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Mexico Missouri message., 1916-04-13
SOUTH SALT RIVER LETTER.

more to be sown.
Indicationg good for a partial
crop of peaches and lots of apples
and small fruits.
Hogs still selling at woodrow Will
son prices.
Miss Lee Bomar bought a pig
for $3.50 last spring. Fed it about
IL months, some grain but mostly
slops. Sold it to Charles Powell of
Mexico for over $4,000.
John Staples of Mexico is doing a
lot of painting and decorating for
Watts Brothers.
Lew Crum has contracted to feed
a lot of beeves for Albert Harrison.
Alex Crews has one of his new
barns finished.
Pete Crum is on the sick list.
NJ. L. Waters is yet confined to
his bed of sickness. He has a train
ed nurse, John Britt, with him.
W. H. Kesler, Will Galvis, Everett
and Bee Hickman are doing a lot of
fencing and improvements on their
farms.
Heck Franklin is kept busy road
working and as head saver at Watts
Brothers saw mill.
Two young babies in the neighbor-
hood. Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Crums and
Mr.. and Mrs. Rule Stevens Lots of
grown people and heads of families,
but the babies are scarce.
Rev. II. B. Rice delivered two fine
sermons at Union ChaptI last Sunday
week. The Sunday school was reor-
ganized. Daniel Mundy, superintend-
ent and Alexander Watts, assistant
Superintendent.
Well, we have waited until the
big old time charivari was pulled
off on the bride and groom, Mr.. D.
K. Crockett and Miss Eula E, the
beautiful and accomplished daughter
of Mr.and Mrs.W. H. Kesler, at the
home of the, bride, eight miles south
east of Mexico, March %. Only the
Crockett, Kesler and grandparents
of the bride, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Hol-
land, Frank Crum and wife, ]. L.
Bomar and Louis Crum were pres
ent. The bride blushingly looked
her very best in blue satin. The
groom wore the conventional black.
ceremony by Rev. H. B. Rice. A
fine supper was served, that the
know so well how to prepare. A
short short honeymoon was spent in
Mexico among relatives. They are
now snugly esconsed at the home of
the groom near Beaver Dam. They
lare from two of Audrain's best fami-
lies. May they ever be true and
prosper.
There was an immense turnout al
the annual school meeting in the
Jackson district. ]. L. Bomar served
as chairman and Cal Walker as
clerk. ]. T. Dudley was elected di
rector for the long tsESa, Alexander
Watts, short term. o. L. Walker
the hold-over. All are good men
We now look for schools and pro
gress, as it used to be. The vote wa
unanimous against a consolidate'
} district.
Miss Femanine Kesler visited he
sisters, Mrs. VIII Walker and Mrs
Thomas P. Brooks. Mr.. and Mrs I
P. Brooks accompanied her TO he
2 home Sunday week, at Mrs. J. I
3 Kesler's.
John Lochridge IS recovering frol
y an attack of erysipelas.
/ Fank Crum is putting out youn
!, orchard.
= Lew Crumsnd Marion Kesler belieV
= in observing all things in daO Sc
son. Leap year Ia here and not
r be forgotten by the fair sex. Bo
these young men are single and a
patiently waiting for an ODD,I:ur
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-04-13

R. H. Lee has been appointed as
Justice of the Peace for Linn town
ship.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-04-13

VIM. Greer of st. Louis visited his
parents here last week, Mr.. and Mrs.
/. M. Greer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-04-13

Mrs. John Kemp, south of Benton
City, is in the Mexico Hospital for
treatment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-04-13

Rev. G. E. Wharton of Scranton,
Pa, is to be the new rector of the
Episcopal church in Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-04-13

Judge e.. s. Cant is holding Cir
cult Court at wsFrenton this week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-04-13

David Mcclure of St. Louis is here
on visit to his father, Clay Mcclure.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-04-13
FLAGEoLETTE.

