The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 27, 1914, Page 4

The Butler Weekly Times rrinted on Thursday of each week Mutered at the Post Office of Butier, Mo., as second-class mail matter. é PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR W. J. stone, Senator ‘n Congress. = B. A. Gara, State 8 perintendent of Schools. J.T, Blair, Saprewe Judge (Div.elon No. 1). C. ©. Dickiaecn, Representativ - for 6th Dist. Jobp Baldwin, Senator for 16"h District. Jamee N Sharp, Rep. General Assembly B. B. Campb-il, Preeidiug Judge County Court.” Kates Smith, Judge County Court North Diet. W. H. Lowder, Judge County.Court South Dist. Carl J Henry, Judge Probate Court. HO Maxey, Clerk Circuit Court. Frank Holland, Clerk County Conrt. Onas. E. Fortune, Recorder of Deeds. D.C. Chastain, Prosecuting Attorney. THE GERMAN WAR MACHINE At the end of the first great move-| ment of the European conflict the German war machine seems to have justified the faith of Wilhelm and the nation. It has divided one wing of the allies and swept the remnant back upon Antwerp, captured the capital of Belgium and made its way to Ostend, a strategic point along the English channel. No mere tactician’s theory can minimize the significance of this success. And upon the heels of it comes the news of an exceeding- ly aggressive movement of Germans in the field of Alsace-Lorraine. There is no disguising the fact that the allies are at a disadvantage. The Germans have paid a high price for their victories, but they expected that. And the cost has been compar- | atively small when one takes into consideration the gains. The Belgian army is practically eliminated from the contest. Germany has her forces | at many strategic points along the French border. It would not be sur- prising to see the vast army of the Fatherland converge upon Paris with- | in a very few weeks. | The great problem of the German forces just now is tw get to Paris'be- fore they begin to: feel the shortage of provisions. None realize the fact better than the German general staff. With the English- fleet cutting off supplies by sea, with France press- ing upon the south and the Russian horde moving slowly toward Berlin on the north and east, the kaiser must needs strike quickly. Every hour of delay will bring additional advantage to the Muscovite. His 900,- 000 men now being massed for the advance through German territory is more than a match, numerically, for any army the kaiser can throw against him. The danger of Germany’s po- sition is hardly less than when the war began. The kaiser must take Paris in ttme to swing a considerable part of his army back to repel the Russians. This is one of the inevi- table handicaps against which he struggles. Another is the imminent danger of famine. Even the immense supplies accumulated in advance can not hold out long. In order to obtain more food, the Germans must be vic- torious by land and sea, or so signal- ly victorious on land that their suc- cess can outweigh defeat upon the water. Now that this war machine is in motion, it is plain that the kaiser has not greatly overestimated his own strength. But time is to be the de- termining factor. The. delay of a wetk, or even a day, might give the Russians an opportunity to rush Prus- sia by sheer force of numbers. Meanwhile, a glance at the daily papers in this country is sufficient to convince the most enthusiastic and National and State administrations re- ceived the highest encomiums from! the committee which drafted the plat- | form adopted this afternoon at the/| Democratic State Convention. States Senator William Joel Stone, who later eulogized President Wilson. The senior Senator from Missouri spoke with a fire and vim that char- We Give Eagle Stamps Good as Gold—a Saving to You Y: B Sui We have on display the choicest stock of tsever brought to Bates County—Broadcloths, Gabor- dines, Poplins, Granite, Etc., in blue which are the leading-colors. The Prices are from $15 to $3 Ladies Fine s, greens and browns, We Specialize on Suits at $25 And show you'a great line of styles at the price. We guarantee every suit we sell to give complete satisfaction. We fit and alter every suit in our own dressmaking shop. : = With plenty of snap and style for the young folks, guaranteed solid leather throughout... Substantial School Shoes $1.50 to $3, COME AND SEE US-WE WANT YOUR TRADE DEMOCRATS UPHOLD WILSON STANDARDS __| ~ IN STATE PLATFORM | Document After Enthusiastic | Tribute to President. | Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 25.—The | The platform was read by United acterized his earlier political career. In his political life he was never so enthusiastically received. Every mention of the President's jealous German that the American press will ungrudgingly print news of German victories whenever they can get it.