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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1920-09-13

! Mr.. and Mrs. John Druehl enter
tained at . dinner party 1t their
home. 1120 nirty-seventh street,
yesterday, in honor Of their daugh-
ter. Miss Harriet Helen, Who yes
terday celebrated her 18th birth
day annivsrsaxy. Covers were
laid for thirty-fivs guests at =
large T-shaped table on the prushl
lawn. Tho centerpiece Was . birth
day cake with eighteen candles. ami
1ouQuets Of golden rod and daisies
vere arranged at tho ends Of the
hle. The evening was passed
loanAntly With games and music.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1920-09-13
G. Z. Society TO Meet.

Members Of the Christian Endeav-
Or society Of the Central Presbyter-
ian church will hold rs monthly
business and social Meeting this
evening In the form Of q wiener
roast. All are asked to meet at the
church at z O'Clock, and the crowd
will 60 by auto truck to the summer
camp Of Frank Park, on Rock river,
where the roast will be enjoyed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

YESTERDAY
IN MEXICO
40 Years Ago.

ACoAS <hbOs
1t was suggested that a good way
t get the needed water cheap was
to dig a deep well in the court house
yard and put up a wind mill.
Frank Brown was admitted to the
Audrain County bar. He had been
reading law under Macfarlane and
Trimble.
Lon Morris horse ran away with
Mary Morris, little daughter of John
B. Morris. The little girls nose was
broken and Charles Ferguson was
badly hurt while trying to stop the
animal.
Audrain County crops were never
better than they were that year.
Martinsburg had a new depot.
There was a scarcity of harvest
hands but not of tramps.
D. o. Pierce died near Laddonia.
Census returns We're falling short
of expectations.
B. F. Dobyns, tax collector, went to
Kentucky to visit his old home and
left his books in charge of B. L.
Locke, county clerk.
Times were very hard, it was COM
plained-cherries were Is cents a
gallon.
The Mexico Gun Club was boom
ing again. A new trap and 1000
balls were ordered in order that prac-
tice could be held regularly and
matches made with other clubs.
Sheriff Glascock, S. P. Martin,
George F. Berry and B. B. Runkle
attended the hanging of Hade Brown
in Huntsville. The latter two went
in the capacity of reporters.
DR.. J. W. Reed attended the State
Dental Association at Sweet Springs.
He was elected vice-president of the
organization for the ensuing year.
Mrs. John A. Guthrie died at her
home here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24
Appropriations
For Next Year
Are -Four Billions

WASHINGTON, June 4.-When
congress quits work Saturday it will
have appropriated more than 4 billion
dollars to pay the expenses of the fed
eral government for the twelve month
beginning July l. This is approx
imately four times the amount re-
quired annually before the war.
Exact figures are not available,
since several appropriation measures
+ still pending. However, a compil-
alton made by Representative C. Bas-
come Slemp of Virginia, a member of
the appropriations committee, after
investigation at the treasury depart
ment, lists these as the probable total
requirements:
Thirteen annual supply
bills ........... $1,753, 340,897
Construction Of roads. $4,000, 900
Permanent and indefinite ap-
preparations ...... 1,400, 100000
Redemption of War Savings
Certificates ...... 100, 1000, 1000
Payment of bonus of
clerks ........... 3O,76O,O0O
Deficiencies payable in
1921 ............. 50,000,0O0
Railroads ............ 10000, 900
Settlement of war con-
This gives a total of $4,O94, 1O0,187
which is about 1,4OO million dollars
less than the departments estimated
they would require for the year. Con-
gress, crying economy, made large
reductions.
If the federal revenues during the
coming fiscal year yield what they are
expected to under present tax laws,
the government would have a surplus
June 80, 1921, of 1884, 1893, 1903, or a
sum just about equal to the reduction
congress made in the estimates Of the
executive branches.
This surplus would go toward re-
tirement of the floating debt, some
1900 million dollars the government
owes on short-time paper. 1t is this
overhang which since the war has
caused the treasury to. come into the
market so frequently for loans, bor-
rowing again as soon as one issue of
certificates was retired. Treasury Of
hcials have asked tax revisions by
congress which would enable them to
retire the floating debt, but congress
made none.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24
10 Years Ago.

