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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
TOBY" GRAVES DID IT
Montgomery City Boy Booted Mis-
souri, to Victory Saturday.

''Toby" Graves, of Montgomery
City, well known in Mexico, is the
mar who booted Missouri to victory
over the Jayhawkers on McCook's
Field at Lawrence Saturday. The fl
nal score was 1917. This is the first
time either team has won on the 9TH
er's gridiron, Each team scored one
touchdown and the place kick by
Graves from the 24-yard line in the
last quarter saved the day.
Graves began his football career
several years ago, with Montgomery
City High School and played against
Mcmillan High School and Missouri
Military Academy in this city on va.
rious occasions. He was a splendid
football player in his high school days
and has developed into one of the very
best backs in the Missouri Valley Cor
ference.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

WE are glad to learn that not only
the physicians of Mexico, but of Au-
drain County are all waking up to the
Importance of the Mexico Hospital.
They are arranging now to pass res
olutions indorsing this institution,
and we understand that every doctor
in the county is going to make a lib
eral subscription toward the Hospital
right away. This means that the
doctors are doing their part, and that
our people generally who are inter-
ested as well as the doctors in the
success of this institution should inn
mediately come forward and make
good. This is Mexico's most worthy
and popular charity, and should not
be allowed to close, especially when
it takes such a small amount of
money TO keep it going. Mexico is
proud of its Hospital, but must be
careful to remember pride goeth be-
fore a fall" Let the physicians get
busy right away. Let everybody in
.terested get busy right away. The
year closes in a few days, and there
are seven patients in the institution
lat this time. The Hospital must not
only have the financial support Of
all the physicians but must have their
cordial, moral support.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Have You Paid Your War Tax?
The war tax applies to the follow
ing trades in the following amounts:
Brokers, $50.
Pawn brokers, $50.
Commercial brokers, $40.
Customs house brokers, $40.
P%roprietors of theaters, museums,
picture shows or concert halls, s25 to
500.
P%roprietors of circuses, 500.
Proprietors or agents of public ex-
hibitions not otherwise enumerated,
$40.
Commission merchants, $50.
Dealers in leaf tobacco, $6 to $24.
Dealers in tobacco or cigars or eli
garettes, Sc to $24.
Manufacturers of tobacco, So to
s2,496.
Manufacturers of cigars, So to ST.
496.
Manufacturers of cigarettes, $12 to
$2,496.
Proprietors of bowling alleys or bill
lard rooms, SIS a table or alley.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

IN order to make the Mexico Hos
pital a permanent institution, $4,000
must be subscribed for a mainten-
ance fund for the ensuing year. The
idea is to have a hundred citizens
subscribe $40 apiece. This PROPOSE
ton should be cleaned up before any
other enterprise is undertaken. The
matter is simply up to a showdown.
1t is a charity proposition, and must
have the cordial and hearty support
of those interested. The management
serves without any pay, and devotes
considerable time to the enterprise,
and should not be expected to carry
the entire burden. Do your part now.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
nzARk APPLE SEASON ENDs

Springfield, Mo, Nov fs'-With
the movement Wednesday Of 10 car
loads from shipping points in the
ouarks, the harvest of the apple crop
in the big orchards of Southern Mis-
souri, and Northern Arkansas was
virtually completed. Most shipments
were over the Frisco, the total for
tire season over the lines of that road
being 1850 cars. 1t is estimated that
other railroads handled 1000 cars.
Many growers are waiting for bet
ter prices and have placed thousands
Of barrels in cold storage in Kansas
City, St. Louis and Springfield. Fiji
ty thousand barrels have been stored
in Springfield.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Springfield, Mo, Nov. is.-Audrain
is one ~ thirteen counties to e
ceiye a'front line" banner. This is a
record for a baby organization a lit
lie more than a year old. In addition
to filling his own place on the pro-
gram. DR.. Tralie took the places of
several absent speakers. Miss Rice
of Hardin College spoke in the af-
ternoon and evening, telling about
the new Sunday School service soci-
ETY..
The name Sunday School Service
Society " with emblem, motto and
constitution, already adopted by Har-
din, was unanimously adopted as
the model of organization in other
colleges, at College Conference OF
representative college presidents
and professors and by the students
conference Wednesday evening.
At a meeting Of the State execu-
tive committee Wednesday evening
they voted a budget of $4,000 for the
coming year and planned advance al
along the line. Only about n sixth
of the teen age boys and girls Of
Missouri are now in the Sunda,
Schools, and the others must b,
reached. John L. Alexander, of Chi
cago and Mrs. Phoebe A. Curtiss arr
among the well known speakers from
outside the state here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
ESTATE
TRANSFERS

