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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01
ELVINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Rudy Of
Bonnie Terre visited Mrs. Rudy's pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Reese, Sat
urday and Sunday.
| G. G. Carr and daughter, Lourana,
visited relatives in Pennington last
Sunday.
Mrs. Sylvan AuBuchon and sister,
Miss Lucy Kenner, were Desloge WIS.,
itors Saturday.
S. |. d. Smith has added his name
to tn list of small pox patients this
week.
Mrs. Frank Lindeman and Miss
ThelmN Wilson visited friends in st.
Francois Saturday.
Mrs. Carl Lupkey visited relatives
in st. Louis several days last week.
Miss Mira Francis of Bonnie Terre
visited Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Francis
Friday and Saturday.
Miss Martha Runk, who has been
visiting friends in Nashville, ILL.,, for
the past week, returned home Thurs
day.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Boyd,
May 23d, fine girl.
Mrs E. Kline returned home Thurs
day, after weeks visit with rela-
tives in st. Louis.
! John Delcour attended the Drum
mers' Association at DeSoto Mo-, last
Friday.
H. L. Calvird Visited relatives in
Pennington Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. McCroery, who
moved to Webb City several months
ago, have returned to Elvins to live.
Mr.. McCroery is quite i'll at this writ
ing.
Mrs. F. M. Dulin of Colorado and
Mrs. S. G. Biffle Of Bismarck are the
guests of c. G. Carr and family and
DR.. G. W. Tidwell and family this
week.
DR.. G. M. Carr and son, Monsoon, of
Marquand were guests of relatives
here Tuesday.
Mayo and Henry Stenson, who have
been making their home with Mrs.
VIM. O'Heeron for the past year, de-
parted Tuesday for Canada to live
with their father, VINO is in business
there.
Mrs. Chas. Sizemore was a Lead
wood visitor Monday.
Mode Fisher, who has been in Pu-
eblo. Colorado, for the past three
weeks, returned to Elvins Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah Fisher and grandson,
Leslie Maurer, were Desloge visitors
Monday.
The members of the Elvins Senior
League were delightfully."- entertained
at the home of DIR. and Mrs. G. W. It'd
well last Thursday evening. The eve
ming was spent playing various games.
Delicious refreshments were served.
All present reported a delightful
time.
Mrs. Chas. Waters and Mayo Stem
son visited relatives at Mine La Motto
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. L. R. Reid and daughter, Miss
Essie, visited friends in Elvins Tues
day afternoon.
Frank Carr; who has been attend
ing the University Of Missouri, re-
turned home Thursday.
( Mrs. M. Elvins and daughter, Erma,
of Joplin are visiting friends here this
week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01
CROSS ROADS

We have been having plenty of rain,
Mrs. VIM. Tesreau received fine
box of straw berries last week from
her son who lives at Dexter.
Jimmie Hicks of Harrington spent
the past week with relatives here.
Lime and Sulphur Spraying Solu-
ton at Laakman's Drug Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. LEM and daugh-
ter and Mrs. A. M. Wallace were
shopping in Fredericktown last Sat
urday.
Will Kiepe of Libertyville was in
this vicinity Monday.
Alonzo Hicks has purchased a new
car.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Simpson of
Libertyville spent Tuesday here.
Mr., and Mrs. M. J. Critics were
transacting business in Fredericktown
Tuesday.
Mrs. Joseph Vessels spent Monday
evening with her sisters.
There was no service at the Church
of God last Sunday on account of the
bad weather.
Paris Green and Spraying Mate
rails of all kinds at Laakman's Drug
Store.
Aaron Hahn of Womack was call
er in this community last Sunday.
A. E. Green spent Sunday with
home folks here. ~
Ollie King of Womack passed
through this vicinity Tuesday en-
route to Fredericktown.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01

weekend with the family of his I'M
Gle, John Wampler.
Lime and Sulphur Spraying Solu-
ton at Laakman's Drug Store.
Messrs. Presnell and Jenkins were
in this community Monday in the in
terest of life insurance company.
Mrs. John Wampler and daughter,
Elvie, spent Monday with Mr.. Counts
and family. t.
Noah Counts made a business trip
to Ste. Genevieve the first of the
week
Grandma" Watts of this Route is
on an extended visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Emma Watts, of near Pom
ca.
Paris Green and Spraying Mate
rails of all kinds at Laakman's Drug
Store.
Marion Guitar has employment with
N. A. Counts.
"Uncle" Garrett Counts of Farm
lngton is visiting relatives on this
Route.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01
LICENSED TO MARRY

