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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04
THREE HURT IN FIGHT.
Old Feud Renewed on Public
Square Tuesday Night.

A fued of several months standing,
which was renewed on the north side
of the square in this city Tuesday
night, resulted in the wounding Of
William and Claud Hoots and S.. w.
SmoOt.
The trouble started on the north
side of the square near Clay's Drug
Store, where it is said William and
Claud Hoots approached Smoot and
made some remark. Smoot was sit
ting in a buggy, drawn up to the
curb, and he Immediately drew a
shot gun from the bottom of his
vehicle and threatened to shoot. By
ISLANDERS attempted to avert trouble,
and Roy Long succeeded in taking
the gun from Shoots hands. The
quarreling continued, however, and
finally blows were struck. Smoot
was armed with a pocket knife and
in the melee William Hoots was Sc
verely cut above the left eye. