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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10
ECHOES
From the District Meeting Of the
Woman's Home Mission Society
April Sd, 4th and 9th.


A number of visitors remained
over Sunday morning after the
Home Mission meeting.
The delegates who attended last
week at the Southern Methodist
Church were: Mrs. Arnold, Flat
River; Miss Nettie Mclintock, Farm
ington; Mrs. Chas. Downey, Iron
ton; Miss Devore, Whitewater;
Mrs. Maze, Desloge; Mrs. Nichol,
Elvins; Mrs. Green, Fredericktow;
Mrs. j. ID. Wells, Bonne Terre;
Mrs. Plank, Potosi; Miss Althuser,
Caledonia; Mrs j. ID. Wood, Bis
marck; Mrs. Lord, Esther. Almost
every town was represented by Il
number of visitors each day.
In October the district meeting
will be held at Desloge. Cordial in
vitations were extended from POtOsi
and Bonnie Terre, but the greater
number were in favor of going to
Dcsloge.
Rev. Theo. Copeland ot st. Paul's
Church, st. Louis, preached Friday
night ut the Southern Methodist
church. He preached with power
and feeling and every one was
moved. He laid great stress upon
the work the women are doing and
spoke of the great opportunities
open to them. DR.. Copeland was
entertained during his stay here by
Hon. and Mrs. NJ. Smith.
Mrs. Mary b. Murrcll, President
Of the Home Mission Society of the
st. Louis Conference, visited Farm
ington last week, addressing the
women assembled here. She is II
very brillianl speaker and deeply in
earnest. She gave a logical defini-
tion of the word mission, showing
that any one who has n definite
work has "A mission, dwelling upon
the Importance of the work which Is
to be done In our land. She was en-
tertained by Mrs. Josie Mason while
here, and on Saturday by Mrs. Fir
min Desolge at Desloge.
Mrs. William Court read very
interesting illustrated paper on
Foreign America" This was very
favorably received and Mrs. Court
has been invited to read the same
paper at the Annual Home Mission
meeting at Poplar Bluff, May 18th
to 18th.
Mrs. John Griffard Of Flat River
attended the meeting and was on the
program. Her argument for Home
Mission was very concise and she
was faithful worker
Mrs Clarence Norwine OF Bonn,
Terre, always first in every good
work, had striking picture OF the
harvest field, to which she called
attention, and Of the rich reward to
those who are faithful.
Rev. X. l.. Russell, agent for
Marvin College, gave n very earnest
talk on the college. Fredericktown
is trying to raise Sl5, 900 for u new
dormitory and Mr.. Russell thinks
they will succeed. Fredericktown
usually does what she undertakes
and they will no doubt soon accom-
plish their task. The Home Mis-
sion women at this meeting agreed
to pay n certain sum for five years
to endow the chair of English AT
Marvin. The Conference Society
will also assist in the furnishing.
Mrs. Howell of Elvins, Miss Mead
ows of Desloge, Misses Hoy, AL
thuser, Devore and Mrs. Marbury
all added much to the program.
Each had telling facts which were
well delivered.
Rev. w. d. Hays Is holding Dis
trict Conference mt Fredericktown
I this week. Rev. VIM. Court re-
manned at home because OF the death
OF Grandmother" Byington.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10
Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, administrator OF the estate OF
JOHN F. SHEARLOCK, Decd.
will make final settlement OF said estate u,
the next term OF the Probate Court OF ST
Francois county. Missouri. To be begun and
held I'm the Court House In Pennington, In
said county. on the second Monday In
April. 1905.
G. u, MCCLINTOCk,
March 10, 1908. Public Administrator
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10
Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed. Administrator OF the estate OF
WILLIAM c. SCOTT. Decd,
will make Anal settlement OF said estate
at the next term Of the Probate Court OF ~.
Francois county, Missouri. to be begun and
held In Pennington in said county, on the
second Monday In April, 1908.
q. u. McCLINT0CK.
March ID, 1908. Public Administrator
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10
Between DeI.assus and Pennington

Between Del.assus and Harrington.
LEAVE PENNINGTON.
S:s7 a. m, Sunday only; HAS a M,
daily; 1880 p. III, daily, S:37 p. M, daily
except Saturday and Sunday; OH p. III.
Saturday and Sunday only.
LEAVE DELASsUS.
o:Is a. NJ, Sunday only; I2;26 p m,
daily; 7:o2 p. m, daily; s:s3 p. M, daily
except Saturday and Sunday; 6;24 p. II.
Saturday aud Sunday only.
Federal Mill.
Cars leaving Pennington at 7;25 a. M.
and 4;79 p. III. run to Federal Hill only,
and a car leaves Federal for Pennington
week days except Saturday al 5;o4 p III.
On Saturdays car leaves Federal at I2;o5
d, III,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10
Gentle and Effective,

