The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 21, 1915, Page 8

On the Wing. Mr. Ed Barnes of Washington state accompanied: by: his family has moved on the Miami to stay. Judge Hedger’s friends sur- prised him with a birthday din- ner, it being his 61st birthday. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs, T. J. Hockett, Mr, and. Mrs.. ‘Will Durst and son, Marion, Mr. Balgram and _— granddaughter, Miss Ona Ashball, Mr. and Mrs. John Hussey, Mr. Cyrus Hedger, wife and son, Woodrow, Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Browning and sons, Richard and John Cicero, Mr. and Mrs. John Hedger and] daughter, Judith,» Mrs. Nestle- rode and son, Nelson, Miss Eunice Harris and Miss Velma Hight- man. All brought well filled -bas- kets. The Judge received several nice presents. .To say the Judge was surprised is putting it. mild- Mrs. Lewellyn picked straw- berries from her strawberry patch the 15th of October. The vines are in full bloom’ at present. Bill MeClure’s horses ran away Monday. Subject for League, “The Call of Missions for Man and Money.” The day was ‘changed from the 17th to the 24th for the rally at the M. E, Churet” at Virginia. Leader of the” League, Jammie Park. Henderson has a A fine Mrs” Carrie fine coal bank to lease. opening for a strip pit. Mrs. Geo, Zinn is very poorly zt present, Unele Mat Nelson and wife are} as well as common for their old | age and both are rejoicing over getting part of their pension. They say they are in need of it.) They received a letter from. the | pension agent saying that back pay will follow. Uncle Mat has plenty of wood to keep them warm this winter and some ra- tions, They are fine old people | and live in a good settlement. The | good people look after them and see that they are cared for. She} | is blind “and he is a cripple. The auto of Clem White, cash-' ier of the Merwin Bank, caught) fire one day recently on the road between Amsterdam and Merwin, Mr. Whites hands were so badly burned that Dr. Mar- tin was called to dress them. It) is supposed that the tank leaked | and the gasoline caught fire, « ausing an explosion. E. Nestlerode lost his coat one | day of the fair between his home |. and the east end of Ft. Scott street.. There was letters in the pocket that will tell who it. be- longed to. One dollar reward for! ; its return, N. M. N. ‘Wilkins on Trial for Murder of Col. Walker. Bowling Green, Mo., Oct. 18,—! Fred D. Wilkins, real estate deal-, er of Louisiana, Mo., went to trial here today in the Pike County Cireuit Court. Judge Woolfolk ; of Troy presided. Wilkins was. indicted’ for murder in the first}; degree in the killing of his part- ner, Col, Alten M. Walker, last Mareh 2. Sheriff Hawkins has — sum-| moned a special venire of sixty men from which to choose the| trial jury. There are twenty-five witnesses for the state and 100 for the defense. Walker was wounded on the night of March 2. A physician} ealled by Wilkins found the two} men in their real estate office.| Walker said he was handling Wilkin’s pistol when it went off by accident and that Wilkins was in no way to blame. He repeated this statement several times be- fore he died. Wilson Will Not Campaign. Washington, D. C., Oct. 16.— President Wilson plans to take no active part in the 1916 piasuriiort tien campaign, but will spend the summer at Shadow Lawn near Long Branch, N. J. ‘Later he may write letters on issues and receive political lead- ‘era. The t expects to go to Shadow Lawn immediately: af- bot the adjournment of Congress| and “before. fhe” or tesa ome {Cholera Control. |Louis Attwood of Topeka is one lof thost reported among the dead ;among the into twelve fect of water. Motor-|~ fp, Frizell was born in Butler|Ivanovna, who was on the field jman Warren jumped into the/\fay 17, 1871. He graduated|of battle during a severe engage- water and thus saved himself./¢.om the old Butler Academy|ment on September 22d. The {euit Court. {said he has no knowledge that a Anti Hog Cholera Meeting Held|Ozark Trails Committee Saturday. = Route Across’ hk call meeting of the officers m and members of the Anti Hog Cholera Club, of Bates County was held at the Court House last Saturday, Oct.~16, 1915. About fifty men were present to hear Dr. J. M. Connaway of the Uni- versity of Missouri give a lecture on Hog Cholera’ and_ neighbor- hood co-operation. Some very valuable reasons, suggestions and facts were given. It is to be re- gretted that so few of the far- mers were presefit and that - so few could attend this meeting, since it is about a subject which is of vital importance to the swine industry.. After the lec- ture the meeting was thrown op- en to discussion. Some lively ar- guments were presented from both the believers of single and double treatment. Before closing it was decided that the state work would -be continued with renewed efforts. In: the near future I am going to hold meet- ings with all the clubs. In this | way an opportunity will be given for every farmer in Bates county to attend, at least one meeting. I am. giving-each one of you an in- vitation to come-out whether you agree with our plans or not. I want to get the different clubs to working again. It seems that a great deal of last year’s enthusi- asm has been lost. Watch for an announcement of a meeting in your