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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Circuit Court Notes.

The case of George M. Dean against
C. M. Clay, which was tried in the Cir
cult Court Wednesday was decided in
favor of the defendant Thursday af-
ternoon. The suit was on contract
for drilling of some wells.
A decree was granted Wednesday
afternoon in the suit of Mary Bradley
against George W. Bradley for d.
vorce.
The jury Friday afternoon return
ed a verdict for the defendant in the
souit brought by Edward Crooks
against John Hagen. This suit was
for alleged damages growing out Of
trespass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

One of the largest and most bril-
liant social affairs of its kind ever
given in this city was the entertain
ment in the Grand Opera House dur
ing Christmas week, 1889, twenty
seven years ago, according to the
Weekly Ledger files of December 26,
1889.
The program opened with a military
drill by a number Of the young wom-
en-. Following this Miss Mabel Hord
entertained the assembly with an
instrumental solo. Then appeared
forty four of Mexico's lovely daugh-
tiers, with banners flying and with re-
markable precision executed an intri-
cate drill.
At the conclusion of the drill Miss
Leona Williams, CARRIED as a Ger
man peasant girl, sang, "Buy a
Broom" After Miss Williams had
replied to an encore and smilingly
refused a second response, sixteen
young ladies, almost the. same height,
commanded by Miss Mabel Hord, ex-
ecuted another military drill.
"Love Comes Like a Summer Sigh,"
sung by Miss Emma Hiner, followed
the drill. Misses Polly Bryan and
Beulah Williams, in their charming
manner, favored the audience with an
instrumental duet, which drew con-
tinued applause.
After the conclusion of this inter-
esting and enjoyable program, the
greater part of the audience remained
for a "chat" and to "partake of re-
freshments."
The merchants of Mexico were rep
resented at this entertainment by
the leading society girls of Mexico al
that time, all wearing appropriate
and unique costumes, and carrying
banners bearing the names of firms
represented, which formed the prin.
cipal event of the occasion.
Miss Lutte Cave represented Joe
& Vic Barth.
j. D. McKee's Confectionery was
represented by Miss Kate Ringo.
Miss Lizzie Fritts portrayed The
Temple of Economy.
Miss Minnie Basket was a verita
BILE walking pharmacy, as C. R. Gibbs
Drug Store.
Miss Alice Mason depicted ]. W
Mason's Furniture Store.
Miss Myrtle Tucker the Famou!
Dry Goods Store.
Miss Mary Headington, Uncle Sam
IPostoffice.
The firm Of Kilgore & Howell wa
represented by Miss Nora Kilgore.
Miss Nellie Kilgore imaged the Bos
ton Shoe Store.
Worrell's Jewelry Store was ad
vertised by Miss Beulah Williams.
M. Blum & Co. by Miss Susie Coon'
Miss May Hughes brought the nam
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
THE MEXICO r |
MAS SPIRIT OF 1916

Inc hearty response with which our people coop
crate with the committee of the Social Service Board of
tne Federation is shown by the following communica-
tons:
Christmas is peculiarly the day of the child; and it
seems truly fitting that a spirit of generosity does at
thls time prevail. Such a spirit of Iberality was never
before manifested in this community. The terrible war
That has caused such agony of separations and suffering
is doubtless responsible for the benevolent and philan-
thropic work being done all over the world. This same
spirit is controlling our Christmas giving Our sincerest
wish Is that the efforts now being made by Pres. Wilson
to bring about peace between the warning nations of the
world will be successful, and that in 1917 we can all truth
fully sing at Yuletide, peace on Earth, Good Will to
Men" Mrs. Frank Van Ness.
Several Classes of the Presbyterian Sunday
School responded to the suggestion made by the Social
Service Committee, that a Christmas dinner be sent from
each class to some one who would not have such a dinner,
carrying out the real spirit and teaching of our Lord,
that ut is better to give than to receive"
MI W. j. Bolts.
l have never seen such an unfolding of generosity,
and think our children deserve an especial amount of
praise for their eagerness to give and their interest to
make others happy. Mrs. Maurice Phillip.
1t is most gratifying to see the ready response of
everyone and even the children are heart and soul in the
White Christmas Spirit. Mrs Turley.
II 10 hhueeu pedSH9 ~ lmu IL GnrlSIHldS OplrI,
that finds its greatest happiness in making others happy,
so prevalent in Mexico. The contributions to the Christ
mas Fund have been made in a manner to show coop
GRAFTON and a desire to participate in the popular hos
pitality which helps to make Christmas Day one of glad
ness and rejoicing for all. Mrs. George Lee.
As a committee of one, l asked three Classes in the
Methodist Sunday School to give me three baskets of
Christmas dinners; and the alacrity with which they re-
sponded, and the pleasure with which each response was
filled, made me still more certain that this years festival
is to be a true White Christmas permeated with the Mas
ter's spirit, ut is more blessed to give than receive
Mrs. Charles Morris.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
MEXICO HOLIDAY ENTER.