-
Fred A. Morris was elected pres
ident of the State B. P. o. Elks at
the business meeting of the conven
ton held here.
The minstrel show given by the
Elks was reported the best ever.
The grand stand at the base ball
park collapsed while a game was in
progress and about 400 persons were
precipitated to the ground. Only
one mar was hurt, and he received
only a slight ankle sprain.
There were eighty-one rural grad
yates in Audrain County. Fifty of
this number were girls.
Mexico business men were raising
money TO buy uniforms fer the Nc
MILAN High School band boys.
Elliott Mason, of this city, and Miss
Ellen Walker were married in Mon
roe City.
j. w. Heskett traded his store on
S. Jefferson Street known as the Bar
gain Place, to B. H. Smith, of Here
ford, Texas, for some land in Texas.
Miss Mary Louise Lakeland and
Charles Bronaugh, of st. Louis were
married here.
A large crowd of boys went on a
hike to c. M. Baskets cabin. A mill
tary program was arranged for their
stay and they were in charge of Roy
Ferris.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24
20 Years Ago.

J. N. Marmaduke, one of Mexico's
most prominent citizens, died at his
home here.
The State Prohibition Convention
was held in Mexico. Chas. E. Stokes,
of this city, was nominated for gov
ernor.
John W. Million was appointed a
member of the American Branch of
the International Association for the
advancement of science.
Miss Stella Laverne Snidow, of
Mexico, won the prize given in the
essay contest held by Daughters Col
lege in Fulton. Her paper was print
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

the Worthwhile lecturers brought
her for the occasion will be taken
advantage of by larger crowds than
attended the sessions last August.
Special invitations will be extended
to the directors and the clerks of the
rural school districts as there will
be matters of interest to them as
well as to the teachers of the county.
Mr.. ofutt is arranging to have a
speaker here from the health depart
ment; he has exacted a promise
from R.. H. Emerson to send the
very best available speaker frc n tin
University; and the Hon. Sam A.
Baker, state superintendent, has
agreed to com for one day. 1t is also
hoped that Miss Rosamond Root, of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24
TEACHERS TO MEET

Plans have been started by Ed c..
Ofutt, county superintendent of
Schools, for the County Teachers
Meeting which will be held here Aug
ust 8 and A., and it is hoped by him
that more than the usual amount of
enthusiasm can be worked up among
the town people this year and that
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24
ed in full in the Ledger.

ed in full in the Ledger.
The Mexico Gun Club was arrang-
ing for a big shoot here July A.
DIR. and Mrs. N. R. ROdes, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. L. Harper, Mr.. and Mrs. Os-
car Lewis, May Lewis, Fannie Potts
and John Potts, went to Russell's
Ford for a camping trip.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Aunt MeIia coons, who was 100
years old last Christmas, Is here Wis
ting Mexico relatives and friends.
She has been in AItamont, Kas., the
past winter and was accompanied
here by her grandson Carl Mourning,
formerly Of Mexico. She is enjoying
splendid health. Each year she visits
this city regardless Of the long trip.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Buckner motored
to Quincy, ILL.,, Thursday where Mr..
Buckner has accepted a splendid pos
ition with the Morris Bros. Shoe Co.
The Ledger joins in wishing them
much happiness and success in their
new home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Roy Jones, one Of Mexico's young
men who has been attending the Chill
licOthe Business College, has been
placed by that institution in a stem
ographic-accounting position with the
Main Island Greek Coal Co., at Omar.
w. Virginia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Father Francis, Of st. Meinrad's
Seminar, Indiana, a member of the
order Of st. Benedict, will take
charge of St. Brendan's Catholic
church here during the absence of
Father O'Sulliyan. He arrived Satur-
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

A delegation of the James Bledsoe
Post of the American Legion is to
70 to Centralia Thursday night for
the purpse of meeting with the post
there and inviting the members to
come to Mexico and participate in
the Fourth of July celebration to be
given under the auspices of the Am
erican Legion in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Mrs. Frank McCord has returned
from Marshall where she went as a
delegate from the Missionary Society
of the Christian Church to attend the
state convention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

M. and Mrs. John Rutter and Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Squires returned Fri
day night from Kansas City where
hey motored several days ago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Miss Mary Mcintyre, of St. Louis,
motored back from that city with Mr..
and Mrs. Rolla Mcintyre, early this
week, and is their guest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Miss Margaret Million has gone
to Berkeley, Calf, to attend summer
school in the University of Califor-
MIA. She has just finished two years
40 head of the French Department
in Baylor College, Texas. When she
has finished her summe course in
the university she will either teach
or 90 into newspaper work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Mrs. P. II. CAN'T has returned to
Philadelphia after a pleasant visit
here with her son, Judge Ernest
CAN'T.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Miss Marie Sullivan, who was OPP
Grated upon for appendicitis at the
Amanda Hospital Wednesday, is get
ting along nicely.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

