The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 26, 1916, Page 3

- Constitutional Ballot of Missouri FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- _ MENT, Giving the General Assembly optional Bower to make provisions for the granting Of pensions to the deserving blind, _ Joint and concurrent resolution submit- tes to the qualitied voters of the State of issourt, ni amendment to the Constitu- tion thereof. concerning pensions to the de- serving blind, Be. it resolved by the Senate, the House of RN concurring therein: ‘hat at the genera! election to be held ‘on Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1916, there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of Missouri, for adop- tion or rejection, the following constitu- tional amendment, to-wit: That section 47 of article IV of the Con- stitution be amended by adding thereto the following words: “Provided further, that nothing in this Constitution contained eball be construed os prohibiting the gen- eral assembly. from granting, or authoriz- ing the granting of, pensions to the de- serving blind, as may be provided and reguluted. by law.” Proposed by Initiative Petition: SEOOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- To empower the Legislature of Missourt te create, by special law; a State Land Bank with power to loan money secured by deed of trust on agricultural lands and to issue bonds, and authorizing the sppropriation of One Millian Dollars (§1,- ) out of the State Treasury for that pur, and to exempt the and bonds of sald bank from taxation, and validating any legislation heretefere enacted for such purposes, MISSOURI STATE LAND BANK AMEND- MENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. Proposed by legal voters by Initiative Petitions under the Initiative and Refer- endum Provisions, of .the Constitution, qupawerlug the General Assembly to ¢n- act a special law creating a corporation to be known as the Missouri State Land Bank, with powers to mobilize and liquidize farm credits; to appropriate state moneys as a loan in aid thereof, and exempting from state, county and municipal taxes all of the assets of said benk, also debenture bonds jssued by it, .ud providing for the validuting of any law enacted by the Gen- eral Assembly in accordance herewith. nty Clerk’s Publi (Continued from Page Two) cation YES NO. YES At a public sale in Marion county last week a crib of corn sold_for $1.05 a bushel, the high- est price paid for corn there in many years, says the St. Joseph Observer. Jacob Straw, a farmer of Teb-' betts, shook hands with his wife and ‘then went out in the yard i i ith_a_shot- gun Thursday. He had been suf- fering for a long time with rheu- matism. Mr. and Mrs. G. W, Frakes cel+ ebrated the sixty-eighth anniver- sary of their wedding at Grant City Friday. They claim the dis- tinction of having been married longer than any other couple in Worth County. Joseph Thalman, 82 years old, was killed by a Missouri, Kansas & Texas train at Harwood late Thursday. He was attempting to cross the track in front of the fengine. Thalman was a native of Switzerland, but had resided in Vernon County thirty-five years. Mrs. Lucey Ann Peters, 80 years old, nearest known lineal descendant of Patrick Henry, died at Hannibal Friday. She was the daughter ‘of Edmund Henry, oldest child of John Hen- ry, who was the oldest son of Patrick Henry. Mrs. Peters lived in Hannibal for more than fifty years. Edwin W. Trent died Sunday at a Kansas City hospital, follow- ing a lingering illness. Mr. Trent was 43 years old and was born in Dalton, Mo. For twenty-three years he had resided in Kansas City, coming there from Golden City, Mo. He was a grandson of Gen. Sterling Price, Confederate commander in Missouri: in the Civil war. y the first_time in x, Nyhart Sunbeams. ° Some folks are born ‘‘notor- ious’’ others have notoriety thrust on them, Quite a few people are wanting to know who Sunny Jim is—seems he has become a notor- ious character. But until I find out what their intentions are I prefer to be known only as ‘‘Sun- ny Jim.’’—Safety first—quite so. Our very efficient Democratic Committee on social hand grab- bing and vote catching in arrang- ing places and dates for speakers left Nyhart out in the cold. ‘“'Spose’? they thought Mayor Campbell could handle the situa- tion. Well, by jimminy, if the Mayor has to make a speech he ean ‘‘sho’’ do it. He may make the hair curl on the backs of of- fice seekers for he always says what he thinks where he thinks it. N. B.