The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-08

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his boys in school. 1t is also likely
that his office rooms in the Perringer
building will be ready for occupancy
en.-Fredericktown Democrat-News.
Tom, Burnette, proprietor of the
Burnette Meat Market, returned the
first of the week from very pleas
ant trip to New Madrid. lie made the
trip in his automobile, and reports the
roads fine. Enroute he found cante-
loupes selling at 15c dozen, the kind
that are selling hero at l0c each. He
also reports much corn entirely
ruined from lack of moisture.
J. E. Klein, formerly of the Tetley-
Klein Lumber Co., who has been in
personal charge of the large farm be-
longing to that company, in Pemi-
scott county, near Portageville, dur
ing the past season, arrived home the
last of the week for brief visit with
his family. He reports that country
as blessed with more rains thus far
than this country has been favored
with, consequently the crop prospects
are fine.
An automobiles, whose name we
have not learned, had head-on col
lision with the travel guide on the
northeast corner of the court house
square Wednesday night. The post
was bent over considerably, some
paint scratched off and the light on
top of the post knocked off and brok-
en-. Judging from the looks of the
post, the car must have suffered con-
siderable damage,
Monday afternoon on the Smith ten
mis- court on &c" street, Opal Evans
and Myers Mayberry defeated Ralph
and Percy Tucker, Lead Belt cham
pions, in two straight sets of tennis
doubles. Both teams showed good,
fast work. Tucker and Tucker should
be commended for their showing. The
contest Monday afternoon was the
first in which they had not beaten
their opponents in at least one set.
Mayberry and Evans showed speedy,
clever work on the court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yves Ingram believe in
being hospitable. Wednesday evening
they piled their Coles full and run
ming over with several of their friends
lie in number and conveyed them
to Blomeyer's ford on the st. Fran
co.'s river, where they enjoyed good
swim. Those who composed the par
ty were: Mr.. and Mrs. Yves Ingram
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. COT
fer and children, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Mckenzie and son, Mrs. Pearl and
Lowell Thomas, Florence Hunt, Oscar
Reese and Rudolph Brockmiller.
Rev. R. L. Allen reports that there
were nine splendid old folks out to
hear his morning sermon at Liberty
vile Christian church Sunday, all of
whom were beyond seventy years of
age. This is doubtless a record in
any church in this county. Another
unusual thing in this connection is
that practically all of those old people
have grown gray in church work in
the church where they are yet. quite
regular worshipers. The Libertyville
church is the Oldest Christian church
west of the Mississippi river, so The
Times is informed.
Miss Dotty O'Dell, of st. Louis,
and brother, Clifford, who has been in
Joplin, were called home Saturday on
account of the condition of their
brother, Bud. On Wednesday of last
week Bud struck his head on a rock
while diving in the St. Francois river
and inflicted some what serious
wound. Despite his injuries, Bud
walked to town, and has since been
under the care of physicians. He has
sufficiently recovered as to be able
to set up now and his friends hope to
see him out soon. Bud advises his
boy friends to be careful where they
dive.
J. F. Robinson, who lives on East
Columbia street, brought to The
Times office the last of the week
sprig of tomato vine on which were
twelve well developed tomatoes, hang
ing as thick as they could cluster. The
twelve weighed four pounds, and
while their density had retarded their
growth, all were fine tomatoes, though
some were still green, the twig hav-
ing been broken in the heavy rain
last Friday afternoon. Mr.. Robinson
is an expert gardener, and has toma-
to vines standing eight feet high,
loaded down with the finest kind of
tomatoes.
Mrs. j. C. Pepin received message
Saturday night stating that her ia
Their, John Reynolds, was dying in his
home in Benton, Ill. She later learned
that death came the same night, be-
fore she had chance to start to the
old home. She has since received word
that both her mother and favorite
aunt have been stricken with paraly-
sis, and that their conditions are Sc
rious. While it will be very difficult
for Mrs. Pepin to leave home at this
time, as she is expecting her boy
home from service every day, she
feels that she must go soon to see her
mother before she, too, may suddenly
pass away.
Miss Augusta Lawrence returned
from st. Louis the last of the week,
where she had been employed in Of
flee work for some time. After few
weeks vacation, she will go to Merrill,
Wis, to accept a position as instruct
or in the Merrill Commercial College,
of which w. H. AuBuchon, also a
graduate Of the Ozark Business Col
lege, is practical owner and head in
structor. Miss Lawrence says that
the demand for skilled workers at the
present time could not be exceeded,
and that within the past few weeks
she had received about thirty offers of
positions. Needless to say that the