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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11

commercial and manufacturing huc9'
THE tome Of the stock market mas
been satisfactory IN the main IN
dustrials have shown some strength
and the international list has held up
well. Selling FOR foreign account was
larger iu the latter part ~ the month
but the menace n a dumping Of Amer
lean securities 10y European holders
has virtually disappeared. Invest
mcut buying ~ approved securities 10y
our own people promises 10 be much
larger.
There was some purchasing "
rails and equipment by the railroads
iu the fore part Of the month. hut buy
ing on large scale IS yet 10 come.
Railway managers. whenever quoted
now. usually. speak optimistcally
With European travel no longer safe
or inviting. railway passenger traffic
should show large gains this year
with corresponding benefits 10 all lines
dependent upon travel within the lin.
it, Of this country.
whatever changes there have been
in the Industrial situation are for the
better. The Improvement Is slight and
slow. but uerceptible. II IL Significant
that resumption OF operations hv
small manufacturers is being noted
more frequently.
Movement OF pig iron from the Biz
mingham district on previous sales
continues. with no increase in produc-
ton. There Is said 10 be a sitter feel.
ing as 70 prices.
THE coal trade OF the district shows
soc Improvement Steam trade Is about
10 per cent. Of normal. and bunked
trade about 80 per cent. Cold weather
has increased domestic demand. IL IL
stated that some OF the railroads op.
Grating in the district are using more
coal, which Is an evidence that larger
tonnage is being handled.
1.-THE steel mill at Ensley has kept
going through the month. Little com.
plant Is heard from the big DiTn IN
dustry except rs to prices. which have
to be figured closely. The chief exec
utive Of steel company which pro-
duceS a large amount uf wire fencing
states that orders for fencing are dou.
BILE what they were IN October and No.
vembcr. and In fact. almost up to nor.
NAL As much of this fencing will be
NN'7l Wy ~'Nlilflh III HiflNs ~ - II EI'NA
line on the feeling IN the agricultural
sections and implie, divcrsitication II
crops.
Common grades ~ southern pine
lumber are showing very cOnSidcrI.
bile Improvement in price. As produc.
tion has been curtailcd Tor six months
and yard stocks have been allowed
~ run down. the statistical position Is
good. and Their" is strong uudercur.
rent Of optimism in the industry.
January wu> favorable month
February should be- still better"
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11
HENDERSON TELLS LAW.
MAKERS THEY MUST ACT.

Montgomery. Ala. Feb. 5.-Govcr-
nor Henderson. iu "a special message
yesterday, notified the members If the
legislature now I'm session here that
warrants 10 state employees will he
held Mp temporarily until arrangements
AR" made tu provide for one million
dollars worth Of state debts. The mes
sage was referred Ia committees.
\ second message from the COVER
nor advocated a general court revision
bill and referred 10 state judiciary
systems rs IN patchwork affair. costly
AVID m0doOunta
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11
SOUTTs FUTURE Up TO FARMER.
Review Says January Was Favorable
Month and February will BE
Better.

Birmingham. Ala, Feb. 4.-Thp
monthly industrial aud financial re-.
view, ISSUED by the First National
Bank of this city, says January was
II favorable month, and February will
be- much better. The review I'm full H.
rs follows:
with cotton so bale higher than
II was Ia the slump, aud sales exceed
ing two million bales In the last forty
five days. conditions In the south i'm
proved materially during January. As
the greatest proportion of the crop yet
uusold Is held by growers or their
creditors, the south will continue to
benefit largely by all advances In the
prices hereafter.
"Rcstrictiou Of acreage Is the pivot
on which the question Of price turns
As pointed out in Il previous letter
the farmer has the situation In his
own hands, by divcrsifying his crops
he can make money ia two ways
from the sale Of his food crops aud
from the larger price he will get for
his cotton. The southern farmer has
proved that he is not lacking In cour-
age or intelligence, and with the help
ful advice and cooperation which ne
Is receiving from many sources. 1t l.
believed he will rise to the situation.
Reports 10y the department ~ agri-
culture show that good deal NOR
acreage has been planted IN wheat and
oats, hut the real test will come with
the spring plowing.
Exports continue to run large ana
pile up II balance Of trade for us. II
Is stated that this January. for the
first time In many years. saw foreign
exchanges on all countries In favor Of
New York. Instead Of exporting gold
we have had imports from China and
other countries, Ia comparatively lit
tie amounts. it Is true, hut sufficient
Ia prove the strength of our position.
Tie loan of fifteen million dollars to
the Argentine Republic by syndicate
OF bankers, while not n transaction OF
magnitude. Is one ~ tile evidences
that the United States has entered
wider field of influence in information.
al finance, How far we may 20 In
this direction remains TO DE seen. hut
It Is reasonable To believe that there
VIII he no backward steps.
I'm the meanwhile, much of the
money required to move crops ara
such as to encourage the initiative IN
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11
WORKERS Are
NOTPATDENOUGH
TO PROVIDEFOOD
KILLINGS AT ROOSEVELT BEING
PROBED. DIRECTOR OF ROCK.
EFELLER FOUNDATION COM.
MENDs PURPOSES or THE OR.
GANIZATION.

