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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Flood Conditions
Generally Reported

The excessive rains, which have
been general and almost continuous
for the past week, have put practical
ly all the smaller rivers and creeks out
of their banks, resulting in disastrous
overflow conditions to much of the low
lands. The ground was already thor
oughly soaked with moisture when
the present prolonged rainy season be-
gan, which set in with a vengence
with an all-night hard downpour Sun
day night.
The present flood conditions will re-
suit in inestimable loss and damage
to many farmers, and especially to
those who have not garnered their
corn, which was a very large percent
age. Many farmers in this county
are reported entirely overfowed,
mostly by back water, so that consid-
erable of the ruined corn crops may be
left on the land. This will make it
possible for at least a small part of
the loss to be retrieved by turning
hogs and cattle into the fields to feed
on the crop, which otherwise would be
a total loss.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Stock Shipments

W. B. Rariden & Son OH Monday
shipped 200 pigs, averaging 80
pounds, to W. S. Davidson, at Ber-
tram. They also shipped, on the
same date, $50 pigs to Mr.. Graham, at
Maldin, Mo.
Mackley & Beard shipped two car
loads of steers to the st. Louis mar
ket Tuesday. Dock Mackley went
with the shipment.
w. b. Rariden & Son, big shippers
of St. Francois county, sold load Of
cattle to feeder buyer today at SILL
25, the highest priced load of feed
ers sold out of first hands in several
days. The cattle were steers Mr..
Rariden purchased from a farmer and
feeder in his county and they were
strictly grassers, having been on a
good blue grass pasture all summer.
They were Whiteface of good breed.
He stated that there are lots of feed
er cattle and young stock through
that section of the State but he finds
scarcity of good weighty cattle.
"Feeders have been in quandry all
fall" he remarked, "and it looks as
though they were just going to rough
their holdings through the winter
months now."--Stock Reporter.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Serious Accident

Mrs. S., P. Fleming, who for some
time past has been the able and eff
cient assistant of Rolla Cozean at the
Pennington Undertaking establish
ment, met with quite serious acci-
dent Saturday evening, which will
doubtless keep her to her room for
some time. She had gone down town
to witness the Sunday School parade,
and on her way home had stopped in
to see sick child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Crow, on Liberty street,
On leaving the Grow home the
streets were rather dark, and she
failed to note the top step Of flight
of five or six steps leading down to
the pavement. Failure to note the
top step caused her to fall down the
entire fight, breaking both bones in
the right leg, an inch above the an
|kle, and otherwise bruising her some
.Yhat,
: Mrs. Fleming was Immediately
moved to the home of her brother,
Prof. c. B. McClintock, such move be-
ing for the purpose of giving her moro
careful attention than she could re-
ceive at her own home. She is get
ting along in splendid condition, but
owing to her advanced years, she be-
ing about 63 years, it is feared that
her recovery will be naturally some
what retarded.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Shipping Goods
to Eastern Trade

William A. Kennedy, who was rear
ed in this city, but who during the past
few years has become one of the Lead
ing financiers of New York City, re-
Gently ordered farm wagon of Isen-
man & Son, of this city, to be shipped
to his farm in Connecticut. The wag-
on was constructed and went forward
yesterday to its destination. :.
VIM. Kennedy is son of Capt. w,
A. Kennedy, Of this city. Remember
ing back in his 'boyhood days of the
honest work and sturdy construction
of the wagons turned out by lsen-
man G. Son, is what decided him on
ordering one of these wagons. No
better recommendation could be Of
fered as to the reliability of the Isen-
man wagon than to have them invade
the far eastern market, which is gem
orally considered to be the home Of
the best manufactured articles.
They now have ready for ship to an
Oklahoma customer another of their
justly celebrated wagons. 1t will be
seen that they are not entirely de-
pendent upon local trade for their
splendid product.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31

