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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
MRS. GEORGE A. CASS DIED.
AT HER HOME HERE FRIDAY

Mrs. George A. Cass died Friday
morning at her home on South Wes-
tern Avenue. She had been an in
valid for four years. She was II
years old and had been a resident of
Mexico for the past seven years, hav-
ing come here from her old home in
Caledonia, Minnesota.
She was woman of fine Christian
character and superior mental at
tainments, having been an interested
and influential worker in church
work in her former home. Her girl
hood was spent in Webster, Mass,
where she was educated,
The body was inferred at her old
home in Minnesota, leaving here at
noon Saturday. There was
short service at the home here be-
fore leaving. The service was con-
Quoted at II o'clock by the Rev. A. A.
Wallace, of the Presbyterian Church.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by one son and two daughters,
E. L. and Harriet, of this city, and
Helen, of Missoula, Montana.
The Ledger joins the many friends
of the family in extending to them
the sincerest sympathy in their
time of bereavement.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
$50 STUDENTS At HIGH
SCHOOL ON OPENING DAY
1t is Estimated There Were Three
Hundred and Fifty Students at
Mcmillan Tuesday Morning.
REGULAR WORK TOMORROW.
Tuesday Taken up With Arrange
ments and Assignments-Regu-
lar Work Wed. Morning.

School days are with us again.
Big and little, young and younger, are
all buying books, pencils, tablets and
the thousand and one little things nee
cessary for the pursuit of knowledge
in these modern times. The book
stores are crowded with seekers after
knowledge, and clerks are busy provit-
ing them with the necessary apparatus
for the gaining of knowledge, from
slate pencils to text books on Psychol-
ogy,
At Mcmillan High School Tuesday
morning it was estimated that there
were $50 students in the building,
which is considered very good en-
rollment for the first day. The period
lasted only ten minutes and no regu-
lar classes were held Tuesday. But
Superintendent Pryor says regular
work will start Wednesday morning.
The day Tuesday was taken up with
the assignment of lessons and other
necessary preliminary work.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

other States troops that have seen no
service are available. The units now
returning have done their part well
and accomplished what was required
Of them. Obviously, the States will
lose no time in releasing them from
active duty and permitting them to re.
sumo their civilian occupations.
In spite of individual complaints
and the efforts to start a campaign
for political effect, the State regi-
ments are the better for their expe-
riences on the borden. They have had
a taste of real soldering such as every
man who enlists in the National
Guard must be prepared in emergen-
cy to undergo at the call of the Gov
ernment. In the practical school in
which they have been training, in ten
weeks they have learned more than
they could possibly learn in years in
armory drills and at the annual state
encampments.. They have seen SER
vice in the field alongside the regu-
lars, and under trying conditions
shown the kind of stuff they are made
of in way to command respect for
the organized militia.
If the National Guard is to justify
its right to occupy the place assigned
to it in the military system of the I'm
tied States under the new Army Re-
organization Act, it must stand ready
at all times to meet just such stu
alton as it was called on to face last
June.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
RATS IN THE CHICKEN YARD
Plan for Destroying Them at the
University of Missouri Poultry
Department.

Rats cause great losses in many
poultry yards but at the Missouri Col
lege we have had no trouble in get
ting rid of them by poinoning with a
mixture of two parts corn meal and
one part sugar of lead. The hand
should not come in contact with the
poison feed and all other feeds should
be removed so the rats cannot get
them.
The poisoned feed may be kept away
from the chickens by putting it in Il
tray, nailed to the middle of the bot
tom of box at least foot square
and six inches high. The box should
be closed on all sides except for a num-
ber of an inch and half holes bored
through the sides near the bottom.
Burn or bury the dead rats so that
chickens cannot eat them. The de-
cayed flesh of even Imprisoned rats is
likely to cause timber neck, as pto-
maine is called in chickens. - H. l..
Kempster, Missouri Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

