Mexico Missouri message., March 22, 1906, Image 1

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Volume 7.
Mexico, Missouri March 22 1QOG.
Number J31
Mexico
Missouri
0. II. Martian, one of Bean Creeks
excellent citizen, has moved to the
vicinity of Tulip.
X. P. Ball, well known in Mex
ico, haa told his general merchau
dise business in Auxvasse.
F. L. Brnce and B. F. For, the
new real estate firm, will shortly
have rooms in the Brags building
on Jefferson street.
Audrain hunters, yon can hunt
in your own county without pay
ing license. That's what the St
Louis Court of Appeals says.
Several new rocking chai
orana tha Indies' wnirinor rnnm i
in Mexico. It is an innovation
worth while.
Rev. H. E. Stout, pastor of the
Methodist church of Centralia, wel
known in Mexico, has been chosen
president of Howard Payne Uol
lege at Fayette.
Some of the farmers around
Farber are figuring on tiling their
land in order to drain it sufficient
ly to get better results in yields
from cultivation.
There are now eight occupants
at the King's Daughters' Home In
this city. Miss Ann Dorrah of
New Franklin, Mo., is one of the
latest arrivals. The family at the
Home is growing larger.
. M. Crooks has moved to
Mexico from nearRush Hill. He has
bought property on West Monroe
and Love streets. He is a good
citizen andthe Message is glad to
welcome him to our city.
The house of Sarah Provines,
colored, in Mexico, caught fire last
Thursday morning and burned to
the ground. It is said that the
fire department with its bumptious
equipment got there in time to
save a few sticks of kindling
wood.
J. E. Bozarth'and family, north
east of Mexico, have moved to
farm west of Perry. They order
the Message to follow them. Mrs.
Bozartb was formerly Miss Lizzie
Humphries and was a pupil of the
Message editor at the Neville
school house in Ralls county a
number of years ago.
We are informed that a Mexico
reader of the MESSAGE sends to the
Stevens Organ & Piano Co. of
Marietta, O... advertised in the
Message, for a catalog ot their
goods, but the writer neglected to
pat her came to the letter. Write
again, sign came and yon will get
the catalog.
. Wallace Rogers, cashier of Rush
Hill Bank, will resign his posi
tion and move to the old home
farm near Columbia, whero he was
raised. He recently bonght the
place; it is composed of about
400 acres. The Messaqe is sorry
to bave Mr. -Rogers leave the
county. -Jle is a thoro gentlemau
and splendid business, man.
The Regnlar Baptist of this city
says: Grandma Turner, as we
love to call the venerable mother of
onr brother Tnner of Mexico,
passed her 95th birthday on Feb.
2Gth. She is hearty and gives
promise of many more days. This
is a long time to be on the j6orney
thru this low ground of sorrow.
Oie Las tie Uo3Sea Ltj that it is
Chicken pox in Shady De
neighborhood, north part of the
county.
Win. Dodd, ot near
has moved to his farm
Mexico.
Ccutralia
south
of
County .teachers' examination
in Mexico tomorrow and '.he day
following.
A thru telephone wire will be
put up between Benton City and
Rush Hill.
Mrs. J.-W. Gorrell, out beyond
Molino, is looking after over 100
bead of young chickens.
Clyde Farris, Bon of Fred Far
ris, down on Univre, this county
has been very sick with dropsy.
Mr. Jesse Whiteside and Miss
Florence Spencer, both . of
Thompson, were married the 14th
inst.
Schuyler Williams, colored, has
been held for the grand jury on
the oharge of being accessory af
ter theft of taking $40 from Wm
Dawson.
E. M. Crooks boncht the Wnl
lace Rogers residence in Rush Hill
last week. " Mr. Crooks, having
moved to Mexico, says his Rush
Hill property is for rent.
E. D. Graham and W. W. Pol
ock will represent the Business
Men's Association of Mexico at
the meeting of commercial clubs
in St. Louis April lGth and 17th
Lau Jones, of Mexico, who has
been spending the winter in Cali
fornia, writes friends here that he
has been very ill lately with ap
p'endicitis. Is recovering and he
and his family hope to return home
first of next month.
Miss Sarah Grim and her sister,
Mrs. Rachel Barton, and nephew,
Worley Herron, living sonth of
Laddonia, have moved to Sullivan,
i-anklin county. They order the
Message to follow them.
