The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-03-20
PREPARATIONS ARE

BEING MADE
The Big Pot and the Little One Will
he Put on and Filled to the Over
flowing to Make a Big Spread for
the Farmers of st. Francois County
March 2Sth.
ALL THINGS WILL BE READY
WHOSOEVER WILL MAY COME
Bills announcing the Banquet given
by Farmington's live commercial club
to the farmers Of st. Francois county
were printed the early part of the
week at The Times office. II is to be
hoped that every farmer in the entire
county may be present upon the occa-
sion announced March 2Sth, to enjoy
the spread us well rs to get some of
the enthusiasm that may be general
ed. as we'll as to learn some of the
things that the speakers are going to
relate at this time. The contents of
the bill that is being circulated is as
follows:
The purpose of the establishing the
St. Francois County Farm Bureau
will be to promote the best inter
ests of the Farmers and farming in
the county. The Bureau will be of
great Importance to the success Of the
Farm Adviser Movement,
The Pennington Commercial Club,
representing the business men and wo
men of Pennington and vicinity in
vite the owner or tenant of each farm
in ST. Francois County to n free BAN
quet to be given at II o'clock noon,
Saturday March 18th, 1914, in the
Odd Fellows building at Pennington,
Missouri. Immediately after the ban
quet is served organization of the Bu-
reau will commence. Your presence at
the banquet will not mean that you
are compelled to join the Bureau.
Come out, hear the speakers, learn
what the Farm Bureau stands for and
enjoy feast as, the guest Of Farming
ton. When you learn the purpose Of
the Bureau, you will be glad to be-
come member. The list of the speak
ers will include Prof. d. II. Doane, of
Columbia, state leader Of Farm Adj
wiser I'M Missouri, c. M. McWil-
liams,, Farm Adviser Of Cape Girar-
deau County as well as
per o m inen men, The owner,
, owners or tenants of each farm in st.
Francois County can secure admission
to the banquet free, provided applica-
ton is made in person or by mail for
a ticket at the Office of A. w. Terrill,
Farm Adviser, at Pennington, on or
before Wednesday, March 25th, 1914.
Last Call in the Dining Car
(By A. W. Terribly
, Mr.. Farmer are you sure your name
is on record at the Advisers office
for the banquet? If you are not, you
had better be attending to this at
once. This is the last announcement
for names to be sent in. Be sure that
the Office is notified that you are in
tending to be present on the 28th
This is merely to let us know how
many are coming so we may order our
feed" accordingly. As soon as the Of
fee receives your name it will be en-
tered on book and the day of the
banquet you can come to the office
have your name checked off and re-
ceive q ticket free that will admit you
to the hall, the banquet and the speak
ing.
The business men of Pennington
through the Commercial Club, are de-
fraying the expenses of this enter
tainment for all the farmers Of the
. county, no matter who they are, or
in what part of the county they are
located. They are Offering this hospi-
tality to each and every farmer OF
st. Francois county who is l6 years
old or over. II we don't avail ourselves
of this opportunity we will miss some
thing we can i'll afford to miss. Let us
show that we appreciate the gener-
GUS hospitality Of the business men
of Pennington, who are so much in
terested and dependent on our well
fare, and turn out in force at noon on
b the last day of this month. "Come
one, come ALL"