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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
TRUSTEES SAT-

Whereas, Clifton McCinni, .,,,
hssa Jones McCinni, 'Du Is'
wife, by their ~
OF trust dated March %. , rSa
filed March 81, 1910, and rs.o,,i IVY !
Book 30, at page 279, in the Rs.o,a /
er's Office of Audrain County "
sour, at Mexico, conveyed to ma ~ d.
undersigned trustee, for the oD,,,,'
OF securing the indebtedness tb.,.i.
mentioned, the following des S,i'1
real estate, to-wit:
The Northeast Quarter "a Al
the North Half (a) of the MAJ
west Quarter (A) all in yst,'
Twenty-on (21) Township rs.a
Two (52) North, Range t., M
West of the 9th P NJ. in AUDI,
County, Missouri, and containips /,
all 240 acres more or less.
And whereas, default Ia, b.r
made in the payment of the iat,,.s
due on said debt, by reason 4
which default, the legal owner ,I
holder thereof, has requested d,
foreclosure of said deed of trust
Now, therefore, /, ]. W. Bryzn
the undersigned trustee, do be,,b,
give notice that ! will, on
SATURDAY. December 18th, 1914
between the hours of 900 A.. n
and $500 o'clock P. Moi that dsysl
said real estate at public vendus. b
the highest bidder, for cash, at Ii,
east front door Of the Audrain ccQr.
~ Court House, in Mexico, Missouri
for the purpose of dischargins the IN,
debtedness secured by said deed 4
trust, the interest due thereon, and
the costs of executing this trust.
3S-4t j. W. BRYS0N, Trustee.
First insertion, Nov 10, 1914.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
THE COUNTRY PUBLISHER


Arthur Brisbane, editor of the New
York Evening Journal, as guest of
the Pennsylvania Editorial Associa-
ton, in Pittsburg recently, delivered
IN address entitled Journalism AS
1t Is Practiced Today" and had the
following, in part, to say of the coun-
try papers;
"A previous speaker talked humor-
ously of the editor of the Bingville
Bugle. ! will also speak of the editor
Of the Bingville Bugle, and not humor-
ously. IL that editor has a circulation
Of 500 he talks to 500 people, who be-
lieve in him, to whom he is a reality
and to whom he is an authority. He
is the man who is teaching the United
States today.
Country Editor Teaching Nation.
THE small town editor is the real
newspaper man of the United States.
and his readers are the boys who will
day be the rulers or the editors
in New York, Chicago and other big
cities. The editors of the Bingville
Bugles are the editors now teaching
young boys to become future
statesmen.
"A successful newspaper is compos-
Of three things-that of printing
what is news, having a vaudeville for
the entertainment of tired American
people, and thirdly, it must contain
the expressions of the editors sin
'ere opinions"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
THE BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

THE New York committee, which
has in charge the Belgian Relief fund.
writes that it is very anxious for the
Ledger to secure subscriptions in Mex
leo and Audrain County for this wor-
thy cause.
Our people at this time are being
called on for so many contributions we
don't feel like pressing this matter.
This is a very worthy cause, and any
of people who desire to make a
subscription can do so either through
the Ledger or by writing direct to the
Relief Fund, of New York. J. P. Nor
gan & Co., % Wall street, will look
after your cash subscription The Led
ger will take pleasure in forwarding
any subscriptions that you may de-
sire to make. Any one wishing to
contribute funds to buy flour should
notify Mrs. J. W. Million and Miss
Ida Rosamond.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
QUEER CRITICISMS OF
PRESIDENT WILSON.


THE New York World, speaking of
partisan criticisms of President Will
sons administration, editorially says:
-Some of the critics of the Presi-
dents neutrality policy have weird
and wonderful theories of the pow
ers Of government. For example, Rog-
er W. Bsbson, writing in the Sun.
makes this unique contribution to the
law Of the Nation:
How bitter the Germans must
feel toward US when they hear
u Government is permitting
munitions of war to be shipped
every day from this country to
England, Russia and France,
while Germany cannot get from
us even the necessities of lifei
OF course our excuse is that it is
not u fault that England con-
trolls the sea Yet we know
very well that if our State De-
partment should say 70 Eng
land, We will permit nothing
to be shipped to your country or
France unless you permit the
merchant ships of all nations the
freedom TO transport goods not
eontraband,' England would gra-
ciously give in.
ut is possible that England would
graciously give in but it is quite
certain that the United States Su-
preme Court would not give in, gra-
ciously or ungraciously or at all. The
State Department has about as much
power to place an embargo on ex-
ports to Great Britain and France as
1t has TO compel Mr.. Babson in com
piling his railway statistics to make
two and two five.
There was a time when the average
intelligent American knew something
about the Constitution, something
about the limitations imposed on the
national authority, but evidently
Americans Of that type are rapidly
disappearing, particularly in the
East. Perhaps they think that Mr..
Roosevelt abolished the Constitu-
ton"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03

