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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
BOND ISSUE CARRIES
$4,000 for High School and to Re
build Colored School-Two Thirds
and Some Votes TO Spare.

At the special school election last
Tuesday Pennington School District
voted to bond itself for $4,000 for
the purpose OF erecting a high school
building and rebuilding the colored
school house recently destroy by
fire. The vote stood 2S9 for, and III
against. The question of n site for
location OF the high school building
Is to be voted on, and we suppose
the school board will proceed at
once to secure options on sites and
submit them To vote of the district.
or the $50, 900 we understand that
about ~, 800 Is to be used for the
purpose OF erecting IA two-room
brick building for the colorcd school.
The remainder to be devoted to pur-
chasing n site, erecting a high school
building and equipping same. This
amount ought to give Pennington
one Of the best high school build
ings in the State outside the larger
cities.
A good high school is something
that Pennington has long needed.
We have had a high school in name,
In which some of the higher public
school branches have been taught,
but while the teachers have been
capable and efficient, lack of room
and proper equipment crippled the
work 50 that the best results could
not be- obtained. But aside from its
importance in furtherinR the educa-
tional advantages of our town, 1t
will add much to other inducements
for people to make their homes here,
help to build up our business inter
csts, and in many ways prove Il
good investment for the district.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10

There is some talk of organizing a
Southeast Missouri baseball league
to be composed of the towns of Ken
nett, Caruthersville, Charleston,
Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, Frederick
town, Pennington, Flat River,
Bonne Terre and De Soto. This
ought to make good circuit and a
paying one, as nearly all these cities
are good ball towns. The Kennett
newspapers are handling that end
Of the project. News,
FTedericktown.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
CELEBRATES HER Soth
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

4 very notable birthday was cele-
bratcd last Sunday at the beautiful
farm home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. W.
Sebastian of near Libertyville, it
being Mrs. Sebastian's eightieth
birthday anniversary, and an enjoy
able time was spent by the imme-
diate relatives of the family.
Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian still live
on the farm where they went when
they were first married, having lived
there almost fifty-six years. Mrs.
Sebastian was born In England and
came over to this country when only
six years Of age. Mr.. Sebastian, is
almost eighty-one years old and en-
joys fairly good health.
At the noon hour u sumptuous
feast was spread and all did ample
justice to the good edibles. At n
late hour all went home wishing
Mrs. Sebastian many happy returns
Of the day.
BLESSINGS bright as dew from
heaven
Fall upon your way,
Life's best gifts to you be given
This glad birthday
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
FARMINGToN s-INDIANs 8.

FarmiIgtOn defeated the Okla
homa Indians in the first game
Tuesday by the score of s to 3, in o
poorly played game There are
about four full-blooded red men on
the Indian team and the rest are
half-breeds or white men, mostly
white men.
Pennington made ! runs in the
second on triples by Moore and
Hunt, Adams sacrifice, singles by
Gordon and Evans and errors by
Hillary and Wabnum; one in the
third on singles by Blue and John
son and wild throw by Wabnum;
and two in the eighth on Blues
triple, Hunts single and Hough's
double. Blue, Hunt and Moore did
the best hitting, the two former
each getting three hits out of four
times up, and Moore two out Of
three,
The Indians made one in the sec
Ond on HOugh's error, walk, a
stolen base and Hillary's single;
and two In the fifth on walk, a
wild throw and three singles. The
game Wednesday was postponed to
this Thursday afternoon. The score:
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
BOY ACCIDENTALLY
SHOOTS HIMSELF

Henry Lalomondier. aged about
seventeen, accidentally shot him.
self last Thursday evening, inflict.
ing very serious wound. He had
been out shooting with n small rifle
and had returned home. While
standing on the steps carelessly
leaning on the gun with the muZzle
against his LETT side, IN some way
the load was accidentally discharged
the ball entering near the tenth rib
and ranging upward, penetrated the
lung. Henry, much frightened,
started on IA run for DR.. English s
office, and when he arrived there
was cXpectorating blood. Delicate
probing was necessary to locate the
ball, and DR.. English advised his
father to take him to n hospital in
st. Louis, which he did the next
day The ball was located in the
back near the shoulder blade, but
was not extracted. At last infor-
nation the young man was getting
along very we'll.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
OF FOOT
RESULTS IN DEATH

