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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES

School authorities desiring teach
ers should communicate with this Of
flee. A number of applications are on
file with the County Superintendent
from all parts of the State. This OPP
portunity to serve and assist both
teachers and school boards is relished.
Attention is here called to the next
County Teachers Examination which
will be held at the Pennington High
School building on August End and
3rd, next. Elsewhere in this paper
may be found formal announcement
of the same.
Teachers expecting to secure re.
newals of certificates this year should
at once take up the matter with the
County Superintendent as he is anx-
icus to pass on and dispose of all such
cases during the comparatively dull
season and thus be more free to give
his attention to the actual operation
of the various school "plants"
throughout the county.
A County Educational Conference
will be held at the Pennington High
School building on the 10th and 30th
of August next. By statute it is made
the duty of each and every st. Fran
co.'s county teacher to attend the
meeting. 1t is hoped and expected
that all school boards will make it a
point to see that their teachers at
tend this meeting. A drive will be
made to secure the attendance of the
entire teaching force Of the county
No legitimate reason can exist for
the failure of such drive and school
boards and teachers will be asked to
to insure its success. Teach
ers and school officials are urged to
write this office giving ideas and sug-
gestions as to the nature of the pro.
gram to be given. Some time on the
part of all should be given each day
toward realization Of an ideal and
never-to-be-forgotten meeting on the
18th and 30th of next month.
co. SUPT. OF SCHOOLS.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
Wa1ter."

love to all Walter"
Prvt. w. H. LePere, 18th Co. 9Th
Regiment, us. M. C. A. E. F., in care
of P. NJ, New York, N. Y.
One written on the 23rd Of May
says in part:
France. May 20, 1918.
any Dear Mamma and Dad
Wednesday evening in a hay loft,
with chicken lice to keep US company.
Allow are all of your getting along ?
I suspect You are. wondering why
do not write more often. / have been
wanting to write, but did not find
time until this afternoon. am well
and doing nicely, just finished a long,
hard march. The first night we slept
in box cars, the second we spread our
blankets on cobble stones lin the
streets), now we are in hay loft.
"France is having some beautiful
weather at this time, although it is
rather hot for marching.
II have found few familiar birds
here, such as the martin, quail, crow,
English sparrow and meadow lark, al
though the meadow lark is somewhat
smaller than the American. | have
also heard the wood thrush and wren.
"In one sector of the trenches the
trenches are $50 yards apart. The
Germans were in woods while we
were in the open and you could hear
the birds singing in the morning on
the German side when there was no
shooting. Believe me, when you hear
the birds sing up there it certainly
brings pleasant memories of home,
sweet home. So long. Love to all.
"Walter."
IN. B.-Tell the girls when they
speak of US not to call US Sam, but
"Yanks". No one wants to be called
Sam; we are Yanks.-W.
Stanton McClintock, who is station
ed at jefferson Barracks, spent Sun
day in Pennington.
Fred Butterfeld, who has been sta
toned at Champaign, ILL.,, in the avia-
ton service, spent last weekend at
home visiting relatives. He returned
Sunday afternoon and was ordered TO
Camp Dix, Texas, Thursday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE

The committee are asking that you
bring all children under six to the
High School to have them registered
ard weighed and measured. The room
will be open on Tuesdays and Thur
sdays from three 90 to five (5) for
the next three weeks. If your baby
is not well, bring it that you may find
how much it is under weight If your
baby is we'll bring it that you may help
to bring the standard Of the town up.
There will be short talks each after
noon at three o'clock on some sub
ject which is of vital Importance TO all
mothers. Everyone is welcome to at
tend this talk.
Thursday, July IS, Mrs. o. W.
Bleeck will tell why the Government
is asking for this registration. Tues
day, July %, Prof Johns will talk on
some phase of Education. Other
talks or personal Hygiene, care of
Babies n Summer" and such subjects
will be given on the succeeding after
moons.
Come and bring your children and
your neighbors.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
HENSLEY OF MISSOURI I'd
VISIT WAR ZONE WEEK

