Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-21
RED GROSS AUCTION
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
ALarge Crowd Of People from MEXICO
and vicinity Attended the
Sale
MANY THINGS SOLD
People Donated Freely - Bidding
Seemed to be More for Market
Value Of Articles

The Red Cross public auction which
was held here Saturday afternoon at
the northwest corner Of the square
totaled $685.. A large crowd Of
people attended the sale.
A vast amount of thing was do
mated by the good people Of Mexico
and especially the county adjacent to
this city. The sale reached a humor-
Gus point at intervals when friendly
rivalry was aroused on certain art
ieles. On one instance, Frank San
ford and Mrs. j. T. johnson got into
a friendly "spat" over a dressed chick
en-. 1t cost Mr.. Sanford 81.
Col. Jap Stephens, of Martinsburg,
sold the goods and the sale was opened
with an announcement by the Rev.
A. A. Wallace and ]. C. Mundy. Many
offered to have their purchases resold1
but as the donations were so numer-
Gus there was insufficient time to
take this up.
Those who literally donated to the
auction are:
North Salt River
Mrs. A. N. Day, 2 lbs. of butter.
Miss Nettie Platte, 2 settings Of
eggs.
Platte Bros. 2 bushels of seed oats.
Trinity Church, / quilt, donated by
Mrs. Cannon's Sunday School class,
quilted by Salt River Branch.
w. D. Mason, 1 su. yellow seed corn.
Mrs. W. D. Mason, 1 gal. sorghum,
/ gal. lard.
W. H Canada, 1 country ham.
Miss Lena Hamilton, 1 caramel
cake.
Mrs. Wallace johnson, 1& pounds
of butter.
Mrs. Claude Bybee, 1 doz. eggs, 1
pound butter.
Mrs. Felix Martin, l doz. eggs.
Mrs. r. W. Allen, l angel food cake,
Mr.. r. W. Allen, 1 bushel seed corn
Geo. Gardner, / mule.
Mrs. McMurty, 10 doz. eggs.
Mrs. Sterling Carter, / gal. country
lard, / gal. canned beans, u gal. ap.
pie butter, l at. mustard pickles, ]
white turkey hen.
VIM Bros, 10 lbs. oats.
Mrs. VIM, / pound Of butter.
]. w. McCory, / country bacon.
r. j. Weinands, / country bacon.
Mrs. B. b. Barr, l jar fruit.
Mrs. Jim Quinlan, / ham, l bu. corr
Mrs. Mord Fox, / pure bred Whit
Wyandotte rooster.
Miss Minnie Powell, " gal. eide
apple butter.
Milford Berry, l bu. timothy seed.
Forrest Weaver, 1 gal. beans.
Mrs. W. Heller, 4 lbs. peaches.
Mrs. f. B. Cook, 5 doz. eggs.
Mrs. Willy johnson, 3 doz. eggs.
Frank C. Carter, l blu. potatoes.
C. NJ. Fox, timothy seed.
VIM. Neiderschutte, 2 bu. oats,
lbs. beans.
Mrs. ]. A. Henderson, l at. lard,
at. peas, l at. sausage.
Mr.. H. H. Neiderschutte, 1 bu. cor
Mrs. H. H. Neiderschutte, 2 Il
butter.
Mrs. Byron Bradford, 16 settings
eggs.
John E. Mundy, l ham.
John Henderson, 1 shoulder me
1 gal. lard.
Mrs. Austin Lewis, l qt. cherries.
Conrad Schultz, $500 cash.
Liberty Auxiliary
Mrs. W. G. Sims, l gal. sausage.
Mrs. j.. R. Paradise, l country
con.
Mrs. J. S. Wilson, eating onions, SC
beans, / cake.
Mrs. Scott Edwards, 1 doz. eggs.
Mrs. Winant, pure bred Plymo
Rock eggs.
Mrs. Mart Collins, 1 cake.
Mrs. Alfred Cox, 3 doz. eggs.
Mrs. +. f. Lovinger, 1 jar frui
angel food cake.
Mrs. Curtis Fields, 3 cans peacI
I Miss Laura Sugart, 2 doz. eggs
] Mrs, W. II. Morgan, 1 at. jam,
|. gal, blackberries.
Miss Emma Freeman, 2 doz. el
Mrs. Neil Shahan, 2 doz. eggs.
NJ Miss Blanche White, 2 jars frui
Mr.. J, P, Newman, l bu. corn.
Mrs. Stella Newman, / gal.
- gaum.
Mrs. Cal Barnes, ] at. cherrie
ale a. Jam; l ID. butter.
s,r Mrs, Sam Bise, 2 spare ribs.
med Mrs John Morris, 5 doz. eggs.
Mrs. John Smith, / cocoa cake
NJ Mrs Henry Kunkel, Q doz. set
Leghom eggs.
H%a Liberty Auxiliary
obIc Mrs Chas. Newkirk, 3 jars fru
the MRS j. W. Smith, l dressed ca