Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-01
COUNTY NEWS


Mrs. Virginia Baker of Louisiana
is visiting friends in Mexico.
Ivan Ashworth is home from
Springfield, ILL.,, where he attended
the State Fair.
Mrs. Montgomery has returned to
her home here with her daughter,
Mrs. Jas. Stevenson, after an extend
ed visit at Norborne, Mo.
Philip Shire, the champion frog rails
Ell of Audrain county, hands out the
following dope: Next seasons crop
of frog legs will be short. Frogs that
came to life four years ago had no
opportunity to learn how to swim on
account of the continued drouth. The
sudden rise from the late rains
caught the frogs in the beds of the
streams and being unable to swim
they were drowned. Some people
won't believe it when we state hat
the fish had to use their fins during
the dry weather to keep the dust out
of their eyes," Oh, Phil, where do you
expect to go to when you die ?-Aux-
vase Review.
Nh. and Mrs. ]. w. Million inform
ally entertained the Hardin College
faculty Monday evening.
Bess Bright, a young negro wom-
an, was fined 5000 in the Police
Court, Thursday morning, for boot
logging. Perry Spurs, a negro man,
was on trial Thursday afternoon or
the charge of ~bootlegging. The jury
in the case is composed of W. B. Free
man, W. /. Paul, E. o. Morris, Jacob
Atchison, James Towson and ]. B..
Slavens.
Spurs was found not guilty.
The executors of the estate Of the
late Judge Hy. F, Pieper at st.
Charles last week paid $14,622.38,
which will be turned over to the
State University, this being the
amount of the inheritance tax due on
the estate.
A couple of Rails county men were
recently fined $1,000 for violating the
local option law
The will of ]. W. Hancock, who
died at Laddonia, was admitted for
probate, the Audrain County Pro
bate Court Thursday afternoon. Mr.
Hancock leaves an estate valued al
about $4,000, one-third of which
goes to his wife and the remainder
to his five sons, Rex, Ray, Roy, Ralph
!. and Romeo. Rex and Roy Hancock
are named as executors.
Three octogenarians, Uncle MAJ
Sutton, of Curryville, Mr.. Sutton, O.
Farber and B. R. Franklin, of Laddo'
MIA, met the other day at the home
of VIM. Franklin, southeast of Lad
donia. Their combined ages are %;
years.
Henry Schiable departed for De
i Rio, Texas, after visiting his mother
y Mrs. Mary Schiable, and other rela
tives.
y Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Cauthorn arr
y home from Springfield, where they a
. tended the State Fair.
D Mrs. M. H. Murphy went to Kansa
City Friday.
Russell Moore of Columbia was i
IS Mexico Friday.
G. T. Elliott returned from Spring
: field Friday morning.
F. A. Sannebeck has purchased
Hudson light six.
Mrs. Allie Luckie went to st. Lou
Friday to consult a physician. Sh
J was accompanied by Miss Virginia E
4, wards.
u H. E. Christup, whose meat ma
ket at Laddonia was destroyed b
fire, was in Mexico Thursday havin
the insurance adjusted.
VIM. j.. Briscoe and wife, old res
I'd dents of Rails county, were marie
81 a last week. He has been
r. active member of the Baptist chur'
k for more than 60 years.
The 5-year-old daughter of Roy M
" Cardie and wife, residing near Do
ep er, had her hand between the knuc
st les and wrist all but severed on Sc
TENDER IA, when a window sash fl
on it.
ne Rev. E. B. Carter, a Method
" minister who preached in this pa
ke of the State a number of years az
RS. died recently at his home in KIRK
ie' vile, aged SO years.
-, From 500 to 800 delegates from
Baptist Churches of Missouri will
be tend the annual convention of
EN- Missouri Baptist General Assent
~ to be held in Columbia next mon
wn The convention will last four da
IS, the first session being on October
lk- Only once before has Columbia emit
tanned this body; that was sevente
lis years ago.
uld Mrs. H. j. Waters, wife OF Dc
r. Waters, of the Kansas State Agrlc
tural College, passed through Nj
on leo, Thursday en- route to Vandalla
!. visit Mr.. Waters mother.
~ Miss Alicia Mason is home from
will lumbia where she visited friends.
ice. Mrs, W. W. Fry and Miss l.