The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 1, 1917, Page 4

~ The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week. ROBT. D. ALLEN, Editor and Mgr. Entered at the Post Office of But- ler, Mo., as second-class mail matter. “PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR Ee ANNQUNCEMENTS. L. W. | 13} Candidate for Collector Mt, Pleasant township, subject to the action of the Democratic primary Febuary 24, 1917. c. Cc, WOODS, Candidate for Collector Mt, Pleasant township, subject to the action of the One cannot but think of the legislature without marveling up- on the many blessings of its. bi- ennial mectings and not the least of these is the opportunity it gives some communities to enjoy the absence of one or more of its brain storm artists for the brief period of the legislature. True, the communities who profit by this opportunity are working a great imposition upon the serious minded gentlemen who go down to Jefferson City for the purpose of honorably representing their constituents and working out the problems of the state, but for- hers of the legislature seem to possess a sense of humor and re- gard with little seriousness the freakishness of their hen-minded colleagues. Hardly a session Democratic primary, Februay 2, 1917. D. F, PAYNE Candidate for Assessor of Mt. 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He 1917 day there may be established a | D WOLFE field day for boobs and then per- Teenaatey fon Cle ane ere teoiwel lepa the serious and gonscientious | action of the Democratic primary, Feb-/ members of our legislature will be | any a) Ee able to carry out a constructive | legislative program without he- | ing foreed to wade through a! mass of inexcusable ridiculous | slush. {a —_—_—_—_—_—— \! township, s primary, J. S. BROWN, Candidate for Trustee of Mt, Pleasant township, subject to the action of the Democratic primary, February 24, 1917. | | | Fine Chambray Ging- | hams and Galatea Mt. Pleasant Democratic Primary There will be held at the south - Basement of the court house, in the city of Butler, Missouri, on Saturday, February 24th, 1917, a Demoeratie Township Primary for Mt. Pleasant township, at which clection all qualified elee- At least two before the THE BEST SHOE Ever Made for Children bills state legislature hardly merit the dignity of either consideration or} Wizard Oil. Mop Dusters | comment. If there is any reason- able or sensible ground upon! which the passage of either the} bill to reduce the salaries of the | supreme judges or that measure | Men’s Fine A Kewpie Doll or Pin £ known Democratic affilia- { e ] eae "entitled (a “iD, forcing the writers of all commun- | F Z < : PACKARD Nominations will be made to|itations to newspapers to use in SPECIAL PO WGN GREE Da DRESS SHOES the following offices: print their names it is beyond the Township Trustee. capacity for discovery of the or- 19e@ $4.00 to $6.00 | x Pe yee we oe sai ‘ae | be og Leather Work Shoes wo to nominate. ee oem = 3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Township Clerk and Assessor. | What Peace in Europe : AT ee ee . Township Collector. Means to us. _Walker-McKibben’s Great Values J Constable. \ hacnis W Ik Y M ib ae » Justices of the Peace, (three to| It has been the commonly ac- The Quality Store . Munsingwear | a er- : ck Ci en § nominate.) cepted argument that when the ec / : eae ' The Quality Store Deel web Lage war in Europe ends the effect | Polls will be open at one} ¥! f ‘ will be to break prices up in the | o’eloek p. m., and close at 6:30 p. n. grain) markets of the United! j { _ NPY J.B, SMITH, | States, But, on closer scrutiny, | R. HEZEKIAH D. McCLINTIC Death of T. L. Fisk. jthey have resided, — She united! nished to the fumily of the de . Township Committeeman. | W° fee. sade oe pbs ahd Se Tilford Lewis Fisk, one of | With the Baptist church at the] ceased and to the local papers, ws ee be just the Opposite, We Pioneer Physician Passes Away.| Bates county’s old citizens, died | 88°. OF 1 and led a devoted, W. H. Bizzell, ., ve worthy meag.{ ove @ Tight to believe that, even | aioe 3g {at his apartments in. the Opera; hristian lite, She was loved and Mrs. Grace Harkey eas ie tele ie though military — preparations! Dr. I. D. MeClintic, aged 86 iouee Tock Thursday Site spected by everyone. Her Mrs. Anna Dilts, ; ures before the Missourt Legisia-| should be halted, the soldiers. will urs and 6 (lays departed this : Bee att ee cee? | ideale. of dhoctene life were lived! (: ittee First Christi ( fs at Me honie'in Leap ek town eamuaty 2, 1007, While Mr.