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Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
UNIVERSAL PEACE.

A friend sugge. is the publication
of the following poem, written Feb'y
1915, by Hon. Joseph Flory, clerk
of the st. Louis Court of Appeals ant
former candidate Governor of Mis-
souri,. 1t is prophetic in scope:
Oh, Ye Christian CD Nations,
Can any one now tell
Why millions of your gallant men
Are facing shot and she'll?
All men were created equal
Upon this grand old earth
And we know of no good reason
For rule by Royal Birth.
The crowned heads care but little
What anguish you endure.
But the losers in the end will be
The wretched suffering poor.
The widows and the orphans,
God help them in their grief!
When robbed of husband, father,
BY the Royal Cannon thief.
Pray, Rulers, get together,
AS all good Christians should,
And stop this bloody conflict
For all the peoples good!
And when the war is over,
Sit down for sober thought
And ask yourself in eandpr
Why this cruel war was fought.
Then try our Constitution
For liberty and peace
1t will give all warning Nations
Including Ancient Greece.
JOS. FLORY.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
CARS GO INTO DITCH.

Saturday morning at four o'clock
five cars of Wabash passenger train
No. 4, Kansas City-St. Louis, left the
track mile east of Benton City and
went into the ditch. Three cars were
sleepers and these were turned partly
over. No one seriously hurt.
A temporary track was built
around the wreck, till the cars could
be replaced, and in a few hours regu-
lar train service was resumed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

found pieces of sheet metal five feet
long. Abner Wilson's place was lit
tered with shingles, pieces of floor
ing, ETC., the largest item being a
piece of tin roofing about ten feet
long. The distance between these
places and CentraNa is about 25
miles. Only a wind with terrific
force could have carried the items
mentioned so far.
At a mass meeting next day, Cen
tralia citizens subscribed $2,400 cash
to assist those who had lost their
homes and property in the storm.
j. G. Crawford, 16 miles northeast
of Centraiia, tells the Message thai
the next morning after the storm In
found a piece of roofing tin in hi:
yard, 2x6, and another corrugated
2x4 feet, and shingles weatherboard
ing, bark from trees, leaves, etc. Hit
neighbor, e. e. Pierce, a mile away
found pair of new corduroy pant
near his house.
City Marshall Wigf(am and hi
folding bed went down together un
der the broken timbers of his home
But he was thrown from his bed an,
the bed fell on him, holding hin
down until he was rescued. His gu
1 and pocket money were found mex
{ morning, scattereh near where h
:, lay.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
MRS. PEARSON DEAD.

Laddonia, Mo-, June 6.--Mrs. Mar
tha Pearson, IS years old, died at
this place last night. She was a ma
tive of North Carolina and came to
Missouri in 1881. Two daughters
survive her, Mrs. James Gilliland of
this place, and Mrs. Manda Talbot
of Manhattan, Mont, The body will
be buried in Galloway county at Lib
erty Church. On first moving to this
locality she and her husband improv-
ed a piece of land one mile northeast
of here, later moving to town.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
FINE PRESCRIPTION.

Miss Hendrix of New London a
few days ago eallSd on DR., Howell
for treatment, says the Hannibal
Journal The doctor examined her
throat and found it in excellent con-
dition. Her eyes were fine and her
hearing perfect.
"You do not need a DOCTOR" the
specialist smilingly informed her.
But the paleness, what about
that?" she inquired.
"Sleep outdoors and fresh air will
do the rest" replied the physician.
The young lady was of course re-
joiced at the diagnosis. She thanked
the doctor and just as she was emerg-
ing from the door of his office he
halted her and remarked" Perhaps
I would better give you prescrip-
ton"
He handed it to her and she de-
parted for her home. The next morn
ing she took the prescription to her
fathers drug store. He scrutinized
it and handed it back to her with the
remark-"Daughter, you are in the
wrong place-yOu want to go to a
liverystable.
The prescription read:
zone horse.
zone saddle.
Zone bridle."
Next day DR.. Howell received a
note from her father, DR.. Hendrix,
thanking him for "advice" and en-
closing check.
The inference is that Miss Hendrix
is now the possessor of a fine riding
horse and the "paleness" is being
driven away by roses on her cheeks
due to outdoor life.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

Boise City, Idaho, has Solomon.
A girl was ARRESTED for appearing in
a peek-a-boo waist. The case was
brought before the sanitary inspector
for adjudication. She must hive
been a good locker for the inspector
searched the city ordinances and
found that the girls apparel was
perfectly proper. He said that ac-
cording to section 2 of ordinance 2S-
1S, "all exposed fruit must be COW
cred with a mosquito netting" and
his judgment was that the girl was a
peach. She was discharged.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
ONCE A SCOUT
ALWAYS A SCOUT


