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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-09-17

j. W. Barnhart Ia showing q fine
line Of Percheron stations at the
County Fair this week He had stall
signs printed for nine registered
horses. Mr.. Barnhsrt also has the
finest line NJ Percheron mares. kept
for breeding purposes alone, to be
found In the county.
State Committeeman Jamison and
State Legisls or Griffith have arriv.
cd home from their Jefferson City
trip They are highly elated over
the harmonious manner In which
things passed of at the committee
meeting, and both are enthusiastic
over the outlook for a great Demo
cratic victory this fall Rich Hill
Review.
Mrs. j. q. Smith and Mrs. Fl. C.
Clark narrowly escaped serious In
jury Saturday night while driving
on South Broadway near the Charles
Denny place. The horse became
frightened at something and turned
the buggy over. Fortunately Meth
or OF the ladies was hurt, although
the horse tore loose from the buggy
and ran away.
The Sells.Floto shows attracted
quite nun, Der ci Metzites to Rict
Hill Tuesday. r y Byerly declares
the snake charmer act was fine
Charley Wilson admired the bearded
lady, Billie Hedden fed the elephant
peanuts and pulled the monkeys
tail, and X. NJ. Handy got q crick in
his neck from trying to watch two
acts at the same time. The menag
egie and performance was fairly
ROOQ Metz llmaS
Deputy circuit clerk c. NJ. Bsrckley
and wife rasurned home Saturday
night from three weeks visit tc
relatives at Poteau, Okla. He re
por his mother and stepiather, OK
sheriff C. W. Hartsock as enjoinp
good health for their extreme age
both OF them having reached the al
loted time for this earth. Mr.. Barck
ley says that country as yet is unde
veloped. the Indian allotments no
being In such shspe that they cal
legally transier the title.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-09-17
Black & Arnold Clothing Co

Get our prices before you buy
Black 4 Arnold Clothing Co
J. E. Dowell, editor OF the Adrian
Journal, was a Butler visitor Satur.
day.
Mrs. Joseph Reavley and daughter
Florence Of Nevada, NO., visited at
the home of Representative Griffith
OF Rich Hill last week
The citiz ne OF Metz are enthusi,
asticaliy talking STREET Fair L. Ia
to be hoped that g." matter will -
beyond the talking stage,
Mrs, william Anderson Of Rock
Vile accompanied by her daughter
we're guests i .5e family OF Lint
Anderson OF Rich Hin last week.
James Lipe OF Rich Hill left Thurs.
day morning {, n vihlta, Oklahoma,
on tour OF inspection OF the coun.
try and to visit his old friends Doc
Pltchiord ami Sam Hunt.
At Sheldon, Missouri q crowd, rep.
resenting three counties and the larg
est in the history " tia; city, about
1000, gathered to hear Missouri's
gifted senior United States Senator
William } Stone, deliver an address.
The Bates County Fair started OF
Tuesday aader very favorable aus.
pices, with a good attendance for the
first day. On Wednesday there was
q large attendance, but to-day,
Thursday ia expected to be the ban.
ner day.
Duncan Weeks, OF Springfield, pass
ed through Butler the first of the
week on his way to Minnesota, whei :
he Is taking five year course in a
sectarian school, preparing himself
for minister. He is the nephew oil
county clerk Weeks.
s. E. Jones has sale bills printed
for a stock sale at his farm, six miles
west of Butler, on Tuesday, Sept
22nd He is Offering a good line o.
stock and the cattle especially arr
thoroughbred and highgrade. Ses
his sale advertisement In another
column.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-09-17

