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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
OCT. 9 FIRE PREVENTION DAY
Pupils in Audrain County Schools viii
Be Given instructions

Pupils in Audrain County rural
schools may be given instruction in
protecting property from loss by fire
on the 9th Of October, which has been
designated by Uel w. Lamkin, State
Superintendent of Public Schools, az
Firt Prevention Day. The date is the
anniversary Of the Chicago Fire.
Mr.. Lamkin, who was in Mexico Sat
urday to address the members of the
school boards Of the county, has fig
ured that enough school property in
the State was destroyed by fire last
year to keep 6,4O0 Missouri school
children in school year. A million
dollars more money was lost last
year by fire than was spent on coun-
try schools.
"Fire prevention day affords the
opportunity to bring to the pupils the
instruction in protecting property
that they should have" says Mr..
Lamkin.
Before the winter starts, they
could see that flues were cleaned out,
rubbish removed, and home premises
made reasonably safe. They could
guard against the carelessly dropped
match, the oyer-heated stoves, the
dangerous bonfire. They should be
drilled to make proper exit from
school buildings in case of fire."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
A MOTHERS LETTER
TO HER SELECTED SON
City Editor Carter YsuEhA ol the
MEXICO Ledger. Leaves fer
Place In the Nxsioaal ArEy
MADE MANY FRIENDS HERE
Mothers Letter Cgagrafnlzting Hin
On Spirit Of Entering the Ser
vioe an Inspiring Document

New. ny son. doET feel ztrzid
for mother Is not going 70 make i
hard for ysu 70 20. say this Oe-
cause i seemed 70 re TIE last
tine saw yuu that yo1 vs-e not
sure of ne. and seemed Z ir1Ie
afraid q ne So. ] just wza; te
say, do-f fear fo- noths-, ny
boz. I went at1szpt to dszy
that i hurts to have yoz 80; there
VII always be 4 feeling Ot Enx-
isty for yo1. but ten thczS4ns
tlnes that than the feeling Of
shame ! would have were yoa 70
t-y 70 evz6e ths dsty you oEe %
yozr cg--.ry. 70 yozrseE: yes,
and 70 year God, for This IS HIS
fight, 8 rig1teozs ezass for which
yea are offering yourself. The
pri5e feel II you and II the sp.r-
:: yoz are showing 50 far over
balances al else TIA: I gladly see
you 90; aid y makes ne hold nv
head little higher than ever
did, and makes ne look at these
slaeksrs / am compelled 10 meet
every day; with some pity, but
with more rr--s-ru-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
HOW 10 GEL GOOD ROADS

THERE Is 10 sense, whe1 discuss
.zE peuz1ea- good roads, II taking
u terms 4 less thar tens su6 kun
l-z5s Il thousands 0t dollars. Il
takes real money and . lot Of real
u9asy 70 get anywhere N the dire--
t5aa Of permanent good reads. 9th
- cites and other counties are spend
llE money along this lins, and Te
hope thzt Mexico and Andrsin cour-
" VII not be long II the mud. When
ever you find anybody getting uneasy
when y0u talk 70 him about 10000
bond issue for the Mexico Eight-Mils
Road District, yoz had Just as wei
stop talking 20 him and commence
discussing the weather. We are no.
going 70 be able 70 get anywhere IN
less our people are cordially and hez--
:ily in favor Of q good big road taz.
no matter whether you live in the to~n
Or in the country
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

TIE above letter was received from
his mother by Carter Vaughn, City
Editor q The Ledger, following his
writing her that he wzs 70 20 %
Camp Funston with the National Ar
ny. Il was Tot written for pUbhca-
tion, and We ara reproducing il no.
because Of Mr.. Vaughn's connection
with this publication, hut because II
50 ably reflects the splendid spirit Of
CIR womanhood in the present cri-
sis.
Sir. Vaughn departed for his home
in Paris Sunday night to spend a few
days with his mother and sister be-
fore ne leaves for service. Since
coming 20 Mexico he has made many
warm friends. He is a young man Of
splendid ability, high ideals and will
make his mark in any field in whiea
be purposes TO labor.
The Ledger regrets to lose him, but
looks forward To his return after
the war.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
RingO Changes Hands

Mr.. Foster took charge of the Rim
go today and we are glad to know
that E. A. Lawrence and family will
remain in Mexico for a time, anyway
They have many friends here who
trust they will make Mexico their
permanent home. Glover Wells, who
has been with the Ringo for a long
time and is most efficient, is chief
clerk under the new management.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
AUDRAIN A LEADER
Makes Best Showing of Any County
in Defense Work

Mrs. C. F. CLARK is home from st.
Louis, where she attended a meeting
Of the Women's Committee Of the
Missouri National Council of De-
fense. While there Mrs. Clark ad-
dressed the session, telling what had
been accomplished in this county.
On the close of her report the chair.
man Of the meeting said Audrain had
done more in the work than any other
county in the State.
Mrs. Clark cited the Audrain's SELL
ing of s12,500 in Liberty Bonds, rails
ing $4,000 for Red Cross and register
ing $40 women all of which was ex.
ceptionally good in a community this
size and more in proportion to our
population than the larger cities did.
Mrs. Clark said the County Chairman,
Mrs. j. W. Million, deserved the
credit for the splendid showing of
Audrain in this work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

move made by the people here will be
followed by great numbers of Other
localities. The Democrats of Mis-
sour should not sit quietly down and
allow the whole country to believe
that our Senator's and some of our
Congressmen are representing their
If they do, the time is
coming soon when the Democratic
party p will be swept from power in
tnis State, as it will deserve to be, Il
1t hasn't the courage to purify itself.
Respectfully, Ed A. Mitchell,
Mayor Of Marshall. Mo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

ROY BRYARLY writes back from
Camp Funston that camp life IS
great" and this is the sentiment of
most Of the Audrain boys. OF course,
once in a while you will find a fellow
who wants pie for breakfast, and er-
poets the officers when issuing an
order to say please" but young men
Of this character are very few and ia
between, and they will most certinly
learn all right.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

IF the Mexico Eight-Nle Road Dis
trict viii vote sl0O. 900 for road b1H1s
and build little piece OF rock road in
three or four directions from Mexic5.
these roads will most certainly be ey-
tended later on. We have got To be-
gin by building in each direction away
from Mexico That's the way 70 make
q start.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
FOUR WERE FOUND GUILTY
Three Others Wanted in BOotlegging
Cases Made Their Getaway
Fulton SUM


Nine warrants were sworn out OF
Friday for the arrest of persons
charged with violating the local op.
tion laws and six arrests followed, 8
Of the accused making their escape,
one of them after being in the custo-
dy Of an officer. Six were arraign-
ed before Justice j. B. Hyde, Sat-
urday afternoon and the following re-
suits obtained:
Frank Shelley, entered plea of not
guilty, waived jury and counsel.
Tried by the court and and found
guilty. Sentenced to a term of 12
months in Jail.
Burt Giboney also waived jury and
counsel, but was found guilty. He
told the court that the offense with
which he was charged was commit
ted last June and since then he has
not engaged in the illegal sale of Ii
quor In view of this statement nus
sentence was made lighter. He was
sentenced to six months in Jail.
Bob Taylor and Roe Stewart, both
entered pleas of guilty and were SEN
fenced to term of six months in iall
Taylor testified that he has been
making $3.50 day digging coal, suf.
ficient to support his family, and he
could not explain why he drifted into
the game of bootlegging.
Stewart is minus one leg and one
arm and in view of his physical dis
ability and plea OF guilty his SEN
tenee was made no greater.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burch Willett enter
ed pleas of not guilty. They en-
ployed Judge N. D. Thurmond as
counsel and their trials have been Sc.
for two O'Clock next Wednesday af
ternoon, before Judge Hyde.
The police expect soon to make ar
rests on the three other warrants
that they hold.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

HARRISON BROWN, Of this city
who Is home on a weeks visit, will
leave shortly for New York, where ne
viii have charge Of the New York Of
flee ard Eastern service branch OF
the Merchants Trade Journal and
three kindred publications Of Des
Moines Iowa Mr. Brown was for
ferly connected with these papers be.
fore be went West % reeuperate his
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

MISSISSIPPI County voted in July,
S575. 900 in bonds for the construction
of permanent highways. That's tn.
way TO build permanent good roads.
We used TO try to build them alto
gether with talk; now We talk in
terms Of fives, tens and hundreds Of
dollars We have got 70 get q vision
and spend money by the hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars il we want 70
keep up with the rest Of this country
in the building Of roads.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
RUIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

WE wee it stated in dispatches .hat
II the grand jury at jefferson City
indiets Democratic office-holderz It
viii ruin the Democratic party. A
fine estimate some people have Of the
Democratic party.
We have just the opposite view Of
the matter. II there are any Demo
Gratis at Jefferson City, who are gull
ty and are not indicted and given 2
fair trial, the Democratic party win
most certainly be ruined. This thing
Of smOthering and hushing things uD
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
Houston Makes FI;ob,

sgd Houston writes his parsD,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Houston, AZ,
he recently took a flight in an as,,
plane which reached a height Of ov.,
$4,000 feet. He is at present +,
toned in his captains office at y,+
Sill. VII
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
hs-End of
Your Corns
Pain Stops at 0nce-Corn Lifts
Off Clean.

There 10 nothing in the world lllta
Setssit Tor corns Just apply ii
accordlng to directions. the pain
itPS iit,Pp at once and then the corn
kkiits on as clean as a whigtle M
russ, no bother, no danger "cats'
~ you know. is safe. Millions
nave used 1t, more than all other
corr remedies combined, and IL new.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
HOSPITAL NOTES

E. F. Adair, of Stephens, who is a
patient at the Hospital, is doing nice
ly.
Miss Leona Shugart, Of Laddonia,
is patient at the Hospital.
Sylvan Hammons and Joe Davis
Walstrum, who have been patients at
the Hospital, returned to their homes
Sunday.
Mrs. George Sivanton, who has been
very i'll, is improving.
Frank Paschang, of Martinsburg, is
very i'll at the Hospital.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
Taken to Hospitsl

Robert Keene, who resided i, 4,
county near Skinner, about IS y.,., ~
ago, and has since resided in v,,s.' ,,s,'
and Oklahoma, was taken to the s,a' Fl
ton Hospital for the Insane This ,r.., a.
He was back on a visit when hi, NV. ,,-
tai condition necessitated this ,,s,' ,'-
according to the Centralia Guard ''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

F. A. Blank, who has just retvn.i
from Kansas City with his wife ,'' g
tended the showing of EuroDesr ~ :"
relics while in Kansas City and ,. =
turned home with two pieces of e.,
man rifles captured during tbo sat, w.
ing in Flanders. '-''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

Miss Gladys Van Ness is assist
ing the Ledger news staff this week
until a new City Editor can be Sc
cured TO ill the vacancy caused by the
resignation Of Carter Vaughn, who
goes with the National Army to
Camp Funston, Kansas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

Mrs. George Swanton, south Of
Mexico, underwent an operation at
the Mexico Hospital Friday. She is
Going about as well as could be ex-
pected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE


WHEREAS, Annie C. Wright anr ~
Thomas N. Wright, her husband y, y
their certain deed of trust, dated ~. y.
18th day of October, 1913, ana ~
corded in the office Of the RecoTue' 4 4
Deeds for Audrain County, MO- \
Book No. 40 at page 34l, coh''''
to the undersigned in trust: M
Lots numbered Five o., oN pIo.5 Tg
Seven (7) and Eight lS). in ,D.,rs D,UJs
Numbered Seven (7), Of MqlufSST;tr S;tr
subdivision, an addition to the ~ ~
Of Mexico, Missouri, as shown o., ?n tbs M
plat of said addition, of record HAM II N
office of the Recorder Of Deeds "''''D
and for said Audrain County IRAN
All situate and being in Auu,r .,"re
County, Missouri. In trust to Sss, js.ory
the payment Of certain pToInIS;bSSsi.
note in said deed Of trust deSct'VJts det Jns
and whereas said note is pas' ,og. w.
and unpaid, and default in tnS ptSe NE
ment thereof has been MADE .!
signer thereof, .o,pst
NOW. THEREFORE, at the requsa qusa
Of the legal owner and holder, o' Drc. DT
note, and in pursuance of the pwilI
vision of said deed of trust the
sell at the East front door o. he
Court House in Mexico, Missouri w.
above described land on
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5Th'
1917, ho
hatyoer ,ha bours of 0 o'clock IN ts
forenoon and five o'clock ~ 'Io Io The
ternoon Of said day, for easni 70 for
highest bidder. at public ,yenutttt and
the purpose of paying said deo' "'
costs Of executing this trlist. T,,,.,ss.
20-lt S. M LOCKE, Trustee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
Linn County to Have Farm Advisor

CHILLICOTHE, No, Oct. /. -
Linn county farmers Saturday voted
to employ an agricultural agent. A
suitable farm adviser will be obtained
in the next ten days probably. accord
ing 70 T II. Ross, state agent leader.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

=, There is no need for yon a.
But 6a hnother day of corn agony
Asea,t9 ne sure you get aGets.ity.
there h1thlng else. for remember
Hood oets-It" never irri;a, ,s az
nesh, never makes the toe aols RE-
.,i.u can 20 about as uanSI ssi,t,
magic f Or aoIa play while "Gets.it," The
corn nenis uIsS aII the work Then the
AMP AMP and leaves the Toe az Ssnhs ss,naas
hannenoh nnh'ires as your palm. Never
tIxgetsneu before. did III guess not
from nnv a D1ttle Of "Gets-It" TO-DAY
NO more than 25e or sUu need pay
cago. Ill. 'S"Se q Co., Chi
Sold in Mexico and recommerdsg
IS =, the worlds best corn remedy by
Llewellyn g. Sons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