of L. Phillips to the attention of the
audience.
Miss Loua Steele, D. Woodward's
Grocery Store.
Prof. F. N. Peters, who trained the
young women for their military
drills, Fleets Military Academy.
Miss Julia Morris, C, H. Morris
Jewelry Store.
Miss Annie McIntire, ]. Roses Gro
Gerry Store.
Miss Nina Boatman, Boatman &
Engles' Dairy.
Miss Ida Bloom, for E. H. Carter's
Book Store.
Lakenan & Barnes Insurance Agen-
cy was represented by Miss Rilla
Quisenberry.
Miss Lena Johnson, Bryan & Rim
go's Hardware Store.
Miss Leona Williams, Llewellyn,
the Grocer.
Miss Letha Lasley, the Intelligent
icer.
McKinley's Bakery was there in the
person of Miss Josie Null.
Miss Nellie Coons, J. R. Luckie's
Grocery Store.
Miss Fannie Potts, Turner-Jackson
G. Co.
Miss Lilly Dobyns, Mrs. Hopkins
Millinery Store.
Miss Mabel Hord, the Mexico Ma
chine & Music Co.
Miss Matte Spence, W. A. Morris
Miss Anna Spence, Miss Rosamond's
Millinery establishment.
Miss Emma Hiner, Sallee G. Grad
dock.
Miss Emma Morris, Mrs. Harding's
Millinery.
Miss Estella Herman, Critics. Sho,
Store. NJ
Miss Ida Herman, Head, the Pho
tographer.
Miss Jennie Larimore, Pasqueth'.
ISaddlery.
Miss Jennie Hit, C. A. Buckner'.
Drug Store.
Miss Cordie Mundy, Turner & Co.
Ice Dealers.
Miss Maize Wilcox, of Paris Mo.
from Hardin College.
Miss Louella Atchison, Settle &
Settle, Shoemen.
Miss Mary Garrett, James Garrett
Hardware Store.
Miss Rosa Lee Moore, Buckley {
Moore.
Miss Jennie Worrell, the Mexic'
Ledger, accompanied by Master Mitch
ell White, Is the Ledger "devil."
Miss Mary Nelson, Moore & Mel
son, Real Estate Firm.
Miss Mamie Moseley, French I
Garrett, Druggists.
Miss Effie LaForce, Ricketts,
Emmons' Dry Goods Company.
i. Miss Polly Bryan, Pollard Jewelr
establishment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28


familiar to at least the older genera
ton of Audrain county people. Of
these Rainey Sparks is deceased, but
the others are all residnts of Little
Rock.
Those who look at the accompany
ing pictures of the men, as they re-
Gently appeared in the Little Rock
newspapers may not recognize in
the portraits the faces Of the old Mex
leo boys who left here a quarter of
a century ago.
"We got to talking about u old
home in Missouri" writes P. l.. De-
Jarnett to the Ledger, "and got to
recalling old times and old friends.
We thought it remarkable that five
of us should have come from n place
and settled in another and lived there
for years-more than a quarter Of a
49,
century for tmost of US. Ringo was
the first to come here and Pindall
the last. A Little Rock newspaper
man told US that this was a "good
story" and that our old home paper
ought to have the facts in the case"
He wrote the following for the Ledg-
er:
II will start off with Claude Ringc
because he was the pioneer. Hs
came to Little Rock March 9, 1876
In addition to being well known il
baseball circles he was honored By
his fellow citizens by being elected
city treasurer which office he fille'
very satisfactorily. The Little Rocl
Gazette, on its sport page recent!
said Of Ringo when it published tn
ACCOMMODATING cut:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
FIVE MEXICO BOYS
SUCCEED IN SOUTH

Five Mexico boys who left here in
their youth to seek their fortune in
Arkansas have found it there. One
of them has been governor Of Ar
kansas, one mayor of Little Rock, the
capitol city, one treasurer Of the
same city and the other two have
made a name as prominent business
men.
These facts were brought out by in
formation just received from the City
Of Roses, as Little Rock is called.
The men are Aaron Frank, Claude
Ringo, P. L. DeJarnett, Rainey Sparks
and X. o. Pindall, whose names are
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
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MARRIED HERE WEDNESDAY.

