The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-05

! there Tuesday Of tuberculosis, aged
about 30 years. He leaves a wife and
three children. He is gon-in-law- of
Vim. Rigsby Of De Lassus.
Kennett Byington of Route 2,
Pennington, returned Monday from
Chicago, where he spent Christmas
week with his wife, who is visiting her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Braham, who
formerly resided in Pennington. Mrs.
Byington will prolong her visit week
or two.
WANTED Team of last spring
mules; good matches. ] will pay good
price. Dan O'Sullivan, Doe Run, Mo.
Leon and Harvey Halle, who spent
the Christmas holidays with their pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar L. Halle
left Tuesday to resume their college
work. Leon is studying medicine at
the st. Louis University, and Harvey
is attending Westminster College at
Fulton, Mo.
Among patents just issued by the
Government is one to j. j. Cooper OF
i Desloge for railway car end. The
patent has been sold. A patent was
also issued to. G. Z. Myers of Iron
ton for an automobile running mech
anism for telephone systems. 1t is
likewise sold.
The New Year dawned amid
wealth of sunshine, bright and beau
tiful as a May morning. A splendid
rain had fallen on New Years Eve,
and 1917 was ushered in as beautiful
as dream. May it prove to be cor
rect forecast of what the entire year
j will be for all.
| Stovesl Stovesl Stovesl All kinds
of Stoves, for coal or wood, at prices
that are right. You should sec them
before placing your order, at Nell 4
Phillips.
GO. Nations, Jr., who is employed
on the st. Louis Globe Democrat, son
of Judge and Mrs. G. o. Nations of
Pennington, recently passed the State
, law examination at jefferson City.
The Times is not informed as to
, whether or not he intends entering up
on the practice of law.
j VIM. O'Sullivan came down from
st. Louis the first of the week for a
. few days visit with relatives and old
friends. The truth is "Bill" can't feel
perfectly at home anywhere outside Of
Pennington; neither does Farming
ton seem exactly the same without his
, familiar face on the streets.
Il w. L. Beck, son of Joseph Beck, one
of our most substantial citizens, is
spending the Christmas holidays with
his parents. Mr.. Beck has for the
past four years been working in St
Louis at his trade of cigar maker. He
has a good position and is well salts
fed with the way the world is serving
? him.
Ed Klein, who came up from his
Arkansas farm to spend the holidays
! with his family, this week bought q
splendid pair of mules from W. b
Rariden, and shipped them down to
his farm yesterday, his SOM Herbert
going along in charge of the animals
Mr.. Klein will return to his farm
Saturday. ',a. 7s; tt4s#m
-Four head Of cattle, with smooth
a crop off of right ear, and split in right
ear; labeled in left ear 81. Powers
: Bismarck, Missouri" unless label is
: lost, in which case the hole will be
seen in the upper part of ear near the
i, head. 52-5'
: County Judges C. l. Garrett, w A
: Mitchell and f. M. Matkin, also Pros
: ecuting Attorney Thos. J. Mathews
and Garrett Counts were dinner guests
J., at the County Infirmary, where Sui
i perintendent T.. N. Henderson gave
S them cordial welcome and entertained
: them in most satisfying manner al
splendid dinner.
4 John T. Burks of Charleston was
!. in Pennington Saturday paying taxes
: and favored The Times with an appre'
4 ciated call. Mr.. Burks was formerly
one of st. Francois county's most pop.
:. ular citizens, as could be attested BY
a watching the slow progress he makes
while in this city, as everyone seems
> DESTROYS of shaking hands with him.
r Ask the one wanting to sell you 6
; piano, if it is standard piano, ant
e how many are making a profit on it
: Gillam's way is "Direct from Factor!
to Home. "--Bonne Terre and Farm
4 ington.
The next number of the Entertain
a ment Course will come off at tht
r Monarch Theatre next Tuesday eve
ming, January 9th, with the Washing
ton University Glee and Mandolin
! Club Concert. limitations of the versa
: tile Scotchman, Harry Lauder, by
! Mr.. Harlan, black faced skit EMIT
! led "Lost, Strayed or Stolen" a Vi
= olin solo by Milton Tucker, songs BY
the Glee Club, and other musical nov
= elites.
The New Year was ushered int
Harrington with much merry making
by the younger generation. For hours
s it seemed, around midnight, there wa'
n an understandable din of ringing O.
a bells, footing of horns, and exploding
: Of all kinds Of bombs. 1t seemed tina
G the Old Year was either loath to de
part, or the new babe was filled witt
i hesitation about crossing the thresh
It hold. But the miracle was finally per
}. formed.
i Napoleon B. Raines, vino is nov
e an inmate of the Confederate Hon1'
at Higginsville, Mo-, was here on
IS visit to his brother, George Raines
}, and meeting old friends. He is in ex
aof1o.,+ haalth hx1f ;c en- c1.innlnd in FIJI,