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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26

Columbus may have discovered
America; but it took Blasco -Ibanez to
discover its greatest charm-the peer-
less American husband!
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26

To c. r. C.-Lavender, pink, flesh
and white are good for summer wear,
and would become you. Your druggist
Will suggest good cream that will
remove blackheads
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26

No use. telling a flapper that n mans
ideals are noble and his character
straight. II his nose and his shoulders
don't match them
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26

Prudence is what makes q girl insist
ON riMEfng IN Men6elssohR, the moment
that a mans heart begins singing
Just little loVe-a little kiss
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-26

Dear Mrs. Thompson--I have been
going with a certain fellow for over
a year, and there is another fellow
that loves me, and am simply wild
about him, This second fellow treats
me much nicer than the first one.
Would you advise me to 90 with this
first or second fellow?
SLOW AND EASY.
The right to change your mind Is
yours. If you care more for the second
man than you do for the first by all
means go with him. If you are en-
gagged to the first one simply tell him
that you care more for someone else.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-04
SUGAR MARKET ON SLIDE
AGAIN DROP 5 CENTS.

New Orleans, La, Aug. 30
The wholesale sugar market took
a slump of 81 cents a pound to-
day. The Henderson refinery an
nOunccd that it is now selling re-
fined sugar to the wholesale trade
for II cents a pound as compared
with 22I2 cents last week.
This means that the sugar
should reach the retailer at a cost
not exceeding Is cents and should
be sold to the consumer at not
more than 20 cents pound.
Compared with prices that have
ranged from p to "a cents.
Prices quoted by the American
and other local refneries main
tain the price of 22l2 cents
though the American is not tax
ing orders at that quotation pend
ing developments. The general
opinion however is that the Amer
lean and other rcfneries will soon
follow the slump set by Hendcr-
son company.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-04
Insurance Man Tells of Friend S
Recovery,

Gle suffered considerably from
gas in stomach and collie attack
and at times was very yellow
His doctors diagnosed his aiIment
as gall bladder trouble and that
an operation was necessary.
Some one persuaded him to try
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy.
Since taking it one year ago he
tells me he has been able to eat
anything" 1T is a simple, harm
less preparation that removes the
catarrhal mucus from the in
testinal tract and allays the in
fammatiOn which causes prac-
ticalIy all stomach, liver and IN
testinaI ailments, including ap-
pendicitis. One dose will con
vince or money refunded. Es-
forge Drug Co. and druggists
everyhcre.-Adv.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-04
WHY NOT?

1t would be difficult to find &
community where there is no fault
finding, or back biting, or criti
cism, or covert sneers. for human
nature is peculiar, and indulging
in such questionable pastimes is
one of its peculiarities.
But suppose human nature in
this town should reverse itself for
once-for an entire month.
Instead of saying or thinking
unkind things Of others, suppose
each Of us considered only the
good in Our friends and acquaint-
ances and neighbors.
Suppose we were generous in
our praise sand lavish in our com
mendatiOns, and each had some
thing good to say about each 9th
er person.
What a revolution we would
see!
We would behold the unheard
of spectacle Of every man and
woman gradually outliving and
forgetting the petty weaknesses
of life.
We would each be filled with
pride at the good things said of
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-04
PERMANENT COMMISSIONS
FOR TEMPORARY OF.
FICERS

Secretary Daniels on August
10Th issued permanent commits
sions to 2O2 officers in the NAVY,
all Of whom had won this promo.
lion from the ranks and had
credltably served in the war
against Germany in temporary
commissioned ranks and grades
in the Regular Navy. One hun
dred and nlnety-four Of these
former enlisted men who had
made good were promoted to be
Llcutenants in the permanent
grade, seven lieutenants (junior
grade and one permanent en-
sign. "Permanent promotion of
men from the ranks" said See
retary Daniels, "was won by
these officers by long and hon
orable records, in which they
demonstrated their ability to
serve as commissioned officers. 1t
was very gratifying to me to
sign the commissions giving
naval recognition to the singular
ly worthy men who. lacking An
napolis education, had, by devo-
tiOn to duty and the exhibition
~of large capacity, qualified to
serve as commissioned officers
along with the Annapolis grad
uates who had enjoyed better
earlier opportunities for educa-
ton. Their promotion to these
permanent grades in the commits
stoned ranks was made possible
by an act Of Congress approved
by the President on June 4, and
was in keeping with the policy
which | had long advocated Of
opening the door of promotion of
men who came into the Navy as
enlisted men and demonstrated
their fitness for promotion. Tt
shows that the Navy today is
spelling opportunity" as never
before, and that young men who
come into the service and make
good may look forward to rising
from an enlisted man to ad- |
miral.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-04
ROADS NEAR CADE GOOD.