TIE Coasidine sales are always
largely attended and gsoeE 5Tl-gs
good prices. Joe always z1vg--isss
his sales extensively, and i is further
understood that everything that Is PIT
Up Is sold. His sale On Thursday
netted about $4,000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
PROMOTION FOR RALPH w,yyr

Ralph X. Wayne, son Of Mr.. a,i
Mrs. j. H. Wayne, of Mexico. sI
until recently a reporter for the h,
telligencer, is now Managing Edh.
Of the Harrisburg tIIL) Regss,
Gustav NJ. oehm, well known
Mexico, who was Managing Edp
has accepted a position with the d,
tied Press in the Chicago Office
Wayne has been City Editor Of d.
Register since he left here mont
ago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

Neu m,'s y., Elizabeth tl', Paul left Friday for
her .is,a' o'N o'ty, where she will visit
, par, ''s.er sa and brother, Miss Evelyn
this city. i'rmeriy OF
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

Mrs. Emma Davidson has returned
from a visit with her husband, in Full
ton. and reports him improving nicely.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

health. He is Mexico boy who has
made good in large way and we are
all proud Of what he has accomplish
ed and predict great future for
him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

The many friends of Walker Pollock
will be glad TO know he was able to
be down town short time Saturday,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
LIST OF THOSE WHO
LEAVE N THIRD UNIT
COunty Board e Exceptions Re-
oeives Names of 81 Mea to De-
part fer Camp Funston
ETRAN on THE c. IA.
OF the III Mea Audrxin Had to
Furnish So Had Already Gene
Only White Men No~


-Ozly White Men No~
The Asdr4;n County Beard q BY /
szption reosivea Monday the cert I
fed LIST q ntn to leave in the third /
eont5nrsut fer Camp Funston. Kan
szs. Tbs Is; came fron the Dis
trict Beard and stated the men de-
part Octo5er 3. Only whi.e men VIII 1
leave this tine. Previously 81 white /
nsn have gone to the Na6ouAl Array 1
from this county. AUarain's quota
IS III, the remainder after this cor
tinEezi Of IS. vii be the col Il
ored zen drawn vho will leave fer
nes &oiaes later, when their ezmp
IS ready f0r occupancy.
his tine the local troops viii en-.
train on the Chicago & Alton road
and be accompanied by the remain
der Of the Pike and CzIlaway quotas.
This eoutingent viii leave On a spe-
eial train over the Chicago & Alton at
1915 Friday, October 5th. The local
exemption board viii continue at
work in view Of the many duties still
before them for at least = period Of
some weeks. II the physical exanin-
ations Of the men when they arrive at
Camp Funston result in any great
number Of them being rejected from
the service, the beard, according 20
Chairman Wilson, may be forced to
make another call for men.
The following men are in the third
contingent:
Joe Alexander Gregory
u z Devaney II
Edwin Wilson Wallace
George Dean Ferguson
Genus Garrett
II B Keath
Joseph Edgar Taylor |
Henry L Angert /.
Frank A Burreichter
Edward Kombrink
Claud Lee McFadin
Benz S Ridgeway
Ray Oral Ritter
Ernest Luther Gallop
Fitzhugh L Gilbert
Cassius N Mcmillan
Fred Allen
Frederick Moses Renner
Marvin Carter
Rufus Garth Stone
Joseph William Morgan
Otis Archie Lavinder
John William Bagley
George P Marshall
William Eugene Murray
Frank Buckner Morris
Hardin Field
Eugene D Wallace
Charles L Robinson
Edward Whitehouse
Carroll Lee Slack
Edwin Wright Settle
Elmer Samuel Gates
James Walter Barrow ,
Maurice V Smith
John Henry Kemma
Edwin Henry Vedder
Frank A Blank
John Henry Fairchild
Harry Earl Gardner /;
Clarence E Nichols :
Cass r Jones, Jr.
John Bryan Marshall {
William D Ingrum {
Anthony Becker
Rollie V Duty
George Washington Ramey t
Ney Jones 7
Lloyd Bovine Il
N Baker Barnes t
Ross Hubbell
Joe Henry Talbot |,
Joseph F Calhoun, Laddonia .
Virgil L Barnett, Sturgeon
Alexander L Ford, Mexico
Bryan Rule Shannon, Vandalia
Johannes P S Johansson, Mexico
John W Devaney, Rush Hill
Luther Baker, Centralia
Christopher A Hoer, Martinsburg
Ernest Nobel Loyeland, Molino
Geo T Spottswood, Mexico
Albert Shotwell, Farber
C Widener
C W Baker
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