Emmct Buchanan, aged about
died last Friday evening under cir
cumstanccs for which the doctors
cannot account. While splitting
wood on Thursday morning the axe
struck one of his feet, cutting off
the last three toes and part of the
outer side of his foot. Or. Down
ing, assisted by DR.. Robinson, am
putated the foot far enough back to
get sufficient layer of the skin to
cover the wounded part. Emmet
rallied from the effects of the chloro-
form and the operation and was APP
parentlv getting along well, but
Thursday night he became delirious
and got up several times during the
night. When DR.. Downingcalled early
the next morning to dress the foot
he found Emmett still delirious, with
no appreciablc pulse and tempera-
ture Of about l02. On examining the
lObt tlltif WIS no SMtltiuk nor III
flammation, but indications of poor
circulation. The lad continued de-
lirious, with occasional returns Of
consciousness during the day, agood
deal of the time in semi-comatose
state, despite the remedies resorted
to, and died Friday evening of con
gestion OF the brain with symptoms
of meningitis. There were no symp-
toms Of tetanus, aud indeed a subse-
quent examination of the foot failed
To discover any sign of tetanus pOis-
oning, inflammation or swelling.
What brought on the congestion
of the brain, which was accom-
panied at intervals with vomiting
and diarrhoea, ispazzling to the doe
tors, one suggesting that the germs
of meningitis may have been latent
in the body and excited into activity
by the shock sustained from the ac-
cident to the foot and the ampu-
tation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
CoNwAY-sHoENBERGER

Mr.. Barrett Conway, formerly of
Pennington, was married on June
LIST to Miss Louise Shoenberger in
Chicago. The wedding took place
in the fashionable st. James Church
at 5 q, clock. The bride was attended
by her sistcr.in-law, Mrs. Edwin
Shoenberger, as matron of honor
and four bridesmaids, Misses Nina
McNallv, Della Conover, Muriol
Waite and Gladys Silsbee. Mr.. f..
V. Conway was best man. A re-
ceptiOn was held at the family resi-
dence after the wedding. Mr.. and
Mrs. Conway left Wednesday morn
ing for western trip of several
weeks, after which they will occupy
apartments at 3Sj North State st.
Misses Nellie and Nirgie Conway
the groom's sisters, who went up to
Chicago to attend the wedding, left
Thursday morning, the former for
st. Louis county To visit relatives
and the latter for FL Paso, Texas,
to visit Mrs. George j. Cole.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
JUNE ID is FLAG DAY,

And the Star Spangled banner,
Oh, long may ii wave,
O'er the land Of the free
And the home of the brave.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
THURMAN ACQUITTED

me trial OF Bert Thurman Of
Bonnc Terre on charge of murder
III the first degree for the killing of
Robert Smith on June 10Th, 1908,
near the Wilson saloon, closed last
Friday evening, the jury acquitting
the defendant after being out about
an hour.
Ii seemed from the evidence in
troduced on the part of the State
that the theory of the plaintiff was
that Thurman and one "Noseyn
Jones We're at the rear of the saloon
building and were drinking, Thur
man being armed with revolver;
that he had exhibited 1t earlier in
the day and discharged one load,
leaving three loads; that Robert
smith and his half brother, Roe
Matthews, were also Mt the saloon
greater part of the day and were,
at the time of the killing, which
took place between and 4:30 in the
afternoon, considerably under the
influence Of liquor; that Smith came
along by Thurman and Jones on
two different occasions and "butted
in' to their conversation, and then
asked each of them If they were
sore" to which they each replied
that they were not; that the third
time Smith "butted in," Matthews
was with him, and again he asked
Thurman IL he were "sorc,n smith
using II very vile cpithct and ours
ing Thurman, on which Thurman
told him that he was "sore," and
got up and began to back off; that
Smith and Matthews were standing,
and without provocatiou Thurman
drew his gun and fired twice at Mat
thews, wnunding him in the right
hand and left arm, and then shot
Smith In the breast, from which
wound the latter died then and
there.
The defendants evidence tended
to prove that at the third Quitting
in" Smith and Matthews advanced
on Thurman, each attempting to
draw n weapon, and that Thurman
shouted stop stop! stop? Bob
Smith, don't draw that gum" and
as each was pressing upon him he
fired the three shots, with the re-
suit proven by the State. The de-
fendant further showed that Smith
was n very powerfully built man,
being five feet and eleven inches In
height and weighing something over
30 pounds; that both Smith and
Matthews bore bad regulations as
fighters, especially when together;
"butting in" Smith and Matthews
had held two different consultations,
and agreed tn go back and "do
Thurman up"
Tho case was vigorously contested
on the part Of the State by Prose
cutting Attorney B. II. Boyer, as.
sisted by former Prosecuting AttOr-
ncy George NJ. Wilson, and just as
vigorously opposed by Messrs
Marbury d Hcnslcy, each of whom
were formerly Prosecuting Attor-
ncys.
1t was another case where whisky
and the carrying of concealed weap-
ons are responsible for the shedding
of blood.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The Pennington Board of Edu-
cation met last Tuesday night and
cast up the returns from the school
election to bond the district for
SN, 900, the result showing 2s9 votes
in favor of the proposition aud l3l
against,
y committe composed of Charles
Guessing, Il. j. Taylor aud j. =.
Caycc was appointed to secure OPP
tiuns for n site for the proposed
high school building, to be sub
mitted to vote of the district.
I'D. Klein, John Murrill and J. 4.
Burks were appointed committee
to look after the construction of the
colored school building.
No principal for the high school
has yet been selected.
The st. Francois county Bank
was awarded the depositary for the
district school funds.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
COUNTY COURT.