The social service work, which the
committee from the Women's Fede-
ration of Mexico is trying to estab-
lish here, is needed in the town more
than anything else just at present,
and will add much to make Mexico a
cleaner and more beautiful city.
The work will be in charge of a
trained worker who is a graduate
nurse and who knows how to solve the
problems that so much need attention.
She will make visits to the sick and
needy of the town and will give them
any help and advice which they may
want her to give. Had there been
such worker in Mexico last winter,
the epidemic of scarlet fever might
have been averted.
In visiting the homes Of the sick
and needy, the worker will naturally
find out who needs work, and will be
able to connect the man and the job as
she receives calls from those who
want workers of any kind.
The establishing of the charity
work of Mexico on systematic basis
instead of the haphazard manner of
its administration for the past few
years, will undoubtedly accomplish
much better results with no greater
expenditure of money, and with an
efficient charity organization and a
trained worker can be administered
in a satisfactory way. The worker
will be under the direct supervision
of a board which will hold meetings
often enough to keep in direct touch
with the field and to direct the work.
er who will do anything which in the
estimation of the board is necessary.
The board will be composed Of
members from the organizations con"
tributing to the fund. In this way
the fraternal, patriotic and religious
organizations will cooperate in the
charity work of the town.
Raising the fund in advance will do
away with personal solicitation, and
the business men will be expected to
direct all charity appeals made to the
worker who will investigate and give
aid, if necessary. X.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
OLD R. R. SUIT SETTLED.
Damage Suit Against C. & A. Settled
After Two Trials Here.

The suit of s. P. Dubray ct al VS..
the Chicago & Alton Railway for dam
ages was given judgment by consent
in the Circuit Court Wednesday. This
suit was a claim for the killing Of 8
mules and the injuring of three at
Laddonia in 1912. 1t was first tried
in the court here and a verdict for
$3.50 was rendered; a new trial was
granted, which resulted in verdict
for $1,100. The case was then ap-
pealed to the Court of Appeals, where
it was remanded for a new trial. 1t
was settled Wednesday in the Circuit
Court here.
The jury in the suit of Addie E.
Taylor against R. E. Fuqua, which
was heard Tuesday, failed to agree.
The suit of Mary Elizabeth Nelson
against the estate of Annie Poormah
for pay for taking care of Mrs. Poor
man and her husband during the last
years of her life was heard Wednesday
afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
A Great Speaker Coming Sunday

The Hon. Chas. ]. Hall, who is
known from ocean to ocean as "The
Eloquent Californian" will be in Mex
leo few hours next Sunday and will
address a mass meeting at the Chris
tan Church at 3 o'clock in the inter-
est of statewide prohibition.
For twenty years Mr.. Hall has been
prohibition, chautauqua and lecture
course speaker, being associated with
John P. st. John and Eugene Chaplin
in Prohibition Brigade No. 1, and
counted as one of the best orators on
the platform. He comes to Mexico
to present the prohibition amendment
that will be upon the ballot November
7th, and which every friend of sober
prosperous Missouri expects to vote
Eyes" upon; and in cheering, witty,
logical address presents the cause Of
the amendment in such way as to
interest every friend of a Dry Missou-
ri.
All are invited to hear him next
Sunday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
WHAT PRESIDENT WILSON
SHOULD HAVE DONE.

REFERRING to the statement by
Roosevelt that he would have done so
and so when Wilson did otherwise,
the New York World says;
At last the final and authoritative
judgement has been pronounced upon
President Wilson's successful efforts
to prevent a railroad strike. Theo-
dore Roosevelt says:
NV action in the anthra-
cite coal strike is the meth
cd, in my opinion, by which
such situations should be
handled.
What Mr.. Roosevelt did in the an
thracite coal strike was to do nothing
at all until the strike has lasted five
months and the public consequences
had become intolerable. Then he act
ed.
BY following that policy President
Wilson would have allowed the rail-
roads and the brotherhoods to fight
IL out until Jan. A, 1917. Then he
would have interfered. What would
have happened to the country in the
meantime Heaven only knows, but the
President would have had the proud
qualification of knowing that he had
acted in accordance with "MY action
in the anthracite coal strike"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
auspicious campaign opening.

duSplCiouS campaign opShihB'
Six thousand Democrats crowded
the campaign tent at the afternoon
rally to hear the Vice-President.
Hundreds were unable to gain en-
trance to the night rally to hear I'm
tied States Senator James A. Reed
and Speaker Champ Clark.
In marked contrast with the OPEN
ing of the Republican campaign Mon
day night at Springfield, both vast
audiences remained until the speak
ers had closed their political argu-
ments. The meager crowds at the
e. o. p. rallies showed little enthusi-
asm and left the halls before Judge
Lamm, Walter S. Dickey and Charles
W. Fairbanks had half finished their
addresses.
The hospitality of Southwest Mis-
souri, was evidenced everywhere. An
enormous crowd met Marshall, Reed
and Clark at the Frisco depot. Nu-
merous bands were playing patriotic
airs in the shopping districts and the
opening of the Democratic campaign
was made gala day in Joplin.
The outlook for and old-time DEM
ocratic majority in Missouri was new
er better.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
MEAT TRAIN DERAILED.
Twenty Three Cars of Meat in Ditch
at Bates City.

