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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-26
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-26
COTTON MARKET
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.

Wanted--i'crSOnS Interested IN KING
Mountain Chapel cemetery. to DC ON
hand Friday morning, July ~, WIN
nucrSs;!rE tools iur Cleaning up.
Committee. II"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
Plans for Agricultural and Live
Stock Show Being Completed

At meeting Of the chairmen Of
the various committees of the Agri-
cultural and Livestock Show, last
night, a premium list was worked
out. This list will be published soon.
Cash prizes, as well as ribbons, will
be given on general agricultural eX-
hibits, poultry, hogs, mules, and Here
ford, Jersey and Holstein cattle.
Besides the exhibits there will be
some other attractions. A band will
be secured to furnish music both days.
Having a local minstrel show is un-
der consideration. Plenty Of amuse-
ment, it is assured, will be on hand.
1t is hoped that the farmers will
get behind this show and help make
it worth while. This event should
help in geetting the people Of the
country and the town together and
become better acquainted.
With the excellent farm crops pro-
-duced in the county, high class poul-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16

try, famous Herefords and high-pro-
ducing dairy cattle, and promising
young heifers secured for the Calf
Clubs, a worth while show can be held
if the heartiest cooperation is secur-
ed and proper enthusiasm shown. The
boys and girls belonging to the calf
clubs are looking forward with a
great deal of pleasure to these two
days. They are intending to bring
their stock in the show ring in good
Condition and well broken.
1t is hoped that all people having
anything suitable to exhibit, will be-
gin planning for showing their pro-
ducts and be on the lookout for the
premium list which will be furnished
as soon as possible. All residents of
the county are urged to make plans
to attend this show.
Everyone interested in this should
also make special efforts to advertise
the homecoming feature Of these
DAYS. .,.....
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
Crystal Lodge
Team to IrOntOn

Crystan Lodge No. so, X. of p, Of
this city, has a very proficient and
we'll drilled team for the Third Rank,
or Rank of Knight, and the attainment
Of this proficiency is mostly due to
the energy and efforts of Sir Knight
C. c. Cover, the leader, and several
other loyal Knights, The reputation
of this team has spread to adjoining
towns, and their services are fre-
quently requested by other lodges to
confer the Rank of knight.
Their most recent visit was to
Tronton Lodge last Monday night,
where they conferred the Rank of
Knight upon ten Esquires. Their
work was highly pleasing to the MEM
bers of the Ironton Lodge, ard they
were the recipients of many comp!i-
ments. After the adjournment Of the
Lodge, a splendid lunch was served.
There were several other Knights
from Pennington in addition to the
thirteen members of the team.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
In Honor of
Soldier Dead

The remains of Private Russell
Riggs has been returned from France,
where he was killed in service, and
funeral services will be held at the
home of deceased in Ironton this af-
ternoon, at 3 o'clock. All ex-service
men are especially invited to attend
in their uniforms and participate in
the services. The parents of deceased
Rev. and Mrs. Milford Riggs, had the
following notice in last weeks Iron
ton Register:
The funeral of Private Russell
Riggs, 55th Company, 9th Regiment
U. S. Marine Corps, who was killed in
France, October 5, 1918, will be held in
the court house yard, Ironton, Friday
September 10Th, at o'clock p. m. All
are invited. All ex-service men are
requested to come in uniform and help
form the parade from the court house
to the station, where the body will be
placed on train en- route to st. Louis
for burial in Memorial Park Cemetery
Omit flowers.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
.BootlegGing
Hun in Hook

Sam Doss, of Desloge, brought in
another bootlegger from that place
Wednesday evening for confinement
in jail here for bootlegging. The of
fender is a Hun. with an unpronounc-
able name, who is said to have come
from St. Louis, evidently with the in
tention of saturating the Lead Belt
with five gallons of booze, which he
had distributed in two suit cases. Hs
evidently did not know that Doss liv-
ed in Desloge. Possibly he did not
know of Doss' reputation of recog-
nizing his kind on sight.
The Hun was tried before a justice
Of the peace, and drew $500 fine and
six months in Jail, which adds just
that much more to the taxpayers
burdens in melting out punishment tC
this foreigner, who perhaps was nev.
err before in the county until he ar.
rived as a law-breaker. He should be
compelled to pay his fine in hard work
instead of being fed up leisurely al
the expense of the taxpayers, anC
thereby generating additional vigoI
to pursue his unlawful course wher
his term Of confinement ends.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
Popular Science
for Times Readers

