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Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
ALVIN DUVALL DIES
AT HOME FROM
HEART TROUBLE
Had Lived in Mexico Since April When
He Came to be With Daughter,
Mrs. Edgar Richardson.

Alvin Motherhood Duvall, go years
old of north Craig Street, died at his
home Wednesday morning at $50.
The cause given was heart failure.
He had been living in Mexico since
April.
Mr.. Duvall was born July z, 1859
in Harrisburg, Kentucky. From there
he went to Stamping Ground, KY.
where he lived until the time Of his
coming to Missouri to live with his
daughter, Ella B., who is the wife OF
Edgar Richardson, local agent for the
Mutual Life Insurance Company.
He came ii this city in Aoril
shortly after his son-in-law located in
here. For twelve years or more he
has had the trouble with his heart but
the last attack which lasted just a
week was too much for him to stand.
While in Kentucky he was men,
Der of the Baptist church, being a
deacon and superintendent of the
church at Stamping Ground. He was
also a member of the Odd Fellows
lodge.
A short funeral service will be held
Thursday at the home on North Craig
street by the Rev. J. H. Hughes at
1:15 o'clock. Immediately after the
service here the funeral party will ac-
company the body on the 2:S8 train for
Owenton, KY. The funeral services
there will be held in the Owenton Bap-
tist church. The burial will take place
in the family cemetery at Owenton.
The pail bearers here will be J. W.
Howell, W. ]. Rixey, R. R. Arnold,
Thad Threlkeld, W. A. Sharp and C..
A. Witherspoon.
The Ledger joins the many friends
he has made during his short residence
in this city in extending sympathy to
the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
GOVERNOR F.O. GARDNER
BUYS AUDRAN FARM
Milt Householder Farm, Recently Sold
For $3.50 an Acre is Purchased by
State Executive for $186
UNUSUALLY FINE FARM
Consists of 440 Acres and is Located
Eight Miles North of This City
On the Paris Road.

Governor Frederick D. Gardner has
purchased the 440 acre Milt Household
der farm for $186 an acre according
to an announcement made here Mon
day by Mr.. Householder. Mr.. House
holder sold the farm recently to o. D.
Gray and C. M. Robinson, of Sturgeon
for $3.50 an acre and they made the
deal with Governor Gardner.
The farm is located eight miles
north Of Mexico on the Paris road and
is one of the finest and best improved
places in this county. The soil Ia
extra fine and the improvements the
most modern.
Mr.. Householder says he is going to
move to Mexico to reside. This will be
good news to his many Mexico friends
even if his coming will increase the
Republican vote by one.
Governor Gardner's plans concern
ing the farm have not been announced.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
JOSEPH STE|NMAN D|ESI
AT HOME FRIDAY NIGHT
Had Lived in This City For Thirty
Years. Came Here From
Tennessee
WAS rs YEARS OLD
Had Been Ill Since January of This
Year. Died as Result of q
Paralytic Stroke.

Joseph Steinman seventy-fve years
old, died at his home on N. Western
Avenue at 1915 o'clock Friday even
ing after an illness Of five months
from a paralytic stroke. He had lived
in this city since 1879 coming here
from Memphis Tennessee in July,
1879.
He was born March 10, 1874 in
Westphalia, Mo-, and later became en-
gagged in the manufacture of shoes
and went to Memphis, Tennessee
From that place he moved to Mexico
where he has lived ever since.
Upon coming here he first entered
the shoe business as a manufacturer
In that day shoe factories were un.
known and all the work was done by
hand. In this trade he was an expert
Later he entered the retail shoe bus.
mess and has been in it to the time
of his death. His shoe store on Wash.
ington street is remembered by tbs
older citizens of Mexico as one of the
landmarks of the city. When he en-
tered the shoe business here, he and
his son went in partnership and since
that time the firm has been known az
Steinman and Son.
He married Miss Caroline Holman
of Cole County in 1871, eight years
before he came to this city.
Mr.. Steinman first became really
ill in January, Of this year. Since
that time he has steadily become
worse until Friday evening. He leave.
four children: Charles, Of st. Louis
Gus, Of this city; Clara, Of Mexico
and Daisy of this city; a brother Franl
Steinman, Of st. Rose, Ill. Also fiv'
grandsons and three grandaughters.
Mr.. Steinman is remembered by hi
business associates as an homes
straight forward business man and h,
had the respect of all. His business
relations with the business men o1
Mexico were always of a most desir,
able kind. He was a member of the
Odd Fellows and Macabee lodges here
The funeral will be held from the
home on North Western Avenue, al
three o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
WINN BROS, BUY FARM.
Purchase the Lester Miller Place for
$3.50 An Acre.

