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T 1 T. II I'Yoi'.P At. Po lift issouv Message, 1 VOL. 13 MEXICO, MISSOURI, JUNE 20, 1912 NO. 31 M KILLED IN A CYCLONE WERE FORMER RESIDENTS OF AUDRAIN COUNTY. Relatives of Mrs. Milt House holder of Near Mexico. Last Saturday afternoon Mr, and Mrs. Milt Householder northwest of Mexico, received telegram to come to Leeton, Mo that Mrs. Householder's sister liv ing near that place, Mrs. Don Carlos, and her husband, had both been instantly killed, the tele gram not stating how they were killed. Mr. and Mrs. Householder left on the 5 :15 evening Wabash train for Leeton. Arriving there they learned that Mr. and Mrs. Carlos had been killed by a cyclone that struck their home in the early morning, demolishing it and kill ing the aged couple in their bed Their house was a two-story frame and the storm left it wreck. Mr. and Mrs. Carlos were form er residents of this county but moved from h ere about 20 years since. The storm wrought destruction in other parts of the country near Leeton. Saturday afternoon there was a groat storm at Excelsior Springs. Hail stones weighing a pound fell. Many crops were entirely ruined. In different parts of the State last Saturday storms did great damage. Over 20 people are re port I'd to have been killed. Kan sns and Oklahoma also suffered HIGH HILL DISTRICT We are having lots of rain at present. It will mean weedy corn if it continues. L. L. Spencer lost a good mule colt last week. C. E. Sellers delivered fat hogs at Centralia one day last week. C. E. Pulis and family and Grandma Roberts visited at I?. F. Pulis' last Monday and gathered cherries. Ollie Sims and family visited at W. I). Barnes' Sunday, also Edgar Sims and wife. Rev. W. D. Pulis preached at Reaver Dam church Sunday. John Rediger and wife are at his brother's in Southeast. Mis souri. Charley Campbell lost a good work mule lately. Miss Viola Dalby visited her grandparents last week, Philip Dalby and wife. Rev. Presser filled his regular appointment at New Hope Satur day and Sunday. Mrs. Jessie Campbell is on the sick list. Lillian Lanham spent last week in Centralia visiting relatives. Ray Miller lost a valuable mare hist week from the effects of a wire cut. Philip Dnlby sold a mare for J dollars. Quite a number of our young people attended the basket din ner at Hickory Grove Sunday. Christian Church Convention. The State Christian church eon vent ion meets in Brookfield this week. The following will at tend from Mexico : Rev. W. A. Shullenberger, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dry, Mrs. George Denham, Miss Alicia Mason, and Miss Hil da Rrand. G. E. Darnaby, 75 years old, fi'ther of J. A. Darnaby, of this ''t.v, died a few days ago at his home in Lexington, Ky. CHILDREN'S DAY. A Fine Program Given at The Methodist Church. The Intermediates of the Jietnodist hunday School, in charge of Misses Grace Morris, Lena Bryarly and Agnes White, gave a tine program last Sunday night, before an immense audi ence, as follows: Song "March Along." Opening Prayer hy the Pri mary Class. Song "Welcome." Rooirntirm n,- Tf VV- Felton Kunkel. Recitation Pliilin Hell. Lake- nan names and Floyd Iiradfonl. Drill ly the Intermediates. Song "'Children's Day." Recitation Virginia Handy. Song. "Loyal to the Simd av School"-Choir. Clock Exercise bv Mnriorie Barnes, Norman Toalson, Wal lace St nun, Hubert Saunders. Recitation Sallie Thompson. Quartet, "Smiles." Song' "Jesus Bids Us Shine" Paul St. Vrain. Exercise. "Four Little l.'oso- buds Helen Wren, Mary Louise Hawthorne, Mable Reiser. uth Wells. Song, "Childhood Toys." rank Kunkel. Song, "The Month of Roses." Children's Day Offerincr. bv the entire congregation. Song, "Good Nirht"-Fre Campbell. There were 22 graduates from the Infant ('lass who received diplomas. RUSH HILL ITEMS. Mrs. Fred Feutz, of Kansas City, visited relatives and friends here last week. Miss Ruby Thompson of Bowl ing Green, is visiting Mrs. P. 13. lates. Floyd Peery, third