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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13
Modern Woodmen Have Big Time.

Butler Camp No. 24sS, Moder'
Woodmen OF America held their an
NAL election of officers combine
with social and luncheon Thursda,
night, December E, 1917. This meet
ing was by far the largest and mos
enthusiastic ever held by the camp
Over one hundred neiehbors were
present and every one thoroughly en-.
joyed the occasion to the fullest ex.
tent. One candidate was adopted in
to the mysteries of Woodcraft and
the adoption ceremonies were com.
plete including all of the various side
degrees.
The following officers were unani-
mously elected for the ensuing year:
V. Consul, James L. Barker.
w. Adviser, Oscar Price.
Past Consul, A. T. Waddell.
Clerk, B. i. Jeter.
Banker, Elmer ]. Campbell
Escort. Thos. Wainwright.
Trustee, S. M. Price.
Waterman. G. w. Vannoy.
Sentry, Ray Stewart.
Warden, Chas. H. CRUDE.
Physicians. Drs. J. S. Newton, T.
F. Lockwood. J. M. Christy. E. N.
Chastain.
After the adoption ceremonies a
delicious lunch was served consisting
of sandwiches. both cheese and ham,
pies, coffee, cider and cigars, and the
refreshment committee provided
plenty and each neighbor was given
all he desired. The camp as a COM
pliment to their worthy clerk, Neigh
Dor B. F. Jeter. who has held the
position for nearly score of years.
gave him an extra large combined
ham and cheese sandwich with all
the trimmings which wifi enable him
to stand off the high cost of living
for the next few days.
Several short talks on the good Of
the order were made by the follow
ing neighbors: Rev. A. ]. Cutre'l,
Rev. ]. w. Alexander. Parson L. L.
Wix. DR.. T. F. Lockwood. Dr.. ]. S.
Newton, J. n. Scribner, Chas. Spill
man. Thos. Board, Col. ]. E. VIII.
liams. Claude Berry. w. c. Turpin. J
S. Krinn and L. A. Deems. The
camp decided to plant suitable tree
in the court house yard under the
direction Of the following commit
tee: Chas. w. Maddox, A. w. We.
Mott, and Thos. Wainwright.
Butler CamO now has Io3 membefeA
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13
PENDANTS, herein severally, in and to

PENDANTS, herein severally, in and t.
the real estate set forth in plaintiffs
petition, as follows, to-wit:
Lot fourteen 90 and the West
half of Lots nine and ten g and
10Y and the East half of Lots
four and six "a and s. of the
Northwest quarter and the North
half of Lot sixteen (I6), and
North part of Lot seventeen %,
described as beginning at the
Northwest corner thereof, thence
Fast to the Northeast corner of
said lot, thence South twelve and
36-1oo chains, thence directly
West to the East or North bank
of the Marias des Cyenes river,
thence up said river to the place
OF beginning; also all of Lots
eighteen and nineteen lt8 and
10Y in the Northeast quarter; all
said land being in Section three
90, township thirty-nine (3o) of
Range thirty-two (32), in Bates
County, Missouri,
and to obtain such orders, judgments
and relief as the plaintiff may be en-
''''>N w III VIZ W tHC CIu
that the title of plaintiff to said real
estate may be quoted and set at rest,
and unless the defendants be and ap-
pear at this court at the next term
thereof to be begun and held at the
court house in the city of Butler in
I'D county IN the first Monday of
February, 1918, and on or before the
irst ay of said term, answer or
plead to the petition in said cause thu.
same will be taken as confessed and
Judgment entered accordingly.
1t is further ordered that a copy
lcreof be published according to law
II The Butler Weekly Times.
II. 0. MAXEY,
Circuit Clerk,
\ true COPY from the record.
Witness my hand and the
tSeaD seal of the Circuit Court of
Bates County this 10th day
Of December, Io17.
II. 0. MAXFY,
at Circuit Clerk
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

here from the frontier, says the DEM
onstration at Lisbon was hostile to
the government, while at Oporto the
troubles were provoked by the high
cost of necessares, bakeries and 9TH
er Shops being pillaged.
In Oporto seventy-eiyht arrests
were made and sixty persons were
treated in hospitals. One woman and
one man were killed. The governor
ordered the closing of all public
places and issued decree clearing
the streets at 9 p. m. The town is
now said to be quiet
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13
Notice of Trustees Sale,

