The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 27, 1916, Page 2

BPE oem hone rear—lohrsen—City James W. Suddath CANDIDATE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC « NOMINATION FOR 4 Judge of the Kansas City Court of Appeals STATE PRIMARY AUGUST Ist rs of the Bates Coun- Mr. Suddath, who is essional district : The following representative met ty, Bar have endorsed the candikaey our close neighbor and is in our congr Dc. Chastain, Thos. d. Suuth, Carl J. Henry, W. O. Jackson, Miles S. Horn, Jas. AJ DeArmond. 2. FP. Smith, We B. Dawson, J. A. Silvers, J, P. Smith, H. BK. Sheppard, BF, deter, he Cirenit Court of f the lawyers there, and vers in Saline, Pettis, amson Counties. and is also endorsed by all the Judges Jackson County and a lars also unanimously endo Nonry, Cass, Lafayette, Vernon av | before the “Committee on Swamp | has refused to pay these alleged }found it out from another source, | ¥ v Col. Sharp Explains, Butler, Mo., July 24, 1916. Editor Times: Dear Sir :— : In as much as I am @ can date to succeed myself as Rep: resentative of Bates County to Forty-ninth General, Assembly, and it is being circulated over the County that the story I have told to the citizens of our county,.to the effect that’ there was an_ at- tempt during the session off the Forty-eighth_assembly—of which I was a member—to saddle some- thing like $6000.00 a year on us as a ‘‘benefit assessment for road purposes,’’ to be paid into the drainage fund, and that jt was purposed to collect this amount for several years back—is all .a = trumped up campaign story. J{ment for the roads as argued here deem it my duty to not only de-|by Mr. Smith, cotld be made, it fend myself from such an imputa.|weuld have tobe against the, tion, but to let the people of this] township and not the county as a County know just what was. at- j Whole. tempted, not. by asking them to; - This I have gone-over with Mr. take my word for it, but by pub-|Smith and the Committee and it lishing the following cofrespond-| has been tacitly admitted at least ence whieh took place after some|that I am right in my contention, members of the drainage board,|s is evidenced by a proposed (which has taken over the drain- | amendment forwarded here by age proposition of this county} Mr. Smith, seeking to make the about a year before) along with drainage townships liable, Further their attorney, had appeared,|! would say that if it be true, as without letting me know about it,} Mr. Smith said, that the county » . “ue “Liacoln, Nebraska - your Company. * spect. Lands,’ and: where, after I had]assessments for the last several ' rs and you have not sought a T met their attorney and ‘had sue-| remedy to collect it until now, ceeded in convincing said commit-}then T must insist that there is tee that the move was an unjust] such a thing as ‘‘sleeping on one’s one,-and it had turned) them}rights’’ and I think you will down, n y fall within the meaning} The following are,excerpts from | of this saying. : a letter received from J. F, Kern}. | hope to have your good opin-| secretary and treasurer of the {ion to the end that I represent you | Drainage .. rd, relative to the| here as one who stands for the} question at issue. county and if someone was to Butler, Missouri, Feb. 24, 1915, ] come here and ask me to do some- | thing against that drainage dis- | Jefferson City, Mo. triet which T think is an injustice Jas. N. Sharp, Esq. | Four Hundred Members. | ‘amp No. 2458, Modern | America held their] meeting at the camp night and there was | & good attendance. But- | s made a material in- Paralysis Killed 39 in a Day. New York, July 22.=-There th were more deaths in the epidemic Wo of infantile’ paralysis during the s last twenty-four hours than at any ha time since the ineeption of the dis- preser ease four weeks ago. Since 10 ler ¢ o'clock yesterday the — plague crease vembership during the killed thirty-nine children in’ the first six mouths of the present five boroughs of New York City. year and they expect to do even There were 135 new cases. ‘better during the coming six The plague took a big stride in: months Manhattan where there were ter t deaths, the largest number yet re- ported. In the Bronx also’ the disease gained. Here there we © affairs of the) five deaths. A marked increase st excellent condi: | was shown in Brooklyn, the seat. tion \ of ‘the disease, and and ft xm of the order this year is | deaths in the other two boroughs t one hundred thousand | indicated that the epidemic, aided ders and already for the | by a wave of high humidity, was ths over seventy five} becoming more widespread, ow members have been } Th es to date