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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
Circuit Court

The February term adjourned Tues
day, March 6. Following is disposi.
tion of cases not heretofore reported;
M. H. Topping VS.. Reuter- Milling
Co., appeal from j. P; dismissed.
John L. Bradley VS.. Citizens Bank
of Desloge, suit in equity; continued
to May term and leave granted plain
tiff to file amended petition by April
! 1st.
| Emil H. Herwig VS.. Business Mems
Acc'd Assn, policy; continued.
J. w. Highley VS.. M. R. & B. T.
Ry., damages; tried by court-brief
to be submitted.
A. S. Rudy VS.. Federal Lead Co.,
damages; trial by jury and verdict in
favor of plaintiff for $500; motions
for new trial and in arrest of judg-
ment filed and overrulcd; affidavit for
appeal filed and appeal granted to the
st. Louis Court of Appeals; leave
granted to file bill of exceptions on
or before June l.
]. H. kirkland VS.. Mrs. Joe Redfern
ct al, appeal from ]. p; motion for
new trial sustained and cause com
tinued to May term; dismissed as to
Joe Redfern.
Theodore o. Loveland ct al. VS.. B..
B. Wood, appeal from j. p; trial by
court and judgment in favor of plain
tiffs for $34.90 and costs with interest
from December 20, 1915; motion for
new trial filed.
Bessie Richards VS.. Hugh Campbell,
judgment entered in favor of plain
tiff by agreement for $3.50 and costs.
Harvey Bayless VS.. Western Union
Telegraph Co., damages; continued in
process of settlement.
John Brolas VS.. John Brodak, dam
ages; continued at cost of defendant.
< w. E. Golfer ct al. VS.. Merrill Pip
kin ct al, levy; judgment by default
for $300.55.
st. Francois County Bank VS.. John
McBrien ct al, levy; continued to
May term.
John Hemerosky VS.. Federal Lead
Co., damages; motion for new trial
~overruled.
Marion Sutton VS.. Emma Sutton,
divorce; trial by court and submitted.
Maud Agnew VS.. Emmett Agnew,
divorce; trial by court and submitted.
In re dissolution of the Doe Run
Lead Company, continued by agree
ment to the May term.
Robert Holmes VS.. Doe Run Lead
Co. ct al, transfer of stock; continued
to May term.
Robert Holmes VS.. Doe Run Lead
Co&et al, st. Joseph Lead Co. ct al,
and M. R. & B. I. Ry, Co. ct al, in
spection of books, ETC.; continued to
Nav term.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
DE soTo DEFEATS NATIONAL

In spirited game of basket ball
last Saturday night at the Y. NJ. G. A.
Gymnasium at DeSoto, the DeSoto
team defeated the Nationals of Flat
River by score of 40 to 81. At the
end of the first half the score stood,
DeSoto 20, Nationals 10, and the final
score 40 in favor of DeSoto and "a
for the Nationals The National line
up was weakened by Captain Mitch
ell and Limbaugh, star center, being
out on account of injuries. Scoring
for National was Newcomb, IA points
Bono, 13; and Watson, r, Referees
Harding Of DeSoto and Mitchell Of
National. The Nationals play the
Bonne Terre Y M. c. A. a return
game at Flat River tonight friday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
Judge Mitchell
"On the Job"

The Times recently told of how
County Judge w. A. Mitchell was tax
en- off his guard last month, when he
came in to attend a meeting of the
court, by gang of suspicious look
ing individuals" who besought him to
perform a marriage ceremony of
couple who were in waiting, and had
requested his services. The Judge
thought he could smell the bait of a
trap that had been set for him, and
quite vigorously refused to %offici-
ate"
Another couple made their appear
ance Wednesday afternoon, however,
in search of connubial bliss, while
Judge Mitchell was on duty. Soon
as they made their appearance he
realized their need, and promptly
threw himself into the breech. He
rose to the occasion like veteran, and
soon made two "souls happy" and
"two hearts beat as one.h If the
Judge is endowed with any one thing
above another it is progressiveness
and he will try anything once. And
he appeared to rather enjoy the per-
formance Of officiating, which was his
first attempt, but those present failed
to "get the laugh on him., as he con-
ducted the quailing pair through those
irving moments as though to the man
or born.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09

