The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 6, 1908, Page 2

o ‘ ° any faithful soldier in the N. G. M. to The Butler Weekly Times "4 honorable discharge; perhaps Seleted ce Teeny eee ee next year he may be so situated he cannot attend; yet the lessons learn- ed willever be retained, and {fever called into the sevice of his nation fn time of danger, will enable him to Missouri Crop Report for Au- gust. Columbia, Mo., August 1, 1908 | The Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, Geo. B Ellis, made} the following announcement of crop | 1. D. ALLEN, Edfsor and Prop Gautered at the postoftice of Butler, Mo., as @oond-cises ma!! matter. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. perform such duty ina capable and condisisions in this state: effective manner Cory. Under normal conditions| ecaans Here the glitter of arms and unt-| ¢he weather for July wauld bate been} WILLIAM J. BRYAN, forms, the soldierly discipline, the highly satisfactory tor the growth of of Nebraska, brilliant martial music by the num j.orn There has been about a nor- saabiabiryet erous regimental hands, the solemn mai amount of both warmth and of Indians, note of the bugle, and grander yet, mojeture, and a few counties in the COMPANY “B” GETTING READY FOR THE BIG MILITARY MANEUVERS AT FT. RILEY, the tender ceremony and strict hom- latate have made an improvement in age pald the American flag, by offi | she condition of corn during the cers and men alike, awakens in all) month, while other communities the patriot spirit of the true Amer-| nave declined. Fortanately no ex {ean, and beckoned on by thelr al-|gandeq drought have yet occurred, most worshiptul love for that mute} phys ghis is a condition that will de- and ever-present witness, the grand | mand even more shan a normalratn- “Stare and Stripes”, instinctive to /fq)1 from now on to maintain the every heart comes the wish for op- present condition. The crop 1s more portunity for brave deed to per-| irregular shan it has been for a num- form, and on field of battle soldiers | pop of years The general average of die happy tn the one thought that! the crop is 17 days later than a nor- they have served thelr flag and their} 1.9) crop. One year ago on the same country, for date the crop was 18 days later than ‘There’s something of pride in the perilous | gp normal, and that crop matured hour, wiis’ee be ts thape in which death may| Without any material damage from lower, frost. The average condition for For Fame ts there to tell who bleeds, a And Honor’s eye on daring deeds,’ —(BYRON,) pean pod ps Adapt The boys of Co. “B” are equipped | 75 per cent on the first of July and a with the latest model Springfield) .ongision of 83 per cent one year tifle, and the late uniforms and ac- ago. A number of correspondents cessortes, and are drilling regularly report that the corn is tasseling very and much interest te manifested by | jow and a number of countles report that the stalk is small. Considering allthe members, and will go toCamp with at least fifty strong, and one ot | the reduced acreage, under the most taken from |ravorable conditions from now on the best companies ever Butler. The officers of the company the crop will be materially less than areCapt. Jochin E, Haper, 1st Lieut. an average Arthur Duvall and 2nd Lieut. C. L. Waeat, Wheat threshing hae Selle. The personnel of the officers |p rogreased very satisfactorily and of the company is alone & guarantee | 4) per cent of the entire crop has of the efficiency and strict moral dis- been threshed as compared with 27 clpline of the company. bytes percent on the same date one year. promise that a roster of § ome: | The average quality of the grain is |52 per cent gs compared with an bers of the company will befurnished ic \ for publication yin thelr — [average quality of 90 one year ago, forcamp — It {s useless to state that} Like corn the wheat crop this year fs the citizens of Bates county, especially of Butler, are proud of its and | very irregular, The quality is very i fl bl soldier boys and the splendid record | ertabe Se ne Co. “B’ is making. Missouri National Guard Troops Will Participate in the Big War Game at the Great Military Reserve This Year. Che officers and boys of Co. “B” are jubllans now over the announce tment that they are to be sent to Ft Riley to take part in the great Mill- tery Maneuvers to be held at the big Miltary Reserve, where many thou- eande of Regular Army and National Guard Troops, includiog all arms of the milltary service of the United Seates, wili unite in grand encamp- ment, and there, under the direction ead guidance of some of she nation’s weet learued and skilled ofticers, to enact and daily rehearse the great problems of war, and thie year’s maneuvers and exercises promise to be of such stupendity and the