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MERRIaACK INITIAL FIRE ISsuR-
ANCE CO.,


AM tt.s
Anaoyer. Mass.
ASSETS DECEMBER 81. 1919.
Real estate, 2.Tss.52
Mortgage loans. sT.s6s.2s
collateral loans b3.sae 90
Stocks and bonds. ziT,sss.6T
Cash in once and bank. 43.bss.4o
Agents balance. 4s.1sT.e5
All other assets, s.s4s.35
-
Gross assets s4sI ,ssi.2T
Deduct items not admitted. i5.5s0.70
Admitted assets. s44k.I09.5T
LIABILITIES DECEMBER 81 1919.
Net unpaid losses. e,asS.4b
tnearned premiums. 306.se8.z2
All other liabilities. 2-.taZ.ll
Surplus over an liabilities, 1is.826.7s
Total liabilities and surplus. s4fs.ie9.57
VI. Il. HOLMES. Agent,
Ellsworth. Me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-26
)f Won1en's Suits, Coats, Dresses, "

 
  You will find below those known about Come
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
r ENFORCEMENT.

THERE are certain metropolitan
newspapers of a decidedly damp char
acter whose news columns are con-
tinually filled with the announcement
that the prohibition amendment has
been a failure and otherwise spread
ing propaganda to discrcdit the new
law.
This is especially amusing in view
of the fact that in many instances you
viii find in another column Of the
same issue a local story or a dispatch
stating that courts have been inactive,
municipal farms closed and criminal
cases largely decreased because of the
discontinuance of the liquor business.
The illicit manufacture of liquor
was an ever present form Of law
breaking when the country was wet
everywhere and before the movement
to "dry" US up had received any not
iceable impetus. There may be more
of it now. But it must be conceded
that this element cannot be cleaned
up in a month or a few weeks when
they have succeeded in evading The
officers for years.
Not a day passes that the large
papers as we'll as the smaller ones il
this country do not give evidence O.
results already secured by the closing
down of this business. The propo
ganda of the "wet" press may be in.
teresting to those VINO desire thi'
character of news but to a person O.
intelligence, who reads and reads be
tweens the lines, its purpose is evi
dent.
The benefits Of the prohibitior
amendment have already been s
great that any effort to discredit tn
law will fail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
PROHIBITION AND MORTALITY.

THE large number of deaths recent
~ caused by the drinking of wood
alcohol should not, says The Journal
of the American Medical Association
(Chicago,) lead the public to overlook
the important drop in the deathrate
from certain causes that has followed
the legal prohibition of alcoholic bev-
crages. 1t goes on:
Recent statistics show that for
July, August and September, 1919,
the number of deaths in Boston frorl
alcoholism amounted to only 7, as
compared with 81, 46, So and "a for
the corresponding period of the four
preceding years. Similarly, accidents
diminished from 1872 in 1915, 176 in
1916, 1877 in 1917, and ISL in 1913
TO 112 for the corresponding tnrce
months Of 1919. Suicides also dim
Jnished TO a very marked degree. On
the other hand, homicides showed no
material decrease "a fact that has been
noticed in other cities. 1t seems prob
able, however, that certain unusual
factors are at work to increase the
number Of murders. As is usual after
a great war, familiarity with means
of violence and readiness to resort
TO such g are circumstances that
must be reckoned with during the
slow return to law and order. The
elimination in the deaths from pIco.
holism, accident, and suicide that his
occurred in Boston has been observed
in many other large American cities,
and the saving Of life from these
causes probably far exceeds the IN
creased number of deaths from wood
alcohol"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
A THRIFT CREED.

