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The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Peru Items.

The program Friday night was
fine There was large crowd pres
ent, and quite few pies. The pro-
ceeds amounted to about twenty-five
dollars. Miss Margaret Thomas re-
ceivcd the box of candy given to the
most popular young lady and Jim
Wix jar of pickles, which was given
to the LATEST man.
The Y. P. B. met with Marion
Thomas last Saturday night. After
the business meeting the time was
spent in practicing some of the songs
in the new books they have just pur-
chased.
- The ladies' of the Red Cross met
with Mrs. Nell Harper last week to
make bandages.
The meeting at Double Branches
closed with IS additions to the
church. IS were baptized near the
river bridge Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Will McGinnis and
family and Miss Maud Morgan took
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. F. l..
Blankenbaker last Sunday.
We hear that Mr. Otis Andrews
has sold his farm to Fred Gilbert.
Miss Ethel Thomas was on the sicl:
list last week.
We wonder how many men OBJ
served smokeless day. It's all right
to have meatlcss days and for the
kids to do without candy but smoke
less days are different altogether.
Let no man talk of freedom until he
can govern himself.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dode Holland of
Butler visited few days last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Harper
BILLIE AND SUSIE.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Sam !. Starkey, Pastor.

Sam !. Starkey, Pastor.
This is a time of good deal OF
trouble in the world and all over the
world. Grave problems confront us
as the great pendulum of time
swings lis through the portals of the
twentieth century. Momentous ques-
tions agitate the public mind and de-
mand a speedy answer-financial, po-
litical, educational, questions touch
ing the relation of capital and labor,
of trusts and combines, Of food con-
servation and war, and we know not
what else But all of these sink into
utter insignificance when we think of
the power of Christianity and its ef-
feet on our lives. While we are doing
SO much to help the greatest nation
in the world win the war let us not
forget the language of the Savior of
men "and l, if be lifted up before
the world, will draw all unto Me-"
1t is your christian duty to do your
bit in the service of the Master.
Just now every church should be
filled to their utmost capacity with
men and worrrr1 ratffiir1g upor HIM for
peace. Let us rally under the blood
stained banner Of Jesus Christ, the
great leader, of men, and send forth
the cry of eternal peace. The vic
tory OF the Saviour in the hearts and
lives of men and in the nations of the
earth depends upon you and me, my
dear friend. So God being our helper
let us do our bit" Attend some
church every Sunday and be willing
to do anything that you are called
on to do to help. Be at Sunday
school and church in some one of the
churches of the town or country Sun-
day. DR.. f. F. Jones will fill the pull
pit Sunday morning in the interest of
the anti-saloon league. and DR.. J. T.
Pritchett, our presiding elder will
preach for us Sunday night The
work is progressing nicely and we
want you to be on time at Sunday
school with a new scholar. And do
not forget the League at 6:3o. Be
there Lacquer You who missed the
League last Sunday evening missed
a treat.
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Double Branch Pick-Ups.

. The weather is rather gloomy n
this writing.
The meeting at Double Branch
closed last Friday night with r8 addi
tions, of which IS were baptised Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Jenkins ant
children, Mrs. Belle Walters ant
daughter, Miss Anna, spent Sunday
at H. c. Walters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Carpenter, oi
near Appleton City, spent few days
the last of the week visiting Mrs. Car
penter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. R.
Walters. Mr.. Carpenter had the mis-
fortune to almost cut four of his
toes off while trying to sharpen a
post about two weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scifers and chill
dren spent Saturday night at Sam
Starts.
Elijah Walters went home with
Ward Carpenter to huck corn for
him.
DR.. Compton and family of Pleas
at NIdp "CIC lhS SuSStS VI - i-'
Naius and family Sunday.
q Mr.. Geo. Utley and family took
dinner at Mrs. Utley's mother, Mrs.
Purkey, at Pleasant Gap Sunday.
w. A. Bakers and family were the
guests of Sheriff Baker, at Butler,
Sunday.
Mrs. Vernie Ghere is numbered
with the sick.
Mrs. I. r. Hall and Grandma Sears
spent last Wednesday with Mrs. Cora
Bentley.
Mrs. Mary Nafus visited one day
last week with A. l.. Jones and fam
lily.
Grandma Nafus spent part Of last
week with Mrs. Nafus, near Papins-
vile.
Geo. lobe delivered hogs on Mon
days market at Butler.
We may be able to tell you more
about that wedding All we can say
now is it will happen before you get
this news.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo, Jobc, Mrs. H. c.
Walters and son, Norton, were shop
ping in Rich Hill last week.
GYP.
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Gone Home.

