The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 8, 1917, Page 7

Surplus Fun OF A BANK Capital $50,000.00, $60,000.00 Surplus Undivided Profits $10,000.00 is money set aside by the bank as it.is earned, and stands as SECURITY for the - ‘pank’s Depositors. -The Farmers Bank has the LARGEST EARNED SURPLUS FUND of any bank in Bates County. We invite accounts of any size and offer the best of service. ° farmers Bank of Bates County Butler, Mo. ABSTRACTS INVESTMENTS interest qn time deposits. W. F. DUVALL, President, Arthur Duvall, Treasurer. CAPITAL and SURPLUS, $250,000 FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, MO. We have money to loan on real estate at a low rate FARM LOANS of interest with privilege to pay at any time. We have a complete se’ ; furnish abstracts to any real estate in Bate and examine and perfect titles to same. We will loan your idle money for you, securing you reasonable interest on good security. We pay t of Abstract Books and will s County J. B. DUVALL, Vice-President, W. D. Yates, Title Examiner. When to Sow Oats. ‘Most of us are in a_ hurry to} get our oat crop in early,’’ says W. L. Nelson, who is in charge of the crop reporting service ‘of the Missouvi State Board. of Agricul- ture, but after all it will appar- ently pay to take time to put good seed into a well-prepared seedbed, . rather than to ‘mud in’ the crop. “aking the average for the last 14-years, just about half the erop—49.1 per cent—has been in by April 1, and the average yield has been 23.9 bushels. For the eight years when the crop went in earlier than the average the yield was 23.5 bushels, while for the six later-than-average years the yield was.24.4 bushels. “In 1910 the crop was sown very carly, 89.7, per cent being in by April 1. The yield. of 33.2 bushels .was the best for the 14- _ year period. In 1912, though, when less than one per cent of the erop was in by April 1, the yield, with a favorable April and May, was 31.3 bushels. “Gypsies.” © Thursday morning the word was passed around that a large band of Gypsies were about to de- send on the city and soon an old covered wagon, drawn by an ancient looking team of horses, and filled with about the prettiest load of gypsy girls that ever was appeared on the square. The wa- gon was followed by. all sorts of Gypsies, Old Gypsies, little Gyp- sies, Big Gypsies and all the rest. ‘he men wanted to swop horses and the women were ready to tell your fortune. In a littel while the people began to think that some of the band looked just a bit familar, and it soon developed that the ‘“‘Gypsies’’ were the mem- bers of the 1917 class of the But- ler High school celebrating their class day. The band passed around _ the square singing and giving their class yells and then proceded to the High school, where at 10:10 they had charge of the chapel ex- ercises. ee TS a ne triotism is for all. tection. and aii the time. \ Our National Strength The Nation's might is influenced by its every citizen. Pa- And one of its practical forms is intelligent, individual et- fort that develops collective financial strength—so import- .ant a factor in national supremacy. Conservation upon the part of the individual—the ‘building | of a surplus—is essential to both national and personal pro- The Olficers of this Institution stahd for America first— FOPLES BANK ikon Which You Can Always Bank” SIGNS BONE DRY BILL Presidential Approval Given the Amendment to Postoffice Washington, March 3,—Presi- dent Wilson today signed the Postoffice Appropriation Bill con- taining the ‘‘bone ‘dry’? prohibi- tion provision. i The ‘‘bone dry’’ provision of} the postal bill is the most far reaching prohibition legislation ever enacted by the federal gov- ernment—in fact it is the first d-i rect legislation by-the government prohibiting the liquor traffic. At least fourteen states which have prohibition laws, but do not prohibit the importation of cer- tain quantities of liquor for per- sonal. use, will be made bone dry by the néw law, which prohibits the importation of liquor into any state that prohibits ‘‘its manufac- ture and sale.”’ State legislation recently passed and about to become effective within the next few weeks, will increase the number of bone dry states to at least twenty-two, The same bill prohibits delivery in the mails of any publication of correspondence bearing liquor ad- vertising in states which by their own laws prohibit-such advertis- ing within their borders. Gerard Ate “Ham an’ '’ Despite Berlin Ban; Eggs Cost 12c Each. ‘ Berlin, March 2.