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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-12-09
SELLS-GoDWIN
Popular Young Couple Married
Thursday.

THURSDAY.
Miss Cannie Sells, of this city and
Francis K. Goodwin, of Spruce, were
united in marriage in beautiful cere-
mony at the home of the brides par
cnts, Nj. and Mrs. c. ]. Sells on
Thursday evening, December 2.
Rev. Roy Biser, of the Christian
church officiated, the ring ceremony
being used Preceding the ceremony.
which took place at an altar beauti-
fully decorated with ferns, Miss Mary
Lee Goodwin, sister of the groom,
sang Loves Old Sweet Song" and
"Annie Laurie" The bride, dressed
| in white satin and georgette and car
rying boquet of white roses, looked
very charming. Her attendant, Miss
Ruth Rockhold, wore pink satin and
georgettc and carried boquet
of pink roses. George Sunderwirth
was best man. After the ceremony
a three course wedding dinner was
served, the dining table being decorat-
ed with pink roses. The young
couple Immediately left for Spruce,
where the groom had prepared a
residence and where they will make
their home.
The bride, a graduate of the Butler
High school, is one of Buffers most
charming and popular young ladies.
She has for some time been clerk of
the Bates County Probate Court,
where her sunny disposition and
courteous treatment of those having
business in that office made her
general favorite.
The groom is also a graduate OF the
Butler High School, and it was while
attending this institution that the
romance that eliminated i'll the mar
riage Thursday had its inception.
After graduation from the High
School he entered the State Universi-
ty, but when was was declared with
Germany, he answered his country's
call and abandoned his course at the
University Upon his return from the
service, in spite of his youth, he was
offered the cashicrship of the Farmers
Bank of Spruce and in that capacity ;s
making an enviable reputation for
himself in the business wo1ld.
The Times joins the many friends
of this excellent couple in wishing
them unlimited happiness and pros
perity in their married life.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-12-09

Mrs. James Harland Smith died It
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. q. y.
Stansbury III Okmulgee, Oklahoma,
where she was visiting, early Monday
norning, December s, after only .
very short illness. Mrs. Smith, who
had for several weeks been visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. Stansbury, had
planned to visit other friends ID Tulsa
and while enroute to the railway sta
tion with Mrs. Stansbury was stricx-
en- IL. She returned to the Stans.
bury home and in ! short time iapsed
into uncosasciousress, Remaining SO
until two o'clock Monday morning
when she passed away. Her husband
and her parents had been notified Inn
mediately Of her illness and had has
tened to her bedside.
Her body was brought to Butler
Monday and funeral services. con-
duted BY James A. DeArntond, were
held at the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. ]. Day, Wednesday after
noon at 2:3o o'clock and interment
was made in Oak Hill cemetery.
Norma, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. ]. Day, was BORN in But
Ter, Mo-, and was here educated and
reared- to young womanhood and with
the exception of one year in Okla
hoina, lived here all her life. She was
united in marriage in this city Novem-
Der E. 1907, to James Harland Smith,
who survives her. A brother, Carol
C.: Day, of Oklahoma City, also sur
wives.
Seldom does the grim hand of death
cast its dark shadow upon home but
there remain to the bereaved family
or friends, intermingled with their
sorrow, the heartbreaking recollec-
tions of the things that might have
been, remembrances of unkind words,
tAoughtlessly spoken, the vain wishes
that during the Lifetime Of the one
who has gone, the living might have
done much to- have beautified lifess
journey, but in the. passing on Of
Norma Smith, while the heartbrokcn
family and their friends will mourn in
a world left desolate, there can be no
vain regrets, no self reproach. J.
Seldom does it fall to TIN lot aof
man or woman in this life to hsve]
showered upon them the treasures OF
devotion, love and friendship given
her, and never was there one more
worthy 70 receive III tS Ii ~
Idolizeds by her husband With whom
her Slightest wish was his ambition
and delight to grant, worshipped by
her parents and her only brother, and
surrounded always by host Of
friends whose love and admiration
constantly found expression in their
devotion, her only sorrows were the
griefs Of others. Her only tears were
shed in sympathy. A beautiful
woman, lovely in character and OF
sweet and sympathetic, disposition,
she rendered back thousandfold to
others the love and devotion so ac-
corded her, and in the hearts of those
who loved her cheerful smile, aud
those whose cares were lightened by
her thoughtful tenderness, her men, |
ories will be enshrined forever.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-12-09