the work. We are doing the best we
can with the cash revenue our annu-
al taxes bring in, but it is piece-meaI
work at best, and must be done over
and over again. We need a build
ing capital to begin with to do the
work right and 1astingly. That done,
comparatively small road tax will
pay the interest on the bonds, keep
up repairs and create sinking fund
to be applied on the bonds. What if
the bonds do run for years? We will
get the good roads NOW, have the
use of them and leave them for the use
of those who come after us, and these
will help bear the burden of paying
off the bonds-which will be no hard
ship for them, but a privilege.
Nothing can be accomplished in
building up public improvements by
piecc-meal. Look at our splendid High
Schools and improved district school
buildings, with their modern heating,
ventilating and health-preserving de-
vicesl The cities and districts have
had to bond themselves to furnish and
equip these buildings-we could never
had them without Do you think they
have builded wisely? Can you look
upon the advantages this policy has
given to your children and say that it
is not work we'll done and worth all it
cost?
AS these could not have been
brought to the perfection that you and
your children now enjoy in them if
you had waited and depended upon
the small revenue derived from your
annual school taxes, neither can a
system of good roads be secured with
out following the same process. Oh,
yes, we can get along-build little
this year and little the next, and
then go over them again and patch
up and try to keep them in good shape,
but it is costing us just as much each
year as If we bonded the county and
built them right at once. Are YOU
ready to begin? Then start your pc
tition to the County Court asking
that it order special election to vote
on the quesion--and then vote
Yes" and induce your neighbor to do
the same. The Times is aware of the
fact that the County Judges are in a
receptive mood on this great question,
and that if proper petition is pre-
sented to them that they will order an
election to decide the matter. That
is all they can do. Others must see
to preparing the petition.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
Fine Home Burned

Last Sunday night between twelve
and one o'clock the Willard Byington
house in the Burks Addition, occupied
by Joseph H. Story and family, was
discovered to be on fire. A neighbor
happened to wake up and got up to
let down window in her room, as it
was uncomfortably cold, and looking
out of rear window saw a small
blaze creeping along under the caves
of the kitchen roof of the building.
She hurried to the phone and sent in
an alarm to Central, and asked them
to ring up the Storys, as they were
probably not awake. Mrs. Story, who
was asleep on the sleeping porch, says
she doesn't know whether it was the
fire whistle or what that wakencd her,
but she hastened into her husbands
room and had some difficulty in arous-
ing him. By this time the flames had
burst through the kitchen roof, and
soon the roof of the whole northern
side of the house was ablaze.
By the time the fire brigade got
there with the hose the fire had gained
considerable headway, and they had
a hard fight to subdue the flames. The
temperature was but a few degrees
above zero, but suffering from the
biting cold and chilled with dampened
clothes, they worked like trojans. 1t
was an hour or more before they got
the flames under control and longer
time in extinguishing the fire.
The kitchen ell was completely de-
stroyed, the roof of the whole build
ing was burned off, and the inside of
the main building greatly damaged.
The frame and weatherboarding of
the main building were left standing.
The house was insured for $1,000, but
it will probably take $4,000 or more
to restore it to it's former condition.
A number of neighbors had gathered
at the scene of the fire before the fire
brigade arrived and lent all the as
sistance possible to the family in saw
ing their household goods. All of
their valuables and considerable of
their best household goods were saved,
but most of their clothing, bedding,
etc, was destroyed or badly damaged.
Mr.. Story had 1000 insurance on his
household goods, which will probably
cover his material loss, but it was a
disagreeable experience and nasty
night to Nbe deprived of home. For
tunately tacy had good neighbors
ready to come to their relief and
house them.
Monday afternoon another alarm
was sounded. Some smouldering en-
bers in the wrecked building had been
famed into a blaze, but this was with
out much difficulty extinguished.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
Competent Men
Should Preside

