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Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

stirred up thru having competitive
sales. Let the good work go on.
Next Saturday night the Rev. Mr..
Hardesty will preach at the Ladies'
Hall. Another Brother preacher will
be with him Sunday They will
preach at Liberty.
Rev. Fred White will hold his
regular services at Bethlehem next
Sunday and Sunday night.
The Baptist Ladies cleared $27 at
the Greengerich- Esch- Beachy Sale,
and $40 at the John T. Baker G. Son
sale.
The Liberty ladies gave an oyster
ice cream and cake supper at the
spacious home of Judge Baker Barnes
Thanksgiving night. The house was
crowded to its capacity. They cleared
$500, which goes toward the main
tenance of the church.
An oyster supper and bazaar will
be pulled off at the home of Sterling
P. Carter next Saturday night, Dec.
9th. The proceeds will go for the
benefit of Sunrise church. Everybody
is very cordially invited.
The entertainment given by Miss
Pearle Diggs and her school at Fox
Tuesday night was very good in
deed. The program from beginning
to end elected applause with each
number. The monologue and Negro
minstrel were especially good num-
bers and greatly enjoyed.
Jno. T. Baker & Sons sale was a
great success. An ideal day, large
attendance, spirited bidding and a
sons of Gregory, Ford, Johnson and
Brown were features that made it
an especially successful sale. and,
lest we forget, the ladies' dinner was
especially toothsome and lent its es-
teemed support. Cows brot as high as
$3.50; yearlings from $50 to $50;
calves from $27 to $50 per head.
Most of the cattle stock were pure
bred POll-Angus Pair Of fOur-year-
old mares brot $4O5; mares from
$40 to over 500. Hogs also sold in
proportion as they were the pure
Duroc-Jerseys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Reed attended
the Seivers-Neile wedding at Kinks
vile last Tuesday. He is an uncle of
the bride.
OF all sad words of tongue or pen
the saddest are these, lit might have
been"
Make up your mind early not to
shirk. Sinking will never bring you
fame. Also it will never bring you
livelihood. So just as well get to it
and stick to it if you would be he
70 in the strife.
VIM. f. Whitley and p S. Price will
get out a load of hogs this week to the
National market. Mostly their own
producing.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07
HEDGE DALE LETTER

Thanksgiving over and all are set
Ting down to work once more until
| Christmas.
We had fine little program We'd
nesday and fine crowd, but wished
it could have been even larger. Only
! one man afforded us his presence
and he stopped shocking corn to
come. Three cheers for him! Those
present were: Misses Cornelia and
Pauline Miller, Elsie Witchie, Sallie
Calhoun, Mrs. George Downs, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Barley and Mrs. Frank
Shelly. At the close of the program,
the grown people followed little
three-year-old Calhoun Barkley's ex-
ample (who gave us two recitations)
and entertained us with a few short
talks and then some songs-music
furnished by Pauline Miller. Our
new organ came into use that day.
VIM. Frazer and Clayton and Ray
mond Shook attended Tom Miller's
sale near Benton City last week.
Miss Kathryn Miller is still suffer-
ing from a fractured ankle, which
she hurt at the first of the school.
She was in Mexico Tuesday to see a
doctor.
Mrs. Louis Kircher was in Lad
donia Wednesday.
Mervyn Fisher hauled corn for Mr..
Doolin last week.
Miss Callie Calhoun is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Rarkley.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Downs were
guests of F. F. Witchie Tuesday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Foreman, of
Laddonia, Alvin Miller and family,
Conrad Schultz and family and Mr..
and Mrs. George Downs spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Downs spent
Tuesday evening with F. F. Witchie
and family.
Miss Ruth Rouse was the guest of
Miss Lena Ritter, of Thompson, Fri
day and Saturday. They attended
the oyster supper at Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Jessee's. Miss Ritter accompanied
Miss Rouse home for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. ALIVE Bethel and Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Downs with their son,
Dee, were in Hannibal Sunday. They
were in the Mark Twain Cave"
Mr.. and Mrs. f. F. Witchie were in
Santa Fe Sunday.
Several of the men hunted Friday.
John Nerzog and friend of St. Louis,
visited his nephew, George Erdel, and
they took their annual rabbit hunt.
They brought in over three hundred
rabbits.
The Littleby Missionary Society
will have a bazaar in Rush Hill Sat
uTday. Everyone is cordially invited.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07
WcOdSOn & FenReWald
Live Stock Commission Company
National Stock Yr7is, Illinois

