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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-07-17
KEEP BOWEL MOVE
MENT DEnITI

MENT REGULAR.
DR.. Kings New Life Pills keep
stomach. liver and kidneys in heal
thy condition. Rid the body Of
poisions and waste. Improve you
COMPLEXION by flushing the liver
and kidneys. IL got more relief
from one box vf DR.. Kings New
Life Pills than any medicine | ever
tried" says c. E. Hatfield of
Chicsgo, III. 25c.. at your Drug
gist.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
HAPPENINGS ADJOINING
AUDRAIN

Alex Wernert of Louisiana is
home from the county fairs with
his race horses. The horses are
now sick with shipping fever y
it is said. Usually it is the own
ers of the horses who are sick.
There is a scarcity of school
teachers in Lincoln county. A
number of schools not yet open
ed; directors not able to secure
teachers.
Miss Lou Pollard at Richmond
donated a drinking fountain to
the Baptist church. During the
late hot weather it was used ap-
preciably.
Nellie Harris of Curryville is a
plucky school girl. She stuck a
nail in her foot, from which she
suffered intensely, but her
friends brought her to school in
conveyance until she succeed
ed in getting crutches so that she
could go to school on them.
Lake Williams, a colored man,
driving a freight wagon at Sham
rock, fell in with a band of
Gypsies and some of them got on
his wagon with him and-fore
he knew it-picked his pocket of
$35. Gypsies arrested and the
negro S money returned except
So. He paid for his experience
and the officers wanted a little
rake-off also.
A serious accident occurred at
{. A. Bibb' s near Watson, near
Bowling Green, recently, the pole
to which was attached a heavy
dinner bell falling and striking
Irene, their 13-year-old daughter,
rendering her unconscious and
breaking her right arm ins two
places.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
OAKLAND STOCK FARM.

Weather very fine, everything
growing.
The ladies of Trinity church
cleared at the Black sale $l7.95.
Frank Summers came home the
10th on business and returned to
Central college, Fayette, the 21st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker of Mar
tinsburg and Mrs. Hughs of Mex
leo visited F. T. Harris family
Wednesday.
j. j. Quinlan and family en-
joyed visit last week from the
only relative he has in this coun-
try, beside brothers and sisters,
Mrs. Smith of New York.
Mrs. John Kicker and Mrs. Hat
tie McHughe visited Cliff Harris
and wife last Wednesday.
Silo filling is thru with in this
vicinity; farmers are getting
ready to SOW wheat.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
SAID OF FORMER
MEXICO man

DR.. III. NJ. Hamill, of Nashville,
Tenn, was elected president of
the International Sunday School
Association at the Worlds Sunday
School Convention held in Chi
cago this summer. Prof. Hamll
was formerly at the head of
schools in Mexico and Louisiana.
This is an excerpt from a letter
written by Mrs. .Sallie Milroy Cary
of Chicago to a schoolmate Mt
Louisiana, Mo-:
II had the pleasure this
summer of meeting our old
superintendent, ii. NJ. Hamill.
We stood in line with five thous-
and Sunday school men. The
bands played Onward, Christian
Soldiers during the march and
when reaching the head of the
line where stood Rev. Hamill, the
bands played Dixie in compliment
to the old Confederate soldier, who
is chaplain general of the Confed~
crate Veterans, and on that day
elected president of the Interna-
tional Sunday School Conven-
tion-the cheering and applause
were deafening. When it all sub
sided | was glad to take his hand
and recall memories of the old
Louisiana school and he seemed
equally glad to see me-"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
CAN ALL YOU
CAN CAN

When so much is being writ
ten and said about "The woman
in the home, and how to keep her
there, the consideration of put
ting back into the home indus
tries which are fast slipping away
is not inopportune.
Miss Bah Bell, Woman S
Lecturer for the Missouri State
Board of Agriculture, urges that
the woman in the country in par
ticular can her fruits and vege-
tables rather than buy these
goods canned.
Many women overlook the fact
that vegetables and fruits canned
fresh from the vines and trees
have, as a rule, a better flavor
than the common commercially
canned product. This is not the
only fact worthy of coHsidera-
ton. Counting labor, fuel and
all other items which go to make
the expense of an article, goods
can be canned in the home more
the estate, valued at the time of
cheaply than they can be pur-
chased canned.
There is an annual waste from
our gardens and orchards
amounting to several millions of
dollars. The quantity purchased
each year by the average family
is about one-fourth of that wasted
annually on the average farm. If
this waste could be saved, the
housewife could not only supply
the family with the necessary
fruits and vegetables in their
very best canned form, but
|syould also net for herself neat
income should She market Tie
over-supply. Farm marketing
and home conservation are is
sues appealing for solution to-
day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING

The annual business meeting
of the Santa Fe Christian church
will be held Saturday, October
10th, beginning at 10 a. m.
Basket dinner at the church. Re-
ports from all departments of the
church work. Election of Off
GERS. Plans for next year. Roll
call of members. Every member
of the church is urged to attend
this meeting. Any member who
cannot be present is asked to
send a message expressing his or
her continued interest i'll the
work of the congregation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
DIED IN MEXICO
While on Visit to Her Daughter
Here, Mrs. Taft.

Mrs. Susan NJ. Upton, 61 years
old, wife of S. p. Upton of Far
Der, died in Mexico last Thursday
while on visit to her daughter
here, Mrs. f. R. Taft. She was
i'll about two weeks. The body
was shipped to her home in Far
ber, funeral held at the Metho-
dist church in that city Friday
afternoon. Besides the husband
she is survived by three daugh-
ters-Mrs. Il. r. Taft, of Mexico,
and Mrs. w. Ii. Bedler and Miss
Freddy Upton of Farber.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
A LIVE CHURCH

Union Christian Church at
Rush Hill is one of the very live
religious organizations of the
county. They had a very happy
revival a few months ago, and
they are now talking of building
a new house of worship.
By invitation j. c. Mundy and
Judge Alex Carter addressed this
congregation Sunday afternoon.
A representative of the Message
was present, and we enjoyed the
speeches and visit very much.
Rev. +. w. Leonard is the pastor.
They have live Bible school ;
7S enrolled last Sunday. Will
Doolin is superintendent. H.
Armstrong is his secretary; l.. II.
Sims, treasurer; Miss Grace
Knoebel, organist. The teachers
are: Val Erdel, Mrs. H. Arm
strong, Mrs. T. J. Lower, Pauline
Miller, Mrs. l.. F. Perry and Phil.
ip Melahn.
This church and its teachers
believe that the boys and girls
who come out from our Sunday
schools are the hope of oul
country.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
Some Views and and Interviews
s+s.s****s***

G. III. Sharp: | have a farm
one mile south of Santa Fe. Ny
little son, Eugene, is my main
helper. | think Eugene will stick
to the farm all right; he likes it
and that's the good point about it,.
Henry Youngblood: MY health
has not been good for quite II
while. Have quit all medicines,
pastries and biscuits and stick to
Graham bread; drink more H2O
than | ever did-none of us ever
drink too much Of that. Am put
ting up strong fight and expect
to be about in this world good
while yet.
L. w. Jones: | have sold out
my interests at Santa Fc and have
moved to Mexico again. You
can't keep me away from this
good town.
Philip Shire: Tell that fellow
Hook of the Auxvasse Review that
the fabrication is his my young
frogs are not dead; they're COM
inc fine, The drOuth didn't hurt
them and these fall rains are war
ranted to grow wool on their
backs a yard wide.
j. S. Wilson: I've taken one
of Audrain's good women, Mrs.
p. d. Wilkins, for my wife. We
will live at Warsaw, Mo-, where l
have a farm and other good prop
erty. | was reared here and shall
always hold a warm place in my
heart for Audrain. Wilson town
ship was named for my grand
father. My brother, S.W. Wilson,
lives southeast of Mexico.
J. B. Shroll: Formerly from
Audrain my home for 20 years
has been at Fitzgerald, Georgia. l
am So years young and like the
South. The race question with US
is ever a stirring issue. The ne
groes, except very few, do not
vote any more in Southern States.
The whites control resistration and
have the books on them.
GA. Edison: Mrs. Edison and /
are alone on the farm now. Our
daughter, Emma, has been with
the Busy Bee in Mexico for three
years and Frank Edison is a street
car conductor in St. Louis. We
enjoy the visits of the Message
every week; it is the best paper OF
them all.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
Brown -Donnelly Wedding

Mr.. Harry Winfield Brown, a
popular c. & A. conductor, and
Miss Mayme Donnelly, the
charming daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Donnelly, were mar
ried last evening at the home of
Father j. j. Dillon, the officiating
minister. The happy couple have
the congratulations of a large cir
Gle of friends and acquaintances.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
MR.. HANCoCK'S WILL

