The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 27, 1916, Page 4

Batered at the Post Office of But- ter, Me. as second-class mail matter. PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR, ANNOUNCEMENTS We are authorized to make the fol- lowing announcements, subject to the Democratic primary of Bates County, @o be held Tuesday, August 1, 1916. County Treasurer JOHN H. STONE W. B. WELCH Summit Township J. 8. TAYLOR Shawnee Township Sheriff J. W. BAKER Osage Township H. D. CHAMBERS East Boone Township Judce County Court North District ~ A. B. THURMAN Mingo Township J. M. REEDER Deer Creek Township Judge County Court South District ns W.H. LOWDER New Home Township Caresit Judge, 2th Judicial District CALVIRD nton, Mo. seks , F. POAGUE oe Clinton, Mo. Prosecuting Attorney D. C. CHASTAIN WATT DAWSON HOWELL H. HECK Osage Township_ Representative in the State Legisiature ; N. SHARP Township M JOSEPH B. MARCH f S$. C. WILLIAMSON Osage Township THE CHOICE OF MISSOURI DEMOCRACY. Developments during the clos- ing days of the primary campaign have made it very evident that the race for the Democratic nomina- tion for Governor has resolved in- to a contest between two men, Cor: ; nelius Roach and Fred D, Gardner,’ and with the race clearly between these two gentlemen, it will not be hard for the voters af this section of the state to make a choice of a candidate. Cornelins Roach stands for rural The Butler Weekly Times |!*:* Printed on Thursday of each week. / tered, but firmly believe I shall Editer and Mgr. ‘candidacy is particularly strong jin Central Missouri, especially in lacking in noise and loud boast- My friends have never fal- | come under the wire a winner. | “The certainty of my nomina- | tion is apparent to all who have | kept in touch with political con- | ditions. I have a corps of influ- -ential-and-loyal supporters in ev= |ery county and city. My strength ‘has inereased from the start, due to the active and effective work jof my friends. My support is not | confined to any particular section, jbut is general and State-wide, there being not a precinct in the ‘State from which I have not re- ceived assurances of support. J am, running either first or second everywhere. | ‘*My mest conservative friends in St. Louis say that I shall re- ‘ceive from 10,000 to 15,000 votes ‘in that city, while most of the |leaders say that figure is too low. I think I shall carry Kansas City ;by a handsome ‘plurality. The ‘leader of one of my most formid- ‘able opponents in St. Joseph has ‘admitted to me that I shall carry Buchanan County by a good lead. I believe that Buchanan will show | a landslide for me. “In no section of the State are} jmy friends more active than in| | Northwest Missouri, and there! iare few, if any, counties in that | }section which IT shall not earry.! ‘some of them overwhelmingly. | \In Northeast Missouri I shall be} first in several counties and as! | good as second in all of them. My| the big Democratic counties. | From the day I announced many | Southeast Missouri counties have! been conceded to me. I will poll} a heavy vote throughout that see-| tion. | “Southeast Missouri is my home| section. My own county, Jasper, | is one of the largest in the state. | The chairman of the County Com. ! mittee and numerous others say I} shall sweep Jasper as nearly solid-! ly as any candidate ever did. It must not be forgotten that the; Fifteenth Congressional District} a heavy Demoeratie vote. The same; favorable conditions prevail in Springfield, where ear-| nest friends assure me I shall get | more votes than the combine vote } of all my rivals. I shall go up to the big cities with more than 25,- 000 to the good, and expect to win by a margin of not less than 30,- 000. casts that I will receive five times as many farmer votes as any oppo- nent. Everywhere I have been the last few weeks I find Demo- crats who wish party suecess in}, November are rejecting the candi- dates who are regarded as radical- | “I find in the counties visited | Bates and St. Bates counties at club at the beginning of the sum- Our Stock in our On Seasonable Goods we have cut the price and cut them so they are moving out fast. Alt kinds of Remnants for Sale at Saving Prices Room Rugs IF YOU HAD A WHOLESALE PRICE LIST OF RUGS YOU WOULD SEE BY LOOK- ING AT OUR STOCK THAT WE ARE SELL- ING THEM IN MOST CASES LESS AND SOME THE SAME AS THE PRESENT WHOLESALE PRICE AS LONG AS WE CAN SELL THEM THAT WAY—WHY NOT TAKE ae TAGE OF IT AND PURCHASE Ww. AN ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE SHOW- ING OF 9x12 AND 11-3x12, BRUSSELS, VELVETS AND AXMINSTERS. Special Offer this Month NICE ASSORTMENT LACE CURTAINS UP TO $3.50 AT Half Price 48c “FOR 48c WE OFFER YOU SAMPLE LACE CURTAINS, ONLY ONE OF A KIND, ONLY 48c. ASSORTED LOT $1.25 SHIRT WAISTS FOR 48c. : $1.00 DARK BLUE FIGURED KIMONAS FOR 48c. CHILDRENS 75c GINGHAM DRESSES, FAST COLORS FOR 48c. ' The Wash Goods ON SALE ARE WONDERFUL VALUES. 