W. W. McKinney is getting, up
a commercial map of Mexico. It
will show every commercial and
business iuterest of the city and
the location of every home and
residence. It ought to prove" a
valuable advertisement for Mex
ico.
The C. & A. will put down
granitoid platform in front of
their new passenger depot in Mex
ico. It will teach from Jefferson
street to the next street east and
will cover a space of 1G.000 square
feet. B. A. Powell of Mexico has
been awarded the contract for the
work.
Our Molino correspondent be-
ieves in dragging the roads and
Bends us the foliowiug item rela
tive to this subject: There is
uue man, J. E. Muudy, iu this vi-
inity who has been dragging
about a half mile of road now for
nearly a year and it has been
ipoken of so ranch. It is often said,
When we strike the John Mundy
ane we will have good roads."
Others have adopted his plan and
the roads for about two miles have
been kept dragged the nrost tf the
libs tiri tocv. i
MISSOURI AND THINGS.
The Squab Industry at Centralia
and Audrain Roads.
Walter Williams had a two col
umn article iu the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat a few days ago
touching upon various subjects,
and incidentally, be got around to
Boone county and Audrain. We
quote the following from what he
said:
THE SQUAB INDUSTRY.
A new industry is developing iu
Missouri, tlic growiug of squabs
for the market.
Until recently it was confined al
most entirely to the cities nnd their
suburbs.
Within the past few months, Iiqw-
ever, if has been extended over the
country towus and some farmers
have taken up the business of rais-
lug pigeons and selling squabs.
Erastus Robinson, a Wabash con
ductor, who, because of advanced
years, retired from railroad work,
made his home at Centrailia and is
in the occupation ,f growing
squabs. The chicken growers are
adding pigeouS to their poltry yard
pets in many other places.
THE COUNTRY ROAD PUZZLE.
"What. shall be done with the.
country roads?" ,' continues the
chief topic of discussion iu interor
Missouri. The discussion over the
power of the general assembly to
direct appropriations for building
of roads which was precipitated by
inquiry addressed by Judge W. II.
Kennau of Mexico to Walter
Burch, the Audrain county repre
sentative, has not interrupted the
general consideration of the sub
ject of good roads. Representa
tive Burch, replying to Judge
Kennan, points out that the con
stitution states, in the seventh aud
ast subdivision of section 43, that
the general assembly has power to
make appropriations "For the pay
of the general assembly and such
other purposes uot herein prohib-
ted as it may deem necessary."
Mr. Burch says: "I call attention
to the words, 'such other purposes
not herein prohibited,' " and
draw this conclusion, that, unless
there is some clause in the consti
tution that expressly prohibits the
state from making such appro
priations, then it has the power,
under this general-grant of power,
to improve its highways. The
very fact that the words "not
herein prohibited" were used,
makes it a geuerul grant of power.
Aud since tLe public roads are
public and uot private property," it
ogically follows that the State has
the right to use its own money in
improving what belongs to it."
Tho building of two macadam
ized or rock ronds from St. Louis
to Kansas City across the state
has been suggested by C. F. Clark.
Mr. Clark would have these roads
built at state expense, one north of
the Missouri river aud - one south
of that 6treani. Others are sug
gesting the use of convict labor
upon the public roads, a sugges
tion often vigorously made but as
igoronsly opposed.- The discus
sion of good roads is always Sharp
and consistent during the late
winter and early spring mouths,
becaupo it is during these .months
that the couutry roads are in worse
conditiou than ul any other periods
of the year. The discussion grows
ess acute when early summer
cornC9 and the country roads be
como pleasantly passable.
Says the Perry Enterprise:
Dave Thompson has bought a 83
acre farm 5 miles northeast of
Mexico for $37.50 per acre. lie
as been living on the Edmonston
arm of ISO acres, and it has been
flatttf tb ErWst EridAford; .
Devouring a Church.
The Rev. E. J. Peck, who re
cently returned to England from
a missionary field on the coast of
uuurauor, uas me novel expen
ence of witnessing the destruction
of his church by dogs, in fuct, the
dogs ate up the church. The edi
fice for missionary purposes was
constructed at Black Lead Island
in Baffin Land for the benefit of
the Esquimaux tribes which fre
quent the coast and as sealskin
was easily obtained, the building
was made of that material. One
night, however, the church was
left unguarded, the missionary's
temporary home being at some
distance, and late in the afternoon
a wandering tribe f upland Es
quimaux arrived aud pitched their
tents round the sealskin church.
