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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-02-15
ROAD OvERsEERs APPOINTED

The County Court has appointed
the following Road Overseers for thu
county for the ensuing year.
District IS. S. Coons.
District George A. Menefee.
District 14-C. A. league.
District 1T. w. Stewart.
District 18-W. T. Mason.
District 19-T. NJ. Dowell.
District 20-H. j. Veins.
District &c. A. Candy.
District 24-George Key.
District 25-D. w. Walker.
District ZEE F. Fagg.
District 27-J. L. Williams.
District 28--G. e. Gibson.
District 29-Geo. German.
District 81 Barney Parish.
District SD. w. Barnes.
District 33-Wm. Bryson.
District 34-J. A. Owens.
District 43-George Downs.
Dlstrlct 44-E. w. Llerhelmer.
District Al. j. Dye.
District 46-Charles Wilmshort.
District 47-John r. Scott.
District 49-W. F. Branstetter.
District Sc. f.. Bowles.
District SIR. S. Mickles.
District 52-John M. Cox.
District 54-John Caldwell.
District 57-Joe Linneman.
District 58-HarIy T. Crane.
District 59-Martin Hildebrand.
District GIL. C. Hutchins.
District CSC. V. Wayne.
District TIT. M. Broaddus.
District TN. L. Sits.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-02-15
GOLD WATCH STOLEN.

Jim Tom Edmonston, refereeein the
M. M. A.-Christian University basket
ball game here Thursday night of
last week, left his gold watch and
chain, fountain pen and his pocket
knife in his suit case in the dressing
room when he went out to the game
and when he came back he found a
thief had gotten busy. Jim Tom is
now short the above valuables.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-02-15
WANTS s1a,OOO DAMAGES.

Mrs. Mary w. Howard has brought
action against the A. P. Green Fire
Brick Co., charging damage to her
home and the health of her family.
Her home is near the plant She
files two suits, one for $4,000 and the
other for $4,000.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-02-15
Appointments Mexico Circuit.

Trinity-1st Sunday IL am, Z pm.
Bethel-2nd Sunday II am, Z pm.
Groves Chapel-2nd Sunday 8 p. m
Littleby-3rd Sunday IL am, Z pm.
Olivet-4th Sunday IL am, pm.
Sunday Schools at 1000 a. m.
]. NJ. HORNBACK, Pastor, 1922 w
Maple. Mutual Telephone No. 81.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-02-15
ONE WAY TO SAVE MONEY.
BY PatroniZinr

The New and Secondhand Store.
For all kinds Stoves, Beds, Chairs,
Mattresses, Suit Cases, Trunks, Rugs,
Dresses, and everything needed in
the home. If you want to buy or
sell, call on G. II. RandIe.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-02-15
MIR EARLY DEAD

Joseph Early, 70 Years old, died
at his home Saturday morning. The
burial was at Union Chapel, south
east of Mexico. Sunday morning.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-02-15

Mr.. Emmett O'Brien, reared in
Skinner vicinity, son of Mrs. Annie
O'Brien of this city, was married a
few days ago at stratton, Colo, to
Miss Lucy Fern Ferris. They will re-
side at Vona, Colo, where the groom
is engaged in the mercantile business.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-25
EASY TO HANDLE BIG LOADS
Attachment Devised for Trucks Makes
the Work of the Wheeler so
Per Cent Easier.

In order to make 1t possible for a
workman to manage a heavily loaded
twO-wheeled hand truck with less ply
steal exertion than is ordinarily re-
quired an attachment has been devised
which holds the cargo in place, allow
ing the mass to be tilted forward until
its center of gravity is over the wheel
axle.
When wheeling on level flooring a
man is thus relieved of the weight of
the article he is moving; his concern is
merely to maintain it's balance while
prOpelling the truck.
The device consists of an anchor and
chain attachment, housed in a tube,
which is attached beneath a truck. By
tipping the latter forward against the
object it is to carry, the chain is drawn
out to the required length, locked by
dropping one of the links into a narrow
slot in the neck of the tube and the
hook engaged at any convenient point
Smyrna times., 1917-04-25
SODA. WATER WELL IS FOUND
1t Is in the Philippines, and Experts
Declare 1t Is carbonized by
Nature.