Notice is hereby given that
whereas, Everett A. Keck and
Jennie NJ. Keck, his wife. by their
certain deed of trust dated June 22
1912, and recorded in the recorders
office within and for Bates county
Missouri in Book No. 40. page us
conveyed to ]. A. Brightwell, trustee,
the following described real estate ly-
ing and being situate in the County
Of Bates and State OF Missouri to-
wit:
All of lot a, block +. South Drex-
ell, Bates county, Missouri, &C
cording to the recorded plat
thereof,
which conveyance was made in trust
to secure the payment of prom
issery note fully described in said
deed of trust and where default has
been made in payment Of said notes
and interest thereon and whereas it
is provided in said deed of trust that
in the absence or refusal to act of said
trustee. the Sheriff of Bates County
a. VIC tiIuC vi luC SAFE SudIi dCts anu
whereas said J. A. Brightwell, trustee,
is absent and has, in writing refused
to act,
Now therefore, at the request of
the legal holder of said note and
pursuant to the conditions of said
deed Of trust, I. the undersigned
sheriff and trustee. will proceed to
sell the above described premises at
public vendue to the highest bidder
for cash at the East front door of the
Court House in the city of Butler.
county of Bates, and State of Mis-
souri,. on
Friday. December Fl. ior7
between the hours Of nine o'clock il
the forenoon and five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day. for the purpose
of satisfying said debt. interest and
costs.
J. w. BAKER. Sheriff, ;.
7-4t And Acting Trustee.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13
Is No Such Thing as International
Law.

Washington University isn't going
to teach international law any more,
for
There amt no such thing.
Prof. Tyrell Williams told his
junior class this last week:
The course may be resumed again
after the war; he said. but just now
there's no use trying to teach inter-
national law because there is no in
ternational law. It's all smashed to
bits"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13
Revolution in Portugal.

Madrid, December 8.--A revolu-
tion has broken out in Lisbon, the
capital of Portugal, according to a
dispatch received here by way of
Oporte and Tuy.
Outbreaks also are said to have &C.
CURED at Porto.
An Oporto dispatch forwarded
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Jefferson City, Mo-. Dec. o-Firs
early this morning destroyed the
Gem Theater. one Of the largest pic
ture and vaudeville houses in Central
Missouri. The loss was estimated At
100000. The fire threatened the
Monroe Hotel. The cause of the
blaze was not Determined By A. e
LoaSneckef. owner Of the theates.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13
HALIFAX DEAD, 1000
Hundreds of Bodies Probably Have
Been Cremated in Burning
Buildings.

