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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03
AppOrtiOnment OF
School Funds

The apportionment of school funds
of St. Francois county for the present
year, which appears in full in this is
sue of the Times, should and doubtless
will be Of much interest to all our
readers-of great interest to many.
In this great tabulation of figures is
given the enumeration of each of the
sixty-seven school districts of the
county, as we'll as the name of the
clerk of each district, with his post
office address.
In this table will also be found the
number of teachers in the various
schools. 1t also shows the amount Of
money on hand in each district on
July /, 1919, and the amount of taxes
due for school purposes for the pres
ent year. The apportionment of taxes
is also given, as well as the amount
Of State school moneys each district
will receive. The compilation should
prove to be of unusual interest to ev-
cry taxpayer, and should be preserved
for future reference.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03
ANNUAL SCHOOL CARNIVAL

The annual carnival of the Farm
ington Schools, which was held at the
High School Friday, Sept. 26th, was
the most successful that has ever
been arranged for.
The program Friday evening con-
sisted of community singing, short
talk by Prof. Johns on the work OF
the Parent Teacher Association and
an address on the Health of School
Children by Prof. Akers.
After this program, the premiums
were distributed. These premiums
were the donations of the business
men in Pennington, who in their gen.
erous manner showed their interest in
the progress of our school children
Premiums were given as follows:
1st. Best collection of vegetables:
Glass ALBERT Menge.
Glass b-Dupuy Cayce.
End. Glass a---Minnie Alva Counts
LIST. Seperate Vegetables.
Class a-Elbert Menge-4.
Glass B-Herbert Reeder-2.
Frank Anderson.
Dorothy Braning.
Leroy oWlnk.
I'd. Glass a-Phelma Keith.
Ebert Menge-3.
Glass b-Ruth Ridgway.
C. II. Smith. ,,
1st. Best Collection Canning.
Class 'a--Ethel Menge.
I'd. Glass a-=Olga Thomson.
Separate Cans.
1st. Glass a--Norma Giessing.
Lorene Clanin.
Minnie Alva Counts.
Virginia Thomsen-4.
May Henry Counts.
Beuiah Rhodes.
Della Vale.
Olga Thomsen-2.
Ethel Menge--3.
I'd. Glass a--Virginia Thomson
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03
Press Meeting
at Springfield

The Times editor attended the an
nual convention of the Missouri Press
Association, which was held in Spring
field last Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday. While there was a fair at
tendance of editors from different
parts of the State, the least repre-
sented portion was that in which
Springfield is located-the Southwest.
There appears to be no plausible ac-
counting for such condition of af-
fairs, but it is a condition that will ar
que strongly against other similar
conventions being held in that section
of the State.
The meeting was also lacking some
what in enterprise and pep" owing
to poorly arranged program, but
the hospitality of the good people of
Springfield-es especially the CONNER
cial Club-went far toward making
the meeting worth while. The Times
editor felt largely repaid for his long
trip to being permitted to again meet
that grand old patriarch and our good
friend--the friend of every newspaper
man-Prof w. H. Lynch, whom
Springfield is wonderfully privileged
| to claim as her citizen. Prof. Lynch
has to his inestmable credit the repu-
tation of subscribing and paying for
more country newspapers than any
other private citizen in the State, and
his renewal is never delinquent. And
he claims to get his moneys worth
several times over from each and ev-
cry one Of them. He made several
short talks at the different sections,
always contending that the country
papers are the greatest upbuilding
force in the country today. All Of
which went far toward making all ed
itors feel that they were largely repaid
fox the time required in attending the
meeting. But all were sorry that the
Lynch family is not more numerous
than it is.
On the route home The Times edit
or had the privilege and pleasure of
spending Sunday with relatives and
friends at his former home in Leban-
on, and if the press meeting lacked
anything to make it well worth while,
shat day in "the old home town" fur
nished full recompence
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03
Let's Go

The Executive Committee of the st.
Francois County Sunday School As
sociation met at the Flat River Meth
odist church last Sunday afternoon
to discuss plans for record attend
ance on Go to Sunday School Sunday,
Oct. 26th.
Nine Thousand total attendance in
the county on that day was adopted
as goal and each town and each
school will be given quota based on
last reports. The membership is
about $500, being little low because
of the flu ban.
Posters will be used informative
slides run in the picture shows, a.
minute talks on the value of religious
education will be given and on Oct
19 practically every community in the
county will be canvassed by its local
committee to see that no one fails to
get a personal invitation to go to
Sunday school.
Many people do not know that the
Sunday School Association is tho
biggest organization in the county
having as many schools and twice as
MANY JedcHeFS as Ile puDilC SCiJOlS.
Since 1900 they have given $780,
900 Bible lessons, 100000 on temper.
ance alone. Aside from special gifts
hike Armenian and Syrian Relief, in
which st. Francois county Sunday
schools lead the State, they have since
1900 given enough to send over So
900 Testaments to every corner of the
world. Almost an even 1000 scholars
have united with their respective
churches in the last years. Betetl
form a good habit than fight bad ono
after it gets hold; you don't need fine
clothes, you're not too young or toe
old, and that Id gag of being too busy
isn't even funny any mre.
All you need is heart; no dollar.
Join Sunday school. Let's go.
Contributed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03
$500 Lot Will
Be Given Away

ABSOLUTELY FREE to some per-
son who is present on the lots at the
Auction Sale of the $50 splendid large
lots in B. B. Cahoon's Sr., addition to
Fredericktown, Missouri, WEDNES-
DAY, OCTOBER Sth, 1919. You
must be there to have chance to own
this valuable lot absolutely free. Tick
cts ford will be given at all Banks,
Stores, Restaurants and all other bus
mess places. Ask for free ticket
for yourself and every member of your
family.
Call at all newspaper offices and
get free ticket.
To all who have not obtained a
free ticket for the free lot gift, one
will be given you on the ground on the
day of sale before the free $500 lot is
given away. No one need miss getting
the opportunity to have the lot given
to them. a..H
No such town lots ever before Of
fercd for sale. Fredericktown is
booming, no empty houses. Property
value and population have doubled ir
last five years. These lots are in the
center of Fredericktown. Town is
built all round this property. Alb
stract furnished. Write for Plat oi
these lots and free $500 Lot Ticket.
B, B. CAHOON, Sr.,
Fredericktown, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03

not the spirit of former pupils in
Farmingtons High School, and is not
in conformity with the best Farming
ton practices.
Through the initiative Of DR.. John
Robinson, one of our local dentists,
arrangements have been completed
for holding a series of dental clinics
in the different schools, whereby all
school children will have their teeth
professionally examined and card
sent home indicating any teeth that
need attention. The local dentists
will cooperate in this movement free
of charge and continue at the work un-
til every child has had an examination.
This is a very fine movement and
should result in an increased interest
in proper care of children's teeth.
Other similar movements will be an
nounced from time to time throughout
the year.
At conference of the grade teach
ers held on Tuesday evening the prin-
cipal topic of consideration was the
Physical Activities of the Grade Chill
dren. Each teacher reported upon the
physical activities undertaken by her
pupils under her supervision, and
those that were planned for the COM
ing months. Much interest was man.
ifested by the teachers, and definite
plans worked out for some good work
in the schools this year. One of the
, plans is to hold Health Carnival the
first week in May in which the physi-
cal activities of the different depart
ments will be demonstrated, and a
number of special features exhibited
showing the work being done in school
for the preservation of the health of
the school children and the community
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03
Horse Sense
and Strikes

& The American Express Co. has A
large, bay, horse that is used to draw
the express wagon in this city. Bob,
that is his name, has always been
a faithful animal-that is, he was
up until Monday a week ago. 1t had
been Bob's custom each morning,
when let out of his stall, to go to the
express wagon and stand there ready
to be harnessed and hitched He al
ways showed a willingness to be driv-
en- and never once was known to balk.
Bob, besides being a faithful horse,
is also an intelligent horse. lie had
evidently heard of the oversupply of
strikers in this country and not visa.
ing to be outdone in any line, staged
a little strike Of his own on the date
aforesaid. On the morning Of the
date of his "strike," when the gate
was opened to allow him to pass out,
he refused to move. Verbal persua-
sion, patience and sweet oil, whips,
clubs or bribery failed to move him
from his firm foundation" His on
ly answer to the entreaties of his
driver, gentle or otherwise, was a
shake of the head, meaning, we sup
pose, nothing doing, l am out on a
strike" And strike it really was, for
he absolutely refused to move and it
was necessary to secure the use Of
another horse.
The question now is: Who is Bob
in sympathy with; why has he gone on
strike? We don't know whether he
wants bonus system, sliding wage
scale, or proft-sharing plan.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03
No Doubt About It

Our Fredericktown and Pennington
friends seem in fair way to get into
first class wrangle over the Silver
Mine dam. The opinion of the sports
men hereabouts seems to be that the
dam should go.-Ironton Register.
The opinion Of the sportsmen about
Ironton, as voiced by Bro. AXE in his
always sane and conservative Regis
ter, is the opinion of sportsmen ev-
erywhere, that an absolute barrier to
the free passage of fish in the st.
Francis river is presented by Silver
Dam. This opinion, we feel sure,
will be shared even by the sportsmen
about F'redericktown when they
"sleep over it," and realize what a
handicap it presents to the natural
care and propagation of the finny
tribe.
But positively the dam will be
opened. Neither will there be any
cause or excuse for a "wrangle" be-
tween Fredericktown and Pennington
sportsmen over such an issue. After
the dam has been opened, and fishing
shall have been very materially i'm
proved all along that stream, it is
perfectly safe prediction that even the
Fredericktown sportsmen will join in
praises of the good work that will
have been accomplished by State
Game and Fish Warden Tim Birming-
ham, providing they do not join in such
praises before that splendid work is
accomplished.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03

Olga Thomsen-3.
Minnie Alva Counts.
Norma Guessing.
Florence Westmeyer
Ethel Menge-5.
1st Glass b-Walter Dietrich.
Louise Swink-2.
Roabie Smart.
James Watson Bentley.
Fay Benson.
Ruth Heifner.
Marie Hawn.
I'd Glass b-Richard Secor.
Dorothy Robinson.
Margaret Smith.
Baking:
1st for bread, Robert karsch.
End for bread, Irene Miller.
1st Class for cake, Evaline Burl-
baw.
nd class for cake, Mary Orten.
1st class b for cake, Elizabeth
Gould.
End class b for cake, Virginia Heif-
ner.
Sewing:
1st class a, centerpiece, Gladys
Miller.
End class a, centerpiece, Naomil
Gale.
1st class b, centerpiece, Eliz Gould.
2nd class b, centerpiece.
1st class u, sofa cushion, Leona
Miller.
1st classb, sofa cushion, Bernice
Turley.
1st class a, towel, Geraldine Heifner.
1st, darning. Mary Fleming.
End, darning, Florence Westmeyer
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03
DEATH OF INFANT

Z, The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
N. r Petrie died Sunday night, Sept.
2sth. Nellie May was 2 years and 1
day old. She had a sweet disposition
and was little ray of light and love
in the home. ~ tl
The funeral was conducted at the
home Monday at 2:30 p. M, by o. H.
l.. Cunningham. The little body was
laid to rest in the Weodman cemetery
near the Three Rivers church, ia
await the resurrection morning.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03

Not in the history of popular edu-
cation have efficient school teachers
been as scantily paid as now. We
were astonished few days since when
an experienced teacher informed us of
the hundreds of teachers even in Mis-
souri,, who have changed their oceupa-
tion from teaching to something more
lucrative, to afford them comforta-
BILE living, according to statistics.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03

The finest season of the entire year
is now here.
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George Sand.

