The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 29, 1915, Page 2

SHORT STORIES Of Local Interest_Clipped from , Our. Exchanges. Ofiver of: -near and Uncle Henr, Montrose -visited relatives friends in this city the first the week. He: left Tuesday for a few ‘days’ visit at El Dorado Springs.Appleton City Jour- nal. Y Mrs. H. J. Crockett and chil- dren came in from Topeka Tues- day evening for a visit at the parental J. O.. MeMullen home. Mrs. McMullen has not been well for some time.—Amoret Leader. J, A. Kretsinger of the Spruce vicinity took the train here Tuesday for a few days’ visit in El Dorado Springs and with his brother, Will, who dives near there.—Appleton City Journal. Mrs. Aza Durrett “¢f Lees Summit, who has been here vis- iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ‘G. B. Hickman and brother, Ir- - win Hickman, returned to her home Wednesday accompanied by her parents.—Drexel Star. E. J. Payton and wife left acne for Grainfield, Kansas, where the Payton threshing out- fit has been shipped. _ Marie Hicklin joined them at Kansas City and accompanied them out there. She will assist them in the cook shack.~-Amoret Lead- er. John Bazdel Warren, a pioneer settler .and esteemed resident of Cedar county, died at his home in Eldorado Springs Mo., at 10:30 o’clock on Satur- day evening, July. 17th, 1915, About thirty’ of: ‘the young friends-of Andy Street: went to This home in night. and gave lim a surprise. The merry crowd’ was any chaperened ‘by Mr, and Mrs. F. Warner, Mr. and:Mrs. G. i Pahlman and Mr. and Mrs, Her- bert Smith. A delightful, even- ing was spent in» the various amusements of the young peo- ple and at a late hour all. de- ited for their homes,: having spent a very pleasant even- ing.—Amoret ‘Leader. Mesdames Winnie Cowdery. and Oscar Snelling were both injured Sunday when an , auto- mobile frightened ‘their horse near the Wm. Baie place. Bath were thrown from the buggy. Mrs. Cowdery was run: over by the buggy, and it was feared for a time that she was’injured in- ternally, but she is recovering nicely. Mrs. Snelling had a couple ‘of fingers broken and was considerably bruised. They were brought to town and Dr. Robinson dressed their injuries. Both are getting as well as could be expected. Robert Cris- well, who was driving the horse, was not injured.—Adrian Jour. nal. SCHOOL NOTES. The regular teachers exami- nation will be held in the Butler High School building August sixth and seventh. The order of subjects will be the same as in March and in June. Those writ- ing on algebra and on literature the first day will not be granted the privilege of writing on them the second day. An examination will be given on the Reading Circle books the last day for the benefit of those who failed on the work in June, and for those aged 85 years, I month and days.—Eldorado Springs Sun. ( John Campbell, the Butler lunch counter man, was here Wednesday looking after busi- ness matters and visiting old friends. Mr. Campbell for many years conducted a lunch counter in this city, but moved to Butler some years ago, where he has since ‘been in business.— Nevada Herald. The Electrie Light Co. has re- ceived its ‘two: engines and two dynamos and are placing the same in position. ‘The work of putting up the wires and mak- ing the connections will begin at once, and it will not be many days untilthe order will be giv- en: ‘‘Let. there be light.”— Urich Herald. It is understood ‘that F. F. Mabbott and. Ira Coyne will op- en up a new ‘meat market. in the South 6th St. building late- ly oceupied by Joe Anderson. We are glad to hear that Mr. Mabbott has decided to remain in Rich Hill as he is a ‘‘live wire’’ for any town, and we are pleased that Mr, .Ceyne and family are to return here,—Rich Hill Review, Maj ind Mrs. ‘San Walls, ; ty MoCombs and daugh- : datightsis, Wilma e] "aod Ger- trnde, Mra. John’ Boettner, | all of this: city; and) Mr.' and Mra. Chas. Hedges, .of Kantas City, left Monddy night for. Hollister; where they will’ spend several weeks fishing and . came While there Hey will’ take. : famous float from ‘Hollister Branson. We predict. & grea’ tip for them Adrian Journal. ae Recelved q| September | second, the, ty to taka it before. Grades made this year and not placed on a certificate will not be good for 1916. Grades on second grade certificate can not be transferred to a new second grade, «Several teachers have written me asking if I would take part of the grades from a second grade now expiring and place them on another second grade. Several teachers have written me to renew. or to endorse their certificate without enclosing thé fee of one dollar and fifty cents. T can not lawfully do this. Then it isn’t a business way of con- ducting affairs. I am not at all uneasy about my getting the money. but it is rather inconven- ient to have a letter to. write every time such favors are asked |, especially when I have Jessons ‘to prepare and other duties _per- taining to my office to perform, Most of the district clerks have sent in, their reports. Those that have not should attend to this at once. It is very necessary that I receive these reports cor- rectly -aiade.as I have my report a “body . Monday | {ollision with the collier Stor- Chieago, July 24,—Pro 1,200 percons were drowned day in the Chicago River by. ' capsizing of the. steel steam ; Eastland at: the warf when ‘abe to start, loaded with 2,500 curaionists, employees of - Western Electric Company their families: The crowding of passangers one side of the boat is suppos to have caused the tragedy, but. authorities, not satisfied wil this: explanation, ordered the rest of officers of the boat Captain Harry Penderson andj Dell Fisher, first mate, were take?” en to