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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07
KITCHENER AT KHARTIrM

The death of Earl Kitchener eonsti-
tutes the most serious individual loss
sustained by Great Britain or her allies
since the war started two years ago the
coming August. As far as accomplish
ments is concerned he stood head and
shoulders above any other man who has
been lost in the long period of the war.
Not only for his achievements early in
life but also for great service in the last
two years was he worthy OF distinction.
Earl Kitchener won his spurs in Egypt
and in other fields Of battle conflict. but
the record of his doings in those times
pales into insignifcanee when compared
with the herculesn task which he per.
formed in raising a tremendous volunteer
army in a nation which had been ex-
tremely lethargic as to national defense
on land and which had only a few hun
dred thousand trained men az the out
break Of the present hostilities. Possibly
mother person in Great Britain could have,
raised an army Of 100000 men, approx
imstely. in less than two years time
and. besides. put them through a course
Of training to prepare them for service
both on the continent and on the home
island. Kitehener's work helped 70 save
France. albeit too late to save Belgium.
Il also put a solid Gordon % defense
about the British lsles 20 resist the in-
vadeT should Re once ct through the ~
ssl line and also 70 rut down rsbsIion
fomentei Is the interior. TIE sense 81 !
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07

Coming from the Springfield (Mass,)
Republican, the following commentator
of Charles Evans Hughes is splendid
testimonial for the man who seems most
likely to secure the Republican nomina-
ton for president:
Charles Evans Hughes has been faith
ful to every public trust. Let the Repub-
licans in Chicago put their desires in
their platform. and if the justice agrees
to stand on it he is about as likely a
citizen as we know to see that the prom
Uses made are kept. That is the way to
nail him. He is an old-fashioned citizen,
with high regard for party pledges.
The testimonial is from a newspaper
which right along has been a supporter
of President Wilson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07
VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED.
Mead and Shaw No Longer Considered in
Murder Inquiry.

Melrose, Mass. June with the
boys, Harold Mead and Harold Shaw
virtually eliminated from any connection
with the death last Thursday Of Loretta
Wakelin, the little school girl who was
abused and killed in the woods near her
home, police inquiry yesterday became
active on other theories. State Officers
Thomas Eustace and Silas P. Smith, to-
gether with local policemen, were en-
gagged in questioning neighbors of the
Wakelin family to check up on details Of
the circumstances connected with the
finding of the body
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07

An extreme quiet on the Mexican
boundary line can mean nothing else
than that the ViIlistas are planning an
other murderous raid on some slightly
defended American town on that border.
We trust that no troop of United States
soldiers, no detachment OF border patrol,
no watchmen will be caught mapping this
time. We want no repetition of the Co.
lumbus, N. NJ, experience,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07

Another Proctor comes up for the Sen
ate--this time the state Senate What
makes it seem more, natural is that this
Proctor also bears the name of Redfield,
like the illustrious man who represented
Vermont so long in the United States
Senate. The young Redfield Proctor has
made good start with two terms in the
House Of Representatives
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07

1t is unfortunate that most of the
"rookies" in the Plattsburg camp have to
come from the families of the rich mas
much as the members of those families
alone are able to take a month away
from their work. The members OF the
families of the poor viii make just as
good soldiers and just as good officers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07

Russian offensive on the eastern
front would have the double effect of re-
ducing the Austrian pressure on Italy
and causing Germany to release some of
her men from the western line to protect
the eastern border of the country There
fore, Russian offensive seems to be the
movement that may be expected.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07

The German navy is even more of an
unknown quantity after the battle off
Jutland than before. One feature in
which Germans surpass is their ability
to keep secret
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07
TALK OF THE TOWN

Silk gloves, silk hose, at Vaughan's.
Several more of those large American
flags (5xsl. Get one for flag day. Cou-
pom and Csc at Times office.
Sport hats. new and select ship
ment just here. You'll want one for that
outing, and you can wear them on the
street as we'll Call and see them. Mrs.
w. F. Shepard, Rowland building.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07

We wonder if the United States could
develop a Kitchener in an emergency like
that which confronted Great Britain in
August, 1914.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07

It would be interesting to know just
how many of China's 4000Oo00o people
ever will know that their president, Yuan
Shi-Kai, is dead Or that they had a
president named Yuan Sh-Kai.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07

The time is near at hand when Hughes
must say Eyes" or NO
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-07

It is not raining in England; it is
pouring trouble.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
MANY BIG FEATURES.
Mexico Fair Offers Much to Interest
Everyone This Year.

