The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12

Farmington's part in the monster
parade and Third Liberty Loan dem
onstration, staged in St. Francois
county on Monday, was splendid tri.
butte to the enthusiasm and patriotic
fervor of the people of the town and
county. Promptly at o'clock every
church bell and every whistle in the
city sounded off the beginning Of the
drive. It marked the commencement
Of the work which will assuredly car
ry the county cover the top" with a
big margin to spare, as usual.
The parade was formed first at the
High School, where all school children
and teachers, escorted by a platoon
of Boy Scouts, formed a procession
and marched through town TO the
court house square, and formed about
the band stand. A number of speak
ers were on hand to address the crowd,
by that time augmented to thousands
by citizens not only from the town it
self, but from all parts of the county.
Among the speakers who made short,
pertinent and inspiring addresses
were Robert Sellers Of Bonne Terre,
Rev. j. w. Velvick of Bonne Terre,
Rev. Stophlet of Flat River, Mr.. Mas
sey of Flat River, Rev. Grove of
Pennington, j. Henry Tetley Of Farm
ington, and Congressman Walter
Hensley. All spoke in the same vein,
boosting for the Third Loan. Robert
Sellers at one time called for volun-
teers who would buy bonds, asking for
the upraised hand as a signal. From
the number of hands raised, it is evil
dent that the quota Of this county will
be passed long before the time for the
drive is over, and that the over-sub-
scription, so far as st. Francois county
is concerned, will be magnificent
tribute to the determination of the
citizens to see that their dollars do
full duty in whipping the Kaiser and
backing up the splendid boys in the
trenches who are over there to do the
fighting while the stay-at-homes fur
\ nish the cash to carry on the conflict
to its only logical conclusion--the
bringing of the beast Of Berlin to his
knees. y H
Congressman Hcnsley, in fitting
and feeling speech, emphasizing the
glory of service, in whatever avenue
that is possible, presented to each oi
Ia number Of Boy Scouts special
medal Of honor, won by their splendid
work in selling bonds in the Second
Loan drive. The. Scouts SO honored
were Ted Graves, VIM. Shaw, "Bill'
Grove, John Ingram, Shaw Ballard
and Jo Swink. The Scouts will take
an active part in the present drive
and may be depended upon to give a
good account of themselves, as they
always do.
At 10 o'clock the automobile parade
was formed, being led by Grand Mar
shal Nees, of Bonne Terre, accom-.
panied by a United States Army bug
Ter, in the pilot car. Dozens, scores
one is moved to say hundreds, of au.
tomobiles formed in line, each filled
with cheering, enthusiastic citizens
and the line was started upon its tri.
umphal journey through the county
Every car was lavishly decorated with
the colors of Old Glory and of the
Allies, some of the cars being worthy
of special mention for the artistic
manner in which the decorative ma
terial had been handled, giving a spe-
cially beautiful and inspiring effect
The line Of cars when formed extended
from a point far out on West Colum-
bia street, clear around the public
square, and up Liberty street to the
west as far as the eye could reach.
The route traversed included Doe
Run, Bismarck, Elvins, Leadwood