The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 13, 1916, Page 7

“ \Our Policy Is h . ORDER OF PUBLICATION State of Missouri, { County of Bates, § 9 In-the Cireuit Court, May Term, 1916. In Vacation March 24th, 1916, Albert W. Fischer, Plaintiff. against Thomas Wilson, if livings and if de- ceased; The unknown consort, heirs, deVise donees, alienees, immediate, - to promote the prosperity of our customers, believing that their i with our own—to be helpful and accomodat- ing as far as consistent_with banking prud- ence—to provide the best-facilities and safe- guards that modern methods can supply—_—_.. to upbuild the business enterprises of the community—in short, serve. The Bank on Which better financial conditions for those we PEOPLES BANK, interests are identical to make in’every way You Can Always Bank Farm Loans Abstracts examine and perfect titles to same. Investments We with to interest on time deposits. of interest with pri W. F. DUVALL, President, Arthur Duvall, Treasurer. We will loan your idle money for you, securing you interest - DUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST: CO. CAPITAL and SURPLUS, $250,000 - FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, MO. : We have money to loan on real estate at a low rate \vilege to pay at any time. We have a complete set of Abstract Books and will fur- nish abstracts to any real estate in Bates county and on good security. We pay J. B. DUVALL, Vice-President, W. D. Yates, Title Examiner. SEE THE Clothes Doctors For practical cleaning and pressing. We poSsi- tively clean everything but a guilty conscience. Hats Cleaned and Blocked All work guaranteed and prices reasonable. Coods Called for and Delivered. CROUCH BROS. No. 7 S. Main St. Phone 171.- Butler, Mo. High Price of Paper. The high price of paper is get-j ting to be a serious proposition to the newspaper man, of the best white news print, such as has always been used in print- ing The Times, has gotten so high as to be out of the question, In fact the paper houses refuse to fill orders for that paper except in small quantities. When the stock on hand—enough for about three issues—is exhausted, The Times will be compelled to use a different grade of paper until the market conditions are more set- tled. There were representatives of two paper houses in the city in the last two whom would quote prices on any- thing. You sent in your order and the house sent you the paper, if they happened to have it on hand, and charged you what the price happened to be the day your order was received. It is almost impossible to get some lines of book paper at all. Last week The Times had to wire a special order to the mills in Massachusetts and even they wouldn't promise delivery under two or three weeks. It is said that large orders for paper from South America, who The price | weeks neither of} PROFESSIONAL CARDS OR. J. T. HULL Dentist Entrance same that leads to Stew- ard’s Studio. North side square Butler, Missouri B, F. JETER, Attorney at Law = Notary Public East Side Square Phone 186 | BUTLER, MISSOURI T, J. HALSEY, M. D. oo Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist and the Otting of Glasses BUTLER, MO Phone No. 45 ce over Peoples Bank /MISSOURIN me) IRON Say - TIME TABLE Butler Station CORRECTED MARCH 2, 116 | NORTH No. 206 Kansas City Psgr........8:22 a, m, No. 28 K. C, & St. Louls Psgr.10:55 a, m, No, 210 K. C. & St. Louls Psgr. 9:00 p. m. SOUTH Joplin Passenger... Joplin Passenger Nevada Passenge' | INTERSTATE (Arrive) No. 68 Butler passenger. No. 6% Local Freight... | WEST | (Laave) !No. 693 Madison Local... 2 7: | No. se? Madison Passenger..... 1:30 p.m, | All freight for forwarding must be jat depot not later than 10:30 o'clock m, or will be held for folowing forwarding. Freight for Inter- bb Division must be deivere@ be- re 6 o'clock p. m. No freight billed for this train in morning. Madison and local freights carry pas- sengers, H L R, TWYMAN, | Agent, | St. Louis Motor Bandits Slay. | St. Louis, April 7.£One police- | murdered in St. Louis today and another kidnapped and either slain or is held in captivity iby a quartet of daring motor ban- dits. The entire police depart- ‘ment of St. Louis assisted by |posses of county officers — is searching the city and its en- virons in an effort to capture the bandits. Bloodhounds also are being used. - ; The murdered man was John Thomas Wilson, untary grantees ~of deceased, Defendants. The State of Missouri to the named defendants, Geeting: Now at this day comes the Plaintiff herein, by his attorneys and files his petition under oath, alleging, among other things that the defendant, Thomas Wilson, if living is a non-resi- dent of the state of Missouri, and can not be served with the ordinary pro- above }}in and to the usually get their paper from Eu-|McKenna, motor cycle policeman, rope, is responsible for some of jwho was shot fatally at a motor the