Letter to an unknown correspondent.
No date or place.
ADEAR GRL: At last you are a little
quoted down. It only lacked that, to be
worried over Lnguet! Thank God, now
you are on your feet again. But it's ter
rible to be forced to act so soon after
your recovery. Alb, we artists have hard
time Of i'll The world at large doesn't
know thati Our Jacquot has come out
very well, I am sure. His brain never
sweryes when questions are asked intelh-
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Baudelaire Crosses the Atlantic

have bred worms more beautiful than the
butterflies Of the Amazon. Charles Bau
delaire was of this brotherhood. A per-
verse fairy stood at his cradle-or was
be nurtured in the splendid coffin of some
dead star wheeleri Like Heine, he was
the hangman of his own dreams. He mar
red Caliban to Venus.
Baudelaire was born in 1921. He was
a hasheesh addict "The great modern
neurosis called Commerce." says Mr..
Huneker, "has its mental wrecks, too, and
no one pays attention; but when a poet
falls by the wayside is the chase begun by
the neurologists and other soul hunters
seeking victims"
When FLOWERS of EVI first appeared in
France Victor Hugo said its author had
invented new thrill. For this poet sings
Of corpses and sunsets, Of sorrow and
wine, Of old men and Don Juan Tin
Hades), Of music and the poor, of poets
and Paris. Eighteen of his poems in
prose are in this volume They have been
copied, parodied and "done over" in every
language.
TIE POEMS AND PROSE POEMS OF
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE- Brentano's
$50.
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gently and squarely. But these pedants,
they have no more idea what a child is
than a ID knows flower. Well,
anyhow, now he's through, thanks to the
cure. Let's hope that the rest will go
well.
"What is the great news about Madame
Lament? Getting married.
81 thank you for sending the Bible to
Sylvia. That was lovely idea; she viii
be charmed. And you, It brought her good
luck, for in spite of what you write me,
she believes she achieved great success
In the third act, and chat makes her
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D RENTANO'S has just issued in Eng
- lish about fifty of Charles Baude-
laire's poems from his volume FIopers Of
ErI and his prose poems. There is a
ifty-four page introduction by James
Huneker. The latter has done for Baude-
laire in English what Theophile Gautier
did for the great French poet in French.
To these magnificent shapes of beauty
Mr.. Huneker has carved q corridor of
garnet and jasper.
Baudelaire introduced Poe, Wagner and
Delacroix to France. Gautier wrote his
memorable and impeccable introduction
to Les FIers da Nal of Baudelaire, and
James Huneker 1.-THE American Columbus
that discovered continental Europe) in
PRODUCES Baudelaire to America This
cycle of names is builded Of sound, light,
color and brains.
Baudelaire, like Poe, Verlaine md
Jules Laforgue, was genius Celestial
and satanic-or celestially satanicA There
is beauty that is almost blasphemous.
There are jewelled caskets which contain
miraculous poisons. There are poets who
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-22

time several plays signed by his name
which were merely adaptations. This es-
tablishes the identity of the genuine
works. The Man Who Married Dumb
Wife was not written when this letter
was written.
Paris, 1881
"DEAR Sir: ] have written, according
to my esthetie ideals, two plays for the
stage: Les Noces ,Corinthiemes, a verse
play in three acts, in which / strove to
show the opposition of the cults of an
tiquity to Christianity; and Crainqaebite,
in which attempted to show that sort Of
harmonious simplicity which magnifes,
embellishes and renders significant the
most humble things.
Il beg you to accept, Monsieur, the as
surance Of my esteem.
"ANATOLE FRANCE.
"The other pieces, signed by my name,
are merely dramatic arrangements of my
books"
Brieux.
In answer to a request asking for data
on the authors life and a question on his
fundamental ideas.
"St. Raphael VAR, SLIP.
"DEAR SIR: AS regards the
questions you are so kind as to ask me,
very little time is required to answer
them-and 1 beg you TO accept my ex-
cuses for their brevity. The subject of
the play (La Robe Rouge is above all
the professional bias l was born In
1858 (but of what interest is thatf). The
list of my works is inside the cover of
La Robe Rouge, and my method~if such
it can be calledHeonsists OF crying out
against every abuse Of power 1t is a
fact that al forms of power, all author
ity, arouse my indignation, because in hu-
man hands they develop sooner or later
into tyranny. Yours truly lin English j,
"BRIEUx"
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Victor Hugo.

