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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Not Higher Valuations of Assess.
msnts for Taxes But a Law
That Will Compel All Classes
of Property to Pay Their lust
Part.
notice In q good many papers a
cry for more taxes, higher assessed
valuation. In nearly all of these sr,I.
cles 1t Is suggested thet real estate
should be assessed at full value. that
1t is not properly equslized with
other property.
would like 80 suggest some thing,
| think would practically solveTtIs
problem;
First, let US have the assessment
and collection OF taxes the same year:
by doing this considerable amount
could be collected shat otherwise "a
lost.
Next, let US have law requiring
all notes, bonds, ETC., to bear the
seal OF the assessor, and then there
would be no trouble abous getting
this kind OF property assessed for
taxes.
1t has been said and doubtless IA
true that there Is not more than
twenty-five OF these classes OF prop.
erty ever given In for assessment.
II the Legislature will enact a law OF
this kind, 1t will go long ways to.
ward raising the deficit in our re.
venues, and will come from a class
thatis plenty able to pay and should
pay.
OF course, some think that the
realestate owner is making too kych
money, and he is the one to make j
the extra tax, and let the moneyed
man 60 without paying practically
anything
These conditions exist in Bates
county, and II you will notice the
tabulsted statement OF the assess.
ment OF Bates county and the con.
sol.dased statement OF the banks and
trust companies, you will see that
only a small amount OF money Is
given In for assessment.
Since commencing this article, |
have found piece In the Kansas
City Post from the State Auditor,
which expresses my sentiments per-
haps better than l can that will
ask the editor to print with this.
R. E. OWNER.
The article referred to by Auditor
Gordon, is printed In full In another
column.-ED.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Starts on Long Walk.

New York, Mar. 16.-Edward Payson
Weston the Veteran Walker started
from New York post office building at
1870 O'Clock Monday afternoon on a
1880 mile walk to San Francisco.
Weston was Il years old Monday
Postmaster Morgan started h,m off
and entrusted to the old ped" greet
Ing TO the postmaster in San Fran
cisco.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Smallpox in Guatemala,

City of Mexico, Mar. l6.-An cpl.
demic of smallpox is said to prevail In
Northern Guatemala. Hundreds OF
Villages along the Mexican frontier
are affected and 1900 persons have
been vaccinated within the last week
in an effort to check the disease.
Mexico will enforce a strict quarantine
against Guatemala, and health officers
have been sent to the border TO or.
ganize quarantine squads.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

TahlaQ&ah, Ok, Mar lG.-Tom and
loha Wyc..!'ffe, whose band terrorized
The southwest for five years. were
paced Oh rial here Monday for the
""rder n t:tited States Marshals
Feer aad Gilstrap The Wyckliffe's
secuted for years, finally surrendering
Gil Gov, llasheli's assurance that they
would receive a fair trial
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18


French communication seems to be
corrupting the British Sabbath. The
Sunday society has pleaded the In
creasing number Of MISUNDERSTANDING
cordiallists'-from across the channel
unaccustomed to such severe observ-
ance. as a reason for opening more
galleries and museums on Sundays
The request has been granted with a
special view probably to the French
Invasion which is expected during the
Franco-British exhibition this summer.
A distinguished French journalist ex.
presses hope that other places be
thrown open-restaurants. for in.
stance.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

Garrett & Hensley are In the
market to buy anything In the way
OF live stock that can walk to town.
Call up telephone No. 3s3, when they
will take pleasure in coming to see
your stock and will pay the highest
price the market allows. Your bust.
ness solicited. It.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
An Honor WorthiIy Bestowed.
Rich Hill Review.

hlch Hill Review.
W. W. Ferguson, president OF the
Farmers & Manufacturers Bank, Ia
in receipt of letter from the presi.
dent OF the State Bankers Associa.
ton, notifying him that he Is one OF
four bankers chosen from the Asso.
cations membership, to address the
bankers convention when It convenes
In St. Joseph, Mo-, In May. The let.
ter stated that a speaker had been
selected from st. Louis, one from
Kansas City, one from St. Joseph
and the other as above stated This
is quite ali honor for our fellow.
townsman, and It goes without say
ing that he will be equal to the occa-
sion and thus set himself In position
to merit further laurels
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Steel Company Cuts WAGES.

