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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

known eugenist, and he scores them
for their taste. The clinging vine,
hammock haunting, kimonaed queen
whose star of destiny is hung from
purse strings, as a rule, is according
to the advocate of efficiency in mar
riage, tender minded and Bethlehem
hearted. While their beauty, which
fades like a forest fire, satisfy the
tastes of some men, but as a mother
Ter children are below normal.
A masculine designer of women's
dress says American women over
d.ess. He can't prove it.
II men treated their grudges as
women do their birthdays, this would
be a much sweeter world .
So far as we can learn, it has
never been a straw which broke the
eamel's back.
The only person we know of cap
able of addressing the proper re-
marks to a dull razor, is a golfer with
a poor score.
The man who weighs his conscience
on a cattle scale and his virtues on
an apothecary's, is at least self-sat-
tsfied.
Aigrettes made from pig bristles
should be popular among those Of a
certain set in Washington.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
CIVILIZATION" SHOWN HERR

Civilization" one of the greatest
moving pictures produced, will ap-
pear at the orpheum Theatre March
q and %. This production is a plea
against war and impresses its me-
sage SO deeply upon the mind of the
public that it has done much to ere
ate antagonism toward belligerent
nations.
The prices will be so and rs cents,
all seats reserved. The picture is
being shown everywhere at advanced
prices. 1t opened in New York last
summer with prices from So a seat
down. 1t consists of ten reels of won-
derful photography and among other
features graphically presents the
sinking of the Lusitania.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
ATTENDED D A MEETING
Miss Elizabeth Sanford Has Return
ed from Meeting in Port Huron

Miss Elizabeth Sanford has re-
turned from Port Huron, Michigan,
where she attended a conference
meeting of the Woman's Benefit
Association of the Maccabees. This
is the first conference meeting this
association even held, and was well at
tended.
The state commanders and district
deputies of eight states were gather
ed together; among them the state
commander and three deputies from
Missouri. The meeting lasted four
days.
The new 100000 home office of the
association will be dedicated in Au-
gust this year, if all plans are sue
cessful, at which time every local
review will be represented.
Miss Sanford, as district deputy,
has charge of sixteen Maccabee
lodges, from the middle section of
Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
CIR TattlRr

The general discussion at the Box.
Whittler's Forum is usually . post.
norton yer Opportunity.
It's a wise wife who knows her hus.
bands greatest faults and a happy
one who compromises with them for
his improvement and her peace Of
mind.
The conversation Of some people
remind you Of a noisy old cart, no
longer capable of carrying a load.
If some girls would work half as
persistently in the kitchen as they
do in the ball room, many a dyspeptic
would never look longingly back at
his bachelor days.
If the skirts get much shorter, l
suggest a Lady Godiva style Of hair
dressing. Annette Kellermann has
proven what it will accomplish in the
matter Of modesty.
The Tap and Toddle are the newest
dances. The former, we presume, for
the bibulous and the latter for the
aged.
The annual vice crusade is start
ing in the larger cities. One thing we
have always noticed, is, it isn't long
before it is a vice-crusade.
Men prefer the "clinging vine" vari-
ely of women according to a widely
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
M. E. CHURCH GOT IL MILLINos

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 16. - OF 679
million dollars given to all benevo-
lences in the United States in 1916, the
largest single amount was II million
dollars, which went to the pension fund
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
DR.. Joseph B. Kingsley, corresponding
secretary of the board of conference
claimants, made this statement Tues
day at a session of the board, which is
holding its annual meeting here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

The D. A. r. Chapter requests me
0 announce their Washington Birth
ay party, which will be held Thurs
ay afternoon from 800 to $3.50 in
he Ringo parlors. A dime is the sum
hey ask each guest to bring, and this
honey goes toward the local Hospit-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
ANNUAL HORSE SALE NOT
ENTIRELY ABANDONED
George Lee, of the Missouri Special
Horse Sales Co., Says Lack of Good
Ones Interfered This Year
GOOD HORSES VERY SCARCE
Will Likely Hold Sale Next Year, Pro-
vided Sufficient Fine Animals
Can Be Secured.

The annual sale of the Missouri
Special Horse Sales Co., of this city,
has not been entirely abandoned, ac-
cording to George Lee, one of the
leading members of the company.
Mr.. Lee stated Saturday that the rea-
son the sale will not be held this year
was because sufficient good horses
could not be procured for the event
and buyers expected only the best at
Mexico and the company did not de-
sire to disappoint them.
"The sales have not been abandon
ed" said Mr.. Lee, "and quite likely
we will hold another sale next year.
If there had been enough good ones
we would have held it this year"
The sales have been a great ad-
vertisement for Mexico, bringing buy
ers from all parts of the country.
There have been IL of these sales and
about 5000 horses sold in all.
The total money spent at the sale for
fine blooded animals is in the neigh
borhood of $500,000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
A BAD MONTH FOR AIRpLANEs


BERLIN, Feb. IA. - The Germans
lost thirty-four airplanes in January
and the British, French and Russians
thirty-five, the wal office announced
yesterday.
"The aviators, Notwithstanding the
severe cold, fulfilled their important
tasks Of observations, accommodating
and attacking" the statement says.
"Last month we lost thirty-four
airplanes. The British, French and
Russians lost fifty-five airplanes in
aerial engagements or by being shot
down from the ground. Of these TWEEN
ty-nine fell beyond our lines, as was
seen plainly, and twenty-six are in
our possession.
Moreover, three hostile captive
balloons were brought down. We lost
no balloons"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE

Persuant to the request of the Com
mittee on Permanent Organization in
Missouri League to Enforce Peace,
Mayor j. F. Harrison has appointed
the following ten delegates to attend
the meeting to be held in jefferson
City February %: The Rev. S. W.
Hayne, E. S. Wilson, Herbert Pryor,
]. w. Million, Willard Potts, Miss M.
V. Houston, Col. E. Y. Burton, Mrs.
]. H. Lane, DR.. ]. G. Moore and the
Rev. H. P. Atkins.
Briefly stated, the purpose of the
League is to organize, after the con-
clusion of the present war, a league of
nations to enforce the peace of the
world This movement is non-parti-
san. Former President Taft is Pres
ident of the League and President
Wilson is earnestly advocating its
program.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

1 notice tie latest thing to serve at
ridga parties u tooth pick salad.
low, Try this and see if it suits,
or / know it Il ZANE and not much
roubIs. Rock punch is another new
Drink IN vogue now. I suppose
Eat would mil some Of our "ROak
ans" all right.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
MEMS CLOTHES GO UP NOW

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16. - The
scarcity of wool, the nearly prohibitive
price of dyes and the increasing cost
of labor and other production factors
make higher prices for spring and
summer clothing imperative, delegates
to the National Assn. of Merchant
Tailors' Convention were told yester-
day. A decadence of the sheep raising
industry in this country and a vast
number of sheep slaughtered abroad
for food cause the wool shortage,
speakers said.
The four hundred delegates outlaw
ed the v~estee, the white edging sewed
to the V of the waistcoat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
\CoNvICTs DO PUBLIC WORK

WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. = The
proposition of convicts employed or
public works instead of on lease OF
contract has increased since 1886
from SO to sc per cent and the pro.
portion on road work alons from Ia
to nearly 10 per cent, according to a
report yesterday by the federal pub.
lie roads office based on a survey Of
many prisons. State rather thar
county supervision of convict labor OF
roads is recommended.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
10, 20, 80 and 40
Years AgoThis Week
10 YEARS AG O

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph B. Moore, liv-
ing in northwest Mexico, came near
death by asphyxiaton, by the coal gas
from a stove which was burning in
their bedroom.
Mrs. F. P. Carter, mother of Ed
ward Carter and Mrs. Price johnson,
of this city, died at her home north
Of this city.
W. F. Bybee, of ottumwa, Iowa,
purchased the Windsor Hotel build
ing
W. H. Upham sold the South Side
Hardware Store and the Mexico Mu-
sic company's establishment to S. b.
Hardine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
BARS MAILS TO WHISKEY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. - The
Senate yesterday adopted a drastic
amendment to the Postal Bill making
it a crime for persons in dry states to
order by mail, purchase or cause to
be transported any intoxicating Ii
quors into such states.
Late yesterday the Senate unani-
mously adopted the Jones amendment
denying the mails to newspapers and
other publications containing liquor
advertising, when destined for pro-
hibition territory. A fine of $1,000
or two years Imprisonment, or both,
is provided for violation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
40 YEARS AGO

