The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 28, 1916, Page 8

“until it- was NORTONI SCORES G. 0. P. LEADERS WHO ARE BEHIND HUGHES ‘Former Progressive Leader Tells Why He is Working for Wil- ' son's Re-election. Chillicothe, Mo., Sept. 23.—‘‘I am neither a Democrat nor a Re- publican, tut I intend to suppo: Woodrow Wilson and Senator Keed for re-election for the Pro- gressive measures enacted by a Democratic administration,’’ said Judge Albert D, Nortoni of St. Louis, speaking today at the ‘Gardner campaign opening. He told of how the Progressive party in 1912 and again in 1916, ipwrecked by Col. Roosevelt, favored a change in the banking system of this coun- try, and a Federal trade conmis- ston, a child-labor law and other measures passed by a Democratic Congress, “T was educated and reared to be a Republican who thorght no good could come from a Demo- cratic administration,”’ he said. “*My opinion has been changed, for more humanitarian — legisla. tion has beu enacted under the Wilson administration than any time im the history of this coun- try. “LE we Progressives were sin vere in our fight, we should re- fuse to give up. our chattels and be delivered over to the stand- patters and the reactionaries, “I prefer to be an independent who will carry my sovereignty un- der my hat. We should stand on party [nes in this campaign. The Democratic party has stood for the majerity of our principles and has passed the laws we would have enacted if we had been in power. “We knew Smoot, Penrose, and-patters who ican Convention behind the presi- v of Mr. Hughes. dential Phe if + every St. Louisan. _ posed injunctions. President is a typical lawyer who lives in the environments of big ousiness. AS Governor of New York he vetoed a 2-cent railroad law. We in Missouri passed one, end the Supreme Conrt upheld the legality this statute, Mr. Hughes opposed the income tax. “He vetoed a proposed law equalizing the salaries of women! with men. Now he tells us he fevors woman's suffrage. ot “Pam one of the few,’ he con- tinued, **who refuses to abandon cur flag and be delivered over to Barnes, Penrose, Crane and Gug- genheims and the unholy Hughes Alliance. The Republican party has honest men like La Follette, Kenyon, Cummings and Murdock, but they are not in the saddle. The Democrats have been led by such bad characters. as Charley Murphy of New York, but in 1912 Bryati and Wilson triumphed. “>We Progressives in 1912. saw the nead of ge in banking laws and wan an clastic eur- reney. Wilson took up our cause and gave us the Federal reserve act. We urged a farm credit act, similar to the plan conceived by Frederick Gardner, who is my neighbor and who is esteemed by The party of Wilson came to our rescue with this law. Then we advocated a Federal trade commission to look after big business like the Inter- state Conumerce Commission does the railreads. Ag in Wilson met the wishes of the Progressives. We Progressives opposed the ne- farions Aldrich-Payne tariff bill and the Democrats have given us a tariff commission to our liking and urged by us. We saw that labor was being crucified and op- This evil has Democratic been remedied by Congress. “Then a Democratic Congress gave us the child-labor law. “Tf President Wilson had ac- vomplished nothing else, I would vocating this, the greatest human- itarian law ever passed by any Congress.”* Nortoni reviewed briefly the European war and the Mexican ‘imbroglio. . He declared Mr. Wilson had ‘acted sanely, wisely and honor- cably in all of his ruling with in- ternational complications. In dwelling on the Mexican situation have had to support him for ad-|- DEMOORATIO RALLY Big Meeting at Butler Saturday, Ce on The Democratic Central Com- mittee made final arrangements at the meeting of that organization Saturday for a big, old fashion Democratic rally to be held at Peru Items. Peru Sunday school was well represented at the basket dinner at Double Branches. There was a large crowd and everybody en- joyed the dinner, Mr. Wm, Nuck- ols, Mr. Ben Wix, Mr. R. R. Ear- som, Mr. W.. H. Gerkin, and), Mr. Will Griffin all made interesting 250-99q.