The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 9, 1915, Page 2

The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week. pllcbaatideii eae cba! AUR! aR atic LORY 80h ROBT. D. ALLEN, Editor and Mgr. WILSON URGES BROAD. PANAMERIOAN IDEAL WITH PREPAREDNESS President Asks fcr Laws to Entered at the Post Office of But- fer, Mo., as second-class mail matter, PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR WILSON’S SPLENDID RECORD DE- MANDS HIS RENOMINATION. Washington, D. C., Dec, 7.— The following resolution was adopted by the Democratic. Na- tional Committee here today. “‘We congratulate the country on the splendid administration of Woodrow Wilson, Under the most trying circumstances in our history he has steadfastly worked for the cause of peace, and has avoided war without yielding on well recognized principles of in-|; ternational law, justice and _hu- manity. He has vindicated the rights. of neutrals on the sea; he has upheld the best traditions of his high office, and has dis- charged his trust with such signal ’ fidelity, firmness and effic‘ercy, that he has won the confidence and affection of ny Laer people, regardless of politi : filiations. His masterly handling. of both rational and internation- j al questions demands his renomi- : ‘ nation and re-election as the ; trusted leader of the national D2: Democracy in 1916. ‘We heartily commend the ef- ficient service of those distin- guished Senators and Representa- tives in Congress who have tire- ; lessly and successfully endeiv- s\, ored to assist the President in the ‘ work of his admin‘stration.’’ SHORT STORIES Of Local Interest—Clipped from Our Exchanges. \ Wesley Cherry took a blue and red ribbon on his Indian Runner Ducks at the Panama-Pavific Ex- position. A record to be proud of.—Adrian Journal. Mr. and Mrs. Chas, F, Huggins, of Richmond who recently traded ; for the Roy Shelly farm southwest f of Amoret, arrived here ‘Thurs- day and are moving in this week. -—Amoret Leader. ~ Walter N, Watkins went to Kansas City Tuesday to attend a meeting of Shriners and incident- ally to witness the initiation of Senator Baldwin into that famous order.—Appleton City Journal. On Thanksgiving day Ralph . > Downey discharged the contents a of a 22 rifle into his left knee and inflieted_a very painful wound. Dr. Floyd Bates was called and dressed the wound and the boy is said'to be getting along nicely.— ~ Adrian Journal. Members of the K. of P. lodge and their families had a turkey supper Thanksgiving night and had so much grub left over they passed out lots of the good things to the poor of the town, the print- er being in that class received his oN quota. Thanks.—Amsterdam Lo- eal. C. M. Anderson, son of our druggist, J. W. Anderson, arrived in town Wednesday evening from Seneca, where.he has been em- ployed in a drug store the past three months. After a brief visit here with his father, Mr. Ander- son. left for St. Louis where he has gone to take management of a drug store.—Rockville Booster. Dr. H. G. Taylor and Ed Blan- gy attended the big Thanksgiving horseshoe pitching carnival held at Blue Mound, Kas. .The contest- ing teams were from Kansas City and Blue Mound. Twenty-four jure United States to Aid Lands of Birth—Pl:a for Development of Merchant Marine Applauded—Rail- road Inquiry Favored. Washington, D. C., Dee. 7.— President’ Wilson, in his annual */address to Congress today, deal- ing mainly with national defense, proclaimed an advanced Pan- Americanism grown from the guardianship of the Monroe Doc- trine to “the full and honorable association’’ of all the Americas. Although, in the longest ad- dress he has yet delivered to Con- gress, the President touched up- on a variety of subjects the pre- dominating note was the necessi- ty of a policy of military pre- paredntss to meet the readjust- ments of the next generation as they will affect the American continent. ‘He emphasized his point by saying: “Unless you take it within your view and permit the full significance eof it to command your thought, T cannot find the right light in which to set forth the particular matter that lies at the very front of my whole thought as I address you today. T mean national defense.”’ The point was not overshad- owed when the President, in the most unmeasured terms he has ever employed before Congress, denounced naturalized Americans | who by their sympathies for the European belligerents have en- dangered American neutrality. crushed out,’ They are ‘not, but they are infinitely mali There was message.. tion relating to an in the railrodd laws was with interest and admi: leaders already have undertaken to carry out the proposal. “The transportation problem, ’” the President declared, ‘ tremely. serious and pressing one in this country. There has, from time to time of late, been reason to fear that our railroads would not much longer be able, to cope with it successfully as at) present equipped and co-ordinated. I suggest that it would be wise to provide for a commission of in- quiry to ascertain by a thorough canvass of the whole question whether our laws as at. .present framed and administered are as serviceable as they might be in the solution of this problem.’’ | Colorado Dry After January 1st. Denver, Dec. 6.—The State su- preme court today knocked out attempts to thwart the Colorado statewide prohibition election a year ago. The state, therefore, must go dry January 1. Unanimously, with all the mem- bers sitting, the court held the home rule liquor amendment to the Denver city charter voted last May, was unconstitutional and of no effect. Therefore the last prop was knocked from under the wet adherents. The case was taken ,to the su- preme court by’ agreement be- tween the attorney general and Republicans and Democrats} alike joined in emphatie demon- | stration at his words of cond:m-} nation for those he assailed so un- reservedly. The President took up Pan- Americanism at the very outset. of his message. All the Governments of America,’’ said he, ‘‘stand, so far as we are concerned, upon a foot- ing of genuine equality and un- questioned independence. We re- tain unabated the spirit which was so frankly put into words by President Monroe. We still mean \to make a common cause of na-| tional independence and of politi- | cal liberty in America, but that purpose is now better understood so far as it concerns ourselves.’’ The moral, the President said; was that the States of America | were-not hostile rivals, but :co-op- erating friends, and that their as- sociation was likely to give them } a new significance in world af- fairs, | The President emphasized — the | need of a national training for defense in harmony with Ameri- can ideals and institutions, and referred briefly to the plans out- lined for the army and navy, which he urged Congress to sanc- tion and put into effect ‘‘as soon as they can be . properly scruti- tnized and discussed.’’ Frequent demonstrations of ap- proval greeted*™the~’ President’s declaration of the manifest duty | of America to remain “‘studious- ly neutral’? toward the warring nations abroad, his assertion of friendship for Mexico, his urgent recommendations for an increased merchant marine, the suggestion of legislation for furthering the interests of the people of the Philippines and Porto Rico and his recommendations for increas- ing Government revenues. But chief attention centered about the declaration of the plans for national defense, the procla- mation of Pan-Americanism and the virility of the: President’s at- tack upon Americans who, he said, had brought the good name of the Government into contempt. Cheers arose from every part of the hall when he concluded it, | the city attorney to determine the legality of the action of the Den- ver city council granting liquor {licenses extending beyond Janu- jary 1, 1916, when the statewide |prohibition amendment becomes effective. For private home consumption railroads and other common car- riers are forbidden to carry | liquors in violation of the law, ‘but private consumers may re- ceive liquors through the common carriers on the signing of a re- ceipt showing what the, intoxi- cants are’ to he used for (personal lor we eat ‘uses ) ands fpersont ‘is kept of these deliveries and the carriers must file a monthly state- ment with the county clerk and secretary of state showing to whom they delivered liquors. Eleven breweries will quit bus- iness and 1,600 saloons in the stat®. will be closed. Christian Church The slogan of this week is ‘‘ Ev- erybody go to Church Next Sun; day,’ and we are looking for a general response. This plan has worked well in other places and what others can do Butler people can do a little better. The chureh- es call upon all our citizens in'and near the city to worship with us Sunday ‘at one or more services at least. Our Bible school begins at. 9:45. a.m. The Loyal Sons begin at 9:30 a.m. At 11 a. m. we have preaching service conducted by the pastor. Juniors at_ 2:30 o’clock and Intermediate and Seniors meet promptly at 6:30 o’clock. At 7:30 Mrs, 0. M. Law- rence of Kansas City will deliver the annual C. W. B. M. address. “Everybody go to Church’? will do lots of good for all our churches, R. M. Talbert, Minister. A Religious Census. A church census of Butler was taken Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the Ministerial Al- liance. At 1:30 o’clock the men. from each church who had beem .ap- pointed to assist. in the wo and the demonstration reached its climax- when the President ‘urged enactment of laws to purge the nation of its internal peril. “There are citizens. of the had | United no I _ to-admit,’ at the Christian Church “ city was di and the men s and started a hot ‘is'an ex- ly commented tavorably on the His scnelaa a mgges-| ‘wim a Christmas Candy and wit ALL OUR CANDY IS “ clean and sanitary. ‘OHOCOLATES Chocolate Ohi Chobolate Mat Chocolate 7 FUDGES ‘PURE 80 PENUCHAI PEANUT CHEWS coco: STICK CANDY POE is a Southeast Corner of Square COUNTY HOME CORNER STONE LAID. Kansas is Firat in Agriculture San Francisco, Dec. 6.—Kansas today stands first in agriculture and poultry. With the close of the exposition the Kansas agricultural exhibit was awarded the grand prize as the fintst there where competing, laid Monday afternoon with the the state also won the largest impressive Masonic ceremonies number of prizes, and in poultry Butler. Lodge No. 254 A. F. and |e Swept the field, Kansas hard A. M. officiating in the presence Wheat was declared the finest in ‘ ec The ceremonies opened at 2 prizes. One hundred and four o’clock p.’m. and after.a song, prayer was offered” by * acting ‘medals were awarded in the agri- Grand Chaplin R. M. Talbert. The stone was then placed in po- sition by acting Grand Master R. B. Campbell, proven by the Square, the Level and the Plumb and the corn of plenty, the wine! of joy and the oil of peace were poured upon its upper |fo surface and all the solemn cere- monial rites duly performed, af- ter which 4 song was sung. Cir- cuit Clerk H. O. Maxey delivered the address, Mr. Maxey informed his audience that the cost of the, construction of the building (about $6000) would be fully borne:by the money received from the sale of the county farm and the insurange from the former county home, although he stated this amount would not be suffi- ecient for the installation of a heating plant, a water: plant a lighting plat or the furnishing of the buildinng. Mr. Maxey had |, made a valuable compilation of figures including a statement of the total assessed valuation of the county which he stated amounts to $13,652,270.81. Using this as a basis _he estimated the actual wealth of the count; Fs not less than $13,130,677. ‘informed his audience that the sesamin paid out for board and expense of pau- pers from Jan. 1, 1915, to Jan. 1, $2485.23, and the amount expended for the ty’s a and gece 7 at the. industrial homes pa- tients at Mt. Vernon for ay Butler Lodge No. 254 A. F. and A, M. Conducts Impressive _ Ceremonies. The’ corner. stone of Bates County’s new county home was of our practical presents. ‘Manufaosured in our own candy factory here in Butler. ‘stotly A FEW OF OUR — @ Marshmallows - . Chocolate Peanut Clusters Ohocolste Seal price. may present the agricultural. pa- villion and exhibit to some city which will agree to house and. maintain it properly. While you ara buying for holiday giving, let it be om We have'a great variety of some wood and upholstered rockers, -duofolds—dining- room, bed room and living room furniture, that would please the whole family, and don’t forget that elegant Cabinet in our _ window we give sway Jan. 1st, . cent purchase—If in need of furniture or stoves don’t fail to see Us. WU Ey to vieeee yen: : i Be PHONE 38 COCOANUT KISSES Lemom Drops—Hoar Hound Die eee Imperials—Peppermint Drops Special Discount to Schools and Sunday Schools. ! Get our Prices and Patronize the Home Qandy Factory. Also a Big Line of Obie tian: Cpe Ser ornee Candy Shop and Cafe Telephone 262 cultural department. . A combination of wreckers has made it prohibitory to move the state building to Kansas, but the furniture has been sold for a good The Kansas commission FOR-ALL THE FAMILY A coupon with each fifty There will be @ pie and box supper and an entertainment giv- en at Redmond school December 18, Everyone cordially invited. Grigg. mo