The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 11, 1917, Page 2

FR SRAM OO w a tel Root Branch. Claud Green has painted his barn yellow, the same as his house and has cut the weeds around his farm. Mr. Green is a fine man and a good neighbor. ; -Monetta’ Grimsley will’ read The Times in the future at Amoret, Mc. Henry Wells, just north of the fair grounds has built him a fine cow shed and painted it red and did not shingle it with straw. Will Duvall says he is only using eight hands on his ranch, He is go- ing to rent out for 1-2 grain rent, It is fine bottom land, well tiled and there is around 2,000 acres. Now, good farmers, here is your chance. I met Howard H. Flesher at Ne- vada a few days ago. We had quite achat about old times, when we were boys at Virginia. His hair is turning gray like mine. He is running a grocery store at Lamar, Mo, and says his children are all married and doing well and all have the best of health. J. H. Plunkett hauled wheat to Butlér for P. Burton last week. Glen Deweese has put up a nev silo and filled it Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. J. N. Huddleson cut and bound 20 acres of corn for Homer Bartlett | last week. Scott Chandler, of Lost and J. H. Stone of Butler had quite a chicken swap the day of the show in Butler, Uncle Scott played hookey froy) Mrs. Chandler and trad- } ed oné rooster for a suc!’ ticket. | Chazles LaFollere 4- , wee] e i> Stirring un, some fine ‘lasses and lots of them.! Corner, | Charley says stop and lick ‘lasses | with us. He is clean and neat with! thgm. | Ira Smith had five or six cutting and Sunday with home folks. | Misses Nena Batchelor and Rena Varns and Clarence Varns motored to Kansas City last Wednesday in the former’s car, , They returned Sat- urday evening. a Merl Sargent and wife spent Sat- urday night with Geo, Sargent and family. 2 Mr. and Mrs. Marion Catron visit- ed relatives near Creighton Sunday. Mrs. Josephine Stephenson re- turned to her home in Kansas City Monday. daughter called at the Keen home Friday evening. A, L. Gilmore was a Butler visitor Tuesday. ee A, T. Keen motored to Appleton City one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Quick and children spent Sunday with -his moth- er, Mrs. G. W. Quick. Mis. Josephine Stephenson, of Kansas City spent Thursday with Mrs. Bess Harvey. Several from this vicinity attended the circus at Butler Friday. Mrs. Humphrey Dickison is re- ported very low at this writing. DAISY. Geo. Rolling Stones. We had quite a frost last Friday! night, Hl I think most everyone from our community attended the big show ac Butler last Friday. C. C. Claunch and wife visited at Mrs. Evans’ last Thursday, R. C. Buekies and wife visttea oy Kansas City from Thursday until Sunday. While there they attended | the Royal. | Jason Deardorff and Geo. Buckles | have both sold their Scully leases. corn Saturday. Say they are work- ers. They were cutting quite aj} swath on the Jno. Lanning farm. Jim Keeble is plowing for wheat. | Marion Kennedy the blind tele- | phone operator at Trowbridge, Ills.) their sorghum mill running most Of | her that the police located him. pays for his paper up into 1918. | Miss Morgan is giving satisfaction | at the Black school house. Qualified | teachers are the kind to employ. James FE. Bartlett and wife visiting his son, Roy, in Butler. If you are not getting The Times, paper from Butler, borrow it. It will keep you posted as there are about 10 correspondents trying to gather the news. : Uncle Payton Burton was out Mon-| day morning trying to get help to pull_his beans and get his cane off to the molasses maker. He says he guesses if he wants a cane stripper he will have to get married. Jim) Welch has a big patch of cane and he got married. Elgie C. Ison went out west some | few weeks ago to see his brother, Schuyler, in Colorado and was taken up with the country. He made ar- rangements so that his family fol- lowed him. The fire alarm was given Monday afternoon and was heard for miles around Butler, Samuel Grimsley, on route 1, from Amoret, has corn that six ears will make a big feed for a horse and he has 60 acres of it. It is in the bot- toms of the Marias des Cygnes. are | Glen Deweese says Father Wal- bridge is a good man to work in silos while filling. We had our first frost Saturday morning, October 6. A man told me that the hitch racks in Virginia was full of teams Satur- day morning waiting on the sale hour to come at the full store of W. T. Cochran. He must have been there. NELS. Country Happenings. Mrs. A. L.. Gilmore -visited her mother, Mrs. Lawson, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Snell are the proud parents of a baby girl. Mrs. Clara Batchelor and D. W. Cumpton spent Thursday with their parents. Ben Baskerville purchased a horse’ of Geo. Keen Friday. Mrs. S. L. Keen visited the latter part of last week with her mother, Mrs, Earl Gabriel. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Raybourne are the proud parents of a baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. Merl Sargent spent Sunday with Clyde Welliver and fam- ily near Butler. Mr. and Mrs. Webb Chapman and Mr. and Mrs. John McCook and | 'L. Ghent. Chief of Detectives, late Foster News. A number of te young folks at itended the pie supper at Virginia school ‘house last ‘Saturday night, The Foster base ball team went to Pleasanton last Sunday and suffered a. defeat by a‘scare of 11 to-t.. Rev. G. W. Herreld is holding’ : revival here in the Christian church. Claude Cobb, James Vaughan, Perry Jennings, Tom Hine and Lee Shelton motored to Kansas City last | week to attend the Royal stock show. Mrs, G. W. Shavely, Mrs. Fred Treasure and Harley Imel were coun- ty seat visitors last Monday. G. R. Bangs is building a new barn on his farm out south of town, * Will Livingston has a sale the doth of the month. He is going to move to western Kansas. , Tom Blackmon, proprietor of the Blue Goose Cafe is attending .court at the county seat. He is one of:the “petit jurors. “Quite a number of the young as well as the old folks took in the ¢ir- cus at’ Butler last Friday. % . Competent authorities pr winter is over. : And even at of your feed and butter. If it takes ONE HALF of what Kansas Murder Mystery Ends: in Confession. Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 3.—Clar- ence Frazier, arrested this afternoon by detectives here, confessed to J. today that he had kjlled- Frank Nich- elson and his father-in-law, and at tacked. Mrs. Nicholson at Indepene , ence, Kas., September 26, keep herself warm. The confession came after aa neslt’s questigning by Chief Ghent, | Frazier is said to li4yé stated iat That you would otherwise lose in he was drunk when he committed the crimes, 3 | A description had been given to the ; city poliee by Montgomery County Kansas, police officers, and Frazier 2x6, and 4x4. Mr. and Mrs. Gragg attended church jat Bethel last Sunday and took din-' srrested while he was keeping an en- ner with Mrs, Webb. | Ernest and Charlie Morr have | the time nowadays. { Mr. and Mrs.. H. H. Ewing visited | at. Luther Poindexter's last Sunday. | Mr. Wolf and Alva Randall made a flying trip to Butler last Friday morning to see the elephant. Jason Deardorff has returned from | Western Kansas, where he has bought 160 acres of land. Guess he will be leaving old Missouri soon. Bert Whitehead and family and Geo, Moles and family attended the big show at Butler. Mr. Ty 1. Rich has Jason Deardorif lease. Harlan Buckles of Altona visited his uncle, George, last Sunday. bought the North New Home. Mrs. Charley Moore, of Kansas City, visited part of Jast week with Mrs. J. L. Strein and family. Mrs. Strein returned home with her to visit a few days. i Quite a number from our neighbor- hood attended the circus in Butler Friday. Johnnie Richmond spent from Fri- day until Sunday with his grand par- ents, John Phelps and wite. Clif Ehart, wife and baby spent Sunday with Milt Reeves, and wife. Homer Linendoll and wife left Sat- urday for Croft, Kansas, to visit with jen by the man and attacked. was shadowed by detectives. He was Extra *A* Red Cedar Shingles. gagement with his sister, who is a clerk in a cigar store. It was through Nicholson, the murdered man, and his wife lived on a farm near Inde- pendence, Kas. On September 6 a man came to the farm late in the evening and asked permission to stay all night, The permission was grant- After supper the man _ followed Nicholson out of the house and shot He then returned to the house and shot Fortner, the father-in-law of Nicholson. Mrs. Nicholson at- tempted to escape, but was overtak- i CALL PHONE 18° him, AMERICAN FIGHTING MEN WILL WIN WAR Pershing Says War Will Not End in Draw. NO REST—NO PEACE There's no peace and little rest for the one-who suffers from a bad back,| France, Oct. 5 (Delayed).—America’s and kidney and bladder disorders. fighting men will carry the cause of Butler people recommend Doan's Entente Allies to a successful issue Kidney Pills. Be guided by their €x-| over Germany, Gen. Pershing, com- perience. rf , mander in chief of American forces in Mrs. Chas. R. Smith, 801 W. Pine! France, declared today. St. Butler, says: “I had Midney His statement was in answer to re- trouble from the time I was a child.