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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-09-23

Catawba county commissioners have
Instructor their county attorney to pre-
pare q written protest to the State
tax commission an account Of the Is
per cent additional assessment placed
on property. There was an increase
OF around $780, 900 i'm valuation this
year, and the board believes the Is
per- sent both unjust and unfair.
The commissioners OF New Hanover
county have called q mass meeting to
discuss the advfsahility Of calling an
election to vote q bond issue Of $780,
600 to- build a steel brise across the
Cape Fear between WilmingtO1 and
Brunswick county. !
Sixty@eight of the. Loo teachers adj
tending the teachers Institute I'm viii
mingtonz last week, volunteered their
out ~illtteracy in New Hanover county.
Two yeggmen entered the postodfce.
at CatEage last Thursday morning at
2 O'Clock, crackedl the saf6r and secur-
ed it's contents consisting of. about.
81 1900 worth OF stamps and between.
5000 and $500 i'm cash.
More than three-quarters OF a. mTTIion
pounds OF tobacco was; sold i'm KiHston
Tuesday and Wednesdays. and arUundi
$50, 900 changed hands. The weeks
total will be in xcess of 1,250,000'
pounda and 100000 WORTH or more,
will ge.ihto2 the palnters'' psGRetR
The State University begins the,
biggestsyear of it's history, with over a.
thousand students oM its, FOlI.
There is a. persistent Rumor to the,
effect that Fort GaswelT below South
port is to, be dismantled and the mem
sent to. places where it. is thought
greater defense is: needed! Fort Cas-
welF is the only garFisoned fort i'm
North Carolina.
Sfxty-fve Lenoir- county teachers,
have enlisted in the moonlight school
movement.
r. A.. B1mundson,. Rrmer- cashier Of
the Farmers Bank OF Greenville,, has
been bound over to the, next term of the
District court at Washington, N. c..
under $1,000 band. charged with white
SslaNery:
Everybodyas, Day-the second Of th,
homecoming ee1tbratfonFfor Concor,
was held last week. The mills close
and hundreds OF operatives took ad
vantage Of the oprprtunity to take par
lin. the festivities Many farmers AM
! their families returned again after at
tending the farmers day exercises Iii
Gay terore.
President Poteae of Wake Foresi
College announced at the. opening
chapel exercises Of the 1856 session
Wednesday morning that the registra-
ton up until the present time exceed
ed the registration of last year by SO
A course IN journalism will be. givel
this year.
Il Meck1enburg and Castor COUNTIES
have been connected by a splendid stee
bridge across the Gatawba river a
Mount Holly.
That the creamy idea is booming il
North Carolina is shown by the fac
that the creamery operated by tn
North Carolina Experiment Station a
, West Raleigh has during the past mad
about 600 pounds of butter a week.
, Trinity College students are expecte
j, to number five hundred this session.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-09-23
MIR. BECK LOSES $50.

J. C. Beck is offering a $50 reward
for $50 lost last week. Mr.. Beck has
been in the habit of carrying a good
dealof his money on his person. 1t is
understood that it was his purpose to
bank it upon the receipt of ten more
dollars to make an even $500.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-09-23
Mean Question.

Mean Question.
81 am desperately In love and am en-
gagged"
"same girlT'-Browning's Magazine.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07

IN today's Ledger we publish
an interesting communication,
signed Citizen" regarding the
condition of Mexico since the
saloons were closed The writer
of this article is one of Mexico's
largest taxpayers, and a man
who is interested in the growth
and prosperity not only of Mex
leo but Of Audrain County and
the State of Missouri. Your at
tention is particularly called to
this article at this time as some
of our people, who favor saloons,
are trying to claim that Mexico
is suffering on account of their
close. We firmly believe that
there are hundreds of people in
Mexico who voted "wet" before,
that when the proposition is
again submitted will vote dry
because they are beginning to
see how much better conditions
we have in Mexico since the
saloons were closed The COM
munication referred to touches
particularly on the material
side of the proposition, and does
not refer to the improvement in
moral conditions which are
most noteworthy. There is
iquite a different atmosphere in
| Mexico, and we are all begin
ming to find out that we are not
dependent on our saloons either
for the necessities or luxuries
| of life.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
NEW BUSINESS FIRM.

