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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24
SONG OF THE AUTOIsT.

My auto tits of thee, short cut
to poverty, of thee l chant; 1 blew a
pile of dough on you two years ago,
and now you refuse to go, won't or
can't
Through town and countryside you
were my JOY and pride, a happy day.
I loved thy gaudy hue, thy nice white
tire so new, but now you're down
and thru in every way.
To the old rattle box, came many
bumps and knocks; for thee ! grieve.
Badly thy top is torn, frayed are
thy seats and worn; whooping
cough affects thy horn, do believe.
Thy perfume swells the breeze
while good folks choke and wheeze
as we pass by. paid for thee a price
'twould buy a mansion twice, now a,
are peddling ice" 1 wonder why?
Thy motor has the grippe, thy
spark plug has the pip, and woe is
thine. too have suffered chills
ague and kindred Hiss, endeayoring
to pay my bills since thou vert
mine.
Gone is my bank roll now, nc
more twill choke COW, as once
before. Yet if I had the mon, Sc
! help me, John, amen, I'd buy a cal
again and spend some more,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24
WoodSOn & Fennewald
Live Stock Commission Company
National Stock Yards, Illinois
SELLERS OF CATTLE HOGS AND
SHEEP,

SELLERS OF CATTLE HOGS. AND
SHEEP.
Our business is founded on the
solid rock of "Giving Satisfaction,
by Square dealing, high sales, good
fills, faithful work and prompt re-
mittance."
April 18th, we sold rs head of
steers averaging 1S47 lbs. at 13c per
pound, which are the highest priced
steers ever sold at National Stock
Yards.
April 9th, we sold 65 head of $50
lb. heifers at $11.75 per cwt,, which
is the top for any straight car load
of heifers ever sold on this market.
They were fed and shipped by j. j.
Johnston, of Audrain county, Mo.
During the past six years we have
sold over 10000 hogs Our Hog
! Department is second to none" Try
us. We are pleasing others and know
we can please you.
! We employ a sheep salesman who
! devotes his entire time to selling our
sheep. This is very important fac
! tor, MR.. SHEEP SHIPPER.
! Special attention given to orders
/ for buying Stocker and Feeder Cat
tie, Feeding Sheep and Stock Hogs.
1--WE will buy you the right kind"
Stockers we'll bought are half sold.
We lead while others follow. Ask
any one that has ever shipped to us,
as our loyal band OF satisfied Gus
toners are our best solicitors Give
us trial with your next shipment
and let us convince you.
Why pay for poor service when
ours costs you no more?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24
| owners.
MIR. FARRAH DEAD.

Everette Farrah died at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Farrah, in this city last Thursday.
The funeral was held at the home of
his parents Friday afternoon. Burial
in Elmwood cemetery
He leaves, besides his parents, a
wife and one small child. To the be-
reaved ones we extend our deepest
sympathy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24
CARD OF THANKS.

Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Farrah thru
The Message desire to thank all the
kind neighbors and friends who adj
ministered so graciously during the
illness and death of their son, Ever
cite Farrah. Heavens blessings rest
upon each of you.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24

Henderson Johnson, out toward
Hatton, was in Mexico Saturday He
says a number of farmers in his neigh
borhood had to plant their corn over.
The ground was too cold at first
planting.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24
The Louisiana Press-Journal o.

The Louisiana Press-Journal OBJ
serves that Mexico saw a girl driv-
ing an automobile with one hand and
holding a letter in the other hand
which she was reading. That's moth
ing, continuses the P,-J., Louisiana
has boys who can drive an auto with
one hand and hold girl with the
other.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24

The letter "P" is one of the great
est in the alphabet and it probably
heads more words to human uplift
than any other. Among them are
power, patience. poise, persistency,
punctuality, perseverance, pluck, pur-
ity, Flooding, prudence, purpose,
peace, principle, painstaking, push,
pull, polite, polish, practical, profit,
progressive, prompt, prosperity, and
public spirit.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24
MIR. BRANsTETTER DEAD.

F. P. Branstetter, So years old, of
the vicinity of Vandalia, brought to
the Mexico Hospital for an operation,
died Friday. The body was taken to
Vandalia for burial.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24
HARDIN COLLEGE.

