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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-08
Life Sentences For Threats.

Washington, July.-Imprisonment
for life is the penalty which Repre-
sentative Kennedy, of Ohio, proposes
shall be inflicted upon agents of the
BLACK Hand" and kidnappers who
use the mails of the United States for
their purposes. He introduced in
the House bill providing such pun
ishment. The bill also provides that
recipients of such mail who fail to
turn it back to the postmaster for in
vestigation shall be liable to 500
fine.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-08
If You Don't Know
Wasted No Time.

"Stonewall Jackson" said Vir.
giniaIveteran, used to tell a story
about a bridge builder.
"This bridge builder was called
Old Miles. He was very necessary to
Jackson because the flimsy bridges
on the line of march were continu-
ally being swept away by the floods
or destroyed by the enemy; and ir
these contingencies Miles was reg
ular jewel. He could run you up q
bridge in the time it would take an
other man to make the measure
ments.
Zone day the union troops burned
a bridge across the Shenandoah
Stonewall jackson called Old Miles tC
him and said:
You must put all your men tC
work Miles, and you must keep then
at it all night, for I've got to have &
bridge across this stream by morn
ing. My engineer will draw up thu
plans for YOU
"Well, early the next morning
Jackson, very much worried, me
Old Miles.
" See here he said, obviously
how about that bridge? Did the en-
gineer give you the plan?'
"Old Miles took the cigar from hi.
mouth and flicked the ash off with {
sneer.
4" General, he said, the bridge i:
done. dunno whether the picter i:
or not. Baltimore Sun.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-08
Life 10000 Years Ago.

Scientists have found in a cave in
Switzerland bones of men, who lived
100000 years ago, when life was in
constant danger from wild beasts.
To-day the danger, as shown by A.
W. Brown, of Alexander, Me-, is
largely from deadly disease. IF il
had not been for DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, which cured me, | could not
have lived" he writes, suffering as
| did from severe lung trouble and
stubborn cough" To cure sore
lungs, colds, obstinate coughs and
prevent pneumonia, its the best med
icine on earth. Soc and $l.O. Guar.
anteed by F. 7. Clay. Trial bottle
free.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-08
g. Order OF Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI,

Count, ., Bates.
In the Probate Court for the County Of Bates
May term, 1909.
g Burk, Administrator with will annexed.
Order Of Publication.
NOW n this day comes C. I. Burk, adminis-
traitor with will annexed OF the estate OF J. h.
Burk, deceased. and presents 70 the court his
much Of IL real eStsts Of said dsesesed q viii
pay and satisfy the rsmainiag debts due By
Client sssets, accompanied By The accounts.
lists and iavss:osss :: ~ ~; on
sons Interested in the eetats Of said deceased,
Be notified that application - Aforesaid has
been made, and unlees the contrary be shown
on or before the Arst day Of the next term Of
Xurust, 1909, IN order viii Be made for the
sale Of the whole, or 70 much Of the real estate
OF said deceased - will BE- sumdent FOR the
payment OF aaid debts; and Il 70 further order
"a. that copy q " order p papa!, ,.a IN
fcr Tour wssfs before Ne next ts!m Of this
court, and that . copy thereof be served
O esch Of the heirs Of deeeesed, reading
in Bates eo.nty, a!orses,d. q isess ter
81. e ST : ed iss sole: q tas sins Of
ala pssisiss sad hssiias 70 = pa thereon:
sr4 Ss.. q \ si1ss:s:c .:'
IL. A. silvsrs. Judgsof the Probate Court,
held In snd fpf ssid county, hereby certify that
the eorsgolnG Il 3 true copy Of the original ord
~ Of fuSMcstioa tksrsi referred o, q the
sane oopeArS of record n my oAee.
Wif1eos my hsnd end zeal Of said court.
fsRAL,1 Done Ct oEles IN Butler, Bates county
Missouri, tAis 18th Day Of June,
A. D.. 1909. J. A. e1LVERe,
Se-lt Judge Of Probats.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-08
Bank Cashier is Indicted.

