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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
SCHOOLS HAD
1881 ENROLMENT
Report Shows 1921 Children and 1873
Negroes Attended Mexico
Public Schools
40 TEACHERS EMPLOYED
Assessed Valuation Of the District is
S2,500,OO0, With 100000
Indebtedness

According to the report of the sec
rotary of the board Of education, j.
H. Sallee, the Public Schools of Mex
leo have an enrolment of GIG white
boys and $50 white girls, 92 negro boys
and 101 negro girls, making a total
of 1891. The report shows hat
there are 1881 whites and 1874 blacks
enumerated.
The total number of days attended
by all pupils were 202,974, and the
length of the school term was 1870
days. There were only ten cases of
hardness, and not one single instance
Of truancy. Corporal punishment was
administered to only one person dur
ing the whole school term.
Twenty eight males and forty two
females we're graduated from the com
mon course or grade school work.
The high school graduates numbered
twenty four males and thirty two fe-
males or a total of fifty six pupils.
The public schools possess a libra
ry containing 5000 volumes, 1000 of
which were added this past year at a
cost of 5000, which brought the total
valuation of the library to $2,623.
Of the forty teachers employed in
the system nearly all have had extern
sive experience in their subjects, and
all hold a high grade of certificate.
Of the thirty five white instructors,
twenty nine are females, and only
six males. There are two male color
ed teachers, and three female men,
bers of the Garfield faculty. The
teachers hold the following degree of
certificates:
State, five year, three.
Normal diplomas, twenty eight.
Normal elementary, five.
County, first grade, four.
All instructors now employed have
had at least four years high school
training. Only two have had no ex-
perience in the educational field of
teaching; four have taught one year,
two have had two years experience,
four have been instructors for three
years; only n has had a four years.
work out, three have taught for five
years, ten have followed their work
from six to nine years, and fourteen
are seasoned with ten or more years.
work as Instructors in their branch
of education. ,
The assessed valuation of the district
is $2,500,000, with an indebtedness Of
only 100000. The present levy on
500 for school purposes, teachers
wages and incidental expenses is 100
cents plus a small interest and sink
ing faund of ten cents.
Compared with similar reports from
neighboring cities of more population,
Mexico ranks high, especially in at
tendance, department and expert
ence of teachers. The only thing that
ranks low is the tax levy, which is at
least twenty cents higher in nearly
all other towns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
INJURED BY FALLING POST,
SUES A. P. GREEN FIRE
BRICK COMPANY FOR $4,000
Parker Marshall Sues AltOn-Six
Other Suits Filed Here
Saturday

The A.. P. Green Fire Brick COM
pany is defendant in a $4,000 damage
suit filed Saturday by Stuart Valen-
tine, through his attorney, Clarence A.
Barnes. Valentine is suing for inju-
ries alleged to have been received on
January 9, 1917, when he was an en-
ployee of the defendant company.
The injury was received when a post
which aids in supporting the second
story and roof of the building fell up
on him.
A suit for $1,000 was filed against
the c.. & A. railroad by Parker
Marshall, a painter of Mexico, for an
alleged insult and assault he re-
| ceived fro m- Ridgeway,
an employee of the company. Mar
shall claims that he had gone to the
depot in Mexico on June 2 to meet a
sister-in-law, and that while waiting
on the platform for the train he was
without provocation or just cause, in
| suited and assaulted" by the employee
| of the company.
Other suits filed Saturday were:
John W. Rutter VS.. w. M. Say
lor ct al, commission.
Mrs. G. A. Brock VS., w. A. Pol
lock ,on note.
J.. A. Stebbins VS.. r. l.. Dapis,
judgment.
John G. MCGOWAN ct al VS.. Sarah
Catherine Charlton, partition.
F. B. Kent VS.. H. E. Blackledge,
attachment.
Austin Ankrom VS.. S. J. Bonnie,
on note.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
DIDN'T REGISTER, NOW IN ARMY
Government Investigator Orders Sam
Harvey Held for Further
Notice

Sam Harvey, the negro who was
arrested Friday for failing to regis
ter, will be drafted in the National
Army, and then have to face trial for
not registering, after he has been re-
leased from the army. o. E. Shedd,
a Government investigator, was here
questioning Harvey Monday, and or
dered the sheriff to hold him till he re-
ceived further instructions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
TWENTY MEXICO BOYS
LEAVE FOR TRAINING
Large Crowds Bid Farewell When
Local Guardsmen Depart Satur- -.
day Noon and Evening
ELKs ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS
Boys to st. Louis and Columbia Be
fore Mobilization to Nevada Ri
file Range for Training

