The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 25, 1915, Page 4

Printed on Thuraday of each week BOBT, D, ALLEN, Editor and Manager The Butler Weekly Times GENERAL The betting at Lloyd’s London ncy is even money that the war will be over by June 30 and odds of a to : that it will be over by Septem- r 1. |, Furnished house for rent at 411 |North Main St. See Brown Walton at Missouri State Bank for informa- tion. i 18-tf Mrs. E. W. Dever has leased the Rich Hill ‘Western Enterprise to Leon W. Mathews of Russell, Kas., who Declaring the present option law affords prohibition to fen om) en CURIE EY Ee DANES munities that desire it, Governor; Mrs. J. E. Smith delightfully en- Entered at the Post Office of Butler, Mo., as aecond. i-class mail matter. Spry of Utah vetoed the statewide |tertained her Sunday school class, prohibition bill.” | Fe Evcrareeny at her home on East The kitchen of William E. Bill’s| Aiton: THURS TERROR. ., PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR. DEMOCRAT TICKET. For County Superintendent of Schools A.C, MORELAND, TOWNSHIP TICKET TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. J.8. BROWN. MEMBERS TOWNSHIP BOARD T. C, JONES T. J, BERRYHILL ANDREW RAY ASSESSOR — JOHN WRIGHT COLLECTOR Cc. C, WOODs. CONSTABLE JOHNSON STOTT. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE J.R. RAY W. F HEMSTREET R. 5. CATRUN MISSOURI NEWS, Because of a scarcity of dyes which are made in Germany, the Houston & Liggett Pencil Company has been compelled to close its plant in Spring- field. ; The Missouri senate Friday took up and passed the Simpson house bill providing for long rural credits. Not a vote was cast against the meas- ure, Thomas Speed Mosby, author, lec- .|inability to get morphine. home at Auburn, N. Y., waswrecked| The Missionary and Aid Society of | when a can of beans exploded in the/the Baptist church met with Mrs. oven, hurling pieces of the stove; J. B. Walton Friday evening. After through the walls. | the business was concluded a dainty \lunch was served. L. C. Weaver, 63 years old, of Sa-| : lina, Kas., died Saturday from a self-| Single Comb Brown Leghorn and inflicted razor gash in his throat. Me | Single Comb Rhode Island, bred to was despondent because of illness and | lay and win, eggs $1.00 for 15, $5.00 per 100. Baby chicks 10 cents each, | *, ——— deliv F » G. J. i Paercten of pe and ng pakke by Halos on Ny of Leaks, eld an informal reception: Friday to | o0.4¢* E ; celebrate the fifty-fifth birthday of « ponte ts Butae Mo Mr. Bryan. The guests wereofficials; FOR SALE—One saw mill com- and employees of the State Depart-' plete, undermounted double star en- ment. - p |gine, Reeves No. O saw rig, with endless drive belt; cut off saw; ict War orders for heavy machinery pump, | i P TY, ip, located 14 miles west of aggregating $350,000, are being |hart, Bates county, Mo., about two rushed by a Chicago concern, it was! years sawing at place, 11 miles south- learned Friday. The supplies are for | west of Butler. Inquire at 812 West the British and Russian Governments. , Pine Street, Butler, Mo. 21-tf. Ask for Eagle Stamps | er-McKibben’s DISPLAY OF ee Walk ; . SPRING. GARMENTS Is unusually attractive in styles and qualities. Shown at the prices to $25.00 N Included in the orders are 50 steam) ° shovels and 320 lathes. | Reger rary a Eoaier was if ie As Carre |city the latter part of the week. He Dr, William Warner, 40 years old, |had just returned from a visit to a retired physician and at one time aj relatives at Pittsburg professor in the Ohio State university, |Springfield, Mo.» committed suicide at Blufftgn, Ind., | : Friday by hanging because he was|_ Wm. Dana of Kansas City spent| unable to procure morphine, a drug | Sunday with his brother-in-law, Rev. | to which he had been addicted. |Claude S. Hanby. Mr. Dana is gen- | eral r i A daring robbery was reported in| Conperatione™ Ne Ne ‘saa Rome Friday upon the arrival of a| j ail train from Naples. Two hun-| Mrs. J. B, Harper and daughter, red and twenty-five bags of United | Miss Laversa, of Ash Grove, who| Kas., and. This is a Great Suit Season States mail, most of which were con-| have been visiting at the home of signed to Germany, Austria and the | Mr. and Mrs.C, S, McCullough, have | Balkan states, had been rifled, Thera , returned home. | is no clue, | | 200 | Pair | Queen Quality Shoes $3.00 shoes for $2.00 $3.50 shoes for $2.50 Cash only We sell what we advertise State and federal authorities, who had believed the progress of the foot and mouth disease in Kentucky had been checked, discovered that a herd’ of 180 cattle and 180 hogs at a Louis- ville distillery had become infected. The animals, valued at $35,000, were condemned me) Fi T. W. Fisk. turer and one of the most popular State officials in Missouri, was oper- ated upon Thursday morning at 10 o’clock for an acute attack of apnen. dicitis. -E’ing C. Bland of Kansas City, dis- placed as United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri when the Senate rejected his recess nomi- nation, will