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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26
Much. Damage Done by Heavy
Rains in South Missouri.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 90
Washouts, high water and land
slides have demoralized the rail
road service in southern Missouri
and northern Arkansas, accord
ing to reports received here.
Thirteen bridges on the Mis-
souri, & North Arkansas railroad
were damaged and large Sec
ton of a mountain slid across the
tracks into the river below Leslie.
The big lake dam at Olvey, Ark,
was broken. Crops along creeks
and rivers were severely dam
aged and fences carried away.
No loss of life has been reported.
Reports from West Plains, Mo.
indicate heavy flood damage in
that section. The railroad bridg-
es at Mammoth Spring, Hardy
and Ravenden are gone and miles
of track are washed away be-
tween Mammoth Spring and
Hardy. Many cars of live stock
were flooded at these stations
and the stock drowned. The
government fish hatchery at
Mammoth Spring was wiped out.
Mammoth Spring, Thayer,
Koshkonong, Brandsville, Chap
in and West Plains get power
from dams which have been de-
stroyed or damaged and. will be
in darkness until the damage is
repaired.
White river was higher at
Powersite at Z o'clock last night
than ever before in its history
and was running twelve feet and
two and half inches over the
Ozark Power and Water Com
pany's big dam. ;
The normal depth of the
stream at the dam is fifty feet.
Thursday night it was flowing
over the dam at q depth Of sixty
| two feet and two and a half inch
es. That, was eight and two and
a half inches higher than it ever
had been before.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26
TO Regulate Serum king

The announcement that new
regulations governing the mann.
facture and sale Of hog cholera
serum have been drawn up hy
the department of agricultu1 I
should occasion no small aInount
of interest on the. part Of the
men who raise hogs hogs f has has az
ready been demonstrated that
much of the footRnd-mouth dis
ease was spread by the use Of I'M
pure serum, and cases are not un,
known where hogs have been
killed outright or the cholera.
spread with serum that has beer
improperly manufactured. 81
During the past three years
more than twenty-five companieS
for the manufacture Of serum
have sprung up in Kansas City
alone. Many Of these plants
have been operated with limited
capital by men doing business "a
a "shoe string and eager for.
the immediate profits in the bus
mess. As a result some have in
adequate equipment and have
produced a grade Of serum not
as good as the best and yet suffi-
GENTLY good to pass the inspec-l
ton of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, under the
regulations now existing. ~
Only the man who cannot meet
the requirements of the govern
ment and manufacture first-class
serum will suffer by the new reg
ulations, while the manufactures
who is already equipped and
making good serum should be
benefited by the elimination Of
the inferior competitor.-Farm-
err and Stockman.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26
Nanny" Ruth Miller,
Mansion Cook, is Dead

Ruth Nanny Miller, aged
negress and former slave, who
cooked at the executive mansion
during the administrations of
Governors Crittenden, Francis,
Stone and Stephens, died at Kan
sas City Thursday at the home Of
former Mayor Crittenden.
She was a native of Warrens-
burg and came here with Govern
or Crittenden when he was gov
ernor. She was head Of the force
in the kitchen and chief cook for
the four governors designated.
When T. T. Crittenden, Jr.,
was elected mayor Of Kansas
City she went up to the city hall,
walked deliberately and con-
temptuously by the secretary to
the mayor in the latter's office
and demanded q jebs and. got it.
Mrs. AL Morrow knew her well
and said she nursed Carrie Crit
tenden, daughter Of the govern
or, who died at the mansion.
She used to prepare corn
"pone" for Stone when he was
governor and other old fashioned
cooking, Of which the senior SEN
ator is very ond.-Jefferson
City Capital News.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26
Poultry Lice do Great Damage.