1t is with much sorrow that we all
nounce the death of a promising
young man, Fred William Roberts
who has lived in this vicinity about a
year. He was born January 3, 1906,
near Mulberry, Bates county, Mo-, at
which place he grew to manhood.
He was the second son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Roberts. He departed this
life on November IS, 1917, at 1890 a.
M, at Foster, Mo. Was 22 years, 10
months and IL days old. He had been
failing in health for the past three
years. During the last month dropsy
set in and he suffered much, but his
Affections were borne with Christian
fortitude until the end came. He ex-
pressed desire that he was ready to
go to meet his God, but that he hated
to leave his loved ones. He was
held in high esteem by his friends
and neighbors.
He was converted at Amoret about
year ago under Rev. Delays series
of meetings, and later united with the
Christian church at Virginia, at
which place he was a member in good
standing. Fred will be missed much
at home as he was a favorite with
family and relatives and friends.
Besides father, mother, six broth
ers, four sisters. relatives and a host
of friends are left to mourn his death.
Funeral services were conducted at
Mulberry, Mo-, at 8 o'clock p. m. on
November If. by Rev. Spencer and
the remains laid to rest in the Null
berry cemetery. The family have the
of the entire community in
this time of sadness.
A Friend.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

If you desire freedom from the bur-
dens of everlasting debt, it will pay
you to let US show you a plan where
by it can be done. 1t means low
cost, with the most liberal prepay
ment privileges. No renewals, with
the attending cost, that come peri
odically. and some times raise in
rates. 1t costs nothing to investi-
gate, your own intere3. should
prompt you do the best that you can,
We invite full investiga.'on.
Cantcrburys,
36-tf butler, Mo.
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A FRISCO FLYER WRECKED
I. w. w. Blamed for Plot to Send
the Meteor" Into Ditch.

Hcnryctta, Ok. Nov 25.-Two
trainmen were killed, another serious
ly injured and three passengers in
jured this morning when the Frisco S
express, the Meteor, out of St. Louis
travelling at high speed, plunged in
to distractions placed on the tracks
ten miles south of here.
]. S. Robertson, Sapulpa. Ok, en-
gineer of the train, stayed with his
engine when he saw the obstructions.
steel bars chained to the sides of the
rails, and died as hero. He put on
emergency brakes i'll time to slow the
train considerably so the crowded
passenger coaches held to the rails,
then held to the throttle in the face
Of certain death.
The mogul engine plowed into the
trap at terrific speed, then toppled
over a steep embankment and rolled
twenty feet into a hollow The en-
gineer,. student fireman and the reg
ular fireman were buried under the
great machine.
A posse of one hundred sheriffs'
deputies, home guardsmcn and state
prison officials from McAlester, Hen
ryetta, Ada and Holdenville searched
the surrounding country all day and
late into the night with bloodhounds
for men who caused the wreck. but
late tonight had found no trace of
them.
Officials. who made a hasty inves-
tigation, declared it their belief the
wreck was plotted and executed by [.
w. w. men who have been active in
this section of the state for weeks.
The train, one of the fastest on the
Frisco line, was making fast time at
about II o'clock this morning when
The, engineer sighted the obstruction
on the tracks.
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Death of Rich Hill Business Man.

Edmund II. Phillips, 48 years old,
for II years 4 resident of Rich Hill,
died at his home in that city Mon
day morning, November. 26, says the
Rich Hill Review.
Mr.. Phillips was a native of Eng
land, coming TO this country when Io
years OF age. He was engaged in
the merchant tailoring business in
Rich Hill.
Funeral services under the auspices
of the Rich Hill A. F. & A. M. lodge
were held Tuesday afternoon.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Trick Saved a Flier.