A well-known Manitoba editor
writes: "As an inside worker ! find
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver
Tablets invaluable for the touches
of biliousness natural to sedentary
life, their action being gentle and
effective, clearing the digestive tract
and the head" Price, - cents.
Samples free. f.. NJ. Laakman.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10

Do You Suffer From Kidney Troubles?
We guarantee one bottle Of Smiths
Kidney Remedy to benefit or cure,
or your druggist will refund your
money. Price so cents. f.. NJ.
Laakman.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10

A 4O-pound cat fish was caught in
Castor river near Bloomfield on the
18th by Robert Pope. 1t is the larg-
est on record for O mum Der Of years
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10

rather than to broadcgs' them
Where one good crop Is oca iioually
secured by this early careless seed
ing, four crops fail to max ;.s good
n yield AS where they are put in
later and better. Experiments show
that it is more important IT, ~, oats
in well, rather than very early, con
trary to n very generally accepted
opinion. The right sort OF seed and
the right sort Of seeding would in
crease the oat yield in Missouri fifty
per cent In spite of our unfavorable
climate. NJ. +. MILLER.
The little baby boy of Mrs. Ed
ward Hart of Pcrryville was So bad
ly scalded with hot water from
washing machine on the Dist ult.,
that he died in few hours from his
burns.
Mrs. Margaret Gill Of Frederick
town died there on the 10th, aged ~
years. She was n native Of Mudi-
son county, her parents having been
pioneers in that section. She had
been a member of the Christian
Church for ~ years. Her husband
died In 1886.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10

Call for Precinct Mass Meetings.
To the Democrats of st. Francois
County:
You are hereby called to meet in
the respective precincts Of the coun-
ty on Saturday at = O'Clock p. M,
April %, 1908, in mass meeting and
select delegates to represent your
respective precincts in the County
Convention to be held on Monday,
April 9th, 1908, at Flat River ri II
O'Clock Il. IN. The number Of dele
gates to which each precinct is en-
titled is fixed as follows: Farming
ton No. |, 6; Pennington No. >, /;
DeLassus /; Flat River .; East FL
wins J.; Esther |; Bonnie Terre 4;
Bogytown 3; Cedar Falls !; French
Village Hazel Run ,; Chadbourue
|; Blackwell /; bismarck 3; Iron
Mountain !; Libertyvillc >; Knob
Lick /; Doe Run 3; Dcslogc q;
Beans School House |; West FL
wins 3; Lcadwood !; Frankclay |,
G. r. PRATT, Chairman,
J. H. MALUGEN, Secretary
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10

The Greenvile Sun say this year
would be a good time for Wayne
county to build jail.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-10
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION APRIL 27
Precinct Mass Meeting to Elect Dele
gates to County Convention Sat
urday, April %.

There is hereby called n County
Democratic Convention to be held
ut Flat River, st. Francois county,
Missouri, on Monday, April 9TH,
1908, at II O'Clock n. m, for the pur-
pose of selecting delegates to repre-
sent the Democrats of this county
in the State Convention to be held
at Jefferson City May 10th, 1905, and
for the selection of delegates to the
Congressional Convention.
c. II. PRATT, Chairman
j. II. MALUGEN, Secretary.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05
Monum.nt. to Song Writers.

Pittsburg is moving In the matter of
Foster. the song writer and composer
lof half-oentury ago, who was born in
that city and spent much of his life
There. There will be widespread in
tterest in the project and a general
wish for its success. Few men have
,stirred the hearts of the American
people as did Stephen C. Foster. 1t
may be said that in "Old Folks at
Home" "Old Black Joe" MY Old
kentucky Home" and other produc-
lions he has a monument more endur-
1ng than any memorial of stone or
metal. And there are others. remarks
khe Troy IN. " Times. What singer
of days gone by fails to recall with
thrill Come Where My Love Lies
Dreaming" DO They Miss Me at
Home?" odd Dog Tray" Nelly Was
q Lady" Willie, We Have Missed
You" and the like7 Even minstrelsy
war aided and dignified by ''Old Uncle
Ned" 20 Susannah'' and others that
ment. Fosters songs were OF the kind
that moved the hearer because they
were 30 full of human interest" They
We're translated into various lang
uages. and they made the world
brighter and better. Pittsburg does
well to hold the memory of the COM
poser in honor
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05
NEWS FROM WARRINGTON.

