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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21

SSoNS AN VA AAS " AtA
- ter to keep a record. And
McWhirter. from his notes, appears
to have been carried away at times
by excitement, and either jotted down
rows Of unintelligible words or wait
ed until evening and made up his notes,
like a woman's expense account, from
q memory never noticeable for accu-
facy.
At dawn, the morning after we an
chored. Charlie Jones reused me, grin
ming.
Friend Of yours over the rail, Les
lie," he said. Wants to take you
ashore
1 knew no one in Philadelphia ex-
cept the chap who had taken me
yachting once. and I felt pretty GER
tain that he would not associate Les
lie the football player with Leslie the
sailor on the Ella. l went reluctant
ly to the rail and looked down. Be-
low me, just visible in the river mist
Of the early morning, was a small
I boat, from which two men were look
3 ing up. One was McWhirter!
= "Hello, old top" be cried. "Or is it
4 you behind that beard?"
4 cts l. all right, Mac" l said, some
I what huskily. What with seeing him
again, his kindly face behind its
\ glasses, the cheerful faith in me which
was his =. contribution to our friend
ship-even the way he shook his own
hand in default Of mine-my throat
! frightened. Here, after all, was home
! and a friend.
He looked up at the rail and mo-
toned to a rope that hung there.
Get your stuff and come with us for
I breakfast" be said. You look as If
I you hadn't eaten since you left"
I'm afraid l can't, Mac"
They're not going to hold you. are
theyw
For a day or so, yes"
Macs reply to this was a violent
Presume of the ancestry and present
Most condition Of the Philadelphia po-
.,,lice, ending with a request that l
Jump over and let them go to the
place he had just designated as their
abiding place in eternity. On an Off
ger lounging to the rail and looking
down, however. he subsidized into a low
muttering.
The story of 10Y McWhirter hap
pened to be floating on the bosom of
the Delaware river before S o'clock in
The morning was a long one. 1t was
months before l got it in full. Briefly,
szgoing home from the theater in New
V1r1y <L1 ,,joL+ I,oPoro Lo bod Io,,-lk
Do extra" which had contained a
Srief account Of the Elias return. He
kemed to have gone into a frenzy Of
Excitement at once. He borrowed a
mall car and assembled in it in wild
Infusion one suit OF clothes for me,
3 own and much too small, one by
hdermic case, IN armful of newspa-
srs with red scare heads, a bottle of
andy, a bottle Of digitalis, one po-
e card and one excited young law
Of the same vintage in law that
Hc and l were in medicine. At the
moment, fearful that the police
lght not know who I was, he had
ng in a scrap book in which he had
Sted-with a glue that was to make
y fortune-records Of my exploits on
e football field.
dozen miles from Philadelphia the
pc machine had turned over on a
Eae, knocking all the law and most
athe enthusiasm out Of Walters, the
al gentleman, and smashing the
pdy bottle. McWhirter had picked
Aself up, kicked viciously at the car
gathering up his impedimenta.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
CONTINUED
More Appropriate.

whats that very thin girls Nance"
LENA 1T ought to be 'Lcanest'"'-
London Telegraph.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08

of the Omaha branch of the Royal
Serum Co., Kansas City, manufactur-
ers Of hog cholera serum, and when
the manager is away will have charge
of the branch. Clarence carried pa
pers in the Ledger Office not SO many
years ago. He was one Of the boys
who never had a "Kick." 1t seems
he has applied himself as assiduously
TO his work in Kansas City as when
on the ledger carrier force and in
consequence has won a merited adj
vance. He has been with this firm
but year and half but in that time
has studied chemistry and embryol-
ogy and expects next year to take a
course in veterinary college. Clar-
ence is an example of what a bright
ambitious boy can do in this country
of opportunities. Another Mexico boy,
just 81, who has made good in a short
while is Roy Creasey, son of Mason
Creasey. Roy, who has been with the
National Bank of Commerce, st.
Louis, for two years, has had five ad-
vances in that time. He is studying
Commercial Law in a night school
and is at present president of Com
mercial Club of 400 students. Roy
Creasey is a young man of fine habits
and high ideals and is the kind that
wins. The Ledger joins the many
friends of both these young men in
extending congratulations for their
well merited success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
CARPENTER CASE WILL
Be TRIED At MAY TERM