Sellers of Cattle, Hogs and Sheep,
Our sales and record shows why it
pays to ship to US.
Sept. -, 1915. We sold 81 head Of
sos lb. yearling steers and heifers
mixed at $lO5O, the highest priced
heifers and steers ever sold on this
market
Oct. 50, we sold head of 1923 Id,
.vcarling steers at $11 Is, the highest
priced steers of this weight ever
sold on this marke,
Nov. 14th W. sold so head of 100
pound yearling steers at $11.5O,
which are the highest priced steers
ever sold on this market"
Aug. 81. 1916, we sold cars OF
hogs averaging 27S lbs. at $11.50, the
top for any hogs ever sold en- tails
market
We employ a sheep salesman who
devotes his entire time to selling our
sheep. This is a very important fac
tor. MR. SHEEP SHIPPER.
Special attention given TO orders for
| buying Stocker and Feeder Cattle.
Feeding Sheep ana Stock Hogs, 1--WE
viii buy you the right kind" Stock
ere well bought are half sold.
Why pay for poor service when
oars costs YOU no more?
OUR MoTTO-"Giving Satisfaction"
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07
IN MENIORIAM

Mrs. Conrad Schultz, Sr.,
died at her home in Rush Hill,
Mo-, Nov. z, 1916, of compli-
cation of diseases at the age of
&C years and six months. She
was patient sufferer, being
sick for about seven years. She
came to Missouri with her hus-
band in 1884, living on a farm
north of Mexico until 1908,
when they moved to Mexico.
After living there three years
they moved to Rush Hill where
they have lived almost five
years.
She leaves, besides many
friends, her husband and eleven
children to mourn her loss. The
children are: Henry, of Hecla,
S. Dakota; William and Conrad
of Mexico; Fred of Benton City.
Mrs. Val Erdel and Mrs. VIM.
Mollet, of Rush Hill; Mrs. M. T.
and Mrs. j. H. Morey, of Evans
ton, ILL.,; August and Mrs. A.
Miller and Miss Freda Schultz,
of Chicago, Ill.
She was a good. kind and
indulgent mother and a good
Christian, Joining the church
in her youth, and always follow
ing in the footsteps of Jesus.
Funeral services were held
at the Bean Creek German
church, of which she was a
member, by Rev. A. A. Wal
lace, after which. the remains
were laid to rest to be awak-
ened on resurrection morning.
She babe no one last farewell,
She said good-by to none.
Her loving heart has ceased to
beat,
And before we knew it she was
gone.
She is gone but not forgotten;
Her memory shall never fade.
Loving hearts shall always lin
ger
Around the grave where she
is laid.
Once our home was full of
pleasure.
Hearts were filled with true
delight,
But our dearest and sweetest
mother
Hath been taken from our
sight.
Dear is the spot where our
mother is laid;
Sweet is the memory that shall
never fade.
Sleep on, Dear Mother, be at
rest, God called you home,
He thought it best.
From loving Husband and
children.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

\ social club has been organized in
the neighborhood of Champ. A
Thanksgiving dinner was given the
club at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
H. Dean. A delicious menu was
served. Among those present were:
Misses Mary Hatcher, Mary Rather
inc Potts, Nellie Booth, and Jennie
Dean; Messrs. C. Dean, H. Woolery,
Cecil Weidler, Rodes Bradley, and
F. Dean. Cecil Wilder is president
of the club. The next meeting is to
be. held with Harry Woolery.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Mr. VIM. P. Proctor and Miss Julia
Moorhead, both of Sturgeon, brought
a preacher with them to Mexico Sat
urday who united them in marriage
here. We guess they were lodging
showers of rice.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Mrs. Richard Franklin of Farber,
who was brought to the Mexico Hos
pital recently for treatment but was
returned next day, is said to be in a
very serious condition. Mrs. Frank
UNI was raised on a farm northwest
of Laddonia. She is a sister of Mr..
John Summers and Mr.. Harvey Sum-
mers and Mrs George Menefee of
Laddonia vicinity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

L. Roy Ferris hardware store has
been entered seven times within re-
cent months by burglar, who usu-
ally finds a way to enter thru the
back door. He fidgets around in the
store for time, taking but little, if
anything, and then makes his way out
thru the same door, locking or bolt
ing it as carefully as he found it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07
CHICAGo&A ALTON R1..
T1MEEakIrAslE
CHICAGO & ALTON
{ EfFopLivn Ortpbar * 1Ofc'