-ft;- o Saturday, September 30. Hon. Henry M. Jost, former mayor of Kansas City and Rev: A; M, Lindsay will deliver addresses and other orators of state and na- tional reputation will be present and speak, : Every voter in Bates county is cordially invited to be present and hear the important state and na- tional issues comprehensively dis- cussed. Musi¢ will be furnished by the Butler concert band. Eath lady and child will be pre- sented with a handsome souvenir. Mound Searchlight. Mrs. Bessie Walters and. daugh- ter, living in Oregon is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Conklin. Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Garner of Virginia spent Saturday and Sun- day with Mrs. Bailey Beckett. J. B. Ruddell and family visit- ed Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Kinney living near Amoret. The W. C. T. U. ladies held their meeting at the church in Passaic Thursday. Those present were: Mrs. Funk, Mrs. Fulk, Mrs. Fred Church, Grandma Church, Mrs. Fransham, Mrs. Baird, Mrs. Wade Ruddell, and Mrs. Coop. There was a large crowd attend- ed the pie and pound party at Henry Oldham’s Friday night. Everybody reported a good time. TEMPEST. Funston Warns Evangelist. San Antonio, Tex., Sept. Repablican—eaadiitefert+-GenKunston-today-exphrined-the announeement by Dr. J. B. Gam- brell, corresponding secretary of the Baptist General Convention of Texas at Dallas last night, quot- ing Gen. Funston as ordering that Baptist preachers might preach to the soldiers, providing that they did not tell them they were “Tost.’’ (en, Funston said he had no de- sire to dictate to ministers, what they should preach to army men, but that he ohjected to: revivals being held in the camps and found particularly obnoxious any suppo- sition that army men needed to be special objects for evangelization, “We have a fine lot of men, equal to any other class of men in the country,’’ he said. *‘I don’t believe they should be considered as being ‘lost’.’’ A Vivid Contrast— Exists between the old, clumsy, drenching method and the new easy Farris way of putting the medicine on the back of the horse’s tongue by means of a med- icine dropper which comes packed with the remedy. Farris’ Colic Remedy is not an experiment. It cures colic. We are behind it and will refund your money if you do not get results, E C. C. Rhodes Pharmacy, 48-1m 0. K. M. Butler, Mo. M. E. Church, South. Sunday School at 9:30. The promotion exercises will be given at the preaching hour. The re- port for the year just passed will be made by the pastor. The de- votional service of the Epworth League at 6:30, Preaching by the pastor at 7:30. Subject : “*Micah’s Standard of the Chris- tian Life.’” The members are re- quested to be present. Friends and strangers are invited to all our services. ; Married at The Electric Theatre. Miss Emma Hinson, of Mohett, this state, and Mr. Burley Staley, of this city, were united in mar- riage at the Electric Theatre Mon- day evening. Rev. Lewis Keele officiating. The wedding had been well advertised and the house was packed to the doors by a good natured crowd who wished the young couple happiness and prosperity during their journey through life. -, Stock Sales— | Are being held all over the coun- try all the time. You as a stoek Blue Plaster Board i and we sell it at $1.25 per Fall. alks in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Arch Thomas, Mr. ‘harley Thomas and family and Mr. Fred Wisherd and family left last week in. their cars for Okla- homa to visit relatives. a Several from this neighborhood attended the party. at Mr. L. W. Smith’s last Friday night, All re- | port a fine time. Miss Florence Chaney visited home folks Saturday and Sunday. A young man by the name of Rhoades, while working for L. W. | Smith was bitten by a rattlesnake last Thursday. Dr. Delameter It it’s a small Crevice or like to paper over the ceiling, -from cracki; Our Building square feet and we sell it at 75c and it will keep the air purpose as fumigating. M not blow whrocatan : on frosty days. Tarred Felt is put seil it at $1.25 per roll. was called to attend him, He was; * taken to his home in Rich Hill, All report a fine time at’ the) Mare at Pir Crea} surprise on Cecile Steffin last Sat- | ROOFING urday, night. | Miss Fern Harper visited home | folks Saturday and Sunday. | Mrs. F, L. Blankenbaker visited | one day last) week with Ethyl, Miller. | Mr. Grover McCoy has recently | put in a telephone. His number | is 4 on line 2. j The W.C. T. U, has secured the | service of Rev. D. C. Johnson of | Archie, who will deliver a lecture | . P at Peru Friday night, Sept. 29.