The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-25
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEWS

A committee of negroes at Cape Gil
rardcau have asked to be permitted to
use the public bathing pool of that
city one evening each week during the
summer months. This is one of the
beauties Of having large and black
population.-Sikeston Standard.
Morris Craig, of limo, has written
back strange story to his people.
Craig owned saddle horse before the
war. He was sold to the Andersons
when they were buying cavalry horses
for the French Government. Craig
went off to war, and now he has writ
ten back that he has seen his saddle
horse, Sam, in France. To make sure
of him he spoke of shaking hands. A
French officer was his master.-Sikes-
ton Herald.
The railroad officials have refused
to stop trains Nos. / and 2, the Sun
shine Special, in the Valley. On re-
ceiving this information the prose-
cutting attorney filed a petition with
the State Public Service Commission
asking that both these stop at Ironton
and filed a similar petition with the
director general of the railroads at
Washington, D. c., the petitions COM
ing up for hearing soon.-Arcadia
Valley Enterprise.
Poplar Bluff is looking for oil at
home. No other than the county re-
corder, Joe Hays, and H. B. Freer, an
attorney, are seeking to lease 500
or 1000 acres of land with the view of
developing it. Capital required
amounts to $4,000 or 100000 to sink
holes in the county that has never been
drilled for oil. Hayes believes that
Southeast Missouri has oil fields, if
someone would only go to the trouble
to find them.-Sikeston Herald.
Charleston is becoming famous for
its excellent street system, as is at
tested by the fact that within the past
few weeks representatives from at
least two other cities have been here
to inspect the new asphaltic pave
ments, and in each case have pro-
nounced them the best to be found in
the State. By this time next year, we
will be able to show our visitors, in
addition to a perfect street system,
the only modern concrete road in
Southeast Missouri.-Charlesto En-
terprise- Courier.
Kennett, Mo-, July 15.-An I'M
known man about so years old, was
run over and killed by the Frisco pas
senger train 1913 one mile south of this
city yesterday afternoon about 6
o'clock. The train was coming north
from Senath, and, according to the
testimony given at the coroner's in
quest by j. P. Reynolds, engineer,
which was corroborated by r. L. Ger
tan, fireman, the man was first no.
ticed about $50 feet in front of the
train and he made move as if he were
going to get up and move farther
away from the track, but got on his
hands and knees and crawled to the
track, where he laid himself fiat on
the ground and put his chin just over
the rail. The engineer could not stop
in time to avoid hitting the man. The
body was buried here this morning.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was
that the man came to his death with
suicidal intent.
The demand for aerial joy-rides on
the part of Charlestonians, young and
old, rich and poor, white and black, at
$40 per spin proved profitable to Lieut..
Faulkner of Sikeston on his visit to
this city Tuesday.
The word was passed around Mon
day that the Sikeston aviator would
visit Charleston the following day,
and that everyone here who wished to
sense for him or her self the thrills
Of a ride through the clouds would be
accommodated in his machine at 81
per minute. Before the appearance of
the air visitor early Tuesday morning,
a score of bookings had been made for
the trip, and after the first few flights
over the city, the demands for rides
kept the aviator busy the remainder of
the day until 5 o'clock in the after
noon, at which time the plane re-
turned to Sikeston, leaving score of
pleasure seekers who
could not be accommodated, but after
having satisfied the excitement crav-
ing of over fifty Charlestonians. -
Charleston Enterprise Courier.
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