Harrisburg, Pa, Mar. 1.-THE Penn.
sylvania Steel company one of the
largest of the independent steel com
panies in the country has announced
a reduction in wages of approximately
zen per cent, effective April l.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
To See Wilbur WRIGHT FIy.

Pau, Mar. liking Edward has re-
tanned suite of rooms at local hotel
and he is expected to come here Tues
day from Biarritz to witness an aero.
plane flight by Wilbur Wright.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Adjourned Without Action.

Havana, Mar. 16.-The special ses-
sion of congress adjourned Monday
without taking action on any import
ant pending measures. 1t will recon.
vene on April 4.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18
Leads to "open sundav.r

Copyright. 1908. by q. W. Dillingham; Coz
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-18

And II came to pass that q certain
City Man looked upon the sun when It
was red, and he communed with him.
Self, saying: Behold! the summer
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-21

Ed. Comment. One reason
why mission work in the Orient
fails to bring about any spir-
itual change among those people
is that the missionaries themselves
are lacking in apostolic zeal, unself-
ishness and inspiration.
2. The other reason why the task
is hopeless is that the Oriental mind
is so different from ours. We do not
understand the subtle processes of
the Japanese and Chinese brains
And, on their part, they can initiate
us and acquire the Western civiliza-,
ton outwardly, but they never really
understand our intellectual and moral
natures. Consequently, the religions
of Mahomet, Buddha and Confucius
suit the Orient. When these people
put on Christianity they do it because
of what they get out of it. When
material benefits cease, the Oriental
returns to the faith of his fathers.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-21
THIS is THE WAY TO HELP ME,

Dear Sir:-I have received and
read your attack on Socialism, and l
am pleased to say that l consider it
a grand attack on this fanaticaI idea,
and l am glad that there is at least
one Georgian who will resent such
attacks as Mr.. Robert Hunter made
on the South. And | remember, too,
that it was left to you to reply to
corning the progress of the two races,
also to reply to Bishop Turner's arti-
Gle in which he called the United
States flag dirty rag.
Enclosed find check for $500 for
which please send your Magazine to
Mr.. l.. D. Peterson and Mr.. w. w.
Strickland, and your weekly to Mr..
R. S. Scott. All these are at Quitman,
Ca, on route No. 7; and extend the
date of subscription up one year for
myself on both publications. Send
us as many knives as you can on
these subscriptions mean the
knives with your photograph en-
graved on handle.
Wishing you and your publications
even greater success in the future
than you have had in the past, I
remain,
Yours very truly,
JNO. R. THOMPSON.
Quitman, Ca, Oct. 6, 1909.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-21
OVER IN ALABAMA.

OVER IN ALABAMA.
Dear Strive have a condition in
politics here that seems to me to be
bordering on fanaticism and church
tyranny, and some of our best people
are exhibiting the same spirit that
was exercised in the inquisition and
massacre of st. Bartholomew. Every
Sabbath morning some of the par
sons, with all due Difference to the
real minister, are giving us a striking
illustration of the danger of the
church and State government. With
distorted countenances, flaming eyes,
and frothing mouths they swing their
arms, and through innumerable con-
tortions of body gradually work them
selves and their audiences up to
frenzy and make state of public
mind that is totally unfit to settle
any question on it's true merits And
so I come to you for advice.
You are aware the trouble arose
over the whisky traffic. Local OPP
ton was the platform upon which
we elected our governor and 1egisla-
ture. That was tried in several
counties with satisfactory results,
having voted whisky out of Jeffer-
son county (Birmingham) But into
this State came Brooks Lawrence,
imported from Ohio, and he grew
impatient with so slow and demo-
cratic measure as local option, and
said, Lets have statewide prohi-
bition." Our solons followed his
leadership, and we, the people, regis
tered no protest, though at the time
some thought it impractical-an
time has proven them right, as whis-
ky was sold openly in several of
our counties, and public sentiment
for prohibition was not strong
enough to enforce the law. Rev.
Brooks said the fault was in the law,
that we had not made it tight enough.
So they sought the assistance of one
oOSO w OOhAJ1 q JUA40I VI OOA1C AOLOt
and put him to work. He says that
after having lost many nights of
sleep, ransacking his brain and pour
ing over the dusty records of many
States upon this question-and I sus-
pect taking up some of the stripped
off garments of our Puritan fathers
that he has at last succeeded in
framing the most drastic law ever
put upon the statute books of any
State-commonly known here as the
Fuller liquor law.
In all this legislation, except the
Impractical part, they have had my
good will and sympathy, but Brooks
is not satisfied yet, and says we must,
by all means, put prohibition in the
Constitution as a means of forever
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-21
PAGE SEVEN