—Prussian vig- ilance has not been able thus far to suppress mueh illicit traffic in farm produets, which is being car- ried on in devious ways in the rural environments of Berlin. In revelations which have been made involving country landlords who had been doing profitable _busi- ness in eggs and bacon it was dis- covered that James W. Gerard, | then American Ambassador, paid farmers in the vicinity of his hunting grounds 75 pfennigs for eggs. As the mark stands teday that would be a trifle over 12 cents each. Mr. Gerard’s pricefor eggs was not the high water mark. A lo- quacious woman who presides over an estate in the vicinity of Berlin admitted in a private letter of which a local paper obtained -possession that she had been of- fered $2 a dozen for eggs. Farm House Burned. The handsome six-room house, the home of Louis Eichler, about six miles north of town was com- pletely destroyed by fire early Friday morning. Mr. Eichler’s son John, awakened about five o’clock and found the house in flames. He quickly awakened the rest of the family and they man- ged to save a small amount of the household goods, but nothing could be done to save the home. A smoke house which stood in the rear of the house caught fire and was destroyed together with its contents. Among other things it contained Uncle Lewis’ supply of meat and about 75 gallons of lard. There was some insurance. It is thought that the caught from a defective flue. Won a $5,00 Damage Suit. General Clark returned Sunday from Lexington where he has been engaged in the trial in the case of Jesse Grindstaff vs the Western Coal and Mining Co., says the Nevada Mail. The plain- tiff lost his eye in one of the mines owned by the Western Coal and Mining Co., which is a subsidiary company of the Missouri Pacific, about a year ago and brought suit for $5,000. At the close of the trial the court sustained a demur- er offered by General Clark, at- torney for the Western Coal and Mining Company. Pleasant Township Gemeentien The Democrats of Pleasant Gap township will meet at the Double Branch school house: Saturday evening, Mareh 10th, at 2 o’clock for the purpose of nominating a township ticket. ‘ Ed Moore, /21-1t Committeeman. . Democratic Convention The Democrats of Mound town- will: meet at the Mt. Zion school house Saturday March 10, [1917 for the purpose of noniina- tion of & ks ticket. fire ebb Shelby, Committeeman Kansas City Musician Slain by Jealous Wife. March 3.—-Mrs, Kansas City, | Edward Kreiser was being held in the county jail here tonight with- out bond on the first-degree charge of having murdered her husband, one of the most promi- nent musicians and composers of the southwest and organist of a large church here. She was re- manded to jail after having been arraigned before a justice of the peace only a few hours after she fired the shot that killed her hus- band at her home here today. Mrs. Kreiser has made no at- tempt to deny the shooting. In statements to attaches of the county prosecutor’s office and to friends she said she killed her hushand because ‘‘last Monday he was guilty to infidelity and - he and Ihave’ been quarreling all week over his conduct.’’ She purchased a revolver yes- terday and today, after the quar- rel had been resumed, shot him. Then she told neighbors ‘what she had done and, apparently calnr for a time, awaited the arrival of the police. ; ‘| know who the woman is he was with last Monday night, but 1 shall never tell,’’ she said. Then she added that other women had come into her husband’s life dur- ing practically all of the eleven years they had been married. Ralph Kreiser, the 9-year-old son, was unable to tell more of the tragedy than that his mother and father had been quarreling and that he heard her scream. A sin- gle shot followed. He was in an adjoining room, Mrs. Kreiser came to Kansas City from Kearney, Mo., and _be- came acquainted with the widely known musician through her voice studies, She was his third wife. The Big Revival. The union revival at the Ohio street M. BE. chureh is still in pro- gress and more and wore interest is being manifested at each ser- ‘vice, Dr. Arnold is preaching sermons that his hearers cannot get away from, and the . indica- tions are that before the meeting closes there will be many addi- tions to churches in Butler. Friday. night was Business Men’s night and a roll was called of the various business houses in the city and there was a response to almost every name that was called, either by the proprietors or the employees, or both. Sunday afternoon Doctor Arn- only, and was listened to’ by a large audience, Services will be held each at- ternoon and evening until furth- er notice. Harrisonville Water Supply Ex- hausted. On account of the long contin- ued drouth, practically nine months in length, the Harrison- ville Water Company found it neeessary Tuesday of this week to abandon further efforts to keep its patrons supplied with water. Jobn A. Davis, president and gen- eral manager of the company, hopes that this condition will last only a few days, but the only thing that can bring early relief is a quick, hard rain. A snow or slow showers could not make much impression, as most of the water would sink in the ground. At present the bottom of Lake Luna, the source of the company’s supply, is completely dry and is marked by wide deep cracks.