Belleville, ILL.,, Nov. al. L.
Simpson, a cadet at the aviation field
near here, lost control of an aeropfane
when 1900 feet above the ground to-
day.
As the aeroplane started to fall,
Simpson turned it clear over, and
climbing on top of the underside, he
volplaned it to the ground. The ma
chine was wrecked and Simpson was
injured only slightly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23
BONE LAW To
De DELAYED
Attempt Made to Put Off
Operation of Measure
Until October l.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington, D. c., Feb. o.
Postponement of the effective date
Of the "bone dry" prohibition amend
ment to postoffice bill as adopted
yesterday, putting the date off until
October 1, is proposed in concurrent
resolutions introduced late today by
Representative Moon, chairman of the
postoffice committee, 1t was an
nounced he would press it through
as soon as the postoffice bill is fl
nally disposed of. During a debate
on the amendment in the house urg-
ent appeals were made on behalf of
liquor dealers who ship into dry ter
ritory that they be given time to dis
pose of their stock and re-adjust their
business. Prohibition leaders turned
deaf ears, fearing any change az
passed the senate might mean do
feat, but many were disposed, how
ever, to vote for postponement affair
the bill is sent to the president for
signature.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23

The most probable successor of
Gen. Frederick Funston, commander
of the division of the south, who just
died, is Maj. Gen. [ohn Joseph Per
shing, who led the recent expedition
of United States soldiers into Mex
leo.
Pershing was born in Linn county,
Mo-, September Is, 1850 and was
graduated from West Point in 1886,
as second lieutenant of the famous
Sixth cavalry,
First in the fierco border cam
paigns against the Apaches in Ari-
IONA, then in the Siouv wars of the
90's, later during the Spanish-Amer-
lean war in the campaign of Santi-
ago de Cuba, Pershing's fame as a
fighter grew by leaps and bounds.
When the Philippines came under
United States ownership, Pershing
VISA sent there. His brilliant cam
paigns against the turbulent Moros
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23

won him such fame that the war de-
partment made him brigadier, being
at the time the youngest West
Pointer ever named general of the
regular army.
In 1906, Pershing became governor
of the Moro province. Combining
diplomacy with fighting qualities, he
pushed his campaigns against the
Moros until he pacified them by the
defeat of Bagsag in 1913.
Pershing returned to the United
States in January, 1914, and became
head of the Eighth brigade of the
army, with headquarters at FL
Paso.
Pershing was married in 1905 to
Miss Frances Warren, daughter of
Senator Francis E. Warren, Of
Cheyenne, Wyo. His wife and three
of his four children lost their lives in
the burning of the Preside, San
Francisco, on Aug. 81, 1915.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23
After Service Clubs, Too.

Service clubs which kept open after
hours Monday and Tuesday nights
did not operate with the permission
of Sheriff Van Pelt-
Every service club man in town"
said Sheriff Van Pelt last night, 81
believe is under charges of violating
the law. If those charges as already
preferred do not hold, or If the courts
want additional evidence, I believe we
can furnish it. 1 did not give per
mission for any of them to operate
Monday or Tuesday nights and l am
not going to give anybody permission
to violate the law.
81 have acted against the proprie-
tors, and the cases are now pending
in the courts. Until the present
cases are disposed of, it will not be
my purpose to prefer additional
charges for like violations. You can
bet on it, illegal liquor selling in
Pensacola will be stopped II am al
lowed to continue in office, which of
course is quite probable for the next
four years."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23
GAMBLING is NOW
UNDER OFFICIAL PROBE

More than fifty subpoenaes have
been issued, many bearing prominent
names, by the county solicitors office.
and are being served by the sheriff
and his assistants.
Just what is the reason for all this
sudden activity in the sheriff's office
was not made public. Sheriff Van
Pelt admitted last night that there
were a number of subpoenaes served,
and a great many others 70 be served,
but beyond that he would say moth
ing.
From a semi-authoritative source
it is understood that an inquiry was
being made into the source of COM
plants of gambling, and it is posi-
bic that arrests will be made today
or tomorrow. Just who may be
served with warrants was not made
public last night, and it was indicat-
ed that the action is the outcome of a
complaint made by a loser in an al
legged "game," who not only furnish
ed valuable information to the Off
GERS, but also furnished names.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23
PETITIONS ZOO
NAMES SHORT
Another Campaign Planned
to Ask for School Tax
Election.