Paragould, Ark, April G.-Prose-
cutting Attorney Huddleston and court
attaches in Greene county are dread
ing the approach of the May term of
the criminal division of circuit court
here on account of the fact that the
noted Carpenter murder case that con-
sumed more than a week of the Dec
ember term last year, resulting in a
hung jury, will again come up for
trial. Mr.. Carpenter formerly lived
in Mexico, Mo.
The case has been fought through
the courts twice before. At 0sceola
Carpenter was tried and acquitted of
the charge of numbering his wife. A
change of venue was taken to Marion,
in Crittenden county, on the charge of
killing Carpenters mother-in-law and
when it came up for trial it was dis
covered the indictment was missing.
The matter was referred to the grand
jury and another indictment was OBJ
tanned. A change of venue was then
taken to this county. At the trial
here last December the case was stub
bornly fought through the week. The
jury stood seven to five for convic-
ton.
Carpenter is charged with killing
his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs.
Davis, on the night of January 7th,
1912, in their plantation home near
Clear Lake, south of Blytheville,
The state alleges Carpenters busi-
ness affairs were in bad shape and
that the death of his wife and moth
er-in-law would enable him to raise
the money necessary to discharge
pressing obligations. Carpenter al
leges that two men, Ed Giles and
Frank Hamilton, with whom he had
had trouble and who had threaten
ed his life, entered his home on the
fatal night and killed the two wo-
men. He claims Giles tried to kill
him, but failed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
ALLIES MAY NOT AD-
VANCE ON WEST FRONT
CONTINUE IN DARDANELLEs
Many Believe Russians viii Invade
Hungary and Join Hands With
The Other Allies.
II is Quite Possible That the French
And British Will Only Try To
Hold Their Ground.

London, April There is less
talk in England of the spring advance
Of the Allies in France and Belgium
and an increasing appreciation Of the
task Russia is attempting. This leads
to the belief in some quarters that the
leaders of the allied armies in the
west, reckoning on the heavy cost
incident to smashing the German line
there, may perhaps seek only to hold
their ground in the belief the Rus
slams will succeed in invading Hun
gary, ultimately to join hands with
the allied forces working northward
through Servia.
Thus what their opponents regard
as the weakest of the Teutonic allies,
Austro-Hungary, would be invaded
without the loss Of life an attempt to
drive the Germans from France and
Belgian would entail.
Meanwhile it is argued the bonn
bardment of the Dardanelles will be
continued as the shortest, if the most
costly, method of crushing Turkey.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
HAVE JOINED TEAMS.

Stanley Blattner and Ty G. Rob
erts have joined hands and will work
together to make Mexico have the
winning team in the Central Missouri
League this summer. Mr.. Roberts
will play second base on the league
team.
These gentlemen attended meet
ing of the league at Moberly Sunday,
and report that everything is in read
mess for the opening of the season.
The schedule will be announced in a
few days including the following cit
les; Mexico, Moberly, Centralia, Col
umbia, Higbee and Paris. Each man.
ager says he will be in the race for
the pennant but the prospects are
bright for Mexico coming out on top.
A number of exhibition games in
Mexico have been arranged aside from
the regular scheduled games, so that
Mexico will have plenty of good base
ball throughout the season.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
REPORT SHOWS THAT STORK
LEAD GRIM REAPER HERE

