The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 27, 1914, Page 1

‘inthe same territory by 1,008 votes. een ' ‘VOL. + Meys and a secretary- XXXVI. 1 . Jos. Nader of St. Loujg.and May- nard Upton of Bolivar,- Mo., were killed in Houston, Texas, Sunday by .a gasoline explosi ion. Jackson county outside of Kansas «City and Independence by a substan- tial majority, voted Saturday to abolish ‘the ‘tight saloons now operating in ;the territory affected. Former State Senator E.-M. Zevely -of Linn, Ogage County, editor of The Unterrified Democrat, has been of- ‘fered the appointment of criminal cost clerk in the. office of State Auditor | John P. Gordon. A. L. Oliver was August 22 sworn in.as United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. He succeedsCharles A. Houts. Oliver :said that for the present he contem- plated no changes in his force, which includes two Assistant District Attor- Walter Sadler fell out of a window in the Talmage House, in Holden, to the pavement 25 feet below. Both legs and an arm were broken. He is also internally injured. His. chances for recovery are slight. "His home is about ten miles east of Holden. ~ R.. B. Coffey, a dry goods mer- chant, charged with the murder of Mrs. Myrtle Fancher, wife of a re- tired farmer, near Savannah, was bound over to the November term of the circuit court at his preliminary examination Friday. He was released on bond of $10,000. il Buchanan county, outside of St. Joseph, voted wet Saturday by 53 votes. Six years ago the wets won “There’are nine salognsin the terri- tory affected which includes Lake Contrary, a summer, resort, Virgil Flack, known in musical circles both in Missouri and on the Pacific Coast, died at Excelsior Springs ‘after an illness of several months. He was 42 years old. .His father, the late Rev. J. V. B.-Flack, was the founder of Excelsior Springs. The Pettis County Jersey Cattle Breeder’s Association was organized | at Sedalia Saturday. The object is to -develop this particular breed of cattle. These officers were elected: A. Buckley, president; Charles Hart- enback, vice-president; Luther -Lan- -dis, secretary and treasurer. — While burning paper ina stove at her home, two miles north of Rich Hill, Monday, Mrs. T. S. Garrison was probably fatally burned. The blaze caught her dress. She ran in- to the yard, where her children threw water on her to extinguish the flame. The German-American Society of De Soto, Mo., and Jefferson County has adopted resolutions calling upon the American press to be fair in giv- Missouri News in Brief “| value of the work done in these nine- | hatching season early in the summer, Thos. |} <.\BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914. The first damage case growing out of the wreck at Tipton Ford, near Neosho, three weeks ago, in which many persons lost their lives, has been settled in court at Carthage. The Missouri & North Arkansas Rail- road: Company has agreed to pay $4800 to Alice May Lindsey, 13 years old. The.girl’s mother. and a broth- er were killed when. motor car crashed -into a Kansas City Southern train. Thos. White, one of Nevada’s most popular young men met with a pain- ful accident Sunday evening. Tom was lighting the lamps on his auto- mobile when the accident occurred. He had turned on the gas and when he put a lighted match to one of the lamps the gas in the lamp exploded. His right eye was badly cut and it is feared that he may lose the sight of the injured eye. Missourians to the estimated num- ber of 150,000 from ninety of the State’s 114 counties were mobilized on the highways for two days this week in the second annual effort to effect State-wide betterment of the} public roads. Early estimates of the ty counties place the improvements at $2,000,000.