Upon the completion of the check
on the names signed to the petitions
for the calling of an election to vote
on the creation of special tax school
district in Pensacola, it was discover
ed that there were about 200 names
too few.
Since the petitions were presented
to the board at their special meeting
last week, the check has gone stead
lily forward, and it was first thought
that more than enough names were
affixed. It later developed, however
that some of the Eigners were dis
qualified because they were not prop
erty o7ners, others because they
were not qualified voters. while some
of the signers had signed more than
once.
The petitions will be delivered to
the committee of the Parents-Teach-
ers' Associ.- lion in charge Of the
work, and It is expected that a sweep
ing campaign will be made to get the
names ar once, so as to complete the
work and call the election at the
earliest possible date.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23
EVERGLADES, GARDEN OF
EDEN, RIVALS EVEN BOOM
DEVELOPMENT OF WEST

ter of a century ago, but is more
substantial because based upon land
which Produces three and sometimes
four bumper crops year without ne
cessity of fertilizer, and with mar
kets easily accessible.
Only Five Years Old.
Lake Worth, where the legislative
party began its inspection tour, is a
beautiful little east coast city es-
tablished five years ago by Northern
tourists. Lake Worth now has about
1000 population, housed in attractive
bungalows and ba~ing the advan-
tages of civic improvements seldom
found in an infant city. The bust
ness buildings are modern, there are
miles of sidewalks aud paved streets,
the largest proportionate park area
of any Southern city aid school
building that would be a credit to
Pensacola or Jacksonville. Bonds
have been authorized for causeway
across the lake, to give direct con-
nection with the Atlantic beach. Lake
Worth is the eastern terminus of the
Palm Beach. canal, extending forty
miles across the Everglades to Lake
Okeechobee. The rise from tide
water to the lake was originally
twenty-one feet, which has been re-
duced by the present canals to about
sixteen feet in the dry season.
Ready for Plow When Drained.
TIE canals run through vast tree
less plains of native grasses which
extend to the horizon, with the
grade so gradual as to be scarcely
noticeable. These plains will be
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23
TEUTONS LOSE
At TWOPO|NTS
Repulse of German Thrusts
Features of the Days
War News.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Small engagements by raiding and
accommodating parties, and recipro-
cal bombardments which were of con-
siderable intensity at various points
are going on in all war theatres. No
where has any big engagement taken
place. According to Paris and Lon
don, German thrusts in East YER
melles and South Neuverhapele were
repulsed.
Berlin reports near Arrnentieres the
British entered German positions, but
were driven out with heavy losses. A
spirited artillery action continues at
Verdun. Berlin reports the repulse
of Russians in attack at Lake Naroez
and successful raids in Galicia, near
Lochoof, taking forty-two hundred
prisoners. Small attacks in wooded
Carpathians were favorable to the
Austrians.
Heavy snow prevents fighting in
Roumania. Artillery and trench raid
ing on the Macedonian front, and
nine vessels, with an aggregate of
twenty-one thousand tons, were sunk
by submarines or mines.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23
(staff Specially

Fort Lauderdale, Feb. 22.-The
senators and representatives who
are making an inspection trip of the
Everglades are enthusiastic over the
possibilities of that section when
drainage is complete. The first
days inspection was revelation to
the visitors. Those who had be-
lieved the Everglades g desolate, al
most impossible jungle were sur
prised to find vast area of nearly
four million acres of virgin prairie,
surrounding the second largest lake
wholly within the borders of the
United States and covering a half
million acres. The soil is the rich
est in the world, black muck Of al
most unbelievable productiveness
ready for cultivation, without stump
ing and little preparation as soon as
it is properly drained.
Great development has already
been accomplished in the Everglades
and consummation of plans for the
future would make Florida the fore
most agricultural state of the union.
Modern Magic.
Magic cities have sprung up and
model farms established in what
nearly half the people of Florida be-
lieve to be a boundless wilderness.
The cities are modern, complete,
substantial for future growth
as we'll as present needs-with good
schools and hotels, paved streets,
waterworks, telephone and electric
lights. Four such cities dot the
shores of Lake Okeechobee and
their growth equals that of the boom
towns of the Western plains quar-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23
LEAK NOT CHARGED
TO ANY OFFICIALS
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 22.-Vindi-
cation of all public officials whose
names were brought into the inves-
tigation of charges that there was
a leak to Wall street on the presi-
dents peace note, was voted unani-
mously today by the house rules
committee. The report is virtually
complete but probably will be put
in final shape Saturday. 1t is under
stood the committee found the leak
was furnished brokers by ]. Fred Es-
sary and w. W. Price, newspaper
men, who connected deductions with
facts obtained in conversation with
other reporters, who had been told
confidentially by Secretary Lansing
that the note was cpming.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-23
MUCH BOOZE
FOUND IN RAID
BY THE SHERIFF.
Van Pelt Breaks Into Al
legged Tiger-Arrests
G. c. Johnson.
BEER, WHISKEY,
CHAMPAGNE SEIZED
Sheriff Declares telling of
Liquor Withour License
Must Cease.