Winn Bros, owners Of Gerstdale
Jones the great Poland China sire,
have purchased the Lester Miller
farm, on the northwestern outskirts of
this city, for $3.50 an acre.
This farm consists of 222 acres and
is one of the best improved and most
convenient places in this vicinity. Just
what their plans are concerning the
purchase is not known but it is un-
derstood they expect to occupy the
place and make it the home of the
great $4,000 Poland China sire.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
LADDONIA CAR HIT BY TRAIN,
Miss Glade Estes of This City Had
Been Riding-NO One Injured.

An automobile owned by Lee Stuart
of Laddonia was struck by train
in that city about 1890 Saturday af-
ternoon. No one was injured, but the
back end of the car was greatly dam
aged.
Miss Glade Estes of this city was in
Laddonia visiting and was riding in
Mr.. Stuart's automobile just a little
while before the accident occurred,
She and Mrs. Stuart had gotten out
to do some shopping and Mr.. Stuart
was driving the car alone when the
train struck the back end, Mr..
Stuart was not injured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
GOOD ROAD PETITIONS
ARE NOW PLACED IN
ALL LOCAL STORES
First Day of Soliciting Signers Re-
suited in Large Number Putting
Name on Paper.

The first days circulation of the pc
tition asking for good roads for Aud
rain county in the form of a 81 100000
bond issue realized large number of
signers. It is estimated that already
many more have signed the state
ments than the two hundred made nee
essary by law to hold the election.
Over three hundred separate petit
tions were printed each having space
for twenty-five names. These were
distributed to all of the stores in Mex
leo Tuesday morning for the patrons
to sign if they would. A large number
of these papers will be nearly filled by
the end Of the day.
Petitions will be taken to other
towns and also sent to all parts of the
county. A large number were sent
out Tuesday so that immediate action
could be secured. The election will
probably be granted as soon as pos
sible.
Just how much opposition the good
road enthusiasts are encountering is
not definitely known. Although there
IS some here and there over the county
it does not seem to be strong enough
to cause any worry on the part of the
petitioners. As yet no organized op-
position has developed and it is not
thought any will spring up before
the time Of the election.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
FARMER GIVES BARBECUE.
Fifty World War Veterans in Uniform
Among 500 Guests Present.

MARTINSBURG, Mo-, July 90
Five hundred persons were present
Sunday at a barbecue dinner given by
John Bunch at his home near Martins
burg. Bunch took this means of doing
honor to Martinsburg's returned war
veterans. About so discharged SOL
diers were present in uniform. Each
soldier was privileged to invite his
family and friends. After the dinner
there were interesting talks by boys
who had been in the fercest fighting,
Community singing followed. One Of
the soldiers present, Price Hale, re-
ceived D. S. Cross.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
Suits Filed.

A suit was filed by the Vandalia
Farmers Elevator and Supply Co.,
against James T. Bland and Ray
Bland, for damages. Another suits
was filed by G. M. Ferrell ct al against
Kenneth Buchanan in partition. This
suit is one of the three that concern
the estate of the late J. B. Llewellyn
and his wife. Three cases are now
filed to be tried in the September term
of the court. One of them is to test
the will Of ]. B. Lewellen, another is
for partition of his estate and the last
concerns the will and estate left by
his wife.
A suit was filed by William P. Bolts
ct al against Nelson Bolts in parti-
ton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
Married Fifty Years.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Pigg, who live
in Columbia, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary Monday. Mr..
and Mrs. Pigg came to Columbia last
September from Vandalia, where they
had lived for the last forty-five years.
They have seven children and eight
grandchildren. Mr.. Pigg, whose ini-
tials stand for George Washington,
has every right to that name, for he
was born on the twenty-second Of Feb
ruary in 1874. He is the father Of
Chas. Pigg, of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
Czech0-Slovaks Here.

The Czecho-Slovak troops who have
been expected to pass through Mexico
will arrive here some time Thursday.
according to telegram received by
the local red cross organization.
They are on their way to fight in Si-
IBERIA. All persons having magazines
should leave them at the Wabash
freight depot for the Red Cross to
distribute.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
MISS EDITH BOVINE DEAD.
Resident of Audrain Dies From Com.
pIicatiOn of Troubles.

