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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-06-29

County Treasurer W. &. Fischer
has appointed Rhine Lang n Dep
uty Treasurer. Mr.. Fischer will
travel for the Roth Grocery Com
pany, taking the place of Harry
Shaw and covering the territory
heretofore taken in by the latter.
Mr.. Shaw has accepted Il position
from the AuBuchon Candy Com
pany as salesman, covering larI"
territory.
Attention nf those contemplating
building of any kind is called to the
advertisement of the Mccarthy
Lumber 4 Construction Co. This Is
one Of the best and most reliable
construction companies IN this part
Of the State, and any contract which
they may undertake will be faith
fully carried out, rs some Of tn"
best buildings in this county testify,
among them our splendid High
School building aud several OF The
buildings at state Hospital No. !
the office building for the st, Joseph
Lead co. and fine residence for
superintendent Il. r. ;. Parsons at
Bonnie Tcrre. They are also Just
completing the Hospital building at
the hitter place, and are erecting the
splendid new High school building
at Dcslogc.
Mr.. \. j Xwart spent several
days with his family her" this week.
He has been for some time Superln-
tending the surveying and prclilni-
nary work of the Ozark Power and
Water Company on White river
near Springfield, Mo, locating the
dam and lake. The work Is pretty
well advanced, and the lake will be
about eighteen miles long and prac.
tically half mile wide. The COM
pany expects to furnish power for
electric light plants and manufac-
turing of all kinds at Springfield
and perhaps other points In the
Southwest, but principally at Spring.
field. Mr.. Iwart said the country
in the vicinity of the lake is high,
rugged and picturesque and may
eventually become popular sum
mer resort.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-06-29
AFTERNOON PARTY

Mrs. f.. f.. Swink entertained her
~urburhan friends Wednesday after
noon in most delightful manner.
They were invited to bring their
sewing and spend the afternoon.
The invited guests were McsdameS
J. c. Alexander, Peers Taylor, o.
a. Smith, George Tetley, Harry
Dobbins, Nj r. Smith, Frank Doss,
II. B. Ledbetter, Geer, X. G. Tucker,
Ben Downing, j W. Buck, =. V.
Ashburn. W. n. Fleming, j. f..
Cover, David Carlisle, Burgess and
Miss Pearl Clardy Mrs. Swink =
daughters, Mrs. Florence Walker
and Misses Ruth and Alma Swink
assisted their mother in entertain
ing and serving her guests with
punch, ice cream and cake.
At the recent term of Circuit Court
of Reynolds county go cases were
tried and disposed Of.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-06-29
DEATH OF OLD CITIZEN

Mr.. John Xolman, and old aud re-
spect"d citizen of the county, died
Sunday morning. June -, 1911, at
his home in the Colony ncighbOr.
hood, in the I'D year Of his age.
Mr.. Iolman came To this county
over fifty years ago, and has lived
In tn" vicinity in which he died ever
since. He was twic" married, and
Is survived ny his second wife, who
Is in very delicate health. Besides
his wife he leaves six children,
three NY his first and three by his
second wife. The funeral services
were conducted Tuesday afternoon
by R"y. Carter Martin, and the body
was laid at rest in the Colony ceme-
tprv.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-06-29
TOWN AND YlCINAGE
retlev's 5 for JewelrY

