The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-09-20

day evening from the Bonnie Terre
Hospital, where he recently had an
operation performed for mastoids.
Friends will be pleased to know that
his health is greatly improved.
Myers Mayberry, who attended the
Officers Training School at Fort
Sheridan this summer, graduated
Monday with commission as Second
Lieutenant. He has been stationed at
Highwood, III. The Mayberry fam
| lily has two sons who are now Lieu
tenants in the army, Hugh is First
Lieutenant and is stationed in South
Carolina.
DR.. S. P. Tate, who for the past
year has been a capable and efficient
assistant to Superintendent Eaton at
State Hospital No. a, went to st. Louis
| Friday to receive final instructions in
regard to entering his country's SER
vice, as we'll as to purchase his equip
ment. He has received captains
commission, and was ordered to re-
port at once at Fl. Riley, for which
contingent he departed Tuesday.
The Sunday School classmates Of
Miss Louise Tate on Monday evening
gave her very pleasant and enjoy
able surprise party, in the basement
of the Methodist Church, South. 1t
was in the nature of farewell party,
as Miss Louise will leave Pennington
soon, as her father has entered his
country's service. About thirty
young folks were in attendance, and
splendid refreshments were served.
While in St. Louis Friday in at
tendance at the meeting of the news
paper men Of the State with the Lib
erty Loan Organization of the Eighth
Federal Reserve District, The Times
editor was pleased to meet with Reed
Bell, who for a number Of years so
well represented the Pennington
News in the Lead Belt. Reed had
expects to be in the first call on the
new draft.
This is the season of the year when
reliable information in regard to the
best fertilizers should be welcome
news to all farmers. We sell only
the best. But another important thing
is that orders should be placed soon in
order to insure your being able to get
it when you need it.-Tetley- Klein
Lumber Co.
w. d. Druse has sold his iterest in
the Pennington Tire Works to his
former partner, W. o. Chalk, who will
continue to do business at the old
stand d. X. Chamberlain is now
manager of the business. Mr.. Druse
launched this enterprise, and under
his thorough and business-like man
agement, he has built it up until it is
now most important and profitable
industry. He will now go on the
road and sell territory for his pat
ent process of vulcanizing two old
tires into one. He has thoroughly
demonstrated the fact that old tires
thus treated give fully as. much SER
vice as will new tire.
We understand Bismarck is to be-
come loyal" within the next few
days. The change will be in name on
ly, for this enterprising little city has
demonstrated its absolute loyalty in
every test so far made by the Govern
ment by "going over the top" and then
some. There was some opposition to
the change in name when it was first
proposed, but we understand this has
been just about won over and that the
citizens are now unanimous for the
change which will probably be made
within the next few days. The post
office will also be changed. Until an
nouncement is made of the change,
however, all mail for Bismarck should
be addressed as formerly.-DeSoto
Press.
Monday morning about o'clock,
while a rain was in progress, there
came a clap of thunder the like of
which is seldom heard, which must
have awakened the entire citizenship,
perhaps with fleeing thoughts of a
Hun invasion, or bombardment by
long-range guns. A fash of light
ming, of equal intensity, accompanied
the thunder, which was of a most per-
sonal nature, apparently entering ev-
cry house in Pennington, but with
drawing hastily, without material
damage, though in many instances
the electric wiring was put out of
commission, necessitating the cleo
trician's help next morning before the
current would work satisfactorily.
Still others reported that the cleo
tricity from the lightning fash cut
many different kind of capers; for in
stance, it is said to have apparently
rolled along the street, in the nature
) of a torch-light procession. 1t seems
fortunate indeed that no one came in
contact with its deadly touch.