The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-12-16

The weather continues mild and
splendid, though the unusual niildnsss
is cause for grave alarm among fruit
experts, WHO fear that the unusually
mild and open winter thus far again
will mean death, to fruit.
Only seven more days to complete
your Christmas shopping. Make up
your list of shopping places from
Times advertisers, among whom you
are assured the best Of treatment, as
we'll as the largest and best values.
Miss Marion Guessing, who is Wis
iting in Pormeno, Penn, expects to
return for the holidays. She will be
accompanied by Miss Louise Morris,
who is teaching music at Bethlehem,
Penn, The places are only about 25
miles apart. Miss Morris will spend
the Christmas season with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. j. E. Morris.
No trouble to make the finest kind
of Christmas present. Just hand in
or send the name to The Times, with
$3.50, and we will do the rest. The
friend will receive the improved and
enlarged Times every week during
1922. You will make no mistake in
sending a number of such gifts, ev-
eryone of which will bring rich re-
ward to you in the good wishes of the
recipients.
Mary Poston, colored, died Saturday,
Dec. 10th, in st. Louis, where she had
been employed for many years, after
lingering illness, being about so
years old. She was born and reared
in Pennington, where she leaves many
friends to mourn her death. She was
sister of Felix Poston, one of our
best colored citizens. The remains
were brought to this city for burial,
and were laid to rest Tuesday af-
ternoon, attended by many mourners.
A continued session of the mock
trial of Gov. Small, of Illinois, will be
held Monday evening in the Y. M. c.
A. auditorium at Flat River, begin
ming at 1880 o'clock. The first ses-
sion of this celebrated case was held
there several weeks ago, and created
fever of interest and excitement.
The Times has it on good authority
that Monday nights installment of
this case will be fully as interesting,
if not more so, than the orig
inal session. A small admission fee
will be charged, for the benefit of the
Y. N. c. A.
A letter from Prof. A. c. Magill, of
the Cape Girardeau Teachers College,
gives the following news item, which
viii be. of. interest to Timex readers:
Miss Florence Radle, of Pennington,
has been selected for leading part
in the play to be given in January by
the Dramatic Club of the State Teach
ers' College. Miss Radle is a gradu-
ate of the Pennington high school.
Students chosen for parts in the ORA
matte Club plays are selected because
of their standing in school and their
dramatic ability as shown in q series
of "try-outs" or contests.
Mrs. Ann Butterfield Newman, of
West Texas, who has been visiting
her mother and brother, Fred Butter
field, became very ilh last week with
influenza, which later developed into
pneumonia and became so alarming
that she was sent to the Bonnie Terre
hospital for treatment. Latest infor-
| nation is that she is improving.
When her condition was at its worst
her husband was sent for. He is a
| big ranchman, and consequently it
was rather difficult to locate him in
the vast domain wherein his ranches
lie.. However, he was finally found
and received the message telling Of
his wife's serious illness. He was hun
dreds of miles from any point where
he could catch through train. there
| fore he succeeded in securing an air.
plane which conveyed him to the
nearest possible connection with a
through train, and is now with his
/ wife, whom he was gratified to find
greatly improved on his arrival.
Charles Sutton, Representative of
Reynolds county, again broke out of
the hills and gorges of that chill
country" and made Pennington an
other business trip the last pf the
week, the second time he has visited
this city. His first visit was on the
occasion of the good roads meeting
last June, when, through his resource-
fitness, he managed to circtmvent
the difficulties of travel in thai coun-
ty and at the banquet that evening
told, in most entertaining manner, of
some of the usages made of the hills
and hollows there, as we'll as some Of
the adaptations of mankind and ami
mails to such surroundings. He is an
ardent Democrat, of course, and in
explaining the reason for the saw
tooth border of that county, he said
that was necessary to get rid Of doz-
en- or more Republicans who were liv-
ing in the clefts of the rocks in that
locality.