The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 30, 1909, Page 8

§ x Phen The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week J. D. ALLEN, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the Post (Mice of Butler, Mo., as second-class mail matter BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. By County Superintendent P. M. Allison. Miss Stella Pheasant, of Pleasant Ridge in Hudson township, has an enrollment of forty pupils all doing fine work. She expects to have a school exhibit at the Association in October and try in the spelling con- test. Miss Mary Fry, of the Fry school, has six girls and one boy enrolled. She has a very nice school and her pupils are taking as much interest as could be expected of a school with forty pupils in attendance. They have a good working library and oth- er equipments in proportion, | We visited four of the best equip- ped school rooms in the county this week. They are Harmony, in Shaw- nee township; Freeze Out, in Spruce township; McKinley, in Mingo town- seip; and Mingo, in Grand River township. It is beyond our ability to say which is best, but itis very no- ticeable that these schools all have a good interest in their work and aj progressive school spirit among the| patrons, Freeze Out excells all of them in furniture and has the credit | of having the finest teacher's desk | and chair in the county, none except- ed. | The same ten words were used as | a test in spelling this week that were used last week. About 250 pupils tried the words this week, as last week only two pupils spelled all of them correctly. The two spelling all} the words this week are Ruby Mullen and Elbert Chapman, of Mingo school in Grand River township. One hun- dred pupils missed only one word of | the list this week. The Reading Circle work is open- | ing up exceedingly well all over the | county. The following chairmen re- | port very interesting meetings. Miss | Evelyn Lawson, Deep Water town- ship; Mr. A. W. Conrad, Hudson Twp.; Miss Myrtle Burch, Pleasant Gap Twp.; Miss Ella McCune, Elk- hart Twp.; Mr. S. E. Smith, West Boone Twp. The majority of the | townships held their meeting the 25th | and their reports had not reached the | office yet. We hope that every teach- | er in the county will enroll in this work and help the teachers of their | township to make this work as inter- | esting and profitable as possible. } The teachers of Praire township | organized their Reading ‘Circle work last Saturday evening at Papinsville. Miss Pearl Kemper is chairman and assigned a chapter to each teacher for them to prepare on and lead in the} discussion of the chapter assigned at | the next meeting, which will be held at Prairie City Oct. 9th. We feel quite sure they are going to have one of the best Reading Circles in the county. Miss Kemper, of Prairie City, has an enrollment of 40 and claims to have one of the neatest and cleanest school rooms in the county. We feel quite sure she has not exaggerated in the least. Miss Grant, of Papinsville, school has 25 enrolled and a good school spirit. This is her second term there and the patrons and pupils are well pleased. Miss Alms, of Mis-| sion Branch school has an enrollment | of ten, five boys and five girls. All| are doing good work. Miss Alms is| a Rich Hill graduate and is doing ex- cellent work. Wedding Anniversary. At the pleasant country home of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Crawford, 4 miles northeast of Butler, on Saturday, — Sept. 25, 1909, from 10 a. m. to 3p. m. was celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. A large number of rela- tives and a few intimate friends were invited. The beautiful autumn day | added much to the pleasure of host jand guests. The house was prettily decorated with evergreen and golden rod and on the veranda were decora- ‘tions of the same and letters ‘20”’ in evergreen. were inuited to partake of a sumptu- ous dinner served on the lawn. The table fairly groaned with good things to eat, prepared by the hostess. A number of beautiful and yseful pre-| Those | sents in china were received. present were: Rey. A. H. Lewis, J. W. Lewis and family, S. C. Lewis | and family, Russell Lewis and family, | Walter Wright, wife and baby, W. S. Chandler and family, Perry Osborn, wife and baby, A. C. Rosier and fam-} ily, F. H. McDowell and family, E. H. Rosier and wife, P. M. Skiles and} family, Mrs. Spriggs, C. M. Barkley | and wife, A Guest. Will A. Howard Dead. Will A. Howard died at his home | in Johnstown Monday evening, after an illness of several months from stomach troubles, thought to be can- cer, Funeral services will be held at Johnstown at 10 o'clock