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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
80 ACRES AUDRAIN LAND
SELLS FOR 1000

Audrain land prices were topped
late Thursday when ninety acres Of
the c. w. Pease farm were sold for
$4,000 to Samuel Porter White, of
Illinois. The farm averaged $2S3.33
an acre and is conceded to be one Of
the best if not the best farms in this
section. ]. j. Bezner, of Red Oak,
Iowa, son-in-law of Mr.. White, will
occupy the place and raise Guernsey
cattle and conduct a dairy business.
Lakenan & Barnes as agents for
Mr.. Pease made the deal. The ninety
acres is the east part of his home
farm and includes all the improve
ments except the large Cattle barn.
The farm is located at the extreme
west end Of the Boulevard aud is mod
ern in every detail. The farm is one
Of the handsomest in the county.
We are glad to that Mr..
Pease ami his family will continie TO
remain here, They have made many
fri NOS in this section who would re-
greet to see them leave. The Ledger
joins the community in welcoming
Mr.. Bezner and family. Mr.. Bezner
is a dairy expert and a live progress
sive citizen whose acquisition win he
of great bensht to the farming inter
ests Of the county. Mr.. Bezner will
arrive here March first.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
s5 roWNsHIPs ASK VOTE.

Chicago, H., FEB. 5.-Petitions
were filed yesterday in IS Illinois
townships for the submission Of the
Liquor question at the spring election.
The petitions, for the most part,
were filed by antisaloon advocates
and affected 1000 saloons.
A particularly bitter contest, ac-
cording to leaders Of the antiliquor
forces, is expected in Rock Island and
Moline.
The township elections will be
April 4 and two weeks later city and
village elections win be held, IN which
the same question may be placed be-
fore the voters.
Among the larger places where the
wet-and-dry question is to be present.
ed are Rock Island, Moline, Alton
and Aurora.
In these cities the petitions were
filed by antisaloon forces. The liquor
interests have raised the question IN
several places now dry, among them
being Elgin and Freeport.
Fifty three Of the 1902 counties Of
Illinois are antisaloon territory.
Among the cities where the saloons
will try for reinstatements are Elgin.
Serling, De Kalb, Rochelle, Batavia,
Geneva, Plainfield, Plano, Yorkville,
Hinekley and Sycamore.
Among the largest wet cities which
the drys will try to win r Aurora,
Rock Island and st. Charles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
AUDRAIKs TOTAL ASSESSED
VALUATION IS sD,l5l7sO

Because Audrain has S7s fewer mules
than in 1915 and the valuation Of the
bank stocks has been decreased s5,4s5,
the Assessors statement for this year
showing a falling off from s10,1s1.s50
valuation to $1O,151,7 sO.
In 1915 there were 511s mules in
this country valued at S22s,315 and
this year the statement shows only
1870 mules with the valuation Of
S197,7lO. Bank stock in 1915 was
assessed at $s72,24O and this yea is
SS66S5O. These two items on the
Assessors statement for 1916 repre-
sent the greatest difference in the
valuation between last year and the
new assessment.
Real estate in Audrain, 431, 1926
acres, is about half of the total valua-
ton at $5,2S9,54O Nine thousand one
hundred and sixty three horses are
valued at $sss,O2O. There are 224
asses and %jennets worth s14,77O.
Neat cattle were Enumerated at
1854 and valued at sS36,5O5. And
5000 Audrain sheep were assessed at
sis,105. Hogs we're more plentiful
than any other kind of live stock,
2O,474 hogs valued at ss1,s15.
Money, notes, bonds, mortgage:
and other evidences Of debt amounted
to Ss7S,s4o. The valuation of cor
porate companies, bank stock. is 1896,
$50. All other personal property moi
already listed was assessed as being
worth $566,2S5.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
JUDGE FRY HEARS THE
PRESIDENT AFTER ALL