Fort Worth, Tex, July. Walter
King, cashier Of the Main street
branch Of the Wagner Bank and
Trust Company, was indicted on a
charge Of embezzlement Arrested,
he was arraigned, pleaded not guilty
and was released under IS. 900 bond.
On the afternoon Of June q King
alleged that he had been held up in
the clearinghouse by a highwayman
and at the point Of a pistol compelled
to hand over 48195 in currency.
King told a circumstanial story d
the alleged robbery and the affair
created a sensation.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-08
THE SUGAR TRUST.

'Damnable methods. That was
one of the expressions used before
the ways and means committee Of the
house of representatives in a recent
examination. The methods referred
to were those of the American Sugar
Refining company, commonly called
the Sugar trust." The word
'damnable" seems justified, too, as
one disclosure after another shows
the entire lack of principle behind the
conduct of affairs.
"The case of the seventeen holes"
will long be remembered as one Of
the most glaring frauds ever perpe-
trated against the United States gov
ernmet. The trust was forced to
pay large amount of money to make
good the stealings effected through
dishonest methods in weighing. The
repayment, however, has not chang
ed in the least the opinion Of a single
individual about the real character of
the action itself. 1t was just plain
thievery, as despicable as could be
planned.
The disclosures in the latest affair
connected with this same company
bring no surprise. After the weigh
ing frauds anything might be con-
sidered possible. The Pennsylvania
sugar refinery was built in 1903. 1t
was model plant. 1t was better
than any one owned by the trust.
The builder, becoming involved, was
forced to borrow some money. The
one who offered to loan it was an I'M
known agent of the trust. With the
loan he gained the privilege Of nam.
ing the directors during the period Of
indebtedness. The rest was easy.
Some dummy directors were chosen.
They ordered the plant closed. Fol
the comparatively small amount Of
81, $50, 600 the trust had put danger
GUS rival out of the way. AS for the
methods? The old maxim, ''All's
fair in love and war;" probably came
to quiet any qualms of conscience il
that monitor still spoke to those con
cerned.
To cap the climax, the suit for $50,
W1, 900 brought by the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining company against thu
trust" has been settled out Of cour
for $3.50, 600, the terms of adjustment
being still uncertain. That makes
about s., 100000 Of i'll gotten gain
surrendered by the trust" this yea
as a result Of disclosures Of its rotten
ness. The Washington dispatches
indicate that the private settlement o
this suit has stirred up greater feel
ing than ever, and that it may lead t
the dissolution Of this combine. Tit
sooner the blow is struck the bette
it will be for all, for the average indi
vidual who reads of the wickednes
Of the sugar trust will have his be
lief strengthened that all trusts ar
corrupt. His sympathy will be NOR
with those who attack them becaus'
Of such disclosures as the ones mad
J; about the despicable methods Of tn
American Sugar Refining company
Chicago Tribune Rep.)
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-08
Conventions This Year,

National Educational Association
Denver July Ord to 9th 1909. Elks
at Los Angeles July IL to 18th
1909. Grand Army at Salt Lake
August 0th to14th 1909
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&c. vANDKRvooRr. ASxSr.
Freight tralns do not carry passengers
All freight for forwarding mass ee at depot
not later than eleven O'Clock .. N sr be held
for following days forwarding. FrsaeAs for
Interstate Division must be delivered before
ave O'Clock p. m. No freight Allea fer this
train In morning. E.C vASRaavcokr,
Agent.
The Missouri Pacific have through
package car service which delivers
merchandise from New York In But
Ter on the fifth morning out, fourth
morning delivery from Cincinnati
and Cleveland, shird morning from
Indianapolis and Chicago. second
morning from st. Louis VIII he
glad to furnish you routsing orders
which will insure quick time
E. c. Vandsrvoort, Agt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-08

Behind DR.. Rerres Messoxzss
stands the Lnvaldy Hetel Aes Sar>
sical Institute. at BsffAhe thor
ouEhiy equip cd and VITA . Ssaff
OF Skilled Specialists 60 treat tire
moro difficult cases 81 Ca~oHse
diseases whether rs9ufrsar MOI
icaI or Surgical skill NAr tAefr
cure. Send for nrss
LNvALIDS Gurp1 sooE
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-08
Your NeighbOrs Can Tell You