0. w. Walker, of Wellsville, has
been discharged from the Audrain
Hospital where he has been a patient
for several days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Mrs. E. D. Graham and Miss
Martha Pitcher, of the Hardin Col
lege faculty, have gone to Excelsior
Springs for a visit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

The Sturgeon Leader has raised its
subscription price to 81 a year any,
where in Missouri and $3.50 outside
Of the state.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24
LOCAL
NEWS

W. c. Gray, of Farber, spent Sat-
urday in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Miss Wilhelmine Taylor is the
guest of Mexico friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Mrs. Frank Blank has returned to
her home in Kansas City after a
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Cove.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

John 7. Smithy, of near Paris, has
been admitted to the Audrain Hos
pital as a patient.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Mrs. W. W. Pollock has returned
from st. Louis where she has been
for the last few days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

j. D. Mckee left Wednesday for
Colorado Springs where he he will
visit his son.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Z. c. Waters, of Vandalia, was in
Mexico Saturday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

George Kunkel was over from Col
umbia Friday shaking hands with his
many Mexico friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Attorney Don Carter, of Sturgeon,
we'll known in Mexico, is quite ill
with typhoid fever.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Edgar Woodson and son, of st.
Louis, were in this city on business
Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

P. A. Dent, of Vandalia, was in this
city on business Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Horace Mundy, has returned from
a visit in St. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

Mrs. Bernice Cohn has returned
from st. Louis where she has been
shopping for the last three days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

According to the latest census re-
ports Centralia's population is 2,O71;
a decrease Of 40 or 81 per cent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

George Morgan, of Moline, was in
Mexico Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

B. NJ. Payne, of Columbia, was in
Mexico on business Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

c, W. Rule, of Farber, was in this
city on business Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-06-24

the Kirksville Teachers College will
be able TO accept the invitation to be
here to address the teachers. Mr.. Of
futt says he viii have six or eight
really notable persons on the pro-
gram and that the convention will
furnish two days of helpful talks, lee
lures and discussions.
There will be about 500 available
to defray the expenses of the insti-
tute this summer. The fees paid by
the teachers when they take their ex-
aminations go into a fund for this
purpose, and Mr.. Offufftt says he
will be willing to expend all he has
at that time, in order to make the
meeting a uccess
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16
Dress Lures Flirts, Says Judge.

If Nyack girls and women are an
noyed by lirts, they have only them
selves to blame, according to a pro-
nunciamento by Police Judge Harris
OF Nyack, N. Y. According to Judge
Harris, who is one of the most popular
Of local public officials, and who is
usually appealed to by anyone to right
any alleged wrong or irregularity the
women who dress in extreme fashion
invite the attention of the hirts. When
Mrs. Mary Welsch appeared before him
and entered complaint that her
daughter had been annoyed BY men ami
that other girls had had similar ex-
perlen:cs, Judge Harris replied, say
ing:
"Nyack girls and women in general
who are bothered by male flirts have
themselves to blame. So long as wo-
men continue to appear in public in
low neck and abbreviated costumes, it
IS no wonder that men will firt with
them. In all my experiences in Nyack
have never heard of a single instance
where a modestly dressed woman has
mad the slightest cause for complaint.
1t is not remarkable that men trv to
PICK up an acquaintance with women
dressed in the height of immodesty.
Such women provoke Washers to do
What they do by the display that i'm
proper costumes Afford"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16
Electricity For the Country Town Telephone
ExchoDoe

the employment Of these systems of in
dependent electric charging units of
the character which helped out in this
crisis at Key West.
To the smaller exchanges every
where, these independent electric units
offer a ready solution for many of the
annoyances that attend the use of
present methods of systems. Whether
the local battery system is in use or
Jhe common battery system one OF these
units, often in a low voltage can be
used at a considerable saving of time
and labor
In the first place it will furnish elec-
trio light for the telephone exchange
a matter of Importance and OF con-
siderable satisfaction to the employees
Then it will care for the talking and
ringing circuits, eliminating the annoy
ancc of FAINT raging which occurs
when he batteries become weak. The
dcvc oQmcnt IT ne independent. ccc-
trio plant for tc,cI9,lne service IS nlSt
q ether one tt IT,. steps toTWaci which
modern invention is making every.
where and the result will be, a.
II should be with all these new improve
m n'S, letter service and greater com
orr and satisfaction for All who ar,
de0cnIcnt in any way upca the tele
phone.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16
Whispering in Church.