Arch. Campbell Of near Pleasant
Gap was county seat visitor Mon
day.
Lewis Gore, 8 miles north west OF
Butler, has had bills printed for Il
sale OF personal effects on Monday,
September 28th.
Postmaster Clark Wix has an ap.
pie which weighs ~ pounds, raised
by Joseph Wix near Pleasant Gap
1t Is certainly q "whopper.'
Our old friend Roy Speaks remem.
bers US with his usual annual remit.
tance and has his address changed
from Falfurias, Tex, to Paonis,
Cal.
Our old friend A. s. Kemper, Of
Prairie, was in town the last OF the
week. He said his son, who has been
In the navy for several years, IL at
home on iurlough
Charley Jones, who has been living
near Billings, Montana, for the pas,
six years, is In on a visit with hir
brother, J. L. Jones, near Butler and
other relatives. He will be here
about q month.
Miss Cosby L. Brown, a popular
teacher at Colorado Springs, former
ly Of Butler, iavors US wish remit
lance for renewal and orders THE
TIMES to her sister, Mrs. Thos. P
Baldwin, Kansas City.
Miss Eula Weeks left this week ior
Columbia to take a post graduate
course for the Master of Arts degree
She was awarded the B. A. Degree
last spring. Miss Weeks is an espec
tally bright, capable and talented
young lady and is educating herself
In line with the university work
In q letter to bis brother, Ton
Wainwright, carrier on No 6, j. W
Wainwright, Co. NJ. Let U s. Init. al
Vancouver's Barracks, Washington
promises to pay bis relatives ane
friends visit about Nov. LIST. a,
says he expected to come home ir
October, but is delayed by a sub
poens to attend o. s. Court in Siou,
Falls, s. D.
Mrs. C. l. Richards received bo,
Of very fine apples, OF different varle
ties from Ava E Page, at Roswell
N NJ, with q request that they b.
exhibited at the county fair. Mr.
Page was a former prominent cit
Glen Of Bates and will be remembered
BY old settlers. He writes that tn.
apples are selling on the trees al
from 5000 to $500 per acre and SOM
as high as 81, 900.
W. 81. Charters, Jr., proprietor o
the Charter Oak Stock Farm, iniorml
Us that his show herd Of Big POLAND
Chinas won the following premium
at the Adrian Fair last week: Bears
Grand Look, Jr., No. 1895, first
Big Ex-Chiei, No. 13OS39, second
Sows, Charter Oak Queen, 1852
second; Harshaws Perfection, 1895
third. Mr.. Charters has q fine here
and is gaining an enviable reputa
ton as q breeder Of hogs. He has {
number on exhibition this week a.
the county fair.
At about $50 Friday evening dur
Ing the band concert, q fire vas dis
covered In q lean.to attached to tn,
barn on the Hedrick property, which
Is occupied By Frank AcKibben, OF
West Fort Scott street. An alarm
was turned In aud the fire boys re
sponded promptly and did quicl
work In sxtinguishing the flames
which had gained considerable head
way. The roof Of the lean.to and tn
west end Of the roof Of the barn yer
burned Oh. The origin Of the FIRE I
unknown.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-09-17

N. b. Jeter, the west side ieweler,
spent Sunday at Lesvenworth, Kan.
The banks and business houses are
closing up In the afternoons during
the fair.
Frank Ludwick left this week for
Liberty to attend William Jewell
College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy> Kious are up
from Bartlesvllle, Okla, wishing rela
lives and friends.
Alex Malone, OF New Home town.
ship, made us business call on Mon
day and had his paper changed from
Nyhart TO Rich Hill No. l.
c. H. Radiord, q substantial young
farmer OF Spruce, made us a business
call while In Butler, attending the
Fair on Wednesday. He said Il was
getting distressiugly dry In bis sec
ton.
John Glass, an eloquent temper
ance lecturer Of Pasadena, CAL, spoke
to large audience In the court house
yard Sunday evening Mr.. Glass Ia
an old friend Of DR.. Lowery, OF our
city.
Mrs. Henry Ehart and son, Cliff,
Who having been visiting her broth.
or, George Brscken, and family, at
Alba, Iowa, for two weeks, returned
home Saturday. Henry was In But.
Ter to meet them.
Chas. 81. Clouse, Of Walnut town.
ship, was In Butler Saturday and
made THE TINES a business call He
said that son and daughter came
to their home three weeks ago. The
boy lived only short time, the girl
is healthy, fine and dandy and bids
fair to live long and be a blessing to
the fond parents.
Truman G. Ward, aged IS years,
OF north OF Sprague, died at his
home early last Thursday morning
Mr.. Ward was a Mexican war veter.
an, and had lived In this county since
1870. He leaves a wife and two
grown children, c. B. Ward, OF near
Sprague, and Mrs. Nina Tlmmonds.
I OF near Archie, Mo.
Barton " Oneal died at his home
in Johnstown Sunday mo: ring after
q protracted illness. Funeral ser.
Vices we're conducted with Masonic
rites Monday afternoon, and inter
mont was made in Johustown GENE.
ICY. Mr.. Onesl was a native oil
Be,es county and lived all his life 10
that community. He was al honor
able, upright citizen and commanded
the respect and esteem OF al his
neighbours He lived the life OF cell.
bacy.
County Superintendent A. L. Ives
has prepared splendid program fol
the Bates County Teachers Associa
tion, to b. held at the court house In
Butler, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, October %, 20 and "a, 1908
Supt. Ives has devoted much study
to the preparation Of the program
and II is the most elaborate evel
issued In the county. The speakers
and lecturers have been selected with
special care to their proficiency In
the subjects selected for them.
Judge Estes Smith was q pleasant
caller while holding court last week
Judge Smith, Ike the loyal Democrat
he has always been, Is enthusiastic
for the whole ticket and is especially
anxious that all Democrats In hi,
section give Judge Paddock loya
support. There are no sore spots OF
Estes whatever, in TACT he says b.
feels like the boys In the primary re
lieved him Of Q whole lot Of response
btlity and he IL In the fight for tn
1ho1A kaNkat
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-09-17