The offspring from a single
pair Of lice, according to H. L,
Kempster of the Missouri Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, will
in six weeks be approximately
1875, 900. This fact emphasizes
the Importance of keeping the
poultry free from them.
Lice live upon the bodies Of
the poultry. They deposit their
eggs in the plumage, generally
near the vent and live upon the
scurf, dead skin and feathers. To
get rid Of them remedies must
be applied to the bird. Spraying
the roosts with licekilling RENE
dies are of little value. One OF
the best and most common meth
ods\of getting rid of lice is to APP
ply insect powder, which should
be we'll busted into the feathers.
A second application 10 days af-
ter the first will catch the second
brood of lice and make a
thorough job of it. Otherwise
if these live the first application
is of little value.
A good, cheap and effective
louise powder is made by adding
a mixture of one part of crude
carbolic acid and three parts OF
gasoline to plaster Of paris, all
that the powder will blot up.
When the plaster is dry pulver-
ize it and store in tight cans. An
other effective remedy is to rub
a piece of blue ointment, the size
of pea, well into the skin just
beneath the vent.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26
TWO-YKAR-0LD HELPERS
MAKE MILK RECORDS
Cows in Univsrsity Of Missouri
Dairy Herd Complete Fhst
Years Tests.

Two remarkable two-year-old
heifer records for milk and but
ter production have been made
by two cows owned by the Dairy
Department of the University Of
Missouri.
One of these heifers has pro-
duced 1891 pounds of milk for
the year closing June S, and 389
pounds of butter. In ten months
the other heifer has produced
1856 pounds Of milk and AS
pounds of butter. She is q
granddaughter of Missouri Chief
Josephine, "A cow owned by the
Dairy Department of the Univer-
sity which had years record
Of q. 1861 pounds of milk and
965 pounds of butter. She held
the worlds record for milk pro-
duction over . period Of six
months. Missouri Chief Jose
phine died in 1912.
When the record of the Sec
ond heifer is completed for q
years time, it is estimated that
she. viii have produced $1,000
pounds Of milk and $50 pounds
Of butter, This is an average
daily production of more than 20
quarts.
These are, remarkable records
for young cows according to pro-
fessors IN the dairy department.
These heifers are Holsteins.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26
A Family of Five Drowned.

Little Rock, Ark, Aug. pa
dispatch from Newark, Ark,
says a farmer, his wife and three
children were drowned in the
flood waters Of White River that
have inundated 100 square miles
of the Oil Trough bottoms, in In
dependence County, midway be-
tween Batesville and Newport.
Two steamboats, from Newport,
aided by small boats, have work
ed all day rescuing families ma
rooned by the flood which
rushed into the low lying bot
toms, with such rapidity that the
people had no chance to flee.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26
W. G. T. q. Convention at Hume.

The fourth annual convention
Of the Bates county w. C. T. U.
was held at Hume Wednesday
and Thursday, August 18 and 10.
The white ribboners were given
royal welcome by the good peo-
pie of the white city. The re-
ports showed a gain in member
ship and a general advance for
the past year.
The Gold Medal Declamatory
Contest was held Wednesday
night and Miss Helen Naylor, of
Rich Hill, was declared the win
ner.
The meeting next year will be
held at Rich Hill, at which time
it is expected to double the num-
Der of Unions in the county. The
resolutions adopted, among other
things, extended a vote of appre-
citation to the press of Bates
county, which has refused to. OPP
en- it's columns for liquor adver-
Using. The resolutions also
pledged the organization to stay
in the fight to the last trench for
equal suffrage.
The. officers elected for the en-
suing year are:
President, Mrs. F. O. Selling
er, Rich Hill.
Vice President, Mrs. Lydia
Funk, Passaic.
Cor. Sec'y, Mrs. Margaret =.
Griffin, Rich Hill.
Rec. Sec'y, Mrs India Hoover,
Adrian.
Treas, Miss Anna Frey, But.
i Ter.
The meeting closed with : reg
ulAr oldstime basket dinner, Of
which Hume is Justly famous.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

National Americans Meets second
Monday night in each month at
WoOdman Hall.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

Miami II. A. Chapter Stated meet
ings on second and fourth THURSDAY
nights in each month in hall In Fra
ternal Inn.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

Daurhters of Rebekah Carnation
Lodge meets the second and fourth
Thursday in each month in hall IN
Fraternal Inn.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

Butler Encsmpment Meets SECOND
and fourth Tuesday In each month
at hall in Fraternal Inn.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

Royal and Select Masters-Butler
Council, No. %, meets on the second
Tuesday in each month in hall In
'Fraternal Inn.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

A. r. and A. M-Mcets first and
third Saturday night In each month
at hall in Fraternal Inn.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

Royal Neighbors-Meet in Wood
man Hall on south side of square
first and third Monday nights In
each month.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26
GULF STORM REACHES ST.
Eleven Persons Drowned and
Immense Property Loss
Reported.