Tetley's for Jewelry.
Have your watch rrpaired-Tot-
lcy's is the place
See the "Bird Man" at the Fair
Grounds on the Fourth.
Mrs. Emma {. Keller has returned
home from Poplar Bluii.
Fly paper, poison and stickey, at
Laakman's Drug store.
Fine line of watches for ladies,
men and boys.at Tetley's.
Miss Olga GoH Of Desloge has
been visiting Mrs. J. II. Jones.
Mr.. n. +. Thurman of Halifax
was Pennington visitor Monday.
Born, June 10, 1871, at Birming.
ham. Ala, to the wifi" OF Bert H..
Beal, II son.
See the beautiful line of Mems and
Lndie's Silk Hose at the Farming
ton Mercantile co.'s.
Rev. G. +. Hickok and son, Jim,
went To Columbia Tuesday. Mr.
Hirkok returned yesterday
Mr.. T.. l.. Purcell editor of the
Fredericktown Democrat News, was
a Pennington visitor Monday.
Pure Leaf Lard at st. Francois
Packing House at 10 cents per
pound Free delivery. Phone 2Ol.
so matter what you want in the
iewelry line you can always find 1t
at Tctley's in Pennington
Miss Marion Keith of Flat River
is in New York and will soon go to
Boston to spend several months In
study.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Crow and Miss
Laura Sebastian of Libertyville
spent the day yesterday with Mrs.
}. d. billiard,
Misses Mildred and Marguerite
Keith of Flat River spent several
days in Pennington the past week
WIN MISS "uS'" LA" 'o''''
DR.. f.. l.. Horton, after next Mon
day will he absent from his office
for two or three weeks, owing To re-
pairs and rcmodcling of the build
ing.
Mrs. j. r. Casey of Boston, sister
Of Mr.. q. w. Grover, Mrs. {. f..
Cochran and Miss Fanny Mcleod,
friends of the family, wer" here dur
ing his last illness.
Mrs. Rohinptt and her daughter,
Miss FsteUe Hirkuk, and grand
daughter, sarah Hirkok, will leave
Friday tor '"Iuwhl"' JIM accom-.
panied ms Ihih'' up '''''' ''' '''' ~
IN" week.
Or. y. Il. Downing : Office after
next Monday will for "a few weeks
hc in the rooms over LaakInan =
Drug store, ON account of remodel
ing of the Lmg-Hollor building,
whore his office Is now located.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-06-29
DEATH OF JOHN WILLIAMS.

MI John Williams died at his
HON" in Pennington Tuesday morn
ing, June y, 1911, in the 45th year
of his age. He had been suffering
with stomach trouble for some time,
aud about week ago had severe
hemurrhage of the bowels, which re-
suited in other complications and
caused his death MIR. Williams was
born and reared in the Flat River
country and was we'll known through
out the county. He leaves wife and
one son, an aged father, MIR. George
NJ, better known as "kiug" VIII
liam~, three brothers, George X,
Luther II and Martin W. Williams,
and two sisters, Mrs. Phil Shaw and
Mrs. Dan. o sullivan, all of whom
ha"" tine sympathy of "A large circle
of friend, IN their Sorruwiul berenvc-
mcut The funeral took place from
the residence yesterday afternoon,
and his body was laid at rest In the
Masonic cemetery.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-06-29
Card of Thanks.

We desire to thank the friends
and neighbors, for their kindness
during the sickness and death Of our
husband and father.
MRS. ANNA ZOLMAN,
AND CHILDREN.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-06-29
NOTICE IN CITY POUND.

one pale rcd and white spotted
male calf; marked, upper half crop
oil right ear, underbit In left ear. II
not called for in five days will be
sold to pay expense of keeping.
{. II. ADAMS, Marshal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-06-29

Slug shot-Laakman's Drug
Store. !
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-06-29

Paris Gr-"u-Laakman's Drug
store.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-14
STAGE Snow.

In personal "reminiscences Of Hen.
~ Irving Bran Stoker let's his read,
ers into the secret of how the snow
scene in The Corsican Brothers" was
made so effective:
".All over the stage was u thick blam
ket Of snow, white and glistening ii;
the winter -snRrise-snow that lay 81
thick that when the duelists, stripped
and armed. stood face to face they
each secured fir1ner foOthold b.
clearing it away. Of many wonderful
effects this snow was perhaps tbs,
strongest and most impressive of real
ity The public could never i.nagil.
how 1t was done. 1t was salt-commol.
coarse s;llt-whicll was white in the
appointed light and glistened like rea
snow. There We're tons of it. A crowd
Of men stood ready in the wings with
little baggage trucks such as are now
uscd IN the corridors of great hotels.
silent with rubber wheels. On them
were great wide mouthed sacks full! o:
salt. When the signal came they rush
ell in on all sides, each to his appoint
I'd s,:ct and tumbled out his load
spreading 1t evenly with great wide
hladed wooden shOvels"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-14
Tunin1 Bells.

