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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20
COUNTY COURT.

County Court met last Monday
pursuant to adjournment, all the
officers being present.
In the matter Of applications for
dramshop licenses for the City of
Elvins, the Court made in sub
stance the following order: "Man-
damus writ having been issued by
the Circuit Court In case of Joseph
Smith VS.. the county Court, re-
quiring the issuance of said license
to said applicant, the Court does
hereby grant the following licenses:
Joseph Smith, city OF Elvins, for
six month sfrom May 49," Also IL
censes were granted to T. j. Cain,
John Alexander and G.. w. Hump
ton of Elvins.
The Court further made an order
that dramshop licenses from and
after this date will be granted on
applications on good and sufficient
majority of the requisite taxpaying
citizens of the cities or townships
Of the county.
Other dramshop licenses were
granted as follows: Willard Bying-
ton, Pennington: George Stomford,
Doe Run; Loomis Moon, L. A.
Moon and Peter Falk, Bonnie Terre.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20
THE THIEvING SUGAR TRUST

The Springfield Mass Republi.
can says: "With the payment of
over - 900 900 to the United States
government on account of frauds OF
the customs revenue, the American
Sugar Refining company now turns
to face suit by New York City to
recover 800 600 alleged to be due for
water stolen from the city's mains.
1t was found some years ago that
several water pipes ran into one of
the trusts rciinrrics, which were
not mCtcrcd, one Ofthem being ten
inch pipe. The company has off
cred to settle for S74 900, but the
city declines to consider any settle
ment under S2b,O00. AS in the case
of the customs fraud, the high Off
GERS of the company deny any know
ledge, yet il does not appear in eth
er case that the thievery benefited
any one except the company. There
is obviously rascality inthe manage
ment somewhere, and ii is in order
for the company to assist the gov
eminent in locating it through Grim
inal prosecutions. Otherwise the
country will conclude that some OF
our trusts are no better than high
way robbers mong the people and
sneak thieves around the public
treasury
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

time this one is a record breaker as
well as time breaker. II the
business world desires to change
the hours of business in the sum.
mer months, what's the use of
monkeying with the clocks and
pushing the hands forward so they
will point to : O'Clock when it is
only G7 If they want to begin
business at & clock and close at ,.
so as to take more advantage of
the cool hours OF morning in the
hot summer months, and can get
together on that proposition, let
them do 50 by all mems, but why
try 10 delude themselves into the
belief that they are going to work
at s O'Clock aud closing at ), when
in reality they are beginning at &
o clock and closing at - The
idea OF trying to secure legislation
to make 6 clock s clock for Ger.
tain months and then jump back
to normal time for certain other
months, it is to laugh.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20
The FLAT RIVER
INCORPORATION SUIT
Evidence Submitted, but Argument of
the Attorneys Put Off Until
First OF June.

The Flat River incorporation case
was presented before Judge killian
In the Circuit Court in Pennington
ON Monday and Tuesday of this
week, the greater part Of those days
being devoted to the taking Of tcsti-
money in the case. The matter was
submitted Tuesday, but the argu-
mruts of the attorneys will not be
heard before the first of June, soon
after which Il decision may be eX-
pccted.
Messrs. Rozier and Hensley APP
peared for the parties seeking to
annul the incorporation of the town,
and Messrs. Smith and Rivers for
the incorporators. A large number
Of witnesses were examined.
Several technical points in law
are involved in this case, and there
Is some question as to how Il de-
cisiou of the court could apply to
the present Board of Aldermen Of
Flat River, the action for the dis
solution OF the corporation having
been brought against II former
board, the majority Of whose MEM
hers are not members of the present
board
The attack being made on tn" in
corporation seems to indicate that
it is sought to disincurporut" for the
following principal reasons:
That the territory included in The
corporate limits includes several
hundred acres Of wild or uucuIti-
waited land, and that the petition did
not have n sufficient number Of tax
able inhabitants signed thereto; and
that the County Court acted in such
haste as to he guilty of fraud in
making the order.
The City, by her attorneys, rcsists
these allegations, and in addition
showed that very large part OF
this uncultivated land was "voted
OUT of the corporate limits Mt the
last city election. 1t is not believed
that the court will disincOrporatc.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20
MORE DAYLIGHT"

Cincinnati comes to the front
with a fad which it calls reform
of the clock" under an organiza.
ton yclept The National Day
light Association " Its avowed
purpose is to get more daylight"
and secure Legislation whereby the
clocks Of the nation shall be set
forward two hours from May LIST
to October LIST each year, to iu-
duce people to rise at ) O'Clock
and begin business two hours earli.
err, that is, at 6 o'clock instead of
s. The purpose of advancing the
hands of theclock two hours is to
create the illusion, we suppose,
that people are beginning business
at 8 O'Clock instead of at 6, as they
really would be doing, although
the hands of the clock would point
to s. The business hours of the
scheme would close at 3 O'Clock in.
stead of 5, and they claim that
this would secure two hours more
of daylight" for recreation.
The thing sounds so absurd that
one is disposed to regard it as a
huge joke. but some of the city
papers are really discussing il seri-
ously in their news columns; and
we are told that a delegation of
these clock jugglers from Cincin-
natl visited President Taft last
Monday to interest him in their
crazy scheme for more daylight, Z"
and that he had promised to con-
slider the matter in his cabinet.
OF ell quixotic plans Of marking
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

We stated last week that no en-.
abllug act of the initiative and ref
crcndum amendment to the State
Constitution had been passed by
the General Assembly, which was
true at the time the article was
written; but it seems that Senator
Bradley had introduced an enab.
ling act as far back as February
10Th, which had gone through the
various stages of favorable recon-
mendatlOn, engrossment and print
ing by April Doth. The uncertain
fate of the pending prohibition
amendment during the tast two
weeks of the session increased the
probability that if such an amend
ment were to be submitted it
would have to be under the init
alive and referendum amendment.
1t was then suggested that no EN-
abllng act for carrying out the mi.
tiative and referendum had yet
been passed, and the question as to
whether the amendment was self
operative was raised This re-
vived interest in and called atten.
ton to Senator Bradley's enabling
act bill, and it vas rushed through
last week and is now up to the
Governor for his signature. The
prohibition amendment failed of
passage, but this enabling act
brushes aside all legal TECHNICAL
ties as to the right of the people to
submit through their own initial.
i've n prohibition amendment to the
constitution to be voted on at the
general election in 1910.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20
MATINEE MUSICALE

Prof. =. l.. McFerrin's pupils gave
a musicale at Carleton College We'd
nesday afternoon, ut which quite n
number of visitors were present.
The audience was very attentive and
expressed their pleasure and appre-
citation of the various numbers very
generally. This recital was the
closing one Of the general class Of
pupils for this season. The grad
uating recital takes place the even
ing of June LIST.
The auditorium was BEAUTIFULLY de-
corated with the College colors and
flowers, and the program was pre-
scented without interruption exactly
as printed. The pupils on the pro-
gram were Edna Simmons, Carl,
Marguerite and Elliott Klein, Fora
Nations, Clarence and Everett Pigg,
Louis Trauernicht, Ida Henson.
Lizzie Guessing, Lena Karsch, Bess
Cover, Lawrence Smith, Grace Lott,
Mrs. II. Shaw.
Souvenir programs were distri-
buted to all present, and the pro-
gram will be sent to Philadelphia
for insertion in The Etude, q musi-
cal journal OF international impor-
lance. The technique of the pupils
reflected much credit on their in
structor, Prof. McFerrin.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

Colonel Richard G, kerens, who
has been furnishing campaign
funds for the Republican party in
Missouri for years, with a United
States Senatorial bee buzzing
around in his bonnet as an excit.
ing stimulant, is unfortunate in
prasping any sort of official plum
from his party. He spent $780,
600 during the last campaign, but
it went into the same sink hole
that swallowed up all his former
contributions and aspirations.
However. Senator Warner thought
he deserved some recognition. as it
was through his friends boiling the
regular Republican caucus nomi-
nee and getting things so muddled
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