The date for the annual city election
will soon be here, and it is now most
timely to be looking around for good
and competent men to preside in the
various city offices. On the ability and
competency of the various city off
GERS will depend, to a very large ex-
tent, the progress that this city will
make during their term of office. The
administration of the affairs of the
city will be practically in their hands
for the next two years. Therefore, it
will be to the personal advantage of
every citizen of Pennington to get the
best qualified men that it is possible
to do in the various city offices.
A few announcements for Marshal
have been made, but, SO far as The
Times is informed, there are no an
nouncements as yet either for Mayor
or for Aldermen. While the Marshal's
Office is important in the administra-
ton of city affairs, and the right man
in that place can find much work to
be performed that is not always looked
after, of far more Importance are the
offices of Mayor and Aldermen, as on
them devolve the actual management
of the city's affairs, which is no small
matter. With active, wide-awake,
enterprising men in those positions,
much can and will be done for the
city's advancement and upbuilding
that might otherwise be entirely over
looked.
Pennington is really one of the
best little cities the writer has ever
seen-and we have inspected several.
But it is entirely cut of the question
to expect any place to be sufficiently
endowed with possibilities and re-
sources that it will force such up
building material to the front without
some assistance. In order to give life
to possibilities and opportunities they
must be pushed forward into the sun
light of publicity. There is no better
way to accomplish such publicity feat
insofar as community is concerned,
than to have in charge an enterpris-
ing, progressive, wide-awake Mayor
and Board of Aldermen 1t is the
positive duty of every good citizen to
interest himself to that end. This is
the time to get busy.
Mayor E. ]. Mckinney has made
splendid Mayor and has at all times
been wide-awake to the interests Of
the city and contributed literally Of
his time and means to forward every
public movement for the upbuiIding
Of the town. He would be good man
to succeed himself, and there is no
doubt that he could be reelected with
hands down, but, we are sorry to
learn, that he has decided not to be a
candidate for reelection. He feels
that he has given as much Of his time
and labor to this work as he can we'll
afford. Who is the next live business
man who will offer for Mayor?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
Splendid Work.
By Civic Club

The Civic Club of Pennington is A
community club, whose object is the
betterment of our city. All citizens,
men and women, should be members.
Every loyal citizen surely desires to
support an organization which has for
Its object the improvement of his com
munity. The Civic Club would like to
have every woman in this town as an
active member. So come the first day
OF each month at o'clock to the Ii
brary. The dues are $1.00 a year. and
you will find your dollar thus invested
well spent--for it means a healthier.
happier, prettier town. If the men
have not the time to be active mem
bers the Civic Club will be glad to
have them as honorary members, help
ing to support the organization, thus
enabling it to carry on it's good work
in Pennington.
A plan that has worked out beau
titully in many towns might we'll be
tried here for the improvement of
Pennington. 1t is the utilization of
vacant lots for gardens. This is done
in many cities and towns by the school
children and it is a suggestion well
worth our attention. The children
might, for instance, have potato
growing contest. To grow potatoes
on our vacant lots would not only inn
prove the appearance of the lots, which
in many instances are now used as
dumping places, but with the present
price of potatoes would prove great
source of revenue. Owners of vacant
lots who do not themselves wish to use
SUCH lots for gardens and are willing
to allow others to use them are re-
quested to notify the Secretary of the
Civic Club, Mrs. e. H. Horton.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
City to Oil Streets