Washington, July 13.-Representa-
tive Hensley of Missouri, as a men,
Der of the House Naval Committee,
will depart soon for Europe with
other members of the committee. The
committee members expect To be
abroad for six weeks making inspec-
tons of the American naval forces
The information TO be obtained rela-
tive to the French and English naval
forces is expected to be invaluable in
the framing of the next naval appro-
priation bill.
The above is clipping taken from
Sundays Globe Democrat. Mr.. Hens
ley is said to be che of the best in
formed members of the House Naval
Committee. He has previously made
several tours of inspection with the
committee, to the Panama Canal zone
and elsewhere.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
ted Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Martin Sun

tied Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Martin Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Haynes were
guests of their children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde London and Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
rion Haynes, of Pennington, last Sun
day.
Eugene Williams and Miss Frieda
Hicks, of Pennington, visited Mr..
Williams parents Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Bieser of
Sprott were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Niedert Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. O'Bannon were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom O'Ban-
non last Saturday.
Howard Haynes received letter
from his son, Stanley, who is in
France. Stanley is enjoying good
health and says he sees many inter-
esting sights.
Joe Schilling received letter from
Jesse Haynes, who is in France, stat
ing he is in good health, but does not
hear from home folks. There have
been quitea number Of letters sent
him since he left the u. S. but It
seems they have not reached him yet.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
ELVINS

Leon Richard, now of st. Louis,
spent the first of the week with home
folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Cook of Mar
quand visited Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Stephens here a few days the first of
the week.
Robt. Skies of Fredericktown spent
the latter part of last week with rela-
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Crawford and
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Short were
Loyal visitors Monday.
Carr Hartshorn transacted business
in Ironton Friday.
Miss Ada Browning of Flat River
visited friends here Tuesday.
Miss Blanche Beard of Loyal was
the guest of her cousin, Miss Lucy
Denton, Sunday.
Emmett Reece has recently accept
ed a position with Drug Company
in st. Louis.
H. N. Silsby and family of Mitchell
visited relatives here Saturday.
G. W. Thomure and family visited
Mrs. Thomure's mother in Desloge
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Ogle and son,
James, motored to lockwood Sunday.
Miss Douie Beard of near Black
River is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. MCGUIRE.
Mrs. E. Kline and little son, Leo
pold, expect to spend the next two
months travelling. They will visit
Detroit, Cleveland, Canada and Chica-
go.
J. A. Malone of DeSoto visited Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Malone Sunday.
Mrs. Carr Hartshofn and son, John
Carr, visited relatives in Pennington
Saturday.
Miss Mae Francis returned Monday
from St. Louis, where she has been
visiting relatives the past week.
Mrs. Lack Moore and son, Meyer,
are guests of Mrs. Sarah O'Hceron.
Prentice Elvins and family motored
to Arcadia Sunday.
Mrs. L. H. Maurer was a Desloge
visitor Sunday. Il,
Mrs. C. G. Carr visited friends in
Pennington Saturday.
Miss Jessie Mae Tidwell is spend
ing the week at Arcadia.
Miss Hazel Evans of Ironton was
an Elvins visitor Monday.
Arthur Kinney and family left Sat
urdey for st. Louis, where they will
reside. Mr.. Kinney has employment
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Francis of Bonnie
Terre and daughters, Della and Clara,
of st. Louis, spent Sunday afternoon
with Z. j. Francis and family.
Guy Wadlow spent last week with
home folks in Graniteville.
Carr Hartshorn and family and l..
H. Maurcr and family enjoyed Sunday
supper at Rock Springs.
Miss Essie Reid of Flat River and
Miss Mossey Humphrey of Fulton
were guests of Miss Lorraine Carr
Tuesday.
Misses Ethel and Verde Cross and
Jesse Howell and Bryan Cozean,spenr
Sunday at the Methodist Assembly
at Arcadia.
Misses Rena Sutton, 0rel and Clara
Baker, Florence and Winifred Lewis,
and Mrs. Willard Church went ON a
seven-mile hike to Loughboro Wodnes-
day.
| Mrs. D. M. Ferry attended the Ar
cadia Assembly services Sunday
Monday and Tuesday.
| Mrs. J, r.. Elliott Of Mt. Vernon
| ILL.,, spent several days last week with
Mr.. and Mrs, Asa Malone.
/ Raymond Hughes, the little son Of
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Mont Hughes, died al
their home Wednesday night. Fune-
4 raj services were held Thursday after
noon at the Methodist church.
| The Boy Scouts went on a hike Sun
day to Big River. ses, staa
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19