NJ. S. Keirsey came In Wednesday
from Wichita, Kansas, 80 attend our
county fair and meet his old acquaint.
ances. Mr.. keirsey said, they experi>
enced quite drourh the last OF July
and first IT August, notwithstanding
which he brought in a fair sample OF
corn, some apples and peaches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
REMARKABLE LAW SUITS
 OVER MEREST TRIPLES

, tempt, i've seen some pretty bad courts, but this-well this is the limit"
 The old judge flushed darkly. You are fined $25 for contempt, sir! Hand the money to the clerk! he said, and when the pompous visitor had hum- bly complied he continued:
 Now, MT. Clerk, go out and get what pens, ink and paper the court may re- quire, and if there is anything left over you can give the gentleman his change"
 Here's a story giving evidence of proof of wrong g-headedness: A miner in Scran- ton, Penn., was charged on suspicion of having set fire to a large hayrick, and the defense advanced by the lawyer was that he was not altogether responsible for his actions. One of the witnesses, a bluff miners maintained that the sus- pected one was wrong in his head" Among the questions were the following:
 Can you mention any occasion on which the prisoner behaved in a manner to warrant that statement?" asked the prosecuting attorney.
 Yes" answered the witness "I re- member when he once got half dollar too much for his pay"
 And" the attorney interposed, as the witness hesitated.
 AllQ Hke q ueTneu IOOl ne LOOK IL Ddck to the manager" was the conclusion of the reply, which conyulsed the court. The evidence had shown that the brick which a careless workman had dropped from a scaffolding 20 feet above the sur face of the ground had fallen on a man S shoulder and broken a bone, but the jury decided that the victim had no cause for aclion-the falling of the brick had no necessary connection with the accident. "Gentemen,' said the judge, q never heard of such verdict. You utterly ig- nore the existence of the law of gravita- tion'
 That law, Your Honor" answered the foreman of the jury, lis so old that we decided not to consider tits obsolete '' Last summer there died at Washington a lawyer who for many years had 1 shocked a large number of his friends by his rather liberal views touching religion. A friend of the deceased, who cut short Canadian trip to hurry back to Wash ington for the purpose of attending the last rites of his colleague. entered the late lawyers home some minutes after the beginning of the service.
 What part of the service is this?" he inquired in a whisper of another legal friend standing in the crowded hallway
 I've just come myself' said the other but l believe they've opened for the de- fense'
 The late Judge Saunders, of North Car olina, was noted as an angler, but he had a poor memory as to the weight of the fish he had taken On one occasion a friend. trying to entrap him, said, Say Judge, what was the weight of that big catfish you caught the other day?"
 The Judge turned to his waiter and said: Bob, what did I say that catfish weighed?"
 What time yesterday, boss-in de mawnin, at dinner or after suppah?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

cludes 90 species of low growing, deli cately formed plants with leaves arranged in a rosette at the root. Some are so small that only a keen eye can discover them while others are several feet in height Forty-seven species are natives of Australia and only~~aine are found north of the equator. Several species grow wild in the United States. They are best cultivated in shallow pots filled half with potsherds and half with bog earth and chopped moss. The smallest propor- tion of lime in the soil, even the lime of hard water used for sprinkling. is in- furious and may be fatal to the sundew or any other carnivorous plant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