The Board of Aldermen at its meet
ing last Monday night ordered three
carloads of oil for street oiling, at a
cost of 1-2 cents a gallon free on
board at Pennington. The Board al
so passed an ordinance laying the city
off into oiling districts and provided
for issuing tax bills against the prop
erty according to frontage for oiling
the streets. This will compel all prop
erty owners to bear their equal and
proportionate share for street oiling,
and will insure we'll oiled streets for
the city.
City Marshal Frank Highley ten
dered his resignation and the Board
appointed Jake Schaefer Marshal for
the month intervening before the city
election on April Sd.
Judges of Election.
The following persons were ap-
pointed to serve as judges of cleo
tion at the city election on Tuesday,
April Sd;
First Ward--E. X. Hawn, jerry
Rion, Peter Schmitt, John Harter,
Walter Burgess and w. L. Sackman.
Second Ward-D. F. Guessing, 0. j.
Mayberry, George Beatty, Harry
Pease, P. G. Hunt and j. H. Wade.
Third Ward-E. S. McGee, Adam
Neidert, A. H. Hemmelgarn, Henry
Tetley, S. A. Byington and W. N.
Fleming.
Fourth Ward-P. D. Guessing, A.
G. Murphy, j. Clyde Akers, Carl
Gaebe, H. S. Meyers and ]. E. Klein.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
A NOTABLE MUSICAL EVENT

The annual faculty recital Of the
Schubert School of Music was given
Tuesday evening, in the spacious az
ditorium of the News building, before
an audience comfortably taxing the
capacity of the hall. Prof. Hugh Por-
ter, violinist, Mrs. G. o. Nelson, So
prano and Mrs. Robert Forsyth, pi-
anist, gave the program, which was
divided into two parts. The first,
representative of the best work of
foreign composers, the second a Sc
lection from the most notable COM
positions of American composers.
Mr.. Porter gave several numbers
not hitherto heard in Pennington, and
rarely heard on the concert stage ex-
cept in the repertoire of such mas
ters as Ysaye, Kreisler and Elman.
1t is needless to say that his splendid
rendition of these numbers again dem
onstrated that Pennington has an
artist and teacher Of exceptional tal-
ents and ability.
Mrs. Nelson, always pleasing, gave
several numbers of extreme technical
difficulty, and several others of ex-
treme simplicity, requiring the very
highest artistry for their successful
rendition. Her explanatory talke in
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Last Tuesday afternoon Miss Le-
anna Cole invited few friends to her
home and told them to bring their
fancy work. A dainty luncheon was
served and on each plate was a lit
tie card announcing her engagement
to Mr., Fred Butterfeld, the marriage
to take place the 21st of March.
The guests were, Misses Roberta
Tetley, Annie Craig, Irene Lang, Mes
DANES E. L. Horton, John McCor-
mick, Paul Cayce, Edward Arnold, r.
P. Lang, Taylor Smith, Walter Nor
ris, Milton Spaugh, N. Willbanks,
Hugh Porter, Frank Weber, Kossuth
Weber, Henry Davis and Earl Carle-
ton.
Attorney Gus Swink of Maplewood
transacted business in court here the
first Of the week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
PUBLIC SALE

L viii sell at public auction, March
34, 1917, on what is known as the
lam B. Herod place, miles northeast
( Desloge, the following property: 2
'erk horses, rs head Of cattle, farm
ng tools, hay, corn, household and
,itchen furniture. It viii pay you to
attend.
LEEMAN COOK.
M. A. PATTERSON, Auctioneer.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09

G. M. London spent the first Of the
week here with his family. He re-
turned to Miami Tuesday to look af-
ter his vast mineral holdings there.
Linn Rariden shipped a car Of mules
to the East st. Louis market this
week. He journeyed on to Jefferson
City to see the Legislature in action.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-09
SUCCESSFUL SMALL BANK

The Bank of Coffman held its an
nual meeting last Monday and re-
elected its old directors and officers
for the ensuing year. 1t also dectar-
ed dividend of per cent on the
capital stock and added 5000 to its
surplus fund, which now amounts to
S1,500. This is the third dividend de-
clared by the Bank of Cofman since
it's organization five years ago.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05