opera- vious on such an extensive scale as searcely heretofore undertaken by Sho Government at this great mill- weary post. Missouri troops will arrive, detrain and go into camp on Ft, Kiley Reser: vation as & point designated as Paw- nee Plate, August 206h, and entrain and depart for bome stations Au- aust 20ch és. Riley is one of the ranking per- wanent U.S Milltary Posts in the middle west. Here are located quar- ters for all departments of the ser- tee, Infanery, cavalry, ail classes of arsillery. The broken character of sie grounds gives splendid opportu- wy for military maneuvers, Ona march, here the forces numbering trom eight to ten thousand men of a!) departments of service, are ueual- ly divided {nto offensive and defen- alve divisions, usually there fs an ~shjeetive points in a battle exercise which one division {s to make. Its commander knows nothing as to the loeation of the opposing forces. His sevaley must locate and signal corps flash messages back and forth before he feels safe In moving his troops for ‘ cannot tell at whats point the she crop will grade No, 2, whilea igreat dea) of {¢ 1s much below that say | wrade, Chops up Man He Finds With! Oats As rule, oats is making a Wife. | very unsatisfactory yleld, and our jreports indicate that the final est! Petersburg, Va., Aug—Jobn A.| nate will show o lighter crop than Mullen, a prominentcttizen of Peters-| 4... sovaral yeara. burg, killed Elijah H. Cole, an un-} Hay The hay harvest has been married man, whom hecaught in the practically completed and a large room of his wite, Cole's head was) poy of excellent hay has been gath- beaten to a jelly with an ax, and his/ ...4, body hacked to pleces. Fruits _ The condition of the fruit Mullen was locked up tn the police] orop ig very irregular butis 4 great station, His wite escaped the same] goa) better than it wae at the same tate as Cole by fleeing from her en-| time last year. For the first time tn raged husband. man years the average condition of ‘There is considerable difference be-} she peaca crop is higher than that of tween the two verstuns of the tragedy. apples Is is thought the defendant will plead the unwritten law in extenuation of NE NW CEN 8W SE STA : i , Winter apples 2 26 26 389 34 avemy Will strike, cautious he must}the crime. Mrs. Mulien maintains Rime PP 30 32 97 30 40 a4 be, buthe must also cover,the ground | ghas ghere was nothing wrong In her| Peachas 34 42 3556 87 41 fu she time alloted him; for with each division several officers are designat- od as umpires whose duties are to de- cide when troops are to be counted out. The whole maneuver may be termed # game of checkers, each move counts; may win the day or Jose it accordingly as the opposing sommander is quick to profit by the relations with Cole, The husband, after warning bis wife that he would kill both her and Cole if he caught her in company with the latter, went to his home fa the afternoon and, peeping under the drawn blinds of his wife’s room, saw her and Cole together in a compro- -attitude:—He-tried to Pears Plums Grapes Melons 20 82 1812 23 21 44 46 34 33 387 39 65 71 56 52 64 61 67 54 5357 67 59 Bryan Club Meeting. There will be a meeting of the I*ut ler Bryan Club at the Court Ho use BITE ate * a08 handled or maneuvered? And “this has been handled by the officers ‘ince fa shown in the,;Cubantrecord | argues that it would be a good thing vuietakes of his opponents, all of which depends on the promptness and {ntelligence which his sub-ordi- mate officers carry out his plans. Of what use is an army that can Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. All members and all Democrats who have not yet elgned are urged to be present. G. B. Hickman, President. BUY mising- @ pistol, and failing in that, entered his wife’s room with the ax, at once attacking Cole, who was laying in the bed. While Mullen was killing Cole, ‘his wife, who was slitting In achalr with her fees on the bed, ran from the room and sought shelter at the home of a neighbor. Mullen struck here glancing blow wish the ax as she ran past him. She has been mar- tied two years. yet moss ‘battles of all times have tarned upon this point. Our na- @on can raise an army, 80 we say, fa a few monthe; perhaps {t would be better to say-the material from which *be.army is to be made, for it takes “msonths to make thie army effective. ‘Mor Js it alone the ability the manev- wer that counts; fully 98 per cent of -gur loss in the Spanish-American “War.wase due to disease. How nicely What About Sherman? From the Commoner, ii We are told by the Chicago Record- Herald that: “‘I'he Kansas City Star and on the Isthmus in the Canal|if a Democratic congress were elected Camp. All this cannot be done on|to serve with Taft as President. I+ ‘paper, without practice.jMen can|saye that the country knowsfull well not be ‘taught these things. Theee| that if Taft were elected and Cannon :practical application; of camp hy-| remained in the speaker's chair the gtenic rules are by citizen! soldiers;| boss of the house would obstract sometimes looked upon as a hard-|progressive policies under the new | $3.00 Oxfords now...