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Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
Worry, the Great American Disease

Worry is the most popular form of suicide Worry impairs appetite
0isturbs sleep makes respiration irregular. sponf DIGESTION frrfates dis
position, warps character, weakens mind. stimulates disease. and saps hodL
y health II a the real cause Of death in thousands Of instances where
some other cause OF death is named In the death certificate. Worry Is men,
tai poison; work is mental food When a man or woman works owe In
ing tn kaleidoscope OF the days activities then there Is either overwork
or worry, and most likely Il is the worry that comes from oyerwork, The
Creator. never intended a healthy mind to dream OF the days duties. Either
dreamless sleep or dreams OF the past should be the order OF the night
Worry is forethoaght gone to seed. Worry Is DESIGNATING possible fH
tue sorrows so that the individual may have present misery Worry is the
father o insomnia Worry is the traitor 10 our camp that dampens our
powder weakens our aim Under the guisesof helping US 70 bear the pres
emit aad to be ready for the future. worry mulupies enemies within our
own mlnd TO sap our strength Worry must not BE- confused with anxiety.
Ing referring. OF course to the throtthng effect upon Individual activity
Anxiety faces large issues of life seriously, calmly. with dignity. Anxiefy
always suggests hopeful possibilities: It Is active in being ready. and de-
visng measures to meet the outcome Worry is a colony OF petty. vague
restless imps OF fear. that become important only from their
their consistency their Iteration. The full, rich strength OF the
mind. that which produces our best success. that represents our 6nesta r
is tapped. led away and wasted m worry.
TO cure worry. the individual must be his own physician; ne must give
be case heroic treatment He must realize. with every fibre Of his being
he utter, absolute uselessness II worry. He must not think this "a conn
bit OF mere theory: II Is a reality thst he must translate for
himself from mere words to a real. living fact. He must fully understand
hat II It were possible for him to spend a whole series OF eternuies In wor-
" y would not change the fact one tot or title II you set down a column
y ngures IN addition, no amount OF worry can change the sum total Of
hose figures That result Is wrapped up in the inevfabIty OF mathematics
ne ~ TINT "a a Ia cannot afford to worry Is when he does worry |
hen he is facing, or imagtnes he tb a critical turn in AFFAIRS This Is he
me when he needs ne hendred per cent OF his mental energy To MAKE
Is plans quickly, to see what is his wisest decision. to kep a. clear we on
ne SKY and O his course, and a firm hand on the helm until he has wealth
red the storm In safety
Man has n o right to waste his own energies, to weaken his own pow
and influence, for he has inaienabie duties to himself. to lis family In
ochtya and to the world'-WilHam George Jordan.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

was placed on the market The com
pany having this sanitary method o
shipping bivslves to the interior
used it in a campaign urging the deal.
ers in a town who handled their pro
duct that they were in competition
with dealers who sold oysters shipped
in wooden tubs or under unsanitary
conditions and in cooperation with
the dealers who sold Sealshipt. In
other words those who sold Sealshipt
oysters should maintain the standard
Of their product and not fight each
other for in doing this they injured
themselves and aided competition.
What the small town merchant must
have is a closer cooperation so that
co-opetition will follow. The idea
that the man in Mexico who sells the
same line Of goods you do is your
competitor is no longer out of the
category of moss-grown business fall
aeities. The only competitor the local
merchant has is the mail order con-
Germ. The only sure way of proving
the buying public that the local
gives as good and better
goods at the same and less prices than
he mail order house is through Co
operation with his fellow merchant
Pull together, make no statements in
POUR advertisements you cannot full
and pull as one for the improve
nent of the city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
HOT SHOT OFF THE RAT