total i the slogan is now one and York's semi-annual report S hundred beneficial vases 2.602 ousand new r 1916. mment the camp extended) the | sods St. Clair County Tragedy. Harvey Hodgson, a well known’ | resident of St. Clair county, was shot and iustantly killed by Tom Strickland, a rear old boy Sat- urday, ily 15, at) the Hodgson 3 — Phe Strieklands were living ‘on the is Hodgson-farm and there had been ents eee considerable trouble between them jp). “ and on the morning of the tragedy ~~ ter, tion to sott drinks a his ex- fer adjournment the and enjoyed an After refresh- vets attended the Hodgson and Mrs. Strickland 5 : : ‘were quarreling when young J. Whitcomd Riley Dead. Strickland, who had been out rab- hit hunting, returned just in time to hear Hodgson threaten his mother, when he shot him in the head, killing him instantly. James Whitcomb Riley, the poet. died at his home in Indianap- olis, Ind. Saturday: night as the result of a stroke of paralysis + Mr. Riley of pars July 10, 1910. EVERY STREET IN BUTLER Oy) ots philosophy of life and Ris Hoosier manner of ex- Has Its Share of the Proof That - Kidney Sufferérs Seek. pressing it will live long in the ist hearts of his admirers. He never Backache? Kidneys weak! married and his nearest living rel- Distressed with urinary illst — gtive is a sister, Mrs. Mar¥ Payne, Want a reliable kidney remedy?) of New York. i ¢ Don't have to look far. Use. Ris “Qa Swimmin’ Hole,”’ what Butler people recommend. | -- Fodder in the Shock,” and ‘The Every street in Butler has its Prost is on the Pumpkin’’ are - elassies in American poetry. Here’s one Butler man’s exper- | fence. \ : . Tat T. J. Stabbleticla, 204 i Bere! Se Bake Off « Bogs Chestnut St:, Butler, tell it. He} ° Pills for a case of kidney trouble neon a cyclone dipped the Alva Diebr. th af Nevada, and damaged considerably, e } | ib] I x F : 28, 1916, Mr. Stabbille- : “‘L-never fail to tell i | formed in the matter, you would main very truly your friend, |mercial honor to help this matter | tegret the need of this action, yet ‘ute good stand-} matter. take ice} h was unanimously ac- | si to. the United | suffered his first stroke | says: ‘I used Doan’s Kidney} Laigeage wd won at Mg own on place, 2 1-2 miles/ upon the péople of Bates County My Dear Mr. Sharp: to you, T would stand for you; We regret the position you]even though you sought to evade | have taken relative to some rem-| te. or otherwise indicated that edial legislation we are asking of [You did not need my services. | the Swamp Land Committee, and] . Trusting that you will not think | believe if you were entirely in- {hard of me in this matter, I re-| Jas, N. Sharp. | feel differently about it * * * *. Now Mr, Editor, I very much} T appeal to your sense of com- along, not some other way, but|it seems as if the men who were the way our attorney has suggest-| behind this thing think they will ed. That is the remedy and we] get by’’ scot free and I am to be are entitled to it. * ® * All we}tmade the scape-goat. Yet my jare asking is a remedy and we are honor is just as sweet to me as | lontitled to it, we feel that we are|theirs ought-to be to them, so I) lentitled to your support in this|lay the whole thing before. my | fellow citizens and they can draw: {their own conclusions. \ | Now, in enelusion, I will say} \that T am charged in voting; |wrong on the ‘‘dry’’ proposition, | and T may ox may not be able to} put my finger on the source it} position at that time. comes from, but T will say that T) Jefferson City, Mo., | Voted right. T voted to uphold} _ Feb. 27th, 1915.| the rights of the people “ as’ they | * | themselves expressed them in the Butler. Missouri. constitution, IT voted to uphold My dear Mr. Kern: i their intelligence and competency Yours of the 24th inst. to hand,| to know what they wanted, and, Most respectfully, J. F. Kern, U. Ayers, F. H. Steuek, J. 8. Bell, Jr. The following letter shows my J. FL Kern, E lin whieh you say, “ We regret the | what they didn’t want. And in, position you have taken relative | it all, T acted as any honest and} Friday afternoon the Postoffice to some remedial legislation we | honorable man would. T kept my | base ball team defeated the North hare asking of the Swamp Land oath sacredly and I firmly believe | side team by a score of 15 to 7. Committee.” You further say,/ that the people who have honored | It was a hot game in more ways j*°AN we are asking is a reme me heretofore still have faith in} Kansas City, Mo., March 22, 1918 The Old Line Bankers Life Insurance Co.. : . Gentlemen:—Your Mr. Miller handed me to-day a « paid-up policy for $1,000.00, and check for $421.56, in full settlement of policy No. 3477, on which I paid _ the first premium March 21,1895. This wasa 20-year return premium policy, and while at times it seemed difficult to secure the money to pay the premiums, | feelvery glad now that the policy was taken out in The settlement made is satisfactory in every. re- Yours truly, ROY C. SHOEMAKER. BEN B. CANTERBURY - Is the Bates County Agent ‘ Twenty Payment Life Policy Matured in the - ‘OLD LINE BANKERS LIFE INSUR- ye ANCE COMPANY of Lincoln, Nebraska .