HAVE you a little thrift creed Of
your own
Economists tell US that is one Of
the prime essentials of home and
business these days as never before
Here is a thrift creed clipped from
an Eastern paper that you can adopt
If you are without this most import.
ant adjunct of success.
81 will earn all I can by producing
all that l can.
~ will spend the money intelli-
gTltly and wisely.
II will save part Of all the money
/ receive when ! receive it.
II must invest safely"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11

said Court in the above entitled cause,
and Of a certified copy thereof dated
Feb. 18th, 1920, I viii, on
FRIDAY, THE 26th DAY OF
MARCH, 1920,
between the hours Of Nine o'clock IN
the forenoon and Five o'clock in the
afternoon Of that day, at the east
front door Of the Court House, in the
City of Mexico in Audrain County,
Missouri, sell, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder, the following described
Real Estate, viz:
The Southwest Quarter 90 of the
Northwest Quarter (A) of section
thirty two (32) The Southeast Quarter
(A) of the northwest Quarter "a
of section thirty n (31) the north
half (k) of lot one ~ of the South
west Quarter (A) of Section thirty
one (31) and the north hat (kl OF
the Southeast Quarter (A) of section
thirty one (21) all in Township Fifty
(50) north of Range Eight (8) west
OF 9Th P. M. containing 210 acres
more or less.
TERMS OF SALE AS FOLLOWS,
VIZ:-CASH.
J. G. FORD,
Pat Sheriff.
Audrain County.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
1920.

1920
All persons having claims against
said estate r required to exhibit
them to her for allowance, within six
months from date of said Letters or
they may be precluded from any ben
eft of such estate and If such claims
b, not exhibited within one year from
the date of the publication of this
notice, they will be forever barred.
GRACE JONES.
52-4t Administrators
Attested by me this 18th day
of Feb, 1920.
E. A. SHANNON,
fH Judge of Probate Court.
Date of first inseration Feb.19
1920.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
FRIDAY, THE 26th DAY OF
MARCH, 1920,

between the hours of Nine o'clock IN
the forenoon and Five o'clock III the
afternoon of that day, at the east
front door of the Court House, in the
CITY of Mexico in Audrain County,
Missouri, sell, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder, the following described
Real Estate, viz:
The North half (A) of the South
west Quarter ca and the Southwest
Fourth (A) of the Southwest Quarter
G4) of Section thirty two (32) eX-
cepting and reserving from the lrst
mentioned tract three eighty-two hun
dredths (3.S2) acres sold to Jacob
Kessler leaving one hundred seventeen
fifty ~hundrcdths (117.5O) acres. Also
the South half ~ of the Southeast
Quarter % of the northwest Quar-
tar % of said section thirty-two
t32) all in Township Fifty 500 north
Of Range Eight (S) west Of the 5tn
p. NJ. containing 1874 acres more or
less.
TERMS OF SALE AS FOLLOWS,
NIZ:-CASH.
J. G. FORD,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that letters
Of administration upon the estate of
A. S. j. HARRISON, Deceased,
have been granted to the Undersigned,
Crockett Harrison, by the Probate
Court of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date the 21st day of February,
1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance within SIX
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within n
year from the date of granting said
letters, thnv will % forever barred
CROCKETT HARRISON,
Administrator.
Attcsted by me this Dist day Of
February, 1920.
(SEAL) BESS L. WOODS,
lat Clerk Of Probate Court,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11

SOCRATES Sewers rises to ON
pEment those young men who had
the foresight to wed on February goth.
They reduce the annual m%isunder-
standing for having overlooked the
date in a proportion that makes all
other bridegrooms green with envy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
OF SHERIFF'S
SALE IN pARTITl

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S
SALE IN PARTITION.
John 7. Watts and Matte Lee Watts,
his wife, Martha E. Watts, William
L. Watts, Jacob S. Watts, George A.
Watts, Kate Crum and George
Crum, her husband, Vannie Coldwell
and Buddie Coldwell, her husband,
Susie Watts and Clarence A.
Barnes Plaintiffs.
May Hudson and D. D. Hudson, her
husband, Lee Bomar, De Almond C.
Bomar, Clark Bomar, Nancy Bontar
Virginia Bomar and Bank OF Ed
wardsville Ia c~orporation) De-
PENDANTS.
In the Circuit Court of Audrain
County, Missouri.
BY VIRTUE and authority Of a
Decree and Order of Sale made by the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S
SALE IN PARTITION.
John T. Watts, Jacob S. Watts and
DeArmund C. Bomar, Clark Bomar and
Nancy Bomar, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court of Audrain
County, Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
NOTICE.

EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given, that letters
testamentary upon the estate of
j. w. WILLIS, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned
ALICE WILLIS, by the Probate Court
of Audrain County, Missouri, bearing
date ire Goth day of February, 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to her for allowance within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within one
year from the date of granting said
letters, they will be forever barred.
ALICE WILLIS,
Executriy.
Attested by me this Goth day of
February, 1920.
(SEAL) E. A. SHANNON,
2-4t Judge of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that letters
of administration upon the estate of
MARTIN D0NNELLY, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned
MARTIN DONNELLY, Jr., blythe Pro-
cate Court of Audrain County, Mis-
souri,. bearing date the 3rd day Of
March, 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance within six
months from the date Of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claim be not exhibited within one
year from the date of granting
said Letters, they will be forever
barred.
MARTIN DONNELLY, Jr.,
Administrator
Attested by me this Bird day Of
March, 1920.
E. A SHANNON,
2-4t Judge of Probate Court
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate of
LOUIS HUBERT, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned,
Charles Hubert by the Probate Court
of Audrain County, Missouri, bearing
date the End day Of March, 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate ;and if said
claims be not exhibited within one
year from the date of granting letters,
they will be forever barred.
CHARLES HUBERT,
Executor.
Attested by me this End day Of
March, 1920.
(SEAL) f. A. SHANNON,
2-4t Judge Of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
Elkin Bolts Is Hurt.

Elkin, small son of ]. A. Bolts sus-
tanned an injury to his foot Saturday
noon as he was going to school. He
was run into by a truck. l. was
,bought he was not hurt seriously.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that letters
Of administration upon the estate of
ELIZA GRANT HOWARD,
Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned.
administrator, by the Probate Court
of Audrain County, Missouri, bearing
date the 9th day of February, 1920.
All persons having claims again7t
aid estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance within six
months from the date Of said letters,
or they may be prccluded from any
benefit If such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within year
from the date Of granting said Letters,
hey will he forever barred.
RUFUS A. HOWARD,
Administrator
Attested by me this 9th day Of
February, 1920.
(SEAL) E. A. SHANNON,
Pat Judge Of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
| NJ p o X T A n L
To SITRSCRIBERS

az Examine date after your
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per. Remit promptly before your
time expires and you won't miss
an issue Of your f~avorite paper.
Obituary notices, church festivals
and other pay Entertainments are pay
uotices at Toe a line an insertion in
the Weekly Ledger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration upon the estate OF
WILLIAM H. RICHIE, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned,
S. NJ. Sharp, by the Probate Court NJ
Audrain County, Missouri, bearing
date the 10Th day of February, 1920.
date the goth day of December, 1919.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefits of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within t..e year
from the date of granting said letters,
they will be forever barred.
S. NJ. SHARP,
Administrator.
Attested by me this 10Th day Of
February, 1920.
(SEAL) E. A. SHANNON,
LAT Judge of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S
SALE IN PARTITIONS.
John 7. Watts, Jacob S. Watts, George
A. Watts and William L. Watts,
Plaintiffs.
DeArmond C. Bomar, Clark Bomar
and Nancy Bomar, Defendants.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11

BY VIRTUE and authority Of a
Decree and Order of Sale made by the
said Court in the above entitled cause,
nd of a certified copy thereof dated
Feb. 18th, 1920, / will, on
FRIDAY, THE 26th DAY OF
MARCH, 1920,
between the hours Of Nine o'clock in
the forenoon and Five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the cast
front door of the Court House, in the
City of Mexico in Audrain County,
Missouri, sell, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder, the following describe
Real Estate, viz:
The South 102.52 Acres Of the fol-
lowing described land viz: The west
one half (12) of the northwest frac-
tional Quarter (A) of Section thirty
1907 in Township Fifty (5Ol north Of
range Eight (8) west of the 9Th P. NJ.
and the East half Oh of the north
east Quarter (A) of Section Twenty
Five (25) in Township Fifty (50l or
Range Nine (9) west of the 5th P. NJ.
TERMS OF SALE AS FOLLOWS,
NiZ:-CASH.
J. G. FORD,
PAT Sheriff.
Audrain County.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
Sure
Death
to
COrnS
"Gets-It" Makes EN- Lose Their
Grin and Lift OFF P~ainlesslY.