President Roosevelt was fifty years
old October 27th. He worked at his
desk as usual. but received great
many congratulatory messages from
this and foreign countries.
Colonel Brainard will have charge
of a test of automobiles for military
purposes that Is to be made during the
maneuvers of the regular army at
Atascadero, San Luis Obispo county.
Cal. The officials Of the war depart
ment are much Interested In the exper-
iment.
President Roosevelt has signed
proclamation creating the Loeb ka-
trine bird reserve In Big Horn basin,
Wyoming. The reserve embraces an
area of about $500 acres. In the midst
of which is the reservoir of the Sho-
shone Irrigation Company. In recent
years, since the reservoir was built.
all manner OF wild ducks have fire.
quented this locality, and 1t has be-
come a favorite breeding ground for
different kinds of edible water fowl.
To man the new Western field head
quarters OF the forestry service recent
ly established at Denver, Missoula,
Mont: Albuquerque, N. NJ: Ogden,
Utah; San Francisco, and Portland,
Oregon, party OF 3G5 foresters,
clerks, stenographers and other en-
ployes. including 100 women ana from
fifty to seventy-five administrative
officers, will leave Washington. De-
cember /. The chief forester and 200
employees will remain.
In order to keep the organization
free from even the suspicion of evas-
ion of legal requirements. George
Otis Smith, director of the geological
survey. has issued an order prohibiting
members OF the survey from owning
stock in any mining company the prop
erty of which is in the United States
or Alaska. Any member at present
| holding stock of this nature is re-
auested to dispose of it as soon as
practicable.
| To enforce much greater responsible
f! ity upon directors of national banks
and to make them pay more attention
to their institutions, Comptroller of
| the Currency Murray has issued an or
der to national bank examiners direct.
ing them that upon entering a bank
to make an examination they immedi-
ately convene the directorate and re-
quire answers to formal list of TWEEN
ty-five searching questions.
Prince Henry Of Prussia. son Of the
Emperor, took ride in Count Yep
pelin's airship Tuesday and was highly
delighted with 1t.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05


Hon. R. 8. Tharin, Attorney at Law
and counsel for Antitrust League,
writes from Pennsylvania Ave-, N. w.,
Washington, d. c., rs follows:
"Having used Perana for csGsrr6Al
dfsorders, ! am ablesto testify to it's
great remedial excellence and do not
hesitate to give 1t my emphatic endorse-
ment and earnest recomrnenda&ioa-As.
all persons affected by that disorder. 1t
II also tonic Of great UssksLssss."
Mr.. T. Barnecott. West Ayimer.
Ontario, Can, writes: Last winter I
was i'll with pneumonia after ha vin4fs
grippe. took Peruna for two months,
when 1 became quite well. also in
duced young lady, who wss sH run
down and confined TO the house, to take
Peruna, and after taking Peruna FOR
three months she Is able to follow her
trade of tailoring. can recommend
Peruna for all such who are i'll aud re-
quire tonic"
Pe-fu-sA Tabiets.
Some people prefer to take tablets.
rather than to take medicine in fluid
form. Such people can obtain Peruna
tablets which represent the solid me
dicinnl Ingredients of Peruna- Each
tablet Is equivalent to one average dose
Of Pcruna.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05

Palmistry has a rival in tho new
fcrtune-telling science, nasology. which
has been of late winning converts in
Paris. An elderly lady has just set up
in the Latin quarter. where she reads
careers in the noses presented to her.
She is doing n nourishing business.
Everybody has nose. and this new
method OF Its examination appeals to
the credulous. The old lady looks long
and carefully at her visitors nose
through microscope, and she finds
better indications in the marks and
Jumps than ever she found before In
the lines of the hand. Which means Il
fresh worry for the borrowers of
trouble. They can no longer have a
simple cold in the head because Of the
consequences in this new fortune tel
ling!
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05
GENERAL NEWS.

