The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-12-09

Wesley Pratt has been busy the
past week numbering the business
houses and residences in, Pennington
in preparation for free mail distribu.
ton in this city, which will begin with
the new year.
Senator Chas. Belken, Of Frederick
town, was mingling with friends here
Wednesday. Rumor has it the Sena-
tor has caught the buzzing of the
Congressional bee, which is more OF
less pleasing to him.
Rev. Frank Tucker, pastor of the
M. E. Church, South, at st. Charles,
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. c. Tucker. He will go from here
to Sikeston, where he will Join his
wife at her former home and spend
Christmas.
Roger Black, of this city, met with
serious accident in mine at Flat
River Wednesday. While pushing a
car, he slipped and fell under it, the
car passing over his foot, badly las
cerating it. He was hurried to the
Bonne Terre hospital for treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Knauss and little
daughter, of Belleview, Ohio, arrived
in Pennington the last of the week
for an extended visit with relatives
and many friends. They left here
about six years ago and this is their
first visit in that time to old home
folks.
R. H. Davis, of Fredericktown, was
here Wednesday looking after legal
matters. He is the new Prosecuting
Attorney of Madison county, having
been appointed to that place which
was resigned by his brother, Henry,
when he accepted the appointment as
one of the assistants in the Attorney
Generals office.
Considerable snow fell Saturday, the
first of the present winter, but for
some time it was so damp that it
melted as it touched the earth. Final
ly an inch or more accumulated, which
was given an icy coating with sleet
and mist, which caused it to remain
until Monday. But the weather was
never cold enough to preserve it, and
the temperature continued to fall, con-
tinuing the ideal fall weather.
Francis A. Tillman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. B. Tllman Of this city, has
decided to locate in Pennington after
several years electrical work in St.
Louis. He has secured space in the
Rickus building, which the Lockridge
Harness shop has shared with him,
and where he will open up next Mon
day with a well selected line Of elec-
trical goods, of every description.
Mr.. Tillman has selected Pennington
as the field for entering business on
his own behalf partly for the reason
that it is his old home, but more es-
pecially for the reason he believes the
are large here for that
kind of goods and work.
The county bridge and road gangs
have been busy the past week putting
down cement floor in about half the
arge space covered by the large coun-
ty machine barn in this city. The ce-
nented part will be used for ma
chine shop, where the road machinery
will be repaired, and will be good
investment for the county. A. very
requirement at this time is
FOR more room to store the county's
.oad machinery, as the present quar-
;ers are already over-crowded with ex-
1ensive machinery, which, among
,ther things, is composed of five Gar
'ord trucks, two Kelley-Springfeld
.rucks, a caterpillar engine, three |
'ock crushers, Ford truck. a gaso-
inc lotion roller and two gasoline |
wagon tanks. The best of housing
'or such machinery is the greatest |