Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-05-16
FARMERS ARE STILL
BUYING AUTOMOBILES.
The Prospect For A Great Wheat
Crop-GatewoOd Buys $4,000
Liberty Bonds-Rural Teacher
Gets $40 Per Month.


made us wonderful visits of late,
wonderful in that they make all
vegetation just burst its sides in its
onward growth TO maturity.
The wheat is knee-high and con-
tinually grows skyward with a rush.
Prospect now is for a good wheat
crop. Hurrah, we can help feed the
Allies.
Oats are doing fine, grass never
better, gardens, including spuds,
looming up bit, and we believe The
fruit trees will yield their part tow
ard feeding the multitudes of the
world. God seems to be ever sending
something good upon this especial
part of the mundane sphere.
Mrs. Harry X. Day has been an
extreme sufferer of neuresthenla
the past week or more. Complete
quietude and a trained nurse have
been resorted to in order to restore
her health to normal. Her friends
and that means her acquaintance.
will be so glad to see her again on
her daily routine of work. "A vciy
active woman, therefore missed very
much while sick.
Miss Suda VIM has been re-elect-
ed to teach the Fox School at $40
per month. Ever ready and des ~
ing, she is, to promote onward
progressive moves of our Christian
lied world.
George Merry purchased a new
Overland 4 recently of the Leor
Auto Co. of Centralia.
Richard Squires purchased a
slightly used Overland recently for
$500.
James Brunette purchased a new
Overland 4 recently. We are glad all
the neighbors have a car, that they
may enjoy themselves occasionally
The little district of Gatewoou
(only $4,000 assessed valuation) |
went over the top a hundred DIr
cent and more in the Third Liberty
Loan drive, purchasing $4,000 worth
of Bonds. And the beauty part of
it all was, they were sold in one
half days canvas. Our people arc
standing squarely behind the Presi- |
dent and the Government in the war
program. What other district can
beat it? Let us hear from our neigh
Dor districts.
We believe in helping our Gov.
eminent with all our soul and |
might in her war advancing meth
DDS. Get ready now for the Second |
Y. M. c. A. drive for a hundred mil |
lion, that we may, in an indirect |
way, at least, help our boys to lead |
sober, upright, clean, honest lives |
while they so CALAMITY serve our |
country. If they are clean they can |
fight SO much better. A divided |
thought weaken to the extent sof its
thoro division. Hence, keep their
minds full of pure, noble thoughts of
only one kind
Debate not long between two
opinions. You will either hate The |
one and love the other, or you will
cleave to the one and despise the
other. Don't you ever stop to think
that that's as hard a job as one can
do?
About half of the seed corn was
was put into the ground last week.
Prospects are now that the remain
der, all or nearly SO, will be carefully
placed in mother earth's bowels ere
the setting sun next Saturday even
ing. 1t is certainly as fine time
for planting corn as the most OK
acting could want to have, both as
to time of year and the condition of
the ground and Gnnpsphere.
James A. Surber has just complet-
ed drilling we'll. Mr.. surber SAYS
it's good one. too Here's hoping
that time will prove it so.