The worst of all kinds of sound ir
church Is that of human voices not en-.
gagged In the services; worst in in.
decency, worst in moral transgression
Even religious conversation is wrong
secular conversation is profanity
Comments on the service itself, if fav.
oraole and friendly, are impairment:
II critical, are disgracefuI; if conf.
cal, or calculated to provoke laughter
are infamous. For all mutual com.
munlcationS that appear to be neces-
Sary a sufficient forethought would, in
most cases, obviate the necessity, If
those who whisper would think twice
hrst, they would commonly see that
no serious harm would come Of keen.
ing stu til! after the service. The in.
SUIT lies against His courts. against the
"Hthorit'eS Of the church, against the
congregations A whisper reaches far
"'er than the whisperer imagiuca. And
wherever it reaches it may rightly stir
Indignation. 1t is a form of III man.
RS, the more dePlorable because if IS
scarcely capable of rebuke and sun.
PRESTON b. any means OTHER .han q
general sense of good behavior and
right education.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16
Victory Through Kindness.

Even after more than fifty years new
stories are coming to light that show
how deeds of kindness and compass
sion were bringing the hearts of the
North and South closer together in
spite Of the fierce passions Of war.
81 the last session of the Vermont
Legislature a resolution was adopted
commenting Mrs. Betty VanMetre, of
Virginia, for her care Of Lieutenant
Bedell, OF Vermont, when he was
severely wounded and left on the field
after the battle Of Opequon, Va.
The Green Mountain soldier boy was
picked up unconscious and carried to
the home where lived Mrs. VanMetre,
bride of twenty, whose husband was a
Confederate soldier. She insisted on
acting as a nurse for the Northerner,
in spite Of some criticism, and cared
for him till he was able to be moved
back to his Vermont home, and went
with him on troop train to Washing
ton.
There Lieutenant Bedell told Secre-
tary Stanton how Mrs. VanMetre had
saved his life, after he had been un-
cared for for three days. The Secre-
tary Immediately ordered the release
of Mrs. VanMetre's husband, who was
a prisoner at Fort Delaware. Mr..
VanMetre accompanied his wife and
Lieutenant Bedell to Vermont, where
they remained until the lieutenant had
recovered from his wound.
st seems fitting" says the resolu-
ton, "that the State of Vermont should
take some action in recognition Of the
unselfsh action of this young Virginia
girl of fifty years ago to one of the
Green Mountain boys, as she and her
husband are both living in a happy old
age at their home in Virginia"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16

The manufacturers of a certain in
div ual electric plant received from
Of the Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company at Ke
Wsf, Florida, letter which said, in
pafts
The hurricane at Key West, in
September Of this year, put out of
commission our commercial cleo
tr1S light plant, thus depriying our
omce OF its only source Of power
foE the charging OF our Central
Office storage batteries.
To keep our telephone plant in
Setvice, Admiral Benton c Deck
et Commandant of the Kew West
Navy Yard, loaned us one of your
storage battery charging outfits
and we charged our batteries with
this outfit until the city com
mercial circuit to our Office was
placed in commission again.
10 the layman this letter might nav
no, especial significance, but to the Il
cphone man, who realizes the impcr
atlve necessity Of keeping the ic
phone service going at ali times.
CARELESS OF any emergency, it will ha
considerable interest 1t will me;
ihat an emergency outfit is availaN
Tor any city telephone system. throur
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16

Kansas furnishes this years ro-
nance of sudden wealth in the immense
crops of volunteer wheat" that came
to harvest in the western part of the
State. Large areas were abandoned
as wheat land last year after scanty
crop. A wet fail caused the wheat
that had fallen TO the ground during
the harvesting to germinate, and ideal
wheat-growing weather brought on 4
volunteer stanl that rip,ncl to a
bumper crop this last summer. There
are many stories OF abandoned acrcag.s
that produce from So O.O ~ S25.O)r
worth OF wheat. ana OF farms Dough-,
ana raid Tor ~ crop hat 10 man
Sowed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16