| acne ahd fom, aes be Everybody come out and hear ile art: and one: mile north of Mr. Johnson, There will also be | postop Moncandl twauniles seen some special music and songs. anal onotand onethaltentitve ecuth Mr. Elmer Hall, Mr. Rob Lyle, lof Nyhart, Mo., and one-half mile Mr. Ned Eekles and Mr. F. 1.) couth of the White Bridge, on Bhankenbaker brought their stock | pauRSpAY. OCTOBER 12, 1916 home Saturday from south of Rich | 59 Headior Live Stock 2 0 Mill. MINNEHAHA. 10 Head Horses and warm if you will let us. PHONE 18 Borron’s Sale. Mules— Mound Pick-ups. a ate ff: : well made, good bone, iret abe a ese): __er_ weight about 1300; wy. ond Mrs. S.B. Beckett re-/bay horse coming 5 years old, 15 turned home from Joplin, Mo., 1.2 hands high, well made, good Wednesday, where they have been | hone, weight about 1325; one spending the summer. bright bay tilly, 3 years old, abouts Miss Florence Fransham, who/75 1-2 hands high, weight about has been visiting her brother, H.! 1250, will make a dandy brood good look- L. Fransham, returned to her inare; one coming 4-year-old horse | about 15 hands high, close built, easy keeper, weight about 1200; one 5-year-old black mare about 14 1-2 hands high, 3-4 Percheron, 1-4 Morgan, a splenndid brood mare; one bay mare 11 years old, weight about 1250, a good brood mare; one gray mare 12 years old, about 15 hands high, full of qual- ity, a good worker, a good driver double or single; one suckling mare colt, bright bay; one suck- ling horse ‘colt, .7-8 Percheron, a home at Warrensburg, Mo., Sat- urday. : Mrs. Geo, Thompson gave a sur-}! prise in honor of her son, Carl, it being his twenty-fourth birthday. There were about fifty of the young people present. The re- freshments were ice cream, cake and eandy. The young people de- parted at a late hour, wishing Car] many more happy birthdays. Mr. Silas Fulk delivered hogs to Passaic one day the first of the week, TEMPEST. | dandy; one black mule past 3 ——— years old, 16 hands high, good Prosecuting Attorney Arrested} bone and good weight, a good one. 10 Head: of Cattle—Four mileh cows: one 5 years old (be sure Charged With Wife Murder, Oscar D. McDaniel, prosecuting attorney of Buchanan county, was arrested Sunday on a state war- rant charging him with the mur- der of his wife, Harriet Moss Me- Daniel, who was found dying in her bedroom on the night of July red cow 3-4 Shorthorn; one com- ing 3-year-old red cow with white markings; one coming 3-year-old black cow; these are all out of ex- cellent milech cows and are good and easy milkers;, one coming i iel laugt fT 4 | yearling male calf, bright red McDaniel laughed when arrest- color; one yearling heifer, good ed, and on the way to police headquarters, obtained permission to buy some cigars. Mrs. MeDaniel’s skull was crushed at her home late the night of July 14 and she died the next day without having regained con- sciousness. According to McDaniel’s testi- mony at the inquest he was called from home and when he returned was attacked by some unknown red color, will make a good milch cow of the right kind; two red heifer calves; two red steer calves (April calves, good stuff.) 30 -Hogs, Pure Bred Poland Chinas—Five tried sows, open; some nice gilts; two barrows and some nice shoats. 30 tons of hay, some good corn, grain and other seeds. Tools, farm implements, household goods ete. party, whose fire he returned. When he entered his wife’s room he found her senseless on the floor, her head crushed. Mrs. MeDaniel’s diamond rings and other articles of value were missing. Testimony at the inquest de- veloped that there was no dis- cord in the McDaniel family. Me- Daniel ‘was always home in the evening and seemed devoted to his wife and family. TERMS :—All sums of $10 and under cash. All sums over that amount a credit. of 10 months time will be given on ‘bankable note drawing 8 per cent interest from date of sale. 2 per cent discount for cash on sums over $10. No property. to be removed until terms of sale are complied with. Church ladies will serve lunch on day of sale. 2 Sale to begin at 10:00 o’clock sharp . REET é E. B@BORRON, Owner. Dinner and Reception for Newly} Col. C. E2Robbins, Auctioneer. Married Couple. | 