—K. C. Journal. f The farm hands out on the Hall ranch, east of town, are reported to have had some rare sport and amuse- ment and at the same time materially reduced the wolf population of that section to the extent of one old moth- er coyote and three cubs a day or . two ago. - Marion Kirkman was cut- ting wood near the river when his Seay Entind the wolves in a dense thic name created:a demonstration from the enthusiastic delegates who had assembled in the House of Represen- tatives to hear the oratorical efforts of Senator Stone, former Governor Alexander M. Dockery, Congressman Joseph J. Russell, former Represen- tative Charles M. Hay, Congressman Perl Decker of Joplin and Gov. Major. ‘real, ‘‘dyed-in-the-wool'* Democratic speeches, Walters-Flora Mr. L. F, Flora of Peoria, Il]., and | Miss Fanny Walters of Rich Hill, were married Wednesday evening at Missouri Convention Adopts New | the home of Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Cleaves at 90’clock. The wedding was private, only a half dozen friends being present. Rev. J. H. Cleaves performed the ceremony, using the beautiful ring service. = The bride is well known here, the youngest sister of the late Col. C. R. ? Walters, and has devoted her life to him and his orphan children. She is a lady of high culture and refinement, and one of the best loved ladies in Rich Hill. The groom is a prosper- be the life companion of the gracious lady he has won. -After the ceremony a lunch was served by Mrs. Cleaves and Mrs. Gus Seelinger, and the hap- py couple took the 10 o’clock train for a wedding trip to Ft. Madison, which they will be at home at Peoria, Ill., and ‘by the way, the Mo. Pacific station looked like a busted rice mill Thursday morning.—Rich Hill Re- view. East Lone Oak. (Too Late for-Last Week.) J. F. Isley and family of Rich Hill, The Platform the. in- fhe fed- the tariff law, motored to T. L. Blankenbaker’s last ous business man of Peoria, whose | high character well qualifies him to! Iowa, the old home of the bride, after | Some Fine Alfalfa. John Howard, superintendent of the Duvall ranch was in Butler on business the latter part of the week and informed a reporter for the Times. that the second cutting of the alfalfa crop on the ranch was in propress. He states that the first cutting made a yield of over 13 tons to the acre and that the second crop was making about 1 ton to the acre. He says he expects to get two more cuttings from the 85 acres which he has in alfalfa and expects the next.to be much better than the first two. The fourth cutting will be used as a seed crop. For the past three years the Duvall ranch has had an 85 acre stand of alfalfa which each year has yielded a | seed therefrom reaching a value of jover ninety dollars per acre. Mr. Howard says that he is preparing 85 \acres more which will be devoted to | alfalfa. Y |. The Duvall ranch is probably the | largest farm in actual cultivation in western Missouri, and employs from | fifteen to thirty men. throughout the | year, | Pi ral iain a he te Some movers passing through the |country east of Nevada, supposed to | be Gypsies, supplied the larder, with frying. chickens in a novel _but highly successful_way. Whenever they stop- house, grains of corn attached to fish- night, Everybody, especially _the bountiful crop, one year, the hay and |. ped in the neighborhood of.a farm. | Joining counties will celebrate Eman- cipation Day in Butler September 22 with‘a big parade, picnic and barbe- cue. The Pleasanton, Kansas band will furnish. music, and the commit- tee on arrangements anticipate that probably 1500 persons will participate in the celebration. The barbecue will be presided over by I. L. Handy. Mrs. Thomas Laycock, aged 59 years, died August 14, 1914. Seven children, Mrs. Nancy McCoy of Troy, Kansas; Mrs. Lulu Highly of Butler; Alfred Laycock of Spruce; Mrs, Alma Compton of Liberty; and Carl, George fand Gertrude Laycock of this ‘city survive. the products the subjects buy a 3% chicken for the The colored folks of Bates and ad- | Wilhelm{ Because both vadvancing rapidly, = : But why worry about the price of meat, when chicken is so much better than bacon, and you can _ We are Exclusive Agents for Kenyon Rain Coats for Ladies, Misses, Children; Kenyon Balmaccan Coats'for Ladies and Misses WE CALL YOUR SPECIA to Kenyon Rain Coats at. ne QUALITY STORE NEARLY 50 yaass: | he Seal Mrs. Sylvester Combs. Mary Margaret Scholl was born in Powell county, Ky., April 8, 1850, and died in Kansas City, Mo., August ‘18,1914, aged 64 years, 4 months and 10 days. Mary M.- Scholl was married to Sylvester. Combs July 23, 1867. To this union three girls and eight boys pit ea tid husband, tit son | laughters pr i jaugs ig! preceded her. in | At the age of 15 years she became a member of the Christian church. Later in life she became a member of the M. E. Church, South. At the of the Butler M. E. Church, South. The funeral service was conducted at Bethel Church Wednesday at 4:30 by Rev. Claude S. Hanby and burial took place in Bethel cemetery. * * Why do the Prices of of J. Ogden Armour so much resemble of the Kaiser are price.of 1-1b.of -bacon—and time of her death she was 4 member °