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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04
Indicates Japan Will Evacuate Siberia

Indicates Japan Will EVacuate Siberia
Tokio-There were indications re-
Gently that Japan will evacuate ST.
IBERIA The Eighth Division of troops
which was to have relieved the Elev-
enth Division in Siberia is detained in
Japan. If orders are not received soon
for it's removal to Siberia, it is be-
lieved Siberia will be evacuated be-
fore President Harding's conference
opens. A government envoy has left
for China and it is believed he is I'M
der orders to make the most strenuous
efforts to settle the Shantung dis
pute.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04
ALIENS FOOT-EASE DOES IT

When shoes pinch corns and bunions
ache. get a package OF ALIENS FOOT
EASE the antlseptic powder to be shaken
into the shoes. 1t takes the sting out or
eorns and bunions, gives instant relief to
Smarting, Aching, Swollen feet. 100000
pounds Of powder for the feet were used
NJ our Army and Navy during the war.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04
Disarmins Meet Date Is Discussed

Washington.-Inf negotiations
over the date for the disarmament
conference were begun here recently
with the American government sug-
costing selection of a time not later
than Armistice day, November II. De-
fini,S replies are yet to be received
but unofficial information here seems
to indicate that some of the other
powers will prefer later date and
that several diplomatic exchanges
may be necessary before unanimous
agreement is reached.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04
His Complaint.

Jud Tunkins says he doesn't see
why he can't get a capitalist and
few press agents to back him as the
champion checker player.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04
Nice Job.

She-I have invented face powder
that can't be kissed off.
He-That 50. How about putting me
in charge of your proving grounds =
Boston Transcript.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04
A Warm MIGHT.

This dancer seems to be wearing
more beads than usual"
That's perspiratiOn."
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04

We often envy those whose condl-
tion is really not as good as our own
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04
The Reimbursement.

BTrst Corkscrew-"Yo never get
used to it." Second Corkscrew-"No,
egeR now l can't open milk bottle"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04
FOR sUNeuRN OR SORENESS

Apply Vacher-Balm; it relieves at
once. If we have no agent where you
live. write to E. w. Vacher, Inc, New
Orleans, La.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04

The best efforts of the chairmaker
are constantly being sat upon.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04
Riley Got $500 a Word.

Heirs of the late James Whftcomb
Riley, the Indiana poet, find that he
got $500 word royalties on his love
poem, "An Old Sweetheart of Nine"
This is said to be the most profitable
niece of writing per word OH record.
Stevenson sold Treasure IslanG to
= newspaper for So a column. Para
disc Lost brought Milton only $50.
Times have changed, thanks to the
printing press and business system
which literary genius used to hold IN
contempt,
As late as half century ago, artists
starved. Business has made the arts
profitable Clyde Fitch in eighteen
years received $1,500000 in royalties
from his plays.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04
,rportant to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA. that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04

A smart man has no more use for
beauty than a handsome man has Tor
brains.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-08-04

w. N. u, ATLANTA, NO. 9z-'s<1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

YESTERDAY
IN MEXICO
10 Years Ago.

Sam Kincaide of Wilson Township,
"ho is one of Audrain County's pion-
e S died at his home Wednesday. The
-lneIai will be in Centralia.
S. P. Emmons sold thirty-four head
of Shorthorn cattle this week for ST.
500.
W. w. Johnson of Mexico has re-
-urned from st. Louis where he has
been serving on the jury of the fed
oral court.
Mrs. Antonio Apprich, mother of
MS. Ottelia Stepleman of East Lib
erty street, died at the home of her
daughter Friday morning after an ILL
ness Of almost a year. She was "a
years old.
Elijah Watts and Miss Irene Henry
were married Friday evening at the
Catholic parsonage by Father j. J.
Dillon.
Turner Williams was elected treas
urer and secretary Of the Crown Laun-
dry Friday.
Miss Mary Ruth Potts, formerly of
Mexico was married to Edwin Bolton
Quick of Kansas City at the home of
her parents in San Antonio, Tex.
The temperature dropped seventy
n degrees in the eighteen hours fol-
lowing Saturday noon. This is the
greatest drop in temperature that has
been recorded here in years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
President Signs
New Highway
Bill Wednesday