end control the packers and limit them
to meats alone, why would it not serve
equally we'll to restrict and control
the grocers and limit them to gro
ceries alone? Many wholesale gro
GERS today, handle a wide range of
merchandise outside of the grocery
line, including hardware, harness, au-
tomobilc supplies, and some even ham
die shoes, drugs and dry goods. 1t
would appear from the foregoing that
the wholesale grocers are bit incon-
sistent in their behavior and that they
would do well to retire to a quiet seat
in the rear, allowing congress to set
tie this matter without interference
on their part.
1t is hardly possible that congress,
after passing a law to restrict and
limit the-packers, may turn its atten-
ton to the wholesale grocers and i'm
pose such conditions upon them as will
hasten the time for their retirement
from active business.
According to their statement, the
wholesale grocers believe that there
will be a drop in the price of food
stuffs if the Kenyon bill becomes a
law. Undoubtedly, in referring to
food-stuffs they mean meat products.
We would like to have them explain
who will stand this reduction. They
know that it is the farmer who will be
expected to stand it, Government
price-fixing will likely follow govern
ment control of the live stock mar
kets. We believe that in the end the
farmer will be the goat, and we are
therefore opposed to any unusual
change in the present system of mar
keting live stock. We prefer to see
prices fixed by the law of supply and
demand, rather than by government
officials. We believe that in the long
run that the restricting and limiting
of our live stock markets will be paid
for not by the packer or the consum-
er, but by the farmer, who is the pro-
ducer, and we therefore protest against
the circulation of any propaganda
by other food distributors that are pro
badly just as guilty as the packers ir
working together to buy the cheapest
and sell the highest, to create senti.
ment in favor of such laws as the
Kenyon bill, which will only place 6
heavier burden on that class that il
now bearing more than its share-tht
farmer.--Farmer and Stockman, Jack
sonville, Florida.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
A Big Law I
Suit Brewing

Miss Carrie L. Sterett, divorced
wife of the late Jacob Day, filed her
elective, in the Probate Court of this
county last Saturday, claiming one
half of all the real estate owned by
Jacob Day on May II, 1887.
Jacob Day and Carrie L. Sterett
were married on December "a, 1885,
and at the May term, 1887, and in
May IL, 1887, she was divorced from
Mr.. Day and the decree of divorce
stated that she was "the innocent and
injured party; and it is claimed by
her attorneys, Messrs. BENZ. H. Mar
bury and J. P. Cayce, that under the
laws of Missouri at that time, she is
now entitled to one-half of all the real
estate Jacob Day owned on that date,
and on that date Mr.. Day owned an
undivided one-half Of all the. 35S acres
subsequently to that date sold to the
Baker Lead Company, and in addition
to that very valuable land, he owned
tract in Washington county, and as
there were no children born of that
marriage, Miss Sterett is entitled to
one-half interest in all these very
valuable lands.
We understand that later on Miss
Sterett will file her partition suit
against the Baker Lead Company and
Jacob Day and Mary H. Day, his sis
ter, to have this real estate seid SC
that she may obtain her part, and
that the real estate involved is worth
$75O,000, and the legal consequences
would naturally be, that if she sue
ceeds, then the Days will have to make
good their warranty deeds. To US or
the outside, this seems to be a "bie
| law snit"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
High Waters
Delay Trains

High water delayed the south-bound
train out of st. Louis, over the M. R.
& B. T. railroad Sunday afternoon
about five hours. The train due at
Flat River about $3.50 p. m, did not
reach that point until after II p. M,
the delay being caused by wash-outs
at Herculaneum and Flucum. Owing
to the delay, the electric car failed to
meet that train at Flat River, so that
passengers for Farmingon were COM
PEELED to stay in Flat, River that night.
For the past several days all M. R.
& B. T. trains have been detouring by
way of Horine, over the Frisco to and
from Festus, which, owing to numer-
Gus waits for orders, causes the trains
to be delayed three hours or more.
Such detouring is caused from two
bridges having been weakened by the
high water, making them unsafe for
passage. They will doubtless be in
condition within few days for re-
sumption of travel over them.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Speak for
Yourself, John"

