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Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17

Z. {. Funk and Jesse Prunty, the
two men charged with robbing the
Bank Of Farber November 14th,
through their attorney, have filed a
motion asking for a new trial in the
case. They were found guilty and
sentenced to 25 years in prison by a
jury in the Audrain County Circuit
Court, Wednesday.
The case is one Of the most inter
esting held here in a number of years
and attracted fully as large a crowd
Of curious spectators as many murder
cases in this county. The men will be
held in the county jail pending the de-
eision of their motion which viii be
heard when the court re-convenes Jan
uary 18th.
Should their motion be denied, it is
quite likely an appeal will be taken
10 a higher court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
TWO HOLD.UP MEN
GET 5 YEARS EACH
Yoathful RoShers Who Slagged and
Teok SIS From II, 2. Mddletoa.
Of NandNiia Pleaded Guilty
LIKELY TO BE o
Iedfod and Coleman Sentenced While
nird Roy. MeCaRs. Had Charge
AGAINST Hin Dismissed

CARES ". Lsdsc-a and Eiaie Cole
za2 q I,5iSzRPoES who were ar
rested early in December on the
dAGnse e hsvsag slggged and rOSbei
4 ? N5ls.oa q v2ndaha, Of SIS,
were aszso2eca 70 three years in pris-
e. ~ Js3rs E s CAN'T, in the Cir
~s CSzrt, Thursday morning, They
Ee23S galry 70 the charge. A plea
so- pAr,e IS pending for them and
VII ss sAkea up BY the court when it
- l==gsy 18th
Fey Meme the third member Of
re wrty, had tie charge against him
dismissed TIE roSbery occurred the
rirht Of December : in Vandalia. The
nsz escaped to this city, but were ar
rested whsa they aightea from the
raia a the Alton station. Later,
while they were being searched by
ofEcsrs 81 the City Hall, Leiford at
tempted 70 escape, but was captured 4
Short tire lztsr by the officers who
followed his footprints in the snow
70 : barn in west Mexico.
Al three claim Indianapolis as their
home. Ledford has a wife and two
children. while Coleman is under 81
years Of age. They claim to have
bo-ns good regulations previously and
It is likely they viii be given a pa
role
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
WANTED!
SCRAP IRON, OLD
AUTO TIRES, OLDRUB
BERBOOTS,OLDRAG
HIDES, FEATHERS &
PELTS AT HIGHEST
PRICES. SAM MORRIS

Miss Blanche S~toneberger, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. l. n. Stoneberger
Of near Martinsburg, enrolled Monday
in the Stereotype Department Of the
Chillicothe Business College.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
IL GERMAN PLANES DOWN
French Are Making Heavy War on
Hun Flyers

Paris, Jan. IA. "There was moth
ing to report during the night except
the usual cannonading," says yester-
day afternoons official statement.
"In addition to the fifteen German air
planes and one captive balloon pre-
viously reported as having been de-
stroyed between January / and JAM
uary 10, French pilots brought down
in the enemy's lines twelve machines,
which probably were destroyed, al
though it was not possible to confirm
this"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17

set, obstacles may arise, croakers may
quit; but he stays, he fights, he tri-
umphs! Why? Because he has STAN
ina. Nerve wins the long race and
the hard struggle. Any trainer Of
athletics viii certify that nerve has
won mor championships than speed
or Drawn.
Nerve. The greatest human asset
1t puts a whistle on the lips, pep" il
the blood, strength in the vertebra
and spunk throughout the homo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
W. S. S. CLUB
Benton City First in County to Or
ganize

The Benton City School, under the
direction of E, E. Shay, principal, is
the first in this county to organize a
War Saving Stamp Club. The fol-
lowing letter explains itself:
Benton City, Jan. 9, 1918.
Supt. W. Clyde Johnson,
Mexico, Mo.
Dear Mr.. johnson:
Our school has just organized a
"War Saving Society" with twenty
members enrolled. We expect TO en-
roll double this number within a few
days.
Sincerely,
f. E. Shay, Principal,
Benton City Schools,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
HAD RAISED TEN CHILDREN
oiiiStitlg,
f. Z. Shay, Principal,
Benton City Schools,

Few women have raised ten children
and had the pleasure of seeing them
all reach maturity in a sound and
healthy condition. Mrs. Robert II,
Doepel, Nation, H., is one of them.
Mothers everywhere will be interested
in knowing how she did it. Here is a
helpful hint from her: n found
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to be
the most reliable Group and cough
medicine | ever kept in the house. It is
the most wonderful remedy for Group
! rel saw. l don't believe | could
have brought up my children without
it" Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
HUGE LOSS TO GERMANS

WASHINGTON, D. c., January
10. - The total German casualties in
the Western theater during the year
1917 are eonservatively estimated at
1% million men, according to official
British war office reports received
here yesterday.
"This figure greatly exceeds the
combined losses Of the British and
French" the report continued.
British and French captures on the
Western front exceeded 100000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
The State of Missouri to the above
nnmnd dnfnndantr CrnnAinn.