The st. Martin Messenger said
."A representative of this paper
visited Cade Tuesday and found
all the roads in that section
craded, drained and in the best
of condition. Now if Police
Juror Smedes can take care Of
his roads why can't Police Juror
Bienvenu do the same thing L?
Now Mr.. President. why can t
you do for us what Mr.. Smedes is
doing at Cade?"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-04

Rub-My-Tis is a great pain
killer. It relieves pain and sore
nses caused by Rheumatism, Neu-
ralgia, Sprains, etc.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-04

When person solemnly states
that he "worked like a dog" all
day it is probable that he hasn I
considered the correct meaning Of
the phrase. The Concordia (Kan.)
Press says that if this were lit
orally true the twenty-four hours
would be spent thus: One hour
digging out rat, two hours
gnawing a bone, one hour waiting
for a cat to come down a tree,
half an hour begging to come into
the house and the rest of the time
sleeping on the mat in front Of
the door scratching feas.-Ex.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1920-09-04

666 has more limitations than
any other Chill and Fever Tonic
on the market, but no ONE wants
limitations. They are dangerous
things in the medicine line.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
u. S. VIII Stay
Dry is Belief Of
Anti-Saloon Force

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-The pro-
posed beer and light wine amendment
to the Volstead act hasn't got the
chance Of the ~prafanely %proverbial
SNOWFALL, according to the represen-
tatives ofthe anti-saloon league here.
Their figures on the congressional
cceltions lead to the conclusion hat of
the 435 members of the house, more
more than 225 who had voted for the
Volstead act in its present form were
reelected, and a considerable num-
her of "drys" have been added to the
majority they can count on to combat
any modification of the enforcement
law. The same ratio, they say, holds
for the senate.
Tuesdays election spells defeat
for the beer and wine amendment in
the sixty-seventh congress-" said
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
and legislative superintendent of the
a~nti-saloon league. of course, the
liquor interests will make another
fight this year, but with the convin-
cling results coming from prohibition
and the influence of the women's
votes, we are confident that an effect
i've prohibition law is on the national
statute books to stay"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
A Public Service Institution.

The Appeal, of course, has no apol-
ogy to make for selling space to Re-
publican candidates and committees,
no more so than the Globe-D Democrat
has for accepting advertisements for
Democrats. The Appeal, like all high
class newspapers, is a public service
institution. Its editorials and opin-
ions are never influenced by its adver-
Users or is any advertiser barred
from it's columns simply because he
and the Appeal do not think alike.
Since Monroe county Republicans
have no newspaper of their own they
must either get their messages to the
people through the Democrats press
or do without newspaper service al
together. We have no quarrel with
Democratic publishers who see fit to
deny them access to their advertising
columns, though we seriously question
whether a policy of suppression is ii
line with modern newspaper ethics
but so long as the Appeal is under its
present management it is going tx
treat Monroe county Republicans with
the same cosideration that it would
wish for the Democrats were condi
tons reversed.-Paris, Mo, Appeal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
Carries Stock OF
$4,000 Copies Of
Classical Music

The Mexico Music Company, form
erly owned and operated by Nh. and
Mrs. ". H. Upham, but now owned
by B. X. Bunch and w. W. Boillot,
is one Of the largest wholesale houses
of sheet music in Missouri. They
sell music in practically every state
in the union, and have regular GUS
toners in Texas Michigan, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania,
Illinois and Missouri.
In the last seven years, the clas-
steal music in stock has been ~increas-
ed from $4,000 to $4,000 copies. Be-
sides this, they carry a large stock
Of popular music. Orders come in
from many Of the colleges and schools
and the company supplies music to
pupils and supply teachers in more
than twenty-five states.
The Mexico Music Company, has
been in business for thirty-four years,
most Of that time under the operation
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Upham, but since
June, has been under the manage
ment of Mr.. Bunch and Mr.. Boillot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
Miss Heller To
Wed c. |. Whar-
ton November 9

