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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
ALCOHOL MOI AN AID.

The mother of young child should
not touch alcoholic liquor in any form
Alcohol is not food. 1t does not sup
ply to women the nOurishment OF
which at certain periods of their lives
they are in particular need. On the
contrary. the mother of a young child
who drinks alcoholic beverages. even
In their mildest forms-beer, ale and
stout, for instance -runs the risk of
absolutely cutting off the supply Of
food that nature intended an infant
to have. II the supply is not entirely
cut off the quality Is so impoverished
that the health OF the infant is ruined,
DR. J. Wallace Beverage, Cornell
University.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
Indian Leaend of interest.

When the Creek or Muskogee In
dams adopted into their tribe the rem
nants of other tribes which were
nearly extinct many superstitions
were found among them. One Of these
tribes was the Tuckabatches. Ths
legends Of the Creeks state that the
Tuckabatches brought with them sew
en- plates, the origin and object OF
which have puzzled scientific men
for centuries. The Tuckabatches
claim that these plates were given
them by their ancestors. They were
not to be handled by all persons, only
by particular men, and those chosen
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
THE END IN SIGHT.


THE END IN SIGHT.
Because the saloonkeeper lives and
thrives by the sale of liquor" might
well be the prelude to each paragraph
or the report of the investigation OF
dance halls In our large cities, show
ing them to be places OF fragrant i'm.
morality. With saloonkeepers as
chaperons. with long intermissions be-
tween dances for the sale OF drinks
and not a drop OF water available,
with liquor so accessible that It is al
most impossible for the victims to
resist, the so-called places OF recrea-
ton are veritable hotbeds of vice.
Because the saloonkeeper lives and
thrives by the sale OF liquor boys and
girls are being lured into these halls.
demoralized in mind and body and
rendered useless TO themselves and to
society Because the saloonkeeper
lives and thrives by the sale OF HQuor
society sustains each year vast loss
In efficiency OF it's members, in large
measure reduces the class from which
II may expect to secure It's future citi.
1NhSt anu huilihth Alt Nblh NldN IN
being carried on by its schools and
churches In the education OF its
youth.
Because the saloonkeeper lives and
thrives by the sale OF liquor the tax.
payer each year Is compelled TO pay
exorbltant taxes to meet the expenses
OF police courts, criminal courts, poor
houses, asylums. jails and peniten.
tiaries, rendered necessary by the To-
galized liquor traffic
And because the American voter on
election day says Let the traffic be
regulated and protected" the saloon.
keeper lives and thrives by the sale
OF liquor. AS long as enough voters
are willing that men should live and
thrive by drink-selling these condi.
lions Will continue. and no longer.
The number of voters who are not
willing are increasing every year!
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
SALOONS MAKE WOMEN LABOR.

Rather a grim bit of evidence con-
corning liquor selling is furnished by n
manufacturer. Seeking in a certain
neighborhood for a new situation for
his plant, he announced at the start
that he would consider only those
towns that license the sale Of liquor.
and would pledge themselves to con-
tinue to do so. The reason he gave
is that in no-llcense communities he
has found it impossible to get the nee
essary women and girl laborers. In
such communities women do not have
to go out to work. Exchange.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22

An experiment In growing COW peas
win corn on one Of the demonstra-
tlon farms. The peas will fatten
from six to 10 western lambs at q
proht Of $40 per acre.
Inc department was organized in
ISoo under the direction OF Prof. w. ].
Spilllnan or the United States depart
ihent OF agriculture, and f. B. Mum
iord' dean of the Missouri Agricultural
eollege' For four years It's work was
Sohnhed TO an accurate study OF local
farm conditions resume of the
Anolty problems OF the Missouri farm
OF ana how he could be best aided in
solving them.
Ihen when the force was thoroughly
conVersant with the star boarder"
arms OF the state and had planned an
eHlcieht campaign whose object was to
eIaulcate the evil features 1f the I'M
prohtable farm, they offered to help
lae general farmer re-map his systJm
VI management, his crop rotations, his
methods OF marketing his produce, and
" ADAPT his line of farming to the
region in which he resided.
oonhdenee In Organization Grows.
II was case OF FIRST come, first
seiFe'' and after these business man
"sement doctors had cured few Sc
we're cases Of "loafer" farms and made
mem profitable and more productive,
'-2pneations requesting aid came in
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
BY GEORGE III. DACY

funds being used to aid the depart
ment In its work.
Farmers Cooperate With Department.
After his farm has been inspected by
the department, In case member Of
the society follows out the suggestions
OF the experts (although he is not in
any way bound to carry out these sug-
gested changesl he becomes coop
orator. The majority Of the co-opern-
tors adhere strictly to the advice of
the department.
Each year the department selects
the best cooperative farm In each
county and makes It demonstration
farm which conducts local experiment
al work under the direction of the ex-
perts. In the case OF the demonstra-
ton farm, the department assumes the
initiative and devotes as much atten-
ton to the place as is necessary to
make 1t prominently successful, and
spares no pains in assisting the opera
tors of these farms to bring them to
the highest possible state Of fertility
and to the maximum point of profit
ableness.
On the other hand, co.operator must
take the initiative in all phases of his
work, although he receives aid and as
slstance from the department experts
when he stumbles onto knotty prob
lem. At present there are 70 co-opera-
tive and FIVE demonstration farms I'm
the state, and each summer, public
meetings are held on the places of the
demonstrators, where typical and IL
Illustrative results have been obtained.
Farmers from all parts of the coun-
try are invited to attend these meet
ings at which prominent agricultural
experts and authorities on farm man
agement discuss the various lines of
farming practiced in Missouri. At
noon, basket lunch is served by the
ladies of the county in which the gath
ering is held, and in the afternoon the
men visit each individual field, study
the crop, and informally discuss the
efficiency of the methods of seed bed
preparation, planting and cultivation
which have been practiced in the de-
velopment of this crop.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
Falls From Horse, Drowned.

Springfield.-Will Monaghan, farm.
err was found dead in Big Sac river.
north of Springfield, where he had
fallen from horse he was riding.
Monaghan was subject to epileptic
fits and it is believed was stricken
while riding. He was found 20 min
utes after he left his home by dep
uty sheriff who crossed the ford en-
route to Springfield. Monaghan was
drowned In nine inches of water.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22

Furthermore, II he made good on
his assertion he would win your ever
lasting gratitude and perhaps you
would recompense him with little
cash bonus. Now. this is just the OPP
portunity that the farm management
department of the Missouri Agricul-
tural college is offering to the farm
ers OF the "show me" state.
The department says: ASK for our
aid and we will show you how to tonic
your sickly bank accounts and how to
Increase the profits of every branch Of
your farm" Even the most skeptical
who, to begin with, made fun of the
proposition have been silenced because
the Missouri farm management depart
ment has made good on all its asser-
tons
Today some 500 local farmers are
annually recording greater profits on
the credit side of their ledgers as a
result of following the advice and
plans mapped out for them by the de-
partment.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
Oil Discovered Near Nevada.

Nevada.-Fresh impetus was added
TO the oil excitement in and around
Nevada, by the announcement that a
second well had been shot in the
southwest part of the county and that
will yield from s to % barrels of oil
daily. The explosion blew a mix
ture of oil and water 65 feet into the
air. 1t is slightly less than 100 feet
deep, and the drill passed through
26 feet of oil sand and was still in
1t when stopped to "shoot" the we'll
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Dealings only with indisputable
facts, and seeing the evidence before
our eyes, no man in his sane senses
would attempt to deny that Ashevllle
has prospered under total abstainers.
II the question were put to a vote,
the Citizen has no doubt OF what the
verdict would be, for when prosperity
comes in at the front door It IS folly
TO kick II out at the back-Ashcyilla
IN c. Citizen.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22

works according to the theory that IL
you cannot bring the farmers wife to
the college ti.en take the college and
science to the kitchen of the house
wife.
She plans out the management OF
each home as practically and systemat-
ically as the home pocketbook will per-
nit
The Missouri farm management de-
partment also maintains farm &C.
counting branch which teaches the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
Pastors Daughter Tried for Murder.