l.. A. Wells to Lewis H. Renfro, NE
Sc Of 34-51-5, 81 and other.
L A Wells to David A Caldwell N
w. Sc of 34-51-5. 81 and other.
Lee Clark to Carrie Young, lot 0,
block s, Orig. Martinsburg. $500.
II. G. Supple to Mamie P. Han
cock, parts of block z, Swift's End Ad-
to Laddonia. $400.
E H Roberts to Fannie A Roberts.
i acre in NE corner of Sc SW of 81
51-S. S1.00.
Frances A Roberts TO Ebert H
Roberts, 5 acres in NE part of NE
NV of 6-50-s. 81.
Frank J Giefer to Theo g. Annie B
Selh, W IL Of NE of 3-51-9. $4,000.
Virginia Elzea to trustees Laddo-
MIA Lodge A. F. g. A. M. Part of lots
/ and 2, block "a. Orig. Laddonia. 81.
Annlee Hoxsey to Theo J. Williams
lot l block 1, Jeffries AID to Mexico.
$4,000.
Theo J Williams to Thos J Hoxsey,
lot l. block 1, Jeffries Add to Mex
leo. $1,000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
uorr on

The official vote on the amen'.
ments was announced Thursday n
The one for pensioning the blind ran
first. being defeated by 10000 votes
Emal Suffrage was defeated by l4O'-
Dos votes. Tw~enty-six counties favor
ed the County Unit and it was de-
feated by 1856, 700 votes of which st.
louis returned T7,s4s against
The full crew law was defeated by
$4,000.
Twenty-six counties voted Tor ue
adoption of the county unit law as iol
lows: Atchison, Carroll, Clay, Clinton
Daviess, Dunklin, Grundy, Harrison
Holt. Howard, Jasper, Linn, Livings'
ton, Mercer, New Madrid, Newton.
Nodaway, Pemiseot, Pike, Ray Ksy'
polds. ST. Francois, Stoddard, stone
Worth and Wright.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

IF the Germans have lost 1,250,000
men in killed, wounded and missing,
as estimated, they have lost the equiv
alent of the total male population of
New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Is
land and Connecticut. And ever this,
assuming a proportionate loss by the
allies and counting in Austria's loss
es is only a part of the staggering sto
ry of modern war carnage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
LITTLE WOMEN" AT MCM. H. S.

Eleven students of Mcmillan High
School will present a dramatization of
Louisa NJ. Alcott's delightful sorry,
Little Women" at the high school
auditorium Friday evening, Dec. IS.
The play will be for the benefit of the
school library.
Misses Benson Bolts, Elizabeth Gill
and Frances Glandon, members of the
faculty, have charge Of the production
and will the cast shortly.
Members of the cast will be chosen
from the entire student body and all
taking part will be especially fitted
for the place. As far as possible the
costumes worn in the play will be
clothing really worn during the Civil
War, the time of the story. This win
add a great deal Of interest to the en-
tertainment. Music for the evening
will be furnished by the Mcmillan Or
chestra.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26


We notice from the Post-D Dispatch
Of St Louis that q movement Is on
foot to have the next Legislature pass
a Ward Option Law. In this way each
ward of St Louis could shut out sa-
looms If the desire. Referring to this
law, the Post-Dispatch editorially
says: Liquor interests in St Louis
were greatly concerned today over
the announcement Of the Anti-Saloon
League, published exclusively in late
editions of the Post-Dispateh recent.
ly. that the league had a sufficient
number of votes pledged in the next
Legislature to pass a bill providing
for precinct and ward option
in St. Louis. The proposed bill was
discussed in saloons and among brew
ers. who said it would close a large
number Of saloons in the city and
would make big districts in the city
dry. The proposed bill win provide
that each precinct or each ward in the
city may vote on whether saloons
shall be permitted in the precinct or
ward. The Rev. w. C. Shupp, super
intendent of the Missouri Anti-Sa-
loon League, told a Post-D Dispatch re.
porter the league had kept careful
tab on every candidate for the Legis.
~lsture, and that there viii be "a Of the
t42 members of the House of Repre-.
sentatives, and 10 Of the 50 members
Of the Senate, who will vote for any
~prohibitory or local option measure
presented, He said the country mem
bers Of the Legislature were ~incenseG
over the heavy st, Louis vote last
election against the county unit bill
which would not have effected St
Louis, and that they were ready tC
vote for any bill which would lesser
the number of saloons or the sale Of
liquor in St. Louis"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
Cnap-ShOoters Fined.