The will of j. w. Hancock,
who died recently near Laddo-
MIA, has been filed for probate.
The widow gets one-third of the
estate and the remainder is left
to four sons--Rex, Roy, Romeo
and Ray. The two oldest sons,
Rex and Ray, are named as exc
cutors.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

A sad occurrence took place
here Monday morning, remarks
the Bowling Green Times. A fel-
low loaded with a cargo of red
liquor that made his legs wabbly,
his eyes blurred and his tongue
thick, arrived here from Louisi-
ana, bound for the dry territory
Of Audrain. He was happy in
his befuddled condition until he
started to walk to the depot,
when he, by some unaccountable
means, dropped his bottle on the
sidewalk and he saw the visions
Of the sobering-up dram go to
waste. He looked wistfully at
the contents as it spread out in
the dust, hove a sigh and pro-
ceeded, mumbling something that
would not look well in print. 1t
was a sad moment for him, but
he'll get over tiff he stays iu
dry territory long enough.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
RUSH HILL
Mrs. Eckler Dead-Judge Car
ter's Speech-Live Stock
Notes

Rush Hill, Mo-, Sept. 2S.-Jim
Diggs filed his silo last week.
Stored 100 acres of corn therein.
Lutte DiggS filled his new silo.
A large acreage of wheat is be-
ing sown. Chas. Maxwell will
sow so acres, Homer Anderson so
Baehr Bros, about 40 acres,
acres, Dick Thomas GO acres,
Henry Stuart 100 acres, and f.
S. Norris 100 acres.
j. r.. Thomas made his cane
crop up into molasses and sold
the sweetness out to his neigh
bors as fast as it came from the
mill
j. {. and C.. +. Maxwell loaded
two ears of wheat last week. j..
p. Harper shipped a load of hogs.
Joe Mongler received a car of
cattle from st. Louis which he
will put on feed. G.. f. Maxwell
has a car of COWS and heifers on
feed. Lutte Diggs is feeding 122
steers. jim DiggS has $50 cattle
on feed. r. p. Brown has 200 cat To-
tie on feed. Jack Brown is
feeding $50 cattle.
r. p. Brown has finished filing
two silos. Jack Brown filed two
silos II. c. Beckman has a new
tile silo, filled with feed. Otto
Erlick has "A new tile silo, filed.
Erisman Bros. filled their silo and
are buying calves to feed.
Ed Crooks has finished drilling
deep we'll on his farm. Will
drill one on DR.. w. f. Cornett s
farm. Completed one for Azdell
Bros. Went down 165 feet, and
there is a flow of 10 gallons OF
water per minute
A. Mudd is planning to move
to Joplin. f. |. Hagan says he
will have a sale and thinks he
will move to California. Mrs
Martin of Amanda, Cah., is visit
ing her daughter here, Mrs. Otto
Alderman. Mrs. Bradley, also Of
california, is visiting her brother
Harry Armstrong, and other
relatives. Mrs. Albert Bradley
also of the Golden State, is visit.
ing c. H. Bradley's family. Mrs
Allen is very i'll. Born to Harvey
Summers and wife, last Wednes
day, daughter. Ed. Crooks
mule team ran away and Mr.
Crooks and his wife were throwr
from the wagon. Ed. has sine,
had lame foot and is sporting :
cane. Chas. hepllnger and wlt'
have moved here from st. Louis
Mr.. Keplinger is a carpenter anC
contractor. He is very usefu
| fellow. He is a graduate of J
Bible Training school in st
Louis and has organized an inter
esting class here.
Mrs. Eckler, over 80 years old
died Saturday night at the HON
of her daughter, Mrs. Wilbu
Shoup, where she had made he
home for several years.
Judge Alex Carter made
speech here Sunday Afternoon
favoring the County Unit Law
Many say it was the best argu
ment against the saloon they eve
heard.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
MRS. WHITE DEAD

Mrs. s.Theresa White, Il years
old, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. d. w. Dearinger,
last Friday. The body was taken
to Bellfower for burial.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01
MYSTERY CHILD
wins SUIT
Camped With Soldiers When a
Child in the Vicinity Of Mexico

Final settlement has been made
in the estate of John Butler, 'one
of the wealthiest inhabitants of
Boone county, long known as the
King of Blackfoot, and Mrs.
samuel Vantine of Paris, Mo-,
the lost daughter of Butler, has
received from the Probate Court,
$1,000 as her share.
A suit to break her fathers S
will, which made no mention of
her, and claiming one-sixth of
Buffers death at $150,000 filed
by Mrs. Vantine after a long in
vestigation to establish her iden-
tity, has been fought thru the
courts since 1908.
Evidence taken in court re-
vealed that Mrs. Vantine was the
daughter of Jane Gordon, But
er's first wife, whom he married
shortly before the Civil War
Butler, in a fit of anger, caused
by his finding a mouse in a jar of
milk, drove his wife from his log
cabin home and a few weeks
later, while she was staying with
family in Sturgeon, Mo-, a
baby girl now Mrs. Vantine, was
born to her. She was afraid to
return to her husband, and
wandered about making a living
for her baby and herself as best
she could, taking shelter for a
time with an army camp, at
which time the baby became the
pet iof the regiment.
SGle gave the child to Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. 7. Wetmore of Paris,
No., who adopted her. In the
meantime, her husband had left
his other children with relatives
and joined the army. When he
returned after the war, he could
find no trace of his wife, and
married again without obtaining
a divorce.
The second wife lived only a
few years. Butler married again.
He divorced his third wife and
made the fourth venture, this
time marrying a Roman Catholic,
who succeeded i'll converting him
TO her faith. Religion had been
one of his chief differences with
his first wife, for he was an ex-
treme Protestant and she was a
devout Catholic.
The proof in identifying Jane
Gordon, by which name she was
always known after Butler drove
her away, as the mother of Mrs.
Nantine, was by scar on her
arm, mark resulting from a
wound suffered when Butler
Knocked her into a fire place and
her arm was severely burned.
Mrs. Wetmore testified that the
mother of her foster child had
such scar.
There was a tragic instance in
the life of the child when a man
was murdered because her foster
parents refused to give her back
TO her mother.
Two soldiers went to Wet
nore's carriage factory to xii
nm, but shot a man named
Workman, who happened to b'
there, by mistake.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Rev. j. d. Greer, of Mexico,
closed a very successful revival
meeting at the Middletown
Christian church recently. A
large number united with the
church. Bro. Greer has a lecture
he delivers occasionally on
"Home Problems, or How to Get
Married and Stay Married.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Miss Mildred Stephens, the
bright young daughter of Jap
Stephens, the auctioneer, at
Martinsburg, is a student in the
Mexico High School.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

j. C. King, the groceryman,
had large crowds last Friday and
Saturday at his Pure Food Show.
There were interesting demon
strations and souvenirs given
away.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

j. c. Jesse and family, who
spent the summer in this county
among relatives, have gone back
to Artesia, n. NJ. Mr.. Jesse has
job with a large grocery and
merchandise store there.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Elmer Cunningham and wife
and daughter. and Mrs. G. E.
Younger spent the day with Mrs,
Fannie Roberts, near Mexico,
Sunday. They made visit at
the old Lickridge cemetery also,
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Judge w. w. Fry, Jr., of this
city, was reelected a member of
the General Council, from the
.11th General Judicial District, at
the State Bar Association in st,
Louis last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

j. j. F. Johnson got a verdict
in the Circuit Court last week for
1921 against j. w. Woodbridge.
The controversy was over a car
of potatoes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Mr.. William Anderson Of Mex
leo and Miss Nettie C. Bicl1el of
Laddonia were united in mar
riage by Judge w. w. Bolts last
week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Rev. F. A. Andrews, pastor of
the Santa Fe Christian church,
paid the Message a pleasant call
Monday,
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Bess Bright, a negress, was
fined 5000 in the City Court last
Thursday for bootlegging.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

ranch Cason, colored, caught p
IAe OF $500 and costs in the City
,onrt last week for violating the
local option law.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Judge G. G. Bledsoe is sowing
120 acres of wheat on his farm
near Thompson.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Will White and Elwood
Crump, negroes, plead guilty to
petit larceny in the Circuit
Court last week. Fined $40 and
costs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

There will be pie supper at
inc Dye school house Saturday
night Oct. 3rd. Everyone cor
daily invited.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Mrs. S. Z. Carter, north of
Mexico, is visiting Ed. Patterson
and wife at Keokuk, Iowa.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

Mrs. Allie Luckie is in hos
pllaI IN st. Louis for treatment,
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-10-01

