Mexico Missouri message., 1917-04-05
SKINNER LETTER.
Farmers Still Buying Automobiles
Mrs. Yode's Death---A Blacksmith
Wanted.

Ladies' Hall was a great stunt in
deed.
Preaching by Rev. Hardesty at the
Hall Saturday night was postponed
on account of the approaching storm.
Woman's love once awakened new
er falters; mans may flash and
flounce and flicker, and finally die
completely altered.
o. F. Ellis new REQ came in last
week and he and family were out
joy-riding Friday evening. Frank
Fowles, the agent and demonstration,
knows how to send her down the line
to show off to best advantage.
The Weinan Brothers and ]. John
ny and Joseph Wakefield each sport
q new touring Ford. They treat their
cars like they were human.
Turner Pulls, A. N. Day, B. G. Ber-
rey, T. N. Berrey and Rube c. Mad
dox each have an order in for new
Ford.
Thod Boulwer has perhaps bought
a new Overland or Dodge by now.
The fever gets intense at times, and
the great majority of our farmers
will sport a car before this season
passes. Getting Fords, however, is
like going to mill-have to take your
turn.
James Chapman's barn was com
pletely destroyed by fire Thursday
night of last week. Supposedly it
burned about midnight, and awake
ened not the family. Four extra
good mules and a driving horse and
late reports put it that 1900 bushels
of corn went up in smoke with sever
al good sets of leather harness. The
, insurance company will replace the
corn and pay Mr.. c. $3.50 each for
the mules burned and $500 for the
barn. The loss will be several hun
bred dollars. The mules were worth
about $3.50 a head. Cause of fire I'M
known. Those who have must lose;
those who haven't can't or will lose
anyway. All regret to hear of Mr..
! C.'s loss.
| The entertainment at Gatewood by
Miss Mildred Cook and her ten pu-
pills was a rare treat. The basket
! dinner was very toothsome, and all
who didn't participate missed much.
The program indeed far surpassed
the most sanguine expectations. The
Rotations, songs, solos, flag drill,
play, paper and the exercises on the
campus of the hosting of the Amer
lean flag were fine and brought to
memory days of auld lang syne. The
flag awakens a deeper interest for
the love of our country and true pa
triotism.
The literary and debating society
at Duly closed last Friday night a
week. 1t was indeed a great source
of entertainment all winter long,
and it's success largely depended up
on the unrelenting efforts of the ex-
ecutive offcers-Harry Householder
president; Frank Summers and Flor
ence Hopkins, vice-presidents, and
Miss Bessie Day, secretary.
The cost of living has risen the
world over. Crops have been short
everywhere. Even our own scant
supply has been drawn upon more
heavily than ever, both at home and
abroad; at home, because we have
been living more extravagantly than
ever, and abroad because of the un-
paralleled exigencies of war.
The three greatest factors in the
development of country are the
school, the church and the press. The
press sways the greatest influence
Where the church and the schoo
deal with their thousands the press
enlightens it's millions.
Rev. Fred. White will preach a
, Bethlehem the second Sunday, which
is his regular appointment. He il
liked fine by the congregation ant
therefore is doing excellent work
The B. Y. P. U. with John Curry al
president and Sunday School will
; Doyt Miller as superintendent arr
doing good work in the service 70
the King.
Our farmers are all thru sowing
oats. The ground ordered perfectl
this time and with very little work
A large acreage was sown and at tn
present big yield is promised.
The wheat crop is largely fail
ure the United States over. With
out the. spring wheat crops worl
wonders very large shortage in thi
crop is sure to follow. Wheat price
> will then soar to the sky. ExpeC
we'll have to fall back to corn bread
r The price of all other cereals i
nearly sure to be In sympathy wit