50-1¢* "G. Doolittle, Clerk. Mr. and Mrs, Ray A. Powell,|. Qhurch Home Ooming. who were Sean ae The Christian church will have evening, returned the last of the t r , week from a short trip to Kansag}@ home coming meeting Sunday. Every member of the church is City and Sedalia. Sunday there|! e : y pois a big dinner in their honor at | urged to be either in the morning or-evening service. All former members will be heartily wel- > and will also keep out the cold winter it is tough and i: Perroll. Itis good to out and make the floors warmer. Threaded Tarred Felt for lining chicken houses answers the same tar Paper, and the wind can- its won't roost on ambition to lay eggs’ the cracks and chill the chickens’ up in rolls containing 250 square feet, and we to see her) ; one coming 3-year-old | up in Rolls containing 250 Square Feet if the room has been sealed and you would. our Building Paper will k chi If it's a Shed Roof, a Chicken House Roof, a Hog House Roof, a Cattle Shed Roof, a Porch Roof, or any kind of a flat roof you want to cover without much expense use our Cronolite Roofing, it’s beeron our forth for 12 years and only cost $1.50 per 108 square feet including the nails to put it on with. We are fixed to supply you with winter necessities. We will keep you and your stock LOGAN-MOORE LBR.~ COMPANY Just unloaded a Car of No. 1 White Oak Bridge Lumber Willie Warner. Dead. The Death Angel has again en- tered the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Warner, living four miles east of Foster, claiming for its victim this time their youngest son, Wil- liam. He was born on the farm on which he died July 1, 1892, and passed away Sept. 18, 1916. Willie, as he was ‘called by all who knew him, was a good, hon- One bright bay horse 5 years old,!est, industrious young man, well over 15 hands high, stout built, | liked by all. He had been sick for three or four years with a compli- cati i es. He bore his orp the wall paper is put up in rolls containing 500” put under carpet_ Building Paper 500 sq. ft. per roll, 75c it in their hour of sorrow. The funeral was preached by the Rev. W. B. Miller at Salem Church and burial was made in Salem cemetery Sept. 20, 1916, aL Spruce Township Sunday School Convention. ; The Spruce Township Sunday School Convention was held: Sun- day, September 24, at Walnut Grove. An orchestra composed of members of the Presbyterian church orchestra and the oya affliction with a courage that showed his manly character. For the last four months of his life he suffered great pain at times but God who does all things well took him home to a land that is free from suffering and pain and he is now at rest in Jesus. All that good care from kind and loving hands could do was done to relieve his suffering but to no avail.and he passed away at 1:15 o’clock Monday morning, Sept. 18 1916. He leaves to mourn their loss a father and mother, one sister, Miss Daisy Warner, at home, and three brothers, Ed, also at home, Bert of Rutler, Mo., and Ralph of Merwin, Mo., and a host of friends who give their sympathy to the family Sons orchestra, of this city, fur- nished musie during the ~ day. There were addresses by the prin- cipal school workers of the coun- ty and several questions of inter- est to the Sunday school were ably discussed. J. M. Shelton, who has been president ever since the township was organized, was re-elected. B. Y. P. U. Meeting at New Hope. The B. Y. P. U. will hold a meeting at the New Hope Baptist church Sunday, October 8, at 8 o’clock. A fine program has been prepared and a good time will be had. The topie will be ‘The Power of Faith.’ A complete program will be in. next week’s Times. Have You ae PS Seen It? The new 1917 Ford. Stream Line.Head, black radiator, crown fenders, and only costs $360.00 F. O. B. Detroit. $80.00 less than last year and all these improvements, too. i "Another car load of “ARISTOS” FLOUR We don’t claim this flour is as good as the best but we claim it is better than any, 8 the queen of flours. Have you tried it? If you have not you do not know what you have $100.00 worth of New Axes, Largest Stock in Country Motor Cloth Washers, 30 Days Free Trial Get a Perfection Oil Heater to use until you have to put up your Heating Stove Grocery Department BETTER BUY NOW Can Pork and Beans, No.2......... Beans No.2. ++ Blt Can