district and come prepared to give your conclusions. -« Yours, as the most feasible across Marais des Cygnes bottom meeting of the special co : of the Bates -County Auzxilli to the Ozark Trails Associatior held in Rich Hill Monday noon. Ree: The decision was made b committee after the ~sub of a comprehensive report sc most. accomplished young ladies mitted by County Highway = and was for some tithe a teacher gineer Joe Flammang. Hi Flammang’s. estimates as to. th probable cost of crossing the be toms by each of the pfoposed routes is as follows: -' . West, road—16,500 cubic yards of dirt’ to move to grade, at ‘10 cents per cubic yard, $16,000, Center road—6,930 cubic yards of dirt to move to grade at 10 cents per cubic yard, $7,000. Al- so to petition the county court to build a bridge over the Marais des Cygnes river at an estimated cost of $7,000, making a_ total estimated cost of $14,000, -East road—12,500 cubic yards of dirt to move to grade at 10 cents per cubie yard at an ex- pense of $12,500. The route as selected will run north from Rich Hill just west of the old fair grounds, continu- ing north to the Marias des Cygnes river where it will cross the river between sections 20 and 21 Lone Oak township, thence north to where the present bridge crosses the Miami ditch, This road connects here with both the east and west roads to Rich Hill. From Butler north the route selected continues 4 miles north, 1 mile west, then north 5 miles into Adrian, then north via the Crescent Hill Cemetery road to the Cass County line, provided certain improvements are made. Mise Young” ib: is. wi e ter of Mr. and Mrs.:'8. of this” State Normal. ' Her many friends extend best wishes for a happy married life. Rerliest Coal Mined in Missouri The occurrence of coal in Mis- souri appears to have been known as early as 1806, when, acco: to ‘fan account ‘of expeditions to the sources of the. Mississippi,’ by Zebulon M. Pike, it was noted on the banks of Osage River. ‘Phe coal attracted the attention of all the early settlers, who opened, it is said, many small. mines. There is no record of the quanti- ty of coal produced in those ear- ly days in Missouri the first state- ment regarding the quantity mined in the .state being con- tained in the report of the United States Census for 1840, which re- cords a production in that year of 9,972 tons. $174 Worth of Peahuts Raised on “One Acre. - Pocahontas, Ark.—A bumper crop of Spanish peanuts was grown this year by C. W. Cole- man, who had one acre under demonstration methods that yielded 192 bushels, with two tons J. B. Rand, Field Demonstrator in Hog Fifteen Killed, Many Injured. Manhattan, Kas., Oct. 16.—Fif- teen persons are reported to have heen killed and fifty others in- |jured, some of them seriously,} ‘Phe committee consists of .W.|of hay worth $30. when a northbound Union Pacei- F. Duvall and A. H. Culver of{ Spanish peanuts are now quot- fie Motor car crashed through ®) Butler, Dr. J. R. Hull and «Sam|cd dn the market at 75 cents per |washed out bridge over the Blue/ wan,’ of ‘Adrian, Lewis W.(bushel, at which price the pea- \viver near Randolph at 8 o’clock this morning. When the car left nuts from Coleman’s one acre would be worth $144.75, with his hay $20, making ‘his total yield Moore and Mr. Martin of Hume, John M. Klumpp, jr.,,and Homer Manhattan rien scaitetdeedl Humphrey of Rich Hill, organ- t tere was seventy-seven persons) i7ad by the election of A. H. Cul-/#174.75. Can any man in Ran- aboard and reports say only ®)\4. chairman, Homer Humphrey |dolph county beat this raising few escaped serious injury. Dr. secretary and Dr. Hull treasurer. | cotton? A Heroine of the Great War Among the many stories of the part women are taking in the European war comes,one of a Russian sister of charity, Mira Lloyd N. Frizell Dead . L. N. Frizell did Monday morning at the Lome of his sis- ter, Mrs. S. N. Wood at Denver,} Colo., of acute Bright’s disease. and Miss Alma Kzeltin also dead. High water had washed oyt the north approach of the Blue river bridge and the motor car upended is 'The motor car was packed when lit left here for Lincoln, Nearly ‘all of the sixty-seven passengers were Riley county school teach- ers on their way to Randolph to jattend the county teachers meet- ing to have been held here today. cominander and all other officers of the tenth company of her reg- iment were killed. Realizing that the position was a-critical one she rallied the survivors of the com- pany and with them charged the German line, drove it back and captured a German trench. At the moment of victory. she was mortally waunded. and later attended a medical col- lege. For the past year he has been with Merry Optical Co., of Kansas City as a traveling sales- man. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. J. A. Trimble of this city Mrs. 8. N. Wood of Denver, ( tola and Mrs. H. H. Piggott of Hel- ena, Mont. The remains were brought to Butler Wednesday and funeral services, conducted by Rev. Geo. R. Scroggs, will be held from the Presbyterian church at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Judge Stone to Resign, is Rumor * Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 18.