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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-08

Have you seen tho Vacuette. Nou
Electric Suction Sweeper Advertisement
In the SATURDAY. Evening Post. For free
demonstration cali Fl. ]. Shupe Sales
Go. Phone 3To3. l4l7 Chap.!ne Street
Wheeling.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-08
Health League to Meet

Thu Martins Ferry Health League
will me Thursday evening az : O'Clock
=. the ,."iac.l "hamh"r Of the r!ty build
INK. Nll members arc a,hcd 70 DC nrcS-
mt rs matters ot Importance will be dis
c,lsGch
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-08
hi hv Train
Girls to Cameron

tn" local girls basketball team viii
journey 20 Cameron. ". Va. where they
will nee; u" team representing that
nigh school The last game played with
cameron ia" local. hal easy picking but
nevertheless tl'"T a." nr:.r,ic!rC hard 70
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
z APPEAR
BEFORE TAX
COMMISSION

Twelve persons from Mexico and
yandalia appeared before the State
Tax Commission at jefferson City
Saturday and discussed the valuation
Gf property in Audrain County.
The valuation Of land in the county
last year and this was $48.41. Rep
resentatiyes Of the tax payers in
several adjoining counties nave gone
before the board asking for reduc-
tons in valuations and have declared
that they are valued too high in COM
parison with the rate paid in Aud
rain County since the land here is
more valuable. Galloway County
which has a $45 valuation Of $45, has
asked a reduction Of SIS.
The representatives of Audrain
County Saturday asked that if pos
sible the rate here be lowered but if
that wasn't practical that the rate at
least not be raised
The tax commission will make a
report to the State Board of Equal
ization which will meet soon and the
matter be taken under advisement.
A report will then lie made to S. P.
Cunningham, county clerk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
ONE of Mexico,s greatest assets

ONE of MexicO's greatest assets
has been the loyal and boosting com
mercial travellers who make this city
their headquarters and home. That
they are to have the business men as
their guests and entertain them in an
effort to aid in the development of
Mexico and its business and civic in
terests is a most worthwhile move.
One idea that will be presented at
the banquet April TIN as we have
been informed ~conidentially in ad-
vance, win be worth many hundreds
Of dollars TO local business interests
aside from what it will accomplish in
the promotion Of Mexico. Mexico
business men who are invited TO this
gathering should come prepared TO
further this splendid move to bring
Eueh strong local interests closer to-
gether. It is just a gathering to be-
come better acquainted for the best
interests of our "Home Town"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
O R BUT 50 CENTS.

THERE are many pompous men
in this world whose inflated opinion
Of themselves is based wholly on
their personal estimation. Accord
ing to an exchange a woman firing
Of hearing men always boasting about
themselves dug up the fact that, ac-
cording to scientific investigation,
the ingredients of a man plus water,
we're as follows:
Fat enough for seven bars Of cheap
soap.
Iron enough for a medium sized
nail.
Sugar enough to fill a shaker.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

HONESTY among boys is a funda-
mental that parents should watch and
develop. If it is not inculcated in
youth it will be almost impossible
later in life. Dishonesty is both a
state of mind and a habit. One be-
gets the other. The two Mexico boys
who returned a valuable pin and re-
ceived a handsome reward had as
their slogan Honesty is the best
policy" Many times valuables that
are lost are never heard of again be-
cause the person finding them is dis
honest. A mar doesn't deserve any
credit for being honest because he
knows he should be. But a boy does
deserve credit because it proves he is
developing into a good citizen and is
entitled to encouragement. So we de-
sire to commend Eugene Tyson and
Thomas Sewell for their honesty and
to tell them that they are growing up
along the lines that makes for good
citizenship and successful men when
they have as their guide such a
wholesome thought as Honesty is
the best policy"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
THE DEAD BEAT.