Del Tribe and Meinhardt San
nebeck have formed a partner
ship under the name of Tribe,
Sannebeck and Co, brokers, and
will handle the line of canned
goods of the Coast Products Co.
and the tea, spices and coffee of
David G. Evans and Co. These
are the largest concerns of their
kind in this country and Messrs.
Tribe and Sannebeck are to be
congratulated on meeting the
requirements necessary to
represent them. These young
gentlemen are experienced groc-
erymen and will make a success
in their new enterprise They
have opened offices in the Nor
ris building.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
TAKE STOCK NOW

NOW is the time of year for every
one to take stock, and along this line
the Breeders' Gazette editorially
says:
The first day Of the new year may
look just ike the last day of the old
year, but It should not be the same.
It should bring new strength and new
hopes. ard there should be careful
summing up Of the work Of the past
seasons together with much thinking
and planning for the future.
Perhaps the priucipal reason why
most Of US do not take stock is be-
cause 5e never seem to find d con-
yenient season. But the new year
comes With its reminder, and per-
chance Ne review our work. We ask
ourselvel whether we have been sue
cessful Ibt only during the year, but
in othei1 years as we'll Does this
stock-taldng lead us TO suspect that
we were lot quite so successful as we
had thought, thai a part of our APP
parent prfits consisted merely in taxi
u
sas monty out Of one pocket and
putting 10 in another7 Did we rob
the farm bank--the soil--to put
money in the town bank? Did dis
couragements come-hog cholera,
mean market due to quarantine just
when the fat stock was ready to go?
Or was il the army worm, chinch
bugs or drouth? At first thought
the years farming operations may
seem somewhat of a failure. Feel
ing this way, stop and ask, What is
success? Is the most successful
farmer-much as men rightly admire
thrift and business ability-always
the one with the largest bank ae-
count? Remembering that the true
measure of wealth is found in what
we are worth to our fellowmen, is it
not possible that the man with the
mortgage on his land, but not on his
life, may be the most successful in air
the neighborhood?
The neutrality-suspicious. is think
ing time, and in agriculture deep
thinking is quite as important as deep
n1ovivo
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07

Gratis in Congress No matter
what the policies Of Demo-
cratic Administration may be.
a certain number Of Democrat
ic members of Congress, actu-
ated by motives of greed or re-
venge, can always be counted
on to try to cut the throats of
a Democratic President.
The revolt against President
Wilson within the Democratic
Party has had the immediate
effect ofluniting and stimulat-
ing the Republican opposition.
1t may be able to defeat the Ad-
ministration's program of leg
islation. It may disgust the
country totally with the Dem
ocratic Party and give the Re-
publicans a walkover in 1916.
But one thing Ii certain. Tf
Democrats are incapable of
giving honest support to a Pres
ident like Woodrow Wilson he
is the last Democratic President
that this political generation is
likely to see, and the Demo-
cratic Party viii revert to its
former position as a mere party
of opposition.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
ADDITIONAL PROTESTS

Shortly before the City
Clerks office closed, Saturday
afternoon, when the time for
filing a protest in the paving
of East Jackson street would
expire ex-Mayor Willard Potts
filed the names of B. M. Bush
and Mrs. M. E. Wells to the
list of protestors already on
record in the office. 1t is feared
the addition of these two names
may defeat the paving propos-
ition.
The full list of protestors fol-
lows: B. M. Bush, Mrs. M. E.
Wells, Mason Creasey, Mrs. Ida
Burns, Geo. NJ. Pearson, Nina
Pearson, r. S. Pearson, Anna
w. Wright, A. j. Stasey, D. G..
Stacey, Miss Emma Bass, w. j.
McLoney, j. E. Blattner, j. O.
Edmonston, Mrs. w. X. Potts,
Ex Mayor Willard Potts, G..
IF. Rohaing, D. NJ. Roberts,
Mrs. Eta Rohfling, D. w. But
Ter, John J. Payne, John Kun
kel, Fannie M. Coons, Mrs. w.
y. McLoney, Mrs w. G. Barkley,
H. G. Mcclure, j. R. Craddock,
I'D. Edwards, Carrie Kennen,
Hattie Kennan, Sue P. Wood
ward, Mrs. w. l. .Fowles, W. L.
Fowles, w. F. Smithey, Mrs.
Margaret Smithey, E. F. Kun
kel, Missy Holiday, John Cal
lahan, for Geo. Callahan, Mary
E. French, J. NJ. Powell, ]. D.
| Mckee.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
COUNTY COURT MAY
AID FARM ADVISER
Representative Citizens From
From All Parts Of County
Before Court.
ASK ONE HALF SALARY
Increased Interests in Move
ment Told by Represen-
tatives.