—Republic. “Quail appear to be plentiful this year,’’ said John G. Leslie, Deputy. Game and Fish Warden of Jefferson| City for this district, ‘‘and unless the birds migrate before the open season arrives there should be great sport for the hunters this fall... Dry weather, without storms during the | abrogation on due notice. Atameeting of the Executive Cam- | mittee of the Missouri Popular Qpv-| ernment League in Jefferson City Friday plans were made for extegd- ing the organization throughout, the ‘state. The league was formed in St. Louis'in July. Those who. att were: Harlan E. Reed, St:* Louis, president; A. H. Hinchey, Cape’ iir- ardeau, vice president; Dr. Willi Preston Hill, St. Louis; E. W. - mon, Bernie; Henry Faxon and Mar- tin F. Ryan, Kansas City; Joha W. ‘Million, Mexico; C. M. Barnes, Mars- ton, and Dr. J. E. Canady, Sedalia. James A, Houchin, president of the Star Clothing Company, largest @m- ployer of convict labor in the Missouri Penitentiary, has notified Warden D. C. McClung and the Board of :Pri¢on Inspectors that the company will, re- linquish its contract in six months. Houchin declares that lack of Pp: eration by the management of the Penitentiary is the cause of the de-| termination to withdraw. The Star| Clothing Company for several years| has used about 1,000 of the 1,700:men | worked under contract. Theaverage | monthly labor checks paid by the company to the State ranges from $18,000 to $20,000. The Star com- pany signed a new contract on Jan- uary 1, the price per man being ad- vanced from 70 to 75 cents per ‘day. | This contract was for a period of two years, with a clause permitting its, Under the , notice the Houchin contract will ter-' minate February 20,.1915. What will become of the idle convicts and the! vacant factories at the prison will be one of the problems to be solved by the coming session of the General Assembly. 5 iad | D. K. Walker and family who have made conditions for the young birds extremely favorable and, ina meas-! uré, explains the apparent abundance. $9.50 - Your Choice of All $15, $17, $18.50 °s Suits prices. this day Men’s $1.00 Dress. latter part of the week and ‘return | home Sunday. ON THE WING. Clint Burns took dinner with Peter Peterson Sunday. Ned Maloney of Niles, Kas., sub- scribed for The Times. E. P. Maloney of Niles, Kas:, visit- ed with his brother in Kansas Ctiy last week. John and Ned Maloney visited Geo. Maloney, in Rich Hill last week. Un- cle Pat Maloney accompanied John to his home in Kansas City. ~ John Porter has returned to his home in Oklahoma after a visit with friends in Kansas and Missouri. John Porter, Sr., who has return- ed from Excelsior Springs, is looking much better. Geo. Jackson is. putting up a silo for Ed Corlett. . Wm. Welsh has sold his threshing eration of $1600. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Grover Car- roll a 10 pound girl, Aug. 12th. Charley Stamper and‘son, Howard, of Optima, Okla., are visiting his sister, Mrs. C. M. Thomas, near Peru. Geo. Chaney has put in a ’phone. Miss Elsie Thomas visited at Miss Gladys Ghere’s Sunday. Ross Williams has—quit threshing and begun to fill silos. Geo. Chaney has been cutting corn for Charley Thomas. Several ofthe relatives of Geo. W. Chaney gathered at his home Sunday. Those in attendance were: Mrs. C. M. Thomas, Charley Stamper, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wisherd, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Booth, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Thomas, Mr. be d Lake T. ‘and Mrs. ‘Jesse Knowles, Mr. and en encamped on Lake Taneycomo) 4/5 Elmer Silvers, Mrs. Ethel Mar- near Hollister, Mo., broke camp the | ga rt, Thomas and Lafan Booth: I | N. M.N. NUMBER 45 In an Around Maysburg. Cornland: and Athol Gatherings Mrs, Goodwin, Mary Lee and Gay-| This,community is being visited by . -}some nice rains which are very bene- lord went to Butler Saturday. Hanley Clark and Tan White filled ficial to the farmers as they are nec- silos last week. : Mrs. Farmer's sister and husband and little boy are visiting at Mrs. Farmer’s. Quite a number of other relatives spent Sunday with them. Well I guess every one took in a part of the reunion last week. Tan White’s brother, George, wife and two sons from St. Louis visited them last week. Mr. Riley Gilbert has purchased a piano for their daughter Elsia. Mr. Albert Edrington has a new carriage. is The protracted meeting begins: at the Christian church Monday night. © Ermine Zimer went home with \outfit to Frank Barnett for a consid-| with Lenard Harness from Sunday School Sunday. Harry White is speriding a few days with relatives at Dayton. Weare getting plenty of rain at present. The farmers will soon have their ground plowed for wheat. Miss Elsa Gilbert has been having company from Butler. ‘A tiumber of people met at the Christian house and put up new screens to the doors and windows. One of Mr. Hiney Stroble’s children was badly stung by bumble bees Monday. It made her quite sick for a while but she soon got all right. Mrs. Clark and little neices, Mary Katherine and Effie May Powell vis- ited at Mrs. Sam Farmer's Monday. Mrs. Dudney and Mrs. Clark help- Mrs. White cook for silo hands Sat- urday. Mrs. Iva Gillalan and husband vis- ited Mrs. Gillalan’s parents Sunday. A NEIGHBOR. Grays, Blues only. Fes gece ekene . 