The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 22, 1914, Page 5

collected during the same period of WHAT HAS THE STATE : Has the’ ‘present Democratic admin- istration done anything. to merit an 3 paper ar .at the hands ried vot- ers the Tuesday in November? |. This ig-a timely question, and here is e answer; - istration has set aside $8,810,601 Aor the public schools.and $2,754,079 for the cause of higher education,a grand ‘total of. more than six and one half million dollars. It has collected and. turned into the gor rage fund the tidy sum of It has collected $834,978 in beer in- spection fees, It has. collected $789,510 through its insurance department. It has reduced expenditures on the single item ‘of criminal costs by more than $300,000. It has collected $749,000. more on inheritance taxes than was ever col- lected before during the same length, of time. It has exercised supervision over state banks whose total liabilities amount. to $468,000,000 and not a dollar has been lost to depositors. It has collected $242,907 in interest on its treasury deposits. - In short, without increasing the state tax levy to the extent of asingle penny, the present Democratic state administration has collected and “turned into the treasury during the last twenty months the enormous sum of $1,782,790 more than was time under the Hadley administra- tion. Under no other adminisiration was state aid extended to weak rural schools. Under the present admin- istration nearly two thousand country schools, which heretofore could not, afford such an advantage, are re- ceiving sufficient state aid to enable them to have an eight month’s term. Under no other administration was state aid offered forruralhigh schools. Under the present administration, thanks to state aid, scores of such schools have sprung up in country districts. Under no other administration was state aid provided for the establish-| . ment of teachers’ training courses in local high schools. Under the pres- ent administration, thanks to state aid, these courses are in eighty-seven high schools, and state certificates are being granted to their graduates. Under the present administration the lumber trust has been fined $358, - 000 and the fines are being paid, while the railroads are being sued for twenty million dollars alleged to be due Missouri citizens for overcharges. Under no other administration was it unlawful for public service corpor- ations to raise their rates without showing cause. Under the present administration the consent of the Pub- : thas done afl theée tings; and more, || _ ADMINIEXEATION DONE? without any increase in the state tax next month. HIGH SCHOOL NOTEs. ‘ Did you ever winder | ‘past the study) i hall doors on Monday afternoon when dp twenty months this sais ndmity- shool has been ‘dismissed and being at- tracted (or perhaps distracted) by the strange sounds emerging from’ within, stop and wonder what could be their source and purpose? . Pass on and won- der no longer. Miss McGregor and the all. Thursday morning Mr. A. H. Culver in @ brief and very interesting talk, gaye the: students a view of Butler from-an angle from which we are not accustomed to gee our town. He told us of thé’ needy. people who must be helped by those more fortunate. Pre- ceding his talk; Thersea Mead played a piano solo on which we need not com- ment for Thersea is one of the. best pianists in the-High School. The Teacher Training department is organizing a story club. The purpose of this club is to give the members training in telling stories to children. The pupils from the lower grades of the Public schools will be invited to come and hear stories, The meetings of the club will be fortnightly at 3.30: Thursday afternoon. Junior Notes. _The Ji uniors have'been very busy this last week with both work and play. We are struggling thru ‘‘The Idylis of the King,’’ now in English class. We now know all about the love affair of Arthur and Guinevere, Gareth and Lynette, Geraint and Enid and are just starting onthe romance. of Lancelot and Elaine. Now it talzes about all the brain force we can generate to un- derstand the construction of that poet- ry. It’s hard when giving the thought in our own words to leave out~ inele- gant expressions which would doubtless cause Lord Tennyson to roll over in his grave should he hear them. The Juniors delightfully entertained themselves last Friday evening at the home of Miss Helen Stith. The rooms were beautifully decorated in those dear old colors, pink and white. By the way have you heard our little rhyme about pink and white. Ot classes four in Butler High There’s-one that’s truly bright And that’s the dear old Junior class That claims the pink and white. We were entertained by music from Miss Doris Wyatt, Miss McGregor, Miss Davis, some readings by Joseph- ine Simpson, and various games which aroused a great deal of fun and amuse- ment. After a dainty lunch consisting of sandwiches, salad, cake and hot chocolate, we elected the king and queen of the evening. Miss Snider and Mr. Coonrod received these high honors, The chemistry class got together and marched around the king and queen and cried in unison ‘‘A Boon! Sir King! grade on chemistry papers.’’ But Mr. Coonrod, unlike King Arthur, does not believe in granting boons. After avery pleasant evening, which all present en- joyed, the young people departed. at the safe and sane hour of eleven. lic Service Commission must first be obtained, and this commission has al- Freshman Notes. The Freshmen are progressing nicely ready saved the people Ee at Of | in Jatin and have added to their vocab- thousands of dollars, laries quite a collection of latin words. * Under no other administration was | Many words, however, are found very there any supervision of the sale ent administration none can be of- fered for sale until assurance has been given that actual value is behind it all. Never before was the cause of ed- ucation on a firmer basis, the interest} show the other classes how to play ball. in goud roads more substantial or widespread, or the rights of the peo-|had a party. The best thing the rest/rutsoon becomes more than a rut ple safeguarded to better advantage. | of us can do is to send them a bunch of - Because the present administration | for-get-me-nots. Retort emere. seaees Cole Hot Blast:......; Pesce! SR ‘difficult-to- pronounce correctly. d bonds. Under the pres-| The Fréshman basket ball team has ane . been doing some good practicing and from the way they have started out we prophesy they will do splendid work in the near future. The hall is- being Great Western Heaters: pero to $25. equipped so it will not be long until we What? A party? Yes, the Juniors $3600 to 332.50 ..