Please psy up your suoecup-
ton Can you afford to loose
/, our race papers for want otsup-
port. IL is up to you. What
are you going to do about it Mr.
non payer1 Decide by paying
up please.
II you have any Race pride and
leve for truth. you will pay your
subscription We are toiling day
and night to give you the news.
We solicit your patronage at
the Leader 900 Pearl St.
We are please d with the many
pice things said Of the Gazette.
but we appreciate the money
you owe US the more.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05


highways. A system of that size would
reach practically every county of the
state and connect nearly all the cities
and villages having more than 1000
population. as well as many other
smaller places.
II the forthcoming general assembly
should authorize . vote upon this ques-
ton, II could not be submitted TO the
people until the next general election,
November, 1918. I believe IL is desir-
able 10 vote upon this question at an
"off year" election when there are no
national issues to be decided, no ma
tional Offices, and very few state Offices
to be filed. II the question of SUBJ
uniting this proposition to the people
Is not acted upon until the general as
sembly meets In January. 1919, then
the election would be held In 1870 at
the time OF q presidential election, as
. well rs at q time when our principal
state officials are elected. II might
then become an issue In the state cam
paign, or be oyershadowed by other
questions. II the fftieth general as
seubly shall authorize q vote taken in
1918 II would be some months after
the election before work could begin (;
as 1t would be desirable TO have the SUI
preme court pass upon the proceedings
In order to give the bonds a stable
market Therefore, II we 60 at the
matter as expeditiously as possible Il
would be the summer of 1919 before
work would be commenced: and II Is
considered that 1t would probably take
from five to seven years to construct
this z00omile system: I believe 1t In
high time that the movement should
be started
The next question that arises Is.
what would be the source from which
the money should be derived to pay the
principal OF a se0. 600. 600 bond issue
and the interest thereon7 Assuming
that 1t would require FIVE years to
make the Improvement and that the
bonds would be issued serially under
q 25-year limit, all bonds would mature
within 30 years from the date of the
nrst Issue. or practically at the aver
age rate Of t2.oo000o per year. As
Stunning the Interest rate TO be 4 per
cent, which believe 20 DO simple un-
der any ordinary conditions. the an
nuai interest would approximate 81
100000 which would mean an annual
payment Of 100000 including both
principal and interest.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05
fNExT ARTicIE-sAN IN.
CREASE IN AUTOMOBILE
LicENsE FEEs.J
l,sse, 2si PEOPLE sgRvEp nv
@Jooo-MiLE ROAD SYSTEM

II Illinois constructs q state system
Of 1000 miles OF permanent highways
az 10 proposed under the Gee, oo0. 600
bond Issue, Sc per cent OF the total
population Of the state (which was g.
6ss.o91 under the last census) viii live
either on the roads so constructed or
within a radius of Ave miles.
Thus not only will the larger eities,
towns and villages Of tho state be con-
nected, but q great part Of the rural
population will have the use of high
ways that can be Travelled all the year
round.
Experts Of the state highway depart
ment have figured that In addition 10
the 2.lS5,2& population Of Chicago.
1000 people living In smaller cities.
towns and villages win be directly
served ~ the good roads. In addition
62,b60 farmers and their families will
live along the roads. The added popu.
lation within q radius OF i've miles ia
1.003217. making total population Of
1885, 2S1 that win be served.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05
500 Reward. slOe.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there il at least
one dreaded disease that science has
beeu able to cure in all ita stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls catar1h cure
is the oely positive cure now now known
to the medical fraternity. catarrh he
ing a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh is taken internally. acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. send for
list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY a CO., Tole-
do, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-05
cENTR ALA
To the Gazette:

Please allow space in your va
liable paper to say that We atterd-
ed the National Baptist Con.tn-
ton un-ineorpo'attd at A,l;nt;
GA. We had a gre II conve atior.
We hope 90 do constructive
work TOR the M,ster's kined, m.
All seemed to 60 down wit,
new zeal 1t VAS gre.t,o bs
there AND hear 10, yourse I.
Rev. W. P. Washit gton WIS
with US on lhe 4th Sunday ard
preached two able &c mons AT
1880 and 7:3o. We were made
to rejoice at both services
Please fad 81. 50 for the Gazette.
Yours for success.
4 NJ. Long.