An announcement of the marriage
of Miss Maurine Heller of Mexico and
Clarke Lewis Wharton, November 9
was made at a party given at the
home Of Miss Dorothy Worrell We'd
nesday afternoon. The wedding will
take place at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Heller.
Miss Heller is a graduate of Nc
MILAN High School, Hardin College,
and the University of Missouri. She
is a member of the Beta Sigma Omi-
cron sorority. Last year, she was ar
instructor in English at the high
school here.
Mr.. Wharton is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Wharton Of Mars Hill
N. C. He is a graduate Of Wake For
est College in Raleigh, N. c. He wa
with the 278 Aero Squadron in Franc,
during the war. He is well KNOW
in Mexico, having been in instructo1
in French and Spanish at MN. A. las
year, but is now connected with tn
Cooperative Society of America in al
official capacity.
They will be at home in Chicago
after December l.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
TOOTH BRUSH DRILLS

The school children of Missouri are
going to have tooth brush drills every
morning before class, according to
plans now being made by the Division
of Public Health Nursing, Southwest
ern Division, American Red Cross.
During the drills the children will
brush their teeth, keeping time to
lifting tunes sung by some OF their
.schoolmates, with words about brush
nj gthe teeth and the advantage Of
the habit. One of the parodies that
finds great favor with the children Is
as follows:
To market, to market,
A tooth brush to buy,
Home again, home again,
Mother and l;
For / must take car Of my teeth
when I'm small
And then I will never have ~toethaehe
at all.
III brush them at morning,
III brush them at night,
Twill keep my teeth clean and make
my smile bright.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
EXPLAINS VICTORY GAINED
OVER YELLOW FEVER

Columbia, Mo, Oct. 25.-An &C
count OF The triumphs OF public
health work would be incomplete
without an explanation of how the
victory was gained ovcr yellow fe-
lever, according TO Dr.. NJ. p. Rave
mel Of the School OF Medicine of the
University Of Missouri, president of
the American Public Health Asso-
citation.
In former times ships arriving at
tort from foreign countries were held
a period OF forty days, called quar-
artine, to allow any infected per-
o n to develop their diseases, in
stead Of letting them land and be-
come i'll at their homes, thereby
Spreading infection. In some cases
ships were held fore than forty days
when they came from countries like
Cuba, where yellow fever was pre-
v~alcnt. Such ships were kept out
OF port until a killing frost occur
rcd, as it was known that yellow
fever did not spread after a frost Oh
during the winter.
For many years we stumbled
blindly along in this manner. Fl.
naIly the researches OF DIR. Walter
Reed OF the American Army showed
that yellow fever was carried Away
BY a mosquito, and could be trans
mittcd only by the bite of this par
ticular mosquito, called the stego
myia.
The experiments which proved thi
arc as thrilling as any novel. Doc
tor Reed and those associated will
him allowed themselves to be bitter
by infected 'mosquitoes-that is, b.
insects which had previously bitter
persons i'll with yellow fever. On
of the party. Dir. !. w. Lazear o
MARYLAND, died, a martyr to sclenct
His sacrifice has saved many thous
ands OF lives and many millions q
dollars. As a result of these expert
mcnts, ships from infected ports ar
now fumigatcd with an inscct1c1d
to kill all mosquitoes and arc the
; allowed 70 enter port and discharg
passengers and cargoes,
yellow fever. which was a scourg
!, to all Of our southern scaports an
! which has ragged even as far north
! Philadelphia, is now a thing OF tt
past. 1t can never occur as an ep
: dcmic in the United States again. HI
: vana, for many years the home {
yellow fever, is now free, and ma
be visited at any time of year wit
: perfect safety. Quarantine is no
!, on a rational foundation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
MOH|O Co. TO DE-
CLARE FIRST DIV
|DEND NOV. Is