The first thing "Gets-It" does
when IT lands on a corn or callus Is to
snuff out the pain. Then 1t shrivels the
corr or callus and loosens 1t.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11

In the Circuit Court Of AudraIH
County, Missouri.
BY VIRTUE and authority OF a
Decree and Order of Sale made by the
said Court in the above entitled cause,
and of a certified copy thereof dated
Feb. 28th, 1920, / will, on
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
The Weekly Ledger
Entered at the P. o., at Mexico, Mis-
ssuri, AID admitted as 2nd class matter
THE WEEKLY LEDGER
L. N. White, Editor.

$i50 Per Year, Cash in Advance
In Audrain and adjoining counties.
Elsewhere So a year in advance be-
cause of advanced postal rates.
GIVES ALL THE NEWS THAT'S
FIT TO PRINT ALL THE TINE
THE EVENING LEDGER, SOC a
meath; or IS by mail in advance; on
Rural Routes, 81 per year in advance
m AHdrain County only.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11

EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given, that letters
testamentary upon the estate Of
JOHN j. HINTON, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned,
LUCY N. HINTON by the Probate
Court of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date the oath day of Febru-
AIRY, 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to her for allowance within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if sad
claims be not exhibited within n
year from the date Of granting said
letters, they will be forever barred.
LUCY N. HINTON,
Executrix.
Attested by me this oath day Of
February, 1920.
(SEAL) BESS L. WOODS,
2-4t Clerk Of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-03-11
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is herby given, that letters Of
administration upon the estate of
ADAM C. BARNES, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned,
J. GARRETT BARNES by the Pro-
bate Court Of Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, bearing date the Oath day of
February, 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance, within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit Of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within n
year from the date of granting said
letters, they will be forever barred.
J. GARRETT BARNES,
Administrator.
Attested by me this oath day of
February, 1920.
(SEAL) f. A. SHANNON,
lat Judge of Probate Court.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-04
Woman Flourishes Gun
And Is Heavily Fined

When Nettie Hamilton met. an
enemy a few night ago on the
street, she.is said to have then and
there drawn deadly weapon, to-
wit, life-sized revolver, and
threatened the aforesaid enemy
with bodily harm all of which is
against the peace and dignity of
the State of Kentucky, and she
was arrested. Friday night she
paid a fine of $40 for flourishing
the "gat." This was not all, for
she was named together with
Wilmore Palmer, charged with a
breach OF the peace, with the re-
suit that another fine of a like
amount was assessed against
each, which was paid before de
parture from the court room.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-04
FARMER is GIVEN
LIFT by THE TRUCK
Bumper Crop Of the Present Year
Being Transported to Ware
house While Dobbin Rests

| Seeking other feldseto conquer
latter displacing Old Dobbin or
1.-THE city's pavements, motor
trucks are now chugging toward
dominance on the rural highways
Their latest achievement is in
giving Americas farmers much
needed lift in transporting the
bumper grain crop of 1920.
Almost overnight, it seems, the
truck has become a tremendous
factor in the movement Of the
nations food supply. A few years
ago, only few farmers recog-
nized its full possibilities but to-
day it can be seen from one end
of the grain belt to the other car
rying full loads of golden grain
toward their destination.
This fast growing Importance
of the motor truck to the grain
grower its shown by a survey just
completed by the Travel and
transport Burea uf the / B. F.
Goodrich Rubber Co. Question
Falres were sent out to nearly D.
900 country elevators by the bu-
reau and the answers prove the
trucks true position in the grain
fields.
Those questionaires answered
which gave percentage compari-
sons OF grain receipts by horse
and wagon as compared with mo-
tor truck grain haulage showed
that 20 per cent of the grain is be-
ing received at. the elevators by
trucks. In other words, the truck
is carrying one-fourth Of the en-
tire grain crop of many sections
of the midwest, a truly remark
able fact when it is considered
that just few years ago the
horse and wagon mad the field to
The territory covered by the
questlonaires included Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Ida
no, Montana, Iowa, Nebraska, Il
llnois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
the Dakotas. Answers were re-
ceived from representative
number of elevators in each state.
According to the survey, farm
erS in Nebraska, Minnesota and
South Dakota are employing mo-
tor truck transportation on a
greater scale than in any other
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-04