WASHINGTON, November Ii
The federal highway bill, signed by
the President Wednesday, is believed
to be the most advanced step the Gov
eminent has taken in establishing a
national policy for the development of
a system of public highways to reduce
the cost of transportation throughout
the country.
Many bills were introduced and the
committees met with various organ
izations from many parts of the
try.
The new act makes available rs
million dollars for federal aid for road
construction in the various states. Of
this amount Missouri will receive
So, 448, 1913; Kansas, $2,182,281; Okla
homa, $1,752,339 and Nebraska, ST.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
ARM|ST|GE
ENDED WAR
8 yEARG AGO

Three years ago the Armistice was
signed which meant the end of the
world war. Three years ago Friday the
people of the United States filled the
churches all over the land offering
prayers of thanksgiving that the ter
rible war was over and once again
millions Of men could follow the pur-
suits of peace. On the seventh of
November a false report was flashed
over the world that an armistice had
been signed and the people of the ma
lion went wild in expressing their joy,
but ~ the time the Armistice was
really signed they had begun to appre-
ciate the real significance of it and
showed their feelings in offering pray
ers rather than in wild exhibitions of
joy.
In the conflict that was ended by
the signing of the Armistice twenty
seven boys from Audrain County lost
their lives. Most of the boys from
this. county served in the thirty-ffth
and eighty-ninth divisions. At the
time of the signing of the Armistice,
the thirty-fifth was not lighting but
was moving to join the Farnco-Am-
erican offensive which was to cut off
Metx. This drive was to begin on the
fifteenth and was designed to cut
Metx off from her railroad connec-
tions, The division at this time was
lying along the Mouse River in the
old St. Mihiel sector.
On the night before the signing of
the Armistice, the eighty-ninth and
ninetieth divisions had begun moving
forward. a story was told Of R. E.
hurry, a former student of Missouri
University, that he kept going for
ward after the word Of the Armistice
had reached the troops and continued
his sport of capturing Germans. The
Armistice went into effect at II o'clock
but at II o'clock, hurry was still busy
capturing Germans. When he was
finally convinced that there was an
Armistice he just grinned and went
to sleep.
This seemed to be the attitude of
mind of most of the American SOL
diers when they heard Of the Armis-
tice. They were too weary too feel
any great joy but went to sleep happy
in the knowledge hat the war was
over, they were going home and had
done the job they had crossed the
ocean to do.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
THE FARMERS CORN AND HIS
WAGON.

A FARMER living near Culbertson,
Neb., recently wrote Deere and Co., of
Moline, ILL.,, explaining that he wanted
a wagon but couldn't afford to buy
one. Before the war he says, he
could have bought a wagon for 200
bushels of corn. Now his dealer
wants $50 bushels. That is more than
three times the pre-war price. AS
corn is lower now then it was when
this letter was written, the disparity
between costs is even greater. Deere
and Co, replied, filing Of the rise in
the price of wood through the deple-
ton of forests, The present price of
the wagon at Moline, the letter said,
was 100 per cent above the 1914 price.
But the freight on the wagon from Mo
line to Culbertson in 1914 was $1.37
a hundred, while the present rate is
1922. AS the wagon weighs twelve
hundred pounds, the difference in
freight is $11.40. In addition must be
considered the increased ~transporta-
ton costs of the materials entering
into the wagon.
The freight handicap does not end
there. Dere and Co., point out that
the farmer is paying II cents a bushel
more to get his corn to the Chicago
market then he paid in 1914. On $50
bushels Of corn this extra freight
charge would amount to $78, which
added to the extra freight charge on
the wagon, makes a total extra
freight charge of S89.40. you can
well Sc from this" the letter continues
that it is absolutely impossible for
any of US to get bacl- to a normal
basis of prices until the cost of
transportation is materially reduced"
This makes it obvious that if the
exchange of products is to reach any
thing like the old basis transportation
charges must be reduced. The farmer,
also, cannot buy as he did before the
war while the things he has to sell are
so much lower that what necessity
requires him to buy. Before the war
the $50 bushels would have bought all
of his necessities and some Injuries
but today it only goes a short way on
the road of paying for necessities.
Industry is out of balance. The
law of supply and demand will bring
about the balance in time but until
this adjustment is made trade cannot
go on a. it should. This balance a
be restored with more speed and less
pain if the situation is generally recog
nized and all industries work toward
that end.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
20 Years Ago.