THE Saturday Evening Post offers
the following on a citizen well known
to every business man who does a
credit business. The comment is both
interesting and pertinent: "The dead
beat poses as an honest man, and by
reason Of his pose is enabled to prey
upon his fellows. Wherever he can
a6tain credit, thera hehuys- He buys
freely and fares well. When those
who have given him credit demand .
settlement he answers truthfully
THAI he has no money and cannot pay.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

He viii make fine promises, call
heaven TO witness that he is an
honest man sore beset by circum-
stances. and protest that the debt
slipped upon him without his know
ledge. And so protesting, he viii
earn a measure of faith and pity, and
escape some portion of the condem-
nation he deserves.
'There is no truth in him. He
knows the amount of his income; he
knows that he cannot pay for the
goods he is buying; and his clear in
tent is to defraud those who trust
him.
people Of large sympathy and
small wit will be tempted to find ex-
cuses for him. They viii say that he
is impendent by nature; that one of
his reckless and c~are-free temper
ament cannot school himself to thrift.
Their defense does little credit to
their intelligence. Any mar possess
ed Of sufficient wit to earn a dollar
knows that he cannot pay out more
money than he takes in"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
REATING WOMEN.

WE never could ute grasp the line
of thought which actuates a mar
when he beats a woman.
There are possibly times when a
man may feel like doing something
of the kind but that he should do so
is hardly conceivable in the state Of
civilization which we are supposed to
have acquired.
The writer has witnessed a woman
tear a mans face to t~atters, in the
corridor Of a police station, by a
frenzied attack with her finger nails,
yet the man, who was justified in
striking her if ever a mar was, only
backed away and after the first at
tack kept her at arms length.
The way it has always appealed to
us is that the whipping post is the
best preventive of this practice, Whip
q ma once for beating a woman and
he viii never attempt to argue with
her with his fists again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

FIRE drills in the public schools
a~rereaIly an essential that should not
be allowed to grow into disuse. One
never knows when a dangerous fire
will break out in a school. If the
children are accustomed to drills at
unexpected periods when a real fire
develops and they are called upon to
escape they will pass out ignorant Of
it in most instances. In any cast it
minimizes the danger Of panics which
IS far more serious than fire usually.
We trust the Mexico schools will in
augurate the custom Of fire drills at
once
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

THE strike Of the coal miners for
April first seems certain. That it
will be a fight to a finish with the
operators is conceded. We are glad
Mexico is so well prepared for this
event which in some phases will be
most serious. The Utilities Co., has a
full two months supply of coal in
their storage bins; plenty of gas coke
and oil stored and is prpared for any
emergency. The strike will be the
largest thing of its kind in the in
dustrial feh in the history of the
United States. The operators are
preparing to lower wages and at the
same time the price Of coal. The
result Of the strike will have far
reaching effects on the economic life
Of the nation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
MUST ASSESS
FULL VALUE
IS ORDERED

At Jefferson City, Monday, Chair
llan Monier Of the State Tax Com
mission warned county assessors
against further observance Of the
fractional valuation policy. Among
other things he said:
"The assessor who fractionally
values the property in his county a
expect his assessment to be changed
for the State Board of Equalization
and the State Tax Commission are
going te comply with the law and
respect their oaths in endeavoring to
value all property on the actual cash
value.
"The true valuation is not a polit-
zeal plan nor policy, but il is fair and
equitable. There is no place in the
constitution, statutes nor Supreme
Court decisions to justify an assessor
to assess property at fractional value.
1.-THE Tax Commission urges a
thoro cooperation among the assess
ors Of Missouri. If this is done and
you follow the requirements of the
statutes in your work, the boards of
equalization will have little to do.
eve solicit your cooperation, for
your duties and those Of the Tax
Commission are closely intertwined.
In u supervision of the assessment
we do not want to be misunderstood.
Our efforts are directed to assist you
in bringing about a complete listing
Of all property in your county for
taxation and making the valuation
that is uniform, fair and equitable.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

A BREAK between President Har-
ding and Congress over the bonus
bill and the treaties is imminent. In
fact the condition is so similar to
that experienced by President Wilson
it is almost uncanny. In this Har-
ding is getting a little of his own
medicine which he aided others in the
senate in administering to President
Wilson. The president refuses to go
to his knees TO the Senate so that body
is prepared to turn cts thumbs
down" As we have said before it is
apparent that the senate sees no
necessity for a President other than
as a fgurehead.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16


Lime enough to whitewash a
chicken coop.
Phosphorous enough to make TWEEN
ty-two hundred match tips.
Magnesium enough for a dose of
magnesia.
Potassium enough to explode a
toy nno
Sulphur enough to rid a dog Of
feas.
This whole collection is worth 9S
cents, and that in a day when things
are three times as high as they used
to be.
This is really worth serious consid-
GRAFTON by certain men of ponderous
mein.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
Bonus Blanks Soon.

Word has been received from the
State Bonus Commission at Jefferson
City that blanks for application for
bonus will be forwarded to each Am
erican Legion Post about Che first Of
April. The various Legion Posts in
the state will take care Of filing out
applications and forwarding them.
The Commission requests that no one
write for applications as it will not
bring them any sooner Each Post
of the Legion will be supplied with
sufficient blanks to take care Of its
members anil also service men in the
community who are not members.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
ONLY FIVE PER CENT
OF 1921 TAX DELINQUENT
ON THE FIRST OF MARCH

On March l., 1922 only a little over
5 per cent Of the 1921 tax was delin-
quent as compared to 6 per cent Of
the 1920 tax at the same time last
year. The amount delinquent on real
estate at this time last year was
about $4,000 more than now and the
amount on personal property $4,000
less.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

Perseverance, pa@neg guided by purpose ad propelled by human horsepower
1t plays no vrha
Victory belongs to the most pa@emng"s said Npdeon-md the man who proved this
longest"
When asked by ayomg man fra r@le for success Bsnark fepe% "ou need three in
gradients Thehr t is work.. The second is work And third is work." W.
Perseverance persistence in Or-keepm everlasting at it with heart mind ad. soul
frmsd on the desired goal 1t offers FREE field and fort mai or Omanw who sticks th0ds
out the highest rewards There required qualities are daring, dipping and Haonhng of doubts
The omm cause of failure is want of application. Each normal individual hsw within self
the means of succeeding Lack of shckohNeness is thu father of failure ct so powerful per-
severance datwM when applied even to the most typical ofprngO of til parent it can uMsf@ma
cornnloafT int "a cornerstone I WITH EfT#MN
History bubbles Or with brilliant examples Of men and vmn Who thru perseverance, lift
ed themselves from unknown depths to heht of anne %4
Without this quality AbnhamL Lincoln might haed lied as sheriff Of SngamOn County, Hi
.nosb and Thomas Gray who spent twelve years on his "EMgy Written ina CcnryC hurhyrd"
might never hve got beyond hep m of furnishing res to telO paper
peara who egan by holding horses front oheo OLD Globe Theatre never could haer reached
uesu summit without perseverance
The biggest and ht thing about this quality however its usefulness in the ordinary
everyday comm garden variety of meM and labor. Just as the CONSTANT dropping of water will
wear away the hardest granite 50 continued efotv viii overcome any obstacle
Old r. Johnson sour as acbappea land aTnby sane, emphasized this by saying H
that shall walk with Hgorth three hours day will pass sen years. pace equal to the dmum-
ference of the globe" This makes "a mani think
What people have said about perseverance interesting dt inspiring asH may be- r"tt be
compared what people can do thru perseverance
YsI mean what YOU car do. l @#
What you can do whn you keep on after you have come to what may. seem tel INIT Of your
powers the end of yors string
And all pas@anem Means in the last analysis lis keeping on However, narrow or steep
your PATH will pay you to personally ovet This matter for yourself
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

MEXICO Is one of the outstanding
cities Of itsasize in cooperative ac-
t~ivities among the citizens and bus
mess men. That is one reason Mex
leo is the live, progressive commun-
ity it is today. Such events IS the
Auto Show and Dollar Day in con-
junction. us particularly a Mexico idea
and n that will promote Mexico's
interests as hardly any other sales
event will. When the interests of a
community are unified in their work
for one great idea that community
is bound to develop along all lines.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

A FEATURE of the approaching
automobile show that is worthy of
consideration will be the lecture by
farm experts on subjects of import
ance to the farmers Of this section.
This is a move in the right direction
Town and country should cooperate
toward their mutual development.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

W. J. Shores has purchased the
Tulip store Of p. s.. Dawson, and will
place the same in charge Of Robert
Berry a. manager, we understand.
Messrs. Shores and Berry are both
experienced men in the retail bust
ness and they know the needs Of the
trade.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
Il Killed b. Train.