A large number Of citizens
from Mexico and all parts OF
Audrain county appeared be-
fore the County Court. Tuesday
afternoon and asked that the
Court appropriate enough
money from the county funds
to pay one.half the salary of
Farmer" e. w. Rusk. The
court expressed a willingness to
do this if a majority Of the
tax payers favor it and
there seems to be no doubt that
such is the case.
Farmer" Rusk said he
thought the farmers would take
more interest in the proposition
and feel more free to call on him
for aid and advice if the county
paid a portion Of his salary. At
present his salary is paid by
personal subscriptions and by
the state and national govern
ments.
Representatives from various
sections of the county told of
the increased interest on the
part Of the farmers and the
good work accomplished by Mr..
Rusk. Col. J. T. Johnson said
he found more hog cholera IN
the surrounding counties where
they have no farm advisers
than there is in Audrain The
court questioned those present
to learn the sentiment Of the
county as near as possible be-
fore taking any definite action.
w. w. Pollock presented the
to the Court.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
THE OPPOSITION TO PRES
IDENT WILSON'S POLICIES

REFERRING to the agitation
by Republican newspapers and
some disappointed and disgrunt-
led Democrats regarding the op-
position to President Wilson and
his policies the New York
World editorially says;
After all, who compose this
opposition to the Presidents re-
nomination? Murphy and Tam
many Hall, of course. William
r. Hearst, of course. The Dem
ocratic job-mongers in the
United States Senate, perhaps
Southern Democrats like Cole
Blease Of South Carolina, Var
daman of Mississippi and Col
quit of Texas, whose opposition
is a compliment to real Demo
crat. What do they all amount
to in the councils of the Demo
cratic Party? How many dele
gates can they send to the next
Democratic National Conven.
ton?
| Whether President Wilson is
renominated or not depends up.
on himself. If he wants a re,
nomination the opposition viii
prove as weak and futile as the
opposition to Cleveland. If he
refuses a denomination, tht
party will be beaten in advance
of the election, for he is the only
candidate it can possibly elect
1t is not the President but th'
Democratic party that's on tria
The President has proved tina
he measures up to the full quail
fications Of his great office; bu
the Democratic Party has yet t,
prove that it is fit to govern.
That a faction fight shoul,
have been started against tn
President in Congress may b
taken as a matter Of course
That is a Democratic way. Sine
Andrew Jackson's day no Demo
cratic President has been abe t
lcount on the loyalty of Demo
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
TWO NEW HOSPITAL
DIRECTORS ELECTED
Miss Lena Johnson Succeeds
Mrs. ]. C. Mundy
On Board
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
C. A. Witherspo0n Takes the
Place of e. s. Can't
AS Director.

AT a meeting of the Hospi-
tai bond holders and subscrib,
ers at the Hospital MondaS
evening G A. Witherspoon was
elected to succeed Els. Can't anc
Miss Lena Johnson to succeed
Mrs. j. C. Mundy on the Board
of Directors. The policy of the
Board is to elect new members
fat tile expiration of each inefn-
bers term rather than re-el( II
the member. In this way the
interest in the institution will
grow and widen.
Mrs. Mundy was one Of the
most active and valuable mem
bers Of the Board and during
the recent wreck, when the vic
Tins were being brought into
the building so fast the nurses
could not leave the operating
room to aid them, she worked
valliantly and aided Miss Reitz
in clearing up the situation.
Mr.. Cant took charge of all
the legal preliminaries necessary
to the organization of the insti-
tuition as well as smaller mat
ters and assisted as well in
other departments of the
Boards work.
The financial statement for
the Hospital during its initial
year will be published in the
papers shortly. At present
there are nine patients in the
building eight of whom ar SER
iously i'll.
1t is gratifying to note the
amount of interest taken in
the Hospital in a small way.
Miss Reitz says that many times
people have little things left
over rom meals that they will
throw away when it could be
used so well at the institution.
Clean rags are always in de-
mand there and many have
been sending donations Of them
as often as possible
One Mexico family, recently
on the first anniversary of their
husband and fathers death,
took the sum that would have
been spent for flowers to place
on the grave, and went to Miss
Reitz asking her to purchase
something that was needed foI
for the Hospital.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
Speaker Clark Has Automobile.