Samson is about to be shorn of his
locks while he slumbers with the
ballot in his hand. Talk about tenn
perance! l think we are about to
drink too deep from this jug of pro-
hibition, and we may some day wake
up to find the gunstock of liberty
rotted from the barrel at our sides
and nothing but the skeleton of State
happiness lying at our feet.
And in my mind the prohibition
question has resolved itself to this,
that it will prove failure in any
county unless the citizenship has at
tanned moral growth of sufficient
strength to sustain the law I, for
one, will never agree to a change of
venue on the part Of the State in
order to enforce the prohibition laws
and | think such a course would
prove repugnant to any correct
thinking man. All governments de-
rive their just power from the con-
sent of the governed.
Your weekly Jeffersonian circu-
lates in this State, and l wish you
would answer me through it's col
umns and tell me where we are
AT"
w. M. EILAND
Ed. Comment: The Fuller act
does not authorize any invasion of
the home unless such home becomes
the lair of the blind tiger. The Sec
Ond clause of the proposed amend
ment might be construed to mean
that the Legislature could designate
private residences as places where
intoxicating liquors shall not be kept;
but the presumption is that the
amendment has no other intent than
to safeguard the Fuller act.
1t has been shown that as far
back as 1852 private dwellings in
Alabama could be searched by officers
if oa-n is made chat the house con
tainS property whicl is intended for
illegal Use. Even in Georgia, under
the statewide prohibition act, liquors
could not be stored and kept for sale
in a private dwelling.
We sometimes send our prohibi-
ton orators North; we must not be
surprised when the North returns the
favor. T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-21
Martin, Ca, Oct. 8, 1909.

Dear Sir:-This is to ask you to
give in one of the JeffersOnians your
views as to what the main cause is
for such failure in the foreign mis-
sion work, as presented through your
publications and Others
Hoping to soon read your views as
to what you think the main cause for
such failure to accomplish the end
intended, l. e., to Christianize the
heather.
I think this would interest many
of your readers and probably do
much good. I am
Yours for the truth,
DTnDNH
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-21


master mind and she can i'll afford to
ever lose you from her thinkers, her
pioneers and guardians of the public
veal who cry out on the watch-tower
to save the State and nation. You,
like the great men who have pre-
coded you, must be misunderstood
and misrepresented And your day
the day when you will pass for
your worth, will be lionized and de-
clared great-will come when it is
too late for your ears, for your heart
will be stilled and the daisies will
be growing at your head and at your
feet. Despite that, it is great to
live and preach a principle and doc
trine that will save the State and
nation, although men may not &C
cept them until you have passed be-
yond 'life's little day.
So if men are slow to see the truth
and will not accept your labor of love
and self-sacrifice just now, you are
not the first they have rejected. For
there is an inspiration in the words
OF Kepler, who said: 81 may we'll
wait century for a reader, since
God has waited for thousands of years
for an observer like myself AS
we'll may you wait for followers, for
they are sure to come. You have
builded we'll your system of govern
ment by the people and some day,
let us believe, they will 'come
to Themselves and will drive the
money-mad aristocracy, the predato-
ry thieves and demagogues from
power and justice shall rule in the
heart of the rulers.
You have builded we'll your sys-
tenn of government; you have fought
those who prostituted positions of
trust for the favored few and heaped
additional loads upon the backs of
the poor; you have told the truth
when error was popular; you have
never deserted principle for office nor
left alone those who followed you
into the thick of the fray. You have
been true. Therefore your place in
history is secure. Men love you now;
when you are gone they will learn to
love you more. Many a warm heart
beats for you now; some day thou
sands will hail you as one of Ameri-
cas- greatest statesmen, and your life
and teachings will be studied as those
of Jefferson.
Pardon the length of this letter;
but praise is not too fulsome where
it is deserved. So I could not desist.
You have my heart in your strug-
gle. | was taught to be a Populist
by my father. He is old, but con-
tinues to sit at night and read your
Magazine and support you at the
polls.
Trusting you may live long and be
more and more recognized as an apos-
tie of truth, I remain,
Sincerely,
w. L. SLIGH.
Martin, Ca, Oct 8, 1909.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-10-21