36 TO 40-INCH TISSUES, VOILES, ORGANDIES ETC., IN STRIPES AND FLORAL PATTERN AT : 15¢e.yd OTHER WASH GOODS WHICH SOLD AT 15c to 20c ARE ON SALE AT 10c. 28-Inch 8 1-3c Batiste is on Sale at 5c. Ladies Fine $3.50 Remnants WE HAVE PUT OUT ALL THE REM. NANTS AND MARKED VERY CHEAP TO CLEAR OUT OF STOCK. ON SALE REMNANTS OF TABLE LINENS, GING. HAMS, SKIRTINGS, SUMMER WASH .$2.50 GOODS, WHITE GOODS, ETC. Big Lot Children’s UP TO $5.00 FANCY PARASOLS FOR White Shoes & Pumps — g, 9 Sizes 5 to 11 Regular Price $1.25 to $2.00 UP TO $2.50 FANCY PARASOLS $1.00. ONS OEE LADIES 15c VESTS FOR 10c. ~ WHITE SKIRTINGS ON SALE AT 25c yd. Pumps With or without Straps SOc pr Choice lot Ladies White Organdie & Voile Waists 08 ( Long or short sleeves, all sizes, Extra Value at..............0..000ccceeceee Cc Walker-McKibben’s Students at Warrensburg Enjoy Summer. The students of St. Clair and the Warrens- urg Normal organized a social wheat. Clair County tested 61 to 62 pounds per bush-' BOMB AT PREPAREDNESS el and graded number one. received from $1.21 to $1.23 per! bushel for it delivered at the mill. | 4 Persons Killed ty a Timed Bomb The yield was about twenty bush- | els per acre which about $25.00 per acre for his} “The Quality Store” contingent of veterans of the First California Infantry of the Span- ish American Way, became a shambles. f in a Suit Case.. “‘Two women standing beside -s : __| me were blown to bits,’’ said Mrs. jan Francisco, Cal., July 22. | Kinsley Van Loom of Oakland, ; who, with her two children, was He| PARADE makes him | | At least four persons were killed Missouri and in so doing he stands yy dyy? cy radically ‘wet.’ These | Mer Session. : ‘The wheat was raised on black | 224 44 or more were injured bY | intured for his home section, Southwest Penocrats are a large ays Several interesting programs j; 1 ostone land and under very | the explosion here today of a zg Missouri. He stands for honesty, nq Lonsider me, all things consi |have been given by bere nA unfavorable conditions. On ac-| Hmed bomb in the midst of a} etficieney and economy in the ad- ared. as the anoshoavalot i | during the summer, ne of the ROOT ESE thalaxceasi ve raintalldas j throng viewing a preparedness’ cn of the business of the!., .-~ as the most available and most interesting was the annual © excessive rainfall U parads. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS year it was practically impossible Th : a to prepare a good seed bed and, J e police arrested Frank W. P. Graham to J. C. Graham the severe winter was very aed | Seen ieon, a lodger in a shilors j lots 1 and 2, block 6 Amsterdam - onthe wheat " boarding-house, "who cried, “I $1.0, Mr, Doane attributes his success | ite eee OO dee I On G in raising wheat to the way he has | and trembled violently when he jot, ? fae es : ek a bred up his seed. Last year out being searched at the station- $1.00. of more than-two hundred bushels | ees The police said he had no T. C. Th tis ES of good’ wheat he was only able | °C€? accused of anything. _ i aieaecpuerne a ones to get about forty bushels of good | Charles M. Fickert, District At- | 48 acres section 27 Lone Oak Se AER ks RAT i torney,issued-a-statement-attrib-+#1000.00,— ee seed. This he did by running it|'°" : ae pe a hand pe and Wik: | uting the deed to a mind unbal-) Lucy Kirk to C. R. Parnell part by arguments for and! block 63 Rich Hill $1000.00. was left of the wheat after secur- | anced : 1d | : 3 ing his seed he sold at the market | #Sainst preparedness, which have| Richard Dubach to M. R. Du- price. The forty bushels of -ani- | Cecupied attention here. The pa-/bach 80 acres section 28 New formly good wheat he used for his rade was not interrupted. | Home $1.00, seed with the above results. Mr.