Four negroes we're fined $27.30
each in the Police Court, Monday, by
Judge Williams for playing at a
game of chance, commonly called
Craps" Chief of Police Sam Wallace
arrested them Sunday. Constable
Churchill KEENAN, also arrested sew
eral boys on the charge of shooting
craps" Sunday, but they have not
been tried.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Whereas, Clifton McGipnis =,
LISA Jones McGipni, aug
wife, by their
Of trust dated March %. y,
MED March 81, 1910, and recO,,.a
Book So, at page 27s, in the sasa
er's Office of Audrain COuptv NJ
souri,, at Mexico, conveyed to !. ! Il
undersigned trustee, for tbs w.
OF securing the indebtedness s,..I
mentioned, the following 49,
real estate, to-wit:
The Northeast Quarter IN II
the North Half (1a) of tbs vi
west Quarter (A) all n ~
Twenty-o One (21) Township IN
Two (52) North, Range T., NJ
West of the 9Th P NJ. in Aus,.;|
County, Missouri, and contsirin, /
all 24O acres more or less.
And whereas, default Ia, VI
made in the payment Of the iDts.]
due on said debt, by reason !
which default, the legal owner n
holder thereof, has requested 1
foreclosure of said deed Of trust
Now, therefore, !, ]. W. Br,,,
the undersigned trustee, do NM
give notice that | will, on
SATURDAY, December l2h. yl
between the hours Of 900 al
and $500 O'Clock P. Moi that Java
said real estate at public ventvs
the highest bidder, for cash, 1t /
east front door Of the Audrsn con
ty Court House, in Mexico, Nilsson
for the purpose Of dischargiug ts /
debtedness secured by said deed
trust, the interest due thereon, i
the costs Of executing this trust
Ss-4t J. ". BRYS0N, Trustee
First insertion, Nov 10, 1914.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Stones Expenses s2.l75.

jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 2S.-
United States Senator William ].
Stone filed a statement of his cam
paign expenses recently with County
Recorder R. C. Berry. In all he spent
s2,175.0s.
OF this sum, $3.50 was given to the
Democratic State Committee. In
July he expended s777.3s for print
ing, postage, clerical hire, telephon-
ing and telegraphing. In his August
expenses is a similar group of items,
accounting for S470.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

1T seems queer that the newspapers
of eMxico can't cooperate even when
lit comes to raising money for pub
lie charity. However much the papers
may disagree regarding other mat
tiers, whenever it comes to a question
of a public enterprise-more espec-
tally to a public charity proposition,
there is no excuse for the papers and
citizens generally not cooperating
Loyalty and cordially with malice to-
ward none, and charity for ALL"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE MEXICO LEDGER is glad
to know that the Elk's committee on
Christmas entertainment is arrang-
ing with the teachers of the schools
to secure names of children who like
ly will not have a Christmas enter
tainment at home. This is a splendid
movement on the part of the Elks
and should have the cooperation of
all the teachers. The little folks should
all be looked after, especially during
the HOLIDAYS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
DEED OF TRVs

Whereas, Harvey Stewart and Md
A. Stewart, his wife by their csrz
Deed of Trust dated the sixtsaH
day Of September, 1890, duly
knowledged and recorded in Rsv
erfs office of the County Of Auda
and State Of Missouri in Trust Did
record book 7, at page 476, conus 4
to H. A. Ricketts,, Trustee, the ~
lowing described real estate, EHg
and being situate in the County 4
Audrain and State of Missoun; ID
wit:
Eighty acres being the north ha
(1-2) of the Southeast quarter(l4
Of Section three (3l, Township ftt! !
(50), range ten (10l, West, as PEI U
S. Survey thereof.
Which said conveyance was made u
trust to secure the payment Of u
certain negotiable promissory nos :
and in said Deed of Trust fully q
scribed.
And Whereas, said Deed Of IES
provides that if said promissory nci
or interest due thereon or any part
it shall be allowed to remain Que si
unpaid, the said Trustee, or IN az
of his inability OF refusal to act o.
then acting Sheriff Of Audrain l'aa
ty, Missouri, shall become his saca
sor. al
And whereas, H. A. Ricketts,, y
Trustee named in said Deed OF III
is now deceased, and the unjerslgls
@. w. Adams was the acting Snefl
Of said Audrain County, Missouri
the 10th day Of September Ivy
which was the day on which =
promissory note secured by sad osA
Of trust became due.
And whereas, said promissory ns
so secured by said deed Of trust '
now past due and remains anPala !.
Now, therefore, /, G. W, Adanl',as
acting Sheriff of Audraln ooup's,
Missouri, at the time said pronls'aj,
note became due, at the reqaes' =
the legal holder of said pronilS'''l
note will, on Saturday, ,ul
the 9Th Day of December A. y NV =
between the hours of 0 O'Clock . =. !
and s o'clock p. m. of that Gay, II i
coed to sell the real estate above y
seribed at public vendue to the a'sa \,
est bidder at East front door o. y
Court House in the City ofMelI ",
Missouri, for cash to pay salu uss'
and interest and the costs and eAp''
SEES Of executing this Trust,
37-4t G. W. ADAMS,
Acting Trustee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE Louisiana, Mo-, PressJour-
nal: Bishop futile says that al
though he is a Republican he has
faith in President Wilson and his adj
ministration. The good bishop ought
to inject his faith into some Of his re-
publican friends. They can't sleep Of
nights for thinking that the country
is going to wreck and ruin"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
SCHOOL NOTES
BY W Clyde Johnson
County School Supt.