CHICAGO & ALTON
effective October Is. 1916)
EAST BOUND
No. -, for Chicago, daily. .2:35 am
No. "a, for st. Louis, daily .4:O2 a m
No. 36, for Chicago-St. Louis
Except Sunday .7:45 m
No. 16. for Bloomington.
Daily ..............2 300 pm
No. 22, for SLLouis. daily .2:52 nm
No. 1O.for Chicago daily 1882 n m
WEST BOUND
No. 90. for Kansas CITY.
daily .. ESQ m
No. 9. for Kansas CITY.
daily ............ 3:OS m
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Central College at Fayette and
Westminster contested in a gridirOn
at Fayette Thanksgiving Day and
Central College was the victor, the
score standing to 3. Joy Kistler
and Jim Tom Edmonston of Mexico
belong to the Central team. Eric
Cunningham and Bryan Atchison
both of Mexico, played with the Can
ton, Mo-, University eleven against
Eureka College, near Chicago, and
again Mexico boys were on the win
ming side, the score standing 20 to
10. in favor of the Canton boys.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07
JAIL OF NO USE.

Centralia, Mo-, Nov. 30.-For the
first time in As years Centralia is
without Jail. Arrests were few and
the City Council has leased the jail
to a firm for steam laundry.
Police officers say that local option
for ten years has caused the Jail to be
of no value to the city as prison.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

At the union Thanksgiving serv-
ices held at the Mexico Presbyterian
Church the collection amounted to
$52.44. The money was divided be-
tween the Kings Daughters Home
and the Social Service Association.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

A division of the Junior basket
ball team of Mcmillan High School
went down and contested with the
Farber High School team Thanks
giving Day. The Mcmillan. team met
defeat
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

A. G. Azdell while roofing a house
on J. d. Greer's farm north of Mex
leo fell from the roof Wednesday of
last week and was badly injured and
had to be brought to town by con-
veyance.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Noah Clark, formerly of Laddonia
later of Mexico, in a Government
drawing recently, landed a 100 acre
claim near Havre, Mont. Glad No
abs joined the back to the farm
movement. Go it, Noah You may
have to take off your coat and put
aside those cuffs and that starched
shirt, but go it, go it. Honest toll is
a fine tonic
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Miss Nell Bishop of Miami, Mo-,
is visiting her sister in this city, Mrs
A. A. Hunsaker. Another sister,
Miss Gene Bishop, is with the Monroe
Candy Co. here.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

]. G. Ford, Sheriff-elect and ]. At
Brown are serving as deputies under
Sheriff Barnett for the present term
of Circuit Court.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

The Wabash passenger train go
ing west thru Mexico, heretofore ar
irving here at sos, p. M, now leaves
here at 1853, p. m.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. August Weber and
small son, Charles, have moved back
to Mexico from Tamata, Pa.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Everett Kettle renews for The
Message. This week he and his good
family move to Galloway county, east
of Fulton.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Miss Willine Crewdson of Louisi-
ana has been the guest of her sister
in this city, Mrs. j. w. Burlington.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Ralph Wayne, attending Missouri
University, visited his parents in
this city, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Wayne.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

G. w. Ramey renews for The Mes
sage another year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Joseph Miller of near Moline con-
tinues in quite poor health, we are
sorry to report.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

r. r. Buckner joins The Message,
growing subscription list.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Mrs. Frank Beam has been quite
i'll. She was taken TO the local hos
pital for treatment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Mrs. e. V. Everts hands us a dol
lar on renewal for The Message.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Farley Campbell was in to see us
and renewed for The Message.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Mrs. J. D.. Miller is visiting her
daughter in Chicago, Mrs. j. j. Don
ohue.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

H. H. Schrader is on The Message
subscription list for another year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

James wilkins renews for the Mes
sage.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07
$500 to St. Louis
and Return
VIA
WABASH

Good going on all trains Saturday,
December end, also good on trains
passing Mexico at 1882 a. m. and 6:15
a, m, Sunday, December 3rd.
Good returning on all regular
trains up o'and including train leaV-
ing st. Louis at 1880 p, M, Sunday
December 8, 1916.
Il M. RICHARDS,
Agent,
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-12-07

Mrs. G. d. Mckee is new Message
reader.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-11
FIND CONTRACT BROKEN.
And Court Gives 81 ,o74 Verdict to N. w
Van Cleve.