Tears, honest American tears were
shed in abundance and the fifteen
cheers for Soldiers" as the train
pulled out at noon Saturday sounded
dead. The first true pangs of war
had envaded the sleeping realms Of
Mexico, and thus it was throughout
the Middle West as the mobilization
of the National Guards took the loved
ones from all communities.
Most of the members of the Mis-
souri, 9TH, Co. B, departed on the noon
train Saturday for st. Louis, where
they will be several days before their
company pitches camp at Nevada,
Mo. Bryan Kelso and Foy Dean will
not go until early Sunday morning.
but the remainder of the Mexico boys
of this division of service have gone.
They are Kirk Roberts, Dee johnson
w. o. johnson, Lieutenant 0rland;
Worrell, Lloyd Gilpin, Paul Jesse
Henry Clark, Gus Ridgeway ant
James Bledsoe, of the ambulance
corps.
Saturday evening nearly as large
party, members of the 4th Missouri
Company F, departed for Columbia
where their company is modifying
Ernest Watson, James Grafford, Gar.
rett Burgess, Russell Jones, Vernie
Richardson, Earl Morris, James Der
rey and Hubert Warden are the
Mexico boys in this bunch.
The Farewell Military Dance
The hospitable halls of the Elks
Home were crowded with a merry
throng of young and old Friday even
inig to give Mexico's Sammies q
hearty send-off. Every event, actor
and article in the evenings entertain
ment revealed the loyal Americanisn
of the great lodge, the host.
All soldiers and sailors present wer'
lined up and after a short address BY
DR.. j. G. Moore, were presented WITH
miniature American flags with the re
quest "to always remember that the!
we're fighting for a greater and Larger
Old Glory with a strong determination
to make the world safe for democ
racy."
Music was furnished Throughout
the evening by Frank Houston, Archie
Rodgers, and thirty couples dance'
until the moon went down."
The Elks' register shows the fol
lowing guests of honor:
Herbert B. Plunkett, A. S., U. s
N.
Tymon G. Roberts, A. S., U. S. N
Gibson M. Powell, A. S., U. s. N
J. Garrett Barnes, A. s., U. s. n
Roy Cecil Watts, A. s., U. S. N
Henry Clark, Dee johnson, W. o
johnson, Kirk Roberts, Foy Dean, I
w. Ridgeway, Bryan Kelso and Serg'
Orlando Worrell, all of Co. B, Of tn
Missouri 9th.
E. S. Haycraft, Co. C, of the In
Missouri.
James Bledsoe, Hospital Corps @
the 9Th Missouri.
Sims A. Potts, Quartermaster
Corps.
Lieutenant R. B. Vanskike, Vel
Urinary Reserve Corps.
William Sobel, first class seaman
U. S. N.
Samuel Frazer, U. S. N.
Captain Joe Glandon, Q. M, {
o. R. c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

Cauthorn had as dinner guests Mr..
and Mrs. A. C. Barnes, Misses En-
ma Cauthorn and Martha Holt.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Renfro de-
parted Monday for st. Louis, after a
visit with F. P. Kelso and family.
Mr.. 81 Phillip had as dinner guests
at the Hoxsey Hotel Friday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Cortez Edmonston,
Mrs. Maurice Phillip and Mrs. Anna
Nieman, of Omaha, Neb. Later they
attended the picture show and dance
at the Elks.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. MCGEE enter
tanned at six o'clock dinner Friday in
honor of their son, Fred MCGEE, who
leaves soon for training camp. Cut
flowers formed the table decorations
and covers were laid for Messrs. Roy
McGee, of Chicago; Harry MCGEE,
Willard Kemp and Tom French, of
St. Louis, and Miss Elizabeth Hape.
Miss Martha Holt, of st. Louis, was
the guest of Mrs. E. R. Locke for
MONDAY dinner Tuesday and in the
evening P. E. Locke entertained her
at dinner.
On Saturday Miss Polly Cauthorn
had as guests for dinner Misses Mar
tina Holt, of st. Louis, and Emma
Cauthorn.
Miss Martha Holt was dinner guest
Of Mrs. Ross Cauthorn on Friday
noon.
Miss Sophonia KeIso is the guest
of her brothers, F.. P. and 7. j.
Kelso.
Mesdames A. P. johnson and Wal
lace Fry gave a picnic supper Friday
evening at the home Of Mrs. Fry in
honor Of Mr.. Dee johnson, who left
Saturday for training camp. Miss
Franc Johnson assisted in enter
tanning and guests were Messrs.
W. 0. Johnson, Kirk Roberts, James
Bledsoe, Orlando Worrell, Bryan KEEL
so, Floyd Dean, Sims Potts, of Tex
as; Lloyd Gilpin and Dee Johnson.
Messrs. Clark Gibbs, Jesse Gibbs,
Glen Squires and Edwin Cave are
hosts this evening for a dinner at the
Hoxsey Hotel for Messrs. Bryan
Kelso and Foy Dean, who leave Sun
day for training camp.
Mr.. Douglass johnson, second class
man at Annapolis, who has been on
the battleship Louisiana for three
months, is expected home August Is
for a months leave of absence.
Mesdames W. C. johnson assist
ed by Mrs. bearing, entertained
their Sunday School classes Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. John.
son. Forty girls and boys spent a
delightful evening in games and later
dainty refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Move to Kansas City

Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Jones will
move to Kansas City shortly to make
their future home. Mr.. Jones, who
has been farming, will go into the
commission business. there Mrs.
Jones, who is one of Mexico's most
public spirited women and a promi-
nent Kings Daughter, will be great
Nv missed. The Ledger joins their
many friends in wishing them much
happiness and success in their new
home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Ask Anyone Who Has Used 1t

There are families who always aim
to keep a bottle of Chamberlain
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy in the
house for use in case it is needed and
find that it is not only a good invest
ment, but saves no end of suffering
AS to its reliability, ask anyone who
has used it. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Russell Creasey Enlists

Russell Creasey, son of Mason Crea-
sey, who lives in Kansas City, has
enlisted in the Second Missouri Ar
tillery. His brother, Roy, is a men,
Der of Battery A, st. Louis; both
have been visiting in this city. They
left to join their units Saturday after
noon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

A. M. Roberts Receives Promotion
A. M. Roberts, travelling agent for
the Mcneil and Higgins Wholesale
Grocery Company, has been assigned
a large track of Illinois territory in
connection with his Missouri field.
Jacksonville, Springfield and Rood
house are included in the large num-
Der of cities he will work. His many
Mexico friends are glad to learn,
however, that for the present he will
make this city his home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Montgomery Boy Recommended

Among those who have been rec
commended to the Governor for COM
missions in the LIST regiment is the
name of a former Montgomery City
boy-Fred l.. English, of st. Louis.
for the captaincy of Co. I, 3rd Bat
TALON of the Mo. Home Guards. Fred
was raised here and his father, I. W.
English, was connected with Paul
Brown in the Brown Tobacco Compa-
ny, which moved from here to st.
Louis several years ago. Mont
gomery City Standard.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Ioe Brooks Sues for S., 900

Joe Brooks has filed suit in the Cir
cult Court against the Gallagher and
Strict Marble Company for $4,000 for
personal injuries, received while
working for this firm at Centralia.
The damages are alleged to be caused
because of improper equipment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

M. j. Sannebeck, of this city, son
of F. A. Sannebeck, wired his father,
Friday, that he had passed his exam
nation at the Officers Reserve Train.
ing Camp Fort Riley, Kansas, and
would receive a commission in the
Quartermaster's Department of the
United States Army,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
500 Reward, 500

The readers of this paper will be
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System thereby de-
stroying the foundation Of the disease.
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ture in doing its work.. The proprie-
tors have so much faith in the curative
powers of Halls Catarrh Cure that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that It fails TO cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Ohio, Sold by all Druggists, 76c.
Adm
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Back i'm Society

Misses Ruby and Alta Richie were
the guests Of relatives in Fulton.
w. T.. Weir and family were the
guests of relatives in Fulton.
Misses Katherine and Maria Pow
ers, of Chicago, were the guests OF
Miss Crum at an elegant luncheon Civ
en- at the home of Judge Crum on
Central Ave.
Miss Ruth Robertson left Mexico
for a short visit with friends in st.
Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
~Infantile Paralysis

The sixteen-months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. T. A. Faucet, of north
west Galloway. who has ~infantile par
alysjs is no better, accoding to reports
brought to Fulton Friday by persons
who live in the neighborhood, says the
Gazette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Wants To Keep Sons Out of Arm.