The past week Farmer Rusk and
1 visited a number Of schools ana
talked to parents and children about
better equipment, more hOmsiike
buildings; also about boys girls ana
parents clubs.
Miss Percie Fuhrer at Lawder mao
the building well decorated with ex-
hibit work of the pupils. She also hao
prepared a very interesting program
Some of the girls and their mothers
had cooked a fine dinner. Miss Fuh-
rer is an enthusiastic and earnest
worker.
Al Chapel Grove we were well
coined by Miss Elsie Brown and a
number Of her patrons. She also had a
good display of school work.
Miss Blanche Taylor Mt Cauthorn
had interested her pupils in making
some good corn, farm and vegetable
exhibits, besides others of school
work. The house was well filled with
patrons. They had brought well-filied
baskets and we enjoyed very much
with them the noon hour.
A few of G. D. Crandall's patrons
met with us ut Cornett, and made us
feel that they enjoyed u visit with
them.
Wednesday night we met with the
Hickory Grove people. There was a
good attendance and we had a very in
teresting meeting.
The next morning at Grow, Miss
Goldie Quinn teacher, we had our
largest meeting. There was a large
collection of farm products, and good
school work. The good people Of this
community are greatly interested in
a first-class school. They voted on a
levy to buy a heating plant, but a few
well meaning persons who did not
clearly understand the proposition
voted it down. | am very sorry that
they were not present to freeze with
the children, and then go to Pleasant
Plains or Boyd where they have new
heaters and see how valuable they
are. The dinner served by these
good people, like their hospitality
was fully enjoyed for an hour, and il
could not be surpassed.
At Carter in the afternoon and a
Boyd and Prairie Mound the next da!
no patrons were present. W. c. Lew
ellen at Boyd had prepared an exhib
it some time before. 1t was good. II
spite of the intense cold a few mel
met with US at Pleasant Plains Thur
day night. Friday night Miss Mat
tie Fields at Ringo gave a short Blu
interesting program to a full house
1t was her purpose to organize a cluI
or society, that the young people an
others who wished might have som
place to go and be entertained. Tn
society was organized with Mr.. Set
tie president. They expect to NEE
every Friday night.
think the teachers, pupils and par
ents are taking great interest in tn
Club, and | believe that we shall 500
have a large number organized
the county. 1t is certainly very pra
teal and also very interesting. Par
ents, if you want your boys an
girls to take more interest in thei
school work and also in the farm, er
courage them to join one or more {
these clubs.
| wish to report n more rurs
teacher who went to st. Joseph to tn
State Teachers Association. She
Miss Sarah Culbertson of the Snee
school. This makes a total of ten.
good representation from Audrain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Minister and Mrs. 0rear Have Son.
DIR. and Mrs. K. R. Bragg have re-
ceived word from LaPaz, Bolivia, that
a son has been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. O'Rear. Mother and baby
are both getting along nicely and the
American Minister to Bolivia is de-
lighted with his new attache.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
Oh, Uncle Newton.

Uncle Newt Bryson of the Louisi-
ana Press-Journal is worrying about
weather and cannot make up his
mind just what to expect. Says he:
'The goose bone says that the winter
will be very mild. The slime on the
fish is not SO heavy this year and the
corn husks are thin, which means
mild weather. On the other hand, the
beavers have built their dams extra
heavy and this means that it will bea-
very damn cold" - Kansas City
Times.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Mrs. Levi Franklin, of Bonneville,
N. Y, says: II am pleased 20 say that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was
used by my son about two FEARS ago
and it proved TO be very beneficial in
relieving ~hoarseness and curing a
cold. It has also been used by other
members Of my family and We have a
very high opinion Of it. For sale by
all dealers. adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
Pointers for Women.

