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The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-03-19

have prevailed in this country from
the outbreak of the war until now,
gradually growing worse and worse,
and deepening in disaster from hard
times to universal stagnation and a
widespread famine, if our Government
had not first resisted with every dip
lomatic weapon the encroachments of
the German Government, and finally
when its cruel, piratical and ruthless
policy moved on from illegal restric-
of our Government had not drawn the
sword.
Why did we draw the sword; Was
it to keep up the price Of wheat and
cotton, and to protect trade only? If
someone should order you to remain
on your farm, and not to use the pub
lie highway, wuld your resistance be
based only on the fear of loss in
property, the profits from failure to
market your crops, the inconvenience
in not being able to buy your sup
plies in town? By no means. You
would fight to the last gasp, not to
make money, but to be free.
When a man is enslaved, all he
lOsee III mouey is Ills wages, DuI Tie
white man has never been able to
accept slavery for that reason. The
white man has never yet been sue
cessfully enslaved. There rises in
him against servitude a resentment
so terrible at the loss of his owner
ship of himself that death has always
been preferable to slavery.
What the Imperial German Govern
ment offered the farmers of America
in its ruthless submarine warfare
was not the loss of profits, but slav.
cry to the saber RATHER of Potsdam
He purposed to make us slaves by
numbering the people who take oul
products to market. By all the laws
of civilized warfare commerce under
neutral flag was free from any
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-03-19

between farm and town, he would
have done only little more than he
accomplished by his interdict against
American farmers use Of the sea.
What was the order against which
we rebelled when we went into this
war? Look at the condition of the
American farmer in the latter part
of 1914 and the first half of 1915 and
see.
When the war broke out, through
terror and surprise and panic we
gave up for awhile the use of the
sea as a highway. To a great ex
tent we gave up. And so long as
we gave it up we, the farmers Of
America, we're ruined. l know of an
Iowa farmer who sold his 1914 crop
of $4,000 bushels of wheat for 70
cents a bushel. Farmers in the South
sold their cotton for half the cost of
producing it. All this time those
portions of the world whose ports
were open were ready to pay almost
any price for our products; and
when we finally rallied and set once
more in motion the ships of the world
prosperity returned to the farms of
America. But prosperity never re-
turned to the farmers of those ma
lions which remained cut off from the
seas.
Take the case of Australia, for in
stance. There three crops have re-
NAMED unsold on the farms. There
| were no ships which could be spared
to make the long voyage to Austral-
ia and so, in spite of the efforts of
the Government to save the farmers
from ruin, grain has rotted in the
open because there was no place in
which to store it, and millions of tons
have been spoiled by mice and other
rodents.
Such conditions spell irretrievable
disaster, in spite of all any Govern
ment can do. Such conditions would
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-03-19