Sedalia.-Mrs. Lenora Evans, 27
years old, the daughter of a Morgan
county minister, is on trial here
charged with murder in the first de-
gree She, Sept. 10, engaged in a
pistol duel with her husband, William
Evans, at a resort where he was In
the company of another woman. He
was called from the house by Mrs.
Evans and both began shooting.
Evans was killed and his wife
wounded
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
MANUFACTURERS, DESIRE.

! want to urge upon the association
the necessity Of closer organization
for the purpose OF educating recruits
to our business.-Presiden Farlcy,
head Of the National liquor Dealers
Association
Why not say in plain English to get
busy and organize to make drunkards
OF boys and girls American Issue.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22

Columbia.--"The Missouri Penlten-
tiary of jefferson City is 25 years be,
hind the times 1t is a source Of
shame to al! Mlssourians" That is
the sense of a statement on the Mis-.
souri, penitentiary by DR.. c. A. ELI
wood, professor OF sociology in tie
University Of Missouri
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
Good Work Wins Freedom.

Jefferson City. - Gov Major has
granted road paroles" to two
St. Louis convicts, each having
gained thirty days off on his sentence
by willing and effective work on the
public highways last August
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
So Does Credit.
Money honks.-Life.

'Llght-haired people, it is said, as a
rule live longer than those having
dark hair."-Dublin Evening Mail.
Remember this when choosing a
father-in-law, or dyeing your hair
London Opinion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
Better EARLY.

"Your salary isn't enough to sup
port my daughter" I'm glad you've
come to that conclusion so early, sir"
Boston Transcript.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
BE CONSISTENT.

IL you support the saloon with your
ballot to be consistent you ought to.
support II with your boy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22

+ you were a countryman
whose farm was not pay
ing very well and an ag-
ricultural expert came
along and said: Let me
show you how you can
double and triple your
present income;" II the
man looked sane and In
telligent, you would doubt
less lump at the chance.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22

like hot cakes from countrymen in all
portions of the state
AS an illustration of what these ex.
pert farm managers could accomplish
in rehabilitating a good farm which
was run down, due to Encouragement,
take the case of Jim" Brown, who was
considered one of the best farmers in
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-01-22
temperance
e 3aaG

Conducted by the National woman's
Christian Temperance Union)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-18
NOIt,SENSE
IN TAKING CALOMEL

Dodson's Liver Tone will fix up your
liver safely and won't knock you out"
day. A man feels very little like
working and a child don't want to 90
to school when bilious or constipated.
If you try calomel to cure you the
chances are that you will be so weak
ened by its after-effects that you will
be laid up for two or three days more.
So we say Don't take Calomel." You
can get perfect remedy to take the
place of calomel at Fields Co. Inc,
that is guaranteed to relieve constipa-
ton and liven up the liver Just as
quickly as calomel, but without any of
the bad after-effects of calomel. The
name of this medicine is Dodson's
Liver Tone. 1t is a pleasant tasting
vegetable tonic that mildly stimulates
the liver and causes it to work just
right without any danger of salvation.
If it doesn't fully satisfy you, you may
have your money back from the store
where you bought Dodson's.
Remember the store-FieId's.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-18

tors ii there was anything / could
take to help me and they said there
was nothing that they knew of. / am
thankful for such good medicine and
win always give it the highest praise. I"
Mrs. C. H. GRIFFITH, 1905 Madison
Ave, Cleveland, Ohio.
Hanover, Pa.-"I suffered from fe-
male trouble and the pains were so bad
at times that could not sit down. The
doctor advised severe operation but
my husband got me Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and / experienced
great relief in short time. Now l feel
like new person and can do hard
days work and not mind it. What joy
and happiness it is to be well once more.
/ am always ready and willing to speak
a good word for the Compound. Mrs.
ADA WILT, 1876 Stock St, Hanover, Pa.
II there are any complications you
do not understand write to Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co. (c0nfldentiaD
Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman and
held In strict confidence.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-18

