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Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08
INTERESTING LIFE HISTORY
(,Iacksonvilee, ILL.,, Courier.l

N 1D
Elder Joel A. Headington Of Mex
leo, Mo-, who is visiting relatives in
this city, is in many respects a re-
markable a He has been a min
lister of the gospel for more than fifty
years and during that time has
preached practically all over the state
of Missouri. He was formerly quite
prominent as a pastor of the Christian
church, serving in that capacity some
Of the most important churches of
that belief in New York and other
eastern states.
The Rev. Headington was born in
Jacksonville in 1889. His father, Joel
probably more prominent as an edu-
Gator and was a teacher in the public
schools Of this city for more than
twenty-five years. The elder Head
ington was associated in church work
with such men as w. w. Happy, John
t. Jones and Barton w. Stone. He
was one of the founders Of the Chris
tan church in Jacksonville.
Began Ministry in 1862.
Mr.. Headington, who is visiting
here, received his letter of recon-
w -H
mendation from the Christian church
in this city in 1862, and thus began
his career as a minister. He has been
active in the work since that time
with the exception of the past few
months, when on account Of sickness
and death of his wife and his own
impaired health, he has been COM
PEELED to retire at least temporary
from his labors.
The first p~astorate of Mr.. Heading
ton was at Danbury, Conn.,, which is
fifty-five miles northeast Of New
York City. He afterward served pas
~torates at Buffalo and Syracuse, N,
Y. After some years spent in the
East he came West and settled in Mis-
souri,. For the past forty-four years
he has made his home in Mexico, Mo.
and from there has travelled out as an
evangelist, reaching every corne and
hamlet in the state in his ministra-
tions.
Mr.. Headington has not been in
Jacksonville for more than thirty.
five years. He is the uncle of the
"Osborne Boys as he calls them
Thursday evening he spent at the
home Of G. A. Osborne on South East
Street and j. T. Osborne and d. w
Osborne were also present to wei.
come their honored relative to the
city. During his stay here the Rev
Mr.. Headington will visit the ole
cemetery at Antioch, where his par
ents and other relatives are buried.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08
MEXICO FIRE HISTORY
FOR LAST THREE YEARS
Vernon Morris, Fire Chief. Gives
Facts Concerning Mexico Fires
For Three Years.

cd over the FIRE records and collected
for the citizens Of Mexico the follow
ing statistics and facts concerning
The number of fires in Mexico, the last
three years, their causes, character
and cost. They r of interest to
Mexicoans.
In three years the local FIRE depart
ment has answetsd f07 fire alarms.
Twenty six Of these were inside res
idence fires, caused in most cases by
overheated stoves or by spontaneous
combustion. Both of these causes
could. by a very little effort, be pre-
vented. Stoves should be placed away
from the wall and upon a large metal
zinc. They should be carefully put
together and the pipe should be brac-
cd where there is the least possibility
that it might fall. Spontaneous com
bustion is easily prevented. Clothes
especially if they are damp, should
not be shut up in a closet. All greasy
kitchen cloths should be burned, fol
the grease easily heats itself to the
point Of combustion. A very few Of
the 2S inside fires were caused by
gross c~arelessness; but most Of them
are the result Of ignorance of the ma
lures of fires.
Eighteen of the fire alarms were
for stable and shed fires. The
causes Of this type of fire has always
been mysteries. There have been
10 roof fires causes by sparks from
burning fiues. All of these fires have
been of roofs that were not painted,
Mr.. Morris said: "Since I have been on
the Mexico fire department ] have
not come across a single roof fire on
a painted roof"
II is evident that these 10 fires
could have been prevented If the
owners had painted the roofs.
Oil and gasoline stoves have been
the cause Of but z fires and only one
Of these has been Of aserious nature
Six alarms have sounded because
Of burning hues that we're Of no dan
ger. Lightning has been the cause Of
two Of the fires in the past three
years.
Only seven business houses have
been on fire during this time, The
department has been called for four
grass fires on vacant lots and the
railroad right Of way.
Five fires have been caused by
stove pipes running through roofs
without the proper ventilators.
In the last three years the fremen
have assembled IS times and found
that the alarm has been false. The
cost to the city for each a~larm-that
is for calling the firemen-is some
where near SIG. So it will be seer
that Mexico has spent about $20S fol
false alarms the past three years.
The city pays out each month $63.0t
for salaries ond $50 for horse upkeep
making a total Of $115.05, expended
a month whether there Is a fire o.
not, For every fire the city is obi
ged to add nearly SIG to this amount
In the last seven weeks there has
been no FIRE calls. This is one Of the
longest periods ofrest the company has
ever had. Fire chief Morris, says
the rains have been a great factor in
preventing fires. Just prior to this
seven week period the company was
Ecalled to six fires in four weeks time,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08
FESTIVAL PLANNED
WITH CHICKENS AND CORN
Contests IN all Of the SO School Dis
tricts in Audrain Judging Corn
With Final Show.