Judge W. w. Fry, Jr, when he ar
rived hcme from st. Louis Thursday
evening, had travelled $40 miles in his
effort to hear President Wilson speak.
With tho aid of a press badge he sue
eeeded in St. Louis. S. D. Byrns, J.
W. Woodbridge and C. A. Buckner,
who went to st. Louis for the same
purpose, all succeeded in getting good
seats in the coliseum and were greatly
pleased with the Presidents address.
Mr.. Fry preceded the arrival Of the
sun at the Alton station Wednesday
morning and took No. IL at GAS to
Kansas City where he planned to hear
the nations chief executive deliver
an address that evening. When he
arrived in the city on the Kaw he
discovered it was impossible to Sc
cure a seat in the building as the
doors had been smashed ard the place
crowded regardless of police. Deter
mined to hear Mr.. Wilson he boarded
a train for st. Louis and arrived the
next morning before the special car
rying the President.
He had just discovered there was
no chance Of securing a place in the
Coliseum when he met a newspaper
friend. He supplied the Judge with
a press badge. Mr.. Fry presented
himself at the entrance of the build
ing only to be refused admission
However when he FLASHED" the press
badge the police graeiously requested
him to enter and he heard the speech
from a chair within six feet Of tn,
President. He had Travelled $40 miles
on the trip when he arrived home
Thursday evening. Hundreds who
went to st. Louis to hear the Pres
ident could not get into the crowded
coliseum.
Inflated Engine Drew Train.
President Woodrow Wilson's trair
was pulled from Francis, to st. Louis
Thursday by Burlington passenger 10.
connective No. 2512, the engine which
plunged through an open bridge draw
at Quincy, Ill, two months ago. Thu
locomotive recently was taken from
the Hannibal shops of the Burlington
Railroad and tested. 1t was the frs
regular trip for the engine since thu
fatal accident.
The train left Francis at ABS a. m.
one stop being made during the 119
mile trip to st. Louis. This was a
Old Monroe, where water was taken
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10

Washington, Feb. Ats a gloomy
bunch-these liquor dealers from over
the Nation, who are meeting here in
the annual convention of the Retail
Liquor Dealers Association. Here
is the reason why;
According to their admissions
--the statement was made by R. J.
Hale, secretary of the association
there was a falling off in the con
sumption Of whisky last year of IA
million gallons, and in beer of 6 mil
lion barrels. AS a result of these
jolts handed the booze business, 16e
d~istilleries and forty eight breweries
were forced out of business. There
were no cheers when the secretary
read that report. But cheer came t.
gladden. their hearts when it was
stated that Uncle Sans drink bill ii
1915, in spite Of this fact, was 21s
billion dollars.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
coNCERNING MISS HAY.

To the friends Of Miss Hattie Hay
IN Mexico, Mo.
Written to Miss Florence Ford and
Mrs. W. G. wilkins.)
Fredericksburg, Va, Jan. 81. 1916.
/ am sure that you will excuse this
sort of circular letter when you know
that ! have had 50 many inquiries
about Miss Hays death, as to make
it impossible for me to give each one
an individual answer.
Miss Hay had been in about her
usual health, though she had for onle
days spoken of having strange feel
ings about the heart. Nothing was
though of it. On the afternoon Of
the Goth of this month she walked
quite a distance to attend a reception
given by two of her friends.
When she arrived she appeared in
good health, and seemed happier and
brighter than she had been for some
time. She had been very much de-
pressed since the death of her friend,
Miss McMaster, which took place the
latter part Of last September, 2Sth,
1915. After some time of inter
course with her friends, partaking Of
refreshments, ETC., Miss Hay went
into a smaller room across the hall,
from where most Of the company was,
and there conversed with some of the
people she knew and loved best.
Suddenly she slipped from her chair
to the floor and was gone in a NOM
ent. She had the immediate atten-
ton of a trained nurse, and a doctor
was with her within ten minutes, but
nothing could be done for her.
Of course the suddenness was a
great shock to her friends every
where, and she had many, but her
passing was in many ways glorious
and seems to me to be almost like the
translation of Enoch, who walked
with God and was not, for God took
him"
Miss Hay was at n moment sur
rounded by her friends, enjoying the
beauties and pleasures of social in
~tercourse, the next moment she was
greeting her friends who had gone
before, and seeing the King of His
beauty.
We shall all miss her very much in
deed. She was so regular in her
church attendance and SO interested
in her church duties. She and Miss
McMaster sat in the front pew, just
under the pulpit, and / shall miss
them both far more than anyone but
a pastor can know.
If / can be of any further service
to you l shall be glad to hear from
you.
With best wishes, l am
Yours very sincerely,
Rev. Robert Campbell Gilmore
Pastor of Presbyterian Church
Eradarickeh,,rk Va
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
FOUR new DIRECTORS
ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD

Nate Phillip, S, NJ. Locke, Mrs. W,
W. Pollock and A. P. Green were the
directors elected to the Mexico Hos
pital Board by the stockholders at the
annual meeting Friday evening. They
took the places of the retiring ne
beers: Mrs. ]. 4. Guthrie, Mitche
White and A. P. Green and the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation Of G. A.
Witherspoon. Mr.. Green, over his
own objection, was reelected because
those interested in the institution felt
his advice was needed in its main
t~enance. 1t is the custom to always
elect new members on the board.
After the meeting the ladies of the
board served a delicious lunch Of
which the coffee was American Lady
Brand donated by the Haas-Lieber
Co. The nominating committee which
chose the new board Of officers were
DR.. Ned Rodes, William Smith and
Mitchell White.
DR.. A. A. Wallace, E. R. Locke, Otis
Purdy, DR.. j. f. Harrison and A. G.
Barnes all made talks respecting the
value the institution was to the COM
munity and in favor Of its having a
permanent home. The suggestion of
MI. Purdy that a committee be APP
pointed from the stockholders to boost
o permanent home was accepted.
A detailed financial report for the
year will be published shortly How
ever it is interesting to note that the
earnings in 1914 were $4,oSS and in
1916 $1,000 an increase Of almost
81, 200. The expenses in 1915 were
s6,820. In 1914 the institution had
14O patients and in 1915, Ill. DR..
Wallace announced the underwriting
committee, Of which he was chairman,
had raised in their ten days campaign,
last fall, $1,654.85.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
CRUSHED BY LARGE STONE.

Joe Brooks ,colored, a trusted em-
ploye of the J. w. Gallaher & Co.,
monument works in this city, was
crushed beneath a 5000 pound stone
at Centralia Thursday and as a con-
sequence is suffering from three pain
full fractures Of the right leg. He was
take to the Mexico Hospital as soon
as he could be brought to this city.
Brooks, with J. W. Gallaher and
Harry Shrout, were hauling the stone
to its location in Centralia. The wagon
in which It was loaded caused it to tir
over. Brooks saw it becoming over
balanced and attempted to steady it
However he was too late and became
caught under 1t. MI. Gallaher, with
ready presence Of mind, called severa
men, besides those aiding him, ant
pried the stone from the injured man
He was released in three minutes bui
not until he was badly hurt. Brooks
has been with Mr.. Gallaher for year,
and is a competant workman, O
steady habits and good character.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
MARYvILLE is DRY.

Maryville, Mo-, Feb. 4-The two
saloons Of Maryville were voted out
Of business by a majority of 702 IN
yesterdays local option election. The
vote was: "Drys," 1874; "wets," 1872,
The liquor forces recognized their
defeat at noon and Thursday after
noon only one hundred votes were
polled. The Fourth Ward, where
most of the voters are laborers, gave
a "dry' majority of two hundred. In
the election four years ago this ward
went "wet" by 1855 and swung the
election for the liquor interests by a
majority Of fifty-five. In 1907 the city
voted "wet" by 1879.
An annual license of $500 has
been paid by the two saloons here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
LEE DUNCAN E

The funeral over the remains Of
Lee Duncan, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
George Duncan, who died Wednesday
at Quincy, ILL.,, after an appendicitis
operation, was conducted by the Rev
S. W. Hayne at the Methodist church
Friday morning. Many Mexico peo.
pie attended and sy~mpathized will
the parents in the loss of their sol
whose death was a shock to the entire
community.
The following young men the i'm
mediate friends of Lee, acted as pal
bearers: Nisbet Livingston, Lester
Miller, Donald Adds, Glendye Morris
Fred Peck and James Culbertson. TIL
Ledger extends sympathy to the be
reaved family at this time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
FORMER MEXICO MAN is
FLoURISHING IN FLORID

