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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
EXECUTORS Nor,on

Notice is hereby given ina, la
OF testamentary upon the s's1
R. H. DUDLEY, Deceased 1N .
OF Audrain County, Missorr;
been granted the u~ndersionsS nav
Probate Court of said CONT y De
date Nov. 20, 1916. Osarng
All persons having claims
said estate are reuirad ;. ss,nA'
them to me for allowance WITH. S'
months after date Of said Ist..uaf
they may be precluded from sDr u
efit Of such estate and Il spc IL! Gen'
be not exhibited within n ys.s .sla'
the time of the publication o. Az, .ioa
tice, they will be forever barred a. 10
a1.At GEO. W. ADAMS.
Executor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
BELL TELEPHONE
EMPLOYEES TO GET BONUS
FOurtecn Employees Of Local Bel
Teleph0ae Exchange to Share
in Companyis Bonus
SEQ FOR LOCAL EXCHANGE.
Most Of Employees VIII Receive Two
and Many Of Them Threeweeks
Salary as Gift From Co.

The fourteen employees Of the
Mexico Exchange Of the Bell Tele-
phon Company VIII receive their
share Of the extra cash pay.
ment, exceeding $1,000. 900, which will
be made soon. according to W. s
Gallemore, local manager. The amour,
to be distributed among the employees
Of the Mexico Exchange will be ap-
proximAtely s4O0.
The payments, it was stated, viii b
equivalent to two or three weeks sal.
airy, in proportion to the length Of
service.
Employees who have been in the SER
vice for over u year and who are
receiving $500 or less a year win re-
eeive the equivalent Of three weeks
salary. while those Of the same class
who have been in service for over
three months, but less than a year,
will receive the equivalent Of two
weeks pay.
Mr.. Gallemore stated that every
employe Of the local exchange would
receive a share Of this bonus, for all
have been employed for a-period ex-
eeding three months, and the majority
for than one year. All will re-
eeive at least two weeks pay and the
majority will get the equivolant of
three weeks pay.
Employees Of the s.stem through
out the country receiving over $1,000
and less than $1,000 yearly, will par
ucipate in the payment, but not in
the same proportion as those receiv-
ing the lesser rate of pay. 1t is said
that between 500, 900 and $4,000 of
the s6,000,00O will be distributed in
the city of St Louis alone, and that
more than s250,OO0 will be distrib-
uted among employees in the State,
excluding St Louis employees.
The fourteen Mexico employees in
clude manager, cashier, operators and
linemen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Farm AGENTS AND
Farm BUREAUS

FARM BUREAUS
COUNTY Farm Agents and Farm
Bureaus are becoming more and Uore
popular through most Of the
counties in most he States, espe-
cially throughout the Fast Some
counties in the East have two expe-
riment farms, a county agent and 3
farm bureau.
Suffolk County, Long Island, n. Y
the old home county Of the writer, has
a farm agent and two experiment
farms, and IS arranging for 8 farm
bureau, as the following from the
Seaside Times, published at South
ampton, Long Island, n. Y would
indicate:
"A public meeting viii he held in
the Griffin House, Riverhead, On Sat-
urday, Dec. l6, at one o'clock, for the
purpose Of forming a Suffolk County
Farm Bureau Association. Every
person who is interested n this move
ment is urged 10 be present Farm
Bureaus are in operation Il a major
" Of the counties Of the State, and IN
every instance they have been very
successful in advancing the sgric1l-
tursl interests Of the counties coz
cernedn
Audrain County needs 8 Farm Agent
and Highway Engineer
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
TRUSTEES SALE.