The east-bound Chicago & Alton
freight, due through here at five
o'clock Wednesday morning, was de.
rallied Tuesday night near Bates
City, west of here. The train consist
ed of twenty three cars of meat.
None of the train crew were reported
injured in the wreck. Traffic over
the C & A. was delayed several
hours and passenger trains numbers
12 and "a detoured over the Wabash
from Kansas City to Clark.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
WHEN TO PLANT TREES.
II. +. Major Of University of Missouri
Gives Rules for Planting.

In general the fall is the best time
to plant trees and shrubs on the home
grounds. When planted in the fall,
the plant is given an opportunity to
spend its strength in producing new
root growth rather than top growth.
These new roots are the feeding
roots and if well established will give
added vigor to the plant the follow
ing year. The protection and health
of the root system is the most impor-
tant consideration in plant growing.
There are some exceptions to this
rule. If the summer and fall sea-
sons have been unusually dry and the
plant has suffered from drouth, it
may be best to wait until early
spring to transplant, as plants may
recuperate during the winter. In some
parts of the country late summer
planting of evergreen has proved
best, but for Missouri early spring
planting seems more satisfactory.
1t is best to transplant all trees
and shrubs in the fall. 1t is possible
to move plants after they have "leaf-
ed out" but there is some danger Cf
over-evaporation of moisture from
the leaves and bark which will exhaust
the strength of the roots. The plant
will then show wilt and spend its
strength on new leaves instead of re-
adjusting its roots. To lessen the
danger from evaporation it is always
well to cut the tops back severely and
if in leaf, the trunk of tree should be
wrapped with straw or sphagum moss
to keep it moist. Trees have been
moved as late as June 1st in central
Missouri without showing wilt, by u.s.
ing this method. 1t is better to
transplant early in the morning or late
in the afternoon.
Rainy or cloudy days are the best
ones in which to do planting. Trans
plant after the leaves drop in the au-
tumn or before they open in the spring
Remove injured roots, broken branch
es, and cut back the tops. Preserve
the fine hair-like roots; they are the
feeders, the others only serve as anch-
ors. Never allow the roots to dry out
in the wind or sun. Cover them with
earth or wet straw. Dig the hole
much larger than the spread of the
rootsand do not bend or crowd them.
lamp the soil firmly and closely about
the roots, but leave about two inches
Of loose soil at the surface. These
planting rules are important. A
tree lives longer than a man; take
time and care in planting it, and in
general, plant in the fall. - H. F. Ma
ior, Missouri College of Agriculture.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
A HIGHWAY ENGINEER
FOR AUDRAIN COUNTY.

TOh AUDhAIN SOO ~ L -.
A LARGE number of people in Au-
drain county have expressed them
selves to the Ledger as favorable to-
wards having a highway engineer in
Audrain. A good many of the roads
and bridges. of the county need look
ing after, and we never will get prac-
teal results until we have highway
engineer to give his personal attention
in this direction. If we are really in
favor Of permanent good roads, We
should be in favor of highway eE-
gineer
In order to vote on this proposition
at the November election, a petition of
200 names, representing two-thirds Of
the townships in the county, must be
filed with the county court at the 0c-
tober meeting. If this petition is
filed at the October meeting, the cleo
ton will be ordered for Novrnbr and
tn people of the county will have a
chance to vote on this proposition.
We believe the citizens Of the county
are practically unanimous in favor
Of highway engineer, as they nov
realize that is the only practical move
in the direction of permanent good
roads
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
YEARLINGs BRING $1O.25.
Drove of Baby Beeyes" Fed by Al
bert Harrison Made Good Sale.

