The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-01-02

Mr.. Roy hOwlett ana MS sister,
Miss Ezelle Hewlett, of Charleston,
Mo-, are visiting this week in the
o. j. Mayberry home.
Prof. and Mrs. J. A. Dunn Of
Cape Girardeau Normal came up
last Saturday for visit In the Mer-
rlll Pipkin home Mrs. Dunn is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. pipkin.
Following are this week here at
tending the funeral OF Anderson
Counts; Perry and John Kennion
and Perry Lyle all of Cranberry,
Texas, and Mrs. G. Counts of st.
Louis.
n. A. McHenry who lives about
two miles east of Desloge and is
one OF the loyal TINES readers
called at the office Wednesday to
get acquainted. Come again, Broth
er McHenry.
The regular communication of
Pennington Lodge, No, 1872, A. +.
& A. NJ, will be held tonight, (Fri-
day. All members and visiting
brethren are invited to attend.
Work in the NJ. NJ. degree.
o. w. BLEECK, Sec'y.
w. w. WATERS, w. NJ.
Ellis Byington reports that he
butchered pigs this week of that
fine strain of hogs known as Hamp-
shires, the pigs being only six and
one half months old aud the average
of weight was lgj pounds, the four
weighing $50 pounds. He says also
that the fat produced l7j pounds Of
lard. Pretty good, isn't it for six
months old pigs.
Among the callers at The TIMES
Office last Monday were Milt Mat
kin and his son, Lynn, of the vicin-
ity of Bismarck. Both OF these
gentlemen are loyal friends of The
TINES, The Junior Maxim re-
newed his subscription to The
TINES, and both gave an express
sion of interest In the success OF the
paper. The Editor most deeply APP
preciates the friendship and support
of the many farmer friends Of The
TIMES. He fully knows some.
thing of the farm as that was the
place he grew to manhood After
all it Is the best place on the earth
to live. No wonder there is a back
to the farm, agitation going on.
! Eb Cole Of Blackwell was in Farm
/ ington Monday. He had read the
ad Of Dr.. Mccormick in The TIMES
and wanted to buy some OF those
I Plymouth Rock chickens that the
. Doctor is advertising for sale. We
understand that his wish was graft
( fled as the Doctur certainly wants
to sell them, else he would not make
/ the announcement II wouli seen
/ that there is at laasta small l?) valu,
attached to advertising in TIL,
TIMES. When somebody says
that The TIMES has no circulation
and that the adv ertising Is not wortf
anything, you can say that they are
telling something that is not true
We are printing close to 600 copies
every week and they are being cir
culated too, and read by people whC
are interested in The TIMES ant
its success.
According to expressions we nav'
heard the recent action of the Stat
Board of Pardons aud Paroles II
granting parole to Ellis Bostwick
who was serving ten years sen
tence given him In the st. Francoi
County Circuit Court for the KILN
of Jim Meekpr at Flat River il
1911, met with the hearty approva
of the people of this county an
especially of the Lead Belt wher
the killing occurred While Bost
wick had only served one year q
his sentence, there were so man
extenuating circumstances favor
ing him that people who were AZ
quainted with the facts were stronl
ly of the opinion that he shout
never have been convicted Wit
this idea, his friends worked tir,
lessly for his release from prise
: with the result that he was parole
on good behavior and permitted
return to the support of his need
family. The Boards favorable u
a ton In this case at this time is u
$ usual when the term of Bostwick
S sentence is consideredyet their gran
Q Ing a parole has met with Il
d approval of our people so far as v
i can learn.
Moothart Business Collegs
h at Pennington and Bonr
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