REPRESENTATIVE Walton Of
Howard Co, in his Armstrong Herald
editorially says:
You dry fellows have put st. Louis
on the bum, and property isn't worth
ten cents on the dollar down there.
and we will give the Republican ticket
10000 majority at the next election
Inc above was the remark that a
whiskey-soaked fellow from St. Louis
made to a number of country men,
oers of the Legislature the other even
ing. And that fellow isn't worth one
cent on the dollar when it comes To
real manhood, or Democracy either
as for that. We told him that ST
LOUIS stlll had her breweries, still had
her 1900 saloons, still had a Republi-
can city administration. still had her
election crooks and thieves; and if
property valuations had decreased
there it was certainly no fault of tba
dry voters who live out in the rural
districts. We further told him that
possibly the rural communities did
not consume as much beer and wbis-
Key as they did in former years. and
thu add to the wealth of the St. Lopis
liquor dealers; however, since thev
quit spending their money for beer
n whiskey they had more money IN
spend for food and clothing. farm
machinery and other articles of mer-
chandlse, and thus added to the vol
ume OF business given the wholesale
merchants Of st. Louis, And 50 far
1t being undemocratic for a man /.
10 vote dry-well, if we could not vote
dry and still be a good Democrat, then
Iod have mercy on the Demoe-
rate party. The fact Of the business
Is tnere is no politics in the wet and
Try question; it's simply a moral prop
and our plan of dealing with
me liquor traffic is just the same
method we would adopt in dealing
WIN a rattlesnake-just deal it a
leath-biow at every opportunity.
oof' deluded fool-the idea of booze
a town is all nonsense; and
1t were not for the 2,300 saloons in
T. Louis to sap the wages of the
'orkmen Of that city we do not be-
eve there would have been but a few
len in the bread line" in that city
nring the winter months. The trouble
18th the bread line" fellows is, they
bend three-fourths of their money
lr1ng the months Of the year that
icy can work, and when the winter
onths come on, they have no money
tide them over, and must take their
ace in the "bread line"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

DISCUSSING the Mexican situa.
ton with callers Monday, the Presi.
dent is said "to have pointed out that
there are certain persons in Mexico
City and in the United States who
are apparently determined to force
american Intervention, even though
they have to furnish the reasons
themselves for such intervention
The Administration could strengthen
public opinion at this time and give
and and comfort to its supporters if
II would authoratively name a few of
these persons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
SENATOR'S AND POLIT.
lCAL APPOINTMENTS.

- A.
UNDER the heading Of Senator.
as Job Mongers," the Saturday Even.
ing Post editorially says:
Periodically the Senate chamber re.
sounds with eloquent complaints Of
executive trespass on the legislative
branch of government, but there is
really nothing on that side of the ac-
count to correspond with bald legis-
iative usurpation of the selection of
executive officers.
If there is any virtue at all in div.
isioh of powers, the President should
certainly control the executive depart.
ment. AS chief of that department.
he should choose his s~ubordinates,
but the power of choosing has Writ
rally been taken away from him. The
Senate insists on choosing-insists
with a unanimity and pertinacity that
are unequaled in regard to any other
of its functions. 1t has laid down
the law that senators shall select the
executive officers in their respective
states; and, so far, it has beaten every
President who took issue with it.
OF course this corrupts the public
service, for the senator's choice is al
most invariably dictated by consider
atoms Of his own political fortunes.
Every President, as chief Of his
party, is interested in a legislative
program that he thinks Is for the best
interests of the country. A hostile
Senate could block any A~dministra-
ton measure; and every President is
to fight for his right to select
executive officers, because he fears n
vengeful Senate will wreck his legis.
iatve program-which means. in
plain language, that the Senate cares
for its jobs than it does for the !
good of the country.
That this jobmongering -corrupts !
ne Senate as well as the public SER !
nee seems evident, The point is i'm
'ortant enough to warrant a fight.
a which, we believe, a President with =
uiilcient pugnacity to make the issue :
,ill win. 6
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
THE COED CANE"

Miss Louise lie NOR Thomas, 10
year-old daughter of Mrs. NJ. Louise
Thomas, head Of Lennox Hall, st
Louis, and a Washington University
student, has the jolliest companion in
the world-a walking cane. 1t is a
genuine gentleman's walking cane,
and without the stick one never sees
Miss Thomas. Miss Thomas is well
known in Mexico where she and her
mother lived for several years. So
far as is known she is the only young
woman in st. Louis who habitually
carries a stick, and she declares when
her custom becomes a habit with 9TH
ers she will discard her @jolly con-
panion."
1T isn't a fad with me. Oh, no!
Not at ALL" she asserted. my cane
is simply my companion. l walk a lot,
and | sort of talk to it. No, it is no
protection at all; but it might be" she
added. 1.-THE inspiration came to me
about four months ago--just came
I'm glad II did. | scratched
around lots for a cane and finally
this gem 1t was lost two
weeks, but | found It again. Wasn't
hat luck. ?"
Incidentally, Miss Thomas strongly
suspected members Of her family in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
HERE MOSTLY DUE
TO THE DEFECTIVE FlUEs