to-day, Thursday, Sept. 30th, under the au- spices of Tyrian Lodge, No. 350, A. F. & A. M., of which he was master | at the time of death. Mr. Howard was born in Bates | county following the war, and is about 42 years old. He was a har- ness maker by trade and run a shop in Johnstown, until he was taken At 2 o'clock the guests | oe My = © hg F sick. His father was Zalph Howard, j a pioneer settler, who died many | years ago, His mother, Mrs. Anna | Howard, who was a Fletcher, is still | living. Mr. Howard’s wife died sev- eral years ago. He leaves three chil- dren, Miss Letta, Walter and Bryan. He was, besides being a mason, a} member of the Modern Woodmen of | the World. Mr. Howard was a most estimable gentleman, of a lovable character, and it was often said of him that he had not an enemy in the world. He was very popular, and his death is a great loss to that com- munity. County Court. The Bates county court met as a} board of appeals on merchants state-| ments Monday. Those present were Presiding Judge Harper, Judges A. D. Hyde, L. S. Paddock, Surveyor Jno. Etter, Sheriff W. J. Bullock, | Clerk C. J. Weeks, Mayor of Butler | J. E. Williams. | After the proceedings of the board | of appeals, the court transacted the | following business. Wm. Witt, assessing West Boone, $29.82. On presentation of physicians cer- tificate Geo. T. Williams was exempt- ed from road work. The court agreed upon legal fees with T. J? Smith and Frank Hage- man for services to be rendered in suit against.River Drainage Dist. No. 1 by Wills et al. J.J. Cameron, trustee Lone Oak, | given warrant for $150, portion 1909 dramshop money. Timothy Foohey allowed $8,560.58 | on 2nd Div. Drainage work, 10 per cent being retained on estimates. | Lying Like a Dog. The San Francisco lawyer who ac- cused a witness of “‘lying like a dog,” owes an apology to the dog. A dog doesn’t lie. That is one human trait | Not Enough Good Horses. A table has been compiled from the statistics of the Census Bureau and the Department of. Agriculture, which shows that the rise in the! market value of horses has been all | out of proportion in the last 15 years | to the increase in their number in the United States. From 1893 to 1908 the horse population, so to speak, in- creased 3,785,000, or 23 per cent. In| the same period the gain in the num- | ber of human inhabitants was 21,979, - | 000, or 33 per cent. But the increase | in the value of the horses in this | country was no less than $875,300,- | 000, or 88 per cent. These facts will | astonish many persons who have sup- | posed that the growth of the automo- | bile interest has been adverse to the | horse breeders and the market de- mand for horses. On the contrary, blood and stamina, have risen far be- jthe United States for $61,287,800 | probably will be tried by the United the prices obtained for good horses, |to convey to it the fee simple title to especially for heavy draft animals of | You know it is a waste of good money to buy poor, trashy suits. You must have good, well-made suits to give you satisfaction. We do not sell any “sweat shop” goods, which is the only kind that can be sold at the price of making a good suit. Our suits are all made in clean, sanitary factories and made to hold their shape and give satisfaction. ASK THE FOLKS WHO BUY THEIR SUITS FROM US. THAT IS YOUR BEST GUARANTEE. Itis a pleasure to show you our Suits— come and see them— every suit fitted free. Handsome New Skirts Made up in the very newest styles from fashonable materials—in black and colors. You will enjoy a look at this line, as we have Lots of only the latest to show you. Priced from $3.98 up Visit this department, as we show the choicest line and sell more Good Garments than any house in Bates county. The Katy Sues Uncle Sam. Washington, Sept.—A suit against States court of claims during the coming winter. This suit, which is one of the larg- est brought against the government, was instituted some time ago by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company, one of the land grant rail- roads, by the filing of a petition in the United States court of claims in which it was alleged that by acts of congress the United States had agreed Walker-McKibbens New Patterns in Linoleums The best Floor Covering for Dining Rooms, Kitchens, ete. WALKER-McKIBBENS Bates Co. Girls Pioneers. Misses Lena and Ida Inglehardt, daughters of Herman Inglehardt, of Charlotte township, passed through Butler Monday on their way to Mid- land, South Dakota, where each has filed upon a government claim of 160 acres, which they will prove up. They were fortunate in securing ad- joining claims, upon which they will build, and