Both the Bonne Terre Star and the
Lead Belt News had something to
say last week regarding the article in
this paper of the previous week on the
the different publications that were
made by several papers in the county
concerning the group insurance
"stunt''l recently staged by the st.
Joseph Lead Co. u5 YEA
The Star was free to admit that the
articles were paid for by the St. Jo-
seph Lead Co. and the insurance COM
pany selling such insurance, its an
swer being largely based on state
ment of facts, which The Times ap-
preciates.
But not so with the Lead Belt News,
which reply was not only labored
throughout, but was entirely based on
an erroneous supposition that Mr..
Robt. Holmes owns a large share OF
stock in The Times Printing Co. and
was the real instigator of The Times
attack on such "camouflage.
The sworn statement Of The Times
Printing Co., which appears in this
issue, shows that Mr. Holmes does not
own share or dollars worth Of
stock in The Times Printing Co.
However, since the News editor is
prone to accept rumor for fact, it
will certainly be as fair for The Times
to state that it has frequently heard
that the st. Joseph Lead Co. owns q
large batch of the stock of that print
i ing plant. and also that it purchased
the linotype machine now in that Of
lfiee, Speak for yourself, john"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Strike Called Off
In the Lead Belt

The Times is informed that at
meeting of the Union Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers, held Tuesday night,
it was decided to declare the strike
order off in the Lead Belt. This de-
cision was evidently reached owing to
the apparent immaturity of the con-
ditions in that district at the time the
strike order was put into effect.
1t now appears that the Union or
ganization has never been sufficiently
in hand to carry forward united and
harmonious movement such as q sue
cessful strike necessarily entails.
There appears not to be sufficient
head to the organization in that dis
trict to successfully compete with the
great mining corporations in that
field, whose business is in efficient
and competent hands, insofar, at least,
as the interests of the companies are
concerned.
The Times Is pleased to note that
therenhas been no serious disturbances
or rioting there since the strike was
called; that the workers have held
themselves we'll in hand, in accord
ance with instructions, even though
they may have at times been sorely
tempted TO try and take the situation
into their own hands, which is invar-
iably an error. Capital, as well as la
Dor, has rights that each must re-
spect, else the party violating such
rights must run counter to the law. :
This paper is also pleased to note
that during the past few troubled
weeks in the Lead Bells there has been
comparatively no outbreak between
the Union and the nom Union workers.
With the exception of few fights,
which occurred at Elvins last Satur-
day, no outbreak has occurred. Those
were but few personal clashes, and
did not assume riotous proportions.
We trust the strikers will now re-
turn to work, with their minds thor
oughly divested of all grievances they
may have had, or felt that they had,
and determined to work for their best
personal interests, as well as the best
interests of the companies. If they
will do this, then there is reason to
hope that the mining companies will
treat them more fairly than they ev-
er have done in the past, as the signs
of the times are now all pointing to a
greater degree of cooperation be-
tween capital and labor. This paper
also sincerely trusts that another
strike will never be declared in that
field until ALL THE WORKMEN in
that district will be united in such a
movement. If such'a plan is followed,
then they may rest assured that the
sympathy and accord of the general
public be with them. $500 80 '---k
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES

Many of the students were unable
to attend the first of the week owing
to the excessive rainfall. The creeks
generally were impossible.
No school was held Tuesday after
noon. The student body and the fac
ulty attended the funeral services for
Minnie Herbst who died Sunday morn
ing.
Julian Gordon, from Route enter
ed Monday for the Bookkeeping
Course. Hubert Mund, Route l, Bon
ne Terre, bagan work Tuesday morn
ing. M''
Mr.. FIJI. Harris, who is organizing
a new office force in st. Louis, called
Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Harris was
in search of competent stenographers
and made arrangements with Miss
Mary Ball and Miss Alma Bertholdt
to go to st. Louis Saturday.
Miss Susie Overall, now in Detroit
writes that she has had another pro-
motion. Miss Mayme Howell writes
that she has had an increase in sal
ary, and promised another in short
Tina. Miss Howell has been gone
only about a month.
c. P. Burch, of Route 6, paid US q
visit Tuesday. His daughter, Rosa
was compelled to make detour Of
about six miles to get to FarmingtoT
after the rains.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31