So, together with his political par
sons, he sought the halls of our cap
itol once more and succeeded in per-
suadlng our solons to order a special
election to be held on November
18th, this year, for the purpose
of putting this amendment in the
Constitution. They could not posi-
bly, wait until the regular election
next year, but had to have it now, at
an extra expense of $4,000 to the
State. L suspect this undue haste
was occasioned by their fear of the
one hundred thousand voters who
are now disfranchised on account of
failure to pay their poll-tax, and
who can qualify next January.
Now, instead of taking this ques-
ton out Of politics, as Brooks says it
will, is it not your honest opinion
that those disfranchised voters will
qualify next year and resent this af-
front by joining forces with those
who are fighting prohibition, and
bring on more severe agitation than
ever? Brooks gives as his main rea-
son for wanting it in the Constitution
that he is afraid that the whisky
dealers, with their barrels of money,
will succeed in getting a legislature
to repeal the present laws. The
amendment has no punishment at
tached, is not self-operating. Now,
if the whisky-dealers can succeed
in having the present laws repealed,
as Brooks says they can, | want to
know where we will be sat" then,
even with the amendment in the
Constitution? Of course the State
could not license the sale of whisky,
but is it not fact that it could be
sold without license at every cross
roads store in this State, with no
power to arrest or punish.
The proposed amendment is divid-
ed into two parts, Nos. 1 and 2.
No. 1 is just a plain statute that
prohibits the State from licensing the
manufacturing and sale of vinous,
malt, breWed, etc., liquors.
No. 2 reads this way: Nothing in
the Constitution of the State shall
be construed to prevent the legisla-
ture, through it's police powers. from
designating place where such liquors
may not be stored or kept"
No. 1 is the prohibition amend
ment, and No. 2 seems to take some
thing out of the present Constitution.
The inference is that there is some
thing in the Constitution now that
can be construed to prevent the legis-
lature from designating our homes
as places where such liquors may not
be stored or kept. So far as liquor
is concerned, | don't mind that, for
[ never keep any in my home any
way, except, probably, my wife may
sometimes have a little bottle for
medical purposes, but the civil lib
erty or the right to keep whisky, or
anything else, that the present Con-
stitution allows me to keep is what
I object to giving up.
| can't see to save my life the ad-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
IAZENIINE lAl
Viii Be Tomorrow and Hun.
dreds of Love Missives !,
Are Being Sent.

Tomorrow win be- Valentine Day.
and although the store windows have
been dglow with valentines 81 an
descriptions tor.weeks past. the real
sale was today, and the exchanging
of the missiyes win he ON in full
force for the next day or 50. At the
postofice, however. there have been
many dainty parcels exchanged with
the numerous comic ones prevailing
as in formefsyears. The florists al.
So expected a big trade today. as
the sending Of flowers has long since
taken the place OF valentines.
st, Valentine was a saint Of Ros
man calendar said to have been
martyred in SOC A. D. The custom
of sending valentines was associated
with his name accidentally on the
eve of his day the young people mel
and names from the opposite sex
were drawn by lot. Thus each gen
tleman got lady for his valentine,
and he became the valentine nf a
lady. The gentleman remained
bound to the service o. the yalen-
tine for year. Out of this Gus
tom' grew the modern one PROBABLY
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
PROBE ENDS
AT the STATE Prison and Pleas
VIII BE iii Charleston
Tuesday.