The great storm that devastat-
ed the Texas gulf coast last Mon
day and Tuesday and then swept
northward struck St. Louis with
diminished fury Thursday night
and Friday, bringing with it the
heaviest downpour in the history
of the city and causing flood
that drove hundreds of city and
suburban residents from their
homes. At five o'clock Saturday
night the rainfall since the storm
began was 5.95 inches.
Fifteen square mifss in the
Des Peres river valley Lin, St.
Louis and surrounding country
! were inundated and 5000 people
are homeless. The property loss
is estimated at over 100000.
Eleven bodies were taken from
the Des Peres river Saturday
and many persons are reported
as missing and it is feared they
were drowned.
Train service to the west and
south of St. Louis was practical
ly suspended Friday and Satur-
day. The great danger to the
flooded district is now from dis
ease which may follow.
Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Aug. 21.-
Hundreds were made homeless
last night when the levee on
Black River at Poplar Bluff gave
way and East Poplar Bluff was
completely inundated. Hundreds
of motorboats and wagons are as
sisting families from their homes
to places of safety. So far no
deaths have been reported.
The damage done to property
and crops will be enormous. The
towns Of -Hilliard, Keener, Hen
erickson, Barlow, Williamsville,
Leeper and Mill Springs are COM
pletely inundated and the inhabi-
tants have gone to the hills.
The last word received from
Greenville reported the water
rising fast and the town was soon
expected to be inundated.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

G, A. R.-Bates Post, No. So. meets
at the City Hall on the 1lrst satur-
day in each month at p. m.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

American Woman Meets at the
call of the Foreman in the Knights
of Pythias Hall.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

Confederate Veterans MarmaduKe
duke Camp, No. SIS, meets at the
call of the commander.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

knights Templar Gouley Com
mandery No. 80 meets second Satur-
day night in each month in hall In
Fraternal Inn.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

Modern Woodmen-Butler Camp.
No. PASS, meets first and third
Thursday nights in each month at
hall on south side of square.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

r. o. o. F. Meets every Monday
night in hall over Fraternal Inn.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

benevolent aid Protective Order Of
EIks-Meets second Tuesday night OF
each month at hall, corner OF Main
and Ohio Streets.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26
LODGE DIRECTORY.

knixhts Of Pythias-Blue Flag
Lodge, No. 1870, meets each Friday
night at Castle Hall on south side OF
square.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

WOOdmen Of The World-Maple
Camp meets at the call Of the Sow
erign Commander.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-08-26

Knights and Ladies' Of Security
Meet second and fourth Tuesday
each month at hall, corner of Main
nights in each month.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20
IMPORTANT MEETING 'OF LEAGUE TONIGHT
MATTER OF CHANGE IN THE CON STITUTloN WILL COME UP
 FOR FINAL ACTION.
Probably Means the Alteration of League Constitution to Meet Gen eral Requirements of a Single Or ganizaton.

Tonights meeting of the Business Mems League will be one of the most important held in long time, since the proposed change in the constitu- ton of the organization will be taken up and acted upon.
 The Chamber of Commerce, which had been dormant since the resigna- ton some months ago of Secretary Ernest Iatta, has a membership which will probably be turned into the League under the proposed changes, and which means that here after there will be only single or ganization through which public is sues will be worked out.
 The proposed changes in the consti- tuition are for board of governors instead of an executive committee, and also there is a change in the manner and method of the election of officers, since it is provided that riyal tickets shall be nominated and that interest shall be centralized in the election of the officers of the organ ization.
 The League has not held a regular meeting in some time because of the press of other business, and therefore tonight there are some very urgent matters that will come up for consid- eration. 1t is essential that the pub lie work in behalf of Hot Springs be taken up with renewed vigor, and the attendance of the citizenship gen erally is expected aat the meeting to- might.
 There are some new proposals for the advancement of Hot Springs that mak be taken up soon, but cannot be undertaken until there is manifested more general interest in the public welfare. The matter of getting proper appropriations for government i'm proyement here cannot be advanced without some enthusiastic work
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20
VIOLENCE ASSORTED TO
 IN CARPENTERS STRIKE

