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Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
SEESL|FE'S DRAMA
Lawyer Always the Man "Behind
the Scenes"
rathos In His Knowing Of Good and
BAD Fortune Awaiting Those Who
Have No knowledge Of
the Future,

Words that change a mans whole
personality, is the view of Cora Har.
r1s hero-Colonel Wilkie-whose story
was In the Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
1.-THE man about to part with his
substance by will to his heirs is not
the man whom the community knows,
not even the one whom his family
knows" says "the Colonel" "He
usually comes In secretly for this
business. He brings out private edi-
tion Of himself and leaves 1t as his
last will and testament. to be pub
lished after his death. He Is con-
cerned that no one. especially no mem.
Der Of his family, shall know that he
has done this thing. And he invarla-
bly, takes his departure with the air
of one who has just committed IN In
voluntary crime. For he is sure to
discover that there Is no possible way
Of disposing Of his estate which will
be satisfactory to his heirs, provided
he has more than one.
III the Wills I have in this ONCE
now were all published without warn
ing they would disrupt the family life
Of this country like an internal revO-
luton. And II 1t were possible to
take out extradition papers for testa-
tors who have passed to their reward
in another world. we should see more
than one old saint hailed before the
bar Of Justice. to answer the accusa-
tions of indignant relatives.
II have drawn practically every will
that has been made here for 20 years.
1t Is like watching drama which no
one else sees. Next to the Lord him
self. 1 probably know more about what
will happen here to more people than
any one else can imagine. l have only
to sit beside my window In order to
see a score Of heirs passing back and
/, forth ON the street down there, many
of whom have not the faintest idea OF
their own future. They are rehearsing
parts that they will never play. There
are poor men who will be awkwardly
rich, and others who think they will
be rich that are cut of with no more
than the proverbial shilling. For ex-
ample, there is woman living here
who to the people Of Bedford Is use
full spinster earning living by bak-
ing cakes md buns. But to me she
Is a little old Cinderella. with fiat feet.
red hands and a wrinkled face.
have had will In my desk for seven
years which bequeaths her fortune.
The testator lives In another state.
He was her lover many years ago.
She has forgotten him.
"Well. all this legal knowledge OF
their affairs has the effect OF remov-
ing me from the unintelligent audi
ence. I am In the wings behind the
stage, n sort of property man.. who
manages the first scene after the
funeral"
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
Something to Be Thankful For.

Helen, age seven, sat In the rear seat
Of fathers automobile while he went
shopping in department store. Fa-
ther had not noticed that he had
parked his machine where there was
supposed to be mo parking" 1t all
happened before the change In admin
istratiOn.
So, when he returned to his nutO-
mobile, Helen was husily engaged in
scratching sticker OF tile wind
shield.
"Dady, that old naughty policemans
stuck that paper there" rhc cOnfded.
Daddy was glad that he arrived be-
fore 1t was nll scratched away.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
DENVER LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Trade on cattle and hogs at the local
live stock market was Go1d anu I'u.Is
change was noted. cattle being cailsd
generally steady and hogs about diThe
higher In the sheep YARDS puyc"s
hnred down in a concerted fashion ana
values showed the loss of full quar-
ter.
Two loads of the best steers offered
went to small killers for s7.i5. :,
The hest heifers offered sold Tor
ss.35. No real good cows were ofterea.
h~t dealera continued to quote the
choice to fancy grades up to s55o.
Rusiness was again quiet IN the
feeder and stocker section OF the mar
ket Quotations were steady at 1919
TO 81 for the best kinds.
Bulk of sales ranged from s9,e2 y, %
s1o Ton on carload lots was slo.lo
mt ANAL killers paid sl0.2S for one
sn.Ii bunch OF real attractive hoEs
CI,tot,t hogs were quoted NJ S''Io 10 %
snd nius sold at 1910. Dealers IN gen
eral were quoting the best sraoe VI
pigs at 50 to 1925.
One load Of lambs. averaging
no,,nds. sold for SIS early IN the usS :
and .ome ewes changed HANDS at ~;
Prices paid in the afternoon 5
from 1880 to s14.75 for the best .',on sraurn
md down to $l4 for fair and common
II was the contention or packers ne, .Ta
,ha naak had been reached ana wa.
prices must take turn In the
direction.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
Had Millions Under Arms.

According to official figures given
out by the War department at WASH
ington, the total strength Of the United
States army when hostilities ceased in
the World war was 3.764.677 men.
OF that number 2,2OO.OOO had been
sent to France. Italy and Russia.
while the remainder were under arms
In various camps In the United States.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
Time to File Income Tax.

N, " Tue income ] Ak.
.s'on'-A general extension
ior the filing Of income tax
.as oeen granted corporations
,na' Revenue Commissioner
G1s s.otporations are given up to
Snaer a new treasury decision
S'e.lhe returns Of income for
~ r year 1921, the fiscal year
,.s,a' OIL 1922, and the fiscal
lung Feb. %, 1922. The ex-
N,a = conditioned upon corpora
s tentative returns by March
40 ahd May Is, 1922.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
p,dle.s Overthrow Of Russia.

Dwcester, Mass.-PredictiOn that
hpuld not be long before the Rus
: soviet government 'wOuld be
Ihupt and OverthrOwn" was made
|Dr. Joseph NJ. GOltlstein In nm I'D
y at n conference on Russian af.
bat Clark University. The faulty
lsnlc policy Of the imperial gov.
tent, together with political Op-
ZION and the steadily increasing
rings OF the Russian soldiers.
bed the basis for the BOlshevist
Getat, he said.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
Firm 10 Bankrupt.

h YOrk.-Liabilitles Of the brOk-
= firm of Kardes 4 Burke, which
hty went into the hands Of a re-
h, were variOusly estimated here
tpm $780, 600 to $1,5O0,OOO. John
=, former treasurer Of the United
p whose signature appeared on
notes issued from early In 1913
Ills resignation a little more than
ago, declared he had lost every.
Id the collapse Of the business.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
important to ANothsea
Showing Up Aunt Elsa.

Little Dorothy had just returned
from short visit to her Aunt Elsa
in Washington when the minister made
his annual call upon her very religious
mother. After her mother had fiut.
teringly seated him on the plush sofa
In front OF the fire. the minister turned
to Dorothy.
"Well, my dear, did you have nice
time at your Aunt Elsa'sT
"Oh. yethir." replied Dorothy,
promptly. II had lovely time"
"Well-well. and what did you DOR
pursued the minister.
"Oh, l went to the lOveliest Thunday
thchool! The music played, the shade
went up and all the girlth danced"
Judge.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02

hseulate New York Children.
u York.-One hundred thousand
York public school children have
fortified against diphtheria by
ution of the Schick dlphtheria
ulation officials Of the city
D department. have announced.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02

Chickens that come home to roost
have more sense than some men.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02

Don't aim too high or you will miss
the good things Of life little lower
down.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
HAY AND GRAIN PRICES.
Huy,
METAL. MARKETS.

(CofoTado snN .99A
Bar silver tAIheI .54 y
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSION
Up to the Reader a. to the Proper
Identification Of the Wise and
the Foolish Virgins.

At colored camp meeting In Louisi.
ana the following sermon was deliv-
cred by a very black old darky. wear.
Ing huge spectacles:
Brethren and sistren, de preachify-
ing dis mawnin' will be from de text on
de ten virgins. De. bridegroom war
a-coming and 'spectin' dem ten virgins
to be ready wifi dere lamps all trimmed
and a-burnin'. but. 10. when he was
come he done foun' dat on'y five of
de virgins war ready; yes. sir, five was
trimmed and five was ontrimmc,i; Ave
was wise and five was onwise; fiva
was ready and five was onready; i've
was male and five was female"
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02
Enlisted for Life.

"Why not 60 with US on this hunt
Ing trip. Bill?"
Cant get furlough."
Nonsense. You're out OF the
army"
But I'm married now and still do
ing kitchen police"
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-03-02

an Capital viii Finance World,
tn. Mass.-America's position
reditOr nation probably will re-
D the use Of American capital
ker business Is done. Eliot Wads-
assistant secretary of the treas
/ said in an address before the
b Chamber of Commerce. This
sion depended, however. he
y on the maintaining of n "pay
J 60" policy by the United States
ry. I'VE owe today $780,
m of which $8, 500. 600. 600 is due
Is than eighteen MONTHS" Mr..
worth said.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02
A Blow to California Fruit

Los Angles, Jan. 26.-Possibly hall
the orange crop i'll California and
one-third of the lemon crop was lost
in the 3-day freeze last week, accord
ing to an official statement of the
preliminary estimate based on field
surveys, given out here by the Cali
fornia Fruit Growers Exchange.
This would indicate shipments for
the season Of about twenty-five thou
sand carloads of oranges and nine
ty-five hundred carloads of lemons,
compared with a total of sixty thou
sand carloads last season.
Experts said $500 was a fair aver
age price for carload of citrus fruit.
On that basis the loss would be
around II IL million dollars.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02
Mindful of the Farmers.

Ou" attention has been called re-
? Gently to the repainting and re-
marking Of the market report board
It: Tie Peoples Bank The board
1.E --esel,s very attractive ap-
;':@lra1c@ and it classifies the stock
Al5Eh - quoted, more satisfactorily
laa1 Before.
: I.e-r q: question in our mind as
10 whether Or not the efforts o. the
Peoples Bank in giving the handlers
al livestock daily market report,
are really appreciated. There is con-
sidsrabie expense incurred on the
part OF the bank to make it possible
Tor the farmers and the dealers in
livestock to know the exact condition
OF the livestock market on every
business day. 1t requires, also, much
OF the time of the officers and en-
ployees in the answering of the tele-
tor many friends and Gus
toners of the bank learn of the
changes in the market through that
means. The officers of the bank
state that they are, however, glad to
give their time and money to any
Enterprise that benefits the farmer and
he handlers of livestock. 1t is of
'reat value to the community because
enables those interested in live
took 10 keep posted as to it's value.
The Peoples Bank is to be COM
lendcd for maintaining such a valu-
Die adjunct to its good institution.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02

American investors have been de.
fraudcd of more than 10000, ooo, 900
since. 1917 by all street bucketshop
and financial swindlers, according to
financial experts. Thousands OF
clients have started "run'"on the
score of fictitioAs brokerage houses
in the great bucketshop ring operat-
ing in New York, Philadelphia and
Boston. which Wall street financial
experts declare will force all of these
fake concerns to the wall in the i'm
mediate future in the face of the pres
ent rising securities market. The
run was started by the failure of
dozen of these bucketshops during
the past few weeks. AS divulged ex-
clusivcly by Universal Service
night the financial swind.
lers have wheedled American invest
ors out of more than $4,000, ooo. 900
during the past four years.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02
Fair Mount News.

We have been having real mic,
| weather the past few days and the
snow is almost all gone again.
Quite a few from around here at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Mary
kerny/who was buried Tuesday af-
ternoon in the Rockville cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lash, of St.
Louis and Grandma Rapp have been
visiting relatives in this vicinity the
past week. ~
Joe Fleischcf butchered hogs
Thursday.
VIM. Vogi and wife and Alvin
Vogt ate supper with C. NJ. Rapp and
family Thursday night.
John Fischer, Join Yoss and Paul
!, fischer and their families and Carl
FISCHER and Mrs. Louisa Fischer
visited at the Carl Bracher home Fri.
day night.
Carl Fischer. who has been visit |
ne relatives i'll this vicinity returned
% his home in St. Louis Saturday.
lie was accompanied by Carl Brach-
n. who will take medical treatments
gain in st. Louis.
John Schenker and wife dined Sum
ay with his father. Carl Schenker
nd children.
|
frank Rapp and family enter
AIMED the following at dinner Sum-
ny: I. M. and Nick Rapp and Fred
.oet, IT, and their families, James
ash' VIM. Vogt and Fred Vogt, ST..
ID their wives and Grandma Ram
Lewis Fleischer and Joe Bracher
1tchered hogs Monday.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02
Virginia News.

Mrs, Lizzie Quick is visiting VIII
Fred Hrayton and family this weei
Joe Wolfe is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Ryther visit
ed in Butler Wednesday.
Mrs. lson called ON Mrs. Jake Jun.
dy Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Fleming spen,
Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. E. T.
Jarvis,
Miss Rosa nighttime spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with her sis
ter, Mrs. Jesse Fleming.
Dcrrel Brayton spent Tuesday
night with Glen Burk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Harbert and
family visited with her sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Ison.
l.. 5. Paddocks are moving to But
Ter the last of this week.
Miss Thelma Craven visited over
sunday in this neighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Nj. Hardinger
md family took Sunday dinner at the
2. F. Burk home.
J. J. Wolfe, of Garden City, Mo-.
vas in this neiqhborhood, Monday.
The Wolfe Bros. sawed wood for
!. c. Welliver Tuesday.
Roilan Harper has a new car.
THE OLD MAID.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
February 3, 1892.

The Nevada Mail OF january 8
carried the arnuune ement that w. }
Stone, of that city, would be can
didate for the Democratic nomina
ton for governor of Missouri.
Born on February 2o, 1899, to Mr.
and Mrs. J. d. Allen, son. Mother
and child doing well.
Joe Meyer of the Sam'l Levy &
Co. store, will leave the last of the
week for the East to buy the sum-
mer stock of clothing.
DR.. Boulware presented Circuit
Clerk John c. Hayes with a fine lit
tie daughter Monday morning and
now John is as proud as boy with
his first pair of red topped boots.
Invitations are out for the open
ing of the Durley hotel at Appleton
City. This is one of the finest no.
tells in the southwest and the opening
supper and ball will be grand af-
fair.
Judge Lay delivered a strong
charge to the grand jury Monday
He then appointed w. 3. Gault, Of
Howard township, foreman. The
Jury organized by electing John Q.
A. Cope. secretary.
Bob Jones. formerly with Albert
Badgley. has secured position with
A. 0. Welton and will at once enter
upon his duties as clerk.
Or. and Mrs. ]. Fl. Frizell cele-
brated the 25th anniversary of their
welded life on January %, 1902 The
intimate friends Of the Doctor and
his estimable vile were present and
enjoyed delightful evening.
+. Nj. Alien, father-in-law of w. L.
Walton. was stricken last week with
a severe attack Of paralysis. This is
the second attack he has had of this
dreadful disease within the past year.
Thos. J. Green and VIM. McDon-
aid, two tramps were arrested at the
depot Friday evening by Marshal
Mccain for stealing a suit Of clothes
from in front OF the Boston store.
Since the death of MIR. Deacon the
name Of the firm has been changed
10 Z. r. Deacon & Sons.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02
Democratic Women to Support Their
Committeewoman.


With the election Of Mrs. Emily
Newell Blair as National Democratic
committeeman and the organiza
ton Of national commtteewomar
fund the progressive Democratic
women of Missouri have established
a precedent in politics that Other
states will do well to follow
Prior to the election of Mrs. Blair
it had been the custom of the nation
al committeeman from each state to
appoint a national committecwoman
whose chief duty it was TO act as
hostess to visitors of importance and
to supplement the activities of the
committeeman. the expenses being
borne by the committeeman or paid
through donations made by special
interests to theNisational fund.
Mrs. Blair is the first woman in
the United States of either parry to
be selected. endorsed and elected by
the women of her party. aided, of
course by the support of those men
who recognized the Importance of
woman leader possessing those quail
ifications deemed necessary by the
women of the state. The mems po-
litical habit of selecting a represen-
tative who could either finance him
self or command large contributions
from certain large interests, who in
turn expected and no doubt received
preferment, was deemed by the
women undemocratic. and the estab-
lishmcnt of the committeewoman' |
fund was to give an. opportunity to
all women from all sections of the
state to contribute in accordance with
their means to the expenses of the
national committee by the gift
through their committeewoman of
$1,000. and to raise in addition
'nouch money to help defray the
rayeIing expenses of the commit
eewoman to the national meetings,
md such state meetings as it was
deemed necessary for her to attend.
'hus eliminating the pernicious habit
If chosen representative absent
ng herself from meetings through
ack of funds and giving of her
roxy to one who, not having been
L personal touch with the party
ctivities of her state. is unable to
roperly interpret the wishes of those
tho selected committeewoman to
present the wishes of the majority
the women voters.
Bates county women wishing to
attribute to this fund can hand their =
to Miss Rachel Tingle {
Mrs, ], A. DeArmcnd.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02
Mission Branch.

Chicken pox is still with us. Til,
--latest victims are: Ira Odneal. Ken
meth Slime, Glen Eaton, Vol;
Thomas and Roy Sheehan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hartman were
Butler visitors one day last week.
Board and teachers meeting of con-
solidated District No. 7 was held
Monday night at the Seelinger school
house. This district comprises four
schools. namely: Seclinper, Mission
Branch, Prairie City and Papinsville.
Of which Misses Catherine Bachelor,
Ola Ayrcs. Pearl Kcmper and Mr..
Guy llartricll, respectively, are
teachers.
Chaa, Booth. who has been suffer-
ing severely with rheumatism the
past few weeks is no better at pres
cnt
Mrs. Clarence Sunderwirtll, OF
prarie City, was a caller at the Mis-
sion Branch school last Friday.
The following pupis have received
The following pupils have received
January; Ira Odneal, Viola Thomas.
Letla Raps. Glen Eaton. Kenneth
Slime, Floyd Hibbs, Lucy Lanning,
Ralph Johnson, Helen Raps, Char
cy Odneal. Dwight Terry, Ralph I
Booth. Mildred Hibbs, Ruby Holt, I
8utord Beshore, Naomi Eaton, Enos
Ferry, Florence Terry, Eunice Slime, I
and Mary Merkey. The following :
lave gained perfect attendance GER
iiicatcs for the month: Euaice
slime. Orval Lanning, Kenneth Slime,
florence Terry. Letha Rz1s. Ruby
Holt, Emma Terry, Fran. E;3,-. and
dwight Terry.
r. T.. Hendersons pu1..c Hi. vii
e held Feb. %. NJ. :t..-.::,.-p.r.
hen contemplates gong u -.:..,s..
-rizona, to join his Children. NIL
ave been making their hunae. e.t-e
nee the death Of Their mother. in
december.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02
MISSOURI NOTES
1t has been announced that the
vernon county fair will be held Aug.
5 to IL this year. :,

MISS Lula Collins, young woman
who engaged in the practice of law
at bowling Green, has been convict
cd oil having forged note on some
Old negroes and sentenced to 4 pen
itcntiary term. She has given bond
pending an appeal of her case to the
supreme court. and claims her prose-
cutson is due TO jealousy of some of
the men lawyers who are opposed to
Il woman practicing law.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02
North Oak Grove.

Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner and children
visited Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Hoyles
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Smell and
children spent Sunday with Mrs.
Chitwood and son. Harry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Frey and chill
dren. MIR. and Mrs. VIM. Anderson
and son, Teddy. and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Frey and children visited at,
the home of T. Anderson Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Sargent and
daughter spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. {. L. Welliver.
Mrs. Pies Evans and daughter
spent Saturday with Mrs. Driver.
Afr. and Mrs. Pies Evans and chill
dren spent Sunday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. James Evans. :.
Mrs. WIN. Jones and daushter1.
Irene. and MRS. John Sutherland
spent Saturday with Mrs. Jake Frey,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Gragg and
daughters. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wigeer
md children and Mr.. and Mrs
George Wigger and children spent
sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Vigger.
Mrs. Art Gilmore and children
pent Sunday evening with her I
Mother. Mrs. Lawson.
Mrs. James Evans. who has been
ute poorly, is some better at this
'riting.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02

AT its final session at Columbia the
national conference of the northern
and southern conventions of the Bap-
tlst church Thursday went on record
as opposed to any attempt to bring
about organic union of the creeds and
beliefs, Of all denominations. The
conference, however, favored coop
Grafton with other denominations in
the support of the national Baptists
financial campaign now i'll progress
and urged attendance of the Baptist
world alliance meeting to be held i'll
Stockholm, Sweden. next year. The
conference adjourned at noon.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02

One thousand deserving blind per
sons Ill various parts of the State
were made happy this week when
they received their first warrants
ionl the State under the blind PEN
sion act. The warrants were mailed
Tuesday night by State Auditor
George E. Hackmann. covering The
first group of counties arranged in
alphabetical order. The warrant.
will be mailed daily in lots of loo
until the $500 persons have been tax
en- care of for the 1921 pensions.