shortage. Then, a great deal of {oil station. The policeman who the pulp used in paper making|was kidnapped is William A. Dil- comes from Russia and the dyes|lon, patrolman, who disappeared from Germany, both of which|after he had followed two motor countries are shut off by the war/cars in which the bandits were now raging in Europe. riding into an alley. cess of law herein, and further alleg- ing, under oath, that he verily _be- Neves there are persons interested in the subject matter of his _peition, whose names he can not insert there- in, becituse they are to him unknown; further alleging, that such unknown persons derive their interest in the land in his petition and hereinafter de- scribed; the same being the subject matter of the petition; as the consort, heirs, devisees, donees, alienees, im- mediate, mesne, or remote, voluntary or involuntary grantees of the defend- ant, Thomas Wilson, if he is deceased, as plaintiff believes him to be, and as such, own the apparent tee simple title land, in his petition de- seribed as follows, to-wit: The north east fourth, of the south east quarter, of section twenty- ~ three (28), in townsnip thirty-nine “439) of Range thirty (9), in Bates County, Missour' ‘ becattse of the fac that the said ThomassWilson, became the entryman of said real estate, as shown, by the plat book ot original entries, on file in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Bates County ouri, and the Patent f the same, is shown id patent, in Book of thesrecords Kept in sald, which title so ac- Thomas “Wilson was by him tox any sone, so far as shown by the recordg afore- said. upon it is ordered by the Glerk in vacation that the defend: ified by publication that plaintiff ha’ commenced a suit aguinst them in this court, the object and general nature of which is to obtain a judgment and decree of. said court determining the title, claim and ifterest of the parties plaintiff and defendants in and to the aforesald real estate, and by its judg- ment and decree, divest the defend- ants of all apparent title in and to the ribed and vest the title plaintiff, absolutely, and id defendants by. through them, from any interes to the title itiff thereto, to own said real es- land above d thereto in the to debar and a all persons ming i m elaiming plainti tate in And that unle be and appear : aid defendants purt, at the and the s this next term thereof, to be begun holden at the Court House in the city of Butler, in sald connty on the fourth Mond 1916, and on or before the f said term, answer or plead to the petition in said use, the same will be taken iis conf. ed and judgment will be rendered uecording- a “And it is further ordered, that a copy hereof be published, according to law in the Butler Weékly Times, a: new paper published in said) County of Bates, for four we snecessively, published at least: or week, the i thirty ea at least i ertion to he da ore the st diay of said next May erm oof this Court, ‘ H. o. MANEY. Cireuit: Clerk m the record my hand A true cor 1 and se (seal of the Cirenit Court of Bat county, this 4th day of Mareh, 18. = 4L Hoo. MANEY Cireuit: Clerk ORDER OF PUBLICATION, State of Missouri, ¢ County of Bate i In the Cireuit Court, May ‘Term, 16 Vacation Mareh 27, 1918. Powell and Elma Powell, Plain- ak Abel ©, Dickins, if living, and i sort, his jinknown e i sand gran- » HW livin, and unknown lsort, heirs, devisees, donees, alie und grantees; Silas Hudson, if living, and if deceased bis unknown consert heirs, devisees, donees, aliene John Fenton, if livin ed, his unknown consort, devisees, donves, ahenees and Mary Fenton, if livin her unknown — con s. donees, alienees The unkn done ntees heirs, di grantees und 1D. B. Now at this day herein, and file their pe under oath, alleging amc that defendants Abel ©. E; James, Silas Hudson, Jonn Mary Fenton and DP, B. Ormiston. living. are non residents of Missouri, and can not bi the ordinary process of Jaw herein. And further alleging that plaintiffs are now ‘in the possession of and claiming come the tion verif erved witn the absolute title to the following de-_ scribed premises, to-wit; Beginning at the south west corner of the north half of-fractional sec- tion seven (7) in- township forty- two (42) of Range thirty-three (33) running thence north on Missouri and Kansas. State line. fourteen hundred and 15 (1415) feet; thence due east to the west .line of the right-of-way of the railroad, known, now, as the Kansas City Southern Railroad; thence easterly along the west side said right-of- way to the south line of the north half of said section: thence west on said south line to place of begin- ning, all in Bates county, Missouri, and that they and those under whom they claim, have been in the open, ex- | elusive, and undisputed possession thereof fog ten years last past, prior to the filing of their suit. And further alleging that they verily believe there are other