| ports that the war on the western! I had a bearing-down ache through | front will result in a stalemate. my back day and night. When at) American newspapers recently ar-| work it seemed as though I couldn't) rived in France telling of efforts in keep up. I could find no position in| certain quarters in the United States which | could rest at night. In the to, spread the idea that the western morning when I got up I could/ front can never be broken or Ger- scarcely move as I was so sore and}mans driven out of France has! lame. kidneys acted too often.| aroused not only Gen. Pershing, but! I was nervous and run down and of-|the entire American army. | i | American Training Camp _— in} their daughter, Mrs. Orval Pickett and Mr. Pickett. Harrison Chipps and family of Kansas City came down Sunday for a short visit at John Ehart's. They ten black specks came before my! Further resentment has been! eyes_and sometimes 1 could hardly | caused by the information that these stand because of dizziness. I got alreports had been taken up by Ger- couple of boxes .of Doan'’s Kidney man news . : papers in an attempt to be- Pills from the United Drug Co. and tittle America’s effort in the war. 110 Bushels of Corn your cow warm will Build a Cattle Shed 40 Feet Long, 16 Feet Wide, Under Roof, and 8 Feet High. Boxed with Tight Ship Lap or Boxing, Framed with Sheeted. with 1xq an dRoofed with BUTTER FAT 42c, BUTTER edict that batter fat will go to 4ac and butter at $1.00. present butter and feed prices you can't afford to lose an dunce of ‘all you can get out YOUR COWS - Will Reward You for Careful “Attention. There is no accident about successful dairy, and profit making cows. It’s the man that handles the cow and looks after her welfare that is making the most from dairy cows, WHEN SO MUCH IS TO BE MADE if they. are properly handled. you feed your cows to keep them warm, when it should only take ONE FOURTH, you are LOSING TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT of all the feed you give them. This One Fourth can go into Butter Fat and Butter If your cows are left out in the winter storm and cold with no shelter but the trees and straw stack, you LOSE THIS ONE FOURTH, and may lose the cow. If you BUILD A SHED, or Barn for the cow she will pay you back with the Butter Fat and Butter she will make you on the TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT FEED she would otherwise be compelled to use to trying to keep for more, Cow or Cattle Shed 40 ft, long by 16 ft, wide under roof, Fot $110.00 Enough ‘oom for 10 Head of Cows or 20 $1.00} | Pound before the and 8 Kt; hight, Head of Steers The roof projects over in front, making shelter If your barn is arranged so you can attach this shed to it you can build it for $85.00. CHARGED WITH STEALING CATTLE Arthur Borkman, of Lawrence, Kan- sas, Placed in Jail Under a Serious Charge. Monday afternoon a approached Wm. Hubbard, a local cattle buyer and said that he had twenty head of cows that he wanted young man jto sell and priced them at five cents per pound. As the price was ex- tremely low and the young man not showing any proof of the own- ership, Mr. Hubbard became suspic- ious and notified the sheriff. Deputy Sheriff Otis Baker and Marshal R. Lumber is Not High, That Tells the Reason Why You-can Build so Mueh with so Little. : "One of LOMOCO’S services is to help you plan your Barns and Sheds. ved. LOGAN-MOORE LUMBER COMPANY BUTLER, MO. pound, and his actions aroused the suspicions of the Adrian buyers and when he could not prove ownership they refused to buy, so the cattle were brought to Butler, where he. was arrested. The Henry county authorities were notified and North was arrested late Monday evening. Negro, on Trial, Shot by Woman. Kansas City, Mo. Oct. - 4.—The Rey. William David Jones, a negro, minister, charged with the murder of Arthur N. Dorsett, a detective, was shot early tonight by Mrs. Anna Dor- sett, widow of the slain man, just as 1. Braden met the youung man on! Jones’ attorney was finishing his plea the east side of the square, near the; to the jury in Judge Ralph L. Lat- Farmers Bank and placed him under’ shaw's division o the Jackson coun- arrest. claimed that he owned the In response to questions he! ty criminal court. Although the bul- cattle, | let entered the negro’s left side un- that his name was George Meffel,'der the shoulder, he was not fatally aged 24 years. He stuck to his story wounded, physicians said. until asked for his registration carl. “Dorsett was shot and killed the when he broke down and confessed . night of August 6 while investigating returned home Monday. Mrs. Frank Miller and daughters, Misses Edith and Blanch, and Miss they gave me complete relief. I have used Doan’s as needed since with just as good results.” ,, | Pacifists “German propaganda working in America through the agency of our would