The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 30, 1907, Page 2

y jadgment against the county. Printed on Thursday of each week. J.D. ALLEN E itsor and Prop second class mail matter. FOR POLITICAL EFFECT. The Republican-Press prates of the “Grand Jury report on the county alndebtedness” and calls it an “ex- pose of Democratic mismanagement of the county finances,” and yet is fails to point out wherein there has been any mismanagement, or deny the charge made by THE Tres that the Grand Jury obtained {ts figures froma partisan source, that of Judge Harper, and that those figures were not certified to by any officer compe- tent todo so, and further that the figures, {f true, were unfair in that they attempted to show the indebted- ness of the county at & time when no revenue from taxes had been reccived into the treasury for nearly a year and expenses of the county had ac- cumulated during allthat time. That report was further untrue and mie- leading when {t sald that no money was available to pay the $42,000 indebtedness it pretended to show, when infact there were about $36,- 000 then collected and tn the hands of the county collector, available for that purpose and which was turned over In fifteen days thereafter, Tue TIMES wants to be absolutely fair in this matter and is anxious for ae full and free discussion of the finan- cial statement while {t is fresh before the people, that they may have @ thorough understanding of it, and not walt for months until a cam- paign {s on and then get garbled ex- tracts from a partisan standpotnt. Tue Times has no disposition to harshly criticise Judge Harper, but we have no hesitancy in asserting that he has gone farther and shown @ worse partisan spirit than any man whoever held the office of Presid- ing Judge of the county court of Bates county, and demonstrates con- clusively to every Democrat that the county court would betturned into a political machine if & majority of {ts members were Republicans, imbued with the same spirit that Judge Harper has manifested. A HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, Various and sundry “plans and propositions” conceroing a High School building are being sprung, all presumably emanating from the board and none of them being me- tured, bus all meeting with the “hearty and unanimous approval of the voters” beforehand. Now it strikes us that the building of a High School building is @ purely bustness proposition that concerns every tax- payer in the district. If a new build- ing 1s needed, that fact should be presented to the public in an iftelli- gent manner. The board should pre- pare such a proposition as the needs require,and when properly formulat- ed, submit them to the taxpayerstor their approvalor rejection. Thepeo- ple of this district have always been liberal with the schools and will con- tinue to be. They have never voted down a proposition that the best in- terests of the schools demanded, they are are as enlightened and Iberal a set of people as can be found on earth, butthey are competent to pass jadgment on these matters §when they are properly set before them. The board need not concern itself about what proposition will or will not carry. It should know theneeds of the district and make {ts recom- mendation, and there its obligation ceases, It you want to cure yourself of soreness, it is better to have an operation performed. You can do it youreelf. Cus out all the mean things you would say about people, or, tobe surs to getall the germs, cut outalso all the bad thoughts you have about people and things. The operation is painful, though not dangerous, and when you areconva- descent use as a salvea nive mixture of good thoughts about people and kind words and good deeds.= But don’t say you willgo ona man’s bond until he asks you, because you might make a serious}, mistake.