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The Farmington times., 1916-12-22
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES

The following is a summary of an
address delivered at Esther on last
Thursday evening by State Superin-
tendent of Schools, Uel W. Lamkin:
"The time has passed when only
the professional man receives a col
lege education. The grammar school,
the high school and the college, all
now have as their ultimate purpose
the training of the citizen for life,
The boy, for instance, is trained not
to be a physician, lawyer, or min
ister, but he is trained to make him
a better equipped man for any line
of work in which he may engage. AL
so, the teachers are now better quail
fled and better suited for the calling
IN which they engage.
Teaching is no longer court of the
last resort-where anyone who has
had an education and finds no partic-
ular place to apply it, may seek ref
uge. Time was when those who
could, did, and those who couldn't
taught school, But such is no long
err the case-the teacher must be
qualified in training and in personali-
", for the work engaged in, just as
N other professions, if he would sue
ceed.
"Another stride in advance in the
interest of education, is the part
which the State now takes in the
training of its boys and girls. Schools
| throughput the State are now pension.
I'd, the State Universities founded, foI
the education of the youth--in real.
ization of the fact that it is to the
best interests of the State to educate
rs young folks, and make them more
efficient citizens"
Superintendent Lamkin then brought
the great need of education home tC
the people of Esther. He pleaded witt
them "to give the kiddies chance
by deciding upon course there that
would give to their children advan
tages equal to any. He discussed The
crowded condition of the grades, anC
urged the erection of a new higl
school building to remedy the evil
He urged the fathers and mothers o.
the district to bequeath to their chill
dren the best thing possible, no
wealth but an education, which will
| put Inem upon an equdl looCllB VIII
all. He said that taxes for schoo
purpose should not be thought of a
an expense, but as a rich investment
which will repay you in brains, j
morality, and in better living.
The reader is indebted to Miss Mar
guerite Warren of the Esther Higl
School for this summary of Superin
tendent Lamkin's address. AS ou
county had not been honored by tn
visit of the State Superintendent TO
number of years, this visit become
of more than passing interest, and tn
giving to it of this entire column fo
the week is deemed altogether fit
ting and proper" Plenty of interest
ing news items for next week.
CO. SUPT. OF SCHOOLS.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22
COUNTY COURT

Proceedings of December adjourned
term mot included in last report:
port:
F. T. O'Dell was granted license to
keep a pool table in Pennington.
Noah Chandler, upon examination
of Drs. Weber and Robinson, was de-
clarcd to be proper person to be
committed to State Hospital No. as
a county patient, and was so commit
ted.
Final settlement of c. W. Francis
co as County Highway Engineer was
taken up and approved.
C. w. Francisco rendered his resig-
nation as Highway Engineer to take
effect December 10, which was ac-
cepted.
Warrants Issued.
Will Sebastian, hauling booths, So;
r. G. Ramsey, rent of Office for cleo
ton, $5; City Drug Store, Infirmary
supplies, $2.95; Klein Grocer Co.,
same, $49.55; Bonne Tcrre Pharmacy
Co., supplies for Board of Health, So;
C. j. Hill, burial unknown man killed
in railroad yard at Bismarck, $1450;
A. C. Devan, apples for Infirmary, So;
]. w. Henderson, Infirmary supplies,
$3.50; John r. Metz, Jail supplies, 81
95; Pennington Laundry, laundering,
1881; J. H. Kirkland, election sup
plies, $3.50; Nell & Phillips, mfr
mary supplies. $5; H: J. Braning, road
work, $1.15; Henry Nugent, Infirmary
supplies, $5; Standard Printing Co.
supplies for County Clerks Office
$245; Guessing Milling Co., Infirmary
supplies, $96.80; o. w. Chalk, bread
for Geo. Bishop, SO; Alice Strope, sup
port James McCarver family, $40
Dock Mackley, macadam for St. Louis
road, $4,000; e. X. Hawn, macadan
| for jackson road, $891.82; Farming.
ton News, stationery for Collector ant
County Superintendent of Schools
| STATS; Standard Oil Co., supplies fol
road work, $27.08; j. G. Williams
Grand Jury expenses, 5000; E. M.
Thomson, lights for court house ant
Jail, $19.06; Lang e. Bro. M. & M. Co.
repairs for road work, $45.72; ]. S
Boyer, support of poor persons a
Leadwood, 800; State Hospital No
4, support Noah Chandler, $78; Drs
| Robinson & Weber, examination o,
Noah Chandler, $5; c. M, Thomson
lights for Infirmary; Meyer &
Braning, macadam for Burks road
$43S.51; Louis Hopkins, labor Of
4 crusher, IS; Chas. P. Hale, repairing
road roller, $3.50; JohnBurlbaw, re
ceiving road material three days
1850; Solon Hough, repairs snd ma
terial at jail, s127,75; G. /. Garrett
| five days services as Presiding Judg
at present term, $26.75; Chas. T
Hale, same as Associate Judge, $26
| 70; u. s. Watts, same, $26; E. K
Hawn, rip-rap for Jackson road, $50
| 80; A. E. Korber, Inirmary supplies
| SAC; Henry Davis, stamps and tele
phone tolls, $2.40; j. c. Williams, fiv
days attendance at present term q
Sheriff, and trip to State Hospital NJ
4, $12.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22
BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES

Miss Vera Blankenship is doing
stenographic work in the office OF
Lawyer |. N. Thekkold at Elvins.
Erwin Eaton, one of our Industrious
students, is temporarily acting as
clerk in the Post Office at Farming
ton.
William Moothart of Bonne Terre
spent Saturday evening and Sunday
with his parents and friends in Farm
ington.
Miss Hazel Byington was in Bonne
Terre Saturday applying for an office
position, and will begin her duties in
the near future.
The Christmas vacation begins Fri
day noon, the 22nd, and extends to
Tuesday morning, January End, 1917.
President Moothart has received a
call from Governor-elect Gardner, ask
ing him to be present at meeting of
the Representative and Senators in
st. Louis, Thursday of this week.
On his way to attend said meeting he
spent a short time visiting the, Bis
marck college, and upon his return,
spent Friday noon with the DeSoto
Business College.
We understand that Mr.. Moothart,
joined by Mrs. Moothart and daughter,
Frances, will leave for Jefferson City
the latter part of next week, so that
he may be "on the ground" to get in
touch with conditions generally be-
fore the actual meeting of the Legis-
lature, on Wednesday, January Sd.
The compiler of these notes at this
time expresses his appreciation of all
the patronage given and kindness
shown to the different Moothart
schools, and to himself personally,
and trusts that all such may indeed
be permitted to spend specially
Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22
LITERARY SOCIETY
PROGRAM POSTPONED

Owing to the inability of some
numbers announced to be present to-
night (Friday) the regular fortnight
ly program of the Pennington Liter
ary Society will not be given tonight,
but will be presented on Friday eve
ming, January fifth. At that time
the following program will be given,
Selections by the Flat River High
School Glee Club.
Address Mr.. T. B. Chandler.
Brass Quartette- Mayford Spence,
Leslie Evans, Oscar Holland and
Ted Graves.
Reading-Miss Louise Lang.
Selection-The Schubert Student Or
chestra.
Extemporaneou Address-Cloud Cole
Violin Quartette-Misses Ila Abshier
Florence Radle, Tom Miles, E. G
Barroll and Prof. Porter.
Piano Solo-Miss Naomi Garner.
Upon the following Friday evening
(January 12th) the next regular fort
nightly meeting will be held, the pro
gram for which will be duly announc'
ed.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22
PLAN CROP ROTATIONS NOW

