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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE revenue officers are raiding
illegal creameries that are being op-
Grated at st. Louis and throughout
the country. The making of moon
shine oleo-butter will not prove much
more profitable than bootlegging,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
Walking tO'Frisco.

A young married couple and a g.
year-old baby passed through this
city Monday hiking" to San Fran
cisco from Dayton, o. They Wheel
cd the baby in a small buggy and
their belongings were hauled in a
small wagon by the husband and a
faithful dog. They make 20 miles a
day,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE Kansas City Times editor
tally says: "An Endorsement of the
Ten Commandments would have been
defeated at the last election If sub
mitted to a vote of the people," says
State Senator Anderson Craig of
Missouri. That seems a safe infer
ence from what happens to the Dec
alogue between elections"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Mrs. S. J. Barrick, who spent the
summer with her daughter, Mrs. Geo.
GalIop, has gone to Kansas City, for
a short visit and from there will go
to her home in Hugo, Okla.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

EVERY Mexico Elk should cordial
ly assist in making the Mexico Elk
Christmas entertainment q success.
That's the way to make the Riddles"
have a happy and merry Christmas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Get Rid OF That Miserable Feeling.
You may learn something from the
experience of Mrs. William Troute, H.
ion, N. Y, who was sick for a long
time from a badly disordered stomach,
81 felt miserable all of the time" she
writes. 81 was tired and had no appe-
tite. A friend advised me to take
Chamberlain's Tablets. | did so and
my appetite improved and | gained
rapidly in health" For sale by all deal
ers. adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE Louisiana Press-Journal ed
itorially says: San editor sold his
paper the other day to another edi-
tor who says in his s~alutatory that
he will make the paper better than
ever. We all say hal at first before
know Is much as we think we
knew so little of what is to be known
but never gets fknowed."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

STATE AUDITOR GORDON an
nounces he is not going 10 be a can
didate for governor in 1916, but will
be a candidate for reelection to the
office of State Auditor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

REC0RDER-ELECT J. W. sTEPH-
EMS is now at work in the Recorders
Office with Recorder Whitney and is
getting broken in so that he can take
charge the first day of January. Mr..
Stephens promises to make a most eff
ficient officer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
What's The Idea2

At the Commercial Clubs weekly
luncheon Friday, on motion Of L. NJ.
White, a vote of thanks was extend
ed to Chaplin and Love, of The st.
Louis Republic for their recent ex-
ploitation of the Mexico Round Up
Mexico Intelligencer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

HORSES and mules valued at ST.
$4,000 have been shipped from the
National Stock Yards at East St. Lou
lis to the French and British Govern
ments since the war began. Apparent
ly the prophecies regarding the "elim
nation of the horse" by the motor
car did not refer to war conditions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THERE was an unusually large
crowd of farmers in Mexico Satur-
day, and our merchants enjoyed a
splendid trade. One good corn crop
would make this part of the country
more prosperous than it ever has been
before.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE LEDGER joins the people of
this community in extending sincere
sympathy to E. H. Carter on the loss
Of his home and furniture by fire on
Sunday night
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

One of the big misfortuneS i0f CIV, ~
er a man or woman, says a South a'
souri, exchange, is to be too 'Ou'ps.
Better not know an insult wnen "
meet it, than to think you're lli'I l,
ed every time somebody fails 70 =
YOU cross a mudhole on his coat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
5. 5. REcoRD
A WONDERFUL ONE


Springfield. Mo-, Nov. l9-The rec
ord Of Aodrain County in reaching a
first rank county in n years time
is the best ever made in the fifty
years history of the Missouri Sunday
School Association, in session here
this week. There are only a few front
rank counties in Missouri and Au-
drains rapid rise to this position is
the talk Of the meeting.
Miss Shelley Rice, Of Hardin Col
lege. was one Of the principal speakers
at the session last night. Miss Rice
made q splendid talk on Sunday
School work and was heard with
much interest.
DR.. H. e. Tralle, of Hardin College
Mexico No., is also one Of the prin,
eipal men on the program. He is rec.
ognized as one of the leading Sunday
School men in Missouri and his book
on this topic are practically in univer
sal use wherever a Teachers Train
ing Course is held.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
WANTED!
Beef hides, horse
hides a n d furs.
cash price.
SAM NORRIS
Near Hitch Lot.