WHEREAS, William F. Atkinson
unmarried, by his certain deed Of
trust dated May /, 1912, duly acknow.
lodged and recorded in the trust deco
records within and for the County Of
Audrain and State of Missouri, II
Trust Deed Record IS, at page 400
conveyed to the undersigned trustee:
the following described real estate
lying and being situate in the County
OF Audrain and State of Missouri
to-wit:
l67 acres, more or less, being ali
that part Of the East half Of the Wegt
half Of Section Twenty-Five 1927 IN
Township Ffty-one (51), North
Range Ten (10), West of the 9Th p
NJ lying South of the right Of way
OF the Wabash Railroad as It now
crosses said tract,
Which said conveyance was made II
trust to secure the payment Of a Ger.
TAR negotiable promissory note, 10.
gether with the interest thereon. and
IN said deed Of trust fully described,
AND WHEREAS, said deed of trust
provides that In the event default
should be made in the payment al
said debt or the interest thereon on
any part thereof when same
or any part thereof shall
become due and payable according h
the true tenor, date and effect Of said
note, the trustees named in said deed
OK trust, at the request of the legal
holder OF said promissory note, NAV
proceed to sell the above de-
scribed real estate or any mart
thereof at public vendue to the highest
bidder, at the door of the Court Honse
IN the City Of Mexico, Audrain Countv
Missouri, for cash, first giving thirty
Gays public notice Of the time, terms
and place Of sale and of the property
be sold by advertisement in some
newspaper printed and published IN
tne City OF Mexico, Audrain County,
Missouri; and upon such sale. shall
execute and deliver a deed in fee
simple OF the property sold to the
purchaser or purchasers thereof.
AND WHEREAS, one of the an
interest notes, to-wit: for the
sum OF Three Hundred and Two and
50-lOO Dollars ($302.5O), due Nav i,
1916. SO secured by said deed Of trust
remains due and unpaid. hv
reason whereof the whole amount
y sac debt 30 secured by said deed
trust becomes due at the ontion Of
ne holder thereof, as provided in said
Iced Of trust. 'a''
Nov, therefore, we, Roy C. BURNER
John T. Ricketts,, the trnstaos
famed in said deed Of trust. NJ the
,equest OF the legal holder Of SAID
'romissory note, will on
MONDAY, JANUARY ~. 1917
'etween the hours Of 0 o'clock IN Inc
orenoon and 5 o'clock in Inc after.
Of that day, proceed to sell
real estate above described
public vendue, to the highest
'ldder,. at the door Of The Conrt
louise In the City Of Mexico. AuSra;n
.ounty, Missouri, for cash. TO nav
ala debt, interest and the cost Of AK.
cutting this trust.
ROY G. BURNER and
"a. JOHN r. RICKETTS,, ]
~ Trustees.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
WOMEN WILL RUN A
TOWN OUT N OREGON
Men Did Not Win a Single oaioe in
Umatilla st Last Election-TOvn
Marshall Left Open.
A MAN MAY GET THIS
After Finishing Daily Tasks Women
Put on B0nnets and Went TO the
Polls and Surprised Men

Woman has come into her wi in
Umatilla, Ore. After January l, u
matilda will have a woman mayor,
four councilwomen, a woman record
err and a woman treasurer. The only
thing left for the men is the Office Of
town marshall, and he, or she, is APP
pointed by the mayor. The men are
hoping for the best
A campaign coup which mas left
the men gasping swept the women
into office. It was not until two
o'clock the afternoon Of election day
that the men realized the women had
a ticket in the field. Down at the
town hall where the d~estinies of u
matilda are shaped. the politicians
laughed at the "rumor." 1t was
a joke. The smiles vanished when
the ballots were counted, and the men
still are wondering just how it hap
pened.
The women won't tell. They won't
say whether it was Framed" at some
sewing circle, bridge club or church
social. All they will say is:
"Now we're going to show the men
what a strictly business and econom-
ical administration is"
E. E. Starcher, who was running
for reelection to the mayors office,
was defeated by his wife by twenty
eight votes. All efforts to interview
Mrs. Starcher have failed. However,
after a conference in the kitchen, Mr..
Starcher came to the door and gave
out this statement:
"As yet the women have nothing to
say as to their future policy or as to
why they desired control, but from the
best information we are able to OBJ
tain they were dissatisfied with the
past administration, claiming ineffi-
ency and a general lack Of BUSINESS
ability so far as the running of the
city was concerned"
Umatilla is q railroad town. All
morning election day the women re-
manned at home, busy with their dali
ly duties. In the afternoon they put
on their bonnets and began a whirl-
wind campaign. They met the train
men in the yards as they came in from
their various runs, button-holed them
and carried them off to the polls. De-
spite the fact that Mr.. Starch is
chief dispatcher at that place, he did
not swing the labor vote.
All of the officers-elect are mar
ried. Out of a possible 200 votes TIA
were cast. The defeat was decisive.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
GOOD LUCK THIEF CAUGHT.
Young Negro Caught SAea He Wears
Stolen Cap Friday.

