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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-09
PRIMROSE

Mrs. Alice Moon was guest at the
home of John Whittier of Pennington
part of last week. Mrs. John Whittier
and children accompanied her home
and spent over Sunday with them.
Lewis Lawson transacted business
in Bonnie Terre Monday morning.
Miss Beulah Moon was guest of
Miss Eta Lawson Sunday.
Morris Jones was business visit
or in Bonnie Terre the fore part Of last
week.
Mrs. Ida Jones was a guest at the
home of VIM. Moon Tuesday morning.
Doc Stephens of Prospect made a
trip to Bonnc Terre Monday T.
Samuel Jones was a guest at the
home of Morris Jones Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. Cissel of near Melzo transacted
business in Bonnie Terre one day last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Lawson spent
Sunday with relatives at Valle's
Mines.
Willis Moon made a trip to Bonnie
Terre one day last week.
Miss Nellie Moon was a guest of
her cousin. Miss Blanch Rawson, in
Bonnie Terre, Saturday and Sunday
night.
Lydle Williams transacted business
in Bonnc Terre one day last week.
VIM. Pettes and family were guests
at the home of Richard Rawson in
Bonnie Terre Sunday.
Joe O'Sullivan was a business Wis
IN, ,,, In. 1nc IL
Misses Blanch Rawson and Nellie
Moon, Charley Lawson and Jake
Moses spent Sunday at Riverside.
Miss Blanch Rawson is the guest
of her grandmother, Mrs. Pettes, this
week.
Willis Moon and daughter, Miss
Beulah, were Bonnie Tcrre visitors
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Martin, Rome
Martin and family were guests at the
home of Morris Jones part of last
week.
Mrs. VIM. Lawson visited relatives
in Valle's Mines Sunday.
Mrs. Lucy Goodin was a guest at
the home of VIM. Moon one evening
last week.
Manuel Moses, who has employment
in Festus, spent Sunday night here.
Henry Thurman of Silver Springs
transacted business in Bonnie Terre
Tuesday.
Lee Turley was Bonnc Terre WIS.,
itor one day last week. -s
Carrot Wheelehon of near Valle's
Mines were in Bonnie Terre the fore
part of the week.
Mrs. Albert Jones of Melzo was a
guest at the home of Morris Jones one
day last week.
The thresher is humming in the vi
cinity of Melzo at this writing.
Crops are all looking very bad, due
to dry weather.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-09
BONNIE TERRE

Misses Leola, Beatrice and Gertrude
Thornton, Helen Arisman, Gladys
Stroup, Cora Mitchell, Mary McMul-
lin, Gladys, Mary and Julia Mosteller
attended the picnic at the Mostiller
school house Saturday night and re-
port fine time.
Mrs. Oscar Halle and baby of St.
Louis are visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Tom AuBuchon, of Bonnie
Tcrrc.
Miss Connye Alexander of Freder-
icktown is visiting friends here this
week.
C. J. Adami and family left Sunday
for South Haven, Michigan, to spent
vacation.
Mrs. Robt, Glenn is visiting friends
at Oran, Mo.
Miss Ruby Covington is visiting
relatives at Oran, Mo.
Miss Cynthia White spent the lat
ter part CT the week with friends and
relatives at Leadwood.
Miss Aldine Palmer of Doe Run
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Steve Gidley.
Commodore Hill is visiting relatives
in Plattin.
Mrs. Henry Chairman of Doe Run
was Bonnie Terre visitor Saturday.
Mrs. ]. F. Kerhman is visiting rel
atives in Davenport, Iowa.
F. ]. Poston, citizen of Bonnie
Terrc for many years, died at his
home Tuesday morning. He had been
sick for eight years and had stroke
of paralysis last Thursday, from
which he did not recover. He was
foreman of the carpenters in the st.
Joe lead mill for many years. He
leaves wife and three children. :
Daily Dotson moved his family to
St. Louis this week, where he has been
working.
Mrs. Hubert Moyne is moving her
family: here this week from Hercula-
ncum.
Miss Irma Bryan returned Sunday
from weeks visit with relatives in
the country. e4tgs
Born, July 81, to Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
mer AuBuchon, a boy.
. Misses Gladys and Julia Mostilier
have returned from their vacation,
spent at DeSoto and st. Louis.
Don Geibler went to ST. Louis Sum
Iiday, for a,few weeks visit with rela-
tives.3 2Ti;5ar sfs gao gys rsf8A ig1
! |. Perry Meyer, nephew aofs Ntks Lee
Miller Of Bonnie Tesrs, was aeciasptal]
ly shot in the leg at Paris Island, but
1.-THE wound was not serioesss
Bert Bequette. is very ill from vac
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-09
BISMARCK