Many queer things have been dis
covered by the drill since and before
Colonel Drake discovered that oil
could be obtained by the artesian pro-
cess, but the most unique one is that
recently struck in the Philippines. 1t
is located in the town Of San Fernan-
do, on the island of Ticao. At the
depth of 405 feet an enormous vein of
water was struck, with such a gas
pressure that the volume was thrown
80 feet in the air. 1t was only by ex-
erting every possible effort that a
small food was averted. The flow was
finally checked, however, and the wa
ter directed out and downward
through two small pipes, through
which it continues to rush with un-
diminished force.
Samples of the water taken show
that it is heavily charged with car
bonic acid gas and appears and tastes
like ordinary soda water, but analysis
is not yet completed.
The man in charge of the drilling,
who has had 40 years experience In
drilling artesian wells in many parts
Of the world, maintains that he has
never seen or heard Of the equal OF
the Ticao island phenomenon.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-25
Sixteen Records at a Time.

Designed especially for the use of
retail dealers, compact machine that
perfOrates music rolls for us in player
pianos is being introduced. The ap-
paratus is described in Popular Me-
chanics. 1t is capable of making from
one to sixteen records at a time from
sheet music, and will also turn out
copies of any standard roll. Its opera
ton is said to be so simple that satis-
factory work can be done by persons
who are not musicians. The particular
advantage of the machine seems to be
that it enables a small dealer to fill
his customers orders promptly with
out having to carry large, expensive
stock. 1t also Obviates the incOnveni-
ences that confront patrons when spe-
cial orders have to be mailed to fac
tory before their wants can be sup
piled. Since 16 sheets can be per-
fOrated simultaneously, a dealer in
making q roll to order has an OppOr-
tunity to add Is records to his stock
with no expense other than the bare
cost of the paper and spOOls.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-25
GIVE EXHIBITION OF LOYALTY
west Indian Possessions Of Britain
and France Have Sent Their
Sons to the War.

None of these lands of the Lesser
Antilles has prospered quite as much
as Cuba, Porto Rico and Panama DUR
Ing the last 10 years, owing to the Pc
culiar relations of these three cOun-
tries to the United States. But they
have prOspered far more, they have
infinitely better and juster govern
ments, than most of the revolution
ridden republics" that face on the
Caribbean and the Mexican gulf; from
the standpoint of life, liberty and prop
erty, they are beyond comparison bet
ter living places for rich men and es-
pecially for poor men.
They reflect honor on the nations to
which they belong; the public servants
are upright, fearless and efficient. The
English colonies regard England, and
the French colonies France, with de-
voted lOyalty-a loyalty which in each
case has been well earned by the moth
er country. Everywhere we found that
the young white men had thrOnged to
the support of the mother country in
the war-almOst every family we met
had kinsmen at the front.
Even more striking was the genuine
loyalty of the colored men ard black
men to the flags under which they had
found justice. Thousands had volun-
tered from the British colonies. Mar
Unique and GuadelOupe We're under
cOnscription, like France; and these
two islands, with less than half a mil
lion population, had sent $4,000 sol
diers across the seas.-TheOdOre
Roosevelt in Scribner's Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-25
Sure 1t Was That One.

In the course of his weekly sermon
cite to children Sunday, DIR. H. G. Clip
pinger, pastor of Wall Street Methodist
Episcopal church, JeffersOnville, told
a story of a little girl who had two
nickels, one for herself and one to put
in the collection. The child lost one
of the nickels.
(which one do you suppose she
lost?" asked the minister of the chill
dren sitting in the front rows. A very
human" little boy up on the front
seat knew the answer: 'The mission
ary nickel was lost"
And that is just the one the little
girl in the story decided was the lost
nickel.-Indianapol News.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-25
Full Record Of Earthquakes.

Systematic earthquake recording has
been a part Of the work of the United
States weather bureau since Decem-
ber, 1914, and it is shown that the
United States proper had $50 earth
quakes In 1915, three or four Of them
severe. Shocks noted without instru-
ments are reported from the bureaus
200 regular and many cooperative sta
tions. The bureau has seismographs
at Washington and at Northfeld, VT,
and has the records of instruments Of
18 other institutions scattered from
Panama to Alaska and from Hawaii to
Porto Rico.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-25
New York City as a State.

Col. J. B. Bellinger wants the city
of New York elevated into a new state.
To that end he would have annexed to
It adjacent slices of Connecticut and
New Jersey. In his opinion erection
of the city into a state would bring
power to solve complicated problems,
such as transportation and food dis
tribution. Should his idea be adopted
the new state would possess the unique
distinction Of being the only state In
the Union without an agricultural area
or farming population.
Smyrna times., 1917-04-25
WHEN THE TIME COMES

The best methods Of soil man.
agement are those which make
it possible to utilize the nitro
gen of the air through legumes
and the insoluble plant food Of
the soil by making it slowly
available during the growing
season. When it is either i'm
possible or impractical to fur
nish from these sources Suffi-
cient plantfOOd for crop pro-
ductiOn, it becomes desirable to
make use of an additional
amount in commercial form. In
the case of virgin soils large
crops usually are secured with
, out applying any fertilizing ma
terial whatever. But under such
treatment the richest lands soon
decrease in prOductiveness. Re
course is then had to clover and
farm manure to check decreas-
: ing crop yields. However, a
time inevitably comes when
: the resources of the farm are
not sufficient to furnish the prop
. er amount of pIantfood for
: most profitable crop production.
: It is then that the application of
: commercial fertilizers becomes
: desirable and necessary, if a
: permanent system of soil fertiI-
ity is to be coupled with profit
able type of agrIcuIture.-OhiO
: College of Agriculture.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-31
MEDICINES, LIKE men,
HAVE CHARACTER

From their fine outward appear
ance, through the various elements
of strength that go to make up the
standing of a remedy, including the
final and absolute test-does it
"make good" 7-does it cure p
Hoods Sarsaparilla and Peptiron
Pills conclusively prove every day
that they are medicines Of the high
est character.
Hoods Sarsaparilla originated in
a physician S successful prescription.
Peptiron Pills, named from pepsin
and iron, include also nux and other
valuable tonics.
For scrofula, eczema, humors,
boils, pimples and other eruptions-
for loss Of appetite, indigestion and
dyspepsia--for kidney and liver
troubles--for loss of appetite. that
tired feeling-for brain-fag, nerve
exhaustion, anemia and poor, thin
blood-Hood's Sarsaparilla and
Peptiron Pills make the ideal course
OF medicine, the former to be taken
before meals, the latter after.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-31
LESS GRAIN IN STATE
Government Issued Figures fer March
I, 1917, 1916 and 1915.

Government Issued Figures for March
I, 1917, 1916 and 1915.
There is less grain in the State
than there was at this time In 1916
and 1915, according to the government
crop report covering up to and includ-
ing March /. Vermont, like many 9th
err States, is short. The last report
which was issued recently, gives these
figures:
Wheat on farms-Estimat stocks
on farms March this year 1000
bushels, compared with 5000 year
ago and 5000 two years ago Price
on March to producers 1925 per
bushel, compared with S120 year
ago and $3.50 two years ago.
Corn On farms-Estimate stocks
on farms March | this year 10000
bushels. compared with 541. 900 a year
ago and $4,000 two years ago. Price
March l to producers $1,25 per bushel.
compared with So cents a year ago
and 81 cents two years ago,
Corn of understandable quality
The percentage Of the 1916 crop
which was of merchantable quality is
estimated at rs per cent. compared
with 10 per cent OF the 1915 crop and
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-31
GOOD NEWS
Many Bennington Readers Have
Heard 1t and Profted Thereby.

Good news travels fast and the
many bad back sufferers in Ben
nington are glad to learn where relief
may be found Many lame, weak
and aching back IL bad no more,
thanks to Doans Kidney Pills. Our
citizens are telling the good news Of
their experience with this tested rem.
edy. Here is an example worth read
ing:
Mrs. Geo. Coolidge, liz Putnam St,
Bennington, says "Of and on for
several years | have had attacks of
hackache and other kidney disorders.
My back becomes very painful at
times and when stoop over sharp
pains shoot through the small Of my
back. The action of my Kidneys Is
irregular also. Sometimes have
dizzy spells when black spots and
flashes appear before my eyes. feel
tired and rundown. especially when
get up mornings. | use Doan's Kid.
ney Pills at these times and they
greatly relieve me-
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mrs. Coolidge uses. Foster.Milburn
Co. Props, Buffalo, NY
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-31

class meets FIVE evenings week at
Hunter college. New York's municipal
college for women. The requirements
for admission to the class are:
American citizenship, reference for
moral character and good citizenship.
end good average intelligence. Upon
entering the class the students Will
take the oath of allegiance TO the
United States. The course will last
for two terms of three months each,
with FIVE evening Rotations a week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-31
G8 ror cent. of the 1D14.

Oats on farms Estimated stocks
on farms March this year 742,0OO
bushels, compared with 1,2S9,00O IA
year ego and l.i75,00o two years ago.
Price March l to producers rs cents
per bushcl, compared with SO cents a
year ago and 65 cents two years ago.
Barley on farms Estimated stocks
or farms March ] this year $4,000
bushels, compared with 1es.000 a year
ago and 100000 two years ago. Price
March ! to producers-cents per
bushel compared with 81 cents year
ago and 81 cents two years ago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-31
Two Definitions Of Thrift.

Thrift is the handmaiden Of indie
pcndcnce. II is not related to greed
or parsimony and win gladly be your
servant.
Thrift is acquiring something when
you have nothing, conserving what you
already have and adding to it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-31
WIRELESS FOR WOMEN
First Complete Course is Opened in
New York CITY.

A wireless class for women has
been opened in New York city. 1t is
believed to be the first in the world
in which women may take the full
course in wireless telegraphy. The
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-31
MORE CANNON FODDER
Britain Must Have More Soldiers and
REORGANIZATION Ordered

London, March "a bill giving the
military authorities power to order re
examination of men previously reject
ed for military service and also Of
men who already have served and
Eeen discharged in consequence Of
wounds or illness was moved in the
House OF Commons today on second
reading by Chancellor Bonar Law and
passed by vote OF 17S to IS. The
Chancellor said the bill was an abso
lutte necessity owing TO the military
situation.
One out of four Australians has
substantial bank account.
Sailed whale meat is regarded as a
delicacy by The japanese.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-12

LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG SPEECH
Address at Dedication of Gettysburg
Cemetery, Nov. 10, 1868.

Four and seven years ago our fathers brought
forth upon this continent nation conceived IN ber-
ty and dedicated The proposition that all Great
ed equal.
Now we are engaged in great civil war, testing
whether that nation any nation SO conceived and
dedicated. can long endure We met great battle
field Of that We are met dedicate portion Of it
the final resog-pace Of those who here gave their lives
that that nation might live is altogether fitting and
proper that we should do this
But in larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot
consecrate. halow this ground The brave
living and dead who struggled here have consecrated far
above our power to add detract The world will little
note nor long remember what We say here. hut
ii forget what they did mere 1t is for u.s. the
vicg rather to be dedicated here TO the unlinh work
that they have thus far nobly carried on Ii is rather
fur be h-re dedicated to the great task remaining be-
fore U.S. that from these honored dead take increased
devotion the for which they here gave the last full
Of DEVOTION that here highly resolve III It the
dead shall not have died In vain; ih,t The nation shall
under God have new birth Of Freedom and that gov
ernment Of the people, by hs people, and for the people,
sh all not perish from the ear h.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-12
BERLIN OFFICIALS
Bf L|fVE WAR
UNAVOIDABLE
Submarine Policy Will Eventually
Bring About HOstiIities
GERMANY WILL NOT REcEDE
Destruction of American Lives and
Ships Must Occur in the
Near Future.

Copenhagen, via London, Feb. IL
Little hope or expectation prevails in
Berlin that war with the United
States is avoidable, or that modus
vivendi reconciling the policies of
the two Governments can be found
The authorities and most Of the
people now desire to avoid actual hos
tilities in any way consistent with the
general lines of the present subma-
rine policy. but only in such. Ac-
cordingly instructions were given, so
The Associated Press has been re-
liably informed, to submarine COM
manders before they started on their
February mission, to take the safe
side when neutral vessels, particular
ly American, were in question, when
ever possible.
1t was realized, however, after the
prompt and resolnte stand taken by.
President Wilson, that these orders
could only be palliative and only de-
fer. not avoid an ultimate break
and that If President Wilson stood by
his announcement that the destruc-
ton of American lives or ships would
be regarded as an act of hostility, a
casus belli must come sooner or lat
er.
1t is considered that the only pos
sibility of the avoidance of hostilities
would result from a modification of
its standpoint by one or the other
side. and so far as culd be judged
from the positive declarations of Al
fred Zimmerman the German Minis
ter OF Foreign Affairs. and other Off
cials before The Associated Press cor
respondents departure from Berlin,
there was no probability that Ger
many would give way this time or
abandon the ruthless campaign now
started Ese.. r -fst-e ttfa-F1 f.r- \
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-12
WINTERS coLDEsT MORNING
Mercury Hit IL Below and Some Their
mometers Made Il 10.

This was the coolest morning Of
the winter. Reliable thermometers
recorded a temperature of II degrees
below zero and in some instruments
the mercury dropped to 1S and 20
degrees. 1t was not only cold during
the early hours of the morning but a
low temperature has been recorded
all day. 1t was late this forenoon be-
fore the mercury pushed itself above
zero and even then the change did not
make much Improvement as it was
followed by brisk northwest wind.
1t was cold all day Sunday but not
uncomfortably SO for one who was
dressed for winter weather. With
the going down of the sun, however,
the temperature began to fall rapidly
and it kept on in that direction until
early morning.
Trains we're considerably delayed
by the unusual cold. During periods
of such low temperature as prevailed
last night 1t is almost impossible to
keep up the required amount oi
steam in locomotive boilers. The
early morning train from New York
was not far off its schedule in arriv
ing but the sleeper from the north die
not pull into North Bennington until
nearly O'clock. The forenoon mai
from the south and west was an hour
late out of Troy. The New York
papers came through as usual.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-02-12

athletics, entirely aside from their
educational value, will make good
material for the high school teams in
the years TO come.
All of the girls above the sixth
grade have the same schedule as the
boys, meeting for two periods week
at Library hall Altogether one hun
dred and forty.two girls are. registered
from the grades and forty-eight from
twenty-four in each class. selrF
The nature of the work given the
girls follows that recommended by
the New York State syllabus. The
gymnastic periods consist CT the fol-
lowing exereises:U Marching, both
military and rythmic and facings, by
way of preparation to get the class
placed on the floor and the attendance
taken and the class inspected; cor
rective exercises to maintain and pro
mote good posture, with posture
given once a month; EDUCATIONAL exer-
cises for mental training in alertness,
accuracy and inhibition; hygienic ex-
eycises for all around bodily exercise
and organic stimulation.
The girls recreatiye part takes
one-half of the period. for in this part
all the other results are obtained as
well as affording more enjoyment to
the pupils. One period each week is
devoted to dancing, consisting In
some aesthetic and interpretatiye
technique. but the main emphasis has
been put on the folk dances. Folk
dances characteristic of nearly every
nation have already been learned.
The second period for the girls is
given to games. Dodge ball, basket
ball, relays, potato races, circle ball,
volley ball. New comb, end ball. three
deep. Yale lock. flank tag, black and
white, have been some of the games
learned so far. An inter-class volley
ball tournament is being planned for
next month. On the whole the girls
exhibit considerable enthusiasm for
the work and are learning many valu.
able lessons in self-control alertness
and ready response, besides becoming
more physically strong and enduring,
The increase in good posture has been
remarkable and this alone helps justi.
fly the work and prove it worth while
This whole system for the boys and
girls in time will show results it is
expected not only in the children
who will be the direct beneficiaries
of 1t, but in economy of families In
having smaller doctors bills to pay
for their children in the health OF
4, those children when they mature, and
in the spreading of health habits
through the community
Refreshing, invigorating, and
healthful exercise offsets the depress
ing effects of prolonged sedentary
class room requirements. Under this
physical training requirement games
and play serve as attractive sources
Of educational development, promot
ing happiness, interest, sharper wits
obedience, correct posture and bear
ing alert response, respect for rules
derly conduct courtesy, self-reliances
love Of fair play and a habit of play
ing alert response, respect for rules, OF
justice and duty, and spirit of co
! operation under leadership