trick opera tor here, is enjoying a visit with his mother. Mrs. Will Doolin and Miss Emma Mae Barney left for Cali forma last week. They will be gone for two or three months They have been gone scarcely a week and Mr. Doolin has the blues already. Mrs. II. C. Carnes and son vis ited Miss Abbie Sullivan, of near Mexico, several days last week. .ir. anu airs, will Keese were hopping in Mexico last Saturday. A great many from here had intended to go to Littleby last Sunday but were disappointed by the rain. The ladies of the German church will give an ice cream supper next Saturday night, June 22nd. A most cordial invi- tation is extended to every one. The Ladies A. and M. of the Christian church meet this week with Mrs. Henry Stuart, west of town. Good Roads Delegates. President George Robertson, of the Xorth Mo. Cross State High- ay Association, has appointed the following delegates to the Tri-State Good Roads Convention, made up of delegates from Mis souri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, which is to be held at Monte Xe, Ark., July 3 and 4: Mexico Xs. Myers. Wm. Pol lock, Geo. Kellerhals. Laddonia John Scott. Montgomery City II. W. Johnson, W. L. Gupton. Centralia Arthur Bruton, John T. Mitchell. Wellsville Frank Everett. Sturgeon G. W. Batterton. Ben Canada. Renick Judge Chilton. Moberly II. F. Ilolman, H. P. Jennings. Miss Elizabeth Pearson is visit ing relatives at Omaha, Neb. STROTHER NEWS The Storm's Doings Light .ing- Kills Horses "A Sly Ok1. Fox." iuite a storm swept over this territory lust Salurday evening. Trees were blown down in tin forests, roofs blown olf of build ings. an oi the early corn v;is damaged so that most of it will be to replant, oats will not bear half the crop they promised and gardens badly bruised and mas ed up. Jyron Winn delivered hogs to Paris dealers recently. Mrs. Geo. Smiley and children spent Sunday with Mrs. F. T. Smith and family. The storm killed two of F, ti met Smith's fine horses, one an extra good driver tun I the other a two year old. It also struck an other in the head, which will likely die. Geo. Smiley and F. T. Smith went to Rowena for a pleasure trip, fishing and visiting. Hope the storm did not keep them from enjoying themselves up in Hint country. Mrs. James Asheraft has had the "blues" for the last few days. No wonder, a fox caught 2 tur keys one day, and later caught 2") more with a small boy watching them. Mr. Sim Creed's, who have been on an outing over on Elk Fork, went back last Saturday, all reporting a fine time Mrs. Geo. Smiley and children attended the basket dinner at Berea last Saturday. Thoj- were in the storm but no harm done. Preaching at St rot her next Sunday. They want a big crowd. Be sure and come and wear your new dresses. Rev. McMutcheon preached two sermons at Xew Hope last Sunday. Not a- very big crowd on account of the roads and threatning weather. Mr. Grubbs lost a fine single driver Saturday night by light ning. About a week ago he hud a good mule killed bv lightning Miss Edna Styles is entertain- mg Miss Nora Craighead of Cen tralia. OAKLAND STOCK FARM. Fine showers for some days Corn and vegetation of all kinds growing nicely. Joe Quinlan and Arthur Paulin went to St. Louis last week and bought a new threshing machine. It is to be hop yd they will have a large crop of oats to thresh for the wheat crop is almost a faihm in this part of the country. Mrs. Theo. Selb has over 100 young turkeys. trank Summers spent from Saturday till Monday in Mexico with friends and relatives. ery few at Trinity Sunday, owing to the heavy rain cloud winch came up about starting time. Miss Lucy Melntyre spent several days with Miss Mary Quinlan recently. J. M. Dyson has gone to Santa Fe to lie with the Misses Snyder and to take the place of their brother, Frank, who recently married. Paul Hale, 10 years old, and his sister, Donnie, who is !), ar rived at Laddonia recently from Artesia, X. M., they making the trip alone. The children are vis iting