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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07
PRIMROSE

Those who were entertained at the
home of VIM. A. Moon Sunday were:
Misses Blanche Rawson of Bonnie
Terre, Robert Jones, Lass Cash, Fir
man Moon. Leathel Rawson, Jake and
Manuel Moses, Robert, Leonard, Floyd
and Harvey Lawson.
There was a party given at the
home of Mr.. Criscell of near Melzo
Saturday night. Everybody present
left at late hour declaring they had
a most excellent time. Those pres
ent were: Misses Minnie and Katie
Hoelzel, Elsie, Edna and Blanche Raw
son, Nellie Moon, May Carter, Elsie
Spurgeon, and Leona Criscell; Char
ley and Leonard Lawson, Robert, Sam
uel, Bryan and Wilburn Jones, Elmer,
Leathel, Finton and Everett Rawson,
Lee and James Douglas, Finton Rob-
erts, Jake and Manuel Moses, Amos
Holdman, Carl Hoelzel, Delbert Pet
ties, Ellis Moon and Lefis Criscell.
Lee Douglas of near Melzo was call
ing on friends at Tunnel Sunday.
Amos Holdman of Melzo was 8
guest at the home of Mrs. Turley OF
near here Sunday.
Everett Rawson of Bonnie Terrt
spent the weekend here at the home
of his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Rawson.
We have been having some COO
weather.
Brent and Raymond Cole have re.
turned from Ware, Mo-, where they
have been attending the jefferson
County Baptist Association, which
convened there Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week.
Mrs. jamie Rawson was shopping
in Bonnie Terre one day last week.
Several from here attended B. Y
P. u. at the Prospect school house
Sunday night.
Miss Beulah Moon of Bonnie Terri
visited her parents Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Moon and son, Ellis
were Bonnie Terre visitors one day las
week.
Miss Minnie Hoelzel and brother o.
Melzo were shopping in Bonnie Terri
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07
WORK WORTH WHILE

Though peace should come over
night, the young men who have come
back from the Officers Reserve Corps
training camps with the shoulderstrap
trophies, and those also who were un-
successful in securing commissions,
have had an experience that they can
scarcely overvalue. They have been
taught the priceless lesson of work
worth while. They have been put
where nothing counted but their own
efforts and their own industry and in
telligence. They have had indelibly
scared into them the realization that
neither wealth nor ancestry make
brains or courage or character or any
of the basic elements essential to sue
cess in the real battle of life.
Work worth while, these boys will
tell you, has a reward of satisfaction
which no other work can give. To
rise at daybreak and strenuously en-
gagged till after shutdown conduces to
the sleep that refreshes and invigor-
ates. To go through course of
study, even touching only the high
spots, in a few weeks that military
academy students take four or five
years to acquire, is test of quality
and equality that only the elect and
select can match up with. The en-
during part Of it is self-confidence
gained, the appreciation of the unde-
niable sequence Of success following
perseverance rather than knowledge
that the same application to other
pursuits will bring results common
surate with the outlay of effort.
But work worth while waits all Of
US in abundance wherever we may be.
The lesson Of the boys in the training
camps should not be lest On those who
are not eligible or who are not admit
ted. Work worth while brings its full
compensation by whomsoever per-
formed, and it is the only pleasure, for
that matter, that is compensatory
Minneapolis Journal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07
REASONABLE WAR TAXES

Even a war tax must have some JUS
LITIGATION other than the fact that the
country needs the money, and the ac-
ton of the Senate Finance Committee
in rejecting the retroactive clause of
the income tax provision and also the
more radical Lenroot surtax scheme
deserves approval.
All the income taxes for the calen-
dar year of 1916 will have been paid
by next Saturday, and substantially
all the income of that year has long
been apportioned, if not actually ex-
pended or merged into principal, so
that any additional tax now imposed
and TO be Immediately collectable
would be tax on income of the pres
ent year, which with surtaxes, excess
profit taxes, stamp and excise taxes,
bids fair to be pretty nearly exhaust
ed
Chairman Kitchin's threat to lead
the House in revolt against the SEN
ate changes in the war revenue meas
ure and to refuse to go into confer
ence on it appears to have fallen on
ears that will not hear. The Senate
is not usurping any privileges of the
House, but merely accepting respon-
sibility that the House abdicated when
it passed on a revenue measure which
was admittedly a makeshift.-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07
:; COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE ;:

Thursday.
VIM. A. Moon transacted businesses
in Bonnie Terre the latter part of last
week.
Geo. Holdman of Melzo was Bonnie
Terre visitor Friday.
The funeral of the baby Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willie Douglas of Bonnie Terre
was held here Friday evening.
VIM. Holdman gave a house-raising
on his farm Saturday. The men very
generously turned out and assisted in
the work.
Miss Nellie Moon is visiting her
cousin, Miss Blanche Rawson, of
Bonen Terre this week.
Misses Edna and Elsie Rawson and
Myrtle Pettes were guests at the home
of their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Rawson Sunday.
Mrs. John Rawson and son were
shopping in Bonnie Terre Friday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07

Miss Leona Burgess visited friends
at Flat River and Doe Run last week.
Geo. Burgess and Ed Hawn attended
the picnic at Ste. Genevieve Labor
Day.
Chestnut Ridge is remodeling its
school house, making it much larger.
Mr.. Haskins, who purchased Chas.
Silvey's farm at Chestnut Ridge last
spring, has taken the old store away
and built nice barn instead, and put
new wire fences all around the farm.
We understand he intends making a
chicken farm Of it. We wish him sue
cess. a.sai
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07
BISMARCK

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Barth of St.
Louis are spending the remainder OF
their vacation among Bismarck
friends.
Hazel Thomas of jefferson county is
visiting among her many friends here
this week.
Mrs. Amanda Golfer of Wanchula,
Fla, is here at present visiting her
son, Bert Meyer, and family.
o. E. Templeton is confined to his
bed with typhoid fever.
Charles A. Grisham came down
from St. Louis Friday evening to
spend several days with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bowen LETT
Thursday morning for st. Louis. where
they will make their future home.
Mrs. Mary McNeal of Cherryville
visited S. M. Beard and family last
Sunday.
Mrs. B. L. Chance, who was taken
to the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium
in st. Louis on Monday afternoon to
undergo a surgical operation for an-
dominal abscess, is reported improv-
ing very nicely. :.
Miss Lettie Hunter, primary teach
er, returned home Monday evening
from attending the State Normal at
Cape Girardeau.
Mrs. G.. W. Moothart Of Farming
ton spent Thursday and Friday of
last week with ]. R. Thompsonu and
family.
Mrs. Gilbreath of Piedmont is a
guest of her sisters, Mesdames NJ.
Bisplinghoff and VIM. Gruner, this
week.
Misses Faye T. Walters and Grace
Hillman of st. Louis arrived here
Tuesday to spend the week with Judge
and Mrs. C. T. Tullock.
A branch chapter Of the Pennington
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07

There is a town called Lowden, in
Iowa, which appears to be veritable
hotbed of pro-German and sedltlous
propaganda. An investigation car
Red on by the Chicago Herald shows
that the schools of the place have, for
years. been controlled by German
Americans. The children have been
taught to believe Germany the inno-
cent victim of English Vaccinations;
England is represented as a wicked
nation responsible for all the horrors
of the war, and children and adults
alike are left to decide for themselves
as to how to regard the United States
when they are informed, at every OPP
nortunity, that the latter is England's
apologist and ally.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07
$500 WORTH OF FLAGS
REQUIRED BY EACH
u. S. BATTLESHIP

One of the most interesting corners
of the Brooklyn Navy Yard at this
present busy time is the factory where
the master Flagmaker presides. I'm
der his supervision flags are made for
all of the American warships on this
side of the world, for Atlantic coast
naval stations and government build
ings upon the Eastern seaboard. An
other factory at the Mare Island yard
in California, does similar duty for
the Pacific coast stations and the YES
sells in the Pacific.
Every battlcship of Uncle Sans
navy has not less than $500 worth OF
flags, ranging from the tiniest pen
nant to the greatest of Old Glories.
More than 40 foreign flags of all ma
tons of the earth must be carried up
on every cruise. These vary from the
banner of China, with its fearsome
dragon to the white elephant on the
flag Of Siam.
When a battleship is dressed in its
colors, the outfit represents 250 hags
of MANY kinds and sizes. Most of the
larger flags are rs feet by ID feet,
made of the best wool bunting, IL
inches wide. This bunting is Of the
highest quality obtainable and under
goes severe tests before it is accepted
But the action of wind and weather
makes the replacement Of flags ire
quent thing.
The fiagmaster's art is an exacting
one and MANY modern descendants OF
Betsy Ross arc employed by the
Brooklyn Flag Master. Much skill is
required to make such a flag as that
of Venezuela, which has pranclng
horse upon it. A special machine has
been designed for cutting the Whit'
stars used in our own flag. These are
of eight sizes, and every year many
thousands of such stars go into flags
made by government employees. TheSf
stars vary from two inches to Il
inches in diameter.
Of all the figs used in the Unitet
States service that of the President !:
the most difficult to make. 1t is hand
sewed throughout, and requires tn
steady labor of woman for one wnol'
month. This flag is made in two slz
es, 10 x Ia feet and 8 5 feet. 1t has
background with the United State
coat-of-arms in the center. The life
sized eagle on the flag is the thinl
that makes its production so delicat
a task. Every detail of the eagl
must be worked out perfectly, AM
skill of high order is demanded from
the seamstress who is invested witt
the dignity of making a flag for tn
President.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07
CHESTNUT RIDGE