THE Mexico Brick and Fire Clay
Company has sold Frank Ragsdale
brick for his new store building, and
will also sell, during the next few
months, building brick 20 anyone who
may want to buy them. Mr.. Green
says he is selling building brick prac-
tieally at cost 80 that he can keep
his employees at work during the win
ter. Mr.. Green is anxious 10 give as
many men employment as possible,
and If you want first-class brick prac
tically at cost, and care to encourage
the Brick Company in its cndeavor to
employ labor. you should buy your
building brick from your local plant.
That's the way to make Mexico a
greater city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
THANKS BUSINESS
MEN FOR ROUND UP
Prominent Young Farmer, Grant
Morthh1nd. Writes the Ledger
Concerning Big Eyeat
WANTS EARLY START FIRST
Says Next Years show Win Sur.
pass Anything Ever Attempted
Here Before.

Mohno. No, Nov. %.
Mr.. Mitchell White.
Mexico, No.
Dear sir; Since l have been re-
quested to give my opinion Of the
Round Up l am taking this means
Of using your columns for the pur-
pose.
! think that Farmer" Rusk and
the others who aided in making the
Round Up possible should be highly
complimented. While the Round Up
is new, yet ] think that it has the
right foundation. as the betterment
Of the county's various interests and
more cooperation throughout | don't
believe there is any way that we can
better our agriculture and make il
more profitable than to meet togeth-
er at least once q year and talk over
the various problems that oonfronts
us.
! am sure that there are hat few
phases Of agriculture that are Of
Importance to US but what there can
be found some one in the County who
is making a special study along that
line.
So If we can get together and warn
the other fellow of the rocks and the
snaps in the road or tell of a shorter
road or better road we are helping
the other fellow a great deal and in
turn learn a great deal more than we
have told. 1t affords a place for the
farmers to plan attacks against the
various insects and diseases that are
eating the bottom out of the sack
that holds the returns of the farm.
What | have said of the farmers
interest can be said in like measure
of the other interests of the county.
The farm products and school ex-
hibits, l think, are also valuable feat
ures- They stimulate more interest in
better seeds and higher quality of
products. / should suggest that if
the Round Up is held again that there
be a broader chasing of farm prod
ucts and thus the prizes would be
scattered more widely over the coun-
ty.
The holding of all these various
meetings gives the different members
of the family an opportunity to at
tend what they are interested in and
the rubbing Of shoulders with people
Of other walks Of life creates more
sociability and broadens our minds.
l think that there is no doubt but
what this event will grow in import
ance if kept under good management
and the educative feature be kept the
paramount one.
/, for one. am very grateful to the
business men Of Mexico who made
the Round Up possible with their fl
%nanciai support, and am sure that II
they can see fit to continue the Round
Up that they will be doing the coun-
ty an inestimable amount Of good.
At least let us try it another year
and let it be announced not later than
May. / think then that Old Mexico
can be made to shine in the fall as it
never has before. ! am
Yours sincerely,
GRANT MORTHLAND.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03

ONE Of the sad results Of a great
Wal is the manne in which it halts
SAINT impulses toward democracy.
The innovation Of paying Members
Of Parliament salaries Of $1,000 a
year IS san q resent victory for Bn-
tons Of intellect but no wealth, who
before that had no chance at Parlia-
mentary honors- Now it is proposed
that the act shall be repealed. 1t
would save Britain some S1,S40,O00 a
year which 5 about the cost of the
war to her for six or seven hours.
Friends Of democracy elsewhere will
hope that no such reactionary step
be taken.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
AT MON.
(By Chas. Wright

