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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
BEDcEDALE LETTER

Dewey BoydstOn shueked corn FOL
Val Erdel this week. - Mrs. Downs
spent Thursday with Mrs. George
Shremp. - Herman and Miss Tillic
Sehrader, Miss Ruth Rouse and Elsie
and Edmond Witchie were at Louis
Kireher's Thursday night. - Mrs.
Rudolph Miller is on the sick list
Misses Leila and Lena Brenton who
are attending school at Warrens-
burg, are spending the holidays with
folks at home. - Mr.. McGee did his
winters butchering Thursday. -
Clayton Shook bought two thorough
bred gifts from Mr.. Mundy Of Mex
leo. - A good Christmas program was
given by the pupils and teacher, Miss
Rouse, at Hedgedale Friday afternoon.
Quite a number of the parents in the
district attended. They also had a
tree and real Santa Claus, which
was enjoyed by the little folks. - j.
R. Shook and family spent Sunday af-
ternoon at r. II. MeManamy's, Of
Rush Hill. - Miss Ruth Rouse is
spending the holidays with folks in
Mexico - Will Boeger and Mss Ethel
Campbell were married Saturday;
they are both well known here and the
neighborhood joins in wishing there
a long and happy life, - Mr.. and Mrs.
Clayton Shook spent Sunday with +.
F. Witchie.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
PROOF WOMEN CAN
KEEP A SECRET
American Women in France as Nurses
and Canteen Workers Refuse
to Talk for the Press
BUT MEN ARE DIFFERENT
They Talk Willingly and Tell All They
Know, Says Ledger COrrespon
dent at the Front
Reciprocal News Service

PARIS, (Via London, by Mail. y
Dec. IL. - You find many American
nurses and canteen workers in Paris
cafes and theaters, but it is difficult
thing to have more than a word with
them. They have been instructed to
regard every stranger as a spy-and
they're obeying orders!
When representative of the Recip-
rocal News Service tried to interview
several of these young and middle
aged women, the result was as fol-
lows:
In the lobby of the Theatre Marin
gy: Are you canteen workers to
sell soda pop and things to the sold
iers? ?" Goodness, no. We're here TO
entertain the wounded, to play games
with them and read to them"-A
voice, interrupting: "Sh-h, Ethel.
heard you. You know very well
you're not to give a bit of informa-
tion. Let him go see Mr.. Ferguson" F"
In the breakfast room of the Hotel
Regina: "Your Norfolk uniforms are
very becoming. 'Do you really think
so? thought so too; but the minute
we landed Mrs. W. X. Vanderbilt, TO
whom we reported, said she didn't like
Oxford gray and that the design is
horrid. So we are having new ones
made and expect" A voice, inter
rupting: "Oh, Gladys; you know very
well you are not to tell anything. Tell
him to see Mr.. Flanagan"
Out at sidewalk table in front of
the Cafe de la Paix: "Excuse me, but
l would like to have you give me few
words for an American newspaper
something about your serious pur-
poses in coming over here; for, of
course, you're not out for adventure,
are you?" "0h, l don't know-well,
er-r-r, l should say that you ought to
see Mr.. Anderson. He's our public
ity agent and we're no5 allowed to
talk"
Such is the luck a stranger will have
with our ladies in France. The men
When the Reciprocal News Service
representative became friendly with
quartermaster sergeant and walked
with him for few minutes across the
Tuilleries, he learned all that it is
possible for a quartermaster sergeant
to know about our army.
The way to end all stories like this
is; And they say a woman cannot
keep secret.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
GERMANS CUT THROAT
OF U IS. SOLDIER
THEY HAD CAPTURED
Kaiser's Troops Force French and
Belgian Children Out Into
Snow