But the farmer everywhere is a
warrior when war is the only thing
which will make and keep him free
either a warrior or a serf. He can
not rally to the colors as quickly as
can the jewellers in the cities, because
il takes longer to send to the farms
than to the cities the fiery cross OF
the call to arms. 1t takes longer TO
call the farmers from the fields than
the city jewellers from the shops, for
many do not hear. the first blast OF
the trumpet, and others do not at
first understand its meaning because
they have not had time to talk the
matter over with their acquaintances
on the street corners, in the stores,
OF the cars, in the clubs, and at other
gathering and instead of reading half
0ozen extras a day, the farmer
may read weekly papers only instead
of dailies, and must have more time
in sudden emergency to make up
his mind
The work in the fields, the care of
the live stock, and the mud and
slush of the long road to town are
all obstacles to that sudden rush Of
news which sometimes carries the
cities away in mad outbursts of ex-
element
1t is impossible to set the farmers
of the United States on fire by means
of any sudden spark of rumor or to
blow q chance catch of flame among
them into a conflagration with any
hand bellows of artificial agitation
but when the farmers do ignite they
burn with a slow, hot fire which
nothing can put out. They are some
times the last to heat up, but they
stay hot, and in a long fight they are
always found sturdily carrying the
battle across No Mans Land to the
foe in the last grim struggle. They
fight the slow rear-guard action that
covers retreat in disaster and their
stubborn valor always helps to turn
the tide toward victory in the final
triumph. The American farmer will
give all that he has and all that he
is to win this great war against war,
this enormous struggle to win again
the victory which we fondly believed
we had twice won in the past
This war was at first hard to I'M
derstand. No armed foe invaded the
United States. The night skies were
not Redeemed by the burning byres
and farmsteads of America No raid
ing parties harried us of our cattle
or horses. No saber rattlers insult
ed our women. 1t seemed to many
of us that we were not at war, the
thing was so far off, and it came to
us in so unfamiliar a guise. We did
not then realize what giant war has
become. We did not then know that
, a monster has arisen with a thousand
arms, who could reach across the
seas and could take from us three
fourths of everything we grew with
out our being aware of it and could
follow up his robbery with invasion
} subjugation and national death We
! did not at first realize this, but fin.
t ally we saw that it was so.
= If the Imperial German Government
had made and enforced an order thai
= no American farmer should leave his
e own land, that he could not haul {
= load of grain or drive head O
. stock to town-if, in fact, the Kaise
! had laid an interdict on all inter
course between farm and farm an,
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hindrance except the legal interior
ences justified by war; but the Ger
mans not only stopped merchant YES
sells, but sunk them. They not only
sunk them without warning, but they
sunk them without trace-the most
devlish thing war has seen since the
savages scalped our ancestors, and
threw screaming babies into flames
of burning cabins; for the German
plan of sinking merchant vessels
without trace is based on the muir
derer's maxim that dead men tell no
tales; and it was executed by the
massacre Of men, women and child
ren, who, having committed them
selves to the awful dangers of small
boats in the open sea after their
ships were torpedoed were then mer-
cilessly raked with gun fire, and ex-
terminated to the last poor unpro-
tected, unpitied wretch
These are the murders that stain
the hands of the Kaiser and his adj
visers and minions. These outrages
were perpetrated on neutral vessels;
when all that civilized warfare gave
the Germans a right to do even with
the merchant vessel under a hostile
flag, was to stop it at sea and under
proper circumstances make it a prize
of war; but to kill the civilians on
board, even under hostile flag. was
nothing but stark, plain, unmitigated
murder.
And these murders we're committed
in order that we might be enshlvedi
Having the right, according to the
laws of war, to take the seatwith his
fleet, and fight the thing out, gun to
gun, but being afraid to do so for fear
that he might lose his fleet, being
afraid or unable to stop the selling
of our products to his enemies or to
open his own ports to us by fair
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-03-19
THE WAR, The FARM AND FARMER
ARE DISCUSSED BY HERBERT QUICK
Famous Writer in Eloquent Words Tells Accom-
plishments of Men of Country-Makes Appeal
for the Next Liberty Loan Campaign Which
Begins April on Anniversary of Declaration
of War on Germany.

sight, and is spoil of war-his house,
his grain, his live stock. He knows
that he pays the price of war "in
steer and gear and stack" and that
the flames that light the skies in the
rear of every invading army are con-
Stunning the things that yesterday rep
resented his life work, and the life
labors of past generations of farm
ers-the little coral islands OF COM
fort and wealth that decades of toll
on the farms builds up.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-03-19