S. M. Beard was an Elvins business
visitor Tuesday.
Mcsdames Lizzie ONeal and Lou
Bowen of Irondale spent Tuesday in
Loyal.
Rev. J. l.. Hicks and wife spent
several days last week ri Arcadia at
tending the Baptist Assembly.
w. A. Byrd was in our city last
Sunday.
Mrs. Chas. Heitzman was st.
Louis visitor Monday.
Geo. Liggctt spent from Monday
until Thursday in Pennington.
Miss Hazel Evans of .Ironton was
the guest of Loyal friends Thursday.
Miss Birdie Mcclure of Elvins is
spending the week with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Beard.
Hugh Steel and daughter, Ruth,
were Ironton visitors Thursday.
Miss Kathleen Lentz spent Satur-
day in Pennington.
VIM. Gudger of Fredericktown was
in Loyal a few days last week.
Henry Matkin made business
trip. to st. Louis the latter part of last
week.
Judge Gale of Fredericktown was
guest at the Gale home Tuesday eve
ming. S}%
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Matkin, after an
illness of several weeks, are able to
be up.
The Red Cross Chapter shipped ~
pajama suits on Thursday.
Miss Lucy Grisham returned home
last Saturday from Columbia, Mo-,
where she has been visiting rela-
tives the past two months.
Rev. Del Longgrear and Hugh Steel
were in Flat River Friday attending
meeting OF the citizens Dry Al
lance.
Irwin Garrett and son. Rolla, were
in the Lead Belt Tuesday.
H. c. Oehler and family were in
Pennington from Sunday till Tues
day on account of the death of Mrs.
Oeh1er's sister.
Newt Beard was called to Farm
ington Saturday to the bedside of
his daughter, who is very ill.
Miss Ruth Matkin is on the sick
list this week.
Miss Mabel Pickrel went to Farm
ington Monday where she will enter
the Ozark Business College.
The Board Of Education has select
ed Prof. Signer for snperintendent of
the schools here.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-09
Mrs:'John Wells spent the day Sun

Mrs! John Wells spent the day Sun
day with Mrs. Joe Chapman.
Everett Marshall made a business
trip to Pennington Thursday.
John Wells spent Sunday afternoon
with his mother.
az Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. jarrett were
Knob Lick visitors Sunday.
Charley and Scibcrt Marshall visit
ed Henry Wells Sunday.
Joe Brewer was business visitor
in Knob Lick Tuesday.
Miss Ella Clark visited her cousin,
Maud, Lena and Eva Wells Sunday
and attended the singing at Bright
stone.
Mrs. ALT Clark visited Mrs. Homer
Lynn one day last week.
Mrs. Andy Lemon is visiting her
mother of Illinois.
Tom Wells is on the sick list.
Mrs. John Wells and daughter,
Maud YVES the guest of Mrs. Rachael
Vanbeek one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lowe attended
prayer mating at Brightsone Sunday
night.
All Clark and daughter, Viola
were in Knob Lick Monday.
Mrs. Joe Chapman was the guest of
Mrs. VIM Jarrett Sunday.
Miss Sadie Skinner of Pennington
was visiting home folks Saturday
night and Sunday.
Lee Mathews of Mt. Oak was
Knob Lick visitor Tuesday.
John Wells and mother, Mrs. Rach-
cl Vanbeek, were business visitors in
Pennington Monday.
Ed Erwin of Flat River visited
home folks Saturday night ard Sun
day.
Miss Sadie Erwin was the guest of
Miss josie Chapman Monday.
Everett Marshall visited j. d. Wells
Saturday.
Miss Edith Klemp of American
Center was Brightstone visitor Sun
day
VIM. Wells of Route 6 was the
guest of his mother Tuesday.
Mrs, l. N. Shannon was shopping
in Knob Lick Wednesday.
Mrs. Bayless of Glen Allen left for
her home Monday, after two-weeks
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Mary
Anderson.
Mrs. VIM. Wells of Route was a
Knob Lick visitor Saturday.
Abe Clark and family visited Mrs.
Price Sunday.
Mrs. ]. D. Wells visited Mrs. Rach-
cl Vanbeek Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Anderson was a Knob
Lick visitor Wednesday.
Mo- VIZ M,,,l,on n.I
Mrs. J. d. Wells, was the guest Of
Mrs. Emma Chapman Tuesday eve
thing.
Henry zimmerman was business
visitor in Knob Lick Monday.
Miss Elsie Marshall and Miss Mary
Marshall were guests of Miss Mantle
Chamberlain Monday.
Luther Bayless of Flat River spent
few days last week with, his sister,
Mrs. Theo. Anderson.
Misses Mary Clark and Maude
Wells were Knob Lick visitors last
week. .'..
Everett Marshall was a Frederick
town visitor. Wednesday of last week.
John Chapman visited friends and
relatives in Flat River last week.
Mrs. Maggie Martin visited her
brother, Jerry Rion, of near Farm
ington, Saturday night and Sunday.
Chas. Hightower was a Knob Lick
visitor Monday.
]. D. Wells visited Jess Erwin Tues
day.
Mrs. ALI Clark visited Mrs. Alex
Chamberlain one day last week.
Miss Elsie Hutching was shopping
in Knob Lick Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Marshall and
son were Pennington visitors We'd
nesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-23
AVIATOR REPORTS A
 STEAMER IN DISTRESS
About Four Miles Of the Eastern End of Nantucket Island.