Jerry B. Burks and B. H. Boyer went
to Ste. Genevieve Monday to look af-
ter the interest of clients in Circuit
Court, in session there this week.
Lloyd Ferguson and sister, Miss
Emma, are now most comfortably To-
Gated in their new home in this city,
the former J. w. Mccarthy place,
which is one of the most modern and
best arranged homes in this city.
While they left their splendid farm in
the Libertyville neighborhood with
considerable terpidation, they have not
so far removed from it that they will
not be able to keep in close touch with
its operation, which Mr. Ferguson
will continue to personally oversee
and superintend. W."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Red Letter Day
in Sunday Schools

Last Sunday was a red-letter day
for the Pennington Schools and in
spite of the rain and threatening
weather the people filled the churches
and the Sunday schools recorded the
largest number in attendance in the
history of our churches at this place.
Pennington had 1484 at Sunday
school and the county has reported
4525, although the county report is
not quite completed. Doubtless, had
the weather been good the attendance
for the county would have been near
ly doubled.
The churches in Pennington entered
into contest for the largest percent
age of increase based on the average
attendance during the past year. Con-
siderable interest and enthusiasm was
aroused. All the Sunday schools
worked to get the banner, and very
few, if any one, escaped an urgent in
vitation to attend. A parade of Sun
day school people was held down
town and speeches made. One Of our
prominent attorneys stated IN his ad-
dress that he would rather his chill
dren attend Sunday school from 10 to
20 than for them to fall he'll, to le-
gacy Of $50,000. He stressed the i'm
portance of the teaching learned in
the Sunday school upon the charac-
ters and brought out the point that
the large per cent of criminals with
which the court had to deal were men
who had never attended Sunday
School.
The honors of the contest went to
the Southern Methodist Sunday
School, both in the number of attend
ants and the per cent of increased at
tendance. All are to be congratulate
ed on their splendid showing. We are
sorry it could not have been pretty
day, as all the churches were conf
dent they would go over their quota.
The following are numbers in attend
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Distillers Propose
Give Away Whisky

The lifting of the wartime prohi-
bition ban seems so remote that the
holders of the 60,000,000 of gallons of
fine bourbon and rye whiskeys re-
naming in bond are now considering
the introduction Of bill in Congress
under which these whiskeys could be
freed from the tax, the distillers'
bonds Cancelled and the holders be per-
mitted to remove them into fve-gallon
jugs and give them to the people to
be used for medicinal purposes.
The idea is to give one jug to each
family in the country not already sup
piled with liquors for the future, and
the government would be asked to
make the distribution through the
Postoffice Department.
Distillers believe that whisky is in
fluenza's greatest foe, and if Con-
gressmen decide that their constitu-
ents want the whisky there is little
doubt that the bill will be passed.
T. M. GILMORE,
President National Model License
League, Louisville, Ky. n .9a@
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31

Iona Of the Ozarks, mineral clay
specialist, writer and promoter, de-
parted this week for Southern Illi-
nois. She will return to Arcadia, Mo-,
cher mail headquarters) via st. Louis,
thence to Hot Springs, and various
other points south.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31

The attendance at church services
also showed marked increase for
the day. We know of nothing which
speaks so well for the moral and pro-
gressive welfare of a town as an in
terest in it's churches, and Pennington
should be proud of her Sundays rec
ord. We hope to make it better next
time.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Save Money on Your Feed Bill

The Pennington Live Stock Shipping
Association is planning to order carload Of
feed. This feed will be soldsat cost. Let
your wants be known at once. - j. D. Rion,
Shipping Manager Telephone on Sugar
Grove Line.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Notice! !!
In Regard to Lyceum Course