Breaking open a door to a room in
which he had reason to believe there
was stored a quantity of intoxicants,
and then breaIo open a well-flled
trunk, in which about half hundred
bottles of champagne had been
stored, were some of the exciting in
cidents featuring a raid conducted by
Sheriff Van Palt and Deputies Bay
less, Fillingim, Ads ms, Hartsfeld and
Lester Van Pei last night.
The place whete this lot of cen-
fscated intoxicants4was found was at
80 II West Zarragossa street, on the
Baylen corner. It is understood that
the sheriff had received cor. plants
from time to time about the opera
tions of this place, and last night de-
termined to fall on it and take sum.
mary action against those found in
charge. Accordingly, in addition to
confscating the large haul of liquor,
he arrested G. c. Johnson, white,
and Ed Rhone, a negro, both of
whom IRE alleged to be the operators
of the place. They were both re-
leased on toad last night a short time
after arriving at the county Jail.
Stored in the corridor of the coun-
ty Jail last night was a berrel filled
with coniscated ice-cold beer, part
of a case of whiskey, and a trunk,
about three quarters full of bottled
champagne. Sheriff Van Pelt stated
that he was not through with this
work. 81 promised the people that
l would break up blind tigers, and am
going to do it, even if 1 do not Sver
get another office. This business of
selling without license will have to
stop, and I shall exert myself to 90
it."
With this statement the sheriff
called three of his deputies and they
hurried off in an automobile. About
half an hour afterward they returned
With the explanation that "the bird
had flown when we got there" indi-
eating that in some manner the sus-
pected place had either been cleared
up or else thero was no room for the
sheriff's suspicion.
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n. D. v. ENDS
CONVEN 7 ION
Banquet Concludes Visit.
To Meet Next in
Mariana.

Mariana is the next meeting place
for the Woodmen of the World of
West Florida. This was unanimously
decided upon at the afternoon ses-
sion Of the district convention, which
took place here yesterday afternoon.
1t is possible that the next conven-
ton will take place in the fall, al
though this will be decided upon by
the officials who were installed yes
terday afternoon, said officers hav-
ing been elected the day before.
At yesterday afternoons session
resolutions relating to a number Of
matters were introduced and passed.
One of these resolutions provided for
sort of side-line degree initia-
ton, and this was referred to a COM
mittee of five, namely, Sovereigns
Jas. Largue, NJ. o. Brawner and C..
E. Shackelford of Pensacola; Upton
of Grand Ridge, and Sneed of Mari
anna. Mr.. Largue was made chair
man of this committee, which will re-
port and confer at the next district
meeting.
The visitors were highly elated at
the treatment accorded them by the
Pensacola camps. At yesterday aft
ernoon's session the following reso-
luton, offered by C. N. Horne of
Grand Ridge, was unanimously
adopted:
Resolution OF Appreciation.
Whereas, The camps of Pensacola
have so heartily entertained the
West Florida convention of the w.
o. W.; and
Whereas, They have left nothing
undone to make our stay in their
beautiful city most pleasant and
enjoyable one; therefore, be it
Resolved, By this convention, that
the Woodmen of Pensacola be ex-
tended rising vote of thanks, and
that it is the intention of our con-
vention to state openly that we have
enjoyed every minutes stay, and
shall leave the city feeling glad we
came and with fond remembrances
old friends having met, a host OF
new friends made, all blending under
the fraternalism of Woodcraft, and
especially do we thank those SOW.
ereigns who have been on your COM
nlittees.
Banquet Concludes Stay.
The scene of entertainment to the
visiting Woodmen shifted last night
from the meeting hall of Hickory
Camp No. 81 on West Romans
street, to the large new meeting hal
of Live Oak Camp No. 1, on West
Garden street. where a banquet wa;
served, members Of Live Oak Caml
acting as the host camp on this oc.
casion. Gathered about the banquet
tables, which were filled with many
toothsome edibles, were several hun
bred Woodmen and many ladies of tht
Circle. The latter were honor guest,