On Wednesday afternoon, Deem
beer the 9th, Frank James, of Rush
Hill, a son of Quincy James, formerly
Sheriff of Audrain county, and Miss
Fern Larue, of Worcester, Mo-, were
married in this city by the Rev. B. G.
Reavis, at his home.
Both young people are well known
in their respective communities and
have a wide circle of friends. Mr.
James is a prominent young farmer
and Mrs. James is a member of one Of
Audrain %county's old and prominent
families.
They will make their future home or
a farm neal Rush Hill. The Ledger
joins in extending congratulations ant
best wishes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

"We have with US this morning,
Claude Ringo. No need for introd-
auctions. If you have lived in Little
Rock more than two weeks it's a
cinch you know him, for the good
scout that he is. II there is any
man in the world who doesn't like
Claude Ringo, that is positive proof
that something is wrong with that
man. We firmly believe that when
the cartoonist, Tom Powers, orig
mated his "joys" he had Claude Ringo
in mind. Today this king Of all fans
gives his views on baseball.
Aaron Frank, who has just been act
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

proprietor of a laundry plant equal
to any in the South.
K. o. Pindall served for two years
as governor of the state of Arkan-
a and is now practicing law in the
capitol city.
P. L. DeJarnett's name is known to
everybody in Little Rock. He came
to Little Rock in 1884 from Mexico.
He made good in the commercial world
where he was active for years. His
health demanded more out-of-door
life he bought come farms and now
is at home shipping apples and peach
es out of the fruit country in North
west Arkansas or directing his BUSH
ness interests at Little Rock.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
A CHRISTMAS LEGEND

There is a pretty legend of a poor working man as
he was going home on Christmas Eve, being attracted
bv a sob and wall, and upon looking in a bank OF snow
where the cold winter wind was blowing hard, ne 1ouhu
a little child.
He decided at once he must care for the little one
oor o heartily welcomed by the happy mother and
the four children. They were seated at the Christmas
Eve supper table, each child contributing a portion OF
their food for the guest. AS they watched his bright race
and sunny curls, a halo formed around his head, then Two
white wings rested on his shoulders ana VIII III , m"ioo
,trotcbad over them as if in benedction, the lovely vision
suddenly disappeared and the wondering parents and
SLIdron realized they had entertained the Holy Christ
Child.
The next day upon going to his work the ola man
cow in the place where he found the child, beautiful Whte
flowers with large green leaves ana eaen Jay III The h
ono home to be cherished by his wife and children Ihey
called them Chrysanthemums.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Miss Isabel Gregory, who is at
tending Illinois Woman's College, is
home for the Holidays.
Sidney Houston, formerly of the
Ledger, ~rolicsome, effervescent Sid,
has returned from the Mexican bor-
der, and is again a part Of u Animal
ed scenery. During his absence he
shed his Charley Chaplin, accumulated
a striking coat of tan and kept us out
of war.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Robertson will
have as their guests during the Holt
days, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Robertson,
of Detroit; Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bro
naugh, and Miss Eleanor Bronaugh, of
st. Louis; Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Garri-
son, Jr., of st. Louis; Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Cartwright, and family, of st.
Louis, Miss Ruth Robertson and Rob-
ert Robertson, who is a student at
| Cornell.
An out-of-town wedding of interest
to Mexico friends is thet of Miss EN-
lily Page AGREE and Wallace Hill,
which will take place Tuesday even
ing the twenty-sixth of December.
1916, at the home of the brides par
ents, 1926 Academy Avenue, Clarks-
vile, Tenn. MI. Hill is well known in
Mexico. His mother was Miss Anna
Crawford, a former popular Mexico
girl.
Announcement was made in Auv.
vase Wednesday of the engagement
of Miss Nell T. Harrison, neal tina
place, and Mr.. Ward Tompkins, o.
Hillsville, Va. The date of the wed
ding was not made known. The bride
to-be is a daughter of John S. Harri
son, four miles east of Auxvasse, AM
one of the pretty young women o
that community. She has a large &C
uuaintance in Mexico, where she /
~deservedly popular. 1t is believe'
that the wedding will be an event o
early in 1917. She is a cousin of Mrs
Lewis Moore, of this city, and
niece of Mrs. Earl Cunningham In
wedding will be a elimination of an &C
ouaintance formed in Virginia severa
years ago, while Miss Harrison wa
visiting in that State. Mr.. Tompkin
is a lawyer of ability. Miss Harrl
son allowed her friends to sew an
take refreshments as usual at tn
announcement party, then at the tim
of departure, invited them to the dill
ing room, where an immense pie wit
a and twenty black birds heads, eac
with a suggestion of something to BIZ
Miss Floy, the bride-to-be sister, DIRE
the last n which carried the re-
news.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

