The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 25, 1914, Page 1

VOL, XXXVI. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1914. eekly Ti g + ty, storia, 7 i baad NUMBER 36 Missouri News in Brief Forty convicts have been selected ‘for experimental work upon the pub- lic roads in Livingston County near ‘Chillicothe. .. Ata special election at Chillicothe, Mo., June 22 to vote on commission ‘government the measure was defeat- ‘ed by 107 votes, 457 being castagainst ‘the measuré and 350 for-it, | 880. All the stores at Marshall, Missouri close in the mornings for the revival meetings eqnducted by Brown Curry, in which all the churches have joined. The total number of converts now is 450. The statute of 1911, which forbids the. use of saccharin in sweetening ‘soda water and other non-alcoholic ‘drinks, was held to be invalid by the ‘supreme cpurt recently, because it discriminates. The largest private barn in Mis- ssouri on the farm of David Gray, one mile north of Clarence, burned Tues- ‘day afternoon. The barn was filled with hay, grain and farm implements. ‘The loss was approximately $12,000. ‘The oldest mule, in Harrison county’ is owned by W. L. Wilson, a farmer near Bethany. The animal is 35 years old, and is apparently good for several years yet. Wilson, who, is now 63 years old, raised the mule from a colt, and still rides him to itown every week. Seven footsore Kansas City boys, at tthe tag end of a 180-mile walk, limped into Noel, Mo., Sunday. Up- on their arrival, the-1914 camp of thé Kansas City Y. M. C. A. was un- officially opened. These chaps ‘passed through Butler Monday, June 15, They proved to be good selon seven if they did get in Annual Mid-Summer Clearing Sale 8c buys Amoskeag Dress Ginghams, worth............. 10c buys Fancy White Goods, worth........... Saige dees tere ee. Standard Prints... 02... .....cecceeeee eect eee ees eee e ees ence $1 25 ‘buys Muslin Petticoats, worth. 6c buys Fancy Lawns, worth. ...........ccsecceeceeeeneceeeeeee LOC yd. 4c buys Linen Laces, worth................s.sseeseeeseeees Hope Bleached Muslin..................s.cceeeceee ccs eeeees eens TMC Yd. 75c buys Ladies Middys, worth ...................0 0c. 0c cece ee e+ 81.00 8c buys 36-inch Percale, worth...............000cecceeeeee cs L2KO yd. 25c buys Chiffon Voile, worth.........0.......0.secceeceeee eee 1400 yd. $1.50 buys ‘Ladies Ratine Skirts, WOT, 0.0... cece cece cect eee Pes5O - 10c buys Fancy Ribbon, BVO Ges eiecevcds costes setevse tee ya. | Ste buys Ladies Muslin Gowns, worth..........-.......-..s.. Oc ys Tissue Gingham, worth;.:-..:............ |. 20c birys Musiin Corset Covers, worth...........2.0-. sees BE 25% Discount on all Wool Dress Skirts A pale red heifer, which was 3 years old in 1912, and which was worth $50 at that time, is the basis of a lawsuit in Dade county. This is the third time the case has been tried and the costs have already amounted to more than $1000. The poor little heifer was converted into sirloin long Star. The first ripe héme-grown peaches in Central Missouri were picked re- cently from trees at the home of Col. M. V. Carroll, secretary of the Sedal- ia Boosters Club. The fruit is of the Mayflower variety and is large, wel formed and luscious. Colonel Car- roll also held the record for the first ripe home-grown peaches last year. Dr, Abraham Flexner of New York, representing the General Education Board, founded by. John D. Rockefel- ler, met in Baltimore, June 20, to]. make arrangements to turn over to Johns Hospkins Medical School the gift of $1,500,000 to be used to estab- lish the William H. Welch Endow- ment for Clinical Education and Re- search. It has been decided to give $750,000 to Washington University of St. Louis and $500,000 to. Yale Uni- versity. beast In a decision by the Springfield Court of Appeals, the ‘Germania Verein,’’'a German club which has been maintained at Rolla, Phelps county, for several months since the adoption of local option regulations by the county, was practically ousted of its privilege to dispense liquors. The Appeals