spread this idea |that his name was Arthur Borkman.' the theft of a dog. The killing took- He had been employed by Otis Perk-' place in the house where Jones had ins, of Lawrence, Kansas, to care for been rooming. The negro was af- the cattle on a farm, that he, Perkins,| rested the following morning in Kan- Thelma Richmond and Nellie Skaggs spent Sunday afternoon at Mr. How- ard’s. Mrs. Willie Simpson went fruit farm at Amoret Monday. Jack Skaggs hauled coal from Rich Hill Monday. eC J. W. Jones and family, George Bracken and family of Albia, Iowa, came down Monday in Mr. Jones car to visit at Henry Ehart’s and other relatives, COR. to the The proposal to examine for mili- tary service all men registered for the army draft and not yet called was killed, for the present at least, when the House and Senate conferees elim- inated an appropriation for the pur- pose from the war deficiency bill, the conference report on which was Miss Nina Keen visited Saturday promptly accepted by the Senate. CLUB PRICES Subscriptions received for all newspapers, or magazines, new or renewal, at publishers’ prices. We will duplicate any reliable agency. We save you time and money. Smiths’ Book Inn Baliding and Stationery Store : BUTLER, M ’ 0. oc Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t/among our people in order to weak- simply ask for a kidney remedy—get| en our initiative,” said Gen. Pershing. Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that “Having lost its tactical advantage in Mrs. Smith had. Foster-Milburn Co.,| ine Ypres salient, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.—Advertise- ment. 52-2t which it enjoyed for more than two years, the Ger- man army continues to yield ground before the hammering British as- saults. Everywhere on the western front, despite the large number of German troops which the Russian si*- uation has released, Germany is on the defensive and the Allies are on the offensive. | “America has the resources in meat and material, once they are preparc«, | to add the weight which must. force a military decision against Germany. "7 Our troops are imbued with a spirit of aggressiveness, a spirit that means we are going to win this war, and iy | that we have no idea of allowing our- Te ee ant Progra selves to be influenced by, pacifists . eclar icAdoo, or enemy propaganda. Neither have! Washington, Oct. 6—War inaur-|We any false notions that victory is ance for America’s soldiers and sail-]0ing to be an easy matter. But that ors and protection for their depend-|Omly makes our determination ents will begin at once, Secretary Mc- | Stronger. Adoo said tonight, under the terms “Every man from top to bottom of the act signed by President Wilson} hs entered this war imbued with today. fighting spirit, which means that the “It is the most humane and pro-|cause of the Allies will be carried to gressive measure introduced in Con-}2 successful issue.” gress since war was declared,” said REL a ey eae McAdoo, “because it deals fairly with me — Sunday School vention. ‘ the families of our soldiers and sail- The Mt. Pleasant .township. Sun- Christian Science Services. Christian Science services and Sun- day school will be held each Sunday morning in the new church at the corner of Ft. Scott and Delaware streets. Subject, “Are Death Real?” All are cordially invited to attend. FORC: Sin, Disease and WAR INSURANCE IN NOW ors and with our fighters themselves. “It should heighten immeasurably |day School Convention was held at the morale of our army and navy and/the Baptist church in this city Sunday the civil population back of them.” |afternoon. A. very interesting pro- Administration of the War Insur-|gram of addresses by Sunday ance Act will be in the Treasury De-| school workers, songs and discus- partment under a subdivision of the] sions of questions of interest to Sun- bureau of war risk insurance, which] day school workers was rendered, ai- now issues Policies on Americas|ter which the following officers were ocean going steamers and their elected: President, Miss Ora ©. crews. : < : Thompson; vice-president, T. 1. Preparations for administering the} Beach; secretary and treasurer, Miss 3 perintend owned in Henry county, and then he and another young man named J. E North had stolen the cattle early Sunday morning and drove them :o! Adrian where they tried to dispose of there were threats of mob: violence them but the price, five cents per’ ‘from Dorsett’s friends. sas City, Kan, While Jones was be- ing held at police headquarters, Mrs. Dorsett made an attempt to get to Jones then. At the time, it was said, UL TI2Y excrcrts N3 @ veils and o becauce it keeps the buildi Cool in summer, vermin-proof of moisture and fire, a