Chicago, April 19.-Striking carpen- ters, through John Metz, president of the Carpenters district council, and chairman of the Carpenters commit tee, meeting with the state board of arbitration, agreed today to a propo- sition for mediation.
 MT. Metz said that the carpenters would not return to work while me diation is pending. The state board of arbitration adjourned until Thurs day, and until then the employers are not expected to make public their de- cision regarding the acceptance of mediation.
 Two non-union carpenters were beaten into unconsciousness today while. they were at work on q new church building. Their assailants escaped in an automobile.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20
BOB JONES ONLY
 LEFT IN FINALS
HOT SPRINGS GOLF TOURNEY RESOLVES ITSELF TO R. A.
 JONES AND M. c. MEIER.
Hiram Whlttngton, the Other Hot Springs Golfer to Show So We'll Lost by Single Stroke in 1s-Hoe Course.

This afternoon sees the end of the Hot Springs championship tOurpa- ment on the Country Club links south of the city. R. A. Jones of this city and Mir. M C. Neizer. visiting golfer, will decide just who is to be entitled to the honor of being rated Hot Springs champion for the season of 1915, and all of the Localities are pin ming their faith on Jones to hold the title here at home. It will undOubt- edly be a very close match and gal Iery will probably follow the play, Jones is playing a faster game than was expected, and should he follow up today, his speed of the last few days should finish up the winner,
 Hiram Wilmington the only other local player left in the tournament was defeated by Neizer yesterday aft ernoon by the close score of 1 up on 8 holes. It was a tough game to lose for Wilmington, who during this tournament has come up from an un- known to almost a scratch man. iiis playing has easily been the surprise of the tournament and many had figured him to win yesterday over Neizer.
 Yesterdays match between Jones and Rounds resulted in Jones barely uosing the visitor out by one hole the last hole of the course deciding the match.
 With the match this afternoon the tournaments are over for this season. There nave been more this year than ever in the history of the club, and interest has been unusually keen both on the part of local players and visitors.
 An announcement of much interest to local club members was made last night when Professional Hoare stated that he was putting up a gold medal for the best local player, the indiyid- ual to be determined during the summer months He has made out the permanent club landicaps of every club member, and has posted it in the club house. One Saturday and Sunday in each month is to be given over to play for this medal, the win ner each month to drop out until six locals have turned in the lowest card of the month. Next fall the six win uers of the monthly tournaments will meet in match play to decide diff nitely Who shall retain the medal of fered by Hoare. This announcement is certain to result in more interest during the summer months and will serve to bring out practically the full membership each time the monthly tournaments are staged.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20
ROAD COMMITTEE
 TO START TODAY
MANY SUBSCRIPTIONS HAVE VOLUNTARILY BEEN SENT
 TO SECRETARY.

The committee appointed to solicit subscriptions to defray the expense of additional work on the Little Rock road will meet at the Arkansas Trust Company this morning and proceed to make a canvass of the business, and especially the owners of automobiles.
 Judge Mooney, in speaking of the matter, said:
 We expected to start this work yesterday, but some of the members of the committee found 1t impossible to be absent from their business; nevertheless. quite a number of VOL untary subscriptions have been left with Mir Burgaurer. the secretary, or sent to him through the mails in re- sponse to the notice published a day or so ago.
 T am sure the business people fully realize the importance of this addi- tional work. Our road is in excellent condition for distance of ten miles. It is proposed to work the road from the point where the recent contract work terminated to the town of Lons-  dale, a distance of about four and d half miles. This part of the road passes through practically leye. country. It can be easily improved. 1 am absolutely confident that within three months time or less this part of the road can be placed in equally as good condition as any rart of tho ten miles of road already completed. And it can be done dirt cheap. MT. billiard, by operating the county crew and machinery, can perform this work admirably and for the comparatively small expense of $750 per month. am ready to start the work. 1t only remains that the county have the as surance of 150 men that they will sub scribe $15 payable within thirty, sixty and ninety days. This work must be done It means that the influx Of summer business for Hot Springs coming from Little Rock and othel eastern cities of the state is p0si lively assured"
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20
CAMPBELL WILL
 FIGHT HAS BEGUN
RELIGION THE VITAL QUESTION AT ISSUE IN SELECTION OF
 A JURY.