Wiley Patrick and John Craft, Paris
boys who enlisted in the army at Mo-
berly some weeks ago, will not re-
spond to the order to report for duty
Saturday if their parents can prevent
They so notified Capt. Earl Major
when he came over to notify the boys
this week. Major contends that the
parents have no Jurisdiction, since
parental consent is not necessary fol-
a boy of 1S. The parents claim
otherwise.-Paris Appeal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Loses Arm Under Train

Arthur Clement, Of near Martins
burg, Is years old and son of Sam
Clement, fell beneath q Wabash
freight at Benton City Thursday
night and had his right arm so badly
crushed it had to be amputated just
below the shoulder.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

and Mrs. E. A.. bearing de.
'ior jamestown for a short visit
Patterson was the guest of
tents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. EN-
Matte and Jess Carnes were
an outing in Colorado.
Jessie Sanderson, of Bowling
visited Mrs. Mcmillan and
Arnold.
F. May and Ruth Bragg were
in Hannibal.
Gertrude Fry returned from a
st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

DR.. C. M. Cowherd, of East st.
Louis, formerly of this city, has re-
ceived his appointment to the veter-
mary section of the Officers Reserve
of the U. S. Army.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Chronic Constipation

1t is by no means an easy matter
to cure this disease, but it can be
done in most instances by taking
C~hamberlain's Tablets and complying
with the plain printed directions that
accompany each package. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Stomach and Liver Troubles

DIOHIdCH anu LIVtI IIUUUItb
No end of misery and actual suffer
ing is caused by disorders of the
stomach and liver, and may be avoid
ed by the use of Chamberlain's Tab
lets. Give them a trial. They only
cost a quarter. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Sent to Mexico Hospital

Master Paul Stevens, the little fell
low who fell from a tree and broke
his hip, while playing with a numebr
of his little playmates in the M. E.
Church yard, was taken to the Mexico
Hospital Sunday morning. Although
the little fellows condition has i'm
proved since the accident, attending
physicians thought the change where
could be had, advisable. At this
time his condition is improving. =
Wellsville 0ptic-News.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

Joe and Louise Dooling, of Denver,
left Saturday for st. Louis, after a
visit with Mrs. R. j. Moore, and
family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

Capt. Crabill, an instructor in the
Missouri Military Academy last year,
is reported to have Joined the U. S.
Aviation Corps.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

4 rstber Hardine leaves next
1 months vacation in Kan
D,,rcbe Cove will spend next
.iting in Columbia
Mrs. C. f. Clark had as
Is Tuesday evening Mr..
LIS, Of Texas
4 Gipson Woodward left on
I, for Colorado Springs 10
4, ,est of the summer.
4 Hazel Hardine departs Sun
chicago after spending two
.ith her parents here.
H. Mrs. NJ. E. Bolts, Mrs.
wbite and children departed
h for Chicago.
*p. A. Mcmillan visited here
b.
IN Mrs. S. B. Cook spent the
with MIR. and Mrs F. R.
Il N. stalcup departed Mon
his home in Sikeston. Mrs.
and children remained for a
isit here.
In G.. Porter and daughters
ting in Paris this week.
M, R. Wise left Monday 70
h. remainder of the summer
Mrs. Wise was on her
roIorado when recalled by the
brs.s of her mother-in-law,
nes Wise. &.
MI Mrs. Bradford Sappington
"A Friday for a trip to Colo
Anna Lacy Wallace and Viz
bdrers arrived home Saturday
Visit in Wisconsin.
{ Maude Wallace arrived home
in from Columbia.
Anna Nieman, of Omaha, Ne
Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edmonston.
IA. H. Whitney is spending
.$k.end with his family here.
La. H. McGarvey and daugh-
|1tiam, have returned to their
Il Kansas City, after visiting
IA. E. Ross and Miss Julia
ID the past two weeks.
& Hale Talbot, Of Moberly, Wis
"a this week.
Dennie Kelso leaves next week
+, in Kansas City.
& Lallee Johnson, of Jefferson
fsited Mrs. A. II. Whitney
#tk.
4 whitney has returned from a
y putting at Jefferson City.
Daisy Boone leaves Monday
Months vacation, West.
Mary Bearing visited Mrs.
lloughland in Kirksville thii
i Jane Rodgers is spending two
listing in st. Louis.
Pearl Morris has returned e
b., after visiting her parents
nd Mrs. W. W. Pollock had AZ
guests at the Ringo Sunday
Mrs, C. R. Gibbs and Mis-
slbbs.
sallie Garrett will arrive home
tk from Kirksville, where she
b attending school this sum,
any friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
shwOrth regret very much tt
: lem leave Mexico. They arc
NJ popular here, and the kind
p in every way. Best wishe;
their friends go with then
new home in st, Louis.
lames Ivan Ashworth and F.
'errison were hostesses for q
hne party Tuesday Afternoon
Of Mrs. ]. N. Crebs, of st.
Forty ladies' enjoyed the pic.
the Orpheum, and later wert
an elaborate three-courst
h Buckner's.
A. Clark Barnes gave a line
KndnarJov aF hH...
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