May 20, POSTGRADUATE Piano Re-
cital, pupils of Prof Guerne.
May 81, Afternoon and Evening
Art Leveee.
June 3, Baccalaureate Sermon.
June 4, Alumnae Luncheon.
June 5, Commencement, Awarding
of Diplomas.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24
H. C. MCCLURE, Trustee.
First publication May 3, 1917.
Annointmens Mexico Circuit.

Trinity-1st Sunday II am, Z pm
Bethel-2nd Sunday II am, 7 pm.
Groves Chapel-2nd Sunday 3 p. M
Littleby-3rd Sunday IL am, pm
Olivet-4th Sunday IL am, Z pm
Sunday Schools, at 1000 a. m.
]. NJ. HORNBACK, Pastor, S22 w
Maple. Mutual Telephone No. 81.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24
DIES OF PNEUMONIA.

Hub Reavis, SO years old, former
resident of this city, died last week
at Hartford, Conn, of pneumonia,
While here Mr.. Reavis was employed
with Lee Brothers, the horsemen.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24

L. L. Davidson has been suffering
from a badly bruised hand,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-05-24
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T. L. MARSHALL,
Ticket Agent.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
Justice Is On Trail
OF Night-Rider Band
Terrorizing Negroes

Especial Dispatch to The Journal)
MACON. Ga, Oct. 22-Plans to stamp
out. a small band of night riders who
have been terrorizing negroes in Craw-
ford and Houston counties are being
made by farmers and business men, ac-
cording to reports received here.
The activities of the band will be in
vestigated by the grand jury of those
counties, Solicitor General John P. Ross
announced. Mr.. Ross declared the BET
ter class of people will defend the ne
groes and bring the night riders band
to Justice. 1t is believed the leaders of
the band are known.
Mr.. Ross said if 1T became necessary
a special term of court would be held to
investigate the cases and try persons in
dicted.
1t is understood the night riders OBJ
ject to the negroes driving trucks and
automobiles. 4 number are thus en-
ployed on farms and orchards IN the two
counties Several have been whipped
and many ordered to give up their posi-
tons or suffer similar punishment
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
NO PEACE Terms ARE IN
SIGHT, LLOYD-GEORGE SAYS
Germans Lose Twice as Many
U-BoatS This Year,
Premier Adds

LONDON. Oct. 22-"I have scanned
the horizon intently,' said Premier
LLOYD George today, land can see no
terms in sight which will lead to en-
during peace. The only terms now pos
sibIe would mean an armed truce enolns
i'm an even more frightful struggle
Mr.. Lloyd George said Germany Woulo
make peace now only on terms whlCh
would enable her to benefit by the war.
He asserted that would be encourage
ment to every buccanneering empire III
the future to repeat the experiment
More than twice as many German
submarines were lost in the first ten
months of this year as in all OF last
wear, the premier asserted The BRUSH
tonnage lost monthly now Is not mucil
more than one-third of the total de-
stroyed last April.
"Our monthly tonnage loss now
LLOYD George asserted, lis little over
a third of the April figures.
"rhe submarines lost in ten months
nv the enemy, total more than twice
the number destroyed during the Vhole
of last year.
I'VE have increased our shlppulldlns
fourfoId. America has done the same.
The audience wildly cheered the pre-
ntAr when he declared emphattcally:
''Tyhis country is determined to prose-
cute the war to a victory
The Albert hall meeting was mass
gathering inaugurating nationwide
campaign Of economy. Lloyd George
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Sixty-seven
lives were lost in the torpedoing of the
American transport Antilles, it was def
nitely and officially announced today
The casualty list shows that not
all the lost were Americans The fire
men, of whom many were probably
killed by the explosion, came principal
ly from Spain and Portugal. Some of
the non-cOmissioned army Officers
among the American troops lost were
men Of foreign birth. TWO of them
we're Germans by birth and now have
parents living in Germany. one in Ber-
lin ard The other in Oldenburg.
General Pershing's report throws no
new light on the circumstances of the
attack and so far as is known neither
a submarine nor torpedo was seen.
Dispatches from the commanding Off
Ger Of the American expeditionary forces
announces the following were lost:
Private Burnett Hamilton, infantry,
(father) J. r. Hamilton, Grapevine
Tennessee
Private Neptoin Bobin, transport work
er. wife Mrs. Annie Bobin. 715 Ogle-
thorpe street. East Savannah, Ca.
The committee on public information
today gave out the following additional
casualty list for the sunken American
transport Antilles:
The survivors numbered 10. The
first announcement of the sinking from
the navy department on Friday said
-nbout 20" were missing out Of a total
of 237 souls aboard. Todays list based
on the checking up of muster rolls i'm
mediately after the survivors were land
ed IN France, showed that 81 lost their
| lives.
The army lost seventeen mer the
navy four and the medical corps two,
| and except the single civilian listed, the
balance of the casualties were among
| the crew
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
WHEAT AND MEAT FAMINE
AFTER SUGAR SHORTAGE
Food Administration Official
Says American Housewives
Must Economic