Jesse Wilkerson, a sedalia youth,
last week broke one of his legs for
the t~hirty-seventh time. The bones
in of his limbs are very brittle
and break as though they were made
Of glass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE Good Fellows will not only
make d contribution for the Christ
mas entertainment fund, but will sub
scribe 10 the hospital maintenance
fund for next year,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
RUSSIA QUITS DRINK;
IMPROVES BY BOUNDS

Petrograd, Nov. 19.-There is pro-
hibition in Russia today-prohibi-
ton which mean that not a drop Of
vodka, whisky, brandy, gin or any
other strong liquor is obtainable
from one end to the other of a terri
tory populated by $50 million people
and covering ~one-sixth of the habit
able globe.
The story of how strong drink has
been utterly banished from the Rus
sian empire was related to the Asso-
ciated Press by Michael Demitrovitch-
Tchelicheff, the man directly respon-
sible for putting an end to Russia's
great vice, the vodka habit.
1t should be said in the beginning
that the word prohibition in Russia
must be taken literally. It's use does
not imply a partially successful at
tempt to ear.ail the consumption Of
liquor resulting in drinking in secret
places, the abuse of medical licenses
and general evasion and subterfuge.
1t does mean that a vast population
who consumed / billion dollars,
worth Of vodka a year; whose ordi-
nary condition has been described by
Russians themselves as ranging from
a slight degree of stimulation, up
ward, has been lifted almost in one
day from a drunken inertia to sobri-
ETY..
The nation has been compelled, vir-
tually overnight, to abandon its
enormous daily consumption of vod-
ka, a liquor that is almost pure alco-
hol, and become abstemious to the ex-
tent Of letting no liquor pass its lips.
A Changed Nation.
On that day, when the mobilization
of the Russian army began, special
policemen visited every public place
where vodka is sold, locked up the
supply of the liquor and placed on
the shop the imperial seal. Since the
manufacture and sale of vodka is a
government monopoly in Russia, it is
not a difficult thing to enforce prohi-
bition.
From the day this step was taken
drunkenness vanished in Russia. The
results are seen at once in the peas
antry; already they are beginning Ia
look like a different race. The marks
of suffering, the pinched looks of ILL.,
ness and improper nourishment, have
gone from their faces. There has
been also a remarkable change in the
appearance of their clothing. Their
clothes are cleaner and both the men
and women appear more neatly and
better dressed.
The destitute character of the
homes Of the poor has been replaced
with something like order and thrift.
In P~etrograd and Moscow the effect
OF these improved conditions is fairly
startling. On holidays in these two
cities inebriates always filled the DO
lice stations and often they lay about
on the sidewalks and even in the
streets Things are so different today
that unattended women may now
pass at night through parts of these
ei'ieS where it formerly was danger
ouS even for men. Minor crimes and
misdemeanors have almost vanished.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

EVERYBODY should subscribe for
the Hospital fund before they take up
any other proposition, if they want
the institution made permanent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

THE LEDGER regrets to announce
the death Of Stephen Bertels of Mar
tinsburg, one of Audrain County's
earliest settlers and most highly re-
speeted and sturdy citizens. The Ber-
tells family is among Audrain's most
influential, and the Ledger joins
other friends in extending sincere
sympathy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Too much modesty has kept ~"
men down, just as has too mucn '"4
ceit, observes the Clifton Mn ri
Ter, adding the successful lid" =,
er overestimates nor understands
his ability.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

After being tried four times on a
charge of picking a mans pocket,
and serving 10 months in Jail, JOS.
Durkin was acquitted in the Macon.
county court last week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Mrs. I. ]. Head and son have return
ed to their home in Centralia after a
visit with Mrs. Heads sisters, Misses
Karnes, in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

u M Collins, of Grant City, prob
ably is the only man in Missouri WIN
possesses a four-dollar bill. An act
Oh Congress passed January Ia. 177e
authorized an issue of paper curren-
cy Oh that denomination. The bill is
ABOUT four inches square. This par.
ucaiar specimen has been kent bv
tne Collins family for four genera.
tons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

ISN'T 1t queer how some people
WIN assist in every way possible those
I"o want to violate a law, and then
'ia'm the law cannot be enforced.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