A nucleus for a Fall Festival devel-
oped at the CommerciI Club luncheon,
Friday, when R. H. Emerson, Of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, detailed a plan for q corn
judging contest comprising students
in the SO country schools Of the coun-
ty and S. N. Evans announced the Au-
drain County branch of the State
Poultry ASSN would hold a poultry
show here about the same time. The
matter will be placed in the hands Of
Ia competant committee at once and
further plans arranged for a week of
festivities.
Prof. Emerson stated his plan was
to have a corn judging contest in all
of the s3 country schools and then a
final Judging contest between the
various winners in Mexico the follow
ing week. Superintendent of Schools
W. Clyde johnson was present and
said he would he glad to take charge
Of the movement. Mr.. Emberson said
the movement next year could take
the form Of the best acre Of corn
grown by a boy or girl in the county.
He said prizes totalling $50 would
be sufficient as all other expenses
would be born by the United States
Department of Agriculture. The plan
was unanimously endorsed by the
Club and will be pushed with Mr..
johnson in charge.
S. N. Evans stated the Poultry show
would likely be held Nov. Is to 20 as
that was the only open date the
Judge Of the association desired, had
A motion endorsing the Eight-Mile-
Road commission for buying its new
machinery was passed. A letter was
read from State Highway Commits
sioner Frank Buffeum stating he had
ordered the SIS a mile for dragging
the road between Centrali and Thimp-
son paid and contributed SIS from his
personal account toward financing
some other improvements.
C. G. MCGEE of 81. Lotus, made a
short talk complimenting the Club on
It's spirit of progressiveness and the
work it was doing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

66,06I Autos Licensed in missouri.
jefferson City, Mo-, July 1.-The
secretary Of state has issued licenses
since January | to 66,061 automo-
biles, an increase over 1914 Of 1868.
Estimating the average value Of
these cars to be $1,000 each, this
would represent an investment by
Missourians Of more than $1,000 900.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

John T. Wayne and son, Frank,
have purchased the water tanks and
sprinkling rights for the city Of Mex
leo and have taken charge of the
work. George Hall formerly owned
the system.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08
MUST OBEY THE LAW.

Mayor ]. W. Dry and Grief Of Pol
ice Sam Wallace have issued a card te
motor drivers explaining the law re
garding traffic in this city and also
setting forth the penalty. the card
follows:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Mrs. 0. A. Walker and son, Master
Robert, Of Galveston, Texas, and Mrs,
j. T. Martin and daughter, Miss Eliza,
Of Mexico, visited friends in Kansas
City, Kansas, yesterday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08
|FORDs SIXTH TINE WIN
INSURANCE CASE N I'LL.
Two Of Their Cases VIII be Tried ia
This City July 12-TotaI sum
Here IS $4,000.

The Ford Manufacturing Co. this
week for the sixth time won their
case against the Greenwich Fire In
surance Co, when they received a YER
dict Of $500 at Murphyboro, Ill.
On July u two of the Fordcases will
be tried in the Audrain county Cir
cult Court and their total demand will
be for $4,000.
These cases are two of 20 in which
insurance companies are defendants,
growing out Of the destruction by FIRE
of the Ford Manufacturing Company's
roofing paper plant in Vandalia in
March, 1918.
Six Of the cases have been tried, the
Ford Company getting a verdict in
each. A total of $647, 900 is involved
in the 70 suits.
Fund for Litigation.
What is said to have been a strong
=
point in influencing the verdict was
the testimony of an agent of one Of
the insurance companies that each
company holding a policy ON the Ford
plant was assessed | v per cent Of the
face value Of the policy for a litiga-
ton fund.
The witness testifying to this effect
said, however, that this obligation
agreement had later been dissolved,
but that his company had paid $500
into the fund Of its part of the legal
expenses.
The Ford Company also sought to
show that the Illinois Fire Marshal's
office had taken testimony after the
fire, and, while turning such informa-
ton wei to the insurance companies,
refused to allow the Ford Company to
see such testimony, as is required by
the Illinois statutes.
The Ford Company is a 1000 900
corporation, Of which J.. w. Ford, Jr.,
Of 1898 Clemens avenue, St. Louis, is
president. The business was built up
by four brothers from a small plant
in which all the brothers did the labor
of workmen.
Buildings in Plant Burned.
The insurance companies claimed
over-insurance, especially on machin-
cry in the plant which included 80
buildings, 36 of which were destroyed.
A similar case is on trial in Chi
cago in which the Lloyds Of London
are defendants. Other cases are set
for trial in Missouri and Kentucky
because service could not be procured
on the insurance companies in Illinois,
according to P. H. Cullen Of st. Louis
attorney for the Ford Company.
The attorneys for the Ford Co.,
here are Fauntleroff, Cullen & Hay,
CAN'T, Fry and Rodgers. For the in
surance company c. B. obermeyer and
A. c. Whitson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

George w. Python, three miles
north OF Auxvasse, delivered "a
lambs Monday to John w. Bailey, Of
Concord. They lacked just a
small fraction Of weighing an aver
age of SO pounds. Last year Mr..
Python sold from the same bunch of
ewes the same number Of lambs and
they averaged 81 pounds. His lambs
this year sold at $6.14 a head-Ful
ton Gazette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Misses Mary and Allyn Toohey of
Slater who have been the guests Of
Miss Ida Fox of this city returned
home, Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

W. c. Worrell of Columbus, Ohio,
cousin Of R. D. Worrell of this city
was a visitor in Mexico, Thursday
evening.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

H. B. Brett and wife, and Mrs. R.
R. Arnold, Jr., accompanied by their
children, are spending the summe at
Mullet Lake, Michigan.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Capt. D. S. Burroughs continues to
improve. His many friends were glad
to see him down town this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Mrs. J. H. Kerr and Misses c. v.
Boulware and S. B., E. H., and NJ. B.
Kerr, were in this city, Friday,
enroute to their home in Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. bearing return-
ed, today, from a motor trip to st.
Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08
Automobile and Motorcycle Owners
Attention.

Attention.
Speed limit in business district 10
miles per hour, residence district Is
miles per hour. Muffiers closed in
side city limits.
$25 to 500 fine for first violation,
$50 to $500 for second violation.
Keep to your right at all times. Do
not stop car on left side Of street, nor
turn in middle Of a block. Keep your
lights burning at night, signal at
crossings.
]. W. Dry, Mayor.
Co.. ufnItcan rb;of IF pof;a.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Carpenter leave
Sunday for Sturgis, Mich, where they
will spend the summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Earnest Gallop of Columbia is the
guest of his parents, MI. and Mrs. G..
w. Gallop.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Ben Elliott went to Columbia,
Thursday on business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

J. B. Bush of Kansas City, well
known here, was in Mexico, Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Mrs. j. ]. Gingrich is home after
q short visit in Fulton,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Miss Libuse Soukup is home from
from Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

Sidney Houston left for Santa Fe,
Friday, to visit friends,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

F. A. Pearl was-a business visitor
to C~entralia, Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-08

judge w. w. Bolts and family are
home from Bowling Green where they
attended the Clark wedding.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
Noteworthy Engagement.

One of our specially noteworthy
attractions of the theatrical season
comes to Union City when it will
appear at the Reynolds for one per-
formance, JAM A. This famous
comedy, "a Pair of Skies" enjoyed
one of the most unusual runs in New
York City ever granted to a comedy
appearing at down town theater.
Just off of Broadway, in theater
where the best is always expected,
there was doubt as to the advisability
of the presentation at the Longacre.
However, the wisdom of Mr. Frazee
was again demonstrated and by the
end of the first week sell out was
the regular thing. Which goes to
show that a farce will draw just as
strongly as a more serious play if
the comedy is well written and pro-
duced and contains just what people
want.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
Another Preparedness.

