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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
Cemeteries Should
Be Kept Attractive

Passing along the road by some of
our local cemeteries one cannot help
being struck forcibly with the gem
eral rundown, ill-kept, neglected ap-
pearance Of the places. This seems
entirely out of line with the usual
pride in appearances which Farming
ton, as a community, shows in such
large measure. Just why no provi-
sion, that is an adequate provision
that would be genuinely effective, is
made for the care and upkeep Of the
cemeteries is not apparent.
Here and there individuals, many of
them, in fact, who take the best Of
care Of their burial lots, keeping
grass moved, weeds removed, the
graves nicely banked up, stones
straight and so forth, but to an OBJ
server ignorant Of the matter, and
only casual observer Of what he sees,
it certainly looks as though the most
shameful neglect is permitted.
The fences in places have gone to
virtual ruin, and are old fashioned
"plank" fences quite unsightly. The
pathways and roadways are obscured
by rank weeds and grass, and dozens
or scores of graves are sunk in and
sometimes quite obliterated except
for the little wooden markers which
are placed head and foot. Some ae-
tion, prompt and effective, it seems to
us, should be taken by the proper par
ties to employ a competent sexton to
look after this work, devoting his full
time to it.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
New Subscribers

F. H. Best of Route 3, j. C. Will
Iiams, E. j. Moore, H. M. O'Bannon
and T. B. Welch of Pennington, A.
P. Mitchell and Tom Parks of Flat
River, Private Fred Harvey Halter,
Private John Robin Doss, Private P.
S. Cole, Jr., and Private Harvey c.
Halle of Camp Funston, Kan, C. T.
Tullock of Bismarck, Private Henry
Paul Williams of Fort Travis, San
Antonio, Texas, Liberty Loan Organ
ization of St. Louis, Earl F. McClin-
took of Washington, D. c., Wallace J.
Ferry of Kansas City, Mo-, Private
jeff D. Poston of Fort Riley, Kan.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
Road 0verseers and Present APP
pOrtiOnment.

pOTtiOnInent.
No.
/ Thos. H. Weddle, Iron Mountain,
SEATS.
2 F. C. Berthold, Bismarck, $52l. 10.
3 Geo. r. Jordan, Frankclay,
$2,542.37.
a G. H. Menge, Pennington, $57.28.
Marion Benham, Bonne Terre,
$2,683.63.
6 John Cash, Bonne Terre, $47.52.
z E. o. Brooks, Blackwell, $48.97.
s J. D. Huff, Doe Run, $32.35.
8 VIM Zimmerman, Doe Run,
S3S3.74.
10 VIM. Dugal, Pennington, $59.03.
II ]. S. West, Elvins Route /,
$231.66.
IL w. r. Williams, Pennington r.
a, $5,942.37.
13 John Albert, Pennington r. A,
: $1,159.62.
Ia w. T. Newby, Bonne Terre R. l,
$s3.11.
Is c. F. Boyd, Valle's Mines, $53.79.
16 w. L. Eaton, French Village,
$29.S2.
II F. H. Millen, Halifax, $49.S7.
IS E. c. Papin, French Village,
$500.
10 w. L. Matkin, Knob Lick, $3.50.
20 B. G. Porter, Pennington r. a,
$11S.S2.
81 R. C. Martin, Jr., Pennington,
$78.11.
% T. F. O'Bannon, Pennington R.
2. S97.S2
% E. o. Presnell, Libertyville, $113.-
AZ.
"a M. T. Hunt, Womack, $72.69.
25 M. T. Goggins, Elvins, $943.50.
The fact is, St. Francois county has
never had better bunch of conscien-
tious road overseers. Every one of
them is booster for good roads, bet
ter roads and in fact the BEST roads
of any county in the State Of Missouri.
One cannot refrain from feeling that
the outstanding need of the county is
for a uniform and correlated system
of highways, built to last forever or
nearly so. If st. Francois county had
$5,000,000 available for road building
and it could be available through a
vote of the people of the county-it
would result in giving to st. Fran
co.'s county the best system of roads
in the United States in a county of
the size, population and wealth of st.
Francois. But even without so large
a bond issue-even with single mil
lion dollars--a system of road ways
could be built that would place St.
Francois county in the very forefront
of counties in this or any other State,
1t would result in the practical doub-
ling of the property values through
out the county. When it is considered
that,a petition with only 200 names Of
petitioners would be sufficient to call
such an election, it is matter of won-
der that the thing hasn't been done
long, long ago. Speed the time when
this may be done! And let us hope
that the splendid body of road over
seers will through the weight of their
influence bring about this important
matter in the not too far distant fu-
ture.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22