Eugene Simms, who has typhoid
fever is much better at present.
Miss Anna Knapp and her friend,
Marie Cunningham. returned to their
home in st. Louis last Sunday, after
a weeks visit with Miss Knapp's aunt,
Mrs. John Burner, and uncle, John
Burner, and cousin. Miss Mamie Ne
Elligott.
Beryl Porter drove his car to Ste.
Genevieve Labor Day, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bowling and their
grandson, John Cleve, and Judge
Mitchell.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07
COLEMAN

We are having some real hot sum-
mer days again. But cool weather is
near at hand.
A dark and bad looking cloud pass
ed over this community Monday.
Our community thanks the good
Lord for the good rains He has sent
US this summer.
Miss Viola Mcfarland and brother,
Guy, attended the singing Saturday
night at A. j. Gordon's of Avon.
DIR. Haney and several of his friends
of Flat River motored down to New
Church to visit his brother Sunday.
Several from this neighborhood at
tended church at River Aux Vases
Sunday.
W. M. Blackledge and parents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Blackledge, motored
through this community Wednesday
morning on their way to Ste. Gene
We've, where William will open his
office for several days.
Ben Rigdon of River Aux Vases
spent Wednesday with his sister, Mrs.
Chas. Bauer.
Miss Della Graves was a guest Of
her friend, Miss Hilda Bauer, Sunday
afternoon.
Will Patterson spent Sunday with
his friends, Hugh and Guy McFar-
land.
Miss Mandy Battler and brother
spent Saturday with their sister, Mrs.
Nora Gegg. They were accompanied
home by their brother, Ed, who has
employment at Mr.. Gegg's.
Mrs. Elsie Gordon and daughter,
Nevada, spent several hours with
Mrs. Mcfarland Friday afternoon.
Miss Viola Mcfarland spent Sun
day afternoon with Miss Eva Haney.
The central girls, Misses Susie and
Emily Gegg, are spending several
days with home folks.
Miss Eva Haney is "hello" girl at
present.
Mrs. jim Haney spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. Henry Richey.
Ben Graham and family and his
sister, Ophia, motored to Frederick
town Monday to attend a big show.
Ralph Boyd and family of Charles
ton are visiting relatives and friends
in this community.
A. j. Rigdon and son of River Au1
Vases spent Friday with his sister
Mrs. Chas. Bauer, of this community
Miss Ella Graves spent Monday al
ternoon with Miss Eva Haney.
VIM. Mcdowell and family of this
community have moved to Perryville
We are sorry to lose these good neigh
bors.
Tucker Boyd and family moved tt
our town Friday. We welcome them
A. C. Wade has bought Tucker
Boyds old place from Mr.. Mcdowell
and took possession Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robertson moved from
the Henry Halter farm to the Emmett
Boyd farm near New Church.
Richard Adams and family motoret
to Irondale Monday. They were &C
companied home by Mrs. Adams bro
Their.
Several from this community mo
tored to Ste. Genevieve Monday t
attend the River Side picnic.
Ralph Griffith took dinner with hi
mother, Mrs. John Danieley, Of Fla
Woods Monday. -.
Miss Elsie Govreau took dinner wit
Chas. Bauer and family Sunday, an
/ in the afternoon Miss Govreau an
: Jim Bauer spent the evening with he
parents at River Aux Vases.
Frank Graves of River Aux Vase
has rented Tom Boyd's house here.
C. Graves is working for his uncle
; Frank Graves, of River Aux Vases.
Mr.. Houck says he will soon give u
E daily train.
Mrs. John Gegg spent Monday wit
her daughter, Mrs. VIM. Smith.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07
Eleey in a Country Print-SEop