With over 100 head Of harness hors-
es representing eleven states, a large
consignment of running horses and ar
unusually large portion of the best
show horses in Missouri, the Mexico
Fair the week of August s., 9, 10 and
II promises to surpass all of its for
mer records.
The three sections of the Missouri
Saddle Horse Futurity, the $500 Mule
Ring and the large saddle stakes and
harness rings are features that will
vie with two bands and ten big tented
attractions, including a large trained
animal show, to entertain the visitors
to this great annual exhibit.
Every day will be a big one, but
especially the first day - County
School Day - when the county schoo'
children under fourteen will be admit
ted free to the grounds. Friday viii
be Old Settlers Day and every resi-.
L t of the county over seventy years
age will be admitted free of charge
There are ideal picnic sites on the
grounds and you are urged to bring
your dinner and spend the day at the
great Mexico Fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
FINDS MAN IN l

A little over a year ago DR.. G. A.
Rothwell had two very fine hyperdi-
mic syringes stolen with some NOR
phine tablets. Since that date he has
kept his office locked. Friday noon,
when he returned from lunch, as he
was unlocking his Office door, he dis
covered a man inside his rooms at
tempting to hide himself.
The doctor called some passerby
and had him held until the police ar
rived. The man was taken into Gus
tody. DR.. Rothwell believes he was
after some narcotic which he keeps in
his office with other drugs for use in
his practice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
CARS RUN

Two automobiles ran together al
the intersection of Monroe and JEFF
ferson streets on the northeast cor.
ner of the square Wednesday after
noon about $3.50. Charles Shoop, Of
near Mexico, was driving his Over,
land west on Monroe street while
Clarence Gray, of near Santa Fe, was
driving south on Jefferson, both men
were on the right hand side of the
street. Shops car, in passing the
traffic post, struck the real of the car
driven by Gray, bending the fender
of Shops car and throwing one of the
rear wheels of Gray's car out of align
ment. No one was injured in the
collision.
Bystanders say that both cars were
'gonig at a low rate of speed and were
on the right side of the street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
cnIIrMpIA MAN RESIGNS.

c. o. Hanes, Secretary Of the Re-
tail Merchants Association, and Of the
Commercial Club of Columbia, has re-
signed to take the position Of Secre-
Itary of the Missouri Association of
Fair Dealers.
Mr.. Hanes was well known over the
country for the work he has done in
Columbia. He has been a frequent
visitor to Mexico and is well known
among the business men Of this city.
Mr.. Hanes will take his new posi-
ton August Is, with headquarters in
the Central Trust Building at Jeffer-
son City. He has been Secretary of
the Retail Merchants Association
since 1914 and of the Commercial Club
since 1915.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
BUILDINGS BEING IMPROVED

This week seems to be a sort OF
~impromptu "Paint-U Up Week" in the
business district Of Mexico. The La
Crosse Lumber Company is decorat-
ing the doors Of the lumber yard
with the flaring colors of the compa-
ny, and putting signs in equally bril-
liant hues on the available sign space,
The office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company had a complete
overhauling; the ceiling has been
painted, a new counter installed and
the inside furnishings re-arranged
New signs have been placed on the
windows and the entire front given
a coat Of black paint. So thorough
Nv was the work done that even the
box on which the messenger boys sit
between messages was given a new
coat of paint and decorated with the
name of the company.
The North Missouri Trust Com
pany has reprinted the front of its
building, put in a new plate glass
and had the sign reprinted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
A DAVIS, VISIT.

Jefferson Davis, President Of the
Confederacy, made the Fulton Fair a
bright spot in the memories Of thous-
ands of Kingdom folks one year when
he appeared before a crowd Of 5000
to 5000 people, shortly after the war.
at the present location Of Priest
Field" says the Fulton Gazette.
"The events Of that day are still
clear in my mind" says J. Sam Wat
sol Of Fulton. who clearly recalls the
visit of that famous man Of the south
to the Galloway Fair. Mr.. Watson
says that in those days beer, wine
and whiskey booths were established
on the Fair Grounds and received a
large patronage from the pleasure
seekers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
"RACCOON JOHN SMITH" HIS HISTORY
Christian News Letter Tells Story of Interesting Character of
Early Audrain.- How He Got His Nickname.

