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The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
Testing Seed Corn For Germi-
nation.

The Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton of the University of Missouri is
cooperating with the United States
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. c. in conducting Seed Test
ing Laboratory for the benefit of Mis-
souri, farmers. Attention is called at
this time to the great Importance OF
testing seed corn for termination.
The wet fall and the hard winter has
rendered great deal of seed corn
unfit for planting.
The Experiment Station will gladly
test samples of seed sent in free OF
charge and report results. In send
ing these samples take ten kernels
from each of fifty ears, wrap in a
small package and mail to the Seed
Testing laboratory, Columbia, Mis-.
souri,. The package should bear the
name and address of the sender in
order that report may be returned.
M. F. Miller.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
Adrian Journal Notes.

Mrs, \, l.. Addlcmm died at her
home in this city, Saturday evening,
january l5th, 1910 after a lingering
illness; aged 81 years and two months,
We heard two boys talking about a
rattle a few days ago. Both agreed
that the rattle was right, because
they had seen a prominent church
worker buying chances,
l., X. Ray, of Shawnee township,
and Miss Lora Gilham we're united in
marriage at the home Of the bride S
parents, in this city, Monday night,
January 10, 1910, Rev. Chattcn offici-
ating. The contracting parties are
numbered among the most popular
young people Of this community.
The Farmers Lumber Company is
making extensive improvements in
the buildings at the yard. The sheds
are being raised and a roof put over
the east driveway. The change is SO
great that the place hardly looks nat
ural. Witmore and Six take pride in
maintaining the reputation of Mis-
souri, by Showing" their visitors.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
Thrown From Buggy.

Mrs. D. D. Peeler, of Round Prairie,
spent Sunday night at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Davidson in the
city in order to be able to take the
Katy Flyer Monday morning for the
bedside of her sister, Mrs. Sam Peel
er, near Passaic in Bates county, who
is suffering from broken shoulder
bone, and it was feared that she was
in serious condition. Mrs. Peeler
sustained her injuries from being
thrown from buggy by frightened
horse. Her husband, if we mistake
not, was in Appleton City at the time
of the accident and Mrs. Peeler being
at home alone hitched a horse to a
buggy, got in the vehicle and started
to drive to a neighbor's, when the
animal became frightened and un-
manageable, during which the lady
was thrown from the buggy and re-
manned on the ground unconscious,
or in condition that she could not
get to the house to summon assist
ance for some hours. Mr.. and Mrs.
Peeler are well-known in this locality
and many friends here will join in the
hope that her recovery may soon fol-
low.-Appleton City Journal.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
TO TALK FOR DICKINSON.
Itineraries of Leading Democrats
in Sixth Arranged.

Clinton, Mo-, Jan.-Chairman Pey.
ton A. Parks of the Democratic Con-
greSSional Committee of the Sixth
District, who is looking after the cam
paign of former Senator C. C. Dick
insOn, the Democratic nominee for
Congress, has completed the itinera-
rieS of leading Democrats in Dickin-
sons behalf.
The special election to choose a
successor to the late David A. Dear
mond will be held February |, 1and
Mr.. Parks is impresSing upon all
Democrats in the district the necessity
of getting out full party vote in or
der to convince not only the State but
the country at large that the district
is as strongly Democratic as ever.
The Stay-at-home vote is the only
obstacle in the way of Senator Dickin-
sons election by a large majority, ="
said Mr.. Parks. "The Republicans,
figuring on our overconfidence, are
organizing in all sections of the dis
trict in the hope of catching us nap
ping.
Every Democratic voter should
go to the polls February /. No man
should remain at home believing that
his vote is not needed. Negligence
of this kind has cost able Democrats
their seats in Congress in previous
elections in Missouri.
I'VE do not intend that this shall
happen, however, in the district Mr..
DeArmond represented so we'll for
nineteen years. y
Former Governors Francis, Folk
and Dockcry former Congressman
W, 5. Cowherd and Joseph j. Rus
sell, James A. Reed and James Sud
dath, who was the strongest oppo-
ncnt of Senator Dickinson for the
nomination, have all agreed to make
speeches in the district.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
BATES co. GIRLS CAREER.
Former Bates Co. Girl Has Had
Varied Career-NOw Under
Arrest.