Governor Hadley and the Repub-
lcan members of the General AS
sembly failed to carry out their
prediction pledges of home.rnle
for the three large cities of the
State. st. Louis, Kansas City and
st. Joseph. Gov. lIadley tries to
lay the blame on the Democrats,
but the facts don't sustain him.
The Democrats passed through the
Senate clean cut home-rule bill,
while the Governor and his Repub-
lican following at his behest in
sisted on retaining in the hands Of
the Governor IN aHtocratlc power
over, the cities to remove certain
appointees of the Mayors at his
own instance. Because the Dem
ocrats of the Senate wouldn't con-
sent to give the Governor this
political knout to hold over the
cities, the Republican House re.
fused to agree to the measure as it
passed the Senate.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

MP several years ago, that Mr..
Warner succeeded to the Senate as
a compromise, so he tried to get
Colonel Kerens appointed as Am.
bassadOr to Austria; or perhaps
his solicitude for the ColOnel's APP.
pOlutment was to get him out Of
the way two years hence when
Senator Warner will be wanting to
succeed himself. But be that as it
may, other influences were at work
against Colonel Kerens, and the
result is that President Taft has
decided not to honor him with the
Austrian ambassadorship. viii
Colonel kcrens, who has been so
thoroughly Snubbed by his party,
continue to place his good money
at the disposal OF his party in Mis-
souri, and keep mp his pursuit Of
the ScnatorShip, or will be retire
from the field Of politics to mcdi-
tate upon It's ingratliude, are qucs.
tons that are liablo to haunt Sen
ator Warner for the months to
come,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

The manner in which some Of
the congressman are scrambling
for Il piece of the pork ont of the
protectionists' barrel says The
Commmer, recalls the story told
by Congressman John Allen Of
Mississippi. one of his constitu.
ents had sheep, and whenever II
tariff bill came up this constituent
would write TO his Congressman
and urge him to keep the tariff on
wool. Finally a letter came, Bill
dead. lou can vote as you please.
If the truth were known it would
be found that good many of the
congressman have been protect
ing" few pet interests in their
districts at the expense of all the
rest of their constituents as well as
at the expense of all the rest OF the
country. "
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

The Missouri General Assembly
adjourned without day last Monday
noon, with only four Senator, and
twenty Representatives present TO
witness The iuul stroke OF the
gayc, The principal work Of the
session closed shortly after noon
on saturday aud most of the mem
bcrs FASTENED home, only the pre-
siding officers, enrolling clerks and
a few members remaining to pre-
pare the bills that had to be signed
up before being sent to the Cover
nor. During the session AGA laws
were enacted out Of 1863 bills in
trOduced in the House and 500 in
the Sennte. Nine constitutional
amendments were passed to be sub
mirted to the people, the most
important being IL ~, 900, 900 bond
issue for new State Capitol.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20
THE STAR CONTEST.

Mrs. Asbury Burkhead of Ava is
in the lead in this lthe Sth) district
having l4O,j3j. The coupons in this
number of The Times are good only
to May -. The contest closes May
80 at noon and coupons and sub
scriptions reaching the Star office
later than that time will not be
counted. Following is the standing
of contestants in this county.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

There is to be q new Democratic
daily and weekly published iu Cape
Girardeau by Ledbetter Il Vance,
both newspaper men of experience.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20
APPROPRIATIONS FOR
STATE HOSPITAL NO. A.

Following are the items for which
appropriations for State Hospital
No. ut Pennington were made by
the General Assembly for the BIZ
ennial period ending December 81,
IuIO,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20
CARLETON TAKES TWO.

The Carleton College baseball
team defeated the Drury College
team of Springfield, Mo-, two games
last Monday and Tuesday by scores
of u to and 8 to 4. The first game
was very loosely played by both
teams, and after the first few In
nings was too one-sded to be inter
esting. Glore and Herman were
the battery for Carleton, while Wag-
staff and Smalley did the heavy
work for Drury.
The second game was closer,
Carleton winning to 4. Gordon
and Herman for Carleton, and Dill
lard and Smalley for Drury were
the batteries. The Drury team is
composed of a nice bunch of boys,
and appreciated the courtesies shown
them by the people here.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20
Whooping Cough.