ITO an unknown correspondent, no
date or place.
at is very kind of you, Monsieur, to
remind yourself that you will invariably
find in me a poet deeply interested in the
noble products Of the talent Of the pres
ent day. I cannot read your book now,
for nv time belongs to the common veal,
but I shall profit by the first free instant
at my disposal to give myself that
pleasure.
"Pray accept, Monsieur, the assurance
Of my best regards. VICTOR HUGO.
January g."
1.-TWO practically unknown drawings ac-
eompanying. All bound together in book
Les Chatiments.
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Maupassant.

IAN impromptu calling card. Writ
ten on small blank envelope
my DEAR FRIEND: l have come to see
YOU. And I have no cards with me. l
shall return.
any very best compliments to Madame
Jeanniot, if You please. Best regards for
yourself. GUY DE MAuPAssANT.
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happy. It seems that opinions are d.
vided, however. But don't see that they
are playing the piece again Is some one
sickf
"Good night, my dear girl. Please send
me complete and frequent news of your
self Remember me to all the dear peo-
pie, and even to Constance, of whose de-
votion 1 often think. Ny heartfelt greet
ings-also Aauriee's and Marceau's-to
you and yours"
The letter is not signed. George Sand
was not in the habit Of signing many Of
her intimate letters.]
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Anatole France.

In reply to an inquiry regarding Ana.
tole Frances plays. There were at this
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-22

DERHAPS the Photographic facsimiles
L Of the following communications
from half dozen eminent French writers
will most interest the readers Of Books
and the Book World. However, the let
tiers themselves are not uninteresting. APP
pended are TRANSACTIONS of them all and,
with an explanatory note or two, here
they are:
Gustave Flaubert.
mo date or place. Addressed to an
unknown correspondent
DEAR MADAME: Thank you very much
for your amiable letter. l am sensible Of
its every charm and am touched.
Il dare not announce to you my visit
for Tuesday between 8 and A o'clock,
because l am afraid may not be able to
keep my word. / am here in Paris for
only very few days-but l shall return
before long; if fail you on New Years
/ hope to find you at the beginning Of
1870.
II kiss your two hands, dear Madame,
and am YOUR G. FLAUBERT.
Saturday evening"
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-03
SUIT FOR S4o,ooo MUCH INVOLVED Defense Sets Up Counter Claim - Wants
 $3O,O00.

Rather involved, with many claims and counter-cairns is the suit brought in the superior court and heard today before Judge Howard J. Curtis, in which James Mclaughlin seeks to re- cover from William G. Shaw, trustee, on a mortgage and note for 10000. Property of 123 acres in Norwalk formerly known as the George l. Keeler farm, and later as Roton Hill, originally held in trust for two chill dren, and 8 number of houses in Brooklyn figure in the complaint.
 The claim is made by the plaintiff that the deed and mortgage was duly executed some six years ago; that payment is long past due and fore closure should be granted. The de- fense states that fraudulent repre- sentation was made to the defendant trustee as regards the Brooklyn houses. The claim Is made that no consideration was received for the mortgage.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-03

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-03
REPUBLIC HAS NO RELATION TO HAPSBURG EMPIRE ITS
 SPOKESMAN SAYS TO CONE ERENCE

monarchy. From this very point arises the fundamental contradiction under which we are laboring the most, and which is waiting to be cleared before this high assembly,
 on the one hand, no one could, from the judicfous statement recently proclaimed by the chairman of this conference, reason that a modified ton of political form of government or change of it's leading persons would suffice to release a nation from assumed obligations. This en- tails the conclusion that all the ter ritories of the ancient monarchy and their peoples could be made respon- sible for the consequences of the war which was forced upon them all bvl their former governments. Thus - weighing upon us, as upon all the other nationaHties established on the territory of the former Austro-Hun- sarian monarchy, a portion of the dreadful inheritance left us by the fallen empire, the inheritance of war. the inheritance of exhaustion and the inheritance of the more cum mbersome economic obligations. But the new republic has freed herself from all these imperialtstic aspirations which have become so fatal to the existence of the ancient monarchy. She has rid herself once and for ever of all the reactfonary traditions which had turned the former monarchy into a
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