The Senior Glass OF the Hlgn ocnooi
will have charge of the Lyceum Course
this winter, talent to be furnished by
the Coit-Alber Lyceum Bureau, of
Cleveland, Ohio. The cou esrocn
Cleveland, Ohio. The course consists
of five numbers, namely, as follows:
Artists Trio ...............N Nov. 10
Fighting Yanks Quartet ..... Dec. 80
Sarah M. Wilmer ............ Jan. l6
Samuel Grathwell .......... Jan. 26
Overseas Orchestra .......... Feb. 9
Each of the above numbers comes
well recommended and will furnish
programs pleasing and entertaining
to both young and old.
Season tickets may be secured from
any member of the Senior Glass.
Prices: Adults, $2.20; students, $l.l0,
war tax included. Seats may be re-
served by seeing any boy of the class
or at the ticket window the night Of
the first program. The program will
be given at the Monarch Theatre.
The class has undertaken a big
proposition in presenting this Lyceum
Course to the public and will appre-
ciate your patronage. adv.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31

In the large announcement in this
issue of The Times Of the Bethel Cash
Meat Market, it will be found that
this progressive firm is making quite
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31

It will be we'll for anyone who is
opposed to accepting such gift from
the government to so notify the post
office department.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31
Home Demon
. stration Fund

The fund for the Home Demonstra-
ton Department continues to grow,
The following contributions have been
received since the last report: Y,
St. I,otlis Smelling & Refining
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-31

Tonight is Halloween. "Fun-mak
ers" should look out for the marshal
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-02-14
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Hold Annual Meeting

The annual business meeting OF
The First Lutheran Ladies Aid
was held on Jan. 30th at the home
of Mrs. Seglen. The treasurer's
report showed that, in spite of
poor crops and the influenza cpl
demic during the past year, the
aid as such had had a very pros
porous year. Officers elected for
the year are:
President, Mrs. A. ]. Gravdal
Vice-Pres. Mrs. AXel Anderson
Secretary, Mrs. Ben M. Larson
Treasurer, Mrs. Olaf Reno
Sewing committee-Mrs. A. A.
Sorg, Mrs. Ole Hilstad and Mrs. E.
Fosfeld.
The next meeting of the aid will
be held on Wednesday (not Thurs
day as heretofore) Feb. 18th at
the home of Mrs. Gravdal. You
are welcome.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-02-14
An Explanation

Some time ago there appeared
in the Banner an item to the effect
that William Riley and Stewart
Helmer had been arrested on a
charge of larceny, it being claimed
that they had broken into R. T.
Hurdles shack on Pasture creek
and taken considerable personal
property.
The gentlemen were taken to
Glendive but upon their arrival
there, we are informed by Mr..
Helmer, were released without a
hearing, because they had no real
charge against the gentlemen.
We now understand that Mr..
Helmer has started suit against
Mr.. Hurdle, in which he is suing
him for s10,142.OO for false arrest
and damaging his character.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-02-14

YOUR WHEAT exchanged for
merchandise at railroad prices, less
cost of hauling, at Circle Nero. Co
1-31tf
Next Sunday evening Feb. 18th,
Rev. Loomis will begin series OF
Sunday evening lectures from the
Sermon on the Mount. These
lectures will be quite interesting
because the general theme will be
THE Influence of the Sermon on
the Mount in the affairs of today"
All are most cordially invited to
attend.
Had little snow Tuesday and
has turned a trifle colder, but it's
still mighty fine weather for Feb
ruary.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-02-14

Watch for announcements foi
the Big Time to be given by Circle
Lodge No. AZ, A.O.U. w. on Mon.
day Evening, March 18th.
The u. B. Ladies Aid will hold
their next meeting next Thursday
afternoon Feb. Goth at the church.
Mrs H. A. Jensen and Mrs. Peter
Rorvik will serve lunch at the
usual time-'nough said! You are
invited. The Ladies Aid have or
dered a fine new piano for the
church.
Sam L. Hansen has accepted a
position with the Circle Nero. Co.
Gust Lind was recently called
to Iowa to attend the funeral of a
brother who had passed away.
He returned home again Friday
of last week.
II. A.. Jensen returned home
again last Monday from Helena.
He also made trip over to Butte.