Earl Bell, fifteen-year-old negr'
boy. confessed to Chief Of Police San
wallace and Mr., GrOssmAn, prOPrie'
tor of the Good Luck Store" thai
he entered the store Thursday night
Mr.. Grossman found Friday morn
ing that some one had entered the
store during the night, making heii
entrance through one Of the basement
windows. s12.75 in cash, a cap
maekinaw and other articles Of wear
ing apparel were missed.
Mr.. Grossnan saw Bell wearing
cap Friday morning, which he rec
|ognized as the one stolen from hi
store. He questioned the boy, and
finding him unable to explain his pos
session Of the cap, turned him over tC
Chief Of Police Wallace. After close
questioning the young negro confess
ed that he lad entered the store. He
was turned over to Sheriff Barnett and
placed in the County Jail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
FRIDAY, THE 18TH DAY, OF De
CEMRER. 4. D. 1916,
TRUSTEES SALE.

l..
WHEREAS, VIM. F. Atkinson q
his certain deed Of trust dated me gu
day of April, 1910, duly acknowle0gea
and recorded in Deed Of Trust boCl
33 at page 524, in the Recorders VI
flee of Audrain County, Missouri w
veyed to the undersigned trustee y.
following described reas estate sltuAs
in the City Of Mexico, in AuotaI
County, Mo-, to-wit: A tract Of sDi
situated in the South East .oGtm
the North East quarter Of Seeuv.
20, Township 81, Range 9, West, mu,'
particularly described as io,oss,
Begin az a point where the North Ln'
of Monroe street, in the City OF ~
leo, Missouri, intersects the las. H -
Of Calhoun street, run thence sass
feet on the North line Of mOni%S
street, thence North parallel wiz
the East line Of Calhoun SUI
240 feet to the South line
Love street, thence run
on the South line Of Love street
feet to the East line of Calhoun stie,i
thence run South on the East line Y
Calhoun street 240 feet to the POp.
of beginning, which properly Car.
known as Lot Eight (S) OF Cly Nj.
vey AZ of. said City of Mexico, M
souri,, excepting from the aoGVy West
scribed tract 30 feet East anq ,,ted
by 100 feet North and South lT'"
in the northeast corner thereof IN
Which said conveyance was mau, ,ns
trust to secure the payment VI rotp
certain negotiable promlss9ry "a II
with interest coupons in sad uees ssid
trust fully described. Whereas q.
promissory note and interest ~ rsst
cured by said deed Of trust art
due and unpaid. -, rocke.
Now, therefore, /, Samuel M; NJ
the trustee named in salI uI u bold.
trust. at the request Of the legS
er Of said notes. will, on; NV OF
THURSDAY. THE 4TH DAi
JANUARY. 1871 ,,..t A.
between the house of nine oelOCGd law,
NJ. and five o'clock P. M. Of .la. ribed
proceed to sell the above 9ss' rssh,
real estate at public vendue, 10, door
10 the highest bidder at the from MI.
# the Court House in Mexico mss
souri,. to paw said debt and
and costs Of executing TINS
SAMUEL NJ. LQGhgt, se,
i2-dt lIus
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

WIZ. P. BRADLEY. travelling for
Wm Waltke & Company. Of St Louis,
with headquarters at New Orleans,
who started in life az q devil in the
Ledger office, was In Mexico this
week on a visit 70 friends Mr.. Brad
Esy has made = remarkable sBcness as
a travelling man. and his friends viii
BE- glad 10 know that be Is prosperous
and happy. Mr.. Bradley's success
gross out q the fact that be is indus
frisos, sober, steady. and is eyerlast-
ingly on the job, and the Ledger joins
ether friends IN wishing him long life
and much prosperity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
The Greens TO Winter in Miami

Mrs. A. p. Green and children, and
Miss Brown, will leave in a few DAYS
for Miami, Florida, where they will
spend the winter. Mr.. Green will be
domiciled at the Hotel Hoxsey during
their visit in the South Mrs. Green is
taking her children south for the win
ter on account Of their health, and the
Ledger joins other friends in hoping
that the climate Of the Sunny South"
will prove beneficial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Organize Co.OneratiYe Co

A move TO convert the Peoples
Hardware Store at Paris into a CO.
operative mercantile establishment
to be Incorporated under the laws of
the State, took form at Paris Satur-
day. Practically all the interested
parties are well known farmers.
Paris Appeal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
NEGRO FILES $4,000 SUIT
Bert Blue, COlOred, Files Suit Against
Wabash Railway Company.