The majority of fires in Mexic,
are caused 10y defective fiues accord.
ing to Fire Chief Werner Morris. Few
blazes ran be traced to the mice ant
matches though some Of our confiag.
rstions are the result of spontaneous
combustion. In passing it is inter-
esting to note that there have been
fewer fires in Mexico this winter than
for several yaers. Why this is is a
question of more or less debate.
Mr.. Morris says when the freezes
are followed by thaws due to large diff
ferences in temperature the chimneys
in many homes settle and this results
in assures large enough for the fire
going up in the iue to come in con-
tact with some of the adjacent wood
and set il ablaze. Mr.. Morris remem-
bers a house which burned here a few
years ago that had a crack in it large
enough to insert his fist. A dry pine
joist rested against it ready to spring
into a blaze with the smallest spark.
Few fires in Mexico are the result
mice and matches according to Mr..
Morris. The throwing of soiled cloth
ing into tight closets resulting in
spontaneous combustion originates a
of u confagrations. He sug-
gests that it is well to watch your
especially in winter and to
tote the faintest sign of settling if
'ou would guard against the possibil-
ty of a spark reaching the wood and
ventually destroying the home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
fancy COUNTY STAYS anpv ;,

springfield, Mo-, March 15.-Tane,
county went "dry" Thursday bv . ma
''y OF approximately seven hundred
.o'eS' Branson vas the only town i
,"s county in which the "wetsp pre-.
nominated. The vote there was ian
to ITO. was lou
The "drys" carried Hollistor
mn ure resort of the shepherd of the
mus country, by a vote Of IN i
y ~ and Forsyth by a vote Of 127 ~
y The county has been dry tho
last six years. 'ne
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

WE want to congratulate the St
Louis Republic on the constructive
policy of its editorial page under the
able management of Hon. Paul Brown.
The Republic not only stands for
something but endeavors in a consis-
tent and practical way to help accom-
phsh those things for which it stands.
Every newspaper that ever expects to
amount to anything must stand for
some constructive policy. 1t will get
along better yer if the policy is
wrong, than if it has no policy at all.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
COLLECTOR SETTLED MoNn.y

5. A. Pulls, the retiring County Col.
,ector settled with the County Court.
Monday at an adjourned Session. Mr.
runs statement shows his collection
aor the past year to total almost 5000.
Voo' which is about $4,000 more than
was ever collected in this county be-.
lore. Mr.. Pulls has made a splendid
ofnc'al and retires with a good record
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
connection with her temporary loss,p
A Feather Weight Stick.

connection with her temporary loss,
A Feather Weight Stick.
The cane is a tan, a very light tan
and is of the proyerbial feather
weight. 1t is such as any dappei
young mar might adopt.
Miss Thomas, though c~onfessinp
no fads, is an ardent bicyclist, a crack
skater, tennis player, rover and
walker. She it was who last spring
painted her bicycle, dubbed by uni
versity students 'The Yellow Peril.
True, | did kind o. get in bad with
the shade, but ! love yellow" she con-
fessed.
She is an attractive young woman
of the Bible Burke sort, and in her
jaunty Norfolk of mannish cut, her
Alpine shirt. Buster Brown collar.
English shoes and stick, she is de-
cidedly a type"
She is a graduate Of Lennox Hall,
spent n year at Smith College, and
is taking the English and art
courses at Washington University.
She is five feet seven, athletically
poised, with reddish brown hair and
complexion. She declares she
all here spare time in the omen
With her "iolly companion
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

Z. M. Sayre to W. r. Shields. War.
ranty. COnsid. $4,000 u int. in VIZ
of NV Sc of 1917.
W. + Shields to Z. M. & Ella ],
sayre, Warranty, Consid. $1,000 Y
int. in Z y of NE & NJ Of NE Sc
of 1-51-7.
D. Clyde Weaver by Gdn. to Claud
q Pearl Thomas, Gdn's. Deed, Consid.
$4,000 W VI of NV Of Is and sW
SW of 10-51-s.
Charlie j. Weaver to Pearl Thomas.
Warranty, COnsid. $1,000 1-s int. in
VIZ of NV of is and SW sW of
10-51-S.
Mary E. Payton ct al to Edwin
Wright Settle, Warranty, Consid. SIX
900 NE of 1888.
Jennie Mckinney to Daniel ouin.
lan' Warranty, COnsid. s1.OO & Other
10 acres IN NV of 30-52-8.
M. M. Brown to Eliza B. Brown
Warranty, COnsid $1.OO G other Lot
o | Mrs. Sparks Southern Add. to
Mexico.
W. A. and H. D. Shrout to ]. F.
Simeoe, Warranty, Consid. $1,000 sW
NE of 35-52-IO.
b. f. Welch to William Pruessner.
Warranty, Consid. $1.OO & other e.o7
in sW NV of 85-51-9.
David L. Highbarger to B. W.
WEIGH Warranty, Consid. $1.OO &
9.O7 acres in SW NV of 35-51.e
Vernan V. Smith to Lawrence Nc.
Warranty, Consid. $4,000 s9x |
ores in NV Sc of 9-5O.1O. +,
G. B. Luekie to John W. Mason
warranty, Ccnsid. $500 Lot 3 in oak
ark Add. to Mexico. :
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
CONGRESS SPENDS
.foANo1 EA GaNDc
TOO MUCH MONEY