forming a halo around his face. He
literally died in the harness, for just
eighteen days before his death he
preached the most powerful sermon
of his life at Wellsville, Mo. He was
a man who loved innocent fun great
ly, and was always joking or playing
pranks on someone. Even little chill
dren loved him and sought his pres
ence as they sought the sunshine. He
believed strongly in the preservation
of the Union and was religously loyal
to the government, but he said he
could not take the oath, because it in
volved principles that conficted with
his conscience. He said if he were
to take this oath he would no longer
preach by the authority Of Jesus
Christ, but by that of an unbelieving
legislature. He received word after
the April term of court that he had
been indicted. He was advised to
give the usual bond for his security
SO he would not be arrested, but he
refused. On the morning of May 10,
he babe adieu to his children and
started to the depot to board the train
for Kentucky. The sheriff, who had
put off his arrest till the last moment,
accosted him and told him he would
have to arrest him for having preach
ed without taking the oath.
Smith said: "I have done so and
shall preach on without taking it.
You will have no trouble in conduct
ing me to Jail; but tell my friends 10
build an arbor near my window for
will try to preach to them. You can
keep me, Mr.. Sheriff, in a chicken
coop as well as in Jail. l never flee
from civilized man." Mr. Ringo, who
was the uncle of Mr.. J. c. Ringo, fin
ally, after pointing out to him that
his incarceration in Jail would lead to
bloodshed in his behalf, persuaded
him to sign a bond for his appearance,
but before the case came to trial the
oath was set aside by the Supreme
, Court.
Quite a few of our older people re-
member him well, and all with the
utmost love and veneration, among
them being the Lockes, Mr.. J. c. Rim
go, Mrs. Gill, the Masons, and many
others. He died triumphant in the
Christians faith in the house that
burned a few years ago on what was
the O'Rear place on East Promenade
He passed away with his hand in the
hend of the late beloved B. L. Locke
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
Liver Trouble.

"I am bothered with liver trouble
about twice a year." writes Joe Ding
man, Webster City, Iowa. 81 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 I was feeling fine and
had no signs of pain" obtainable
everywhere. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
SALE OF PRIVILEGES
Many Concessions Auctioned OF at
Fair Grounds Saturday.

The sale of concessions and booths
for the Mexico Fair, August 8, 9, 10
and II, was held on the Fair Grounds
Saturday. The center field concession
was purchased by William Rose. The
automobile parking space went TO
Bert Squires and Ryland Rodes pur"
chased the reserved seat section over
the Secretary's stand.
The booths sold as follows:
No. l, Roy Wright.
No. ?, Bruce Piper.
No. : Clemens & Ecton.
No. 4, !. J. Roberts.
No. 5, o. H. Byers.
No. 6, A. Holtkamp.
No. Z, T. D. Wooten.
No. 8, Bruce Piper.
No. O., ]. J. Roberts.
No. 10, Ryland Rodes.
Clark and Fritts bought the space
under the front steps leading from the
amphitheatre to the promenade be,
meath.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
MAKE WORK EASIER.
Mexico People Are Pleased to Learn
How it Has Been Done.

It's pretty hard to attend to duties
With a constantly aching back;
With annoying urinary disorders.
Doan's Kidney Pills have made
work easier.
So thousands have gratefully testi-
fed.
They're for bad backs.
They're for weak kidneys.
Mexico people gratefully recon-
mend Doan's.
J. T. Bosley, painter, lila Monroe
street, Mexico, says: Several years
ago l was suddenly attacked with kid
ney trouble. Pains settled in my
right hip and interfered with my
work. / couldn't reach back on ac-
count of this pain catching me in the
center Of my back. I had tried to
get up several times at night to pass
the kidney secretions and they were
highly colored. I finally went to the
Buckner Drug Co. and got a box of
Doan's Kidney Pills. After using
them, the trouble disappeared. l have
never had anything the matter with
my kidneys ever since this cure was
made"
Price Soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy =
get Doan's Kidney Pills - the same
that Mr.. Bosley had. Foster ilburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
.AUDRAIN COUNTY TO GET
$4,000 FOR ROAD WORK