their uncle, A. B. Hale. Their father is Ben W. Hale. formerly of near Laddonia. Mrs. M. J. Sallce, of St. Louis. is visiting the family of her son here, W. R. Sallee. R. L. Gay and sister, Miss Leona, are also guests with Mrs. Sallce at the Fame home. WANT FARM COMMISSIONER EXPERIMENT STATION TOO- COMMERCIAL CLUB MAKES MOVE. Farmers and Editors to Meet County Convention. in Mexico and Audrain count v are endeavoring to work together as one for the prosperity and good of all. The Mexico Commercial Club entertained the i oadov ciscers of the county at :i i'i I. I . few weeks and this time 't is to all the editors of the county and two or three of the near-by counties and also a delegate from each of the near 100 school districts in the county. The following letter, which has been mailed to all parts of the county, will partly explain th j object of the meeting: "At the weekly luncheon. Fri day, at the Hotel Hoxsey, it was decided by members of this or ganization to appoint a reception committee and to request the Chairman of every School Board in Audrain county to call a meet ing of the residents in his district. for Hie purpose f)f appoint in"- n delegate to a convention to be held in this city, at the noondav luncheon of the Club, Saturday, June 29, 1912, (12 o'clock sharp) tor the purpose of making a con certed effort to secure n i:,r,, expert for Audrain county and to discuss the most feasible plans for establishing im A ..;,. .,)...... i l- " " f' till I.I 1 fl I Experiment Station near Mexico. You are therefore kindly re piesteil to have as large an at tendance at the meeting and to hold it at as early a date as pos sible ;;nd to forward by mail to the Mexico Commercial Club the name of the Chairman, Secretary, number of people present at the meeting mid the name and post office address of the delegate ap pointed. The County Court will also at tend the meeting. It is hoped that a delegate from each district will accept the invi tation and be present at. the luncheon as the ,-esult of this noon-hour meeting-means much for all the citizens of the county. It is now possible 1o secure a donation in the neighborhood f fl (.)().(() for the salary of an ox pert if early action is taken. S. M. Jordan, corn expert, is now the export lor Pettis county. Thanks are extended in advance for your efforts. Very truly yours, R. I. Worrell, Pros R. E. Race, By order of Coi.imittee : W. W. Pollock, F. L. Ciosby. J. B. Graham. ec y. Ch V. Big Basket Dinner. Rev. W. J. Hook announces! that there will be a great reunion of old friends and neighbors and preaching son ices the fifth Sun day in June in ,1. I) Pitt ' Pasture, three miles south of Farber. Basket dinner also. Pro Hook preached on this spot .')! years ago the old Joe Sisk place. Music and a grand social time- JVeaehing. also after the IT o'clock hour, in the afternoon. George Adams and others have the arrangements for this meet ing in hand. Don't fear the rain or weather, Ilro. Hook says, he wants to see you at this meeting Prof. C. C. Roselle is attending ummer school at Columbia. BENTON CITY. A Tramp '3 Steal Pastor Duff Resigns Personal Mention. The King's Daughters will give an ice cream social on the lawn at the Presbyterian church here, Saturday evening, .Imre 22 nd. Kvorybody invited. Kdgar Woodson ami family of Mast St. Louis came in Friday evening in their auto and are the guests of Mrs. Woodson's mother here. .Miss Henrietta Douglass speii' last week visiting at French Douglass' and Henry Clark's. Mr. Barrett of Troy. Mo., losi a valuable mule here Monday night. Rev. Cuy Dull' has resigned a-- pa.-tor of Hie Presbyterian chun-li here, ou account of ill he.'ilili . 1 i.-is accepted a call in Xew Mt x leo. Mr. Dull' is ..v... .ll.iii gentleman and not only his o n congregation, but all other dc- nominations as well, regret to see nut leave ami all hope thai his health may be speedily recovered. Mrs. ('has. Cunningham had ile Misfortune to have $2." in cash taken from her home one morning last week. The money is supposed to have been taken by ,i tramp who passed along while .'