taken thirty the hook it's quitting time for SLIM
closed the shop this afternoon read the proof en- him.
find pretty mddng clean, p line here and there,
only a to slip in anywhere;
tickets foreman's desk, all figured up spcse
He had fat takes and some ean but that's the way gees;
what's his overtime what his check will be,
guess he'll strike the average, along with and me-
middlng widehe liked to set that
wasm mostly solid stuff, and not much display;
of friend of and mne
think worthless chap quaddng out his line
He told nigh a month cool as anything
dupes pasted mdding longish string
the guessed he'd had his share
Of double price, and maybe some to spare
showed ean and did his work right,
never hked could double-space the night
his matter his form closed
galley's empty the rack, his slug twentyth
what the Cashiers desk will have to give to slim;
Wen mark rule in the proof and prayer for him.
For in the East it's getting light Uptown
80 : . Anonymous
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07

Germany would dearly love to have
peace thrus. upon It while it still holds.
stack Of chips won carly in the
game. when it had dealt all the aces
into its cWn hand.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07

China and Siam may not be of much
help in the war against Germany, but
their entry is encouraging and SHOWS
that they have excellent Judgment in
picking winner.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-07

NOTES-Trains Nos. 2ZS ana maze o ~
No belmont Branch trains
Train No 2O7 runs daily except sunday
All ether South-bound trains run daily
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-04-12
NEGROES ARE LOYAL,
LEADERS DECLARE.
COMMITTEE ENAMEDlNCOLUMBiA
MASS MEETING CALLS ON Gov
ERNOS MANNING.

ERNOS MANNING.
Columbia, April GA committee
of twelve negroes called on Governor
Manning this afternoon and present
ed resolutions adopted at mass
meeting of colored people in Colum-
bia the other night expressing their
loyalty to President Wilson and the
United States, and to the State gov
ernment. They offered their services
in any capacity in which they might
be used and assured the Governor
that the negroes of South Carolina
are ready to do their part as soldiers
in the army of the United States.
The committee, which was named by
the mass meeting to present the re-
solutions to the Governor, was COM
posed of leaders in the several fields
of endeavor and represents the sen.
timent of the colored population.
Governor Manning assured the
committee of his appreciation of their
resolutions and IF their willingness
to serve the country. He told them
that under the present plan it was
not the intention of the government
to increase the number of National
Guard units. He stressed the fact
that they could serve the country in
the present time in other capacities
than soldiers, and called to their at
tention the need to raise all the food
crops possible. He urged them to use
their influence with the colored peo-
pie to stay on the farms and work or
take hold of any situations which are
offered them. The necessity for eco
nomic preparedness is great. the Gov
ernor said and it is here that the ne
groes can be of great assistance.
The Governor referred to the re-
cent migration of the negroes to the
North and said that he believed a
great deal of this was obtained
through misrepresenting the condi-
tions there and the fanciful stories
of wages. He said the South was the
place for the negro and the Governor
urged the committee to use its in
fuence in stopping this migration.
The Chief Executive assured the COM
mittee that he believed in giving the
negroes fair treatment and assured
them that this was his purpose and
intention. He told of his apprecia-
ton of their patriotic action.
The committee asked the Governor
to make appointments of negroes as
notaries public and said they suffered
much inconvenience in not being al
lowed commissions as notaries. The
Governor told them he would consi-
der this matter and would have some
thing to say on it further. He had,
he said, revoked the commissions OF
negroes as notaries because in some
instances they were abusing their
commissions and were imposing on
their own race. The committee said
they hoped he would investigate each
applicant thoroughly and name only
such as were worthy of commissions.
but that it would be a great help to
them in business. The Governor
promised to give careful considera-
ton to the matter. The Rev Richard
Carroll came along with the commit
tee. He was the chairman of the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-04-12

Mayor Levy presided, and after
prayer presented the Rev Geo A
Teasley, who spoke very briefly up
on the necessity of preparing our
selves. He said We had entered
into the greatest war of all history
and must therefore make prepara-
tions upon scale hitherto undrem-
ell of. He said that the United
States was capable of fighting a de-
fensive war against the whole world
to successful conclusion, and that
Germany was second only to the
United States in its ability to fight
a defensive war against the whole
world, and that we had no light
task ahead of us if we expected to
overcome our enemy. 1t were well
to recognize this fact and make ade-
quate preparation. Then we might
expect to win this war in two or
three years. But a halfway prepara-
ton might prolong the war for sew
eral years. Other speakers were in
troduced and made excellent talks.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-04-12
ANDREWS HAPPENINGS.
Observance Of IEaster...Large
Preparedness Meeting.

