The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-10-16
BONNIE TERRE NEWS

City Fair Friday.
Robert White left Friday on the
early train for few days visit with
friends in st. Louis.
August and julius Appel left
Thursday for an extended visit with
friends at Pilot Knob, st. Louis and
Granite City, III. They will be gone
for couple of weeks or more.
DR.. Son of this city departed Sun
day for jefferson City, Mo-, to be
present at meeting of the State
Board of Health.
Will Alexander Of lockwood was in
Bonnie Terre Friday few hours be-
tween trains.
Elbridge Horn of Wales Mines
transacted business in this city Friday.
Ellis Jones of Hazel Run trans
acted business in Bonne Terre We'd
nesday of last week. MIR. Jones in
forms us that he has bought a fine
farm near Hopewell La, to which he
will move with his family in a cou-
pie of weeks. He has rented his farm
here to f. G. Poston of lockwood.
Constable Bullock and wife and his
son, Arthur, departed Thursday for
visit with friends at Poplar Bluff.
They will be gone a couple of weeks.
MissNannie Hobbs returned from
Joplin, Mo, where she has been stay
ing with her sister, Mrs. A. T. Smith,
since the tragic death Of Mrs. Smiths
daughter, two weeks ago.
II. n. Ethridge of Nashville, Tenn,
arrived in Bonnie Tcrre Friday for a
visit of a few days with friends.
Mr.. Ethridge formerly lived here.
but for the past three years has been
attending college at Nashville, study
ing for the ministry. He expects to
enter the missionary field when his
education is finished.
DR.. T. A. Son of this city went to
Blackwell, Mo, Saturday to look af-
ter some smallpox cases. II is re-
ported that the disease has become
an epidemic in that community and
as member of the State Board if
Health, the Doctor will take such
precautionary measures as will stamp
out TIE disease as soon as possible.
A. z, Cleek went to Madison. ILL.,,
Saturday morning on the early train
to join his family who have been Wis
iting relatives there.
Will Covington spent Saturday at
Crystal City attending the Fair.
Mrs. c. O. Bruce and Miss Mildred
Frey went to st. Louis Saturday to
spend the day shopping.
Mrs. T. B. Calvird and children of
this city spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives in Hcrculaneum.
John Prince and family visited with
friends at Wales Mines Saturday and
Sunday.
Newt Cole, chief clerk in the Mas,
ter Mechanics office in the NJ. X. &
b. T. Ry. Co. went to Poplar Bluff
Saturday on business, returning Sun
day night.
Mr., j. p. Spence and wife of this
city spent Saturday evening and Sun
day with friends in St. Louis
Mrs. Clarence Norwine of Seattle
Wash, is here visiting friends and
relatives. She will probably spend
the remainder of the month with
friends in this place and other parts
of the county.
Even Wells and Leon Snyder, two
young Bonnie Terre gentlemen, haC
the painful experience of being held
up and robbed of their money anC
watches while in st. Louis last week
A couple of negro highwaymen com.
PEELED them, at the point Of guns, tc
turn over loose change. Leon Sny
der lost $225.00 and his watch, while
| Even Wells lost about $500. II
doesn't pay boys to be running about
some places in st. Louis at the late
hours of night.
DR.. c. P. Poston of this city re
ceived n letter last week from hi
son, DR.. Harry Poston, stating that
Miss Agnes Meade, who was sent t.
John Hopkins Hospital at Baltimor,
recently, has undergone two opera
tons and is getting along very well
Prospects are very good that Mis-
Meade will be greatly relieved if no
permanently cured of her crippled
condition.
james Besterfcld and Al Kuchil
recently caught catfish in the lax,
south of this city which measured B.
inches long and weighed 10 pounds
This is probably the largest fish eve
caught out of this lake.
The Hertick tract of land lying
couple of miles west of town was sol
last week at a trustees sale an
brought the small sum of only 81,