We do not believe the United
States is exposed to danger of bis
war to-day in higher degree thar
lit has been any time the last hun,
bred years. We do believe war has
always been possibility. The exact
point of preparedness to which we
should go in view of that possibility
is an unsolvable problem.
For many years we had virtually
no preparation and suffered no harm,
In general way it is like mans
accident insurance. He knows an
accident may happen. He may go
thru life without insurance and never
be hurt. If a disabling accident
does happen he could well have af-
forded, the day before, to pay a
premium of ten or twenty dollars for
a hundred dollars insurance; but if
you put before him the proposition
Iof paying ten per cent premium
as regular thing, he would say he
might just as well be ruined by an
accident as by an excessive premium.
Practically, as a prudent man, he
will pay only such premium as seems
reasonable in view of the accident
probability.
A great many people in the United
States think our accident probability
is heightened by the European sit
uation; that we are exposed to a
greater war risk than in the past
and should take out more insurance.
Probably Congress will order in
creases in both navy and army There
can be no rational quarrel with a ra-
tionally planned program of that
kind
But if our war risk is higher. then
surely we ought to prepare in more
ways than merely by bigger military
appropriations. War is fought with
money as much as with men and
ships The condition of the treasury
is as important as the condition of
the navy yards. If Congress adopts
the view that we are exposed to the
danger of war in higher degree
than before, what will it do about
economy and efficiency in the govern
ment? Especially as whatever it
does there will be all to the good,
whether its idea of the war risk is
right or wrong-Saturday Evening
Post.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24

Of enterprise, industry character,
and one worthy OF every mans con-
fidence in the county. Mr.. Nagle
will probably establish plant in
connection with the canning plant
for the manufacture of machines, and
we believe the future of the work is
unlimited. We sincerely trust that it
can be made one of the largest In
dustries in the State, and we believe
Mr.. Nagle can make it so. One of
the interesting features about the
Sep-o-bac is that Mr.. Hatfield re-
fuses to sell the States of Illinois and
Indiana at any price, reserying these
for his own use.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
McClanahan-Hodge

In the presence Of few friends
and relatives at the home of r. N.
Hodge, Nashville. Tenn, Miss Lenore
Hodge was married to Mr.. Fred A.
McClanahan, of Union City.
The bride wore lovely blue suit
and carried bride roses and ferns,
Rev. ]. 3. Stuart. of Nashville, Of
floating. The bride was given in
marriage by her mother, Mrs Nettie
Hodge. She is charming and cuis
tured young lady and has host Of
friends to wish for her happy flu
ture. Mr.. McClanahan is associated
with his father. r. Fl, McClanahan,
in contracting and building, and is.
a fine young man of high character
and sterling worth. They will be at
home to their friends at All South
Second street, Union City.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

The entire membership of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church is
urged to attend the services on next
Sunday. A congregational meeting
is called to follow the morning
services.
The present pastor will deliver his
farewell sermon Sunday night, on the
subject Things Worth While" Pub
lie cordially invited. Special music.
C. NJ. Zwingle, Pastor.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
N SIS NJ
Matinee Musical Club.

The Matinee Musical Club met
with Mrs. Cato Davis Saturday after
noon Mrs. Davis was director for
the afternoon, on account of the alb
sence of Miss Dahnke. After the
minutes were read Mrs. Davis read
an interesting paper on the life of
EE2sansnstein. The following numbers
were rendered:
Andante from first symphony, Bee
thoven-Miss Adams.
Scherzo, Beethoven, Miss Fair
child.
Sonatina No. 8, Rubenstein-Mrs.
Cunningham.
little Pink Rose" Carrie Jacobs
Bond-Mrs. Davis.
Slow movement from the Moon
light Sonata" Beethoven Miss
Garth.
1.-THE Wanderers Night Song"
Rubenstein-Mesda Lee and
Carlton.
LeBal Rubenstein- Mrs. Frank
Adams.
AS visitor to the club we were
entertained by a violin solo, Lula
bye, Hauser-Miss Gleason.
After this delightful program
dainty refreshments were served.
The club adjourned to meet with
Miss Katherine Dahnke Jan. /, 1916.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
Marriage Licenses.

S. Kelly and Mary Upchurch
Louis Harrison McAdoo and Lillian
Clemmons.
Raymond Crittendon and Grace
Thurman.
John Thompson and Mary Malta.
Arley Morris and Vira Barnes.
J. L. Singleton and Maggie Pur-
sell.
e. L. Hall and Elizabeth Moffatt.
George Riley Todd and Ruby Mai
Turner.
COLORED.
Odus Burrus and Sarah Threlkeld.
Gray Best.
Hickman, KY, Dec. 20.-Miss Alta
Best and r. w. Gray, both residing
across the river from here in Mis-
souri,, were quietly married at the
parsonage by the Rev. r. S. Douglas.
The groom is 81 years old and the
bride is So.
SIS
Champion Lee.
A quiet, pretty home wedding took
place Sunday afternoon at. the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Carter, on
Valley street, when Mr. F. L. Cham
pion and Miss Katie Lee were united
for life, Rev. D. w. Fooks officiating.
The home was prettily decorated for
the happy event. Only few rela-
tives and special friends were pres
ent.-Fulton Leader.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
Champion Lee.
Notice to Shareholders.

