The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-21

Mss Virginia Lang, ofFArcadia Col
llegeg spent Easter with her parents,
Nj. and Mrs r. P. Lang:
Safarry Smith, who is attending the
State University, spent the Easter
holidays with home folks.
Farmers in this community, as well
as everyone else, are hopeful that they
Twill be able to begin their spring plow-
ling soon.
| Miss Virginia Haynes, manager of
Haynes & Co. women's ready-to-wear
| establishment, went to st. Louis to
buy more goods. This establishment
is enjoying good business from its
very inception.
The weather indications at present
are that the cold, rainy season is, at
an end and that bright and warmer
weather is now at hand. 1t is the
fervent hope of this community that
such signs are reliable.
Miss Mary Hunt returned the last
of the week from a months treatment
in the Jewish hospital, st. Louis.
While there she underwent second
operation for nose trowble, which OPP
Grafton appears to have been a sue
cess.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. N. Gossin and child
are now residents of Pennington,
having last week secured rooms in
Miss Days home. Mr.. Gossin is sales
representative for the Vacuum Oil Co.,
of Kansas City, They will be well
come to our city.
The County High School Declama-
tory Contest will be held in the Farm
ington high school auditorium on Fri
day, April 22nd. Pennington will be
represented by Miss Evelyn Wallace
in the girls contest, and by Firman
Castleman in the boys contest.
Fruit has had several very narrow
escapes from freezing the past week,
but we are told that such prospects
are still good, except in the path Of
the recent hail storm, where it was
damaged beyond redemption. There
have been several frosts the past
week, but not of the killing variety.
Ralph Hughes, of Pennington, has
been added as salesman by the Bis
marck Motor Co. Mr.. Hughes and
family expect to move to Bismarck
soon as they can get a residence.
Mr.. Hughes is hustling young man,
thoroughly familiar with the work,
and will make a valuable man for. the
company.-Bismarck Gazette.
At the recent election of officers of
the Fortnightly Club, held at the home
of Mrs. j. S. Clay, the following were
elected: President, Mrs. c. Y. White;
First Vice President, Mrs. 0. A.
Smith; Second Vice President, Mrs. E.
E. Swink; Secretary, Mrs. ]. E. Nor
Lris; Treas, Mrs. j. B. Allen; Parlia-
Ementarian, Mrs. j. B. Banks. j.
Miss Gertrude Haynes, of Piggott,
Ark, came in Friday and remained
until Sunday with her mother, Mrs.
Virginia Haynes, who recently opened
women's ready-to-wear establish
ment here. Miss Gertrude will grad
uate from high school in Piggott this
year, after which she will join her
mother here in their new home.
J. L. Kelly, travelling salesman for
the International Harvester Co., was
in this city few hours Wednesday
enroute to Festus, which place he had
been attempting to reach for several
DAYS from Cape Girardeau. Some of
| the many friends he. made on his pre-
vious visit here tried to persuade him
to remain over, but business called,
and he is all for business during bus
mess hours.
During the progress of The Times
big subscription campaign, which is
lust now starting, it will be necessary
to drop the extra two and four pages
that has been issued since the first of
the year, combining the paper to eight
pages. For this reason the continued
story must be discontinued, at least
until the contest closes on May 9th.
At that time it will be resumed from
where it was left off, if there is spe-
cial desire for it among Times read
ers.
Judge Peter H. Huck arrived here
Yesterday morning, intending to go to
Marble Hill for the trial of bank rob-
bers there. On arrival here, however
he received word that complications
had arisen in those cases that pre-
vented their hearing at this time, SC
he returned to his home in Ste. Cen
evieve, where he will convene regu-
lar term of circuit court next Monday
He reported the Mississippi river still
rising, and all the low-lands inundat-
ed. with the flood waters drawing un-
comfortably near to the business dis
tricts of Ste Genevieve.