Andrews, April II, Special: The
Easter season was the occasion of
much JOY in Andrews. The pri-
mary department of the Methodist
church had an Easter egg hunt on
Friday afternoon. There were over
fifty of the little tots present and
many of the older people came out
to see the little ones enjoy them
selves. After the egg hunt the chill
dren were given an automobile ride.
On Sunday, there were special
Easter services. The churches were
beautifully decorated and suggestive
of the joy and gladness that should
thrill the hearts of Christians every
where as they contemplate the glori-
Gus truth of the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead.
The call of Mayor ] G Levy for a
mass meeting of the citizens of An
drew to consider the necessity of
preparedness for the war that is
now upon US, brought together at
the public school auditorium Mon
day night the largest audience seen
n this town for some time past.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-04-12
Items from Trio.

Trio, April 9:-Farmers around
here are very busy planting.
Miss Mittie Moore returned home
Saturday afternoon from pleasant
visit to friends at Andrews.
Misses Bessie Register and Matte
Jeffords spent the weekend in Lake
City.
Mr. Charlie Boyd of Blakely was
visitor here Sunday night.
Messrs R A and Walter E Moore
had business in Kingstree Tuesday.
Mr. j B Files made a business trip
to Kingstree last week.
Miss Abbie Smith of Andrews
spent the weekend here with her
cousins, Misses Marietta and Mittie
Moore.
Miss Bailey. teacher of the Trio
graded school. spent the weekend at
Andrews with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs R w Bailey.
Mrs A w Graham, whoS has been
indisposed for the past three weeks,
is improving, we are glad to report.
Mr. and Mrs Gladstone of Andrews
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs J W Moore, of this place.
Mrs ] J Mccullough spent Monday
afternoon in town with her daugh-
ter, Mrs w N Register.
Miss Marietta Moore was visitor
to Kingstree Tuesday.
Messrs R A and w E Moore mo-
tored up to Florence county Sunday.
The Christian Endeavor society
held its regular meeting here Sun
day night, with large attendance.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-05-15
Twin Falls Red Gross Has
Many Members But Needs More

The Twin Falls chapter, National
Red Cross association, is DESTROYS OF
obtaining as large a membership as
possible in the national association. Al
ready, according to the secretary, Twin
Falls has gone far ahead of its per
capita apportionment, but many Of
the smaller towns in the state have
made a much greater per capita in
crease than Twin Falls.
The campaign for membership so
far has been highly successful and it
would appear that almost every man
and woman in the city had been
reached, but nearly every day the
membership committee learns of
someone who has not had the oppor-
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-05-15
THE MOTHER OF A ROY.

I didn't raise my boy to be coward
l want my boy to go if there is war.
l want to stand and watch him proudly
marching;
l want to gaze upon him from the
door.
do not want to lose him or to keep
him,
I only long and long to have him be
A man whene'er his country comes to
sweep him
Into her surging legions of the free.
I do not want my boy to be a craven;
l love him and I'd hate to see him
go;
And yet I'd rather lose him, sadly lose
him,
Than have him hide in fear to face
the foe.
I've prayed with all the spirit of wom
an
For peace, and that our struggle
might rot come;
But if it comes I want him brave and
human
My boy must march away with flag
and drum.
I'd give him. yes thousand times I'd
give him,
With all he means to me of love and
joy;
Because 1 would not love him if he
wasn't
My ideal of a woman's kind of boy.
do not harbor hate or yearn for ven
gence-
would not crush violet with my
hand;
But if it comes to fighting, then 1 want
him
To be a man and struggle for his
land.
1 want my boy to go if he must enter
This mad world conflict raging in its
might;
With all it means to me to have him
leave me,
I'd give him to his country, help him
fight.
For SO, think, mother does her duty