HyOuyO KNOW marvellous o SomhL dmd Skin
y US Of
also many bad Of Yea Lunesn
would have
20 Ia e
gu lie its mpoa and we.i Common Sens -
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Gu: - &c: If You Don't Know
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BUTLER STATION

Following is corrected time Of trains;
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-08

to WORLDS DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, DR..
President, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are lille in size but z,
acting sanitary results constipation ASK YOUR NE
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All particulars about the Discovery its composition and
Adviser 1000 pages revised upod for 81 cents
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16
THIS is MEANT TO BE FRANK AND
GENEROUS.

We take this occasion to register a
kick. Several weeks ago Superinten-
dent Brockert was in this section
visiting schools, and the roads were
damnaDls. The way he, like Tam
O'Su anter, "Skelpit on through dub
and mire, Despisin' rain and wind and
fire." excited in us several new varietis
of admiration for the fellow. We then
decided to express ourselves editorial
iy. but other matters crowded out the
effulgence of our Rhstoric, until three
weeks ago, when we turned loose. We
rather liked the dope, although con-
scious of our inability to render the
subject complete justice. Now comes
the Lancaster Herald with a reprint,
which is all right, only Brother Lowrey
credits by saying that it appeared" in
the Dial Enterprise. When it comes
to the editorial column of this paper.
we wish to inform the public in
general and the Herald in particular,
utterances do not appear" The editor
of this paper handles that column and
is responsible for the articulationS
therein. He asks no personal credit,
nor wants any. but he does like a
frank and generous credit to this
paper. We don't like tD have it said
that our hot stuff appeared" in this
paper. The syndicates do not furnish
our matter -BoscobelD Dial Enterprise.
Well Wouldn't that jar you :
In reprinting the article the Herald
gave credit to the DE in what we
believe is considered the proper and
customary manner. We do not know
what more could have been, or was
expected. The quotation marks on
the word appeared are not ours.
but those of our contemporary. Had
we known our neighbor was 50 fni ky
upon the subject. of course it would
have been possible to have said Con
'ceived, composed. written and publish
ed in the editorial columns of the
Dial Enterprise, by Verne S. Pease
Ed. Mgr
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

Many of the persons who give
their time to the regulating the
affairs of others are not always sue
cessful in profectly regulating their
own and their famlly's affairs, and
are brought to mourn over matters
that might have been happier and
better. William jennings Bryan, Tom
L. johnson and Senator LaFollette
are among the list of those whose
daughters have recently passed
through the unweIcome publicity OF
the divorce courts
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16
Summons

Circuit Court, Grant County.
Duncan Grant Ballantine and Abbie A.
Ballantine as Executors of the last will
and Testament of James Ballantine, de-
ceased. Plaintiffs.
Frank Lynett as EXECUTOR of the last will
and Testament of Ellen LyDett, Deceased,
and John Lynett. Annie Lynett, VILLAIN
Lynett.snd Thomas Lynett an Insane Per,
son. and Frank u nett. being all OF the
ander Lynett. both deceased. Defendants,
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN: To the
said Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within twenty days after service of this
summons, exclusive of the day of service.
and defend the above entitled action in the
court aforesaid: and in case of your failure
so to do Judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demand of the COM
plant: of which a copyis herewith served
r A. Watkins & H. L. Moses, Plaintiffs
Attorneys.
VIE
Ist ms. June 10; lastins July Fl.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16
An Open Letter.

