The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 28, 1911, Page 2

WASHINGTON LETTER. —the majority of whom are the daugh- \ters of American trust magnates— =permit their broken down titled for- Special Washington Correspond- eign husbands to enjoy the income ent of The Times from one and three-quarter millions of dollars. : By Chyde Hs Tevenner: | This money, if spent by parents in Washington D. C.—‘‘The farmers America by whom it is earned, would of Pennsylvania sold forty-eight mil-’ educate approximately a million chil- lion dollars worth of potatoes in New ‘dren each year. Or it would give York City last year, but they were employment to two hundred thousand not worth forty-eight millions to the American workmen at good wages. Pennsylvania farmers. That is what The Day vf Reckoning. the people of New York City paid for ‘The “House of Governors’ ap- them. The farmers got three and’ yointed a committee of three of its three-quarter millions.” members to argue against the San- This statement was made by mem- porn interstate rate decision when the bers of the Pennsylvania grange Who cage reaches the Supreme Court, The recently went to New-York City to in- committee was appointed because the vestigate market conditions. governors feared the rights of the These grangers discovered that a states were in danger of being vio- cold storage chicken, weighing @ Jated by the highest court of the land. pound and a half, sold for a dollar in Fach member of the Supreme Court, Madison avenue. For that samekind \hen he takes his oath, solemnly HUME “SMART SET” IN KANSAS CITY Danger in Drinking Beer and Visiting With Traveling Men, it Testifies, Practically all the members of the exclusive social set of Hume, Mo., were in Judge Porterfield’s court yesterday afternoon, says the K. C. Times of Sept 21st, as witnesses for either Mrs. Maggie Thomas or I, L. |Thomas, who obtained a divorce | from her two years ago. Mr. Thomas | has their four-year-old son and Mrs, | Thomas is seeking the custody in a! habeas corpus proceeding. Every- | thing from the prohibition quuestion | as to who is “fit” to know in the! town of Hume was discussed by the witnesses. Mr. Thomas had been | known ‘to take a drink of beer. | “A man who drinks a glass of beer | destroys his reputation right then and | there,” Dr. A. L. Billings, dentist | of a chicken the farmers received twelve and a half cents a pound. The farmers paid a vendor five cents. for promises to protect the rights of the |and Baptist deacon, testified in Mrs. | states as well as those of the nation. |Thomas’ behalf. ‘‘That’s the way | Why, then, should the governors be} we feel about it in Hume and we an apple, and told him they would let him have a barrel of apples for two dollars. Eggs for which the farmers received twenty-two cents brought forty-five cents when sold to the con- sumer. This vast difference between what the farmers get and what the con- pay represents the unearned hat flow into the coffers of apprehensive? Why should they con- sider it necessary to tell the highest court what its duty is? The very fact that governors rccog- nized the nec dicates that it isn’t only ‘‘agitators’’ and “demagogues’’ who have become | suspicious of the Supreme Court, and } of the whole judiciary system. H Wiley’s ‘‘Vindication.’’ . ogy . : . ” » | President Taft’s ‘‘vindication’’ of t Dr. Wiley will be searched in vain for a single word of praise for the valiant work that official has done for the people. Nor does the President have a single word of censure for the ‘notorious McCabe, whose methods of | and the food trusts. The get theirs by charging excessive rates in order to pay dividends on watered stock. The express companies get theirs by reason of the fact that one supine Republican administration after ity for such action in-|the hotel at Hume. ; won't associate with anybody who! does drink a glass of beer or whisky.” Mr. Thomas is a laborer in Kansas | City and Mrs. Thomas is the cook in} | There was a) division of opinion among the mem- | bers of the social set of Hume. Dr. Billings and his associates who thought it so bad to drink a glass of beer, had no fault to find if- Mrs. Thomas did talk occasionaly to a’ traveling man in the hotel. Some of | the others didn’t think it so awful to! take a glass of beer, but— | “We draw the line on a woman! talking too much to traveling men,’’| one witness said. another has refused to submit them toa decent regulation, and the food trusts get theirs by maintaining un- necessary storage houses through which they manipulate the supply, and thus create artificial “‘shortages.”’ Nearly all the perishable food sup- plies which go to the cities are carried by the express companies, or by the equally monopolistic refrigerator lines of the food trusts, thus making the consumer pay a double haulage bill. As soon as they reach the city they are turned over to the food trusts and placed in storage, where they are kept until a “‘shortage’’ is created. Then up go prices. “Tf all the eggs now held in cold storage in New York City were} thrown on the market tomorrow the price of eggs would tumble two thirds,”’ said one of the grangers who investigated the situation. What is the remedy? Democratic members of Congress | believe that one remedy lies in strengthening the interstate commerce laws to enable the government to reach—and some of the owners of the criminal food trusts and transportation monopolies. ynificant that the farmers, st time in years, are investi gating the high price question. They running the food bureau and every-| body in it, Dr. Wiley included, a - | tounded the members of the Moss in- | vestigating committee. After what | this committee discovered nobody | knew better than Mr. Taft himself | that he would not dare to mete out to Dr. Wiley the “condign punishment” } recommended by Attorney General Wickersham. The Wiley ‘“‘vindication’’ served no | other purpose than to afford the Pres- ident a favorable opportunity to play | politics on the eve of his departure} into the hostile West. Dr. Wiley had already been vindicated, a thousand times over, in the minds of the people. DON’T EXPERIMENT. You Will Make No Mistake if You Fol- low This Butler Citizen’s Advice. Never neglect your kidneys. | If you have pain in the back, uri- | nary disorders, dizziness and nervous- ness, it’s time to act and no time to experiment. These are symptoms of kidney trouble, and you mended for the kidneys. Doan’s kidney Pills is the remedy touse. No need to experiment. It : f has cured many stubborn cases in know that while their own products | Butler. Follow the advice of a But- are bringing more than they formerly ler citizen. ‘T. J. Stubblefield, 204 E. did, there still is a tremendous gap Chestnut St., Butler, Mo., says: between what they get and what the | “In 1908 Thad 4 eavere seve (ah consumer pays. They propose to find kidney trouble and Doan’s Kidney out where the trouble lies, and it ‘is Pills quickly cured me. Since then more than certain that their investiga- | avihenever I have had need of a kidney tion will lead them straight to te Peeainine I have taken Doan’s Kidney headquarters of the unpunished trust pitts and the results have been satis- magnates who control the railroads, factory. I know this preparation to the express companies, and the food heed ‘reliable one for kidney com- monopolies. plaint.”” No Way to Stop This Trust. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 For years and years the sugar trust cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, .is known to have stolen from the gov-| New York, sole agents for the United ernment. By means of false weights | States. and tricky springs to cheat the scales, | Remember the name—Doan’s—and and by bribery of government offi- | take no other. 49 2t cials, this rapacious trust diverted in- = to its own coffers millions of dollars , that should have gone to the govern- ment in revenue. The trust was caught red handed in its thievery, yet nobody was punished; nobody went to jail. They are as follows: The government finally put a stop; Jesse Smith Ist, Donnie Smith 2nd, to the revenue stealing. The doctored | Henry Smith 3rd, Paul Francham 4th, springs were taken away, and the| Raymond Franchman 5th, Mary C. corrupt customs collectors were dis-| Carpenter 6th. charged. This forced the trust to| The Peoples Bank at the present adopt new methods in order to main- | time is conducting a corn contest. It tain its inflated dividends, so recently |js offering attractive premiums on it sent out a wail abouta “‘shortcrop”’ | both yellow and white corn. Any- and now sugar prices are almost as’ one living in Bates county is eligible high as they were during the civil|to enter the contest. It closes No- Watermelon Contest Closes. An officer of the Peoples Bank gave | us today the names of those who were successful in the watermelon contest | recently conducted by that institution. war. The sugar trust is determined | vember 1st. to get ‘‘it’s.” : ease ee Where the Money Goes. Butler Christian Church. What becomes of all the money the big trusts etxort annually from the Sunday, Oct. 1.