At a dinner of the Mohio Coal and
Mining Company Wednesday noon at
the Hoxsey Hotel, C. P. Malice, pres
ident of the company, announced that
the company will declare its first div
idend of 2 per cent on the stock of the
company to the stockholders of record
November 81. The company is COM
plotting it's capitalization and consid-
cradle stock has been subscribed.
The dinner was given for the Of
ficers and stockholders of the COM
pany, there being about fifty pedsons
present. C P. Malone, W. G. Wilkins,
and M. v. Jelley made talks at the
dinner concerning the company's
prospects.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
AMENDMENTS
MOSTLY LOST
IN AUDRA|N

According to an unofficial count Of
the votes cast in Audrain county Nov
ember 2, Amendment 10, concerning
prohibition, and Amendment II, con-
corning the vote of the qualified vot-
ers who may be absent from the
State at the time of an election, were
the only two that passed.
The voting on the amendment was
light in comparison to the number
cast for the various candidates. The
largest total of votes in this county
cast for two contesting candidates was
about nine thousand, while the largest
total on any amendment was a little
over seven thousand.
The unofficial total vote in Aud
rain county on each of the fifteen
amendments was as follows:
Amendment /, concerning an in
crease in the salary Of the members
of the General Assembly, YES 1921;
40 1878.
Amendment 2, to amend the char
ters of cities of more than 100000
population, YES 1926; NO 3,086.
Amendment 3, to increase the limit
Of the Indebtedness of the large
cities, YES 2,046; NO 1927.
Amendment 4, to authorize special
levy's for road purposes in districts.
YES 1888; NO 1913.
Amendment 5, concerning increased
taxation for public building repair
YES 1877; NO 1894.
Amendment 6, Sixty million bono
issue, YES 3,677; NO 1919.
:. Amendment Z, granting privilege o.
f increasing Indebtedness to cities o:
= net more tina 10000, YES 1882; Nc
3,165.
t Amedment 8, concerning pensions
| for the blind, YES 2,801; NO 1892.
Amendment 9, for bond issue for
= soldier settlement fund, YES 2,451
= NO 1867.
Amendment 10, concerning the in
Y crease in the number of the Suprem
9 Court Judges, YES 1870; NO $3.50.
: Amendment II, to allow qualife
@ voters in military service who may b
= absent from the state to vote, YE'
+ 1861; NO 1881.
Amendment II, increasing judge
y of the St. Louis Court Of Appeals
r YES 1873; NO 1912.
Amendment Is, against the sal
4 and manufacture of liquor in Mis-
!, souri,, YES 3,725; NO 2,874.
Amendment IA, concerning tn
4 workmen's compensation act, YE
&C 1878; NO 3,727.
Amendment Is, concerning a ne
;. constitution for Missouri, YES 2,8lt
NO. 3,081.
The total vote cast in Audra1
county for the Democratic and II
:. publican Presidential candidates ws
practically the same as that cast fc
the candidates of the same parties IL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
Woodrow Wilson AS His
Secretary Has Seen Him

displayed before the public. If /
tried to do it, l would do it badly.
l want people 10 love me but they
never will"
IL have never forgotten the visit
full tones in which he spoke those
last four words, But they never
will" Secretary Tumulty said.
Tells How Wilson Aged Quickly
Two final pictures, Mr.. Tumulty
said, he desired TO draw, the first,
that of the President in 1917, "a
straight. vigorous, slender man, act
i've and alert. He is 90 years old"
he said, "but he looks not more thar
As, so 1.-the OF limb, so alert of bear
ing, so virile. 1t is Woodrow Wilson
reading his great war message.
THE other picture is only three
and a half years later. There is a
parade Of veterans Of the great war.
They are TO be review by the Prcs;-
den on the east terrace Of the White
House. In a chair sits a man, your
President, broken in health but still
alert in mind. His hair is white, his
shoulders bowed, his figure bent.
He is 63 years old, but he looks
older. 1t is Woodrow Wilson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
Negro Elected To
Legislature Didn't
Pay Tax Past Year
est. Louis Post-p ispatchl


