Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-10-05
SKINNER TENS.

II SKINNER ITEMS
The nice mir Of the middle Of las
week was certainly q beauty, Il lv'
ened NJ the CraS and started maly
plOWs TO Topping the dirt - Jael
Frost made his cold debut sevenl
times lately, doing bat little damage
though much good BY ripening the
corn. - Carl Weinand Is out buying
mule colts, paying from $50 TO SIS per
head - Frank and Charley Weiman
, and families motored to Slater recent
ly, the guest Of relatives - The Sun
day School Al the ladies' Hall is pro
crossing nicely: about fifty usually al
tend. H. 7. Squirting & Son viii
ship out IS head Of yearling steers
this week. - n. 7. Squirting & Son
VIII get in this week from Montana
i1e@ azsd OF lambs, bought there a.
$500 per ccwt. 49, General Ewens will
build a new blacksmith shop here at
once. The building will be 24x40xi0
fleet - W. 7. Wiley is arranging
to build a corr pen and granery this
week. 32xS2xf2 feet - The gravel
for our new steel bridge across Fish
Branch bridge IS being put on the
I AHEAAAA NAANA WA W.T. ARAAAHAENAA
she'll be n dandy. - The marriage Of
Miss Matte Patterson 20 Mr.. Claude
c Slonaker was solemnized recently
al the home Of the brides mother, Mrs. !
Emily Patterson Two Of cur very
excellent young people were thus unit
ed in the holy bonds Of matrimony.
They viii live On the groom's farm
near old Youngs Greek p. o. May
their lives from this on be Of contin-
ual saaSion 70 each other for nobler
deeds and thereby lettering that
world, is the wish Of the scribe. Rev.
Neighbors efheiated. 49, At the box
supper at Gatewood S22.60 was taken
IN. Little Miss Milla Ellis and Miss
.Johnson's cakes brought top prices,
Sl25 each. Mss Blanche Day was
voted the most popular girl and there
oy reeeTved The cake County Super
intendent Of Shoots W. Clyde John
vas present and gave a moving
illustrated lecture on the fly.
was ather instructive and ben
efelaL - At Bryan school Saturday
night a box supper was reeled of 70
he tune Of So, being put into the
treasury. - Misses Ruth Ellis and
Hazel Holloway, Of Hardin, and Miss
Margaret Whitley, Of the Mexico High
school, spent Sunday with homefolks.
Judge Baker Barnes is building a
garage, preparing for a new car.
The road from here to Thompson
been graded in exceptionally good
ihape lately and with a little using
md dragging VIII make as good ones
Is there are in the county. All are
concrete culverts or concrete ahut-
nents with steel bridges. - The death
y Mrs. ]. c. McGee at her home on
vest Love street in Mexico cast 4
sadness upon our vicinity, she
formerly lived here. She died
It 4 p. m, Monday, Sept, % Of kidney
She leaves a husband. one
laughter, Miss Belle, four sons, Frank
:, living near here; John David, of
sowing Green, No; Bert c., of Sher-
nan, Texas, and Claude c., of Cha
lute, Kansas. All with their families.
.xcept the latter, attended the funeral.
ne funeral was conducted at Midway
y ednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock BY
Rev: Green. The body was laid to
est IN the cemetery at the place. She
oined the Christian Church years Q
md was a devout Christian. She was
2 years and 6 months old. Sincerest
'ympathy extended to the bereaved
mes. - Miss Pearl Diggs entertained
Ter sister lately. - Miss Sudie VIM
viii give a pie supper at her school
Saturday night, Oct. 14th. Ev-
.ryhody is cordially invited to come. -
ne Rev. Mr.. Humphrey has rounded
ut his years work at Bethlehem the
TN Sunday. He was rundown and
'Verworked when he came, but has re-
uperated very much in that time and
: now returning 10 the evangelistlc
work. He goes to South Dakota. He
anne from like work in Texas. He \
realty endeared himself TO the peo-
'Ie who very much regret to see him :
cave Tor broader fields, but are Ger. i
AMY wishing him the very best in
lis chosen work. - The p~rotracted
meeting at Liberty closed with seven
editions to the church. - Mrs, Chas.
.eeper returned home in Montana
saturday after a two weeks visit with :
eiatives, the Tanners and Others. In
'ur vicinity. - The many friends of =,
zee Amatt's regret so much his real Il
'ad accident Of last week, that of his k
n.glne running over the calf of one of ,
us legs, MASKING and mangling it very :
'adly. At this writing it is believed D
imputation of the limb will of neces-
ity follow. - Chas. Stanberrv sold +
rs 24O-acre farm last week near r
fowena for $85 per acre, to a st. Lou :
party. +