''What a beautiful tone that bell
has. is often heard. There are few,
however. who know how bell re-
ceives its joyful or solemn tones. 81;
bells after they are cast and finished
fnust so through a process of tuning
the same as any other musical instru
nlcnt before they respond with clear.
true tone. Every bell sounds five
notes, which must blend together in
order to produce perfect harmony The
tuning of a bell is done by means of
shaving thin bits from various parts
of the metal. 1t is as easy for an ex
pert bell tuner to put bell in tune
as it is for a piano tuner to adjust his
instrument to perfect chords. At first
thought it would seem that bell
would be ruined should tuner shave
off too much at the last tuning, or the
fifth sound, but such is not the case
He would, however, be obliged to be-
gin over, starting again with the first
tone and shaving the bell till it gave
forth its harmonious sound at the fifth
tone.-Scientif1c American.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-14
County Spelling Contest.

The County Spelling Contest will be
held in the High School room at Ham
ilton on the afternoon Of Friday, April
21st beginning at 1:30 o'clock. The
different districts will hold their local
contests April 7th and two contestants
from each district will be allowed to
take part in the county contest at Ham
llton. The same list of 1000 words will
be given all over the state. Supt. Bur.
ley sent out the lists during thegwiuter
and much enthusiasm has been shown
in this very important subject.
The state contest will be held in
Bismarck about the middle Of May.
It is to be hoped that Pembina county
may be presented there. Cash prizes
and in some cases medals are beng
given the winners in these contests and
the winner Of the first prize at Bismarck
will be given free trip to San Fran
sisco and return. Everyone will be
welcome at the county contest. No
admission will be asked.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-14
Mule Riding In Pertua.,,

In odd contrast to the modern rush
and honk Of the automobile and the
clang Of the trolley cars are the saloios
or small farmers Of Portugal. who ride
aoRchalantly through the twentieth
century hubbub on tho back-the ex.
6eme back-of small. patient eyed
mules. Though the country has pro.
creased and the farmers are progress.
ing toward prosperity. they have con.
ststently refused to move farther for.
ward on the mules back In Portugal
than the last nth Of his anatomy. Per.
haps the custom arose from the time
when the mule carried a large load
Just before the rider and the habit has
not been Christian Herald.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-14
Sunday School Convention.

The Secretary, Mrs. r. McFadden has
issued the following notice to Sunday
school workers of Pembina county.
The annual meeting of the Pembina
county Sunday School Association will
be held in the Methodist church at
Pembina, Monday evening and Tuesday
all day, June 5 and 6.
Every Sunday school in Pembina
county is invited to send delegates.
Entertainment will be provided. A
good program is being arranged. The
convention is nterdenomlnational and
in the interests Of better Sunday schools.
Its purpose is for systematic up-to.date
lines Of Bible School Pedagogy. The
General Secretary Rev. w. A. Snow and
the primary superintendent will be
present and add to the interest. Let us
make this the BEST convention ever held
in the county.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-14
tn. Mystic Seven.

The Rossel islanders in New Guinea
hold the number in great awe. A
native policeman when asked what the
numerals In the local dialect were
gave them readily enough, but hest.
tated at the number Z. You might not
always say that number, he explained
sometimes It brought on thunder.
storms If you did. And you must nev.
e. say it at all when you went to
Adele island to get cocoanuts or fish,
because the most frightful results
would undoubtedly follow" Miss
Grimshaw vouches for the supersti.
don In her book on 'The New New
Guinea"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-14
The illusion.

$50 you are going to get married.
chi"
"Yes, the longing for little home
where I can put my feet against the
wall, brace my chair back and smoke
my pipe In comfort got to b too much
for me"
That's Z beautiful dream!'
ssIsn't it?''
$50 beautiful tina, It viii be shame
Tor you to get married and spoil IT,
Atlanta Constitution.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-14
TREAsURER's CASH ACCOUNT

BONDED DEBTI
RefundinR bonde issued March. 1903, for
ten years, amount 5000. at A. interest. ~
Cash assets ON hand, $2.458 50.
We. the undersigned, E. X, Cavileef
treasurer, and +. A. Wardwell, auditor,f do
hereby certify that the foregoing state
nnent Of the finances of the city Of 5Pembk
ma. N. d. 10 true and correct 70 the best 0f
~ - s = - =, +. 4. WARDWELI..
City Auditor.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-14
He was Z Veteran.