The Topeka State Capital in a re-
cent issue has this to say about a for
mer Bates county girl:
Miss Eula Wilson, IS years old,
the Wichita girl, who, two years ago,
was supposed to have died and myste-
riously returned to life, is under ar
rest at Augusta, Kan, where she
eloped Thursday night with her
sweetheart, Joseph Moyle. 1t is said
the two appeared in Augusta Thurs
day night, where they represented
themselves to be married. Their ac-
tons aroused suspicion and the
Wichita police were notified. The
girls father instructed the marshal at
Augusta to arrest and hold the pair,
"Eula Wilson has had as varied a
career as did ever any Kansas girl
On June 8, 1907, during a fit of seri-
Gus illness she lapsed into uncon-
Sciousness and was pronounced dead
Next day while funeral preparations
were being made she suddenly arous-
ed and from that day to this has not
suffered one day. Her case was the
subject of comment the world over
Upon regaining consciousness she
told of how she died, described her
reception in heaven and her ascent to
the pearly gates. She described the
interior of that unknown abode and
said she talked with God and many
friends and relatives who had preced-
ed her to life that she might preach.
She preached in all the Wichita
churches and even went outside the
city. She came under the influence
of a woman preacher. Another time
an effort was made to kidnap her by
persons who would exhibit the Won
der who had been to heaven. She
was finally sent to the Girls Indus
trial Home at Beloit to protect her.
She returned home a year ago and
has led quiet life. The girls faith
er Bailey Wilson, left for Augusta
tonight and the runaway pair will be
returned here tomorrow.
The Wilson family up to five or six
years ago resided on the Frank Atkins
farm, better known as the Breachear
rancho, and will be remembered by
many of our people, especially in the
country northwest of town, and the
above will be of more or less interest
to our readers generally. Review.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
Can't BE a Repub-
lican Much Longer.

Greenfield, Mo-, Jan. To The
Star: ! commend your paper on the
position it takes on public questions
that concern the people in general. II
makes public thought and sentiment
OF the right kind-thc kind that bene-
fits the public 1t does not wait to see
what the popular sentiment is and
then get in and ride. have not been
reading your paper long and am
pleasantly surprised to find a good
paper that is not politically hide
bound. | have been Republican all
OF my voting years, but don't think |
can stand it much longer. If | can't
be an insurgent Republican, ! guess |
must be Democrat hereafter. We
have plenty of people at Washington
to look after money and the inter-
ests" already. We need few more
there to look after the peoples inter-
ests. Sometimes people or papers
like to know how their ideas are re-
ceived. This is intended to indorse
the policy of your paper.-G. E.
ThWeatt. -
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
Real Estate Transfers.
Warranty Deeds.

G G Davidson to Pearce Hackett
lots Is, 16, II and l8 blk 10 Amoret
$125.
VIM H Noah to A j Noah 60 a sec
Is Homer twp $4,000.
Overton Morris to Richard Medley
l67 sec 5 Lone Oak twp S., ,O10.
Cd Reavis to E Hall pit sec % City
of Butler $3.50.
Reece Geer to Lee M Sims 80 a sec
10 Mt Pleasant twp $1,000.
Jno F McKissick to S w Barr 70 a
sec 2 New Home $3,225.
L j Scott to Howard Scott 80 a sec
II Homer twp 81.
S w Barr to John F MeKissiek blk
"A except east "a #, also blk IL Mout,
gomery's Hdd Butler $500.
Isabella Ruber G husband to H w
Tucker lot 1, blk 1 also lots 70, 80,
81 & 81 in the town of Worland $4OO.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
Robbers Made a big Haul. "

Scranton, Pa, Jan. %. There was
CONSERVATION at the Scranton Poultry
Show when it was discovered that
an egg laid by the $4,000 prize win
ming Orpington hen, Lady Washing
ton, had been stolen from the coop in
which she is kept. 1t had been laid
only short time before.
F. o. Megargee, owner of the hen,
has offered a large reward for the re-
turn of the egg, and the police are
searching for the thief.
A special policeman guards the hen.
1t is believed several persons were
concerned in the plot to steal the egg
and that they crowded around the
coop so the man who took it could
not be seen by the watchman.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS
Butler People Should Know How
to Read and Heed Them.

Sick kidneys give many signals of
distress.
The secretions are dark, contain a
sediment.
Passages are frequent, scanty, pain
full.
Backache is constant day and night
Headaches and dizzy spells are fire.
quent.
The weakened kidneys need quick
help.
Don't delay Use special kidney
remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys, backache and urinary disorders.
Butler evidence proves this state
ment.
Mrs. B. F. Johnson, 200 S. Main
st. Butler, Mo-, says: "Doan S Kidney
Pills, procured at Frank Clay's Drug
Store, have been used in our family
with good results. | do not hesitate
to recommend this remedy to anyone
suffering from trouble caused by dis
ordered kidneys. "
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan' sand
take no other.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
Flowers On Lees Statue.