"Once a Scout Always a Scout" is
a slogan used in boy scout circles,
and so it is-the little khaki-clad
scout that carries the evening paper
and puts it in a safe place on the
porch, if you please, where the rain
will not soak it nor the wind hide it
in the neighbor's garden, when a fell
low comes home tired and worn out
from his days work. Bless the little
scout, you say, he is so careful and
so polite. Didn't he go six blocks to
the office to get a certain paper, and
would he take your offered dime?
Not on your life, for it's a way he
has. 1t is just as contagious in scout
circles to be polite and to read in
the tired eyes of the old washwoman,
as she boards the street car that
the pleasure stations are few and far
between in her dull life, as he offers
her a seat
| It's the scout that divides his
lunch with the crippled boy,
whose father was so lazy he never
tried to lay up anything for the
mother and the kids, but to the little
cripple he is dad" and. you must
not say word against him or you
will have to reckon with the little
cripple; and the scout.
No wonder Gen. Baden Powell, of
the British Army, loved the boy
scouts. Did not they stand guard
in the Boer country whe nthe sol.
diers were all busy? Did not they
perform great deeds for their coun'
try that never reached the outside
wall. Gen. Piwell could not lake the
whole bunch of them back to Eng
land with him. He organized boy
scout troupe in England. The scouts
won their way to the hearts of thu
English people by their many deeds
that the movement spread tc
every country on the globe ant
now they are 25O,000 strong in
this country alone.
Do they swear? Goodness, no
Why, they take an oath to be true t
their country, their parents, thei
school teachers and their God.
Do they smoke cigarets? Not i
they are true scouts. Are they kim
to animals? Surely, yes. Old Bossy
the civ, never has to ball for drink
and Old Toby, the horse, alway
wants the scout boy to feed him, be
cause the scout slips a piece of suga
between Toby's lips, and the kindl
look and friendly nicker is a secre
code that means, THANK you, Sonny
you are a good boy. When you groN
up the big banker on the corner mex
to the little banker will want you t
:. handle his money, for they like t
employ scouts, For once a scou
always a scout" and scout is trus
!. worthy.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
Echoes From The
Storm At Centralia
Another Death Added to The List of
Last Week-Seven Victims of The
Cyclone Buried Thursday.

Columbia, Mo-, June with the
death this morning of Mrs. VIM. Via
of New Providence, and negro wom-
an at Centralia, the number of per-
sons killed in the tornado which
swept over Boone county Tuesday
night was brought up to 16.
Mrs. Via and her husband were Sc
rously injured when their home was
demolished. Mr.. Via is suffering
from injuries on the head and face.
The most remarkable escape re-
corded is that of Mrs. Roy Douglass
of Midway. She was blown 200 yards
into a field with her baby in her arms.
She suffered only slight bruises.
The number of cattle and other
stock killed increases as more details
are received. The entire herd of $50
hogs on the farm of Paul Henderson
at Midway was killed. Only Is out
of 100 sheep on the farm of w. v.
Haun at Midway are said to have
come out of the tornado alive.
The hogs of Mr.. Henderson are said
to have each weighed 200 pounds,
which would place the loss at $4,000
at market prices.
According to persons who have
travelled thru the devastated area,
the tornado veered up and down,
striking the ground at intervals of
from two to five miles in its race
thru Boone county.
The first spot touched in Boone
was near the Roachport Cave, where
a lage tobacco barn was destroyed.
After it's first swoop down the lorna
do jumped two miles and hit again
near Midway, killing Jesse Miller.
About two miles from this spot it
swooped down upon the farm of w
v. Haun, resulting in the death OF
Mrs. Haun. -
From Midway the storm swept or
toward New Providence, where it ex
acted a toll of one life. Hinton
Hallsville and Centralia were STRUCK
in succession.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