40 . 80 1.00 and Browns ae ‘Cassimeres, Worsted and Cheviots _ For Saturday, Aug. 29th Only This will be the greatest opportunity of the sea- son to buy clothes at such a remarkably low Great clearing of Men’s Furnishings for FL , Men's 25c Phoenix Hose. .20 Men's 15c Hose (all colors) 10 Men’s $1.00 Muslin Gowns.. 75 _.Men’s 75c Muslin Gowns.... 55 Men’s 50c Neckwear.... 40 Men’s 25c Neckwear..... .20 New Roman Stripe Silks OC New Ready-to-Wear Garments GOODS DEPARTMENT: . .. Goods church Friday, cleaned | ~| essary to fall plowing. Mise Clona Medley came home on the no@h train Sunday after a week’s visit with relatives at Milo. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Shay took Sun- day dinner with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Faubion. Mrs. H. J. -McClintic went to the Allison home'in the Tygard neighbor- hood,-Monday, for peaches. Friday night as Andy Lyons was ‘|returning from Butler his team of mules became scared at a dog and ran away, turning the buggy over and dragging Mr. Lyons some dis- tance. The mules, finally freeing themselves from the buggy, went back north and Mr. Lyons walked. back to Butler and stayed all night. The mules were found next morning grazing in the yard of Ava Beard, south of Butler, near the place where they were bought. The tongue was broken out of the buggy and Mr. Lyons escaped with a few bruises. Miss Lela Smith spent Tuesday afternoon of last week with Misses Agnes and Helen Callahan. r Miss Ethel Boyer is visiting the Rankin girls. Mrs. Mary Galvin and little daugh- ter, Fannie, visited Thursday with Mrs. Smith and daughter, Lela. Mrs. Boyer and two little daughters spent last Thursday at the Rankin home. . ‘Agnes and Helen Callahan called an Mrs. Ila Medley last Thursday evening. Mrs. Lula Hooper and three chil- dren who have been visiting her par- ents, A. W. Shay and other relatives, for the past five or six weeks, re- turned to her home in Texas last Wednesday. She was accompanied ‘| by her father as far as Nevada. Some of our young folks attended the party at Mr. Medley’s last Satur- day night. Canning peaches is the order of the day now for the women folks. Mr. and Mrs., Milo Hill and Mrs. McClintic called at Shay’s Monday evening. = The owners of the place where Jerry Callahan resides are here from Illinois looking after the interests of the place. We were glad to see our items in print again last week. We are still on the map. Misses Angie and Iva Fauboin’ and Miss Sylvia Vaughn spent Wednes- day afternoon with the Morrison girls. > Mr. and Mrs. Milo Hill called on W. Shay and wife Wednesday eve. Miss Maggie Dunbar of Longton, Kas., came Thursday night for a visit with her sister Mrs. Laura Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. Ila Medley spent Thursday afternoon at Morrisons. Last Thursday between two and three o'clock this vicinity was visited 8 LE CO. the da Rube. Mr. and Mrs. Orland Sunday at the Simpson . Flossie Medley took dinnet Sunday with her brother, Ila and by quite a rain and wind storm. The wind did no particular damage, only being very destructive to the trees. The rain was. badly needed. Little Miss Margaret Hooper spent Friday afternoon playing with Leona, Cleo and Louise Simpson. These parts were visited by -an- other good. rain Friday. Mrs. G. S. Carnie made a business trip to Kansas City Saturday. Miss Sylvia Vaughn left Saturda: afternoon fora few ae visit wi 0. her friend, Miss Willia Metz. Leona, Cleo and Louise sapere yd of near ag Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Ila Med! ley. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Philips spent Sunday with Mr. pot Mrs. bertson. Miss Clona Medley left on the noon train at Athol Sunday for a weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Effie Wed- dle of Milo. ~- —Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Shay took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Shay. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Osborne and spent