Burlington, April ia verdict for tbs
plaintiff to recover 81 ,074 was returneC
by the jury in the county court case oi
n w. Van Cleve vs. Eastern Fruit and
Nut company, yesterday afternoon, after
they had been out an hour and 40 min
utes. This verdict also gives TO the
plaintiff his costs, which will be assessed
by the court Counsel for the defend
ant company announced that the ease
would be taken to the supreme court
on exceptions.
This was an action of assumpsit in
which the plaintiff sought to recover
damages for an alleged breach oy the
defendant company OF his contract as su-
perintendent of their fruit farm at Grand
Isle, and for other damages received at
their hands The defendants denied the
plaintiffs charges and also alleged that
the contract OF the plaintiff was OBJ
tanned by fraud In his charge to the
jury, which was delivered Immediately
after court convened al 80 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon. Judge Stanton in
structed them that unless they found
that the plaintiff had obtained his con
tract by fraud. the defendants cancella-
tion of it gave him the right of recoy-
erv H. F. Hunt of Hinesburg was ap-
pointed foreman OF the jury
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-11
THINKS VILLAS DAYS SHORT.
If Not in Life, Then in Freedom-Gavira
Makes Statement.

FL Paso, Tex. April II General Ga
briel Gavira, Carranza's commander at
Juarez, last night announced that the
forces of the de facto government were
in a position to take immediate control
of the Villa situation il the American
troops withdrew.
General Gavira's statement was made
in connection with the announcement OF
Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief Of
staff of the American army Office. that
the purpose OF the eApeditionsry force
would be considered accomplished when
the Villa bands were dispersed or "as
soon as the troops of the de facto gov
eminent are able to relieve them OF the
work"
"Nc have more men than enough now" I"
said General Gsvira IF we were able
to overcome Vile when he had 7.0On
mcn, over hundred cannon and plenty
Of supplies. we ought 10 Le able to dis
pose Of him nov, wren his numbers have
dwindled down 10 a few hundred But
it IS a big territory TO operate in and
q single man has more chance to escape
and hide than a large force would have.
However, on account Of Villas wounded
condition, we think ne viii be taken soon
IF not, il is hardly likely that without
proper surgical care he viii survive for
long
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-11
SELF-DEFENSE PROVEN.
Calvin A. Rich Acquitted of Charge of
Assault.

| Rutland, April ll.--Calvin A. Rich of
Mendon, who has been on trial in Rut
/ land county court for the last few days
on charge of assaulting John McLaugh
/ lin at the formers home, stabbing him
| in the back several times, was acquitted
by the jury in court yesterday morning,
the verdict being announced shortly be
fore adjournment time yesterday aft
ernoon at 5 o'clock Mr. Rich admitted
doing the stabbing but told a story Of
self defense which the jury must have
believed.
George Parron of Fair Haven, who has
been in jail since the recent series of
robberies at the Bryne store at Center
Rutland on a charge of receiving stolen
goods pleaded guilty to an information
filed against him by States Attorney c.
V. Poulin. Brief statements were made
TO the court by the prosecuting officer
and by Attorney p. M. Phelps of Fair
Haven, who appeared for the respondent.
the court being asked to allow the young
man to be placed under probation. In
view of the fact that he will be an inn
portant witness against Joseph Martin.
charged with committing the breaks. sen.
tence was not pronounced.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-11
Witness Said She Feared
Something Terrible Was
Going to Happen
SOON AFTERWARDS
HEARD A g ShSH
Miss Evelyn T .s&wn Testified
Today in nich-Cross
Suit

Russell Allen, automobile chauffeur
and repairman, completed his testi-
mony in the case of Seth c. Rich vs..
George Fl. Cross, which was resumed this
forenoon in Washington county court
after the weekend recess. Mr.. Allen
was on the stand Saturday noon when
adjournment was taken.
This forenoon he testified that from
his examination of the ground where the
automobile accident occurred last August
he thought the front wheels of the car
left the highway first and that the rear
wheels of the machine did not skid over
the bank Mr.. Cross, he said. had, to
his knowledge driven the machine with
left hand drive but once before the ac-
cident.
He (the witness) had driven the ma
chine in question the day of the acci-
dent and had noticed that the engine
skipped at intervals. He described the
causes. 1t was his opinion that car
being driven at rate of 10 miles an
hour could be halted by the appliance of
the brakes within its own length
Miss Evelyn Brown, an eyewitness of
the accident, followed Mr.. Allen on the
stand and dramatically described the ac-
cident as She recalled it. She had Just
parted company with Francis O'Brien,
who testified last week. and was making
her way to the kingsbury house, where
she resided, when she observed the lights
Of machine coming over the top of the
Hill Her attention was directed to the
car because of the noise made by the en-
zine and the sound of singing which
seemed to come from the car. She had
a premoniton that something terrible
was going to happen because the ma
,hine seemed to be travelling rapidly, and
,he ran toward the house Before reach
ng the door she heard the car 20 over
he bank and she Immediately stayed her
steps and turning, hurried down the
bank into the field where the car had
stopped. She found Mr.. Gross at the
steering wheel and beside of him, Mrs.
ireen. Fhey alighted after she reached
hem. Mr.. Cross told her that he had
zen an automobile coming toward him,
hat he had seen a dark object in the
Dad, and that he had lost control of the
ar. The witness said it was quite foggy.
Hiss Brown told Of helping Mrs. Green
p the bank to the Kingsbury farmhouse
nd OF there telephoning to the police
tation for help.
DIR. W. B. Mayo of Northfeld was the
bird witness presented by the plaintiff
his forenoon. He was called from his
ONE about 2 o'clock in the morning fol-
,wing the accident.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-11
BOTH SIDES STAND OUT.
Quincy Manufacturers and Polishers In
sist On Their Contentious.

