St. Clair County Democrat
Osceola, MO
Thursday, 28 August 1919

For Rent – Two nice rooms over the J.F. Johnson & Son store. See us at once. J.F. Johnson & Son.

Mrs. L. Faurot is visiting relatives at Amsterdam, Missouri.

John Francis, of Neosho Falls, Kansas, is a guest in the John H. Lucas home this week. Mr. Francis is a student of Baker University at Baldwin, Kansas.

Auctioneer Dick Calvert reports a fine sale at the John T. Adamson sale here last Saturday, and he also said that The Democrat is getting out the nicest sale bills he ever saw in this part of the county, which goes a long way towards making a success of a sale. Mr. Calvert says he has September dated full now and is dating in October, and those wishing October dates had better hurry.

The fight that is now going on over the Workmen’s Compensation Law certainly ought to show the people of this state that the Referendum Law, which is supposed to be the weapon of the people against unjust legislation, is nothing more than a huge joke, and can be used by any interest to block legislation whether the law be good or bad. For our part, we do not believe in paying the huge sums that our legislature costs and then tie the laws they pass in the Referendum, for, good or bad, they are practically certain of defeat at the polls.

The Democrat does not wish to “butt in” on other people’s affairs, but in a drive through this county Sunday, we could not help but wonder if the law requiring hedge fences to be cut to a certain height had been repealed, or whether no one has been trying to enforce it. There are any number of hedges which have not been trimmed, and the blind corners are positively dangerous to both motorists and persons driving a team. We believe that the law covering this is a good one and should be enforced, not in order to cause anyone any more work than necessary, but as a safeguard to the public.