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Dec. 26. 49, German atroc-
tiles against American soldiers are Of
ficially reported. An American sentry
has been found with his throat cut,
and, it is officially declared "he must
have been so killed after capture"
This information concerning German
savagery reached the troops in one of
series of bulletins read to them by
the unit commanders and posted on
the bulletin board. Here is what they
read:
"After raid by the Germans on
trenches held by American troops, a
lone sentry Of --- infantry was
found with his throat cut from ear to
ear. He had been surprised by an
overwhelming force of Germans and
must have been so killed after cap
ture.
"Such brutality is familiar to old
soldiers who served against savages in
the Philippine campaigns"
Another bulletin tells the men now
the Germans in occupied sections of
France and Belgium are turning
women and children out Of their homes
into the snow, the buildings being
then given over TO soldiers, horses
and material.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
AUXVASSE ITEMS

Sam Perry Martin is quite sick at
his home northwest of town. The
jefferson branch was full of Xmas
shoppers this past week.-A carnival
and minstrel will be given at the au-
ditorium Thursday night by home tai
ent and the proceeds will go to the
Red Cross. - Master BARLEY Stokes
entertained a number of his friends at
his home here Saturday night. - Mrs.
Davis friends will be glad to know
she is improving having been criti-
cally i'll of pneumonia; Jack Dennis,
who also has it, is better. Isaac
Martin is in from the west on a visit
to his brothers here in Auxvasse. -
Jack Mosley who has been home for
several days, returned to Camp Fun
ston Wednesday. - 27 cars of cattle
were shipped off the Fulton branch
one day last week, II of them from
Auxvasse. - John Boyd shipped 2
cars of hogs to St. Louis last week. -
There were no Xmas trees in Aux
vase; all Sunday School money went
to the Red Cross-about $50.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
JAMES ROY WRITES
CHARLES w. LEWIS
]. H. LANE,
Dec. 25. Member of the Local Board

CHARLES w. LEWIS
Our friend, James S. Roy, formerly
of Mexico, now of Evergreen, Ala, in
writing his friend, C. W. Lewis, OF
Mexico, under date of December 10,
1917, says:
My Dear Charley:
Was glad to hear from you, and get
your nice long letter and to know that
you are all well.
We have had more winter here than
usual for this section of the country.
The mercury has been at low as IS
above, one day, and we have had a
little ice; but have not seen a flake
of snow since I left Missouri. There
is not much rain, and the roads gen.
orally are fine. Automobiles are used
here every day in the year. If / were
to tell you that ! had not been on a
horse since ! came down here, YOU
would hardly believe me, but it is a
fact. l suppose / will forget how to
ride.
These are strenuous times for stock
people. Nobody knows what is going
to happen next, and it is bad time
for fellow to handle stock in big
way; as one might easily lose an
amount Of money fooling, with these
inflated prices. And l am going to
continue to be conservative about it.
There is not much trade here in
stock from early spring until late in
the fall. / grazed a lot of cattle the
first two summers | was down here,
but didn't make very much money at
it. The grass is not strong enough
here to get good gains on your cattle.
In your letter you wanted to know
how long before / thought Germany
is going to be whipped. Russia l guess
is out of it, and maybe the Huns will
whip Italy; but the United States and
England and France will most cer-
tainly whip Germany TO a frazzle. 1t
may take some time, but there is no
doubt about the result.
/ am delighted to know your health
is good, and hope you will continue
well. Give my regards to your family
and to all my friends in Mexico.
Hurriedly, but sincerely yours,
]. S. ROY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
TELLS FARMS TO HOLD HOGS

CHICAGO, Dec. 20. - A warning to
farmers not to ship hogs, but to hold
them back for the present in order to
avoid falling prices, was sent out yes
terday by J. P. Cotton, head Of the
meat division of the Food Admins
tration.
In written statement, he said,
4Hold back your hogs. November 3,
stated that the prices Of hogs so far
as this division could affect them,
would not fall below $3.50 per hun
dred weight for the average of the
packers droYes Of the Chicago market
until further notice. This statement !
make again.
"'The packers inform me they are
doing their best to aid us in that poll
cy; but largely owing to transporta-
tion difficulties in the East, there is
now a glut of hogs on the Chicago
market, and more hogs than the pack
ers can kill and handle.
aThe farmers and commission men
in this territory must help by holding
back hogs temporarily, especially
from the Chicago market. If there is
cooperation, the minimum will be
maintained. Do not sacrifice your
hogs by dumping them on an over
crowded market"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
is LAMB WORTH $1,000?