— Clinton Eye. Cass county has an old rallroad bonded indebtedness of $426,000, which is agitating the people of that county. The Federal court has threatened to cite the county judges to appear in that court tor contempt unless a levy is made to pay the in- terest. These bonds are drawing 10 per c>nt interest, which is being com- pounded. The bond holders hold The Butler Weekly Times’ \ed. Many are visionary in the ex | prises “die abornin’ if they didn’s this ‘country would indeed be a net work Enterad at the office of Butler, Missouri, as of steam and electric railwaye, en- |dangering all the fine stock in the To Democrats. Trusts are spending big money to Shenytuen tee leading Republican and indepeudent uewspapers for Luft for Presiueut. ‘Tey control she As sociated Press uews service. It is high time shat the Bryan forces organiz: fur 1908 by spreading Dem- ocratic literature. The Kaosus City Daily Post is the ouly Democratic daily newspaper of a large clty be tween St Louis and Denver. Is has the Hearst teiegraphic news service, the mos: complete, the best and she fairest id America. Therefore I ap Railroads have to be built on paper before they are regularly construct- treme and many more feasible enter- country sod even making it danger ous for pedestrians. The latest pro- jected line on paper, said to be back ed by Kanens City capitaliste, is an electric line f-om Butler to Hermit age, via Appleton City, Monegaw Springs and ey Soho Bee would ruo through a fice agricultur- al country and portions of {6 rich in | Peal to Democrats to help this news mineral deposits, and {f extended on| Paper. By mail, $2.50 a year; four to Lebanon, in Laclede county,| Months, $1.00. Send nameanucach would give connection with St,| to Phe Post, Kansas City, Mo. Louis & Santa Fe R. R. makinga B. J. SHERIDAN, direct route to St. Loutls. Editor and Manager. Will Give Old-Time Majority. Missourl Dsmocrats have good grounds for entertaluing we hope that vext year the stete campalcn will be made on @ conservative plat- form and with a united and harmon- fous party. Party breaches have been healed, aud there is & generally expressed belief that the Democracy of Missourt will be returned tu power in the next election by an old-time majority. —Glasgow Missourian. se If the auto is going to put the horse out of business {§ ought to hurry up and put the horse out of suenense, At’ present the latter is rejoicing in the fact that he com- mands about $100 more in the mar- ket right now than he ever did be- fore.—St. Louis Republic, The Republican-Press glibly calls attention to the fact that there are outstanding $30,100 64 warrante, but studiously avoids calling atten- tion to $25,688 33 cash in the treas- ury. Arthur Vail has purchased a qaar- tette of greyhounds that cost bim $60. The dogs are warranted to catch a wolf in two houre or money refunded. Mr. Vail handles a large number of sheep, and of late the wolves have been eating up the profits If the dogs will do the work, they’re worth the woney.—Hume Telephone, If Arthur {s called upon fora tax to pay for sheep the dogs didn’t kill, he will probably sympathize with the wolves and wish he hadn’s blowed in his sixty dollars. Evening Up. Over in Monroe City, the graduat- ing claes of the public schools sent to New Yawk for stylish Invitations, that when received were full of typo- graphic errors. ‘ The newspaper men of the town then got together and notified the graduates they also could get the commencement write-up {n New York or go without. Now wasn’t that real mean? oe The county newspaper {s noted for {¢ disposition to always stand up for A Lee Veteran. i ‘ home institutions, commendable at “One of the Groy-jackets” te the} ai) times As an tuetance fresh to title of an odd little story io the our minds, the superintendents of the June McClure’s in which E. Crayton | gchools of Clinton and Appleton City McCants tells of one of Lee's brave! have been furnishing the Democrat color sergeant who lost his command | ang Journal cf the respective towns at Appomattox Court Houre, and | with school notes the past year. The did not find {t again until ’98 on | following notice of commendation a the crest of San Juan Hill. - Most] peared in both papers theeame week: valorous and brave figure ofa man |“tp other and larger cities, educa- 1s Breshitt, and the atory of his life, | sors have furnish-d eiilar columne as depicted !n Mr. McCants’ tale ts | ¢, the local preas, nnd after watch captivating. {ng and comparing them week after ‘i . . week, we feel justitie? in saying Prof. Wife Will Edit His Works, ror ee all that e ———'s Work surpsa-es all that we Mre, John Watson, wife of the} Dave sen, ete. clergyman-novelist, who wrote under the name of Ian MacLaren, will edit the memoirs of her husband. He died in lowa while making a lecture tour, and his body has