The evils of the single crop system
are suggested by figures secured by
the Missouri Agricultural Experiment
Station. Aften seventeen years of
continuous cropping to corn less than
twelve bushels an acre were secured
as compared with about fifty bushels
on ground that had been planted to
corn, wheat and clover in rotation;
and about fifty-four bushels on a ro-
tation of corn, oats, wheat, clover and
two years of timothy.
A little time spent in carefully
planning rotations before beginning
the spring work will pay bigger re-
turns than the same amount of time
spent in the field.
A good crop rotation should include
% a cultivated crop, such as corn,
(2) a humus and nitrogen-adding
crop, such as clover, COW peas, or soy
beans, particularly if they are turn
ed under, and usually (3) small
grain or grass crop.
Some of these crops have roots on
ly near the surface and others draw
their food from greater depths, SO that
crops in rotation do not wear out the
land as rapidly us single crop plant
ed year after year, but no rotation
can build ur the soil unless the pro-
ducts are fed on the farm and the
manure returned to the fields, or le-
gumes, like clover, cowpeas or soy
beans are grown and perhaps turned
under to keep up the nitrogen and or
ganic matter in the soil. In some cas-
es it may be necessary to apply phos-
pilates, potash or lime.
Non-competing crops should be chos-
en- instead of crops that will compete
with one another for the farmers time
so far as possible. For example, the
first cutting of alfalfa may demand at
tention at the same time corn should
be plowed, while timothy and clover
coming on later will make less COM
petition. The additional yield of al
falfa may more than over balance
this difficulty and many such consid-
erations must be balanced against one
another.-M. F. Miller, Missouri COL
lege of Agriculture.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22

problems of right living, of peace and
good relations in the four quarters of
the earth. / may be wrong in think
ing that the boys of today will be far
nearer to final questions and solutions
than the boys of my age were, but
that is the conclusion of what you
call wisdom, which l am asking to
put off with the gift of youth-return-
ing shoes. / crave the great adven-
ture which seems to make so little ap-
peal to the boys Of today."-Boston
Transcript.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22

thread for five cents. The American
housewife gets 1000. This is all the
more remarkable when you consider
that all our cotton must be shipped
from England or America, as we grow
none.
"Of course many of our dealers dis
like the fair price system, but that
isn't allowed to stop the regulation
What the dealers who disliked the
system say and think is not allowed
to cloud the issue" e."-Christian Science
Monitor.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22
WHAT SHALL / GIVE
AT CHRISTMASTIDE?

Give Ear to those who cry for
erumbs-and heap their homely lard
ders high, for Lo! the Joyous Seasons
here-and Christmas comes!
Give Hands to those who need a
guide, nor cast thought of race or
creed, since brotherhood is all worth
while at Christmastide.
Give Steps to those who cannot
piod on their own errands to and fro
above the crisp December sod as
others go.
Give thought to what you best can
do to cheer the heart and sooths the
mind and make the world seem good
and kind to those less fortunate than
you.
Give Smiles to all whose weary
load brings gloom and pain and gray
despair, and bends them low DER
ife's steep road; for smiles with them
are rare.
Give knowledge to the dull, un-
taught, for some there are who do not
know with what our Christmastide is
fraught; and speak of Him the Man
ger-born, beneath the Eastern Stars
pale glow.
Give Courage to the fearing hand
that needs the clasp of friendly hand,
and cheering smile and all good will;
give courage, then, to such as they
this day.
Give Heed to others and their need
They know, they feel, they have de-
sre; nor is it what you think is best
but rather what they most require
- ,,o,, ebo,,IJ oi,,a apd do and cav OT
Christmas Day.
Give Laugther-not the scornfu
sort, but laughter that abounds with
happy, wholesome sounds, and so in
fectious as to bring like retort.
Give Heart-the heart that beat;
for all upon this day; the heart that
greets the lowly and the high; the
heart that grows with sympathy ant
Knows but love for those who pass
you by.
Give Joy to all--it may be bread fol
61e, or Just a smile, or yet simple
toy, or words of praise or even golt
but give them all and you will give
but Joy.
Give Praise to Him that you hav,
Many things: good friends, and healti
---and life's long span. Give praise t.
lin for all these things and, best O.
IN, the Brotherhood Of Mani
And giving these, you will Nave Civ
eA more, by Far, than prince or poten
tate or modern Midas
You will have given better thing
tlAan stocks and bonds or lands or di
adems-
You will have given that which nei
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering 1t through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they win do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by f. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.. contains no
mercury, and is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc. II is taken internally and made in
Toledo, Ohio. by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Tes
tlmonials free
Sold by. Druggists. Price .75cs per bottle.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all credit.
ors and others, interested in the es-
tate of Helen M. Jennings, deceased
dat /, Joseph P. Jennings, Admins
traitor, of said estate intend to make
fnal settlement thereof at the next
tkrm Of the Probate Court Of st. Fran
cois County, State of Missouri, to bs
lid at Pennington, Mo-, on the 9th
day Of January, 1917.
JOSEPH P. JENNINGS, Adnr.
nec. 8, is, %, 20, Jan. s.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22
Good for Constipation.

