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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
Root Branch.

we want 10 near IIoW Iuua
Sunny Jim.
Charley Turpin was out the othe
day getting up hands to bale hay.
Miss Alice Pittman returned to he
home Saturday after two week.
visit with her brother, at Butler.
R. r. Harper, Republican candidat
for presiding Judge is fine man. ba
he is on the wrong ticket to win.
Ira Smith and family visited Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Pitt
man.
Miss Alice Pittman spent Wednes
day evening with her niece, Mis-!
Mamie Smith
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Pittman re
ceived letter from their SON. Har
vey w. Pittman. who is in France
and the letter stated that he was wei
and liked it fine there. He was en-
joying army life.
Uncle Payton Burton has his corn
gathered and his shock corn hauled
out and stock turned in the field. He
has Been on'the complaining list. but
now is better and able to- do his
chores. "
Ira Smith took IA load OF wheat to
the mill in Butler Friday. He says
he has Hooverized long enough.
Charley LaFollett has gone south
to the rice fields to help his brother
take care of his rice crop and as soon
us he gets horne he expects to start
his sawmill i'll operation,
VIM. Burton will dig a well for ",
B. Welc!, for a stock we'll in his barn
yard as soon as Mr.. Wclch gets his
wheat in.
w. G. Green says the cut worms
are killing the wheat on the bottom
land on the southeast part of his
wheat field.
The approach on the Root Branch
bridge has been fixed SO you can
drive off and OH without jolt
Jno. Hines, road boss, has made
some great improvements on the
Summit roads Auto men speak we'll
OF his work y.
We are needing rain. The water
wagons have begun hauling again.
Uncle Tom pittman had his family |
out~in :. fine carriage JOY riding Sat
urday evening
At ". p Millcr's sale everythins |
went off like hot cakes last ThurS !
day I he sale went over estimate. !
| wonder where Jim keeble is. /
heard he was out on anothc: wolf |
chase tie other day. /
Father Burton an dson. Nm. visit |!
ed C]aud Green Sunday.
VIM. burton says he don't care for
a wife TIL times get SO she can make
the liviiig.
The Black school has been closed
on account OF the influenza scare.
Ira Wiser was out with his wife II
his auto Saturday showing her how
he has learned to drive it,
]. i. Ellington is taking in stock
On his bluegrass pasture.
Lewis Culbertson is selling his pole
wood by the load in the timber.
]. r. WEIGH is feeding fine bunc;t
IF young mules. They are nice ones.
w. II. Plunkctt has pulled his
hresher in the shade and says all is
veil dorc.
Harley Wells is enjoying himself :,
shocking corn.
Merwin, Foster. Amoret Western ,
Bates, Worland and Virginia CORE
pondents were missing in, The Times
ast=wceH. Come on with your items ;
That's what makes the paper We
want to hear what is going on in the
ounty.
Clinton c. Wheaton thinks the war
5 about over and is looking for Il !!
arm to rent for his boys. He ex-
ects them home before the first o,
iarch. 1910. !
The Red Cross calf that sold IN
'utler brought $l27o.2s and then it
'as put up and sold again for $ISo. :
NEL.S.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
NOTICE TO ELECTRIC LIGHT
AND POWER CONSUMERS:

On account-0f the increased cost of
labor and all materials used in the
manufacture of electricity, the under
signed city of Butler, Mo-, is COM
PEELED to ask the PublisService Com
mission Of Missouri for permission to
increase the rates for various classes
of electric service as follows:
Present Rates
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24

proposed increase. that such objec-
ton should be made in writing to the
Public Service Commission at Jeffer-
son City. at least ten days prior to
the effective date of the proposed
schedule. Z -
Butler, Missouri,
Let James A. DeArmond, Mayor.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
Notice.

Unless otherwise announced there
will be services at Antioch Saturday
night, Sunday and Sunday night, Oct.
go. ~. i. T.. w: Keele.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24
Dean Thurman Succunbs to Flu a
Cam.

Sergt. Raymond Dean Thurman,
son of J. P. Thurman OF 427 North
Market street, died at the hospital at
Lawrence Thursday afternoon after
an illness of ten days of pneumonia
following influenza.
Sergeant Thurman was born at
Rich Hill, Mo-, December I8, 1892,
but has spent the greater part of his
life in Wichita, attending the Wichita
public schools and later Friends uni
versity He volunteered his services
to his country and on june rs left for
Lawrence, where he entered the me-
chanical school for army training.
His ability and knowledge Of met
chanics at once won him place as
one of the instructors IN this branch
and later the rank of sergeant.
He had been recommended by his
officers for the officers training
school at Camp Pike and planned to
70 to Camp Pike for that purpose this
week.
Dean, as he was Familiarity known
10 his frieAds, was always cheerful
and kind hearted and these charasA.
'teristics made him. { favorite With his
comrades and officefs at Lawrence
81 he has always. been with friends.
Nee At hone-and their love And
esteem was attested by the constant
care dnd devoted attention they gavs
Mn daring his illuess. 6.
H56 father and dster. Mif1ank were
Nth him Il the Time Of hip> death.
He le4ves surviving hisk hil fesfel
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-24

I We have asked that the above pro
posed schedule of rates be allowed to
go into, effect November, II, 1913
Each consumer is therefore notified
that it there is any objection to the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27
ALL TIRED out
Hundreds More In okoIona In the
Same Plight.

game FI9HI.
Tired all The time;
Weary and wcrn out night AID day;
Back aches, head aches.3
Your kidneys are probably wead-
ened
You shoald help them at their
work.
Let one who knows tell you how,
Mrs. NJ. L. Ste hens, All s. Chestnut
ST., Aberdeen, Miss, says: my back
was so weak AID lane and 2cael so
| could hardly get aloand l: / were
on my feet Ions I Suffered the ia2st
and by spells ct two or three days
couldn't 90 anything. \ tired ing
clung to rue and ! d.4at na,e any
ambition. ddlt Elor. what Jr u2ht
on these ira c5. bit 81 70 ted Iay
kidneys We.e diaordered OF en- be-
came dizzy and dark spots Heated
before ny eyes Doal's Kidney Pills
were fn1lly br1aght to my notice,
and as they were his ~ recommend
eli, used them THY helped me
greatly
Price 60c, at all dealers. Done
simply ask for a kidney remedy-got
Doans Kidney p.lls--the same tina.
Mrs. Stephens had Foster-M lbu,m
Co, Mfgrz, Buffalo, N Y.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27
Aunt Laura HOnOred

Well, here am in my 8Sth
year and strong and happy.
The Beulah Holder Missionary
Society gave me a shower on my
87th anniversary in the beauti-
full home of Mrs. Joe Herndon.
There were 16 present, 3 Wisi-
tors, our own Sister Randolph,
Mrs. Bernard Bean and Mrs.
Wifiin, of Pensacola. By the
way, the latter was the GRIND
daughter of my dearest girlhood
friends. After the devotional
service led by Miss Kate Cook
we were invited into the dining
room, where on the table was
large cake with 81 candles
lighted. Then a lit t | e
wagon beautifully decorated
was brought in by two
3"eo' MY sn,'' n., ~
Jones anu Gora ua'e0 l .!II =.
SON. anu ',ey sang liaP mp
o'f'lu"g " AuA' Laura ~
ahI relLTaiiiii7ii'S were 'eiYeo'
A'l'ei'e ice gave s!e"I plo"o
uIe " ~ ~ iiei 0''uVI -, go"
ton OF TWO pieces men MISS
Kate Cook in her sweet, gentle
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27
Honoring Soldiers and Sailors

Mr. and Mrs. Condie Tubb en-
tertained on Friday in honor of
their kinsman, Seaman Frank
Turner Miller, of the Ship St.
Louis, and Corp. Frank Maier,
of Camp Beauregard. Invited
to meet the two braves" were
Mesdames Miller and Maier, the
mother of the sailor and soldier,
and their sisters, Misses Mary
Scale, Josephine and Louise
Miller, jamie and Gertrude Maier
and Miss Mary Fletcher Tubb.
The army and navy being honor
ed in these two stalwart sons of
Mississippi, red, white and blue,
our country's colors were most
appropriately used in decora-
tons. Flowers, ribbons and
packages Of bon bons, were all
glowing with these glorious
colors. Silken flags added color
to flower baskets which orna-
mented the table, and attached
to place cards, made fitting
souvenirs Of a delightful occasion.
Aberdeen Examiner.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27
No Worms in a Healthy Child

All children troubled with worms have an I'M
healthy color, which indicates poor blood and as a
rule. there is more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, i'm
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength
cnnG Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child viii be
in perfect health Pleasant to take. Soc per bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27

Remember that National War Saw
Sings Oar is June Gsth. Pledge your
self on or before that day to save to
the utmost OF your ability and to buy
war Savings Stamps that there may
30 more money. labor and materials
10 back up those who fight and ole
FOR .o1.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27
W. s. s..


