The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-12-27
Homer CLAW came in last saturday


Misses Sadie and Carrie Tullock of
Bismarck are spending the holidays
with their sister, Mrs. v. j. Mayberry.
T. The public schools of Pennington
are expected to open again next Mon
DAY, after having been closed for the
past II weeks by the influenza cpl
demic. This city and vicinity now APP
pears to be practically cleared of the
scourge.
LOST-Between Flat River and
Weingarten, on Monday evening,
Dec. z3rd, new Tyron auto casing,
size 3OX31a inches, on rim. Finder
will be well rewarded on returning
same to this office, or to Oscar ".
Donge, Weingarten, Mo.
<. K. Blue, former citizen of this
city, now very successfully engaged in
business in Poplar Bluff, Mo-, visited
relatives and friends here this week
He made The Times Office an appre-
ciated call and ordered the paper sent
to him the coming year.
Jacob Day returned the first of the
week from Louisiana, where he had
spent two months on his plantation.
he reports that the cotton crop down,
there mas been practically ruined by
an abundance of rain. The other
crops, too, are not in the best of con-
dItIon.
Invitations are out from Mr.. and
Mrs.. Oscar Lee Halle, for the mar
rage of their niece, Miss Anna Lucille
Craig, to Mr. Clyde E. Dearborn, of
Kansas City. The ceremony will be
performed tomorrow Saturday af-
ternoon, at o'clock, at the Baptist
church.
Choice meats of all kinds-cuts that
will tempt the appetite-can always
be secured at Bethel's Cash Meat
Market. When you desire a roast,
steak, boiling piece, or any especially
nice piece of meat, you should not fail
to phone 239, and it will be promptly
delivered.
The funeral of Elmer Bridges (col-
ored) was held here Sunday. Elmer
was working in St. Louis when he
contracted influenza which developed
into pneumonia which caused his
death, -Four of his friends from st.
Louis came down to the funeral and
acted as-pall bearers.
The weather man evidently put
forth some effort to make it an old
fashioned Christmas, though it fell
just little short of white" Christ
mas. However, there was a slight
furry of snow in the air practically all
day. But in quantity it was a failure,
as it could not be seen after it reached
the ground.
The three children of Rev. and Mrs.
/ 4-+ nf +la
Otphanage, spent Christmas with
their PAL ents. Dwight L., who is
wheelman on the U. S. S. Ill
inois, was home on a four-days fur
Tough; Paul is attending school in
Saginaw, Mich, and Virginia is at
tending Synodical College at Fulton,
Mo.
Entered into rest on Saturday,
Dec. 81, at 1920 a. M, Myror r. Fer
guscn, beloved husband of Ella Fer
guson (nee Eats, dear father of Har-
old H. Ferguson, dear son of Mathilda
Ferguson, and our dear brother, bro
theI- in-law and uncle, at the age of
27 years. Funeral On Monday, Dec.
%, at p. M, from Ziegenhein Bros
chapel, 1928 Cherokee street, to St.
Matthew's Cemetery. Motor-Sunday
POST Dispatch.
Representative Jeff Davis Pos
ton was over from Bonnie Terre Mon
day and favored The Times Office with
y call. He expects to leave next
Sunday for the State Capital for the
meeting of the Legislature, which will
convene next Wednesday. While
there is much business of unusual i'm
portance that should be transacted at
the Forthcoming Legislative session,
Representative Poston fears that the
division CT the Senate and House be-
| tween the two old parties will result
in more friction than business.
As an indication that Santa Claus
paid unusual attention to the inmates
and employees at State Hospital No,
4, it was only necessary to note the
great loads Of Christmas packages
taken from each incoming mail to
that institution. The cab was crowd
cd and jlmmed with packages several
times each day the fore part of the
week, leaving no room inside for any,
one. Surely Old Santa has never felt |
so we'll during his long life as he has
this year. Also his many attentions
NOhIi l'Ct NC dpDiCSi"bSd hlJIc ~ |
any that they are by the afflicted ones |
at Hospital No. A.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. S;mms last Fri |
day received letters from their sons,
Ellis and Milton, who are with the
Marines cover there" They were
both we'll ard safe. They had the
pleasure one night of staying in the
same home in Belgium, after being
separated for several weeks. Milton
had been sick and was moved to diff
ferent hospitals several times, while
Ellis had been in the trenches help
ing finish the Hun. After the ar
mistice was signed they met in Bel
GUM and stayed together one night.
The letters were written from Lux
cmberg, in Germany, Milton and Ell
lis, evidently being in the army of &C.
cupation. 4
They tell us of the perfect day in
June" All the component atmospher-
ic parts that go to the making of
such day clothed the Arcadia Val
ley last Sunday. The skies were a
cleaning kindly blue with not blur
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