be given a consolation berth in the Department of Justice, it is reported, A resolution lately adopted by the| Missouri Senate, authorizes the Gov- ernor to obtain an option on Haha- tonka Park, Camden County, with a view of converting it into a state park. There are 680 acres of land in the park, The will of Frank James was pro- bated at Liberty Friday, and after providing for payment of just debts, etc., and piving $1,000 and a gold} watch and diamond stud to his son, Robert F. James, leaves the balance of his property to his widow. David Witt of Steadmah, Callaway county, known for the last fifty years | as the Axe Handle King, died Mon- day.. His wares were hand made and for half a century the woodmen of Callaway had found his axe handles superior to all others. He was 80 years old. Vernon county is now entitled to the claim of having the oldest man in Missouri in John Holloran, who lives north of Richards. Holloran has lost track of his age and_a short’time ago wrote to a Catholic instituti | birth. The reply came recenty, giving his age at 108 years. He is partly paralyzed, but otherwise enjoys good health.. At the Confederate Home at Hig- ginsville three hundred and thirty- five old confederates were cared for last year and there are now in the home 277 on the rolls. The farm re- port shows the value of land and buildings to be $100,700 and horses and_mules, hogs, cattle, sheep, im- plements and vehicles bring the total ‘ up to $165,901. The report of Dr. W. C. Webb, surgeon, shows there ;a merchant marine, of animal industry and will be de- stroyed. Rome Gordinier, who was operat- | ed on in Kansas City last week for) an abcess back of the ear, returned | Stone Says ‘home Friday. He is doing as well St. Joseph, Mo., March 17.—After | 95 could be expected. : the termination of the European war The Cass County New® says it is! the period of reconstruction will offer ‘reported that the widow of W. F.; the United States ‘“‘an unexampled op- | Williams, who was lynched in Pleas portunity to spread American com- Hill some time ago, will bring suit merce throughout the markets of the against that city for heavy damages. | world,’’ according to William J. Stone, | . } United States Senator from Missouri, , Earl Steele of Spokane, Wash,, | who spoke before the St. Joseph Visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Commerce Club today. Winfield Steele, the first of the week, “For material necessary for rehabil- | Mr. Steele left Monday for New itation the warring nations must come York and Washington on a business to us,” he said, ‘and to take advan- rip, tage of the opportunity we must have’ wn. p, 4, DeArmond, who has been visiting her son, Captain Edward DeArmond of Ft. Sill, Okla., and her - daughter, Mrs. Orville Stans- bery at Okmulgee, Okla., has return- Reconstruction Period U. 8. Chance, “American matufacturers should be sending goods into Africa and Asia today, but we have no means. We have suffered enormously from ed home. the war, but we have a great oppor- | tunity before us. Rev. Claude S. Hanby, of the Ohio “There are two ways by which this. Street M. E. church, filled the pulpit country can get a merchant ‘fleet. at the Christianchurch Sunday. The The Government must either contri- church was well filled. The Loyal bute out of the treasury money with Sons furnished the music consisting which to build, equip and operate a of vocal music and the orchestra. fleet, or the people, acting through’ ai laa stapes aera resident of this city, died at her home “This cannot be done ina year or in Colby, Wash., March 10. She is - 5 1 de survived by one son and three daugh- woe tenia SEVERAL) 1h) © ‘ters: Thos.. Morgan of Ft. Smith, Mrs. Charlotte Morgan, a former 'Ark., Mrs. Chas. Fredrickson and Seatac ti Mrs. Herbert Collack of Colby, Wash.. Murder at Parsons, Kansas. nq’ Mrs. Robert Brannock ‘of this Parsons, Kas., March 18.—Charles city. Your fashion magazine will tell you so—it will also tell you that this will be a season of Shirt Waists—the two go together. Suits are not only dressy and trim looking, but are practical for most any kind of wear and especially good for traveling and visiting. Blue is the strongest color followed by sand color and checks. - We show Suits in Cloths, Gaberdines, Poplins, Serges etc. also in Silks. We Show a Long Line of Coats in Navy Blues, Belgian Blues, Covert Cloths, Fancy Checks, all White and-White and Black Plaids, and Black all sizes They are priced from..,...:....$5.00 to-$20.00 Here you will find plenty of good styles in Skirts from $5.00 to $12.00 Black is the big seller, then Dark Blues, Checks and Stripes. By all means visit this department. We have only one price—which is the lowest—we are selling only first class manufacturers goods. The way they fit and look will convince you of their superiority. We alter’each garment without extra charge. Walker's Specials Shoes, Pumps $2.50 to $4.50 The new spring Shoes are here most of the best Styles are shown New Packards for men $3.50 to $5.00 New School Shoes. $1.50 to $3.00 all solid 4 WE SELL KENYON RAIN COATS SPECIAL AT....