The State of Missouri to the above
named defendants, Greeting:
You are hereby notified that an &C.
ton has been commenced against you
in the Circuit Court Of the County Of
Audrain in the State of Missouri, af-
fecting the title of the following de-
scribed lands and tenements, to wit:
The northeast quarter ~ of Sec
ton sixteen (16), Township fifty-two
1927, North Range ten (10), West Of
the 9TH P, NJ, in Audrain County,
Missouri.
Which said action is returnable on
the first day of the next term Of said
Court to be held at the Court House
in the City Of Mexico in the County Of
Audrain and State Of Missouri on the
dTH DAY OF MARCH, 1918.
when and where you may appear and
answer or otherwise defend such ac.
ton; otherwise plaintiffs petition will
be taken as confessed and Judgment
rendered accordingly.
II is further ordered that a copy
hereof be published at least once n
week for four consecutive weeks in the
Mexico Weekly Ledger, a newspaper
duly printed in the English language
in Mexico, Missouri, and circulated in
said Audrain County, State Of Mis-
souri,, the last insertion to be at least
fifteen days before the commence
ment Of said term Of Court.
Witness my hand and official seal.
Done at office in the City Of Mexico.
County and State aforesaid, this
December 10th, 1917.
(Seal.l E. F. ELLIOTT,
Clerk of the Audrain County
Circuit Court.
A true copy from the record.
Attest: E. F. ELLIOTT,
44-4t Clerk.
2. c. Anderson, Atty. for Plaintiff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
The Weekly Ledger
Entered at the P. o. Mexico. Mo-
and admitted as End class matter.

IN the death Of John W. Jewell,
murdered at Camp Funston, Missouri
loses n Of its brightest young news
papermen. He vas a personal friend
Of the Junior Editor of the Ledger
and a young man who not only stood
high in his profession, but was univer-
sally popular with all who knew him.
The future of American journalism
was in safe keeping in the hands Of
men like John W. Jewell. His loss is
a severe blow to the profession.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17

Richard Myals, Of Liberty, is the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Morris
He has just returned from a trip to
New York; Mrs. Myals has been here
while he was in the East.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
REED TYING UP
HOOVER WORK,
FLESH ASSERTS
Grain Corporation Vice-President
Calls Missouri Senator "Ob-
structionist" for Stand
st. Louis Republic

That Senator James A. Reed is an
obstructionist, unduiy holding up the
work of the Federal Food Administra-
ton, by his attitude toward Herbert
Hoover, was the statement made to
the Merchants Exchange Wednesday
afternoon by Edward NJ. Flesh, vice
president of the Federal Grain Cor
poration Of the Food Administration.
As a result of the address, a mass
meeting Of exchange members will be
held perhaps today for the purpose of
.indorsing Food Administrator Hoover
and the Food Administration.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
TRUSTEES SAN

WHEREAS, Ethel R, Mss1ou
Reed Massey, her husband, ~ 'ag l.
roe County, Missouri, bv I T.
deed Of trust, dated Fa5y1r.,Iln ef
1865, and duly recorded lary !
y, at Page 437, in the Recor5arso oq !,
nee OF Audrain County, Missouri y !;
Mexico, conveyed to me-. tbs r,i. u
signed trustee, for the purpose I of y
curing the indebtedness therein -. e
toned. the following described n nsa'
erty situated in Audrain COUNTY wy NY
souri,, to-wit: AS'
The West half of the No,A
quarter of Section Twelve G G31
Twp. Fifty-two (52l, and of Ia
Nine 90, West. EXCEPTING G t.t,
from ten feet on the east sids ,L ~.te;
being the part east Of the 'I na5oi
fence. Helge
Which said conveyance was mod.
trust to secure the payment Of ~ y
certain negotiable promissorv W. vs
together with the interest tbs,,,1
and in said deed of trust fully dpss,S
ed, and, -
WHEREAS, Said promissory mt.
so secured by said deed Of tlp. l'' !
past due and remains unpaid,
NOW, THEREFORE,. l. W
Sharp, the undersigned trustee. at tSs
request Of the legal owner M
holder of said Indebtedness. do bss,
by give notice that | will, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
1918,
between the hours Of 9 O'Clock a. n
and 5 o'clock p. M, Of that day, st
the front door of the Audrain Ccurtv
Court House, in Mexico, Missouri. sgl
the above described property. at pubt
vendue, to the highest bidder, tr
cash, for the purpose of dischargirs
the Indebtedness secured by said jej
Of trust, the interest thereon, and M
costs Of executing this trust.
46-4t W. A. SHARP, Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17