County Clerk Ross B. Cauthorn he's
sent the requisition for Audrain eoun-
TVS road money from the State to
jefferson City. The county is enti-
tied to half the cost Of the perrna-
nent road improvements done in the
county from the State. The cost OF
the improvements, which consist OF
concrete and gravel work, for the
whole county, is s11,sOS.OO; s2,627.OO
of which was done in the Mexico Spe-
cial Road District and $9,176.00 in the
rest of the county. The county is en-
titled to half If this amount, or S.
9O1.OO from the State, but the State
has only sS,oSo.OO for Audrain
county.
The requisition, with plans and
specifications Of work done, must be
fled in Jefferson City on or before the
first Of August, in order that the
county may receive its share of the
State Road Money. This ~appropria-
ton is from the State and is in no
way connected with the $75,000,000 re-
Gently made available by the Federal
Government for the improvement of
rural roads.
This money is for permanent road
work done in the county from July,
1915, to July, 1916. During this time
there were no concrete c~ulverts, 9
concrete abutments to bridges and two
concrete bridges constructed in the
county, including the Mexico Special
Road District.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
Water Low in Columbia.

Superintendent Fawkes, of the wat
.er department Of Columbia, is urging
residents of Columbia to cease using
city water for sprinkling their lawns,
as the water supply is running low.
New pumps have been ordered, but
have not yet arrived and the city
council may be compelled to issue an
order forbidding the use of city water
for sprinkling lawns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
From the Christian Newsletter.

(From the Christian Newsletter
The name "Raccoon John Smith" is
of rather uncertain origin, but it is
thought that if any n originated
that epithet it was Jacob Creath Sen,
who at an Elkhorn Association, made
a appointment for him, and, on be-
ing asked who John Smith was, re-
piled, "He is a singe-cat from some
where among the raccoons." Later
a notice was posted upon the State
Capitol Of Kentucky to the effect that
"Raccoon John Smith" would preach
that evening at the court house. That
fixed the name definitely to him ever
after
He worked so hard on the farm in
Kentucky in 1888 and 1889 that his
nerves were shattered, thus causing
the palsied arms, that all who knew
him in his latter days, so well, remem-
Der. The palsy SO increased as the
years rolled by that it was necessary
for him to be fed as a little child. In
1858 he attended the Missouri State
meeting at Columbia. In 1860 he
was at Brunswick, Mo-, at a debate
by Mosoes E. Laird and a Rev. Caples.
He was seventy-six years old at that
time. On June A, 1867, he performed
the ceremony that united in marriage
Ben johnson and Miss Brooks, a sister
of Mrs. Mollie Gill. This was in the
old frame church. On the 4th of
November, 1861, his wife, Nancy
Smith, one of the best Of wives and
mothers died, leaving him without
the most sacred of human compan-
ionship. After her death he went
to live with his daughter, Mrs. Maria
M. Lee, of Owingsville, KY, but spent
much of his time with his younger
daughter, Emma, who was the wife
of A. R. Ringo, of Mexico, Mo.
Bro. E. J. hampton in a letter quot
ed from a former edition Of the News
Letter, says: II well remember when
Bro. Raccoon John Smith to
preach on a hot afternoon in Mexico,
he said his Kentucky brethren were
opposed to his coming to Missouri,
for fear he might die. He said he
told them it did not make any differ
ence, Missouri was just as near Hea-
ven as Kentucky, but not many of
them thought it was" At the time Of
his death he was eighty-four years
old, a mar of the type of the patri-
archs, with white face and white hair,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03

There is an epidemic Of typhoid
fever at Tulip, north of C~entralia.
There have been about ten cases re-
ported to date, but none have been
fatal. The cause of the epidemic has
been traced to an old cistern which
has been closed to use. DR.. Nugent,
of that vicinity, has been using serum
to fight the disease, with apparent
success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03

en- and the lunch and social hour was
especially enjoyed; due much to the
efforts of Mrs. Dalhem.
Mrs. ". ]. Rixey had as guests for
dinner Friday: Rev. and Mrs. o. o.
Green, Margaret and Richard Green,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Van Ness, Misses
Pauline and Gladys Van Ness and
Mrs. C. W. Forester, of st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. William West and
daughter, Mildred, motored to Frank
fort, Bowling Green and Louisiana
last Sunday.
Miss Helen Heller gave a line party
at the 0rpheum Friday afternoon for
her guest, Miss Frances Marshall.
Refreshments were served at Buck
ner's.. Her guests were Misses Vir.
ginia Rodgers, Anna Lacy Wallace
Mary Worrell, Ruth Harper, Frances
McCue and Josephine Berry, of Full.
ton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Gingrich, of
Fulton, Will Waters and Leo Coontz,
of Vandalia, were in Mexico Wednes-
day with A. N. Lindsey, candidate for
Governor, who spoke at the Court
House Wednesday evening. Mrs,
Gingrich is Mr.. Lindsey's daughter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
MONDAY is HOTTEST DAY.
Temperature Was 1903 at the Highest
Point Monday.