be a help and comfort to each other. These are spirited, intel- ligent and courageous young ladies, both exceedingly good-looking and charming, and one of the greatest troubles they will have to contend every alternate section of land to the yond the hopes of horse dealers a few years ago. Horses are worth about 50 per cent more in proportion to . their number than they were in 1893. a ee Tae that has been omitted in his make up. | _Cjeyeland Leader. * ; WEEK CONVENTION | A dog may be a thief—many dogs are ‘Harrimanism End. |—buit a dog is not a liar. A dog may Let Harrimanism En jbark up the wrong tree, but he| No railroad president should bea - \Good Roads Meeting at Sedalia, | doesn’t bark with the intention to de- ; ‘igs ch n . ‘i A that an account may be taken to as- suit against the Metropolitan Street Cn» | ae . | ceive; it is because he believes’ there | His undivided interest belongs to the : j ” bigge “lage October 6th---Waterway Con: ‘is something up the tree, The dog| public utility which he administers. certain the value and extent of its Railway Company in the Circuit ; vention October 7th. | may be the victim of circumstances, Norailroad should be allowed to is- land grants improperly and wrong- Court this morning for $3,000. iy Two important conventions are to | but it is not with malice pretence (if be held in Sedalia during State Fair | that’s the term), that he seeks fo ,de- week, at the call of Governor Herbert | ceive the man. By nature the dog is Eick: S. Hadley. On Wednesday, October | truthful. He never wags his tail in i 6th, a Good Roads Convention to be| the presence of his enemy. Man may attended by duly appointed delegates | “smile and be a villian,”’ but the dog from every county in the state takes! never smiles when he does not mean place. On the following day, October | it in the very best spirit, Falsehood, 7th, a Waterway Convention will be as a matter of fact, is not in the dog’s held at the same place. Nobody can} vocabulary. Cats are notoriously de- er railroad securities. functions as a common carrier. There are evils in Harrimanism so extent of ten sections per mile on each side of its line through Indian territory and Kansas, and that subse- quently many of these lands had been deeded to the Indians in severalty ;and had otherwise been disposed of with, will be in keeping off persistent suitors, until their claims to the land | are finally established. Wants $3,000 For a Wink. Kansas City, Mo. Sept.—Because the conductor on a Vine street car ito the great loss of the railroad com-| winked at her and tried to hold her pany. sue securities for the purchase of oth- , fully taken from it by governmental authority and that judgment be ren- No raiload should be permitted to, tered for the amount. stated. trade in other railroad securities for ; ‘investment purposes or any pur- | pose not directly connected with its | ‘urday from Indianapolis that her | S The business of a raflroad is to bea brother, Tom Keller, had met with an She asks an additional $3,000. She railroad, not-to be a stock jobber or a accident, which neéessitated the am- S4Y8 itall occurred on April 16. 1909. speculator or a Wall street syndicate. | putation of his left arm. No particu- Contracts Awarded late were given, but he was working Per gee Tom Keller Injured. hand in a street car crowded with Not content with humiliating her P with his improper attentions, she said i in the petition, the conductor signal- ed the motorman to start the car as |she was alighting, causing her to be Mrs, Will Nix received notice Sat-, thrown to the pavement. ; | For injuries she suffered in the fall meeting of the board of jeat market to tors was-held today, City, Mo., Sept. 24—A ated some time ago to abolish stripes in the prison. ’ The contracts for supplying the cloth was awarded to the California, Woolen Mills Company of California, Mo. The material selected is dark gray in color with variations to de- note the classification of the wearers, to be made when the change of cloth- es is effected. The classification will be based on the individual records, The cloth will cost the state 76 cents per yard and thousands of yards will be needed as there will be some- thing like 2,000 suits, They will be made in the prison tailor shop. pi hs rasan Sheep For Sale. 70 head good i ewes for aid in Tots oie Mone halt sddrese MGR, beanies » 49-3t No. 4, Butlers Mo. Notice. Wall street gambler and manipulator, | _ 10 its petition the company prays passengers, -Ethel Yoakum brought eh Seprember *, x bao 3 of T GILBERT, teorstarh omE on ee ‘ fe Hemen$ Bere: (he et a party Pe dew 'y tat of Miagourt oss rt, Gn the sun da of 4