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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18

short of telling the whole story if
mention were not made of the fact
that from its very inception the
schools of this state rendered every
service possible toward winning the
war.
even before the declaration of
war and the entrance of the United
States into it, movement was start
ed looking toward increased food pro-
duction. The school children were
called upon to plant war gardens and
to devote the time which they other
wise would have spent in idleness or
in non-productive employment to
raising food. Following food produce
ton came the campaign for food con-
servation. The teachers and the pu-
pills were the agencies through which
the people of America were educated
pu to the necessity Of conserving food.
Schools all over the state threw their
doors open to government workers in
their efforts to teach people how to
save food.
"1n the campaign for Thrift Stamps
the influence of the schools was par
! ticularly noticeable. The district or
CARNATIONS were used by the State
Managers to reach each home in Mis-
souri,, and school children Joined in
the general campaign to raise the
States quota. The schools have been
used in each campaign for Liberty
Loans and have contributed in no
small measure to the success of all
war drives. The State Superintend-
ent has urged the formation of Junior
Red Cross Chapters, the support of
the school garden movement, the or
ganization of Junior -Four Minute
Men, and enrolment in the United
States Boys Working Reserve, hav-
ing in charge that movement which
enlisted four thousand Missouri boys
for work on the farm. He wishes to
use this opportunity to specifically ap-
prove the organization and work of
the Boys Working Reserve. There
are large number of boys, particu-
larly in the small towns Of Missouri,
who could spend summer on the
farm with profit both to themselves
and to the farmer for whom they
worked. The Boys Working Reserve
in Missouri has not attempted. to. orr
.ganize training camps which hhye beer, :.
so on the farm. The tBoyss working
Reserve in Missouri was intended to
recognize the fact that a. country boy
working on his fathers FARM produce,
ing food for the armies was serving
the government just as much as his
city brother who in the ship yards was !,
building ships to carry,that food to q
the American soldier overseas ,.nR,
In order that one may follow intel4
ligently the discussions and extracts.
from the State Superintendent,s re=s
port, it will be necessary that the
County School Notes be preserved
each week for number Of weeks, as
1t is impossible to get very far in the
space used for one week. 1t ID fur 4
ther planned to use after this week
no more space than has been. usedtdurs
ing the past. several weeks Apology
is hereby made fol TIE exceysiSe
length ;of tfs Notes thlsz meek s'nebis,
. County sufs. & astaSsIs:: ma
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
ROUTE 8

Several from this route motored t,
Ste. Genevieve Monday.
I Mrs. James Womack of Flat Rive
is spending the week with her son
E. S. Womack, and family.
Miss Mamie Counts spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Noah Counts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Sebastian spent
Sunday with relatives in Pennington
Mr.. and Mrs. Eliza Burgess and Mrs
Bowen attended church at Pleasant
Hill Sunday morning and spent the
remainder Of the day with Frank
Harter and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Boyd and son
Delmar, spent Sunday with Mrs
Boyd's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Shoff
Of Minnith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Watts and sons
Noble, Norman, Woodrow and John;
Mr.. and Mrs. Amasa Waugh and
daughter, Viola, and Miss Hazel Jer-
gette spent Sunday with H. N. Waugh
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. womack and
children and Mrs. James Womack
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
ten Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alb. Mullins and little
son of Pennington spent Sunday with
Mrs. Mullins mother, Mrs. Mary
Wampler.
Ed. Yeager and family of Farming
ton attended church at Pleasant Hill
Sunday.
Those who spent Sunday afternoon
with Thos. Gregory and family were:
Misses Mamie and Fannie Counts. vi
ola Harter, Susie Gregory and Thel-
ma Hammers; Leo and Harry, Counts,
j; C. and 0ryall Hsrter, Clarence and
Ralph Wade, Perry and Carter Ham
Mors; Joseph .Themures and Allen
Waugh. N''''''''1'' : - ''' a.
Wiley Craig died at his home near
Weingarten Saturday evening be-
tween seven and eight o'clock, with
dropsy. The body was laid to rest at
Pleasant Hill cemetery Monday at IL
o'clock. He leaves a wife, one daugh-
ter, Anna belle, two sons, Arthur of
st. Louis, and Roye, besides host of
other relatives and friends to mourn
his death.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18