They used to say that money
makes the mare go!"
No longer true. Science makes the
mare go. And money itself also
works for science now.
1t is amazing how rapidly science
has become the rule of the world in
the first two decades of the Goth CEN
tury. To cap the climax, science, far
more than human hands, fought the
greatest war in history.
Science governs our lives nowa-
days from the cradle to the grave.
The most successful food raising is
governed largely by science. We
raise our babies more scientifically.
Our schools are now scientifically
run. Our homes are full Of scientific
inventions, our tools of industry are
scientifically manufactured and our
amusements are marvels of science.
This prelude is to introduce our
readers to new enterprise which the
Times is about to present to it's read
ers as regular feature of our news
columns. Through our representative,
the Autocaster service, we have made
special arrangements with the Popu-
lar Science Monthly, one of the coun-
try's leading informative magazines,
to print simultaneously with that
journal, illustrated features of the
latest and most interesting facts in
current science.
Popular Science is careful and ac-
curate collector of scientific news Of
the highest interest, and it pays thou
sands of dollars month for the fea-
lures that this newspaper has ar
ranged to print simultaneously with
it. Our readers will now share with
Popular Science readers in these in
teresting, entertaining and edacation-
al features.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
Chas. Harris
COnfesses

Charles Harris. who was tried and
convicted at Potosi, Mo, last week
and given thirty years in the peniten-
tiary, made full confession.
Harris stated that on August a,
1920, Russell Carr ana his wife, Mel
lie Carr, Came to Elvins, Mo-, in their
auto and drove them to a point near
Caledonia, Mo-, where Harris and EN-
NETT Hurry got out; Carr and his
wife went into Caledonia in the auto,
and Harris and Hurry walked I'M;
Harris and Hurry remained at the
home of Carr Wednesday night, Aug.
4, 1920, and the next day, Carr and
his wife kept lookout, and in the
meantime, Carr furnished Harris and
Hurry with plenty of white mule;
and at about 11:45 a. m, at the pro-
per signal from Carr, Harris and
Hurry entered the bank and robbed it
Of few dollars less than $4,000. On
leaving the bank, Harris and Hurry
took around Caledonia, and Carr and
his wife, in their auto, met them about
a quarter of a mile from the bank,
and drove them toward Bismarck. An
auto load of armed men from Caledo-
MIA followed too closely and so Har-
ris and Hurry got out Of the Carr au-
to and hid in the woods until the
armed auto passed.
While Carr and his wife went on to
Bismarck, Harris and Hurry hid the
"loot" and arrived in Elvins about
7:30 p. M; Harris was identified on
Saturday, Aug. 7th, following, and
was Immediately arrested and confn-
ed at Potosi in Jail for some 20 days;
and while so confined, Hurry and Carr
went out near Caledonia and located
the "loot", and after dividing it, Hur-
ry went to France, where he now is;
Carr, when Harris got on bond, went
with Harris in the night time, but
could not locate the hiding place of
the "loot", but Carr went back in the
daylight and reported to Harris that
some one had stolen it, but left a
rusty nickep there, which he offered
Harris. XII
Russell Carr and his wife are now
confined in the st, Louis Jail, await
ing preliminary hearing; Harris is
being held, as witness, in Jail at Fo-
tosi.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
Fine Service of St.
Louis Taxicab Co.