WASHINGTON, Oct. a2-The sugar
famine il just a foretaste of wheat and
meat famines TO follow IL American
homes don't heed the conservation warn
iags of the government, a high food ad-
ministration official said today.
This will be one of the chief argu-
nents used to enlist the country's a.
900, 900 housewives in active wheat.
meat, fat and sugar conservation during
the food pledge campaign the week OF
October 20.
On the assumption that the arbiters
of Americas dining rooms will make the
requisite conservation of these foods,
the government Is going ahead with Its
plans to supply our European allies with
wheat, meat. fat and sugar to make up
their enormous shortage.
Failure to restrict their use on Amer
lean tables will bring acute shortages as
of sugar.
Last spring when NJ. Hovelacque, of
the French war mission, said the, world
was confronted with famine, many in
telligent Americans scoffed at the idea.
The truth of Hovelacque's statement
is daily coming to light
Herbert Hoover also warns that there
is a real world, shortage of wheat, meat.
of fat and OF sugar. The saving posi-
bic is shown by the fact that twenty
pounds of sugar a year is the least
amount OF sugar q human needs to keep
fit Americans eat ninety pounds a
year Eating an ounce less a day would
end the famine and adequately supply
both America and the allies
Italy's plight is the worst. Sugar
cards are issued but often there is no
sugar with which to honor them. Max
ing or selling sweets OF any kinds is
prohibited. NO food containing any
sugar can be eaten except at dinner on
Thursday and Friday, and then only one
sugar, dish.
Only by strict individual conservation
can Americas millions avoid famines in
the foods named, administration officials
insist
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
SPEED IN LIBERTY LOAN
THIS WEEK IS URGED
Only Forty Per Cent of Issue
r. Has Thus Far Been
Taken

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22-The Ameri-
can people should not lull themselves
into any false sense of security over
the Liberty loan. They must subscribe
heavily all week.
This warning was sounded by treas
ury officials intent on putting across
the five billion dollar total by next
Saturday night, when the subscription
books close. So far only about 40 per
cent of this total has been taken.
Failure to support the loan to the ut
most will give, comfort to the enemy,
the treasury pointed out. especially in
view of Cermany's success, after sew
eral years of drain on her men and re-
sources, In floating a seventh loan of
over $4,000. OOO. 900. ....
Incidentally. the treasury emphasized
that its published figures on loan sales
to date have represented exactly wha.
the district reports showed.
There has been no lowering of totals
to spur on workers. 1t was said For
that reason the nation must not regard
the loan as success until the last
dollar is on Saturday.
Liberty day, Wednesday, a national
holiday is expected to boost sales enor-
mously At that time noted men from
all walks of life will preach the loan
throughout the nation. and everybody
will be asked to buy as much as pos
sibIe I Liberty fires will be lighted on
Wednesday night.
Included in the list of Liberty day
speakers will be William ]. Bryan, Sec
retaries McAdoo, Baker and Redfield.
ex-President Taft, Speaker Champ Clark
and Attorney General Gregory.
Many German-American subscriptions
are noted, and some of them Teuton-
American societies are assisting In
floating the loan.
Probably slightly more than S2,OOO'-
600 900 now has been subscribed says
the treasury departments daily state
ment.
The mems sales force alone. 1t is es-
timated. totals 500, 900. The Boy Scouts.
engaged in a vigorous five day cam
paign. number 500, 900 At least 100000
others are women workers. The sec
ond million is composed of speakers,
caergymen. writer's and school children.
1t is an army of all ages and national
tiles.
If the activities of each bond soldier
result nthe sale of two $50 bonds every
day of the six remaining days of the
campaign, the subscriptions can be run
above $4,000. 100000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
TURKEY A-PLENTY
AT LOW PRICES
DEALERS PLEDGE
T Tennessee and Kentucky Ex-
pected to SuppBeAIt Army
Camps in Southeast With
100000 Birds

Uncle Sans soldiers in the southern
camps are going to have Thanksgiving
turkey and plenty of 1t, If the Southern
Poultry and Egg shippers association
has anything TO do with it.
Furthermore. people generally are go
ing to have turkeys this year at prices
Just as cheap as It is possible to sup
ply them. This was determined Mon
day at the opening session of a two
day convention of the association when
the body pledged itself to w. +. Priebe,
OF Chicago, representative of Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover, TO do all in its
power 20 hold down prices on turkeys
and to endeavor to make dealers not
members Of the association do likewise.
Mr.. Priebe appealed TO the patriotism
Of the poultry shippers to deliver goods
TO the government as cheaply as pos
sible and the shippers rose TO the occa-
sion by promising concerted actions TO
put down prices Provided farmers
do their part in selling turkeys cheap
" IL is estimated that the prices this
year should be almost as low as those
of last year.
Kentucky and Tennessee will endeAvor
to supply all of the southeastern army
camps with Thanksgiving turkeys. II
is estimated that the government will
ouv. Tor lneSe cdanpr 6ooul lNO IhAlhOil
pounds. or something like 100000
turkeys.
The convention. presided over by A.
NJ Cochran, Of Nashville, Tenn, the
president. opened at the Kimball house,
at 10 O'Clock. Mayor Asa @. Gambler
delivered the opening address which was
responded to by o. p. Barry, of Alex
andria- Tenn, past president.
In addition to the discussion Of tnr-
keys the morning was occupied with a
discussion of freight rates and with
reports of various committees
The ladies OF the convention were
entertained at luncheon at the Capital
City club at 1880.
The afternoon session will be fea-
tured by an address by Attorney Frank
Hooper. OF Atlanta, on the second Liber-
ty loan. Monday night there will be a
buffet supper at the Kimoall house.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
GERMANY'S FODDER
IS ONE THIRD BOYS,
THEIR DIARIES SAY
Thousands of Teuton Youths
Are Sacrificed to Terrible
British Artillery Fire-TroopS
Brought From Russian Front
BY WILLIAM PHILIP s1MNrs.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Oct. 22.-About 80 per
cent of Hihdenbergs cannon fodder in
the recent Ypres sector fghting-nearly
one-third of those whose mangled bod
les carpeted the, ground in the British
advance or were included in the con-
slant stream of prisoners-were of the
1918 class of youths.
Nothing could illustrate NGermany's
waning man power more forcibly than
this crowding of mere boys into the
front ranks.
Headquarters figures today showed
that of the total German draft of 1917,
approximately one-half had been made
up of what was really the 1918 class.
Thousands of these German boys have
been sacrificed in the terrible British ar
tillery fire. One letter found in the
pocket Of just such a beardless boy sol
der declared:
"Of my company of 14O men all have
been lost except 1S--and the same ratio
applies to my whole regiment"
One boyish GerTAsn diarist entered this
note:
"In four days the British have
smashed seventeen of our divisions"
A captured battalion commanders re-
port exhibited today at headquarters
complains that his own German heavy
artillery batteries shelled the German
lines for twenty minutes and that two
companies had telephoned they were
leaving their positions.
There is yet another evidence Of des-
peration of the German high command
over! this drain on it's man power. That
is in the constant withdrawal of troops
from the Russian front for duty here
on the west. For months the Germans
have been shunting troops from the east
ern war theater. Now they are bring
ing guns from that section to bolster up
their batteries. Captured documents
show that many of the pieces smashed
in the great Flanders drive have been
thus replaced.
There is no mistaking the fact that
Hindenburg is now giving the crown
prince Rupprecht all available German
artillery and men. Fresh divisions are
brought up with orders TO hold at all
costs and to retake captured positions at
any price.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
ONE GEORGIA MAN
Persisted WITH IS
OTHERS ON ANTILLES
Private NeptOin BObin, of Sa-
yannah, Is included and Also
a Private From an Address
in Tennessee
Young Kings Name Is
Not in Casualty List