WHRELISG. We va, Feb. ha
night session pf the prison inse tisA Z
ton opened last evening ~ 8 O'Clock
and sssnslti6h WAS created when t1e
defense stated they wopid rest l:sy-
Ing no more evidence to- offer Tha
trnsecntieI ais6 stated that they had
no more evidence to bring 4 was
then mutually agreed between; tie two
parties TO plead The case at Charleston
on Tuesday ofSnext week. Clerk I.sgg
was requested to furnish the coainsit-
tee with some papers and books Of the
institution.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
SUCCESSFUL

sHINNsToN. Feb. 1s-Tha en-
tertainmelt given by the, members
OF the Christian church at the Ham
ilton opera house was a big sue
cess. The program was as follows:
Orchestra.
Vocal solo-Clark Pigott.
The Magic Mirror" an illus
trated reading.
Vocal solo-Rey. W. N. Long.
Vocal solos. A. Harrington.
Orchestra
"A Rank Detention. . a farce in
two acts. e6a
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
PRESIDENT HOMIE

WASHINGTON. b. &. Feb Ia
President Roosevelt ana party ass.Iy.
ed in Washington at 900 O'Clock
this afternoon: The President az
pressed himself as much pleased
with the trip.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
WILL BUY HORSES.

Alvin D. Basel viii go TO Lexington,
Kentucky. Monday to buy a car load
OF saddle and harness horses, witch he
VIII bring here and place on the
market.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
ILL: WITH FEVER.

John Knox, Jr., eight-year sold son
of Mr.. asd Mrs. John NJ. Knox. OF
Maple avenue, has been very M since
last Tuesday with gastric fever. He
was slightly improved Saturday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
wANTE.pI.-rEaIA1n InsLp

WANTED-G girls ut once for diner
emit kinds of work. Good wages.
Would IKE to hear of any position
that is open anywhere, can furnish
either gentlemen or ladies. for any
and all classes of work. West vir-
ginla Employment Agency. Room i
Leggett Building, clarlssburg, W.
Virginia.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
I3ls LEAsE. 8 Is ons = ~

.EoR LEASE q ms Ale ons or two
5000 iot 100 fest deep on Baitis
more street near b 8 o. depot
FOR temporary buildings i've ID
fifteen years lease easy terms:
Harvey Smith is Court 81
FOR saIif-if ouse u 1s rooms. Gslesi
ElIs 4 rooms % hFst ao5r. rooms.
and lath on second floor. rooms
On third floor hot and cod water
on each floor; 2 frdnt and one rear
porch. cement cellar. wen 81 flne
water. good place near whole a
houses and faetofis. for hotel -
fgopihg house let is show you this
property, can at ONCE or odeil s.
Ross Transfer. ess West Pike Il I.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
FOR sALE-A seven room house
located in Carlisle Court, good

located In Carlisle Court, good
water well. good cellar. finished in
hardwood, cabinet mantles has
BATH electric and gas lights, lot
Sox7G: the cheapest property in
the city. Call Bell phone No.
41s-R.. or address 1876 West Pike
street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13

FOR SALE One pen OF Bun orpings,
( : puliets. one cocierel one year old,
two Silver Wyandotts. SIS. IL sold.
now. Have no room must go at
sonce.- S. 9. Alien, clarksburg, r. T..
D. I, Box n.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13

FOR Rents room cottage with
bath and pantry, 75s Mulberry st.
s13 month. N. B. McCarty,
Oak Hall Bldg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
EoR RENT-One four room cottage

FOR RENT-one four room cottage
nicely finished in hardwood. gas
water at door, rent SO per month;
also one new double house. four
rooms each side, cabinet nantes;
hardwood finish, gas. spring water
in house, each side entirely private
no connections rent s11 per
mont. All in Alta Vista. Cali SIS
Sycamore street. city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13

FOR RENT-Several choice Offices,
furnished or unfurnished. in central
part Of city or in Glen Elk. Terms
right. Apply to C. w. Leggett,
Central Storage Bldg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13
ron RENT.

FOR REST-one rear ONCE, size tx
IS. Hoffman Han, Court street. En-
quirs County Mail office.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13

osT-satnrlay morning. bunch of
keys on ring, between Lowndes
store and the Post Office. Finder
kindly return to Howard Post at
Lowndes Store and receive reward.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13

FOR RENT-A good eight room
residence, hot and cold water and
all modern conyeniences. Loca-
ted on South Second street, three
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-13

i,oR RENT-scveraI nicely furnish.
ed rooms for gentlemen only. Use
OF bath, hot and cold water. right
! n central part OF city. Rates IS
TO sl5 per month, accoding to size
and furnishings. Apply to c. w.
Leggett, 225 Third ST, !.