The following brilliant essay by
Herbert Quick, the noted writer, is
being circulated by the Committee
urging the people in general and the
farmers in particular to subscribe for
the next liberty loan:
The farmer everywhere loves peace
The American farmer especially loves
peace Since the dawn of history,
the farmer has been the man who
suffered most from war. All that he
possesses lies out of doors in plain
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Continued on Page 81
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08

ceny; plea of guilty to petit larceny;
fine of $25 and costs; 500 of fine
stayed on payment of S..
G. E. Cecil VS.. Brotherhood of
American Yeomen: action on policy;
judgment by agreement in sum of
$1,375.
Fred Miller Brewing Co. VS.. Geo.
Greshaber Agency ct al; motion for
new trial overruled; appeal granted
to st. Louis Court of Appeals, and
bond fixed at $500.
Anne Belknap ct al. VS.. Guy T.
Sloan ct al: will contest; jury trial;
following verdict returned We, the
jury, find the issues for the defend
ants, and further find that said in
strument in writing, offered in evil
'dence, as and for the last will and
testament of E. NJ. Donoho was and
is in fact her last will and testament.
The docket for the February term
was completed yesterday afternoon,
and Court adjourned until the regu-
lar May term.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
CIRCUIT COURT

State VS.. Fred Henson: first de.
gree murder; hung jury; bond fixed at
$1,000 for appearance ct May term.
State VS.. Irwin Leigue: assault with
intent to kill; plea of guilty to COM
mon assault; fine of SIS and costs.
State VS.. Howard Jinkerson: grand
larceny; defendant fails to appear
and bond ordered forfeited.
State VS.. Lon Florence: grand lar
ceny; defendant fails to appear and
bond is ordered forfeited.
State VS.. F. H. Laird: assault with
intent to kill; cause dismissed at cost
of complaining witness.
State VS.. George Pollard: assault
with intent to kill; defendant fails to
appear and bond is ordered forfeited.
State VS.. John Ames: grand lar
ceny; defendant fails to appear and
bond is ordered forfeited.
State VS.. Frank Polite ct al: in
terfering with lawful employment;
plea of guilty and fine assessed at
500 and costs; defendant paroled
from said fine and costs.
State VS.. Edward Johnson: assault
with intent to kill; plea of guilty to
common assault; fine of SIS and costs
assessed against defendant.
State VS.. John Page: exhibiting
deadly weapon; plea of guilty; fine
of 500 and costs and defendant pa
rolled as to said fine and costs.
State VS.. Clarence Patterson: riot
ing; further action dismissed by
State.
State VS.. George Ratty: exhibiting
deadly weapon; further action dis
missed by State.
State VS.. Harry Willard: exhibiting
deadly weapon; continued to May
term by agreement.
State VS.. Frank Dickinson: exhibit
ing deadly weapon; continued to May
term by agreement.
State VS.. jeff Davenport: rioting;
plea of guilty; fined $500 and costs;
defendant parolled as to fine and
costs.
State VS.. Harry Dunn ct al, rob-
berry: further action dismissed by
State.
State VS.. Cayce Frazier ct al, lar
ceny from a dwelling; further action
dismissed by State.
State VS.. Frank Frazier ct al, lar
ceny from a dwelling; further action
dismissed by State.
State VS.. Lynn Hart ct al, robbery;
dismissed by State.
State VS.. Herman Asher: exhibiting
deadly weapon; dismissed by State.
State VS.. Ellis .Bostwick: larceny
from a dwelling; State dismisses case
ON payment of costs by defendant.
State VS.. Arch Byers: exhibiting
deadly weapon; continued by agree
ment to May term.
State VS.. John Conley:: exhibiting
deadly weapon; continued by agree
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
SECOND RED CROSS
CONCERT TO BE GIVEN
EARLY IN APRIL

Arrangements have been made this
week for the giving of the second
concert of the series begun last fall
by the Porter Concert Orchestra, for
the benefit of the Red Cross, the date
having been selected for an evening
early in April, at the Monarch Thea
ter.
The first concert, which was given
in October, proved to be such sue
cess that all concerned are looking
forward to this next one with consid-.
cradle anticipation Of pleasure, and
profit for the Red Cross, to be used
for the work Of the local chapter. I
The same artists, chosen from all
points of the county, will make up the
personnel of the orchestra, with diff
ferent assisting artists, who will be
announced later. Prof. Porter prom
ises an entirely different and varied
program, with American" Music pre-
dominating. The exact date will be
announced next week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
COUNTY COURT

