The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-23

ton.
Mrs. Emma Russell and Mrs. j. w.
Jackson of New Madrid have been the
guests of Matron Margaret L, Gray
of State Hospital No. a the past
week. q
There will he an entertainment at
Copenhagen Church, for the benefit Of
the school, Thursday night, March 4.
Everybody invited. Admission 10
cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H Whitener Of
Marquand and Mr.. and Mrs. j. r..
Whitener of Herculaneum spent the
weekend here with c. E. Whitener
and wife.
Mrs. S. c. Watts has purchased an
"Allen" touring car from Lang Bros.
The Allen is an up-to-date car and
has every appearance of being one
of the best.
w. l.. Bouchard, editor of the Des-
loge Sun, is enjoying something of a
vacation this week, doing service on
the petit jury at the present term Of
Circuit Court.
If you don't buy "Direct from the
Factory" you are paying the middle
mans profit. Gillam's way is "Direct
from Factory to Home."-Bonne Terre
and Pennington.
DIR. G. E. Scrutchfeld returned the
last of the week from several days
visit to jefferson City, where. he was
looking after matters concerning State
Hospital No. a.
Justice VIM. Good, who recently
sold his home just outside the city
limits, south Of town, to F. 7. O'Dell,
removed to the Eisenberg property
on Columbia street this week.
j. S. Clay reports the sale of the
Jesse R. Pratt homestead, located in
the western suburb Of Pennington, to
Charles G. Calvird for the sum of
$1,000.
Mrs. J. T. O'Neal and son of Iron
dale motored over to Pennington last
Saturday. Mrs. O'Neal's daughter,
Mrs. Ruffner Lloyd, returned with
them for a few days visit.
FARM FOR SALE-120 acres, Z
miles east of Bonnie Terre, Mo-; 70
acres in fine timber. For particulars
address G. Couriskey, 1926 Oregon
Aye, st. Louis, Mo. Tat.
The, pupils in the Pennington pub
lie schools yesterday enjoyed holiday
| in observance of Washington's birth
day. The banks also took note of the
day by closing their doors.
The program, which had been ar
ranged for tonight by the Pennington
Literary Society, has been postponed
! for two weeks, owing to the pro-
tracted meetings which are now in
progress.
FOR SALE--119 acres of good land
80 acres in cultivation, balance in
timber; located 5 miles northeast OF
| Pennington. Price SIS per acre
easy terms. See j. S. Clay, Farmers
Bank building, Pennington, Mo.
W. A. Pratt, former well known
citizen of Pennington and st. Fran
cons county, now living in st. Louis
came in Wednesday evening to looE
after property here and to meet witt
his many old friends.
Joseph A. Reyburn, Deputy Collec
tor of Internal Revenue, was in Farm
ington a few hours Wednesday. JOS
many friends in this section, where hi
was reared and is well known, are al
ways glad to see him.
Oscar L. Halle & Co. Of Farming
ton have bought the abstract books Of
Ste. Genevieve county from Huck &
Co.. Ste. Genevieve. These books will
be used in connection with the bust
ness of the former firm.
Ask the one wanting to sell you {
piano, if it is standard piano, anC
how many are making a profit on it
Gillam's way is "Direct from Factor!
I'd Home."- Terre and Farm
mgton.
Elsie Wright, who is an inmate O
the orphans home, was taken to st
Louis Wednesday for an operation, b.
Rev. E. o. Sutherland, the superin
tendent of the Home. Just what he
trouble might be is not known a
present.
Carlisle Rozier, proprietor of tn
: st. Francois Motor Co., and Elme
Walsh, head mechanic, spent the frs
of the week in Miami, Okla, on bus
: mess. On their return Mr.. Walls
/. stopped at the Automobile Show il
: st. Louis.
Mrs. w. A. Gardner entertained
!. few friends informally last Thursda
Y afternoon in honor of Miss Ruth Ham
: mond of Chicago, who is visiting here
Mrs. Kossuth Weber entertained at
E tea for her Monday afternoon. Mis-
I Hammond will leave the last of thi
s week for her home.
Edgar Zolman returned the frs
t of the week from st. Louis, where h
I. spent two days with his wife, who
: recovering nicely from an operatio
she recently underwent at the Mis-
souri, Baptist Sanitarium. Edgar eX
:, poets her condition to be sufficient
. improved to permit of bringing he
home soon.
h Mr.. Harry F. Cornwall of West
! field, N. j., who is making bushes
7 trip through the Middle West, will b
here today to join his wife, who ha
been visiting her mother, Mrs. Can
: ria Cover, and spend a few days. MI
= and Mrs. Cornwall will leave Wee
nesday for Alabama and other South