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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
The Weekly Lodged Highly
Appreciated.

Mrs. j. Y. Horton, of Buffalo, Mont,
in renting for the Mexico Weekly
Ledger, under date of August 9th,
says
Col. Bob White, Mexico, Mo. Dear
Sir: Please accept another subscrip-
ton for the Weekly Ledger. We are
all so glad when it arrives each time.
We are far removed from Mexico,
although we are always impatient to
get your paper, for it is as the heart
of the people.
Wheat is looking fine here, consid-
ering everything. The winter wheat
is nearly all killed and spring wheat
had to be re-seeded. We have two
hundred and forty acres of it in. 1t
is Just now well headed out. We are
having excellent weather-warm days
and cool nights.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
DIZZINESS IS ANNOYING.
As Many Mexico People Know
Too Well.

When the kidneys are weak or dis
ordering, they fall behind in filtering
the blood of poisons. AS these poi
sons attack the nerves, the result is
felt in spells of vertigo, just as
drunkenness will make a man dizzy
from the poisoning of alcohol. Dir
ziness, headache, backache and ire
gularity of the kidney %secretions are
all signs of a weak o disordered kid
neys and should not be neglected.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills, the home
endorsed kidney remedy. Read this
Mexico residents statement:
Mrs. M. G. Owen, Ais Anderson ST.
Mexico, says: "Along about a year
ago | commenced to notice my kid
neys were not acting as they should
They were too frequent in action. Ny
back nearly killed me and when walk
ing about, doing my housework,
had to to put my hands on my hips
for support. I got so dizzy that l
was afraid to walk across the floor
As Doan's Kidney Pills had been
used in my family, I decided to get
some and sent to Llewellyn's DruG
Store, for them. l used them as di-
rected and they soon ended the trou-
bile"
Price SOC at all DEALERS. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy -
get Doan's Kidney Pills - the same
that Mrs. Owen had. Foster-Mil~
burn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y. Adv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

Eith 1855 inches as normal for July.
In many counties the rainfall would
have been sufficient for the immediate
needs Of growing crops, except for the
high temperature. However, the heat
Of July and excessive rains earlier
in the season, combined 10 produce
most unsatisfactory conditions.
Corn - While corn has not suffered
as much from hot winds as did the
crop Of 1911, the condition, due to the
u~nfavorable distribution Of moisture
and to the impossibility of proper cul-
tivation, now is four points lower than
for that year.
Rain Yet VIII Help.
Owing o the wider distribution Of
the 1916 planting season as compared
with that of 1911, and to the greater
spread" in the growth and maturity
Of corn, it is not improbable that
with ample rainfall during August the
present crop may equal that of five
years ago, but with continued dry hot
weather it will fall far short.
The 1911 crop averaged 25.3 bu per
acre, a total yield of 191, $4,000 Blu.
Wheat = With So per cent of the
1915 wheat crop threshed, indications
are that the final yield will not exceed
S.5 bu. per acre, as compared with the
caller estimate of SO Blu.
A large per cent of the crop has
been stacked. Average selling price
of new wheat on Aug. 1 was $1.10.
Oats - Correspondents report 45
per cent of the Missouri oat crop has
been threshed. The yield is placed at
24.7 blu. 1t was first thought that the
crop would average 80 bu., but the
threshing returns have not been up to
expectations.
Hay - Missouri has this year pro-
duced one of the best hay crops in her
history, and the hay crop of 1915 was
valued at almost $40,000,O0O, or o
than wheat and oats combined. The
1916 hay crop has been saved in fine
shape, and with an abundance Of feed
in stacks, ricks and mows, any short
age in corn cribs will not be SO seri-
Gus. Yield of timothy hay is estimat-
led at 1.3 ton; mixed timothy and clover
Ia ton, with an acreage Of ITO as COM
pared with last year. Prairie hay
indicates a yield Of a little more than
one ton per acre. Considerable tim
othy has been harvested for seed, and
the clover-seed crop promises well.
Alfalfa is proving its worth as a
] drouth-resistant crop.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

