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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-15
st. PauPs Lutheran Church
ri Tallarherp. Pastor.

I've . sNAA -
H. Tallerberg, Pastor.
Twentieth Sunday after Trim
ity. Divine services will be as
follows:
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
English preaching service at
1920 a. m. Subject of sermon
"The Gospel-A Wedding Invi-
tation."
Ladies' Aid meets at 2 p. m.
German preaching at 1880 p
m. This is the monthly mis-
sionary service. Subject of ser
mon: "The Spirit-Baptism o.
Christ's Disciples"
A cordial welcome to all.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-15
ODD BITS OF NEWS

Los Angeles, Call Samuel
Pockosvewsky has grown tired
Of the efforts Of his American
associates to pronounce his name
and has been on the lookout for
a chance to change it. The
chance came when he became en-
gagged to a Miss Parker. Judge
Thomas, on application, allowed
the groom to take his wife's
name and now he is the proud
possesser of the handle Of Sam
uel Parker,
Chillicothe, &C. w. Cra-
vens and w. B. Cravens are bro
theirs and both are engineers on
the B. & 0. Their wives are sis
tiers. Both families live in the
same house. The other day, six
hours apart, both the Mrs. Graz
VEINS gave birth to children-one
a boy and the other a girl,
New York, NJ Safety
First" said Mrs. Arthur Maclean
as she put two diamond earrings
into her pillow case and went to
sleep. The next day there were
clean slips on the pillows. Mrs.
Maclean was frantic. She be-
sieged the laundry, but the pill
low slips had been washed and
ironed. Finally one earring was
found cleaning in the bottom of
the washtub and the other about
to enter the drain pipe. They
are valued at $4,000.
Philadelphia, PA demon
strator in the department store
mixed poisonous liquid used
for cleaning glasses with a nerve
medicine which she was demon
strating an dover 200 persons
are thought to have been pois-
oned. The demonstration, how
ever. was the only one to report
J to a hospital.
Sharohville, o. - "Howdy,
John" "Howdy, JIM" Thus
John and James Stewart of Kan
saB and Tennessee respectively,
met here after a lapse of AT
years. Both believed the other
dead and spent several hours in
; a room together before they
. found out their relationship.
,Pewaukee, Wis.-Here's, the
latest fish story. Robert Mich
OILS and E. f. Schmutzler went
fishing. Arriving at the favorite
spot, they found to their horror
they had brought canof green
paint instead of a can of bait
But, listen! Nichols is an artist
! He painted pictures of a worm
on the hooks, and they had {
record catch.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Church Notices
sillilaIuunilInurnliIIlllrannnniIliW
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Subject of lesson sermon:
Doctrine of Atonement."
Golden text: Mathew 20:28.
Services are held each Sunday
morning at II o'clock in the new Tet-
ley building in the halls of the Schu-
bert School Of Music.
All are welcome.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-15
Christian Church

Christian Church
Services as follows:
Bible school at 10 a. m.
Preaching, II a. m. and 7:30
p. m.
Christian Endeavor, $50 p,
m.
Prayer service Wednesday at
7:30 p. m.
J. M. BAILEY, Pastor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-15
shin guaranteed.