Seven years ago "Uncle Heck" Coz
gave Mrs. Jessie Riggs two lambs
which were left on his hands when
the mother eve died. Mrs. Riggs
succeeded in raising one Of the lambs,
an eve. She kept all the eve lambs
from this one and has them today.
She sold the buck lambs and the wool
from all Of the little growing herd,
which brought her over $5O0.OO. She
now has twenty-five ewes and the
old mother eve of all of them, or
fwcuty-six head of ewes, each of
which is worth $500 or s65O.OO for
the bunch, which with the S500.O0 in
cash the bucks and the wool, will
give her si,l5O.0o from the increase
Of one eve lamb in seven years. All
on no investment except her time and
labor and the feed. II Mrs. Riggs
has continued good luck with her
ewes, we believe she can clear 81, 900
above all expenses in eight years. -
Centralia Courier.
The biggest car Of poultry shipped
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27

James Braden, of near Laddonia, re.
ports he has 90 acres of good corn still
in the fields ungathered.
W. L. Beckley, near Worcester, has
only gathered half of his so acres Of
corn. 1t was splendid corn.
Roy Willingham who farms on Bean
Creek, has been melting snow to sup
ply his stock with water.
G. B. Woolery is feeding 35 large
hogs far market soon. He has a
thoroughbred Poland China that he
says will soon weigh 700 lbs.
]. E. Mundy recently sold Almer
Mundy two butcher hogs that weighed
$50 lbs.
]. T. johnson recently paid fancy
price for three hood thoroughbred Po-
land China male hogs. Two Of them
came from Horace Mundy and the
other was purchased from H. F.
Pritchett, Of New London.
Ritter Bros. recently paid G. B.
Woolery s117.50 for a fat COW.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
-
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

E w Walker to S NJ locke. War.
ranty. Consid 81 and other consid
Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 20 and 81. Quisenber.
ry's Park Addition.
E. w. Walker by Sheriff to S N
Locke. Sheriff's Deed. Consid 500.
(Same as above).
Walter Squires to Lloyd Nutter
Warranty. Consid $3.50. W Y of Lol
4, Wales Subdivision to Mexico.
Charles W Neal to Hlliion Neal
Warranty. Consid $4,000. Pt of Lot
l, Block AZ, Orig Vandalia.
SIN Locke to W F Settle. Warran-
ty. Consid $4,000. Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 20
and q Quisenberry's Park Addition.
William W Chichester to William
Eisele. Warranty. Consid $4,000.
N " of NV 29-52-1O.
J N Troxell to John R Jones. War
ranty. Consid $4,000. Sc 25-52-7.
Nettie Frazier Admr of Estate Cor
della A Morris to W H Logan Admr' s
Deed. Consid $500. PIT of N pit Of S
X of NV Of 36-52-7.
VII Logan to Mary G Fisher. War
ranty. Consid $1,000. PIT of N pit of S
" of NV 36-52-7.
HIM Lasher to o C Bernard. War
ranty. Consid $500. 24h # 12O It
in Lot 2, Block a, Orig Laddonia.
w M F Bozarth to Eli Level and
Maggie Level. Warranty. Consid
$500 N pit Of Sc of NE Sec II and pit
of SW NV Sec 12, All in 52-10.
Apex Investment Co to D c Owen.
Warranty. Consid 81 and releasing
Special Tax Bill. Lot /, Block l,
Eastholm Addition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
NORTHEAST BENTON