.its. C. was out at the barn lot. However she didn't miss the money until the next evening. Mrs. Henry Ilildebrandt of this place lost last Thursday. ;ither between here and Mexico :r in Mexico, a black leather ii.-iidl..'- containing an account bod; with! Ti-atehel's stoic here. 'J he lin.h r will le liberally rewaidel by n- turning to .Mrs. Ilildebrandt. Fred Kellerhall and family vis ited at .Air. Hnlbrook s Sunday. Sol. Garver and wife visited at Win. Tratchell's Sunday. Mrs. J. C. Piei-sou who has been .suffering with rheumatism has gone to Bowling Green Springs t spend a few w eeks. . Kid. Leonard and family were quests of J. W. Douglass ui.C daughter Saturday anil Siindev. Mr. Rutter Dead. Joseph Rutter. of this city, died last Saturday fioni the effects of a stroke of parjdysis which he suffered a day o:- two before. He was 71 years old. The funeral was at the home Sunday morning, at 10 o'clock, interment in Lock ridge cemetery, south of this city. Deceased was a native of 'iuiiicy. 111. He was a farmer in this county for many years. His wife died It yci.rs ago. The fol lowing children survive him: Mrs. Amos Jenkins and Klmer Rutter, of this city, and Mrs. Jen nie Fredde, of Marlin, Texas. The following brothers and sisters al so survive him : Charles and Jason Rutter, Mrs. Maggie Hill. Mrs. Addie McLaughlin, Mi Villie Miller and .Miss Ada Rut ter. Patton Dead. 'n:ies W. Pal ton. M years old I or many years a resident of this city, died last, week in the State Hospital at Fulton. The funeral and burial were at Fulton. A lnother of deceased, Charles Patton. resides at Fulton, mid another brother, Kdward Patton. lives in Mexico. Four daughters and one son also survive him: Misses Florence and Anna, who are missionaries in Japan; Misses Kate and Matth and Charles Pat ton, who rcsid at Chenoa, HI. Deceased wrs in the saddle and harness business in Mexico for i' number of years. Were Married Here. Mr. Myron Winn, of Paris, and Miss Mattie Downs, of this citv. were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kdgar Tluvlkeld here. last Saturday, Rev. John K. Ayscue officiating. CHILDREN'S DAY. Celebration at Littleby Method ist Church Last Sunday. It was a little rainy and gloomy last Sunday forenoon but "you can't bluff the country peo ple." They observed Children's Day at Littleby .Methodist church, seeii miles northeast of Mexico. as per program published else where in this paper. It was one of the best services of the kind we ever witnessed. 'I'hev have some line talent among the young peo I le in thai eominuiiitv. .1. R. Snook is superini elidelil of the hool, and he has some able as sistants in his work. too. There was a large atleiidai At the close of the program a collection ol if I T.:iO w -as taken, which will 1 used to help schools ill desl i tllte fields. Rev. W. C. Rice, the pastor, made a short talk and then dismissed everybody for din ner " for fear t hat ice cream might melt." A general dinner was spread, and such a dinner as it w.n! Kervbody ale and att ain! ate. A l l.-r a ilelie.liU' d social hour Rev. W. C. Rice preached an able .sermon, talking more directly to the young people, havini? for his text, "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy vouth." lie made a splendid application of the lesson, and we hope the young people w lio heard him may never forget what he said. We append here a list of the heads of families oi the represen tatives of families and others who w ere present : Rev. W. C. Rice. .1. R. Snook F S. Kelly, Charlie (livens, M. M. (livens, J. B. Weaver. H. L. Smith, M. T. Pierce. J. W. Ste vens. W. C. Melahn. (). B. Melahn. John Beal, W. F. Canterbury, leii,j. Canterbury, Tom Hook. F. M. Shoup, II. W. Shoup, J. Hord Davis, J. F. Ruse, D. L. Rogers, Frank Krdel, Albeit Krdcl, Val Krdel. Jr., P. J. Krdel, F. F. Wits- chic, Louis Kircher, Harry