Court met Friday, Feb. %, pursuant
to adjournment, with all officers pres
ent. Settlement with T. III. Holman,
County Highway Engineer, made and
| approved.
Court viewed Flat River road with
view to applying oil binder on same.
Satisfaction ordered in school fund
mortgage of VIM. P. Thurman.
Ora May Wright ordered committed
to State Hospital No. A.
Assessment of Railroad, Telegraph
and Telephone companies ordered GER
titled to State Tax Commission.
Adjourned to March 4th.
Court convened March 4th, took up
the matters of approval of road ov-
erseers' bonds, and same were ap-
tricts.
State Auditor authorized to draw
warrant in favor of H. w. Coffield,
Treasurer, for amount of Teachers
Training Course moneys apportioned
to county for second half of 1917.
School fund bond and mortgage of
W. w. Buchanan ordered released
from record and entered as satisfied.
Lee Grady loaned $1,000 from
school fund.
Additional bonds of road overseers
approved, for districts No. 7 to No.
IL.
Court met Thursday morning, taxi
ing up consideration of various new
road matters.
Warrants were allowed as follows:
August 'Wichman, janitor, months
salary, $50; j. A. Knowles, Circuit
Clerk, months salary, $166.65; Bessie
Brady, Deputy Circuit Clerk, months
salary, $50; H. W. Coffield, Treas,
months salary, $125; Thos. A. Math-
ews, Prosecuting Attorney, months
salary, $20S.35; j. Clyde Akers, Supt.
of Schools, months salary, $116.65;
r. S. Tucker, probation officer, months
salary, $50; r. c. Tucker, Asst. Pros.
Atty, months salary, $50; Mode Coff-
man, Supt. Co. Infrmary, months
salary, $40; Albert Wulfert, County
Clerk, fees for February, $457.79;
A. M. Marcum, relief, SIS; Chas.
Ward, supplies for poor persons at
Bonnie Terre; J. H. Tetley, supplies
for poor persons at Pennington;
Mrs. Robt. Kingsland, supplies for
poor persons at Flat River, $25; Mrs.
W. L. Bouchard, supplies for poor per-
sons at Desloge, SIS; W. N. Brumfeld,
relief, 81; Fenton H. Miller, relief,
$40; Israel AuBuchon, relief Walter
Hogan, 81; Mrs. Jennie Forster, relief
Lucy Mooten, S.; W. A. Bullock,
transporting Ora Wright, So; DR.. T.
A. Son, services County Bureau of vi
tai Statistics, ST.; DR.. J. L. Eaton, SER
vices County Bureau of Vital Stats
ties, $11.50; DR.. F.W Gale, services
County Bureau of Vital Statistics,
$7.25; DR.. w. G, Reece, services Coun-
ty Bureau of Vital Statistics, $45.75;
DR.. B. J. Robinson. services County
Bureau of Vital Statistics, $52.25;
DR.. M. H. Topping, services County
Bureau of Vital Statistics, STATS;
DR.. F. L. Keith, services County Blu
reau Of Vital Statistics, $2O.5O; DR..
Albert Marshall, services County Blu
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
reau of Vital Statistics, s7.2s; DIR. A.