— No intimation has been received at the executive office of the res- ignation of Judge Kimbrough Stone of the Jackson county Cir- Gov. Major. ‘toda: List of Letters. Remaining uncalled for in the post office at Butler, Mo., for the week ending October 19th, 1915: - James, J. McCormick, .Herley Miller, W. M. Miller, James A. Poe, Dr. A. P.. Squires, Mrs. Maud Buster, Mrs. Alice Durden, Mrs. B. M. Graves, Mrs. Elsi¢ Knowles, Miss Margett Mayfield, Mrs. Fan- nie Yocum. These letters will be sent to the dead letter office. Nov.-2nd, 1915, if not delivered before. In the returns of the municipal pri- calling for the above, please say maries last Tuesday. W. A. Turn-|‘‘ Advertised,’ giving date of er was shot in the right leg and | list. i J. E. Williams, Postmaster. seriously injured; W. E. Wingate Hanging. lresignation is contemplated by | Judge Stone, beyond a rumor that he expects to retire from the bench. at; an early: date to en- gage in private practice again. Judge Stone is the only son of Senator William J. Stone. Mrs. 0. B. Blackwell Dead Mrs. O. B. Blackwell, one of Bates county’s oldest ‘and best known citizensyadied at her home in Hudson township Wednesday morning. Mrs. Blackwell was born _ in! Virginia and came to Bates coun- ty about 60 years ago. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Chas. G. Hunt of Hudson town- | H ship. Funeral services will be held at the home in ‘Hades township Thuraday. © Italy Seeks $26,000,000 Loan cen wok orig at bailing wa, used sain, ment-was m it e iz was as & roo . Italian Gover ‘has. arranged | house. The ‘ t 7 Five Shot Over Politics. Charleston, 8. C., Oct. 15.— Sidney J..Copen, a newspaper re- porter, was killed and four men shot ina melee that occurred here today just outside of: the room where the Democratic executive committee was to meet to canvass received a serious scalp wound; H; L. Wilensky was shot in the arm and Jeremiah O’Brien was shot in the ankle. Hotel Building at Adrian Burns Adrian, “Mo., Oct. 18—Fire de- stroyed the -three story hotel here’ owned by _C. W. ‘Boswell, | Murpheysboro, Ill., Oct. -16. Joe DeBerry, a negro, was hanged at 9:30 o’clock this morn- James ' Simpson Building The Dorcas Circle will hold a big Rummage Sale and Bake Sale at the Squgre, Butler, Mo., on FRIDAY and SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH AND 30TH on the West ‘Side will be on sale. SPECIAL, Trimmed Hats $1.25. Weac hats in season at close of season prices, ning Friday, October 22, ore hat-in our complete stock EMPRESS Mrs. Jesse Ray Few Chinch Bugs Next Year. The ranks of the chinch bugs have been so depleted and brok- en up by the heavy rains and the fungus disease that they will probably ‘not appear in damaging numbers néxt year, according to T. J. Talbert of the Missouri Col- lege of Agriculture. ° i The field observations made last spring in- different parts of the state showed an unusnally large number bugs and they, in- dicated a most serious, outbreak of the pest. Had it not been for the unusually wet season the chinch bug might have done a great deal more damage to grain erops than the rains and floods. The reports of farmers and the field observations from all parts of.the state-made during August and September show that the ehineh bugs- are not numerous enough to do any serious harm the coming. year. Unfortunately the Hessian fiy has not suffered so much and seems likely to cause great dain- age next year in many localities in which one or more men, sowed wheat too early or failed to disk or plow under volunteer wheat. ea 2 7 RES Cera Basket Ball Season Opened The local basket ball season op- ened Wednesday night when the Butler Reds © defeated the fast ec team by a score of 33 to Friday night a double header was played, the Butler High school boys against. the Foster high schoo! boys, Butler winning by a score of 38 to 9. The Butler high school ‘girls easily defeated the Foster high - |echool girls by a score of 60 to 2. Next Friday night the attrac- tion will be the Urich High school team. Urich claimes to have the best team in this section of the country and a good game is looked for. Emden Hero in Germany Berlin, Oct. 14 (by wireless to Tuckerton, N. J.).—The arrival in-Germany of Lieut. Commander Julius Lauterbach, who was exec- utive officer of the. German cruis- er Emden, is announced by the Overseas News Agency. Lieutenant Lauterbach was taken, prisoner when the Emden was destroyed by the Australian crniser Sydney. He was taken to Singapore, but.cscaped. as a..re, sult of the. mutiny.. of . “indi troops there. With three natives he put to,sea in a canoe from Singapore and reached Sumatra after seven days. Thence he made his way to Java, Manila and Shanghai. From Shanghai he took passage for the United States under an assumed name; reaching San Francisco August 17.. How he made his way from San Francis- . ahd has not been dis- closec Pushing Road Improvement A force of men and eleven teams started work Friday, under the supervision of township trus- tee J. Frank Isley on the east or Hall ranch road into Rich Hill. says the Rich Hili Review. It is believed the work of grading and. putting this road in good cond@fion for traffic will take from eight to ten days of steady work, The ditching of the road- way to afford drainage which is being done by Mr. Windsor, un- der the contract with the ‘Com- mercial Club, is also progressing oe and = aon be fin- is