New York. Feb. Enquiry into
the strike at Chrome aud Roosevelt.
n. j., plants Of the American Agri-
cultural Chemical Company. which re-
suited In the killing Of several work
men several days ago. was begun yes
tcrday By a federal commission.
Antonio Firart. for the strikers. tes-
titled that he tried TO support a wife
and four children on 81 80 day, but
could not do so. Even with additional
money his wife was able to earn he
could not pay for the bare necessities
Of life, he said, 80 be ran into debt.
A. Barton Hepburn, director OF
the company. who also is chairman of
the board Of directors Of the Chase
National Bank, Of New York, declared
he knew nothing about the condition
Of employees, and had never visited the
plants in New Jersey. As "a stOckhOld.
er, witness said. he did not consider
himself responsible for conditions at
Roosevelt.
He defended the policies Of the
Rockefeller foundation, OF which nc
Is director. and said he did not know
that among the securities used as col
lateral for IL were those Of the Chem
icPl Company.
George Churchwy. professor Of law
at Columbia University; Morris Hill
quit, socialist writer. and John X.
Lawson. executive board member of
the United Mine Workers Of America,
also testified.
Professor Kirchway said there was
some doubt In his mind whether the
charter Of the Rockefeller and Carne-
gle foundations are constitutional, he
cause they failed To define the pur.
pose aud scope uf the foundations.
Mr.. IIillduit aSSailpd the philanthru-
pic foundations as being. at the bot.
tom. business enterprises founded
by capital. not Ia relieve suffering, but
H. means Of strengthening their own
social aud economic position.
while the Belgian relief ships were
loaded with wheat corn and other food
~tufT>." said Mr.. Hillquit. thousands
Of American workers, their wives and
children. were going hungry. The
bread lines Of New York within per-
hap~ half mile Of No. 20 Broadway.
were growing longer and broader from
day To- day
lcr~' activities I'm Graduating the hook
worm In foreign countries through the
international health commission. were
based on Mr.. Rockcfeler's admission,
that Of economic efficiency
lie stated: This Is the whole sit.
uatiuu I'm u nut shell:
"rhc capitalists can dispense with
a million or 50 Of the working popula-
ton of this country. 50 that they may
die Of vocational disease o. accidents
hut the supply Of foreign labor Is just
beginning. and must he developed,
hence international commissions.
Mr.. llillquit said Egyptians and Ma
layanS were being freed " the hook
worm but he could not forget how
many of the American lahorerS died
yearly If tuberculosis. mostly because
~ industrial and social surroundings.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11
VERMONT FARM COR
PORATTON MAKES OFFER
To Belgian Refugees to Cultivate Land
On Shares.

New York. Feb. 4 A move" orfcr
for the relief n war refugees was
made here today to the Belgian relief
committee. The Egg Mountain or
clIards. Il cooperation owning two
thousand acres Of land. near Egg
Mountain. Vermont will welcome Bel.
gian farmers 10 cultivate its cNt"usivc
fruit orchards on liberal share ba-
is.
There are several houses on the prop
erty. which the BclgianS can use. and
the settlers win he allowed 10 cut all
the timber they need for additional
buildings.
The corporation will nav wages 10
the Belgians Mt the standard rate. and
In addition give them 20 per cent. of
the proceeds II they work on the plant
ed orchards. II the settlers wish 20
cultivate the land for themselves IN "
may do so, paying the owners 30 per
cent. Of the net returns.
The corporation employs an expert
pOmologist who will instruct the BEL.
CLANS. hut II * hoped that they will
he men who have been employed on the
land In their own country.
In addition to fruit raising the B,d-
gians viii find several streams stock
Ell with fish, and there are 10000 rock
maple trees which ought TO net o.
profit OF 20 cents tree. There j. q
large deposit Ut slate on the land, too.
which can be worked to show profit.
The company will attend Ia the dis
posal OF the entire output Of eggs.
game. poultry, vegetables and fruit.
The Belgian committee has taken
the matter under adviscment.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11

Washington. Feb. i-Thc state lie.
partmcnt was today notified by Ger
many, and issued warning 10 Hu ncu.
trail countries. that II is dauertpuS for
shipping Ia ply the waters north aud
west Of France.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11
GEORGIA PHYSICIAN
SHOT TO DEATH TODAY.

