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Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23

In view of the fact that another ef-
fort to establish a county farm bur-
eau will be made at Paris Saturday.
the accomplishments of E. C. O'Neif.
a former Paris boy, now county agent
for Sullivan county, makes interesting
reading. His most ambitious venture
was the organization of a stock ship
pers Association at Greene City.
Over $50 farmers joined ard they es-
innate that in the first six weeks they
saved $4,000 on hogs alone, and that
all told in six months, they saved
$4,000, Another big thing done by
Mr.. O'Neil has been the culling OF
5000 chickens, separating laying and
non-laying hens. In flock OF 345,
II hens were taken out and a test
made for eight days. The 70 laid only
one egg and the TIA laid 1876. Nom
laying hens are marketed and the
layers kept, a saving of thousands OF
dollars being effected. Mr.. O'Neal has
also compiled a county fine stock dir
ectory and it has drawn buyers even
from Monroe county. Only last week
Minnesota buyers were in that county
and bought 80 calves, paying $4,000.
Paris, Mo-, Mercury.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
BURLINGTON EXTENSION
THIS YEAR ASSURED

The Burlington extension from this
city west. often predicted but which
has never m~aterialized in plans and
surveys, is assured this spring accord
ing to Wallace Bassford, secretary of
Speaker Champ Clark, who is here on
a brief visit from Washington.
Mr.. Bassford stated to a Ledger
representative Friday that Mr.. Coop
er, formerly of the Burlington, who
has been connected with the Govern
ment administration of railroads in
Washington, recently called at his Of
fee and Informed him that work on
the extension would positively start
this spring.
The proposed extension will run
from Francis, a mile east Of this city
where the Burlington Cutoff joins
the Chicago & Alton tracks, to a
junction point several miles from
Moberly. From this jcnction one line
will to Carrollton to join the
Santa Fe and the other will run to
Madison and or to join the Burlington
line along the river. This will give
Mexico not only regular through Bur-
lington train service but also the San
ia Fe trains in and from st. Louis will
pass over this line. Mexico will nave
the best railroad facilities If any in
terror city in the state.
Mr.. Bassford stated Mr.. Cooper
was positive in his statements and SAID
he was leaving the railroad admins
tration to join the Burlington to aid
in the building of this line.
The line, it is understood, will pass
| through north Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
HELD PRAISE SERVICE.

A special W. C. T. U. song and
praise service was held at the Meth,
odist church at 2:30 Sunday afternoon
Some of those who made helpful talks
were: Rev's. Atkins, Wallace anC
Lanius and Judge Shannon. Mrs. ]
H. Lane, president of the local w. c
T. u, presided and gave an interest,
ing address on what had been, accom-.
plished by the Mexico w. c. T. U
She also gave a brief outline of the
beginning and growth of the Union
Other interesting short talks were
given and the meeting "a a helpful.
and most enjoyable one.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
7 IT COIL TO ST. LOUIS.

James Hubert Coil, who entered
upon his duties as pastor of Compton
Heights Church, st. Louis, Mo-, Ja1
5, 1918, is one of the many preachers
whom Rails County, Mo-, has supplied
during the years since the founders Of
the Reformation Movement visited
Missouri on horseback. He was
brought up on a farm, educated in the
public schools of his county, the school
of honest soil, the University of Mis-
souri, and Pennsylvania and the Col
lege of the Bible. His first passionate
was at Perry, Mo. He is a brother of
DIR. P. E. Coil, of this city and we'll
known in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
CHURCH REFUSES
81, OOO,O 900 FOR OIL LEASE
ON 4 GRAVE YARD

FORT WORTH, Texa., Jan. is
The Merriman Baptist Church of Ran
ger, which already has acquired an in
come of 100000 a year through oil
wells sunk in its church yard has re-
fused 1000, 900 for the right to de-
velop wells in the graveyard which adj
joins the church, it bacame known here
Friday.
The graveyard is surrounded by oil
wells and numerous companies have
made the congregation, which has only
90 members, fabulous offers for the
burying ground. The congregation
has voted that none o. its members
shall profit personally by its good for
tune but that the entire income shall
be devoted to the glory of God. One
hundred thousand dollars already have
been distributed among the Baptist in
situations in this State.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
LIKE HIS

When Lieut.. Orlando Worrell, hert
of the Argonne Forest, was asked now
many Germans he had killed he said he
didn't know and if he did know he
wouldn't tell.
The reply reminded his father, R
D. Worrell of his asking his parent
veteran of the civil war who in The
Confederate army fought in thirty-siH
battles and skirmishes. Mr.. Worrel
asked his parent how many Union sol
diers he had killed and the reply was
II hope none, my son."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
THE GREAT GRAND
FATHER OF MEXICO
WOMAN TO BE HONORED