There were 353 births in Audrain
county IN 1913 according to the thir-
ty-second annual report of the State
Board of Health for 1914 just issued.
The number of death registered for
the same length of time were 221.
Audrain county, according to the cen
sus of 1910 had a population of 21,-
6s7. This makes the birth rate per
thousand 1927 and the death rate
1919.
In 1918 the statistics show only 7
deaths from typhoid fever in Audrain,
and 20 from tuberculosis. OF course
these are registered deaths. Therewere
number possibly that were not reg
istered. There were 20 deaths in the
county from nervous diseases,30 from
diseases of the circulatory system, 23
from diseases of the respiratory sys-
tenn, II from diseases of the digestive
system. These were the greatest
causes of death the others are more or
less distributed over other fields.
In 1918 there is one death given by
strangulation ,one suicide by fire arms,
three burned to death, one from the
absorption of deleterious gases, two
from homicide, one from excessive
heat, seven died from the results of
various accidents due to the conditions
of the injured system.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
WILL ENTERTAIN THE
COMMERCIAL CLUB

The Mexico Commercial Club and
business men will shortly receive an
invitation from A. P. Green to visit
the Mexico Brick plant as his guests.
Mr.. Green expects to take them
through the plant and explain the en-
tire process of making fire clay pro-
ducts and then give them a luncheon
in one of the large rooms in the estab-
lishment.
Those who have not visited the plant
have no conception of its scope or the
many men employed. The surface
mining alone is worth a visit to the
establishment and those who have all
ready seen the work in the clay pit
have expressed their surprise and in
terest.
The date of the visit will be an
nounced shortly. 1t will likely take
the place of one of the Friday lunch
cons. Mr.. Green is anxious that all
the citizens who can will be present
and learn just what a splendid plant
Mexico has.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
In Prairie Lea district, johnson re
ceived IL votes and Wilson A.
The City Election.

Judge ]. A. Lewis, John Ballew, f.
l.. johnson and r. N. Armstrong were
declared elected City Councilmen by
the Council, Tuesday evening. Mr.,
Lewis in the first ward received 101
votes; Ballew in second, So; Johnson
in third, 83; Armstrong in fourth, "a.
R. D. Worrell and A. G. White were
reelected members of the School
Board without opposition. The vote
follows: 1st -Worrell, ia;
White, 112; Worrell, 65; White,
Ga; Worrell, 81; White, 85; 4th--
Worrell, II; White, rs; total-Wor-
rell 337, White 1856.
The proposition to levy sixty cents
in excess of forty cents on the hundred
dollars valuation carried, as usual.
The vote on the measure was as fol-
lows: 1st ward-for, 6S; against, as;
2nd-for, 81; against, 81; 3rd-for,
as; against, 40; 4th--for, 4s; against
30; total-for 1S9; against 1853.
The present library tax of one mill
was voted out because it was more
than is needed for the maintenance of
the Public Library. A new levy will
be submitted. The vote on the library
tax was: 1st ward-for SO, against
II; 2nd-for 10, against 46; 3rd--for
25, against so; 4th--for "a, against
81; total-for 104, against POI.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
MISS ETHEL WALLACE TO WED.

Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Wallace,
of this city, have announced the ap-
preaching wedding of their daughter,
Miss Ethel Virginia, to Arthur Lee
Siler, Wednesday, May 5, in Ashe-
vile, North Carolina.
Miss Wallace is the head of the
Sprunt Institute, Kenansville, N. c.,
and has made splendid success with
rapid progress in the educational
work of that state. She is young
woman of ability as well as charm
and is exceedingly accomplished as a
home maker. Mr.. Siler is a county
farm adviser and a leader in agricul-
ture in his state. The Ledger joins
in extending best wishes and congrat-
ulations in advance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
JOHNSON SUCCEEDS HIMSELF
As COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
Present Incumbent Defeat His 0ppOn-
ent, ]. E. Wilson. BY 0verwhelm-
ing Majority.
HE SCHOOL LEVY CARRIED
Il. ID. Worrell and A. G. White Were
Reelected Members Of the Mex
leo School Board.