Augusta. Ga -. Feb. I.-Dr. Culver
son. II physician u Evans. Ga. was
shot To- death by citizens early this
morning. He was charged with as
saulting the daughter ~ Magistrate
Martinez. The physician was Il ma
tive ~ North Carolina. and was fire.
ducntly IN trouble lie had trrrorlzcd
the country districts. whipping AMI
,hnotiug negroes and shooting the tail
li,htS out NJ automobiles. His body
was riddlcd with bullets aud left in
the yard until the coroner held an in
quest this afternoon.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11
ENGLAND STANDS PUT"
WILL NOT DECLARE A BLOCKADE
AGAINST NEUTRALS TO GER
MAN PORTS. GERMANS MOVE
REGARDED AS A SLAP AT UN.
Gle SAM.

Washington, Feb. LEGAL CATerts
on behalf Of the state department OF
the United States are today making a
study Of the edict Of the German gov.
eminent IN declaring blockade
against England on the lS'h day II
this month by warning neutral ships
against entering the zuur upon the
penalty Of being sunk.
Although the Morning Post aud 9th.
er London daily newsDaltrrs frequent
~ have urged blockade ~ ti'rinHn
ports. the British admiralty frequent.
Iy has declared that sdch At step ia
not contemplated. and ann ,nucrd that
its policy was unchanged.
II was added that ~, British GOV
eminent has no thought o., IutL.n1iz
ing neutral countries. who's shipping
would he stopped 10y j i~ins the Bal
tic Sea.
Nothing definite is given out hy the
investigators from viii ii 70 r"n~pII-
bile aud accurate deduction may ue
made. but II Is most likely that r,pre-
sentation will be made io Gcrunuy
in behalf Of American shipping. and
in the meantime a complete cp npre-
hension uf the existing situation will
be concluded upon and acted upon IN
accordance with the best interests Of
America.
London. Feb. j.-Gcrmuuy H. max.
ing an extensive preparation Ia block
AIDE England. aud has given notice
that such blockade will r." regarded
effective on the 18th Of mi, month.
Submarines will De used to attack
British transports and merchant
ships.
A wild storm ~ criticism l. occasion.
cd 10y the German warning IT danger
Ia neutral ships II they enter the
blOckaded zone after the date named.
The newspapers declare that this
warming j. directed against the United
States.
Berlin Feb. 1.-The blockade "
the French coast was decrecd today. :
German operations IN the region of
Borjimow since February LIST resulted
in the capture Of six thousand Rus.
slams. The Germans repulsed French
attacks NJ the west and Russian as
saults la east Prussia and west Of the /
Vistula river. II is apparent. however. /
the Russians are taking a strong ~. .
fensive before Warsaw. and the Ger. .
mans are now on the defensive there.
Washington. Feb. I The state de.
partmcnt was today notified by Ger
many. and issued warning 10 Hu ncu.
trial countries, that II is dangerous for
shipping 10 ply the waters north aud
west Of France.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11
PROMINENT GEORGIAN
KILLED TODAY

Atlanta. Feb. 4.--Jolm Hughes, o..
state oil Inspector. fell from the NJ
teenth story ~ the Gambler building
today and was Instantly killed. II Is
believed 10 have been accidental.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11
GERMANY GIVES NOTICE
OF INTENTION TO DECLARE
BLOCKADE ON ENGLAND

NAMES FEBRUARY 18TH As THE
DATE FOR ESTABLISHING THE
EDICT, AFTER WHICH TINE
ALL NEUTRAL SHIPS WILL BE
IN DANGER or DISASTER
SHOULD THEY APPEAR WITH.
IN THE CONFINES or THE FOR.
Ridden ZONE.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-02-11
AND STILL WHEAT
GOES UP SKYWARDS.