(Exclusive Service Charities and the
 Commons Press Bureau
 The year 1908 was an off year in state legislative sessions, as SS states have their legislatures meet in 1909 The Ma tional Child Labor Committee reports progress in nine states, in addition to the passage of the District of Columbia child labor bill, which had been agitated for several years. This act of federal leg islation was not all that was hoped for by the friends of the cause, as the pages of the Senate though not of the House. and the children of dependent parents are exempted from tine operation of the law. In other respects the law approach es the standard of the more advanced states.
 An important amendment to the New York child labor law was the transfer ring of the enforcement of the mercantile child labor provisions from the local boards of health to the state labor de- partment. and the provision for a bureau of mercantile inspection This amend ment was bitterly contested by interested parties and Governor Hughes sent two special messages to the legislature con cerning the necessity for this change in the law.
 In New Jersey. the effort to forbid night work for children under Is years of age failed, but a compulsory educa- tional amendment requires children from seven to IT to attend school, except that children of 15 who are regularly employ ed are excused from such attendance.
 In Ohio two efforts to weaken the child labor law failed and an eight hour law was passed for boys at work under 1G and for girls under IS. This puts Ohio abreast of the most advanced states in this regard.
 In West Virginia a compulsory educa- tion law was passed, providing for school attendance for children under 15 years of age, for six months of the year
 In Kentucky the minimum age of IA years without any exemptions was fixed by law, and children under Is are re- quired to secure school certificates as q condition of entrance into the mines and factories.
 Virginia amended the child labor law by raising the age limit for employment in factories from 12 to IA. One provision of the Virginia law in addition promises a more rigid enforcement than is usual namely, the making it prima facie evil dence of guilt on the part of both parent and employer to hire a child under the legal age.
 Mississippi passed child labor law for the first time this year. Investigations conducted under the auspices of the Ma tional Child Labor committee proved that 25 per cent of the operatives of the cot ton mills were un6er the age of IA and that 50 per cent of the child workers were illiterate. The publication of these facts had an immediate effect upon public sen- timent, though the opposition of the man ufacturers forced the minimum age limit from IA down to 12 with a 50 hour week yet allowed by law.
 The new state, Oklahoma, passed an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
Plants of Prev.

From the Technical World Magazine.
 Most land animals feed upon plants and most plants feed upon the soil and the air. But there are a few plants which re- verse the order of nature and feed upon animals, at least to a certain extent. They may fairly be called plants of prey. for though they do not swoop like eagles or bounce like tigers, they catch live game and kill, devour and digest it.
 These abnormal plants are commonly called insectivorous. but the name carniv- orous is more fitting, for some species feed on fishes and mammals in addition to insects and assimilate pieces of meat offered to them.
 At least five hundred species of plants catch insects, but many of them appear to make no use of their prey. The plants described below are really carnivorous and require a certain quantity of animal food for perfect health and development, though they can exist without it. .
 Most carnivorous plants are natives of bogs and swamps The sundew family Is the largest and most widely distrib- uted. The true sundew (Drossera) in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