Bert Blue, colored, has filed sui
against the Wabash Railway Compa.
ny for $4,000 damages. Blues wife
Minnie Blue, was struck and killed
by a Wabash train IN the crossing al
Walnut street on the 23rd of last
June.
The case is filed for the March term
of the Circuit Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

MONTGOMERY CITY, No, Dec.
Q. - Col A. l. Thompson, an uncle
Of Gen Pershing, commander Of the
United States forces in Mexico, was
taken 70 the Old Soldiers Home at
LeaveHworth, Kansas yesterday.
Thompson is widely known in Re-
sour. being a former editor Of a Re.
publican paper in this county. He is
70 years old and was living alone in
a little home near the Court House
here. He was a member Of the Mis-.
sour Legislature in the reconstrue
ton days after the Civil War.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Mexico Chickens Win.

The Pike County Poultry Show,
which closed in Louisiana Friday,
was exceptionally good. Roy Bryan
ly, Of this city, with his famous Buff
orphington, won Bird cockerell, End
and 4th hen and 4th pen.
S. N. Evans won End cockerel, End
pullet and End pen with his Rhode
Island Reds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Most married women look after the
health Of their families and almost
every woman can do so to advantage.
Mrs. William Flaherty, Skaneateles,
N. Y, writes, my husband usedtwo
bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets last
winter when he was suffering from
indigestion and biliousness. These
tablets relieved hin right away and
by continuing them for a few weeks
his digestion was strengthened and
general health improved" obtainable
everywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

REV. II. P. ATKINS, pastor Of the
Christian Church Of Mexico, viii tes-
dfy that advertising in the Mexico
Ledger pays and pays promptly, as a
little 25-cent want ad in the Evening
Ledger found a 15-dollar watch for
his daughter, Miss Dorothy, before
nine O'Clock the next morning. That's
the way to get results.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
GLOVE FACToRY BUSY.
Cass & johnson charging Plant In
This City.

Cass & JOhnson's Glove Factory is
busy working SIX girls and have
just installed vwo new power ma
chimes Mr.. johnson said they would
place their product OF the market
about the first Of the year.
The capacity Of the plant at pres
ent Is 50 dozen pairs Of gloves a day.
The management hope to have their
Plant enlarged through the year,
provided they meet with the proper
encouragement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

SID HOUSTON. famerIy Of the
Ledger. Is kozs fron the Mexican
War. and n TIE coarse q two OF
three weeks VII resume his position
o. the Kansas City Star. Army life
seems 70 have agreed with SD. as be
is e1jcyiag fine health and Is anxious
70 get 10 work again
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Marriage licenses were issued Sat
urday TO Gustave F. Schultz, and Miss
Myrtle L. Spencer, both of this
county; also to Leo T. Upton, Of Cen
@tralia, and Miss Fay F. Clark, of Clark
Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Small Fire "Wednesday

A slight fire occurred at the home
of j. W. Lloyd, on South jefferson
street, at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon.
The fire department was called out,
but tn fire was out before they could
reach the house. The damage done
by the blaze was only slight.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Booze" Not Birth Control, Needed

CHICAGO, H., Dec. %. - Booze
control, not birth control, is the pam
acea for domestic ills, according to
Judge W. N. Gemmill, formerly of
the Court of Domestic Relations here.
Every man, and especially every
judge, knows that the cause which
over-shadows all others and which
more than all others combined brings
separation and misery to the family
is the open saloon" Judge Gemmill
said. AT least rs per cent of all
family assertions are due TO booze
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Charles Sansberry has rented his
fine farm near Rowena to Lon Will
son and moved with in sfamily Tues.
day to Macon to accept a position
with the new automobile company at
that place. No better fellow any,
where than Charles and the Courier
joins his many friends in wishing
him health and success in their new
home, and commend them to the good
people of Macon. Centralia Con-
rier.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Pleased With Mexico, Mo.