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Waddington re
turned Friday from weeks visit with
St Louis relatives. - Miss Neva
Rockwell who is attending Synodical
College in Fulton, is spending her va
cation with her parents. - Misses
Percie and Lore Fuhrer are home from
school duties in Wellsville for the mol
idays. - Miss Alma Roberts and Nj
chael Dearney were married last
Wednesday. A reception was held at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Dick Roberts. The young
couple have the best wishes of the
community. - Miss Alice Clement
entertained quite number Of young
people at her home Christmas Eve; af-
ter an evening with games and music
delicious refreshments were served
The young folks had a most delight
full time. - The Red Cross Circle Of
Benton City will meet Friday Of this
week in the Presbyterian Church. -
Miss Leila and Lena Brenton are home
from Warrensburg, where the are at
tending school. - Glen Johnson, Of
Rippey, Iowa, is visiting his sister
Mrs. Art Kellerhal. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Arch Kellerhals entertained with a
family dinner Christmas Day. Among
the guests invited were Mr.. and Mrs
John Kellerhals, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Kellerhals and family, of Mt. Carmel
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown Owens, Of Mex.
leo, Mr.. and Mrs. French Douglass and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Waddington
"A Christmas program was given at
the Presbyterian Church Sunday
morning. At night Rev. Trigg A. NJ
Thomas preached to a crowded house
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
BIG MULE BUYER AT
B. r. MIDDLETON'S

Alvy Willis, Of Tennessee, is here
with B. R. Middleton, buying mules
Mr.. Willis buys the very best big
mules. He paid Robert Brown $685. q
head for four. They will be shipped,
one.load from Centralia today, and one
load from McCredie. These will be
the best two loads that have left Mis-
souri this year, and make fourteen
loads of mules that Middleton has
shipped to the south this fall. Ben Is
doing all he can for the mule interest
here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
WILSON TO SEIZE
RAILROADS DEG. 81

WASHINGTON, D. c., Deccmbe,
70. - The nations transportation ia.
cliitles will be taken over by the Pres.
ldent of the United States, on Decem.
Der d. was the statement made here
last night in high circles.
"hlle no confirmation was forth.
coming from the White House, infor-
nation given is that the President fin
any mas decided upon this step to solve
,ne increasing railroad congestion.
ms proclamation has been prepared, It
% Sald' and is ready to be made public
aiter his conference with representa-
'lVes Of the four big brotherhoods and
railroad presidents later in this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
George p. Marshall Better

George P Marshall, son of T. H.
Marshall, of South jefferson street,
who is in the Quartermaster's De-
partment at Camp Funston, has been
in a base hospital with German mea-
sles and tonsilitis, but his many
friends in Mexico will be glad to
know that he is very much better, and
will soon be out on the job again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
Letter From sergt. C. r. Gibbs

Letter From Sergt. C. r. Gibbs
To the Appeal:
Am writing you to let you know
received the box Of cookies in fine
shape and / certainly did enjoy them.
I'm mighty glad you have my name
on the Monroe County roster and only
hope you keep me there.
We are having all kinds Of drill
ing now. We have a number Of Eng
lish and French soldiers here and We
are learning their systems of battle
formation, bayonet fighting and bomb
throwing. | have been attending a
special bayonet school for non-com-
missioned officers and they tell us
stories that make us want to tear our
dummy Germans all to pieces. Our
regiment went on the rifle range las.
week for our first time and from the
records made the Germans had bet
have to stop for can't afford to miss
meal. We do eat real good and
have an awful appetite.
Thanking you again for your kind
ness and with kindest regards to all
my Paris friends, am, yours truly,
SERGT. C. r. GIBBS,
Co. L., 140th Inf, Camp Doniphan,
Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
MEXICO ELKS IN SERVICE
Twenty-Three Members of Local
Lodge Serving the County