The Aero club OF London has award
ed its medal to the Wright brothers
OF Dayton. Ohio, for their remarkable
achievements.
Experiments with Stag roads are be.
ing made by the department OF agri
culture on stretches OF road near Chi.
cago and Birmingham. Ala.
During the government fiscal year
ending July 81, 1908, 10.13A ,4S5 gallons
OF danatured alcoh5i were produced
and consumed IN the United States.
King Alfonso OF Spain officiated
Wednesday at the unveiling Of a monu
ment to the defenders of Saragossa in
1908. He was given hearty reception
by the populace.
The Supreme Judicial Court of
Massachusetts, making permanent
Injunction against several labor unions
ruled that labor unions cannot impose
fines on their members in order to
force them to go out on strike.
Returns from the Canadian election
Monday show that Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
the present premier. who in the last
house had a majority OF sixty-six, Will
be returned to power for another five
years, with a safe, although slightly
reduced. majority.
Declaring the signature in will dis
posing of about $l.o00,000 a forgery,
the will being that of Ambrose Bur.
bank, who died in 1904. DR.. Albert II.
Hamilton of Auburn. N. Y. handwrit.
ing expert. created a sensation in the
suit against Caleb II. Burbank. a
nephew of the testator. during the trial
in the United States Circuit Court in
New York City.
The Importance of the motorcycle
has increased until there are at pres
ent more than twenty manufacturers
of two. wheelers in this country.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05

The islands in and around the Carib.
bean sea. including Cuba. Haiti. Santo
Domingo. Porto Rico. jamaica and
Others of British possession, and the
French. Dutch and Danish possessions,
have n total population Of about 7.0O0.-
900, most Of whom are supposed to be
exceedingly lazy. Their commerce
does not support this supposition. Its
total is not far from 90 per cent. OF
that Of Japan. with population OF
nearly 10000. 900. Moreover. while the
people OF Japan must devote them
selves more and more to manufactur.
ing imported materials into commodi
ties for export or live in a state OF
awful poverty. the natural resources
OF the West Indies are sufficient for
the comfortable maintenance of many
times the present population.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05
LOVES YOUNG DREAM COOLED.
Time Of Sentiment Evidently Long
Past with Husband.

A certain weli-known Bostonian has
been7married long enough TO have ac-
auired tho average mans cynical atti.
tude in respect Of the written express
sions Of devotion indulged in before
marriage.
One day the Hubbite was going over
with his wife q mass Of useless papers
that had accumulated in the house
hold. They unearthed several large
boxes full Of love letters. After .
hasty glance At them. the huseand
said:
mo use keeping this Junk. sup
pose? Here II goes"
The wife was hurt "Oh. Clarence."
exclaimed she. how can you b &c
brutal7 Surely you don't want to de-
stroy your own love letters to ner'
well. keep 'em, II you want en-"
cheerfully assented the husband. ''but
honestly. Helen. these seem too soft 70
nle!"-Llppincott's.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
AREcoRD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN NEWS.

che proposed ordinance to 'oust
gambling was defeated in Reno. Ne
vada, Saturday at n special election
by vote of 1.776 against and 1,21O
for. a majority of 5G6.
Robert Hellmich. who is cycling
from New York to Germany. reached
San Francisco last week. He started
July 14th and expects to be in Berlin
next August to win the wager.
Two new steel fireboats are being
built for San Francisco. to have seven
monitor outlets and twenty three and
one-half-inch hose outlets on each boat.
Each will be able to throw 5000 gal.
Ions of water a minute.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. N. Stevens was re-
elected president OF the national W. C..
T. U. at Denver October 27th. Mrs.
Frances Pride Parks was elected cor
responding secretary and Mr.. E. p.
Hutchinson. treasurer. All the other
officers were reelected.
Out of forty-five OF the largest cities
In the country, including New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago. St Louis and
Baltimore. Denver stands first In build
Ing increase during the present year.
The amount of increase 10 fifty per
cent. During the month Of September
1t was 113 per cent
The United States Circuit Court at
81. Louis refused to issue an injunc-
ton restraining the Interstate Com
merce Commission from putting into
effect an order reducing rates on cat
tie shipments from the southwest ter
ritory to Chicago. Kansas City. st.
Louis and other points.
1t is reported at Tacoma. Wash. that
an enormous whale in the west pass
age OF the Sound upset a rowboat In
which there were three duck hunters
and all were drowned II is said the
men began firing with shotguns upon
the mammal when 1t rose to blow.
and that the maddened leviathan at
tackled their boat.
There is great excitement in the sur.
rounding section over a big strike OF
petroleum in the Salt creek fields.
forty-Hve miles northwest OF Casper.
Wyo.. where the English syndicate
penetrated the second oil sand at
depth OF about 1000 feet, striking a
gusher Heretofore only. lubricating
oil has been found In this district, but
there are upwards Of "A dozen flowing
wells Of that. which penetrate only the
hrst oil sand.
A monument to Gen. Benjamin Har-
rison was unveiled at Indianapolis Oc-
tober 27th. Vice President Fairbanks,
president OF the General Harrison Me-
mortal Association. presenting the
monument to the people in a brief ad.
dress. Little Elizabeth Harrison
pulled the cord unveiling the statue OF
the soldier President whose last pic
ture was taken with her in his arms.
On the stand were the distinguished
guests. The family party included Mrs.
Harrison and daughter and Russell b.
Harrison; three members OF General
Harrison's cabinet. John w. Noble OF
st. Louis. John w. Foster Of Washing
ton and Mrs. Foster and w. II. H.
Miller of indianapolis. James Whit.
comb Riley read poem which he had
written for the occasion, THE Tribute
OF His Home"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05