Halifax, Dec. 8.-Four thousand
persons were killed in the burning
and destruction Of buildings resulting
from the explosion of a munitions
ship in the harbor Thursday morning
according to estimates tonight by of
ficials.
This estimate, higher than any
heretofore. was made after survey
of the devastated district Of Rich
mond, where acres of debris probab-
ly will not be cleared for month.
Half the eight hundred bodies re-
covered up to tonight are beyond
recognition. Yet maay searchers in
sist on seeing them, hoping to estab.
fish identity through rings or some
little trinket or shred of clothing
found with the body. ~
Men of the naval forces dragged
. the water front today and recovered
the bodies of two hundred sailors
soldiers and workmcn. The casual.
ties in the Wellington Street barracks
were: Killed, s; missing and pre-
sumed dead, p; severely injured, I41;
slightly injured, 90; unaccountcd for,
a; total, 3r4.
Captain Murray. who commanded
the steamship Empress of Ireland
when she sank in the ST. Lawrence
River. has been found among the
dead. He was in the imperial SER
vice
The total of lives lost may never be
known definitely: for the moment tie
number is of secondary Importance.
The big thing is that twenty thors-
and persons are destitute and of the
number perhaps one out of seven is
SUFFERING from injuries which in
many cases are bound to prove fatal.
Some idea OF the powerful havoc of
the explosion was gained as the cor.
respondent viewed scores of trees,
burly of trunk that literally were
snapped off at the roots. Big brick
structures came down with the
smaller ones of frame. but it was
in these modest dwellings that the
greatest loss Of life occurred.
Fortunately it happened before
hundreds of childrep had gathered at
the big school in the heart of the dis
trict which was wrecked But most
of these same youngsters were caught
while playing about their homes.
The steamer Mont Blanc, a name
never to be forgotten here. lies across
the stretch Of water from the section
it laid low. crumpled, blackened
heap. Nearby, hard on the beach
where it was driven by the explosion,
lies the crippled relief ship and near
cr still the Canadian cruiser Niobe
stands with no apparent sign of dam
age though seven of its crew were
killed. Other and smaller ship hulks
offer mute evidence of the disaster,
while fourteen hundred freight cars
on the water front were burned
All over this wide area the story is
The same. There is a sloping hill
hat runs down to the water and at
he top a church still stands with ev-
Try window gone, its walls cracked
md its stecple leaning like the Tower [
If Pisa. Around it on every side are
he black and charred ruins where :
most of the congregation lived.
Further to the edge of the devas-
atcd area another church escaped,
'ut every window frame was ripped y
nut clean. II
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Sutton and complete harmony and
good fellowship prevails among the
membership.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Notice to Taxpayers Of Charlotte
Township.
I will be 1t the Farmers Bank IN
Butler each Saturday until Christmas
for the purpose o.. collecting taxea
8-3ts Carl Weilives.
cSilestor Chislotse Towuship.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
THE FARM LABOR PROBLEM
is SERIOUS ONE

Brunswick, Ga, March 21.-The la
boz. situation in Brunswick and Glynn
county is one which is becoming very
serious. Especially is this true in the
rural districts. The authorities have
taken steps to stop the exodus Of ne.
groes to the north and West. About
sixty negroes left here during the
present week and something over
thirty from the rural sections of the
county At this replanting season it
is working great hardship upon the
farmers and cross tie people who are
making every effort to stop it, but so
tar have been unsuccessful. A labor
agent has been here tor several DAYS,
but so far the police department has
been unable to locate him, He does
all the employing through half a doz-
en- local negroes.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
COMPLETION OF HELL GATE
BRIDGE WILL FACILITATE
X PASSENGER TRAVEL

Washington, D. c., March 22.-
Passenger travel between the South
and Boston and other New England
points will be made much more con-
venient through the completion of the
great Hell Gate bridge, over the East
river at New York, which physically
links the rails of the Pennsylvania
and New Haven systems. 1t is ex-
pected that within short time,
through service between Boston and
Washington will be established thus
eliminating the crosstown transfer
now necessary at New York.
Southern Railway passenger officials
believe that in time they will be oper-
ating through Pullman cars giving d.
rect service between Boston and New
Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, At
lanta, Birmingham, Memphis Chatta-
nooga, Knoxville, and all important
points in the great cotton mill district
of the Piedmont section, trains being
routed over the Southern Railway
System to Washington, Pennsylvania
to New York, through the East River
tubes to Long Island, thence over the
He'll Gate bridge to connect with the
New Haven for Boston
Such through service would tend to
increase trade mad travel, both COM
mercial and tourist, between the South
and New England. The He'll Gate
bridge is one of the engineering mar
wells of the age and with the con-
Meeting railroad tracks was constituted
at cost of $27,000,000.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
HAMPSHIRE OFFICIAL TO BE
AT FIRST NATIONAL HOG
DISTRIBUTION

