Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-05
MIR. POWELL'S HEROIC FEAT.
WANTED, TANKS OF WATER
Fourteen Divorce Cases In Circuit
Court--Send The Wife Beater To
Help Beat The Huns--Judge f.
A. A.\Shannon.

Mexico, Mo-, Aug. Swell, near
all the big events are now in the
past-the Chautauqua, the circus,
and next we'd like to see rolling
along would be tanks and tanks of
rain and cessation of the heat.
Mark Givens, east of Mexico, is
preparing to SOW 60 or 70 acres of
wheat-if he can get the ground
broken. The ground has been so
hard, from the drouth, that he says
he has to have his plow resharpened
about every other day.
E. B. Norris has been entertain
ing two of his old boyhood friends,
Mr.. Spencer of Decatur, ILL.,, and
Mr.. Griffin of Grant Lake, Ill.
These auld lang syne chums get to-
gether every. year and live over
again boyhood days.
After the first of January it will
be Judge E. A. Shannon. Get onto
the reading of that wedding cere-
mony, Judge; folks are to marry
and be given in marriage as in the
days agone.
Harper VanNess, with the Quar-
termaster's Corps at Washington,
D. c., arrived here last week on a
short visit to his parents. He has
seen some of the returned soldiers
from France, some disabled so that
they will not be able to go into bat
tie again.
We notice that the "filosofer" of
the Louisiana Press notes that "a
Mexico man was fined Thursday for
beating his wife" The "filosofer"
then comments: "They ought to
send that fellow to France to help
beat the Huns" And, up here, we
admit that is good advice, too.
Rufus Jackson has been reap
pointed Mexico's postmaster. He
makes careful and painstaking Of
cial. And with his fine class of as
sistants you never hear "a word of
complaint from the public for the
service they get in the handling OF
the mails. The Mexico postoffice Of
fieials and aids are all efficient, a
dandy, handy bunch.
Mrs. A. G. Azdell, II years old,
after a long illness, died at her
home in this city last Thursday
morning. She was native of Col
umbiana county, Ohio, where she
grew to womanhood In 1867 she
was married to A. G. Azdell, and
the next year they came to Missouri,
settling on a farm. Eighteen years
later they moved to Mexico. Five
children were born-four have died;
one. Mamie, was the wife OF Rev.
u Greer here. The chind living is
Mrs. Logan Robinson of Kansas
City. Mrs. Azdell was a thoro Chris
tian,. becoming a member of the
Methodist Church in her early girl
hood. Rev. j. o. Edmonston, an
old member of the family, conducted
the funeral at the home Saturday
morning. The husband survives;
his life will be lonely now.
P. ]. Powell, rural mail carrier on
Route 8 out of Mexico, is a hero and
deserves a medal. He was passing
by George Snedeker's home, south
east of Mexico, Wednesday and he
noticed the front porch was on hre'
; He ran to the house and found no
one at home. Undaunted, he ran to
a big tank In the back yard. After he
had gotten thru throwing H2o the
blazes were no more. Thank Powell
that the house was saved.
Miss Addie Cunningham, for
mer teacher and one of Mexico's
very best girls, who volunteered for
. nursing service in the u. S. Army
| last June, received her call to re-
port at Camp Dodge, Iowa, and left
!. for that place today
The three railroads-the Chica-
go, the c. B. and @. and the Wa
bash--passing thru Mexico have
been consolidated, by Government
order. The C. and A. passenger sta
tion will be the union station. T
L. Marshall will be the ticket agent
where everybody will take the cars
when they want to leave town. On
the whole, we believe the arrange
ment will prove all right.