This is more dangerous disease
than,is generally presumed. 1t will
be surprise to many to learn that
more deaths result from 1t than from
scarlet fever. Pneumonia often re
suits from 1t. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has been used In many ep-
idemics of whooping cough, and al
ways with the best results. Delbert
Mckeig of Harlan, Iowa, says of it,:
MY boy took whooping cough when
nine months old. He had il in the
winter. got n bottle of Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy which proved
good. ] cannot recommend IL too
highly" For sale by T.. NJ. T. AJAX
man.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

The Register says that home
grown strawberries will be in the
market in Ironton this week, and
that there is fine prospect for rasp-
berries and other small fruits.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

For burn or scald apply Chamber
lain's Salve. 1t will allay the pain
almost instantly and quickly heal
the injured parts. For sale by +.
NJ. Laakman.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-20

Wolves and dogs are killing sheep
in Wayne county.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-08
THE NAMES OF DOGS.

Spaniels were so called because the
original breed Of this type came from
SDain. The Blenheim spaniel got his
name from Blenheim palace. where
this dog first gained popularity in tine
time OF the great Duke of Marlborough.
In the same way the King Charles
spaniel owes its name TO the Merry
Monarch. Fox terriers did not gain
their names from likeness to the fox,
but from the fact that formerly they
were used in hunting foxes. Many
wears ago they were sent by their
masters down the fox's burrow to draw
and kill their quarry. 1t was in those
DAYS a SAYING that a good fox terrier
never came out of burrow without
the fox. He either brought out his
prey dead or never came out alive bin
self. The bulldog used to drive cattle
ard was trained to meet the rushes Of
his enormous charges by gripping
them in their most vulnerable spot
the nose. Thus in time he became
known as the bulldog. The dadhshun5
is a German dog. and. as his name in
dicates when translated, was used for
hunting badgers Hence his name
badger dog. Among hunters in the
fatherland this breed is still popular,
although as a rule they are now too
delicate to face such 2 fer9ci ous fight
er a $ the badger Spitz dogs are so
named owing to their sharp noses.
This is also a German name, spitz
meaning sharp pointed. Anoth er name
for this byeed is Dalmatian dog. be-
cause his native home was in Dalmatia.
Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-08
THE SLEEpIEG SICKNESS
WHICH MEANS DEATH

How many readers have heard OF this
terrible disease? 1t prevails in that
far-away country-AfricR-e especially
the Congo district. It is caused by
the bite Of the tsetse fy. When II
bites q person. the sleeping symptoms
begin and finally the sufferer sleeps
until death occurs.
Contrast this with the peaceful,
balmy sleep Of health. Is there any
thing more wearing than to lie awake
at night, tossing about. nervous, with
cold feet, hot head and mercy knows
what else? Short of letting the tsetse
fly bite us we would do almost any
thing for relief. How can we pre-
vent it? Mr.. George Hayes. OF
Union City, Pa, writes: 81 had lost
my appetite, was all rundown. could
not sleep nights. I had tried every
thing without relief Vinol was rec
commended, and to my surprise, it
helped me at once; gave me a splendid
appetite, and now I sleep soundly."
What Vinol did for Mr.. Hayes, 1t will
do for every rundown. nervous and
Uverworked person who cannot sleep.
STEINER's PHARMACY. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-08
FRiDAY-LucKY OR uNLuckY7

On Friday, Aug. 81, 1892, Christopher
Columbus sailed on his great voyage Ct
discovery. On Friday, Oct. u, 1892, he
first discovered land. On Friday. Jan.
a. 1893, he sailed on his return to Spain.
which, if he had not reached in safety,
the happy result would never have
been known which led to the settlement
of this vast continent. on Friday,
March 10. 1893, he arrived at Palos in
safety. On Friday, Nov. %, 1893, ne
arrived at Hispaniola, on his second
voyage to America. On Friday, June
Is, 1894, he, though unknown to him
self, discovered the continent of Amer
lea. 1t was on Friday that Henry VIII
Of England gave to John Cabot his
commission, which led to the discovery
of North America. This is the first
American state paper in England. On
Friday, Sept. Z, 1865, Melendez founded
St Augustine, the oldest town in the
United states by more than forty
years. on Friday. Nov. 10, 1920, the
Mayfiower, with The Pilgrims, made the
harbor of Provmcetowh and on the
same day they signed that august COM
pact, the forerunner Of our present glo-
rious constitution. On Friday, Dec. %,
1920, the Pilgrims made their final
landing at Plymouth Rock On Friday,
Feb %. George Washington, the father
OF American freedom, was born. on
Friday. June 16. Bunker Hill was
seized and fortified. on Friday. Oct.
Z, 1I77. the surrender of Saratoga was
made, which had such power and inllu-
ence in inducing France to declare for
our cause. On Friday Oct. 10, 1871,
the surrender at Yorktown. the crown
ing glory of the American arms, oc-
CURED. on Friday. July 7, 1875. the
motion in congress was made by john
Adams. seconded by Richard Henry
Lee. that the United States colonies
were, and of right ought to be, free and
independent-Ba Sun.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-08
Which wnnId You Rath.r R17