The st. Louis-F s-Fredericktown Taxi
cab Co., which recently began opera
tions, appears to be giving eminently
satisfactory service between these
points, which are located approximate
ly a hundred miles apart. All who
have made the trip in their splendid
Hupmobile cars are loud in their
praise of the service they render, as
their cars ride like Pullmans, their
drivers are careful and accommodate
ing, and the time they make is faster
than can be made on the railroads
along the route they serve.
They run four cars day each way,
so that the convenience of their pa
irons is served far better than by
railroad trains. The fact that service
is being appreciated by the general
public is attested by the number Of
passengers they are daily transport
ing to different points along the route,
many of whom are through passen-
gers. Their cars are Usually well
filed, often somewhat crowded, though
their frequency is safeguard agains.
overcrowding, It is splendid conve-
nience to the people Of this, as well
as many other communities served by
this company, where railroad coEnec-
tions are more or less difficult, and
as the people become more and more
familiar with this service their bust
ness win doubtless constantly in
crease.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16

Miss Alma Williams, who last week
was selected as music teacher in the
high school here, but who at once de-
clined that position, will leave soon for
Colorado for an extended visit with
her uncle, Mr.. Adams, and family.
John Stain, about rs years old,
formerly of Leadwood, died last FRI
day morning, Sept. 9th. at 5 o'clock,
in the County Infirmary, Of general
debility. Deceased had been in the
county institution only about a
month, having been in . poor and
emaciated condition when sent there.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
How Much Longer
Can We Stand It?.

The County Court last week al
lowed bill amounting to $585.75 for
board of prisoners during August
last. Quite nifty sum to take from
the pockets of the people for the pur-
pose of paying the board of SONS
twenty-odd prisoners. who are Ian
gushing in Jail awaiting trial on diff
ferent charges, for which the taxpay-
ers have no chance to secure anything
of value in return. Does not such a
situation indicate to you. Mr.. Tax
Payer, that something is wrong in
the administration Of justice in st.
Francois county?
The prisoners who are being held
indefinitely behind bars in the county
Jail, charged with having outraged the
peace of the community and the dig
nifty of the law, certainly are entitled
to a trial within a reasonable length
of time, as it may be that some of
them are innocent of the charge stand
ing against them, and are being un-
Justly restrained from their liberty. If
such proceedings are legal, then there
is urgent need for a law that will
guarantee to one under arrest, on sus-
picion of criminality, trial within
reasonable length of time.
Such~proceedure is not only a
blight and an injustice to many who
may be unjustly accused of crime, but
what do you think Of the burden that
is thus saddled on the already over
burdened shoulders Of the taxpayers?
Think of i'll $5S5.75 paid for board
of prisoners for last month. This has
nothing to do with the expense Of
bringing them to trial. This is only to
keep them on the waiting list" until
the next regular term of court.
To The Times such procedure, or
lack Of procedure, appeals as a grave
injustice, not only to the prisoner, who
may be innocent. but doubly so to the
taxpayer, who is called on for pay
ment of such costs, without so much
as asking "by your leave" 1t does
seem that county as popuIous as is
st. Francois should have better equip
-ment for the administration of JUS
tice--when TIE Jail is oveFhowing with
prisoners i Safety valve should be
provided for the trial Of those who
may be ready for trial. Mr.. Tax-Ppay-
er, are you satisfied to continue as
paymaster for that hungry horde of
prisoners?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
St. Francois County Teachers Hold
a Great and Beneficial Meeting