A representative of the Message
visited the wreckage left by the
storm at Centralia last week. The
houses destroyed were mostly small
wooden structures, not built strong
and went to pieces easily.
The side-wall of a cyclone cellar,
we noticed, was turned in. so that it
nearly closed the entrance. A big
threshing machine engine stood
proudly in it's place when every
house about it on every side was
smashed down or blown away.
We noticed an old rooster and his
mate going about among their
chicken dead looking most mourn
full and respondent.
r. j. Harrington. formerly of Lad
doina, this county, had his house
moved from its foundation.
The big two-story Hulen home
just west of town, which was built
facing north, was lifted up and put
down again so that now it faces the
southwest.
1t is said that a number of arti
cles, including a silk dress, were fount
by farmer near Florida, MonroC
county, Mark Twain's old home, q
miles northeast of CentRlia. 1t Il
thought they were carried there b.
the storm which struck at Centralia
The Centralia Guard says that ;
man at Victor, Monroe County, A.
miles northeast of Centralia, came Il
wednesday with pair of corduro
trousers and an iron skillet whicl
were dropped on his place by the cy
clone which passed in the air higI
above Victor.
Mappin Belmont, near Strothel
says the Paris Appeal, could not az
count for the leths and hits of lun
ber which greeted his eyes earl
Wednesday until he started to Par
and learned about the awful storl
at Centralia. It was the same W;
with Earl Delaney who found bits
dry goods as we'll as shingles al
boards, about nine miles south
Paris. James Vaughn, near strothI
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
DUTY-HEATON NUPTIALs.

Mr.. Roy Duty, son of Mr. and Mrs
John Duty of Mexico, on June 1st
was married to Miss Nita Heaton at
Roodhouse, Ill.
Mr.. Duty has position with the
C. & A. Railroad and is an energet-
tic and reliable young man. His
bride is a charming and loveable
young woman. They are building a
new home in Roodhouse where they
will reside, The Message extends
them very best wishes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
sELLARD-GoVE WEDDING.

DR.. Park E. Sellard of Gallup, N.
NJ, and Miss Mabelle Kathryn Cove
of this city were married at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
l.. C. Cove, Saturday morning, Rev.
H. P. Atkins officiating. A wedding
breakfast served after the ceremony.
The wedding was a beautiful event
in all it's appointments, Mr.. Sellard
is a graduate of Mcmillan, His bride
is a most charming young woman.
Many friends extend heartiest con-
gratulations.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
THE NEW BRICK PLANT.

Cars of machinery and lumber for
the new brick plant in the west part
of Mexico are being unloaded.
Work on the plant is to be rushed,
and it is understood that. it will be
in full operation by the first of Sep
temebr. All the equipment is to be
thoroly modern and up-to-date.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
COUNTY EXPENDITURES.

The County Court was in session
l short while last week. The follow
ng bills were allowed:
Salaries.
H. H. Grafford, $1O4.16.
R. s. Mckinney, $55.
D. Miller, $50.
j. w. Renner, $3.50.
Ross B. Cauthorn, $149.20.
w. Clyde Johnson, 800.
Mo. Blank Co., 81.
R. D. Rodgers, $166.66.
County Farm.
j. T. Marshall, $3.50.
Arctic Ice & Storage Co., $10.S9.
Mason Creasey, $1.25.
]. w. Dry, $500.
Daniel & Cass, $6.10.
]. C. Foster, So.
G. P. Berger, $7.55.
Llewellyn & Sons, $1.20.
McPheeters Bros, $3.7O.
Mexico Clothing Co., So.
Mexico Power Co., $65.60.
Mexico Hardware & Furn. Co.,
$3.50.
]. d. Miller, $2.SI.
r. G. Paul G. Sons, $17.71
VIM. Pollock C Co., $3.50.
G. H. Randle, 81.
10. Robertson, $4.95.
S. w. Telephone Co., $3.50
Squires Electric Co., 81.
o. E.Tucker, 81.
County Jail.
]. G. Ford, feeding prisoners.
$435.6O.
Guthrie G. Son, $32.O5.
Haskell Bros, $1.S5.
Hillyard Disinfectant Co., 500.
w. r. Johnson, $16.S5.
Llewellyn & Sons, $2.55,
C. P. Malone, 1895.
Mexico Power Co., 1870.
Wilkins & Brown, $11.
B. F. Wells, $62.17
Printing.
R. B. Cauthorn, $5.97.
w. L. Craddock & Son, $1.75.
Hugh Stephens Printing Co., SLOT
w. Clyde Johnson, S69.05.
Intelligencer Publishing Co
$41.25.
Mexico Message, $4.20.
Penny-Jackman Printing Co.,
$2.95.
Standard Printing Co., $4.45.
Miscellaneous.
]. w. Barnett, for hay, $1S.S5.
G. D. Barnard & Co., $3.50.
Alex Carter, freight on rocl
$29.45.
l.. B. Daniel, charity, $11.9O.
Glasgow Sand Co., bridge materia
s19.25.
]. w. Howell, 81.
McPheeters Bros, $42.50.
Marble Head Lime Co., for rocl
$33.O2.
C. T. Powell, drayage, 50.
Sturgeon Court of Common Plea
$55.
S. w. Telephone Co., $3.50.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
Said Of Mexico F olks
JOY Kistler is home from Central
College at Fayette for the summer.