will continue to be increased, while
the only attempt at economizing will
be in the nature Of keeping the work
ingmen's wages down to the lowest
possible stage. Other great corpor-
ations, with true managerial ability,
have long since recognized that the
time is here when their workingmen
must have more consideration. Other
wise, they are "building on the sand"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22

We were pleased to meet that good
citizen and friend, John Graham, in
town Monday. dUncle John" has
spent the winter with his son, F. L.
Graham, at Libertyville. While he
appears to be in good health, he has
been staying close to the house the
past winter, and this was his first vis-
1t to Harrington in several months.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES

March 14--Dan Pettes of Bonne
Terre, and Leila Pratter of Bonne
Terre.
March 16-Dewey Hahn, of Fred
ericktown, and Louis Rhudisil, of
Fredericktown. 3y3
March 2O-Raymond DeClure, Of
Bonne Terre,, and Maggie Essouyer,
of Potosi. lts9
March 21--L. E. Horton, of Lead
wood, and Fora M. Ferry, Of Lead
wood. 9Si22 s
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22

With the enormous growth in busi-
ness as is indicated in the above re-
port, it would seem that this company
could well afford to adopt the sliding
scale of wages, as well as pay the pro-
posed taxes, without further quib-
bling. But it appears that if the mat
ter is left to the officers of that COM
pany, their already enormous salaries
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
TOTAL CLASSIFICATION
OF CLASS NO. l

Number of men already class
flied .................. 3140
Number of men so classified
in class one .......... 29S
Number of men in class one,
penang ........... ....... 3
Number of men in class one,
delinquent ................ 112
Number of men in class one, al
ready sent to camp. ....... 234
Number of men in class one, lin
tied service ............... %
Number of men in class one, de-
SeTCeIS .'....... ............
The next contingent will leave
Pennington March goth, consisting of
13 men. Their names cannot be accu-
rately given at this time, however, as
the examination will be held today.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
DIAMOND JOE MILL WORKING

The mill at the Diamond Joe Mine,
now ready for operation, is first
class plant with capacity of 300
tons, located north Of Sunnyside, Ok,
not far from the State line. Two
shafts have been sunk into ore of good
quality. The first work out will be for
the purpose of getting the machinery
in the best condition and adjustment.
American Zinc and Lead Journal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22

michigan" Jones returned to
Pennington the first of the week to
resume mining operations in this
county, after visit of several months
with his family in Detroit.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22

Harry Croke left today for Tulsa,
Okla, where he will be employed. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Croke. Many
friends of these young people wish
them the best Of luck in their new To-
cation.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
LOOM

strips and woven into Blankets shawls. scarfs
or sweaters, not only for our fighting men. but
for the destitute peasants of France and Italy
and Serbia. Woven on a new warn these
garments have practically the wearing quality
of brand new garment. So send along YOUR
old woollen underwear and suits of clothes;
there is a row of hungry looms at the Pen and
Brush Club just waiting to devour them
The success of the looms at the clubrooms
has encouraged the members of the war work
committee to carry the work still further A
call is to be sent throughout the rural dis
trlcts OF the Eastern states and Canada asking
those who have looms hidden away in the gar
ret to get them down and either weave them
selves or send the looms to New York, where
they will be put to work-for there is still
another chapter to my story.
Miss Tarbell is carrying her idea, and Incl
dentally her looms, into the hospitals, where
they will be used part of the educational
work for our convalescent or disabled soldiers
and sailors. For this purpose she is making a
special appeal for the small-sized loom, which
can be placed on bed or table The men,
bers of the Pen and Brush Club who arc es.
pecially interested in handicraft work are
compiling a book Of designs that can be used
in the hospitals for the more elaborate forms
of weaving which the men may take up as a
means Of livelihood.
At the rooms of the Pen and Brush Cluh
they will show you huge trunk filled with
the fruit Of the loom, all ready to 60 across
the seas-blankets for the babies of Belgium.
warm and soft as can be; long, wide, woollv
scarfs for the men in the trenches; shawls
for the French peasant women and sweaters
for everybody, all made from old woollen
clothing. You have the address, have YOU
not? The Pen and Brush Club, 1872 East
Nineteenth Street. ELENE FOSTER.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
BUSINESS BEFORE SORROW