There are twenty-three members Of
Mexico Lodge, B. P. E. o. Elks, No
919, who are in military service. They
are as follows:
Frank Porawski
G. f. Payne
w. f. Mould
C. F. Black
D. II. Robertson
II. B. Plunkett
A. II. McClintock
r. B. Vanskike
o. R. Worrell
F. J. McCasland
R. B. Nichols
Hardin Field
c. E. Myers
J. A. jacob
W. T. Gooldy
S. S. Harrison
A. L. Ford
A. II. Buckner
VIM. Cave johnson
Glendy Morris
Rodes Jesse
Henry W. Kunkel
R. Shields Moore
Kenneth H. Sanford
R. N. Appling
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
700 CHILDREN ENTERTAINED
AT GOVERNORS MANSION

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Dec. 25.-
Gov. and Mrs. Frederick D. Gardne,
entertained 700 children at a Christ.
mas party Tuesday afternoon. Little
Janet Gardner was hostess.
There was large Christmas tree in
the reception room Of the Executive
Mansion, on which there were gifts
for all of the children. All were given
nuts and fruit. Santa Claus, who rode
to the mansion in an automobile, pre-
sented the children with the gifts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
Local Board for the County of Audrain
State of Mo-, Mexico. Mo.

NAMES OF DELINQUENTS RE-
PORTED TO LOCAL POLICE AU-
THoRITY-
There is hereby certified the follow
ing list of names and addresses of
persons who have been duly notified
to file with the Local Board the ques-
tionnaire required by the regulations
promulgated by the President of the
United States under authority grant
ed by Act of Congress approved May
is, 1917, to this Local Board for mil
itary duty, and who have sailed to
file such QUESTIONABLE.
Under authority of Section 6 of the
Act of May is, 1917, and by Section
$50 Of Selective Service Regulations,
you are required Immediately to visit
in person or through deputies each
person whose name appears on this
list, TO locate SUCH persons II possible
and bring them before this Local
Board If you are unable to produce
such persons within 5 days of the date
hereof, exclusive Of Sundays and legal
holidays, you shall report to this Local
Board all information you may have
obtained concerning such delinquent
registrants.
Further information and description
concerning these persons is available
in the records of this Local Board.
Order No. 81, Name, Willie Jessie
Lue (col.), address, R. F. D., Mexico,
No.
Order No. 81, Name, Henry Irving,
(col.), address, East Ladd ST., Mexi-
co Mo.
]. II. LANE,
+ - n 4
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
Father and Son In

Richard Mckinney has left for Kan.
sas City, where he will be examined
for service in the U. S. Aviation De
partment. Should he fail to pass ther,
he expects TO enter some other branct
of the service His father, Lieut.. W
w. Mckinney, is with the U. S. En-.
gineers at Fort Leavenworth. This
is the first case in this county sinct
the beginning Of the war, where bott
father and son have enlisted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
COMMISSIONED A CAPTAIN

DR.. G. D. Mccall, of this city, ha,
been commissioned captain in the of.
fieers reserve corps of the national ar.
my, and has been assigned to the or
thepedic surgical division. He does
not expect to be called to duty until
about the middle Of February and af.
ter that will spend several weeks in
special preparation before going intc
active service. - Fulton Gazette.
DR.. Mccall married Miss minnie
Basket, Of this city, and is well known
here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
FRANK OWEN PLEASED
WITH NAVAL TRAIN|NG


Frank Owens. of the Great Lake:
Training Station. is home on s. si1
day furloagh There are saoO men al
the station. al in training for the Ma
W. ~BoStie- says the Navy life Is
( the only life to; 4 young man.
+ When asked what he thought Of the
Y. NC, A. work he replied that it was
one a the hest things there was in the
Navy. Each regiment has a "Y'
house and here the men can 20 and
come whenever they have time. The
members of the entire camp are 81
ways welcome at any Of the houses.
There almost all Of their recreation is
obtained Tennis, baseball. football,
basket hall, boxing and almost any Of
the recognized sports are offered.
Owens considers the life in the Navy
the best place a man can go. He says
it prepares him in almost any of the
trades that he could wish.
Eight hours a day is devoted every
day except Sunday to drilling and
studying. After that the men can 70
to the Y. NJ. c. A. and read or play
some game, if they wish.
Target practice is very often held
on the rifle range. At one of these
contests Frank made a score Of 81 out
Of possible 100 at slow fire, and 90
out Of s possible 100 at rapid fire.
In the slow fire he and another sailor
tied for first place and in the rapid
fire he was second.
This IS remarkable shooting, consid-
ering that It was done in a binding
snow-storm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27

