers and bravest men | ever
knew never carried a gun and he
was into more close quarters than
any half dozen men encounter. This
man was sheriff of Schuyler County
for many years and during his time
in office arrested many desperadoes
and not once did he have the least
difficulty in landing his man."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
Bolivia Wants Shelter in N. Y.


Washington, Oct. 22.-Bolivia be-
gan informal inquiries yesterday on
whether the United States would per
nit it to construct a huge govern
ment smelter near New York to use
the Bolivian tin ore output. The pro-
posal was submitted by the Bolivian
consul general to Richard W. At
Water, jr., of New York, who took it
up with officials here. It was be-
lieved the United States Government
would make no objection.
The proposed investment would
amount to more than a million dol
lars. Bolivia owns about one
fourth of the worlds tin ore supply.
It's expectation has been practically
suspended by the European war.
Hon. j. D. O'Rear of Mexico, Mo-,
is the American Minister to Bolivia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

From Moberly ONE the story of a
rosebush bearing apples instead of
roses. While the owners name iden-
titles the bush as the property of
one of Randolph County's most wide
ly known physicians skeptical editors
throughout the state are mighty apt
to suspect the story of being press
stuff in a vain attempt to obtain pub
licity for a certain coon hunt sched-
uled to be pulled off in that vicin-
ity. Name of coon hunt withheld,
that possible object may be attained,
and our readers thus imposed upon).
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
Snow i'm Wisconsin.

Chicago, Oct 26.-The first real
snow of the season was reported in
the Lake Superior region today in
kilograms to the local weather bu-
raau. At Green Bay, Wis, there
was snow and a minimum tempera-
ture Of 20 degrees.
A newspaper dispatch reported
snow and sleet at Fond d. Lac, Wis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

JUDGE w. H. WALLACE of Kan
sas City, will speak in Mexico at
the Court House at 2 o'clock Satur'
day afternoon on the Single Tax
County Unit Law and Woman SUI
frage. Judge Wallace will be greet
ed with a large and enthusiastic au,
dience.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
To The Voter.

You have an absolute right to vote
for whom you please at the General
Election, regardless of the | cket you
voted ct the primary or whether or
not you voted at all in the primary
election.
To vote for a candidate on some
ticket other than the one you are
voting, scratch the name printed on
your ballot and write Immediately be-
meath the name of the man you desire
to vote for.
wi advertising RALPH E. HEAD.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

why don't your" asked her hus-
band. "Oh, Pm too busy" she re-
piled. But she decided to stop being
busy long enough to write "The Let
ters of the Contented Wife" which
she sent off to Cosmopolitan. They
were Immediately accepted by that
magazine which has asked for more.
Thus encouraged, she continued to
write.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

THE purchaser who has neither
time nor inclination for economies Is
the on whom the price boostef
depends for support and encourage
ment when protest arises.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

Rev. D. A. Sanford, who is the au-
thor of a book, entitled ''Indian Top
les" has recently presented a book to
the Public Library. Those who wished
to be informed concerning the Indian
of today will do well to get the book
and read it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

Miss Mary Noonan, aged. 10 years,
died last week at Moberly from pto-
maine poisoning, caused by eating
canned salmon. Death resulted IL
hours after eating the salmon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

AT the Mexicon Conference Gen.
villa embraced Gen. Obrcgon, who
was recently his prisoner, ard kissed
the flag; but as he did not attempt
to kiss Gen. Obregon, the prospects
Of peace are growing brighter every
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

THERE should be no stay-at-home
Democrats in Audrain County his
wear. Let's get a bigger majority
than ever for the entire ticket from
President to Constable.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

Father and son are separately su-
ing the Chicago and Alton Railroad.
John Barrows, ir., is asking for $15,-
600 for the loss of a foot and the
father petitions for $4,000 for the loss
of the boys earnings, The accident
happened at Higbee, Randolph coun-
-,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

THE Democrats in the various
school districts throughout the Couli-
ty would be pleased to have Demo
cratic speakers visit them between
now and election day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
2ge.seg War Prisoners Of Germans:

London, Oct 27.-A Reuter- dis
patch from Amsterdam says that, ac-
cording to Berlin newspapers receiv-
ed there, the number Of war prison
ers in Germany up to October 81 ag-
gregated 29G,869, including 5491 Of
ficers. OF these it is said that there
are 2472 French officers and l46,S97
men; 2164 Russian officers and 104,-
524 men; SAT Belgian officers and
3t,37S men, ard 21S British officers
and 1869 men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

Mrs. Rosa M. Hardin, probably the
oldest resident in Galloway county,
died October 10. She was "a years
of age and had resided in the county
practically her entire life,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

THERE should be speaking in eV-
ery school district in Audrain under
the auspices of the Democratic COM
mittee between now and the day OF
the election. Let's wake up and get
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29

You can't hurt anybody with a
smile and the Aurora Advertiser be-
lieves that is the reason some folks
refuse to wear one.