commercial, professional and administrative
success. So the flash of anger, the sting of
Jealousy, the ache of tenderness, the panic of
fear, the bitterness Of doubt or defeat, vindic-
tiveness, resentment, encouragement, must be
held in check until the turmoil subsidies and
one is once more captain Of his soul. "Sit
tight and it will all blow over" is helpful
saying. If we only stick it out bravely our
mood will change and we shall see clearly
again. We should learn to reserve decisions
tor calm moments. If we know that certain
problem Is going to be too much for us in the
mood we are in, we should lay it aside until
our equilibrium has been restored. We should
forget evils and disagreeablenesses which we
cannot remedy.
Tears are always a mistake. Swelling
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

hearts and heaving breasts are for movies not
business. Tears waste time. They befoq
situation with mists of sex.
Your true business woman has learned to be
'mpersonal. The recipe is not 70 think about
yourself so much. Every incident should be
viewed not in it's relation to ourself, but in it's
relation to the business at hand. We should
be objective We should visualize the business
as whole, system, thing, and ourself as
a part of it.
Ihls attitude is necessary for cooperation.
Suppose there is trouble among co-workers. do
the participants usually consider carefully how
best they can compromise and work out the
oiHculty to the best interests of the people
VINO pay them? No. Each one tries to think
up ways of hurting the other more than he
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

sense of humor. Many young women are
lacking in this quality. They either take life
too seriously or on the other hand they don't
do enough thinking to know how to take it
at all. Life is serious enough, but it is also
very funny when one gets the right light on
lt-not that the great tragedies shall not have
their sanctity or that the elemental motions of
the spirit shall not be revered; but the little
annoyances of every day, the foolish frets
about clothes and eating, the conventions of an
over-stupid society, and especially the chang
ing moods and inexplicable eccentricities Of
human beings, should be barred to the full
light of kindly fun. Happy day when you can
laugh at yourself, not cynically but with
amused tolerance. When your preoccupied
employer asks you casually to hold the tele-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

himself is hurt, and then probably complains
that the other feels angry about it. Business
women must be charitable if they can, and
must make allowances; they must temper their
animosities for the sake of achieving results.
good way to control dislike or difficult peo-
pie is to study them. One gets so interested
in ones companions types that one takes
delight in their conduct as demonstrations of
human nature. Sometimes it helps to be
pharisaical and remember "For We suffer fools
gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise" The
other fellow may not have learned so much
about self-control as we have, so we will be
tolerant, even generous, and give him the
benefit Of every doubt.
But the finest weapon against undesirable
emotion, especially against sentmentality, is
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

n 1OBODY minds much having frankly
emotional woman around the house.
The business man himself takes cer-
tain amount of undisciplined feeling, senti-
mentality and unreason for granted in his
household. But as for having it in the Office
heaven preserve himl
1t would be very pleasant solution. indeed
Doth for herself and for her associates if the
woman would hang her emotions up in the
attic with her gingham house dresses when
Sne first enters business life. But no. these
very awkward and inappropriate impediments
must needs be lugged along until bump after
bump teaches her how to pack them into tho
smallest possible compass, and finally to keen
tne pack under lock and key during office
hours Suppose she refuses to learn +h;so
Her energy is sapped by thousand unimpor
tant leaks and she dwells in an atmosnbere If
tears or friction.
The revelation Of the fact that emotions and
business won't mix usually comes to her like
coid splash; and, like the reaction to cold
splash, II the resistance is good, the effect will
be tonic. Mistakes intelligently interpreted ara
the most Illuminating and stimulating lessons
in the curriculum of commerce
1t is not easy to keep a calm surface with a
STORM raging beneath, but it pays beyond COM
putation Self-control is the asbestos covering
which makes good use of the internal fires and
keeps them from scorching everything in
reach. cts all right to feel, feel all you
want to- wise man has said, "but keep it
back" And Of course one Of the most obvious
and simple methods Of concealment is the good
old-fashioned expedient Of keeping silent. Oh,
the power Of silence! How it cools and heals,
how 1t instructs, how it humbles, how it
strengthens
Inhibition is hateful word But what is
one to do? Business is an art, and art must
have its technique, to be consciously and pain
fully mastered. Wa love spontaneity and i'm.
palsivsnA's-tps sel9-restraint u the suls esl
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