When the editors of Missouri and the
guests of journalism week gather Il
Columbia this spring they will pay
tribute to the memory of BenJamine
Holiday, a great-grandfather of Mrs
Sallie Price Carter, of this city who
with Nathaniel Patton founded The
Missouri Intelligencer and Boons.
lick Advertiser, April %, 1919, which
was the first country newspaper west
of the Missippi river.
The story of the Intelligencer is {
pioneer romance which has an appea'
to the modern day newspaper mar who
has all the modern conveniences OF
news gathering and news publishing
| When the IntellingeEccr was estabIi-
shed, Fraklin gave promise of becom,
ing ! metropolis 1t had a population
of nearly a thousand people. Families
from a dozen states lived there, but
most of them came from Kentucky
Virginia and the Carolinas. They
came in covered wagons, on horseback
and in many instances, walking along
the river banks drawing their worldly
goods III tow-boats.
When Howard County was organized
in 1916 it embraced all of North Mis-
souri, and a part Of Iowa. Thirty-one
counties since have been taken from
the original Howard. Franklin was
the seat of this vast county and natur-
ally, Franklin figured largely in the
early history of the territory and the
| organization of the state. E. W. Step
hens says the old forts established
around Franklin contained the most
9ldoed aql 10 Sv!Ioq4B3 oIqeYIemaI
this country has ever seen.
Holiday the Real Founder.
Nathaniel Patton, who came to Fran
kiln by way Of Kentuckey, like most
of the other immigrants, was a native
of Massachusetts and he was well ed
ucated. He arrived in 1918. The des-
cendents of Benjamin Holiday say he
arrived after all the plans had been
made by Holiday to establish the pa
per. taking I third interest with Holli-
days backing. Under this partnership
the first number of The InteIligencer
appeared April %, 1919. The first
issue and the subsequent issues of the
| paper make intensely interesting read
ing to US of this centuary. Practically
a complete file of the publication dur
ing It's early years now is preserved by
the state historical library. where It
has been mounted in transparent jap
ane5e silk at great cost. 1t is said to
be the only newspaper file in the I'm
tied States to be so preserved. This
file was given to the late Col. William
F. Switzler of Columbia by Nathaniel
Patton, jr., of South Fork, Col, son Of
the edotor, Patton. X
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
BOY CITED.

Sergeant Roy c. Anthony, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Anthony, of the
B~oydsville neighborhood, Galloway
county, has been cited for bravery By
Colonel Babcock, the commanding Of
fcer of his division and the citation
shows that young Anthony refused to
rear, even though he was wounded
twice very severely, until he had been
relieved. His bravery and courage en-
abled his company to reach its object
ives. The act of heroism was perform
ed November 1, 1918, and the citation
was issued November IA, 1918.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
A PARALYTIC
STROKE LAST SATURDAY

Joseph Steinman, of the joseph
Steinman Shoe Company, suffered q
stroke of paralysis at his home Oh
Western Ave-, about 5 O'Clock Satur-
day evening. Mr.. Steinman, who has
been in i'll health for some time, De-
came suddenly i'll and a physician was
called. Sunday his condition was mucn
improved and continues the same IL
is hoped that he will entirely recover
from the stroke. He is able to receive
nourishment and insists on helping
himself whenever possible.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
CASE GOES AGAINST ms. &C

CASE GOES AGAINST ms. co,
In the casc of Rabok Manufacturing
Company versus Scottish Union &
National Insurance Company, tried
before Judge CAN'T this week, the jury
returned a verdict Friday evening in
favor of the plaintiff, who was givea
Judgment to the amount of $707.50
A motion for new trial was filed by
defendant.
The case of r. A. Todd vs.. Lucy
Anderson, to set aside deed was tried
before the court in equity Saturday
morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
WHAT is A CHRISTIAN?