R. M. Spies, who was recently taken
into custody charged with being owe
the draft age and not registering, re-
eeived papers from Atlanta, Ca, this
week showing his age to be 18 years
and releasing him from the charge
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
NATURALIZATION
RULING AFFECTS

100 IN AUDRAr
lion Examiner, has notifio1 r
lot Clerk of the Audraip Conn.,. T. T.
quit Court that if a declaration :, w. a
tentiOn on the part Of an a,i., " n
come a naturalized eitizor 70 o.
under the new or old Io,p 4, '4''nf
been pending seven years. win " 'a
and void and must be filed again h 'al
Mr.. Elicit says this will it,.
100 men in this county who b,,. Ivy, !,
declarations to become 49,, lla
citizens Of the United State,
'-Hi18
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17

Elder f. B. Shively, a Christian
minister well known in this section,
and a resident Of Paris, has been call
ed to a church in Los Angeles, Calf,
and may accept.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17

Mrs. w. W. Fry and Miss Gertrude
Fry are home from st. Louis, where
they were the guests of W. w. Fry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17

r. r. Buckuer, Of this city, has been
elected president of the Farmers &
Traders Bank at Auxvasse.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
HAD FEET BADLY FROZEN

Mail Carrier John Callahan is suf-
fering with badly frozen feet. His
condition is much better today.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17

Mrs. Mason Creasey returned TO
her home Thursday from the Hospital,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
D%ELINQUENTs REPORTED

The local exemption board reports
the following delinquents:
Oscar Hall .......:. Mexico
David Francis Singleton. Mexico
Lewis Leopold Erdenbrecker. Mexico
R. +. D. H.
VIM Richard Bennett, col. Mont. City
Lee Edwin Ward, general delivery
Rock Island, Ill,
Ira Jefferson Suttch. -. Farber, Mo.
Robert Lue, Col.... Audrain County
Leslie Freyer. ....... Laddonia, Mo.
Low Louis Humphrey, Col
Mexico
Jas Cornelius Murphy 49,. Mexico
Early Die Hunt .......... Mexico
Chas Edward Mallory Clark
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17

Sixty-eight registrants in Boone
county can not be found and their
missionaries have been returned to
the local board. These men will be
put in Glass One and automatically
put in the army unless satisfactory
excuses can be made.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT,
MARCH TERN, 1918.
State of Missouri, County of
Audrain, SIS:
Plaintiff,

w. 2. Vance ............ .Plaintlfi
Vs.
Singleton W. Thompson, c. ]. Set
tie, and Henrietta H. Thompson,
if living, and if they are dead,
their unknown c~onsorts, heirs, de-
%visees, donees, alienees or imme-
date, mesne or remote, voluntary
or involuntary grantees, John 7.
Henderson, Samuel Grant, John
A. Guthrie and Martin B. Guthrie,
if living and if they be dead, their
unknown %consorts, legattes, donees,
assignees, endorses, alienees or
immediate, mesne or remote, vol
untary or involuntary grantees,
the unknown ~consorts, heirs, de-
visees, donees, alinees or immedi-
ate mense or remote, voluntary or
involuntary grantees of Anthony
Drain, deceased, the unknown con-
sorts Of Woodford Settle, deceas-
ed, and each of them respectively,
and all persons under whom they
claim, and all persons claiming or
who might claim the same by,
through or under them or either of
them Defendants
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
g. HEAD LIVE STOCK