| ;Comnittee First Christian Church ture, the bill providing for travel- ing expenses and clerical hire for county superintendents of schools} is one which carries: the convie- tion that it should become a law. The duties of the county superin- tendent of schools requires his ab- . . oe . { sence from his office much of the time during the school period and while the efficiency of that office lies largely in the careful atten- tion to a multitudinous mass of he kept in the trenches in Burope for a long time. And when mil tary operations cease Europe will | 1917. plunge into her hereulean task to! Hezekiah D. MeClintie was refit herself for her sure-to-come! born in Bath county, Virginia, economic rehabilitation. From {January 19,1831 and there grew the time that the reconstruction | to young manhood. He received | is begun we may be assured we, his education at Henry College} will find an increased demand for | the University of Virginia and the our products for months, until ; Jefferson Medical School of Phil Europe has once again placed adelphia. At the age of twenty- ; L oT | herself on a normal footing, To; six years he hegan the practice of q detail he must either necessarily | say that the task will take years, medicine at Warm Springs, Bath slight his office work or employ | is a conservitave statement. The county, Virginia. He practiced clerical help at. his OWN EXPENSC. | yoint is that the tremendous de-' there two years and in 1858 The cuties of that oftice require; hand for our products” witl-not:¢ressed-the-mountains to Frank- also that the schools of the coun- |, se, but, if anything, it will in-'lin, West Virginia, where he re- ty be visited and inspected and! crease, si : inained until 1861, returning — to- the superintendent must give to! Of course, when actual peace Bath county, where during the this his personal attention, The negotiations are begun we will go: War he acted as provost marshal. offiee of County Superintendent] through a period of feverish busi- He was united in marriage March of Schools is indisputably one of activity. We will start upon: 12, 1858 to Miss Sallie Shields and the most important of county offi-) 4 new era of eommeree and prices | to this union were born five chil- ces and for the services its in- nay he expected to fluctuate vio- dren, two of whom, Lulu McClin- cumbent must be qualified to ren- lently. The world will again be’ fie and Ella, the wife of Alonzo der, the renumeration is unpro-) at war, but this time it will he a Shay, survived at the death of portionately meagre, and — hei strgele for commercial suprem- his wife May 26, 1874, should not be expected to bear hisi oy in th eline of peace. There Ile later returned to Frankfort, neeessary.office and. travel. eX- | will he.néw.conditions to-he.met, Where he remained until Novém- pense himself. The bill providing !yy¢ who can doubt that America: ber 27, 1869, when he came to Mis- these allowances is a worthy one) wij] he able to mect. them with souri, locating in Bates county ten and is deserving of passage. H The United States will wiles south of this city near Old Rich Hill where he followed the ractice of his profession. About ive years ago he was united in inarriage to Mrs. Hannah Court- ney who survives him. Besides his widow, three grandchildren, i Mrs. Lula Hooper, Midland, Tex- Snyder, Oklahoma M. E. Church, South. E. K. Wolfe, Pastor. Fisk had been in bad health for a | abd | in what: she did Hone) dinoanis uGHultigntaad not wha said. Crandina, as she was considered serious and the news | CMmonly called, has by her faith of his death was quite a shock tan! Bice Ms 2 living example Ris many fHange: jand teStimony ot a true mother, Mr. Fisk CEES TIERS eee neighbor and friend and her de- Morning sermon by the pastor fanilars (rata vine san Pendleton | Parture is a loss to us all, , | All the other services as usual ex county, that state February 3, oe services were conduet- | cept that the evening hour will be 1848. He was twice married, his |" at the home near Nyhart Jan.| given to our Union revival work - first wife being Miss Paulinda| 7. Ht 10 o'clock by Rev, L. W.lat the Ohio street M. B. church Albert of Ilinois. To this union | hee! and body. remains laid’ to) Our services last Sunday were en was born two children, one dying rest in Oak Hill cemetery, — - eouraginy both in attendance and in infancy, The other being/ ; interest. Charles L, Fisk, of titis vity. Af-! Resolutions of Respect. ae ter the death of his first wife he! a 5 7 ‘ i married Florence Helen Charles; The following resolutions, re-j in Martin county, Minois August! garding the death of Mrs.. Jessie 23, 1877. A few years later they! Vassity-Stofer, were taken from moved to this county locating on| the Signal-Star, of Snyder, Okla- a.farm in Summit — township,/ oma: i where they resided until about} Resolutions of Respect and five years ago, when they traded | r Sympathy their farm for property in But-:, Whereas, our beloved _ sister, ler and moved to town. ‘Mrs. Oles Stofer, has