Plans have been completed for the
$150,000 church which Mrs. Russell
Sage is to build at Far Rockaway, l.
l., as a memorial to her husband.
The Roosevelt prize for the three
mile running race at Paris Sunday
was won by Keyser. French runner.
won the event in 1906.
Motor hearses will be exclusively
used at funerals within three years, ac-
cording to prophesy made by a dele
gate to the annual convention of Wis
consin undertakers recently held at
Ecu Claire.
Edward Cook & Co.. soap manufac-
turers OF London. have obtained libel
Judgment OF $115.000 against certain
newspapers owned by Lord North
cliffe. which charged that the company
was attempting TO form a trust. Other
firms have similar suits pending.
J. Halwood of Lexington, KY, has
sold to Ed Alvery OF Louisville. Pin
kola. the famous derby winner. for So
900. and Friend Harry. by Orlando. for
$4,000. The latter is u half brother of
jeff Bernstein. for which horse large
offers have been refused
At Newark. New Jersey. October
25th. Frank l.. Kramer. the champion
bicycle rider broke his own worlds
record for twenty-five miles unpaced
In competition at the Vailsburg track,
riding the distance In 57:36 3-5. His
previous record made In 1901 was
57:52 As.
When William J. Bryan entered the
Astor gallery at q reception Of the
Womans Democratic club at the Wal
dorf-Astoria Monday. he was kissed BY
two women In the presence of nearly
700 others, and narrowly escaped the
embrace Of . third. Mrs. Bryan was
present. Mr.. Bryan displayed some
embarrassment.
The merchants OF Panama have
started a campaign to bring about an
arrangement whereby the United
States shall be compelled to pay duty
on luxuries imported into the canal
zone. The merchants assert that their
business has been seriously affected
because, of the competition OF the
United States commissaries.
Before n crowd OF several thousand
Tuesday. the Chicago worlds cham
pions defeated the Detroit American
league champions at Terre HRute. Z to
/. Before the game Mordecai Brown
was presented with an elegant silver
service by the citizens Of Terre Hnute.
his home city. Cobb carried off the
batting honors with four singles In four
times up.
The franchise under which the
Ohio. Municipal Traction
is operating street railway
lines on a 3-cent fare basis. was de-
feated by a majority Of $40 In the refer
endum vote Thursday. The total vote
was more than $4,000. 1t is alleged
that the public were dissatisfied with
the service given by the operating
company.
The British government has issued
in London and through the British am
abroad formal denial OF
rupture In the direct negotiations be-
tween Austria. Hungary and Turkey
and Great Britain's Intervention. to-
gether with statement that any d.
rect arrangement satisfactory to Tur-
key would. in the opinion OF the Brit
ish government, smooth the way to
ward a general settlement.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05

The Colorado Springs Grocers' and
Meat Dealers Association has begun
plans for the annual convention OF the
state association to be held next Jan
nary. A $4,000 fund has been raised
and an elaborate program OF enter
ta,nment of the state delegate is prom
ised.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
many has let the contract for the erec-
tion OF a new washer at Sopris to re-
n,ace the one destroyed by fire last
Aprii The new plant will cost $780,
900 and Will he one of the finest in the
West
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-11-05
youno Mother. Devotion.

Greeley, Colo.-Walking eight miles
every day and carrying sick BABY
from her home east Of Greeley, is the
labor of love performed by Mrs. Con-
rad Orth, young Russian woman
Her year-old baby is very i'll with
erysipelas and dropsy. and for three
weeks the little mother has made her
daily pilgrimage to a physician ana
feels repaid. for the child will recover.
She starts from home at every morn
ing. returns by IL o'clock. and works
in the beet fields the remainder oil
the day.