been received {n England and will be burfed in Scotland. Mrs. MacLaren is sald to have been much in sympathy with her husband and fn all his work was his helpmeet. She is a very hand- some woman, and is quite able to edit in a scholarly way the memoirs, In His Steps. We wrote to & subscriber who Is five years in arrears, that if he would send us a dollar we would equare the account and begin anew. He an- swered: “Ieend you $1 to pay my! 4 now tarmer’s order is being or- pices pole ngs med uit cah ganized over the country It is We have wired Sheldon, and as econ |AnO"n 8 the “Soctety of Equity ” as we learn what Jeaus would say to <i nae tall late Ia to keep up the & fellow of that kind we will answer nies 07 satin prodael |The Oued i his letter—Galena (Kan.) Republi- laudable, and {f strictly adhered to . a p will unquestionably be of great hene- cans fit to that class. The trouble here- tofore with farmers’ orgenizations has been that desiguing politicians have slipped {n and diverted them from their objects into political ma- chines If the new order would aue- ceed, !t must eschew politics, and that The Miasourl Stete Bankers Asso- ciation had a very interesting and sucevessful‘tvo days convention in Kaneas City laet week Goorge A. Neal, of Doniphan, cashler of the Rip- ley County Bank, was elected Prest- dent. W. F. Keyser wos re-elected Secretary, and resoluslons were adopted commending htm for his ef- ficlent services. The success of such organiza ‘ion dep-nds on the effittency of the secretary, and Mr. Keyeer has certainly made good, and will proba- bly be retained as long a8 he willeon- sent to serve in that capacity. He was located.at Butler for a number of years, #nd our people learned to kuow and value his true worth. Having Lots of Fun. Adrian Journal, A great dealis boing sald about the proposed county dog tax and some persons are becoming very much excited about the matter. It {s a question that inno way concerns the Journal editor as he is too poor to own a sheep and not poorenough to own a dog. It youwant toget areal scrap with @ man jast assault his dog and you have it. You can safsly say mean things about his family. You can call him a fraud and a scoundrel and he will stand {¢ silently, but just cast the slightest suspicion on the integrity and uprightness of his dog and hostilities in at once. We have nothing to say about the agp pending more than to ‘ave all the sport possible out of the matter. Patient and- Long Suffering. The Rich Hill Review has a sensible talk with the grocery merchants of that town, none of whom are adver- tising. Itreminds them that it could fill its colamns with advertising from will be advanced to induce them to mix up in politics ia) Gillette Safety Razor sar font Comfort in Shaving comes through the use of “The Gillette” the grocery merchants of Kansas] 4#4#rp razor for theentire year City and St. Louis, at better than|—§ The wonderful razor blade that has local rates and that mail order changed the shaving world houses would take all the s It saves, shaves and satisfies lotted them at the publisher’s own A million men shave with price, and yet the newspaper, loyal to its home people and their inter- este, refases to open up ite advertis- ing columns to outsiders. I¢ further reminds them thatthe Review family “The GILLETTE” Are you one of them? 12 Blades; 24 Sharp Edges of ten or twelve hands, some of them : ores te heads of families, have patronized those same merchants for twenty Regular Sets $5.00 years, refusing to send away from|—| Combination sets for traveling men home for their groceries. Who can from $7.50 to $50.00 say that the newspaper man is not Gun tate eae patient and long suffering; but when the worm turns there’s something doing. Cc. W. HESS, ey house business, and his pinching | held from the home on Monday af-| struck. The handsome cupola was ofa woman filled hundreds of col-| gernoon at 2 o’clock, and interment, first struck and acorner torn off this fora $10 fine, yet the big pa-| Clara was an unusually bright and|_roof and over the building at will, pers snicker their heade loose when | pretty young lady; her whole life was| tearing off window casings, break- | the country papers devote half | spent in Butler and her early taking| ing Nghts and completely ruining dozen lines to @ dog fight. in charge of the Asylum. He