taking a special course this summer.
Mrs. Downing, of Ellsbury, is the
guest of Miss Anna Williams.
A jolly crowd of young folks are
camping Just back of Mrs. R. D. Wor-
rell's. In the party are Misses Doro-
thy and Rose Stallings, Helen Million,
Rosalee Smith, Mary Ankrum, Louise
Madru, Elizabeth Worrell, Margare-
tina, Elizabeth and Cyrus Clark, Mrs.
o. Kedale is the chaperone.
The Friday Afternoon Club enter
tanned their husbands with a picnic
on Mrs. C. W. Carpenters lawn Thurs
day evening. The Carpenter home is
one of our handsomest and was an
ideal place for such an entertainment.
The guests other than the club men,
bers were: Misses Mary Lee Burks,
Marie Rose, Messrs Harry Stocks and
L. N. Gordon.
Miss Margaret Cunningham spent
the weekend in Columbia the guest
of Miss Dorothy Deane.
The Beta Sigma 0micron Sorority
gave a kitchen shower Thursday af-
ternoon at the home of Miss Anna
Williams complimentary to Miss Ma
RE Rose. The hostess served a salad
course at the close of the afternoon
The garden party given by the An
ma Jones Bible Class on the lawn o.
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Threlkeld was well attended. About
twenty-five dollars was taken in.
Twenty Of Mr.. H. H. Grafford''
friends, with refreshmentes, called a
his home Wednesday evening to con
graduate him on his birthday and hi
success in winning the nomination TO
County Treasurer very pleasan
evening was spent.
Mrs. John T. Buckner was the hon
or guest at a towel shower given b!
Miss Lottie Cornett Friday morning
The morning was pleasantly spent il
a guessing contest and the winner
Msis Jennie Parker, had the privilege
of presenting the gifts to the bride
Those present were Misses Lillian Bar
rett, Mary Buckner, Anna Villains
Irene Roden, Elizabeth Mcclure, Jen
ME Parker, Ruth Lewis, Katherin
Garrett, Irene Garrett, Mesdame
Claybrook, Mould, and Jake Buckner
Mrs. M. H. Murphy will have Mrs
Crow, of Louisiana, Mo-, as her CUES
during the Fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

most burst. l got where / was almost
a walking skeleton and life was a burden
to me until one day my husbands step
sister told my husband II he did not do
something for me | would not last long
and told him to get your medicine. So he
got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for me, and after taking the first
three doses I began to improve. / con-
tinued its use, and / have never had any
female trouble since. / feel that ] owe
my life TO you and your remedies. They
did for me what doctors could not do
and | will always praise it wherever
go.''-Mrs. G. o. LowERY, 419 w. Mon
terey Street, Denison, Texas.
If you are suffering from any form Of
female ills, get a bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
commence the treatment without delay,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
C. AND A. IS DEFENDANT
IN $4,000 DAMAGE SUIT

Miss Minnie Freeman, Of Laddonia,
who was injured in the wreck on the
Chicago & Alton near Francis on the
seventh day of last June has filed
suit with the Circuit Clerk against
the Chicago G Alton Railroad Com
pany and the Louisiana & Missouri
Railroad Company for the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars.
Miss Freeman alleges in her COM
plant filed that she was a passenger
from Laddonia to Mexico over abe
Chicago & Alton on the seventh day
Of last June and that because of the
negligence and carelessness Of the
company several coaches of the train
on which she was a passenger were
derailed near Littleby Station, about
five miles east Of Mexico. She furth-
err alleges that she was violently
thrown down in the coach in which
she was a passenger and received
serious and permanent injuries as a
result. She alleges that her eyesight
was permanently impaired by injuries
she received and also her hearing was
permanently injured, her back sprain'
ed and wrenched and that she re.
ceived several bodily bruises.
She claims to have received such
injuries as to seriously impair he,
ability to study or to earn wages
For these injuries and for the ex'
pense for medical care and nursing
which have caused her, she asks
through her attorney, R. D. Rodgers
for Judgment against the defendants
for the sum Of twenty-five THOUSAND
dollars.
About twenty persons were injur'
ed in the wreck in which Miss Free
man received her injuries, she being
the most seriously injured. Thu
wreck occurred in the morning o.
June Z about one mile east of Fran
els. The derailment was caused b!
a broken rail and three coaches O.
the train left the track. None Of tn
injuries proved fatal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
Looking Backward
In Society Columns