DR.. Vincil, pastor of the Southern
Methodist Church, opened a revival
meeting in this city.
The "Simons Star Comedy Compa-
ny" opened a weeks engagement in
this city. .
A. B. Cluster was deputy sheriff.
Robert Deatherage, of st. Louis,
died in this city while the guest of
relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
.AUDRA|N'S TAXABLE vALUA-
TON INCREASED FOR 1916

The abstract Of the assessed valu-
alton of the real estate and personal
property of Audrain county for the
year 1916, which has been filed with
County Clerk R. B. Cauthorn, by AS
SCISSOR T. ]. Kelso, shows an increase
over the valuation shown on the alb
stract filed last year.
The total taxable wealth of Au-
drain County for 1916 was $1O,182,68O
while for 1915 it was $~10,151,780, an
increase in value of 100000.
The abstract filed this year shows
$3.50 horses in the county, valued at
1861, 1926, as against 9,163 in 1915, val
ued at $388,020 /. The number of
mules in the county also decreased
from 4,740 to AHA while the value
decreased only from $197,910 to $780,
800 The number of asses and ~jennets
decreased from 244, valued at $14,770
to 243, valued at only $13,750. The
decrease in the number of horses and
mules was said to be due to the de-
mand for these animals for the Euro
pean
Cattle increased in number from
1854 to 23,020 and in value from
$336,505 to $397,13O. Sheep increas-
ed from 1929, valued at $1S,105 to
10,423, valued at S19,465; hogs from
2O,474, valued at $81,615 to 20,503,
valued at only s81,540.
Moneys, notes, bonds, mortgages
and other evidences of debt decreased
from $S73, $40 to 1888, 842.5O. Cor
porate companies and bank stock de-
creased from $366,S59 to $350,137. so,
and other personal property increased
in value from $566,2S5 to $593,830.
In 1915 the total real estate value
was $7,308 $3.50 and the tdtal per-
sonal property value was $2,843,400,
while for 1916 the total real estate
value was $7,S29,1 ITO and the personal
property $2,S53,510.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Recent Cases Filed

The following cases have been filed
with the Circuit Clerk for trial at the
March term of the Audrain County
Circuit Court:
John P. Mooney VS. William B. Tay-
lor, attachment.
J. F. Cauthorn VS.. Elizabeth At
kinson, on note.
Caroline E. Piatt VS.. George l..
Piatt, divorce.
State of Missouri VS.. Floyd Miller,
appeal.
Tyree Cave VS.. Curtis Field ct al,
on note.
Fannie H. Cave VS.. Curtis Field ct
al, on note.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
DU POINT EARNINGS 50 MILLINos

WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. is. -
All records, both as to volume of bust
ness and net earnings, were broken
by E. l. Du Pont de Nemours G. Co.
last year. Gross receipts aggregated
S31S,845,684, an increase of 1,130 per
cent as compared with the average
sales for 1918 and 1914, which
amounted to $25, 927 Ats. Net earn
ings in 1916 were $s2,1O7, 692, and in
addition to payment of 6 per cent div
idends on debenture stock, 100 per
cent in dividends was distributed to
the common stockholders. Since Oc-
tober, 1914, about go million dollars
has been expended in the construction
of new plants to fill war orders.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
OF LOCAL
Some People We Know, and We viii
Profit by Hearing About Them.

This is a purely local event.
1t took place in Mexico.
Not in some faraway place.
You are asked to investigate it.
Asked to believe a citizens word;
To confirm a citizens statement.
Any article that is endorsed at home
Is more worthy of confidence
Than one you know nothing about,
Endorsed by unknown people.
E. E. Hope, GA W. Liberty St.,
Mexico, says: "Kidney complaint
had been in my family for years and
l don't know but / inherited it. /
suffered at times from my kidneys
acting too freely. My back ached Sc
verely and l found it hard to stoop
or straighten up again when going
about my work. I took Doan's Kid
ney Pills finally and was benefited.
l have told my friends about them
and always recommend them"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Hope had. Foster-M ilburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Held for Circuit Court

Floyd Miller, charged with uttering
a check on a banw in which he is al
legged to have had no funds, was ar
legged 20 have hand no funds, was ar
raigned before Justice of the Peace
j. H. Wayne Thursday and pleaded
not guilty. He was bound over to
the Circuit Court and his bond fixed
at $500. Bond was furnished.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

The Mexico District of the Missou-
ri Conference of the M. E. Church,
South, will hold its district confer
ence in Fulton, April 8 to II. The
nine presiding elders met in Moberly
recently and arranged the conferences
for the nine districts of the Con-
ference for March and April.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
$lO0 Reward. s1OO

