The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-21
OTHER ADDRESSES,


The little daughter Of shorty Col
lins recited II beautiful pi"c" entitled,
"A Letter from Home 1t was appro
pirate and cxriIcl much applauS"
Tom Ely, OF Krnret' hailing tgum the
swamp district rs the tpastnaster SAID,
made an eloquent ndirrss, studded with
sparkling bits Of humur very entertain
ing indeed He ,aid in part i am only
filling "A vacancy, but | esteem It u great
honor Ia be called from such a r"nutr
part of the country 10 speak 10 such Il
great meeting. 1t has been vel said
that the drummer ir e.li' led to any
thing he wants. but gentlemen, h's wife
is entitled to anything snr thinks she
wants Two thousand NearS AZ" wpAn-
en were not regarded ns they are to- day.
When the virgin nursed the Prince
Of Man in the lowly manger woman was
considered nothing more than II slave,
yet art and OratOry were n their height.
But to. day she is the ruling power. She
il the power behind the throne and she
will be the power behind the drummer
that will send this convention to Ken
nett next year applause from Ken
nett people,. In war or peace, storm or
sunshine she is the friend of the drum
iners, who constitut" the arteries of our
system of commerce.
A solo by member of the Manhattan
Quartet followed W T. Leach was in
troduccd to respond to the toast The
Drummers Presenting a banner,
the speaker said, "Our president,
please accept this token from the best
friends have on earth Hon. J. j.
Russell Of Charleston, talked about
The Drummer" at length in a humor
ous way His speech was replete with
good things and we regret that lack of
space prevents Its reproduction here.
He said among other things. > can rc.
member when our country merchant
sold goods for six months and tying the
money mp in rag sat on the banks OF
the Mississippi river for three day
waiting for boat ON which to get tr
st Louis to buy more goods som,
times he would get into "A poker gamt
with the boat crew aud instead of bring
| ing back u stock Of goods came back
with only the rag and string The only
difference between his experience anr
that Of the drummer who gets into the
the game is that the drummer come
back with not even the rag or string
As has been said this association wa
born in Cape tiirardcau. BIT as soon a
she got her eyes open she moved To Pop
lar Bluff and as soon ~ she could wall
she came to Charleston which Is nov
her adopted home. She has now grow
to womanhood and while We ar" willing
to have her visit other So + No. riti"-
we want it distinctly understood tha
she will eventually return to her adopt
ed home and be- received with upeI
arms
Russel SChollmcy"r popularity ralI"
r "SCully rrCited two selections i
which he displayed remarkable com
, mand Of the various hrogur~ and h
wH- followed by tiuStavls Lind"rS,o D
Soto, who delivered a characteristic,
0 loudl, npplnuded philippe against th
paper drummer ~ he called It
Tuastmastcr Rozicr made one of tn
prcttirst presentation speeches of tn
1 evening when he presented Pres
l Bond with beautiful silver loving en-
= in behalf of the citizens Of Farmngtor
c X KelsOc, Of k"nnctt prcscntr
n President Bond with II lnnucr from III
u people of Kennctt Mrs ClHrdy. ,
d Fredcricktown invited the assoCiatiu
+ to Frcdcricktown for its next cnuvrf
& ton and presented beautiful cut flow
= cr horseshoe design
c The impressive scene came when G.
e clone" Myers presented President Bon
It with valuable watch charm u tuk,
Is from the drummcrs.
! The program came 10 close VIII,
Mr. Paul, vice president of thu ass
citation, presented Secretary Moore,
a. this city. with grip.