The lastday Of July was the hottest
day of the month, and so far, of the
summer, with the mercury lowering
around 1OS degrees, The hottest day
of the month before Monday was the
seventeenth, when the mercury reach
ed 101. The average for the month
of July has been 90 degrees, and
there have been seven days in the
month when the temperature, at the
highest point, stood at 100 or above.
The weather report for Tuesday
|p- misses cooler weather. Reports
from Chicago stated that 100 persons
had died of heat in a period Of TWEEN
.ty-four hours, ending Sunday even
ing. Deaths caused from the excess
sive heat have been reported almost
hourly in all the larger cities, during
the past week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
Morris Dry's Success.

Morris Dry, who is now selling filler
brushes, a household necessity, at St.
Joseph, Mo-, has just received a hand
some leather suitcase from his dis
trict agent, as second prize for SELL
ing next to the largest number Of
brushes during the month Just past,
Morris spent about ten days of the
month at Lake Geneva attending a
meeting of the Y. M. c. A. which
kept him from his business for that
length of time and which makes his
record all the more remarkable.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03
The Best Laxative.

To keep the bowels regular the best
laxative is outdoor exercise. Drink
a full glass of water an hour before
breakfast and eat an abundance Of
fruit and vegetables, also establish a
regular habit and be sure that your
bowels move once each day. When
a medicine is needed take Chamber
lain's Tablets. They are pleasant to
take and mild and gentle in effect.
obtainable everywhere. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03

In Centralia Guards compliment.
4 comment on this column helps
j / have, or had, two great am.
Ia. The first is-or waste
a millionaire and ride in a ma
colored limousine, upholstered in
green leather. The other was
s-to own the Ladies Home Jour-
Ind write it all myself. My first
tion is dead of senile debility,
lid rose waves DER its little green
-e; the new pulmotor recently
led on a silver tray to the Hos
by e. R. Locke could not reani-
, its vital spark. Therefore, $50
It be-" But the encouragement J
from the press at large, inspires
% kid myself into the belief that
ny yet realize ambition number
/ may develop my great natural
It to the point, where ! can fool all
all the time. 1t has been
Abraham Lincoln to the con-
: Notwithstanding.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-03

Maurice Barth, of Columbia, spent
nday with his mother, Mrs. Joseph
sarth.
Miss Flora Allen and Mrs. x. P.
ilfey, of st. Louis, spent the week.
bd with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Guthrie.
Minter Bragg spent the weekend
Vandalia.
Miss Elizabeth Gill is home from
dorado, where she has been TAX
'bg a special course in the University.
Mrs. E. M. Ferguson, Of Jones'
lrg, spent Tuesday with Mr.. and
rs. F. P. Van Ness and family.
Mrs. C. W. Forester, of st. Louis,
rived Friday to be the guest of Mrs.
y. ]. Rixey and Mrs. F. P. Van Ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Will Robert
pm had as guests for tea Sunday:
Hiisses Mary Buckner, Flora Allen,
Ruth Robertson, Messrs. Marques
Wallace, Harry Stocks, Robert Rob-
Rrtson, and Mrs. x. P. Whitley, of st.
i louis.
Mrs. W. J. Rixey returned from st.
Louis Wednesday, where she has been
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. c. W.
Forester.
The Beta Sigma Omicron will meet
Vith Miss Anna Williams Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Bette Sappington has been
spending the last fortnight in Liber-
hl' Kansas, the guest Of her sister,
Mrs, Colvin.
Mrs. Irwin and Mrs. Glendy, OF
Sstaunton, Va, have been visiting Mrs
r. G. Lakenan.
Miss Mary Worrell gave a slumbel
party Tuesday evening. Her guests
were Misses Hazel Mcintyre, Ruth
Harper, Helen Heller, Frances Mas