Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-10
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O X AZ this writing Wt IN sua
hopnr that J. Kelly Pod VII laud
the Fz Al thu COUNTY Candidates
cNnoes were large e.0GEh except the
shsrEs Which snk &s II wsat up
SAls River 1n3 the boys got = d0ek-
izE SarTy boyS yea e< such >
wetaaE szt then expect yos needed
il AFTER s11h a streEooas Effort -
The Baptist revival closed at Beth
lehsrn with ferry additions &c the
eaurch. ard a uzmber 70 other sister
chu-asA The tkree weeks campaign
Was great The tWO BASKET dinners
wer immense, and the spirit Of the
church gziekene1 - We understand
revival services begin at Long
Braneh this week. with State Evange-
LIST Snoot assisting the regular pas
tor. - A large crowd attended the
lawn party given by Mr.. ard Mrs.
Joha Showers recently. - Rev. Hkr-
dezty flied his regular appointment;
AZ Litslehy Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday night he preached to q good
sized audience at the ladies' Hall
A number Of our people attended the
basket dinner and ordination Of dea-
Gers Sunday az Mt ZionC No
limo. - -Four car loads Of people
ATTENDED the dedicztorial services Of
the new Baptist Church ten miles
southeast Of Sturgeon, Sunday a
week - Clyde Weaver has been the
hzppiest boy in the world the past
few days Ask Clyde just why. -
Mr.. and Mrs Shelby Day and others
I SUndzyed al Mr.. and Mrs. John
Styles. - The most glazing sun of
the age is immortality. Following
close onto its heels is the two-edged
sword instrument doing its devil
ments. Be careful. Is the world
growing better OF worse? 1t rests
with US as individuals and as a peO-
pie 10 make it the way that we would
have it 90. - John Hamilton and
family Sundayed at Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown Aekman's. - Richie Patrick
and P. 7. Bruce spent last week at the
Fair at Columbia. They took 1st
premium at every ring shown in ex-
cept the $1,000 mule colt show, get
ting there, too, all they expected, 9th
premium with their horse mule
amongst a toppy class Of Is mare
mules. W. H. DeJarnett now has
that beaming smile ALWAYS there
tho1 when you see him in that beau
tiful typed Saxon auto which he pur-
chased last week in Mobrly. 49, Mr..
and Mrs. DeJarnett now have what
they ought to have and could have
afforded long ago. 1850 Doyt Miller Is
hawk = hawking at his neighbors as
he pulls the throttle on his new Over
land. The fever Ia the hottest this
time we have ever known it to be.
More autos have come out this year
than all other preceding ones put to-
gether; l. e. in our vicinity. NJ.
and Mrs. Charles Miller are visiting
homefolks at New Florence the
past few days. - The school at Gate
wood commenced Monday of this
week with Miss Mildred Cook as pre-
ceptress. This makes Miss Cooks
second term there. - Miss Florence
Carpenter is home to spend the sum-
mer. - Miss Ruth Carpenter is
spending a month with Illinois rela-
tives and friends. - Arthur Paullin
is clearing up the oat and timothy
fields in u vicinity. Fact of the
business, several threshing outfits are
focusing this way. = Our vicinity is
growing exceedingly tired of being
the focus, and are feasibly planning
cutting it out by another season with
a rig of our own. We figure it don't
pay to be the tail end all the time,
and will cut it out.