Hes military looking young chap"
Ought to be. He's veteran Of nine
wars
'Imposstble! Why. he's only twenty.
two years old. = 81.
Il know. but 10 once spent six
5tnouths n south America. Cleveland
Lsader
y nan. who minds HI own baGlnees
& ~ eo1lplaing Sf saving nothInr "a
j sbufg
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-03-16

organizations. 1t was not told to Charles S.
Barrett, of the Farmers Union. It was not
impaired to any of the powerful farm papers,
The secret was not carried to any of the
great cotton-growers. 1t was not whispered
to any Secretary of Agriculture, State or
National. There are numbers of Southern
men, like Martin V Calvin, who have been
famous, for quarter of century, as experts
in cotton statistics and champions of the cot
ton-groWers.
But to none of these did that unknown
Man entrust the fatal story which he came
from New York to tell
No: he chose a lawyer, a city man,
chronic office-seeking politician, to become his
confidante.
And, as already stated, the man who was
selected to become the custodian of sensa-
tional secret, affecting, directly or indirectly,
every man, woman and child in the cotton
belt, qO0s that man q0h0 is the most anxious
to get the minds Of the people off his oo01o
danonabze character and record.
In the second place, it will occur to you, as
subtle evidence of fraud, that neither the
names of the plotters, nor that Of the man
who told on them, have been made known.
If there had been any such plot, the names
would have been published, at once
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-03-16
THOMSON, GA, MARCH Is, 1911.
To What is This Leading?

A president of the United States, is solemnly
and publicly sworn to execute the laws. Yet,
Mr.. Taft sets aside the Payne-Aldrich law,
SO far as Canadian lumber and the burnt-out
inhabitants of Minnesota are concerned.
Virtually, he exercised the authority to repeal,
temporarily and for the benefit of a particular
class of citizens, an Act of Congress.
From whence did he derive that power?
And why does such encroachment of the Elk
ecutive or the Legislative provoke no criti-
CiSm?
Again, the law of Maryland puts tax on
automobiles. That is, you must pay for
license to use your car in that State President
Taft owns several autos, and he desires to
take frequent spins in Maryland The official
whose duty it is to collect the tax stated that
he would not violate the law in favor of the
President
But the Governor butted in, and ''waived"
the hcense-fee as a "courtesy' to Mr.. Taft
Of course the Governor took an oath to see
the laws faithfully administered, Just as the
President himself did.
Can you be surprised at the increasing dis
regard for the law, in this country, when those
who are sworn to see it enforced, gayly violate
it?
The Kaiser Of Germany pays his taxes, as
his subjects do. He pays his way over the
State railways, as his people do. The same
thing is true of the sovereigns of other Eu-
ropean nations.
1t is in this republic, that a President re-
Questioned transportation worth $5O,OOO
1t is in this land of increasing lawlessness,
that Presidents and Cabinets and Governors
impudently trample upon the laws they are
oath-bOund to respect!
Mr.. President!
Laaozessness, like disease and courage and
cowardice and immortality and civic purity,
as contagious!
Won't you cut out the levity and the con-
tempt for law, and set everybody splendid
example of obedience of the laws of the land?
You shouldn't accept immunity from the
law of Maryland or any other State. Rebul1e
that silly Governor, by paying the license-fee
on your autos
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-03-16
Ballinger Has Set HOke Smith a
Good Example

Joe Sibley, of Pennsylvania, debauched his
district, bought voters openly and shamelessly,
and thus secured a Republican nomination.
He derided public Indignation, and swore that
he would never resign.
But he did.
Ham Patterson, of Tennessee, is as brazen
a rascal as ever came down the pike; and he
lorded it with high hand, scouting and
fouting public opinion. By the customary
base methods of the Bosses, he secured re-
nomination. Asked to resign it, he swore that
he never would.
But he did.
Dick Ballnger, of i'll repute, was chosen by
the n-Guggenheim syndicate to steal
public property for tin Alaska and in the
American Northwest. AS soon as he was
sworn in, he tackled the job that the syndicate
meant him to do. A great cutlery was heard;
Louis r. CLAWS, Clifford Pinchot and others
were determined that Ballinger should not de-
liver the goods. Completely scotched, Bal
hnger roared loudly and virtuously. But the
country refused to be duped or placated. 'Bal-
linger must resign" was the cry. He stoutly
and repeatedly swore that he never would
But he did
Now, let Hol1e Smith resign. His record
personal and official, is worse than that of
Slbley; worse than that of Patterson; worse
than that of Ballinger.
Let HOhe SMITH resign!
He will never again get SO good chance
to have my life taken. He is not dealing with
poor Fannie Vandever, this time He is not
dealing with the helpless school teacher Miss
He is not dealing with mail-clerk, w.
He is not dealing with Mrs. k, who
went into his office, August Is, 1907, to beg
for a pardon for her brother Collins
The whole State is "on" The denials of
those charges, are marked personal" and
everybody knows why.
The excuse given for not sueing me for
SANDER deceives no one. If those charges are
false, Hoke Smith could ruin me with a
criminal prosecution for Libel, which could
be instituted In any county where The JET
FERsONIAN circulates.
On every count of the indictment against
Smith, he is guilty. On every one against
Hardwick, he is guilty.
Hence, their desperate desire to haze me put
out Of the aU0y.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-03-16
THE JEFFERSONIAN
That Dark and Deep BOll-WeeviI
Plot

