Mexico Missouri message., 1918-06-27
His Name Is White
Tho He Is Black
Soldier Shoots His COmrade-Little
Girl Swallows Poisonous Pills
Mr.. Sannebeck's Appointment.

Mexico, Mo-, June 24.-Little Oar
line Green, two years old, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Green, of
Mexico, is dead. Friday night, just
before the family retired, Darline, in
the kitchen by herself, took pack
age from the table containing white
pills and, no doubt, thinking they
were sugar, swallowed a number of
them. In a few minutes she went in
to spasms and in less than a half
hour she was dead. 1t is said the
pills contained arsenic, iron and
other poisons. The lesson to others
is, If you must have poison about
the house, put it where your child
can't reach it.
Jewell Hollopeter and Roy Young
er hoped Lewis Moore's delivery
wagon Friday and when the vehicle
gave a lurch both the boys were
thrown to the ground. The wheels OF
the wagon passed over Younger and
Hollopeter's tumble caused him to
faint.
The City Council has bought
new moving machine and is going
after the weeds on the side streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Hanley are tue
proud parents of new ten-pound
daughter. The mother and little one
have been quite i'll, but both are
better now.
The Mexico Bottling Works have
closed down. Nothing to sweeten the
drinks with-they have used up their
quota of sugar. Some years ago you
might be able in Mexico to get a
drink with as big a spike" in it
as you might want, but this year you
have to go without even a sip OF
"pop'-maybe only plain water with
out even ice. It's getting harder ana
harder on the old would-continue-to-
,uebe topers. -----.
Mrs. Abbie Snoddy and the junior
members of her music class gave
themselves a picnic in Eastholm on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Fred Level
lyn and Mrs. Bush chaperoned the
Youngsters. Games were played ano
many good things to eat enjoyed
The children present were: Mary
Louise Hawthorne, Anna Moore Hop
Tnhncnn MnTRarl
Worner, Elizabeth Fad, Caroline
Carter, Miriam Arnold, Majori'
Barnes, Vallie Bush, Dorothy White
Louise Paul, Philip Bell, Jack Greg
ory, John Snoddy, William Douglas
Bush and Elizabeth Llewellyn
His name is White-but his ski
is colored-Private John White, lat
of Mexico, Mo. He could be NOR
vicious than we thought. We neve
would have guessed it of him. II
left here last year with one OF Tn
first contingent of negro soldiers an
was not heard from until last weel
The report came that he had she
and killed Private Dock Pinkard,
member of his company a. Cam
Upton, New York. They had quar-
rel. No joke about it, the boys be
ter wait till they get across an
spend their ammunition on the Hun
F. A. Sannebeck of Mexico M
been appointed to have charge
the sale of War Savings Stamps
the Germans in this county M
Saunebeck will make good, too +
is Loyalist to this country to Il
very marrow of his bones.
q. B. Norris arrived home recen
ly from visit to his birthplace
New Milford, Penn. He walked TN
the old house again in which he W
born S5 years ago. The structure
still in a fair state of preservatt
and a family now lives in It, Pen
sylyania lands are losing out. Ma
are deserting their farms Tn
haven't the soil. Land sells the
cheaper than in Audrain county "
Norris came back revived in spir
and health and thinks more OF Ora
Old Missouri and Audrain coun
than ever.