Chamberlain's Tablets are excellent
for constipation. They are pleasant
to take and mild and gentle in effect.
0btainable everywhere. adv.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22

Calling Bucharest the little Paris
is enough to make Won Mackinson
thankful for small favors.
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22
TVAYLOR-MADE Clio tn es
not only excel in Style,
but they lead also in all

DuL tney leaQ also III ali
features of made-to-measure
tailoring.
The workmanship is carefully
done with skill and talent, and
every bit of material that goes
into them is up to the highest
standards. All wooden fabrics
are guaranteed to be genuine
pure wool only and the very
best that your money will buy.
Excellence is our motto all the
way through, and nothing
short of this are you expected
to accept.
1t will pay you to patronize
Taylor, for full value is re-
turned to you in honest ma
terials and tailoring, in addi-
ton to super smartness OF
Style and satisfactory service.
A. c. BOYD
The Farmington times., 1916-12-22

Apparently the greatest English
man is Welshman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-19
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
BASEBALL BRIEFS.

1t looks as though the Red Sox had to
fight for everything they received in the
Chicago series On one play in partlcu-
lar, the crowd swarmed onto the f1eld'
surrounding Scott at shortstop when he
gathered Collins fly ball. The police did
not have a great deal of control over the
fans.
Howard Ehmke, the recruit on the Ii
gers picked up by by Jennings from the
New York State league, seems to be
find The first two games that he worked
in proved to be easy for the lanky port
slider; his second was with Philadelphia
Saturday, Detroit winning by score OF
s to 5.
Sisler is probably the best al-around
man in baseball He has proved to the
public that he can play in any position
i'm the outfield or intield and IN Sunday s
game he came across with his second VIC
tory of the season in the box.
Frank Allen, another of the Boston
Braves hospital list, was on the field in
togs Yesterday. He has recovered his
physical we'll being and also his nerve.
While Johnny Evers is not back in the
game as yet he was at the game Sunday
and Yesterday with lot of pep that the
team has been in need of for several
weeks
Fro, the Indian pitcher in the Yer
mont State league, went through the
season until the last wo games without
losing game and he dropped the final
two
Alfred Emmons, the catcher on the
New Bedford high school team last
spring. is considered the most promising
catcher in the vicinity of New Bedford
since the DAYS Of Rabbit Meanwhile. Not
only is he a catcher, but on several oc-
casions there has been a call for him to
work a. a general utility man and he
has filled the position most admirably.
Emmons i thinking seriously of entering
Brown university this fall. although he
has bug for professional ball in his
head.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-19
NOT LIKELY
TO SATISFY
British Note Regarding Seizure and Cen
sorship Of Mails Will Not Meet
American Demands.

Washington, Sept la,--Great Britain's
reply TO the American note protesting
against seizure and censorship of Amer
lean mails is on its way 10 Washington.
Ii is understood to be largely a repeti.
tion OF arguments in justification of the
policies contained in a preliminary mem
orandum received here last February.
The protest of the United States made
MAY - declared that only radical
change in the present British and French
policy, restoring TO the United States its
full rights as neutral power, will sat
isfy this government,
At the British embassy yesterday 1t
was stated that the allies desired to
tighten the censorship as much as pos
sible and that it was with this end in
view that series of conferences TO be
held in New York this week between
leading American exporters and Sir Rich
ard Crawford. trade adviser OF the em'
bassy. had been arranged,
Embassy officials specifically denied ca
bic reports from Berlin that Great Brit.
ain had suspended cable communication
to Holland and Denmark and virtually
had cut off mail communication between
those countries and the outside world.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-19
COULD NOT LIVE.
John Agnew, Though Pensioned, Died for
Want of Work.