College at Fayette for the summer.
DR.. r. V. Vaughn, dentist, of this
city, is arranging to move to Mon
mouth, ILL.,, soon.
Ben Barnes, of this city got some
good pictures of the wreckage left by
the storm at Centralia.
Rev. S. w. Hayne addressed the
graduates of Howard-Payne College
at Fayette Saturday night
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Crosby are home
from a visit to their daughter, Mrs.
Roy Harris, at Minneapolis, MINI.
w. r. Johnson, "The Enterprise
Store man." has been chosen Noble
Grand of the Odd Fellows Lodge of
this city.
Miss Frances Wakefield has return
ed home from Fayette where she
spent the past year in Howard-Payne
College.
Mrs. Amanda Kunkel beat 'em all
raising potatoes this year. She has
had new potatoes from her garden
for two weeks past.
Miss Myrtle Roberts, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Roberts of Mex
leo is attending summer school at
Missouri University.
Miss Katherine Haskell, of this
city, is one of the bright graduates
at Missouri University this year. She
is home for the summer.
Sam Morris and daughter, Miss
Pearl, left last week for Atlanta, Ga,
where they are attending the Nation
al Travellers Protective Association
Convention.
The Wesley Bible Glass of the Mex
leo Methodist Church and the Frances
Rodgers Bible Glass gave party in
the parlors of the church Friday
might to 70 members. The young
women of the church served dainty
refreshments.
Uncle Rus Pearson, nearly 92 years
young, is the best gardener in Mex
leo; he also raises the truck. He's
laughing at his neighbor, Cert Hous,
ton. He thinks Germ better come
home and look after his garden; il
needs a grapevine tied to it to keeI
the grass from getting it.
The wedding of Miss Leila Winans
to Mr.. Carter Norris was solemnizet
at the home of the brides parents
DR.. and Mrs. T. H. Winans, at $3.50
Saturday night. Rev. o. o. Greer
read the ceremony, following whicr
a reception was held. Miss Josephine
Wallace, assisted by Messrs. Edwin
Gibson and Theodore Winans, played
the wedding march. Mr.. Rober
| sang lNO oOhSo Juoh pNAS'
the wedding ceremony. The ribboi
bearers were James Louis Robinet
of Mansfield, Mo, and Alfred Busl
- of St. Louis, both cousins of tn,
) bride. The flower girls were Jeal
Louis Herrick and Mary Bess Herricl
both of Farmers City, ILL.,, nieces o
the groom. Mrs. Lester Miller, sis
ter of the bride, was matron of hon
; or, and the bridesmaids were Misse
Willie Hook and Dorothy Holme:
= The groomsmen were Mr.. Will {
Williams and Mr.. Robnett Hare, tn
: latter of Fulton. The out-of-tow
. guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. A. {
! Busch and son of St. Louis, Mr.. an
Mrs. A. L. Robinett and son of Man
. field, Mo, Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Hel
rick and two daughters of Farmer
= City, ILL.,, Mrs. A. L. Norris of Farm
ers City, ILL.,, Mr.. James Caldwell
st. Louis, Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Finlt
of Marshall, Mo-, Mrs. Reese of Sta
College, Penn, Mrs. Mary Lewis,
,. Osceola, Mo-, Mrs. Roy E. Eblen II S
- Louis, and Mrs. L. N. Gordon of Kal
u sas City. 1t was one of the large
/ 4 g. 40
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

George Irion of this county was
one among ten students who won
scholarship honors at Missouri Uni
versity this year Miss Maurene
Heizer of Mexico, was near winner,
also.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
$500 will buy your suit at the
Glasgow 'Tailors. (4D

Rev. Elmer Underwood of Granite
City, ILL.,, who is pastor of the Chris
tian church in that place, Wis
tied relatives at Rush Hi last week
Elmer Underwood was born and rear
ed in this county and his many
friends here are always glad to see
him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14
10 pI GSCl lpllOh lNdu
zone horse.
zone saddle.
lone bridle."
MIR. LLEwELLYN CHOSEN.