In reply to the question "What is a
Christian" S. P Cunningham, tea
cher Christian church Sunday school
of this city, made the following
splendid reply which is well worth
preserving.
"A man is a Christian
When he can look out over the hills,
the rivers, and the far horizon, from
either vale or mountain-top, with a
profound sense of his own ~littleness
in the vast scheme of things, and yet
have faith hope and courage, faith n
God and his fellow-man, hope of i'm
mortality and courage to meet the cv-
exchanging conditions and circum-
stances of life; when he knows down
in his heart that every mar is as no.
Bile, as vile, as diabolical and as lone
ship for himself. When the loves the
forgive. to love and serve his fellow
man. When he has learned how TO
make friends and to keep them, and
above all, how to retain his friend
ship for himself. When he loves the
blue sky, the flowers and the fitting,
chin ping birds and feels the thrill of
an old forgotten joy, and the magic
touch of baby hands. when he hears
the laugh of a little child. When the
meaner drudgeries of life are but
building blocks upon which he may
rise to high ideals and to happiness.
When he can see a loving fathers
care fer him in the darkest night and
knows no day could bring joy and
strength were it not for the rest Of
the night, and when the CLINT of sun
light on flowing waters subdues him
like memories of one much-loved and
long-lost. When no cry of distress
feaclRs his ear without response and
no hand seeks his aid in vain. When
he finds good in every faith that helps
any man to lay hold of higher things
and to see majestic and Godlike mean
ings in life; whatever the name Of
that faith may be-. When he can look
into the wayside puddle and see mud,
it is true, but but see also the innumcr-
able forms of lower life that speak TO
his soul in voices cear and distinct
of the Great Creator of all and into
the face of the most debased and de-
bauched mortal and see something be-
sides sin, and, so seeing, feel that it
would be a privilege to help hm to
regain his lost image of God. When
he knows how to pray, how to love,
how and for what to hope. When he
has kept faith with himself, with
his fellowman, with his God, in his
hand a sword for evil. in his heart a
burst and riot Of song, glad to live
and have the privilege to serve, but
not afraid to die. In such a man
whether he be rich or poor, learned or
unlearned, famous or obscure, the
Man of Gallilee has wrought his per-
feet work. Such a one can say with
the poet:
"There is no death; the stars go down
To rise upon some other shore
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown
They shine forever more.
There is no death; although we
grieve
When beautiful, familiar forms,
That we have learned to love; are torn
From our embracing arms.
"AIthough with bowed and breaking
heart,
WITH sable garb and silent tread,
We bear their senseless dust to rest
And say that they are dead.
"They are not dead; they have but
passed
Beyond the mists that blind us here
Into the new and larger life
. Of that serener sphere"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
Yours truly,
E ROSE Bolts.
LAUNDERs FOR THREE TOWNS.

The Crown Laundry Co, is now
handling the laundry work for three
towns, Mexico, Fulton and C~entralia.
The Fulton Laundry IA closed down
some weeks ago on account of a lack
of funds and the Galloway county
court granted judgment to the Crown
Laundry for an unpaid bill.
Turner Williams then bought the
Fulton Laundry, but will not establish
a branch there, instead he plans to
ship the laundry here. Cecil Alex
ander has been placed in charge of the
Fulton branch.
The Centralia Laundry also closed
some time ago and the work FROM
there will also be shipped here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
RAISE SALARY OF S
At Business Meeting Sunday, Salary
Was Increased $1,000 Annually.

At a business meeting of the mem
bers of the Baptist church Sunday
morning, an indefinite call was given
the pastor Rev. j. H. Hughes. Also
the salary of Reverend Hughes was in
creased to $500 a year. The church
first called Reverend Hughes for a
wear and was so well pleased with him
that they made the call an indefinite
one. The people of Mexico r glad to
know that Reverend Hughes will be
a permanent citizen here. They have
grown to know and admire him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
MRS. J. w. WOoDsON DEAD.

Word has been received in this city
of the death of Mrs. J. w. Woodson
of Vandalia, Sunday, January 10. II
is thought her death was the result of
an attack of the influenza.
She is survived by several children
one of whom is Mrs. ]. H. Bratton, OF
this city. The funeral will be Tues
day and Mrs. Bratton will attend.
The Ledger joins in extending deep
est sympathy to the bereaved.
Mexico Boy an Officer in the Navy tO
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
WHO WAS GOOSE"
CREEK NAMED FOR?