No voter can have any conscien-
tious scruples against voting for x.
P. Whitley, our present United States
Senator, on August 9Th, as he is a
high-class Christian gentleman, a
member of the. Methodist church, and
a teacher in the Sunday school. He
never misses being at his post Of du-
ty each Sunday. A 'seHlmade" man,
born on a farLl ip Audrain county,
Mo. This is your first opportunity
you have had to vote for q, man born
in Missouri for your United States
Senator. Senator Whitley will speak
in Flat River, Bonnie Terre, Desloge
and Elvins before the primary, but
the exact date has not yet been def
mitely fixed. The Times will give
notice of the dates and hour of The
different speakings soon as they are
definitely fixed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19

An exchange offers the following
good advice to voters: Unquestioned
devotion to the purposes of the ma
ton in this war is now basic quail
fication for office. No man must be
elected to Office whose loyalty is open
to question, however good his politics
in other respects. Champions of inn
portant progressive ideals should not
make the mistake of forming allianc-
es that invite the enmity of patriotic
citizens. Radicalism in politics can
not make Roadway by flirting with
disloyalty."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
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SUGAR GROVE

Farmers in this vicinity are thresh-
ing wheat and oats.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hunt and daugh-
ter, MARBLE; and Mrs. Belle Holly Of
Flat River spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs E. g. Williams.
Mrs. w. A. Worley, wife OF Captain
w. A, Worley Of Camp Cody, Deping,
New Mexico, and little daughter, Nell
lie Elizabeth, and Mrs. Worley's bro
Their, Mrs. Reed Brent, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Pinkston.
Mrs. Emma Hunt and children Wis
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
PRODUCTION OF
LEAD CONCENTRATES

In the Central States in 1917
Quantity Value
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
TEACHERS EXAMINATION

The next County Teachers Exami.
nation will be held at the Pennington
High School building on August End
and 3rd, beginning at 500 a. m. on
each day. For further information,
address J. Clyde Akers, County Su-
perintendent of Schools, Pennington,
Missouri. 28-2t.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19

The Western Front is locking more
and more attractive each day, and may
soon become a more valuable piece Of
real estate than ever, after the re-
mains of the boches have been cleared
away. 1t might then be turned into
a summer resort by France and her
fellow sufferers to assist in rehabih-
tafing their fortunes that have been
shattered by the war.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
MONTHLY ZINC ORE PRICES

Average prices of zinc blende ore
1 Innlin No
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-07-19
NOTICE FROM THE IA
RAwLEIGH MAN

All persons indebted to me for
Rawleigh Products are requested to
settle at once. Unforeseen circum-
stances causing me to close up my
business. r. p. MCBRIDE,
The Rawleigh Man,
At Pennington, Mo
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-14
FORCED TO
KISS AMERICAN FLAG
PATRIOTIC GERMANS AT UNION
TOWN ROUGHLY HANDLE
SUSPECTED PRO-GERMAN

A story just reached here today
from Unlontown, just across the state
line in Whitman county, Washington,
that has much local interest When
it was learned that the armistice was
signed and the war was over, Monday,
there was a big celebration at Union
town.
In the afternoon a prominent and
wealthy young farmer Of near Mos
COW, who has had the reputation of
being pro-German, and succeeded in
evading military service after a long
and hard fight in which he appealed
to President Wilson who sustained
the draft board, and he made another
appeal to the district board and was
of the resorts. He was captured by
an angry mob of young men and
taken into the street. He was roughly
America" He protested that he
could not sing it when one of the
young men repeated the words to
him in slow and solemn voice, like
taking the pledge in a secret order,
requiring him to repeat the words
after him.
Inc young GeTIldIl Was Iuel Cull-
PEELED to kneel in the street and kiss
the flag and repeat the oath of al
legiance. AS the crowd grew in size
feeling against the young farmer
seemed to increase and it required
the intervention of cooler heads to
save him from serious personal vio-
lence It is said, by those who brought
the story to Moscow today, that had
it been after dark it is believed the
young German would have been Sc
verely handled.
Uniontown is peopled almost ex-
clusively with Germans but they are
nearly all loyal American citizens and
have done their part in volunteering
for service and in all of the war
drives.
The father of this young man re-
Gently came to Moscow to get some
dental work done and a local dentist
refused to do the work although the
old man offered to pay cash in adj
vance.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-14
AMERICA MUST FEED THE
WORLD FOR ANOTHER YEAR