(FrOm the Files of August 2, 1soe)
Mrs. c. F. Clark entertained at a
most pleasant ten o'clock luncheon
Wednesday.
Miss Myrtle Moore gave a bunkine
party for a number of her girl
friends. A delicious luncheon was
served at ten o'clock.
The ladies' of the C~hautauqua Club
gave a picnic at the Chautauuua
grounds for their husbands and
friends. After the picnic a business
meeting was held to discuss a rest
tent for the ladies who attended the
Ch~autauqua assembly.
A most pleasant gathering of
bridge players took place at the home
of Mrs. Will Harper. Many exciting
games were played before the hostess
announced the bridge must share the
time with refreshments. Ice cream
and peaches and Mrs. Harper's de-
licious cake consoled all those who
had met hard luck in the play. A
beautiful plate was awarded to Mrs.
Frank Robertson, who had secured
the highest score.
The wedding of Miss Fannie Clark
and Mr.. Charles Bledsoe July / was a
brilliant affair. The Clark home,
where the wedding took place, was
beautifully decorated in green and
white. After the ceremony the cou-
/ pie left for the West. About eighty
guests were present, among them
were Miss Roth and Miss Sophia
Roth, of St. Louis, the latter of whom
was to become the bride of the Hon,
orable C. F. Clark on August 8.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
THE MEXICO FAIR IS MORE
THAN FIFTY YEARS OLD NOW

tuition for more than fiyty years. At
first it was an exhibition of farm pro.
ducts, with few speed features, but
Mexico was the first place to offer
large enough saddle stakes and rae
ing premiums to draw the best horses
from all we the country to make the
Mexico Fair a well known institution
to all lovers of good horses the coun-
try over.
The first Fair was held in the east
ern part Of Mexico, near the end of
East Monroe street. In 1892 the ia
nous kite shaped track vas first used.
Two worlds records have bee broken
on this track, which was near the site
of the present race track.
In 1892 C. F. Clark gave two speed
premiums of $1,000 each, n for two
year-olds and one for yearlings, which
were the largest speed premiums that
had ever been offered up to that time.
The two-year-old stake was o by
Captain Walbridge, his best time be-
ing 2:S1. In the yearling stake,
Leone, a chestnut FLY, owned by Gee.
Fuller, of Lincoln, ILL.,, broke the
worlds record, setting a new record
of 2.2Sh.
In the same year, 1892, the $4,000
stake offered for the 2:30 class had
to be divided into two stakes and two
races made from what was originally
intended to be one race. There were
SO entries for this race and thirty
contestants started in the race, so two
races had to be made of it and the
stake split in half, giving $1,000 for
each race.
The race was conceded to be
the greatest race ever run on the Mex.
leo track. John R. Gentry broke the
worlds record for three year olds by
pacing the distance in the remarkable
time of 2:13h. This was the SECOND
worlds speed record broken at the
Mexico Fair.
In 1894 the largest saddle horse
premium wei offered up to that timt
was offered at the Mexico Fair. A
premium Of $500 was offered for the
best saddle horse, la Or gelding
The big stake was won by the greaf
Rex Mcdonald, with Lou Chief ;
close second. Rex Mcdonald was SOLE
the following spring to the owner o.
Lou Chief, ]. 7. Hughes, of Licking
ton, KY, for $1,000.
The great interest in saddle rings
for which the Mexico Fair has beef
famous, for so many years, began il
: 1885, when such famous old timer
as Old Montrose, Artist, Black SOUR
: rel and the famous Moss Rose covere,
/ the circuit of fairs, winning premium
everywhere they were shown. Thes
! famous saddlers covered the circui
{ together that year and finished i
: st. Louis, where Moss Rose, owned h
= Clark & Potts, won the sweepstak
saddle ring.
1t was sometime in the early sever
ties that the track was moved to nea
where the track is now. R. W. Turf
' man was President of the Fair its frs
year in the new location. President
, since that time have been Charles Bs
ker, Joseph Bolts, J. S. Potts, Sam /
p Cook, C. F. Clark, and George Le'
and the Secretaries have been job
Steele, Joseph Glandon, C. F. Clarl
!, E. H. Carter and Mitchell White.
For years the Fair at Mexico ha
:, been famous for its rings of fine sac
= die horses and fine saddle horses ar
Mexico have been synonymous to a
!, lovers of horsehesh.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

81 am bothered with liver trouble
about twice a year." writes Joe Ding
man, Webster City, Iowa. Il have
pains in my side and back and an aw-
full soreness in my stomach. / heard
of Chamberlain's Tablets and tried
them. By the time I had used half a
bottle of them l was feeling fine and
had no signs of pain" obtainable
everywhere. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
500 Reward. 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all its stages. and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
Inc acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease,
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ture in doing its work. The proprie-
tors have SO much faith In the curative
powers Of Halls Catarrh Cure that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
Address: +. j. CHENEY g CO., Toledo.
Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 7bc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
Cure for Cholera Morhus.