Unofficial returns from Mexico,
Vandalia, Farber, ,Laddonia, Rush Hill,
Benton City, Martinsburg and a num-
Der of rural districts gave W. Clyde
Johnson 955 to ]. f. Wilson's 81 in
the race for County School Superin-
tendent. 1t looks as Il Mr.. johnson
viii succeed himself ~ majority of
about three to one. There are 109
districts to hear from and the returns
are coming rather slowly.
W. Clyde johnson carried Mexico
for County School Superintendent by
an overwhelming majority, receiving
$40 votes to 80 for j. E. Wilson.
Mr.. johnson carried the first ward,
1O7 to q; End ward 81 to 8; 9rd ward,
70 to 13; 4th ward 20 to 6.
Unofficial returns from number of
the school districts heard from are as
| follows:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08

pr AND CAPITAL AS USUAL
TER i hard winter on labor and
body else ii fact, and just as
opens up aud business wants
ne 10 Che front, especially along
1ilding line, we note that strikes
sking place throughout the coun-
The Western Union Telegraph
.yees are striking in some parts
j country. and we notice that in
Be thousands Of painters are not
Ial with their wages. Right
lore to home, at Moberly, paint
Aaase DECORATORS are refus-
= work because the boss decor
af'd nsIatefs won't sign the
eontfact They want 5 cents
ait fipPt N4 are unable to say
Ter the epntaations of the strik-
re right ot hot, but it does seem
ough these matters could have
arranged during the winter 50
business would not have to be
'ered with in the spring. When
are hard there is nothing to do.
times are getting better, and
i 2 plenty Of work there is
le shout the wages to be paid.
Ter II somebody won't blame
row Wilson for the strikes that
aeins place?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
". ". FRY, Jr., CHOSEN
HEAD LOCAL N. U. CLUB

A Missouri University Club for Au-
drain county was organized at Nc
MILAN high school, Monday evening,
when Mcmillan students, graduates of
the University and former students
gathered together to discuss the great
state institution and organize for its
betterment. w. w. Fry, Jr., was elect
ed president, Walter Burch vice-pres-
ident and Miss Frances Mason, secre-
tary. An annual meeting will be held
each year to which the Mcmillan and
other students will be invited.
President Fry, who with many
others spoke, said to make Missouri
University really what it should be
there was required the closest coop
Grafton and that Audrain county was
not giving its share of this. He urged
the students to attend Missouri Uni
versity as they attend Mcmillan high
school and to use their influence to
make it the greatest state institution
in the country.
There was large crowd in attend
ance and much interest was shown.All
graduates and former students of Mis-
souri, University are urged to send
their names and addresses to the sec
retary and enroll at once.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
"DRYs" SWEEP MICHIGAN.
Incomplete Returns Show Big Ma
iOrities for Republicans.

Detroit, Mich, April Returns re-
ceived up to midnight Tuesday indi-
Gated sweeping victories for the
"dry" in the local option contests,
which featured the Michigan state
election Tuesday. Incomplete returns
also showed large majorities for the
Republican state ticket.
The four "dry" counties which
voted on the saloon question, remain
ed in the "dry" column. Eight of the
"wet" counties, where local option
was at stake, apparently went over to
the "dry" side. The apparent vic
tory of the "drys" means the closing
of at least 265 saloons throughout the
/ state.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
pomss1| DEPARTMENT.