Washington, Jan. In an unprece-
dented manner was the memory of
General Robert E. Lee honored at the
capitol Wednesday, despite the oppo-
sition which developed in the senate
against any action of the United
States government looking toward
honoring the distinguished confeder-
ate general.
Congressman passing through stat
uary hall saw the extraordinary ad-
dition to the Lee statue of a huge
bouquet of flowers. Statesmen COM
mented upon it, but those who had
expected to hear criticisms on the
part of senator's who opposed in the
upper house the reception of the
statue were disappointed.
Attaches of the capitol declared the
placing of the flowers on statue in
the hall of fame in honor of the birth
day of the man thus commemorated
marked precedent.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27

DC Jagers to H c T Mccall 100
sec 7 Elkhart $500.
f l. Reinig to H c 7 Mccall 200 a
sec % and % West Point twp $780,
W A Downy to j w Payton lots |,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 26, q G. % blk % Amo-
ret Sl400
Frederick Vogler to Carl Vogler 40
a sec l6 Deer Creek 81.
j W Payton to w A Downy SO a
sec q Homer twp $500
William Foster to James T Cameron
36 sec 26 Deepwater Sl400.
Robert l. SciferS to William S Ma
fus 40 a sec 2l Pleasant Gap Sl20O.
William Mawson to Bird Hutchins
20 sec 8 Deer Creek $500.
j f Cameron to w F Gragg 80
sec 26 Deepwater $1,000
Robert l. Scifers to Walter NafuS
40 a sec 8 Deer Creek $500.
Christian Henri to Robert L Scifers
80 sec q Pleasant Gap $1,000.
Christian Herni to Calvin Beshore
80 sec 81 Pleasant Gap $1,000.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that special meeting
OF the stockholders OF the Charlotte Telephone
Company, which will be held at McFadden 8
Hall in the village OF Virginia, Chsriotte
Township, Bates County, Missouri, ct ten
O'Clock In the forenoon on Friday, the lst
day Of April, 1910 to vote on Q proposition to
increase the capital stock OF said Company to
the sum OF Four Thousand Dollars (ea, ,O0O,)
PETER DEFINING, President.
7. GILBERT, Secretary. l3-td
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27
Incendiary at a County Home.

Sedalia, Mo-, Jan. 1t was learned
that an attempt was made last Thurs
day night to burn the Pettis County
Home, a 3-story building two miles
north of Sedalia The home is occu-
pied by seventy-five persons includ-
ing the superintendent and attend
ants.
Late last Thursday night Mrs. H. C.
Hatton, the superintendent, was
awakened by blaze in the rear Of the
building. Several attendants were
summoned and fought the flames an
hour before they extinguished them.
The police were notified and Thurs
day night three armed officers are
awaiting a return of the incendiary.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27

If you use PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES and are not satis-
fed, we will refund your money
or give you free enough dye to
make your dyeing satisfactory.
MONROE DRUG Co., Quincy, III.
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27

SEED CORN.-Boone Co. white
grown from pure bred seed; choice
seed that will grow. Address, A. S.
Millhorn, Butler, Mo. l2-tf
The Butler weekly times., 1910-01-27

| have a number of inquiries for
farms. If you wish to sell, list with
me. c. w. HESS.
28tf Butler, Mo.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-10
Mount Vernon and the Public.