Their half-starved dogs at once
fell to 'work on the edifice and be
fore morning it completely disap
peared, only the bare poles re
maining -which upheld the seal-
kin covering. The most expen
sive skins on earth are dear diet
for hungry clogs, but in spite' of
Ihe loss of his church, Dr. Peek
persevered and his next edifice was
made of adobe aud stones and he
now has the satisfaction of know
ing that the esquimaux are pro
vided with a church that" their
dogs caunot eat. Christian Advo
cate. Sad to say there are some "seal
skin" churches in this country
that the dogs wouldn't eat.
The "Lid" Certain in Monroe.
The Paris Appeal prints the fol
lowing: The lid is an assured
fact in Monroe county for the next
two years.
All three of the candidates for
prosecuting attourney are ruuuing
on.tbot platfoam. This means that
the illegal sale of liquor is going
to cease, for the history of other
has been that when the prosecnt
iug attorney boldly proclaimed his
position aud resolutely backed it
up, violations of the liquor laws
practically ceased. The platform
on which the candidates are run
uiug is a popular with the voters.
Public sentiment is overwhelm
ingly against those who persist in
the illegal traffic aud strngly iu
favor of law enforcement. The
statutes make in unnecessary to
invoke the aid of the grand juryin
prosecuting offenders and it is a
clear evasion of duty on tho part
of a prosecuting attorney to per
mit this or auy other form of law
breaking to flourish uulil the cir
cuit judge sees, fit to order a
grand jury to investigate. While
the statutes do uot require him to
be "iust as ulert for evidence and
just as ready to prosecute on what
is known as "information" iu li
quor cases as in cases of burglary,
assault or murder iu uone of
which the uctiou of the graud jury
is awaited. When the people are
determined that the traffic shall
cease they shall quickly stamp it
out by law nnd 'order organiza
tions, regardless of grand jury or
prosecuting attorney, as they did
at Middle Grove and as they did at
Woodlawu. Even at Paris, with
the law on their side, the people
caused absolute- prohibition for
several weeks by taking the mat
ter in their own bauds, two years
ago. The emphatic position taken
by all of the candidates for prose
cutiug nttorney indicates a more
rigid enforcement of the liquor
laws than has been knowu in
Monroe county in recent years.
Harvey Emmons, stationed in
Colorado, is visitiug his parents in
M'ttico:
He Pronounced a Mighty Truth.
"J. F. Free, better known a
the Immortal J. N., has returns
home from his ceaseless wanderini
up and down the face of th
earth for the first time iu ten years
Last Satoraday night he arrivec
unheralded in the little village o
McCutchenville, went, to the homt
of his aged sister, Mrs. John Coo
ly. Although bis visits to the old
homestead during the past fifty
years have been so infrequent that
he is almost a stranger, yet hie
meutal misfortunes are never for
gotten and the lach string is out
A warm welcome was accorded th'
aged traveler, who is broken it
health and tottering with tin
weight of years. With advancing
years the mental cloud which set
tled down over the great intellect
so many, many years ago, seem
to have lifted, and much of his ec
centric manner has disappeared
J. N. now appears as only a wea'h
er beaten and decrepit old man
whose faculties have been some
what dulled by the flight of time
For him the veil' which so long
beclouded his mind seems to have
been released late in the evening
of life." Cincinnatti Inquirer.
"J. N." has often visited Lad
uonia and was a frequent visitor
to the public school when here.
Even in his. rambling talks he dis
closes glimpses of a great intel
lect. Laddonia Herald.
We well remember when J. N
was in aroer on one occasion
several years ago. There was an
interesting protracted meeting in
progress at the C. P. church. It
was thought best to keep J. N
away from the church ou that par
ticular evening, as he was calcu
lated to attract attention wherever
he went. Some oue was" detailed
to sfcijy with him downtown, but
he caught ou aud said he wanted
to go to the meeting. G. B.