visitors at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. A. Rhodes last Sunday. |
Mr.. w. B. Rariden went to
East st. Louis last Sunday tol
look after the interest of twol
cars of cattle, which he and A.
j. Rhodes shipped last Saturday.
Mr.. Peter Guessing purchased
a Haynes car in st, Louis last
week. He purchased this beau
tiful car through the st. Fran
co.'s Motor Co. of Pennington.
/ Oliver Cozean of Flat River,
General Field Manager of this
| district for the Prudential In
surance Co., transacted business
in Pennington Monday and
Tuesday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Tilman of
near Libertyville are comforta-
bly, located now in what is known.
! as the Geo. Cole property. We
are glad to welcome these good
people to our city.
Prof. Moothart, President of
} the Ozark University, and P. E..
Rhodes, editor of the Farming
: ton Times, attended the big
Democratic rally at Cape Girar-
deau yesterday.
Messrs. E. E. Swink, John
Williams, Jake Day and Atty.
: Gus Swink motored to Chester,
: ILL.,, to inspect a nice herd of
black cattle. Sheriff Williams
bought 20 head Of the choice
ones.
Deputy Sheriff T. V. Brown
! returned Monday from Joplin,
: where, he had gone the latter
I. part of last week to arrest a st.
Francois county citizen for wife
Z. abandonment. AS you know, T.
:. V. is always successful and u.s.
!, ually delivers the goods.
Lee Rariden, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Rariden, left last
+ week for st. Louis to finish q
: course in dentistry. He has
t completed two years work in
n this course, this being the THIRD
and last year. Lee is brilliant
r young man and we predict foi
# him a successful career.
d Paul Adams, better known as
l. Princess Fiddle, last Sunday
Fl while driving his car on turn
: near the st. Francois Motor
| Garage, collided with Chester
| Gillian, who was driving 7. j
Williams car of Bonnie Terre
Both cars were damaged but the
boys were fortunate enough tt
escape without injury.
i DR.. E. L. Farmhouse of Iron
| ton, State Inspector, was in Far
mington Monday. The Docto.
made a thorough inspection o
all the business houses tina
came under his jurisdiction. II
especially complimented tn
management of the st. Francoi
County Marketing Assn, TO
their sanitary and bua~tss-ilk
manner in conducting the affair
of the Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark bought
of Chicago have been visitin
relatives and friends at Farm
ington for the past two week
Mr.. and Mrs. Doughty were eli
liens of Pennington for nearl
forty years and were among OF
most respected and progressiN
denizens. Their many frienC
throughout st. Francois count
will be glad to learn of the
good health, success and COZ
tentment in a great city lii
Chicago.
Mr.. Lynn Clardy recent
bought car of Black Polar
Calves at the East st. Lou
stock yards. There were
head of them. Mr.. Clardy pla
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-15

Matron's Gold-Medal Contest
at the Monarch Friday, Oct. 30.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-08

In last weeks issue June "A,
IN article appeared ''In Beh alf OF
the Farm Demonstration Agent
He says that the agent has visited
MIN and that he VS. greatly bene-
fitted by him, but says that it is
impossible for the agent to visit
every farmer as there are 1900
fairness in the parish aud if he
visited 100 a month it would take
nineteen months to Get around to
every farmer, I think that is
about the way he visits the farm
etS around here for he has been in
the business for about two years
and never has got around yet.
Now, Mr.. Demonstration, you
know that if he worked like YOU
sap he does, he could have visit
ed more than 100 per month, and
that would only give him three or
four farmers to visit each day
and they live one-half to one mile
apart, Now if we farmers are as
Ignorant as you say, SO that it
takes the agent three and one.
hours to give US an idea, why if
we are that soft headed it is use
less for him to try to give US adj
vice. You stated that he left
home Monday morning and come
back Saturday night. If he real.
y put in this kind of time Mr..
Demonstration there would not be
SO much kicking done by the
farmers who have him to Day,
You are bound to admit that if
this demonstration work was put
to a vote 50 the farmer could de.
eide for themselves whether or
not they should have an agent
thru our country trying
to show a few of the best farmers
Of our country better method of
farming we would not have him.
lie is paid $1,000 per year and if
the police jury does not pay but
$500 the balance comes out of the
farmers. Now, Mr.. Demonstra-
Tor you are mistaken when you
say my letter was a political
scheme 10 beat Mr.. Smith
with Mr.. Humble for a
club. | do not think this is nee.
essary as Mr.. Smith in my opin-
on has dubbed himself for the
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-08

fessional conduct Of Mr.. L. W
McDougall, a member Of the Bal
of Washington P arish, and re,
lated to the meeting transaction
coming under his observation in
which Mr.. McDougall's conduct
is regarded ane unprofessional.
After considerable discussion
participated in by all members of
the Association, upon motion
and seconded, unanimously car
rlen, the President was directed
to appoint committee Of three
to lay the facts before the At
torney General Of the State Of
Louisiana with the view Of having
dlsbarment proceedings instituted
against the said l.. w. McDougall,
The President, Hon. P. B. Carter,
named the following as members
of said committee: B. D. TalIey.
d. r. Johnson, and J. Vol Brock.
Each member of the Bar OBJ
ligated himself to hand to some
member Of the committee,
carefully prepared in writing, the
circumstances connected with
any transastion had with the said
L. w. McDougall in which the
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-08
,|ar Association Meets

f1og ranklinton, La, June H.
gullE Washington Parish Ba,
III pe on convened pursuan,
again. III made by the President
nol pr. B. Carter, on the above
neat the courthouse il Frank
Daun, La, the following mem.
Jos answered the roll call: p. B
sisrter, M. W. OFT, C. E. OFT, G.
". Goodbee, D. r. johnson and
8. Vol Brock.
Hon. j. Y. Sanders, ST., O. H.
Carter and B. D. Talley, being
present by unanimous consent,
were enrolled as members of the
Association.
Hon. J. Y. Sanders, Jr,, repre-.
scented by J. Y. Sanders, ST., was
on motion unanimously carried,
enrolled as a member of the As.
ISOLATION.
The President, Hon. P. B,
Carter, stated to the Association
that the object of the meeting
was to consider the question of
what action, if any, should be
taken on account of the unpro.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-08
Spelling Bee.