In these days of expensive fuel it is
worth while 10 "a. attention TO a
source that is 800 of en- neglected: the
old stump field. Most if not all OF me
conifcrouS trees have no taproot, but lay
hold upon the ground with w,d:-
spread network of superficial roofs that
clutch the soil like a gigantic, many
fingered hand. Both stumpS ana r3o:s
are therefore easily blown nut nv a
shot or two of dynamite. If they are
the stumPS and roots OF any of the
pine trees, they are full of pitch and
resin that burn with a flame as hot
and clear as oil.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16

Last spring two San Francisco men
who had already killed deer, black
bear, wildcat and mountain lion with
the bow AMI arrow went into the noun
tains of Wyoming with an experienced
guide and killed five grizzlies with
the same primitive weapon. Their
success and the killing power of a
heavy barbcd arrow so impressed the
guide that he, too, has now adopted the
bow as his own hunting weapon. His
reasons are that it gives the game
a better chance, requires far greater
skill on the part of the hunter and is
therefore more sportSmanlike They
are good reasons and should interest
those green and greedy hunters who
think they must have high power rifle
TO get anything, from chipmunks to
deer
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16

During July the manager of a fac
tory in Springfield, Massachusetts, that
employs 700 hands agreed to allow milk
to be distributed in the factory during
working hours. The price was five
cents a half-pint bottle. In a little
while 700 bottles day were sold, and
the efficiency of the force seemed to be
much increased. When, during August.
the price was advanced to six cents.
the factory manager was SO convinced
of the value of the milk luncheon that
lie assumed the increase in the cost
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16
Norfolk s. Western R,
Schedule in Effect Oct. 3, 1920.
LEAVE SHEPHERDSTOWN DAILY
SOIIIHROIlND


SOUTHBOUND.
No 1873 CO A. M.-for Bristol and in
termedlate stations; Broiler Parlor
Carlo Bristol; connection at Roa-
noke for roints West Sleeper TO
Roanoke, Columbus. Cincinnati, and
Chicago. Dining Car.
No II a 80 +. IA For Shenandoah,
Va, and Local Stations.
No. II .35 A NJ Let OFT from connect
ing lines al HageTstown or Shenan-
.doah Junction or TO take on Tor Basic
or beyond. Sleeper TO williamson,
w Va, and Winston Salem, n. G.
Dining Car TO Roanoke.
NORTHBOUND.
No 2S-9 30 A M For Haeerstow
and Intermediate stations, connects n
Hagerstown for Harris burg, Philadc!
phIa aud New York
I No l4-S "a u N For Ilagerstown
/ Philadelphia, aud New YORK; Parlur
Cars, Sleepers. iageGStown TO Phila
deiDhll
/ No 2-l 81 A. Met Oft from Basic {.
beyond, or to take on Tor connectInp
lines At Shenandoah Junction or Tia
grrstown Sleeper 10 Philadelphia
aud New York
w. B BEVILL. w. {. SAUNDERS,
Pass. rraff Nngr Gen Pass. Act.
Roanoke Va
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16

Wanted-Men or women to take or
derS among friends and neighbors for
the genuine guaranteed hosiery Full
line for men, women and children. Ell
inmates darning. We pay 75c an hour
spare time, or $500 week for full
time. Experience unnecessary. Write
international Stocking Mills, Norris
town, Pa.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-12-16
A Shepherdstown Inter
view.
Mrs Hebb Tells Her Experience

Mrs. Benz. Hebb, E. German Iii. lie
says: 81 had dizzy and nervous SP'r nv
but my chief trouble was rom ,oins
back. | had dull, dragging pa ard
through the small of my pa.N . az"
when | stopped down 10 PICK up ," H
thing or lifted, this pain always aid ,sslj
me right across my back ! Was ' ,hs
my kidneys and bladder ~eie .bbor
cause OF the complaint A B nss" and
told me about Doan's Kidney rms co a
took them. They soon gave; ms I', and and
plete relief, restoring my kLdh.ii'r can
bladder to a normal condition an. hurt.
now stoop over or lift without II ''
ing me-" o u.. Heb
THREE YEARS LATER, MIS- MIS-, 10 Of
added: 81 haven't had any yT';G5ney
kidney trouble since Doan macy.
Pills, procured at Hills I.'",'" ref.
cured me. ! consider the cure
mancnt one" Wlhurn
Coo, at all dealers. roster
Co, Mfrs, Buffalo, N. l.