; Miss Adeline Jesse left Thursday
for Columbia where she will spend
the Holidays.
Miss Alicia French, Of Martins
burg, was the weekend guest of
Miss Ella A. B. McCue.
Kenneth Sanford, who has been in
Topeka, Kansas, for the past year,
is home for the Holidays.
! Mrs. o. o. Green and children, Miss
Marguerite and Richard Green, left
Friday for Pilot Grove, where they
will spend the Holidays. Rev. Green
will join them later.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Austin, of
Roodhousc, are the guesets Of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. J. Kelso.
Mrs. John Kirby, Of Cleveland, Ok,
is spending the Holidays with her
mother, Mrs. John Mcintyre, of South
jefferson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Lee are giving
"a house party. Their guests are
Misses Dora and Florence Surber, OF
Kansas City; Mr.. and Mrs. jeff Gates,
of st. Loyuis; Miss Dangerfield, Of
st. Louis; Mrs. 7. A. Omohundra, OF
Bowling Green, and Charles Surber,
of Kansas City.
Mrs. {. R. Morris and Gladys Nor
ris will spend a few days in Chicago
next week with Mr.. and Mrs. r. d
Mills. of Duluth, who will be guests
of Mr.. Mills sister while there.
Mrs. Charles Glendye, of Columbia
will arrive Sunday to be the guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Van Ness viii
spend Sunday in ~Jonesburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl LANCE will spenc
the Holidays in Chicago.
Miss Mildred Moore gave a linz
party at the Orpheum Thursday ev
ening complimentary to Miss Agne'
White, who leaves Sunday for Slater
where she will make her home. he
freshments were served at tn GIN
TIL guests were Misses Mary Dear
ing, Gertrude Fry, Lena Bryarly an
Martha bearing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lee will have a
dinner guests Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs
George Lee, Ed Lee and Miss Mari
Forman.
Miss Barbara johnson, who at
tends Smith College, is home for tn
Holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Blackman hav
. returned from a short visit in Kansa
u City.
C. M. Clay will spend the Holiday
Il in Muskogee, Okla, the guest OF h
sister, Mrs. Zevely.
: A crowd of twenty motored frol
Benton City, Friday evening, to atten
g the Orpheum. Refreshments wei
served at the Gem.
u Nh. and Mrs. E. A. Lawrence, of tt
: Ringo, are visiting in Sikeston.
DR.. and Mrs. P. E. Coil and so
= johnson, will spend the Holidays Wi
e Mrs. Coils mother, Mrs. Johnston,
Perry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
HOUSTON SAYS MILITIA
SYSTEM IS A FAILURE
Boy Just Home From Service
on the Border, a Little Thin, But
in Good Health.
NATIONAL GUARD IS DEAD
Life on the Border was Easy, But Men
Lost Positions and Families Suf-
feder Many Mishaps.

Sidney Houston is home from six
months OH the border, where he has
been with a hospital unit of the FEEDER
allied Missouri National Guard, from
Kansas City. His arrival home was
the best Christmas present for his
mother, Mrs. A. S. Houston, hoped
for. His many friends were delighted
to see him looking well, though minus
some avoirdupois and his charleychap-
lin.
Sid was detailed with the First Bat
t~allion, Missouri Field Artillery to
Fort Riley, Kansas, and after reach
ing there 4, obtained a furlough to
visit his home. He will be here a week
or ten days. If his company has
reached Fort Riley at the end of his
furlough, he will return there to be
mustered out; otherwise, he will re-
sumo his duties at Laredo, on the
w~ind-swept, dusty plains of Texas.
Sid's services in the army have made
him a profound believer in the pro-
gram of General Hugh L. Scott, re-
Gently given to Congress.
Universal service must come" Sid
said, "as the National Guard will soon
be a thing of the past. AS fast as
the guardsmen return from the bor-
der they will quit the organization
and advise all other young men of the
nation to follow their lead. They be-
lieve they have been badly mistreated
and, whether or not such is the case,
it will be impossible to convince them
otherwise.
"We weren't mi~streated, neither
were we u~nderfed," Houston contin-
ued, "but six months were taken from
our lives needlessly. We served no
purpose, except to kill the National
Guard.
"Life on the border was not hard,
as some have been led to believe. On
the other hand, it was terribly easy.
All we did was to drill a few hours
a day; the rest of the time we had to
bemoan our fate and long to be back
'on the job filling places others had
secured in our absence.
The experience was not bad, accord
ing to Sid, and all of the guardsmen
learned a great deal, probably, but at
the same time they were losing the
places they had in civil life--and many
of them had left wives and families to
suffer by their absence.
The one remarkable thing about the
entire mobilization, Houston, believes
was the absence of disease among the
soldiers. At one time, he said, there
were only two per cent of the sixteer
thousand troops stationed at Laredt
sick and the average wal little more
| than that.
! "The medical officers learned a grea
deal from the fever of 49," he said
/, "and not one man died from typhoiI
, in the Laredo district. Out of tn
entire number of troops there onl,
six died of natural causes in si
months and three of them were du
to appendicitis. Aside from thi
phase of the mobilization there wa
. nothing remarkable, unless it wa
the evidence Of the utter ~inadequac
of the volunteer system, so long de
: pended on by this country as a mean
, of defense"
,f Mr.. Houston will return to his pos
. ton on the staff of the Kansas Cit
. Star, as soon as mustered out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Hello" Girls Have Surprise Weddings