Editor The Herald I'm last weeks
issue, in commenting on the annual
junior reception and Dance, you
said, 1t is now an established custom
in the school, that the junior class
shall hold this function annually, and
it is to be hoped that it will never be
broken.
1 presume we all agree that some
sort of social function In which the
senior class is recognized and con-
graduated, is a pleasing and proper
feature of commencement week and
that it is appropriate that the junior
class should have prominence in
providing that function; but as to the
nature of the function there is not
entirely unanimous agreement and
cannot be so long as the dance is
part of it. / wish to ask you Mr.
Editor, the Board of Education, the
High School Faculty and psrents and
citizens in general. ii it would not be
better to have all such established
customs in our public schools re-
quired to be of such nature as will
mot do violence to religions and con-
scientous scruples of any of the
patrons of the schools
The bible has been forced out OF
the schoolroom because some citizens
objected to having the elements of the
Christian religion taught In schools,
which must of necessity be patronized
by people of all religions, or of none
at all, is such there be. Is there
any Justice in having the elements of
irreligion and worldliness forced upon
us, who believe the dance to be
pernicious in its influence and to
many positive danger and the be-
ginning of immortality and vice? The
church and the school have gone hand
in hand all over our country, from
the landing of the Pilgrims till the
present day. Why cannot the junior
reception be a reception in the truest
sense, where even a narrow. bigoted,
puritanical preacher, (as some con-
slider me. could come and feel at ease
and permit his children to be present
and to have such part as their men,
bershlp in the various classes would
lead them to have. At present /
make no attack upon the dance and
offer no arguments against it. /
merely state the we'll known fact that
such function cannot have the I'M
animous approval of the patrons of
our schools. and I for one wish to
protest against making the feature
in question permanent in any
established custom of our school. "
If the questionable and divisive
features can be removed I will be
glad to attend a purely social func-
ton in recognition and congratulation
of the graduates and will just as
gladly pay my share of the expense of
such an affair. Yours respectfully,
w. H. Hannaford.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16
What Money Can't Buy.

Money can't buy everything:
There are no admission tickets to a
sunset; you wouldn't trade the look
in your boys eyes when he greets you
at night, for million dollars, of any
body's money; and if you keep we'll
furnished mind you can go into it any
time you like as you would into a
child's playground and amuse yourself
watching your thoughts play leap-frog
with each other.-Lillian Pascal Day,
in Success Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

The item to which this criticism
alludes did not refer particularly to the
dance, but TO the reception in it's entire
ty. The details of the reception, as
we understand it, are for the MEM
bers of the junior class and their par
ents to decide upon, and dancing may
or may not be included therein, the
school board offering no die
tation in the matter.
We recognize the fact that
by some people dancing is not. looked
upon with favor. which opinion we
freely grant them but the editor of
this paper is not one who can see
harm in it when it is done under
proper conditions. Such occasions as
the junior reception are becoming the
comm IN and popular custom tor the
best schools and colleges throughout
the land and are looked upon with
general favor. At such functions the
boys and girls participate in the
dance in the presence of their parents
and we have never heard of an in
stance of improprity lat such func'
tIons For our own part we would
rather see young people indulge in
dancing, under the right auspices
than sitting around in "c>zy cor
ners'' OF indulging in some of the
games and recreations which are
sanctioned at gatherings by some who
would ostracize the dance Ed. Her
aid.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16
Additional Local

| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NENsNENSNsNSNSNSNSN2EN2N
r Meyer Jr. visited some of the
mining properties in this section this
week.
The W. c. T.. U. will meet with
Mrs. Bertha Mabin Thursday June II
at 2. 80
Mrs. Elmer Eastman and little
daughter went to Platteville yester-
day for visit.
"A marriage license has been is
sued to M. Elliot and Mayme Davis,
both of Blue River.
Mrs. Rob Crouch. of LeMars, Ia.
is visiting relatives and friends in
and near Lancaster.
Mrs. Frank Calls and little
daughter went to Montfort yesterday
| for visit with relatives.
MIR. and Mrs Ed Brinkman left
Monday for Washington where they
will visit at different points.
-Childrens day was observed in the
NJ. E. and Congregational churches
Sunday with we'll presented programs.
Miss Mabel Livens, who has been
attending school in Madison, arrived
here Monday evening for a visit
with her parents in North Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. William Schloesser
left Monday morning for Appleton,
Wis, for aNweek's visit at the home
of Mrs Schloesser's brother, Fred
Walker.
Mrs A. G. Howell and daughter
Carrie left yesterday for Platteville
to attend the com mencement exercises
at the Platteville Normal. Mrs
Howell's daughter Nellie is one of
the graduates.
The trees, snrubbery etc.. about
town are looking their finest at this
season of the year. Garden truck is
also right up and a comm :" and
/ the farmers report that, everything
considered, the crops are doing very
we'll. It's pretty nice part of the
country to live in after all.
Some employee of l. Alt & Sons
while giving demonstration of
strength accidentally heaved package
of breakfast food half way through
the plate glass window in the front
of the store Although the glass was
badly cracked the Dashboard box did
not go entirely through but remains
wedged tightly in the center of the
pane.
Professor Rollo L. Lyman, former
assistant principal of the Lancaster
Fl. S. and now head of the department
of public speaking at the University
of Wisconsin, has just been appointed
to take charge of the work in public
speaking and debate at the summer
session of Columbia University. New
York City, this year. This is the
second Wisconsin university professor
to be appointed to the Columbia
summer session. Professor r. @.
Cole Of the school of music having
been chosen for the work in music.
While Burne Pollock, of this city
and Editor A. c. Bishop of the
Bloomington Record, were coming
from Boscobel where they had been
billing the city for the coming Bryan
Day celebration at Bloomington, some
part of spring in the formers auto
was broken with the result that the
automobile turned TURTLE The
machine was quite badly damaged and
Chas. Wepking, who was riding in
the back seat met with slight injuries.
Messrs. Pollock and Bishop were not
hurt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16
No Synonym Needed.