-$10.00 to $17.50 18 "2.50 to $15.00 , it certainly. merits the heafty |) indorsement of every citizen, regard- less of politics. Let's all go to the polls and vote the Democratic tet Girl’s Glee Club are ‘‘tuning up” that’s jof finishing the job of feed getting how sweet melons were thirty. years our shelves pr make prices whic 75¢ to $1.00, now 35c to S0c now..... 1500 Double Rolls, $0) 25c to 35c now....... 10c to 20c now w. Stock of Wall Paper is now arriving and we find that in order to place it in erly we must have room and lots of it. plate doing any: papering within the next year or so it will be money in your pocket to hur- ry to our STORE and buy. whatever you think you will need. Note the Following and then Hurry---They Won't Last Long 800 Double Rolls, sold regularly for 1200 Double Rolls, geld for 500 Double Rolls, sold for In order to do this we are going to should clean up the season’s stock within a few days. If you contem- We have about 45 gallons of BARN PAINT which we will sell.at per gallon 50c Other people charge 75c to $1.25 for same. : Colors RED and GRAY | Id for 10c ~ Our Clean-Up Sale of Wall Paper Starts SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th and will continue until Stock is sold ww. HH. HUPP & SON Wall Paper and Paints. FARM FURROWS. farmer and Stockman. You can’t make a grouchy pilgrim | brother. There is always more joy in a little less than enough than in entirely too much. Some folks are so flimpsy that/| trouble can always easily best them with hands tied behind its back. - Weare told that the war will make the price of apples lower this: winter than ever before. I don’t know the; whys and wherefores of this, but if true it will be good news to many. Last year this time we heard con- isderable talk about 75 and 80-cent corn, but it never got any further than talk. Talk is cheap, but this year it looks as though it will take money to buy corn. Hauling green corn to the silage cutter is perhaps.a little harder work than shocking, but has the advantage and alsa that every bit of the heavy stuffis feed. . The old saying, ‘‘The failing of oth: will-never-help you,’”’ is worth re-|— ccminnas, We all have failings enough to keep us busy and trying to profit by the failings of others is one of the most common. Ruts in the road must be attended to more carefully now than before automobile traffic became general. Aj. when a few automobiles chug through when the roads are soaked with rains as they have been this fall. age toward the sweet by and by, | jever known were those who read | |time for a vast amount of reading. | | The reason why often we are so | | disappointed i in our neighbors is be-| cause we expect too much of them. | | They are human, like ourselves, and | |maybe more so. They may have | litching signs behind their shoulders | |where wings are faintly sprouting, | | but they are not angels yet by a fur- \long or so. There is a world of wis- | dom in that old adage, “Judge not | lest ye be judged.’”’ Moreover, you} haven’t been elected and sworn in as} la judge yet, anyway. | It is not the amount you read that | | gives you knowledge, but what you | |retain and mentally digest. Some of | the most poorly-informed folks I have | agreat deal: But the substance of, their reading passed through their | minds like water through a_ sieve. | The average farmer does not have; He should have a few good books, a magazine or two, a daily newspaper | and his favorite farm weeklies. A| mental pabulum of this sort will keep him well informed and up with the times, and his mental horizon will broaden as the-years go by. Merwin Items. { This vicinity was visited:by a big | rain all day and all night Thursday. D. M. Corbin and wife left Satur- day for a short visit with friends in Neodesha. Kans. Jack Mangar spent iTuesday even- ing at the Hayes home. G. B. Walker spent Thursday night and Friday at the J. H. Hayes home. Laura Gunnels was shopping in Money PILED UP in the bank is the one sure protection against the storms of adversity. No man who has a home and family should en- danger the security of his home or the comfort of his family should he be taken away from them. MONEY IN THE BANK will best insure the comfort of a man’s wife and children. As you earn money bank it regularly and make your family in- dependent. We have a fine corn crop that is nearly out'of danger as far as frost is concerned, but storms have knocked | “ity @ few days last week. many of the fields down quite badly. Corn, like all other grain, does not do| appointment at the Christian church its best when it is lodged and soaked both Sunday morning and night. with frequent rains.- Gather your} seed corn early is not a joke this Gorbin dairy during Mr. Larnes ab- .||fall. Pick your seed corn now and “get plenty while you are gettin’.”” Our local newspaper tells of a. man/ tight.with his grandmother Hayes. that so far forgot his own boyhood| The party at Deforsts was well at- days that he turned loose a charge of| tended. . bird. shot. at some boys that had| Calley-Morris and wife of Joplin, hooked” a few melons from his| visited at the Anderson Shannon patch selves Stealing in true boy fashion in the road. is wrong, but shoot- isa step too far. Leave that to soreheads that cannot remember}. Drexel Friday. Jack Larne visited friends in the Make OUR bank YOUR bank Missouri State Bank “THE OLD RELIABLE” Brother Wright filled his regular James Hayes, Jr. is helping at the sencé. James Hayes, Jr. spent Thursday Warm Welcome for Feet ® Yes—in these arctics they’ Te snug—cozy—comfortable. Choose the four-buckle “Drednot’’ for deep work—the one-buckle ‘‘Illinois’”’ for light snow and wet. Pro- tect your pocket aswell as your feet—buy long service. - Several from this vicinity attended Corbitt Keller returned to his home