Potosi journal., 1914-06-17


ing sequence to the bunny hug.
Miss Genevieve McGregor visited
relatives at Pennington the past week :.
J. c. O'Neai has been appointed
at Irondale, vice J. I.
Rice.
Potosi is becoming an attractive
point on Sundays for the amateur base
ball teams Of St. Louis.
Master Frank Cantwell of St. Louis
is visiting here at the home Of his
uncle, Mr.. j. NJ. Hodgen.
The rural sch ools OF the county will
hold their graduating exercises in Po-
tosi next Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. J. NJ. Sloan and sister, Mrs.
Harry Guyton, are visiting Mrs. Fir
min Harris Of Richwoods, this week.
One l4-Horse power Avery engine:
easy terms. Apply to
F. X. Connolly. Potosi, Mo.
Bring US your. Wool, Poultry and
Eggs, for which we pay highest mar
ket price. Breckenridge Produce Co.
The entertainments of the Potos i
Chautauqua will surpass anything in
the entertainment line Potosi has ever
had.
Miss Eliza beth Hall of St. Louis is
spending the summer here at the
home of her grandfather, DR.. J. II.
Hall.
The long drouth was broken by a
refreshing shower last Thursday night,
the first rain to fall here in about six
weeks.
The Democrats promise the most ex-
citement in local politics in this cam
paign. There is something doing al
most every day.
Harry Guyton and family OF East
st. Louis, and Arthur Guyton OF Farm
ington, visitrd kindred in Potosi the
tirst of the week.,
DR.. G. z. Poston, the well-known
of Bonne Terre was in Po-
tosi last Friday in consultation with
DR.. ii. J. Blount.
|. F. Plank OF Bismarck, formerly
OF this town, is asking for an electric
light franchise at Bismarck. The
question will be voted on next Satur-
day.
W. H. Rrown of Bonne Terre at
suicide last Thursday by TAX
ing morphine. Dependency due to
loss Of employment as machinist was
The cause of his act.
Mr.. John H. Swift, fireman on the
Potosi Branch train, was given sur
Prise party last Saturday by his rail-
'oad brethren and their wives, in
lonor of his 59th birthday.
The wheat crop in this county will
,e cut by the end of this week. and
With the marketing OF the grain cash
will begin to flow more freely in the
The crop will be fairly
Up to the average.
Harry d. Griffith, surveyor for the
Bismarck & Western Railroad was in
ronton last week. Mr.. Griffith seems
0 think that the outlook is promising
or the construction of the road to pro-
eed in the near future.-Ironton Reg
ster.
Miss Mamie Scott, aged "a, died Of
ancer at the Bonne Terre Hospital on !
une 4th. She was the daughter of
Ira. Elisha Scott, formerly of Rich
FOODS, this county. Her remains were
Inferred at Bonne Terre, where she
lad lived for many years.
DR.. F.. Chancellor and Messrs. John
'. and Frank McNeary of st. Louis
pent several days of the past week
ut on Fourche Renault on a fishing
and outing. They usually
lake this trip every summer and
now al! the good fishing holes along
hat creek.
The Republicans have no candidate
or probate judge and the Democrats
ave none for representative, prOscut-
ng attorney, and presiding judge of
ne county court. The county COM
littees of the two parties will have to
omplete the tickets after the August
rimaries.
Prosecuting Attorney Cooper reports
1at George Charboneau, young
ian of Shirley neighborhood, plead
uilty in Squire Francis Compton
)urt out there last Monday to the
narge of having disturbed religious
orship, and the consequent fine and
0sts set him back $l3.
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The blanket ballot will not be used
the primary election, and may be
nocked out before the general cleo
on on the grounds that the law au- 4
lorizing the change did not have a {
lajority of votes in the House when
le bill was paased, |,