days of your manhood to comfort and
sustain you"
Old Mans face was lighted by his
thoughts of the brave days when he
knew War, and as he set one foot be-
fore the other he chuckled and struck
his thigh with his hand, and mumbled
in his beard: Il mind now that War
is the great thing
But then there came on the highway
called Life, Woman, who had borne
IONS that War had destroyed, and
daughters who had wept upon their
skirts for their husbands that War
had torn from them; Woman, who had
dried the tears of orphans War had
made. and stanched the blood of
wounds that War had given Woman,
who had mourned Wars dead, and
starved that War might eat.
And Woman saw War and asked him
nothing, but fed, shrieking, away from
him on the highway, called Life; and
as Woman fed from him War was
silent, for he had no words to speak.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-18
IF BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS BOTHER.
EAT LESS MEAT ALSO TAKE
GLASS OF SALTS BEFORE.
EATING BREAKFAST.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; set
sluggish, ache, and feel liks humps Of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder is irritated, and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the
kidneys clog you must help them flush
off the body's urinous waste or you'll
be real sick person shortly. At first
you feel dull misery in the kidney
region, you suffer from backache, sick
headache, dizziness, stomach gets sour.
tongue coated and you feel rheumatic
twinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water.
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces Of Jad Salts; take tablespoon
full in a glass Of water before breakfast
for q few days and your kidneys VIII
then act fine. This famous salts / g
made from the acid of grapes and lem
on juice, combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to clean
clogged kidneys and stimulate them to
normal activity, also to neutralize the.
acids in urine, SO it no longer is q
source OF irritation. thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Sal-s is inexpensive, cannot in
Jure; makes delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep
the kidneys clean and active. Drug
gists here say they sell lots of Jad
salts to folks who believe in overcom-~
ing kidney trouble while it is only
trouble.
The Century Lrus Store sells Jad
Salts.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-18
To ADOPT
WAR MEASURES

Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 1S.-In accord
ance with the decision reached by the
government two weeks ago the Domin-
ion parliament assembled in special
session today to deal with the war sit
uation. The lawmakers will be asked
to vote the funds needed to raise and
equip force of from 10000 to 10000
men and If necessary dispatch them
to Join the British armies on the Con-
tinent of Europe. AS Canada's revenue
has been falling and as borrowing in
England is impossible, it is expected
the government will bring in a meas
ure imposing special war taxes for the
expenses of the Canadian contingent.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-18
NOTHING SOFT ABOUT
/ WAR WRITER'S lob
SPENDS MOST OF TIME IN JAIL
AND FURNISHING
ALIBIS.

London, Aug. 1S.-The following ex-
tracts from a private letter received
from an English correspondent with
the Belgian forces give an idea of the
difficulties of war correspondents un-
der modern conditions.
II am having a dash of time with
these military blighters here. Most
of my afternoons and evenings are
spent in jail. / have a pass from the
Belgian war Office, with my photo at
tached, and countersigned by the gen.
eral staff; but the trouble is that no
one apparently will recognize it. It's
pure bluff and not worth the paper
it's written on.
ALSO, the peasants who are too in
firm to go to the front and the young
sters of every village throughout Bel
GUM have turned themselves into
police force. If you try 10 go any.
where outside Of Brussels in an auto.
mobile you are held up, searched and
asked to show your papers.
Stopped So Times a Day.
Yesterday, two Belgian journalists
and myself, went to Namur and Dinant,
journey of about eighty miles, hop
ing to discover the whereabouts of
friends. l kept a record and found
that we were stopped fifty-two times
On reaching Namur, on our way back,
despite our official papers we were ar
rested as spies, dragged off by a band
of ferocious soldiers to military head
quarters and followed by a savage
mob anxious to lynch us. We were
kept there some time before being
released. When we got to the office
of the commandant we found a London
Times man already there, a prisoner.
THE most dangerous part of the
game Is that the average peasant is
armed with rusty blunderbuss, and
carries one along the roads in the
country.
Can't Read His Passports.
They cannot even read and official
papers mean nothing to them. For
them everything not wearing a Bel
gian uniform is German spy.
Some Belgian officers are little bet
ter than these ignorant peasants Let
me give you an example, yesterday
on leaving Namur on our way to Brus-
sells three officers asked for lift as
far as the aerodrome. Anxious to
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-18