Almost every woman who has rails
ed a family will remember instances
where she has prevented sickness by
having the right medicine at hand
ready for instant use when needed.
A common cold can be cured much
more quickly when properly treated
as soon as the cold has been contract
ed instead of waiting until it has be-
come settled in the system. You will
find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy es-
pecially ~efficacious in cases of colds
and Group in children. When given as
soon as the child becomes hoarse,
which is the first symptom Of Group,
it will prevent the attack. For sale By
all dealers. adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE Kansas City Times editorial
ly says: 'If any considerable group
of gentlemen should be planning to
take advantage of the present breath
ing spell to try TO put something over
on the public, it's a safe bet that they
will find the President on the job, as
usna1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE motion which was unanimous
ly adopted at the Commercial Club
dinner Friday, Nov. 10Th, thanking
the Republic for sending Chaplin and
Love to Mexico to write up "the big
Round Up Week"was made by W. W.
Pollock, president of the North Mis-
souri, Trust Company, and promptly
seconded by R. E. Race and every
body else in the room.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE LEDGER joins all the peo-
pie of this community in extending
cordial congratulations to Presid-
ing County Judge Alex Carter and
wife who were married in Mexico,
Saturday, Nov. 21st. Mr.. and Mrs.
Carter are two of Audrain's most
highly esteemed citizens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
Weekly Ledger
KANSAS RE-INDoRsEs
PROHIBITION

PROHIBITION.
EVERY day va hear remarks re-
fardine prohibition in Kansas; eth
en- 10 the effect that It does not pro-
hibit, or that II IS not popular, or that
Is il ruiniDg the State Really the
people who live IN Kansas ought to be
the best judges Of this matter, and
the following from the Kansas City
Star shows the attitude Of the people
Of that state on this question very
clearly;
an the recent campaign this paper
received hundreds Of letters from its
readers from Virginia to Oregon and
Washington, asking The Star for in
formation as to The Failure" of pro.
hibition in Kansas. The saloon inter
csts had flooded every state, especial
ly where prohibition was the issue,
with literature 70 prove that Kansas
was in q ~deplorable condition as a re-
suit Of prohibition.
'eThe answer to the whisky ring is
to be found in the election returns
from Kansas. The saloon interests
made a hard fight in Kansas under
conditions that were ideal for their
purpose, for re-submission of the pro-
hibitory law,
'HThere were six candidates for gov
ernor on the Kansas ballot. Every can
didate except the candidate of the
re-submissionists vas pledged to pro-
hibition. Other issues divided the fol-
lowers Of all the "dry" candidates
but the resubmissionists were united
upon their candidate. The names of
the candidates were on the new Mas
sachusetts ballot, so that no party
ticket could hide the issue from the
view of any voter in the state who
desired to vote for q return to the
open saloon. The issue was clearly
understood by every citizen of Kan
sas,
NEARLY six hundred thousand votes
were polled in the state. 1t was the
biggest vote ever polled, and the most
representative. If ever the resubmis-
sionists hoped for a showing against
prohibition in that state, they had
their chance this year.
'HThe result was that out of the six
hundred thousand votes poIled, the
resubmission candidate received about
fifty thousand. One citizen in every
twelve in Kansas voted for resub-
mission.
"The statement was made by The
Star during the campaign, in answer
TO many Of the letters received, that
not more than one voter in every sew.
en- in Kansas favored a return of the
saloon. Even this paper underestimate.
ed the strength Of prohibition in
Kansas.
kansas has made a thorough test
Of prohibition. II has won the fight
against the whisky ring, and il is sc
well pleased with the result thai
nothing more will be heard of resub.
mission in that State. That should b.
sufficient answer for every intelli,
gent citizen in the country anywhere
to the ISLANDERS of the saloon keepers
against Kansas"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

LEADERS of the Suffragist cause
say their fight in New York is won
but meantime they are taking moth
ing for granted and are fighting ev-
cry inch of the way, which shows
that they have a good idea as to the
way victories are won.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

What the Callao journal believes is
the only floating sawmill in the world
has been installed on a barge in the
Charlton river. The Charlton runs
through some we'll wooded land and
the mill will supply "handle blanks"
for a Callao factory.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE MEXICO LEDGER believes
with the hearty cooperation of the
physicians of this city that the hos
pital can be made a permanent in.
stitution il our peop ~Aeontribute cor
daily and literally. One hundred
people are asked to give $50 each for
this institution next year. This NOR
cy Is to be raised now, and should
have the right Of way. The business
Of the last year is being closed up
and II the Hospital is to be main
talaed, definite results must be OBJ
kained at once.