The County Court met last Mon
day pursuant to adjournment with
all the officers present.
II. B. Pcase was committed to
State Hospital No. as county
patient on account of insanity.
Dramsh0p licenses were issued to
+. p. Kenner of Elvins, Joe Hughes
of Bismarck, J. w. Matkin of Bis
marck, Virgil Romine of Bonne
Terre, Carter Ashlock of near Des-
loge, and II. n. Bono Of Doe Run.
There are several more petitions
for dramshop licenses before the
court, and rs it takes about day
to examine each petition court will
probably be In session until Tues
day.
WARRANTS ISSUED.
7. ID. Fisher, Treasurer State
Hospital No. 4, support II.
B. Pease ...................'............S s $500
Drs. Fleming and Robinson,
examination II. B. Pease.a. 800
VIM. London, nurse hire,
clothing, etc, for Guy Lay
mon, and deputies at Bonne
Iefre ...................... VI ,bU
VIM. London, board of pris-
oners s...........'.............'......... 297 90
VIM. London, sundry expense 1870
Mrs. l.. T.. Seabaugh, board
otc., for Guy Laymon ........... $500
John P. Bell, Treasurer State
Hospital No |, for support
of B. H. Thomson and Har-
ry Jones ................................. 1000
]. A. Lawrence, fees.................... 1875
Geo. &. Courtney, temporary
relief ................ ................... 1000
Times Printing Co., publish
ing financial statement. N6.00
l. III. Highley, support Of
John Butler ................., 600
Mr.. T. II. Vinyard and Miss
Myrtle Lindsay, both of Piedmont,
Mo-, were married In st. Louis
on June I'd. Mrs. Vinyard is well
known In Pennington, having at
tended Elmwood Seminary, and her
many friends here wish her much
happiness in her new hfe.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
Oklahoma Indians .

Earned runs, Pennington D, In
dians |; 3-base hits, Moore /, Blue
!, B. Hunt !; 2-base hits, Il. Hunt
! Hough !; base on balls, off Neach
|, of Gordon ;; hit by pitcher, Pete;
struck out, by Gordon &, by Veach
4; left on bases, Pennington 3, In
dians I; stolen bases, Hillary, Hunt,
FOrstcr, JOhnsOn, umpire, R0zier.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
TOWN And YIClNAGE
Laakman's for drugs.
!. It's fresh at Klein's.
Stock peas at Klein's.