May II, Thomas Mcdaniel and
Clara Coplin of Bonnie Terre.
18th, Stanley Lee Hewlett and An
ma Clemens of Knob Lick.
18th, DR.. G. N. McDavid of Fred
ericktown and Edna Mcfarland of
Warrensburg.
10th, Arthur Dunn of st. Louis and
Elsie Jaycox of Flat River.
10Th, John Bradfoot and Oslo Potts
of Flat River.
18th, Dan B. Stevens of Olaton, KY,
and Mary E. Conway of Desloge.
21st, Charles Ottoman and Malinda
Clinton of Elvins.
21st, David H. Grader and Dottie 1.
Shelton of Fredericktown.
22d, Bernard C. Mansker and Pearl
Dunn of Desloge.
22d, Roy L. Fromm and Edith M.
Gray of Columbus, Neb.
23d, Harry Montyniw and Maria
Sysok of Flat River
23d, Walter Weller and Alva Nc
Cord of Pennington Route No. 2.
oath, Roscoe Adams of Desloge and
Essie Tucker of Elvins.
GoIIl, bSopolI IeHlplCkI anu An
tonina Zlerzezminki of Flat River.
25th, Claud Thomasson and Irene
Mitchell Of Flat River.
26th, Albert Hurt of Desloge and
Martha Patterson of Lawrenceton.
26th, Everett Laws and Mamie
Monroe of Desloge.
26th, Robert Burgess and Mary
Calloitt of Esther.
oath, Frank Rice and Estella Rob
inson of Leadwood.
2Sth, John E. Ham of Leadwood
and Josephine E. Penberthy of Bis
marck.
Both, ]. W. Ravens and Mary
Glaese of st. Louis.
Both, Louis Ferret of Bonnie Terre
and Ethel M. Harrington of Desloge.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01
WALES MINES

Miss Viola Thurman was the guest
of Mrs. B. Roughly Wednesday and
Thursday.
f. Morris and Claude McCarty of
Hazel Run were Valle's Mines visit
ors Wednesday.
Press Burns of Festus visited
friends here few days last week.
Mrs. A. E. Roughly and daughter Of
Festus visited at the home of R. H.
Rowe this week.
Mrs. A. H. Whaley was a Bonne
Terre visitor one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Turley visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Moon
Wednesday.
Miss Cora Busher visited her aunt,
Mrs. VIM. Richardson.
Mrs. Fred Busher and children of
Festus are visiting at the home Of J..
A. Busher this week.
Ellis Grandjean was DeSoto Wis
itor Friday.
Mrs. Rosa Moon visited at the home
of E. Hall Friday.
Mrs G. r. McClain and son visited
relatives and friends in Bonnie Terre
the latter part of last week.
>.
st. Louis several days last week.
Several from here attended the
speaking at Rouggly's Friday evening.
A. H. Whaley was a Festus visitor
Saturday morning.
Miss Cora Busher visited friends in
St. Louis the latter part of last week.
Miss Blanche Sykes visited her sis
ter, Mrs. Floyd Long, of Flat River,
the latter part of last week.
Jake Busher was Bonnie Terre Wis
itor Saturday.
Clarence Sykes was Flat River
visitor Saturday and Sunday.
H. G. Rhodes visited at the home of
w. E. Heaton Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Grove visited
at the home of Mrs, Holdman of Pros
pect Sunday
Mr., and Mrs. w. e. Heaton and chill
dren, Abbie, Aletha and Blanche, Wis
tied at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Eaton of Flucum Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Fife Turley and daughter,
Josephine, visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. W. e. Heaton Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Richardson and
children visited at the home of Mr..
Pigg of Hazel Run Sunday and Mon
day.
Elsie Heaton and Edith Turley Wis
tied Cuisine Turley Sunday.
Several from here attended Sunday
School at Roughly Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Mes and son,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charley lain Of
Bonne Terre visited r. HI. Rowe and
afmily Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gee. Turley and chill
dren visited Lon and Grover Moore
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Turley and
children visited at the home of Mrs.
Grandeur Sunday.
Elsie Heaton, Cuisine and Gus Tur-
ley, Kennett and Edith Turley visited
at the home of Mrs. Margaret Meyers
Sunday.
Jas. Bunt was a Festus visitor Sun
Misses Viola and Jennie Thurman
Georgia Boyd and Henry Shumake
visited at the home of Mrs M. 9Mey-
ers Sunday.
Harvey Richardson Of Hazel Run
visited relatives here Monday and
MRS L. Richardson and children yis-
tied at the home of Mr.. Fowler Of
Hazel Run Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Thurman and
children visited at the home OF Mrs.
NJ. Meyers Sunday evening.
Miss Nina Benham Of Hazel Run
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01