I don't think he. the editor, ever dies.
I never saw dead one and never
heard Of one getting licked
IF the editor makes a mistake people
say he ought to be hung; but If a doc
Tor makes any mistakes he buries them
and folks dassant say nothing, because
doctors can read and write Latin.
When the editor makes a mistake
there is a lawsuit and swearing ana
q big fuss; but if a doctor makes one
there is q funeral cut flowers and per
feet silence.
a doctor can Use q word a mile long
without him or anybody knowing what
it means: but if the editor uses one he
has to spell it.
If the doctor goes to see another
mans wife he charges for the visit;
but If the editor goes he gets a charge
Of buckshot.
When a doctor gets drunk it is a
case Of being overcome by the heat,
and if he dies it's from heart trouble;
when an editor gets drunk it is a plain
case Of too much booze. and when ne
dies it is from cause too disgraceful
to speak of.
Any old college can make a doctor;
an editor has to be born.-Rapid Riy-
er iowa, Rustler.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-08
Startling Millinery Reductions

f. Prices are sacrificed in a manner that
shows our earnestness-empty tables
and shelves are what we are aiming
for.
Wings and Fancy Feathers that
were $125, $3.50 and t1.75-SaIe price
SOC and 75c.
Wings that were $3.50, s3.7B and
S525-Sale price St.75.
Untrimmed Hats. $3.50 ana SID
Sale price Soc.
Untrimmed Hats, $3.50 TO f2.75-
Sale price csc.
Untrimmed Hats, 1925 20 1916
Sale price SLAB.
Trimmed Hats, worth $500, 800 and
Ss.00-Sale prices S2.e8 and 1888.
Trimmed Hats, worth $1,000 90 Sale
prices $4.9s to $s.es.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-08
Earthquake Loss in Dollars.

The loss outright of 100000 lives
from a total population of some over
3O,O00,o00 is an item that cannot be
Ignored. even when reckoning on a
purely material basis. These people
who are gone produced something:
they paid something in taxes4 they
sent their quota Of young men into
the army Estimates as to the total
destruction Of property are still wild
no doubt. yet they have risen now to
the vicinity of d billion dollars and
when one considers the drain upon the
government revenues in giving fu-
ture aid 70 the great number Of totally
Impoverished survivors. even that high
estimate may prove fairly conServa-
tive. Certainty the total cost of the
earthquake 10 Italy when the final
balance sheet is made W. win be pro-
digious, the more terrible being the
effect. probably. because Of the very
small amount Of c0llectable insurance
carried upon the property DESTROYED
Spriughcld Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-08

There is one thing which we export
from this country that few people-in
fact no one outside of those in the
trade-ever know anything about"
said s. c. Brown. THAT IS hair ropes.
They are shipped mainly to India,
though they go any place where pois-
onous snakes are plentiful. Every
cowboy and plainsman learned years
ago that if he did not wish to wake
up in the morning and find a RATHER
for a bed mate then he had to be care
full before he laid down to see that his
horsehair lariat was coiled carefully
about him, so that there was no open
ing through which a snake might
crawl. No snake Will tackle a hair
rope 1t is the only sure protection
against them. Somehow this idea per-
meated the minds Of the East Indians,
and now they buy these ropes for pro-
lection against the poisonous snakes
With which the country abOunds. Large
numbers Of these ropes are shipped to
India and adjoining countries each
year. over there they are coiled on the
floor around the bed at night, and the
occupant can lie down in comfort, GER
tain that no snake will ever attempt to
pass over that hair rope. It Is about
the only way anyone can be sure of a
nights sleep undisturbed by visits from
snakes in that country. "-Milwauk
Sentinel.