Laaknan = fOr uruRs.
q. It's fresh at Klein's.
Stock peas at Klein's,
Fresh vegetables at Klein's.
"a Cauliflower at Klein's Saturday.
II Mr.. Ed. Dugal of Syenite was n
N 8Farmington visitor Monday,
Mrs. Y. G.. Young has returned
4 from a visit to Fredericktown.
l.. II. Brannon left the first Of the
week for his home in Tulsa, Okla.
Mr.. Richard Shoemaker left We'd
nesday for Il short trip to New York.
A Miss Mabel Norwine of Bonne
Terre is the guest of Miss Nell Doss.
s Mrs. +. j. Mckinney visited
.Fredericktown relatives last week.
Miss Mary Taylor has gone to
tiilham and Kansas City to visit
Friends.
Hon. Sam Byrns of Desoto was in
town Tuesday on Probate Court
business.
4 Circuit Court is taking rest this
!. week, but will begin to grind again
next week.
81 Miss Maude Montgomery of Den
5ston, Texas, is the guest Of her aunt,
II Miss Helen Chenault.
RufTner Lloyd is at home from
B Fulton where he attended West
minister College the past year.
J. c. Heifner has returned to his
old position as steady barber on the
first chair at the st. Francois Hotel
shop.
Hon. f.. A. ROzier attended the
meeting of the Board of Regents of
the Cape Girardeau Normal School
last week.
Mr.. II. II. Tong of Taske, Mo,
and Mrs. Haseltine Nordine of
Bisby, Ariz., are visiting Mrs. 4.
Lassource.
Mr.. Joseph J. Hoeken, former
Steward of State Hospital No. 4,
was in Pennington Tuesday attend
ing Probate Court.
For the best meats of all kinds aud
vegetables go to the Seawald Bros
City Meat Market, on Public Square,
south of Court House.
Mrs. w. G.. Beard, who has been
visiting her father, Mr.. George
Eisenberg, returned to her home in
New York Wednesday.
The W. G.. T. L. observed flower
day by distributing flowers at the
various institutions to the great
pleasure of the inmates.
Mr.. Henry Huschle Of the Bright
Live Stock Commission Company of
st. Louis, spent last Sunday with
Mr. Walter l.. Hensley.
Mrs. A. +. Rails and Miss Ethel
Howe of Carlisle, Ky, have been
the guests of Mrs. II. NJ. Talbert,
returning to their home to-day.
Mr.. W. II. Hensley of the Bright
Live Stock Commission Company
Of St. Louis, and n cousin Mr.. Wal
ter l.. Hensley, spent last Sunday
here.
DR.. +. A. Steel of Brownwood,
Texas, will deliver lecture In
Pennington about the middle of
July on "Home Life in Dixie Dur
irg the War"
Miss Alma Smith has returned
from old Mexico, where she went
last fall to teach In the Mary Keener
Institute, the mission school Of the
NJ. +. Church, South.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. V. Sebastian of
Pennington were present on the oc-
cassion of the observance Of Mr..
sSebastian's Is mothers eightieth birth
day anniversary last Sunday, near
Libertyville.
Mr.. l.. II. McCarver of near Fred
erickt0wn was In Pennington on
business last Monday. He has n
good farm there, and says our neigh
boring town is forging right ahead
in business and population.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10

The congregation of the Christian
Church at Sikeston expect to build
a church to cost $500.
Kennett boys have organized a
swimming club and will build boat
house on Warner river.
Mrs. Jacob Joerger, aged 81 years,
died near Weingarten on the 3Oth ult.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
FAIR MOVEMENT A SUCCESS

Forty-four shares (S+, 400 have
been subscribed towards buying the
grounds for Fair, and several more
persons have said they would take
shares. The success OF the enter
prise is now assured.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10
His Kick.

Il do wish, said Mrs Stiles, that
you'd try to keep yourself neater."
But, my dear" protested her hus.
band. you're not SO careful"
I'm not? I'm certainly more careful
Of my clothes than you"
That's Just 1t. You should be more
careful Of me"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-10

A farmer of Dunklin county re-
ports peaches, raspberries, dewber-
ries and blackberries ripe at his
place.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19
A HOTEL DINI!ER.
The husband Ordered 1t, and His Wife
Criticised Il.

The husband Ordered It, and His Wife
Criticised 1t.
On the midnight train ride from
town. where he and his wife had been
entertaining one Of his best patients
at dinner and the theater. the su5ur-
ban doctor spoke bitterly:
What dinner. And 1t cost SIS.
The cooking in these big hotels is afro
ctous. They smear sauces over every
thing. suppose it is to hide poor ma
terials."
at isn't the fault of the cooking that
our dinner was 4 failure. 1t was its
selection that doomed it"
What was the matter with the Sc
lection:"
You should not have done the or.
derins. You have your meals chosen
for you almost every dry in the year.
1t Is the women Of people IN our cir
cumstances who ought to arrange the
menus at restaurants. Look what you
ordered! RIsque Of Iobstcr-a soup
With body of thick white sauce.
Sweetbrcads-cooked. as usual. with ?
cream dressing. Virginia ham Will
champagne sauce-a brown sauce as
thick as molassrs. Then for dessert
you took chance on pudding RENE
yictoria-candied fruit and lady I'm
gers swimming in soft custard."
We'll. how Is a fellow to know
Lobster soup. swcetbreads. Virginia
ham and pudding RENE victorta-it
sounds fine"
But woman knows that 1t IS a
wretched combination OF splendid
dishes. II is the woman's dull duty
to choose menus for 365 days IN the
year. She learns n good deal about
selection. Yet when sum Of money.
equal to weeks food expenses. is to
be scuandercd on one dinner at n
hotel II is the man who seizes the
menu and tries to look capable. BE
makes failure frequently. as you did
tonight 1t would have been a pleas
ure for me 10 order 4 fifteen dollar din
ner-a change from manipulating din
ner for four on 81. But men feel too
important ii a restaurant TO submit
the menu - their wives for assist.
arce."-EzchanSe.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19