entire program. Miss Humphrey is
without doubt an expert primary
teacher and the grace and tact with
which she conducted the class, and the
very helpful manner in which she dis
cussed Primary Methods in Reading
was delight to all present whether
directly interested in Primary or
other work.
The program on Saturday after
noon was one of the very best and the
attendance, though not quite up to
the other sessions was very gratify-
ing.
Mrs. J. G. Newman, teacher of Eng
lish in the Elvins high school, read
very able and helpful paper on the
Business of the English Teacher. The
skill with which she handled her sub
ject at once grasped the audience and
proved inspiring and helpful through
out.
Supt. J. U. White, of the Flat River
public schools, discussed in very
able and enthusiastic manner "The
Work of the Teacher Training High
School" He pointed out the great
need of training for rural teachers and
showed how the modern Teacher
Training School is trying to help
Solve that problem. He traced the
history of the movement up to the
present time and appealed to all high
schools in the county to lend help
ing hand in that important matter.
AS one of the pioneer educators Of
Missouri, Mr.. White received a very
attentive hearing and succeeded in
provoking much thought on the sub
jcct.
Judge R. c. Tucker, County Al
tendance Officer. and Judge Of the Ju-
venile Division of the Circuit Court
discussed in a very interesting and
able manner the new sections Of the
school laws and their bearing On child
labor, school attendance and other re-
lated matters. The conference would
not have been complete without that
number, as great Interest centered in
the various problems presented,
The st. Francois county teachers ex-
pressed the sentiment of the teaching
fraternity in a set of resolutions
adopted before the close of the scs-
sion. A copy of those resolutions will
be found elsewhere in this issue and
is deserving of careful study.
The meeting closed with the senti-
ment universally expressed the Elu-
cational Conference of 1921 held in
st. Francois county was by far the
best county educational meeting ever
held in the county 1t was the larg-
est in attendance, in interest, and the
best in point of program presented.
1t was almost exclusively The product
of the patient and painstaking work
Of County Superintendent j. Clyde
| Akers. 1t is true that he had the CO.
operation of the city superintendents
and the teachers generally, but it was
his masterful planning that so sue
cessfully secured that cooperation
The memory of that meeting will live
long in the minds Of st. Francois
county teachers.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
1921 Taxes Are
Now Payable

Z ',c tax books for 1921 are now in
the Ilands of the County Collector,
who is prepared to receive taxes for
the present year and issue receipts
therefor. 1t may mean considerable
economy, both in time and money, for
all who are prepared to do so to pay
their taxes early, thereby avoiding
the crowd and jam that invariably en-
sued during the closing of the tax
paying period.
]. Z. BREWER, County Collector.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
Up and Down
Again Sunday

The Pennington ball team kept up
its reputation of winning and losing
game Sunday, which is its record
this season for every double-header
they have played. The first game was
played on the home grounds with
Knob Lick. which resulted in a walk
away for the local team by n score of
10 to /. Owing to rain, only seven
innings were played, but the manner
in which the visitors were outplayed
at every point was discouraging to
them, and they appeared to welcome
conditions that prevented farther
play. Play started at t:15 owing to
the fact that the nome team WAS
billed for second game with the
Bonne Terre team, at that plaoe.
After the close of the game here,
the Boune Terre manager was called
up ana asked about the weather coiiI
ditig, Ssa chat place, Being assured
of favorable conditions. a 1uick run
was made to that place, and play
started there about 3:45, with most
favorable weather conditions. For
the first few innings the Pennington
team seemed to have the game won,
piling up four scores in the first in
ming. This lead was retained until
the something "happened" that so Of
ten appears to "happen" in game in
Bonne Terre--a long foul file over
third base and safely over the fence
was called "fair" by the Bonne Terre
umpire.
This, of course, resulted in a
"squabble", but the offending ump be-
longed to that contingent who could
not change his view or decision when
once his eye was "sot". But many
disinterested spectators who were n
position to know said it was a foul by
from ten to twenty feet. But Farm
mgton, as usual, again demonstrated
that they play ball for the love Of
the game, like true sportsmen, and
continued to play to the finish. But
it was that grossly unfair decision
that resulted in their losing the game,
causing the morale of the team to dl-
minish and permitting the Borne
Terre team to put over a successful
seige of batting, which resulted in a
final score of 8 to in their favor.
1t is said that owing to such sue
cessful "plays" by their umpire is the
reason the Bonne Terre team Prefers
to play on their home grounds, which
gives them an advantage in making
such "plays" stand up when they are
hard pressed. The Times is not pre-
pared to say there is no truth in such
statement. The fact that they have
played only on their home grounds
would Indicate the possible presence of
a "nigger in the woodpile."
Next Sundays Game.
There will be no game in this city
next Sunday. The Pennington team
is scheduled to play the Elvlns team,
at that place, Sunday afternoon.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Sept. 12-Carl Oster, of Flat River,
and Clara Eskew, of Blodgett.
Sept. 12-Guss B. Murray and Ona
Crawford, both of Elvins.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16