Chicago, Sept ia broken heart
because he had no work to do was SAID
TO have been the cause of the death OF
John Agnew, aged 81, by his son. On
July last, Agnew, after "a years serv-
ice for the city, went on the pension roll
n have nothing to live for now he Is
quoted by his son as having said, "rath-
err than quit / would work for nothing"
But the municipal pension law had to
be enforced. John Agnew had to STEP
down and out.
In the council chamber of the city hal
a few days later Mr.. Agnew received hi'
first pension check.
The occasion was celebrated BY vari-
Gus speakers, including Mayor Thompson
When they congratulated him on his long
service his eyes filed with tears.
This idleness is killing me, he told
his son later I'm afraid I'll never get
used to it. What blessing is work
work, work"
Members of his family tried to cheer
him up, but he grew worse and sun
day died.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-19
Start Tomorrow
and Keep It Up
Every Morning
Get In the habit Of drinking a
glass of hot water before
breakfast.

We're not here long so let's make our
stay agreeable. Let us live well, eat
well, digest well, work well, sleep well
and look well. What glorious condition
to attain. and vet how very easy It i
if one will only adopt the morning inside
bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel dull
and heavy when they arise, splitting
headache, stuffy from cold, foul tongue
nasty breath, acid stomach, can, instead
feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the
sluices of the system each morning and
flushing out the whole of the internal
poisonous stagnant matter
Everyone, whether ailing. sick or well
should each morning, before breakfast
drink a glass of real hot water with a
teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in
il to wash from the stomach, liver and
bowels the previous days indigestible
waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins
thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary canal before put
ting more food into the stomach. The
action of hot water and limestone phos-
phate on an empty stomach is wonder
fully invigorating. 1t cleans out all the
sour lamentations, gases, waste and
acidity and gives one splendid appetite
for breakfast. While YOU are enjoying
your breakfast, the water and phosphate
is quietly extracting a large volume OF
water from the blood and getting ready
for thorough flushing of all the inside
organs.
The millions of people who are both
cred with constipation, bilious spells
stomach trouble; others who have sal
low skins. blood disorders and sckly
compilations are urged to get a quarter
pound of limestone phosphate from the
drug store. This will cost very little
but is sufficient to make anyone a pro-
nounced crank on the subject of inside
bathing before breakfast-Adv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-19
RANDOLPH

Miss Inez Litchfeld left on Monday for
a several weeks stay in st. Johnsbury
Orleans and Barton, expecting to remain
at the latter place with a friend for some
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Cooling of Wolas-
ton, Mass, arrived here on Fiday and
were the Sunday guests OF Mrs Alpha
Messer, leaving ON Monday morning for
Whiting.
Mrs. Louise Newell of Fall River,
Mass, closed several days visit here
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. H, Powers, and LETT
on Monday for her home
Mrs. l. S. Chase went to South Port
land, Me, Monday to pass some time
with Rev and Mrs. Frederick Leeds and
wife. and etun home with them by auto.
Mrs. F. c. Bliss from Jericho, a Wis
itor OF her brother and wife, Rev. and
Mrs. G. +. Crawford, left Monday morn.
ing for Boston, going there to visit
friends.
Mrs. G. P. Fuller and her daughter,
Miss Gladys, left Monday morning for
New Bedford, Mass, where they went
for several days stay.
w. A. Mcintosh, after passing the sum.
mer in Melrose Highlands Mass, Wood
stock and Burlington, has returned home
to remain for the present.
j. H. Callahan left Monday morning
for Boston and will also pass some time
in New Bedford, Mass, before his re-
turn.
Mr.. and Mrs, Frank Stiles left Sun
day for Port Henry, \. Y, where they
went for two weeks stay with rela-
tives.
Fred Terry, who has been here for
several days, while Mrs. Terry was re-
covering from surgical operation, per
formed at the sanatorium, returned to
his home in Worcester, Mass, Sunday,
leaving his wife more comfortable and, 1t
is thought, making a good recovery.
Miss Marie VanValkenburg OF Athol,
Mass, arrived here on Monday to take
the position as milliner i'll the store OF
Mrs. J. f. Tewksbury for the season.
Miss MAY X Howe and her grandmoth-
or. Mrs Elizabeth Rand, returned sun
day night from a vacation passed Tor the
most part in Massachusetts,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank i. Pratt of Mont
peier were in town on Sunday, the
guests of Mr.. Pratt's sisters, Mrs. Q. ).
Chamberlin and Miss Mary Pratt.
MIR. and Mrs. Dean Nedgwood of New
Haven, Conn. are here for several
davs' stay with Mr.. Wedgwood's mother,
Mrs w. F. Wedgwood.