|, The explosion occurred at| Richard Dubach to John Du- Doane has been breeding up his Steuart and Market streets, two/bach 120 aeres sections 27 and wheat for several years and by fol-| blocks from the Ferry building, | 28 New Home $1.00. lowing the practice of sowing |°™ San Francisco’s main thor-| _ Alice Vandeventer to G. D. nothing but-the best seed and with oughfare. The bomb, concealed | tiraves tract. section 12 West a favorable season he should raise|12 & suit case packed with! Boone $1.000.00. from 30 to 40 bushels per acre|©@"tridges, bullets, gas pipe, glass; C. W. Shaw to F. H. Sanders next year, A numberof his|#"4 scrap iron, blew a gap /lot 2; part lot 1, block 68 first: ad- neighbors have been breeding up| through the crowd, blasting men, | dition to Rich Hill $4.00, their seed wheat also with very| omen, children and babies. The|. “J. W. Bobbitt to Mark BE. Cole, satisfactory resulta. In fact they|0@¢-story brick building against | tract section 29 New Home $450. ministre the most dependable aspirant. |. ty : state. I S exp i a ‘ as : st ee The need of an experienced man} serait prings on Satur. DEEL eats ee a iM ae As at the head of State affairs is rec- | ° The i ait paaey lett the cain: thetic CHS kt U8 Oe ee at ognized—one who has proven his | si c a Be ee Bie hos of the schools of ela ut 4 faithfulness to publie trust. pons - he ad sgh se ne eC is an ardent enthusiast for, gooc “T shall campaign in St. Louis #2 @0uncane ie g roads. Behind him stands'his rec- 344 Kansas City this week.” {On arriving at the Springs a 5 ‘: jSuitable spot to hold the picnic ord as a citizen, a school man, a state official and a courteous, |was selected. The program com- jmittee arranged a number of broad minded gentleman, the typi- eal. Missourian and the kind” of” games and stunts in-which- the club took an.active part. man that every citizen of the state Marcus P. Todd, 53 years of knows in his heart ought to occupy age. a former resident of West! The social hour was delightfully the Governor's chair. Then, too, Boone township, died at his home | spent in which time the club mem- he can carry the full vote of his in Pendleton, Oregon, Monday, | bers endeavored to become better party in the state, as was demon- July 17. * | acquainted. strated when in 1908 he led his’) The reniains were brought to} Then came the refreshments to ticket and in 1912 he was second Drexel, where funeral services,| which we all did ample justice. on the ticket only to its head. conducted by Rev. R. M. Talbert,} After partaking of the dainties He will again lead the state of this city, were held Tuesday, | that were placed before us, we re- paired to the lake where boats ticket this year. July 25. ; 1 t He is survived by three sisters,| were obtained and the remainder of the evening spent upon Lake a ae Mrs. Anna L. Irwin, of this city, Roach Predicts He Will Win by Mrs. Emma Harsell, Douglass.|Cera. The evening was an ideal one for rowing as there was a lit- 90,000; Says He is First or = Arizona, and Miss Pina Todd, of 2a Everywhere. Pendleton, Oregon. tle breeze on the lake. Ata late hour all returned to Former Citizen of Bates County Dies in Oregon. a bina de = i a THE CHAUTAUQUA. rb a rt Nae the time had jaye’ taken several premiums at pica ot suitease stood, was| Jas. W. Harrison to John F. poor Ps og peg i | Despite the Hot Weather a Good Sage ger agord ot the gab | be ty yer The holiday throng, cheering a|and 18 Shawnee $1000 : estimates that in the coming Pr | - Crowd Was Out Wednesday |“! eee | ace : mary he will go to the large cities ‘Afternoon. 26th, at which time thé following | ieay Cn ey with 25,000 votes to the good, and that he will be nominated by 30,-| The Musical Art Quartette, the} Song—By Society. i 000 votes. __ |first number of the 1916 Chautau-| Talk—Miss Marie’ Tood (a ' Bethel Methodist church two and _ He estimates that his vote in / qua, was greeted by a good audi-|member of faculty). one-half miles northeast of Culver St. Louis will be from 10,000 to| ence Wedn fternoon. They} Chalk Talk—Miss Olive Denicis| Rear Bo eae 15,000; that he will carry Kan-/ were fine entertainers and pleased} Instrumental Solo—Miss Cath-| ° Rev. A. A. Myrick, of. Calv sas City, and that he will have a those who heard them. erine Lusby, _ ; | City, Ky., an effective in Buchanan county.| In addition to the advertised] Reading—Miss Francis Crabb. | Se Nae cetera pees 8 landslide in the last | features the Chautanqua manage-| Jokes, 7 minutes—Mr. Frank | worker, will hav. y. Mr. Roach farther; ment have secured the Farm and|Henzlick. _ - | gerwie i Solo—Miss Ruby Crukshark. : Bates County Students. program will be rendered : ‘Hrevival services will begin at \