Mrs. Geo. G. Forster went to st.
Louis the first of the week for visit
with relatives and friends.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-09-16

DR.. and Mrs. Lee Rariden motored
to 81. Louis the last Of the week and
visited relatives and friends.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-19
WIRELESS is USED
FOR RAILROAD WORK

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. IL
Transaction of railroad business by
wireless soon will be a reality in the
south, according to announcement
here by Telegraph Superintendent F..
r. Hobbs of the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad. The company has pur-
chased wireless outfits and will in
stall them at Louisville, New Orleans,
Pensacola and Mobile for the general
message service of the company.
Train dispatching by wireless. how
ever, Mr.. Hobbs said, is not practi-
cable at this time. There sometimes
are as many as % trains with the
same number running on the lines of
the company at the same time and as
wireless messages can be heard all
over the country confusion would be
created. The wireless will be merely
supplementary to the regular wires.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-19
COOLIDGE URGES
d MORAL COURAGE
Must Preserve National institutions
He Asserts
(5y Associated PrsssJ

MONTPELIER, VT, Jan. 1S.--Calvin
Coolidge, vice-president elect, address
ing the Vermont Historical Society in
the hall OF the house OF representatives
here tonight said that the great ques-
ton of the preservation of American
Institutions is a moral one. "Shall
we use our power for self -aggrandize-
ment or for service?" he asked.
States grow and there is an mex
orable law of their growth. They
must go through the process step by
stop There is no hyatus in their de-
velopment. Liberty is not bestowed;
IL Is an achievement, but Il comes to
no people who have not passed
through the successive stages which
always precede It.
when the French people at the
start OF their revolution summoned
the states general after a period of
nearly two centuries Of absolute mon
archy and attempted to step at once
into a republic Of course they failed
and landed In new and worse despotism
than that which they threw off. In
our day we have seen a like result in
Russia. There Is step between abb
solutism and republic which cannot
be avoided in the acceptance of a peo-
pie 1ourneying toward popular SOW
ereignty. Russia is under a despotism
moro despotc thai ever was admin
istered by q car
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-19
YAQUI INDIANS
GO ON WARPATH
(ey associated Press)

NOGALES, Arizona, Jan. lS.-A
band Of Yaqui Indians has resumed hte
warpath and today killed three Mex
lean cowboys and looted a ranch at
Cruz Piedras, eight miles south of
Guaymas, Sonora, according to Of
fetal advices reaching the border to-
night.
Yaqufs yesterday looted towns of
Cocorit and Ladura, also south of
Guaymas. according to the advices.
Both towns are in the Yaquis Valley,
long claimed by the Indians as their
rightful home. No loss of life was re-
ported lin connection with the footing
OF the towns.
United States consul Francis Dyer,
of Nogales, Sonora, said tonight it ap-
peared not to be a general tribal out
break, but a band Of troublesome
young men.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-19
SHIPPING BOARD
LOSES MILLIONS
fRx Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-Losses run
ming into millions of dollars would be
shown by the shipping board in the
operation of its vessels If fixed charges
were taken into account, Colonel z.
II. Abadie today informed the Walsh
committee in it's investigation of the
boards affairs. The witness is a
former general comptroller of the
board.
Failure to include these fixed
charges, such as insurance, deprecia-
ton, interest, etc, he said, made the
financial statement show profit
when according to industrial practices
a net loss would be shown.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-19
JEZREEL'S TEMPLE
BECOMES JAM SHOP
(5y Associated Press)

CHATHAM, Eng, Jan. 1S.-Jezreel's
Temple the former headquarters OF
the sect known as New and Later
House OF Israel near here, has been
sold and is to be turned into q jam
factory.
The Temple. a great gaunt build-
ing, stands on Chatham. Hill and is
q landmark of Kent. It was erected
80 years ago by James White, the
founder OF the sect, who claimed to
possess a roll OF the 1900 faithful
TO be caught up to Heaven on the Day
of Judgment, according TO the Reve-
lations.
After Whites death, the Temple
was occupied for some time by an
American Jezereelite who styled HIM
self prince Michael"