Miss Edith Bovine, 49 years old, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.
Bovine, of Western Audrain, died at
her home Thursday. She was buried
Saturday from Appleman's chapel by
the Rev. Hilcher, of Newton, Ia.
Miss Bovine has been a sufferer for
a number of years and her death will
be mcurned by wide circle Of de-
votcd friends. Besides her parents
she leaves three sisters and two breth-
ers one of whom is Sam Bovine. The
Ledger joins in extending deepest SYM
pathy to the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
MUCH ROAD WORK
IS BEING PLANNED
Rails County is Working Thirty Three
Mile Rock Road Costing
$4,000 a Mile
MARION co. IN FRONT RANK
Federal Government Approves Con.
struction in Scott County
Project.

JEFFERSON CITY, July 2s.-Al-
though the McCullough-Morgan a.
mendments to the Hawes Road Law
have been in effect only short time,
six counties have already secured the
approval Of plans by the State High
way Department and the Federal
Government for the building Of roads
under its provisions, and many other
counties are rushing their surveying
and will soon be ready to submit plans
for state and federal air roads.
In all 101 miles Of road have been
surveyor and approved and the esti-
mated cost for building them is ST.
049,684. All Of these roads will re-
ceive $1,000 q mile state and federal
aid under the new law, and half OF
the cost per mile above that figure
will be borne by the government.
The first county to secure approval
under the new law Of its plans was
Pals county. Two projects in that
county have been approved as Road
No. /. to be built first.
The first, the plans of which have
been completed begins near oakwood
on the Marion county line and ex-
tends to the Pike county line by way
of New London, distance Of 16 miles.
This road, which will be of gravel and
cost $4,000 mile, has been financed
by the Rails county court and private
subscription Of citizens living along
it. The other project Of road No. 1,
the plans of which are almost ready,
extends from New London to the Mon
roe county line by way of Center and
Perry, total distance from the two
projects Of about SO miles. This is
also a gravel project and is to cost
$4,000 mile. Rails county prefers
to build her roads by public subscrip-
tion rather than wait for bond is
sue.
The Sedalia Special Road District
has sent in plans for five miles of
bituminous macadam road from Sc
dalia to the east line of the district.
This road will cost $4,000 mile and
will receive state and federal aid under
the new law.
Mississippi county has submitted
plans for approval fo rthe construc-
tion of Is miles of concrete road from
Charleston to Birds Point. The cost
of this road is estimated at $4,000
a mile.
The Federal Government has ap-
proved the construction of 27 miles of
gravel road in Scott county from the
Cape Girardeau county line to New
Madrid on the south. Contracts are
ready to be let for this project which
will cost $211,00
A concrete road, 7 miles long, from
Joplin to Carl Junction, to cost $780,
ga has been approved by the Federal
Government and work will start as
soon as the contracts can be let.
Harrison county has submitted
final plans and secured the approval
of 9 miles of concrete road in three
directions from Bethany, the county
seat. The estimated cost of this
road is $4,000, and work will begin
on it in the near future.
Surveys are about completed in
Clay county, as well as in many other
counties in the state. Hundreds Of
miles of proposed hard surfaced roads
will soon be submitted to the State
Highway Department for approval.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31

Ernest Barnett has purchased the
Reynolds property at the corner Of
West Monroe and North Western
Avenue for $4,000. This property
consists Of two lots and large house.
J. w. Sullivan was the former owner.
The property was bought worth the
money.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
Couple Married

Miss Mae A. Dixon, of East st.
Louis, and Oswald H. Williams, of
Granite City, ILL.,, were married in
Mexico Saturday evening by the Rev.
C. v. Lanius, of the Methodist church.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
Leslie H. Craig. son Of Mr.. /,

Leslie H. Craig. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. E. Craig and nephew of Mrs.
Morgan Daye has returned from over
seas where he was at the front twelve
months with II. Co. /. 339 Infantry, in
Arkangle, Russia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31
AUDRArN WHEAT GRADING NO. 2.

z
the stringent federal regarding the grading
of grading No next the best
grade according Pollock Milling and Elevation Company The
first wheat this year graded just fraction below No
unusually good for the first wheat The presence o.
moisture damaged kernels smut and low test weight
wheat will bring the grade down very rapidly
The yield Auda has always led the other counties
Of year the yield apparently better than ever
before
The oats average promises be fully S5 bushels
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-07-31

Stoner Yantis, of Fulton, was in
Mexico Tuesday evening while enroute
to Chicago.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
MINING spITzsEResn COAL.