Miss Martha Holt has returned to
st. Louis, after a pleasant visit with
Miss Emma Cauthorn, of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

Melvin Painter of the 9Th Missouri
Infantry, who was the guest Of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Painter
departed Saturday for St. Louis,
where he will join his company,
which is assembling there for mobili-
cation to Nevada.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
Will Take Aviation Tests

Kirk Roberts, of this city, private
in Co. A, of the 9Th Missouri, received
papers from the United States Gov
eminent Friday, summoning him to
appear in St. Louis August 8, to
stand final examinations-physical
mental and nerve tests, for the posi-
ton of First Lieutenant in the United
States of America Aviation Corps.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09
GET
',ss GERTRUDE FRY
1 Phone 244

r.,ber Hardine leaves next
i, months vacation in Kan
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-09

family.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-01
WAR PRICES NOT TO HALT
BUILDING ACTIVITIES

Building ACTIVITIES are being pushed
forward in Tulsa as rapidly as if war
prices did not exist and in spite OF
the advance in cost of materials Of
an kinds as well Is labor from 10 per
cent TO so per cent during the past six
months the building progress of Tulsa
is still up to its highest standard.
The Tulsa Home Builders associa-
tion organized in 1916 has under way
a large huilding campaign for the
season which will add from fifty TO
a hundred residences TO the city If
carried out according to plans now in
operation.
This company is specializing on n
five and siX-room bungalow with
sleeping porchcs and built-in furniture
including the Murphy door beds.
These bungalows can he put on the
market as low as $1,000 small pay
ment being required in cash and the
remainder in monthly installments.
H. i. Leavitt, manager OF the COM
pany, states that the present hig II
prices OF labor and materials is being
largely offset by built-in furniture ar
ranged TO conserve floor space and
give a fiYe-room bungalow six or
scVen-room efficiency.
Four additions of Tulsa now have
homes under construction built the
Home Builders Way" ranging from
$500 TO S3.500 in value-Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-01
WHEN YOU WAKE
UP DRINK GLASS
OF HOT WATER
Wash the poisons and toxins from
system before putting moro
food into stomach.
Says lnslde-bath'ng makes any.
one look and feel clean,
sweet and refreshed.

Wash Yourself on the inside before
breakfast like you do on the outside.
This IL vastly more important because
the skin pores do not absorb impuri-
ties into the blood, causing illness,
while the bowel pores do.
For every ounce of food and drink
taken into the stomach, nearly an
ounce of waste material must be car
ried out Of the body. If this waste
material is not eliminated day by day
IL quickly ferments and generates poi
sons gases and toxins which are alb
sorbed or sucked into the blood stream
through the lymph ducts which should
suck only nourishment to sustain the
body.
A splendid health measure is to
drink, before breakfast each day, a
glass of real hot water with tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in II.
which is harmless way to wash
these poisons. gases and toxins from
the stomach. liver. kidneys and bow
els. thus cleansing. sweetening and
freshening the entire alimentary canal
before putting more food into the
STOMACH.
< quarter pound of limestone phos-
phate costs but very little at the drug
store, but is sufficient to make anyone
an enthusiast on inside bathing. Men
and women who are accustomed 10
wake up with a dull, aching head or
have furred tongue, bad taste, nasty
breath, sallow complexion. others who
have bilious attacks. acid stomach or
constipation are assured of pronounced
improvement in both health and ap-
peArAnce shortly.-Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-01
ASK FOR A QUARTER
OUNCE OF FREEZ0NE
Any corn will dry up and lift
out, says a Cincinnati
authority.

Let folks step on your feet here
after; wear shoes a size smaller If you
like, for corns will never again send
electric sparks of pain through you,
according TO this authority.
He says that a few drops of a drug
called freezone, applied directly upon
tender, aching corn, instantly re-
lieves soreness and soon the entire
corn. root and all. lifts out without
pain.
This drug is sticky, but dries at
once and is said to simply shrivel up
the corn without inflaming or even
irritating the surrounding tissue.
II is claimed that a quarter OF an
ounce obtained at any drug store will
cost very little, but is sufficient to re-
move every hard or soft corn or callus
from ones feet. Cut this out. espe-
cially If you are woman reader>who
wears high heels.-Adv.