1OO MUCH MONEY
IN a most admirable address del
ivered before the Mexico Commercial
Club at its annual dinner, Hon. Pau
Brown, editor Of the st. Louis Re.
public, showed very definitely that
the business affairs of this country
are not handled in a business like
way by Congress and the departments
at Washington. Along this line, re-
ferring to the expenditures made by
the Congress which adjourned on the
fourth of March, the New York World
editorially says:
ut is a habit Of Americans to criti-
else Congress and to rejoice when it
~adjOurns. The Congress that expired
recently was one Of the most nota-
BILE in the history Of the country. II
labors have been prodigious. No
scandal has attached to it. The many
great measures that it has adopted
have been worked out patiently and
with a solemn regard for party prom
ises approved more than once at the
polls. During its entire life, with its
energies concentrated chiefly upon
economics aud financial problems, it
has suffered from the distractions Of
disorder in Mexico and wal in Eur
Ope. 1t fully deserves the high COM
pliment paid to it by President Will
son.
Congress is thoroughly represen-
tative body and that is one reason. no
doubt, why the people whom it so
closely resembles are inclined to be
severe in their judgments of it. In 1
its industry, devotion to business, re-
gard for right and justice and faith
fitness to obligations, the Sixty-third S
Congress, now dispersed, was thor, G
oughly typical of the inhabitants of /
the United States. Having their yir- 7
tues, 1t necessarily had their faults, c
one of the chief of which is extray- 4
e
The appropriations by this Con-.
gress, the first having a Democratic i:
majority in both Houses since the c.
Fifty-third Congress, which sat in n
aggregate S2,237,OOO 900. h
The total appropriations by the Fifty b
hird Congress, twenty years ago. II
we're 917,000, 900. At that time a s
Congress was thought to W
inexcusably wasteful. Of late we al
ave had two-billion-dollar Congress- OF
S as a regular thing, and now we are tn
aklng leave of one that has made a ey
of almost two and one-quarter st
lilions. p,
This is the one great fault of the
Congress. 1t had time Sc
'r most things except economy. 1t m,
as mindful of its pledges except that at
'lating to retrenehment. 1t correct
abuses of taxation, finance, bank pa
g and law, but it could not, at least pr
did not, make even an attempt to int
ieck the lavishness of the Nation. Sc
that respect it simply drifted with ito
e tide. loa
Has the Federal Government be- ex,
me so unwieldly, so overloaded with vel
and so committed to prod lat
allty that no political party is cap pla
lie Of correcting the wrong which mo
at the root of nearly all other GOO
I
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
Nothing Wantin.

some time when you have a ba,
eoid give Chamberlain's Cough ROW.
Guy 2 trial and you will find nothino
wanting in hat preparation. Il
n sOosens q cold relieves the lungs, aids
eApectoration and enables the system
~ 'nrow on the cold in much less than
une usual treatment, Mrs. L. R. Al.
nson, Logansport, Ind, says, II have
nyver found anything that gave mo
aeliei IKE Chamberlain's Cough Rem
ers u0eS' For sale by all deal.
ADJ
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

be wants to? What in the world is
this country coming to any wayl If
we keep on passing laws Of this kind
we will all have to move TO Russia, al
though even in that country they have
taken away the liberty of those who
wanted TO buy or sell or drink vodka.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Judge johnson Gel
ebrated their thirieth wedding ami
versary last night by glaring at each
other. Il refer to it as the Thirty.
Years War; said Mr.. johnson TO-DAY
while being interviewed by a society
reporter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
Hunger The Best Sanca

There IS no equal to natural
munger, If you would relish your
meal IKE a hungry boy, take Cham
pertains Tablets. They improve the
digestion and create hunger. II. d.
parmenter, Cridersville, Ohio writes.
have used Chamberlain's Tablets
lor stomach trouble, biliousness and
constipation off and on for the mast
yen years and have never seen their
equal yet" For sale by all deal.
Adv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