Speaker Clark and Vice-pres-
ident Marshall have purchased
new automobiles for 1915 and
"a dispatch from Washington
says:
1t is announced by the local
agency Of the company making
these cars that the speakers
modern equipment is one of the
handsomest Of its type ever ap-
pearing in the streets of Wash
ington. The interor is finished
with a beautiful French gray
whip cord, with clear vision
windows and circassian walnut
panels" The outside is painted
a dark blue with black running
gear.
Largely through the efforts
| Of Republican Leader Mann
Congress appropriated $4500 fol
an automobile for the speaker
and a similar amount for tht
vice president. Nobody has evel
objected to the speaker having
an automobile except Speaker
Clark.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07

Price, MIR. and Mrs. r. w. Luck
lie, Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Luckie,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar w. Huene-
field, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. H. Car
penter, Miss Mary Williams,
Miss Chloe Young, Abe Morris,
Miss Charlotte Torreyson, G. A.
Torreyson, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Harvey, DR.. and Mrs. Paul E.
Coil, Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Martin,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Houston,
Thomas Lee, Miss Dorothy
Holmes, l.. M. White, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank H. Parker, Sam
Morris, Miss Pearl Morris, DR.
and Mrs. A. A. Wallace, Miss
Victoria Brooks, Miss Mary Lee
Burks, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Gal.
laher, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. F
Shepherd, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
Burks. Miss Lillian Woolery, r
E. Wolfe, Mr.. and Mrs M. R
Wise, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Law.
renee, Mr.. and Mrs. Linn Stall.
cup, Mr.. and Mrs. Rollins, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Pearl, Roy
Pearl, Louis L. Barth, Mis-:
Lena johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. C
F. Lange, Mr. and Mrs. T. ]
/ HnycoIy Micc HoSS
Each year the president 0.
one of the two organization
acts as toastmaster at thes,
banquets. This year it was th'
T. P. AS. turn to have the pre-
siding officer. Everyone wa
delighted with the banquet
The evening was like thos
others of previous years.
flow of reason and a feast 0
soul"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
Would Close Saloons AT 10.

Jefferson City, NO., January
6.-The twenty-three saloon
keepers of Jefferson City were
startled when w. C. Shupp of
st. Louis, superintendent of the
Missouri Anti-saloon League, an
nounced that the league will
have bill introduced to pro-
hibit saloons from opening be-
fore 6 a. M, and to compel them
to close at 10 p. m.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
SAVING IN 8 MONTHS
EIur 10 Al AlnnT Hnnn
l!sL " hLIIiuuI gUUU
Statistics From Fine Record in
City Court Tells
Story.
MONEY FOR MERCHANTS
Drunks AT One Time We're
Principal Offenders Be-
fore Judge.

The City Courts fine record
of City Clerk Wallace Dearing
shows that $717.80 less in cash
fines were paid in the City Court
the last eight months Of 1914
after the saloons we're closed
than in the last eight months Of
1918 when the saloon was doing
doing business in this city. In
other words there was about
$500 more for the merchants in
1914 than in the previous year
The fine record by months
tells its own story and is as fol
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
Strong Armed By Negroes

H. o. Gresham, of Roanoke,
Va, told the Mexico police, We'd
nesday he was "strong-armed''
and robbed by two negroes,
Tuesday night on a freight
train coming into this city. He
says his watch and several other
things were taken from him.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
G. C. DEPPE KILLED.

Mrs. G. C. Gilmore, of Wash
ington, D. c., who, with her
baby, has been i'll at the home
of Mrs. Dinwiddie-Ward, in this
city, received a message from
Beardstown, ILL.,, Tuesday morn
ing, stating her uncle, G. G.
Deppe, of Deppe Bros. Depart
ment store, was accidentally
killed. No particulars were
given. Mrs. Gilmore was Miss
Tilla Crews, of this city.
Mrs. Gilmore is a niece OF
Judge John T. Crews of Mexico
Her brother Chalsia Crews,
well known here, went to Beads
town today according to a tele-
gram from Washington. Mrs
Deppe, wife of the killed man
was expected here in a few days
for a visit. The Ledger joins ir
extending sincerest sympathy
to the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
DRY MEXICO VERSUS
WET MEXICO DISCUSSED
Mexico Man Signing Letter As
Citizen" Writes Con-
cerning Change.
MUCH DESPITE DRoUTH
Military Academy and Hardin
College Gymnasiums
Have Been Built.
Editors Ledger,