A noted Imported French Draft
Stallion. Recorded.
Full pedigree furnished on appll-
cation.
Color: Coal black.
Seventeen hands high and weighs
800 pounds.
TERMS: $40 to insure living
colt. Money due when mare Is re-
moved or parted with.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-04-13
1.-THE ONLY Way"

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other points in Alberta, Arizona, Col
orado, Idaho, Manitoba, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, sas-
Katchewan, Texas, Utah and Wy
Oning,
Ask the ticket agent for further
information.
4. L. Marshall, Ticket Agsnt.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-04-13

Color: Coal black.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
THE FARMER: AUGUST 1, 1916

ton that he would in the past have done things differ eny But the issues of the things that done have been good. None know what might have happened had aneceden to chain of action been other than it Is there warrant for the belief that another might have had end?
 Even of affairs and dear to him, this candidate who speaks loudly of his ability to control the past has but scant appreciation He speaks of the unity o the Republican pery if the return of the Progessves fact instead of shattered hope.
 At the moment when he speaking the Progressives Connecticut overwhelming vote deciding have of him. neither to endorse Mr. Hughes candidate Ito aid in the solidarity which Roosevelt Perkins, Hughes Shoot Crane Barnes and Pnrose have tried to bring about
 Mr. Hughes, is long distance magician. By mere word would have stopped the sinking of the Lusitana By pat Huerta the back he would have made Mex ico docle lamb.
 Has he magic words with which to sooth the leaders of the Progressive party in New York?
 he not give calming pat to the Progressive leaders suspects great yesterday that are small today
 President Wilson may regard himself elected for all the influence Mr. Hughes will have upon the result
 The people will not trade the certainty o an as sured things Mr. Hughes would have done them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
British Blacks Celebrate

This is the Emancipation day" of the negroes of the British Empire, as 1t was on the first of August in 1894 that the black slaves of Britain's col- onies were started on the path to free dom. What was accomplished in the United States only after years of agi- tation and long and bloody war was carried out peacefully and quietly in the British possessions. At the time it went into effect the Emancipation Act affected 770,280 slaves. These were not elevated to complete freedom and citizenship at once, but they were assigned to a so-called apprenticeship designed to prepare them for the ex- ercise of the rights and privileges of freemen.
 Great Britain has never had cause to regret the emancipation of her black slaves. Under the inventive of liberty they have, as whole, devel- oped into indvstrious and useful citi- gems. In the construction of the Pan- anna Canal and in various other great enterprises in tropical America the services of Britain's blacks have been found invaluable. Thousands of ne- groes from Jamaica, Barbados and other British West Indian Islands have emigrated to the continent, and they seem to have special bent for service in hotels and as elevator boys. Soft spoken and with typical English accent and pronunciation, the West Indian negro born beneath the British flag is easily distingu1shable from the black brother who is. of continental birth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
THE "SALLY" CHIEFTAIN

One of the ablest baseball executives in America is Nicholas P. Corish, the president of the South Atlantic Lea que. The chieftain of the 'tSal' cir cult will be forty-seven years old to- morrow, as he was born on, August 9, 1869, in Savannah, the city which he has ever since called home. He has been an ardent fan ever since he was in knee pants, and in his younger days he was star among the anna teurs of the Savannah lots. His &C., tive connection with professional base ball began ten years ago, when he was chosen secretary of the Savannah club of the S. A. l.. He held that job until his election to the league presi- dency, a job which he has held down with general satisfaction. MT. Cor ish is active in politics, and he knows that game about as we'll as he does baseball. Although the native city of the leagues chief dropped out of the circuit this year, a suitable substi- tute was found in Montgomery, Ala. which city had been without profess sional baseball since being dropped from the Southern League President Corish isn't one of those who are in baseball for revenue only, for he is a thirty-third degree fan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
AUGUST.

The original name of August was Sextilis, as the sixth month, and 1t consisted of twenty-nine days. When Julius Caesar reformed the calendar he gave an extra day to Sextilis, ex- tending it to thirty days. When Au- gustus ascended the imperial throne of Rome he changed the name of the month to August, in honor of himself
 The preceding month, Quintilis, had been changed to July in honor of Ju- Illus Caesar, and the senate Augustus
 who held rather a good opinion of himself, was not satisfied, however, because the month of Julius had thir- ty-one days, while his month had only thirty. This was intolerable to his vanity, and so he proceeded to flch a day from poor old February and add it to the month of August. Ever since then all nations deriving their civili- zation from the Romans have com memorated the name and fame and vanity of Augustus in their calendars. Augustus was not born in August, but he chose that month to bear his name because it was in Sextilis that his greatest good fortune had happened.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
PROCLAMATION
 FROM KAISER
 LAuDS TROOPS