When the students of the High
School assembled in the auditorium,
Friday, they were greeted with music
from Mr.. Culbertson's new orchestra.
This was the first appearance of this
new school activity.
The members of the orchestra are:
Marguerite Thomas, Effie John
son, Harper Shoush, Theodore Wi
mans, Edwin Winans, Willie Barre,
William Glendy, Charles Sweeney, Ed
ward Million Marion Boulware, Ray
Washington, Kenneth Smith, John
Mcfarland.
The speaker Of the afternoon was
DIR. II. Z. Tralle of Hardin. His ad-
dress was relative to higher educa-
ton. He told what it was, why it was
needed and how it could be gotten. His
talk was intensely interesting and his
frequent, appropriate stories and wit
ty expressions pleased the students
very much, and kept their attention
throughout the whole address.
The n great point he brought
home TO the high school students was
the necessity Of mastering their diff
cult studies. The students GER
appreciate these talks, which
are provided by the faculty.
William Vandeventer has been
elected yell-leader for the year.
The Mcmillan Debating Club is
now having weekly meetings.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
Entertain Insane.

The following dispatch in the In.
dianapolis News will be Of interest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Darnaby's
many Mexico friends:
Logansport, Ind, Nov. 23.-All in
mates of the Northern Indiana Hos
pital for the Insane at Longcliff who
r physically able will witness the
production of "The Mile a Minute
Girl" at the theater at the %institu-
ton this evening. II will be the first
time a complete musical comedy has
ever been given at the asylum. The
play is produced under the auspices
of the local Elks lodge with a cast of
fifty men and women comprising the
best talent in the city. DIR. Terfling-
err, superintendent Of he institution,
has arranged for automobiles to car
ry the troopers to Longcliff and the
play will be under the direction of
Professor Darnaby, who will o o put
on a show for the Elks at Wabash.
Cork slabs, compressed from a
thickness Of fourteen inches to half
an inch, arc being tried out for floor
ing in railroad cars.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03

REFUSES TO MARRY COUPLE
Sedalia, Mo, Nov. 27.-James c.
Common, recently elected justice Of
the peace for Sedalia Township, re-
Gently refused to perform a marriage
ceremony for a couple duly licensed.
Justice Conner said in explanation
that there was, in his opinion, too
sacred an obligation involved, and
that during his term Of office there
would be no marriages solemnized by
him.
Justice Connor's refusal to per-
form the ceremony vas accompanied
by a lecture on divorce, unhappy alli-
s=ces and night weddings, which,
published locally, has created a mild
sensation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
WILL MAKE THOROUGH
STUDY OF MO. SCHOOLS
Supt. Herbert Pryor and DR.. J. W.
MilliOa Attended Conference in
jefferson City
CARNEGIE FOUNDATION QUERY
Pryor and Million Say This Move Is
a Great Forward Step in Edaca-
ton in Missouri.

A thorough inquiry into the edaca-
tional conditions Of Missouri will be
made by Investigators appointed by
the Carnegie Foundation for Teacher
Training and paid from the fund pro
uded through that agency. This is a
result Of q conference Of about one
hundred educators held at jefferson
City Saturday. Superintendent Herb
ert Pryor and DR.. J. W. Million. presi-
dent Of Hardin College.of this city. at
tended the conference at the invitation
Of Governor Elliott W Major. who pre-
sided at the meeting.
The inquiry was determined upon
after DIR. Henry S. Pritchett Of New
York, president Of the Foundation, ex-
planned fully the scope, purpose and
utility Of such a study. Mr.. Pryor
made a brief address at the meeting
and declared this inquiry vas the next
step toward lettering the educational
conditions of Missouri.
At his office in this city, Monday.
Mr.. Pryor said this move will not be
an investigation but a study. The in
vestigators as they are called will
study the conditions under which
teaching is done in the various com
munities and responses by the pa
irons and pupils in the different To-
cahties," he said.
Business and its relations TO the
schools will be looked into and all
grades Of schools in Missouri will be
included in the inquiry. The univers-
ity, colleges, normal schools, high
schools, city grade schools and rural
schools will be studied" according to
Mr.. Pryor.
A thorough and complete study of
the teachers-their education and ex-
perience-will be made in an effort to
ascertain If there is an adequate sup
ply of teachers in this state.
DR.. Million says the plan for the
study and inquiry marks a forward
movement in education in Missouri.
The Carnegie Foundation has made
a thorough inquiry into the law and
medical schools of the country but
this is the first move to investigate
the entire educational conditions of a
state. The inquiry will be eomplet-
ed by next June, it is thought.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
]. P. POWELL SELLS OUT
Pelsue & Herring of Paris Buy Hard.
var and Implement Business