Disclosure at the office of Collec-
tor Koeln today that Walthall N.
Moore of 3035 Pine street, the only
negro elected to the Missouri Legis-
lature in Tuesdays election, and the
first negro ever elected since the re-
construction days following the Civil
War, had not paid taxes in St. Louis
with in the past year, it was said to-
day by Democrats, will under the
Missouri Constitution deprive him of
his seat.
1t is expected that John Keegan,
Democrat, who was next highest in
the Sixth Legislative District, will in
stitute a contest, in which he will
allege that Moore is ineligible for
his seat.
Constitution on Eligibility.
The eligibility of a member of the
Legislature as fixed by the Constitu-
ton, Article 4, Section a., is:
mo person shall be a member of
the House of Representatives who
shall not have attained the age of
"a years, who shall not be a male
citizen of the United States, who
shall not have been a qualified voter
of this State two years, and an in
hahitantof the county ordistrict which
he may be chosen to represent one
year next before the day of his elec-
ton, if such county and district shall
have been so long established, but if
not, then o fitch county or district
from which the same shall have been
taken, and who shall not have paid a
state and county tax within one year
preceding his election"
1t was stated at the Collectors of
fee, that the records had been run as
far back as 1915 and that Moore's
name did not appear on them, and
that within that time no tax bill had
been issued against him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
A Ford Every 1871 Seconds.

DETROIT, Nov. 6.-During the
month of October all former produc-
ton records were broken at the Ford
Motor Car plant. The number of cars
turned out fell short Of one hundred
thousand by the small margin of thir-
ty-three. The exact number was &C.,
967. October 26 was the banner day,
when 1858 cars were built, a rate of
one car every eighteen and half Sec
onds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11

Seven sets of children is the record
of the late J. f. King and wife OF
Mountain Grove. Each had been mar
ried four times, having children by
each marriage. King recently shot
and killed his wife, then committed
suicide by taking carbolic acid.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
Resigns Position.

Miss Helen Plunkett, who has been
assistant secretary Of the Mexico
Chamber Of Commerce for the past
two years has resigned her position.
She will leave soon for San Antonio,
Texas, to spend the winter with rel-
atives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
I. Mora Than 65 Years Old.

Miss Robertson, who came to the
old Indian Territory behind an OK
cart as a child of 5 years, more than
sixty years ago, with her missionary
father to teach the Indians the Cos
pei of the white man, defeated W. W.
Hastings, one of Oklahoma's Oldest
Democratic congressman, as the rep
resentative Of the second district.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11

chilohwee is to have a commercial
club composed of farmers as well as
business men. Fifty have already
signed up to become members and 1t
IS expected that the membership will
| reach 100.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11

though the term Quarantine was
originally applied to the detention of
vessels entering port it has come to
be used generally for the isolation of
a person or a group of persons on
land in order to prevent the spread
of contagious disease. Thus we place
a case of smallpox in quarantine, or
one city guarantees against another
on account of some epidemic disease,
explains DR.. NJ. P. Ravenel of the
School Of Medicine of the University
of Missouri, president Of the Amer
lean Public Health Association.
We no longer select forty days
(the meaning of "quarantine'') arbi-
trarily, but for each disease w fix
a special time, depending on the per-
iod Of incubation and the period of
contagiousness. Some Of the common
parindr aru.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11

G. W. Wilson, of Centralia, called
at the Ledger Thursday and paid for
his subscription for the thirty-frst
time. The Ledger has many long
time subscribers such as Mr.. Wilson
of whom it is justly proud and APP
preciative.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11

Miss Mildred Whitney, of this city,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Whit
ney is a member of Florence Reeds
company appearing in New York in
THE Mirage" a recent Broadway
success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11

Sixteen counties in Southwestern
w'Ssorri sent delegates to Springfield
,qt. week to attend a convention m
iv4eros If hid welfare, called by
r RrHre. =
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11

this city to Mr.. Livingston. He and
Mrs. Durkee will spend the winter in
st Louis Their many Mexico friends
will regret to see them leave this city
and trust they will come back later.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11

Mrs. Herbert P1unke&t and daugh-
ter, Betty nellie, left "Wednesday for
Harrisonville, Mo-, to visit with rex
atiyes for several waeass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11

Miss Gertrude Fry returned Thurs
day from st. Louis where she has
been for several days,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11
Marriage License Issued.

A marriage license was issued FRI
day to Herman Wright of Wellsville
and Miss Pauletta Allen of Farber.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-11

Miss Lydia Hatton of Laddonia Wis
tied friends here Friday.