Nantucket, Mass, July 22.-An air plane which landed at the village Of Wauwinet tonight brought word that a steamer was in distress near Great Round Shoals, about five miles off the eastern end of the island The ves- sel was described as in need of inn mediate assistance but the nature of her injuries was not disclosed,
 After requesting that the navy de- partment be notified and that word be sent also to the nearest coast guard station, the aviator again ascended and was lost to view
 The crew of the Coskata coast guard station has gone to the assistance of the vessel. The sea is calm.
 The village of Wauwinet Is at the extreme eastern end of the island.
 Great Round Shoal lies just soutt Of Pollock Rip and is only fifteen nau- tical miles distant from the point of Orleans on the Cape Cod coast where a German submarine sank empty coa barges yesterday Mariners here, ir the absence of any definite information as to the cause Of the accident to the steamer reported in distress. though it likely that she was thevictiiN O. a submarine attack. Whether she wa. a merchant steamer or a naval vesse was not disclosed.
 Sounds of heavy firing were haAr( this afternoon in the general direction of the shoals but thick haze prevented observation from shore. The fo: whistle of the light vessel in Pollocl l Rip Sue was sounded regularly to i night, indicating that all was wei on board that vessel.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-23
TO SAFEGUARD PLANS OF
 SHIPS AND SHIPYARDs
They Are to Be Available to Govern
 ment Officials Only

Washington, July 22.-n order is- sued today by Secretary McAdoo in structing collectors to refuse permits to all except government officials for taking ship and shipyard plans out of the country, revealed that agents of the shipping board recently seized in New York a large amount of valuable specifications on ships clearing for Scandinavian ports.
 The specifications dealt minutely with Americas shipbuilding pro- gramme and also with vessels under construction in this country for the French navy. Some of them were the property of American builders. who explained that they had been asked for plans as a basis for post war orders. Investigation is being made of the purpose for which the other ship ments were intended.
 Military interests of the United ] States were considered to be jeopar- dlzed by the marine documents, which were taken from passengers and mem- bers of the steamers crews. The doc uments are said to have included de- tailed drawings of American shipyardss | photographs of ways plants and ships | blue prints of American steamships sailing vessels and mine sweepers and specifications of ships being built for 1 France.
 Explanation of the attempted send ing of the documents abroad has been asked of several builders. in view of 1 the shipping boards announced policy in opposition to the solicitation of af- ter-war orders from neutral countries at this time when the American build ing programme must have the undi- Nided attention of all ship workers if the war is to be won.
 Secretary McAdoo's order forbids
 the exportation of shipbuilding in- formation except under permit from the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the secretary has been asked to order the confscation of all such plans found in the possession of unauthor- ized persons leaving the country Marine and technical periodicals
 which publish unauthorized drawings
 and photographs of American ship
 building activities or inventions will
 have all issues containing such in
 formation withheld from foreign ship
 ment
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-23
ROOSEVELT NOT TO RUN FOR
 GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK
He Has Declined to Accept the Re-
 publican Nomination.