1t is elieved by at least one writer
that it because badness in women
has nearly always been studiously
concealed that no gentle way of evad-
ing the blunt word "bald" has been
evolved, in contrast with the many
ways of lodging ''fat." STOUT
(Which really means sturdy, "portly,
comfortable" and "embonpoint" are
instances of this evasion. But "bald''
always remains bald"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

There is some probability that
several members of the Wisconsin
assembly and senate faay accompany
the university base ball team on it's
trip to Japan to play the University
team at Toxic. The team will leave
Madison on August 10. sailing from
Seattle on the 18th and will be absent
about 10 weeks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

It is authoritatively announced that
William j. Bryan is to be in the race
for United States Senator from
Nebraska. to succeed Senator Burke,
the incumbent from the east half of
that state. and will at once begin
formulating a campaign.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

Gov. Davidson has appointed Theo.
Werner. of Ashland, lieutenant COM
mander of the newly created naval
reserve of Wisconsin, and Mr.. Werner
will shortly organize his staff. He
will have about seventeen appoint
ments to make, and the new organiza-
ton will cooperate with the state
militia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

One thing the west-bound transcon-
tinental traveller finds hard to under
stand is, why does the price of ham
sandwich jump 100 per cent. as soon
as the Missouri river is crossed?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

Texas has been in the cyclone and
tronado belt for sure this year. A
tornado accompanied by cloud bursts
swept over a stretch of country west
of Fort Worth last week killing a
number of persons and destroying
much property.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

Apropos of signaling a message to
Mars, it may occur to some folk to in
Quire why, if there be life on that
planet of some few million years more
development than life on earth, the in
habitants of our sister planet have not
sent us some signals long before this.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

London is to have 1000 delegates
from all over the world to an interna-
tional suffrage convention. And as
the women have been practising jiu-
Iitsu, the subsequent proceedings are
apt to add to the gayety of the nations
which can enjoy looking on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

1t is a pity that a $4,000 French
bulldog should have eaten corks, there
by killing itself, but for all that money
the animal should have secured some
brains with its breeding.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

/ An academy Of aviation has been
founded at Munich. II 1t accomplishes
nothing else 1t VII at least make the
money fly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

Granting all unat may be claimed
for the aeroplane, it is not likely that
it ever will put the Panama canal out
of business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

!: Prince Henry thinks the Zeppelin
airship win be very useful in war"
All thoughts seem to lead to war over
Share.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

The world is divided into two
classes, the lovers and the haters; but
while the latter may make the most
noise. the former rule the roost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

BY their late recent Interpretation
of Nevada's divorce law the courts
of that state have put a crimp in one
of its principal industries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

Talk not of broken hearts unless
your affections are wrapped up in
baseball team that is losing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

China is having the cigarette forced
between its teeth before it has shaker
of the opium pipe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

One girl can make $1,000 stogies
day. That explains it