Philip S. Cole, Jr., this week gradu-
ates from the law department of the
Valparaiso University, at Valparaiso,
Ind. He will remain there to contin-
ue his studies, having benefit of the
splendid college library, until he goes
to Jefferson City to take the bar ex-
animation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01

The past week has witnessed most
unusual amount of precipitation. Not
twenty-four consecutive hours nave
passed during the past week without
rain. With this great amount of
rainfall it seems difficult for the
weather to warm up properly. Con-
sequently the thermometer has con-
tinued remarkably low during the
past week, when the lateness of the
season is considered.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01
SUGAR GROVE

4 Harvesting of Strawberries is the
Eight occupation here this week.
A bolt Of lightning struck and killed
a fine young mich cow belonging to
Thos. Horton on, his farm here Sum
day morning. The lightning also
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01
ROUTE 3

Mr.. and Mrs. Amasa Waugh spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. N. Waugh.
Leo Nelson of Flat River spent the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01
" COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE :

was the guest of Miss Cora Busher
Tuesday morning.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22

Proper action in the draft horse is
important, according to David Gray,
assistant in animal husbandry in the
Kansas State Agricultural college. Size
and power are of little value if the
horse has. not enough agility to han
die his big weight In a manner Yield
ing the greatest efficiency.
"ActiOn Of the draft horse should
be clean, bold, and rather stylish" said
Mr.. Gray. IN moving, the feet should
be carried forward and back in n
straight line, without padding, wing
ing. or other irregularity of gait. In
order to get the best and greatest
stride with the least energy it is alb
sOlutely necessary that the feet move
straight and smooth without defects
of gait.
"Knee action in the draft horse is
not of great Importance. A long stride
which covers considerable ground is
much more important than high knee
action, as ability to cover ground is
what is wanted.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22
TIMELY REMARKS ON
SPRAY PREPARATION
Power Pump Should Be Used If
Best Results Are Expected
High Pressure Needed.

The following timely remarks are
taken from letter sent out to super
intendents of Ohio state institutions
by s. w. Moore, hOrticulturist of the
Ohio board of administration.
"The power pump is the pump to
use if results are wanted. The argu-
ment used at some of the institutions
by those in charge of the work has
been that there is plenty Of hand
power or labor power and it is eco
nomical to use it. This sounds well,
but if the practical orchardist were
consulted, he would say that the
hand pump, aside from the labor of
running it, is an expensive PROPOSE
tion, as it is almost impossible to
maintain the pressure necessary eff
fectively and economically to cover
all parts of the tree or plant; and
when all parts are not covered, the
application will count for little.
Success depends first upon the
material used. Second upon the ap-
plicatiOn, which means thoroughness.
The thoroughness that is necessary
can only be obtained with a heavy
pressure all the time; not $50 or 200
pounds for awhile, then Is or 80
pounds. Such a pressure will not
force the liquid into all the cracks
and crevices; and where some are
missed, scale and fungous diseases
will be found lurking, ready again to
take possession of the plant as
soon as weather conditions are favor
able.
"If anything is to be done along
this line, it is time the spray outfits
were ordered. Spray material should
be on the way soon, as the clean up
or dormant spray should be applied
before growth begins. This is true
of either tree or vine."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22

anything of serious nature is in
VOWED. We're not all malicious liars
Some o us lie t be entertanin' or t
avoid appcarin' stupid. Others lie t
he funny or excite comment, while still
others lie t save time an trouble But
most q US lie fer convenience. Tn truth
Is often too prOsy. 1t don't draw.
Folks are not attracted t it. 1t rarely
fills tn bill. Tn truth, too, is alluS Ii
able t start somcthin. DiSagreeable
people are invariably truthful. Tn
plain-Spoken person is celebrated fer
hittn' the nail on tn head an you
know we all sideStep when he's around
Lots q folks don't care as long as you
don't tell tn truth about 'em
Tn truthll often make mess O
things when neat little mouse col
"red lie II put everything on cheerful
basis without leavin' brush mark.
III fcIIcr who used t turn purple an
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22
RAVAGES OF WORMS
CAUSE GREAT LOSS
Infested Hogs Make Gains Slowly,
If At AII-IoWa Station
Gives Good Remedy.