j. P. Powell has sold his hardware
and implement business and har.
ness shop to C. f. Pelsue and II R
Herring of Paris. An inventory Of
the stock is being taken and the new
owners will take charge as soon as
this is completed. Mr.. Herring and A.
R. Bondurant, also of Paris, will have
charge Of the business.
Pelsue and Herring are experienced
hardware and harness men, having a
store in Paris They are excellent bus
mess men and splendid gentlemen.
The Ledger is pleased to welcome
them into the business circles of Mex
leo.
Mr.. Powell is undecided what he
will do but the Ledger hopes he will
remain in Mexico and help make it a
greater city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
Of GREEN
CANT HELD MONDAY
Pioneer Citizen Of Audrsin County
Died at His Home Southwest Of
Mexico Sunday
PIONEER CATTLE FEEDER
Was Born in This County Seventy
Three Years Ago and Lived Here
All Of His Life.

Edward G. (Greenl CANT % years
old, died at his home two miles south
west Of Mexico Sunday morning at
about 2 o'clock from paralysis. He
had been in a critical condition for
two days and his death was not I'M
expected. The funeral was held at
Salt River church, Monday morning
and the body was buried in the
churchysrd.
Green CANT as he was always
known, was horn in Audrain County.
near Cant postoffice, June S0th, lS4l
the eldest son Of Thomas r. and Chris
tina Hurdle Cant. He lived in this
county all Of his life, where he was
always in the fore front Of anything
that tended to uplift good old Au-
drain. In his prime, Mr.. Cant was
one Of the most extensive cattle deal
ers and breeders in this section Of
Missouri.
He had been married fifty-two years
and he and Mrs. Cant recently cele-
brated their golden wedding ami
versary. He is survived by his wife
and three sons as follows: Henry T.,
Of Omaha, Neb., 8 member of the
firm Of the Omaha Live Stock Com
mission Company; Will F., East St
Louis, sheep salesman for the Evans
Snider-B Buell. Company; E. G., jr, a
leading farmer of East Audrain. All
of the sons were at the bedside when
their father died.
The death of Green Cant is a great
loss to this community where he was
held in high regard by everyone who
came in touch with him. He was one
Of the pioneers and the work of men
like him has made Audrain one of
the leading counties of Missouri. One
of the first men to deal extensively
in cattle in this county, he was instru-
mental in building up the feeding
and breeding of high-grade cattle
here. Not only was Mr.. Cant a splen
did, upright, Straightforward bust
ness man, but he was a genial gentle
man and a kind friend. Beloved by
all who knew him, Green Giants
death will be mourned by a large
circle of admiring friends. The Ledger
joins in extending sincerest sympa.
! 49, e. A. ho-o,vo1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
DEED OF TRUN

Whereas, Harvey Stewart and Mary
A. Stewart, his wife by their certain
Deed Of Trust dated the sixtsenA
day of September, 1890, duly s.
k~nowledged and recorded in Record
er's office of the County Of Auiah
and State of Missouri in Trust DEED
record book Z, at page 476, conveyed
to II. A. Ricketts,, Trustee, the fol-
lowing described real estate, lying
and being situate in the County d
Audrain and State of Missouri; to
wit:
Eighty acres being the north bali
(1-2) of the Southeast quarter(l4
Of Section three (3), Township fifty
(50), range ten (10), West, as per u
S. Survey thereof.
Which said conveyance was made IN
trust to secure the payment Of .
certain negotiable promissory a5s
and in said Deed Of Trust fully d
scribed.
And Whereas, said Deed Of IruS
provides that if said promlssory note
or interest due thereon or any part q
it shall be allowed to remain due and
unpaid, the said Trustee, or in cas
of his inability or refusal to act, the
then acting Sheriff Of Audrain COun'
ty, Missouri, shall become his success
sor.
And whereas, H. A. Ricketts, the
Trustee named in said Deed Of ifuss
is now deceased, and the mjerslgneS
G. w. Adams was the acting snefln
of said Audrain County, Missouri Oh
the 18th day of September lSsl
which was the day on which te
promissory note secured by said deco
Of trust became due.
And whereas, said promissory nOe
so secured by said deed of trust u
now past due and remains UNPAID
Now, therefore, !, G, W. Adaus'tne
Sheriff of Audrain CounV,
Missouri, ut the time said pronls'uli
lote became due, at the request o.
he legal holder of said prorn'''0''
tote will, on Saturday, ,o,i
he 9Th Day of December A. " NV
,etween the hours of 9 O'Clock q, u
md 3 o'clock p. m, Of that gay, p
eed to sell the real estate above Nv
cribed at public vendue to the ilgn,
st bidder at East front door Of l'
House in the City ofMeSlro
fissouri. for cash to pay SAID dep'
nd interest and the costs and exp0n'
es of executing this Trust.
7-4t G.. ". ADAMS,
Acting Trustee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
Praises Clean Paner

