The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-09-22


today for a few days visit in st. Louis.
DR.. BARRON, of Mine La Motto, and
his brother, T. E. Barron, Of Freder-
icktowL were business visitors In
Pennington this week.
- Mr.: and Mrs. w. L. Fitzpatrick
motored from st. Louis today for on
ibdefihite visit with the lattet's par1
iShfs, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. P4 Ware.
Miss Estellas Blaylock, Of Elvins,
and Miss Mabel Garner, Of st. Louis!
were guests Of Misses Mae and Lacy
Garner Wednesday and Thursday. |
Mrs. j. W. Zolnan and little daugh1
ter, Eileen, of Herculaneund, and Mrs.
Benz. Miller and two children, Of Kot
'komo, Indiana, visited at the home Of
J. P. Zolman Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Il Jerry B. Burks, member of the
Constitutional convention, spent Mon
day with his family in this city, on
his return from Piedmont, he having
been one of the cortege of members
Of that body that accompanied the
body of J. B. Daniel to its final rest
ing place at the old home. Mr.. Dan
lei died suddenly in jefferson City the
last Of the week, where he and his
family were residing during the se5-
sion of that body.
G. J. HARRISON spent last week
with his son, DIR. E. W. HARRISON, a
New Madrid dentist, who has very
good practice there. While there Mr.,
HARRISON met Geo. Rickus, Jr., son
of Geo. Rickus, of Copenhagen, who
is paying IS cash rent on 800 acres O
short distance from New Madrid.
Mr.. Rickus informed him that he had
80 acres in sunfiowers the past sea.
son, from which he secured 10000
pounds Of sunfower seed, which he
sold for $3.50 per 100 pounds.
The Fredericktown ball team play.
ed the Bonnie Terre team a game
Sunday afternoon, on the latter
| grounds, to a fair gathering Of fans
and returned home with defeat
registered up against them. The re-
port was current there before the
game started that Fredericktown haC
not been defeated this season, so thai
much better game was expected
than the sample they handed ou'
there. Most of the visitors PLAYED
like yeriest amateurs, though theil
pitcher did splendid work, notwith
standing the poor support he received
The 21st Pythian Association hell
its semi-annual meeting at lrontor
Sept. goth. 1t was one of the larges
attended for several years. lmpor
tant matters pertaining to Pythian
ism were, discussed and resolution
was submitted by the association t
abolish sthe office of State Deput!
Grand Chancellor, which was almos
unanimously adopted. The nigh
session comprised work in the ranl
Of Knight. Quite a delegation O
members from Pennington and tn
Lead Belt attended. The next semi
annual meeting will be held Marcl
81, 1928, at DeSoto.
A committee of three was appoint
ed at the recent meeting of the Cham
Der Of Commerce, by President Cayce
to corporate with similar commit
tee from the High School, to look at
ter the financial end of the Hig
School foot ball season, to see tina
the team is not restricted in a finan
cial way to handicap them in OF
tanning the best possible results. Tha
committee was composed of Rolla CO
zean, E. J. Mckinney and Harry Den
man. Mr.. Cczean, the chairman
thinks better results may be secure
by increasing that committee to five
Therefore he has appointed Taylo
Smith and George Morris to serve 0
that body.
> About O'Clock Saturday afternoo
considerable excitement was create
, about the City Cash Store when
considerable volume of smoke bega
issuing from the ventilator undo
, the ground floor on the east side {
, the building. The hose cart was in
} mediately brought out, and the fir
, men at once began tearing holes
the floor of the rear Of the room o.
cupied by the City Cash Store. Bt
the water was not turned on, for tt
, reason that no flames were discoverc
under that floor. Further investigi
: ton seemed to account for the va
amount of smoke that was there col
gealed by the fact that there was
fire in a stove in the rear of the a.
jacent barber shop, and that Il
smoke had in some manner entered
;; ventilator hole on that side of Il
building, and that the draft caused
to exhude on the street side
!. alarming volume. But little damai
/. was caused from the several hol
= that were torn in the floor.
!, From reports that have reached y
i Times, W. A. Brookshire, of tn
u city, candidate for State Senator, CT
y ated very favorable impressi
:, among Democratic leaders at t
d meeting of the State Committee
: Excelsior Springs last week. VIII
e he is perhaps the youngest Dem
e cratic candidate for the State Sena'
e he was given place on the comm
6 tee to prepare a tentative progra
for that meeting, being the or
member on such committee standi
for office beneath Congress. Amo
his co-workers were such men
Judges Graves and Walker, Senat
Reed, Congressman Rubey, Mrs.