Of HEAD LIVE STOCK
8 HEAD OF CATTLE 3
3 mich cows, 2 with calves by side.
enc giving about 2 gallons Of milk
per day, will be fresh in April; two
yearling heifers, good ones; n steer
calf.
81 HEAD OF HOGS 81
" brood sows, will begin faring
March l; seventeen shoats from 40 to
80 lbs; n thoroughbred Poland Chi
ma male hog; one hog weighs about
EGO lbs. just right to butcher.
% NATIVE SHEEP %
Y ewes, good ones; one buck.
CHICKENS, FEED, ETC.
8 dozen Barred Plymouth Rock
hens; about 8 tons Of hay; 5 tons of
straw, 200 bushels Of good corn, some
shelled oats, 4 cords good stove wood,
some farming implements and many
other things too numerous to mention.
The first dozen hens sold will be
divided between the Red Cross and
Y. NJ. c. A. The Red Cross ladies
VIII serve the dinner.
TERMS -- All sums of $40 and UNI
der, cash; over that amount 6 months
time with bankable note at 8 per
cent interest. Nothing TO be removed
until terms are complied with.
P. n. ECTON
J, G. Ford, A~uctioneer
j. r, Jesse. Clerk
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
Public Sale
Tues, Jan. e. 'l8

On the above date, having arranged
to move to another County, / will sell
at my farm, A miles west of Mexico,
and 2 miles east Of Thompson, on the
Mexico and Centralia Highway, the
following nrnnnrtv tn-Uit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2
NnNu
sHERlFF's SALE IN PARTITION

Florence b. Montgomery Plaintiff
VS.. -
Alya Montgomery, John MOntgon.
cry, Elmer Montgomery Mare
Montgomery, Edna Montgomery CHI
Montgomery, Frank L. Blain, Admin.
lstrator with the Will annexed Of John
!. Montgomery, deceased; Alexanig
Montgomery. Robert Montgoney.
Charles E. Montgomery William 7.
Montgomery, Francis N. Montgon.
cry, Ruby Montgomery, and Harry
Krussell Defendants
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17
P. n. ECTON

J, G. Ford, Auctioneer
j. R. Jesse, Clerl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-17

NOTICE OF FINAL SEllLLn nt final
Notice is hereby given tn"'
settlement Of the estate oil
SOPHIA MAYN, Deceaseu'
will be made at the next 'CElonnty,
the Probate Court Of Audrain O'IMi Ms.
Missouri, to be held at MeXi'T n FEB.
souri, on the second MONDAY
ruary, 1918.
I'd II. /. STATE, Adminis'r''o,,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-02-05

After nine weeks of snow and blow,
we are willing for the sake of q change
in the weather to put up with a foot OF
dry snow, then three days Of wind blow
if the Lord so arranges 1t.
Tyler T. Cole, we think the oldest man
in town, started this morning TO see bis
brother, Archie S. Cole, who is an in
mate of the soldiers home at Togus, and
reported to be in a critical condition
We think Uncle lyle, as be is called, il
SO, and his brother, Archie j., IS. He
saw what might seem real fighting while
in the Seventh Maine Battery, Of which
he was q charter member so TO speak.
At this writing we are having the
snow storm above spoken of, now look
for the blow.
This seems to be the hardest time
known to teamsters, but one must put
bis shoulder to the bow and take more
courage.
D. A. Cummings is trying his luck
again at apple buying. We wish him
success.
Every one here Is asking when we are
to have some warmer weather. The
cold drives the mercury below zero every
night, and holds 1t there most of the
time.
The report is that the Baker family
who live back of Songo Pond are sick
with small pox.
Geo. Cummings has hired man from
North Norway cutting cord wood for
him.
Amos G.. Bean celebrated bis seventy
fifth birthday by entertaining his broth
or, Fletcher I. Bean, from Mason, and
John z. Wheeler, old neigbbors and
schoolmates, at his home at Hunts
Corner. The first time they have met
at the table for more than fifty years,
and from what we hear they not only
enjoyed the dinner, but the rehearsing
and refreshing the mind of many things
of the past. On parting each expressed
the wish that they should all meet again
in the near future.
q. G. McNally, who has employment
at South Paris, has hired rent, and Mrs.
Nellie Grover, his wife's mother, has
gone to keep house for him. his wife
and children are holding the fort as they
have the past year at the old Hunt
tavern.
Chester McNally is drawing pulpwood
from the Corner to the Greenwood Brook
with four young steers he trained from
calves for George Cummings.
Abel and Arthur Andrews are doing
the best they can to relieve the want OF
wood at Bethel.
Fletcher 1. Bean, who came to spend
the 18th birthday of his brother Amos
G. Bean, has been prevailed upon to stop
and take care of things for his brother
until his foot Is better. Amos G. has
been suffering with his lame foot, which
has had bad wound from the effects Of
q gun shot received in battle In 1854. 1t
has been for two months so he could do
but little walking on 1t.
Our selectmen are trying to find out
how they stand with the town manage
ment, and how the account will balance
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-02-05
East Sumner.