gates gasp.
In effect the president said that
many of the demands went far be-
yond the principles laid down in his
Fourteen Points. All such demands
must be dropped. Those points had
been proposed in good faith and ac-
copied by friend and foe alike as the
guiding principles on which the terms
of peace should be based. He would
not see them turned into scraps of pa
per. Unless the Conference should
agree upon terms of peace based on
the Fourteen Points, his further pres
ence in Paris would be useless. He
would go home, and all the American
delegates with him. To make it plain
that he meant business he ordered the
George Washington to Brest, to be in
readiness to take him and the other
Americans home.-Current Events.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18

Clay and Leaman Robinson of Mis-
Florence O'Bannon's room, Frankcla,
school; Edna Griffin and Clarenc,
Best of the Unity school; Orval Cha,
of Miss Hadassah Killough's room
Frankclay school; Paul Pratte, Vern.
Arena and Myrtle Jones of the Pleas
ant Mound school; and Ulysses
Charles and Mildred Vansickle, Ann;
and Mack Schilling, John London ant
Mary Haynes of the Sugar Grove
school.
Supt. C. M. Danuser of the Ste
Genevieve schools writes: eve have
six Teacher Training graduates thi:
year. They are all post-graduates
| have two that can take hold of any.
thing and succeed"
Supt. Danuser also writes that he
has been reelected at Ste. Genevieve
for next year at very material in
crease in salary.
The following pupils have recently
completed the Common School Course
and have been awarded Common
School diplomas: Effie Richardson
and Rachel Mcfarland of the Lough-
bcro school; and Seba L. Oelson, Eli
zabeth M. Arnold, and Alice johnson
of the King school.
The latest annual report of the
State Superintendent of Public Schools
is just off the press. 1t is perhaps the
most interesting report yet published.
Much will be published in this column
from time to time from the report in
question as it contains much of in
formative and inspirational value for
the school people of Missouri. 1t dis
cusses at length the result of the ru-
raj school survey conducted under the
direction Of the State Superintendent
The said survey reveals an astonishing
lack of efficiency in the rural schools
of Missouri. No one person is to
blame for this condition, but it hanks
back to the adoption of our old worm
out State Constitution. 1t is further
planned to publish in this column some
of the absurdities of the present Con-
stitution. However, the fault is not all
with the Constitution or with the laws
but much can be done by the people
to help themselves. People are en-
abled to help themselves when they
are willing to take the time and make
the effort to keep informed, and it is
for this reason that so many compar-
isons will be made and conclusions
drawn from the results of the survey.
The County Superintendent will draw.
on his ability to the utmost to make
necessary comparisons and conclu-
sions soundly and skillfully to the end
that the people may know conditions
and draw conclusions for themselves.
In the beginning, former State Super
intendent Lamkin writes of the gene
raj policies and work of his office dur
ing the last two years: "The past
two years, during which time ! have
had the privilege of serving as State
Superintendent of Public Schools,
have seen remarkable activity in, the
public schools Of the state. They have
been the years in which our country,
has been engaged, in. the Great War.
While shall not attemptlto review
thenwar work ofstbes schools during
those two years. iSet sahya Aer0unt sof
education in Missouri would fall far
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
WALES MINES