MARTINsBURG, Mo-, March 10.
Barney Buscher, "a years old, local
civil war veteran, was struck and in
stantly killed by No. 2 Wabash Sun
day. He fought at Gettysburg,
vicksburg and on Sherman's march
under Capt. Schooner, Westphalia,
Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
Af Audrain HospitaI.

Henry Adams was admitted to the
hospital Friday.
Mrs. Walter Miller Is doing nicely
following an operation.
Miss Bess Woods, Melville Paul,
Mrs. John Deckerd and Mrs. Almer
Mundy are improving.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

THE wireless telephone will be a
feature of the Mexico Automobile
show. You can order your new a
by wireless. Again we say: 1--WE
are getting more like New York
every day."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

Mrs. 7. J. Kelso has gone to Mon
roe City to attend the funeral Of her
brother, Adam Graves, who died sud-
denly Wednesday. The message tell
ing Of his death gave 10 particulars.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
TIE

More permanently improved high
~ays.
A highway engineer.
A fESEr agent.
A clos cooperation between the
people Of Audrain county and Mex
ecS,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
GRAND JURY
MAKES e
INDICTMENTS

The Grand Jury made final report
of its findings late Friday evening
and returned twenty-nine indict-
ments.
The report made on the conditions
of the various institutions was as fol-
lows:
To the Honorable Circuit Court Of
Audrain County, Missouri:
We, the Grand Jury, impaneled for
the March, 1922, Term of the Aud
rain County Circuit Court beg leave
to advise that we have visited the
County institutions and report there
on as follows:
County Infirmary.
We found the County ~Infirmary to
be we'll managed and kept on as good
a condition as possible. There were
eight inmates and all spoke well Of
their treatment and said they were
well cared for In every way. We
make the following recommends
tions:
/. That electric lights be installed
in the building il practicable.
2. That the gates and fences en-
closing the premises be repaired.
3. That the walls Of the building
/ which are in a leaking condition be
repaired.
County sail.
We found the County Jail to be
Iwell kept but the building is wholly
unfit and inadequate to serve it's pur-
lose. There were seven prisoners in
Icarcerated therein.
Court House.
] w found the Court House to be
well kept, but make the following
recommendations:
I /. That the Assessors office be
painted and papered.
2. That the Circuit Court room and
halls on both floors be repainted and
the woodwork refinished.
3. The Ladies Rest Room should
be made more inviting and the ac-
icommodations should be enlarged as
we find it inadequate to serve it's pur-
pose. here were seven prisoners in
County Hospital.
We found the County Hospital to
be an institution of credit to the
County. 1t is modern in every res
poet, we'll managed, clean, neat and
SANITARY.
Respectfully submitted
A. L. LIPP,
Foreman,
4 SAM D. BYRNS,
Clerk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
I'M r o Mt
tn SITRSCRIBERS

Examine date after your
aa-ae on margin Of paper or wrap.
ger. Remit promptly before your
time expires and you won't miss
IA issue Of yeur fayor1tc paper.
Culinary notices, church festivals
and other pay entertainments are pay
notices at I0c a line an insertion in
the Weekly Ledger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

j.. n. Calhoon Of Laddonia was In
Mexico Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

ii s. Gatson Of VandaIia was IN
Mexico Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16

Es ALL THE NEWS THAT'S
IT TO PRINT ALL THE TIME
THE EVENING LEDGER, SOC a
month; OF SIS by nail in advance; On
Rural Routes, 81 per year in advance
Audraln county only.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-16
The Weekly Ledger
Entered at the P. o. at Mexico, Mis-
souri, and admitted as 2nd class matter
TIA WEEKLY LEDGER
L. n. White, Editor.

50 Per Year, Cash in Advance
tndrain and adjoining counties.
where So a year in advance he
e Of advanced postal rates.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-03-21
Excellent Remedy for Constipation.

