The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-17
LOCAL MENTION


yesterday on business.
J. C. Watson left Monday on a bus
mess visit to New Madrid.
New pancake -four at Klein's.
Mrs. ]. C. Crenshaw, of Caledonia,
Mo-, is spending the week with her
son, B. H, Marbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Russell, of
Sikeston, spent last Friday here meet
ing with old friends.
The Parent Teacher Association will
meet Saturday, Oct. 18th, at o'clock
in the High School building, room 8.
It's fresh at Bethels Meat Market.
Miss Myra .Dobbins, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dobbins, went to
Fredericktown Saturday for a few
days visit with friends.
Rev. j. P. Mcdonald requests The
Times to announce that there will be
no services on the Pennington Circuit
next Sunday, as he will be absent.
Pure lard, &c pound at Klein's.
The foot ball game, advertised to be
played in this city last Saturday, be-
tween the Will Mayfield College team,
of Marble Hill, and the Ozark Business
College team Of Pennington, was post
poned on account of rain.
The frequent splendid rains the past
week were just what was needed in
order to put the ground in the best
condition for planting. Farmers are
now busy blowing and sowing wheat,
and the ground could hardly be in bet
ter condition to properly care for the
seed that is being intrusted to it.
Try our Fresh Sliced Dried Beef.
It's fine, at Bethel's Meat Market.
Rev. E. H. Orear performed two
marriage services this week. The
first was Lawrence W. Johnson, of
Route l, and Miss Ollie White, of this
city, at the parsonage at 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. VIM. Edwards, Of
Santa Rita, N. NJ, and Miss Viola
Burgess, of this city, was the second
couple to receive the nuptial knot,
which was performed at the home Of
the bride at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning.
Can and pail axle grease at Klein's.
The announcement of Bethel's Meat
Market, Of big reductions in all
grades of meats, continues this week;
with slight changes in some of the
prices, either slight advance or still
another cut in the already great re-
auctions. 1t will pay you to study
this list of meat prices carefully be-
fore making your meat order, be. it
large Or small. The larger your order
the more you will save by taking ad-
vantage of these prices.
Judging from last weeks copy, OF
the Wagner, Okla, Record, that
town and county is soon to be put on
the auction block for taxes. That is
the place where The Times editor hi
bernated several years, but very for
tunateIy he was compelled to wake
up" and get out. Which example has
evidently been followed by practical
ly everyone who could "get out"
There were few good people there
when we left, not many. Our SYM
pathies go out to them.
Harry Dobbins returned Friday
from Idaho, where he spent several
months in the Expiration Department
of the st. Joe Lead Co. He was en-
gagged while there in helping to get
mill started on promising claims held
by the st. Joe Co., and when he left
the mill was running. Mr.. Dobbins
was most favorably impressed with
that country, and reports hunting and
fishing conditions there as a revela-
ton to anyone who knows nothing OF
"real" snort in such lines,
A letter from w. H. Clay, of San
Francisco, Calf, requests that his
name be added to The Times sub
scription list, which addition we are
pleased to make Mr.. Clay was once
a citizen of Pennington, and desires
to hear regularly from the old home
town. He states that he has not been
back here since 1889, and that he has
lived in San Francisco for the past
twenty-four years, where he is sue.
cessfully engaged in the practice OF
law. We hope The Times will each
week carry to him all the good news
he may anticipate.
Floyd LeMaster, who expects to be
discharged from military service I'M
mediately, visited his sister, Mrs.
Chas. Francisco, the first of the week.
He had recently returned from seven
teen months army service in France,
in which he saw much strenuous SER
vice, and had many interesting ex-
periences. Floyd's home is in Wag-
ner. Okla, where The Times editor
formerly knew him, and was delighted
to meet him while he was in Farming
ton. He will return to his old home
and enter the grocery business his
brother is conducting there.
The Board of Trustees for the Mis-
souri, Home for Aged Baptists Tues
day closed contract for the purchase
of the home of the late R, D. Lewis
in Russellville. 1t is indeed a beautl-
full place and will be an ideal home
for the old people The acquisition OF
this property means that the Home for
Aged Baptists is permanent institu-
ton in the valley. Much credit is due
DR.. Riggs for the push and energy ne
has displayed in the maintenance and
management of the institution. The
price paid for the Lewis place is $l5,-
oO0--a real bargain. -Ironton Regis
ter. 's.,a
Until day not SO very long ago,
something like 3,000,000,000 bushels
of corn cobs were thrown away annu-