Albert Harrison, from Audrain
county, Mo-, who topped the cattle
market one day last week, with
drove of yearling steers of his own
feeding, dropped in today with sini-
liar consignment, which sold to equ-
ally good advantage at $10.25 per
cwt. Harrison was only cheated out
of the top today by narrow margin
when drove of Galloway county
steers went at slightly better figure.
He was nevertheless the recipient of a
very good price and was quite salts
fed. The drove consisting of %
head, averaged 1929 lbs, and sold to
Swift & Co. - Nat. Live Stock Re-
porter.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
Officers Elected by the u.

officers Elected by the U. D. C.'s
At a regular meeting of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, Mon
day afternoon, at the residence of
Mrs. ]. A. Glandon on Woodlawn, o.
ficers for the ensuing year were elect
ed. The Daughters were entertained
by Mrs. ]. A. Glandon and Mrs. w.
W. Pollock, and Mrs. Charles Harri-
son was leader for the afternoon pro-
gram The U. D. C.'s have strong
organization in Mexico, and the Off
GERS for the coming year are as fol-
lows: Mrs. R. E. Miller, Presi-
dent; Mrs. E. Med. Bridgford, Vice
President; Miss Mary Nichols, Re-
cording Secretary; Mrs. E. Y. Burton,
Corresponding Secretary; Miss Car
rie Kennan, Treasurer; Miss Mayme
Ringo, Historianj and Mrs. John L.
Washington, Registrar.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
DEMOCRATIC MASS
MEETING!

To the Democrats of Mexico,
Mo-, and Vicinity: There will be
held a Mass Meeting at the
Court House Thursday Evening,
September 14th. at 1880 O'Clock
P. M. to organize a Wilson and
Gardner Club. - The County
Democratic Central Committee.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
Champ Clark Reticent.

JOPLIN, Mo-, Sept. 13. - Speaker
Champ Clark, who took an active part
the Maine campaign, was reticeut
yesterday concerning the election in
that State. "We got whipped and 1
guess that's all | will say about it,"
he said. eve got beaten good and
plenty"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
NEW HOPE ITEMS.

William Freeman and wife and baby
were guests of Harvey Stuart and
family Sunday. - L. H. Heinlan has
been making some nice improvements
on his house lately. He has raised
the house and put concrete blocks un-
der it; also built some nice porches on
the east and north, Harry Miller
and wife, of Boone county, are visit
ing "Grandpa" Chick and other rela-
tives for a few days. - Mrs. Harry
Miller and Mrs. r. R. Dollins were
guests of W. 7. Chick and family on
Sunday. - Miss ARA Dollins, of Mex
leo, was visiting homefolks the past
week on the Walk. = T. K. Dollins
and wife were shopping in Centralia
Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
ON WAY TO ST. LOUIS.
Party Driving Through From Colo
RADIO to st. Louis.

A family of four persons passed
through Mexico Wednesday morning
in covered wagon on their way from
Pueblo, Colo, to st. Louis. They left
Pueblo last May and have been on the
road ever since, with the exception Of
two weeks which they passed with
relatives in Kansas, when they were
held up there by the high water.
They left Pueblo because the high
altitude did not agree with the moth
er, and as they did not have sufficient
means to make the trip by rail, they
decided to go in the wagon.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
DIR. WILLIAM H. MAYFIELD DEAD

DIR. w. H. MAYFIELD, a noted
hospital worker in st. Louis, and well
known in Mexico, died at the Mayheld
Memorial Hospital in st. Louis, Tues
day, September 18th, after ten
months illness.
DR., Mayfeld was enthusiastic IN
hospital work, and founded the MIS-
souri, Baptist Sanitarium in 1884, and
contributed largely to hospital WORK
in China and Burma, where he assist
ed in organizing hospitals. The May
field Memorial Hospital in st. LOUIS
was founded by DR.. Mayfeld and his
wife in 1896 in memory of their son
William II. Mayfeld, Jr
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
THE GUARDSMEN ARE BE-
ING MUSTERED OUT.

