The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 15, 1882, Page 4

BUTLER WEEKLY ‘TIMES, Chas. T. Mek ariaud. | DITOR APD PROPRIETOR, TERMS OF SU: SCRIPTION: Jaily, One Year, $6.00 | «¢ “Six Months, = 3.00} «© Three Months, 1.50 ** One Month, : ¢ 50 “One Week, : + IS The Weery Times, published every . postage paid, for $1.25. BUTL ER, MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY EVE., MARCH, 15, 1882 | 18 IT JUST OR UNJUST. Under the caption of ‘‘the saloon keeper,’’ the Times print’s to-day an article trom ‘*Temperance,”’ taking a very determined stand against the proposition to organize a ‘‘Liquor Dealers Mutual Aid Associatidn’’ for Missouri, with headquarters in this city. We do not write with any dispo- sition to take issue with Temperance, exactly, or v/sa versa, nor do we di- rectly or indirectly intend this as a reply, but portions of the article al- luded to, evidently bears the im- press of thought not well ma- tured, or else it is the production of an over zealous mind in the service of a great cause. : The vocation of saloon keeping no doubt an obnoxious one, but in many cases, no more so to the aver- age temperance worker than he who follows the calling. The laws ot Missouri make it a legitimate busi- ness, and it is man’s innate love for } money, that allures him into the traffic, and not his love for the thing atself. Many men have embarked in the business and becoming dis- gusted, got out of it as quickly as vossible. We do not have to go out et Butler to find examples of this kind, either. Furthermore, there are sen now selling whisky here and elsewhere who are genuine speci- mens of honorable man-hood. Of course such are termed, exceptions to the rule. Say what you please about the saloon-keeper, and his pernicious y, will be sent to any <daress | WEST BUTLER- - West Butler has been incorpora- ted by the county court as a village, embracing the Cowles, Yoakum and Syndicate additions, and other addi- tional territory. tees were appointed who will meet and adopt laws and regulations for the government of the new town. } The matter s‘riks the average citi- | | zen of Butler with surprise because, | of the suddenness of the movement. But however distateful | it may be, no objection should be mainly, any. Butlerite, when the subject is | considered in the light of truth and } | reason. tions were thrown on the market has Butler been asked to include them in its incorporation, and as often was the application refused. This last step, therefore, was simply the last resort to secure protection to the rights and property of the inhabitants of that district. rights that should be respected as well as those of this city. rowdyism, and their bold move is an | act to applaud and not to censure. | Up to this time .Butler bas had the | opportunity of giving these people the protection they sought, now it is too late. From $1,000 to $1,500 could have been dropped into our coffers annually in the way of tax, had the voting population of Butler a broader comprehension of the prop- osition a year ago. But the thing is done now, and, however serious we may regard the buildimg up of a town on our west, surely we have no right to complain of anv injustice toward us. The in- justice has been the other way, as} well as a deal sight of carelessness | and want of enterprise. YES CONVENE 1T. There can be no other course for Gov. Crittenden to pursue, but to call the Legislature together to re- district the State, if by so doing an} increased Democratic delegation | canbe sent to Congress next tall. | Uupon the of Democratic principles depends the welfare of | success pursuit, he is still inthe majority ot instances, a kind indulgent husband and father, who, when finding him- self and family cut off from the ben- efits of lite insurance and _ practically ostracized from society, he only ex- hibits good sense and thoughtfulness when he takes the step to secure that protection for his wife and _chil- dren, which, by virtue of his own business conduct they have been de- barred. Again. the object ot true temper- ance should be content with some- thing short of the persecution otf the saloon-keepers tamily. Surely the wite and children are not responsi- ble for the deeds of the husband and father, however offensige those deeds may he to society, and injurious to the families of the men who frequent his saloon. Temperance has done enough with the tamilies of saloon- keeper’s in excluding them in a «easure, trom social circles, and dis- possessing them of other benefits shared in common by the rest of mankind, without pursuing them in- to their allotted sphere, and _ inter- cepting movements intended solely for the protection of women and children, after the saloon-keeper has died without riches, and unmourned perhaps, save by those ot a limited circle. ‘Lo express a desire to witness a fellow-being stand upon the gallows. the equal in crime of the murderer, because he once sold whisky, is sure- ly to promulgate an advanced idea in the people and the interest of the country. In our judgement the ma- jority of the tax-payers of Missouri— which frankly stated is the Democ- | racy—demand a redistriction, and that it be done before the next election. In obedience to this de-| mand Gov. Crittenden’s duty is plain, and that is to convene the Legisla- ture. It will ve expected the Re-| publican press will howl, but it’s all | right, it has often done that before. There are two or more candidates in Jasper county for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the } Sixth District. In order that one | may beselected and centered on as the choice of the Jasper county dele- gation, the central committee has called a primary election to be held in April, to determine that choice. The man getting the largest vote to be the only candidate in the Con- gressional Convention from Jasper county. Such a contingency will hardly arise in Bates county, as there is little probability of us having | as many as two aspirants for Con- | gressional honors. A Board of Trus- | Twice since the West Side addi- | The people of West Butler have | They are | Fy t 60 : - | just as sensitive against vice and’ {I THE SALOON KEEPER. The Temperance Side of the Propo- sition for a Liquor Dealers Association. Epitor Times:—It may truly be said that ** wonders will never cease ”’ Solomon with all his wisdom was at fault when he said ‘‘there 1s nothing new under the sun.’’ *A rum seller’s mutual | ciation; object: the esta nid asso- } shment ot } | a fund for reliet of the widows and | | raised to the new incorporation by | orphans of deceased whiskey sellers *” | | Surely that is ofjall Quixotic schemes jin this 19th century the richest and | the most smile-provoking! A grog- seller’s organization for the promo- tion of benevolence and charity! But then, mark ye. It is tor the ben- | efit of their own wives and children, | and not the poor wretched victims of | their accursed trafPe. Pray, explain to us how it is,that the families of these panderers in the souls and bodies of | God’s creatures require such a move- iment? Surely they coin enough of gold by grasping the food from ;the mouths and clothing trom the backs of their thousands of victims, and fare sumptuously every day and dwell ’neath. palatial covering, . not only while he cumbers the earth, but | even after he himself has been sum- | moned before the tribunal of his God and his punishment awarded him Right glad are we to see that saloon keepers and bar tenders recognize that their low, wicked calling, ex- cludes them from membership in the ‘‘death’s benefit’’ institutions of the country. God speed the day when they shall be excluded trom all save their own rightful place with thieves and robbers in the felon’s cell, or on the platform side by side with the sheddet’s of human blood! “And several wealthy capitalists stand ready to back this movement.’’ Now suppose these heavy capital- ists, who of course must be most ex- cellent good men, with hearts bub- bling o’er with kindness and benevo- lence, and evidently have been look- ing around for some appropriate charity in which to empty some of tkeir superfluous dollars. Suppose say, these big-souled philanthro- pists were to organize an association, the object of which should be, to furnish bread, clothing, shelter and education to the wretched wives and children of the rum-seller’s victims! That certainly also would be some- thing new under the sun. Such an organization would immortalize their names on the page ot history. They could commence their work right here in Bates county and find an abundance of it to do. Only think, Mr. Editor, ot Bates county having the honor of ushering in the long looked for millenium. Doubtless all required by these great hearted, char- ply to point their benevolent visual organs in this direction, to call a prompt response and glad fruition. TEMPERANCE. With much flourish and evidenge ot patriotism, the Pierce City Daily Record of the gth, starts Mr. J. B. Perkins onthe race track for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Sixth District. If Mr. Perkins is the man for the place, then he is the man for us. Blood hounds, it is said, will here- atter be used to capture escaped convicts from the Illinois Penitenti- ary. Does this sound anything like the old days of slavery? Repubh- eee EERIE The City Council ot Springfield | has got itself into a bad box. Some time ago it granted a Street Railway company the franchise to lay down track and operate a road on any of the streets of the city, not even as | much as excepting the new public square which was laid off about the same time. The Street Railway Company have now gone to work “the cause of temperance, as it is inspired by Christianity. A temper- ance reform can not be effected by such characterization of the opposi- tion. It will produce more harm than good, everytime. In no wise do we intend these thoughts to be interpreted as an un- | qualified defense of the dram-shop keeper. Our mind has simply been ; across the space reserved for the |public square and the authorities | Seem powerless to prevent it. - | M. Christy appears in the Times | tltis week. turned from New York City where ; he has spent the winter in the study ot his profession. There are few and laid down a track diagonally | can Illinois is surely advancing in civilization. Senator Vest has introduced a bill in Congress providing for the building of a bridge across the Mis- sour, at or near Jefferson City. Don’t Die In The House Ask druggist for ‘Rough on Rats,’” It clears out rats, mice bed-bugs, roaches verminflies, ants, insects. 15. per box. } 240-14-ly, j | ~ Noticeof Sale. i I will sell at public auction on my farm | 5 miles northeast of Butler on Saturday Marck 18th “82 The protessional card of Dr. J- las head ot cattle, 8 head ot work horses, anda lot of farming impliments, house- hold and kitchen turniture. R. J. Etzler. The Dr. has just’ re-! r5-r¢ | No scrotula can be so deep seated, no | Sore so stubborn, but that Ayer’s Sarsa- { paritla will be found helpful.” It will ef- can be clad in purple and fine linen | and even the roof that shelters them ! to render needless such a movement. | The rum-seller’s wives and children, | AML LEVY Sam’! Levy and Henry M. Levy, are east buy- ing spring goods Furniture and Undertaking We are constantly reciving New Pattrns_ in urniture of all kinds with which we defy Competion Please call and in Qaality and Price. convince yourselves of the fact. Coffins F*urnishedOn One Hours Notice Night or Day. North side square. Daniels Bros. itably disposed philanthi opists 1s sim- | WEEKLY THE BOLD ROBBERY | =Or JESSIE JAMES, | AT | i re is 7 ARCHIE Does not affect the price of in that place, where you can good walnut Bureau for $10: br st table for $3.50; 6 chairs tor $3.95; a good bed- stead for $2.40; a good rocking chair for 75 cts; a safe for $4.25; a cradle for $1.50. Also keep in stock meal and flour chests, and all kinds of furniture keptina frst ! class store and the best sewing machine in | the market. Oil cloth, carpets, curtains, wagons, trunks, valices, glass, chroquet | sets and bird cages. My stock of under- taking goods is complete. Will repair all kinds of furniture and saw brackets for carpenters and builders. Now is the time to get your pictures framed. I will pay the highest price tor walnut lumber.— Bring your chickens to me and take pic- ture frames in return. Come one and all and see my mammoth stock betore buying at other places. W. E. Leonarp, 15-t£ Archie, Mo. Bridge Commiussioner’s Notice. | Notice is hereby given that the nnder- signed Bridge Commissioner for and in behalf ot Bates county, State of Missourt, will on Saturday April Ist, 1882, at ths east front deor of the Court House | in the town of Butler, proceed to let the | tollowing contract at public auction: One bridge, complete, across Panther Ureek near Rockville, with stone abutments and | iron superstructure. The masonry and | super structure will be let separate. The | contractor will be required to give bond | with approved security, The undersigned | 1eserves the right to reject any and all! bids. MarsHar L. Worre, H Bridge Com’r. of Bates Co. | —— Happy Thought Toba cco, is too, too. | 14-3m i furniture W. T.Woolery, STAPLE and AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST Country Produce Wanted in Exchange EF or Goods | the use of R. S. Catron collector of the! FANCY GROCERIES TIMES $1.25 per Year, 2. RB. DEACON, —DEALER IN—— R. Hardware, Iron, Steel: Blacksmith’s Supplies, Geo. W. Brown’s Corn Planters, Haworth Check Rowers, Casaday Sulky Plows, Canton Clipper, Furst and Bradley and Morrison Hand Plows, Buckeye Cultivators, Buckeye Grain Drills, Aultman Taylor Threshers and Engines, Mineappolis Twine Binders, | Combined Reapers and Mowers, Empire Combined Reaper and Mower, Racine Spring Wagons, Royal St. John Sewing Machines, Bain and La- Bell, Farm Wagons, Harrows, Road Scrapers, etc. The largest stock nd best assortment in Bates Co. North-East Cor. Sqr. Butler Mo. By virtue and authority of a special Ex-| oney 0 0a ; ecution, issued trom the office ot the Cir- cuit clerk, of Bates Countv, Missouri, re-| turnabie at the March term. 1882 of said! court, and to me directed, in favor of the} state of Missouri, at the relation, and, to! sheriff’s Sale. On Farms at 7 per cent interest an Commission on revenue of Bates County Missouri, and| against Robert Campbell, and all mons CD arties claiming under Richard Robinson, | to 5 e ond: wife andy. To Thoenton 1c Y ars levieZ, and seized upon all the right, titie, | interest and claim of the said defendants/ .. a i of, in and to the following described real/time with privalege of paying betore estate, situated in Bates county, Missouri, | 4 to-wit: The northwest quarter of seuthwest quarter of section 34, township 40, range 31 and I will, on Saturday, March, I8th., 1882. | due it desired. Money turnished on short notice. W. E. WALTON, drawn to this subject by the article in ae e i possi questien, and i it somewhat pein ee coeets mip bere) a ee a unjust, and very radical to say the el ak = — 2 oe least, we have felt it our dutv, accor- |" ~ fa prea bo mae we | to Gor wiather of thinking. to|* uniformly successful. His winter’s | ding Zs { } k under one of the most ted | express ourselves, not, however, | Y°*%" fs ceca | = due A ee da acy high | physicians in the world gives him | Soe ao e be Pane aed the ccacee | additional merit in which our peo- {| The finest line of woolen, imported and gard a thor | ple can fully rely | domestic, spring goods justjarrived at cepresented. { ies i : Huo Siemusp. i between the hours of nine o’clock in the torenoon and five o’clock in the after-| | noon of that day, at the East front door of Se ee ee | the court house in the city of Butler, The purest, finest, is Happy Thought | nates county, Missouri, sell the same or! todacco. 14-3m so-much there of as may be required at SCHOOL OF MUsI Cc. | public vendue, to the highest bidder, tor jcash, to satisfy said executions and MISS IDA D. KELSO,—Teacher 0 | costs. Piano and and Organ music, frent room | over post office. Friends and patrons j invited to call. 229-tf A chew of Happy Thought is economy. Nice, nobby line of clothing just re- j _i4-3m ceived by M.S. Cowles & Co. Hats! Spring styles just received a OME TREATMENT A certain cure for Debi inalweak: meet eee tees for selftreatment, DR. T. WILLIAMS, 435 E. Water 8, Uitwasker, Wa. Bates Cu., Mo- T. R. SIMPSON, Sheritt. 226-1t-13-3t