The Springfield Republican {,
ticed that none of the people vi. |
50 much about rejecting @si,a.,
ney" are advising the Belsi.s' !
fuse the rations that the po.a..
Foundation is about to dIstribn..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
hard Cough! Bairs
Head Stuffed {
Nose StoIls
=. Get tins instant relief NJ
Pleasant, Healing, Soa.S

we know DR.. Kircs. n
viii help you because : NsE Di
many cases just like y y aas b.
: bons year It has been 4. ~
Sore Chest, Bro5cbii3gr, Soe d.
s sca ! It combines Pine fEoagts
sepnd--h'lis the Cold cs,.nI. h
s59othlng TO the irritateSS si III
throat and Lungs. Buv a ! 10
OF your Druggist to-dss De
at once; You will bc 1 Segs
thsnk I Tor The benefit Eau, sta!sa@
~ G. Tiffany, Niebols,rns received /
AZ consider Dr.. Kings New \
0oGghs and Colds. Twenty tv', icy 1
penence has proven IA y. ysaFl
always recommend Il 10 mefll u
Excellent for Children snd ifl \
a wo@fn. 1t is Mid, P I J !
Trial bottle on reoo;,.
stamps. '''Ps Of L
H, f. BuCKLEN & N
$3.50 North Broad St. ~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

JUST now the hsppiest countries
are those that have gone in least for
glory.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

BEGIN doing your Christmas shop
ping at ones.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

MAKE your subscription TO the
Hospital Fund and make it today.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

A LOT Of men are unable to recog-
nize good luck when they meet it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

d. B. Simcoe, assistant physician in
Hospital No. 3 in Nevada who was
well known in Mexico died last Satur-
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

H. +. BUCKLEN & N
$50 North Broad St. S ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-13

Tie cotton situauoa has brought forth many
suggested rer.edfes Tire Ray.ABale Plan makes
ferhaps moro Immediate appeal than any
other. T39a plan introduced by NJ. Henry. Of
TEXAS. has received as criticism from the Sec
retary Of the TT asar, Va feel very muchras
Mr.. Meade that ST. -r8rased action by the
gcvernmen; would lead 10 too great compiled
items and would oblieate ear government to
universal relief schemes that could NOT be car
ried through
TIE mos: practicable plan. as We SEQ IT, is that
ot Mr.. Festus D. Wade, Of 81. Louis, providing
for $4,000 ooo cotton pool Tina, plan we
fhink Is more extensive and, therefore more
capable of meeting the needs of the whole conn
try It IS capable Of large demands and not
conAne1 geley 10 small subsidies and slow re-
duetion Of the marketable product. We trust
that it mar prove successful.
The "Buy.A-Ba Movement here is on fair
sgey 70 achieve success, The officials are ready
for business ard viii receive the funds intended
for cotton purchases. The buying movement
nill attain its larges; success by the particpa-
slen Is the greatest number of citizens. Its
ssrenFesi point is. Of course, its more general
aapeai. ana H5 efficacy IN interesting a great
,.ass a. business a1en IN the aseds Of the entire
sontheFn s17ion. IN SIS educational value IT 10
eAceedlrs gaasblo We trust that the number
o. par ,,eH us wij De large enough to insure
lie gsrrs ol great amount of cotton,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-13
GREAT WORN.

Sue Hu2a aant happen anywhere except
in basel We read about them in stories, and
snaile al fA,ir improba5iity, and then have them
aes,nen fer Us and don't realize 1t.
&c B4ages have made a magnificent fight
We don't If it has been equaled In baseball.
They arc game clear through. 1t took heart TO
6cme from the bottom where they were regarded
as fixtures and rest Mt the top in two months.
1t took grig and lots Of good ball playing. And
The Braves had both, it seems
The Athletics rave d great team II has
been probably the greatest team of players that
las ever been gotten together. For moro years
tnan many can rem 2mher without calculation
they have led the league They had ii all sea-
son without question. They have won the
have won league pennants. And at the end
os great season they went down in a smother
8! dust one day before better team.
Il Perhaps the Athletics were too sure; every
body seems to say At any rate there is so
much admiration for the Braves that the Ath-
ictics have not been given their due The game
the team put up yesterday was great Both
teams have done magnificent work in the last
two contests. both are in to win, and II any
body thinks baseball is played merely for the
money let him stop and reflect that yesterdays
zane had 1t stopped at tie would have added
many thousands TO the Golfers of the manage
ments.
we admire the Athletics for their long sue
cess we like their quiet determination, and we
note that they don't get tied up in baseball
scandal or dissipation. To two great teams we
give hono-.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-13
PIG CTtRS.