WASHINGTON.-The nations obi
cation to serve stricken humanity in
war-torn Europe by helping to provide
sustenance until the next harvest will
demand further sacrifices of the Ameri-
can people, Food Administrator Hoover
declared today in an address at con-
ference here of state food administrators.
Conditions of famine exist in Europe,
Mr.. Hoover said, that will be beyond
our powers to remedy" even with the
carrying out of the plan to ship from
America 100000 tons of foodstuffs
during the next year.
In northern Russia alone, he declared,
there are 100000 people who have but
little chance of obtaining food this
winter Millions of others throughout
Europe, he said, who can be reached
must be fed
Maintain Economy.
"This being the new world situation,
created by the collapse of the war" Mr..
Hoover continued, ''The prime changes
in our policies on today's outlook can
be summarized:
"That we may not advantageously
abandon the use of substitutes in our
wheat bread; that we will still require
economy and elimination of waste in its
consumption; that for the present we
need conservation in butter and con-
densed milk; that ultimately we must
extend this to all fats.
"We can contemplate, at the most,
maintaining fully three pounds per
month of sugar per person of household
sugar on the present outlook, and we can
by the availability of Java sugars to
kao,,, +a -a1oxr
straints on sugar pending some change
in European policies.
"These are special features of changes
ton is not the whole policy There is
that is the vital necessity to simple living,
modities more or less substitute for each
other.
Specter of Famine.
1--WE must realize that the specter of
famine abroad now haunts the abundance
of our table at home
"The war has been brought to an end,
in no small measure by starvation itself,
and it can not be our business to main
tain starvation after peace
North America, Mr. Hoover said, will
have to furnish OU per cent OF the World
supply of foodstuffs and the United
States and the West Indies will be able
to export 20,000,0O0 tons, as against a
pre-war normal of 100000 tons.
Mr.. Hoover told the state admins
traitors that the food administration will
be discontinued under the law when
peace is proclaimed and added:
"I look now," he said, "for a turn of
American food trades toward conserva-'
tive and safe business"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-14
), COLEMAN TAKES
DOUBLE HIS QUOTA
WELL KNOWN MAN DOUBLES
HIS SUBSCRIPTION TO UNIT
ED WAR FUND

Sig Coleman, we'll known farmer,
with $50 acres of land east of Mos
COW, was notified that his assess
ment for the United war fund drive
was $3.50. Mr.. Coleman called on
C. A. Tenwick, precinct captain of
his precinct before Mr.. Tenwick was.
up this morning and gave him check
for $25, just double his quota.
While acts of this kind are dis
tressingly uncommon, they are never
theless greatly appreciated by the
committee which extends special
thanks to Mr.. Coleman, and will hold
his example up for others to follow.
The drive is progressing slowly.
Half of the week will be gone this
evening and much less than half of
Latah county's quota of $4,000 has
been raised. Every one is urged to
call on the committee at once and
pay his or her quota. Only three
more days remain in which to make
the payments. This money must be
raised for the soldier boys who have
won the war, need the comforts this
money will provide more now than
they did when the war was at its
height.
Francis Jenkins is chairman of this
drive. An error was made in report
ing that H. H. Simpson is chairman.
Mr.. Simpson was chairman of the
fourth Liberty loan drive and made
decided success of the work. Mr..
Jenkins is in charge of the present
drive.
Mrs. J. H. Forney asks that cor
rection be made of the statement
published Monday to the effect that
the women who are assisting in this
work had volunteered. Mrs. Forney
said: "We did not volunteer. | was
asked to do the work and asked the
other women of the committee to
help We are doing the work because
we were asked to do it and none
l wish you would make
this correction"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-14
LATAH COUNTY CAST 4,290
VOTES FOR THESE CANDIDATES
FLOUR SUBSTITUTES
NEED NOT Be USED
RELEASE OF WHEAT FROM AUS
TRALIA AND INDIA WILL
CHANGE CONDITIONS