Chicago, Feb. 5.--May wheat today
sold at 1.07.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
MEXICO RESCUE PARTY LEAVES
Marooned Motor Cars viii be
Brought Home Today

A party Of determined rescuers de-
parted Wednesday noon for Colum-
bia where they will extricate their
marooned motor cars and bring them
home-perhaps. The machines, all
without marine. attachment suitable
for the navigation of thoroughly
dampened Missouri highway, were
left in the University city Thanks
giving day when their owners decided
it was useless to attempt driving
home in the heavy downpour that fol-
lowing a delightful drive over.
Maurice Phillip headed the expedi-
ton well supplied with warm cloth
ing (this is not a paid advertisement
and carrying extra non-skid chains
and rope. The latter article we were
assured was not to be used as san
culinary neck-tie for Jupiter Pluvius,
should he again appear on the scene,
but merely as an argument to move
Ealky cars in mudholes Of innocent
appearance but unsupported depth.
Joseph wilkins, E. R. Locke, Merritt
Llewellyn anh Melville Paul were the
remainder of the party. The some
what corrugated surface of the roads
at this time did not deter their decis-
ion especially as they believe there is
safety in numbers.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
an
ELKs CHRISTMAS TREE
FOR KIDDIEs ON DEC. "a

The annual Elks Christmas tree for
kiddies will be held the evening of
Friday December "a, Christmas eve.
As last year the immense, electric
lighted, gift hung bower Of ever
green will be placed on the lawn in
front Of the Elks home and will be a
rendezvous for all the kiddies in Mex
leo whose Christmas might otherwise
be forgotten by Santa Claus.
Exalted Ruler W. w. Fry, Jr., has
appointed splendid committee to
take charge of the tree and all its
myriad of details as well as see that
NOT one deserving child in the city
is forgotten. The Elks Christmas tree
is one of the delightful events of the
holidays and brings much happiness
to the children whom are sometimes
forgotten by the good but busy st.
Nicholas.
The committee appointed by Mr..
Fry is as follows:
Chairman, Fred A. Morris, Theo.
]. Williams. Sam Morris, J. E. Streif,
G. N. Nelson, DR.. H. I. Turley, H.
B. Plunkett, A. H. Buclner, Leo
Hanly, L. McF. Gamble, Louis L.
Barth, Nisbet Livingston, Nate Phil
lip, Ross Cauthorn, &. B. Keith, Her
tert Pryor, ]. G. Stoy.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
!. |. MARSHALL REELECTED
HfAD0F KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs

4. L. Marshall was reelected
Chancellor COMMANDER Of the Castle
bali Of Eeleadean Lodge No. 1os
knights NJ pvth;.. 49,
:. 49,,
''ssO'nnanuer AZ
'nD '0use meeting Monday night 7.
). kelso was elected for the eighteen
tn consecutive time to the office Of
Master og Finance
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
MAJOR AUCTIoNEER AT SALE.
Governor Will Dispose Of First Ten
Bushels Saturday.

Marshall, Mo-, Dec. i--Gov. Elliott
w. Major will attend Saline County's
first annual seed-corn auction sale
Friday and Saturday and sell the first
10 bushels.
The corn, said to be the choicest
lot ever offered at public auction, was
entered by farmers in a $1,000 con-
test.
The first days program includes a
concert by the Missouri Valley Glee
Club and lectures by Sam Jordan,
State Board of Agriculture; H. o.
Allison, Miss Bah Bell, head Of home
economies extension of the Univer-
sity of Missouri; Prof. H. L. Kemp
ster, head Of the poultry department
Of the university, and J. Kelly
Wright.
The auction proper, on the second
day, will be cried by Coils. ]. w.
Sparks and G. J. Irvine. Miss Bell
and DR.. w. H. Black Of Missouri Val
ley College will speak.
The day will wind up with a free
banquet given by the Marshall Com
mercial Club in honor of 100 Saline
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
10 Years Ago.

Claud Davis, Of Stephens, and Miss
Sallie Tate, of near Hatton, were
married.
Mrs. w. H. Paschall, aged 48 years,
wife of the Rev. W. H. Paschall died
in this city.
Leslie B. Traughber, of Centralia,
died of appendicitis.
The Rev. Frank Allen and the Rev.
Fenktmacher were conducting revival
services at the Christian church.
Paul Poggenpohl, of Quincy, and
Miss Rae Lucille Piper, were mar
ried.
Mrs. E. Patterson, of New Orleans,
former resident Of Mexico, died.
c. B. Carrcl and family moved
from Mexico to their farm near Lad
donia.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
CITIZENS SENTIMENT
SERMONS HERE SOON

The Rev. w. A. ShuIIenberger, pas
tor of the Christian church, is pre-
pairing a series Of ''The Citizen Sem
tirnent'' sermons. He is sending a
series of questions TO eighty res
idents of Mexico dealing with nat
ional matters, local, the church and
other subjects that are important to
a community.
From these replies he will arrange
his sermons which should prove not
only Of interest. as an expression of
the communities point Of view, but
should contain much that will prove
beneficial as suggestip lines upon
which advancement cs be made in
various matters of locA Importance.
The date Of the sermons will be an
nouneed shortly.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
KENNETH MAXWELL IN MOVIES
Former Mexico Boy Lead in Mark
Twain Film.