The iy0fninn prints today most interesting
l';ter written by Booker T. Washington to
ii great number Of his race throughout the coun-
iry. The negro educator makes a plain PROPOSE
tion FOR the increase of wealth in the South.
IHat proposition IS that eolored families now
rajTiae eight PIGS make an increase and raise
tan. He figures that on this basis the wealth
eI each fsu.ily will be increased at the rate
& teT dollars per pig per year. On the basis
Of the number OF eoored families where mig
raising nay be successfully carried on Wash.
iHgton figures that one more pig per family will
mean an increased property valuation OF s14-
100000 year or. If the families in question
will make it two. he figures that an increased
valuation Of s2sOoo0oo will be made
TO accomplish this result the plan includes the
formation Of Pig Clubs. in which individual riv-
airy and discussion of the latest pig culture may
result in stimulation OF the pig industry From
email things grow great results. The colored
people Of The South individually may not do
much for the increase of wealth but collectively
they may ID much by contributing of their pig
stys,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-13
The Soldiers Home Heard From.

Editor Nirgnan:
Sir.-The treat State battle Of ballots has been
fought and won for the protection of the homes.
boys and girls of the Old Dominion. The heavy
skirmishng which preceded the battle swept the
State from center to circumference, and culmi
mated in the victory for Statewide prohibition
September %
When NAM did their duty so well, it is not
easy to- make comparisons: but II must be ad-
mitted that the nti-Saloon league, through The
Richmond Firginian and its able and untiring
leader, Rev DIR. James Cannon, and to that
noble band of temperance women, belong tho
highest praise in bringing Statewide prohibition
to successful issue. To which add the telling
the silver-tnngue woman orator of Virginia and
Acknowledgement John Garland Pollard, of Vir-
ginia, and SION. Carter Glass, NJ. c., of Virginia,
and Rev r. II. Pitt editor OF the Religious
Herald. - Richmond which speeches will not
soon be forgotten by those who heard read
them.
But in comparison with all the other efficient
agencies. Dr. James Cannon may be compared
TO the great krupp guns powerful in de-
moiishing The strong forts of defense in the war
now raging in France and Belgium by the Ger
mans l saw it stated in newspaper lately,
that a shell from a krupp gun penetrated a
twelve foot concrete wall and exploded powder
magazine IN the fort, which was badly wrecked.
DR.. cannon did greater execution than that;
and it was done with the pen of truth valiantly
that the wet side had some heavy guns, too,
but unfortunately for the vets, their big guns
were loaded and discharged, to the
recoil to ccre back upon themselves, and proved
to be helpers to the dry side. Truth is mighty
and will rrevail-'' Besides Or, James Cannon,
other prominent ministers of the Gospel rem
dered consr icuous and valuable service; among
whom will mention Rev. G. w Mcdaniel, pas
tor OF the First Baptist church. of Richmond,
and DR.. n. r. Lee. rector of Christ church. my
old home of Charlottesville. Va These
preachers. and many others, were made targets
to be belittled and derided on the false charge
f carrying politics into the church. Those
who made that charge betrayed their ignorance
very plain that temperance and intemperance
are great moral subjects, and teach prohibition
to all that is evil, and especially any licensed
business whose chief business it Is to manu-
facture drunkards. who are barred from Heaven.
st. Paul did not hesitate to attack wrongdoing
In high places in the city of Ephesus. Read Acts,
10Th chapter. If IT is not the business of preach
ers TO sound the alarm and warn people against
any great moral evil. then whose business is
1t? How about the Christian layman who voted
in the recent election perpetuate a traffic
which s the strongest weapon of the devil in
this world and is the faithful partner of all the
evils and vices? Let the Scriptures answer that
question. Know we not. that to whom We yield
yourselves servants to obey. his servants We are
whom We obey and mo man can serve two
masters"
am reJo!ced that I have lived to see what
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-13
PEOPLES FORUM
Editor vitginian.