Hon. E. C. Stone, OF Peoria, ILL.,,
National Secretary of the Hampshire
Swine Record Association, has no.
tilted the First National Bank that he
will motor through to Fitzgerald to be
at the Hampshire Pig Distribution
scheduled by the First National Bank
to be on March 3lst at 8 P. M.
A special photographer will ac-
company Mr.. Stone OF get views of
this unique development proposition
of the First National. Mr.. Stones
organization has members all over the
United States, being one of the largest
swine breeders organizations in the
country.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
Big Meat Deal Is
Closed By Ice Plant

The Fitzgerald Ice Plant sold its
entire packing house products, about
100000 pounds of pork and hams, to
the Armour Packing Company. The
Ice Plant opened its cold storage de-
partment about December 10th, and
by making local market for pork on
a large scale, has saved the farmers
OF the county thousands of dollars, es-
tablishing from the beginning a high
water mark for prices IN pork in the
city. The total purchase of the COM
pany amounts to more than hun
dred thousand pounds to date. The
price paid was satisfactory one to
the company.
The meat will. be shipped to the
Macon plant of the Armour packing
company for re-shipment. The ice
plant is daily buying hogs from the
farmers and paying good price for
dressed hogs from the Farmers. F.
L. Dorminy, manager of the Ice
company states that the initial success
of their cold storage plant is SO salts
factory that the company will make
additional improvements at the plant
to take care of the growing output of
hogs in the county and surrounds
section.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
o fitzgerald FITZGERALD MARI
American Steamer
Healdton Is Sunk

London, March 22.-The American
steamer Healdton has been torpedoed,
according to an Amsterdam dispatch
to the Central News.
A boat containing seven of the
Healdton's crew has reached Ters-
chelling North sea), the dispatch
adds.
The sinking of the Healdton is
confirmed by Reuter- dispatchf from
The Hague.
The steamer Healdton is tanker
of $3.50 tons gross and is owned by
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey. She was built in 1908. The
Healdton was last reported sailed
from Philadelphia Jan. 20 for Rotter-
dam.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
BRIDGES ARE GUARDED
BY MARYLAND TROOPS

Baltimore, Md, March 21.-Govern-
or Harrington tonight ordered out
two companies of the First regiment,
Maryland national guard, to guard the
Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
railroad bridges over the Susquehan-
ma river at Havre de Grace. All the
north and south traffic of these two
railroads passes over these bridges.
Governor Harrington issued the or
der after a conference with his COM
missioner on preparedness and survey.
The two companies recently return
ed from the border, where the First
regiment was stationed for several
months. The guard duty will begin
tomorrow morning.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
TO KEEP in TOUCH With
ARMY And NAVY, WILSON
CANCELS ENGAGEMENTS

Washington, March 23.-President
Wilson's address to Congress was
taken up in its tentative form at to-
days cabinet meetings. Practically
all the secretaries had been asked to
bring material for points upon which
it will touch.
The president, to keep in touch
with army and navy preparations,
ieancelled practically all engagements
today except one with Governor Nc
Call, of Massachusetts,, who wanted to
confer on ways in which the state
might cooperate with the federal
government.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
SENATOR HoKE SMITH TO
SPEAK IN ocILLA SATURDAY

Senator Hoke Smith will speak at
the Auditorium in Ocilla Saturday
morning at IL o'clock under the au-
spices of the Chautauqua, which opens
in our neighboring town Saturday.
Senator Smith has host of admirers
in this county who will take this op-
portunity to hear their champion. Let
us all go down and hear him, thereby
killing two birds with one stone
hearing Georgia's best orator and hon
ored senator and pleasing our little
neighbor, Ocilla.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
KAISER SUFFERING
FROM NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Especial to Leader ENTERPRISE