$2.25 whip; yet experience has shown them | administration just ashe didin the} $3.50 Oxfords now. ..$2.50 vo.be imperative. These and many | last session of congress. The dom!- $4.00 Oxtords now. v@ther things are inetilled into the| nent party is undéreuspicion because 00 Oxford oh ‘miinds of every man in the practice; of the reactionary strength in thas $5.00 Oxfords now... -eamp, for after all the success of| session and in the Republican con- American arms will ever depend up-| vention.” ; ‘on the intelligence and individuality; Aod what would James S, Sher- WAIT AND BE SORRY exything in sight; {e seeing and tak- Sar ok C tetnae, saan Ouaganl ir SUMSGAAE eh Tate’ ao evothe| DUST PAN FREE _ WALKER-McKIBBEN’S SATISFACTION If you get your sewing ready for school children. It is only a few weeks until vacation time is over and school will open. Figure ahead what the children will We made a special purchase of EXTRA GOOD PERCALES, the regular price of which is 12'4c yard—OUR PRICE It is 31 inches wide, extra count to the square inch, will wash fine, will outlast two or three calicoes—saves sewing you see. The patterns are polkadots, small figure solid colors. The colord are reds, blues, grays, black and white, and white and black. We are also showing new fall styles in Ginghams at 10c, 12%, 15c. Lots of New Fall Shoes are here and more comin has increased its business this spring, which is the best evidence that people AT A FAIR PRICE. We make a specialty of Buster Brown This is without doubt the in this country and are known from ocean to ocean. We have arranged to have the ' Real Buster Brown and Tige Here this Fall And will announce date later. We are doing this not only to advertise Buster Brown Shoes but that our maty young friends may have a chance to see the Famous Buster Btown and Tige. We sella which is a dandy, and guaranteed to give satisfaction. ; | COME AND SEE US—WE WANT YOUR TRADE. Walker-McKibben’s Eggs and Checks same as Cash. me | | need and then you will not be rushed at the last. 10c - S, fancy stripes, allover effects, fancy checks and BUSTER BROWN BLUE-RIBBO SHOES oR. ee pe LIT MeN g. Our Shoe Department appreciate GOOD SHOES School Shoes. best line of school shoes . special every-day work shoe for men at $2.75 The Kansas City Siar is beyond compare the best evening newspaper in the world in all but its politics, says the Rich Hill Review. In thie {tis abominable. While @ persistent howler fortariff retorm, it wiltalways | be lined up against the party most) likely to bring 1s about. While scor- ing the trusts, it isalways with them. While expressed for policies the Dem- ocrats stand for, itis ever against that party. The Star can always be found tavoring the people or polictes it thinks {6 can control—but that is all. Posing as an independent news- paper, itisa worse disappointment. than the Irishman’s flea. It was for Cleveland for president and Warner for governor; for Roosevelt in an- other election and Folk for governor; for Taft for president now, but the Lord only knows whom it will favor for governor. The people respect an avowed political opponent but have no faith in a tiddledewink—and that 6 what the Star ‘e politically. The Pranks of Boys, > | Bich Hill Review, Railroad men complain that they are being put to all kinds of trouble by certain boys and young men of thie town, and thredten to see what Wallace, L. B. Allison, Mrs, Hattie Smith, G. B, Hickman, Mre. Bessie Holloway, Mrs,G.C. Harper. Other references furnished. Prof. John L Jones, the wellknown Optical Specialiet, will be at the Day House, Butler, Missouri, Thursday, | Friday and Saturday, August 13, Don’t-fatH So see him if you have any trouble The managers of the Appleton City with your eyes, or need glasees. He! Academy have evolved the plan of |eures head ache and ‘nervousness | asking two dollars donations toseat | with his special ground glaeses. All|the new Academy building. The | work guaranteed. He fs a man of| name of each donor fe to be engrav- | 14 years experlence in Optical Work./q on a metal plate and fastened |He uses no pofsonous drug in the securely toa seat. $734 have been eye. pledged in this way and still there is A few Butler references: Mrs. Jas. | more to follow. The Goodenough Sulky Plow E ' bt Rist Is recognized to-day as the best plow-on earth for the money. In select: ing a plow to do your fall breaking don't stake in and get a GOODENOUGH, | *K® * mistake but come right in Hardware, Implements, Buggies, Wagons, etc., at