Quincy Mass. April 1.-THE manufac-
turers and the polishers are at greater
odds than at any time since the local
strike situation developed and not until
an adjustment is made will the agree
meuts already reached between the man
lufacturers and the committees for the
cutters and tool sharpencrs be ratified
and work resumed Mass meetings sched-
luled for Saturday that the formal ac-
Ieeptance could be made have been post
Iponed indefinitely.
/ The matter in dispute relates to hand
/ polishing. There was clause in the old
agreement that allowed Jumpers to do
hand polishing.
A representative Of the manufacturers
said it has been the custom in Quincy
since the industry started to allow q
Jumper to do hand polishing if there was
not enough Jumping for him, and the
custom is still in effect in a few Yards
The men, on the other hand, want the
hand polishing done by union men. A
representative Of that branch OF the
trade said that they are willing to have a
hand polisher also do Jumping but they
object to a lumper doing polishing.
Committees representing both sides
met Saturday and arrived at an agree
ment relative to machine polishers. They
met again yesterday to consider the hand
polishers' situation and adjourned with
out agreement
a representative OF the msnufsctur-
ers said after the conference that the
committee Of which he was a member
have decided 70 hold no more confer
enccs. except to receive the concession
Of the polishers. The polishers are equal
Iy insistent that hand polishing be thor
oughly unionized.
An official of the workmen said that
there viii be no mass meeting until the
two committees agree. He said the hand
polishers wish to control their own trade
and have no objection 70 anyone joining
their unis.
The manufacturers committee Is viii
lam Souden, Robert Mavers and William
Deacon. Representing the polishers are
John McIane. Alexander Ross. Domenioo
oletti Peter and Donate tardcli.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-11
ARRESTED IN Ell PAS0.
E. Baca, One of Best Known Lawyers in
the Southwest

FL Paso, Tex, April H. Eifego Baca
one of the best known lawyers in the
southwest, formerly district attorney in
Socorro, n NJ, and leader in new Mex
lean Republican politics. was arrested
here last night in connection with the
| flight over the border of General Salazar
Sunday.
Eight Mexicans, all OF whom have
played important parts in Mexico politics
at one time or another, were arrested
at the same time. Among them was
General Saragoso, who was in command
at Tampico under Huerta, when the ar
rest of American marines prccipitated
the crisis which led to the occupation
of Vera Cruz, and General Careveo, a
former lieutenant OF Orozco All eight
are said to have been working in the in
terest OF Felix Diaz. This report, OIL
GERS said, supports the theory that Sala
zar proposes to declare for that leader
Baca represented Salazar at the lat.
ter's trials for gun running, conspiracy
against American neutrality and per
jury. In each case his client was a..
quilted. After his first arrest, Salazar
escaped from jail in Albuquerque and
was said to have made an abortive at
tempt to start revolution in Sonora.
Baca was indicted as an accompice in
the escape and later acquitted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-11
CALL IS SENT IN
FOR MILITIAMEN
Despite the Relaxation of
Tension with the Coming
of Daylight, Some Citizens
Still Continued to Feel
Panicky-Troops Are De-
clared to Be Ready

Columbus, n. NJ, April ll.-This town
ridden with alarmst rumors, was re-
ieved to-day when the night passed
without sign of the trouble which many
of its citizens feared. I. A. Husley, a
deputy sheriff, feeling that every precau.
tion should be taken to protect the town
against the possibility OF repetition of
the raid of month ago, has requested
that militiamen be sent here to assist the
regular troops policing the border.
The tension which has been manifest
the past "a hours was somewhat abated
to- day but some citizens, despite the as
surances of the military authorities that
there We're no grounds for fears and that
the troops were amply prepared to care
for any emergency, seemed to be slightly
uneasy.