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all Its stages, and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease,
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ture in doing its work. The proprie-
tors have so much faith In the curative
powers of Halls Catarrh Cure that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address; F. ]. CHENEY 6 CO., Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Oambkrlain's Tablets Doing Good

Mrs. F. F. Smith, Gloversville, N
Y, writes to the manufacturers Of
Chamberlain's Tablets as follows: "a
feel it my duty to write to you anC
tell you of the good your tablets are
doing for me and may others thai
] have told about them. For ovel
three years l have been troubled with
liver trouble. I have been under the
doctors care most of the time, but
have not found anything that ha.
helped me so much as Chamberlain:
Tablets" 0btainable everywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
]. W. DRY AGAIN PRESIDENT

The Mexico Hospital Board met or
Thursday aight and elected officers
for the year. j. W. Dry was re-elect-
ed President, Nate Phillip was elect
ed vice-president and Joe Smith, Sec
rotary. Only routine business con
sumed the remainder Of the time.
The Hospital is in the most flour
ishing condition of its history. The
institution has been having an av-
erage of about Is patients for some
time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
NEW DEPOT NEAR COMPLETION

The new depot of the Mexico-Santa
Fe electric lines, on West Jackson
street, which has been under construc-
ton for the past two weeks, will be
ready for S in the neal future.
The structure is a frame building,
measures 16 by "a feet. The roof
has been finished and the walls are
to be completed within a few days.
This building, which will take the
place of several old buildings which
were torn down to give it room, will
be a much needed addition to the
equipment of the electric line.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Stable Stock for Sale!

l have two good Jacks, 6 and Z years
old, for sale; also a Registered Per-
cheron Stallion. Address me at
Madison, Mo-, or phone me over Mu-
tual at Middle Grove, or the Gray
System at Sturgeon. W. H. Pollard.
50-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Miss Gertrude Fry
Phone Pa

lear Rosdor--
Have you read where an Oklahoma
representative Is trying to get a bill
assed IN the Legislature to regulate
he netka 81 women's dresses? He
links they should not be SO low. Now
g doesn't say as 10 the LENGTH Of
he dresses. but the HEIGHT is what
9 Is interested in. Evidently he
Ikaa the fancy hose. We r glad
flssouri women don't dress SO as to
auss the State % have to take it
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Votes Against Liquor Ads.

COLUMBUS, S. c., Feb. 16. - The
South Carolina House of Representa-
tives yesterday passed a bill prohib-
iting liquor advertisements in news
papers and periodicals, or in any form
in this State.
The bill has already passed the Sem
afo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

Jim Tom Edmonston, formerly of
C ntral College in Fayette, return
ed to Columbia Monday, where he has
entered the University, after spend
ing the weekend in this city. He
entered the University the first of
February, at the beginning of the
second semester.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

W. ". johnson, Claude Fowles, H.
E. c. Tucker, Mason Creasey and o.
H. Brown, who have been in Central
America looking after investments in
Nicaragua, have been in New Or
leans for several days, and expect to
be home in a day or two.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
GREEN CATCHES 5OO-LB. SHARK

R. H. Grey is home from Miami,
Fla, where he has been several
weeks with A. P. Green and tells of a
500 = pound shark captured by Mr..
Green on a recent fishing expedition.
1t took Mr.. Green, Mr.. Gray, the cap
tain of the boat and another seamon
to land the monster fish.
Mr.. Green chartered the fishing boat
for the trip and was accompanied by
his wife and family. Shark fishing is
a great sport on the Florida coast and
this is one of the largest caught in
that vicinity this winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Prohibition Referendum

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 16. - The
Minnesota State Senate yesterday af-
ternoon passed a bill, already passed
by the House, calling for a referen-
dunn on the prohibition question at the
general election in Nov, 1918. The
state will go "dry" July l, 1920, if the
measure is approved by the voters of
the State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
GIFT FOR SPEAKERS GRANDSON
House to Give Gift to Champ Clark
Thompson

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. Young
Champ Clark Thompson, of New Or
leans, grandson of Speaker Clark, will
get a gold knife, fork, spoon and cup
as a gift of the House.
At the suggestion of Republican
Leader Mann on the floor Saturday
every member contributed to such a
present.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
20 YEARS AGO

Silas Watts, SO years old, died at
his home, south Of Mexico.
J. NJ. Morris and Miss Lizzie Cald-
well, both of this county, were mar
ried by the Rev. Gibbs.
]. M. Beagles had $50 head of Ar
kansas cattle on feed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

H. M. Gregory, local driver for the
Wells-Fargo Express Co., has been
transferred to Hannibal, where he will
be way-bill clerk for the company.
Mr.. Gregory has made a success of
his work here and the Ledger wishes
him continued prosperity in his new
home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
In Praise of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.