Joyous news comes to the people of
Idaho as we'll as the entire United
States today. We can all have wheat
flour bread. The rule requiring the
use of one pound Of flour substi-
tutes to four pounds of wheat flour
has been abandoned. This will be
glorious news to every one but the
profiteers who have been making for
tunes by selling flour substitutes at
prices ranging from so to 100 per
cent above flour prices. The manu-
facturers of flour substitutes, who
have been holding up the American
people for enormous profits will prob
ably be caught with large supply
of these substitutes which will neces-
sarily be sold at a loss, if they can
be sold at all.
This paper is in receipt of the fol-
lowing telegram from the office of
the state food administrator, at Boise.
The telegram is self-explanatory. 1t
follows:
BOISE.-(Special to The Star
Mirror Immediate abandonment of
the eighty twenty substitute rule has
been announced by the United States
Food Administration in official ad-
vices received Wednesday at the of
flee of Federal Food Administrator
Bicknell. This means that the rule has
been repealed that required dealers to
sell and customers to buy substitutes
with wheat flour at the ratio of one
pound of substitutes to every four
pounds of wheat flour and that no
further obligation rests upon the
housewife to use substitutes in her
baking 1t is explained by the ad-
advantageously abandon the use of
substitutes in our wheat bread be-
cause of the availability of Australian
and Indian wheat supplies and for
other reasons, it will still be necessary
to require economy and elimination
of waste in it's consumption.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-14
ARMY USES 125,000
POUNDS OF BEANS DAILY

The army consumption of beans
averages 125,0O0 pounds per day.
Dried beans are very popular with
the soldiers The food value OF beans
is high and they are especially suit
able for men under intensive train
ing.
All the army, navy, and allied re-
ouirements of beans for the coming
year will be placed through one pur-
chaser the Food Administration
Grain corporation, which has made
arrangements to inspect and pay spot
cash for beans in the producing fields.
This will eliminate delay in payments
and assure the purchase of beans at
a lower figure.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-14
IDAHO OvERSUBSCR|bED FOURTHs
LIBERTY LOAN BY s2,lll3O0

At last the official figures on the
fourth Liberty loan have been published
and Latah county is given full credit for
her subscription. This is found to be
larger than was claimed by the local
board Latah county oversubscribed her
quota by $4,000, her quota being
100000 and her subscription $o10,3O0.
The state went over its quota $2,111, 300.
The detailed report from every county
in the state follows:
An oversubscription of 300 with
a total of 104,3W subscribers is shown
by the final bank returns to the state
Liberty loan committee on the fourth
Liberty loan. Tdaho's loan quota was
$14, 100000. The actual subscriptions
amounted to $16,781, ,3O0 The subscrip-
tions by counties, together with the
quotas assigned to each, every one of
which were oversubscribed, follow:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-14
District Court POSTPONED.

Judge Edgar C. Steele, Of the dis
trict court, today postponed the term
of court called for November 1S until
December 2. Court was originally
set for October but was postponed
until November 49, Judge Steele to-
day issued an order again postponing
it until December at 3 o'clock.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-14

Sam l.. Silvey has traded his home
on w. 9Th street as part payment on
eighty acres of land near Potlatch,
which was owned by Mrs. Lucing of
Spokane.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-14

E. O. Nord, who has been draft
teller in the First National Bank,
has resigned and goes to Oakesdale
Sunday to accept a position with the
Commercial State Bank of that place.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-25

T'HE1fE is shortage Of gauze Just
i now at the Red Cross headquar-
tiers. so the branch at Fort Bliss is
taking a holiday and a much needed
rest until the supply comes in How
ever. Mrs. D. Bruce smith says help
is needed on the cotton work which
cannot be taken away from the White
House rooms and has requested the
army women to come there and assist.
as this is the work that is needed
just now.
Every morning the rooms are filled
with eager workers. each doing her
best and gladly doing it, too. BY the
time the cotton work is Up 70 the
quota there win be gauze enough to
work on again
Four little girls fin Manhattan
Heights are doing a big bit for the
Red Cross Recently they have given
little plays and programs and have
sos clear for the fund Tonight at
the home Of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Hardy.
2911 Grant avenue. they viii give
program, the stage settings 10 be on
the spacious porch Of the Hardy home.
The program viii consist Of songs.
dances and readings, all en- costume
Those taking part are Virginia Hardy.
Marion Terrell Of san Antonio. Tex,
Madeline Lyons and Lola Russell.