me Splendid 1Ines for this sale.
IN. iIfs ssa BLAND cotton, l0c quail
ity ID SafdA eac or yard ........ z hc
h. b. III tatton well known 10c
quality lq yards 63c or yard. 6 Nc
Is. n|iA1A cotton well known 1-3
quality 10 yards 55c of yd $50. &c
b. nltazh eosion well known 7hc
4at|Ity. 70 yards 45c, or yard SC
III long Cloth. i2kc quality, 10 yds
sac o. yard ....,...,........ l0e
sendId quality es4ss bar muslin only. l5e
iEKY spECitI.> Ballardvale Bleach
Ma1lin. 10 yards Soc or yard -. 6 Kc
Fsretl Ch2fie, shlrting. any quality 7 he
envy HIeaeh Crash. Is inch ....... SC
|ne quality Pure Idken 1s inch Crash,
ID sards ................ zoe
watch the Re1apans Sale every Friday
and Saturday thousands of yard
eood5 going cut to satisfied Gus
TONER'S. 20 <pu get yours?
lot psfeale mostly blues and grays yd. SC
lot American paintremnant lengths yd4c
lot Canton Flannel Remnant lengths yd &c
lot 10c outing solid eolors, remnants
yard '..,.s ..sss .......'''.. Nc
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
TRIBUTE OF LOVE FOR
DR. HAMILL IS ISSUED
Beautiful Memorial Brochure Has
Been Printed at the Institution
OF His Wife.
CONTAINS HIS LATEST HYMN
Was President Of the International
Sunday School Association-Bur-
led in ElmwOod.

A beautiful memorial booklet, a
tribute of love to the late Dr. II NJ
Hamill by his devoted wife and co
laborer in Sunday school work, is
just from the press, and that it will
be greatly appreciated by the friends
and co-workers of the distinguished
Sunday school leader and Confederate
veteran who are so fortunate as 10
receive one of the little volumes is
not to be doubted. DR.. Hs1ill was
buried in this city, his old home.
The first page of the booklet bears
the following inscription; "This sim
pie brochure has been prepared spe-
cially for the three hundred or more
friends and fellow Sunday school
workers who could not be present at
DIR. Hamill's funeral,but who, through
telegram or letter, expressed their
grief and loving sympathy"
The frontispiece, is a splendid like
ness of DIR. Hamill the picture taken
when he was in the full vigor Of
health. The little book also includes
another picture of DR., Hamill, which
shows him in his uniform as chaplain
general Of the United States Confed-
crate Veterans Association, the suit
in which his comrades liked best to
see him. There is also picture of
the chancel and bier at MeKendree
church, showing the many magnificent
floral offerings that came from friends
and Sunday school workers.
A priced feature of the little book
is a beautiful hymn written just a
year before his death. The title is
"My Lord"
Other features of the brochure are
the memorial sermon, preached by
Bishop f. E. Hoss, biographical
tribute by DR.. II. B. Carre, the tribute
from Mr. Marion Lawrence, general
secretary of the International Sunday
School association, of which DR..
Hamill was president the tribute from
Gen. Bennett II. Young, commander
in-chief Of the United Confederate
Veterans; an appreciation by DR.. AL
len G. Hall, platform superintendent
of the Monteagle assembly, which DR..
Hamill had so frequently spoken to
large cosmopolitan audiences; the
memorial prayer offered by Dr. 2. B;
Chappell, editor Of the Sunday school
board of the Methodist Episcopal
church, south, of which DR.. Hamill
was teacher-training superintendent;
description of the funeral service
and tributes CLEANED from various
denominational and Sunday School
publications of the country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
Has Two Great Relics.

Claud Dunlap, of Fulton, who
went to Mexico, Thursday, had in his
possession two wonderful relics in the
form of handmade, single barreled
musket and the pendulum of clock,
both of which are ia years old. He
intended to deliver them to "Aunt
Sallie" Mcclure, who is now making
her home with Bob Mcclure near
Mexico. The musket and pendulum
were owned by Miss McClure's father,
Henry Clay Mcclure, who brought
them from Kentucky when he re-
moved ii Missouri. Mr.. Dunlap
says that Mr.. Mcclure killed many
deer in the mountains of Kentucky
with this gun, now obsolete and very
crude in construction as compared
with the modern day hammerless and
repeating guns.--Fulton Sun.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08