Who was Goose Creek named for?
Mrs. ". W. Bolts, wife of Audrain
CouEty's representative at Jefferson
City, is much pleased with the new
! state capital but finds a puzzle there.
The following letter to the Ledger
from Mrs. Bolts will be of interest to
her many friends in the county:
Dear Reader
JEFFERSON CITY. January Is
Your editor asked me to write you a
letter now and then about my exPer-
fences and Impressions. This is a
new life to me and the first time in
| my life | have ever been idle. Indeed
| would not be idle now, but l am too
| good a Democrat to get a clerkship IN
the House under existing circumstan-
ces.
jefferson City is a quaint old place
with various and sundry styles OF ar
chitecture, dating from earliest times
to the present. Some houses look Ike
they anti-date the Christian era, while
others, such as Senator Sam B. Cooks
residence, look up to the minute IN
their ~modernity.
We have been ove the city quite a
bit. A picturesque place is McClung
Park, named for a state officer; ard
4 splendid piece of engineering is the
Thomas viaduct, named for a mayor;
and in and out through the whole town
is Goose Greek. | have not learned
who it was named for
jefferson City claims a population
Of $4,000 inhabitants, not including
the convicts and law makers, there
being 2,700 of the former and 164 Of
the latter. The governors wife is Il
beautiful and gracious lady and al
the folks | have met are most cordial
and hospitible.
We are very happily located in the
lovely home of Mr.. and Mrs. l. G.
Uptegrove of the State Banking De
partment, just one block from the
Presbyterian church. The Whitneys
are in our neighborhood, as are ai$o
Mr.. and Mrs. Hostetter of Pike, and
our State Senator Duncan and Mrs.
Duncan, all of whom are friends of
ours. Marie is here too and we spend
much time in the House of Reprcsen-
tatives.
The chief attraction of the capital
city is the new magnificent three and
a half million dollars capitol building.
Nothing could better satisfy the most
critical taste of the most artistic, than
the capitol and its equipment. The
5Oth General Assembly itself looks
quite distinguished and imposing in
its magnificent setting.
1t is generally conceded that this is
the most intelligent and best looking
body of legislators ever assembled
here, and in accounting for it the sug-
gestion has been made that it was
because a large percent of the Leglsla-
tors are lawyers. | never thought be-
fore that lawyers were better looking
than other people. Just between YOU
and me, Judge Bolts is not the least
distinguished among them, either.
| wish everybody in Audrain county
would come over while we are here.
l could pilot you around through the
capitol, and show you the sights. Do
come; but, dear friends, under the cir
cumstances l shall have to ask you
to "come after breakfast, bring alor"
your lunch, and leave before supper
time"
Yours truly,
- ~r,r
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
HEN LAID sos EGGS IN YEAR.

CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-The remark
able hen that laid 308 eggs in a ye7c is
a feature of the National Poultry
Show which opened Saturday at the
stock yards. The hen is the properly
of John W. WEIGH of Omaha. What
is said to be the tallest game cock on
record, a bird thirty-six inches high,
is another notable entry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23

w. A. Shrout, a prominent Audrain
farmer was swapping yarns on the
streets of Mexico Saturday afternoon,
Mr.. Shrout thinks the frost has kept
the unusually warm weather from
hurting the wheat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
TO HAVE BRANCH HERE.

Blattner Bros, of WellsvilIe, have
leased the new Wabash freight depo:
and will open a branch of their Wells
vile plant between February / and
Is.
They will also sell some goods here
though it will be mostly the products
of their creamery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23

Harvey Jordan of near Oak Dale,
who is a member of the Vocational
Agriculture class of the Shelbina High
school, produced $50 bushels Of corn.
by weight, on his fve-acre plot, says
the Shelbina Democrat. The corn
was worth at gathering time $A22, and
it cost him just ST. to produce it,
leaving him a net profit Of ove $50
per acre. This is close to the value of
the land upon which it was grown.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23

Work OF dragging the North State
Highway between Mexico and Thomp,
son was started Saturday morning
While this road has been passable with
automobile it has been a risky under
taking.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
4 Ledger AID Did This,

j. N. Allen has traded his seven
acres of land just north of the new
brick plant, to W. F. Settle for a house
and six lots on West Liberty. Pos
session will be taken March LIST. Mr.
Allen states that this transaction was
made through q want ad in the Even
ing Ledger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
Stock Notes