FL0URISHING in FLORIDA
st. Petersburg, Florida, Feb. !,
1861 visited Mr.. and Mrs Joe Ed
ridge at Clear Water, about twenty
miles from here, yesterday, and had q
most delightful day. The Eldridges
about thirty-ive years ago lived on
South jefferson Street where the r.
M. White residence is now, and Joe
married Miss Smith, a most popular
Mexico girl who moved there from
Sturgeon. Joe was with Clacher and
Puloff, the hardware men, for a while
and then went to Nevada, Mo-, for a
time. Joe is now one of the most
prominent and wealthy citizens of
Clear Water, is connected with one
Of the barks there, and is manager Of
the big Bellview Hotel property near
that city, at a good long salary. And
by the way, the Bellview is one of the
biggest hotels in the world, and has
two eighteen-hole golf courses, and
everything else is on the same grand
scale, the rates being from $3.50 to
| $3.50 per day. Joe has an elegant
home in Clear Water where / was roy
ally entertained by his accomplished
wife, and met her father, Mr.. Smith,
who will be remembered by all of our
old Mexico citizens. Joe has certain
ly made good, and his Mexico friends
are proud of his Gee
Clear Water is built on a bluff, thir-
ty-fve feet high, overlooking the Gulf
Of Mexico, from which it is separated,
however, by the ever-placid waters Of
Clear Water bay, and q strip of is
lands two miles away. The bay teens
with game fish and offers excellent
opportunities for boating, while on the
island beach opposite, the bathing
facilities are ~unexcelled by any in the
United States. The to the
Gulf and to Tampa Bay, five miles to
the eastward, insures a wonderfully
even temperature, the thermometer
varying but a few degrees either win
ter or summer from the annual mean
of 70 degrees, thus making Clear
Water an excellent location for a year
round home.
Joe says: "The fertility of the sec
ton Immediately surrounding Clear
Water is surprising to those who L
vestigate the character of its IL !
Citrus growing win probably conh-u "a
to be the chief farm industry Of this
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
MORRIS DRY ON TEAM.

Morris Dry, son Of Mayor and Mrs
J. W. Dry, of this city, was one OF
the four men chosen Friday from the
Missouri University Debating squad
to represent the University in the de-
bates against Colorado University and
Texas University.
Mr.. Dry was n of the best de-
bators Mcmillan High School ever de-
veloped and his success since attend
ing the University has been equally
as good as when here. Mr.. Dry is
a young man of exceptional ability
and his friends join the Ledger in wish
ing him success in his contests.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
Fulton Mothers Now Treat
Children;s Colds Externally

soreness. This double action makes
Vap-ORub really a remarkable rem
eIy for many forms Of indammations.
Either determinations OK the air pas
sages, such Is head colds, catarrh,
bronchitis, sore throat, or deep chest
colds, OF iniammations OF the skin
tissues, such as burns, bruises. stinss,
piles, feelings and muscular SORENESS
II is particularly RECOMMENDED for
small children, as It can be used free
Iy, with perfect safety, on the young
est member OF the family.
But let these Missouri mothers
speak for themselves. Mrs. Bottom
wrltes-'I have used Vap-o-Rub On
baby for bad colds. Results were ex-
cellent. | find It BITTER than any in
ternal medicine I aver used"
Mrs. Pugh's experience ISL tried
your vapO-Rub on three Of my chill
dren for bronchitis. They would cough
so hard at night / could not sleep, SO
would get up and rub their threats
and chests with Vap-o-Rub and they
seldom coughed any more that night,
and after ] had kept II up for several
nights they stopped coughing. l be-
lieve /. is better than taking 80 much
medicine internally" Three sizes.
25c. Soc or S1.00. At all druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
pRIrssIAN LOSSES 2.3s7,O96.

London, Feb. 5.-A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Copenhagen says:
"The Prussian casualties list for
January contain $4,000 names, bring
ing the total Prussian losses to 1885,
|O96. The January lists include the
names of twenty-four airmen killed,
eleven wounded and twenty made pris'
oners.
"The lists also contain the names
of five generals killed and two wound
ed. The missing include the entire
One Hundred and Fortieth lager Reg
iment."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
KSaW5@RgBSALW

section, as the lands and other con-
ditions are peculiarly adapted to it,
which makes it especially profitable.
A very comfortable income, however,
can be made in any n Of a score of
ways other than by citrus cultivation.
Truck growing, small fruits and
strawberries especially, cam syrup,
watermelons, hay and forage croN,
dairy farming, and many others, could
be mentioned. 1t is impossible for a
man, with even ordinary industry TO
starve here, for a profitable crop can
be growing during every month of the
year, and two and three crops can be
taken from the land in a years time
am not going to write you a fishing
story this year, for I forgot to make
arrangements with the bearings foi
us to "stand together" on u doings
or undoing down here. ! got a wire
from some friends up in Missouri TO-
day to meet them at the Wilson
breakfast in st. Louis on Feb. 3rd,'
but find my dates r sneh that
can't be lured from the Sunny South
that soon. l expect to be home BY
Monday noon, in time to vote.
Hope Mexico will elect a first class
business council. This is most import
ant. There is not much use in having
commercial clubs or other progressive
movements unless we have live, g
ahead men in the city council. A cit,
will always be largely judged BY tn
city government. The city official
are elected by the people-a city i
governed just as well as the peopl'
want, and never any better.
R. M. White.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
HOT BRICK KILLS.