Clean newspapers are more and
more becoming one of the greatest
factors in the moral rebirth of the
young men and young women of
America, according to Edward W.
Peck, state secretary of the Minnie
sofa Y. M. c. A. at Minneapolis, who
spoke before the recent international
purity congress at Kansas City, Mo.
There is a kind of psychological
mysticism about the other kind-yel-
low journalism" he said. "The ed
ltors of such papers apparently be-
lieve their readers prefer dirt to diam
onds. They cater to the tastes of the
low brow and feed the brainless
mind"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
Little Catherine Loren Dead.

Mary Catherine Loren, the little
daughter of j. C. Loren and wife,
died November 21st, of Group, only
aVihg a few hours after taking it,
Sne was almost three years old, and
a bright little light in the home. The
loss seems hard indeed, as this is
'ne second little n Mr.. and Mrs. Lo-
ren nave been compelled to give up
this year. -
mr. and Mrs. Loren moved to ANA
rllio' Texas, from Mexico, and their
many friends of Audrain extend sin
gefe sympathy to them in this sad
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
HOW THE RED CROSS
SEAL WAS ORIGINATED

ZEAL WAS OklGINAIED
Nearly s1,9OO.OO0 has been raised
by Red Cross Christmas Seals in the
last six years, and yet many people
who viii buy these holiday stickers
at this seventh annual sale do not
know how the charity stamp idea or
iginated.
1t was war that brought forth the
charity stamp-our Civil War of '6I
to '65. Some of your grandmothers
first played "~postoffice" with stick
ers similar TO Red Cross Seals way
back in 1862, when they conceived
the idea Of selling stamps at fairs for
the benefit of the relief funds for the
soldiers hospitals in Brooklyn, Bos-
ton and elsewhere. After the war this
method Of raising money was discon-
tinued in this country for a genera
ton, although it found vogue in Por-
tugal, Switzerland, Austria, France,
Spain, Denmark, Norway Russia.
Sweden and other European coun-
tries.
Stamps on seals were first used
to get money for the anti-tuberculo-
SIS crusade in Norway and Sweden in
1904. To Jacob Riis, the well-known
social worker Of New York, and to
Miss Emily p. Bissell, the energetic
secretary Of the Delaware Red Gross,
jointly belong the honor Of originat-
ing our American Red Cross Christ
mas Seal. In 1909, Mr.. Riis' interest
was aroused by the receipt of a
Christmas tuberculosis stamp on a
letter from Norway. He published an
article about this queer-looking
stamp in the Outlook" and suggest
ed some possible uses for it in this
country. Miss Bissell at once saw an
opportunity here and prepared a
stamp, from the sale of which her
society realized $4,000 for t~ubercuIo-
sis work. So impressed was she with
this success that she induced the
American Red Cross to take up the
sale in 1908 on a national basis. With
little organization and with hard
any attempt at careful advertising
he sale that year brought in, never
$135,0O0 for anti-tuberculo-
lis work in the various parts of the
United States. In 1909, with more
borough organization, the sale was
increased to nearly $4,000; in
911 to ove $500 1000, and in 1912 to
Yer 100000. Last year the sale was
lcreased to nearly 45,0O0,000 seals,
$450,0O0 for the anti-tubercu-
isis campaign. J.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-03
HAD ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Mexico Representatives Home from Y.
NJ. c. A. State Meeting

Leo Ritter, Jesse Gibbs, Archie Rodg
ers and Charles Myers are home from
Cameron, Mo-, where they attended
the state meeting of the high school
organization of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association. All of these young
men are very enthusiastic over the
prospects of a Y NJ. C. A. in Mexico
and steps may be taken in this direc-
ton shortly.
Supt Herbert Pryor, who is the
leader in this move, says the idea of
sending the boys to Cameron was not
so much to start a branch in Mexico
at once as it was to keep in touch with
what is going on over the state along
this line. Reports will be made by
the boys to the young peoples organ
izations of the churches and there
will be a boys meeting at the high
school sometime this week.