reau of Vital Statistics, $7.25; DIR. A.
F. Eugas, services County Bureau of
Vital Statistics, $S.75; DR.. G. w. Son,
services County Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics, $1925; DR.. R. Appleberry,
services County Bureau Vital Stats
tics, $3.50; G. F. Whitener, services
County Bureau of Vital Statistics, $40;
Lee Grady, school fund loan, 1000;
J. B. Webb, repairing culvert, 81; H..
W. Coffield, Treas, services school
moneys, S135.87; Bethel Meat Market,
supplies for Co. Inf, $14.60; Geo.
Herzog, supplies for Co. Inf, $685.;
A. C. DeVan, supplies for Co. Inf,
IS; Hermann & Herbst, supplies for
Co. Inf, $11.70; E. J. Mckinney, sup
plies for Co. Inf, 1912; Henderson
Store Co., supplies for Co, Inf, $685.;
City Drug Store, supplies for Co. Inf.
$3.50; C. E. Jones, Supt., for quaran-
tine patients, $10.59; City Drug Store,
for quarantine patients, S1.55; Mo.
Prison Board, supplies for girls at
Industrial Home, $254.36; Mo. Prison
Board, supplies for boys at Industrial
Home, $180.68; West Disinfecting CO.,
supplies for court house, $4675; Pei
TVS Book Store, supplies for court
house, $1.65; Tetley-Klein Lumber
Co., coal for court house and Jail,
$3.14.97; Desloge Sun, supplies for
Co. officers, SIS; Pennington News,
supplies for Co. officers, $3.50; Farm
ington Times, supplies for Co. officers,
$12.95; Geo. Sutherland, night watch
man, Jan. and Feb. services, So; Nor
ris Bros, furniture for Co. offices,
$123.25; J. Clyde Akers, Supt., clerk
hire, ETC., $28.32; w. T. O'Neal &
Son, quarantine supplies, $24.20; DR..
W. E. AuBuchon, quarantine services,
$40; DR.. T. L. Haney, quarantine SER
vices, 1858; DR.. C. w. Shannon, quar-
antine services, SIG; J. c. Houser,
quarantine supplies, $14.20; C. H.
Adams, Sheriff, care court house, ETC.,
$12.85; c. H. Adams, Sheriff, board
ing prisoners, $125.75; W. B. Phillips,
boarding petit jurors, $3.50; Robt.
Horton, dragging roads, So; Albert
West, dragging roads, 50; P M. May
berry, damages to use of field for
road, 81; M. L. Sinclair, quarantine
supplies, $34.50; H. M. O'Bannon, Re-
coTueT, STAMPS, etc., 9o.O5, N. VI.
Weber, Probate Judge, stamps, ETC.,
S.; West Pub. Co., supplies for Pros.
Atty, $25; Lead Belt Tel. Co., phone
service, $32.95; L. B. Hise, boarding
riot prisoners, $31.10; st. Louis Bind
cry Co., supplies for Co. officers, $I5.-
So; Buxton & Skinner, supplies for
Co. officers, $30.25; Standard Prtg.
Co., supplies for Co. officers, $64.02;
Mrs. Mary Nugent, supplies for Co.
Inf, $3.50; Klein Grocer Co., supplies
for Co. Inf, $1.02; P. C. Stevens,
straw for Co. Inf, $1,000; Chas. Ed
monds, transporting Sam Williams,
IS; Drs. Graves and Eugas, examina-
ton Sam Williams, SIS; J. H. Jones,
Treas, six months supplies for Sam
Williams, $78; Drs. Graves and Eu-
gas, examination John Effinger, SIS;
J. Fl. Jones, Treas, six months sup
plies for John Effinger, $78; w. A.
transporting Richardson, So; |
Thos. Holman, salary and expenses,
S147.2O.
7. H. Holman appointed County
- t
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ment to May term.
! State VS.. Marler Clark, ct al, inter-
fering with lawful employment; con-
tinued to May term.
State VS.. Lynn Hart: exhibiting
deadly weapon; plea of guilty and
fined 500 and costs; defendant pa
rolled as to fine and costs.
State VS.. Chauncey Marler: having
in his possession a weapon while in
toxicated; plea of guilty and fined
500 and costs; defendant paroled as
to fine and costs.
State VS.. A. J. Mayes: larceny from
dwelling; dismissed by State.
State VS.. Gilbert Oliver: assault
with intent to kill; dismissed by State.
State VS.. Frank Polite: interfering
with lawful employment; dismissed
by State.
State VS.. William Whaley: exhibit
ing deadly weapon; dismissed by
State.
State VS.. Arthur Williams: exhibit
ing deadly weapon; dismissed by
State.
State VS.. Ira Willford: exhibiting
deadly weapon; continued to May
term.
State VS.. Dewey Lands: murder in
first degree; bond fixed at $1,000 for
appearance at May term of court.
j. H. Crabtree VS.. Queen Insurance
Co.: continued to May term of court.
st. Francois County Bank VS.. Fl. J.
Cantwell estate ct al; in default
judgment rendered for plaintiff in sum
of $4,38092 on first count, and $685.
65 on second count, also for attorney
fees of $500, and that judgment be
certified to Probate Court of the City
of st. Louis.
C. E. Ellis VS.. Harry Iwasks; APP
peal from j. P; continued to May
term by agreement.
H. r. Lindsey VS.. James Boren: APP
peal from J. P; continued to May
term by agreement.
State VS.. Howard Jinkinson; de-
PENDANT makes appearance and order
FORGETTING bond is set aside; continu-
ed to May term.
Florence S. Mathews VS.. Mrs. Kate
feathers ct al: suit for accounting;
continued by agreement to May term.
John Edwards VS.. Federal Lead Co.:
damages; continued to May term.
Carr Hartshorn VS.. Miners & Mer-
chants Bank: suit for rent; continued
to May term. #aae
Alice Mich VS.. Gus Seka ct al: at
tachment; trial by Court; judgment
for plaintiff in sum of $500 actual
and $500 punitive damages.
J. F. Heaton VS.. G. M. London ct al;
continued to May term.
st. Louis Dairy Co. VS.. Clyde E.
Robertson: appeal from J. p; trial
by Court; judgment for plaintiff for
$193.50.
A. A. Thornton VS.. Jack Hunt: APP
peal from j. F.; continued by agree
ment to May term.
Minerva N. Sheets VS.. A. G. Muir
ply: action on note; continued TO
May term.
State VS.. John Ames: grand lar
ceny; defendant gives bond in sum
Of $500 for his appearance at May
term.
State vs.. John Ames: grand lar
y
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
f. III. S. DEFEATED
AT FLAT RIVER