The marriage Of Sheriff Quincy
James of Mexico to Miss Dolsie Har-
per Of Rush Hill took place at the
home Of the brides father, Peter H.
Harper, Thursday evening.
R, R. Arnold, Aylett Whitney, S. G.
Groves and DR.. G. F. Toalson of Mex
leo were members of the Colman
hunting party which left this week for
a three weeks hunt in Butler County.
Thomas Davis died at his home in
North Mexico Saturday night.
Miss Lizzie Arnold, died at the home
of her brother, R. R. Arnold, ST.,
Tuesday night. Miss Arnold had been
i'll for some time and her death was
not unexpected.
Ethan Howell is now cashier at the
First National Bank Of Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
AUDRAN ASSOCIATION
B. Y. p. u. HELD AT VANDALIA
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

The third meeting of the Audrain
Association of the Baptist Young Peo-
pies Unions was held at the First
Baptist Church of Vandalia Saturday
and Sunday. Four Schools were rep
resented and about fifty attended the
meetings. Among the speakers was
M. R. Casebolt of Marshall, state
president of the Baptist Young Peo-
pies Unions. The next meeting of
this character will be held the second
Sunday in May. The place for the
meeting has not yet been decided.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

THE Chamber of Commerce at
Hope, Ark, is not only actively en-
gagged in putting good roads in that
section and furthering the industrial
interests of that growing city Of 1000
but in conjunction with the Rotary
Club, of Hope, has financed a Scout
Master for the local Boy Scouts on the
theory that one of the best assets a
city can have is we'll trained boys for
future progressive and constructive
citizenship. This is a splendid idea
and one which any city can we'll af-
fory to copy. The future of a COM
munity rests with its boys and girls
and given the right training their
good citizenship is assured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
catarrhal Deafness C,uuot Be Cnred

oy local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There Is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
aud that IL by a constitutional remedy
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an I'm
.4me1 condition of the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube IL
lnnamsd you have a rumbling sound or i'm.
perfect hearing, and when 1t is entirely
closed, Deafness is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
will be destroyed reVer. Aany cases OF
deafness are caused by catarrh, which 10
an inliamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood On the mucous surfaces Of the
syFtHm.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Catarrhal deafness that cannot
os cured by Halta CatSrrli Medicine. Cir
:ulITs free. All Druggists, 7bc.
F. ]. CHrNrT Il CO. Toledo. o.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
TIE CHRISTIAN n WAR

HERE is a creed that every Chris.
tian can subscribe to. A creed that is
as timely and as essential today as ii
ever has been in the worlds history,
In fact it is paramount today.
BELIEVE
In a sweeping reduction Of anna.
ments.
In international law, courts Of JUS
tice and boards of arbitration.
In a worldwide association of ma.
tions for world peace.
In equality of opportunity for al
races.
That Christian patriotism demands
the practice Of goodwill between ma
tions.
That nations no less than indivi
duaIs are subject to Gods immutabl'
moral laws.
That people achieve true welfare
greatness and honor through jus
dealing and unselfish service.
That nations that are Christian
have special international obliga
tons.
That the spirit Of Christian broth
erhood can conquer every barrier o
trade, color, creed and race.
In a warless world, and dedicat
myself to its achievement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

FULTON automobile dealers are
going to have an Automobile Show.
This is a splendid idea and will arouse
interest in themotor car and stimulate
buying. We would like to see the
Mexico dealers get together and hold
a live show this fall. Horse shows in
the past aroused interest in the horse
and resulted in sales. The same idea
applies to the motor car. And while
WI are on the subject we should have
an Automobile Club. The two propos-
itions go well together and would
materially advance the alternative in
terests of Audrain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

THIS is the open season for pump
kin pie. However the apple crop
having failed in this section the zest
n usually displays in tackling a
.arge slice of this delectable dish is
somewhat denatured because of the
missing proverbial accompaniment of
cider. Pumpkin pie without cider is An
tony without his Cleopatra, the mod
ern maid without her lipstick, and a lot
# other things we could name that
depend upon something else besides
themselves for their popularity.
Pumpkin pie when unadorned with the
sparkling nectar of the crushed and
succulent Jonathan is like kissing a
PIG ty girl in the dark.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
AZ Years Ago.