Until about little more than CEN
fury ago dwarfs were frequently kept
as court toys. Records of them might
be multiplied almost indefinitely.
Bebe. the dwarf OF StanIslaus. king
Of Poland. lived to be ninety years OF
age, dying In Paris In 1858, and is va
riously described as having measured
thirty-6ve inches and twenty-three
inches. Julia. niece OF Augustus. had
two dwarfs. each twenty-eiCht inches
in height. and Henrietta Maria had
two whose Joint height was seven feet
two inches. The Emperor Augustus
had dwarf named Lucius whose
height was two feet and weight sew
enteen pounds. The last court dwarf
in England was Copperntn. who be-
longed to the Princess OF Wales. moth
er OF George III.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19
An Isl. of Man oath.

What is regarded as the quaintest
oath still in use is that taken by the
high court Judges in the Isle OF Man,
the terms Of which areas follows: by
this book and the contents thereof
and by the wonderful works that God
hath mIraculously wrought in the
heaven above and the earth beneath In
six days and six nights l do swear
that I will, without respect of favor
or friendship. loss or gain. consanguin-
fly or affinity. envy or malice, execute
the laws Of this Isle justly between
party and party as indiGerently as the
herring backbone doth lie in the midst
OF the fish. So help me God and the
contents Of this book"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19
A PLAGUE OF ANTS.
The Vicious Insects Are q Nuisance In
Seuthwes4ern Africa.


-Ants-white. black and yellow-nre
a great nuisance IN Nigeria" says
Charles Partridge In Gross River Ma
tives." They march from place to
place In military formation. Some car
~ their Young. others bear food. and
scouts and fighting escort are always
on duty. Their column looks Ike n
long black snake curvinS along the
ground.
They leave behind them a well
formed road about four Inches broad
and half IN inch deep. worn smooth By
the tread of the countless throng.
They do not bite when the sun IS
high. but woe betide the hapless wight
who comes In their way at other times.
While travelling through the bush you
occasionally find them in possession of
section OF the road. Perhaps you are
in the midst Of them before you dis
cover the presence Of your small but
fierce adversary. The first man bitten
yclls out something meaning. Ware
antsr and We all hurry forward. stamp
ing vigorously. Those Of US upon
whom the little warriors have fastened
tear of our clothes and nip the foes to
death. Ny little black horse always
wanted to turn back when he came to
n column Of ants. My dog Bob. a M
tive. used to dance Ike a bear on hot
bricks when the driver ants got be-
tween his paws and had to be held
down while they were plucked ont.
"one night Suddenly awoke with n
feeling that something was amlss. All
the household pets. such as snakes,
lizards. rats. toads. centipeds and spi-
ders. seemed to be bcstirrins them.
selves reStleSsly. No sooner had my
foot touched the ground than knew
what IT was. for fierce bite told me
that the driver ants were upon us.
ION lighting candle / found a coli
umn marching across the floor and a
whole regiment attacking my bed. l
reused the assistant district commits
sioner. and eventually. using wisps of
burning paper. We drove out the en-
envy. Fire or hot ashes are the best
means to use for expelling them"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-05-19
Her Retort.
panion.

1t is always gratifying to meet a
person who is contented with his lot.
For that reason II would be delightful
to make the acquaintance Of the wom-
an who had the last word in a suffra-
sist controversy. The writer OF a suf-
fragist communication In newspaper
wrote sadly that woman is nothing
but female relative Of man: the man
is the noun. the woman is the preposi-
ton" We'll. what do care:" was
the triumphant retort THE PROPOSE
ton governs the noun"-Youth's Com
panIon.