The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 27, 1916, Page 7

MISSOURI NOTES. Wellsville, was recently fined $500 for hootlegging booze. Harrisonville will vote on a Proposition to vote $15,000 for the Acheck drawn ‘on the ties and stamps the s gressive citizens. Efficiency, accuracy terize evry feature of \ The Bank On Which ———— Farm Loans Abstracts examine and perfect titles to same. Investments interest on time deposits. of interest with pri W. F. DUVALL, President, Arthur Duvall, Treasurer. cates appreciation of Butler's modern. facili- determine.wherein we can serve you. PEOPLES BANK DUVALL-PERGIVAL TRUST C0. CAPITAL and SURPLUS, $250,000 FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, MO. We have money to loan on real estate at a low rate We have a complete set of Abstract Books and will fur- nish abstracts to any real estate in Bates county and We will loan your idle money for you, seouring you reasonable interest on construction of sewers Fri August 4. claim that the soil is so fertile that a tack driven into the ground will soon become a crowbar. PEOPLES BANK indi- The bonded’ debt of the city of Pleasant Hill, in Cass county, is $48,500, £19,000 of which is for ‘railroad bonds. Pretty big load for a small town to carry. igner as one of its pro-- and courtesy charac- ‘Call and F. C. Garner, who rode a horse to victory at Trenton last week rode the winner there at the Grundy county fair thirty-nine years ago. The Grundy county fair was organized in 1859. our service. Mrs. Helen Hodson, a_ patient from St. Louis, died at the Fulton State Hospital Friday night. She weighed 475 pounds and was the heaviest inmate in the institu- tion. U Can Always Bank The St. Louis and San Francisco railroad system was sold at auc- tion in St. Louis one day last week. The road was bid in by the bondholders for $45,700,200. The sale will end a three years re- ceivership, Aunt Naney, a negress, said to be 111 years of age, is dying at her home in Jefferson City, where most. of her life has been spent. She is the mother of 12 children the yongest of whom is 69 years old. * vilege to pay at any time. good security. We pay R. J. Johnson, of Pleasant View, Cedar county, shipped a car load of cattle to the Kansas City mar- ket Monday. In the lot was one J. B. DUVALL, Vice-President, W. D. Yates, Title Examiner. SEE THE Clothe Doctors For practical cleaning and pressing. We posi- tively clean everything but a guilty conscience. Hats Cleaned and Blocked Alf work guaranteed and prices reasonable. Coods Called for and ivered. CROUCH BROS. No. 7 S. Main St. Phone 171. Butler, Mo. that weighed 4750 pounds. She was five years old and raised by Mr. Johnson and just off grass. PROFESSIONAL CARDS While no two estimates of her age agree, Sarah Hurgen of Nel- son is rated from 100 to 116 OR. J. T. HULL Dentist years old. She is a mixture of Entrance same that leads to Stew-| Cherokee and negro blood, and ard’s Studio. was a slave on the plantation of North side square. Butler, Missouri] S. A. H. Townsend of Nelson be- 3 ‘| fore the Civil war.—St. Joseph Observer. B, F. JETER, ; Jesse L. Hartley, a farmer near Attorney at Law Notary Public Mansfield was 105 years old Sun- East Side Square Phone 186 day. In honor of the occasion BUTLER, MISSOURI neighbors and relatives were invited to the Hartley home to spend the day. A church service was held cn the lawn in the morn- ing and a_ basket dinner was served at noon. ‘T, J. HALSEY, M. D. 0. 0. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist and the Otting of Glasses BUTLER, MO Phone No. 45 Ss William M. Paxton, 97 years old, and the oldest lawyer in Mis- souri, died at his home in Platte City Friday. He is also believed to have been the oldest Mason in the state. He was superintend- ent of the Presbyterian Sunday school and had not missed Sunday school for sixty-seven years. Office over Peoples Bank FARMERS BANK of Bates County — Jose McComber a Mexican, is | sleep. When everything was in gehen .| readiness they went to the county Rev. R. M. Mills, a preacher of | jail to get the men, but the sheriff had another notion and said they | were in his charge and refused to | turn them over. The court swore in the guards as deputy sheriffs | and then told the sheriff to let; em have them. He said he would | he county would pay him | r board for the time they | the road. The county | court, not wanting to pay board for the prisoners out on the road | and in the jail at the same time, demurred and took the matter to the circuit court to be settled. ’ Labor Trouble at Rich Hill. An acute stage in the zine smelter trouble here-was reached late Friday afternoon when the | pottery building was also closed | down. The action follows that of the closiig of one block of fur- naces on the preceding Wednes- day, on account, it was stated, of | the lack of experienced men, « The foreman of the plant also says, he is informed that the reinstatement of ‘one man who had been dis- charged will be insisted upon by | the men when the furnaces are again to be started. The question of the unionizing of the plant and demands of the men in contract form is still pending.—Saturday’s Rich Ilill Review, Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is fereby given to all creditors and others interested in the. estate of Dora A. Fulkerson, | deceased, that I, George P. Ful- kerson, administrator of said es- tate, intend to make final settle- | ment thereof, at the next term of the Bates County Probate Court, in Bates County, State of Missou: ri, to be held at Butler, Missouri, commencing on the 14th day of August, 1916. leorge P. Fulixerson, 38-4 Administrator. | Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given to all ereditors and others interested in the estate of Joseph Groves, de- ceased, that we, Alonzo Groves and Geo. D. Groves, executors of said estate, intend to make final settlement thereof, at the next term of the Bates County Probate | Court, in Bates County, State of Missouri, to be held at Butler, : Missouri, on the 14th day of! August, 1916. | Alonzo Groves, Geo, D, Groves. 38-4¢ Executors. | Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given to all, creditors and others interested in| the estate of Estes Smith, de- ceased, that I, Stephen E. Smith, administrator of said estate,. in- tend to make final settlement thereof at the next term of the Bates County Probate Court, in Bates, County, State of Missouri, to be held at Butler, Missouri, commencing the 14th day of Aug- ust, 1916, Stephen E. Smith, 38-4 Administrator. Notice of Final Settlement. Shall they be determined by Industrial Warfare or _ Federal Inquiry? To the American Public: Do you believe in arbitration or indus trial warfare P The train employes on all the railroads are voting whether they will give their leaders authority to tie up the commerce of the country to enforce their demands for a 100 million dollar wage increase. The railroads are in the public service— your service. This army of employes is in e public service—your service. ; You pay for rail transportation 3 billion dollars a year, and 44 cents out of every dollar from you goes to-the employes. On ai} the Western railroads in 1915, seventy-five per cent of the train employes earned these wages (lowest, highest and average . @f all) as shown by the pay rolls— Passenger Yard Freight Average $2071 Range $1537 3076 1454 2933 751 2059 874 1961 1935 1181 1135 The average yearly wage nagmnenta to all Western train em- ployes (including those who worked only part of the year) as shown by the 1915 payrolls were— ; Passenger Freight Yard Engineers. . 2 « ©.» $2038 $1737 $1218 Conductors . 2 2 « « 1772 1624 1292 Firemen 2 2 0 0 oo «(1218 973 832. Brakemen. 2 2 » 2 » 8 921 1000 1026 ’ A 100 million dollar wage increase for men in freight and yard service (less than one-fifth of all employes) is equal to a-5 per cent advance in all freight rates. The managers of the railroads, as trustees for the public, have no right to place this burden on the cost of transportation to you without a clear mandate from a public tri- bunal speaking for you. The railroads have proposed the settle- ment of this controversy either under the existing national arbitration law, or by refer- ence to the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. This offer has been refused by the employes’ representatives. Shall a nation-wide strike or an investigation under the Gov- ernment determine this issue? National Conference Committee of the Railways ELISHA LEE, Chairman. A. S. GREIG, Asst. to Receivers, St. Leute & San Francisco Reilrosd, ‘MISSOURI \ PACIFIC ‘RON MOUNTAIN, TIME TABLE Butler Station CORRECTED MAY 7, 1916 NORTH PBT... -..eseceeeeees! 