Editor Fisginian:
Sr.-In holding better baby health ex-
hibit and better baby contest al the state fair
iast week the Federation of Mothers clubs was
actuated by desire to hasten the time when
the parents part in child conservation shall
De fuiiy understood by both the parents and
me pubic and due honor and profit accrue
TO the parents Of perfect children.
The success which has attended our initial
efforts at the fair is due almost entirely TO the
nearly sympathy and cooperation which we
have received from everyone. From all over
the state nave come echoes of approval and
encouragment. and because of this we look for
ward to increasing usefulness along the lines
laid down this fall.
The undersigned desires on behalf of all
committees and the whole executive board. TO
extend hHart!est thanks to all friends who have
in any way aided us.
To the Fair association for space and the
courtesy Of passes for our workers: to Drs Nc
cure Newton y. T. Emmett Cullen Pitt. r. s.
preston. Il NJ. Rosebro. H. l.. Gregory and John
MCGUIRE to Medical Students Fred Kellam
George Schenck. James Anderson, Richard
l-eake and +. Gall; 10 Drs w H. Street and
J. NJ. Hughes. dentists, all for services in scor-
ing EXAMINATION tests; to DR. w A. Picker
registrar of vital statistics and Or Ennion G.
Williams, state health commissioner for assist
ance nj the finals; to DR.. Roy X. Flanagan and
he state board of health and the Crowley Pub
fishing company. for literature and charts. to
tle School authorities and for many
favors; to the Visiting Nurses association for
services NJ Misses Balmer and Bailey as as
sfstants, ana for the loan of tents and to the
hoy Scouts for help in erecting and caring for
the tents; 70 the following donors of prizes and
Observation-Disclosures utherlan d-C Cherry Svd-
nor Il Hundley, G. Lumsden e. Son Nowlan Co
SchWarzs"ni1d Bros, Rothert & Co, Miller G.
Rhoads, Powers Anderson. ]. b. Mosby & Co
Fourqure&n Temple & Co, the Virginia Caro-
ina Hardware Co. and the American Furniture
and Fixture Co, to Weisherger Co. to Cohen
Co, for space and advertising for registration
bureau, for signs, tables etc, and to Mr. Leroy
Cohen for special prizes; to Hammond Co Rat
chTe Tanner. and Mann & Brown. for flow
ers, and - Homer & Clarke for photographing
the winners, and to the press for kind pub
hcity--to all these wish to make the special
embellishments which are due them
Thanking YOU for space. for same, 1 am
Sincerely yours,
MRS WIN. A. BURROWS.
President.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-13

thinking is one that will be long remembered
as one of the most significant signs of an en-.
lightened responsiveness to public sentiment by
the roads G: America At the very time that
the Rock Island Road is being sold at auction,
the southern is cooperating with its employees
10 make the road more compact unit OF IN
GUstry, Coming events cast their shadows be-
lore them in the railroad business AS else
where and the roads that read the shadows
Alright understand that their business can be
tut advanced by the cultivation of whole
some popular approval.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-13
RAILROAD RESPONSIVENESS.

The Firg,efon would speak good word for
1he railroads ot America in the present imam
tfai crisis The cause Of our plea is the recent
action ~ tie Southern railway officials in an
noancing sealing Of salaries from president
doxn go as 10 distribute the burden Of wage
reduction equally among operatives and sala-
ried officials.
President Harrison himself is the largest total
loser HIS scale Of reduction Of twenty per cent
being the largest Of any In the company Rela-
lively the reduction means not so much TO him
~ to other smaller salaried employees. II is the
sririf Of cooperation that is sought TO be in
stiiled into every worker that We are chiefly
Interested in There are a fen great roads in
America that have taken an active interest in
their employees and the Southern system in re-
ennt years has been among the foremost.
While this one system has been forced to ask
tot the withdrawal Of several trains in diff
fcreni parts OF Its system. thus throwing out
Atf emp)eyrnent many Of its old and trusted
{ & 0rtsers. .ac high officials of the company
asa.so geek &c share the burden.
~5s The spectacle of The railroads appealing to
49, president to beseech the country for kinder