our elevators, the company said,
"as they can haul and deliver it
much faster. They are proving
so speedy that with the car situa-
ton as tight as it is now we have
to hold the trucks back"
"In Western Nebraska" saws
the Crowell Lumber & Grain Co.
Omoha, "where grain is hauled
long distances, nearly all of it IS
hauled by trucks. Some elevators
claim they do not receive a single
load during the day by wagon.
With the new facilities that the
truck dump is furnishing it is only
a question of a short time until
practically all farmers will be us
ing trucks to deliver their grain.
The same enthusiastic idea
about trucks is held by elevator
men in all sections Of the grain
belt, even where failure of crops
IN past years has prevented farm
ers from investing heavily in
trucks as yet.
The service which trucks have
rendered wherevel used has been
1t has saved valuable
time for the grain growers at a
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-04

section of the grain belt In these
states, practically all elevators
are being equipped with auto1na
tic scales and dumps So that the
|maximum service can be obtain
ed from the trucks.
A tenor of the replies received
indicated that the farmers, and
elevator men as well, are becom-
ing enthusiastic truck advocates,
and see a great future for thenl
throughout the grain belt.
cat the presen time said Ely
Salyard &. Co, Minneapolis, "25
per cent of the wheat in North
and Souht Dakota is hauled by
trucks. There is one truck for
every 80 farmers. The truck sys-
tenn will increase Is per cent this
year alone and in three years far
mers will be marketing all their,
grain and live stock via the truck
systef."
The Ctntral Grainaries Co., OF
Lincoln, Neb., which operates
about 20 stations in Nebraska
and Kansas, said that so per cent,
of the wheat is being delivered by
trunks in this territory.
'The truck certainly is a sub
stantial help in bringing wheat to
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-04
FIRST FINE ASSESSED.
RESULT CITY ORDINANCE

James Flannery- paid feed bill
IN city court Friday night that he did
not know he owed. 1t came about
through a special collector in the per-
son of an officer, who investigated
complaints to the effect that Flannery
created a nuisance by allowing his
stock to run in the streets. A fine
of 81 and costs was assessed for the
first offense. This, the court added,
would be increased il there was rep
etition of the violation of the ordi-
nance which prohibits the city streets
being utilized as pasture for live
stock.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-04
john Harris Catching
Sharks Down In Florida

John Harris, local timer, who
has been in Florida fishing for the
past two weeks, reports that he
has caught two sharks eight feet
long, a Jew fish weighing more
than 100 pounds, and a sea bass
that is said to be the "most gigan-
tic" representative of the fnny
tribe that has been taken from
southern waters for years. John.
will spend some time there. He
is one that goes after the big ones
and this is one of his annual trips
to his favorite fishing places.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-04
Reform Boys Sent To
Carlisle For Relief Work

A relief party composed of Is
boys from the Kentucky House
of Reform at Greendale, left Lex
ington for Carlisle where they
will aid in reconstructing the
streets, bridges, and other public
property destroyed by the recent
flood. The boys are in charge of
j. F. Glass and Vernon Nickles,
authorities of the Reform School.
A scarcity of labor brought about
an appeal from the city council
ond other officials of Carlisle.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-04

season when every hour is pre-
.cious. 1t has enabled him to get
rid of his crop and prevent loss
formerly incurred from piling it
in fields and inadequate ware
houses. Moreover, it has proved
OF great assistance to the rail
roads, permitting expeditions
loading of cars and relieving the
roads of carry wheat on short
hauls.
1t IS evident from the reports that
the truck came to the grain grow
erS just in nick of time. enabling
htem to handle the bumper crop
IN way which could never have
been equaled with horse and wa
gon. The truck stepped into the
breach and has proved such an ef-
ficient helper that it has won a
lifelong job.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-04
A REAL FLESH BUILDER

ArgO-Phosphate contains phosphate
such as physicians all over the world
are prescribing to build up all run
down, enemic conditions and chang
ing thin, enemic women with toneless
tissues, fabby flesh into the most
beautiful, rosy-cheeked and plump,
round formed women imaginable.
NOTICE:-Dr. Frederick Jacobson
says: Argo-Phosphate builds up all
rundown conditions in a few days
wonderfully. Dispensed by Richmond
Drug Company.