Swedes are working coal mires liz
Spitzbergen with success, it is re-
ported from Stockholm. Eighty-five
miners arr at work and production
per month of 200 metric tons is es-
timaled for this year. For 1919 an
output of $4,000 is hoped for, and
for 1926 the expectation is I20, 900.
1t is expected that Sweden will OBJ
tain 5000 metric tons from Spitz-
bergen before winter begins, and an
ice breaker is being built in Norway
to keep sea channel open in cold
weather. The coal is reported to be
inexhaustible in quantity, with veins
three feet thick, and to be of good
quality. In Sweden it is believed
that Spitzbergen viii soon be an i'm
portant source of fuel supply.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11


No little interest attaches to the
annual emergency food survey upon
which the department at Washing
ton is about to enter, in that it win
show how far the movement to bring
our young people into the field Of
patriotic service in food production
has advanced The record Of last
year is remarkable, showing some
S10,000,0o0 worth Of such products
conserved through club work.
These schedules report that in the
SO Northern and Western states
$4,000 boys and girls were enrolled
OF this number 160,625 accounted
for products valued at S3,700,000.
In the South there were lis, s45 boys
enrolled in the regular work who are
credited with $500, 900, and 1896
girls who produced and conserved
values of S1,5O0,0O0.
Here is a very substantial contri-
button to necessities of the situation
Our boys and girls are doing their
bit, and they surely seem to like it,
Boston Post.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
HEIGHT BRINGS NO TERROR
Airman Has a Feeling of Exhilsration
and HeaIthfuIness When sin
the Clouds"

Some time ago ! was walking in the
country with q friend. when suddenly
we heard a soft hum 4 overhead.
says a writer in a British information
bureau bulletin. II took US some time
to find the tiny black speck, which
looked no larger than gnar. far away
In the blue.
How awful il must be-" my friend
muttered, ito be at that CHASTITY
height" And / smiled, as / remem-
bered having once thought that my
self.
As a fact one has no horror at
height. The higher one is, the less
real does the world beneath seem, the
more stable and safe is the machine
in which one is comfortably sitting.
Height regarded from a h0usetop.
may be unpleasant. From 1860 feet
1t IS delightful.
The pure. sweet air at high alfifudes
stimulates, like wine, and the world
beneath stretches away all round to
the misty horizon, and looks like a
gigantic sunlit map. expected TO
feel giddy, If not airsick, when first
went up and was amazed at the feel
ing Of steadiness and stability.
One has no feeling OF giddiness, once
contact with me ground sBd station
airy objects is broken, but only SEN
sation Of singular health and happi-
ness, and on coming down after a
series Of smooth spirals there is an
amazingly strong feeling Of wanting
70 go up again and taste. once more
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11

the sweet. fresh air and delightful
thrills of the new world.
But what a dreadful noise the en-
CINE must make" l heard some one
remark the other day.
Apart from the fact that the ears
are covered by a warm leather flying
cap there is. on the contrary, some
thing very soothing in the even note OF
the motor. and after being in the air
for some time il is rather apt to make
one feel sleepy.
The higher the altitude, the stronger
the feeling of exhilaration seems to
become. and the world is apt to seem
dull and drab when one descends
again 10 slow Flooding over the earth.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
A SUBURBAN FARMER.

$50 you own a good many sub
urban houses and small farms. Live
on any of them p
"No."
"Then you don't raise anything
yourself?"
"0h, yes; every spring 1 raise
rents." New Orleans Picayune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
SHE WASN'T FLATTEREp.

The Colonel-Your husband is
brave beyond words. He has an
utter contempt for death and cares
nothing for his own life.
The Captains Wife-The beast !
The last thing he said to me was
that he loved me as he loved his own
life.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11
ENOUGH OF THEM.

