The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 7, 1916, Page 1

XXXVI. VOL. State ., ety, storical Sooj. gf Cimes,. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1916. NUMBER 47 CITES LEGISLATIVE RECORD 48S VINDICATING AD. “‘T Am the Candidate of the Party, but I Am Above All Else An American Citizen,’’ Says President. Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 2.— President Wilson formally accept- ed his renomination here this af- " ternoon with an address recount; ing the legislative record of the democratic party, a vigorous de- fense of his Mexican policy, his dealings with the European bel- ligerents and an outline of his view of America’s obligations for the future. With the members of the notifi- Cation committee headed by Sen- ator James grouped about him at Shadow Lawn, the summer White house, the president declared the republican, party was ‘‘just the party that cannot meet the new conditions of a new age’’ and that the day of little Americanism when ‘‘methods of ‘protection’ and industrial nursing were the chief stud¥ of our provincial statesmen’’ was past and gone. “We can no longer indulge our traditional provincialism,’’ said the president. ‘‘We are to play a leading part in the world drama whether we wish it or not. We shall lend, not borrow; act for ‘ourselves, not imitate or follow; organize and initiate, not peep about merely to see where we may get in.”’ Speaking of his diplomatic ne- gotiations with the European belligerents, the president fol- lowed a declaration that while property rights might be vindi- cated by claims for damages, the loss of life and the fundamental rights of humanity never could be with this statement : “The record is clear and con- sistent throughout. and..stands distinct, and definite for anyone to judge who wishes to know the truth about it.’’ Immediately afterward he said: ‘‘T am the candidate of a party, but I am above all things else an American citizen. I neither seek the favor nor fear the displeas- ure of that small alién element amongst us which puts loyalty to any foreign power before loyalty to the United States.’’ Regarding his Mexican policy, the president reiterated that. the peoplé of Mexico were struggling “blindly it may be—and as yet ineffectually’’ to free themselves from alien interests, ‘‘some of them Americans pressing for things they could never have got in their own country,’’ and that he would do everything in his power to prevent anyone standing in tion.’’ Then, later he said: ‘‘We have in four years come very near to carrying out the platform of the progressive party as well as our own, for we are ‘also progres- ‘sives.’’ North New Home. Mr. Chandler received a letter frem Mrs. Chandler that she was enjoying her visit in Virginia and would go to New ork to visit her son, Will and family before re- turning home. Homer Linendgil and Tom Dun- lap each sold a span of mules last week. Quite a number in the -neighbor- hood. attended the show in Butler Friday. . Mrs. John Ehart and children rreturned home last week from Kansas where she had been visit- ing relatives. Brick McCaughey and family visited at Jim Morris’ Sunday. Willie Simpson and wife visit- ed at Mr. Nightwine’s Sunday. Miss Maggie McCann began her school at Lost Corner Monday. Dr. Mulkey was called out to Charley Weiss’ Monday to see a cow which he thought was bit by a snake. Willie Simpson bought a young mare from Ike Kelly Monday. Lewis McKibben and wife spent Sunday’ at Homer Linendoll’s. Homer Linendoll bought a fine matched team. He bought one of them-from Roy Burk and the other one from Mr. Warren, east of But- ler. . Perry Osborne and family spent Sunday at Mr. Chandler’s. Albert Linendoll is Lewis McKibben cut corn. George Gaston and wife brought out some new furniture from But- ler Saturday.” Miss Tuda Kelly spent Tuesday with Mrs. Weddle in Butler. COR. helping ON THE WING. Tinker Hedger was called by phone to the bedside of Mr. Bal- gum, Mrs, Hedgers father, who is very sick. Mr. Hedger returned home Saturday to look after home affairs and expects to be etalled back at any time. Saturday I met Ben Maloney of Towa, who I had not seen: for 11 years. He is down on a visit. He and I played together when we were small boys. Ben says his father, Pat Maloney, is bedfast al- most blind, and his hearing is very poor. One side of him is paralyzed and he is speechless. Geo. Lockridge’s house burned with its contents one day last week while they were absent. He had $400 insurance on the house and contents. R. L. Clark of west Butler has a span of aged mules, good work- ers for sale for $40 for both. Mr. Clark has more than the ears will hold. Ike Lockridge and wife in a new buggy now days. L. F. Geer signs for The Times on Route 5. G. M.