Court by its decision af- firms the conviction in the circuit court of Albert Zender and Adalbert Kolob,, who were arrested for selling tickets for intoxicating dripks and supplying the drinks upon presenta- . }tion of the tickets. : “tte LLO The code revision commission after cations are few corporations will be aday spent in wrangling over the penalized for delinquency. More re- form of a proposed amendment to turns have been received up to the the state constitution intended to re-| present time than for any correspond- lieve the congestion and expedite the ing day of last year. It is expected appellate court business.in Missouri, voted. Tuesday night to submit. no amendment by initiative at the -next election. The work of preparing leg- tion Registration Department for the islative bills for simplifying legal pro-,last fiscal year were $82,000,000. cedure will go on. _ | About 7,000 defunct corporations have The State Reading Circle Board, been’ stricken from the records. Every corporation whose charter or which is selected by the State Teach- | is i isa li ; ers’ Assoclation, met June 20 in Jef-' license is in force is a live entry ferson City and selected the reading | circle books for Missouri teachers for the coming year. The board mem-| bers are: W. P. Evans, State Super- will have made returns by July 1. The gross receipts frém the Corpora- R. A. Long, owner, and J. P. Tucker, manager of the Longview Farm, southwest. of Lees Summit, ‘returned recently from 4 visit to some intendent of. Schools; George H. ° the largest and most widely known Reaves, high school inspector; P. J. farms in the Eastern States. Among McKinley, County Superintendent of the places visited were John D. Rock- Schools of St. Charles; John P. Gass €feller’s. country estate near Tarry- of Sedalia and Prof. C. A. Phillips, town, N. Y.; the Beaumont Farm’ at dean of the faculty of the Warrens- , Salem, Va., and Thomas W. Lawson’s burg State Normal. _ country home near Boston. Mr. a | Tucker recently said that for beauty Miss Fifille Willis, daughter of Mrs. of landscape and convenience of William Henry. Willis of Columbia, equipment Longview would be the Mo., is become the bride of former! equal of any of them when all the im- Congressman Butler Ames of Tews- provements that are contemplated bury, ite , bts é is an shall have been completed. uate of Missouri University and is a F pee maT TEU member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Mrs. Louise Norwood Fitch, for nearly twenty-five years chaperon for Sorority. She is a skilled musiciari Tiel sure Rvonreniat ae alInivsray? ands hore womans a Mes WATE” lot Miseptridledéatt Colunitia dune ierauddaugnten ob Col oR. Bracce 22. Mrs, Fitch was known to hun- and a great-granddaughter of Gener- | : al Sterling Price of the Confederate ‘eds of women in the state who have Army. Mr. Ames is ‘a West’ Point attended the university within the graduate and later completed a course | last quarter of a century. She was in the’ Massachusetts “Tiétitute of 2PPointed matron of the university Technology. Mr. Ames is a grand- | before the office of adviser to women son of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler of | Was created and continued to hold Massachusetts for eka he eg the position. She had charge of the ated , jwomen’s parlors in Academy’ Hall ‘and there the women of the univers- “The force in charge of corporation | ity came to her for advice. The late| registration in the office of Secretary Dr. John B. Vincel of St. Louis, one of State Cornelius Roach is receiving, | |time president of the board of curat- registering and filing annual sam ors of the university, washer brother- ‘or the fiscal year 1913-19T4. Indi | in-law. x that 90 per cent of the corporations. | John Wright, north of Butler with Charles G. Revelle, State Superin- tendent of Insurance, June 21 issued another plea for a ‘‘safe and- sane”, celebration on July 4. > “During the last four years property valued at $2,- 500,000 has been destroyed in Mis- souri as a result of the promiscuous use of fireworks and explosives on the Fourth of July,”’ says. Mr. Re- velle’s statement. ‘‘Where general displays of fireworks are provided by acommunity for the benefit of all, they should be given in the evening, and then only under the absolute man- agement and direction of competent persons. Householders also should be on guard and prepare for emer-| Miss Maude Martin is on 1 the sick gencies. Keep buckets filled with | list. water, and place them handy for im-|' Almost everybody around here is mediate use. Members of fire de-| planning to celebrate the Fourth at. partments should be interested and | Amoret. 