Keeping roads passable here is more Of
problem than the fuel and sugar supply.
"Did ye ever know of such winter"
"Oh yes, we've had them BEFORE" In
1885, the year of the great eight day biz
card in March. My diary for 1893 says
that on Jan. 20 the mercury showed 81
to 40 below zero. On Feb. the great
snow storm occurred, when roads were
not open till the 4th. During this time
it was 80 to SO below zero a part of the
time. On Feb. 18 another big snow fall
with high winds. Snow fell to the depth
of 20 inches. This storm caused the
greatest effort to open the roads ever
known at one time. A person died on
Monday, and it was impossible to get q
casket to the house till Saturday. Yes,
we have had 'em before this winter, as
records show.
As to our war situation and national
administration of vital interests, we feel
like saying-Oh, for more saving loyalty
and less partisanship. The Uboats
would do US an efficient service If they
could sink partisan ships and teach those
who occupy high positions at the capital
of our country, true. sincere loyalty.
Even now, when all our united efforts
are required to save our cherished
democracy, some of those representa-
tives (P) of the "desr people" are quar-
relipg In our balls of congress as to
which political party the honor is due Of
winning a war whose end is problem
atical.
The common people as a class are
loyal and are striving strenuously to do
their bit towards winning honorable,
abiding peace, while some placed in high
places "by the people and for the peo-
ple," sit on the fence and shout-'S-take
'em, Tige!" Who are the dogsp
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-02-05
North Hartford.

Mrs. Alfred Corliss has gone to Whit
| man, Mass, being called there by the
illness of her mother, Mrs. Elmer Cope
land.
Ethel Skillings and Harry Staples went
to Buckfleld Saturday.
Mrs. Joshua Mckay, who is i'll with
stomach trouble, is little better.
Ed Bradford has. finished work for
A. V. Brown and is working for Walter
Cannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tyler visited Mrs.
W. w. Farrar recently.
Mrs.. Ida Dodge, who has been visiting
her daughter, Irene Stetson, has return.
ed to her home In South Paris.
Mrs. D. A. Cooling visited her mother,
Kate Hodge OF Canton, Thursday.
Nettie Stetson was Q recent guest Of
Mary Cannon.
Martha Sargent has gone to Di1fleld to
work.
Those who attended Grange Saturday
were Mrs. Lydia and Alfred Corliss,
Samuel and Marion Stetson.
Francis Sargent went to Hartford
Center on business Saturday.
Esther Eastman of East Sumner is q
guest of Marion StetsOn.
W. B. and Charles West are harvest
ing ice.
Myrtle Stetson has returned home
from visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. B. w. Stetson.
Albert Davenport, who has been visit
ing his brother In Hartford, is now .
guest of friends In Sumner.
Word has been received that Maurice
Savory has reached Texas, and expects
to sail for France soon.
Ruth Hitler Of Auburn is guest Of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.. ]. Fred
Henry.
Clarence Buchanan has been recent
guest Of Carroll Russell and family.
Mrs. John Davenport and daughter
Wilma were in Canton on business
Saturday. :.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-02-05
Bates College News.

One of the most impressive chapel
services ever held at Bates was given the
other morning when the Bates service
flag with 125 stars was unfurled In the
chapcsl Of the Bates Chapel. Donald
Davis, president of the Student Council,
introduced Professor Baird as the one
who would make the dedicatory address.
Prot. Baird's talk was short, but was
well received by the students.
Many of the students, both men and
women, are sick with measles. This has
reached almost an epidemic stage, but
most of the cases convslescent now.
John Mcksen of West Paris gave an
interesting talk at the last meeting OF
the Military Science club. Mr.. McKeen
outlined the life customs and habits OF
the Firms.
Bates has withdrawn from the Bates
Clark Tufts triangular debating league,
and will debate with Clark alone this
wear. This action arose from the failure
Of Tufts TO consider other questions
than the one 6rst proposed, which was
unsatisfactory TO Bates. An effort will
be made to secure debate with another
college.
The custom OF presenting Saturday
night plays seems to have become per-
manent one. For the past two weeks
Hashoru Hall has been filed with en-
thusiastic audiences. A week ago, the
Phil Hellenic Club gave very credit
able performance of Antigone, and last
Saturday the u. A. G. c., girls literary
society, presented Ou- Neighbors. Both
plays wers we'll acted and proved highly
satisfactory.