The Pennington High School boys
basket ball team was defeated in a
close game at Flat River last Satur-
day night. Flat River played here a
few weeks previous and had beaten
Pennington by the close score of 30
n. Pennington was expecting an
other close game for last Saturday
night and their expectation was full
filled. 1t could be clearly seen that
the Pennington team was superior to
Flat River in team work, but were not
sure on goal shooting. 1t is certain
that if the Pennington team had shot
all the goals tried for they would
have beaten Flat River badly. The
score Of the game was 26 to %.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
REPRESENTATIVE
MOOTHART RESIGNS
Miami, Okla, March 4, 1918

Miami, Okla, March 4, 1918.
Editor Times, Pennington, Mo.
Esteemed Sir:-Much to my regret,
| report that it becomes necessary
for me to change my plans of attend
ing the Special Session of the Legis-
lature of Missouri, soon to be called
my utmost, during the past few weeks,
to secure competent principal to
take charge of the school during my
absence, but in view of the war draft,
find the ranks of commercial teach
ers depleted and am unable to get
substitute.
Now, for me to deliberately leave
my school in its present condition, and
in sense stop the training of young
men and young women for Office posi-
tons, being made vacant from time to
time because of war conditions, would
make it seem virtually unpatriotic, in
other words, our Government must
have young people trained rapidly and
thoroughly, so believe can serve
my country better and more patriot
dcally by remaining at my post Of du-
ty in Miami.
have arrived at this conclusion,
very reluctantly, and have notified
Gov. Gardner accordingly. / have
suggested to him that he may call a
special session to select my successor
and am giving you this information
to use as you deem advisable.
With best wishes, and thanking you
for all courtesy and favors extended
to me, and duly approaching the hon
or my constituents have given me, and
regretting my inability to serve them
in this coming session, / remain
Yours respectfully,
. G. w. MO0THART.