parched lips of those in desperate pain, Mere
de Dieu, ayez pitiez de moi!' and can't tell
you how l longed for glass of cool, fresh
milk to hold to those lips. Do you wonder
that my one thought when came home was
to find some method of sending milk to
France? 1t was so scarce in our hospital
that the freshly wounded were fed with heavy
soup, which sent their temperature up higher
than ever"
In what form to send it over was Mrs.
McConihe's first problem, and with the help
of Miss Josephine Osborn, the war baby's
second godmother, she made thorough in
vestigation of all the various evaporated and
condensed and dried milks until she found the
one which has been selected. This is milk in
powder form. It is produced by taking the
milk as soon as it comes from the COW and SUBJ
jecting it to process of evaporation which
kills all the germs and preserves all the nu7
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

phone receiver to his ear while he rolls a ciga-
rette to sustain him in long-winded conyer-
sation, If it strikes you as a unique bit Of
comedy instead of disgusting affront. your
soul is safe for business. Humor NAV be cul.
tivated, and it is worth all the pains one gives
It, 1t promotes balance, sanity, and restores
iose perspective 1t saves many trying OF
impossible situation. When it can be shared
1t is an exquisite delight.
1nls should not minimize the Importance Of
real feeling, both in and out of Office hours,
Tor woman's emotions, in spite of unthinkns
masculine opinion, are really very valuable
even IN business, if they are properly directed.
Love, admiration, affection, awe, reverence are
spurs to accomplishment and begetters of 10y.
alty-an intellectually precious commercial
quality. Sympathy, the quintessence of wom-
anllness, translates itself into practical help.
Joy may be freely spent in terms of unobtru-
sivc cneerfulness. Fear may be used 40
challenge. An intense woman is apt to b
brave, to overcome fear and achieve in spite
OF 1t. Hatred also is challenge, more difficult
than fear to meet and use
: OF the outside interests Of the business
woman little need be said They will vazs
dividual. Family life, social life, religion
friendship, love, books, art, music, the theatre
Clothes. hobbies may furnish the needes cS~
let Whatever attracts her should drive from
her mind the rigors of. the business hours. Lss
her over-emphasize her femninity in her houne
Let her be good to her nerves. If the day
too wearing and she is too weary for socisl
diversion let her slip into a pretty dressing
gown and sit before an open fire with one o.
the great books, or, if she likes, with chcco.
lates and light magazine, and solace wa
come to her soul for the things she cannot hsve'
Her constant effort should be to face my
steadily and see it whole; to live in quasss
place of her own above the storm of eyens'ss
Failure should never trouble her, for one c.s# ~
always try again. And in the end she
have acquired that most valuable social
commercial quality, poise.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

means of sending it and of having it properly
received when it reached the end of it's journey.
A cable message was sent to the Princesse de
Polk, who is very energetic war worker in
Paris, asking if she in sympathy with tho
project and if she would suggest some plan
for establishing receiving station in Paris.
In less than twenty four hours the answer
came that she had conferred with the French
government, which was ovcrjoyed at the pros
pect of receiving the milk; that warehouses
had been reserved for it's reception, and the
princess herself would head the French COM
mittee that would take charge Of it's dstribu-
ton. Il forgot to inquire into the pedigree
of that princess, by the way, but am sure
she must have been born in America)
Moreover, the French government has Of
fered to pay all the expenses Of transporta-
tlon from the time that the can of powdered
milk leaves the farm in Pennsylvania until it
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
ANOTHER BLOOMING OF THE Old HAND LOOM