A great loss on all farms where
hogs are raised results from the raw
ages of worms. Great as are the
losses from hog cholera, it would not
be a very wild assertion to state that
even greater losses accrue from
worms.
Hogs infested with worms gain slow
ly, If at all, using up most of their
energy in coughing instead of using it
for growth and fattening. Further
more, they are kept in such weak
ened condition that they are more Sus-
ceptible to diseases, including hog
cholera, and it may be said with much
confidence that hog worms are the
forerunnerS of disease.
They cause disastrous results only
where they are permitted to go un-
molested. 1t is not difficult matter
to rid herd of hogs of them, and
many useful remedies have been rec
ommended. The Iowa experiment sta
ton has recently offered a simple
remedy that will expel worms from
hogs with much certainty. The for
mula is:
SantOnin, five grains; areca nut,
three drains; calomel, three grains.
and sodium bicarbonate, one dram.
This amount constitutes dose for a
100-pound pig. Twice as much should
be used for 200-pound pig, while half
as much should be used for 50-pound
pig.
Success from the use of this for
mula depends upon Withholding from
the pigs all feed for at least 18 hours
before feeding the mixture. To make
certain that all worms are expelled
the dose should be repeated in week
or ten days. If all of the ingredients
cannot be secured at the drug store,
substitute in the form of seven grains
of santOnin and seven grains of calo-
mel for each 100 pounds of liveweight
may be used with success, admins
tering it in the same manner suggested
for the complete formula.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22

TIL grace an alacrity with which
most of us lie these forward lOOkin'
days is in perfect accord with tn spirit
o tn times. As tn world progresses
we become broader an us we grow
broader we become more liberal, an
as we become more liberal we grow
less cXactin'. Things that wuz not
even tolerated among tn Indians are
winkcd at by, us t'day. Things that
wuZ regarded as abOminablc Il few
years ago are now looked upon as I'M
avOidahle an necessary in our pur-
suit o happiness. Most anything is all
right t'day but sidewhiskerS. So tn
gentle art O lyin' has plugged steadily
along until it has become firmly en-
trenched well up in tn first division
among tn traits that have bloomcd an
thrivcd durin' tn greatest commercial
period in tn history O tn world.
We all lie with impunity. | don't
mean + say that all of us lie when
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22

| u start and also plenty of moisture.
The soil must be in condition to
hold moisture over possible dry spell,
hence the necessity of a well-prepared
seedbed and plenty of humus in the
soil.
The oats crop Is often used to sow
clover with, and it does very well
sometimes, and other times the clover
is an utter failure.
often SOW clover with buckwheat,
and l have never failed yet in getting
stand of clover with the buckwheat
crop, even when sown as late as Au-
gust.
Then when the buckwheat comes off
the stubble helps to protect the young
clover, and the ground is not covered
with crop of growing weeds which
rob the young clover Of both moisture
and plantfOod, as is usually the case
when clover is sown with wheat or
oats.
/ often turn the wheat stubble, and
after narrowing the soil thoroughly let
it lie for about two weeks in order to
settle down, and then SOW buckwheat
and clover or timothy and clover about
the first of August.
l have never failed to get a good
stand of grass and clover and usu-
ally get enough buckwheat to pay for
my work.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22

stammer an stutter when confronted
by his wife has only t say, Mamie,
tried t git you over tn phone four
times. etc" Then they sit down t a
cold dinner an discuss th' desirability
o municipal ownership o telephones
till bedtime. Jest think what tn truth
would have done t that little home!
Follerin' are some o tn more pop
lar styles q lyin'-littIc things we hear
ut ever turn that have tn ring q a
plugged quarter, but which we smil.
inly pretend t believe jest as a mat
ter q form:
you're lookin' fine, ole chap"
81 hated t miss il, but wuZ too
tired t come downtown"
Il wouldn't have Il Palm Beach
suit"
"Ill come if | kin cit away"
"Wc1l cheerfully give your money
back"
Il had perfectly lovely time"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22

