The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 12, 1912, Page 4

This land lies in a fine valley in Elkhart township, Bates county, Missouri. Is all in one body, excepting twenty acres of timber, which is one mile distant. The center of the tract is 64% miles southwest of Adrian, 8 miles east of Merwin and 14 miles northwest of Butler. during want to sell. Unusual Fortitude W. W. Ferguson, president of the F. & M. Bank, is behind the counters of that institution again, as blustry and good natured as ever, notwith- standing he withstood a terrific sur- gical operation the first of the week for lupus, a large tumorous growth on his neck, withoutanesthetics. He admits it was severe and he used some forcible language that probably would have sounded like profanity to anyone not familiar with him, or un- aware of his freedom from such in- dulgence, but declares the young lady attendants forgave him, as it was the only relief afforded him dur- | ing the operation. But he is feeling fine now and has experienced noevil , We are certain-| effects of any sort. ly glad our mild and timid friend passed the ordeal so gently and proved his heroism and fortitude so thoroughly as he did. We doubt if many of us could have done so. It stock farm. every year. : . About 500 acres now in grass; 200 acres in corn; 75 acres in wheat; balance wheat stubble. Farm No. 1, Farm No. 2, 160 acres, Improved Farm No. 3, 160 acres, Unimproved Farm No. 6, 220 acres, Improved ) Sedalia, Mo., Dec. 8.—Mrs. Pansy I want “The Erhart ‘That Good Farm of 1086 Acres 4 It was in the hands of one man for many years which time it was used principally asa Naturally good soil was made better 183 acres, Improved I also own 400 acres choice land in northeast Oklahoma, which I Located 2% miles from good little town on main line of M. K. & T. Ry. Elegantly improved. Would exchange this tract for land in Bates county. | may be that Dr. Allen put a job on Headquarters Missouri Division his friend in order to even up some | United Confederate Veterans [ee eaniee ee | The Major General Commanding Mrs. Lesh to Return West. _| hereby announces the following staff: Col. John H. Jenkin, Adjutant | |General and Chief of Staff, Liberty; /Ellen Lesh, who was recently ac-'rieut, Col. A. H. Shelton, Asst. Ad- | quitted of the charge of murdering | by Poison, Mrs. M. E. Quaintance and Col. C. C. Harvey, Quartermaster Mrs. Eliza A. Coe, will go back to| General, 1320 Montgall Ave., Kan- | California to live. ‘ sas City: Lieut. Col. John T. Apler, Mrs. Lesh is at Jacksonville, IL, Asst. Quartermaster General, Clay- | with relatives. In a letter to Sheriff ton; Col. Giles R. McDaniel, Chief _of | | | Mel T. Henderson she expresses hope | Artillery, 222 Commerce Bldg., Kan-{ of a reconciliation with her husband | and little son, whom she left at Los| Angeles. | River Frozen at St. Joseph. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 9.—The Mis- souri river is bridged with ice here for the first time this season. Low) temperature last night united floating snow-covered ice that had come down from the Dakotas and Montana. sas City; Lieut. Col. James M. Camp- bell, Asst. Chief of Artillery, Pleas- ant Hill; Col. Fielding Kenley, Chief of Ordinance, Kearney; Lieut. Col. W. P. Sevier, Asst. Chief of Ordi- nance, Butler; Col. W. H. Ferrell, Commissary General, Paris; Lieut. Col. J. E. McLeod, Asst. Commissary General, 1205 Dowling St., Hannibal; Col. Thos. M. Cobb, Chaplain Gen- eral, Lexington; Lieut. Col. D. F. Bone, Asst. Chaplain General, 1512 When you do your |GENCH What Could be More Appropriate Christmas Shoppi to look through our HARDWARE AND FURNITURE Stock. \ Useful Presents are the Kind that Please 7 | Charles St. St. Joseph; Col. John W. Halliburton, Judge Advocate General Carthage; Lieut. Col. John W. Boyd, Asst. Judge Advocate General, St. Joseph; Col. Allen L. Porter, Sur- geon, 3601 Central St. Kansas City; Lieut. Col. W. S. Howlett, Asst. Surgeon General, Otterville; Col. J. T. McCormick, Inspector General 3737 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City; Lieut. Col. W. C. Bronaugh, Asst. Inspector General, St. Louis; Col. B. F. Murdock, Chief of Signal Corps Platte City; Lieut. Col. J. T. Darr, Asst. Chief of Signal Corps, Spring- field; Col. Geo. P. Venable, Chief Engineer, Lexington; Lieut. Col. James R. Walton, Asst. Chief Engi- neer, Higginsville; Col. Will F. Car- ter, Chief of Information Bureau, THAN NICE Clinton; Lieut. Col. W. H. Patterson, Davenport, Lounge, Morris Chair mea Geo. Wy tomaiote Rocker, Kitchen Cabinet Paymaster General, Marshall; Lieut. Library Table, Etc. i j FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT ™ Cet ae cn ) , don’t fo ing. t forget j A City; ry. __BROS.