Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-08-30
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meeting VII be 3 s7acess r1z every.
prospective view p9.It- The Rev.
White. the father q or pastor, is.
holding the meeting, very ably as
sisted by Prof. Harrison. TIE sweet,
forceful gospel singer. Everybody
is very cordially invited 10 come and
lend a helping hand. - The pr0uae:-
ed meeting begins at Midway tonight
We understand they installed . new
piano recently there and We are pre-
dieting a successful effort viii re-
suit. - Quite a sized crowd attended
the ice cream supper given at Stroth-
er school house Saturday night. -
Henry d. Yoder, Of Kalona, Iowa, IS
here the guest Of his father-in-law,
John Douglas. and family. 49, Miss
Mccormick, Of Centralia, is the guest
Of Miss Katie Boyle, for a few days.
Miss Mary Showers visited friends
and relatives in Mexico for the past
week, and took in the Chautauqua's
entire program. - Eugene Dickerson,
wife and baby, visited here ten days
quite recently. Mr.. Dickerson is one
Of our boys we feel quite proud Of,
since he continually wields TO the
front. He married a lovely, about
half-breed Indian girl. He at present
holds the job Of County Farm Advisor
in Oklahoma at $1,000 per year. Sue
cess continues for him at any enter
prise he may undertake. - Messrs.
Gordon and Willie Neale, Of Eastern
Kansas, were here a few days the
guest of their brother, George Il
Neale, and family. Gordon held a
lucrative position in the educational
world at $3.50 per month, and resigned
to enter the Officers Recruiting Sta
ton at the above named place, receiv-
ing only 500 per month at first. He
has been in station perhaps four
months, now. Willie is a dentist in
an Eastern Kansas town. - Joseph
Pickett and wife, of Columbia, were
here Sunday a week, the guests Of
Judge and Mrs. Squirting and Mr..
and Mrs. W. H. De Jarnett. They
motored back the same day they came
over. - The Brick Bros. of Halls
vile, are finishing up the threshing
over on the north prairie. They have
a gasoline outfit, and do certainly
move things. They are ready 20
move in ten minutes and get in soma
time. Mr.. Farthing, Of near Co.
lumbia, is finishing up the threshing
over four or five miles northwest Of
here. He also has a grading machine
and makes things hum. - The old re-
liable thresherman, Chas. Dickey,
will in all probability finish up his
run two or three miles northwest Of
here in about ten days. He has had a
big run here within a radius Of two or
three miles, and would have been
through long ago had not the beauti-
full helpful showers come to bless us in
another way. Our corn crop in this
vicinity looks fully 90 per cent better
than a few weeks back. Then it
good many Ears dangle from the stalk,
and with more rain many nubbins will
be spoiled. With some more good
rains we will perhaps raise half to
two-thirds Of a crop Of corn, compar-
ed with what we might have had, if It
had rained a month sooner. Hogs
reached 500 per cwt mark last Tues
day. They took a little tumble, but
are regaining now. Messrs. Horace
and Emmett Munday had a load of