conse- is uo very easy matter to do, for|'i'he report further adde that Capt. some mighty plausable arguments| T: body and mind and has surrendered all his property. day afternoon, May 25th, cf pneu- little attention to-day. Thirty years LAST WEEK | OF OUR MAY SALE We call your special attention to the fol- lowing bargains. There are many more. Odd lot of $1.50 plow shoes, Sale price $1.00. Odd lot of $1.50 and $1.75 boys shoes, Sale price $1.00. Odd lot of $1.25 boys plow shoes, Sale price 75c. Mens blue $1.00 jumpres, Sale price 75c. Mens $3 50 pants, Sale price $2.75. Mens $3,00 pants, Sale price $2.25. Ladies fancy lawn kimonas, Sale price 29c. Beautiful 85¢ and 40c mercerized wash goods, Sale price 25c. 10 pieces 50c woolen dress goods, Sale price 35c. 1 lot 10c shirtings, Sale price 7 1-2c. $1.25 quilts for 98c. $1.50 quilts for $1.23. $1.25 table linen, Sale price 98c, 85c table linen, Sale price 75c, 65c table linen, sale price 48c. 12 yards 15¢ long cloth, Sale price $1.50 bolt. Sample rugs, Sale price $1.19. Lace Curtains 20 per cent off. Portiers 20 per cent off. Rope Portiers 33 1-3 per cent off. A few Sample Blankets left at wholesale price. WE WANT YOUR TRADE. N MAIDEN MERC, CO Eggs Taken Same as Cash. Everybodys’ Store. Anent the funny man of the metro-) Migs Clara Endres, daughter of| The Christlan church at this place politan prees, who is always poking | Mrs, John Endres, died at the home| was struck and badly damaged by fan at the jay {tema {n the country | of her brother-in-law, Walter Ander- | lightning Monday evening. A meet- newspapers, the Nevada Post hands! sop, on Mechanic street, Saturday | ing wes held in thechurch that even- this hot one: morning, after @ lingering illness, of | ing and the worshipers had barely “It costs Caruso $10 for his monk- | consumption. Funeral services were | reached home when the building was umns of the metropolitan press. All| was made in Oak Hill cemetery. Miss | and then the bolt tore through the off is sad indeed. The bereaved| the plastering. The damage ts es- mother and other relatives have the| timated to be at least two or three —~ sympathy of the public. Rev. Mc-| hundred dollars This {s the sec- Gee, pastor of the Presbyterlan | ond time it has been badly damaged church at Harrisonville, of which| by lightaing and 1 seems to be a deceased was member, conducted | fated structure —Rockville Depart- ment Appleton City Journal. The St. Louis papers of Saturday report thata deputy U S. Marshal attempted to take Capt. F. J. Tygard from the ae | i hap ington on a warrant issued from the ances City federal ceart. The of-| the services. ficer was shown that Capt. Tygard had been committed to the asylum by a regular oem in the pro- bate court of St. Francois county, and was considered insane by those quently returned without his man. ‘yzard js an old man, broken in Theo Tilton died in Paris Satur- monia. The above notice attracts ago that name was on every tongue, as the man suing Henry Ward an Beecher for $100,000, for alienating t - ha his wife’s affections. The trial lasted d % R. 83 insist estar! [HERE'S 2242 COMFORT wy hoe 7 mee nal —— Th 2 Comfort in the Comforé Chairs, to her husband, which she afterwards ere's veal Comfort in the Comfor< + repudiated in Mr. Beecher’s presence. {it cresal Soe 6 clei for teiasan obligation te bey: Mr. Tilton was a brilliant editor and If for any reason the chair fails to please you we will take it back—no charges author. Shortly after the famous —no questions asked. You cannot know how comlortable the Comfort Chairs are until you actually trial he went to Paris and has ever since lived the life of a recluse. He sit in them. Try them. pe! spoke of his wife or of Henry In a few minutes you will feel ag refreshed as after a full night's sleep. her. You sit in the Comfort Chair as in any other Chair, and if you wish to recline stretch yourself out as far as you like, The Chair moves as you do without effort on your part Hon. W. C. Perry died very sud- cenly ina car, in Kansas City, Sun- day afternoon, while Mery oy ry trom Seat and back are made of canvas, {] Just say which one we shall send you,—the Comfort SWING Chair or the Comiort MORRIS Chair, (the Comfort lortis Chair does not swing). | Guaranteed suitable for heavy or light occupant. The framework is steel. The the country club, where he