Mems Al SILK Ties. .$I.oo and up
Mems Searfs-Knit and Silk. $3.50 and up
Mems SILK Hose All Colors. ....... .oSc
ChlIdron's Suits and 0vercoats
20 per cent Dlscount
Mems Odd Dress Trousers, 40 per cent
Dhcoont.
Meas Suspenders. in Holiday Boxes. ..7sc
Mems Bats. .....7sc and up
Meas Flannel Shirts. one assortment. SAYS
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-12-09

Mems Flannel Shirts, one assortment. .$3.4s
blens Cuff Links. ......... .2Sc and up
Mems Cuff Links and Scarf Pins In
Holiday Boxes. .$I.oo and up
Stetson Hats for men, 40 per cent discount
Boys' Caps in Cloth and Fur, 40 per cent
Discount.
Boys Dress Shirts .$r.as
Boys Mittens and Gloves. $50. soc and up
Boys Union Suits. ts.............Sr.oo and up
Boys Odd Knee Trousers .Sr.So and up
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-12-09
RUGS FOR CHRISTMAS

Small Rugs from........".......$3. rs and up
Table Scarfs, Tapestry and Silk q. so and up
Bed Spreads from........"......42.98 SO and up
Home made Comforts. ............$ 4.5O to $3.50
Japanese Luncheon Sets, Napkins
and Lunch Cloth. 90 and up
Fancy Turkish Towels, ..............48c and up
Silk Underwear Of Satin and Crepe
De Chine, Camisoles. and up
Envelope Chemise. se...................4 90 and up
Gowns. 06 and up
Silk Hose, black, white and colors $l.36 up
Wool Hose, brown, navy and
Kid Gloves, black and popular
COlOES........................ 10 ana up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
ADMIRAL pILLsBURY

From the New York Evening Sun.
 The history of army and navy is con tnuous and wars are episodes If there were no wars, the non-militant labors of those two great arms of the government would 10 doubt he distributed under other departments, but as it is many constuc- tive services are performed by them in the years of peace. This is well illus trated m the life of Rear Admiral John D. Pillspury, which ended on Tuesday.
 Too young to fight in the Civil war the ambitious boy. serving as page in Con- gress, secured the honor of an appoint ment to Annapolis from President Lin coin. In the seventies he performed his share of the duties related distinctively to national defence by experimentation with torpedoes. But more and more his great abilities in Photographic and geodtic work were made manifest for seven years he commanded the coast sur vey steamship Blake and made highly fruitful research into the nature and action Of the gulf stream
 It was through no fault of Admiral Pillsbury that he did not happen to gain personal renown in relation to actual fighting. The dynamite cruiser which he commanded in the Spanish war was an experiment and it's failure to do anything notable lay in the nature of it's design. But ;n any case, this officer had shown his quality through years of sea servica His value to the nation lay in the lxnowl- edge he had wrested from the waters to aid other navisators whether in war or in peace. And that knowledge is part of the nations treasure, part of the justi1l- cation indeed for the support given the navy in all periods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
SOME DOGS OF OLD

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 TN the Cornhill Magazine Percy ste. II venson writes of the affection of = Sir Walter Scott for his dogs. An author surely is known not merely by the books he writes but by the com pany he keeps among the brute crea- tion." Sir Walters affection for dogs, this witer tells us, amounted almost to a passion" Byron loved dogs be- cause they were unlike men, MT. Ste- venson declares, but Scott cared for them for their own sweet selves. Is it too much to assert that in return for his devotion to them the dogs of whom Scott wrote will help to asscure the irn- mortality of his writings? pr. John Brown will be remembered not for his three volumes of sketches, sHorae Sub seciyae," but for the tender and unfor- gettable 'Rab and His Friends"
 In childhood's sunny hour the little Walter redeemed the gloom of church services by smuggling Newfoundland dog into the pew with him-not the asiest commodity to smuggle. though the dog evidently was very willing accomplice Another dog, Snap, helped to occupy his bedroom Later, when he went to ride dog shared the seat of the carriage His favorite Camp jour neyed with him to London, and ap-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Hold Your Liberty Bonds
 And Buy More If You Can