-Garner of Amsterdam, Route 3, moves the date of his paper one year ahead. I. C. Hedrick of Amsterdam, Route 2, signs for The Times. Take your troubles to Dr, Pat- terson, May ‘or Campbell has troub- les of his own. ride Tf you have anything to sell tell | N. M. N., and you will sure get action on anything you have to offer. i Going to the fair? Yep. all going Yep. Nuff sed. Earl Osborne shipped a ear of hay last week. You The Cornland school seats for | the new school house. have not come and the school has been de- layed on account of expecting the Strike on the railroad. Four of the section hands on the Nyhart section have been \}layed off. J. A. Patterson is getting his timothy meadow ready to resow. Unele Jack Sellers is quite sick. Tie is past 80 years old and very feehle, Bob Sprouls has his silo filled and says his grocery bills will be light this winter. Bob feeds all of ‘em silage. Mell Campbell is at his place of business with a good clean up-to- date stock. Mell, don’t let poli- tics worry him any but says he can name the next president. Isaae Clark and, family visited Saturday night and Sunday with his brother, Geo. Glark and fam- ily. Somebody cut a bee tree. Won- der who it was? Zoowie—ask Uncle Mack. ‘ John Raybourn, our good well driller, is drilling a well for Grover Moore, 1 1-2 miles north- ‘st of Virginia on a Seully lei ase, (. C. Hedger of ayalel has a good brood sow for sale. Will Craft’s melons sell like hot cakes, They are fine and he has lots of them, Geo, Pahlman, sr., has a goad milk cow, for sale and wants to buy calves. ; C. R. Burk’s wife and children of Cornland have gone to see her parents in THinois.” ‘Uncle Jim Walls of Route,5 has built a big addition to the rear of his house. - Charley Simmons has moved to places in the.county to buy gro- ceries. The ice cream supper at J. M. Miller’s was a success Saturday night. N.M.N. E. E. Laughlin of Rich Hill, Mo., has'a creditable show of sheep, without doubt one of the best bred | . flocks. in southwest. Missouri if not in the state. His 4 year old herd ram that has been at the head. of the Oxford flock is eer- tainly an immense sheep and has lambs in the show, but this ram leaves the flock this year for an- other Ram Masterpiece that was a winner first as yearling at the Wisconsin and Illinois state fairs and as a 2 year old at the Mo. fair and the same year at the Kansas City Royal. He looks his name, Masterpiece. His Shropshire ram is one of those compact kind and looks like the picture in the book. His name is Weever. This ram’s half brother sold to a Wisconsin sheep man for #50090. But Laughlin says this one did not cost near so much. On the mar- ket sheep sell for more per pound than any other meat animal on the farm. These good sheep are not enly an ornament but they pull weeds and *besides they help out in the expenses, Marriage Licenses. Van Buren, Mo., Etta B. Catron......Altona, Mo. Ralph KE. Smith. ...Merwin, Mo., Mary R. Armentrout. Amsterdam, Isaiah J. Brame. Butler till threshing season is over.” Lorene W. Finley...Amsterdam, Charley Burk of Cornland hay fllazel J. MeDaniek... Amsterdam, four nice Collie male for sale. Charley Weiss lost a good cow Monday from a snake bite. on the jaw, as Dr. Mulkey of Butler says. Mell Campbell’s store of Nyhart is getting to be one of the best pups M. W. Wheelbarger... June Brown...... Rich Hill, Mo. James G.