Klam, L. B. Winterhalter. K. K. Winter- halter, Ollie interhalter, Bert Davis. Frank Miller, W. II. Ray. Mrs. Mary O'Xeale, Fcss Cau- thorn, Ora Crockett, Mrs. J. R. Lampson, Dave Crockett, George Downs, Robt. Walter, Sr., Robl. Walter. Jr., .1. K. Hodge, Louis Kochs, Dr. Jesse Goodson, A. B. Weidler, Joe Bailey, Fred Peter son. J. II. Fail child, Louis Buerger. (). H. Martin, John Wor ley. J. II. Wilkins. (). M. Dunn, Herbert Caulhoin, George Stuart, Mrs. May Green. O. M. iiinn, R. A. Miller, S. .). Bishop, L. F Stuart, II llgo Doerge, .foe Vos temeyer, Leo Shire, Les II on iff, Willie (. ornett, Tommie Sliced, Gallainl Bush, Willie Hodge. Flag Day Observed. The Daughters of the American Revolution observed a very ap propriate program in celebration of Flag Day at the home of Mrs. lolm Cregory last Friday. A business meeting was held at the Rest Room at the Court House preceding. A Family Reunion. Mr. and .Airs. J. (J. Head ami their children enjoyed a family reunion last Sunday. The follow ing children sat down with the parents at fine dinner: Lee Head, of Jojilin ; Frank Head. Xew York, and Charles, Ralph and Miss May Head, of this city. Henry Shawnee, colored, con victed on the charge of carrving concealed weapons, was .seiilenci 1st Week to two years in the pi and atl-rwards paroled for fi years. John Hill has returned from San Antonio, Texas, where he pent the winter. GRADUATES IN AGRICULTURE, "3 J A WOMAN AND SHE'S FROM MEXICO. Others Complete Studies at the State University. The Missouri I'niversity gradu ated 1'7 persons lasl week, tho largest list in the history of tho school. A number of Audrain : -ounty young people were among the number. Audrain had but one gradual.) from the College of Agriculture and she's from Mexico, loo, Miss Velum . Johnson is her name. Tho girls generally beat the boys in the line of school work and they'll be beating them in fanning next. Miss Anna Margaret Shannon, of Vaildalia n lovillor rf At. lorney V.. A. Shannon of Mexico, won honors in the I'nivcrsitv, completing nix years' work in four and graduating with the de grees of A. B. and B. S. Miss Kdna Ralston, also of Vandalia, graduated from the School of Kducation with Miss Shannon. (. L. llerlingcr, of Vandalia, received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Miss Mary Carter and Miss Mary Frances Gbindon, both of Mexico, each received degrees in Hie School of Kducation. Miss Lucy Agnes Coontz, of Vandalia, graduated with the de gree of A. B. and also won a I'ni ersity Scholarship in History. Miss Lena Johnson, of .Mexico, graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences. Miss Ruth Mason, of Mexico, graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Kducation and had the honor lo be historian of her class. She was also awarded a life certificate to teach. Audrain girls won their way at the I'niversity nil right, but where do the boys line up? GANT ITEMS. John Snioot and family are en tertaining his sister this week. J. W. MeCaniiiion and wife vis ited (leo. Carter and family of near Hickory Grove. The Hon. County Court mem bers passed thru this neighbor hood one day last week inspect ing bridges. J. W. Dry of Mexico was in this vicinity one day last week. W. P. Denham has purchased a blower for his thresher. John Smoot and family were Centralia visitors Tuesday of last week. Quite a number from this neigh borhood atlended the basket dinner at Hickory Grove. Mrs. W. P. Denham visited her son, Jim. of Rush Dill, recently. Tom I tii fly and sister, Ktlie, vis- iieil Iriends and relatives in near Centralia. and Sent to The Fen. Bob Bannister, colored, of this city, plead guilty to the charge of assault with intent to kill j the Circuit Court Monday and was sentenced to State's prison for two years. Mr. and Mrs. Val Krdcl. Jr paid the Message a pleasant busi ness call Monday. Mnvinn Coninrrn DL W mrjAiiu caving Dalle. ! . iiiai .... C:;i::l Slack, !15O,CG0,H 43rd Year in Business. W. V FKY, President. Uon.M i.jtt.c, lasnier. t