Hello" Girls Have Surprise Weddings
Two of the young ladies of the
Mexico Telephone Company have had
surprise weddings during December,
as follows:
On December the 14th, Miss Mabel
Stuart was married to Howard Moy-
err, at Marshall, Nc. and on December
the 22nd Miss Blanche Berrey and
Thad Anderson, a student of telegra-
ply at Chillicothe Business College,
were married.
Madame Rumor says this is to be a
continuous performance, and at least
two or three more Mexico telephone
girls are on the waiting list. You had
better hurry up, girls, Leap Year is
almost over.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
MISS BLANCHE BERRY WEEDS

Thaddie Anderson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. E. Anderson, of this city, and
Miss Blanche Berry, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. W. H. Berry, of eMxico,
were married Friday evening by the
Rev. B. G. Reavis at his home here.
Mr.. Anderson, who has been at
tending the Business College in Chill
licothe, taking a course in telegra-
ply, is one of Mexico's popular young
men.
Mrs. Anderson was operator in the
office of the Bell Telephone Company
and one of Mexico's most popular
] young ladies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
TO U D COUNTY BOOKS
Deputy Auditor viii Inspect Out
Going Officers Records.

Deputy State Auditor johnson, who
audited the books of Audrain county
something over a year ago, will be
here this week to audit the books of
the outgoing county officials.
This audit is in the regular course
of business and in compliance with
the interests of those who step out
of official positions in Audrain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly In
fiuenced by constitutional conditions,
and in order to cure 1t you must
take an internal remedy. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system. Halls Catarrh
Cure was prescribed by one of h best
Is composed Of some OF the best tonics
known, combined with some of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect COM
bination of the ingredients in Halls
Catarrh Cure is what produces such
wonderful results in catarrhal condi-
lions. Send for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. o.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Were Married Sunday.

William J. Baxter, of st. Charles,
and Miss Anna Lee Tinsley, of this
city, were quitely married here
Sunday. MI. Baxter is a prominent
young business man of st. Charles
and Mrs. Baxter is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Tinsley, and is a
charming and most capable young
woman. They will make their home
in st. Charles. The Ledger joins the
host of warm friends of both in ex-
tending congratulations and best
wishes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
REED-MARsHALL WEDDING

Harry Reed and Mrs. Henrietta
Marshall, both of Mexico, were mar
ried Friday by the Rev. S. W. Hayne.
They will make their home in this
city. The wedding was a quiet affair.
Mr.. Reed is n of Mexico's popular
and efficient insurance men and well
liked everywhere. Mrs. Reed is a
splendid young woman, capable and
quite pretty. Both have a wide circle
of admiring friends in Mexico. The
Ledger joins in wishing them a long
and happy married life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
A Business Partner Wanted.

A good business man, with good
moral standing and some capital, is
wanted in an established business
with an unlimited future. If inter-
ested, write az" care of the Ledger.
8-2t wilt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Miss Katherine Smith, of Clarks-
vile, a former Hardin student and
well known here, and William Meyer,
also of that city, were married re-
Gently.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Miss Helen Shahan, who attends
st. Mary Academy at Quincy, ILL.,, ar
rived home Wednesday to spend the
Holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Neal Shahan, south of town.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

DR.. J. F. Harrison and R. M. White
are home from st. Louis, where they
attended a conference with Colonel
Gardner, Governor-elect, regarding
the eleemosynary institutions Of the
State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Miss Lillian Richards, who teaches
at Farber, will spend the Holidays
with Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Richards, her
parents.