William Chaplin, Of Kansas City,
Kansas, who worked for Pasqueth, the
Harness Maker, here, % years ago,
and who has not returned to this city
since, was in Mexico Friday. Mr..
Chaplin was delighted with the many
improvements here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

THE Mexico Ledger is receiving a
great many Christmas presents in the
way Of bouquets along the line that
we are making the Mexico Ledger
better every day and every week, than
it was the day or week before. That's
the kind Of Christmas presents the
management Of a progressive news
paper appreciates.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Mrs {. L. Blanke, who has beer
quite i'll in a st. Louis hospital, has
recovered sufficiently, it is hoped, fol-
her to spend the holidays in Pilot
Knob. Her many Mexico friends ioin
the Ledger in wishing her an early
recovery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

HOW old is a man when life becomes
a burden? When a woman loses her
shape and digestion, she can find con-
ISOLATION in the claim that she is about
the best thing in the world, but a mar
can't do Il.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Marriage licenses were issued here
Friday to William Fisher, of Mexico.
and Miss Blanche Crump, of Santa
re; Bert Drain, of Mexico, and Mrs.
Manervia Edwards, of Mexico, ard
to Alvin A. Cluster, of Middletown,
and Miss Ruth Peyton, of Martins
burg.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

C. Nesbitt Duffy, of Manila, P: l.,
will spend Christmas with Mexico rel
atives. Mrs. Duffy and baby, who
have been in this country for several
months and visiting in Milwaukee,
will join her husband in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Omen New Plant

d. N. Oberman, Of Jefferson City,
who owns overall factories in several
points in Missouri, including the one
at Jefferson City, Missouri, has Open
ed an experimental factory at Spring
field. Mr.. oberman is well known in
this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

CRUSADE CoMMANDRY, headed
BY Imminent Commander H D. Il
evelyn, wiz attend services at st.
Paul's Episcopal Church, Sunday, De-
cember 31st, acting as escort to the
Blue Lodge. All Masons should be in
sttednance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

WHEN you cannot prevail you
must take counsel" said the Presi-
dent Of the United States some months
ago, q remark to which little atten-
iton was paid at the time, but which
may yet be the basis of peace.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
VIII Observe st. Johns hay

The Masonic Blue Lodge of Mexico
will observe st. John, the Divinne's
Day, at the Episcopal Church on Sun.
day, December 81. The Knights Of
the Crusade Commandry will act as
escort to the Masons as they march
to the church.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

PERHAPS when the new Cabinet
finally settles down in England the
utter senselessness of keeping their
own people in darkness concerning the
progress Of the war may be realized.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Fyery Woman Should Read ThIa.

Every Woman Should Read This.
when / feel out Of sorts and there
are indications Of q torpid liver, /
take Chamberlain's Tablets and in a
few days feel like a new woman
writes Mrs. James Fitzgerald, Ba-
tayia, N. Y. These tablets not only
correct the disorders Of the liver, but
improve the appetite and strengthen
the digestion. 0btainable every
where.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Hutton and
children, of st. Charles, are here to
spend Christmas. Mr. Hutton is Sec
rotary Of the st. Charles Commercial
Club and was formerly City Editor of
the Ledger,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

PROBABLY 70 6Eers1u q opr-
son O. a euzRz1Tay uuu- subiect
Is more striking thai that which sx-
lists btwee1 s -zn and his 6actor o.
What ouzrtutaE ovsrsAsnz
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
s. II. Richards Better.

S. II. Richards, who suffered an at.
tack Of ptomaine poisoning Tuesday.
is recovering which will be good news
to his many friends here. Jack Wild
ing, Of the local post office force, was
his substitute on the mail car Of the
South Branch.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

THE annual Business Mems Ban
quet at Fulton is in the future 10 be
called the Kingdom Of Galloway Ban
quet. It will be held January i6 and
costs SIPS a plate. Quite a large at
tendance of farmers is assured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

subsuiberS to the weekly Ledger
should watch the date On the marvin
Of their paper and renes their sub
scription promptly 30 that they VII
not miss q copy Of their favorits
paper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
ChamherIain,a Cough Remedv

Nhahapetthahn Noukh tAemeuys
This preparation is especially valu-
able for colds, and its remarkable pro-
perties have won for II q wide reputa-
ton. It acts on natures plan, relieves
the lungs, opens the secretions and
aids nature in restoring the system
10 a healthy condition. 0btainable
everywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Asks % Million for Troops.

WASHINGTON, Dec. q. A de-
ficiency appropriation of S2s, 900, 900
for the Army on account Of Mexican
border service was submitted to the
House yesterday by Secretary Baker.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
Poor in Sedalia Suffer.

; SEDALIA, No, Dec. %. - 1t was
l degree below zero at 4 o'clock S
terday morning. At 9 o'clock yester-
day morning it was 9 above zero.
Scores Of poor families have asked
the city for fuel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Early Friday morning The Their
mometer registered TIRES degrees be-
low ere. At z o'clock Friday morn
ing the thermometer was one degree
above zero.