* Robey. Amsterdam, Mo., -Rich Hill, Goldie A, Coates..... Adrian, Mo, PD. C. Herrington. ..Grand Valley, Carrie B. Wright..... Butler, Mo. Sam Levy Mercantile Co. _ Introducing the new styles in. Women’ s and Misses’ authentic FALL SUITS J. R. DAVIS DEAD Veteran Newspaperman, Passed Away in Kansas City After Long Illness. J. R. Davis, one of the veteran newspapermen of the state, died at his home in Kansas City Fri- day, September 1st, after a long ess of Bright’s disease. Mr. is was for many years on the staff at The Times, John R. Davis was born on a plantation near Baltimore, Mary- land, in 1847, and. at the age of about four years moved with his family to Missouri, locating at Lexington, where hé spent ‘his boyhood and received his educa- tion. When a youth*he accepted employment on the old Lexington Union, where he learned the print- sociated with the late John N. Edwards, then a journeyman printer, who later became one of the most brilliant writers of the west. In 1869, in company with his brother, W. H. Davis, he went to Warrensburg, where they es- tablished the Journal, now. the Journal Democrat. They later went to Clinton, Mo., and acquired the ownership of the Henry Coun- ty Democrat, which after operat- ing for about two years they sold and returned to W. arrensburg, where they again purchased the fournal. Again disposing of the Warrensburg Journal they re- moved to Marshal, Mo., where for several years they published the Saline County Democrat. In the early 80’s J. R. Davis disposed of his interests in that paper and came to Butler where he accepted a position with this paper, and for more than a quarter of a century served The Times loyally and faithfully. In 1906 he moved with his family to Kansas City, where with his two sons, John and Dimmiat, he established a job printing’ plant which he managed until ill health forced him to re- tire from active business, when he turned the plant over to his sons, who have conducted the business since that time. Tle was united in marriage about forty years ago to Miss Mattie Dimmitt and to this union were born six children, two sons, John and Dimmitt, and-four daughters, Mrs. Rolla Flesher, Mrs. Clyde Fraze and Misses Ruby and Nadine Davis, all of whom, together with his widow, survive. Ne was a member of Bates Lodge No. 180 1. 0. 0. F. “Dick”? Davis as he was known to his more intimate friends was a man of sterling character, a de- voted hushand_ thoughtful in all things, and a kind and affection- ate father. Faithfulness and. fi- delity. were his watcehwords and no man ever lived more loyal to er’s trade and where he was as- - their_way “Tt is hard doctrine,’’ said he, “‘only for those who wish to get something for themselves out of Mexico.’’? At another point the president said: “Mistakes I have no doubt made in this perplexing business, bit not in purpose or object.’’ He declared at another point: “T am more interested in the fortunes of oppressed men and pitiful women and children than in any property rights whatever.’’ At the outset of his reference to the legislative. achievements of his party the president enumerat- ed the laws placed on the statute books relatigg to business, includ- ing tariff revision, anti-trust laws, revision of the banking and cur- rency system, rural credits, re- “ habilitation of'the merchant ma- rine and creation of. the federal trade commission. ‘*What other party has under- stood the task so well or execut- ed it so intelligently and ener- getically?’’ he asked. ‘What ‘other party has attempted it at all? The republican leaders ap- parently know of no means of as- sisting business but protection. How to. stimulate it and put it up- on ‘a new footing of energy and enterprise they have not suggest- ed. ” At the conélasion. of his review “of the party record the president by recital ; extraordinary inust kip like a platform, a list ot ee Oe oe cates saan ih ine sent oes made four years ago now actually some in constructive loge BUTLER’S BEST VALUES _ Special One Lot Women’s and Misses’ Serge Dresses - Blue, green, brown and navy $4.98 ; { ' $18, $20, $25 These materials are beautiful Wool Velours, Wool Poplins, Gabardenes, Broadcloth, Serges and Novelty Cloth in all the new shades, Navy, Plum, Brown, Green, Copen- Ms friends and his family than J. R. Davis. Honorable in all things, his friends were legion and a mul- titude mourn with the bereaved fantily their great loss. Funeral services were conduct- ed at the family residence by the Rev. 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The bride, who is a charming . young lady, was raised in this county, where she ‘has a host of friends and well wishers. The groom is industrious and capable young man in the employ — of the Kansas City Southern rails road at Drexel, Missouri. Robey-Coates. Married Tuesday evening, Sept. 5, at 6:30 at the home of Rev. Li W. Keele in this city Mr. Grant Robey of Amsterdam’ and Miss Goldie Coates of Adriam The best wishes of their many friends fol- low them.