a proposition 10 open the Mount Vernon
estate to the public and permit visitors
10 see the home and tomb OF Washington
without cost is made from time 10 time
and commands more or less popular sup
port II IS n proposition prompted by
patriotic spirit Representative Coudrey
is its latest champion, and he has intro
duced a bill in the House TO carry the
idea into effect
Few people, however, who commit
themselves TO the proposition understand
the difficulties involved or appreciate the
services Of the association that has long
had the care and control OF the estate.
This association IS made up OF patriotic
women. who receive no compensation for
their labors, but give their time and
talents freely to the preservation OF the
historic house, grounds, and tomb. vir-
ginia exercises sort OF official super
vision, but its regents, Ike those who
form the association. serve without pay.
The fund accruing from the nominal
fee charged for admission to the grounds
Is used largely. II not wholly. for the
upkeep Of the estate, its protection
against vandalism and FIRE, and the pur-
chase OF additional relics OF the Wash
ington family. There is no museum fea-
ture attached to the mansion. It's be-
Iongings represent what it originally con-
tained and the utmost precaution is
taken against the purchase of anything
not actually used by the Washington
family.
A visit to the shrine under present aus
plces is full OF patriotic meaning and dig
nifty. To open It to the public. II this
could be done. would tend quickly. no
doubt, unless the government threw ample
safeguards about II, 10 convert the es-
tate into a popular picnic ground. Ger
tainly no patriotic American would wish
70 see any such transformation as that.
A boulevard from Washington to Mount
Vernon IS needed. and some day will be
constructed. A patriotic people should
always have opportunity TO pay dignIAed
tribute to the Father Of the Country by
a visit to his tomb. But the popularization
OF the sacred place has its dangers as
well as its comuendabIe phases. and
Congress will be slow 10 adopt a change.
Meanwhile. no Just consideration OF
the situation can fail 10 give the fullest
measure Of credit and praise to the body
OF patriotic women who have so sue
cessfully controlled the affairs Of Mount
Vernon all these years
The Washington herald., 1910-05-10
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
The Surrender of Ticonderoga-Ma TO-

The battle Of Lexington, practically the
first conflict OF the American Revolution,
having been fought on April 70, l775, the
whole country was now aroused. and the
prospect OF peace without resort 10 arms
was not considered by the colonistS. In
New York the patriots set the royal Off
cials at defiance and seized the munitions
OF war: New Jersey and Pennsylvania
rejected all overtures Of reconciliation
and began 20 train their militia; Gov.
Dunmore fed from the infuriated people
OF Virginia. and from the far South the
voice Of Georgia jointed IN the general
chorus.
Exactly three weeks after the Lexins-
ton fight, on May 10, 1775. the fine English
fortress OF TIconderoga, which guarded
with its 100 cannon the watershed be-
tween the great valleys of the St. Law
renee and the Hudson. was surrendered
to Ethan Allen with less than hundred
Green Mountain Boys" at his command.
At Ticonderoga was an immense store
OF military supplies that would he Of
great use 10 the colonists Immediately
upon news OF Lexington. Allen laid plans
to capture ii. He wrote the New York
government. but that body thought the
action inadvisable. The committee Of
safety Of Cambridge. Mass. however.
voted favoraby, and Benedict Arnold
was commissioned TO raise 400 men in
Western Massachusetts.
Arnold had but forty when he Joined
Allen, who commanded go Vermonters.
Allen decided the disputed question Of
command in his own favor. In order to
save time he took but eighty-three men.
and rushing into the fort at dawn. or
dered the bewildered commander to sur
render
Unaware that Britain had an enemy on
the continent (?). de la Place asked by
whose authority"
"Of Great Jehovah and the Continual
Congress-" which met on that day, cried
Allen.
When Allen made the attack the garri-
son was sound asleep. If the cheers OF
the patriots were heard. the British took
care TO keep quiet. Only one sentinel was
on guard. and as he resisted. Allen gave
him a neat sword cut which made him
The Washington herald., 1910-05-10
PeeIs Oranges for a Living.

From the New York Press
A woman fruit vender who has a stand
on a cellar flap under a window in Angel
court, near the change. in London Is
making a small fortune by her quick
ness In perceiving the needs OF her Gus
toners. she worked up n specially OF
selling oranges already peeled 70 brokers,
clerks and messengers who are so busy
in the middle OF the day they do not
wish 20 take time 10 peel oranges. Thou
sands Of men rush by her stand every
day and she averages sales Of almost
one thousand oranges. The busy men
find juicy oranges ready peeled. and they
gladly pay a penny more for them. She
has become so busy that she has an as
sistant. IT used TO peel oranges for
few Of my customers" she said, but
there began to be an increasing demand
for them, and now I am kept busy from
the time the market opens until the even
Ing. run knife around the fruit twice
and then tear the peeling off in four
pieces"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-10

obliteration Of the Mason and Dixon line
or any other cause OF sectional feeling.
To the North II should make little differ
ence whether II be civil war" or war
between the States" while the wishes
OF the South should be learned and the
term most acceptable to that section
should be adopted. There have been
other civil wars in history. and no doubt
there VIII be others in the future. but
war between the States" would be dis
tinctlve and a designation that could not
be misinterpreted.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-10
ONE ACRE SUPPORTS THREE.
Real Intensive Farming I'm the
Orient-HOw IL Is Done