~ feel it my duty to write a word
in praise of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy" says Mrs: Wallace Hayes,
Waterville, N. Y. cit was used in my
household as much as twenty years
ago. When my children, now grown
up, were small l kept a bottle of it
in the house all the time. 1t always
cured my children of Group, colds and
coughs. I have also used it myself
with equally good results. 1t is the
only cough medicine we even use."
Obtainable everywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

Mrs. Will Lee spent several days
in st. Louis this week.
Mrs. M. S. Morris is visiting in
Wellsville this week.
Virgil Williams, of St. Louis, Wis
tied his mother here this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
30 YEARS AGO

The question of building a new
chapel for Hardin College was under
discussion.
w. F. Bybee and Miss Maude Can
terbury were married by Elder Hig-
bee.
DR.. Vandaventer and Miss Lucy
Mosby were married.
The grand jury, in its report, rec
commended that the prisons in the
county Jail be put to work on the
roads.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Manuel Hill, who underwent an
operation last Friday, is improving.
Mrs. H. ]. Hofsess, of Benton
City, who has been i'll at the Hos
pital for the past several weeks, went
to her home Monday.
Charles Heinicke, of Perry, who has
been i'll at the Hospital went to his
home Monday.
Mrs. Crete Branstetter, who is i'll
at the Hospital, is improving.
Mason Pulls, of Thompson, is bet
ter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

A marriage license was issued FRI
day afternoon to William Roy Wad-
dington and Miss Pearl Lavone Hol-
brook, both of Benton City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Tigers Foot Ball Schedule

The following is the 1917 foot ball
Missouri University schedule:
October 6 - William Jewwell at Co.
lumbia.
October 10 - Kansas Aggies at Co.
lumbia.
October 20 - Ames at Ames, 10.
October 81 - Drake at Columbia.
Nov. 8 - Oklahoma at Columbia.
Nov. 10 = Nebraska at Lincoln.
Nov. II = Washington at st. Louis.
Nov. 20 - Kansas at Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

While the operator at South Cedar
was at lunch Wednesday, some one
broke into the G.. & A. office there
and made way with the contents of
the cash drawer, about fifty dollars.
Bloodhounds were put on the trail,
but no trace of the thief had been
found Thursday morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
For Children's Colds and Group.

81 have used C~hamberlain's Cough
Remedy in treating my children for
colds and Group with the best sue
cess. We do not feel safe without
it in the house. / cannot speak toe
highly of it,Y writes MRS. Joshua
Nutter, saltwater, N. H. Obtain
tainable everywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Styles With Wells Fargo

Chas, Styles now has charge of the
wagon for the Wells-Fargo Express
Company. Mr.. Styles is an energet-
ic, capable young man and will make
an efficient and satisfactory employee
in his new position.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

R. ]. Offutt, of Benton City, a
brother of W. ]. Offutt, Of this city,
with his family, will leave soon for
Carona, California, where he will
make his home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
An Efficiency Conference

The Audrain County Interdenomi-
tional Sunday School Association will
hold an efficiency conference the last
of March in this city. The purpose
will be to stimulate the various heads
of the departments in achieving the
mark set for the year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

When you feel dull and stupid af-
ter your meals, frequently have sour
stomach and quotations you should
take one of Chamberlain's Tablets
Immediately after dinner to aid d.
gestion, Obtainable everywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Albaugh, of Sc
attic, Wash, are happy over the ar
rival of a fine son on February 18th.
Mrs. Albaugh was formerly Miss vi
olet Elliott, of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. U. Snyder, of Jel-
leo, Tenn, formerly of this city, are
entertaining little Miss Jane Fon-
vile Snyder, who arrived February
18th,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

A marriage license was issued Sat-
urday to August H. Bertels and Miss
May Jarboe, both of harrisburg.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Pearl are en-
tanning a lovely little daughter who
arrived Wednesday.