On the casualty list of the army
transport ship Antilles. which was
sunk by a German submarine last
Wednesday, the name of nineteen
year-old \CIayton King. of Atlanta,
does not appear. The fist was made
public Monday morning and was anx-
iously awaited by relatives and
friends of young King. who was .
gunner on the Antilles.
King is a son of Mrs. c. p. Nor
gan, of 40 Pearl street, and enlisted
in the navy last April. when he was
assigned to the training ship Penn
sylvania. He made an excellent rec
ord as gunner and = was soon as
signed to the Antilles, on which he
was making his third trip. Prior to
his enlistment he was employed at
the chamberlain ohnson-DuBose de-
partment store.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
.RIVERDALE PEOPLE
GIVE $3.50 FOR
TOBACCO BENEFIT
If Boys Over There Are to
Smoke, People Here Must
HeIp-PubIic Beginning to
Learn This

If the boys "over there" are to
smoke, the people over here must fur
nish the wherewith. However, the peo-
pie of the southeast are beginning to
realize this more and more every day.
subscriptions to The Journals tobacco
fund are received in almost every mail,
most of them accompanied by letter
from the subscriber expressing pleasure
at being able to send pleasure-for to-
bacco is real pleasure-to the boys in
France by doing nothing more than max
ing a small donation.
About noon Monday r. L. Lasseter,
prominent citizen of Riverdale, Ga,
walked into The Journal office and handed
over a letter to which was attached a
cashiers check on the Bank of River
dale for $3.50.
Here's what we did for the boys down
our way" Mr.. Lasseter declared. MT.
HUE and myself got up this little con-
tribution for your tobacco fund. The
letter which included a list of the sub
scISbers to the fund was signed by w.
NJ HUE, cashier of the Bank of River
dale, and ended with these wrods; May
this good work continue"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
Billy Sundays Sermons VIII Appear
IN The Atlanta Seml-Weekty Journal

One sermon will than pay you for the
small amount ask for the paper Inc fTice
i only * cents for one year. 81 90 for Is months,
or 81 IS for two years. If sent in in clubs OF nve
or more subscriptions at one time, we VIII make
the exceptional low price OF Fifty cents each' ,
If your subscription is not paid in advance
YOU had better rush your subscription to us at
80 50 that Won win get the benefit of every
mon. We will not guarantee that your paper will
reach you unless your subscription Is paid IN ad-
vance Use the coupon below and renew TO-DAY.
Please let your friends know that THE SEMI
WEEKLY JOURNAL is going to carry BILLY
SUNDAY SERMON in every issue beginning NO
oonbar 9th or better still get up club of sub
scribers and send in their names
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
lin in the Casualties?
Well, 1t Isn't Fatal if
He Means This Company

WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.--Dear Father
and Mother: If son Jim writes home
from training camp that he is in the cas-
uaIties don't jump at conclusions.
When men arrive in environments too
fast to be organized. the leftovers are as
signed for few days to casual" COM
panies.
What company you in?" Jim is asked.
Casualties" he replies
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
Took Ten Years to Do
1t, but He Won, Court
Fight and Also $3.50

WASHINGTON. Oct. "a. P. Nell
son won a ten-year fight for s75,25O
damages against the Gulf. Colorado and
santa Re railroad Alleging that tardy
freight service cost him many thou
sands on a contract to build a dam At
sheldon. y. NJ, he fought the case
through all Texas courts, winning in
every case. The supreme court refus-
ed TO grant the railroad a new trial
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23

tool, occasion at the outset, of his speech
to thank 10000 members and workers
on war savings committees for their
war economy campaign, which he said
had saved from five to seven per cent
of~.the food supplies