—Bible school, 9:30, \L. S. Wright, Supt. Communion and American people? Everybody knows | preaching, 10:45. Sermon topic, they exact millions in tribute each | ‘‘DoesGod Answer Prayer?” Junior year, and a stranger from Mars, were | Endeavor, 3 p. m., Loe Reese, Supt. he to read the newspapers of this | Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m:., Leo country, would wonder how the trusts could get strong boxes big enough to store away all the money they take ing, 7:30. Sermon topic, Jesus Began to Do and to Teach.”’ . We cordially invite all to. these ser- common | should seek a remedy which is recom- | iS of Manville, Jones, President. Evening preach-| who cide he told-me Dr. King’ “What | New Life Pills had cured her of obsi- | cultivator, 1.10-foot rake, 1 Standard “7 saw Mrs. Thomas talking to ‘a traveling man on the front porch of , the hotel one day.’’ said the witness. | “Yes, and I saw Mr. Thomas take! a glass of beer once,’’ said one wit- ness on the other side. Judge Porterfield looked shocked. Later Mrs. Thomas was given the) custody of the child. No Need to Stop Work. When your doctor orders you to} stop work, it staggers you. ‘“‘I can’t’’) you say. You know you are weak, | run-down and failing in health, day by day, but you must work as long as you can stand. What you need is, Electric Bitters to give tone, strength | and vigor to your system, to prevent breakdown and build you up. Don’t} be weak, sickly or ailing when Elec- | | tric Bitters will benefit you from the} jfirst dose. Thousands bless them for | their glorious health and strength. | Try them. Every bottle is guaranteed | to satisfy. Only 50c at F. T. Clay’s. | { |Bates County Wins in Federal | 1. | Court of Appeals. | St. Louis, Sept. 22.—Bates county, | | Missouri and Drainage District No. 1, | of that county, were successful in a | suit instituted against them by A. V. Willis and Sons, contractors, by a de- cision rendered yesterday by the} Federal Court of Appeals. The con- tractors sued for $50,000, which they claimed for extra work by having en- countered rock in excavations that was not reckoned in the contract. The United States Circuit Court at Kansas City directed a verdict for the contractors for the full amount. The Appellate Court reversed this | verdict and directed a new trial Judge | Munger held thata fatal defect against awarding the contractors the full amount was a provision for partial payments as the work progressed, based on the estimates of the engineer and that the latter failed to give esti- mates. PROGRESS. — | | | i | Son—Papa, I read the other day that in a long siege the Cossacks had to eat candles. Papa—So I believe, my son. Son—Well, would they eat electric bulbs now? Not a Word of Scandal marred the call of a neighbor on Mrs. W. P. Wyo., "8 nate kidney trouble, and made her feel like a pew. wonlan. $1150. Price $1150. $1350. sit down. closed doors. Mitchell Automobiles: BLACK, RED OR BATTLESHIP GRAY $950 uP $950... Two Passenger Roadster, 4-Cylinder, fascrfuit torpedo ‘body; and. full floating rear axle. Strictly the highest class Roadster on the market. Fully equipped. Price $950. Four Passenger, 4-Cylinder, The most powerful, the most durable and the most handsome car on the market. Fully equipped. Five Passenger, 4-Cylinder, some car with closed doors front and rear. Nothing like it. Price $1350. $1750. Five Passenger, 6-Cylinder, lutely a marvel in a class by itself. A six cylinder, 125-inch wheel base, fully equipped for $17: horse power; 100-inch wheel 35 horse power; 100-inch wheel base; full torpedo body; closed doors front and rear. 35 horse power; 112-inch wheel base; full floating rear axle. A large, roomy and hand- 40 horse power; 125-INCH WHEEL BASE; torpedo body; full floating rear axle. Abso- Think of it! Here is where pareeston must go ’way back and $2250. Seven Passenger, 6-Cylinder, 50 horse power; 130-inch wheel base; full é floating rear axle; straight line body with The biggest, most handsome and reliable car for a large family, or livery car, that has ever been produced within $1000 of our price—$2250. These Cars will Last a Life Time A “MITCHELL GUARANTEE” NEVER RUNS OUT purchaser. For further particulars regarding local agencies and individual purchases, address . HARSHAW H. H Or care of MITCHELL MOTOR CAR CO., 16th and Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. The above firm has been in business on the same ground since 1834. Their reputation for fair treatment and selling best goods for the money is evidenced by the success in manufacturing and sell- ing of the ‘‘Mitchell’’ wagons for : Sound principles, strong minds and skilled workmanship have enabled them