Brown said Le would see that he
didn't get in church, should he
come. When he sa,w J. N. com
ing he locked the door, leaving
the key in the door, and waited
outside for developments. When
J. N. found the door locked he
politely turned the key, walked in
and took a front seat. At the
close of the set vices Pastor White
asked him if he had anything to
say. J. N. responded to the invi
tation with one of the most forci
ble and dramatic declarations we
ever heard. Said he, "If it were
written iu blazing letters on the
great sky to-nigbt that to morrow
would be Judgment Day, aud
tickets were five dollars a ticket,
what a rush there'd be for tickets."
His large form, white flowing
locks, with n sweeping gesture of
the baud as he made the statemeut
made an impression ou the audi
ence that many who heard it never
forgot. Farber Forum.
Rev. H. E. Stout Honored.
Fayette, Mo., March 19. The
Rev. H. E. Stout was today elected
president of Howard-Payne Col
lege, tho selection of board of cu
rators being unanimous. Mr.
Stout will not tako active charge
of the affairs of the institution un
til the opening of the full semester
uext September.
Ho is t presuut pustor of the
Methodist Episcopal church,
South, of Centralia, Mo. Mr.
Stout from now until autumn will
continue his pastorate, at the
same time directing as much as
possible, the interests of the
school.
Tho new president will bo one
of the youngest men in tho state
to head nn iuiporlaut edueatioual
WrtltutWo.
4 Card from V7. W. McKinney.
Mexico, Mo., March 22, 1906.
Commercial Bu9lnos Mon of Moilco
Mo., Gnntlomgn:
We can and will soon havo a
oopulation of 10,000. Lot every
ne do something to help bring
this about, and be will be doine
something for, himself. What is
ood for the city is good for the
individual. You know from expe
rience the power of suggestion,
ihe potency of intelligent, 'Judi
cious advertising.
I am getting up a commercial
map of Mexico, Mo., showing !o
eation of our mills, faotories, bus
iness houses nnd railroad facilities,
in fact, a first class reference map
of the city, 36x3G inches. This
map will cost something like $400
to publish, to say nothing of time
and labor spent on drawing, etc.
I need the co-operation of the
property owners and bnsiness men
of Mexico in this uudertakin?.
Assist me and you help yourselves.
Thanking you for the enconr-
agemeut which I believe will make
this venture a success, I am
Very, truly yours,
W. W. McKln-ney.
J. L. Lawton, ot Bellllower,
formerly of Mexico, was in the
railroad wreck near Denver, Colo.,
last week, but only suffered slight
injuries. About 25 people were
killed in the accident.
Must Not Drink Liquor.
Jefferson City, March 13.
Governor Folk issued a parole
pardon today to Edward Ellis, of
Linn county, who was sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary,
from October, 1993, for grand lar
ceny. The pardon was issued up
on the petition of a large number
of citizens of that county, and up
on the conditiou that Ellis abstain
from the use of intoxicating li
quors and appear in person at each
regular term of the circuit court of
of that coanty and give account of
his conduct to the judge.
THE GRIM REAPER
Robert Belt, workiug iu the
coal mines at Corder, Mo., was
crushed to death between two coal
cars one day last week. The young
man was a cousin or Mrs. Dr. M.
E. Crawford of this city.
Col. Lewis Hord, of this city,
died unexpectedly of congestion
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
E. P. Thorne, in Iuba, Miss., last
Wednesday night, week. Mr.
Hord was oue of our most prominent
citizens. He was born in icks-
burg, Miss., iu 1837. First, weut
into business at Cincinnati, O.
Was married to Miss Mary Faut
of Fulton, Mo., in 1858.. He
moved to Fulton 30 years ago, a
few years later moving to Mexico.
For the past dozen years had been
in ill health and been spending
the winters in the Sonth. The
body was shipped to Mexico for
burial. Deceased leaves five chil
dren, as follows: Mrs. E. P.
Thorne of Inkn. Miss., Mrs. Snsie
Buekncr of Mexico. Mrs. S. B.
Cook, of Jefferson City. PI F.
Hord of St. Louis, nnd Mrs. W.
tf. Walker of Covington, Ky.
. . .,"?
VK. E. Arnold, rro9. W.A. Mortis. V.P.A
S. Jv liuofcnor. Cashier.
First If M M,
Mexico, Mo.
Capital and
S65.000 I
Surplus
EstnblishBd 1871.
Thirty Years Succosstul Buslne
rays Interest on TIuio Deposits.
Llublo for Double Its Capital.
Motto: Oar Conservatism in All Matters
V iu U,v.n SAM
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