The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-07-18

Mrs. Chas. Guessing, Miss Wayne
Guessing and Miss Irene Lang left this
week for Colorado Springs, Colo,
where they will spend six weeks.
Lehman Braning, Harry King
Denman, Steven Burks and John Ing
ram are spending the week at the
Baptist Assembly at Arcadia Heights.
Mrs. M. P. Cayce was brought home
Monday night from st. Louis, where
she had been undergoing treatment in
st. Johns hospital. We are glad to
report that Mrs. Cayce is much inn
proved.
There will be an ice cream social at
the Libertyville Christian church Sat-
urday evening, July 26. Part of the
proceeds will be used for recent i'm
provements Of the church. Come and
enjoy a social evening.
These are busy days in the adver-
Using department of the Chillicothe
Business College as last week $4,000
summer circulars were thrown into the
mails and three advertising cars STRAIT
ed out posting 10000 signs.
]. Purdy Neel, an Authenticity
tackle, has been engaged as all-year-
round coach at the Chillicothe Bust
ness College and is determined to win
the Missouri State Conference Cham
pionship for the big business school.
LOST-A Christian Science Quar-
terly in black leather case on West
Columbia street. Reward for return
to Times office.
Conrad Markert, former well
known and splendid citizen of this
city, now living in Muskogee, Okla,
arrived the last of the week for visit
with his sister, Mrs. Chas. Guessing.
Many old friends are pleased to see
him.
The Tri-County Realty Co. reports
the sale of the Kennett Yeager farm,
of 200 acres, 8 miles north Of this
city, to Ed Brewer, of Mayfield, KY;
consideration $500. Mr.. Brewer in
tends moving to his farm in the near
future.
There is no better farm machinery
than the Moline. Look at the Gull
tivators, Mowers and Hay Rakes at
the Tetley- Klein Lumber Co. 25-2t
Earl McAtee has bought the inter
est of A. G. Murphy in Fordson
| tractor which he and Gene Mitchell
recently bought. Earl left the first of
the week to go to Scott county, where
he and Gene are blowing with their
tractor.
The quarterly report of R. c. Tuck
err, Probation Officer and Juvenile
Referee of the Circuit Court of st.
Francois county, will be found else
where in the columns of The Times
this week Read the report and see
the work that Mr.. Tucker is doing.
CREAM SEPARATORS for one OF
two cows, $26.5O and $31.00. Bos.
we'll & Helber. 27-2t
Little Lora Augusta Chapman, the
three-and- a-half year old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chapman, died al
the home of her parents, eight miles
southwest of town, on Route 6, al
$3.50 a. M, July 10th, of dysentery
The earthly remains were laid to rest
in Pendleton cemetery, Doe Run, Fri
day afternoon.
STRAYED.-One black horse mule
about 8 years old and Is hands high
cut high up on inside of hind leg. viii
nav for information leading to the re
covery of this mule. ED. HALTER
Federal Lead Company, Flat River, M
Drs. Meyers and Jones, prominen
physicians of Wayne county, were il
Pennington Wednesday as the guest!
of Judge E. E. Swink. He showed
them around over the town, took then
through the Hospital grounds an'
then took them to Iron Mountain t.
catch their train. DR.. Meyers Il
considering locating here.
Miss Mathews is one Of the mos
popular girls of this county, and il
we'll known in school and church cir
Giles. She is the eldest daughter O
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Mathews, formerl.
of Fruitland but now living in Flor
ida. She is a graduate of the Teach
ers' College of Cape Girardeau, ant
has been teaching for few years.
DR.. ]. L. Eaton, Superintendent o
State Hospital No. A, has been ap
pointed by the Governor as repre-
sentative of the State of Missouri t,
the annual American Hospital Asso
citation meeting to be held Sept. 8-12
1919, at Cincinnati, Ohio. The ap
pointment of DR.. Eaton to this impor
tant assignment is to be commended.
II A party of fisherman, composed o
, County Collector, ]. E. Brewer, Sher
iff Chas. Adams and son, Roy
"Shrimp" Phillips and Yves Pratt
spent about an hour on Silver Dam
on the st. Francois river, below Fred
ericktown, Wednesday afternoon an
thoroughly enjoyed the trip, returning
with A fine specimens, mostly bass.
]. S. AuBuchon, who recently re
, turned from military service in Rus
STA to find his former partnership i
the Tri-County Realty Co. awaitinI
him, will have entire charge of tina
business during the absence Of hi
partner, Judge Orten, in Colorad
Springs. But "Smith" is abundantl
i able to attend to the office affairs 0
that company with one hand, Will
selling real estate with the other. /
the handling Of real estate matters an
transfers he appears to be to tn
manner born.