—Send us a speaker. T don’t aim to deal in personali- ties, not much. Nor do I aim to hurt any one’s ‘‘feelin’s’’ but if any one feels offended at the items which flow so glibly ‘from my versatile pencil and will come to me and ask me to apologize, why, I—well, I-won’t do it, that’s all. ; I read an article, or rather T which devotes a column of its space to the ‘‘kickers.’’ Some stunt that. signed himself ‘‘No Service’’ and the other signed ‘‘Satisfied’’ from whicti I gather that one was sat- isfied he had ‘‘no service’? and the other ‘‘had no service’? and was satisfied—clear as mud, ain’t iM. i R. J. Smith, of Butler (Fowlers it, peddler) accompanied by his y passed through our village last week en route to Foster, Wor- land and Amoret, making his reg- ular weekly business visit. They traveled in their ‘‘jitney’’. Bob is some hustler and gets the busi- ness, A house on the farm of J..S. Bell, Jr, south of Nyhart, oceu- Any way one fellow | ( to care for your wants. the Culver service. if you will pay us a visit. read two articles in a daily paper | the way, take your gloomy face away, bury yourself forever in the river. We want folks who think along more cheerful lines and who still think life is worth while. C. R. Simmons is preparing to move his sawmill to Elmer Voris’ place south of Butler. Say, that man Simmons is some _ worker, first he runs a.threshing machine, jnext a silage cutter, then a clover huller. Tneidentally builds sever- al miles of roads and now a saw- Be i enacted by _the people o) BMissouri that the Constitution be so amended as to provide as follows: Section 1, The Gencral Assembly 1s here- by empowered to evact a special law to create a corporation tv be known as the Missouri State Land Bank, with power to make loaus on notes secured by deeds of trast or mortgages upon agricultural lands, and to issue debenture bonds analnas the same with all suitnble~and incidental powers, And to enact other special laws at the snme sessi-n or at other sessions of the Generali Asscmbly to amend and im- Prove the said act, or to supply omissions or correct errors or defects therein.’ Section 2. The General Assembly is here- by‘ authorized and empowered to enact a law or laws appropriating as a lonn out of the moneys of the State Trensury, the sum of one million dollnrs as a working capital for said corporation. ion 3 The General Assembly is hereby authorized and empowered to en- act a law or laws exempting from state, county and municipal taxes the assets of said Missouri State Land Bank and all de- benture bonds issued by it. Section 4. Any law heretofore enacted by the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of Sections 1, 2 and 3 hereof shall be deemed valid from and after the adoption hereof, Proposed by Initiative Petition. THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- Prohibiting after July first, 1017, the manufacture of, the introduction into, and the giving, exchanging, bartering, selling or disposing of intoxicating liquors in the State of Missouri, except wine for sacra- mental purposes, prescribing. » penalty for the violation thereof and repealing all parte of the Constitution, Statutes and Mu- aicipal Laws in conflict therewith. ; ‘Proposed amendment to the Constitution of Missourt, to be submitted to the legal voters of the State of Missouri for their approval or rejection at the regular gen- eral election to be held on the seventh day . D., 1916, prohibiting the the introduction into, and ving, exchanging, bartering, selling, dispos! ne of intoxicating liquors in the url, except wine for sacra- E 5 = 2 é 2 Bection 1. From and after July Arst, no intdxicating- Hquor or laure, cept wine for sacramental purposes, sha! oy Person a sells, exeba Series or disposes of intoxicat ng facet avy kind to any person ia the ite of Missouri, or who manufactures, or intro- duces: into, or sere to introduce into Btate of Missouri, intoxicating Havor nor and upon conviction shan be by B. fine of not less than three or act ‘lone (hen eis, mos! 8g a : if ! i Bfe ut ‘| ; i the State Constitut STATE OF MISSOURI | 55, County of Bates, I, Frank Holland, Clerk of the County é County, Missouri, hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and complete copy of the six different ballots and-the Constitutional ballot containing the proposed Amendments to the Constitution of Missouri, and Initi- ative Propositions ordered by the petition of the People; all of which are tobe submitted to the qualified voters of the County of Bates and the state of Missouri, at the e to. be held on Tuesday, ‘the Seventh ” a ‘of November, 1916. a Se see" "Butler, this 25th day of October, 1016. ee penta FRANK HOLLAND,. _ IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Bates NO YES Court of Bates half a century the curfew did not ring at Paris the other night and the Mercury presents an excuse for the chief of police, who at the hour for ringing the curfew was busy making: three arrests. The curfew bell which also does duty as a fire ‘alarm, is rung nightly at 9 o’clock. The state supreme court Satur- day upheld the ouster of Dr. U. G. Crandall and Joseph McDon- ald, police commissioners of St. Joseph. The court ruled the gov- ernor may remove appointees at will. The two commissioners were removed by Lieutenant Gov- ernor Painter while acting gover- nor in the absence of Governor Major. John Henry Barker, 68 years old, for forty years an engineer for the Missouri, Kansas & Tex- as Railway, was found dead in bed at his home-in Sedalia Fri- day. Surviying him are a widow and four children. A year ago Mr. Barker was injured in a wreck near Paola, Kas., and nev- er fully recovered from its ef- fects so that he- could resume ‘work. Lewis Martin, a patient. at the State Hospital committed suicide at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning by cutting his throat with a new pocket knife, says Tuesday’s Ne- vada Mail. The man was a trusty patient and was allowed consid- erable freedom. Last week his sister -was there visiting him and it is thought, she gave him some money and that he purchased the pocket knife in Nevada. Four dollars in silver was found in his pockets, Up in Harrisonville they have a coon hunters club, and as a coon hunters club is no good with- out a coon dog, they proceeded to buy one and while they were buying they bought a rather un- usual one. In the first place, his name is ‘‘Coon-Jine’’ what- ever that may mean. But his principal bid for fame lies in the fact that when he trees a coon the hunters can tell, by the tone of his voice, the sex or condition of his prey. If he trees a male coon his song is basso profundo, if of the suffragette variety he sings mezzo soprano. Should he hap- pen to run onto a family. of young coons he turns loose a lullaby. . According to the Har- risonville Democrat he is sure some dog. « A former United States Senator from North Dakota, H. C. Hans- County.Court. Done in office in the City of] brough, a Republican, has left the party and will work for the re- election of President. Wilson. Hansbrough had heard Hughes speak. ‘Nough said. by—}-_-MMinler,_burned_to the ground at one o’clock a. m., Thursday. This house stood al- most on the bank of the river, but as often happens in towns sup- plied with water works, while an abundance of water was near it was not possible to reach the fire with it. Most of the contents were lost. A fellow asked me the other day if I thought Mr. C. Whiskers Hughes would get any fhis bailawick—think of it—and me a Democrat. Well I didn’t say anything ‘‘just looked at him”? and he threw up both hands and said don’t shoot and I’ll give you a bill of sale of all my earthly possessions and promise to leave the state and not come back. So Ll ‘“‘figger’’ I made one vote for Wilson. Er—what? Hank Sellers big ‘‘Meteor’’ auto died near Nyhart the other day: “Mayor Campbell was noti- tied and immediately rushed to the seene with his ‘‘ pulmotor-gas- oline’’ apparatus and soon had the big heart of the engine pounding along as usual, Hank says a friend in need, ete. Prosperity under a Democratic administration may be purely ac- cidental. But did anybody ever hear of such an accident under a Republican manipulation of na- tional affairs? ~ Sam Flanders and family and Mrs. Flanders brother, Geo. Me- Daniel of Spokane, Wash., are visiting at the home of Mrs. Flanders’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. H. MeDaniel, at Nyhart. Mr. Flanders left Bates county several years ago. He likes the west, but likes to come back to old Missouri oecasionally. I don’t blame him either. One day my wife said to me, ‘‘I notice you sign yourself ‘Sunny Jim,’ why the misnomer?” I asked her to explain and she re- plied ‘‘you aren’t always sunny at home.’’ So I just said to her, says I, ‘‘Mrs. ‘Sunny Jim’ when I come home I find it all alight with more sunshine than I could manufacture in a hundred years, so. why waste my time being sun- ny, when the sunshine at home is enough and to spare.’’ But I wonder if we are always as sun- ny at home as we could be. Let’s investigate—be sunny. Lost, strayed or up in a balloon, one thoroughly competent ex-su- preme judge. When Jast heard from he was somewhere in the west ‘‘armed with a hammer’’ and acting sort of peeved and war- like, 2 A fellow was ‘‘talkin’”’ hard times to me the other day and ‘‘eussin’ the administration,’’ said ‘‘t’want’’ no use to try to make a livin’,’? said he felt like jumpin’. in-the river and I said to him, for heavens sake ‘‘go to it,’’ ‘‘have at it?” jump in and get. out of votes in} you would. have done let. him know. He can sure deliver thé goods, 9 I’m content in old Missouri just to stay, where folks get out and hustle every day—after toil there cometh rest, bringing appetite and zest for the things we love the | best along the way. SUNNY JIM. Big River Steamer Sunk. St. Louis, Oct. 21—The steam- er Cape Girardeau struck some piling in the Mississippi river near Chester, Ill, today and sank, fif- ty passengers were saved. The steamer. was driven by aj} sudden gust of wind awainst the; piling, which tore a hole in the bottom of the moat. The steam-} er’s cargo is a total loss, as only the pilot house remained above; the water. Most of the passengers were in| their staterooms-asleep when the | boat struck. The passengers were awakened by the erew and the| lifeboats were lowered. All were taken off without accident. The Cape Girardeau was one of the largest river steamers plying out of St. Louis. It was a wooden hull, side-wheel boat, built about fifteen years ago. It was owned by the Eagle Packet Company. Marriage Licenses. Fred M. Criswell....Adrian, Mo., L. Grace Koontz... Adrian, Mo. Wm. H. Asbury...Rich Hill, Mo., Edna P. Dibble....Rich Hill, Mo. InOurNew Home | We have moved into our new quarters on North Main street, two doors north of our old location. have the most convenient building we have ever done business in, and would like for-our friends to pay usa visit, and see how nicely we are’ prepared Our line of Picture Frames and Moulding, Serving Tables and Trays and a lot of other novelties are larger than ever before. frame your pictures as they should be framed. We can repair your Furniture in a first class manner. We have a lot of improved machinery, so we are able and are making anything in the way of Furniture you may need for the home, store or office. Undertaking Goods is up-to-date and ‘carries with it We have about 100 Unframed Pictures Which we will give to the Wom- en from the Country and see our really pretty store. Yours respectfully, A. H. Culver Furniture Co. Missouri and ask for an We We can Our stock of We want you to come in CAN VOTE BY MAIL. Absentee Voters in Missouri Can Vote. Hundreds of railroad employes, college students, traveling sales- men and qualified voters who are away from home on November 7, this year will take advantage of a Missouri election law which per- mits them to vote in any city in Missouri in which they happen to be,” and their ballots will be mailed to their home towns to be returns. 4 The absentee voters law applies only in Missouri, and such voting can be done only within the lim its of this State. Voters who are in Illinois or other States on elec- tion day cannot vote by the mail system. Any qualified voter ean go to any polling place anywhere in ‘‘absen- tee’? ballot. Such ballots will be supplied to all of the polls in the State. They contain the names of National and State officers and blank spaces are left on whieh tlre names of city or township candidates may be written, The. voter must take the ballot into a booth, fill it out and turn it over to the judges of election in that poll. The judges of elec- tion will place the ‘‘absentee’’ ballots in ‘an envelope and will turn them oyer- to~ the County Clerk or Election Commissioners of that district. The County Clerk must promptly mail the “absentee’’ ballots to the proper election officials in the home towns of the voters. When the election officials re- ceive such ‘‘absentee’ ballot, they must verify from the regis- tration lists or election. records whether the voter is entitled to vote, and must count his vote and tabulate it with the official count. A vote for Wilson, Marshall and Gardner is a vote for Peace and Prosperity. What’s the Use Hollering about High Prices? There hasn’t been atime in the past 40 years when times were so good with all the people at the same time. There is no need. of community. anyone starving in this All they need do is Phone 77 and get 13 Ibs, Lima Beans for $1.00. 10 lbs. Good Dried Peaches for........ 9 Ibs, Navy Beans for. 1 doz. cans Tomatoes... 1.20 1 doz. cans Baked Beans 16 Ibs. Good Rice for...$1,00 20 Ibs. Hominy Flakes 1.00 12 Ibs. Dried Green.... 1.00 1 doz. cans Gooseberries 1. 1 doz. cans Good Hominy 1.00 1 doz. cans Good Peas.. 1.20 1 doz. cans No. 2 Oysters You can also get a quart of Fresh Roasted Pea. nuts for a jitney at Gosnell’s Grocery Phone 77