to manufacture the best gocds for the money and stand behind them with a guarantee that is unequaled. A Factory Branch has recently been opened in Kansas City at 16th and Grand Avenue, where a full line of cars and supplies can be had on the factory basis, at all times, which means much to the 77 years. FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER, MO. Speed Records of the Swiftest Things on Earth. Human thumb nail grows < of a | yard per second. Bamboo tree grows “7 ofa yard per second, Human hair grows !".., second, Snail moves !5/\y.qu0 Of 8 yard per second. Man can walk (record)! mile in « minutes, 20 1-5 second Man can run (r.cord) 1 mile in 4 minutes 15 8-5 seconds. . Man can skate (record) | mile in 2 minutes 12 3-5 seconds. Torpedo boats travel 25 miles in an hour, Motor boa‘s can travel (record) 57 miles in an | hour Ice }) sate glide 1 mile a minute. Aeroplanes tly 100 miles an hour. Steam railroad engines go 120 nilles an hour. Automobiles go 1 mile in 25.4 seconds, Sound travels 305 yards a second. Cyclone rushes 585 yards acecss d. Shell from a gun flies 975 yarde as cond. Klectricity goes ,160 yards a eecond | Light travels 3 eS yards a second — Republic. wo Of & yard per! Auction Sale. I will sell at public auction at my residence one mile west of Butler, on stand pipe road, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1911 the following property: 3 mares, 13 mules, 1 bay family | mare 8 years old, automobile broke, | bred to jack, and her weanling mule! colt; 1 brown mare 5 years old, auto’ broke and afraid of nothing, sired by , Drennon, dam by Warren Cox, child- | ren have driven this mare to school | two years; 1 sorrel gelding 7 years) old, good driver and broke to ride, | not afraid of autos; 1 6-year-old black ; farm mare, bred to jack; 1 2-year-old , horse mule, extra good and gentle; | 10 extra good yearling mules, halter | broke; 1 yearling weanling mule; | broke to ride and drive single. Cows—4 extra good butter cows, | | one was fresh in July, balance with | | calf by side. \ Poultry—16 geese, some ducks and | Rhode Island cockerels, hens and; pullets. Hogs—1 thoroughbred Duroc Jer- sey sow, 3 Duroc gilts, 6 shoats, will | weigh about 60 pounds. | Implements—2 good 3 1-4 wagons, 1 steel wheel truck wagon with rack, 1 Galloway manure spreader, 1 spring | wagon, with shafts and 9 foot. bed. | 1 double buggy, 2 top buggies, 1 cart, 1 breaking cart, 1 16-inch Good- enough sulky plow, 1 12-inch gang plow, 1 1000 Ibs. Fairbanks platform scales, 1 tank pump, 1 kitchen pump, 14-inch double action pump, 1 1 1-2; horse steam engine and boiler, just the thing for light work and to edu- cate the boys; 1 52-inch Ketselman woven wire fence maghine, 1 stretch- er, 2 reels, 1 14-inch wood beam walking ‘plow, 1 potato plow with wings to hill up ridges, 1 old lister, 1 end-gate seeder, 1 1-horse drill, 1 roller, 4 sulky cultivators, 1. walking cream separator, forks, shovels, fence chairs, dresser, couch and many other maul, post hole digger, 1 barrel hog articles too numerous to mention. waterer, 1 extension ladder, 2-sleds,_ Clover hay and shock corn. 1 saddle, 2 sets single harness, 1 set’ Terms: $10 and under cash. plow harness, 2 set work harness. months at 6 per cent.- Household Goods—kKitchen cabinet, N. M. LESTER. washing machine, some dishes, lamps, C. E. Robbins, Auctioneer. 48-2t. Reciprocity Knocked Out | Price of Wheat has advanced Buy your Flour Now Gar ‘‘Old Glory’ Next Week a 3 Ib cans hominy, 3 cans................. 25c 3 th cans baked beans, 3 cans. 25c COM COM, 9 CANE. ssiccisias » 1c Fine northern cabbage only........... Sct Lemons, very best quality, only..20c dozen Bananas, best quality......... ....20c dozen Fancy Japan rics: .icc cece iis eee ceca 5c it Large NGAd TGO 0c css sv coves 3 ths 25c . Loose-Wiles Little Krimpy crackers, BY TN DOK sees ccsesasevineir sens Tac th Loose-Wiles crackers, by the box...... 6c th Butter or Lima beans............... 3 bs 25c Pure lard, very best quality. ..2 tbs 25c Dry salt meat... ..2 tbs 25c Jello, any flavor. ; ..3 for 25c Ice cream Jello........... ..3 for 25c Brooms, good quality, only..........25c each Brass wash boards, best quality; four stay back, only................... 25c Bread, our own baking, 8 loaves......... 25c Three loaves...... fencers JRODOe eon 10c Potatoes 30c pk., $1.10 bu., $1 bu. by sack. Rope Any Size 15c each 15c each 5 quart granite stew kettles 5 quart sauce pans Yours, Norfleet é Ream Phone 144 TheOnly Independent Grocery and Nurdware Store. White Front c BUTLER, MO. West Side Square Seattle and Northwest | Sept. 15 to Oct. 15