The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 8, 1915, Page 6

Always on Hand the - Very Best--- | Of Fresh and I have installed one of the best and highest priced.meat slicers on the market and have the best equipped MEAT MARKET in this section. GIVE ME A. A. SEESE South-east corner Square. == Our ‘Phone is No. 167 = Cured Meats A TRIAL Butler, Mo. 250,000 Horses Exported i Washington, D. C., July 1— With the sinking of the steam- ship Armenian by tle Germans, attention again is directed to the large exportation of horses and mules from the United States for | service in the war zone in Eur- ope. In the fiseal year just end- ed approximately 250,000 horses were sent abroad, chiefly to the British, French and Belgian ar- mies. Some have gone to the Italian forees. The only shipment lost was} that aboard the Armenian. The other ships, by carefully guard- ing their courses, have managed ; to get tlirough to the various | armies safely. | The figures on the shipments are not complete at the Depart- ment of Commerce. They | are ready only. for the first . 10 months of the fiscal year, inelud- ing April. -The tabulation shows that 215,759 horses and mules valued at $47,783,840 were sent abroad in the 10 months period. The value is 10 times as great as $5,000 Prison Job for Lester Parker. Jefferson City, Mo., July 4— It-is reported that a tender of the appointment as Supervisor of in- dustries in:the Penitentiary will he made by the State Board of Prison’ Inspectors to Lester 8. Parker of Jefferson City. This is the position created by the last Legislature in the revis- ion of the penal code under which the contract labor system is to he abolished. The place will pay $5,000 a |year and the supervisor will have charge of the factories and mar- keting the product of the plants that are to be established. Mr. Parker made a fortune op- erating a boot and shoe factory in the prison, which he'started’ on horrowed capital and sold out to a Chicago company some years ago for a sum in excess of $250,- 000. The hoard has visited several prisons where State manufactor- ies are conducted, but until the name of Parker was suggested a “the total shipments of the two previous years. | Big ‘‘Dry’’ Gains in Kentucky. | Kentucky, famous for its whis-| kies, but nearly all of whose} counties have gone ‘‘dry,’”’ is threatened with state-wide prohi- bition next November. - The ‘‘drys”’ claim they have the votes to carry the state. But the ‘‘wets’’ claim first blood. The Republican state convention, just held, refused to put a prohibition plank in the platform, and.by a} vote of 2,100 to 160 declared for the existing county option sys- tem. The Republican candidate | for governor, to be selected in a primary election’ in August, . will have to make his campaign on this platform. ‘ The: Democrats) do not hold their convention until August, af- ter the Republican primary, but it is predicted that they will also declare for the county unit law man had not been considered for supervisor who combined all the requisite qualifications. After Silence of 40 Years Seeks Family. ; Great Bend, Kas. July 1.— Forty years.after he dropped out of the knowledge of his family, Joseph Swartz, now a_ wealthy resident of Arizona, has. written here to locate his wife and three children in order to make provis- ion for them in his will. The wife died several years ago. A daughter is living at Hutchinson, @ son in Oklahoma and anothe son in California. Forty years ago Swartz left his family at Camp Point, Ill. The family later moved to Great Bend where they lived until the death of Mrs. Swartz. In his letter asking about his children Swartz gave no explanation of his long silence. Swopes Won’t Pay Again. The Swope family will not as- sist financially in another trial of Dr. B. Clark Hyde for the mur- der of Col. Thomas——H.