81 see they are going to put con-
scientious DIRECTORS to work on the
farms"
Gee whiz," replied the old farm
er, "we've had enough of that sort
of help hanging around our farms
already"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-02-11

Samuel Black, so, brother of
Lieut.. Gov. BlacE lied at Richmond
Tuesday.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-03-21
ARE YOUR TAXES HEAVY?
THEY MAY BE HEAVIER VET

Probably every reader of this paper
finds his taxes bit higher than he
fixes to pay. Thousands of them have
been struggling for the last few weeks
to make out reports on income taxes
to the government, and have found
that six per cent takes pretty heavy
slice out of what was left over on New
Years day Many of you had to Dor
row money to pay the taxes.
But this tax is nothing to what all
of us will have to pay If the Victory
Loan fails to go over. Uncle Sans
war bills must be paid. He prefers to
borrow the money from US and pay us
back later on.
But il he can't borrow it, he must
take tin the form Of taxes.
It's like the difference between rent
ing house for ten years or buying 1t
on the installment plan. In one case,
you wind up with a thick bundle OF
rent receipts. In the other, you have
q deed to your home.
Isn't it better to lend your money to
the Government at a fair rate OF In
terest than to pay 1t out in taxes.
which never come back?
That's worth considering when the
time comes to invest in Victory Bonds.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-03-21
THE MAYOR DEFENDS THE
CITY WATER BOARD
CONTINUED from page one)

Continued from page one)
the same basis-the more you use, the
less per thousand gallons you pay.
Here are the true facts in regards
to the financial straits" of the board
Auditors report of July 31st, 1917,
shows
Assets
Cash on hand $3048.00
Accts receivable 3923.53-$6971.53
Liabilities
Notes payable$12290.O0
Accts payable .50--$20851. so
Net indebtedness --------$13880.07
On March 18th, 1919, books show :
Assets
Cash on hand $4923.97
Accts receivable 5940.76-$10864.73
Liabilities
Notes payable $10316:61
Accts payable 3620.94-$13937.55
Net indebtedness --------$ 3072.82
Decrease in net indebted
ness --------$1080725
In addition to decreasing the in
debtedness more than $4,000, there
have been more thai $27, 000improve-
ments made to the water and power
plants and these improvements have
been paid for out of the earnings dur
ing the time they were being in
stalled. The only notes owed are
those handed" to us by the "old
water board" of which Mr.. Mcneil
brags so much. The improvements
made have not only trebled the water
supply and otherwise increased the
efficiency of both water and light
plants, but greatly decreased the cost
of operation which accounts for the
large profits being made.
One instance of efficiency is that
we are now pumping twice as much
water at cost Of $3.50 per month for
power, when it formerly cost $500
to $500 per month for power. Here's
where large part of the profit comes
and not from a raise in rate.
The present profits will soon wipe
out the old notes, and then we will
turn our attention to completing the
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-03-21
SHERIFF SALE
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday
in June, 1919, at public cutlery before
the courthouse door in said county
within the legal hour of sale to the
highest bidder for cash the following
property to-wit:
Three quarters (3-4) of an acre
decided to Charles and Ada Campbell
on December gath, 1889, bounded on
the north by property of R. H. North
cult, west by r. H. Northcutt, south
by lane, and on the east by branch
being off of lot No. 1912 in the 18th
district and End section of Cobb coun-
ty, Georgia, commencing at the south
west corner of lane and running one
hundred and twenty-one (121) feet
on south line, two hundred and twenty
(220) feet on east line, one hundred
and two (1021 feet on north line, and
two hundred and twenty (220) feet
on west line, and described in deed
or record in Clerks Office in Deed
Book "X," folio 1855.
Levied on as the property of
Charles and Ada Campbell to satisfy
six tax fl ia for the years of 1913,
1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918.
Issued by T. H. LEROY, T. c., in favor
of Cobb county and against Charles
and Ada Campbell.
Notice giHn in terms of the law.
W. E. SWANSON,
Sheriff Cobb Co., Ga
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-03-21
NOTICE OF BANKRUPTCY

In the District Court of the United
States for the Northern District of
Georgia. In Bankruptcy. North
ern Division.
In the matter of Doc W. Cochran,
No. 6519, in bankruptcy.
% Notice is hereby given to the
creditors of the above named bank
rupt of Marietta, in the county of
Cobb, said District, that there will be
meeting of creditors in said case
at Marietta, Ga, at the Justice Court
Room of the Courthouse, at 10 o'clock
. M, on the 22nd day of March, 1919,
at which time claims may be proven,
the bankrupt exempted, trustee
elected, and such other business trans
acted as may properly come before
said meeting.
Marietta, Ga, March II, 1919.
GEO. D. ANDERSON,
Referee in Bankruptcy.