The Farmington times., 1916-11-03

o. R. O'Bryan, of Huntsville, has
this week made several speeches in
the Lead Belt, in the interest of the
Democratic ticket. He is forceful
and interesting speaker, and makes a
favorable impression on his hearers.
Former Congressman NJ. R. Smith
was down from st. Louis the first of
the week visiting the family Of his
son, Taylor Smith. Mr.. Smith, who
has been an invalid for several years,
looked somewhat improved. He ex-
poets to leave the latter part of this
month for Florida to spend the win
ter.
w. H. Crepps will have a public
sale of live stock and farming equip
ment, at the Robert Tetley place, z
miles south of Pennington, on Sat
urday, Nov. 4th. Apt.
The automobiles of Claude Clay
and Charlie Parker, Leadwood citi-
zens, collided Sunday afternoon near
that place. Fortunately the occu-
pants of both cars escaped injury,
though both cars were considerably
danaAged. Mr.. Clay's car, being the
| lightest, suffered the greatest dam
age.
Every automobile driver must con-
slider it duty to report to the proper
authority all infractions of the law
governing the running of such ma
| chimes on the public highways, if the
safety of others is to be in any way
safeguarded. Auto accidents are con-
stantly and alarmingly growing in
frequency.
WANTED:-Man to represent us
in Pennington and surrounding ter
ritory. Establish a permanent bus
mess of your own. No capital re-
quired. Address, The Union Pacific
Tea Co., 603 Franklin Ave-, st. Louis,
Missouri.
This community was visited on both
Sunday and Monday nights by splen-
did rains, both of which came in the
manner calculated to be of the great
est benefit-slowly and gently. The
ground is now in excellent condition
for wheat sowing, and the indications
are that this will not prove to be late
for such sowing this season.
Work is now in progress at the M
E. Church, South, fitting up the large
basement for class-rooms. While this
was the original purposesin mind that
the basement was to be used for, wher
this splendid church was constructed
| a few years ago, it had never beer
completed and finished up for such
purpose. The work will soon be
completed and it will then afford splen-
did and spacious class-rooms.
Ed STAN, Jr., while driving mule
team out to the river for load of
gravel Tuesday afternoon, was over
taken by the electric car going
to DeLassus on the down grade along
| the State Hospital. The driveway
was narrow at this place, and the
mules became frightened or in some
way swung the wagon so that the cleo
tfic car struck it, showing wagon and
team to one side with such force that
one of the mules struck its head
against a telephone pole and was
knocked down and unconscious for 9
time, which. prevented a runaway
Ed was thrown out of the wagon and
considerably bruised but not seriously
hurt.
Several automobile loads of people
from this vicinity drove over to Poto-
81 Tuesday to attend the big Demo
cratic rally where Speaker Champ
Clark and Ex-Gov. A. NJ. Dockery
were the speakers. A great crowd
was in attendance and an interesting
meeting is reported. Among those
who went over from this county were
Jacob Day, ]. C. Williams, Frank
Robinson, Judge John Harter, VIM,
Matkin, Raymond Gruner, VIM. Mar
tin, Henry Sutton, Dan O'Sullivan,
Roy Gruner, Robert L. Clay, Sr., Mr..
and Mrs. Robert J. Clay, and Paul
Clay of Pennington, Charles Perkins,
Jack Hunt, Joe Evans, DIR. AuBuchon.
James Poston, A. G. O'Neal, E. C.
McMullin, Vardy Arenz, Miss Esther
Arenz and Charles Roome and fam
lily of Leadwood, and John G. Layne.
VIM. j. Layne and Jesse Sutton of
Elyins,