Mr.. and Mrs. II. C. Rhodes anc
daughter, Eva Belle, visited at the
home of VIM. E. Heaton Wednesday
and Thursday.
Mrs. VIM. Armbruster and daugh.
ter were St. Louis visitors one day
last week. -
Miss Edith Rowe visited relatives
and friends in Bonnie Terre the latter
part of the week.
Miss Ada Heaton and sister, Mrs.
II. c. Rhodes, were shopping in Bonnie
Terre Friday. &c
Mrs. R. H. Rowe is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Gentry Lafkins, at Fes-
tus this week. 'Ssi.'ai'' ~ ~ u " =
Mrs. J: l. Richardson and daughters
visited relatives in Bonnie Terre Sat.
He" Rhodes and Edw. Heaton were q
DeSoto visitors Friday - y ~ 500
Mrs. Stella Long and brother were
guests Of their sister, Mrs. Clifton
AuBuchon Of French Village Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Nash visited
relatives In Festus Saturday. ~
Misses Cora Buscher and Olga Hea-
son and Arthur Sykes were guests Of
Mrs. Edith Rowe Sunday! f7E5a
Maurice Whitesell was DeSoto
visitor Saturday. pal 80
Mr.. and Mrs A. P.!tRowe and chill
dren were guests of SEA. Sykes and
family Sunday s'%'I3s1teag tsfT
Misses Christina ana Louise Stat
eel and Chas. BeHvilM and Andrew
Stated were GUESTS 6fe Missesf Anf,a
and, Ada Heaton 'gdAHa5 .sre osai EgFoi
Clarence Sykes visited attire Home
Of w. P. Whitesell Sunday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
Tax on Cosmetics and Cigars

A state tax of 10 per cent on the re-
tail price of cigarettes, cigars, tobac-
CO, playing cards, cosmetics, rouge,
lip paint, hair dyes, etc, is provided
for in a series of bills introduced in
the House last week by Dyott of How
ell county and Edwards of Dunklin.
Edwards declared he thought the
measures would produce several mil
lion dollars revenue annually for the
State. The collection of the tax is
placed in the hands of the State Food
and Drug Commissioner. Jones of
Gentry county, chairman of the Ways
and Means committee, has introduced
a revenue measure to provide for a
state tax of mills per square feet on
bill boards and signs. The collection
of this tax is placed in the hands of
the Secretary of State While there
was some objection to the introduc-
ton of the measures, because of the
rule that no bills should be introduced
after March Is, except appropriation
and revenue measures, the sponsors
for the bills finally obtained unani-
nous consent to offer them. -.o
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
Pass Simple Title. Bill

Representative Ferguson's bill to
provide that the Attorney General of
the state shall prepare an official
ballot title" of not more than TWEEN
ty-five words for each constitutional
amendment voted on, has been passed
by the. House by unanimous vote.
The official "ballot title",' which will
be short and concise, will be placedson
the ballot along with the entire amend.
ment to be voted on. From the title
to be prepared by the Attorney Cen
cral a voter can tell at glance what
the amendment provides. If persons
interested either in amendments pro
vided through referendum or those
passed by the legislature, are not sat
isfied with the ballot prepared by the
Attorney General, they have the right
to appeal to the Circuit Court, where
a ballot can be prepared.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18

By curious coincidence the arm
istice became effective on the eleventh
hour of the eleventh day of the elev-
nth month That in itself might seem
to indicate that to tie Kaiser eleven
is fateful number, but another coin
cidcncc gives the theory even greater
weight. The eleventh verse of the
eleventh chapter of the eleventh book
of the Bible says: Wherefore the
Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch
as this is done of thee, and thou hast
not kept my covenant and my statutes,
which | have commanded thee, l will
surely rend the kingdom from thee,
and will give it to thy servant"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
THE VICTORY LOAN

A tank train will be in this county
en- May LIST to help boost the Victory
Loan. 1t will be at Flat River from
2 a. m. to 2:30 p. m, and at Bonnie
Tcrre from 2:30 p. m. to 1890 p. m.
Speakers will accompany the train,
and local speakers will also address
the crowds that assemble to see the
tanks and other war paraphenalia.
Other meetings and speaking will
take place prior to the tank train ex-
hibition, schedule of which meetings
will be made public as soon as made.
Get ready to help place the Victory
Loan.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
ELVINS MAN ROBBED OF $1,000

Cleveland Steele, of Elvins, this
county, was robbed of $1,000 Monday
night in st. Louis by two negroes as
he was passing an alley on Theresa
avenue, between Pine and Lawton
avenue in search of hotel. ~
Steele was employed at the Federal
Lead Company at Elvins and lost a
foot. He came to St. Louis to have
the injured member treated and took
the money along to defray the ex-
penses of the treatment.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
Creates Farmers Market Bureau