Amsterdam, Aug. 1, via London Emperor William, according to a tele- gram received here today from Ber- lin, has issued the following procla- nation to the German forces on land and sea: AhE
 Comrades, the second year of the world war has elapsed. Like the first year, it was for Germany's arms a year of glory. On all fronts you in- flicted new and heavy blows on the enemy.
 Whether the enemy retreated. borne down by the force of your at- tacks, or whether, reinforced by for eign assistance collected and pressed into service from all parts of the world, he tried to rob you of the fruits of former victories, you always prov ed yourselves Superior to him.
 Even where England's tyranny, was uncontested, namely on the free waves of the sea, you victoriously fought against gigantic superior forces. Your Kaiser's appreciation and and your grateful country's proud admiration are assured to you for these deeds, for your unshaken loyal ty, for your bold daring and for your tenacious bravery.
 Like the memory of our dead heroes, your fame also will endure through all time. The laurels which our ever-confident forces have won against the enemy in spite of trials and dangers, are inseparably alike. This strength at home has con- tinually quickened our swords, has kindled Germany's enthusiasm and has terrified the enemy. My grati. tude and that of the fatherland are due the nation at home.
 But the strength and will of the enemy are not yet broken. We mus, continue the severe struggle in order to secure the safety of our beloved homeland. preserve the fatherland and the greatness of the empire. whether the enemy wages wal with the force of arms or with cold calculating aim, we shall as before continue to rout them."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
FRENCH MINISTER
 OF WAR PRAISES FACTORY WORKERS

Lyons, France, Aug. 1.-The terrific results of French shell fire were des- cribed by Albert Thomas, minister of war. in addressing a gathering of workers in intuition factories here.
 There have been times when a slight mistake or misunderstanding existed between citizens doing their duty in the interior of the country, and those fulfilling the noble and more dangerous task on the front. It was said that the workers slackened and did not supply the army with all it needed. We'll, here is a pleasant fact we observed recently on the Somme: When the twentieth corps. the colonial troops entered the villages of Hem and Curlu and when they carried Monacu farm. do you know how they entered? Not by assualt. not in risking all the infantry. No, they walked, as the soldiers said to me a few days ago, hand in hand through the village or rather through an inn mense sea of broken bricks which represented the village and in grati- tude and friendship their thoughts turned toward their comrades in the rear.
 'They asked me to thank. in their name. the women and v-orkmen of the munition factories who entered there without shedding their blood. There were only five serious wounded in the whole brigade. It was thus they en- tered into the village occupied only a few moments by the enemy. I appeal to you, then, to carry on the sustained work of liberation to the point of ill., ness and fatigue"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
TWENTY YEARS
 IN BASEBALL

Old Tommy Leach, who rounded out his big league career last season and undertook the management of the Rochester Hustlers this year, has spent just twenty annums in the livery of professional baseball. It was back in mid season, 1896, that Tommy, a little sawed off lad of eighteen. was hired to cover third base for the Pe- tersburg club in the Virginia League, ball in Hanover, Pa Ire next year he went to Youngstown, O., but he didn't last long, and in '9S he hitched on with Auburn, in the New York State League. The youngster played a great game at third and batted we'll over 300 and on August 2nd-just IS years ago come to-morrow-he was sold to Louisville, then in the National League, and began the long career in the majors which terminated in Cin- cinnati at the close of the 1915 sea- son. Tommy went to Pittsburgh in 1900 and remained with the Pirates until the middle of the 1912 season. Up to 1909 he played in the inf1eld, principally at third, bat after that he was used entirely in the outer garden. He was turned over to the Cubs in 1912, and became a free agent at the end of 1914. Last year he was with the Reds. Although Leach batted over 300 only once in his big league career but he was always a steady, consist
 ent man with the stick. As a pilot in the International League Leach
 hasn't been any shining success, but
 the chances are that he has got about
 all out of the Hustlers that there is in ,em Leach will begin his fortieth year next fall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
MUSICIANS PLAN
 TO BOOST PRICE.
 FOR THEIR WORK
Paying the Fiddler Hereabouts Promises Soon to Be More
 Expensive.