Editors Ledger,
Dear Sirs:
When the "Dry" administra-
tion took charge Of Mexico last
April it was freely prophesied
by the 'Wets" that it would be
ruinous to our little city.
Many have been watching
the results AM have found be-
yond doubt that the self ap-
pointed prophets were of the
kind that people on earth were
warned against in the Bible
years ago.
After trying local option
eight months, at a most mop
perfume time, which was during
the second year of a drouth, in
which appeared the Hessian fly,
army-worm, 6hinch-bug, foot
and mouth pest, hail and the
fearful European war, destroy
ing industrial conditions
throughout the world, "Fair
Mexico" that depends largely
upon her agricultural surround
ing camR through it all with
flying colors and made a record
worth relating.
During these eight months
the Military Academy was i'm
proved to the extent Of $4,000,
a $4,000 gymnasium was erect
ed on Hardin College campus, a
$1,000 fund was subscribed for
hospital maintenance, and the
necessary amount was raised TO
complete the electric line to
Santa Fe. The Hardin College
Alumni Association wrote, pre-
pared and presented a Pageant
Illustrating the history Of Au-
drain County, also arranged an
historical loan exhibit which
pleased and delighted the peo-
pie. The Commercial Clubs
Round Up was a gala week to
old Audrain, for all had a part
in its pleasures and the uplift
and educational features which
were given to the people were
beneficial and far reaching
The appeal of the Literary
Digestto the reading masses fol
lowed by the Proclamation of
Governor Major to observe Dec
ember 18th as Charity Day for
suffering Belgium brought forth
a liberal response.
The p0or yaas "a -v,th vs a.
ways have been cared for more
generously and the distributing
have been wider than in other
years.
Notwithstanding the number
of vacant houses in the vicinity
of the shoe factory, indicating
the number of families which
nave moved from Mexico, the
enrolment of the public school
is larger, the attendance better
and the results attained greater
than ever experienced before.
The shoe factory was closed
because of disturbed industrial
conditions caused by European
war and cannot be laid at the
door of Local Option.
The improved condition of
our streets, the absence of in
toxicated men on our public
thoroughfares, a Christmas
trade that exceeded expecta-
tions, the cash business trans
acted, the lessening of bad
credits, the enjoyment of harm
less pleasures, indicate the ex-
pertinent Of Local Option has
been worth while.
CITIZEN.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
Schools Re-Open

The Mexico Public Schools,
Hardin College and Missouri Mil
itary Acadt ny have re-opened
following the Christmas holiday.
Hardin College and the Military
school reports several new stud
ents.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07

Mrs. Luke Penn, who resides in the
country, held The number, Thursday
that drew the handsome doll at the
Enterprise store. The drawing was
at $3.50 but the street in front of the
store was jammed an hour before
The doll was an unusually fine one.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
Injured In Mine.

" Whitaker, a miner at the
brick plant, had a shoulder in
jured and probably one leg
broken Wednesday afternoon
when struck by falling clay.
He was taken to his home where
immediate medical attention
was given. We are glad to state
his injuries are not serious.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
knew Mr.. Gnndnight

Joe Miller of this city, told q
Ledger representative thisweek,
that he lived near Uncle Johnny
Goodnight, whose stories are
being retpld in the Ledger by
one of our rural correspondents,
He says MIR. Goodnight could
tell wonderful tales and delight
ed in outdoing all the local story
tellers. Watch for the next
story about Uncle Johnny
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07
]. D. Miller Re-Appointed.

j. d, Miller has been reap
pointed janitor of the Court
House by the County Court.
Mr.. Miller is one of the most
competent caretakers ever EN-
ployed at the Court House and
is generally liked by everyone.
He keeps the building in good
condition and is accommodating,
always willing to get the house
in shape for public or private
meetings Of any kind. His
many friends will be glad tc
learn of his re-appointment.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07

CERTAIN officials insinuate
That Uncle Sam has something
up his sleeve against a possible
wax, whereas certain other of
Eieials insinuate that the only
thing Ihe old gentleman has up
Ilis sleeve is his funny bone.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-01-07

According to Chief Of Police
Wallace quite a number Of the
few drunks that have been fined
since the town has gone dry
were transients who were pas
sing through Mexico from Full
ton and arrived in this city al
ready well organized.
The above record does not
contain the list Of fines worked
out in either year. These fig
ures apply only to cash paid in.