The House, by unanimous vote,
has passed the Allee-Clark bill, pro-
viding for the establishment of a
State Bureau of Marketing, to assist
producers and consumers in the prob.
lens of marketing and distribution iof
farm products. Unlike any measure
in the House, the Allee-Clark bill does
not create any new jobs, but simply
places the machinery for assisting the
farmers in the hands of the State
Board of Agriculture. The gathering
of crop reports by the bureau, with
the aid of Federal money, which will
be granted, following the passage of
the measure, is one of the principal
features of the bill.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
Senate for Death Penalty.

Not only did Ne Senate pass the
Mayes bill repeating the Whitaker
act of 1917 .abolishing capital punish
mcnt in Missouri, but followed that
action by taking up a companion bill
re-enacting the old law, leaving it OPP
tional with the jury whether death
punishment shall be assessed for a
capital crime. The bill restoring the
old system leaving assessment of the
death penalty optional with the jury
was passed by vote of rs ayes and
3 nays.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18

April fifteenth is Americas great
payday, when one hundred fifty mil
lion dollars in Liberty Bond interest
will be paid to- twenty million Ameri-
can families. The Liberty Bond in
terest coupons will be received at the
post office I'M exchange for Thrift
Stanps and War Savings Stamps. By
investing your Liberty Bond interest
in War Savings Stamps you increase
your savings with no effort or sacri-
flee on your part and keep your dol
lars working for yourself and your
country.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
FOR SALE

An ideal home, eleven miles from
Ste. Genevieve, Mo; on main State
road. Farm contains 2l0 acres; so
under cultivation; balance in first
class timber, which can all be con-
verified into money. Farm adapted for
stock; plenty of living water; one
fourth mile from railroad; S-room
dwelling house; large barn. Can give
possession at once. For further in
formation, apply to Postmaster, New
Gutenberg, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18

practically its original form. The
State license tax is on sliding scale
according to population of counties
and ranges from So to $50. The bond
required is from $4,000 to $4,000
according to population. Senator Nc
Cullough denounced the bill as rank
class legislation; that to license and
bond men for doing what is nothing
more than clerical work is akin ia
licensing men to do manual labor
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
PRESIDENT LAID ta
DOWN THE LAW

1t was President Wilson who
brought things to a head and cleared
the way for what ne considered a
Rf s1 pf1 wit sssSa severe rsnr Sns
ami shocked By fts extreme demands,
of s2Es 6 tl g 3il I'LL gave tire:
conference q taif 50 plain end en-
phatic that 1t made the foreign dele
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
AROUND THE STATE CAPITOL

The people of Missouri now realize
what business efficiency means to the
state. 1t was upon this promise that
Gov. Gardner was elected governor,
and so we'll has he succeeded and so
efficient has become the various de-
partments of state, that much favor
able comment is heard.
One of the browning achievements
of the Gardner plan of business eff
cheney is the complete vindication of
the Highway Department, which was
given thorough investigation by a
joint committee, composed of an equal
number of Democrats and Republi-
cans, from the Senate ard House. The
report of this committee was unani-
nous and clearly showed that this de-
partment had been honestly and eff
GENTLY managed by high-class Off
Gals. The committee had not one word
of criticism to offer to the manner in
which the Highway Board had con-
Quoted its affairs, under the Gardner
plan of efficiency.
Another great victory was scored by
the Governors appointees last week
when the Federal government gave
the Missouri State Grain Inspection
onlw s t.e (, 't ne it TIn ot oeing tne
perfect record for inspection of, grain,
under the standards set by the gov
eminent. This test was made recent
ly in st. Louis on the inspection of
lO2 cars of wheat. At Baltimore,
where this grain was re-inspected, it
was found that the State's work was
perfect The onIv state ~ ro mIin ~ Was tas
ton for aff;c;nncv ''"'e " i"''N d. 'he
GOOD renort Of mbst XIV HoeS co, amo.ner
appointees are doing in that citv. The
Star says for the first time in Ar
years "there were no cases docketed
in the City Court No. 2 Monday morn
ing" Officials of the two conrts stat-
ed that the placing of two-th;rds of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES

Alma and Mack Schilling will this
week complete four years of perfect
Attendance without hardness. They
are pupils Of the Sugar Grove school.
TIE f6ffowing pupils have recently
'keen awarded certificates for five
months Of perfect attsndanoei Zelda
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-04-18
Engross Bill to License Abstractors

Z Aftera lengthy debate, the Senate
has engrossed the Cunningham bill,
providing for the licensing and bond
ing Of abstractoEss Of titles. OPPOSE
ton Ete3the billsWas led by Senators
MeCnl HlGh and SHhford. Numerous
amendments were offered and rejected,
and tho bill was finally put over, in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-10

Last year for the first time a special
short course for buttermakers and cream
cry managers was given by the dairy de-
partment of the University of Vermont
and State Agricultural college. This course
was overcrowded with students many of
the best creamerynlen of the state at
tending. Numerous requests that this
course be repeated have been made and to
meet this demand a similar course has
been announced to begin Nov. % and
continue through Dec. 5. This course is
offered free of tuition, the only charge
made by the university being an incident
at fee of $40 to pay in part for materials
used by the students Various problems
Of the creamerymen viii be considered,
such as gathering the raw product, cream
cry management, starter making, pasteur-
ization, standardization, over-run losses,
tests, marketing. etc Applications are
already coming in and since the attend
ance must be limited for want of space
in the dairy manufacturing rooms those
who wish to attend should apply at once
for application blanks on other informa-
ton to Prof H. b. Fflenberger. Burling-
ton Following the huttermaker's course
two-weeks' course in cheesemaking is
being offered this year for the first time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-10


over Searsburg and Woodford mountains,
Not being accustomed to touring beyond
the rays of the white lights the travellers
came to grief. They managed to make
Searsburg mountain all right but as they
approached the Briggs farm near the
Noodford line they were unable to make
the Ford navigate in the sticky snow and
threw up their hands. The belated travel
ers were taken in at the hospitable home
Of the Briggs boys where they passed the
night In the morning they arranged
with one of the members of the family to
yoke up the oxen and haul the Ford
across to Woodfofd city and down the
mountain. The statesmen made the last
two miles under their own power and
drew up at the Putnam house about noon
with a\snow-covered car
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-10

Il You are overstons why remain SOL
Why be envions of those who are slenders
Here is truly importan. good news for you.
The korein system is accomplishing mar
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Use oil of korein and follow the simple
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There's infinite Joy in keeping diary that shows
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will be mailed free postpaid, if you write to
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-10
LOST.
n O T C E

Beginning Nov. l and continuing I'M
til we begin harvesting a new crop of
ice we are obliged to make an advance
in prices to meet the cost of ice and
transportation. We are to receive our
supply, aside from what we can get III
nearby towns, from Pittsfeid in ear
load lots Prices as follows:
Large users ......... soc per hundred
Stores ............. 90e per hundred
Retail trade $500. $1.00 per hundred
CRYSTAL SPRINGS ICE co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-10

Steven T. Frost Of st. Adams was
placed under arrest Thursday on war
rant charging him with marrying within
three years of receiving divorce from
his last wife The statutes of this state
provide that man must not marry with
in three years Of the time divorce has
been granted. Frost received divorce
in this city from Elizabeth Frost, then his
econd wife, in 1917, and married Bertha
NJ Clarke of Newbury July II last, max
ing him liable TO the state, as, according
70 the state laws, he should not marry IN
til 1920.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-10
VERMONT NEWS.

The Rutland Fair association is out of
debt and owns, without any incumbrance,
all the buildings on the fair ground. This
years fair was big success financially.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-10

Carl H. Scribner Of Rutland, aged As
years, foreman of the foundry at the
Howe Scale works, died Sunday at the
Rutland hospital of appendicitis. He had
been confined to the local institution since
last Tuesday.