been re- He was a man of upright ch: | moved from our midst by death, acter, a nan whose word was as|®d as she has for many years! good as his hond. He bad for| °¢upied a prominent place in our many years been a member of the |Community, maintaining, under Christian-church-and was-always | ill circumstances, a character un]. active in its work, ; tarnished, and a reputation above Funeral services were vonduct-|¢proach, and was to each one of ed at the Christian church Satur-| U8, & beloved sister, a faithful day afternoon hy Rev. R. M. Tal- friend, and willing co-worker, hert and the remains laid to rest|, Therefore be it Resolved, That in Oak Hill cemetery. in the death of Sister/Stofer the ua ‘church lias sustained ‘the loss of Mrs. A. J. Sellers. j# consecrated, efficient worker, and each member the loss of a friend whose fellowship it was an hip Thursday night, January 25, | success? = = stand at the head of nations, and Now while we are devoting our with every year we may “expect, legislative bodies to the passing | a" Inerease in’ our prosperity.— | of laws prohibiting one thing and | Lewis County Journal. another for the protection of in-| capables, there ought to be a Carranza Soldiers in Border Catherine Watts was born near measure enacted to prevent the 2 af wily- young feminine “hash sling- Attack. (as; C. L. Shay, Fl Paso, Texas; Dayton, 0., December 18, 1838.| honor and pleasure to enjoy. . " ny ers of the middle west from fool-; Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 27.—Utah 2nd G. E. Shay, Carthage, Mo. Died Jan. 28, 1917, being at the| Be it further Resolved, That we : 2. ing wise old New York. It just|/cavalrymen and a band of Mexi-! :Dr. MeClintie was one of the/time of her death 78 years, 1jhear willing .testimeny to her thi H Pa aint right. Everybody (in_ the} cans engaged in a forenoon battle} Pioneer physicians in this section} month, and 10 days ofage. At|many virtues, and to her unques- 1s Beautiful : all]south of Ruby, Ariz. today, fol-|0f the state and during his long|the age of 10 she came with her| tioned zeal for the Lord’s work, Kast) knows that we are boobs out here in the sticks and that the east is the home of the real sure ‘nough slicker and bunco man and it strikes us as flying ‘‘agin’’ nature for a festive young buiscuit shooter from the land of the ‘‘sunflower’’ to blow} } into ‘‘New Yawk”’ with bells on, and the story of being an ‘Alaska heiress and so deceive- that wise old burg as to be lionized as a social find. New York fell pret- ty nearly as hard as the Boston gentleman who offered $100 real practice of medicine °in Bates leounty he gained for himself a | reputation as a gentleman of hon- changed, but there| Or and extraordinary ability. A .,conseientious gentleman, high minded and liberal, he was broad ‘and tolerant in his views and he | gained and held the respect of all American cowboys last night ap- with whom he came in contact. parently were reinforced and be-;, Funeral services, conducted by gan firing across the border early | the Rev. Lewis Keele, were held today. Fifty men from Troop E,/#t the residence at Cornland Sat- Firat Utah cavalry, took up posi- urday morning at 10:30 o’cloek tions near the border and an- and interment was made in Mor- money for the pulpit Billy Sun-|swered the firing from the Mexi-/ "8 cemetery. 4 day used during his late meeting|cay side. It is reported that) «im the. city that . beans made Popo haa were Negicent parents to Illinois and settled in Bond county, where she was mar- ried December 4, 1861, to A. J. Sellers. To this union were born nine children, five of whom sur- vive: Mrs. L. D. Stoner, Oak- land, Ca Sylvester Sellers, Rosewell, N. Mexico, Mrs. Thom- as Dunlap of Butler, Mo., Rufus Sellers of Mountain Air, N. M., and Henry Sellers, of Kansas City, Mo. Her husband preceded her last September to their Heavenly| even in the shado' home. They came to Bates coun-; Be it further SSS a -'|ty in the fall of 1888 and settled} copy of these ions be.fi St. Paul and Minneppolis last}on # farm near Nyhart where| with the records af The ear ate, 12,000,000 frog iegs. it exception of four Christian Church, a. copy and to her stainless life. H Be it further Resolved, that we j offer to her bereaved husband, and to her little chil@ren, and to all other members of her family and friends over .whom sorrow As has hung her. sable mantle, our |g heartfelt condolene, and p that the Infinite .Goodness bring relief: to their burdened hearts, and inspire them with th consolation that hope in a futu life and trust in lowing the engagement between American cowboys and Mexicans arthe border last night. Many mIONOGRAPH mys All Disc Records Perfectly $35.00 © Come and See It WALKER-McKIBBEN’S. ans were killed or wounded. Mexicans who fired on the = ) famous.