NO YOU remember the old wooden loom
~ that stood under the caves Of grand
mothers garret, before which you used
to sit on rainy afternoons and play at weav-
ing? 1t was covered with cobwebs and the
threads of the warp which had been left on it,
frame were frayed with age, but it was great
fun to slide the wooden bobbn between the
few threads that were left and weave all sorts
of wonderful fairy garments.
Weaving seemed the easiest occupation in
the world and one of the most fascinating
and for once our childish imaginations did not
mislead US. give you nv word as q "orown-
up who has woven a real, sure enough blan
Ket on one OF these same old wooden hand
looms, that weaving is both easy and fascinat-
ing. And what is more, people are beginning
10 realize that just now it is a mighty useful
occupation as we'll. And So one by one, the
ola wooden looms are being brought down
from tne garret and reinstated in the place of
nonor IN the corner of the big farmhouse
Kitchen or living room
MISS Ida Tarbeu is responsible in some
measure Tor the return Of the old hand loom
~ was she who made the suggestion to the
members OF the war work committee of the
rem and Brush Club, of which she is the
honorary chairman, that they procure one or
Two OF these old hand looms and set them up
'n ene ciuorooms to be used in weaving gar
ments Tor our men overseas.
Inc idea appealed Immediately to the
"rus's and writer's who comprise the "war
workers." and they set up several Of the old
wooden frames in the rooms at 1872 East
Nineteenth Street, where they have since been
in almost constant use.
Several months ago the Red Cross decided
not 70 accept any more hal4.woru clothinr fas
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

by that wouldn't put something IN M
haven't we known about this shortage Of nm
before? Here, give me a pen. I'll ds -.
bit now-and I'll double it for you befor.
go to the country. What's more, I kncv
few old fellers round here at the club th,s
I'll send in to do the same"
blind woman and her companion VIA.
the next visitors eve saw the milk "a, :
said the blind one, "and I want to pledge nv.
self for a monthly subscription, il Won Win
take it that way. You see. can give rno~.
that way than could if gave it all at on..
I can't understand why we didn't know abou,
this before"
And then came little girl, accompanies
by her governess and leading 9 wire-hairea
terrier. She approached the counter v.,,
shyly.
"I have 50 that want to give to send min
to the soldiers" she said in voice that w,,
almost a whisper. II was going down The
avenue to buy Straggles a new collar. bu,
when saw the can and Miss James explaines
what it was for / decided that Strapo,e,
didn't really need new collar until we com.
back from the country. Ny Uncle Bob i,
fighting over there"
What Are You Doing to Heip?
So you see Free Milk for France carries nn;.
versal appeal. It's godmothers have planned
an extensive programme for bringing it befor.
the public-for its debut. In every hotel and
restaurant and department store and ofiee
building there will be glass milk bottles dressed
up in wide red, white and blue sashes with tbs
legend Free Milk for France" printed on
them. You can't escape them. They ara
there to capture your pennies. Now that Won
know their history, Pm sure you'll do your
share.
For a time there will be a daily parade of
floats. On one of them there is real COW
and modern mikmad in gingham oyeral]s
Some Of you may have seen the parade weak
or more ago-it suspended operation for a
week on account of the Red Cross drive. but
will resume it's peregrnations early to-mor.
row morning.
New York City is merely the birthplace Of
the new war baby. Every city and town in
the country is to have share in the work Of
making it a success. Already committees
have been formed in different communities
and the response has been remarkable.
A ton of powdered milk makes 8 400 quartz
Of iquid-not such an enormous quantity
when you think of the hundreds who need iii
What IT we send two tons day, $500 quartsf
Ihat seems more like something, doesn't it!
Can't we do it?
Think Of what a glass of cool, pure, fresh
milk would mean to poor little weazen-faced
baby whose diet for months has been diluted
milk and stewed vegetables; to the tired war
worn little sister who cares for him while
their mother is at work in the fields; to The
tubercular patient sent home from German
prison to die; and to the soldier one of our
very own, it may be, who is tossing with fever
and groaning with the pain of a wound in =
crowded hospital! Think of this when YOU
see that bottle with the red, white and blue
band and its olea for Free Milk for France,
and help to send the second ton!