persons interested in the real | estate, being the subject matter of their suit, whose names and the nature, character and extent of whose interest they can not more specifically set out because to them unknown, but that if such persons there be they derive their interests, if any they have, as the un- known consort. heirs, devisees. donees. alienees, immediate, mesne. or remote. voluntary or involuntary grantees of defendant, Abel Dickins. if he be de- ceased, who acquired an interest’ in said above premises by entry from the government, on May 3@th. 1857, and as patentee on Dec. tsth, 188. which inter- est so acquired he has not of record conveyed to any one; Or 4s the un- known consort, heirs, devisees, donees, alienees, immediate, mesne. or remote voluntary or involuntary grantees co Mary E. James, if she be deceased, wno took an interest in said premises as grantee in a deed of record in book F-1 at. page 6, Recorder's office, Bates county, Missouri, and which i terest so acquired she has not of ree-j ord conveyed to any one, in a proper manner; Or as the unknown consort, heirs, devisees, donees. alienees. im- mediate, mesne, or remote, voluntary or involuntary grantees of defendant Silas Hudson, if he be deceased, who took some interest in said premises as grantee in a deed of convey: . dated Jan. 1870, and of reco! in the aforesaid Recorder's office in book Lt at page 56, and which. interest he has not of record properly conveged to any one; Or as the respective unknown con- sort, heirs, devisees, donees, alienees, immediate, mesne, or remote, volun- tary or involuntary grantees of defend- ants John Fenton and Mary Fenton. if they or either of them be deceased, who took an interest in said real estate plaintiffs | i f the stitie! jagainst said « as grantees in a deed of conveyance dated Dec, 16th, 1879 and recorded in the aforesaid Ri ders office in book T-1 at page 179, nd which interest they have neither jointly or severaty conveyed to amy one, of record; Or as Order of Publication. | State of Missouri, i Re | County of Bat a In the Cirenit Court, May Term, ROOSEVELT HISSED. Republican State Convention at Excelsior Springs a Stormy mour deceased did not of record properly convey to any one. . Whereupon it is ordered by the Clerk in Vacation that defendants be noti- fied by publication that plaintiffs have commenced a suit against them in this court, the object and general nature of which is to try, ascertain, and de- termine the title to said premises and to have, by decree of court, the right. litle and interest of, the parties plain- tiff and defendant’ defined and ad- jndged in and to said premises and for all other just and proper relief, And that unless the said defendants be and appear at this court at the next term thereof, to be begun and holden at the court house-in the City of Butler in said county, on the fourth Monday of May, 1916, and on or before the first day id term, answer or plead to the tion in said cause, the same will be taken as confessed, and judg- ment will be rendered accordingly, And it is further ordered that a copy hereof be published according to law, in The Butler Weekly Times, a newspaper $ said county of Bates, for uccessive published at week, the last insertion least thirty days before the of said next May, 1916, term of this court. H. 0, MAXBY, Cireuit ‘Clerk, from the Record, "itness my hand, and seal of tseal) the Cireuit) Court of Bates County, Missouri, this the 2ith day of March, 1916, Hf. O. MAXEY, Circuit Clerk, A true eopy \ 24-4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION, Mute of Missouri, County of Bates. In the Cireuit Court, May Term, 1916. In Vacation Marelf 2tst, 1816, - Wo oD. Howard, Plaintiff, vs. ~ The unknown wonsort, he donees, aliene®s, and ¢ { Sentord “Allen, ceased, ss, Defe “to the . Meeting s the. plaintiff petiti 1 hg among s that he is now in the possession. ate of ) tiened de vat this day and files of and claiming the absolute fee simple title te ul West) half ef the north y quar the south ‘ quarter > hoerth west quarter (hd) of township nee thirty-two Missourg Bates coun other things that s there are persons in- subject: matter of his end othe nature, extent of whose inter- not specifically set. out him unknown, but that if rsons there be jerive their | y they the un- known he donees, wliences, liate, remote, ry oor invelun antees of | Alen, who litle to ibed premises as gran- a deed dated May Nth, Is) and of wd in the Bates county corder’s « in book N 1) seventeen and which: in- so acquired he did not of record Jeonvey to any one | Whereupon, it is ord | Clerk in’ Vaeation, that juints be notified by 1 tion | Plaintiff has commeneed a suit against them in this Court, the object 1 general nature of whieh is to try, certain, determine and adjudge the {tithe to the aforesaid real estate and by the judgment nd decree of this court hive ‘judged and defined the Mm ‘tive hts, title and interest of the parties plaintiftr and defendants, Jsevenilly, in and to said) premi ) And that unte the id defendants Tbe and appea this Court at the next term th oY, to be begun and ourt House in the City d holden at the of Butler, in s Monday of M the first day plead to the petition in the sume willbe tuken and judgment will be wordingly, | And it-is furthe [hereof be publish fin ‘The v | of said rendered order y of said next MAXEY, Clerk Deputy r Term of this Cour! H. oO. M: Cireuit By Joanna Maxey, opy from the record Witness my hand : the Circuit) Court county, this ZIst Mareh, 116, 1 seal of Bates t sit H.O, MAS | Circuit. Clerk. | By Joanna Maxey, Deputy. | | NOTICE given, tha upon the « deceased, hav undersigned Notice is eby of admini: ation | Eliza J. Barnes, granted to the robute Court of Bates |souri, bearing date the March, 1916. All persons having claims against said estate are required to exhibit them to the undersigned for allowance with- in six months after the date of said or they may be precluded from efit of such estate; and if such be not exhibited within one from the date of the last inser- {tion ‘of this publication, they shall be forever barred. Date of last insertion April 18th,.1916. J. W. ROGERS, Administra Mis- day of Notice. Notice is hereby given, that ‘letters testamentary upon the es- tate of Napoleon B. deeeased, have been granted to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Bates County, Missouri, hearing date the 29th day of Mareh, 1916. All persons having claims ate are required to exhibit them to the under- igned for allowance within six months after the date of said let- ters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate: and if such claims be not exhibit- ed wit one year from the date of the last ‘insertion of this pub- lication, they shall be forever barred. Date of last insertion April 20, 1916. MARGARET McFARLAND, 1 25-3t Executrix. above | Yo oby the id) Defend- MeFarland, | plaintiff herein, by her attorney and files her petition and atf'fi- | davit, alleging, among other things that, defendant is a non- resident of the State of Missouri. Whereupon, it is ordered by the | Clerk in Vaeation that said de- fendant be notified by publica- tion that plaintiff has commenced a suit against him in this Court, the object and general nature of which is to obtain a judgment and decree of divorce from defendant and the vare and custody of their three minor children, found- ed upon the following among other allegations: that on the — day of —; 1914, defendant —with- out reasonable cause abandoned this plaintiff and has absented himself from her for more than one whole year, and that defend- ant has been habituated — to drunkenness for more than one year, and that unless the said de- fendant be and appear at this Court, at-the next term thereof, {to be begun and holden at the Court House in the City of Butter in said county, on the fourth Monday of May, 1916, and on or before the first day of said Term, answer or plead to the petition in said cause, the same will be tak- enoas confessed, and judgment will be rendered accordingly, Ja copy hereof be published, ac-| cording to law, in the Butler | Weekly Times, a newspaper pub- Mished in said county of Bates for fons weeks ssively, pub | lishethat least once a week, the} last insertion to be at least thirty | days beforethe first day of said next May. 19%G, ‘Term of this Court. suce H. OQ MAXEY, Cireuit Clerk. A true copy from the reeard. Witness my hand sand seal seal oof the Cirenit Court of Bates Coun- ty. this 29th day of Mareh, 1916, H.O. MANEY, 24-4t Cireuit Clerk, Trustee's Sale. Whereas, Judson F. Rogers and wife, Ida M. Rogers, by their deed of trust, dated October 15th; 1914, and recorded in the Recorder's of- fice within and for Bates county, kMo.. in Book No, 214, at page 587 conveyed to the undersigned trus: tee the following described real estate Iving and being situate in the county of Bates and State of | Missouri, to-wit: All oof «100 hilo a hundred and also thot part of what was originally Tenth street. but now whieh has been Vacated in the town of ; Walnut, now called Foster, | Bates County, Missouri, Which conyevance was made in trust to secure the payment of jone certain note fully described jin said deed of trust: and where- las, default has been made in the |payment of said note, and the psume is now past due and unpaid, Now therefore, at the request lof the legal holder of said note and pursuant to the conditions of said deed of trust, I will pro- ceed to sell the above deseribed premises at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash, at the past front. door of the (Court +House in the city of Butler, coun- ty of Bates, State of Missouri, on Saturday, April 29, 1916, Between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock jin the afternoon of that day for jthe purpose of satisfying rid }debt, interest and costs. 