The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-06
JUDGE L. B. VALIANT DIES
IN MISSISSIPPI
Former Chief Justice of Missouri, "a,
Succumbs to Bronchial Trouble.

Former Chief Justice of Missouri, "a
Succumbs to Bronchial Trouble.
Leroy B. Valiant, former Chic
Justice of the Missouri Supreme
Court, died at 8 O'Clock Monday at
ternoon at Greenville, Miss, where
he first began the practice Of law. He
was "a years old.
The former Supreme Court Judge
went to Greenville recently for his
health, which gradually had been
declining. His condition had been
serious for two weeks before his
death. Bronchial trouble was the
cause.
Judge Valiant was Circuit Judge
in St. Louis for two terms before 60
ing to Jefferson City in 1898 for a
place on the Supreme bench. He
was a Democrat and a Confederate
War Veteran.
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Mrs. W. l. Rice, aged 81 years and
6 months, departed this life at her
home in this city Tuesday, March 4,
1918, after brief illness Of pneu-
monia. Her husband, w. l. Rice sur
wives. Funeral services, conducted
at the residence, were held Thursday
afternoon and interment was made in
Oak Hill cemetery.
A. j. Erhart traded his fine farm
adjoining Adrian on the south, to J..
T. Ellis for $500 acres of decided land
and 1900 acres of leased land in Ness
county, Kans. Mr.. Erhart will en-
gage in raising cattle and hogs on his
western ranch, having reserved his
herd boars, Major B. Hadley and
Giant Wonder, and eighteen of his
best gifts. Adrian Journal.
j. w. Chambers, one of The Times
old friends who is now located at
Selma, California, writes us as fol-
lows: eve have been here since
last May and have bought a small
ranch near Selma. Raise peaches,
vines and alfalfa. We came here for
the climate and have found it good;
am sure We'll be stronger. Missouri
will always have a hold on us and
her people are hard to beat. Was
pleased with the election"
Few residents of Butler have any
idea of the magnitude of transient
business which this city enjoys, and
when one learns he is almost incred-
ulous. P. C. Carpenter who has been
in the bus business in this city for the
past seven years informs Times re-
porter that an average of 800 travel
ing men pass in and out of the city
each month in the year. Of course
this estimate is simply all average
and while some months it will run
considerably below these figures,
other months will show correspond
ing excess.
John Ogden, formerly president of
the Farmers Bank of Deepwater,
which closed its doors last Novem-
Der when Ogden was arrested charg-
ed with forgery, plead guilty to a
charge of swindling in the Henry
county circuit court Monday, and was
sentenced to term of four years in
the state penitentiary. Ogden
was made president of the bank with
in few months after his release
from the state penitentiary where he
had served three year term. He
was considered a model citizen. 1t
is thought that his forgeries will
to $4,000.
The Drexel Star of last week pub
|ished an excellent short story writ
ten expressly for that paper by Rev. t
Claude S. Handy, the popular young
minister of the Ohio street NJ. E.
church of this city. The story, en-
titled "The Opportunity" deals with
The self sacrifice of an ambitious
young man who, although poverty
stricken and laboring under burden
If debt, refuses to accept a position
If undesirable environment, although
lot only lucrative, but carrying with
t the promise of foreign travel. Mr..
ianby's story is exceedingly we'll
written and intensely interesting.
The third Sales Day held in this city
his spring was held at McMullen's
ale pavilion Saturday afternoon with
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