+++..Roy C, Shoemaker .Kansas City, Mo. -$1,000.00 +000 9554.00 SETTLEMENT Cash paid Mr. Shoemaker...... $421.56 And paid-up participating policy 1,000.00 WAGONS Farm Trucks We have the largest and best selected stock of Wagons and Farm Trucks in Bates County and our prices are right. We handle the Mitchell, Schuttler and Davenport Wagons, and the Keller and Mitche!l Farm Trucks, and they are all good ones, We also have a good stock of Extra Wagon Beds, Spring Seats, etc., and will make prices to get your business. Manure Spreaders . We just unloaded a car load of the celebrated John Deere Low Down Spreaders with the beater on the axle. If you are needing a Spreader it will certainly pay you to look over the Deere as it is the best one on the market. .Grain Drills and Fertilizer We have a good stock of the Van Brunt, Superior and Roderick Lean Grain Drills and can make you some way down prices. We handle the Armour and Empire line of Fertilizers, which will insure you a better crop of wheat in most all cases, and we are anxious to supply your wants in this line. Sulky and Gang Plows We have a large stock of the new Deere Sulky and Gang Plows with the quick detachable shares and if your are look- ing for the best arid simplest Sulky and Gang Plow don’t fail to see the Deere. We also have a large stock of Walking Plows, Disk and Smoothing Harrows, Scrapers, etc. Hardware and Groceries We have the largest and best selected stock of Hardware and Groceries in Bates County and our prices are always in line. Bring us your country produce. We pay the highest market price in cash, or trade and appreciate. your patronage. Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co, TELEPHONEF82 BUTLER, MO. P.S. We will close our store from 2:30 to 5 p.m. on July 26, 27, 28 and 31st on account of the Chautauqua. than one, and some of the players seemed to be a little out of prac- tice, but time and determination will cure that, | We are entitled to it and we fee! |™YF loyalty. and fidelity to them, |we are entitled to your support in and if they do, I ask them to hold | this matter,”’ jup my hands in this crisis. | Now, Mr. Kern, being a repre-' isentative of Bates County down, here it would appear as if the lat-! x ter quotation I have given above | Lavanis Bentley Dead. would be well taken but for this} Lavanis Bentley, 42 years of! peculiar fact: that you, knowing | age died at his home in Pleasant ime to be in such a position here. | Gap township Friday, July 15, should come here and send your) frem an attack of appendicitis. agents here to appear before the) He had been a sufferer from this said’ committee and all the time | aisease for a long time and_re- keep me in the dark. This would | cently had become so much worse indicate that even though you) that a surgical operation was de- might be entitled to my support in| gided upon. But it was too late this matter, you did not at least| and peritonitis followed, causing ask it, even if it does not indicate | his death. further that you are seeking to; He had spent all his life on a evade me altogether. It does ap-| farm in Pleasant Gap township. pear to me, Mr. Kern, that if this} About sixteen years ago he was remedy which you have asked is| married to Miss Cora Nafus, who a just one, that I would have been | with his father, John Bentley, the first one you would have come i to in order to get it through the Legislature, but the facts are oth- erwise and I reason that there is something wrong with a proposi- tion that you would seek to fasten Your obedient servant, | Jas. N. Sharp. | in such a manner. Old Wheat Fin Is a Trifle Higher this Week On account of the sharp advance in the price of wheat we have been compelled to raise the price of flour ten cents per hundred which makes it as follows: : ; ROYAL highest patent soft wheat flour $1.75 $1.65 in 500 pound lots. or Ene & QUEEN OF BUTLER straight. patent soft wheat flour $1.65 per sack or $1.55 in 500 pound tote. ROSE extra fancy soft wheat fl 55 in 00 vay lour $1.55 per sack or $1.45 IMPERIAL high patent hard wheat flour $2.55 in 500 pound lots. $1.06 per sack or for you vo thas you con take it out ot your pleasure.