Those who dance must pay the fid- dler, is a saying old as the hills, and hereafter those who dance in Bridge port must pay the fiddler and other musicians in the orchestra $1 more per night than has been the charge in the past The members of the Bridgeport Musical Union have charg- ed $3 per man from 8 o'clock until 12 o'clock for dance music and "A for the leader. After September l the prices probably will be $4 per man for the same hours and $5 for the leader. No definite action on this matter has been taken. but it will be brought up at the next meeting of the union.
 An informal discussion of the pro- posed increase took place in the Un- ion rooms in Cannon street and all those present favored raising prices. One prominent member of the union contended that these are the prices which have prevailed in New Haven, Waterbury and Hartford for some time, and that in Meriden musicians receive more for their services than here. This same member said that musicians generally received less pay in Bridgeport than anywhere else in the state.
 The proposed change applies to dance orchestras only. The orches- tras now playing at the local thea tres have contracts for prices, these contracts being made according to conditions at the theatres. During the past week two of the largest motion picture theatres in the city have dis missed their orchestras and installed mechanical organs. This action leaves some of the members without employ. ment. f
 Managers of the several public dance halls and those who conduct dancing schools may be obliged tc raise the price of admission or les sons if the musicians increase theiI prices, as the increase means an add ed expense to the dance manager. of from $25 to $40 per week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
Swiss Independence Day.

Entirely surrounded as they are by warning powers, the Swiss have yet managed to preserve their indepen- dence and defend their neutrality, and in celebrating to-day their national fete they have good reason to be thankful. While other small nations have been trampled upon by their powerful neighbors, Switzerland, old est of the worlds real republics, re- mains unchallenged and undisturbed.
 The independence which the Swiss celebrate to-day dates from 1291, and it has been defended time and again by the brave sons of the Alps AL though the land of William Tell has no standing army, every able-bodied male citizen is a soldier in time of need, and may be called upon for &C., tive service at moments notice. The efficiency of this organization was demonstrated at the outbreak of the war, when 300,000 citizen-soldiers of Switzerland were mobilized on her borders within forty-eight hours.
 Every boy in Switzerland is subject ed to long and rigorous course of training designed to fit him to fulfiu
 his military duties to his country. Commencing at the age of eight, the
 drills increase in rigor until at the age of sixteen the Swiss boy is in hard training. The war department of the republic exercises a general super vision over this department of educa- ton, and in the directions for the ex- ercises and drills are sent out by the army general staff. In consequence | of this Spartan feature of Swiss edu- cation, there are few women teachers. The building of a sound physique is the principal aim of the Swiss teach CT of children, and mental education I is subordinated to physical until the
 child has reached his teens. A great
 majority of the teachers of the noun tain republic are also officers of the citizen army.
 As the boys approach manhood they
 are placed in the cadet corps, where they receive instruction in all the du- ties of soldier. Rife practice is a prominent feature of this phase of the
 training, and, as a result, nearly every
 son of Switzerland is a crack shot
 Military courses are given every Sun
 day morning in all the cantons fol
 youths between sixteen and twenty From twenty to twenty-eight every
 able-bodied male citizen must give
 thirteen days a year to military drill
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
THE PAN-ARAB MOVEMENT.