Lieut.. Little" Niece is home hay
ing received his discharge from ser
vice. He looks fine and says service
agrees with him.
C. II. Dean, Z miles southwest of
Mexico while here Saturday Informed
the Ledger that he has purchased a
load of fine mu'es from Macon County.
J. T. Johnson returned Wednesday
from a trip to Des Moines, lowe,
where he attended a sale of 100 war
horses and mules. He returned by
way of Kansas City.
Word has been received that Sergt.
Harper Van Ness, who is stationed in
Washington, D. c., expects to receive
his discharge from service and pc
home within ten days.
Henry Berry, of Moline, has some
Chinese geese and to prove they are
good layers Mr.. Berry says they didn't
miss a day during the recent very cold
weather.
The 440 acre John w. Arnold farm,
in Monroe county, has been purchased
by Earl Garter and W. D. Mason, of
this city. The farm is an exception
ally fine one. The price paid was not
made public.
Reed Burke, of south Audraln,
bought 70 head of stock cattle last
week from w. J. Hahn, of Miller coun-
ty, tnat cost him a total of $3.50.
They were delivered to him at Jeffer-
son City, Monday.
Pete A. Erdel. a prominent merch-
ant of Rush Hill, died from pneumonia
Saturday afternoon at 2 O'Clock ac-
cording to word received here late
Saturday afternoon. He was a brother
of Mrs. Theodore Selb, north of Mex
leo, and we'll known in this city. He
has been i'll with pneumonia. The
Ledger extends sympathy to the be-
reaved. The news was received too
late to secure particulars concerning
the funeral.
John Hoffman of Audrain County,
Mo, who resides close to the Galloway
line was on the St. Louis Market Tues
day with a load of Angus steers that
averaged 1856 lbs. and sold to the XII
Her at $16.4O per cwt.
81 bought these cattle here in I'll"
early autumn as feeders" stated Mr..
Hoffman to a reporter representative,
"On Oct. /, | began full feeding when
they weighed S47 pounds. They cost
me $11.00 to 11.60 on this market. /
fed the beeves Il ration consisting OF 2
pounds cottonseed meal to the head
daily, also four pounds Purina Fatena
molasses feed, and all shelled corn
they would eat and shock corn and
fodder roughness.
Two loads of hogs on the st. Louis
market Tuesday went at $17.70 which
was the top of the market and the
same as the top in Chicago. These
hogs were in the strong weight class
but hardly what would be called heavy
weights. One load went to a city but
cher and the other to one of the local
big packers.
Azdell Bros, well-knOwn farmers 81
Audrain county, Mo, marketed one
load that consisted of IA head that
weighed 243 at the top and the other
load was sent to market by S. N. Wei
sh of Sangamon County, III. These
gentlemen were highly pleased with
the price obtained for their hogs and
especially so when informed that they
received the same a sthe top in Chi
cago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
MEXICO MAN INJURED.

Sam Hinton, an employee of tbs
Wellsville Fire Brick Co, suffered
severe injuries when he fell from {
scaffold Tuesday morning. Hinton's
home is in this city where he is wei
known.
Hinton "a engaged in construction
work when the board on which he was
standing broke, allowing him to fall a
distance of about fifteen feet onto The
fywheel of the mammoth engine
which is used by the plant. The en-
CINE was not running at the time. He
suffered sever cuts and bruises about
the face and body but no bones were
broken.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23

Hugh Weir, arrived here Sunday
morning from overseas service in the
U. S. Trench Motor corps. He was
mustered out and received his dis
charge at Camp Dodge, Ia. While
Weir ever saw any of the fight
ing he was close enough to realize and
feel the effects of it. He is a son of
C. l. Weir, west of Mexico. He will
visit the latter a short while before
returning to his home in Illinois.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses
were issued Saturday:
jeff Wright, Vandalia, Mo.
Miss Merlin Inflow, Vandalia, Mo.
Ray Doolin, (col.- Vandalia, Mo.
Marie Engine Mabin, (col.- Central
ia, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23

Foy E. Dean, son of c. H. Dean, Z
miles southwest of Mexico, who has
been with the American Expeditionary
Forces in France, has recovered suf-
ficiently, after having been gassed, to
report back to his company.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23

MIR. and Mrs. Robert Boatman of
Belise, British Honduras, arrived here
the last of the week and are visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Boat
man.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
(Courtesv IndianapOlis News.)

Courtesy indianapolis News.)
SERGT. CLARENCE L. CAMPBELL,
of this city, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Campbell, of 61O north Clark Avenue.
Enlisted June 8, 1917, went ~intostrain-
ing Sept, 1, 1917, arrived in France
for active service Dec. %, 1917. Form
erly a Ledger carrier.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23
Where Audrain BSgs Are.
A BIG PRICE FOR PRIZE CORN.

BETHANY, Mo-, Jan. 14.-At the
annual poultry and corn show, which
closed here Saturday, $50 ears of prize
corn were sold for $275.75. The prizs
for the best ten ears of corn was $25,
and for the best one hundred ears was
500. The prize for the best one hun
dred ears was won by S. T. Mathes Of
Harrison County.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23

N. R. England of Farber, Mo-, G. S.
Thompson, assistant trainmaster of
the Alton of Roodhouse, ILL.,, and y.
F. Harrison of Marlin, Mo-, were some
of the visitors here Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Norton Nelson are
happy over the arrival of a fine son
Saturday night. Norton says he is
"Red the Second"