| | pep der of he Major Genera jutant General, Excelsior Springs; | Col. J. L. DeVinney, Asst. Paymas-|necember 16th, Bates Lodge, No. -|480, LO. 0. F. will celebrate ‘Home |: DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER to Sell There are thre land. There is a good building site on every quar- ter section. I bought the owner and am putting it on the market for quick sale. Will sell all together or will divide as follows: Farm No. 4, Farm No. 5, This is the best large farm I have ever seen in Bates county; a beauty to look over and a good producer. Nearly doubles yield of average prairie land. Buy a home on the “Erhart Ranch” and you'll have the best. Price and terms reasonable. FULL PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION. Write,phone-or-call on me about any of.the above. JESSE | Liberty, Mo., Nov. 25, 1912.—To |the United Confederate Veterans of | the State of Missouri: General Order No. 1. { My Dear Comrades: First, I wish to express to you my heartfelt thanks | for the high honor you have conferr- | ed upon me; for, in my estimation, | there can be no higher honor than} that conferred in recognition of ser-| vices rendered as a Confederate sol-| | dier. | | Having been elected Major Gener-. lal, Commanding Missouri Division | | United Confederate Veterns, at the | aed reunion held at Warrensburg, | Mo. I hereby acknowledge the jhigh | honor and take command. John H. Jenkins, of Liberty, Mo., is hereby appointed Adjutant Gener-| al and Chief of Staff, with the rank) of Colonel, and he will be obeyed; |and respected accordingly. All com-| munications to the Adjutant will be} addressed to Liberty, Mo. At said annual meeting, A. W. Moise of St. Louis was elected Briga- dier General of the Eastern Brigade, | and W. N. Minshall, of Warrensburg | was elected Brigadier General of the! Western Brigade, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. | The Camps will report to the Brig- adier General of the respective Bri-' gades. } The Brigadier Generals of the| Eastern and Western Brigades will will collect all dues of their respec- tive brigades and forward same to Col. John H. Jenkins, Adjutant Gen- eral, Liberty, Mo. By: order of the Major General Commanding. John H. Jenkins. Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. 1.0.0. F. Notice. Hall of Bates Lodge, No. 180, I. O. 'O. F., Butler, Mo. Dear Brother—One Monday night, Night” and annual ‘Roll f . ‘Conting ‘Maj. Owen M. Bush, Clinton; . Maj. an and will confer the Initiatory degree. Short talks will be made by the members of the lodge for the p, Robert Gilmer, Liberty. By OF-| “Good of the Order,” Light retresh- Command-| ments will be served during the even- Jenkins, .*|iny and a good time is promised to ‘won't you please send'a: note of re-!’ to. come United Confederate Veterans _gret? We want to make this the /| fines of union men. Sixty assaults international union to ‘sustain the ‘strike in New York, Farrell admitted | taxes for Chariotte Township. | he furnished bonds for and paid the | e sets of improvements now on whole tract from the original e 203 acres, Unimproved 160 acres, Unimproved E. Smitn BUTLER, MISSOURI record breaker for attendance andj in 1906 in which bottles of amonia interest. Bring your Odd Fellow and revolvers were used as weapons ‘ friends with you. Earnestly expect-| and in which one man wasthrown in ing to see your cheerful face on the) the river and a policeman who had above date, we are fraternally, | attempted to quell a riot was killed M. A. Richardson le si were charged by the government as ommittee. J. B. Harper \being part of a “reign of terror’ Ira. Sutton) - 2} which preceded a general use of Union Paid Fines of Sluggers dynamite. | a strike never has ; ; wis: een called off. Indianapolis, Dec, 9.—Assaults Farrell is charged, as an executive committed in the iron workers’ strike were investigated by the government in the cross-examination of Patrick F. Farrell, New York, a defendant, at the ‘‘dynamite conspiracy’ trial board member of the international |union, with appropriating money to enable J. J. McNamara to maintain a | “dynamiting crew.” Notice: I will be at Virginia on each Wednesday afternoon and at Butler on each.‘Satarday, to collect tf. lay. Out of $10,000 contributed by the V. W. Walker. As our stock of Lap Robes and Horse Blankets is going fast. Nothing more suit- able for a Christmas Present than a nice ROBE ‘a FOOT WARMER .a SADDLE oran A No. 1 BUGGY For your friends who own Automo- biles a DASH CLOAK ; an ELECTRIC HORN a MOTOR ROBE any. of which would be very useful and ~ acceptable Christmas Presents. : McFarland & Sons