Oyster Bay. N Y. July 22.-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt issued statement tonight in which he declared that un- der no circumstances would he ac- cept the republican nomination for governor of New York.
 The former president made his an nouncement when he sent a telegram to Attorney General Merton F. Lewis of Albany in reply to a message which the attorney general sent several days ago offering to withdraw from the race if the colonel would become a candi- date
 Tn his telegram Colonel Roosevelt said:
 My work is for the men who are fighting in this war. My mind dwells continually on the problems of the war. on the international problems of | the peace which is to close and justify the war and on the tremendous prob- 1 lem social and industrial with which we shall he faced after the war is ended This being so. the very fact of my intense appreciation of the magn tude of the New York state in 1 terests with which the governor ol | New York statI must deal forbid m3 undertaking a task to which I could not bring the whole of whatever
 strength and thought and ability l possess"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-23

south and to the wes.. Tje Germans gave more ground and are slowly con- tinuing their backward movement to the north Of Chateau Thierry.
 Two additional towns have been taken by the Americans on the front north of the Marne since daylight this morning.
 In the region of Soissons another town was captured by the Americans
 Tn the Soissons sector still another ,uwn has fallen into the hands of the French. improving the allied position and likewise covering the enemy s lines of communication.
 The enemy is increasing his resist ance along the line south from Sois- sons where every yard which the al lies push forward further hampers tho German lines of supply.
 On the front where the Franco American forces are pushing in just to the north of the Marne the enemy is carrying out sullen and stubborn rear guard actions, but despite these the allies continue their gains.
 The Germans left numbers of ma. chine gun nests in the path of the al lied progress and are using their ar tillery likewise in guarding the slow retreat.
 On the whole the concentrated forces of the crown prince have ma terially slowed down the allied pro gress. There is nc indication, how ever, that the enemy will be able t. counter attack successfully Additional prisoners were taken il todaN's fighting.
 D. m-Prisoners taken by tn Americans say that if the strenuou offensive of the allies continues tn | Germans will withdraw much furthe north. where they will fight for thei lives. The allied heavy artillery i hammering military objectives in tn | Soissons area.
 In connection with the heavy ma chine gun fire which has been encoun
 tered by the Americans. prisoners sa
 that machine g1lnners from division
 al school are being brought up to chec | the allied offensive.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-23

attack. but also shortening their jour ney and saving them from the risks of storms in rounding Nantucket shoals and beating up the Massachu- sets coast.
 The railroad administration only re- gently took over the Delaware and Raritan canal, another link in the chain of inland waterways which ofi- cials eventually hope will connect Boston with Beaufort. N. C. Authority to take over the Chesapeake and Della ware canal another part of the inland route, already has been given the railroad administration, and condem- l nation proceedings have been started 1 by the department of justice. l Chairman Small of the house rivers and harbors committee, with Repre- sentative Moore of Pennsylvania, to- | day conferred with Secretary Redfield and officials of the railroad admfnis-
 tration to urge quick action in the
 case of Cape Cod canal because of
 what they regard as the menace to
 shipping from the submarine which
 appeared suddenly off the New Eng Hand coast yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-23
Mob Spirit Under the
 Guise of Patriotism
IS CAUSING PRESIDENT WILSON
 DEEP CONCERN
IS TO ISSUE STATEMENT
The President Will Urge All to Leave All oisIoyaIty or Suspected Dis loyalty to the Regular Processes of the Law.

Washington July 22.-Deep1y con- cerned by manifestations of mob spir- it in widely separated parts of the land, President Wilson is about to is- sue statement to his countrymen calling upon them to respect the re- straint of law and order in dealing with those whom they suspect of being enemy aliens within their midst.
 The presidents pronouncement probably will take the form of the open personal statement similar to that which he issued at the beginning of the world war urging his country men to observe a true nationality.
 The Praeger Episode.
 One particular episode has dis turbed the president and the cabinet very much was the hanging of Robert P. Praeger at Colfnsville. Ills, last April. The incident was discussed ir the German Feichstag and it was re- ported from Amsterdam that Germany was sending a protest through diplo- matic channels. The state department however, has not acknowledged re. ceiving one.
 Now the government has learn ed that Germany has made wide anC damaging use of the Praeger case ant others of similar nature, throughou Mexico and South America. and ever in Europe where the propaganda Ina, been at work to controvert the presi dents announcements of Justice fo all
 Mob Spirit .Diseracefui. President Wilson is said by close ad visors to regard the situation as on I with mob spirit operating under guis nj fri .s | friends say he regards it not only a a dangerous evil but as disgrace be cause it strikes at the nations moral and feeds. the propaganda which rep resents the United States as fghtin for democracy abroad and counten ancing its destruction at home. ! The presidents statement, it is sait will be very urgent and solemn on urging all to leave all disloyal or sus pected disloyalty to the regular pro l cess of the law.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-23
BoN DROPPED sY NAVAL
 1IAToRs WERE DEFECTIVE
An Investigation Has Been Started to
 Determine the Cause.
Notified