Mrs. Gum Lakeland is visiting in
Kentucky.
The New Catholic Church is a hand
some ediice which is quite an orna-
ment to Mexico.
Elder Haley of st. Louis is holding
a series of protracted meetings at the
Christian Church.
S. w. Dais sent a dozen negroes
down to his plantation in the South
Monday night to pick cotton. He went
down himself Tuesday.
An attempt was made last Friday to
break into Blum and Sons Dry Goods
Store but as c. H. Greeb who sleeps
in the store was awakened, the at
tempt was a failure.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

MEXICO should have a Y. M. c. A.
We have talked this matter for a
number Of years and We hope that the
next time the movement is launched it
viii meet with such support it will
become a reality and community in
5t.tution. There is no more important
civic asset than a Y. M, C. A., and the
good it will do the citizenship of the
community will pay richly in worth
while dividends of better citizenship
and Christian fellowship.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

fered since the war. Mr.. Wilson's
point was well presented and every
citizen realizes the truth of his state
.'ent. War skaters normal conditions
I'D brings into being abnormal ideas
md psychological reactions that only
onsistant effort and right thinking
AN overcome. We have swung the
,endulum of moral laxity to the very
init and if it is not started in the
direction of sane conditions by the
return to normally one hardly cares
TO picture what will follow. These con-
litions as much as we do not care to
think over them are staring us in the
face and are a social duty it is up to
US personally to correct.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
MISS MARGARET CROW
BOOKKEEPER AT LACROSSE
LUMBER COMPANY

Miss Marguerite Grow is now book
keeper at the Lacrosse Lumber, Com
pany in the place of Miss Grace An
derson who left recently for her home
near High Hill, Mo. Miss Anderson
had been connected with the lumber
company about two yeas and made
many friends in Mexico who will re-
greet her departure.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

BRYAN Wilson, commander of the
James Bledsoe Post of the American
Legion, in a recent address before the
Mexico Chamber of Commerce on the
disarmament conference gave as one
reason, among many others for which
every American should use his and her
influence for the success Of the gath
ering IN Washington the apparent
moral breakdown the nation has suf-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
fore he completes his term in the
bungalow on Pennsylvania Ave.

IF the world would decide to disarm
and go to work conditions would soon
change magically and p%rosperity's re-
turn would be hurried. Petty jealous
les, selishness and stubbornness are
the stumbling blocks it seems.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

THERE is a long hard winter ahead
Of us for the unemployed. The cities
are reporting hundreds Of men out of
work and in many industries the
strikers whose plants have joined the
open shop movement are seeking
places after a losing fight. We trust
that soon industrial conditions will
improve for with thousands out of
work the suffering among many this
winter will be untold.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

RECENT elections in the East, es-
pecially in some Of the larger cities
shows more municipal governments
being placed under the city manager
plan. This method of city govern
ment has stood sufficient test to prove
its worth and sooner or later will be
the accepted governmental plan in all
progressive cities.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

MEXICO is indeed gowing metro
p~olitan. Occasions appropriate for
dress suits a~rebecoming so frequent
that the owners no longer have to
embalm them in moth balls for long
periods of Information,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

AFTER paying his taxes this year
the worst lingo in the county will be-
come a rabid Pacifist and If a Repub-
lican join the party that reelected
Hylan in New York and win give
Harding a Democratic Congress be-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
~BROTHER-IN-LAW OF
MEXICO MAN DIES
AT NEW LONDON