— Cass County Democrat. Will B. Ready Will be Ready. St. Louis, March 3—Will B. Ready, 6033 Cates Avenue, this city, has offered his services as a fighter in the United States Ma- rines. ‘ Ready, whose name sounds like a slogan for national prepared- ness,. weighes 175 pounds and is over six feet tall. He is pronounc- ‘ed a marvel of strength by physi- cal examiners, although a few months under the required mili- tary age. He was requested to obtain the consent. of his parents or defer his enlistment. Will B. Ready says he will be ready when his parents-and the United States Marines say the word. D Father and 14 Sons for Army. Clearfield, Pa., March 3.—Theo- dore Roosevelt, who offered him- self and four sons to his country ‘the event of war, is not in a <with William Albright, 65, a farmer, who has just tendered: the of himself, 14, gons daughters to President old preached a sermon to men) Wil-| pluckily SHORT STORIES Of Local Interest—Clipped from Our Exchanges.. J. L. Dalton, aged 81 years, died at his home in the west part of the county, Tuesday of — last week. According to the Journal Ap- pleton City has the distinction of having two bands. Appleton City can always be counted on to be right up towards the front in the procession, John L, Lyle, who was formerly manager. of Efurley lumber com- pany at Amoret, died in a Kansas City hospital February 22.. Mr. Lyle has not lived in Amoret for several years. Leopold Hess died at the Ne- vada hospital Wednesday morn- ing, February 28, 1917, of pneu- monia fever. The body was brought to Adrian Thursday.— Adrian Journal. . Mrs. Ed Shideler, of old Urich has been keeping an egg account this winter, She has 30 hens and from Dee. 2 to Feb. 28 she sold 102 dozen eggs the income from which was $29,21.—Urich Herald Verla Fay, wife of William Wilson, died at the family home five miles southeast af Adrian, Friday, February 23, 1917. A ba- by was born to Mrs, Wilson Feb- ruary 17, and died February 20. —Adrian Journal. Mrs. Viralla Morrison, age 76, died of pneumonia at her home here Friday afternoon after a short illness. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon and bur- ial was made in West Point cem- etery,—Merwin Sun. The dredge boat has completed the work from the starting point to the county line, about one mile and last Sunday it dropped back to the starting place and began excavating a basin large enough in which to turn the boat around and start on the main lap of the work.—Uvich Herald. In view of the present prices for live stock, a market report from the National Stock Yards, under the date January 23, 1889, is inter- esting, The top price on cattle was $3.05 for 37 native steers, av- eraging 1,143 pounds. Ten native cows sold at $2.00 per ewt. Bulk of the hogs went at $4.75, and sheep at $3.00 to $4.50 per hun- dred.—Hume Telephone. For a long time Appleton City in St. Clair county, and Appleton (without the City,) of Cape Girardeau county have been get- ting their mail mixed, The Ap- nleton City folks finally took the matter up with the post office de- partment, and as neither ‘town wanted to give up their name the} matter was settled by christening the Cape Girardeau connty burg Old. Appleton. George Bogan, who lives on the old Thompson Bogan place oa Pryor Creek, met with a painful accident, Monday evening. | He was was on a load of hay when the pitchfork he was using start- ed to fal! off the wagon, handle Southwest Pleasant Gap. Mrs. Hamilton and two little sons from Pittsburg, Kansas, spent last week at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Wm. Erfkamp. Mrs, Hamilton is a sister of Miss Eva Kamin, Last week is the first ~ time the sisters) had met since their mother’s death, thirteen years ago. Eva was then two years old. The children were placed in different homes and grew up many miles apart. Alex Hunt, wife and daughter, who have been visiting Mr. ITunt’s relatives in Oklahoma and Mrs. Hunt’s brother, Ed Essen- price, of these parts, have re- turned to their home in Canada. Alex is an 6ld Happy Hill boy, having left here some twenty years ago. He was glad to shake hands with old friends and school- mates again. Mrs. Fred Kamm. is still at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Neader. Grandia Neader is seriously ill at the home of a daughter, Mrs. John Lee, near Pleasant Gap, She has been sick all winter and her condition doesn’t seem to improve any. — We noticed the letter from George Morris, of Leedy, Okla., in last week’s Times. George is a Bates county boy and will be re- membered here by many. Otha W. Long is another Bates county boy located at the same - place, Leedy, Dewey county, Ok. He now owns a half section of land there and by pinning his- faith to hogs and alfalfa has made good. Stock sold’ well at the Lane & Gench sale last Thursday. One mare and the mules she had raised brought more than $1200. Mrs. Bertha Hartman. sent sev- enty-five dozen eggs to the Rich Will market Saturday. Mrs. Hartman is getting eleven eggs a day. Who can beat it? J. 1. Gander and son, Floyd, and Mace Hedges were Rich Hill visitors Saturday. ; Most of the farmers around here finished sowing their oats in time for the thin blanket of snow of March 8rd to cover them and some of the more enthusiastic ladies made garden. Public sales scem to be the or- der of the day, There was one al- most every day last ‘week, The people are mostly going west to Colorado, Idaho or Kansas. Some of the old stickers and stayers are talking of homesteading some of the land here if everybody leaves. Miss Jennie Walters’ many friends residing on this side of the Branch were a little surprised to hear of her marriage. However, we wish her long life and happi- ness and congratulate Mr, Car- penter in winning sweet a bride. Miss Edith Bailey of Rieh Lill who have been. visiting her sister, Mrs, Alice Hedges, returned home Saturday, sO Double Branch W. C. T. U. Notes. The Union met at Mrs: Zella Nuekols Mareh Ist, with 20 mem- hers and 7 visitors present. An all day meeting was held and part of the day was spent in making and quilting on a friendship quilt to be presented to Mrs. Belt. downward. In reaching for it he lost his balance and falling upon it with all his weight, one of the tines penetrating his bladder. At last accounts he was suffering considerable pain. The attending physician says if infection sets in he will have to under go an oper- ation. —Hume Telephone. Rube Kessler, over eust, was picking” cockleburs from a~muies tail last Tuesday, says the Merwin Sun, when the animal lowered ita long ears and planted both hind feet against Rube with a whack, cutting a long, deep gach on the back of Rube’s left hand and dis- locating Rube’s appetite or some- thing else in that vicinity. Pick- ing cockleburs from a mules tail looks to be about the limit of haz- ardous occupations, beside which such insignificant stunts as smok- ing while seated on a keg of dyn- amite or riding a ship thru the war zone pale into insignificance. Back Home. The Amsterdam cnterprise, whose plant was destroyed some time ago by fire is again being printed in Amsterdam. The En- terprise never missed’ a publica- tion, The Pattees came to But- ler and got out a paper at the Democrat office until they could buy new material and do their own work. and|they had in the fire but they are] with lambs making a new start-and | 20-2t® they. will make good. The Union's big quilt contest closed March Ist. The quilt was made by the Union and the mem- ber securing the most names at — 10e 2 name to be plaeed on the blocks won the quilt. Mrs. Zy\pha Orfkamp was the winner. She came up with 208 names to her credit, while Mrs. Griffin was a close second with 205, There was a total of 764 names’ amount- ing to $76.40 to he placed in the ~~~ : treasury. Mrs. Erfkamp was crowned anid great applause and declared she -was so nervous she couldn’t work any more for a week. Grandma Sears, who is — spend- ing the winter with a daughter in Chicago, sent in a list of forty names. She_is the oldest member in the Union and loved and re- spected by, everyone. This report was received with cheers. The treasurer, Mrs. Gertie Hall, insisted on having a body guard to accompany her home. One was promptly provided and we un- derstand the trip was made in safety. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. Ellen Evens on March 20th, Prohibition Rally Day. There will be a nice pro- gram and visitors are invited. XX. Sheep for Sale. 16 head. 11 coming yearlings They lost about alljand five coming three year olds, at side. Milo E. Hill, Butler, Phone 14 on 28. Mo.