The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 7, 1915, Page 3

was postponed, on ive wet weather. It -was set October then because central location. The encamp- ment next year will be the fif- tieth.~ | Police Chief. J. Nichols of Oklahoma City, Okla., was shot four times and perhaps fatally wounded, and Assistant Jailer Biddle was slightly wounded by Police Officer J. O. Lung Friday ‘Ifrom the chief’s lecture about account of the excess- late in. would be through with sowing wheat and would have time to attend. Remember the new date ‘October 21-22, 1915 H. H. HECK, Secretary pe The results are early -and plump grain. four to your bank account. he quality, read page 129, Snow Drops, 10c dozen. and have not yet arrived. it now. prove Yo AND INCREASE THE YIELD “iy ising BLOOD and BONE FERTILIZ- ERS. They contain the plant food neces- sary to promote an early rapid growth and hasten maturity of your grain. For in- creasing the yield and quality of wheat, there is nothing better than— PURE BONE MEAL. Every dollar expended for fertilizers will add Missouri Agricultura! Experiment Station. For the ‘Land's sake’ place your orders early and be assured of your requirements when needed. CANNON ELEVATOR BUTLER, MISSOURI. Now ready. First size imported Dutch bulbs. Assorted tulips single or double, dozen, 10c. : Hyacinths, single or double assorted or tn solid colors, white, red, pink or blue, each 5c. 7 ‘Hardy. Lily bulbs each 15e, 2 for 25c. Crceus and Jonquil Bulbs, 10c ‘doz. Chinese Lillies and Narcissus, come by way of the Pacific ‘Mone 9 che” Kelly Axes Best axe gs” Prt felling how a MISSOURI NOTES | The question of placing the male members of the Marshall High School under military train- ing is under consideration. A black-winged pelican meas- uring seven feet from tip to tip of its wings was killed on the Mis- souri river near Parkville, Tues- day. | St. Clair county’ won 4 ribbon at the State Fair last week on her display of farm produce. The eight ribbons were given in the following order: Polk, Lincoln, Scott, Andrew, St. Clair, Saline, Miller and Randolph. Frank R. Jesse. of Webster Groves, deputy grand master of the Missouri Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M., was elevated in St. Louis last week to the office of grand master at the second day’s ses-| sion of the ninety-fifth annual) meeting of the Grand Lodge at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. maturity, full head, lf you are in doubt about Bulletin 122, issued by State Auditor Gordon stated Saturday that up to the date of | ities Thursday decided to discuss GENERAL NOTES ‘ Democrats of Massachusetts in convention indorsed the candida- cy of Gov. Walsh for a third term. Charles Hanson, a sailor, shot und killed his wife, her maid and then turned his revolver on him- self with fatal result at Erie, Pa. Former Secretary of State Wil- liam J. Bryan, while at Hillsboro, Tex., witnessed tne slaying of Dr. A. ©. Saylers by a woman who said she was ‘‘Mrs. Kirkpatrick.’’ The body of Patrick Sullivan, an American soldicr, was found on the: river bank near Fort Brown, Tex., Monday. A_ blow had crushed his skull. The Keller State Bank, of Ft. Worth. Tex., was robbed of $8,- .000 Monday morning. The cash- ier was slugged and locked in the vault. The bandits escaped in motor cars. ‘The French chamber of depu- a law invereasing the salary of soldiers and non-commissioned officers 4 cents daily. The pay of the present year the earnings of the penitentiary have decreased $69,449. The loss is due to two causes, one being the increase of | the population of the prison and the other a lack of profitable em-} ployment for more than one thiou- sand of the convicts. | Horace Blackwell of Lexing-| ton, speaking to one hundred| farmers in the Thrope school- house told them the proposed is- | sue of $55,000 bonds for the rock road, Levasy to Lexington, will) cost ten cents an-acre for fifteen | years. He based his figures on the assessed valuation of the road district. There will be another meeting held October 6. More plug tobacco is manufac- tured in St. Louis than in any Other city of the world. The to- tal tobacco output of St. Louis is about 75,000,000. pounds annual- ly. Of that ‘amount 66,000,000 pounds is plug tobacco. The val- ue of all tobacco products turned out by the St. Louis plants amounts to $50,000,000 per an- these low prices TBe.. the total tobacco output of the United States. “Another: indication that sets num; That is about one-sixth of | $5 common soldiers now is 1 cent a day. An American private was tak- en ‘across the Rio Grande on the night of September 24, shot five times and his ears cut off, accord- ing to a report forwarded to the War Department Friday by Gen- eral Funston. The first snow of the season fell in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, the slight flurry continuing only a few minutes. From three to six inches of snow fel? throughout the Black Hills Sunday night, the first general fall of the season. Eighty-four years have not jdampened the eagerness of Mrs. Amy Winship, who has appealed for admission to University of Kansas to learn more. She _be- lieves in the old proverb, ‘‘You are never too old to learn.’’ Orders for 3,000,000 pairs of shoes have just been placed in this country by Russian agents. They will cost on an average of a pair, making the orders to- tal $15,000,000. Massachusetts manufacturers have the orders. M.A. Schmidt, alleged accom- J. B. McNamara, in the drunkenness on duty. The United States Cavalry patrol and a half a dozen Mexi- cans had a running fight Friday near La Feria, about 30 miles up the Rio. Grande from Browns- ville, Tex. The Mexicans tried to ambush the Americans but failed. There were no known casualties on either side: ‘ ; The Haitian rebels who have been resisting the troops, resulting in several fatal’ encounters recently, have agreed to lay déwn their arms. A eon- ference was held Thursday and the rebels accepted the conditions offered by the’ Americans and promised to cease armed _ resist- anee. “Chicken Joe’? Campbell was indicted Friday for the murder of Mrs. Odette Allen, wife of the former Warden of the peniten- tiary at Joliet, Ills. Campbell is a negro who was sentenced for murder from Cook County.. He was a trusty at the prison and served in the family head quart- ers of the Allens. i AR ees Robert S. Knox, of Chatsworth, Qa., widely known as Boh’’ has been granted his sev- enth divoree. Te is now in his ninety-third year and walks as straight as when he was. 50 and his eves always twinkle with mer- riment. He says he thinks he will ‘marry again, as he wants to leave some good woman his fortune, which is said to be a snug one. Sheriff Jake Alberty, of Adair County, Okla., went to the home of John Weaver, near Westville Thursday night, seeking informa- tion about bootleggers. Young Wesley Weaver thought the Sher- iff had come: to arrest him and opened fire. In the shooting that followed Mrs. Weaver the boy’s mother, was killed, the Sheriff was shot through young Weaver received. several wounds. Former Bates County Resident Killed in an Auto Accident, Colby, Kas:, Oct. 2.—Three were killed and two injured in a motor car accident here early this morning when the westbound Rock Island flyer struck and de- molished a car belonging to John Carpenter, a local real estate man. The car, which carried five passengers, had just started north from town and on reaching ored to cross ahead of the fast mail. from Chicago. car attempted the crossing it is supposed that the engine went dead and the. driver was unable to either cross or back track. The engineer did not see the car until after the engine had struck it. { Frienda Carpenter, in the front seat with his father was driving, | - while Gerald Fitzgerald, son of a local hardware man; Morgan Ble- | vins,-a salesman for the Lee! of Salina, | Hardware Company and Carl Ackard, a local boy, were in the back seat. All were thrown from the car and the elder Carpenter and the Ackard boy were killed and Blevins was in- few minutes. The John Carpenter referred | to in the above dispatch was a former resident of this county and removed to Kansas where he was an extensive wheat raiser, several years ago. handled by bonded _lars free. Address «| Commercial .Reliance Ass'n, , : { ~ P. O. Box 438, American | “Unele | the hip and| the Rock Island tracks endeav- | Just as the} off the! jured so that he died within a; Bad Accounts and Notes Collected by an entirely new system. No charge if no collection. All business SHORT STORIES Of_Local Interest—Clipped from The home .of Jim’ Heatherly burned last Tuesday . night. Nothing was saved from the flames. The cause of the fire is not known.—Amoret Leader. | Mr.and Mrs. Ralph Seaman left Tuesday for Pueblo (olo., where: Mr. Seaman will be again employed as bookkeeper for the same firm he was employed by be- fore coming here.—Drexel Star. S. Moore went to Springfield, Mo., to visit his twin sons, Clark and Clyde. The boys are with Billie Plumlee’s Comedians who are playing a two week’s engage- ment in that city —Border Tele- phone. * i Urich is becoming quite metro- politan. Postmaster McDaniel has received notice from the post office department that on Octo- |ber 1 the post office here passes from the fourth to the third class. |—Urich Herald. | Mr. and Mrs. Lewis:Lent are ithe proud and happy parents of ja little daughter, who joined |their family cirele, Sunday, Sep- | tember 26,1915. This is the first . | daughter in the family, the other (three children being boys.—Amo- jret Leader, | J M. Pulliam returned from | Kansas City Tuesday where he |had been operated on for the re- ;moval of a tumor. His recovery | was speedy and he is felling very | good. His many friends wil be pleased to learn of his restoration to health.—Adrian Journal. J. S. Hays returned home Sun- day from Exeelsior Springs, {where he had been with Mrs. | Hays a week, where she is in a hospital receiving medical treat- ment. Mr. Hays said she was bet- }ter but very weak. He will return {to Excelsior Springs Sunday.— | Drexel Star. Ps ; : | KE. A. Cherry went to Kansas |City Wednesday morning to see jhis son, Happy, who was operat- ed on for nose trouble some days jago. We understand that anoth- ler operation will be performed this (Thursday) morning. Dr. Floyd Bates will be present.— Adrian Journal. Prof. Chas. A. Burke, the Cass county superintendent: of schools {makes his tours of inspection on foot. In addition to the health- giving exercise it enables him to meet a greater number of the pa- trons of the schools and thus learn more of the needs of the schools.—Urich Herald. Miss Mayme Louise Larson and Mr. David E. Impey were married at the home of the bride’s par- ents, on East Pine Street Wednes- day morning at 9:30 o’elock by Rev. Peter Pearson. Only im- mediate relatives of the , happy couple witnessed the ceremony.— Rich Hill Western Enterprise. The youngest son of Mr, and \Mrs. J. B. Barton, little John, }who had been sick with bowel \trouble, passed away last Thurs- day night and the funeral ser- ivieeS were held at the home Sat- ‘urday afternoon and_ interment {made in the Benjamin cemetery jeast of town.—Amoret Leader. John P, Cox, who had been in the University hospital in Kan- sas City for several weeks came home last Friday evening. He is still quite weak as a result ‘of jan operation but seems to be get- ting along quite well. His many friends wish him a complete res- toration to health—Adrian Jour- inal, For Sale. Extra good single comb Rhode Island Red roosters. Sired by roosters from Rhode Island. 50-tf Phone 7 on 8 : J. W. Barnhart, R. F. D. No.7. attorneys. Particu-