1t would be hard to find better
remedy for constipation than Cham
berlain's Tablets. They are easy to
take and mild and gentle in effect.
Give them a trial when you have need.
adv
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-03-21
English Houses Are
Shipped to America

Several houses complete in every
detail, dating from the sixteenth
century, have recently been import
ed from England. An English firm
makes a speciality of selling these
houses and keeps a number of them
on hand in its show place near Lon
don for inspection. When an old
house is to be torn down to make
room for some improvement the
building is bought in, usually for
nominal sum. After being carefully
taken apart it is rebuilt in the show
place near London ready for the in
spection of purchasers. If it is
bought by an American, for instance,
the house is once more taken down
and packed with care for shipment,
says the Indianapolis News. This
work is done by experts, so that the
parts, especially the woodwork, will
not be injured The English build
ers usually come to America to set
up the house exactly as it originally
stood in England. In some instances
these old houses have been surround
ed with English gardens, reproduc
ing the original setting in England
of centuries past.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-03-21
MORE GEORGIA CORN
THAN EVER BEFORE
Percentage of Salable Corn Reported
Very Low, However.

Corn on Georgia farms March lst
exceeded the amount on hand in any
previous year, according to bulletin
issued by T. r. Pettet, statistician OF
the United States department of agri-
culture. In spite of this large increase
in the reserve the price of corn has
risen steadily, the advance during ths
past two weeks being fifteen cents a
bushel.
The amount of corn shipped out OF
the state also shows a considerable in
crease over previous years, the bulle-
tin says.
"On the other hand" says the bull
letin, the per cent OF corn of sala-
BILE quality is very low. AS a general
thing it is heavily locked, and in
some cases entirely unstable. Some
mills are still using western corn, even
in sections where there is large sur
plus Of homegrown corn for sale"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-03-21
tribute Is Paid to
Negro Colonel in Army
L.r,es Young, Who Recently Died.
Uyos Cadet With Pershing.

lwAsHINGT,oIN, D. &, C.E ~ enn2nsi
.r,ngbont the United States to COM
|a lous ,t the birthday of Col. Char
F'' Vo~np who recently died in La
/ V 2r west coast of Africa. Col
Emo would have been fifty-seven
d Sunday. He was one OF the three
rro graduates of West Point Acad-
f. " being a cadet at the same time
En- Gen Pershing. At the time OF his
patb Col. Young was United States
T it, attache to Liberia. He served
tbe Spanish-American war, was at
b. time military attache in Haiti, saw
,ryice in the Philippines and led the
Ering the punitive expedition"
Although retired by the government
efore the world war, when the war
sgan Col. Young Immediately offered
I services and rode on horseback
ON Wilburforce, Ohio, to Washing
N. to prove his physical fitness. lie
as assigned to Camp Grant, Ill;
Tributes signed by President Hard
g, Gen. Pershing and other high Oh
,ers OF the army were read at the
emorial services here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-03-21
European Scientist Will
PLANT Children to
Grow Wild on Island
Proposes to Experiment With Six
Boys and Girls Left for Years on
Uninhabited Tropic Isle.

An island in the South Pacific will
be the scene of an unusual experiment,
if the plans of the originator, Rudolph
Requadt, German author and scient-
st, should materialize. Six baby boys
and girls of some highly civilized race
are to be exposed on an uninhablted
island, which, however, is to be rich
in fruits and small game, so as to pro-
vide the children with favorable food
and afford propitious climatic condi-
tons
Systematic observation of t h e
growth and mental as we'll as physical
of the children will take
place from a concealed vantage point
that will not be noticeable to them.
Notes about their life will be taken
every day, and cinenlatograph will
figure as an important aid III the OBJ
servation.
The children are to remain on the
island without any direct contact with
anybody from babyhood until the age
of maturity. The experiment is de-
signed to contribute highly important
material to the physical as well as the
biological study of man.
Requadt is now on tour OF study
in the tropical zone with the aim OF
finding an island suitable for the ex-
pertinent. 1t must be off the beaten
path of navigation and distant from
any land inhabited by savages. The
results of the experiment will be CIV
en- to universities, while the features
that will appeal to popular taste will
be published in book form.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-03-21

In southern Guinea the greatest
luxury that can be placed before a
guest is pot-roast of boa constructor.