The Pan-Aram movement, which brought about a revolution against Turkish authority throughout Arabia, while it may have a profound effect upon the war, antedates the present struggle by many years. For centu- ries the Arabs have entertained an ideal of independence, and many of the tribes have actually maintained their freedom from Turkish authority, steadfastly refusing to acknowledge the Turkish Sultan as either their po- litical or religious head. When the Sheik-ul- Islam proclaimed a holy war late in 1914, many of the Arabs turned deaf ears to the proclamation of the "jehad," and instead of aiding the Germanophile Turks hindered them in every way possible and gave aid and comfort to the British and Rus- sians. To free Islam from the thraI- dom of the Turks is the great object of thePan-Aram movement, and, &C., cording to reports from Egypt, they have already proclaimed their inde- pendence and have captured Mecca. the holy city of the Mohammedans. and a number of other important towns. Arabia for the Arabs" the dream of centuries, is, more than like ly to come true as result of the war, for Turkey, threatened by the Russian Bear, is not in a position to send any large forces against the rebels The present movement is said to be headed by the Grand Sheriff of Mecca, the chief of the holy city, who is held in greater respect by <ne majority of Moslems than is the Turkish Sultan. The deposition and mysterious disap- pearance of Hairi Bey, and the eleva- ton in his stead of Mussa Kaizim as Shiekul-Islam, was probably the i'm mediate cause of the rebellion in Ara bia. Hairi Bey was suspected of being friendly toward the British and Rus sians, and this led to his downfall. That part of Arabia over which the Turks have imposed their authority has population of about a million. Along the coast toward the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf the Arabs have never submitted to the Turkish
 pretensions, and in this quarter the
 British are on friendly terms with the chieftains.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
PROCRESSIVES IN. STATE REJECTING. PARTY'S LEADERS
Endorsement of Hughes Is Refused In Red Hot
 Meeting.

Hartford. Aug. 1-The progressive state central committee at an inter esting meeting held yesterday after noon at the Hotel Heublein adopted by vote of IS to 1 the following re- solution in regard to the question of endorsing the candidacy of Justice Hughes:
 Resolved. That the progressive state central committee of Connecti- cut repudiate the action of the pro- gressive national committee endors- ing the nomination or the candidates of any other party"
 When this resolution was offered Chairman Joseph W. Alsop refused to put the motion and urged that no &C., tion upon this matter be taken. He then left the room, although later he was prevailed upon to continue as chairman through the rest of the meeting. Chairman Alsop presented a verbal resignation upon refusing to put the motion and his resignation was laid on the table. After Chair man Alsop had left the room Freder- ick E. Duffy of West Hartford was elected temporary chairman. The vote on the resolution repudiating the action of the national committee stood IS to 1 in favor of repudiation. After great deal of discussion the following resolution was also passed:
 That the progressive state central committee of Connecticut expresses its entire sympathy and approval of any convention or conference of progress sives that may take action which will give the progressives of this country the right of exercising their franchise as progressives for national pro- gressive ticket
 Then James B. Smith of West Ha- ven was elected permanent secretary of the state central committee after the resignation of R. w. Chamber lain of Greenwich had been accepted. It was voted> by the committee that
 Secretary Smith be authorized to call meetings of the state central commit tee on request of any five members
 of the committee.
 Frederick H. Leighton of New Ha- ven urged that no action be taken at
 the meeting on either of the above resolutions.
 There were 19. members of the state central committee who attended the meeting. There were several resig. l nations. Eighteen members who vot-
 ed against recognizing the action oi the national committee is. safe in l dication that the majority of the whole would be against the endorse.
 ment of Justice Hughes by the na. | tional committee.
 The committee elected Luther H
 Trieschmann of Hartford as delegate | k~ T~A apo1is next month at which it will be decided whether or not a national tic. | ket shall be placed in the field Trieschmann Is considered an anti
 Hughes man.
 William H. Avis of Hamden ex
 plained that his resignation from tn,
 state central committee had been bas
 ed on the belief that there woult
 be no national progressive ticket il
 the field and that in the event of thu
 nomination of a candidate for presi
 dent his attitude would be affecte, thereby.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
HOD CARRIERS ON STRIKE.

Hartford, Aug. 1-Actvity in buiId- ing trades here. practically ceased to- day, when more than 400 bod carriers went on strike demanding $3.50 a day. This will be an increase of from 25 &o 50 cents day for the men,. The carriers working on buildings in the central part of the city quit first and automobiles were requistioned to bring in the strikers from the outlying sections to the Central Labor Union hall. There will be mass meeting of the strikers tonight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
LILLE RESIDENTS MOVED.

Amsterdam. Aug. 1-The transfer by the Germans of some thousands of the inhabitants of Lille and it's neighborhood to other places is ex- plained by the Norddeutsch Zeitung as due to the impossibility of feeding them in over-crowded localities. The paper says that the natives were sent to places where the distribution of food was easier and at the same time whore small populations could receive their share.