II III NIN HO4NUO4N
Word has been received in Mexico
of the death of Edmund Penn of New
London. Mr.. Penn is the brother-in-
law of F. r. Sanford Of Mexico. He
has been i'll some time. The funeral
will be held in. New London Satur-
da yafternoon. Mr.. Sanford is in the
South and it is not certain whether
he will be able to return in time for
the funeral.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

THE ovation paid, Woodrow Wilson
in Washington on Armistice Day is
indicative of the place he has in the
hearts of many of his countrymen
We have been told we are mistaken
in this but we still contend that the
time will come when he will be placed
beside Washington and Lincoln in the
list of American presidents,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

w. H. Danforth, president of the
Purina Mills Co., his son, Don, and
eBn LANCE, all of st. Louis, were here
Saturday hunting with Col. Dick
Bradley.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

THERE'S many a battle SCARED
husband who views the disarmament
conference with no enthusiastic anti
cipation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

Mrs. w. ]. Coons and daughter,
Isabel, of Liberty are in Mexico to
attend the wedding Of Miss Pauline
Van Ness to Ensign William Ramsey.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

AFTER going through the ordinary
attic you can understand why the junk
man is complaining of hard times.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
HIDES AND FIyRs

VIZ continue as we have for the last
AZ years to pay the highest prices for
the above. SAM MORRIS.
! SO If Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

Peyton McClintic, a student in
Westminster College came to Mexico
Tuesday for a short visit with friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

THE price of eternal vigilence, says
Socrates Sewers, is always being in
bad with your wife.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
5s1,1ss.

This act requires that all highways
IN the interstate system must have a
Surfaced width Of twenty feet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

AL Campbell, Of vandalia, was in
this city on business Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

SOME people never learn that it is
much easier to do something than
nothing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
4 N p q K n I
To CTJRQCPTQERQ

~ Examine date after your
haae on margin of paper or wrap
per. Remit promptly before your
time expires and You wOn't miss
an issue of your favOrite paper.
Obituary notices, church festivals
and other pay entertainments are pay
notices at Toe a line an insertion in
the Weekly Ledger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17

j, B. DEFAULT has been quite i'll al
his home since Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
You'll get somewhere

Prince Albert Is
sold in toppy red
bags, tidy red tins,
handsome pound
and hall pound tin
hunidors and in 1.-THE
pound crystal glass
h u m d o. with
sponge moistener
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
THE LEDGER'S
PLATFORM FOR AUDRAIN

ways.
a highway engineer.
A farm agent.
A clos.r cooperation between the
people Of Audrain county and Mex
leo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-11-17
THE WEEKLY LEDGER
l.. M. White, Editor.

l-5e Per Year, Cash in Advance
Audrain and adjoining counties,
swhere 81 a year in advance be-
Se Of advanced postal rates.
les ALL THE NEWS THAT'S
1T TO PRINT ALL THE TINE
THE EVENING LEDGER, Soc q
month; or IS by mail in advance; on
Raral Routes. 81 per year in advance
IN Audrain County only.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-28
CHICAGO POLICE
 HAD BIG SYSTEM
 OF SHAKE DOWNS
Stole Liquor from Railroad Cars Under Pretext of
 Conhscating.
SOLD LIQUOR TO RING
 THEN RAIDS WERE MADE
Trainmen on Great Northern Indicted for Traficking
 in Whiskey.

CHICAGO, H., Sept. 28.-The sys- tenn whereby policemen are alleged to have obtained half a dozen rake offs on the same case of whiskey was related today in the government investigation of the Chicago Police Department, caused by the state ment of Chief of Police Charles Fitzmorris that half of the 5000 policemen were in the bootlegging business.
 The testimony today was secured from policemen. One charged that some members of the force were in organized bands. They pillaged cars under pretext of confiscation. The liquor was then sold to bootleggers Later the bootleggers were fraided The bootleggers then paid hush money Shortly after the raids an- other raid would take place and what liquor was found was seized. Again, according to the evidence. the liquor was resold and the same process repeated. Of course, 1t was stated. large quantities of liquor was sold by the bootleggers between pur- chasing and the two subsequent ra ids.