London, March 23-Private xnes-
sages have reached The Hague tkzn
Emperor William is suffering iunrn =
severe nervous breakdown.
The Emperor's physicians are Gzaa
to have ordered him to take the rszze
at Homburg.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
NEGRO KILLED
BY FALLING TREE

The dead body of Robert Lawson,
colored, was found this morning by
another colored man WHO was sent
out to search for the dead man who
had been absent since Wednesday af-
ternoon. Lawson was engaged in
cutting wood on the farm of Mrs. H.
M. Warren, south of the city and
probably lost his life from cutting a
tree against which another tree was
lodged, the weight causing the tree
he was cutting to fall sooner than
he expected.
A large slab which split off the
trunk and hung it to the stump
probably caused the body to spring
to one side pinning the negro down
rand crushing the life out of him.
Coroner Britt was summoned by
Mr.. Buck Paul, who manages the
Plantation, and empaneled a jury
which returned the following vedict:
1--WE the jury empaneled to sit up
ON the death of Robert Lawson, after
due consideration of all facts and in
formation obtainable pertaining there
to, do declare it as our belief that the
said Robert Lawson came to his
death accidently by being crushed by
tree which he himself was cutting.
Respectfully submitted, ]. B. Barren
tine, Ebert Smith, Gray Roberts,
c. A. Fretwell, w. P. Harris and H.
B. Sword, Foreman; A. M. Brett,
Coroner"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
CENTRAL CHURCH ANNEX
COMMENCED THIS WEEK

Contractor A. c. Knight and his
foreman, Mr.. C. F. Hadden, of AL
bany, are in the city engaged in build
ing an Office and store-room for tools,
cement, etc, preparatory to actual
construction work on the Sunday
School Annex to the Central Metho-
dist church. These gentlemen assure
us that construction VIII be carried
straight through to completion with
as much expedition as is consistent
with first class work.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23

O. w. Anders, of McRae, is in the
city checking up the Central Auto
Co., of which he is president
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
EUGENICS MARRIAGE BILL IE
PASSED IN OHIO

Columbus, O., March 21-Tfr &gsssa
Senate passed an eugenic marriage
bill today. 1t requires male appERssSselG
for a marriage license to pn6rrsgo N
physical examination and prrseSs q
certificate of good health, and SlEsscT
provides that divorced persons ziissE
not remarry within six months as5Efr
being divorced.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23

A special train schedule is announc-
ed by the A. B. and A. for next We'd
nesday- to give the baseball fans an
opportunity to see the big league
games at Cordele. Quite number of
Fitzgeraldites will take advantage of
this opportunity to see the real thing
in baseball"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
SUPERVISOR LAND TO BE IN
BEN HILL

State Supervisor OF Rural Schools,
Prof. F. J. Land, will visit the Ben
Hill county schools Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday for the first time.
We hope to get fuYl report of his
findings for the enlightment of our
readers as to the condition of our
rural schools next week.
Supervisor Land is widely known
throughout the state and has a repu-
tation for thoroughness in his work
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
200 AOHERENTS OF
CAR ARRESTED
IN RUSSIA
Especial to Leader-Enterpr;se.)

Tsarskoeselo, Russia, March 23.-
Two hundred adherents and courtiers
of former Emperor Nicholas are un-
der arrest here. A newspaper cores
pondent discovered them IN the Mich
olas gymnasium, building next to the
city hall.
A list of those under arrest includes
palace spies, four Russian officers with
German names and others.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
OF PROM
COMMISSIONER
IS CREATED

Atlanta, March 23.-By a rsse 81
p to 20, President Ogden Persexr gHs-
ing in the affirmative 10 break sig.
tie, the state senate this Innxss5snsg
passed the Boykin Amendments s,a ssae,
bone dry bill, which creates thc 0sssgse
of prohibition commissioner, WISH
limited power,
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23

Mr.. Joseph Miller, one OF the asa&
old-timey farmers from the ssisIIias
of Bowen's Mill, was trzuSzs1SH&
business and shaking hands waaSa
friends in the city today.
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