you're lo0lin' fer in any Slor" in town {;
IN understood clerk with th bow legs
who tells You what they're Wearin'
down East; tn busy clerk who slips
rainCoHt on you an don't come back
fer an hour; tn persistent clerk who
stands in front q YOU when you prom
Is / come in agin an start fer tn
door an tn real SS.notc regular clerk
who is willin' t tear down everything
in tn store t please YOU.
Some clerks are 50 pleasant they
scare you. Your whole disposition t
buy vanishcs tn moment they take
YOU by tn arm. Then Tiers other
clerks you hate t bother. Ii II feller
knows Jest what he wants when he
goes in store he's Il crank. If he
don't know what he wants he's dub.
Tn hardest thing is t make Il clerk
understand what you want if he hasn't
got it. If feler is undecided us t
what he wants he alluS buys Somethin'
he don't want.
TIL feller who goes int store
Jest ? vuo% around is nearly allus a
coward. He wants f buy but he's
afraid. He has carried home so much
Junk in tn past that he can't trust
himself If he wants II new round
crowned brown derby jest like tn one
he's got on. tn clerk II fish out a green
FedOry with a bow in tn back an give
him tn hypnotic eye an he buys it.
When he gets home he gives it t. his
wife'S little brother. Some fellers part
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22

Come in any time, I'll be glad t.
see you"
81 wuz under tn impression that I'd
paid that"
We've never been up u night with
him"
Sure, We'll send it out t'day."
''Ill have a man out there t'mor-
row."
Il tried t find you all day"
"Ill make it t you fer jest what it
cost"
1--WE could have sold it a dozen
times Yesterday"
What a becOmin' dress !"
"Tll hand it t you Saturday"
"Im fond o grand opery."
"IlI hav t. ask my wife,"
But when it comes t. veracity tn ole
time hOSS trader haint in it with tn
feller who's been t. Louisville an back
in n secondhand car.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22
CAUSES OF FAILURE
WITH CLOVER PLANT
Lack Of Proper Food in Soil, Acid
ity and Late Freezes Are
Among Reasons Given.
(By A. J. LEG9.)

The spring is usually regarded as
the best season for sowing clover, and
1t is likely that this spring will be no
exception to the rule that many BUSH
els of costly seed will be sown and the
seed lost.
The usual causes of failure are from
lack of proper plantfood in the soil
to nOurlsh the young plants, acidity of
the soil, late freezes killing the young
plants just after they come up, or the
nurse crop smothers the young plants.
Glover, in order to succeed, must
have plenty of mineral food in the
soil, enough nitrogen to give the clover
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22

web Of Steel" is a
big, gripping story.
And not only does
it grip; it keeps on
gripping g-holds you
through to the end.
Web Of Steel" fair
ly pulsates with
action with the
records of some
thing attempted,
something done"
It tells Of the ruin of
a bridge and the
rescue Of a dam.
It pictures scenes
in which only the
strong find place,
and the weakling
has. no share. It
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22
CLERKS

Next t automobiles ther seems t
h" more different kinds q store clerks
than anything else, unless it's grafters.
Theirs tn preOCcupicd clerk who shows
you bolt o bed tickin' instead o.
Cr"tonne while her mind is ON Il dance
in tn near future; tn tall Indifferent
clerk who looks toward Pittsburgh
while you try t tell him what size you
wear; tn SaIlOw Societ, clerk with
tn weather-bcatcn throat who dream
uN directs you t tn socks in tn
lust aisle next t tn tinwarc as she
VainIy rndenvors t lift her heavy eye
lids; tn pompouS clerk who loses all
Interest in You if you don't buy III
first umbreller he shows you; tn Seri-
Gus clerk who dresses like corpse
nm assures YOU YOU can't find what
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22
Handkerchief as Newspaper

In contrast to the poetic and roman
tic side of its character are the odd
uses to which the handkerchief has
been put and of the part it has played
in history. For in 171O the British
government, in the absence of penny
newspaper, did not disdain to resort
to this humble means of casting broad
cast the address delivered by Queen
Anne on the opening of parliament,
and this strange practice, more or less
in vogue throughout her reign, COM
memOrated the victories of Marlbor-
ough over the French and of the treaty
of Utrecht.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-03-22

with an ole hat like they wuz about
t swing int eternity. Did you ever
see timid feler hangin' around a
show window nearly breakin' his neck
tryin' t read Il price tab that wuz
turned tn wrong way? He's afraid t.
90 in. 1t seems like tn better you
know clerk tn more anxious he is
t sell you Il coat with Il cup in tn
back. Th' worse a suit o clothes fits
you tn longer it lasts.
Tn task o pickin' out new suit o.
clothes or n new hat, coupled with tn
ordeal o partin' with your money, Is
bad enough. but your close communion
with triple mirror durin' tn transac-
tiOn destroys what little interest in
life You may have saved out o tn
wreck, How good Il feller feels when