|FERRINc to the Importance of
ig your wheat fields, the Breed
azette elitorialIy says: All too
the seeding and the harvesting
le beginning and the end of the
RS operations in the wheatfeIds.
ow comes the Nebraska Expert
Station with the announcement
olling wheat increases the yield
than 5 bushels per acre when
pots are exposed through sur
racking Ttwas found that har-
& after rolling was not SO bene-
as rolling alone. When the
rains come regularly enough
X The wheatiieId soil and pre-
hecking, rolling makes little
sncel Wheat responds to the
Is Of the dust mulch, and rolling
the ground IS dra and checked is
fective means of securing the
|lanket. Rolling when the land is
however, is tu ID avoided. This
& Job Il IN order when the frost
Of the ground. II it increases
field Of wheat BY a few bushels
sre it Is worth while.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
]. B. HOLTERMAN is DEAD.
Prominent Martinsburg Merchant
Dies Tuesday Night.

j. B. Holterman, of Martinsburg,
died Tuesday night in st. Louis after
short illness. Stomach trouble is
said to have caused his death. He was
AZ years old and leaves a wife and
three children.
Mr.. Hoterman was one of the most
progressive and livest business men in
the county. He conducted an
immense hardware store
and was one of the leaders in all move
ments TO improve his community. His
death is a heavy loss to that little
city as well as Audrain county. The
Ledger joins friends in extending sym
pathy to the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
FRANK BEAGLEs DIES.
Former Audrain County Man Died
In Cripple Creek. Colo.

Frank Beagles, formerly of Aud
rain county, died at his home in Grip
pie Greek, Colo, Tuesday evening,
Funeral arrangements have not been
decided definitely, but it is probable
the body will be brought to this coun-
ty for burial.
Mr.. Beagles was brother Of Judge
]. W. Beagles, Monroe Beagles, Mrs
Elizabeth Atkinson and Mrs. N. s.
Johnston, all of this county. He was
reared in this community but moved
to Colorado several years ago. He
was a splendid gentleman with host
of friends who will mourn his death
The Ledger joins in extending sincere
sympathy to the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
FIGHT PICTURES ARE BARRED

Those who are looking forward tC
seeing the heavy weight champion
ship won back to the white race on
the motion picture screen are to the
disappointed. For the films of the
Johnson-Willard fight in Havana
never can be exhibited in the United
States.
Francis NJ. Wilson, United States
district attorney of Kansas City, said
that the federal statutes were clear
on that point, and any attempt to ex-
hibit the pictures would only bring
immediate prosecution in his opinion
The statute which bars prize fight pic.
lures was approved in 1912. Since
that time there have been no big
championship battles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
WILLARD WINS BIG FIGHT.

Havana, Cuba, April 5.--Jess Will
lard is the champion heavyweight
prize fighter Of the world.
In the twenty-sixth round, in the
arena here today, he knocked Jack
johnson, the negro champion, out.
Willard improved steadily after the six
teenth round and toward the last
johnson was seen to grow weaker all
the time.
Over a hundred thousand people
witnessed the mill which is said to
have been one Of the greatest in the
history of the game.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
Breaking Into the Big League

That Columbia is becoming metro
politanized is shown by the fact that
a three-story apartment house is to
be built there this year. There will be
IS apartments Of five and six rooms,
and it is said that more than 40 fam
lilies have applied for quarters. Yet,
in an open-air town like Columbia,
where there is plenty Of room, why is
an apartment house,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-04-08
Mrs. OHutt Entertains.

Mrs. W. A. Ofrutt, fourteen miles
southwest of Mexico, entertained
Saturday, April 3, in ionor of her
daughter, Elizabeth's birthday. The
dinner was sumptuous. Those pres
ent were: Harold and Arthur Brown
Raymond Holman and his mother
Mrs. W. N. Holman, Dorothy Bradley
and her mother, Mrs. Elmer Bradley
Margaret Holman and her sister
Mabel Holman, and Mrs. Reed Burke
besides homefolks. Here's hoping
many returns of this joyous occasion