new-plan corn cure. Nothing can be
simpler for the cure of corns-and it
never fails. That's why millions of
people are using "GETSIT" today
and throwing away their fussy plas-
terers. sticky tape, toe-eating salves.
and wrapping outfits" that make a
bundle around the toe and choke it
into pain by pressing either on or
around the corn. There is nothing to
stick to your stocking, nothing to
cause Inflammation or rawness, moth.
ing to press on or around the corn.
You apply it in 2 seconds. No more
knives, razors, scissors or files, with
their blood-poison dangers. Try
"GETsIT' for that corn, callus. wart
or bunion.
"GETS-IT' is sold by druegists
everywhere, 25c bottle, Or sent direci
by E. Lawrence & Co. Chicago, II
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-18
WAR
New York SUM-

New York Sum-
War sat on high place near the
city named Earth, where all who
passed along the highway called Life
could see him as they went on their
journeys. Among those who took
their eyes from the ground was King.
When he saw War, he stopped.
who are you that sits beside the
highway of Life?" asked King.
War answered:
Il am Power and Dominion, and
Pride. l am the maker and unmaker
of dynasties. l set up and pull down
the rulers of Earth, the great city in
which you dwell. By me wealth and
strength are apportioned, dishonor is
redeemed, right is made plain, and
justice is DONE"
So King went his way, thinking,
War is good
Soon there came Young Man, and
he, too, asked who War was.
War said:
81 am Adventure and Daring, Bold
ness and Hardihood. l bestow renown
and distinction on men, Those who
follow me grow brave of spirit and
hard of body. They learn the happi-
ness that comes from ardent toll, the
joy that is born of struggle. The PEG.
pie of Earth look with greatest favor
on those who enroll themselves in my
record book, and reward them with
the first consideration"
Young Man whistled as he followed
the highway called Life, and cried
aloud: War is nobel"
Next Old Man, weak of sight and
hard of hearing, peered at War and
said: who are you, up there?"
To Old Man, War replied:
Il am Memory and the Thoughts o.
yesterday. 1t was l who filled YOU
heart with friends and clothed you
mind with the good memorials Of ,
glorious past took from you you
arm, but in its place l gave you some
thing far better-the service of dc
voted friend, By me you were mad
poor in pocket, to beg your bread q
you walked the highway called Lift
but in exchange gave you the gres
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-18
SUMMER COUGHS ARE
DANCE FERGUS

Summer colds are dangerous. They
Indicate low vitality and often lead to
serious Throat and Lung Troubles, in.
luding Consumption. DR.. Kings New
Discovery will relieve the cough or
old promptly and prevent compiled
tons. 1t is soothing and antiseptic
md makes you feel better at once
TO delay is dangerous-ge bottle
Of DR.. Kings New Discovery at once
Money back II not satisfied. soc ant
MOO bottles at your Druggist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-18
AT ONCE! CLOGGED NOSTR|LS Open.
HEAD COLDS AND CATARRH VANISH

balm dissolves by the heat of the mes.
trils; penetrates and heals the IL
famed. swollen membrane which lineal
the nose. head and throat; clears the
air passages; stops nasty discharges.
and a feeling OF cleansing. soothing,
relief comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight Struggling
for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils.
closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrk
or a cold, with its running nose. fouR
mucous dropping into the throat, and
raw dryness is distressing but truly
needless.
Put your faitn-just once--in "ElyS
Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh
will surely disappear.