The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 2, 1915, Page 6

Missouri Commission Will Pay Two Powder Mills Blown U FAIR HONORS TO. MISSOURI. State Wits Fifty-Five Medals at “ Poultry for Show. -|_ Wilmington, Del., “Aug. 29, San Francisco. Two men were blown’ to pi Missouri leads all other states Jewell Mayes, secretary of the}in the poultry industry and the Missouri State Board of Agricul-}Panama-Pacifie Universal “Ex- ture, recently returned from San7 position Poultry Show the last. of today -and Wilmington’ thrown into.a state of constern tion when two explosions, w the population feared was . Francisco and is _ enthusiastic November will be an_ excellent earthquake, 8 a gO ou the fair. He said the state. ex- hibits show Missouri to be logi- cally linked with MTlinois, Kan- sas and Jowa as. the four states that form the heart of general agriculture in the United States. In agriculture at the exposi- tion Missouri has won already fifty-five medals on eighty-eight entries. Of these awards, seven- teen. age gold, twenty silver, fif- teen bronze and ‘two honorable mention. These are in addition to the ‘‘medal of honor” for the state, which is of highest rank. The Missouri exhibits are recog- nized as among the best in merit and mounting, though not as large as in states with larger ap- propriations. » In horticulture, Missouri _as- tonished ‘‘the natives.’ The medals won, but not yet official- ly bulletined, show Missouri a great fruit state, a leader in the production of apples, ‘as to qual- ity, flavor and value. TESST EIST ABE sree storage The state won the silvermedal on processed fruits. One of the highest authorities on the Pacific Coast declares Missouri’s apple exhibit to’ be the best collection of varieties at the exposition. One of the first medals award- ed on corn came to Missouri and to a woman. It was the first prize awarded to a woman farm- er. Mrs. Mabel Miller of St. Clair County, Missouri, won the medal for her corn exhibit. Girls Find Alligator 3 Feet Long in a Pond. Moberly, Mo.—Three _ girls, Misses Ethel and Lucile Chaplin, and Fay Miller, discovered an al- ligator in the pond at the home of their gr@ndfather, J. A. Chap- lin, 523 Woodland avenue. They alled Mr. Chaplin’s at- tention to the alligator’s pres- wrecked the Had yard plant ofthe DuPont Powd Company, on the outskirts of t! city. Opportunity to prove our su- premacy. = The Missouri Commission, of which W: A. Dallmeyer, Jeffer- son City, is “Commissioner in charge of live stock and poultry, and E. C. McCarroll, Vandalia, is superintendent of poultry, have made arrangements to pay all transportation charges on one car of poultry from Kansas City to San Francisco and return to Kansas’ - The owners will have to pay their entry fee of $1.50 per single bird and express from their yard to Kansas City and return from there. } Several owners have expressed a desire to have their birds sold at San Francisco in case they do not win any prizes and Mr, Me- Carroll will attend to selling the birds if a reserve price is placed on same. ternoon and the company caused by outside agencies. suspicious strangers several weeks. of the allied armies, mill Special watchmen and caretak- ers surrounded the place this af. dered an inspection and inquiry to determine if there was any ins dication that the explosions were’ It was reported that several have, been. observed in the neighborhood for This report led to an investiga- tion on suspicion that the de. struction of the works was ar- ranged to reduce the supply of black powder manufactured here and shipped abroad for the use]; Acton, Mass., Aug. 29.—With a shock that was felt within ‘a radius of 40 miles, the glazing of the American Powder And ‘Her Own Company IN. ~ __ In order to get a definite idea]Company which, since the out- in advance as to number of poul-| preak of the European war, has try entries from Missouri, each|been working to its capacity; breeder is urged to send at onée to Mr. McCarroll at Vandalia, a preliminary list of probable en- tries and if the-entries are num- erous enough, it is quite probable that arrangements can be made for two cars. A letter from Mr. Quisenberry under date of August 16th says: “The first entry for the great Panama-Pacifie poultry show came in today and I was glad it was from my own state, Missouri, and. St. Louis. Missouri is first in everything. We were the first to make an entry in the egg con- test. A Missouri pen was the first to arrive at the exposition, and now we have the first entry in the- World’s Poultry Show, and if we can go back with most of the first prizes it will be a great record for Missouri poul- try raisers,’’ known nobody was killed. in the surrounding towns, losers because of the shattered windows. : rl The mill had been closed down since Saturday afternoon. The police of this town and Maynard expressed the, belief that the ex- plosion had been caused with in- tent to cripple the plant. An official pointed out . that the glazing mill, where the pow- der enters upon its last stages of manufacture is the only part of the plant whose loss would stop the output. blew up early today. So far as The actual money loss to sthe company is not heavy, but it was stated that work on large orders probably would be held up for several weeks.