Boston, July 22.-An investigation was started today to determine why bombs carried by naval aviators failed to explode when dropped on or about the German submarine which attack ed the tug Perth Amboy and her barges off Cape Cod yesterday. '
 Experts at the headquarters of the First Naval District here said the bombs were provided to the different naval districts with explicit instruc- tions that the mechanism must not be overhauled or any effort made to inn prove it. The 5upposition was that they had been officially tested It was reported that some of the avia tors had said that some of the bombs had failed in tests.
 Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood commanding the district, refused to comment on the report that the bombs dropped by the airmen yesterday were "duds." In regard to the attack he said;
 T want to correct the impression given currency by certain published stories that the Chatham aircraft was late in getting to the scene of the at. tack or was not otherwise promptly on the job. Such stories l know tC l be misrepresentation of the facts 1HSy were there d1ld dropped tWi 1 bombs, the explosion of either one O which might have been effective ill de, 1 stroying the hostile craft
 The whole occurrence from a stra tegic point of view impressed me a. <; little short of ridiculous. 1 gave thi
 German government credit for havin:
 more senses than to waste good amn1u nitlon on d couple O. scows wort ] hardly more than the ammunition tha sunk them. and believe the whole per formance due to desire to impress tn American public with the nearness o the German operations and to- excit pacitistS. whom they think so nCmer ous in this country, to renewed ac tivities to end the war It was nor or less in the nature of a 'circu stunt done also to impress the Ger man people with the idea that tn submarine warfare is being carried t the very shores of America and tha the campaign Of frightfulness is bein waged relentlessly.
 incidentally, il the German SC 1 fighters are of the impression tha this kind of four flush tactics will ter 1 rify the American people they hay still lot to learn of the sentimen of this country. Such foolish and flu
 tile demonstrations have quite the op
 posite effect for they assure the pee
 pie rather than terrify them"
 No further reports from the sub
 Vigilant watch was kept along th coast by naval patrol boats and , squadron of hydro -airplanes.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-23
OBITUARY.
Mrs, Fanny Avery WeIcher.

Hartford July g. - Mrs. Fanny Avery Welcher. wife of Manfred F. Welcher. died this morning at her home, No. 61 Woodland street. She had been failing for nearly a year. and last spring returned from California where she had passed four years for the benefit of her health.
 Mrs. Welcher was daughter of the late Samuel Putnam Avery and Mary (Ogden) Avery of New York. HIr father was a well known art collec- tor and founder of the Avery archi- tectural library at Columbia univer- sity and the donor of the Avery col- lections of prints to the New York Public Library She, was a life mem Der of the Metropolitan Museum. New York. the Museum of Natural History, New York and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, also member of the Center church, director in the Woman's Christian association, and a member of Ruth Wyllys chapter, D. A. R. A
 Besides her husband she leaves three daughters, the Misses Emma Parks Avery Welcher, Alice Lee Welcher. and Amy Ogden Welcher of Hartford. a son. Lester Groome Well cher of Philadelphia, and brother Samuel Putnam Avery of Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-23
GENERAL PERSHING IS
 PROUD OF HIS SOLDIERS
Addresses Wounded Americans Lying
 in Hospitals in Paris.

Paris. July 22.-(Bv The Associated Press, ,l-"Your country is proud of you, and I am more than proud to command such men as you. You have fought splendidly"
 General Pershing thus addressed the wounded American soldiers lying in. the American Red Cross hospitals in. Paris today In each ward of every, hospital he talked to the men He in quired if they were being well cared for: how and where they were wound. ed: what regiments they belonged to. and expressed his sympathy to scores of nat;erts.
 General Pershing also talked to the. physicians. surgeons and nurses and, thanked them for the work they were doing in caring for the wounded.
 No one can ask more of any fight. ing force than that they should do as well as you have done" he said to his troops. The general added that he wisher he could talk personally with each and ever man in the hospital, but this was impossible. So he asked Major James H. Perkins to repeat his message and say to each Individual man: "The American people are proud of you"