Real Intensive Farming in the
Orient-HOw IL Is Done.
From Golfers Weekly.
A humble-minded pilgrimage by an ex-
pert was that Of +. H King. OF the
Wisconsin Agricultural College. 20 China
and Japan 20 study why their soils could
support three persons 20 the acre.
Western scientific agriculturists have
much 70 learn from those farmers who
have made the soil respond for twenty.
and perhaps even forty. centuries OF
service.
The average farm is supporting three
persons 90 the acre. and in nearly all
parts Of the densely populated sections
two. three. and sometimes even four
crops are taken from the same field each
year
But this is not the only cause of
their longer growing season The almost
universal practice OF planting nearly ali
crops In rows and in hills IN the row
permits one crop TO be planted. germl-
mated, and often hoed before another
crop has been removed from the field.
thus utilizing for growth all Of the time
We consume in removing the harvest and
in fitting the ground for the next crop.
Then there is the other very extensive
practice of starting crops in nurseries
under conditions Of intense fertilization,
securing on a much smaller area rapid
growth and strong plants. which are
then transferred 90 the fields In this
manner even the vast areas covered by
vf-
plants being grown thirty or more days
in small beds, gaining thereby thirty 20
fifty days. during which another crop on
the same field Is maturod. harvested.
and the ground fitted for the one 10 fol-
low
Human labor IS the one asset OF which
they have an excess. and II is freely
used in securing the effect OF longer sea-
sons, which, because Of their geographic
al position, exceed ours. Inn Southern
China two crops Of rice are regularly
taken, and this is true even In parts OF
Japan. In the Chekiang province A
crop Of rape. Of wheat, Of beans, or Of
green manure precedes the summer crop
Of rice or OF cotton. IN the Shantung
province a crop Of winter wheat or OF
barley is followed in the summer with
crop I millet and soy beans Of sweet
potatoes, or peanuts As far north as
Tientsin and Pekin in the latitude Of
Columbus, Ohio; indianapolis, and
Springfield. IL, Mr. King talked with a
farmer who followed his crop Of wheat
with one Of onions and these with cab
bage the same year, realizing a gross
earning OF Sl63 gold per acre. Another
farmer planted a crop cf Irish potatoes
at the earliest opportunity in the spring,
marketed them young. and followed with
onions and then with cabbage. realizing
$2o3 per acre for three crops.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-10
George v.

Much is being said and written nova
days. naturally, about George V. Eng
lends new King. Il is very evident that
not much. one way or the other is known
OF him. save that he is eminently re-
spectacle and more or less modest and
unostentatious.
We fail to see. however, wherein his
rast incllnations TO a life Of repression
and self-enacement may justly be held
20 be "ominous," as some OF our con-
temporaries put #. or indicative OF medi-
ocrity and unhtness for the crown. II II
shows anything at all. It would seem to
show. on the contrary. the possession Of
safe and sane ideas with respect 10
royalty in these modern times.
In the first place. the fact that the
King. as crown prince. managed to main
tain his personal respectability in any
and all circumstances marks him as
somewhat different from the usual run
OF embryonic kingshp. AS a rule, the
youth OF royal blood considers himself
quite above the operation OF all ordinary
moral law. and, like the wind that blow
eth where it nsteth, he generally con-
siders that he can do no wrong-or. II he
does. is not TO be held TO account for H.
George might have been a "rolncking
blade" had he so desired-a sort OF gilded
biackguard. indeed. and nothing much
would have come OF It. perhaps.
Then. again. in a democratic country,
such as England really is. George seems
to have shown a keen appreciation Of the
fitness Of things by choosing 20 be non
assertive and nonaggressive In his ca
pacity OF crown prince. Had he attempted
70 butt in" on affairs Of state. he would
promptly have been frowned down by
ministers and the public-not TO mention
his august father-and would bnmedately
have been rated as an upstar,, bent upon
meddling where he was not concerned.
So. II George held himself aloof from
that and thereby acquired a retiring
status in the peoples estimation, why is
not that. really. very much 20 his credit
and an evidence Of poise and balance7
After all. George comes, so far as his
more recent ancestry is concerned, Of
fine stock. as royalty goes. His father
developed elements Of genuine kingly
greatness; his paternaI grandmother was
a noble and effective Queen: his mother
is level-headed and much beloved; his
maternal grandfather was king Of con-
sible that George V will measure up fully
to his tremendous responsibilities. At
least there is. so far. no apparent reason
10 be excessively apprehensive that he
viii not