THE Democrats of Mexico and Au.
drain County are cordially invited to
attend the big Democratic love feast
at jefferson City Friday, March 10.
at 1880 p. m. There will be a big
dollar plate banquet and only about
1000 can be Accommodated. You should
make your requisition Immediately by
addressing A. 2. Patterson, jefferson
City, who is chairman of the COM
mittee on tickets. Hon. James Ham,
Ilton Lewis U. S. Senator from I'LL
nois, will be the speaker of the even.
ing Addresses viii be made by Gov
ernor Major, and Senator's Stone and
Reed. There will be no special invi-
tatiOns but every Missouri Democrat
is cordially invited
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

The personal liberty" advocates
evidently have oyer looked that thew
should have risen up and protested
against the national law prohibiting
the sale Of habit-forming drugs, Is
Il possible that a man hasn't got the
right to buy or sell or use anything
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

.ANAFs
Conrad Schultz to Jefferson ID
Greer, Warranty, Consid. 1926 7.sC
acres in NE NV of 2-51-9,
Kathryn o'Bricn to Annie o'Brien
uit-Claim, Consid. $1.00 Sc NV Of
10-51-10.
Kathryn 0'Brien ct al to Annie
oBrien, Quit Claim, Consid. S1.OO
W u of NV and Sc NV of 34-52-10,
Mamie P. Hancock to David c. Hat
ten, Warranty, Consid. $1.O0 2 tracts
Southwest of Block Z, Swifts 2nd
Add. to Laddonia.
H. G. Sipple to Mamie P. Hancock.
warranty, Consid. $1.0O 2 tracts of
Southwest of Block Z, Swifts Add
to Laddonia.
M. +. Horton to Joseph P. Duncan.
Warranty, Consid. s1.OO and other Sc
NE and NE Sc of 1858.
Clarence Nichols ct al by Gdn. to
{. R. Brown, Guardians Deed. Con.
sid. $1,000 $50 A in Sc NV & NE
SW & NV Sc & Sc NE & sW Sc
of 3O-51-9.
Clarence Nichols to C. R. Brown.
Quit-Claim, Consid. s1.OO 230 A in Sc
NV e. NE sW & NV seq Sc NE
& SW Sc of 3O-51-9.
Alexander G. okey to Chas. W.
Cunningham, Warranty, Consid. 81.
400 5h A in W u of W V of NV &
IN E Y of W " of NV of 12-5O-s.
D. il. Merrell to VIM. H. Mcpike.
Warranty, COnsid. $1,000 V int. in s
"a OF Lots 3 & 4, Block 10, ORIG.
Eandalia.
George R. Gibson to H. P. French
Warranty, Consid. $4,000 Lot 70, |
IL. Orig. Martinsburp.
b. ?. Robinson & C. II. Baker 10
!. J. Brenton, Warranty, Consid. ssOo
E NE NE of 26-5l-lO. c
Jas W. Lee to |. T. Van Note. War. !,
'nty Consid. $1,000 PIT. Lot 3. sparks l.
.dd y Pts. Blocks 20, "a & 81. el
adds Add to Mexico. "a
Elvlna johnson to Anna C. & Clara y y
johnson, Warranty, Consid. sion n,
8, ., 10, IL & 10, Block 10. Rem. re
N City. ed
George Meyerpeter to +. x. Va. er
unu, warranty, Consid. $500. Lots p,
., Block 70, Orig. Martinsburq.
r. H. Vomund to Fannie Stuart =.
arranty, consid. $3.50, Lot 6. BlocE
ORG. Martinsburg. ~
Eoen L. Stewart to F. X. vomura ~
arranty' consid. $1,000 Sc Sc 81 s"'
.50-7. "H Oh dol
L. khOads to W. P & Gertie NJ F,
''ier' warranty, Consid. S4.500 sw
OF 10 and NV NE of 22-51-5. u urt
'er'e M stotler to C. L & Green. 20
~ khoads, Warranty, consia 90
'Oo S.Ss acres in sw sw of 4-52.5 la,
T. f. Miller to F. W. LlewelIvr as
COnsid. $4,000 Lots i,
o Block 10, Ladds Add to Mex, ~
: W. Llewellyn to b. y & InIn1 -,
'ar' warranty, cOnsid. $4,000 Lot d day.
'ity Survey 40, Mexico. u"''
oiand I. Bryan to Geo. II. g En- =
A. Aelth, Warranty, Consid. 81 M
ener " Y of sw of Is and 81 s s,n'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

49, ri'y people came into Mexico on
taea electric car Sunday night and At.
Tha "eu 'ne meeting at the Tabernacle.
date them. aecomo-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

1T will be fortunate if the negotia-
tons for altered geographical lines.
after the war is over, do not lead to
fresh d~issensions.