( Property owners par- ticulatly in Maynard, are heavy Georgia County Bars Blacks Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28.—As the result of trouble in Forsythe County and in the neighboring territory between whites and blacks, the negroes have been barred from entering the county. This was brought out Gearly yes- terday by the experience-of Hud- son Moore, a prominent man, who went to Cu Forsythe county, on legal bus ness and took along with him aj negro nurse and a negro chauf-| feur. He heard a commotion outside the courtroom and, rush-| ing out, he found a crowd of sev-| eral hundred persons Some changes in the previous- announced plan for assemb- g the fowls at Kansas City will ve to be made, as the entries must be in San Francisco not later than October 15th. For that reason it will not be possi- ble to judge the birds at Kan- sas City just before loading the ear, for it will be impossible to withdraw an entry at that time. We. McCarroll announces that : ; all entries should be sent in his The yourg ladies who discov-| care not later than October 5th, ered the alligator had gone to the| and if there are more fowls of. pond to fish and saw the ‘gator|fored than the State has made swimming in the pond. They did] arrangements to pay transporta- not at first realize what it was tion on, he can pro rate the en- and called their grandfather’s tries 7 the free car and if the attention to it. So far as known | owners then want to pay charges this is the first alligator cap-ton additional birds, they will be tured in Moberly. at liberty to do so, and time for entries seems”to be a long time away, there is no time to lose in ence and he shot the reptile,|)y wounding it in the side. He then lin got a pitch-fork and lifted the] pq reptile into a wash tub, where it may be seen by all who care to view it. : The alligator was measured and is three feet, three inches in length. Where it came from is unknown, but it is believed that it escaped from a show which re- eently was in this city. ‘ gathered | around ‘the two negroes, threat-| ening violence if they. did not} leave the county at once. Mr. Moore at once intervened and while talking to the crowd, Kipling Praises French Women 3 and Cannon. getting the arrangements com.|pushed the two negroes into his' ming or above normal.........33 ‘ : ; 4 London, Aug. 27.—Rudyard | Pleted. . motor ear and rushed them out} @ooq 60 B Cc : R NT SG Kipling, who had just returned|__Send your preliminary list to|of the county. | Normal Ry = Ss i = from the Western fighting front, | Mr. MeCarroll today so he will Fair and fairly good .18 id j y | i : ® pays a tribute to the glorious| ave your name on his list. Big Show Coming. iNearly ‘normal .............. P | ) bravery of the French women, Fred Morgan, a former Butler Doubtful and watchful : : ‘ot ss ae Vad oe Tri- Governors’ Confidence in Wilson. boy, now adtaune agent for Goll satin Be ou he : i i i pigi gd h ve var, i i | and Poor......... mee : if i ’ On Tuesday over twenty gov-|mer Bros. big shows, was in the /0U AsO Se OE rac rae ic? ‘ : ee ee tes . built rer we # Prongs ernors of various states of the|City last week and signed con. | Much below normal and very — - | tl. te. ranlived! thie war was to Contin : union, who were attending the|tracts for this show to exhibit.in| | aed Magee as 1 4h ‘ . in APS ; i . Me! governors’ conference at Boston, | Butler September 14. | Hatton ORY Ok ive nn apes 7 44 ieee. ft { for five years and the army is made up of hard fighting men, full of health and vitality, whom he saw on parade. But is is on. the-‘‘75”’ he rhapsodizes, declar- ing its work beautiful and its breech mechanism a dream of simplicity and efficiency. This is a sure enough big show} traveling in two special trains. They ‘carry 450 people, 500 hor- ses and one of the finest menag- eries now on the road. In the| forenoon they give a grand free street parade two miles long. passed a resolution highly 'com- plimentary to President Wilson, as it was the sentiment of both Democratic and Republican gov- ernors. 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Replies were reeeived from 163 business men or firms, and here is the tabulation of opinions ex- pressed : Exceptional ¢ ton, Gollmar Bros. men optimistic and 78 per cent expecting their business to be above. normal, there doesn’t seem to be even a look-in for the calamity howler this. fall. Des- pite the European war the months to come promise to pro- vide exceptional good times in Uncle Sam’s domain—Joplin Globe. Road Dragging to be Resumed. Dr. W. A. Williams, President of the Bates County State High- way Commissioner, is in of a letter from State Highway Commissioner, uffman; in.