The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-27

culated and live party publication.
Without in anyway rejecting on
the previous management of The
Times, it may be stated that during
the last few years the paper has not
fully met the end stated Efforts
have been made il concerted way
10 bring to pass the object OF the
party adherents, but for some
reason or other it remained for the
matter to adjust itself aud, it is 10
he hoped that under the new man.
agement that now is in charge of
The Times the highest and lottlest
aspirations of any Of the party
leaders may be met, Conscious
thus as has been the party OF the
need, it will he the constant thought
and purpose of the new manage
ment to supply that need.
But great and influential publ
cations are not born IN a day,
They have not mushroom growth.
j is only by the constant, patient
plodding of some man, one man us
ually, that such results are brought
TO pass. But this one man is not
entirely alone, for while in his own
thought and mind may be born the
impetus that is given his publlca-
ton, he must have the constant aud
faithful cooperation of an apprec-
iative constituency. Thus IT is to
be hoped that every true and loyal
Democrat of St. Francois County
may have a sense Of pride in the
County Seat publication and lend
every assistance possible to help
make of The Times truly represen.
tative and influential paper loved
and respected By thousands of its
patrons.
AS is mentioned in another
column of this issue many good
warm handshakes have been given
the new Editor, and many encourage
ing words have been spoken, but
these while good IN themselves are
not the stuff which make the wheels
turn round in a printing office.
The thing that counts most is real
work. Something concrete and
practical.
Lawrence O. Wells will of neces-
slty have place of honor in this
column. lie is the hustling, GEM
al and popular Assessor Of ST.
Francois county and numbers his
friends by legion Among the
early callers after the arrival of
the new Editor was Mr.. Wells. lie
did not say Il great deal, but enough
that was easy to understand that his
heart was in the right place. Last
Saturday morning, Mr.. Wells re-
ported at The Times Office with a
number of new subscribers, and
for this reason he must have the
place of honor in this column, we
are pleased to call The Rally of !
the Faithful. Would you believe
itf 1t is the truth just the same.
Here is just what our good friend
Wells said, Il am going to knock
down twenty five fellows, or have
them become subscribers to The
Times" So there you have it.
OF course the new Editor can not
keep from having whole lot of
love for Mr. Wells, in his devo-
ton and loyalty to The Times.
Let the tribe of Lawrence o. Wells
be multiplied many, many times.
After all, friends it is a mighty
fine thing to have the encourage.
ment and cooperation of an apprec-
iative, intelligent set of men. Such
the new Editor covets and believes
to the full he will have in the ven
ture he has undertaken here in
Pennington. But, we pray for you
not to wait, but begin now to show
your colors. If you wish to see The
Times rejuvinated, and made a
potent factor in the affairs of the
community, let your effort be forth
coming in every way that will help
bring to pass the end that is so
much coveted. Don't wait until
the battle has been fought, the vie
tory won and then come forward