St. Louis. April t9, Religion was the vital question al issue in the selec ton of a jury here today for the triaI of the suit attempting to break the will of James Campbell, traction mag nate, who died year ago leaving an estate of approximately s16,000,000.
 Every prospective juryman who said he was Catholic was taken by the contestants courCel whether, as a juror, he would be influenced by the fact that the St. Louis University, a Catholic institution, and ultimate le gatee of the entire estate, would lose its inheritance if the suit were dicided in favor of the plaintiffs
 Every man asked that question an. swered that he would not be thus in. fluenced Counsel for the contestants objected to certain prospects because of the degree of their beliefs in Cath. olicism, but the court overruled such objections whenever the proposed jurymen said he would not be influenc ed by his religion.
 At the close of the day fifty three men had been examined and fifteen selected Ten of these were Catholic and five protestants A panel of IS will be completed tomorrow and after each side has stricken three men from this list the trial proper will com mence. William Nelson Cromwell ot New York, appeared today to assist at torneys for the defense.
 Mir. Campbell's will left his entire estate in equal shares to his widow Mrs. Florence Campbell, and Loi,
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20
A WOMAN DOCTOR.

says, "Eugenics Is a necessary fac tor in the future of the race The average American girl is unfit for motherhood" This may be true, but if weak and ailing girls passing from girlaood to womanhood would only rely, as thousands do, upon Lydia E
 Pinkham's Vegetable Compound-that simple remedy made from roots and herbs-to restore the system to a normal healthy condition, it would cause many ills from which they suf fer to disappear, SO that motherhood might become the joy of their lives.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20

Bottled milk ana cream delivered to Sny part of the city, daily. Pure wholesome and rich. The Pasteu rixed Milk Go. Phone 1k a-2l-ti
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20
Makes 61 Feel Like 16

q suffered with kidney aiment foI two years" writes Mrs M. A Bridges, Robinson, Miss, and com menced taking Foley Kidney Pills about ten months ago. I am now able to do all my work without fatigue. am now 61 years of age and feel like a 16-year old girl" Foley Kidney Pills strengthen and inyigorate weak tired and deranged kidneys; relieve backache, weak back rheumatism and bladder trouble. They are tonic in action. Obtainable everywhere.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20

Campbell, now Mrs. Burkham, refer red to in the will as his daugnter. Aft CT the death of Mrs. Campbell Mrs. Burkham and any heir the latter may leave, the entire estate is willed to st. Louis University for the establish ment of a medical school and hos pital
 The will is being contested by a sis ter of Mir. Campbell and several of his nephews and nieces on the claim that Lois Campbell Burkham is an adopted and not natural daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Campbell
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20
NOTED EXILE DEAD.

London, April Professor Tar rida del Marmol, a well known span ish revolutionary, and the most noteC of political exiles resident in Eng and is dead at his home in Hieham. Park. His expulsion from Spain came about through his allegations that prisoners were tortured in Mont iuich prison, Barcelonia.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20

ing international relations Christian, and our belief that in some way and in due time solution will be found for the Californian question, mutually satisfactory to Japan and to Califor- mia and the United States as a whole, To this end we urged that true patriots on both sides of the Pacific must exert themselves to restrain jingoes, to discredit false news. and to frown upon those who foment fric- ton and suspicion"
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20

Bulgarian ButtermTIk at drug stores or the Pasteurized Milk Company Phone Is. l-30-tf
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20
Should Not Feel pIscouraaed.

So many people troubled with indi gestion and constipation have been benefited by taking Chamberlain Tablets that no one should feel dis couraged who has not given them a trial. They contain no pepsin or other digestive ferments but strengthen the stomach and enable it to perform it's functions naturally. Obtainable ey anywhere.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-20

LETTER HEADS, NOTE HEADS,
 BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS, EN- VELOpES, CARDS, ETC., LAW YEUS' BRIEFS NEATLY EXECUTED