L. F. Austin is in New York
with a car of poultry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-21
Nearing Warsaw

This is only the beginning of the
great battle for Warsaw from which
the Germans are now only So miles or
less. Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
however, expects stern resistance
which the strongly reinforced Russian
army is certain to offer to his further
advance, protected by the Vistuia
river, which the Germans have been
unable to cross. The Russians are con-
tinuing their operations against East
Prussia as if the capital of Poland
were not threatened, and by counter
attacks are attempting to throw off
the Austro- German attacks in Galicia.
An Austrian sortie in force from
Przemysl, according to the Russian
statement, has entirely failed AMI
there as well as at other points,
prisoners and guns were taken.
The offensive operations of the AL
lies in the West are being carried out
under conditions of siege warfare and
are being stubbornly opposed by the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-21

London, Dec. 20.-(9.35 P. M
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's
army, which is advancing on Warsaw
over wide front between the Wis.,
tula and the Pilica rivers and which
on Friday occupied Lowicz, reached
on Saturday the new Russian posi-
tions along the Bzura river and south
ward to Rawa, with the result that
another big battle is In progress.
THE Russians retired across the
Buzura river, destroying the bridges
behind them and two German detach-
ments which followed over partly
burned bridge were attacked and are
said to have been annihilated, SO sur
vivors being taken prisoners.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-21
CHURCHILL DECL ARES CERMANY'S
HATRED SHOWN AT SCARBOROUGH
ATTACK IS MEASURE OF her FEAR

ing calculation to the winds, of STRAIT
egists who have lost their sense of
proportion, of schemers who have
ceased to balance loss and gain.
Practically the whole of the fast
cruiser force of the German navy in
Guiding some great ships that are vi
tai to their fleet and utterly fireplace
able, have been risked for the pass
ing pleasure of killing as many Eng
lish people as possible irrespective of
sex, age or condition, in the limited
time available.
ITO this act of military and politi-
cal folly they were impelled by vio-
lence of feelings which could find no
other vent This should confirm us
in our course. Their hate is a meas
ure of their fear. Its senseless ex-
pressions is proof of their impotence
and of the seal of their dishonor.
"Whatever feats of arms the Ger
man navy may hereafter perform the
stigma of baby killers of Scarborough
will brand it's officers and men while
sailors sail the seas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-21
KINGS OF DENMARK, SWEDEN
and NORWAY AGREE upon A
COMBINATION or INTERESTS

Stockholm, Via London, Dec 90
King Christian of Denmark, King
Gustave of Sweden and King Haakon
of Norway, who with their foreign
ministers met in conference at NAL
mos Friday and Saturday to formu-
late a plan designed to combine their
respective interests during the war.
reached an agreement on the special
questions raised. The communication
in substance follows:
The meeting of the three monarchs
was inaugurated Friday with a
speech by King Gustave, who alluded
to the unanimous desire of the king
doms of the North to preserve their
neutrality and pointed to the desir
ability of limited corporation between
the kingdoms As safeguard to their
common interekts. He said that when
he invited the monarchs of Norway
and Denmark To meet him he was i'm
pressed with a deep sense of the re-
sponsibility which would be incurred
in relation to the present and the fu-
ture information any measure that
would contribute to the welfare of
the three peoples were neglected.
Kings Haaken and Christian replied,
testifying to their sincere joy at the
initiative of King Gustave and ex.-
pressing their hopes that the con-
ference would bring good and happy
results for the three peODleS
The elaboration of the monarchs
and ministers consolidated the good
relations among the three kingdoms
and also enabled an agreement to be
reached on the special questions rails
ed 1t was finally agreed to pursue
the co-opecation SO happily begun and
to arrange, when circumstances
should require. for fresh meetings be-
tween representatives of the three
governments.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-21

London, Dec. 2O.-S,S0 P. M.-Win-
ston Spencer Churchill, First Lord of
the Admiralty, in letter to the may
or of Scarborough, in which he ex-
pressed the sympathy of himself and
of the navy at the losses sustained
through the German bombardment OF
Scarborough and disappointment over
the escape of the German warships,
says
1--WE await with patience the oppor-
tunity that will surely come. But,
viewed in it's larger aspect, the incl
dent is one of the most instructive
and encouraging that has happened
in the war Nothing proves more
plainly the effectiveness of the Brl-
fish naval pressure than the frenzy
of hatred aroused against 1T in the
breasts of the enemy.
This hatred has already passed the
frontiers of reason. 1t clouds their
vision; it darkens their counsels, ana
il convulses their movement. we see
a nation of military calculators throw