The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 24, 1912, Page 1

VOL. XXXV. Veekly Zi ell Historica; Soci. mes, BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1912. :.. VIRGINIA. Geo. Rubel and wife of Elk City, | Kan., visited his uncle, Geo. Zinn, | and old acquaintances last week. He! isason of Sam Ruble who moved from here to Kansas about 30 years ago. ' I. B. Whisler of White City, Kan., attended Young Aaron’s sale Tuesday | of last week. He bought a nice Duroc Jersey male and had it shipped to Kansas, good red hog in Kansas. Mrs. Will Ewing is having her husband build a nice new chicken house for her chickens. Judge Wolfe, Hon. Elmer Silvers of Kansas City and Hon. H. E. Shep- pard of Rich Hill made a talk to the, anti-single tax league Friday night. | Judge Wolfe talked about the finan- | cial conditions of the county and said | he was opposed to the single tax. Mr. Sheppard talked about how the affairs of the United States, State and | county would be better handled if the | entire Democratic ticket was elected | this fall. Mr. Silvers gave the his-. tory of the Democrat party on the tariff question and made an able talk | against‘the single tax. Allen of Butler painted the Chris- tian church. Mrs. McKibben of Butler, merly Miss Ida Williams, ter of Hes Williams, was in Virginia after pears Saturday. She and her) husband recently came from Los-' Angles, Cal., where they have been living for some time. Mrs. Linendoll was with her. W. W. Park is getting material on the gfound to build a new house where the one burned down a year ago last spring. The M. E. Ladies Aid of Virginia and Mt. Carmel will serve lunch at Virginia election day, for- daugh- | Elder I. W. Rogers did not fill his appointment Sunday. The work on Mrs. S. E. Jones and Emmet Burke’s new houses is pro- | gressing rapidly. Ira Judy of near Adrian attended the hog sale and purchased Red Ohio, {a splendid Duroc Jersey sow. W. J. Buss, John E. Brunes, Christ Haschmeyer of Illinois, and Mr. Haschmeyer’s son, Edward of Min- He said he wanted one | nesota were the guests of Henry \Kaufman Friday. They came from Miinois in an auto after visiting Mr. Kaufman he piloted them to the German settlement northwest of Vir- | ginia. Mrs. Thomas Dunlap received word ithat her sister, who lives in New York, had died and she left for there Saturday. Arthur Hockett of Kana, Okla., is visiting his uncle, Thomas Hockett. |Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. ' Coates of Elkhart were also guests of | Mr. and Mrs. Hockett Suuday. | Mrs. John Biggs of Hume was the | guest of Geo. Thompson and wife last | week. J. I. Wolfe of Burlington, Kan., passed through Parktown Monday in ‘his car going to Butler to visit his parents, C. W. Wolfe. : Mrs. Craven reported not so well. | Mrs. Geo. Hughs is on the sick list. Corn husking has commenced. Every day brings the wedding nearer. YOUNG AARON. Elkhart. R. B. Heddleson lost a fine young mare a few days ago. She got too much wheat. He has some more that got too much wheat at the same time. The speaking at Elkhart was re- ported all 0. K. There was quite a good turnout and it wound up with quite a fine supper gotten up by the good ladies of Elkhart. We didn’t know that they was going to have that supper or we surely would have been there. The writer and his better half spent last Sunday at the home of Squire Coates and you bet we gota square meal. W. H. Keeton was very sick for a ae days last week but has got bet- er. John Reeves is building him a new barn. John Sage is doing the work. R. L. Scott is fixing to build a new barn. Itis reported that he is get- ting out rock that averages one rock per day. Mrs. Nafus’ has gone to Orville Shelbys down near Clinton to spend the winter. Dick McGuire is fixing to rebuild anew house. Dick says he is get- ting tired of living in a tent. Ed Bailey is putting one of the best corn cribs on his ranch that we have seen. It is 56 feet long, 12 feet wide and 12 feet high. Col. Lockridge bought some fine hogs at the Park sale last week. Col. George Fulkerson and W. F. Stephens make a flying trip to Butler last Saturday to hear C. C. Dickin- son speak. Well, it ain’t long till the election. Everybody turnout and vote against the single tax, give it such a back- set that it will never be heard of again. Ed Bailey has been on the sick list for several days. Mr. Joe Clapp is going to rebuild his barn that was struck by the cy- clone some time ago. Ben Coates is going to boss the job. JOHNNY. All kinds'cotton Gloves and Mitts just received, Black-Arnold. HON. C. C. DICKINSON Closes Speaking Tour of Bates County Saturday. Congressman. C. Dickinson closed his campaign in Bates county Satur- | day with speeches at Butler in the afternoon and Spruce in the evening. The large crowds which have characterized his speaking dates all over the county were in attendance Saturday and listened attentively to Mr. Dickinson’s review of the work of the past congress and his exposi- tion of state and national issues. Mr. Dickinson is a clear forceful speaker, confining himself to facts and figures |and his talks are not only highly in- teresting but thoroughly instructive as