Henry D. Llewellyn has been
elected trustee for the property own
ed by the three Masonic lodges in
Mexico-the Blue Lodge, the Chap
ter and Commandery. He succeeds
John ]. Steele, who recently moved
to Texas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

DeRoy Cobb who has been in col
lege at Fayette is home for the sum
mer and will put in his licks at farm
ing till school opens again.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

Mrs. C. B. Quisenberry, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Field Quisenberry, of Mex
leo. was married a few days ago to
Miss Lillian Sedig, of Sioux City,
Iowa. They will reside at Mitchell,
S. d.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

]. B.Botkin returned few days
ago from a visit to relatives and
friends in Ohio.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

Centralia, Mo-, June 1.-THE bod
les of seven victims of the cyclone
were buried this afternoon Memorial
services were held in the First Bap-
tist church, in which the entire COM
munity participated.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

DR.. Mann, of Wellington, Mo-, Wis
tied his old-time friend here this
week, John w. Howell,
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

The Annie Jones Glass of the Mex
leo Baptist church has subscribed for
Liberty Bond.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-14

The VIM. Pollock Mill and Ele-
vator Co., is installing new machine
ry, modern and up-to-date,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-15
SCAND|NANANS ARE
REUSED TO WRATH
Continued Exhibitions Of German
Ruthlessness Cause Indignation
associated Press BY o. g. Naval Com.
munication Service)

CHR1STIANIA, June l3-Repeated
and continuing outrages and examples
OF ruthlessness on the part Of the Ger.
mans are causing much indignation and
keen resentment among the people Of
the Scandinavian peninsula. Yesterday
the report reached here that the Nor.
wegian steamer Deyeron had been sub.
marined and four who were aboard of
her were missing. This added further
to the bitterness Of feeling.
From Stockholm comes the report
hat German submarines, destroyers and
Zeppelins are active daily in and over
the Gulf Of Bothnia. They are said to
be sinking Scandinavian vessels daily
and, at times, even entering territorial
waters to do 80.
Gutenberg dispatches tell of wide.
spread indignation over the story told
ny survivors of the steamer Harold,
which was submarined in the North Sea
May o. The crew which escaped tell
tales Of excessive blood .thirstiness, and
say that after the vessel had been tor.
pedOed and the crew were lowering and
entering boats, the submarine stood by
and shelled the boats as they left the
sinking ship. The captain and four of
the crew were drowned, they say, when
one ifeboat was destroyed by q shell.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-15
USING H|NDENBURC
TOBEAT BETHMANN
Pan-GermanS Are Vigorously At
Work, Trying To Undermine
the Chancellor

. COPENHAGEN, May 28-The pan.
Germans have settled down TO a steady
offensive against Chancellor Won Beth.
mann Hollweg. The plan Of campaign,
as disclosed by the German papers,
includes a day by day appeal to Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, through tel.
egrams OF greeting from local meet.
ings Of the PRnGerman League, to
induce him to come out openly for
the pan German scheme Of lamentations
and against the Bethmanu peace pro.
gram. The chancellor = opponents are
confident that II they can array Won
Hindenburg against Won Bethmann the
fate of the premier is sealed.
The published replies Of the Field
Marshal to some greetings indicate that
he shares the views of the pan Ter.
mans TO have been worded so skill
fully that they permit Won Hindenburp
to answer alphabetically without
committing himself on the questions
Mt issue. =
A second part Of the campaign,
which lis an appeal to the country
against the Socialists on the strength
of Scheidemann 5 threat of revolution
seems to have been thrown into con.
fusion by the disclosures of the VOr
warts and the Tagebatt that the pan
German leaders made the same threat
in an exactly opposite discussion.
"A third and all-important side of the
campaign is the agitation against con.
stitutional reform. This has developed
mainly in Conservative gatherings
where it evokes a sympathetic res.
ponse, and the cutlery against the chan.
eellor is voiced without the slightest
reserve. Violent abuse is hurled at the
chancellor in speeches by the Conser.
vative deputy Won Graefe, and the
'uncrowned King of Prussia" Won
Heydebrand, who demand his retire.
ment.
( Side by side with the anti Bethmann
campaign the pan Germans are assail.
ing Count Czernin, the Austrian for.
eign minister, for his attitude toward
peace. The courtesy usually affected
between the two countries Is ignored
and virulent language is used. The
TagesZeitung says that it is credibly
informed that Count Czernin . last
visit to German headquarters was for
the purpose Of winning the Kaiser and
Won Hindenburg to his views, and that
the results are unknown.