CALL but miss is as good as mile.
1t was this way:
Two wicked, long headed spectators, in
New York. collected million boll-weevils.
When? Nobody knows. Where? Nobody
knows. Ho0? Nobody knows
But small detail like that shall not spoil
a good story You'd naturally suppose that
it would be quite job, collecting or breeding
100000 boll-weevils! You might suspect
that it would be a big task to carry over, to
another season, SO large stock of these pests.
Then, again, you would think that when
two men, or any other number of men went
into the green fields of the cotton belt, to turn
the bOll-Weevlls loose, on the cotton stalks,
somebody would catch them at it, and the
plotters would be lynched
Turn it over in your mind minute:
In what way, could two men introduce into
the South, this year, or any other year, q
million boll-weevils? In what way, could
they secretly distribute the pests? In what
way, could the two spectators assure them
selves that the weevils would thrive and do
their deadly work on this years crop?
Then, again, could not the two spectators
learn the condition of the crop, more safely
and certainly, by travelling the cotton-bet,
in August, than by turning boll-weevils loose,
in April, or May?
10 buy cotton nom, to hold against the
dangers and uncertainties of the boll-weevil
experiment, is a far wilder venture than to
wait patiently and see what the crop actually
Is, next fall
Not only will the Government inspectors
keep vigilant watch from month to month;
but Hester, and various Others will do the
same thing. There is seldom more than 80
days OF doubt, as to the condition of the cot
ton crop. Its progress IS watched with the
~
to the stars. If calamity befalls it, the
extent of the damage is almost Immediately
known.
Isn't this so? Of course it is
Then what? A SPECTATOR doesn't care two
straws whether the crop is large or small.
What the speculator makes money on is, q
greater, tyWer hn02czedge Of the facts than the
other fezzoao has.
If the speculator hnooo8 that the crop will
be large, when the public believes that it will
be small, he can coin just as much money, as
he can when he hn0aU8 that the crop is small
and corners it,
When the crop is large, he plays it one
way: when it is small, he plays another. In
market parlance, he is a E'bull," on a short
crop, and "bear" on big one. In the one
case, he bets that the price will rise: in the
other, he bets that it will sinh
For instance Theodore Price made his pile,
few years ago, when the yield was 50 great
and conditions so adverse to the farmers. that
cotton slmped to cents. Price had bet that
the crop would be bumper one, and that
the price would fall to zero: Sully and others
bet the other way. Price raked in millions,
while Sully was bankrupted.
This being so, it will be easy for you to
realize how utterly absurd is the story that
Hoke Smith has put in circulation. [ mean,
of course, the revelation to him, by man
whose namn iC withhold IF q 1,1of Of two
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The Marshall republican., 1911-03-24
DUNKERD CHURCH

The farmers are busy with their
spring preparations and will soon
begin farming II the weather con
tinues nice.
Louis Johnson has moved on
the Albert Davis farm, which he
purchased from Joe Duncan. We
wish Louis well and hope he may
stay in this community.
Mrs. Jane johnson was visiting
her son, Wood and family the lat
ter part of last week.
Miss Essie Estill OF Howard eoun
ty is spending a week with her
sister, Mrs. John Hasy.
A small crowd gathered at the
home OF Mrs. Emma Dee's Satur-
day night aud spent the evening
sociably.
J. W. Hayes was in Slater the
latter part OF last week and
among other things bought a new
buggy.
Jack Thornton was in Gillian
last week.
Isaac johnson went TO Harde-
man on business last week.
: Asa Duncan one OF the old
sports has bought : new buggy