The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-08-12

Herbert Radle left Saturday for
California, where he expects to make
an indefinite. stay.
Miss Mary Tetley left yesterday
for Cape Girardeau to- spend the week.
end with her sister, Miss Florence,
who will accompany her home.
r,, Prof. JEClyde Akers, County Super
| ifitenaent of School s, left yesterday on
u business trip I'd Cape Eirardeau. He
expected TO return home today.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Doherty and
children and G, g. Mcdaniel and fam
lily left Friday in their cars for EN-
poria, Kan. for few months stay.
A splendid and apparently general
rain visited this section early yester-
day morning. It was greatly needed
and has given to growing crops new
lease on life.
Harry A. Collins, of Lamar. Mo-,
State Instructor of the /. o. 0. F., ar
rived in Pennington Monday for a
three days course of instruction with
the local lodge. He was accompanied
by his wife.
p. e. White, that splendid old citi-
zen and friend of Knob Lick, was in
Pennington Tuesday on business and
called to renew his Times subscrip-
ton and also ordered the Missouri
State journal to his address the ensu-
ing year.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. J. Hughes and
three children left last week in their
car for visit to their former home in
VanWert, o.. and expected to be alb
sent about three weeks. Mr.. Hughes
is a partner in the Pennington Hard
ware Store.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. Hagenstab and
daughter, Miss Virginia, arrived last
week for visit with Mr.. and Mrs. G.
B. Snider. Mr.. and Mrs. Hagenstab
returned home the last of the week,
while Miss Virginia will remain for a
longer visit.
Remember the Pennington Nero.
Co. is now offering hundreds of dollars
worth of very seasonable merchandise
at greatly reduced prices on all sum-
mer weight goods. They must be
closed out to make room for fall goods
that will begin to arrive soon.
The Times has been requested to
call attention of all those especially
interested in the Pendleton cemetery
that Saturday, August goth. is the
day fixed for the annual cleanup of
that sacred spot. All are invited to
come out that day and bring tools to
work with.
Lowell Ferguson, of Fredericktown,
has been in Pennington for some
time taking treatment for paralysis,
with which he was stricken several
months ago. He is accompanied by
his mother, and has the assurance of
his physician that his condition will
soon be materially improved.
Mrs. Bert Byington and two daugh-
tiers, Misses Dorothy Mae and Maxine,
who have been visiting in Colorado
for the past month, arrived home
Monday. They were accompanied by
another daughter, Miss Virginia, who
had been in Colorado for some time
for her health. She appears to be
greatly improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Sebastian, of
Breckenridge, Texas. and Mrs. L. M.
Settle, of Joplin. Mo-, are visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Crow.
Mr.. Sebastian was an honored citizen
of this community half century ago,
but this is his first visit to the old
home in forty years. and many old
friends are delighted to again greet
him.
w. L. Bess, formerly railway agent
here and more recently assistant
cashier of the st. Francois County
Bank, is now representing the Gen.
trail States Life Insurance Co. in st.
Francois county. Mr.. Bess is splen-
didly qualified for this work, and his
large and favorable acquaintance
among our people will be a valuable
asset to him in securing business.