Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-06-22
& INTERVIEWS

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tubas, they are, too.
C. L. Dowell, over Long Branch
way, says the farmers in that sec
ton have been dragging the roads
lately; roads in fine condition be-
tween Mexico and the Long Branch
neighborhood.
]. A. Farris: Yes, 1 guess you
are accusing the right man. have
IL children, the largest family in
Mexico, perhaps-11 of them. Two
have married and left the parental
roof, but the other nine are all the
more dear to us.
NJ. T. Pierce: How we all de-
plore that war situation in Europe.
My wife is German and l am English.
hear it said that nine out of ten
of the people over there do not
know what the fuss is about. A few
sharp leaders are engineering the
game.
H. p Warden: l favor the Gard
ner plan, or the bill now before Con-
gress, for supplying the farmers with
money to improve their farms, if
they must borrow. Cheap money.
Interest at or per cent if that
can be arranged. am going out
and make some speeches on the plan.
friends and scenes at Laddonia, this
county. l have been an inmate of
the Masonic Home in st. Louis for
several years. Some time since l
was badly hurt in street car acct
dent-leg and arm broken and other
injuries. l like the Masonic Home.
At present it has the following num-
Der of occupants: Men, So; women,
II; boys, 46; girls, So.
Judge w. w. Bolts: 1 heard both
Glynn's and James speeches in st.
Louis last week. Everybody thought
Glynn's was magnificent. So it was.
James did better than that. His was
grand, glorious. Even w. ]. Bryan
would jump up in his seat at times
aud shout and clap his hands, and
then take his seat again, he was so
impressed with the thought and SEN
timents shown forth. Have you read
the speech? But you should have
heard the great orator who deliver
ed it.
w. G. wilkins: In my drive to
Macedonia Sunday, seven miles
north of Sturgeon, / took particular
notice of the corn crop prospects. 1
never saw it better in my LIFE. /
saw but one field in all that long
drive from Mexico that l thought
needed attention. Every field was
clean of weeds and grass-the pros
pect is fine, tell you.
Uncle Charlie Givens: 1 was born
and reared in Kentucky. Will be 80
years old next month. Came to Mis-
souri with my parents when / was
20 years old. Went into the army
and fought for the Lost Cause"
four years. Settled in the neigh
borhood where l now reside, near
Littleby Station, in 1867. have
had fine health all my life. l abstain
from overeating. That's a trouble
with the whole American people;
they greatly abuse their stomachs
and we are becoming a nation of
dyspeptics.
DR.. F. M. Shoush: have just re-
turned from a two weeks absence
spent in travelling thru Southwest
Missouri, from Springfield on down
into Northwest Arkansas. The crop
prospects down thaS way are fine.
Corn in places is knee high and
their oats and wheat is all right,
too. Some farmers are harvesting
their second crop of alfalfa. met
with number of churches and talk
ed with them concerning mission
work among different Baptist
churches over the state. There was a
! liberal response for money. That
part Of the State seems more pros
porous than this section. Here we
yet feel the effects of three mr. four