well. He has endeared himself to the people of the Sixth District by the stand he has taken upon the part of the common people upon every pub-| lic question, and his people feel that; they owe him an additional debt of! gratitude for the stirring campaign he has made throughout the district | against the Single Tax. Mr. Dickinson is a man of the peo- | ple. His record in }public life, his; charming personality, his faithfull-| ness to his friends and his whole-! soled generosity have all combined | to insure him the ardent support of | every Democrat i in the District. Dr. J. Robert Moream and bride; arrived home Wednesday morning, | after a pleasant wedding trip. Mrs. | Megraw was introduced into Fayette | society Wednesday afternoon at a swell reception given by Miss Emma at the Megraw home. Fayette’s so- | ciety ladies were there looking their | prettiest, all happy to welcome Mrs. | Megraw as a member of their set. The occasion was pronounced as one ! of the prettiest social functions pulled off in our town ina long time.—Fay- , ette Democrat-Leader. | Fooling the Farmers. The standpat Republican organiza- tion never tires of attempting the same old things in the same old way. This year, as usual, the sinister adroitness of the Republican Com- mittee is displaying itself in an ef- fort to convince the farmer that such degree of prosperity as may be found to exist in certain sporadic cases and isolated instance in the rural districts | is due solely to the Republican party. Having fooled the people before, they naturally conclude that they can do it again. But, although they may convince some Missouri farmer that the Republican party has brought the | sun and rain, and fertilized the soil, NUMBER 1 “OSCAR | BROWN ‘DEAD Coronor’s Inquest Fails to Bring to Light Identity of Unknown Assailant. Oscar Brown, who was assaulted and beaten by some unknown party or parties near Rabbit Ridge school house in Pleasant Gap township last Friday night, died early Sunday morning from the effects of his wounds without being able to give any sort of description of his assailant. A coroner’s inquest was held in the circuit court rooms in this city | Monday afternoon and about 30 wit- nesses were examined, bringing out 'the following testimony: That Oscar they will hardly succeed in convinc-| Brown attended a dance held at the ing all the Missouri farmers that! fra Brown residence Friday night Hadley’s scheme (endorsed by Me-| and was under the influence of liquor. Kinley) to increase the taxes on farms | That he was quarrelsome and had and homes 300 per cent would be de-' trouble with several parties present, cidedly profitable to the farm and striking one young man in the face home owners of this state. This pro- cess of ‘fooling the farmer’’ is sim- ply a bit of time worn and bewhisk- jered impudence which would be, | amusing if it were not insulting. This | | year the Missouri farmer is guarding his home with a pitchfork. He! i knows that where he has made one i dollar the trusts have made a thou- sand. The high tariff gouges him, jand the single tax makes him sore. He is doing his own thinking now and the antiquated tricks of the high tariff mountebank will find no favor ‘in Missouri in 1912. Popular Entertainment. Miss Frances Catron, entertainer | will appear in a popular entertain- | ment under the auspices of the Chris- | The pro-; gram consists of humorous’ and dra- | tian Church Friday night. matic readings, impersonations, folk songs and some readings. In fact) she isa whole concert company in} |one person. jwith apparently no provocation. | Young Brown was last seen between jtwelve and one o’clock Saturday morning when the dance broke up. |Early Saturday morning he was found ina dying condition by the roadside about 3-4 miles north of the Ira Brown place with a broken beer bottle nearby and an empty bucket by his side. He was badly bruised about the head and upper part of his body, having been beaten with some heavy object. After the introduction of the above testimony, the inquest i was adjourned until Monday after- {noon October 28. i The deceased was the son of Bar- ney Brown of this city and was about 27 years old. Funeral services Thursday morning. will be held | Farm for Sale—229 acrés in section 18 Hudson township, Bates county, | two miles southeast of Pleasant Gap. Call or address Chas. Culver, ; Appleton City, Mo. What to Wear This Fall COME! COME! Sam Levy Mercantile Co What Color? What Style? What Cloth? Let us help you decide. You’ll find it so easy and sat- isfactory to make your de- cision from our elegant new stock of young mens and mens suits and overcoats. There is no time like ows Special 35 all wool Kersey Overcoats, worth else- where $12, as =e as sini last * $8.50 Special 25 all wool, convertible collars, fancy overcoats, 52-inches long, sell elsewhere at $10 our special..... $s 7.90 : Our stock of mens suits is one of the best in Bates County. Our prices are always the lowest. A SALE OF We have bought from our New York Manufacturers 50 Ladies’ and Misses’ Suits Assorted styles and materials— you will buy them for less than wholesale prices. 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