Ray Marshall, who was chosen with
number Of other men at Camp Fun
ston 10 60 TO France at once, did not
leave as the quota required was filled
before he was reached in the list.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27

Buckner & Brett, Auxvasse mule
feeders, shipped 26 head to the Chat
tanooga Horse and Mule Company, Of
Chattanooga, Tenn, Thursday. The
stock was sold by the Auxvasse firm
at S245 a head.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
Give Week,s Holiday

LONDON, Dec. 20. - The day after
Christmas being holiday in Eng
land, known as Boxing Day, and
Christmas falling on Tuesday, many
large business concerns will give their
employees six days holiday this year
closing on Friday evening and re.
opening on Thursday morning. Gov
ernment offices will not be affected,
many of them will be open on Christ
mas Day even, nor will munition
workers benefit by Christmas Day
being so near Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-12-27
FARMERS EXCHlss,
The British Nnrth =

Editors Mexico Ledger: '''a
Has it ever occurred to v..
the great mass Of war lite,,,,. ~''
war news issued daily throps, ,,' :
press so little is said about ts,s "a
British fleet in the North Ss., ~ s'a
''mes II has been criticized and
,S, preslated' At times some write, I
s'leiyy and ignOrantly coD5.,s, [ =
for its failure to win the W., !
single stroke. gi|
But those were moment, ., .,,.
impatience with those tawdv ,r'lqa
tions of the wheels in the mill, wa
gods, whose slowness trie, =.
tails. ~ NJ
In all our thoughtful moo,,
cherish for that mighty fleet :.
Of reverence, of awe and gr.tit.s
We feel toward it as we d. ,."
a mountain barrier that bre,E, !
storms and precipitates the moi,.,,.
which might destroy the fertility !,
continent. 1t seems to us Iits =.
mighty energy Of Nature-lika ..
lty, cohesion or chemical sff,,
If it should cease to operate fo, , i,
gle hour, the German navy v,..
rush forth into the open sea, s,ee,
ing destruction like a tornado and ),
leasing a hundred other imprv,.i
forces to aid in the work Of de,tr,
ton. 1t requires of course, cam.
reflection and powerful effort, oi n.
imagination to realize this fact n a,
away is that fleet, 50 still doe, a,
sit upon the water, so silent are b.
guns, so little can we know sboH 4,
numbers, its equipment and ib m,
neuvers. 1t can only float before On
minds in outlines vast, but vague
We can, however, and we oupbt IA
think of it often as a fleet Of coo,a
leviathans, sitting silently upon s
waves, through days and nign
through months and years, its gs
as sleepless as the stars, its csrr
shotted, its steam forever hssns /
its boilers, its officers etcrnally on h
bridges, its crews asleep with one p
open,--a head Of lions, a flock Of y
giles, a pack Of hounds, a shoaI ( |
whales watching for their prey.
Nights may follow days, winter
may follow summers, winds may ha
and waves may dash, the allies MAJ
forget their distant defenders, ba
these they stand, grim, silent, resist
less, determined, their backs againa
the doors that imprison the German
Aeolus.
No individual, no nation, nor group
Of nations can honorahly ignore q
forget its saviours ard defenders
We may not owe our gratitude %
the imprisoned forces Of nature but
we do to the soldiers and sailoB Fno
protect our borders and preserve or
institutions.
That British Fleet is a Lying Ting
it has a head, a brain, a soul as vaIS
an iron body.
]. C. RENSHAW.