The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-13

where he had been attending William
Jewell College. He has taken a posi-.
ton in the post-office.
Harold Gaebe returned home last
Thursday from st. Louis, where ne
had been attending the Washington
University medical school. He had an
attack of tonsilitis the first of the
week.
{ The Lutheran Sunday school held
their annual picnic, yesterday at
Clardy's grove. They had an abund-
ance of good things to eat and they
report that they enjoyed most pleas
ant day.
All-pack fruit jar rubbers, especial
ly good for cold-pack canning, at
Klein's.
Mrs. w. N. Fleming, Mrs. E. c. Nc
Cormick, Mrs. J. H. Tetley, Mrs. John
Swink, Mrs. VIM. Rottger, Mrs. Hen
ry Mckenzie and Miss Ruth Swink at
tended a C. w. B. M. meeting at Flat
River Tuesday.
Mrs. R. L. Allen, president of the
c. w. B. M. for this district, is in at
tendance at the State Convention at
Carthage this week. Mrs. Allen was
accompanied by Miss Mabel Graham,
of Libertyville.
Dock Mackley, of Pennington, and
Andrew Mackley, of Desloge, left
Monday for Texarkana, Ark, to at
tend the trial of the man who killed
Mr.. Mackley's nephew, Peter Mack
ley, some months ago.
A farewell party was given at the
home of W. E. Matkin last Friday
night in honor of Miss May Ora
Sloan, who attended High School here
last winter and who returned to her
home in Caledonia Saturday.
Heinz Pickles in barrels, Sweet,
Sour and Dill, can be secured at Beth
els Cash Meat Market. You should
not fail to try them. They are most
appetizing.
Geo. X. Williams, to the best of our
knowledge, is the first to have ripe
tomatoes in bis garden in Farming
ton this year. 1t is reported on good
authority that he now has several
vines with ripe red tomatoes on them.
Pennington friends have recently
received a card from Mrs. Jennie
Gruner, who is living near Colorado
Springs, Colo. She reports that she
and the children are we'll, and that
she has been reelected to teach the
school that she taught this year, with
an increase in salary.
so to 100 bushels Whip Cow Peas
for sale quick, also Seed Corn. w. P.
Hovis, Flat River. 317 Taylor Ave.
Phone 100.
While there are now quite a num-
Der of automobiles in use in this COM
munity that number is comparatively
small to what it would be if all the
orders for cars that are now in could
be filled at once. The writer knows
of what he speaks in this regard, as
he has had an order in for one for the
past two months, and it is not yet in
sight.
Clifford j. Counts and Miss Francis
May Drier, both of Bonnie Tcrre, were
united in marriage Saturday morning
in the Baptist church, the ceremony
being performed by the pastor, Rev.
o. H. l.. Cunningham. They were ac-
companied by a sister of the bride.
The bridal party had dinner at the
home of Mrs. Ida Counts, grand
mother of the groom, in this city.
Mrs. Fannie Shaw, William Shaw,
Leslie Evans and Mayford Spence left
yesterday for St. Louis, where they
will spend several days before they
start on their Chautauqua tour. They
will be Joined by another musician from
Lincoln, Ncbr., and will be known on
the Chautauqua platform as the "Boy
Scout Quartette." Mrs. Shaw is ac-
companist and manager of the COM
pany.
]. P. Zolman the first of the week
received card, written June 9, from
his son, Linn, in Duluth, Mimi, say
ing that they were preparing to leave
at once for Colorado Springs, Colo,
in response to telegram saying that
Lee Good, brother of Mrs. Zolman,
had been killed by lightning. The de-
ceased will be remembered here, as he
lived here for some time with Linn
and family.
A. C. Wallace, formerly of Cape
Girardeau county, who last fall pur-
chased the J. w. Calvird property,
near Electric Place. is preparing a
splendid nursery at his new home,
which, he expects to be in readiness
for business by next fall. Mr.. Wal
lace is an expert ,nurseryman, he hav-
ing built up the Pocahontas nursery, a
valuable property in Cape county, be-
fore locating here.
LOST-Somewhere in Pennington,
on Wednesday, June 18th, horseshoe
breastpin, studded,with stones. Finder
will be rewarded by returning same to
Times office.
R. E. Gunton, of Ironton, Deputy
Game and Fish Commissioner, passed
through Pennington Monday morning
en- route to Fredericktown to see
about removing dam on the Little
st. Francois river, which has been
of by parties living in the
The dam which the Game
Commissioner intended to remove he
thought had been put in by the Cath
crime Mining CO., short distance