The regular annual meeting of the
shareholders of the Third National
Bank, Union City, Tenn, will be held
in their bank building at 10 a. m.
Tuesday, January II, 1915, for the
purpose of electing directors for the
ensuing year. 37-5t
A full attendance is desired.
D. N. WALKER, Vice Pres.
HUNTER ELAN, Cashier.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
Change of Management.

Mr.. Lewis M. Martin, of Martin,
formerly druggist of this city, has
charge of the City Pharmacy, corner
First and Washington streets, hav-
ing been sent here by the Vanvleet-
Mansfield Drug Company, of Mem
phis, who owns the business. Mr..
Martin is one of the most popular
druggists in this end of the State,
a good business man and we are glad
that he has returned to Union City,
hoping that his stay may be perma-
nent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
Sep-o-bac.

This is not liver medicine. Per-
haps some of us want to get our
selves in the proper frame of mind to
understand the nature of the con-
Germ First it is machine. Many
of our citizens remember the old
wheat fan The old machine is now
combined with the thresher to sepa-
rate the wheat from the cheat and
cookie. But the Sep-o-bac is a new
invention and one of the most won
derful ever shown here c. N Hat
field, New Castle, Ind, is the in
ventor, and the gentleman and his
partner were here last week demon
strating the machine in the Mailing
building, formerly occupied by ]. A.
Coble. Mr.. Hatfield originated the
Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet, and is
man who has had large experience
in mechanical inventions. He had
three machines in use here for dem
onstration purposes. First was used
Ava q hCdl oCpdl dGOl uuI lu6lcdu
of tanning the chaff and dirt from
the wheat in the old way this ma
chine separates the big grains from
the small ones, and at the same time
takes out all the cheat and cookie or
other foreign matter from the grain.
Three receptacles are used, one to
catch the big grains, or No. l wheat,
one for the small wheat, and another
for the cheat, cookie, etc. The ma
chine is used not only for separating
wheat for the market, but for plant
ing, and the actual test made for
seed wheat has raised the yield six
and four-tenths bushels per acre.
This was on acre of sown wheat
compared with the ordinary manner
of sowing. The machine is con-
structed with set of sifters,v very sim
pie and inexpensive, which oscillate
or vibrate in a manner so as to carry
the different substances to their
proper places, and the separation is
made together by the various sifters
woven differently and the motion of
the machine 1t is simply
remarkable. The separation is thor
ough
A second machine, same pattern,
but different sifters, is used to sepa-
rate timothy, clover and red top,
which is mixed together and fed in
the hopper in the same way the
wheat is fed, and the separation is
just as accurate and thorough. Then
the third machine is used to separate |
oats The big and little oats are
for seed and market pur-
poses, and third vessel catches the
pin head oats. Those who are ia
miliar with the culture of oats know |
about pin head or short |
oats, which interfere considerably |
with harvesting and cuts the crop
down in yield. The pin heads are
separated entirely and the large oats
are obtained in their proper grades
for sowing and marketing.
Now, what will be more interest
ing to our people than anything else
connected with the Sep-o-bac is the
fact that Geo. A. NagIe, of this city, |
manager of the Union City Canning
Co., has bought the manufacturing
and selling rights for the State of |
for Sep-o-bac. We don't
believe &here is a man who doesn't
know it. hut Geo. Maggie is one of the
pest citizehs we have. He is a man
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24

MADELEINE have the authority to announce
Hon Seid Waddell candidate for Mayor Of
Union City, Tenn. Election January l, 1916.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-24
Stockholders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Old
National Bank of Union City, Tenn,
will be held in the banking room OF
said bank on Tuesday, January IL, 1916,
at two O'Clock p. M, for the purpose OF
electing eleven Directors to serve for
the ensuing year, and to consider any
other business that may come before
said meeting.
We urge you to be present at this
meeting.
WALTER HOWELL, President.
A.. L. GARTH, Cashier. 36-4t