The sale Of War Savings Stamps 10
not an affair for children alone, al
though they have done a great deal IA
the past, but this sale has been pro-
NOTED by the government as one OF
It's main sources of revenue for car
rying on the war. $2000,0o0 600 ia
10 be raised by the sale Of War Saw
4nrs Stamps this year, s37009,0o0 in
Louisiana and s40,000,000 in Missis-
sippi Judging by past records these
states will not fall behind, but it viii
require the cooperation and hard
work Of every man, woman and child.
W. s. s.
This war will be won by steady and
pesistent endeavor rather than by
spurts and spasmodic exertion. We
have had great and admirable out
bursts Of effort in the different Lib
ertv Loan campaigns and later We
shall witness sudden and tremendous
efforts in battle, but we rely upon
something else as the handspring OF
our war enterprise. That something
else is the steady and sustained ex-
penditure of national energy at all
times and under all conditions. That
alone makes decisive victory possible
in battle. At home this is best exem-
plified by the steady, persistent flow
of money into the United States
Treasury from the sale OF War Saw
-. c,4a,,,,1, FROM nverv nO0k and
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27

To manufacture and sell luxuri IS
requires material and labor that are
sorely needed by the government to
supply our army and navy with the
necessary arms, food, clothing and
other equipment. When you waste
money on onessoIHals you are d.
priving our soldiers of supplies they
urgently need for their comfort and
safety.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27

American soldiers while fighting
for America are risking their lives,
but American dollars are running no
fisk while serving the government. III
ract, the dollars are getting bettSe
pay than the soldiers. War Savings
Stamps earn compound interest and
are backed by the richest governments
on earth.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27

II every man and woman in this
country would only understand that
by extravaganza and by wasting
money oil unnecessary Injuries they
are unconsciousIy prolonging the var
and causing the needless loss Of young
American lives they would 40 all ia
their power to discontinue and dis
courage the purchase Of Iuxuries.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27
Tie Strong Withstand tine Heat OF
Summer Better Than the Weak

Old people who are feeble and younger people
who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled to
70 through the depressing heat Of summer by TAX
fns GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. 1t purihe5
and enrches the blood and builds up the whole sys-
tenn You can soon feel its Strengthening, lnyigor-
asind Effect 60c
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27
HAVE YOU SIGNED
VI. S. s. PLEDGE |
GvERI MAN, WOMAN AND CHILL
EXPECTED TO SAVE AND IN
VEST THE SAVINGS IN WAS
SAVINGS STAMPS.
TO Win the World War It Is RsceS.
sary That American Dollars, Guar
tiers, Dimes ana Pennies Be Used
In AIDING and Supplying Cur Sob
disr Eoys.

From now until June 2Sth President
Wilson expects every man and woman
to sign the pledge to save and to in,
vest their savings in War Savings
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27

Remember every cent YOU invest IN
War Savings Stamps shorten the wa.
The individual investment sh0rtens it
to a very small extent to be sure, but
multiply this investment by 100000
600 and you have something gigantic
and its effect on shortening the war
can be measured in weeks, months
and even years. Every day the war
is shortened means the preventing II
thousands Of American casualties, not
counting those Of our allies.
Great BTitain's losses in men last
year and this have been at The rate
Of a million a year, and next year,
when our Sammies are bearing the
brrnt Of the fight We will learn that Il
months fighting may cost us 100000
men. II you viii only realize that
every dollar you save and invest with
your government has definite effect
in shortening the war, you certainly
have a most powerful incentive to buy
War Savings Stamps.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27

Stamps. The crlsls th4s
nation is now passing
through, when It's lib
erty is beins fought
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-06-27

FOR OF tie greatest battlefield OF his
tory makes stringent economy abso'
lutely r,:9asary if We ars TO win this
hattln
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09

naturally with the woman in overalls,
especially if she be oiling the wheels
and bolts of an engine or wheeling a
heavily laden freight truck with light
and dexterous hand across a railroad
platform. Those pictures are impress
sive, and they stand for much, but
they bear only a small part in the
whole picture of women who have en-
tered the industrial field.
1t is the army of women who are
crowding into the arsenals and NUM-
tons factories to assist in making
the implements and munitions of war
and the thousands who are manufac-
turing the materials for soldiers wear,
with those VINO are taking their PAGES
in the machine shops the automobile
and the airplane factories who are
doing a big part in carrying on the
industry of the nation.
English Workers.
In England the women have beer
employed not only in making sails fol
battle planes, but they are attaching
those sails to frames and are ever
being entrusted with the task of weld
| ing the metal parts together. one o.
the most difficult fsAts in the making
of the flying machine, and one OF
which the actual life of the aviator
depends.
The sturdier English women hav,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09

guns in such a position as to draw
the attention of aircraft and keep
them from finding the real guns. 1t
is also applied to the color of uni
forms. Thus Mr.. George Bernard
Shaw in describing his recent visit to
the front writes, II have seen Ypres
again. This time though still a super
animated civilian l was in khaki, like
everybody else by way of camoufiage."
A military man gives the definition
of camouflage as 'the art of conceal
ment by devices assimilated to natures
methods and surroundings"
1t goes without saying that camou-
f1age is of paramount Importance
where there are positionsand especially
artillery batteries the situation of which
is to be hidden from the enemy. The
French, Germans and Italians have
gotten the art of concealment down
to real science, but the British are
far from perfect as on one or two oc-
casions they have painted an aero
plane hangar green gray and left a
number of tents about it in their
natural color. In another place, for
some unaccountable reason, the tents
were striped to represent fences and
instead Of concealing them the stripes
called attention to airmen that some
thing was being hidden and the Ger
man airmen proceeded to drop bombs
on the imitation fence with disastrous
results to the British soldiers who
were encamped at this point.
The Germans and Austrians have
been particularly successful in hiding
their road by a camoufage of trees.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09

glasses they soon discovered that it
was a ships lifeboat- When the boat
was overhauled it was found empty.
Just at that time the gun crew sighted
submarine prepared to fire. The
Captain swung his ship around and
the torpedo passed the bow within five
feet. The gun crew fired twice and
the gunners were not sure of the effect
of the shot. However, the big vessel
escaped destruction. The life boat
was undoubtedly a ruse of the sub
marine to get at the big vessel.
Another camoufage by the U-boat is
to surround the periscope with drift
wood which gives it the appearance
of a harmless looking mass of sea
weed or debris, and before the ship
selected as a victim gets close enough
to discover the trick the torpedo does
its work.
Battleships are always painted a Pc
culiar gray which is a sort of camou-
! fage of the ocean. Recently it has
been suggested that the superstruc-
ture of the ship be painted blue to
match the sky or some other color to
blend with the horizon. Another idea
is to paint the ship in a wavy design
to represent the ocean. This makes
the ship rather indistinct in the eye
of the periscope.
A well known naval authority in
speaking of Marine Camouf1age re-
Gently declared that clever feats of
the art enabled vessels to appear much
shorter than they are tending to de-
ceive the U-boat marksmen. There is
also another type of deception such
as painting a fake bow waves which
gives the vessel the appearance of
travelling along at a much higher rate
of speed than they are actually going.
This fools the U-boat gunner and he
usually fires too soon and wastes his
torpedo long before the boat actually
reaches the point aimed at Recently
it has been given out that Edison has
invented folding or coIlapsible boat.
One in which the smoke stacks and
sails will fold down. The vessel can
be painted the color of the water and
when the danger zone is reached the
Captain can fold down his masts and
tunnels and slip through the, water
unobserved. 1t is believed that Van,
kee inventive genius will exceed the
clever and artistic Frenchman in this
Mars, and that we shall soon hear O
some new and remarkable camouf1agt
by the American Engineers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09

