The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-05-10
An Appreciation
of Work Well Done


That the Third Liberty Loan Cam
paign has closed--I desire through
the columns of the newspapers of st.
Francois Co. to thank all the workers
who so nobly co-operated with the
Sales Division and gave of their time
and energy to the campaign and to
congratulate the citizens of the eoun-'
'ty upon their support in backing the
workers by purchasing THIRD Lioerty
Loan Bonds to the amount OF more
than a/million dollars. This. puts us
among the leading counties II not the
leading county of the State. ! am
Just advised by the State Chairman
/, that we are in the race for the grand
Honor Flag with . good chance OF
; winning it but that same cannot be
awarded until the complete returns OF
all the counties are turned in to the
Federal Reserve Bank and checked.
Only with such cooperation and hard
work could so great results have been
obtained as have been obtained in st.
Francois county.
While space will not admit OF nam
ing of all who have done good work
l cannot refrain from making special
mention of some.
In all of the towns the local Direc-
tors of Sales formed good organiza-
tions and accomplished good work
and with few exceptions the Diree-
tors of sales appointed in, the small
school districts got good results.
Among the small districts, according
to wealth and population of the dis
trict, the Primrose school dlstrict
under the leadership of Mr.. Morris
Jones is probably in the lead with
subscriptions amounting to the sum
of $4150.00.
While it is impossible to estimate
the exact amount of good accom-
plished-too much credit cannot be
given to the organization of -Four
Minute Men in the county under the
leadership of Chairman j. Il. Malt
gen of Bonne Terre. The same can
be said of the ministers of the county
both Protestant and Catholic-who
not only gave publicity through their
pulpits but many of whom got out
and worked as statesmen.
The Women's Division under the
leadership of Mrs. Weber Of Farm
ington did excellent work. They not
only sold many bonds but were OF
much assistance to the publicity de-
partment even arranging for many
meetings and obtaining the speakers
for same.
Mr.. L. w. Garrett Of Desloge
County Chairman OF the Division OF
Publicity, and My. A. G. Norwine OF
Fiat River. County Chairman OF
Division OF Dish1bytien Of Supplies
both formed splendid organizations
over the county ard wene Of much as
sistanoe in the campaign. ~ e
Also, the Boy Scouts did well--es'
peciallv so-wnen taking Into cols
sideration the fact that their work did
not begin until the campaign was
more than half over. :,
The newspapers of the county all
gave freely of their columns IN puD-
nshing the news items OF the cam
paign and other matter of interest In
boosting the sales of bonds which to-
gether with the paid Liberty Bond
Advertising" contributed by the mer-
chants and other business men ano
firms was of much benefit in the sale
of bonds. This was all appreciated.
OF the local stunts pulled of-the
best was put on by Mr.. J. F: Thomp-
son, Manager of the St. Louis Smelt-
ing & Refining Company, and MI
Robt. L. Hood, Sales Director for st
Francois. On Liberty Bond Day. the
26th, these gentlemen had the after.
noon shift of their company come on
from work thirty minutes before the
regular time and put on the follow
ing program on a platform built es-
pecially for the occasion and Just II
the rear of the company office:-Box
ing Match by two of the soldiers, iiVe
minute speech by Mr.. C.. R. Bramblet
boxing match by Hood and Snyder
Tin Tin boxing match, and speech by
]. H. Tetley, with music between
acts by the Desloge band, and closing
with Third Liberty Loan song by
Dr.. L. M. Reeves. During the pro
gram statesmen worked among tht
crowd and sold about $25,000.0'
worth of bonds-and about double
that amount during the day. This
was the beginning of the end which
resulted in every one of the 769 EN-
ployees of the st. Louis Smelling q
8, Refining Company subscribing fol
Third Liberty Loan Bonds and there
by winning for the company th'
special Honor Flag awarded to frmS
or companies employing 100 or more
men and every employee buying
Third Liberty Bond.
Also, / wish to state here tina
while there was some disappointment
about our not getting subscrip
tion from the St. Louis Smelling 4
Refining Company, besides the, EN-
ployees' subscriptions, credited t.
this county that said company ,pur
chased one million dollars worth O.
Third Liberty Bonds through, thei
New York office--all of which wa!
credited to New York. 1t was simpl,
a matter of the New York salesmer
beating US to it and not a lack O.
liberality or patriotism on the par
r of the company.