—Swope. This statement was made in a let- ter from Mrs. Swope, received by Fioyd Jacobs, prosecuting attor- ney of Jackson, Friday of last week. ~ ‘The letter was in reply to an i Mr. Jacobs as to whether the Swopes would be willing to contribute the $7,000 necessary to bring Doctor Hyde to trial in September, wien his case is set. The trial has been cause of: the failure of the state and county. to provide funds. _ State Agricultural Report Indi- ‘cates a Great Harvest © May be Expected. NEED WARM AND DRY WEATHER Culivation of Corn and Wheat Harvest Badly Hindered by Soft Fielde— Floods Hurt. . According to the Missouri crop re- port just issued from the office of the secretary of the state board of agri- culture, and which shows conditions on July 1, most of the state is in need of fair and warmer weather. How- ever, the repdtt as a whole holds out hope for an abundant harvest. With almost record rafnfall for the month of June practically the entire state, with the exception of the south- east section where the season has been ideal, is in need of fair and warmer weather. At Columbia the rainfall for the month of June was 9.11 inches as compared with 4.38 inches as normal for the month. The highest temperature was 89, on June 6 and the mean temperature for the month 69.6. In many parts of the state heavy rains and overflows from rivers and other large streams caused great loss to growing crops. The condition of corn on July 1 was 76 for the state as compared with 81 one year ago and 82.5 as the ten-year average. This condition is due to overflows and to lack of cultivation. Almost two-thirds of the Missouri wheat crop—61 per cent—has been harvested. In- the extreme southeast Portion of the state some wheat has been threshed. Harvesting, as far as it has progressed, has been done with great difficulty, owing to soft fields and much down wheat. The Missouri oat crop is fine. Con- dition for the state is 96. One year ago condition of oats for the state was 56. Oat harvest is well-under way in the southeast section, where it is esti- mated that 32 per cent of the crop is in the shock. Shot for Building a Garage. Darmon L. Porter, a wealthy real estate owner and secretary of the Por- ter Real Estate Company of Sedalia, probably was fatally shot by O, C, Har- ris, a retired liveryman, the other day. Harris has been in the Nevada asy- lum and ts believed to be demented. The cause of the shooting was the uth by, the Porter company of a gar er Ae ath résidence prop- erty of Harris. Harris is in jail. Music Teachers Elect, The state convention of the Mis- sourl music teachers closed a four- day session at St. Joseph with the election of the following officers: Wort S. Morse, Kansas City, presi- dent; Miss Louise Wright, Fayette, vice president; Alfred G. Hubach, Kansas City, secretary-treasurer. The selection of next year’s meeting place was left to the offjcers. Callaway Woman Dies at 91. Mrs, Jane Derreux, 91 years old, probably the oldest woman in Calla- way county, died at her home near Mokane the other day. ‘She was mar- tied when 17 years old and was the mother of fourteen children, ten of whom survive. Mrs. Derreux was born In Virginia, but had lived in that coun- ty eighty-nine years, ‘ Active at 96. Ninety-six years old on July 4, Mrs. Catherine For of Carthage cele- brated the nation’s and her own natal day by attending a dinner party in her honor and the later assisting a number of youngsters in shooting fire- crackers and setting off fireworks at night. Hudson Heads Homeopaths. Dr. T. H. Hudson of Kansas City was re-elected president of the Mis- souri Institute of Homeopathy, in ses- sion at ‘the Planters’ hotel in St. Louis. Jackson County Jury, Awards Plaintif ¥1,800000 tn Long’ Drawn Out oy The longeat trial in the ju e ords of Jackson county ended the other day when a jury in Judge court returned 9) verdict. for. tiffs in the suit of the I : way Company against the Kansas City, Clay County..& St. Joseph trolley line and the estate of George Townsend. The verdict, which was signed by nine jurors, awarded the Interstate company $1,500,000, Two other jurors concurred in finding a judgment for the company, but were for a lesser amount. The twelfth juror refused to find a judgment. ‘ The Interstate company, of which Ernest D, Martin, former state sena- tor, was the principal promoter, brought the suit on the contention that the defendant company had built its line in part on a right-of-way obtained by the plaintiff company. The trial began eight weeks ago and the testimony covers 6,000 typewrit- ten pages. : - The defendant company's line runs from Kansas City through Liberty and Excelsior Springs to St.-Joseph. A valuation of $4,000,000 has been placed on it by the Missouri utilities board and it is mortgaged for $3,000,000. A motion for a new trial will be filed by the defendants. — Comment on the length of the trial, the technical nature of the testimony and of the arguments by the attorneys was made by George E. Ridenour, one of the jurors, following the jury's dis- charge. “Too much talk,” was his verdict. “The case could have been finished in a much shorter time. Much of the testimony was of a kind that made lit- tle impression on the jury.” DENY COURT'S JURISDICTION St. Clair County Judges Reply to Man: | damus Suit to Compe! Them to Make Special Levy. The St. Clair county court, against which a mandamus has been asked in the=federal court to compel them to make a tax levy to pay the old rail- ‘|road bonds, has filed its answer in the federal court. In it the court al- leges: 3 ‘ “That the suits against the county had been improperly brought in the federal court; that the real owners of the bonds lived in Missouri and that. jurisdiction had been obtained in the federal court by a fraud practiced on the court. * “That the judgment against:..the The other officers chosen are: Dr. B..T. Payne, Lexington, first vice president; Dr. F, F. Nethertor, Clin- ton, second vice president; Dr. L. F. Annet, St. Louis, secretary; Dr. W. E. A. C. Putnam of Marshall, treasurer. The next meeting of the institute will be held in Kansas City. ; county in 1884 was void on that ac- count and that subsequent judgments against the county in 1905 and 1914 were void because they were judg- ments upon judgments and not a re- vival of the original judgment. “That the bondholders had forfeit- ed their claim by reason of not mak- ing proper demands and claims for years after the original judgment was rendered. “That the bondholders had waited until a claim aggregating $4,000,000 now is pending against the county which has*a taxable wealth of only $5,000,000 and that a tax levy against such a claim would really henefit no one. : “That the $7,000 surplus the claim- ants say the county had left over last year and should go to them had been expended in repairs to the court house.” ‘ Pioneer Lawyer Dead. Charles O. Tichenor is dead at his old home in Kansas City, following @ paralytic stroke in San Diego, Cal., in-January,—Mr..-Tichenor- was -born in Appleton, Wis., January 6, 1842. He is survived by his daughter, Mrg. W. A. Knotts, 1449 Independence ave- nue; a brother, I. N. Teachenor of Keokuk, Ia., and @ sister, Mrs. Emma Gibbs of Elgin, Ml. Three Dry Elections in July. Three local option elections will be held in Misouri in July, Rev. A. M. Livingston, superintendent of . the. Springfield district of the Missouri |: AntiGaloon League, announced. re- cently. The entire county of St. Fran- judicial rec- @ cols, excepting Farmington, the coun: |) . Under State Supervision and is examined the ‘pert examiners of the State Banking Depart- Do You Want to Chas. R. Bowman, Mer. rtf ; Same as every bank' in the State by the ex- ment, hi It’s capital, surplus and undivided pfotit account is $385,000.00; nearly double that of any Bank or Trust Company in this county. - Has paid semi-annual dividends to it’s stockholders.since organization. Its. an easy matter to say you are making money—that you are growing—that your bank is just as-good—just as safe—just as strong but we: believe the figures suit the people better: than TOO much talk. Time deposits are solicited and interest paid on same. _$7,500,000,00 “THE OLD RELIABLE.” good rates of Farm Mortgages now in force on our books...... SELL YOUR FARM? If_so, list it with Bowman & Co., Butler, Mo. Residence mile west of Butler or call f ‘phone 427. Have a record j {making 20cashFarm sales _. me last year. Will have an office up town soon. Ti, a Rags, Rubber «« Junk of all kinds. Highest o cash price paid ic] - We handle Penn, Anthracite Coal, Ark. No. 4 for base burner, Ark. Semi-Anthracite, Southern Kansas Lump and Soft Coal. We will appreciate a share of your trade at the