Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-10-02
SKINNER ITEMS

a AS S"~ 80 HNSh
we have ever seen It covering the floor
Of the concrete bridge here six inches.
= Wallace Pearson of Montana was
here visiting relatives last week. -
F. L. MCGEE, now sports a new Nash
car also o. T. Ellis and J. W. Hoi-
loway. - c. R. Sparling traded his
200 acre farm for the Chapman S52
acre farm with Iowa farmers giving
$3.50. per acre for the remaining l52
acres. - Wheat sowing began in
earnest the last few days of last week.
With favorable weather, a lot of this
little cereal will be put in the ground
within the next ten days. Perhaps
about t%wo-thirds as much will be put
in this year as was last season. peo-
pie seem to be afraid of it and could
not get their ground broke early en-
ough either - C. B. Mackey got IN
two deck loads of lambs from Omaha
last Friday. They weighed about 90
pounds. - Ross Ewing marketed 100
bushel of wheat to Pollock NJ. and Z.
Co., last week receiving $2.04 per
bushel. - John NJ. Bruce and son,
of Leepers, Mo-, visited relatives in
this vicinity the past week. - Ezra
Ward and family moved back to Gen.
tralia the past week to put their chill
dren in school. We are sorry to loose
such good citizens, - Roy Bruce, W.
F. Whitley, Richard Baker, and their
families and Misses Alice Hickman,
Misses Mildred Ellis, and Margaret
Whitley and the scribe motored 20
Hannibal one Sunday recently and had
a very pleasant day. - Miss Rutn
Carpenter left Saturday for st. LOUIS
to spend a few days with her sister. -
The protracted meeting at Liberty
closed last Friday night after a three
weeks effort. The meeting was con-
Quoted by the pastor, the Rev. Egan
Herndon with the visable results Of
three additions to the church. - The
protracted meeting of the Bethlehem
church will begin Thursday night with
the pastor in the pulpit. - The Bap-
fist Association was held at Laddouia
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
]. T. Arnold, of four miles norCn-
east of Centralia purchased the Reub-
en- Harlow place Friday at a partition
sale of $50 an acre; a rare bargain 10
say the least. We're hoping Mr.. Ar
mold will move down to it and in case
he does we heartily welcome him. -
Mr.. King from Illinois was here the
past fortnight seeing after his big
farm. - Ernest Marshall moved to the
Copenhaver place the past week. -
ClldIIcS weaver is DullulhB q llC" HlN
room bungalow which will indeed De
a beauty and a joy to him and his
wife. - Roy Bruce has built a new
cellar lately and is now busily engaged
in erecting a house on his farm just
oven northeast of this vicinity.-Pearl
Vance recently sold his 160 acre farm
for $145 and in turn bought the cid
Johu F. Harrison place near Centralia
for $40 per acre. A good trade no
doubt but we are sorry he is going 20
move away from our midst. - J. l..
Carpenter is erecting a most modern
up-to-date barn. 1t is certainly a dan.
dy and is only in keeping with his al
ready finely arranged farm. - Loren
Brockman of Missouri University IS
here visiting Miss Ruth Ellis. - Miss
Margaret Wiley leaves Thursday
to visit relations in Montana and
Washington for the next three months.
- The Fox and Gatewood schools are
progressing nicely under the direction
of Miss Susie VIM and Miss Mildred
Cook. 49, P. T. Bruce purchased an so
acre farm in Galloway county recent
ly. Laugh and the world laughs
with you; weep and you weep alone"
If tickle misfortune should give yon
the slip, look her square in the face
With a stiff upper lip. One real good
motto in life is number your acquain-
tances as your friends. The closer
friends you can get them, the better.
Strive hard to succeed but if you meet
someone that won't, be just as friend
ly as the circumstances will allow.
You will need good friends always.
Be no proud, naughty, insolent, for if
you arc YOU will not have the real idea
Of life. On the other hand strive to be
the pure, meek and lowly Nazareth
kind or the kind that tries not to eX-
alt his or herself. What does the
Bible say? "He that exalteth himself
shall be abased and he that abasetl
himself shall be exalted" - We nave
left out a lot of good news but suffice
to say this is enough of this sort of
stuff for this time.