$5 New Spring Rugs, Congoleum, Lace Curtains, Nets, Window Shades, Rods, eic Come and See us—and make yourself at home. King, foreman of the M. K. & T. bristi_class-of TC ool was delight- | fully entertained by Mrs. T. L. Beach {Se nee home on ay et et hoping that the fire and tank | aareday evening. er the busi- plosions would cover up the ovimie' at Phoue was pent Gy the lnsies oak aiiekte oe and | embroidery, .etc. A dainty lunch was King had evidently been struck on} served. : the head by an iron bar and then his | “Mrs. Annie Laura McReynolds, pockets were searched. His monthly | aged 65 years, died at her home in salary which he had received during : | Adrian, March 11. She is survived the day was taken by the murderers. | | by five children, three daughters and Hubert O. Steele Dead two sons. She had been a resident of Bates county since 1880. She Hubert O. Steele, 43 years old, died at his home in Charlotte township late last nigh The murderers turned on the fau- cets of the oil tanks and started a fire ‘early in life and lived an earnest Christian life. Funeral services were were 55 deaths at; an average age of The Coker Mill and Elevator at Slater, containing about 6,000 bush- els of wheat, 1,500 bushels of corn, 20,000 grain sacks and other material was destroyed by fire Sunday. The total loss is estimated at about $20,- 000. There was insurance on both the building and contents, but the exact amount was not obtainable, as the insurance policies and other books and accounts were in a fire- proof safe which is too hot to open. C. H. Burgess’ Father Dead Charles H. Burgess, Pesce! nd was called .S to -Richmond asad message announc- the of his father, Isaac L. that city at 11:30 o'clock that morn- editor of the|States Senator Francis M. | united with the Presbyterian church Tuesday from nephritis from which | held at Adrian Methodist church and ii A rate of 50 per cent, due since the en- |. i ! be Bec ney been Pohciaght cs poke interment made in Cresent Hill sctment al eueoution law ie 1913; |" rotactin R viuieek os Company Be, N. G. M.; The Loya He was married in 1908 to Miss Rosa —o : poicoantin to be paid out during | banker, and two friends, were arrest.| FP Tedoee OW Lode Knights Burk, daughter of E. L. Burk, who} —_ Revival Still in Progress. Te be rie Jost es ed, charged with shooting ducks out of Security and several with their 6 year old son survive him. His body was brought to But- ler Thursday and -interred in Oak Hill cemetery, services at the ve being conducted by Rev. W. J.Snow. Col. J. V. Cockrell Dead at 80. Abilene, Tex., March 18.—J. V. 80 years old, a Confederate veteran, dit here today. Colonel Cockrell was a brother of ex-United The ay pl Ficwnd eae in progress the ys still con- tinues. Never in the history of Butler has there been such activity shown. Think of it, over eight hundred converts in forty days and each and every convert still a firm believer. Eight hundred sons made by ong each one has confessed that they never before realized that such good coffee could be it at i Reedy oh gern and a -handsome ’s Grocery, selling at Gosnell 77. ing ol e rell of Missouri. He has been a district judge in the Panhandle and also served as a member of Congress for two terms from the Texas Jambo district of half a hundred-or more countys. SSE GSES Soe rere oer ANS OR SS ag perpen. bill which | the bos i bird law, was held un-| Open air concert on \Friday night, was the last act passed by the Forty- |constitutional today by Judge John! April 2nd, 1915, th th r- eighth assembly, contains an item of | Pollock of the United States District | mitting. so cian gl $200;000 for pensions to ex-Confed- C erate soldiers. be used to pay $30, xha' that time, hundreds of applications have been proved, but there were no|Th funds to pay them, and the $91,000 is expected to cover those amounts. { are |tire ze ‘grape President J. T. dismissed four other WALKER-McKIBBEN’S The Quality Store Confederate Pension Bill Allowed. Jefferson City, March 23.—The |Court Holds Federal Game Law| | is Invalid Topeka, Kan., March 20.—The fed- eral game law, generally known as Band Concert Hold her head pa, cause the Butler Concert Band will hold their free Court. He heldthat the UnitedStates} In celebration of the occasion the band will head the parade and ‘‘the Butler spirit’’ will be manifested by | the many participants in the parade, ongress has no jurisdiction over the me in any of the States, and that the separate States only have the right to enact laws for the regulation The bill provides that $91,000 shall back pensions at the | of season, and made a test case of the Ww. pe fe >of Agee the ob Negi la e and the appropriation was| The District Attorne: i usted within six months. Since | of his intention to a cd x tiplegd the United States upreme Court. ere has been no ruling in the- Mis- souri courts on this law. ., \U.S. Will Have to Fight Jefferson City’ March 19, a scale that ~_— 14 Utah University Professors Strike.