25-4. M.S. HORN, Trustee. | Notice. Notice is hereby given that let- |ters of administration upon the estate of Isaac N.° Brown, de- have been granted to the ened by the Probate Court ced unde of Bates County, bearing date the 10th day of April, 1916. All) persons having — claims jagainst said estate are required to jexhibit them to the undersigned for allowance within six months after the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and if such claims be not exhibited within one year from the date of the last in- sertion of this publication, they shall be forever barred. Date of last insertion April 27, 1916. T. D. EMBREE, And it is further ordered that, i possession of the farm, +onstable and~ ‘his the Men consort, heirs, devisees, | Affai ees, alienees, immediate, mesne, or | 19]6 Tucati are OTT alr. te, voluntary or — involuntary TE In-Vaeation’ March "29, | ; eee Writes WMO Taian joc hlitne Mala, GHIARAUTE | Excelsior Springs, Mo., April 6, tively of record In 1 at —_— oor —Reference to Col, _Theodore Recorder's office, in book a7 at. page Wi we ; 5 | Roosevelt was hissed by the dele- ao jand in book 114 at page M, and Vid W. Noble, Defendant. gates today at the Republican vhich interest so acquired, the M. Yow is t C q ante . ‘ 4 A Saal as Now at this day comes the/<tate Convention. Mention of the name of William Howard Taft sed a wild demonstration, in dicating that the | standpatters continue to control the party in Missouri. The Committee on Resolutions wrangled for hours over an at- tempt to indorse | former Gov, Herbert S. Hadley for President. The fight against the, indorse- ment was led by Congressman L. C. Dyer of St. Louis, who is a staunch supporter of — United States Senator John W. Weeks of Massachusetts. The entire program of the con- vention had been finished before the Resolutions Committee — re- ported, Through a compromise the administrations of Hadley, as Attorney General and Governor, were approved in the platforn, The closing paragraph of the resolutions said: ** Gov, Hadley ’s administration of the offiees of Governor and Attorney General made him a national character, one who, in the opinion of the Re- publicans of Missouri was, and is deserving of further honor by the American people,” Jacob L. Babler of - St. Was unanimously chosen to coed Thomas Ke Niedringhaus of that city as National Committee man, The latter was a candidate up to the eleventh hour, when. he withdrew with a tacit under- standing he was to be elected as Louis sue. one of the four delegates at dare to the national convention, Hadley) Jolin Sehimell of St Louis, Jolin GC. MeWinley of Un ionville and Niedringhats: were elected as delegates at large, Babler, the newly cleeted Na tional Committeeman, will be sueveeded by Judge Te W. Huk- veid of Warrenton as chainman of, the State Connnittee, A.J. Smith of Adriann, — was whosen as elector from. the Sixtli district, One Dead, Two Hurt in Missouri Battle. Montgomery>City, Mo., Aprils. A father and twe sons attempt. ed to stand off Constable Lee Powell and several deputies on the Loe farm near here lite this afternoon. As a result one Than is dead and three : The dead man wis the father, Lorton, farmer, who came to this seetion from War- renton, Mo. a year ago. “Tis two George sous, dames and Walter were wounded and are in jail here Deputy Constable Henry Upper Was shot in the fae The Lortons occupied the Loe jtarm, owned by Mrs. L. BE. Loe, a i widow, who lives here. The troub- le grew out of an effort to regain She pro: ejeetiment and Powell went te writ of Lee cured a Constable serve it. When Powell appeared at. the rhe met with armed resist- nee and hurried back to the city for reinforcements. ; The Lortons barricaded — them- selves in their house and when the deputies: ap- peared, poured a volley of shots out of revolvers at the party. A pitehed battle resulted, in which the eldtst) Lorton was killed. When the sons saw their father dead they surrendered. An inquest will be held Monday. Snow in April. People in this part of the coun- try were somewhat surprised: Fri- day morning on looking “out to diseover the ground covered with about three inches of snow. It snowed _pretty much all night Thursday night and Friday. Most of the snow was gone before Sat- urday when it turned cold and that night this part of the state was visited by a heavy frost. which so far as we are able to learn, did little damage. Heavy frosts and thin iee was” reported from Texas where much damage was done. | In Oklahoma the — mereury dropped to freezing and the early peach crop was practically killed and garden truck badly dam- aged. Notice to Farmers. Owing to the impossibility ef getting sacks as well as the pro- hibitive price-the elevators and mill will not be able to furnish sacks for handling grain. Power & Bro. Peoples Elevator Co. Administrator. 26-3t 19tf Cannon Elevator. wounded, >