excellent compulsory education law, one feature of which is the payment of
 scholarship" out of the school fund to any needy family which has been sup ported by the wages of the child who is compelled to attend school under the pro- visions of the law. An excellent child la- bor bill passed the house by vote of 79 to 16 and the senate by vote of 34 to 8, but was vetoed by Governor Haskell aft CT the legislature had adjourned
 Louisiana has for some years had child labor law with age limit of IA for girls and F for boys. At the recent session of the legislature, under the ad- vocacy of Miss Jean Gordon, of New Or leans. the most advanced child labor law of any southern state was enacted There was a majority of one vote in the house and one in the senate for the new law, but 1t was passed and approved. The age limit is raised to II for both sexes, and effective provisions are made for the issuing of employment certifi- cates, for proper safety appliances and sanitary measures, and effective factory inspection.
 During the four years of the existence of the National Child Labor committee, it has contributed more or less directly to successful campaigns in 8 states, most of these states amending their child labor laws in the right direction but sev eral of them passing such legislation for the first time. There remain now but the two states of Oklahoma and Nevada without a child labor law. Only seven states remain with the 12-year limit, Ma ryland, West Virginia, South Carolina, Florida Georgia, Mississippi and Texas the latter state having an age limit of 16 for mines. North Carolina has an age limit of 13 The standard age limit for this country and Europe Is IA. This should be raised to at least 16 for night work and by way of putting a premium on education, to Is for illiterate children Two of the states, Georgia and South Carolina, allow children under 12 years of age to work in factories, if the chil- dren of dependent parents, Georgia fix ing the age for such children at 10 years and South Carolina making no limit at all
 Two states, Georgia and North Carolina, still allow the 66-hour week in factories, which with the custom of giving half holiday on Saturday, means 12-hour day for the first five working days of the week. In a great many of the states de- fective laws allow the employment of thousands of children who are really under the legal age. In all of the cotton manu- tacturlnB states the longer hours prevail for children, from Massachusetts, with g. 5S-hour week, and Pennsylvania with it's 60-hour week, to Georgia and North Car olina with the 66-hour week. In most of the newer industrial states, proper facto- ry inspection is the crying need, as the child labor laws are ineffective and poorly enforced without this system. Much therefore remains to be done In the United States for the effective protection of the children who toll from the inevita- ble consequences to the body, the mind and the spirit of too early and too long continued labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
NOTICE.

Between the hours of 6 a. m. and Il a. m. on Sunday, No vember 22, the electric light current in all districts except the business district of Bir- mingham and the cities of Woodlawn and East Lake will be cut off on account of neces- sary line repairs. We ask the indulgence of our patrons for these few hours.
 B. R.. l.. & P. CO.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
Not Wholly Lacking.

From the Delineator
 Little Harry, who was spending sum- mer in the mountains, stood one day ca ressing a Scotch collie. The young man who owned the dog, seeing the boys ad- miraton for the collie asked:
 Have you any animals at home, Har- ry?"
 At this the little lad replied, after pom dering moment:
 ''Yes, we have f1ies.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
A YEARS PROGRESS IN
 CHILD LABOR LEGISLATION
Nine States Have Passed Remedial Measures and the Entire Country Has Been Aroused To the Importance Of Taking Better Care Of the Boys and Grls-Laws Passed
 In the Southern States

BY A. J. MckELVoY, Secretary National Child
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-14
THE STAH-EYED GODDESS

GOL. HENRY WATTERSON has
I interviewed himself in the Louis
~ vile Courier-Journal. We have
been waiting impatiently for the quad
rennial review of presidential candi-
dates indulged in by the champion of
the Stah-Eyed Goddess of Reform, and
here it is at last. oh, joy! oh. bliss!
The colonel, sab. says in answer to
questions proposed by himself dis
guised as a reporter. that in his opin-
ion ''the president is a many sided man.
He must delight in amateur theatricals
as much as in outdoor amusements.
such as bear hunting and riding or
a good actor, too. When he puts on
some of those togs he stole from Mr..
Bryan when Bryan thought he was in
swimming and marched down to the
footlights to fire off the two hoss pis-
tolls he looks just like the Nebraskan.
Roosevelt has taken the hydra
headed monster of plutocracy by the
jaws and split him wide open, spill
ing his entrails all the way from the
Rockeyfellowships of the Chicago uni
versity to the Oil Tanks of Wall street
and forced the Republican party to fall
in behind and applaud his act That
is a miracle" The colonel adds that
the result of this miracle should be the
triumph of the Democratic party. This
is how he figures it out: ITO all in
tents and purposes the president says
to his party, You must take Taft or
me- They don't dare take him. He
would not dare to run. If Bryan cam
not beat Taft he cannot beat anybody"
The prophet of the Stah-Eyed God
dess speaks with the license of an ex-
pert vaticinator. Please do not be de-
ceived by the innocent raillery with
which he presents his views. Wat
terson is never speaking more in ear
nest than when he is speaking in fun.
His forecasts are we'll worth needing,
as he has been in the business of polit-
ical observation, 10, these many years,
and can always be relied on to tell by
a straw which way the wind is blowing
when he is not using the straw for
a mint julep, sab.