REFERRING to the mastering out
of the National Guards, the New YORK
World editorially says:
The first National Guard regiments
ordered home from the Mexican bor-
der by the War Department will be
mustered out at once. After being
withdrawn from their camps, nothing
was to be gained by holding them
longer in the Federal service. II more
men are needed to supply their places
in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
TOTAL GRADE SCHOOL
ENROLMENT IS 727
Central School Has Enrolment of
AIS = While the South Side
School Has 3l2 Pupils.
$50 AT HIGH SCHOOL
Demand for Houses Increases in Mex
ico-Parents Move Here to Put
Children in School.
$50 AT HIGH SCHOOL

The reports received from the grade
schoole Wednesday showed total en-
rolIment in the two branch schools Of
727 pupils, AIS of these being enroll
ed in the Central School and 312 in tire
South Side School. This enrolment
is about the same as the grade school
enrolment for last year, the grade
school enrolment running about the
same each year. No report of the en-
rollment in the negro school has yet
been received.
1t was estimated that there were
800 in attendance at Mcmillan High
School Wednesday, although it was
impossible to make an accurate count.
Regular school work began Wednes-
day in all the schools.
Mcmillan High School was present
ed with two engrayings, one of Henry
Clay, and the other of Daniel Web
ster. These pictures were the gift
of A. B. Culbertson, who presented
them to the High School before he left
here to become Presiding Elder of the
Shelbina District of the Methodist
Church.
Many parents are moving to Mex
leo in order to be with their children
while they are in school. Superinten-
dent Pryor said that real estate deal
ers declare that more people are NOV
| ing to Mexico this fall to place thei.:
children in school than ever before
and that the demand for houses has
greatly increased as the time for the
opening of the schools drew near.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
OPENING STATE CAMPAIGN

SOUTHWEST Missouri paid tli-
butte Tuesday to Vice-President Thos'
R. Marshall, Speaker Champ Clark
Senator Reed, Congressman Perl D.
Decker and the Democratic candi-
date for State offices at Joplin, Mo-
Never in the history of Democracy IN
Missouri did the party have a more
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

L. M. White and wife, of the Led
ger, will attend the Missouri Press
Association meeting in Kansas City
September IA, Is and 16, which prom
ises to be largely attended by country
newspaper people throughout the
State.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

WITH all his criticism of President
Wilson's policy as to the Civil Ser
vice, Mr.. Hughes record as Cover
nor of New York shows he exempted
from competitive examination more
state civil service positions than any
house smashed.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

Latest Wool and Dress Goods.
Newest things in wool dress goods
and silks Let US show you. 236-3tw
Ricketts, & Emmons d. G. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

REMEMBER the big Democratic
mass meeting at the Court House, az
7:30 tomorrow night, to organize a
Wilson and Gardner Club. Every
Democrat should be present.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

Raymond Ferguson and sister, Miss
Lois, of Topeka, Kan, are guests of
their uncle, E. B. Wheeler,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

George Atwood, little son of Mr..
and Mrs. C. II. Atwood, of Middle
town, was released from the Hospital
Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
Best Wilton Rugs.

Best quality Wilton Rugs, 3x6,
6x9, and 9x12. Bought before the
advance. Ricketts, & Emmons Dry
Goods Co. 236-3t wit
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Considine, of
Thompson, were Mexico visitors on
Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

W. p. Rosenberger, of Montgomery
City, who is a lawyer, was in Mexico
on business Monday and Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

Allan Coatsworth left Friday for
st. Louis, where he will enter Wash
ington University.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

Charl Guthrie is attending Perdue
University at Lafayette, Ind. and will
take the course in engineering,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
A BARGAIN!

A complete little car, $3.50, Chevro-
let d2tw1t Hoxsey g. Sunnen.(
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
Hosiery for Boys and Girls.

Foot Rest Hosiery for School Boys
and Girls. Try pair, The Enter
prise Store, d2t-wlt
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

SMITH BROS SOC lb. Coffee is
always the same flavor, Try it,
d2t.w1t
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

]. W. Brewer & Son are in Paris
Mo-, buying horses.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

j. D. Hostetter, a lawyer of Bow
ling Green, was in Mexico on business
Tuesday,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

LOST - Small black mare with
scar on front left leg. Wore hall
ter. Reward. Phone 464. d&w1t
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
A BARGAIN!

A complete little car, $3.50, Chevro-
let d2tw1t Hoxsey & Sunnen.(
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14
SLIGO for Potatoes.

SMITH BROS. will pay $3.50 per
bushel for good size potatoes. DIT wit
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-14

]. R. Jesse and family are home
from St, Louis.