G. A. Barnes has been in Kana
City attending the State Bar Asa
citation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04

IN order 70 save the Democratic
parry. Is Lot ozly AZ mated, bzt
r5i--1gus.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-04
The Weekly Ledger

Entered at the P o. NE1eo, No
and admitted as 2n5 cLzss Ezcsr
Meade County news., 1917-08-30
A, ROMANCE or THE
KANSAS WHEAT FIELDS

A romance of the wheat fields, real
Kansas photoplay, featuring real
Kansas farmers as actors, into which
is interviewer a Kansas love plot, will
be one of the fascinating and char
acteristic things to be seen at the
international Wheat Show and Food
Conservation Congress at Wichita,
October lib.
This motion picture was produced
under the direction of the Kansas
Council of Defense, and %he people
who take part are the people who
know just what they are doing, un-
like the grotesque caricatures posing
as farmers" in the typical "old
homestead stuff" put on at Los An
geles or New York studios, with, card
board scenery in the background and
the air full of whiskers.
The elderly farmer in this photo
play, like most Kansas farmers, has
no long whiskers. He is clean-shaven.
You will like him, for he is a good old
man with a strong face and the way
he goes about shocking wheat or fix
ing the clevis or tying the hitch-strap
or what-not. you will soon know that
he is the real thing. Although you
will like him, you will soon have to
admit that he has the wrong side Of
the argument and his son has the
right side. The son beats his dad in
raising wheat and that forms a part
Of the plot. The son becomes inter-
ested in the appeal Of the Kansas
Council Of Defense for more and bet
ter wheat, and he tries to get his ia
ther interested. The old man pokes
fun at the "new-fangled notions" and
refuses to listen to the boy. But the
young man persists, so the father
permits him to try out the thing he
has become so craEy about. Then the
Girl appears. 1t becomes interest
ing.
The picture was taken with charm
ing Kansas scenery in the back
ground, Very likely many of our
readers will recognize it. And when
you see the hands stop in the middle
of the field, with the mother coming
out across the stubble carrying the
mid-afternoon lunch-then you'll be
sure it is the Real Thing, and no mis-
take.
Be sure to see this film at the Wheat
Show, October 1-13. 1t will be free
to all who pay the general admission,
the same as everything else.
Meade County news., 1917-08-30
SHIW WILL
Be BIG feature OF FAIR

"Tanks" and armored cars, the jug
gernauts of modern warfare, with
their terrifying, ugly fronts and gro
tesque outlines, will be among the fea-
lures of the Automobile Show of the
Wichita Fair and Exposition, October
1-13,
In pleasing and extreme contrast
with these will be the beautiful
streamlne bodies and exquisitely fin
ished furnishings of the 1918 models
of pleasure cars which will be shown
The section devoted to pleasure cars,
which will comprise the main exhibit,
will be decorated in pure white, with
pillars and panels bearing out an ar
tistic scheme which will Fit In with the
cars.
The building devoted to the auto
show will have floor space of $4,000
square feet, and there is ample room
for a display of all the latest models
and devices. So comprehensive will
be the exhibit that an enthusiast
might find reason for spending an en-
tire day in this section. Motor trucks
and the utilitarian side of the indus
try will be given special prominence.
Meade County news., 1917-08-30
ARE YOUR COWS PAYING YOU7

The dairy COW is one of the biggest
institutions of Kansas Her worth is
especially recognized in a year like
1917, when wheat is short. Primar
lily, in regarding the matter in its
matter-of- business aspects, the
cow is a machine for the making of
butter and milk.
Is your COW an efficient machine? ?
Does she turn out the maximum
amount of butter fat or milk in pro-
portion to the amount of, feed she
eats? Or does she "eat her head off,"
and make of herself losing PROPOSE
tion?
There are some very definite, COM
nonsense facts behind successful
dairying. Balanced rations, selection
Of breeds, the care Of cows-all the
things that make money for dairymen
should be studied by everyone, even
the owner of a single animal.
The Wichita Fair and Exposition
October 1-13, will make a special fea-
ture of the Model Dairy and Dairy
Show. The Kansas Agricultural Col
lege at Manhattan will supervise this
feature and will have experts on hand
to give information. No farmer
should miss it.