police headquarters. Panic struck the passengers when.the boat began to turn over. Best accounts of wit’ nesses said the steamer rolled] slightly twice, then turned fur- ther and that hundreds of screaming men, women -and children slid across the ~ sloping decks, fought for room and clutched for companions, deck chairs or any other objects that Women and children by the hundreds were caught below decks and the scratched . faces, torn clothing and: bruised bodies of the dead bore mute evidence of -the desperation with which they had fought for life. jeame to hand. The big steamer turnéd over}, within less: than five minutes. Members of the crew | shouted warnings as the steamer first tilted and Captain Pederson or: dered lower deck ports opened and all passengers ashore. There] § was no chance for such a meas- ure to succeed. yg Sr VEE SO ee A a eee New. York, July 24.—The cap- sizing of the steamer Eastland calls to mind the General Slocum § June 15, 1904, caught fire in the East River and before she could be reached’ upwards ‘of one lost their lives. The Titanic struck an iceberg | ® off ‘the New Foundland banks on, April 14, 1912.. Of its pas sengers and erew 1,595, persons lost their lives. The Lusitania. was torpedoed and sunk by a German subma- rine on May 7. The number of persons who lost their lives in this disaster was more than eleven hundred, including up- wards of one hundred Ameri- cans. The Empress of: Ireland sank in twenty minutes off Father Point in the St. Lawrence River || fay 29, 1914, after being in stdd. “In this wreck 1,024 per- sons perished. thousand of her passengers had} a San Francisco, Cal., July 24— William * Hale Thompson, mayor of Chitago, and his party, about to the State Superinténdent to ‘make «from them. The Sehool Board Convention will be held in, connection with the Regnlar Teachers Meeting Riven to the teach- ers mesting- T have secured the: “services*#of “Prof, C. A. Phillips” of» the. Warrensburg Normal for this meeting. Mr. Phillips is an excellent speaker ird Vv D ‘and. will” orig er ea or trust while “for- as. “all, you will make. te ene to attend this meéting. All are in- yited. The programe will be sent out, later: I am pleased to note that Bates County: is well: re presen’ at the Warrensburg Normal this summer, There are’ about sixty of us here. I wrote an article gome “sand ago regarding the Boys Pai School in which I stated that I would strive to make ar- September |, eighty in al depe arted om oo late to- Repro at hool, Communion . ‘and worship, 10:45 a, m. After .comutunion ‘service H. to. Maxey will talk for a short time.- His subject will be, ‘‘Some Things the Chureh Should do in This Community. We -wvill have some- special mu- sic that you should not fail to ee, Junior Endeavor, 380 7 ag Senior oF, There will vice. at: the | ab noon Tabernacle. to attend each of these s\and are assured a .cordial wel- pieome Ry the If the Prices the Grain Men are Offering You DON'T SUIT YOU— BUILD A GRANARY = = ° ty o. Granary. “Se investment ae You can build a Granary for just 5 cents a: bushel on the grain it will hold. We will furnish you a 500 bushel Granary ‘for $24. 00. Just Think of this Mr. Farmer— ; Wheat is:selling now at. $1.00 per bushel. Wheat at $1.25 in December will pay for your Granary sche make you a profit of $200 on every 500 bushels you Store. Don't a 50% Profit in 3 months look good to you? Our 500 bushel Granary is floored with concrete, lined with tongue and grooved flooring and is 9-feet high on one side and and 7-feet on the other, it has 4x4 corner post, and-is substantial and strong. We furnish the Roofing, Sheeting, Dimension, Nails and everything you will need to make this 500 5c advance will pay for your ‘pushel granary for only $24.00. We have two Car loads of Granary Material in our Butler yard. It is good material, and we can furnish you with any size Granary you want—at a very low price. WE ARE ALSO MAKING : : Low Prices on Silos and Silo Fixtures If your Silo needs repairing we have the material to repair it with—such WoIg OOSF—JUeUT}seAut og as Staves, Hoops, Guy Cables, Anchors, Lugs and in.fact everything that goes with a modern silo. Logan-Moore Lum. Co. | ~. Phone No. 18. ese st 10/000 Christians the Turks. Petrograd, July 23.—More than 10,000 Armenians have been massacred by the Turks in the worst slaughter of Chris- tians ever recorded, say advices received by Novoe Vremya. The scene of the massacre was at Bitlis and in’ the sur- rounding’ district of Lake Kan, Turkish Armenia. After — looting homes of Christians and torturing or killing “many| of the residents of that city, the Turks gathered. 9,000 men, women and children from the nearby villages and drove them more than thirty miles fo the banks of the Tigiris where all were shot. Their and burning antag were then in Bitlis|! ‘BUTLER, MISSOURI. - NOR ORTH MAIN Special Prices Made on Threshing Roasts and Meats in Quantities. ’ All Kinds of Cured and Canned Meat The only 5c bottle of Catsup in town. Peanut Butter in bulk or glass. Electric Grinder at your service. ‘Delivery made all hours of the da 4 Reather ‘honeagl who had escaped the «first © slaughter were later dragged from their pisos of refuge and put to | death ‘ ‘Tempered With Canal Guns? Panama, July 22.—Because the American military, authori- ties have seen indications that bl outlying guns tion posts at the Atlantic end of the canal ie have. been wi have been - laced ‘all lover the: defenses at both ends ” of the} guns end observa-|~ CURED AND LUNCH MEATS Sliced to Suit —THICK:OR THIN, Earl Jones Phone No. 30. extra , guards| “This information was - prea? >. to aed ‘World correspondent Wy ~of artillery. - having — Ps is cordally invited i “services,