TIT behooves every patriotic Amerl- O can to become a business partner of his government. It is the object of the treasury savings movement, inaugurated by the United States treasury, to cause a wider distribu- Ition of government securities among the American people, and to prevent purchasers from disposing of them, Ieither for luxuries or in exchange for stock promising a higher rate of in- terest, which proves in ninety mine eases out of a hundred to be practi- cally worthless
 It is the utmost folly to sell a Lib ierty Bond below it's market price and it is poor business policy to sell one at all, for no better, no safer in- lvestment can be made. Regardless lof market Fluctuations, a Liberty Bond will be redeemed at it's face ivalue on maturity. In the meantime, he who holds his bonds is assured Iof regular income, promptly paid and absolutely safe.
 While it is true that the war is over, the American government must for long time carry burdens as-
 sumed during the war, and it is still
 a mark of patriotism, IS we'll as
 thrift, to invest in government se- curities. Buy twenty y-five-cent Thrift
 Stamps, five dollar War Savings
 Stamps, one hundred dollar and one thousand dollar treasury savings cer-
 tificates, Liberty Bonds and Victory notes. There are types to suit all
 pocketbooks. They are Gas good as
 gold"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
THOUGHTS ON CARPENTER

and power. are going south, back to the ancient cradles of civilization in North America.
 Our destiny, which we thought trav- eled by parallels of latitude, is found to travel in parallels of longitude. It may be one of the all-wise provisions of na- ture which is getting us out of the way of another glacial period.
 We are preparing this country, by prr- dent legislation, against tho forthcom- ing change in the inclination of tho earth's axis which will make this part of the continent habitable only for very hardy Eskimos. Congress is getting the United States ready for a hyperhorean civilization by reducing custom and prfv- ilege to the needs of race whose great- est excitement is to sit all lay in al snow hut and eat blubber.
 In doing so it Is expe1iing tho more| active breed, which, driven south by leg-| islation, will not be caught hero by the| ice Congress is as wonderful as nature. The simple Eskimos are coming down| here to get out of the cold. We arc pre- pairing the land for them. We are gptng| south As many of us as possible will| be south when Carpentier meets Demp- sey- It is the most wonderful thing sincs| the flood
 Carpentier is a nice lad. Wo w1sh him| well. We hope he whales tho gtuff3ng out of Dempsey-but he won't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
LUKE MLUkE SAYS

Leave it to any woman who has grown daughters and she will tell you that she married when she was a mere child.
 A woman likes to have a $25 hat so she can tell, everybody that 1t cost $20 more than it did.
 The reason why father knows that daughter has never been kissed is be- cause some nice young man in town knows different.
 Hand a man your card and the bet ting is that he will run his thumb over it to ascertain whether it is printed or engraved.
 A married woman shoots her mouth off so much that her husband won- ders why she doesn't have fever blis- ters all the time.
 Anyway. the kind of woman who can't trim her own hat can trim her husband for hat.
 There was a time when a man paid a dime to see a bearded lady. But nowadays he sees so many of them on the streets that he pays no attention to them.
 A money grubber usually puts off having his good time so long that his heirs have it.
 Many an actress claims that she is welded to her art so long she hasn't even an engagement.
 Many a man gets reputation as a lucky cuss because he keeps still when he loses and brass when he wins.
 Somehow Or other. it always humili- ates a man to have to admit that he can't swim.
 It is doubtful if woman would let dentist hurt her mouth as much as she lets a shoe dealer hurt her feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
From the CT

From the Chicago Tribune.
 ~ ARPENTIER will fight Dempsey in IL America. but not in the United States. The show goes to Tia Juana, Lower California, where the beauty and chivalry. of the U. s. A can get a drink if they want it, and they'll want it.
 Descamps, Carpenters manager, says D rounds will be enough and 15 a plenty. The boy is intelligent. This talk of 45 rounds is stupid" he says. The eagle will tell the world it is.
 James Coffroth, who manages the Tia Juana race track, puts up $4oo,ooo, prob ably Mex, for the attraction. It begins to look like large winter and gay spring.
 We do not know who the particular Villa is in the Tia Juana district, but undoubtedly Coffroth can deliver him. He will be nice boy. The fight may well be called an attraction. We do not know how many people will be left in the United States the day of the battle. but we know they all will be envious
 By the time Americans have accustomed themselves to wood alcohof they will be able to drink mescal. Nothing in Mex ico will make them sick. Havana, we think. would have been a better place. but nevertheless, Tia Juana proves our contention that the culture of the United States, it's strength and art, its beauty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
DIPLOMATIC SALARIES

From the New York Times.
 TN URING the century and more of
 U our aloofness from European affairs, the meagre pay of our diplomatic service presented at best do-republican eccentricity. The doctrine of equality, by forbidding such salaries as other diplomats received, resulted in the fragrant paradox of democracy which could be fitly repre- scented only by citizens of great wealth At the court of St. James, to be sure, series of more or less well-to-do men of letters cor of the professions Charles Francis Adams. Lowell. Choate address what they lacked in worldly means, but no country could provide a ceaseless flow of such men. Ultimately we faced the alternative of ambassa- dorsSwho were chosen from the limited Held of the very rich, or who were se- Verely handicapped in their office by a lack of means. In nation the foreign policy of which consisted mainly in re- nouneing responsibility for the affairs Of Europe the situation occasioned fronic remonstrance and subacid satire : but today we stand on the threshold of a new era.
 For better or for worse, we are member of the great society of na- tions, and in fact a prime leader in it.; it's interests and ideals are related to our own. TO choose an ambassador for any other reason than absolute ability and fitness is to jeopardize our inter- ests and the interests of all our neigh bors. Training, also, is requisite. Di- piomacy should be profession to which a man may devote himself from early youth as assiduously as to law or medicine, confident that success will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Annual Poultry Show

"The first annual show of the South ern Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock as- sociation. which will be held in Bir- mingham this week, promises to be one of the most interesting events for the poultry, fancier held in some time,' said George B. McVay, Jr.. Secretary and treasurer of the association. "The show will be held at 2121-2123 Second avenue. and we are making plans to make this yearly affair, to be held in the fall somewhere in the down. town district. However. it will mot conflict with the state fair show in any way The association has 100 live members and the display will be large, some of the best poultry, pigeons and rabbits being on exhibition at this time. The show will be open until 10 o'clock every night and we hope the people of Birmingham will visit it and inspect the exhibits"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12

bring it's greatest reward, namely, an opportunity for service unhampered by merely material needs. If democracy means anything. 1t means that every citizen shall develop to the full his pe- culiar talent and that the state shall find it available in time of need. To interpose bar against aspiring ability is even more flagrantly unrepublican than to make great wealth essential to public service.
 The salaries which Secretary Lansing proposes are s55.0oo for ambassadors and s15,o00 for ministers. That is little enough. Several of our amba ssadors to the court of St. James have spent more than s5o,0O0 a year, and some of them as much as $So,OOo. The British am- bassador to Washington receives f10,- 900. normally little less than s5o,ooo. It should not be necessary to insist that this sum. considerable though it is, IS not conditioned upon a life of undue luxury The standard of licing in ant modern capital is set by men of great wealth. The proposed salary for our ambassadors is distinctly less than the normal income on a single million. It is the duty of our representatives abroad to move in the Circles where history is in the making. If they ara to do so easily and efficiently, thes must be able. quite simply and natur- ally, to conform to its standards.
 The present time, it is true, is not one in which any unnecessary expense should be countenanced. But it is also true that the present time is one of momentous issues and delicate adjust ments. TO hamper our diplomats in the discharge of their office is to jeo- ~pardize material and moral values of incalculable weight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
A Civic Center

"It is gratifying to note the appar ent disposition of city and county au- thorities to get together on a plan for the grouping of a new courthouse, city hall. auditorium and other pulp lie buildings at one location" said Robert Jemison. Jr.
 "A civic center is desirable not only from an aesthetic standpoint, but also in consideration of it's practical con venience. The present sites of the city hall. the courthouse and the coun- ty jail. moreover. are needed in the rapid expansion of the business dis trict. Both the city and county could afford to sell or lease this property and build elsewhere. for the proceeds would reduce the amount of bonds it would be necessary to issue, and the increase in tax values of contiguous property would result in tax gain which would defray the interest on bonds issued"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
UNDERWOOD. THE STATESMAN

From the Mobile Register.
 Senator oscar Underwood. in an- nouncinfg himself not candidate for the presidency, takes the position that it is better to fight for principles than for the spells of office. but he is per suaded that this year the fight for principle is also the surest way to kin the victory at the polls. The President has defined the issue beyond all cavil, he says. The democrats stand for a real treaty, not a sham. They refuse to destroy the covenant of the league by accepting nnllifying amendments. They have but .ne course to pursue to take the issue to the people, and rely upon the fact thaN in all great emer- gencies the people have seen the right and acted for the right.
 That is the straight talk. It marks Underwood as. the statesman. We re- poice that our Alabama senator has made his position crystalline clear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12

peared in Raeburn's famous portraits of "the Wizard of the North's The greyhounds Douglas and Percy, the mo- ble Maida, Nimrod and Bran and Wal lace were members of . long and hon. orable succession that included Bsvis Gin "Woodstock"), Rosewal Gin sThe Talisman"), Benjie Gin ~Redgauntlet-) and Wasp Gin Guy Mannering'').
 No final estimate of a man in his community can be made tin we are told what children and the dogs thought about him. The only trouble that dogs are likely to be too fond1y indulgent. They will follow the tramp as soon as the millionaire, the commoner as read. fly as royalty. They look into mans eyes, not into his pockets. If they find kindness in his aspect they do dot care about his purse They will starve and suffer with him and adventure any where When he fails they have no condemnation Their love once placed Is unchanging. So that is not to be wondered at that some who are fond of dogs with a Scott-like fondness insist that dogs have souls and announce that they do not wish to go to heaven un- less they shall find their dogs waiting for them there. It is possible to feel quite as badly over the death of dog as over the death of person.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
STRANGE BED FELLOWS

From the New York Evening Sun. Austria, because of her desperate need
 of food and fuel, has appealed to the
 government of Czecho-Sl Slovakia for as-
 sistance The proud land of the flaps burgs has been forced to humble itself
 before the new republic, which Tor so
 many centuries was one of it's provinces. Chancellor Renner, it is reported. Will in
 tho near future go to Prague in the hope
 of negotiating an agreement for the n-
 tercaange of agricultural and industrial
 products for at least 10 years. It IS even
 poss:hle that he will conclude in addi-
 t;on to an economic understanding a po- litical alliance as we'll
 It is natural that Austria and Czcho- Slovakia should enter into close economic relations: for to do so it will be neces- sary only to resume the old ante-bellum trade routes. The two countries are con- nected by several excellent railway lines, their products are complementary. they ara accustomed to each others business methods and systems of credit To re- slime the interrupted interchange of pro- ducts would be highly beneficial to both. l, rolitical alliance would also be an ]! excellent thing. It would draw Austria away from the overshadowing predomi- nance of Germany and give her needed sunrort in the unsettled world of central Europe. Moreover. it would make it nec- essary for her. and for Czecho-Slovakia as well. te be reasonable and just to the fellow nationals of the other state re- siding within it's borders It would mean protection from petty persecution, not only for the large numbers of Bohemians living in Austria, but for the Teutons of iCzecho-slovakia.
 tyar often makes strange bed fellows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Judge .Ab's,, Theory

'Theory is a peculiar thing" said Judge II. E. Abernathy, "and the form ing of one in some instances brings funny results. There is certain type of negro. who is frequently up before this court on some charge or other, mainly gambling. After the solicitor has tried to draw statement of facts that will help clear up the case and has exhausted every means without results. then if I form theory of how the thing might have happened and ask the defendant if that was not so 99 cases of 100 he will answer
 Yes Just form a theory. and espe- cially one that will let the main of fender out easy, and he will admit in a flash that you have hit the nail on the head the first time. knowing in most cases that all he is doing is thinking he is pleasing you by agree ing exactly with you"