On Saturday afternoon at 8
O'Clock, July 10th, at the home
of Mrs. l. N. McElveen at Dillon,
the w. NJ. ., of the Bogue Chit.
to Baptist church will entertain
the public at a "Spelling Bee
the old fashioned kind, to which
an admittance of 10 will be
charged Refreshments will be
Iserved and eve. :, body is cordial.
ly invited to be present,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-08

last seven years, about all he can
stand, 1t is the farmers that |
have in view. You claim that you
know just the time Mr.. Humble
put IN in behalf Of the farmer. |
do not dispute his being out five
days in the week, but we know
that he does not work for the
farmer all of this time for he goes
fishing sometimes. Mr.. Demon
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-08
Woman and Man Charged
With Murder Of Her Spouse.

Luke Providence, July 5-Nlrs
Minnie Flowers of Macon. Ga.
and Walter Cooper, a prominent
levee contractor Of Natchez. Miss.
are in the parish jail char ged
with the murder Of Walter Flow
er's on the night Of June 18th.
Cooper claims he Shot Flowers
in self defense.
Walter Cooper's levee outfit is
located ten miles north Of Lake
Providence, completing con-
tract, and several times in the
past few months Cooper has
driven his wife from the camp
after her repeated efforts to live
with him, it is charged.
On the last occasion. it is re-
ported, he threatened her life if
she returned. She is now in
Natchez, Miss.
Before and since the departure
OF Mrs. Cooper, Walter Cooper is
said to have paid attentions to the
Flowers woman.
Jim Gear, a foreman in Hell
gason Brothers camp adjoining
Cooper's, is responsible for the
information Of the murder.
Flowers had been missed from
the Cooper camp for some time
and Gears activities to learn Of
his whereabouts caused Walter
Cooper to swear Gear to secrecy
and tell him Of the murder and It's
details. This information was
gotten by Gear only last Satur.
day night and he also learned
that Cooper and the woman
would leave Sunday morning.
He Immediately came to town
and notified Sheriff Dunn and
early Sunday morning the pair
were taken from the train at Tai
lulah, La, by Sheriff Sewer of
Madison Parish, and returned to
Lake Providence.
Walter Cooper acknowledged
to Sheriff Dunn and Judge f. X.
Ransdell that he had shot Flowers
in the head, but was obliged to
do so in self defense.
According to the story told by
others on the night Of June 18th.
a aparty composed OF Walter
Cooper, Flowers and his wife.
and their ten-year-old daughter,
Elmo Ferguson and the negro
driver, Jim Posey, left Lake
Providence for the Cooper camp.
Somewhere along the road Coop.
err shot Flowers in the head and
the body was put under the wagon
seat. A short distance from the
Cooper camp the party buried
the body in the levee and for
some days new dirt had been
piled thereon by the outfit, until
at this time it is estimated that
Flowers body is ten feet down in
the middle of the new levee.
Nothing was heard of the al.
fair until the activities of Gear
brought a secret confession from
Cooper.
Sheriff Dunn and his deputies,
together with Coroner Long,
have gone to the levee camp this
morning to get Flowers body.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-08

strator you asked how could We
get visits from our next agent
ofterner than every - months.
By getting a practical farmer.
4 RED NECK.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-08

Willie Carp has purchased the
building formerly occupied by
'C. Doremus Drug Store
and family and contemplate
opening up a ) and 10 cent Store
in the early fall.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-08

SAD McDouSall'S conduct IS con-
sidered unProfessionaI.
After some discussion it was
informally agreed that all men,
bers Of the Association would
conform to the schedule of fees
as fixed in the by laws Of the AS.
ISOLATION, and the Secretary was
directed to furnish each member
with d copy of the charter and
by laws.
Th@e being no further business
the meeting adjourned subject to
the call Of the President.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-07-08

All kinds of printing-except bad.
Fine Commercial Job Printing.
Amply equipped to do frst-class
DOCK and catalogue work. No lob
700 small or too large. Try us,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-18

partins too much importance 10 the jug
siins ~ figures prac''scd by allied imam
cisi experts. As far ~ economies ~
concerned tho present war will not he
won by accumulated wealth but by the
productive power Of the bei,igerent ma
tons. Though even neutral Americans
%purposeiy turn their eyes away from the
fact. IL remains nevertheless true that
Germany has succeeded In creating n uni
verse OF her own. For her industry as
well as for the feeding OF the population
she Is no longer dependent upon foreign
markets. neither does she depend upon
accumulated stocks. but her own SOL.
labor and science have proved adequate
to her needs. As long as she can exist
upon this self-supporting basis she Is
not consuming capital. but daily creatins
new capital II we take the word In It's
true meaning as a means OF production
Her enemies are really the ones who
consume their capital. having to md
money 70 pay for huge im~portations
from all the corners OF the earth without
being able to keep up adequate exporta-
lions. They are indeed burning both ENDS
of the economic ca ndle.
r. J. OBERFoHREN.
NEW YORK, December II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-18
W11SO0-GAlt.

Mr.. WILSON and his bride--on
whom. that no favorable omen shall
be lacking In the nuptial celebration
at Washington to-day. THE SUN spe-
officially shines this morning. regard
less Of the meteorological conditions
prevailing on the banks Of the Poto-
mac-have cOmported themselves ad-
mirably since the announcement of
their engagement under somewhat
difficult circumstances.
The unavoidable publicity. the in
rushes OF fools, the advices of the
simple, the in%terventiOns of the ma
liciOus; a thousand incidental irri-
tants from which men and women
less cOnspicuously placed are free.
they have endured with equanimity
and good nature. Their unaffected
attitude in public has pleased their
10O,OOO,OOO neighbors and if some of
these have been too impulsive in the
exhibition of their interest. the de-
meanOr Of it's objects has given proof
that the friendly motives which In
spired 1t were not misintcrpreted.
We congratulate Mr.. WILSON and
Mrs. GAIT; we wish for them long
happiness and prosperity and we ex-
tend to them the compliments Of the
season. secure In the knowledge that
we speak the thought Of all our
fellow citizens.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-18
Captain COndOn's Eventful Career.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: The
announcement In THE Sun OF the death
of Captain Edward O'Meagher Condor
speaks of him as ore of Ireland's great
est patriots. This can he easily proved
by the services he has rendered both TO
his WI country and to the United
States.
Captain Condor came to New York
prior to 1861 and served through the
civil war. After the surrender of GEN
eral Lee to Grant he returned to ireland
and became a prominent leader in the
Fenian movement of 1867. lie was tried
for treason and sentenced to die with
Allen. Larken and O'Brien at Manches-
ter. but owing to his American citizen
ship Captain Condon's sentence was
committed to life Imprisonment.
He served eleven years in the British
prison at Portland. at the end OF which
time he was pardoned and exiled from
England. His pardon was obtained
through the activity of friends in this
country. who petitioned the United States
senate to have him released.
After he had been released In 1879 he
returned to America again and took up
newspaper work. lie later became a SUI
pervising architect at Washington, which
post he filed successfully until the time
Of his last illness.
When Captain Condor was condemned
to die he was asked II he had anything
to say. The answer he made has become
a slogan in Ireland. +. j. NJ.
NEW York, December II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-18
The Combatsnt War writev.

Moral courage IL nm attribute Justly
held in high esteem. Mr.. JAMES
BARNES Of Princeton and Africa de-
serves 10 he decorated for telling 'he
war scribes. at the dinner OF the So
ciety of Illustrators. that there IL gro
such animile" nowadays as the war
correspondent. Not If the General
Stats know II. Visitors to the front
are personally conducted In lulls in
the fighting: they are allowed to SEE
only what 1t is proper for them TO
see. and Of this the local commands
Is the judge. Even this experience il
sometimes attended with danger. for
the range Of n field gun is long and
shells are no %respecters Of persons.
But the intention Is to send these
visitors back with whole skins as well
as TO make sure that they can do no
harm afterward with their pens.
There is no such thing to-day. at
any rate in the great war. ms follow.
ing n campaign in the field and writ
ing about 1t from day to day for pub
liWntion. Much Of interest may he
written about the war from the skirts
of II. but the war correspondent, as
he used tn he known. Is about as ex-
tinct rs the dodo or the great aux.
Nevertheless. a literature Of per.
sonal experience will flower richly
after the struggle. II will he the
work of men of imagination and sen
timent who fought In the trenches
and underwent the nerve wracking,
soul shaking ordeal Of battle. Pri.
Yates II IS we'll rs officers will con.
tribute. for there are those in the
thick Of 1t who ran use the pen with
the Ease and realism Of any OF the
famous correspondents, RUSSELL. Nc,
GAHAN or ARCHIBALD FORBES. Al,
ready this literature Is in the bud
From time to time something with Il
moving appeal out Of the black
cloud behind which guns are boomin,
and men are dying for love of coun
try.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-18
BUYING LoBSTERS. PAYING
FREIGHT.
A Correspondent Finds an Analogy In
the Two Transactions.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir:
Transportation Of ocean freight IL a
service bought In an open. competitive
market. Even II Mr.. Ballard were cor
rect in his fgures-and James Moo
Brown submits a strong case to the
contrary--Mr. Billiards. conclusions a.
to the waste caused by American ship
pers paying freight to foreign ship own
ers are. in my opinion. unwarranted.
The payment Of a freight charge Is
a payment for a value received as surely
as the payment for a cargo OF
is n for a value received.
bananas could be grow in Maine or
North Dakota. and doubtless would be
IL II were not too expensive TO do so
in competition with Central American
planters. The United States could build
ships with tonnage enough TO carry all
our overseas freight, and doubtless we
would do 80 n our shippers could not
buy transportation at a cost satisfactory
to them.
Using Mr.. Billiards. arguments, a shoe
maker could be bla med for not tanning
his leather, the diner at a lobster pal
ace for not catching and broiing his
lobster. Expensive az his dinner is
at the palace. It would cost him more
to provide It BY his " efforts.
II our laws allowed an American to
buy any ship he wanted. wherever he
found it. or to import from any market
whose price and terms satisfied him the
materials with which to build ships.
without in either case being taxed for
his temerity, we might have a big mer-
chant feet.
Provided. however, that even under
such blessed conditions OF freedom II
would profit us more to buy or build
a fleet than to hire a feet from foreign
owners. Under conditions prevailing for
the past half century those foreigners
have been as much better circumstance
than We to provide tonnage as the owner
OF a Penobscot Bay lobster trap is bet
ter able to provide Holsters han is the
diner In a Broadway restaurant.
FAIR TRADE.
New YORK, December Il.
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Governor WhNmsn's Tar.

II was co~nclusively shown last
winter TINT mt only WINS the Whit
man state tax Of S19,OO.OOO unneces-
sary hut that ordinary prudence and
foresight would avoid any direct state
tax. These contentious. lucIdly set
forth then. are confirmed now in
Comptroller TRAvis's estimates Of rev.
nue. and expenditures for next year
which were made public this week.
The Republicans at Albany did not
intend to levy a heavy direct State
tax for next year. A State and a na.
tional election will he held next fall,
and the Republicans want to win
them. The whitman tax d%iscredlted
the Democratic administrators; tho
reduction or expunging Of the Whit
man tax Is depended on to bolster up
Republican credit generally and the
Whitman fame specifically.
Last week Governor WHITMAN was
widely quoted as predicting that for
next year the State tax would not
be more than n third Of the impost
for this year. Governor WHITMAN
did not deny this until after Comp
troller TRAVIS had gone 1t S8,OOO,OOO
better by announcing that no State
tax would be needed for 1917. I'm
mediately after Mr.. TRAvIs's prog
n%osticatiOn was issued Governor
WHITMAN disOwned IT, the familiar
p~hraseOlOgy of a virtuous politician
who desires to straighten an unfor-
tunate kink in his record the proph-
ecy attributed to him.
The Governors latest bulletin on
his financial upsurgings will be read
with these facts in mind: the Whit
man ambition Is for the Republican
nomination for President, but II that
is unattainable, he naturally wants
to run for Governor again: Comp.
troller Travis Is a candidate for the
nomination for Governor: Mr.. TRAVIS
must not he allowed to get any ad-
vantage out Of his computations OF
income and outgo.
Mr.. TRAVIS suffers under one seri-
GUS handicap in a controversy over
finances with Mr. WHITMAN. The
State Comptroller must at least pre-.
tend that he knows what he IL talk.
ing about.