The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-20

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= un effort to free him from the cord
, that held him away, so he sat down
, and wrote out an unsigned check
for $3.50 90 payable 10 the author.
tiles Of the Methodist EpiscopaI
Church for its use and benefit, and
then indicted a release from his
: promise to the Messrs. Denman
= Having done this he phoned Rev.
} l.. NJ Thompson, so the rumor
. goes, to meet him at the News Of
fee. There he laid the check and
the release before Rev. Thompson
and the Messrs. Denman, also
prominent in the councils of the
church aud in whose material wei
fare they are deeply interested, and
said in words to this effect, If the
Messrs Denman will sign this pa
per tthe release) | will sign the
check, y 1t was pretty fair sized
check for church needing money
and what church does not need
money to carry on it's good work.
for few church members even give
to the Lord as much as the ten per
cent which Jacob dedicated to Him
after awhking from that memor.
able dream and lifting his head
from its pillow of stone. But the
Denmans elected to hold on to the
intangible promise and declined to
sign the release, so Mr.. Pigg re-
placed both documents in his peck
ct and walked away, probably de-
batting in his mind whether the
statute Of limitation had not run
ont on that promise any way.
We have heard rumors floating
around to the effect that some of
Mr.. Pigs Republican hackers
suggested TO him that the promise
is void on its terms, for it was as
long as they published Repub-
!Iran paper" and they went so far
rs to say that the News is not
Republican paper. How they ar.
rive at this conClusiCa we do not
know, for the News was never
known to object to anything the
Republican party ever did or to
have anything but sneers for the
Democratic party. Since the big
split in the Republican party, how.
ever, with the insurgents and the
Aldrich- Cannon crowd both con-
tending to be the only simon. pure
Republicans, perhaps from the
point of view of one of the con-
tending forces the News is not
genuine Republican paper. But
that is tootechnical a point for us
to decide; they'll have to settle
that among themselves.
However, the persistent call of
the dove to its mate sounds sweet
in Mr.. Pigg's ears aud he is strain.
ing at the meshes of the net that
has served to hold him so long.
and there is no telling how soon he
may break through aud spread his
wings to the glad air of freedom
from his promises restraint:
for, as be was heard to remark 70
friend, he is not under any legal
obligation in the matter. Now,
Mr.. Pigg has n productive farm
and an unoccupied three-st0ry
brick business house in town, and
doubtless comfortable bank ac.
count, so the financial part of such
an enterprise does not bother him,
though it has been limited to us
that some of his Republican friends
have suggested help to him. We
don't know what may be the out.
come of this little comedy, but Mr..
Pigg is in love with the newspaper
calling-and love is said to be the
strongest force in the universe--so
it would not surprise us if, before
the campaign is far advanced, we
see printing outfit being unload.
ed into that brick building of his
down on Columbia street.
II. II. Hohenthal, one of the old
est merchants in DeSoto, died at
a