At one place several miles of road
was hidden by the branches of trees
being tied on ropes and hung across
the road. Many times the aeroplanes
of the Allies passed over this road
while Austrian regiments were pass
ing over it hauling some of their big
guns and failed to discover them at
all, taking the road for forest.
The Germans too have succeeded
in concealing many of their trenches
and guns by tree limbs, sometimes by
actually transplanting young trees.
They have even built dummy trenches
and succeeded in drawing in fire in
that direction from the French, while
they were firing from another direc-
ton entirely.
Italian Art.
The Italians have had excellent re-
suits in camoufaging many of their
Alpine positions by covering the sand
bags with snow balls and by wearing
white uniforms which could not be
distinguished from the snow. They
are also clever in setting up dummy
guns in the snow so as to draw fire
in that direction while the real guns
are hidden some distance away. One
particularly good looking dummy gun
caused an Austrian airman to use so
many bombs that when he did find
the real gun he was out of bombs and
by the time he returned the Italians
had hidden the real gun under the
snow and had another fake in place
at which he banged away for some
time.
At another place they dressed their
machine gunners in a uniform OF
| grasshopper green and painted the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09

guns the same shade also covering
the tops with sod. Even the faces
of the gunners were covered with
green masks and It was difficult to dis
tinguish them from the surrounding
scenery. At another point they set
up fake guns and wooden gunners
beside them. Pretty soon the Aus
trian aeroplanes few over and began
to pepper the fake guns and gunners
wasting their bombs and energy. In
the meantime italian airmen went up
and brought down one of the enemy
machines. The imitation guns and
gunners suffered severely while the
real ones remained unframed.
French Artists.
The French are past masters in the
art of camouf1age and in many in
stances their humbugging DISCUSSES
have saved the day. At one time the
Germans thought they commanded a
railway track far into the distance
behind the French lines. The whole
thing, however, was a fake, the track,
the signals, rails and ties, the trees
that fenced the lines and the hills on
the horizon were all painted on a
screen by clever French poilu camou-
fieurs and set up in the night across
village street which was needed for
military operations. The Germans
were driven back by the men who
passed under the screen before they
had time to use the railroad and
never discovered the clever ruse
Chicken wire is the foundation fol-
much of the camoufage work. Reeds
and grass woven through it are used
to conceal positions and unless the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-09

service. The French were the first to
use it with success and they have now
developed it to perfection. Later the
other countries tried it with more or
less success.
Americans To Study The Art.
In the American Army the art of
camouflage will be under the diree-
| ton of the Engineer Corps and the
Chief of Engineers has issued a cali
for ingenious young men who are
| looking for special entertainment in
the way Of fooling the Germans" The
Engineer Corps have been making a
study of camouf1age for some time but
they will welcome new ideas on the
subject and their call for men for
this new branch includes various
trades and professions. They espe-
cially desire sheet metal workers, sign
and scene painters, carpenters, cabinet
makers, stage carpenters, property
men and photographers. These men
can make themselves useful by devils
ing means and ways of deceiving the
enemy wherever a machine gun is set
up or trench taken, where a new
road is opened or a new bridge built.
Moving picture directors, scene paint
ers and movie property men will be
particularly useful in this line for they
are adopts in the use of tricks in
scenery. Then too they are especially
resourceful along these lines. Already
our troops "Over There" are making
use of the new science as the tents
Of one entire camp are camouflaged
with branches of trees. 1t is expected
that the entire equipment of our army
will be hidden by scene painters and
wire workers in order that the enemy
aeroplanes may be blinded as to the
position Of our men.
Marine Camouf1age.
Marine Camouf1age began early in
the war when Germany hid her U
boats by using her wireless masts as
supports for sails, which made them
appear to other vessels as harmless
sail boats until they were close enough
to their prey to fire a torpedo. Another
ruse practiced by U-boats was to hide
behind some neutral vessel and then
come suddenly from behind and fire a
torpedo into the unsuspecting mer-
chairman. One particularly bold trick
of the U-boat is told. 1t seems that q
big American vessel was zigzagging
its way off the Irish Coast on a moon
| light night, when suddenly the mar
, on watch saw a boat bobbing up anG
, down on the water. By the aid 0: