The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 11, 1900, Page 1

The Butler Weekly Times. VOL. “XXII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JANUARY, 11, 1900. Virginia Items. We heard it and dotted it down, What happens in and out of town. Last Wednesday we receiveda copy of the Topeka Mail and Express marked W. K. Elliott, which had Jenty of good reading in it. liott lived many years north of Virginia. Mrs. Grover of near Blue Mound, Kan., visited Mrs. Swagerty the first of the week. She talked to the peo- ple Monday night at the church. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Shidler of Hen- ry county, visited the family of Wim. ogt last week. ‘arley Hensley of Pleasanton, Kan., was in Virginia last Friday. He is selling a patent sewing ma- ehine to mend harness and shoes. It looked like it would do the .work all right. The Virginia congressional forum will meet at McFadden’s hall Thurs- day night, Jan, 11th; all are invited. Township collector Wm. McKibben wishes us to say he will be in Virginia the second and fourth Saturday and at the Farmers Bank Butler, Mo., the 3th Saturday. If the authorities cannotsettle who shall take the census for this town- ship. Let them appoint a prohibi- tionist; they can fix the matter; there is one for each school district. J. W. McFadden was at City the first of last week. ‘isero Browning was quite sick last week. Drs. Lamb and Son were called. Virgil Jenkins moved his house last week andis now doing for himself ain. He is living Virginia on the south 80 of the A. J. Park farm. Andy Dunlap of Webb City, visited old friends here last week. Henry Craig and wife of Oregon, who have been visiting relatives here, Kansas left Friday for the Indian Ty., to visit ' his wife’s father, Mr. Light. Grand- ma Craig accompanied them. The M. E. Sunday School offigers | were all re-elected except secretary, Miss Ella Dugan was elected instead of Miss Icy Jenkins. Mike Maloney who has been on the sick list is able to be out again. Mr. and Mrs. C A. Wallace delight- fully entertained a few of their many | friends at their beautiful home south | of Virginia, Sunday. An elegant din- her was served of roast turkey and every delicacy the market afforded. ' The table was gracefully presided over by Mrs. Wallace and her charm- | ing daughter Miss Leda. noon was pleasantly spent in con- versation, vocal and instrumental music. All departed thanking Mr. and Mrs. Wallace for the pleasant hours enjoyed. » Miss Rachel Park is on * plaining list. Prof. Thornbrough is sailing—it’s a boy. Oliver Stanfield was in Virginia Monday after Dr. Lamb. Mrs. Stan- field is on the sick list. He reports --Chris McGuire’s hand as not much better; it does not pain him at all, but it is numb. John Beckett of near Adrian, is working on O. M. Drysdale’s house this week. This is his old neighbor- hood; he is arded as among the best plasterers. H. H. Miller of Pleasant Hill, com- menced a meeting at Virginia Mon- day night. He belongs to the 7th by day Advents; the meeting will con- _ tinue this week. Almost a sad accident occurred the other night. A young lady was be- ing brought home, and two are too many on one horse. The young lady fell off in the mud, not being very tall she did not take up much mud. She then changed position and got home all right. E. P. Maloney spent Sabbath with his brother John at Cornland. Andrew Simpson, Thomas Swager- F ty and Clarence Coulter hauled hogs _ to Butler Monday. Cole Hensley is attending court this week as juror from Homer twp. We hear it talked around that the Tepublicans of the township will call & meeting to vote on who they want for census taker; the chairman has _ failed to act in the matter and the : people are going to act. h «There will bea called meeting of "republicans of Charlotte township | hext Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 2 p.m., § .to be held in McFadden’s Hall. Let every republican be present. | _ The M. W. of A, officers elected _ 1900, of Virginia Camp No. 3535, ' were installed on Thursday night of the com- Mr. | southwest of | The after-| last week, as follow ~A. Walla V.C.; Ben Biggs, cler Banker; Hampton N | Lamb, Manager; G. H. Ei jcort; Lyman Hensley, I. W.; Wm. Heckadon, O. W.; Dr. L. Lamb, Phy- sician. AARON. W.A sewine, E Old People Made Young. J.C. Sherman, the veteran editor of the Vermontville (Mich.) Echo, has discovered the remarkable ret of keeping old people young. rs he has avoided nervousness, p- lessness, indigestion, heart trouble, constipation and rheumatism by us- ing Electric Bitters, and he writes: “It can’t be praised too highly. It gently stimulates the kidneys, tones the stomach, aids digestion and gives asplendid appetite. It has worked wonders for my wife und me. It’s a marvellous remedy for old people's complaints. Only 50c at H. L. 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Bryan Entertained bv Traveling Men, Whom He Addresses. INDORSES CHICAGO PLATFORM. Declares There Will Be No Considera- b e Oppestion to Its Principles. DEALS WITH TRUST PROBLEM. Refers to Large Number of Traveling Men Thrown Out of Work. DISCUSSES LIVE ISSUES. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 5.—To-nigh at the Lincoln hotel the Traveling Men’s Bryan club gave their fourth annual banquet, with Mr. Bryan asthe guest of honor. The club was organized during the campaign of 1896 and to-night’s affair was the fourth an- nual spread. The banquet hall was elaborately decorated with bunting, festoons and flowers. Pictures of Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, as_ well as the likeness of Mr. Bryan, looked down on the assembly. Coyers were laid for 400 and there were only a few vacant places at the tables. Dep- uty Attorney General Ed P. Smith of Omaha presided as toastmaster. Governor Thomas of Nebraska, Hon. Cato Sells of lowa and a half dozen Nebraska men responded to toasts. Mr. Bryan was last on the program. He spoke on “The Outleok.”’ It was his first public utterance of the year and he was expected to sound the keynote of the comingcampaign. He was heard with rapt attention. He spoke for about anhour. After com- plimenting the club on the increased importance of its banquets, he said: “We are now near enough to the national convention to feel assured that there will be no considerable op- position to the reaffirmation of the Chicago platform. The late election destroyed the last hope of those who sought to modify or subtract from the creed enunciated at Chicago in 1896. The republican party, he said, has been driven under the lash of the financiers to the open espousal of the gold standard, and spurred on by the national banking corporations, it has avowed its purpose to drive the greenback out of circulation and sub- titute a bank note, issued and con- trolled by the national banks. The democratic party sti contends for the restoration of bimetallism at the ration of 16 to 1, the only ratio ad- vocated by those who believe in the double standard. It also contends for the greenback asagainst the bank note. TRUST PRINCIPLES EXTENDING. The members of the club were op- posed to the money trust in 1896, and they are not surprised at that vicious trust principle has been ex- tended to industrial combinations which have in three years thrown out of employment large numbers of com- mercial travelers. The democratic party will deal with the trust ques- tion, not in glittering generalities, but in specific terms, and will invite the support of those who are opposed to the domination of private monop- olies.”’ Mr. Bryan discussed the trust ques- tion at some length, and then taking up imperialism, said: “Commercial travelers who sought the extension of trade by peaceful and legitimate means will not lend their support to the imperialistic methods employed in the furtherance of conquest. The commercial travek er has been eminently successful as a persuader. He will not substitute violence for reason.” In conclusion, he said: “The ques- tions now before the people are but different manifestations of a vicious principle which pervades all republi- ean policies, namely, that the dollar is all important and that struggling humanity deserves noconsideration.” In his speech Governor Poynter | very significantly said that no mat- ter what questions were thrust for- ward in the coming campaign those lof money and transportation would | not be permanently sidetracked; that the peopie of Nebraska have three times declared their allegiance to the platforms of St. Louis and Chicago, | and stands ready again this year to even more emphatically sta approval upon the principle: i the standard bearer, William J. Bryan. | EDITOR LEE WRITES LETTER St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 5.—Hon. John! A. Lee, editor of the Interstate Gro- cer and one of the prominent travel-| ing men in the west, was invited to be present at the Nebraska Traveling | Men’s Bryan club banquet. count of pressing engagements Mr. | Lee was unable to attend. The fol- lowing excerpts are from a letter he wrote the club expressing his regrets “T congratulate your organization upon the fact that you have arrang-| ed that the commercial travelers of the United States shall have the honor of holding the first great meeting for the cause in 1900 and of practically opening the great cam- paign for justice, humanity and good government. Asa practical commercial traveler on the road fortwelve years. who has for many years advocated their in- terests in official positions in their fraternal organizations with which they have honored me, and as a stu- dent of conditions affecting their interests, I think it exceedingly ap- propriate that they should be given the place in the leadership of the democratic column as it begins to march to the field of battle to con- front the foes of the principles of lib- erty, of the principle of equal rights and privileges to all, and ofequal op- portunities in life to everyone. In the campaign of 1896, I regret that many of our fellow commercial travelers were deceived by promises made only to be broken, and _ infiu- enced and alarmed by dire predic- tions and forebodings. They have found that the prosperi- ty promised to them has not been realized, though for them the dire predictions have come true, for since 1896 not only have the compensa- tions of their occupation been greatly reduced, but through the organiza-} tion of great monopolies and trusts thousands of have been deprived of employment and the opportunities of life and the avenues of industry, along the line of their trainging and experience closed to them. The lesson has been a bitter hearts-have been made sore, houses} have been desolated. lives have been embittered and the industry and ef- fort of years has been destroyed. The altar of “Mammon” has been boldly and insolently erected in the temple of liberty, and the American commercial traveler has been the first victim to be immolated. Therefore. it is fitting that those who have been most deeply wronged. the commer- cial travelers of the United States, should, as in olden times, be given | the post of honor, the leadership of the rescuing party, in the front of the fray. All pretense has at last been cast aside by the republican party. The single gold standard has been | flaunti = raised, monopoly has/ been eceeaied. the principles of self- | government have been trampled} under foot, territorial conquest by} force has been begun, slavery to abol-! ish which 450,000 precious lives of | north and south were sacrificed in| our civil war, has been again officially | recognized, the treasury ofthe United , States has been dishonestly and ille- | gally emptied into the yawning coffers of the national bank and money trust | taxes have been burdensomely | p her | On ac-} commercial travelers one, { in-| creased, the expenses of the govern-| ment enormously multiplied and one | of the most unrestrained and reck-! less eras of financial debauchery and | official corruption instituted ever) known in the history of the world. I therefore believe that the people) are ready for a change, that public! sentiment is aroused in favor of refor- | mation and that the battle—the, great battle of which you have been, given the honor of firing the first gun} —will result in a grand victory for; the imperishable principles of democ-' racy. congratulate you and your organization upon your promptitude and activity and am proud to bea member of the executive committee | of the national campaign committee of commercial travelers, which co- | operated im the organization of your | club, and which. like your organiza- | tior, has stood steadfast and is now jTeady to move onward with you in ‘our mareh to democratic victory in ; 1908. }and medicz | arouse her, and just as the sun went ANW cond At the cle TOTAL 180,535 35 ve is JAME. DN E. A We certify alx orre BE M. McKIBBEN, | THOME UAL STATEMENT tion of the of business, Dee. 28, 1N890 LIABILITIES 1 Stock $50,000.00 000.00 5,748.26 119,090.09 Undivided Profits Deposits TOTAL 150, 838 55 SON, NNETT Directors Coemoccoo ee? Always at the top where quali concerned WATCH. 2 make ¥ L. We North Side of Pr BARGAIN S | POO OSSOOSOO OOOO SOSOF 20 We Prices at the get toge SMITH’S ries—they are ours. the prices; ther. want your Chickens! We want your Eggs. want your Butter bottom where ¥ Lhe Way to make these go farthest bring them to the: should be Obituary. At her home, near Goodland, Kas., 31, 1899, after a brief illness of 36 hours, Mrs. Ole- thia Tilton Crawford, died of blood She breakfasted with the family as usual, Saturday morning. At 7 o'clock that evening she became All that loving hands could failed to on Sunday, D poison. unconscious. laid do down on Sunday of the old year, her spirit. freed frem its earthly home, returned to God who gave it. Olethia Tilton was born in Ken- tucky April 19, 1528, was married to W. H. Crawford, Aug. 31, 1854. She became a member of the South Methodist church in childhood and remained consistent her death. They county, Mo., 1! where they res ed until April, 1899, when they lo- eated in Goodland, Kas. For many years they lived in the neighborhood of Amsterdam, and resided in moved to Bates Crawford, asshe was familiariy called, was loved by all who knew her. Many | of the friends in the old home will mourn her unexpected death. A husband and five children, mourn the loss, of a kind and loving mother. John R. Crawford of Kentucky, J H. Crawford, of Merwin, Mo., W. M.. T. P. Crawford and May E. Crawford of Goodland, Kas. Though the New Year brought to these loved ones the saddest of their lives, yet what a glorious and eter- nal year it brought to the dear de parted mother— glad songs of weleome around the throne. With the passing of the old | year, allearthly cares and sorrows were laiddown and her soul was wafted into joy. peace and happiness eternal. The remains of Mrs. Crawford were | taken to the home of herson J. H. Crawford at Merwin, where the funer- lal services were held. Rev. J. Sage preached a touching sermon. Many who had known and loved her paid t the friend and mother. Interment in the West etery. Point cem- | God has called a loved one To His beautiful home above, And this has broken the cirele Of happiness and love. Yet He is able to comfort Those loved ¢ left to mourn. And He is alwa iy To bear the burden home. ly trust Him, ith rely, the loved ones Oo. we ¢ And in H That we may gree In that heavenly home on h and faithful to | that} town for several years. Grandma | Heaven, where all is | bright and beautiful and angels sing | he last tribute of respect to | SMITH & SON. | J. J. Francisco Dead. The Kansas City Star, of Saturday the f ne ¢ 6 4) he fe ng ac of 4] ount death of a former prominent ci The deceased was a brother of our mayor,J. 8. Fran- cisco: of Bates county. “J.J. Francisco, oncecounty treas- urer of Cass county, is dead. The body will be shipped to Pleasant Hill for burial. Mr. Francisco was deputy internal revenue collector in Kansas City about ten years ago. He hada good deal to do with the securing of the right ofway overland when the Pittsburg & Gulf railway was build- ing. He was 57 years old. Mr. Francisco was an ex-Confeder- ate. He farmed for a time after the war in Cass county. He came to Kansas City in 1885. Later he moved to Rich Hill and was made cashier of the Farmers’ and Mechan- ies’ bank of that place. He returned to Kansas City in 1889 and went to work for the Pittsburg & Gulf rail way. He left a wife and five child- ren. Mrs. Bradish, of Detroit, Wrote Mrs. Pinkham and Tells the Result. (LerTer To Mags. 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