"When our little boy, now seven
years old, was a baby he was cured Of
cholera morbus by Chamberloin's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
writes Mrs. Sidney Simmons, FAN
Haven, N. Y. "Since then other mem.
bers of my family have used this val.
liable medicine for collie and bowe'
troubles with good satisfaction and
gladly endorse it as a remedy of ex'
ceptional merit" Obtainable every.
where. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
The Best Laxative

To keep the bowels regular the best
laxative is outdoor exercise. Drinh
a full glass Of water an hour before
breakfast and eat an abundance Of
fruit and vegetables, also establish 8
regular habit and be sure that YOU
bowels move once each day. Wher
a medicine is needed take Chamber
lain's Tablets. They are pleasant tt
take and mild and gentle in effect
obtainable everywhere. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

fering with female
trouble and could
hardly do my work.
II was very nervous
but just kept drag
lying on until last
summer when l got
where l could not do
my work. / would
have a chill every
day and hot flashes
and dizzy spells and
- IL .n1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
Mrs. Wharton in Hospital.

Mrs. George E. Wharton, wife Of
the Episcopal Rector, underwent ar
operation at the Mexico Hospital Mon
day morning. She is doing as well as
could be expected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

II schedule of the late j. P. Nor
! personal holdings show that
bly, had real money on hand to
mount of $173. His carnets de
bowever, were valued at $685.
j. Any one who can give a little
md Illumination on ~"carnets de
will be featured in this column
pf charge as a scholar and cos
lite.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
cal AND LONG

y sister, August's with us,
pw's the time to swat the fly.
hing new in torrid weather,
ll it a Bermuda high.
ns over, Freddy Gardner
the bunch an awful pace,
candidates now tell us
by they failed to win the race.
ess Gracious have you heard i
billion tons of hand grenades
the top off Black Tom Island,
zaised a large destructive hades;
ship-loads of ammunition
low a total loss and wreck.
stand agast and wonder,
Who the deuce do they suspect?
j know the Deutschland left us,
lowing down old Chesapeake
bay.
dollars now to doughnuts
he will 'neer come back this
way.
BY night a big fire started,
screamed and engines
changed.
bday Col. White came home,
Ind poor Sir Roger Easement
hanged.
startling things betide us,
Every humid cauma hour.
we really need, dear sister,
Is a gully washing shower.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
CIETY
Miss Gladys Van Ness
Phone SIT

week the society editress re-
Ian unsigned communication
.be mail, announcing the en-
of a certain couple. Social
Aceiyed in this manner have
Ia heretofore without disas-
ssults, so I let it go in good
kentally thanking the sender.
lis from the evidence however,
was a spurious announcement
|by some one, to this deponent
for the purpose Of perpe-
Ia huge joke. The victims Of
he went after the editor ef
srer, the editor Of the Ledger
her the society editress, and
near discharging him for
| said about running unsigned
through his old newspaper. So
future when mailing copy to
|umn for publication put your
b the dotted line. Otherwise
be permitted to blush unseen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

Elon Whitney, who has been visit
ing in this city with friends for sever
al days, returned to his home in JEFF
ferson City Thursday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

EEAYS struggling to avoid any
that might be construed as per-
point with fear and tremb-
to the two thousand one humid
notes polled in this county for
IP. Gordon and record this as my
This remarkable result was
more to the influence Of one Of
fairest daughters, who will very
BY change her family initial from
10 &C." than to the tireless ef-
of Col. A. H. Whitney. Thus
} is the fact thrust upon US that
female of the species is more
" than the male"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

hember when / was just a little
Nv grandma boosted of seeing
sernhardt on her farewell tour,
In after grandpa moved his
from Warrenton to Mexico.
&st event occurred the autumn
Grant, with his troops,
4 on Cauthorn's Hill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

Bernhardt will sail from Liv-
10 New York about the last of
Der. Divine Sarah will not at
to put on any ffve-act plays,
] do most Of the heavy sitting
while a symphony orchestra
y musicians entertain the low
I antique. Nine. Bernhardt
positively that this will not be
tour, and that she will
b us "jusque au bout"-this
Dy means something perfectly
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

B heavy vote polled in this coun-
Brother Lindsey for the guber-
sal nomination, not only aston
/ the natives, but shocked local
lral guessers stiff. The local
bsy campaign committee, of
4 my pastor, o. olin Green, was
hergetic unit, had the good sense
.rs the assistance Of a few in
fA women. What they did to
heA who were promoting the
andAtes was a plenty. In
IOus Thonases who are skeptical
b influence women WELD in pol
i should read the result the ballot
h second ward and think It over.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
HUSBAND SAVED
HIS Wife
Stopped Most Terrible Suf-
fering by Getting Her Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Observation-Disclosures

Denison, Texas. AFTER my little
girl was born two years ago began suf-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

] looked up "jusque au bout"
. back of the dictionary. 1t
ITO the ends"-so it is even
than / expected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
Stock Notes

Five thousand posters have been
distributed by the animal husbandry
department of the College Of Agricul-
ture in Carroll and johnson counties
as a f~orerunner Of a campaign in the
interest of better live stock
The College of Agriculture will be-
gin the campaign in Carroll county
August 2, in cooperation with the
live stock organizations in the coun-
ty. Meetings will be held, at which
the farmer will be shown the differ
ence between stock raised from a
good sire and stock raised from the
usual SCRUB" There will also be
meetings in cooperation with the
farmers advisory boards, at which
the University will furnish the speak
ers.
During the campaign the depart
ment of animal husbandry will en-
deavor to get a record of all farmers
who have pure bred sires at the head
of their herds and those who have
not. This will help to ascertain the
real results of the work.
A second albino squirrel has been
caught in Clinton county. The squir-
rels are young and both males. They
are perfect albino type, having white
coats and pink eyes.
Theodore Selb threshed the latter
part of the week. He had 20 acres Of
oats that averaged 80 bu. The quality
of his yield is reported as exception
ally god.
Tom Wilson, Of Cave City, KyY one
of the most prominent horsemen Of
the Blue Grass region and who is well
known in Mexico, will judge the sad
die and light harness rings at the
Mexico Fair this year, August 8, o
10 and II. Mr.. Wilson is n of the
best judges in this country and the
management of the Fair is most for
tunate in securing his services.
Mr.. Wilson, years ago, was one Of
the big exhibitors here, but in recent
years has not been showing any stock
He has many warm friends in thi:
city and county who became acquaint-
ed with him on former visits to this
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

las the summer before Alexan-
lister passed through here rid
4 Justly celebrated buffalo calf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

Mrs. John D. O'Rrear and son
Mrs. Wick and daughter and Miss ia
nette Bragg spent Wednesday in Van
dalia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
The Socialist Vote.


The votes polled by the Socialist
party in the primary election are
given below. Only three voting pre-
cincts are given in the report, as no
record of votes of this party could be
found on the poll books of the other
precincts. The precincts given are
the LIST, second and 3rd Wards Of
Mexico:
LIST End Bird
For Senator in Congress
Kate Richards O'Hare 1 3
For Governor
William J.. Adames / 3
For Lieutenant Governor
James Dewitt Carpenter 1 8
For Secretary of State
Otto Vierling l 8
For State Auditor
William R. Bowden 1 3
For State Treasurer
j. F. NARROW 1 8
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
Official County Primary Totals

The unofficial table of the election
was run in the Ledger last week,
and there are no material changes in
the official count of the total votes.
The total votes of the County Demo-
cratic candidates as taken from the
official count are given as follows:
For Member of House of Representa-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

|bn Whitney, of jefferson City,
the guest of Mexico friends this
sses Virginia Grey and Rose Col
! Of st. Charles, who have been
ng Misses Mabel and Marguerite
nas, returned home Saturday.
Mabel Thomas accompanied
rs. Carl Brown, of Vandalia, has
sfned to her home after visiting
PARENTS Mr.. and Mrs. X. ~
BIZ.
'fs. c. W. Forester, of st. Louis,
Returned to her home after visit
Mrs. W. j. Rixey and Mrs, f. r
Ness.
PISS Corrine Barth will leave for
kntic City in two weeks.
RS Curtis Cauthorn spent several
in Moberly and Columbia this
PISS Marie Rose was the guest o.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10

1--WE been hearing about the number
Of tomatoes local gardeners have been
raising on their vines" Austin Cren-
shaw said Monday, "but there's a to-
mato that is out for the quality and
sizerecord." This tomato he pointed to
is lax inches around one way, and
1919 inches in circumference the 9TH
er. 1t weighs a pound and five ounces
and was raised in Mr.. C~renshaw's gar
den. Some of the vines in that garden
have grown to a height of about seven
foot = Fulton Gazatta