William Kenneth Maxwell, former
ly of this city, who has resided in st.
Louis for number of years is break
ing into the filmed drama. His latest
appearance was in Hannibal Tues
day when, with Miss Marie Harris of
st. Louis, he took a leading part in a
Mark Twain film made as a feature
of the eightieth birthday of the great
Missouri humorist,
Mr.. Maxwell took the part of Little
st. Louis in the Pageant and Masque
held in the states metropolis. Miss
Harris was also a prominent char
acter in this production.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
asomething Doing. ID. Tx.

l wish to call the attention of in
quisitive people in regards to my
weather forecasts for months of Nov
ember and December to hunt up the
Ledger of the Gath and 25th of Oct
ober and read forecast, and those that
haven't subscribed, to subscribe for
the Ledger if they want to read my
sayings that will appear occasionally,
and those that are too poor borrow
your neighbor's. My horoscope for
next year vii! appear in December
issue. 1t will be interesting to some,
and to others it won't.
D. J. Kanaly.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
DIx's ORDER HISTORICAL NOTE.

Dix's order was issued by John A.
Dix, Secretary of the Treasury, in
1897 to Hemphill Jones who was in
New Orleans trying to prevent the
seizure Of the United States revenue
cutter. the Robert McClelland, by the
Louisiana government. A Captain
Breshwood was in command Of the
McCIelland. He refused to take the
vessel north as ordered, he expecting
to deliver It to the Louisiana govern
ment. The order read:
Tell Lieutenant Caldwell to ar
rest Captain Breshwood, assume
command of the cutter and obey
the order / gave through you. If
Captain Breshwood, after arrest,
undertakes to interfere with the
command of the cutter, tell Lieu
tenant Caldwell to consider him
as a mutineer and treat him ac-
cordingly. If anyone attempts
to haul down the American flag,
shoot him on the spot.
John A. Dix.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
ELECTRIC LINE AGENT.
George Hill VIII Establish Station
and Store Here.

George Hill. who recently sold his
taxi cab line in this city, has signed
a years contract with the Mexico &
Santa Fe electric railroad, as their
agent in this city. He win remodel
the small cottage across the street
from the home of Hugh Donnelly, at
The corner Of jackson street and
Western Ave-, and make of it a store
and depot for the road.
Mr.. Hill will carry line Of groc-
cries in his establishment. Part Of
1t will be devoted to a waiting room
and part as a baggageroom. Mr.. Hill
is a substantial business man and his
many friends in Mexico will be glad
10 learn he will remain in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-12-02
MERMAID HAIR A MYTH.

New York, Nov. 30.--Positive proof
that all mermaids, when you view
them closely, are not the winsome
things mentioned in books and shown
in pictures, may be had by visitors
to the Museum of Natural History,
where the first member of the mer-
maid family known to have crossed
the Atlantic, alive or stuffed, has been
placed on public view. 1t is the gift
of Harvey S. Ladew.
Scientists put this specimen in the
genus sirenia, owing to various re-
semblances it bears to the tabled sir
ems who lured Greek sailors to ruin.
One point of likeness is that it is a
warm blooded marine animal. A habit
it has Of perching on the waves with
its head well above water suggests a
woman's fondness for keeping tab on
the neighborhood as she leans by the
hour out of the front window, and in
former times it was so little averse to
men that it encouraged their ap-
proach and permitted their caresses.
Females carry their babies with them,
tucked under fin, and let them peep
out on the world.
Differences are as marked as re-
sembIances. This secimen is perfect
ly smooth all over and carrier no
trace Of the wealth of waving hair
which the ancients glorifed Inter
course with humans reversed the old
fable, for men turned deceivers and
killed. Flesh of the young was es-
teemed such a delicacy that East In
dian rajahs, whose shores the animal
frequented, levied tribute on all catch
es. Tradition says the Jews were
directed to veil the tabernacle with
this hide, not with badger skin, as the
translators have it.
In time the tame herds vanished
and the survivors transmitted shy
and wary attitude toward man in
place of former friendliness. Old
herds ran in hundreds. In recent
years the animal has been seen only
in pairs or trios. As a crowning in
fanny it has been saddled with the
name of seacow or dugong.
The newcomer looks little like a
seal. 1t is seven feet long. The skin
is thick. 1t yields a clear, odorless,
tasteless oil. The thick upper lip
covers prominent incisors and forms
a kind of snout. The eyes are very
small and have third lid, which
wells them horizontally.