Connellsville, Pa, Feb. 2.-Hot
bricks applied by his wife to cure an
attack Of paralysis caused the death
Of William Daberko, IS, of Meyers
dale.
After the couple had refused med
ical aid for some time a constable
forced entrance to the room in which
Daberko lay ill and found him hall
naked on the bed, his left side burned
half an inch deep by hot bricks which
his wife had applied. Daberko died
several days after being found.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
They Find vsp-o-Rub Better Than 10
ssruaI Medicines for Group and
Cold Troubles.

Mrs. .. s. Pugh. $40 Market st.,
and Mrs. Mary Bolton, 1O5 Rayine st.,
both of Fulton. NO, have found, in
common with many other Missouri
mothers, that It is no longer necessary
TO dose children with internal medi-
cines for cold troubles. In the South
Vick's Vap-O-Rub is the standard
remedy for these troubles, but it was
only last winter that it was introduced
here. Vap-O-Rub was discovered BY
a North Carolina druggist. He found
how to combine Menthol and Camphor
with the volatile oils of Thyme, Euca-
lyptus, Cubebs and Juniper, in salve
form, 50 that when applied to the
body, the ingredients are vaporized
by the body heat.
These vapors are inhaled with each
breath, through the air passages, to
the lungs, carrying the medication d.
rect to the affected parts, and, in adj
dition, Vick's is absorbed through the
skin. taking out the t%ightness and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
Two BOYS Killed.

Moberly, Mo-, February 4.-In an
attempt to dodge a train from Kan
sas City yesterday afternoon, two
sons Of Joseph Meyers, residing near
Kimberly, stepped from a double
track to death. The boys were aged
8 and Ii years. Both were killed in
stantly, They were returning from
school when the accident occurred.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
HAVE YOU BEEN SICK!

Then you realize the utter weakness
that robs ambition, destroys appetite,
and makes work a burden.
Torestorethat strength Disseminated
Is so essential, nothing has ever equaled
or compared with SCOTS Emulsion, be-
cause its strength sustaining nourish-
ment invigorates the blood to distribute
energythroughout the body whileitstonic
value sharpens the appetite and restores
health in a natural, permanent way.
If you are run down, tired, nervous,
overworked or lack strength, get SCOTS
Emulsion to-day. 1t is free from alcohol.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. M.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
Married Here Saturday.

Other Nevins, Of Cant, and Miss
Laura Belle Chism, of Auxvasse, were
married Saturday at 2:Sd p. m, by the
Rev. C. A. Mitchell at the Mitchell
home. After the ceremony they left
for their future home at Cant.
Mr.. Nevins is a prominent farmer
Of his community, and his bride is
popular with a large circle Of friends.
The Ledger joins in extending best
wishes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
slOo Reward. SIO0

The readers OF this paper VIII Dc
pleased to learn that there is at least one
able to cure in all its stages. and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken In.
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
n mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation Of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have SO much faith In It's curative pow
ers that they offer One HrHlred Dollar:
for any case that " falls to cure. Senc
for list Of testimonials.
Address +. J. CHENEY a CO., INaiedo, OHIO
Sold by all Druggists, 7hc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
Married hx Judge Bolts.

August Bauman, IA years old, Of
Chenow, ILL.,, and Mrs. surilda Bagley
ga, Of Centralia, were married by Pro
bate Judge W. W. Bolts, Friday af-
|ternoon in the probate court room,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10

This column Is in receipt of a letter
rom Sidney Houston characteristics
Ily dated kansas City day before
day." The next best thing to
having the buoyant and joyous Sid
,hth US, cutting the corners with his
yBAmic and plunging stride is to get
i letter from him. This department
hn stand one every week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
Merchant Made Assignment

S. Turner Moore, for a number Of
years a Fulton business man, made
an assignment Tuesday, turning over
all of his property to w. C. Harris as
assignee, for the benefit Of all his
creditors. His assets and liabilities
are each estimated at about $4,000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
WILSON'S BREAK LAW.

Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 4.-Tips
given by President and Mrs. Wood
row Wilson when they were in Des
Moines Tuesday must be regarded by
the recipients as souvenirs or else
returned, according to orders issued
by the Des Moines Police Department
Thursday.
The order followed q statement by
Attorney General Cosson that If the
money given in tips spent it
would constitute a violation of the
Iowa anti-tipping law, which provides
a penalty for both the donor and the
recipient Of a tip,
Iowa officials are fearful that the
a~nti-tipping law no longer will be
regarded seriously because of the pre-
cedent set by President and Mrs. Will
son.