8:15 a. m, & St. Louis Psgr.11:00 a. m. & St. Louis Psgr.10:45 p. m. Pp. m, 1 reer atae croloek i € Will “be held” for, folowing ae ewes, - Nominated for President ats slowly recovering in a Joplin hos- pital from a general bunged up condition. Hg don’t remember much how he acquired his bruised face except that just before he be- came insensible he remarked to a bunch of Americans, ‘‘Carranza, him sure whip American men.’’ Capital - $50,000.00 Surplus - $50,000.00 Undivided Profits $5,000 00 Five buildings in and near Har- risonville, were struck by light- ning during the first three days of last week. At one time Monday afternoon there were two fires We offer the best of Notice is hereby given to all creditors and others interested in the estate of W. A. Crumley, de- ceased, that I, Abbie A. Crumley, Executrix of said estate, intend to make final settlement thereof at the next term of the Bates Coun- | ty Probate Court, in Bates Coun- ty, State of Missouri, to be held at Butler, Missouri, commencing on the 14th day of August, 1916. | Abbie A. Crumley, 89-4 Executrix. | service in every going at one time in Harrison- department ville, both caused by lightning. ' Two barns, one in town and the We solicit accounts of other in’ the country, belonging any size to Andrew S. Deacon, were struck. ; : Dr. O. P. Templeton, of Fair- fax, while in Rock Port last Fri- day, remarked that he though he had just had a.case which estab- lished a new record in babydom. |A 10-pound girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eli Arnold, east of Fair- fax. The mother ts 55 years old and the father 63. The . little daughter is the sixteenth child, fifteen of whom are living. —St. Joseph Observer.~ We Pay Interest on Savings Kansas Bank Loot is $1,500. Bonner Springs, Kas., July 21.— Three men drove up in front of the covered T. W. Martin, the cashier, with revolvers, gathered up $1,- 500, and escaped in their automo- bile. Two of the men stood guard hile the third took the money. Some time ago the county court of Johnson county made an order creditors and others interested in the estate of F. P. Porter, ceased, that I, Sarah Porter, Ad- ministratrix of said estate, intend to make final settlement thereof, - the Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given to all! creditors and others-interested in the estate of C. H. Radford, de-| ceased, that I, A. T. Keen, Admin- | istrator of said estate, intend to make final settlement thereof at! the next term of the Bates Coun- ty Probate Court, in Bates Coun- ty, State of Missouri, to be held at Butler, Missouri, commencing on the 14th day of August, 1916. A. T. Keen, 39-4, Administrator. | Notice of Final Settlement. _ Notice is hereby given to all. de- term of the Bates —S———>E>E>E>E>E>~*_~—~ {=== P. R. ALBRIGHT, Gen’! Manager, ‘Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. L, W. BALDWIN, Gen’! Manager, Central of Georgia Railway. © L. BARDO, Gen'l Manager, ‘New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. B B. COAPMAN, Vice-President, Seethera C. W. KOUNS, Gen'l Manager, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 8, W. McMASTER, Gen'l Manager, Wheeling and Lake Eric Railroad. ice: estern Railway. LL, Gen'l Manager, Rio Grande Railroad. R, Resident Vice-Prat, ja Lines Went. . Vice-President. ir Line Railway P. BE. CROWLEY, Aest. Vice-President, New York Central Railroad. G. B. EMERSON, Gen'l Manager, Great Northera E Railway. . 1 4. J. STONE, Vice-President, ba reg yt erry ste Rallvond BW. GRICE, Aces. to President, G. 8. WALD, Vice-Pres, @ Gen'l Managen, Chesapeake & Obie Railway. Sunset Central Lines To the Farmers and ‘Stockmen The business of every man, whether he be a banker or a day laborer, is to render service; and he who, by reason of special fitness and experience can render superior service, is the one who, in striving for success, usually succeeds—he wins be- cause he deserves to win. Our reason for this little preamble is to call your attention to our special fitness to carry on our business, to-wit: that of the practice of Veterinary edicine. . ‘ We have had twelve years of successful practice. Two years in the largest Veterinary hospital in Kansas City. We come to you, therefore, affering you the benefits of our years of ice of medicine and fee) qualified to scientifically administer to the ills af your live stock. No experimenting at your expense. H. EK. MULKEY. Veterinary Surgeon Butler, Mo. Phones 268 and 3 Office and Hospital at Guyton's Barn, 200 West Ohio St. . RAILROAD | ca ecg mee