3 lend every aid for a safe and sane] Miss Grace Martin, who is clerking celebration. Usually this is one of|at Barton’s store at Amoret, spent the busiest days of the year, and it is! Sunday with homefolks. never passed without the loss of Misses Olive and Una Judy left many liver ea ; Tuesday for Warrensburg where ‘ eats | they will visit with friends. They A Family Picnic .(formerly attended the normal there. On Wednesday, June 17, forty-one| ~ Butler visitors from this vicinity relatives gathered at the home of| last week were: Mrs. Geo. Lewellen {and children, Mrs. L. L. Judy, Mr. well filled baskets and engaged in an!and Mrs. Bert McFerrin and baby, old fashioned picnic. This gathering! Mr, and Mrs. Warren Ayers and was in honor of Mrs. R. W. Alexand-| daughter, Florence, Mr. and Mrs. er of Washington, Indiana. Mrs. | John Turner and family, Willie En- Alexander is a sister of R. W. and) glehardt, Misses Olive and Una Judy. J. H. McCann and Mrs. John Wright. Little Imo McFerrin has been on This is the first reunion of these | the sick list. brothers and sisters in thirty years. | | Most of the farmers in this vicinity This was a very enjoyable occasion | Aroeetting ready: tonirestt and all parted wishing that they | might, in the near future have a sim-|_ Mrs. Warren Ayers and daughter, ilar reunion, Mrs. Alexander will| Florence, visited with Mrs. Ayers’ visit about three weeks before re-| Mother, Mrs.’ Morrison, of Butler turning to her home. » Gaal | Saturday. — Mrs. Monroe Burke’s. brother and A. C. Edrington, a real estate deal-| Wife of Kansas City are visiting them. er of Kansas City, is down for a visit} Mrs. Wm. Ayers, who has been on with his mother and brothers in this | the sick list for some time, is improv- Virginia-Grand View Pick-Ups. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith’s daugh- ter of Wichita, Kansas, is visiting them. Mr. McFerrin of Butler came out Monday to help his son, Bert, cut wheat. Several from this vicinity were shopbing in Amoret Saturday. | Miss Lizzie Engelhardt, Miss Clara Burkhart and Mr. and Mrs. H, O. | Peters, who have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Engelhardt, returned to their home in Kansas City one day last week. eounty. ‘ Soh jing very rapidly. 0. * THE CROWD AND IT WILL LEAD YOU TO THE At Sam Levy Mercantile Company genuine bargain feast—a sale that has satisfied hundreds of people in the last few days— it t will pay you to come for miles to share in this big bargain event—our assortment is still complete and 1 new bargains added. daily. cee meee nee _12%e yd. .4c yd. ween FC yd. ...$1.00 $7.00 buys ail wool Mens Suits, worth................. 11.00 buys all wool Mens Suits, worth.... 15.00 buys-Kuppenheimer Suits, worth..... 18.00 buys Kuppenheimer Suits, worth. 1.75 buys Boys Norfolk Suits, worth. .2.75 buys Boys Norfolk Suits, worth 4.00 buys Boys Norfolk Suits, worth.............. 2.50 buys Stetson Fancy Hat, worth............... ‘ 35c buys Powell Brand and Lakeside Work Shirts, wortht....... 20% Discount on all Trunks and Suit Cases .50 20c buys Boys Work and Dress Shirts, worth..... SOR Re 5c buys Mens Work Socks, worth.... ............... siee sine aie 10 $2.50 buys Ladies Gun Metal Oxfords, worth........ .......... . $3.50 $2.00 buys Ladies Gun Metal Oxfords, worth.................... 3.00 “Sc buys LL 36-inch extra heavy Unbleached Muslin, worth..... 7c 28c Dresden and Roman Stripe Ribbon, worth........... Dees -50