Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-25


T.s Eitls ruin q l1si uzrsizy
zuruinr Wut ccrtaiuly q beauty.
EFcryho3y 4 tkrolrh layinx hy
corn. n corn prospcci AZ prtsezt Is
the best ore Ne have had fer ysxrs
VITA p,cnty uf moisture frun new ea
for I've ncrths an ahunaart corn croF
wiu BE- raiscd al ever the courty.
Ths rr1sshoppers arv the worst ~
have ever seen TIE little pests sre
In great uumhers and arr ccrtzizly
playing havcc % The pastures and
beans and arr Eerting cut into the
corn now and Dong considcrahis dan
Az 10 h. However. ne beisve the
eoru - far enourh along nov not 70
hurt it much
Hayinr s . thing of the past nv.
The hay crop Is the Eghtesf in ycars
Roaghness VII Be an article rather
scarce and much in demand this win
ter.
c. n Dickey finished thr bunsh q
farmers thrcshing up nOrth 0f skin
ner last Wednesday a, nooa Charles
Clark's s. acres q wheat made IS
bushels per acre and Porter Brucc's
IS aercs of cats made s. bushels
per asre-the highes; yields 50 far
Other crops o. wheat and oats ranged
downward TO 20 bushels per acre.
Mr.. Farthng. of near ColurabiA. is
doing the farmers threshing some 5
or I miles west Of herr. clear on into
Monroe county lie has two good out
fits and has done this threshing for
several years. The yields are up to the
average.
Brink Bros, Of near Columbia, also
are threshing over in North Prairie.
They have a big run over there and
the crops are pretty good and viii av-
erage with the county.
Charles II. Dickey's new threshing
outfit Just over east and southeast is
hulling the grain out fast. II is a new
Rumely Ideal or just like the one we
have here. The grain over there also
is yielding up to the average.
Arthur Paullin is over on his home
run Of threshing putting the wheat
and oats into the half bushel as fast
as any of ozr threshermen-
Milton Householder's threshing rig
I Is making its usual rounds. It changed
hands recently but we have never
heard just who gets It.
Mr.. and Mrs DeJzrnest entertained
at dinner Sunday Dr.. and Mrs. Hart
and Miss Vance Of Rowena and Miss
Cora Burton Of Illinois, DR.. H. ". De
Jarnatt Of Centralia and Mrs. Zella
Squirting.
The Spurlings had for guests the last
few days their sisters, Mrs. Gilbert
of Carthage, and Mrs. Chamlin Of
Moberly.
Miss Ruth Carpenter ha sas hel
last fortnight guest Miss Hattie Har
board, Of San Antonio, Texas.
Mrs. Blum is entertaining her sis
ter, Mrs. Blanche Clark, of Kansai
City.
Miss Dora Cauthorn entertained a
lawn party last Wednesday night
few Of her many friends, in excellen
style
The Red Cross ice cream supper a
Oliver Browning's Saturday wa
largely attended, we understand, an
large sum was cleared for the goo
cause.
! Protraeted meeting begins at Olive
e the fourth Sunday Of this month. TIL
pastor will do the preaching. N
e doubt much good expounding of th
r Gospel viii be heard as he is a goo
5 speaker and well liked by everybody
. The Rev. Egan Herndon filled b
I regular appointment Of Liberty SUI
day morning and night, A big crow
4 was out.
The regular pastor, the Rev NJ
White, filled his regular appointmer
at Long Branch Sunday. Always bi
2 crowds attend church here.
Mrs. Edward Patterson and chi
dren Of Keokuk, Iowa, are here visi
ing the Pattersons over near the o
2 Young's Creek Postoffice Prof E,
o ward is attending the summer scho
:, at the NJ. S. U.
d And still we buy Thrift Stamps al
: give to the Red Cross and Y. NJ. c. F.
n and we shall continue to give and
e so as long as Uncle Sam needs hel
# and that will be until the kaiser su
]. renders or every hun will be put o
j. of commission or made prisoner.
l. Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Whitley ente
= tanned at dinner Sunday o. F. Ell
and family.
m Roy Bruce and wife entertained
Is dinner Sunday week. Richard Bak,
le W F.. Whitley and families, Miss NJ
v dred Ellis and the scribe.
ID Elmer Gatewood will erect a n,
l. Monitor windmill this week. He pl
q. chased it of Virgil Vance of Roweni
Mrs. Gatewood entertained her S
no ters, the Misses Dobyns. Of Mexi
n recently.
IS. Just little things ofttimes caus'
break in our friendship. These lit
things usually are not meant to S
- up strife. They are just cant hell
- bes." Did you ever think when J
!, find fault with your friend it m
usually cools the ardor of that fri,
" to the extent Of your zealousness
-, m the matter. Would be friends are
'.h much good when it comes to a sh,
ID down. The true tried and lasting
are the best, those that have your v
"a. fare at heart, and those that mi
~ stick closer than brother; they
the ones that are really worth be
- numbered as your best very frient
Noone is being accused these d
a Of being a tightwad because he or
n is trying TO live saving.
Miss Ruth Carpenter will Civ
n coming-in party one night the last
the week in honor of Miss Hattie II