The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-11-17
LEAnWOOD


Desloge, were here Friday helping
their son-in-law, M. G. Mason, pack
his furniture TO ship TO PotOsi, where
he resides
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ball and Paul
Walsh, of Flat River, wero here Fri
day night at the basket bali games.
l.. G. Williams, of Bonne Terre was
here Saturday short time on bust
ness,
The boys high school basket ball
team jouTneyed to Fe5tus Friday eve
ming to play the high school team at
thas place.
JOS Harper, who is working in Sc.
Louis, came home Sunday 10 visit his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. r, Harper,
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Taylor visited
their daughter, Hrs, James Blunt and
family at Desloge Sunday.
Thos. Harper, who is working in
ST. Louis, spont Sunday with his fam
lily here.
w. j. Martin, who has been work
ing in st. Louis tho past few months,
visited friends here last week,
a. N. Sherrcll, formerly in business
at Cherryville, near this place, was
calling Oh friends here Sunday.
Gordon Griffith visited relatives at
Fredericktown Sunday.
Mrs. John Edmonds took Mrs. ]. c.
Reid's Sunday school class on an out
ing and weiner roast at the Ran
dolph spring Saturday. Ask the girls
if they did not have a good time.
Prof. Roy H. Elsea, Of Paris, Mo,
was here calling on friends Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Robt, Marshall, of Columbia,
and sister, Miss Elsie To]lison, of
Graniteville, were visiting their broth
er, T. r. Tolleson, and family here
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyers are the
proud parents of a baby girl, which
came into their home November 11th
j. A. and Harry Edmonds were out
rabbit hunting on the Roux farm,
mean Highley ford Saturday and killed
a number Of cobtonItails. They did not
get as many mallard ducks as ia.
reported getting out there last year.
Nor did they get any deep-iivers this
trip.
We are glad to report the four year
old child of Mr.. ard Mrs. hubert Ar
noldia much better at this writing. The |
child was near deaths door for |
two days the last of the week with di-
ptheria.
The election passed off very quietly /
here last Tuesday. We did not hear of /
9 cross word being passed that day.
There was only about $50 votes cast. |
The Republicans carried the place, as
usual, but by reduced majority. Two
years ago they had about $50 majority
This year their majority was Is, TAX
ing the Supreme Judges as a basis.
Roades and Brewster carried this
place by much larger majorities than
any of the other candidates. Some Of
the Democratic county candidates car
ried the place by good majorties.
The basket ball teams of this place
lost Only three games of Basket Ball
on the local court here Friday night.
The first two were very cloae and eX-
citing. The first game was between
the Grade girls of this school and the
Grade girls of Flat River, and was
won by the visitors by the score of ~ I
to 6. The second game was between
1Cr High School girls and the Flat
River High School girls, and was won
again by the visitors by tho score of 1
IA to IL. In both of these games the s
'efree gave some very bad decisions, t
hurting our teams chanc of winning
'ery much. This may have boon an er- I
on Of judgment on the part Of the
'efree, but il hurt just the same. The c
bird ana last game was between the
soys second team Of this place and the t
first team of Iron.lale. The Irondale V
'oys were to much for our boys, as
hey were elder and much larger than L
ur boys, and was won by the visitors n
y the score Of 30 TO rs. There was a P
arge crowd present and all had an en-
oyable time. r
Some dirty sccuEdr2l broke in to NJ. )
I.Mason's residence last Thursday b
light about 7 o'clock, by prying open
window Of the house, and afteiTpour- e
,g gasoline on rag and on the floors q
ropped a match which soon start
| big blaze. N.Levy. who lives next 1t
cor to Mason's, heard them when they ii
ryed the window open, but not think
e anything wrong, did not pay much It
tteneion to it. But he soon saw b
axe coming out of the window AMI
} gave the alarm and the neighbors Ii
ION gathered anil put out bhe fire BE- nj
ne it did much damage, MIR. and Mrs.
ason are running hotel at Potosi tie
I'd had not finished moving their tie
rniture at the time this happened. ,,
ne party that did this dirty work Tn
rhaps lived out Of town as they used da
syrup bucket to put the gasoline in, VII VII
ID must have drawn il from their II
+. Had it been any ono here in town PHI
ey would have used coal oil. At any an
to we would hate TO think that we
d any one here who would stoop to sp
such dirty trick INF
Mrs. r. f. Ramsey and two chill ~,
en- of st. Louis, are visiting her Ill
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Stapp, wo
70 this week.
A. B. Jeremiah and A. S. Nelson ar
I'VE to Irondale Monday afternoon "a,
visit Rev. ]. N. Sitton, who is very ao
k at this writing. His many friends SCI
re regret to hear Of his serious con-
ion. There is but little hope of his spe
overy. III
John Hartl, of st. Louis, was here
,urday or business. sps
I. r. Stretesky, of Bonnie Terre, Vls
s here on business Monday. mr..
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