Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-09-21

Vandalia, east. The place has about
$50 inhabitants.
Farber used to be one of the livest
trading points in the county, but for
eight or nine years she has not quite
it must be admitted, kept in the van
Lately, however, she is taking on
new life. A new coal company is
getting out coal, putting a fine quail
ity of the black diamond on the mar
ket, supplying the local demand and
sending the product elsewhere. But
the latest thing for Farber's saliva
tion-that which may cause other
towns of this county and of this part
of the State to sit up and take no,
| tice-is the opening of a clay mine,
the finest product of clay, they say,
in America. The company is getting
out car of clay day and shipping
it to Toledo, Ohio, to be burned for
commercial use. The company is
working about g men and shifts are
on the job day and night The man
ager of this enterprise promises that
his company is soon to put in a
100000 plant at Farber. This clay
field extends on down to Vandalia
and beyond. A prominent Farber
citizen told us that if this plant
is put in, as promised, he predicted
that in less than ten years Farber
and Vandalia would he joined as one
town.
We hope all these promises and
prospects may be fully realized.
w. j. Crow is the Farber postmas-
ter. His charming daughter, Miss
Lillian Crow, is his assistant. Mr..
Crow also conducts a grocery store
in an adjoining building. He's one
of Audran's best citizens. He said to
The Message: 1T lacks but six days
of "a years since ! came to Farber."
c. A. Davault, former editor of
the Forum, and his family have NOV
ed to Oklahoma City, Okla. The en-
tire community mourns to give them
up. They were a great help and up
lift to the town and vicinity.
Arthur Chase is the auctioneer
for that section of the county, and
he's good one, too. Owns an so
acre farm just west of town. Bot in
1896. His wife was Miss Florence
Kellum. Mr.. Chase was reared in
Rails and Audrain counties.
F. N. Turner, a genial and happy
fellow, is manager of the Lacrosse
Lumber Co.'s yard in Farber.
e. l.. Beeby is the transfer man
always on the job.
S. C. King & Son are blacksmiths.
Mr. King is a Message charter sub
scriber; been with us nearly II years
Such men as he are a delight.
c. w. Tanner, when he can keep
away from the Rockies and that fine
climate out in Colorado, and Edwin
Amidon are the grain buyers of the
town. Both are square fellows, too.
T. S. Hesse owns 1913 acres of land
on which the new clay mine is locat-
ed. He sold ten acres to the COM
pany at $50 per acre. He also owns
another $50 acres in the vicinity.
Mr. Hesse came came to this county
i'll 1874, from Ohio. He has a fine
family of boys and girls.
The Farber Bank, prosperous in
sttution, has capital stock of
$4,000. Judge j. d. Sutton is the
cashier, and c. w. May, assistant.
Judge Sutton has a fine 800 acre
farm three miles south of town
where he makes his home.
Henry Schleeter is located on a
fine tract of land just south of town.
He's traded his interests and will
move to another State this fall Mr..
Schleeter used to live south of Mex
leo. He's fine citizen.
d. d. Tanner, a live wire and one
of the towns very best assets as
citizen, is proprietor of the Farber
Restaurant.
Jim Doolin is the night man at the
railroad station. Harry Leet is the
day man. Both courteous and ac-
modating fellows.
Lon Jones is the town barber
The proprietors of the new coal
mine. called "The Big Four" are
CHARLES Tucker, p. H. Harrelson, j.
w. Green and Clyde Spencer.
w, r., Reighley sells groceries and
Mrs. Reighley keeps a millinery
store. They have been longtime
residents of the town.
Depping & Tuepker are proprie-