Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15
SKINNER LETTER.
Argument That Our Farmers Should
Organize--"An Mistake" at La
dies Hall Made Money.

from Mexico to Fayette to reside.
The Evergreen Sunday School and
B. Y. p. U. are doing excellent work
and do certainly deserve commenda-
tion.
The entire program of "All a Mis-
take" was given at Burnam School
house Saturday night, The house
was crowded, the audience appreci-
ative, the order excellent and the
program good. The audience in one
consensus of opinion agreed to this.
The man at the helm of the farm
ers' movement, VIM. Hirth, of Col
umbia, addressed the farmers at
Mexico Saturday morning and even
ing. The farmers clubs are a great
thing, and IL we will but stick to-
gether we shall do wonders. Unit
ed we stand, divided we fall" In un-
ion there is strength. We should so
organize in the remotest parts of the
county and State, and organize to
stick together. Then we could han
die our commodities to a better ad-
vantage, and also buy our provisions
more cheaply.
Rev. c. E. Dunkleberger of Col
umbia has been called to the pastor
ate of Liberty Church for the ensuing
year at a salary of $240 per year for
one-fourth time. He filled his first
appointment the third Sunday in Feb
ruary. Next Sunday is his regular
appointment.
The many friends of Mason A. Pu-
lis regret to learn of his death on
last Wednesday morning early. He
died of a complication of diseases and
had been an intense sufferer for two
years. Death relieved the agonies
and pains of the body and placed the
soul in that sweeter and better
realm to dwell with the Maker. He
leaves a wife, formerly Miss Sadie
Ridgeway, four children, father,
mother, five brothers and a host of
friends to mourn his departure
from his earthly pilgrimage. They
will miss him much. Mason was
good-natured kind and true. Had
many excellent points of character
and faults few. Who amongst us tho
is perfect? Most of us make mis-
takes every day of our lives, but he
was guided by an inner spirit of
consciousness of right and wrong
and had the courage of his convic-
tions usually. Rev. VIM. Pulls
preached a funeral discourse from
Prov. 4:20 to a very large concourse
of friends. The remains were then
returned to earth in the Hopewell
cemetery. His five brothers and one
brother-in-law, James Ridgeway
acted as pallbearers. Sincerest sym.
pathy extended all the bereaved, es
pecially his family.
Cyrus Barnes traded his Maxwell
runabout car to Ed. Pearl Saturday
for his Ford touring car.
Judge Chas. C. Bledsoe built 6
large concrete cellar on his valuable
farm Just south of here last week.
At the "All Mistake" play giver
at the Ladies Hall Saturday night /;
week $40 was realized for the dooI
receipts, which completes paying fo
the piano. Now they have we'll un
der way the project of painting th
excellent hall.
Miss Mildred Cook and school will
give a school entertainment Frida,
evening a week, which no doubt will
be very fine. The patrons all shoul,
avail themselves of this splendid ef
!, fort of entertainment.
> The literary and debating societ
at Duly continued to be a rare an
high grade source of entertainment
:, meeting every Friday night.
Most all our farmers commence
Monday at ordering the ground 70
oat sowing. The early bird catche
the worm. They might have CON
menced a fortnight ago but bein
y rather cautious defeared ope4atio
e till now. A large acreage will b
k sown.
IS The wheat crop faired poorly tn
e past winter. The dry, dusty winte
killed most of it. Some fields ma
t, do pretty well but we hear opinion
.. on all hands that the most of it is
K. goner.
10 The cold, dry winter did muC
T. good to the ground, loosening hi
Of up to great depth, thereby insurir
lie to large per cent a bumper Gro
RS 1t reminds us largely of the spring
1902 winter, also when the large
f. of bumper crops was raised
r John Sharp moved a tenant to h
st farm Just over north last week. +
Dr. comes from near Brunswick, at whiC
le place Mr.. Sharp and son, Hugh, a.