The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-02-20
Weekday Lenten Services
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LUTHERAN CHURCH
Friday Evenings-7:45 O'Clock.
Beginning this evening. e.,
The Public invited.

several, who have been Industrious to
do little scratching around"
r. V. Tillman went to st. Louis the
first Of the week, where he joined Mrs.
Tillman, who has been with her sister,
Mrs. Crowder who underwent an OPP
Grafton for goitre. They will visit
their daughter, Mrs. Dempster, VINO
lives in st. Louis.
County Court adjourned a two
weeks term last Saturday until today
to complete the regular business of
the February term. The Court will be
in session toGay and &c morrow, when
the Road Overseers will be appointed
and other business transacted.
Mrs. ]. H. Wade came up from
Birmingham, Alabama, last Friday to
be present at the funeral service Of
her uncle, w. D. Long, who passed
away at his home in Canada. Mrs.
Wade has been spending the winter
with her daughter, Mrs. j. F. Roessel.
Ed Klein bought Moline tractor
and all it's attachments from Tetley-
Klein Lumber Co. 1t arrived Tues
day of this week. Ed and his sons e:i-
pect to do extensive farming and they
feel the tractor is the only adequate
means of farming with the shortage
of labor.
Dubart Wilson, who accompanied
the remains of his uncle, William Du-
bart Long, from Hamilton, Canada,
the first Of the week for burial here,
leaves today for Hamilton after spend
ing few days with his parents, DR..
and Mrs. Geo. M. Wilson, and many
old friends.
Through an error in this office the
advertisement of jeff Mcdowell in last
weeks Times errors in prices were
permitted to appear. These prices
are being run again this week, as they
should have appeared last week. The
best regulated business is not immune
to an occasional error.
The per cent of attendance in school
has been very good since re-opening,
considering the condition. The PEI
cent has been around 80 each day. All
teachers were in, with the exception
of Misses Ruth Swink and Iva Rich
ards. 1t is expected that attendance
will be normal in a few days.
Mrs. Dennis Adler left last Sunday
for st. Louis, where she will take a
position in the sewing room of one of
the department stores. Mrs. Adler
has been in poor health for the last
few months and is still under doc
tors care in St. Louis. We are sorry
to lose Mrs. Adler and little son from
our midst and hope her health will
soon be restored.
The Times this week presents the
name of c. j. HARRISON as candl-
date for Police Judge of Pennington,
subject to the will of the voters at the
April election. Mr.. Harrelson has
been a resident of this community for
the past forty years, large part OF
which time he served most creditably
as Justice of the Peace. He is an old
soldier and an excellent citizen.
Clay & Turley report the sale of
the Kollmeyer farm, located about
9 1-2 miles south of Pennington. This
farm was owned by Everett Char
trau, and was sold to Nicholas ALI
gier of Iron county. 1t is one of the
best improved farms in the county.
The price paid was about $11 900 for
this 105 acres. We are glad to well
come Mr.. Allgier to citizenship in our
county.
Floyd Ferguson this week brought
from his home a very fine piece of
furniture. 1t is secretory made of
solid cherry. 1t is one hundred and
three years old. This is one of st.
Francois county's relics, which was
formerly owned by the late Edwin Sc
bastian, of Libertyville, but has bean
in the Ferguson family over fifty
years. The date of its make is carved
in one of it's pigeon holes.
T. A. Williams has purchased The
Brunette meat market, and took
charge of same Tuesday. Mr.. Will
liams is an experienced butcher, COM
ing here from DeSoto, where he con-
Quoted meat market for number Of
years. He has but one treatment for
all, which is absolute fairness and JUS
tice. "Dude" Brunette will remain
with the new management. Tom Bur-
nette, who has conducted this business
SuCCSSSlully lUI tilC pdoS WV ySei -
will return to New Madrid.
Col. Chas. l.. Woods, editor of the
Rolla Herald and deputy State Oil In
spector, was a brief visitor in Farm
ington and at The Times office Tues
day on official business. The Colonel
is a stalwart Democrat and a close OBJ
server of things political, and the fact
that he is boosting so strenuously for
Hon. Frank H. Farris for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor indi-
Gates that Farris will be an unusually
strong candidate in that race. The
Colonel says Farris is a constitutional
winner, and the most capable man for
the office of Chief Magistrate to be
found in the State.
" Probation and Truant Officer yR. G..
Tucker continues to have many de-
pressing and irksone experiences in
his search for delinquent children
throughout the county. In many cas-
es of truants, he finds the parents to
be accessory to such fact, and in some
cases THE parents are ready to- lie in
order to keep their children out Of
schqokqf But, it is difficult for them to
"get by" Judge Tucker, even with the
employment of Misrepresentation. He
invariably tries to get at the root of
the matter, which usually discloses any
misrepresentation that may have been
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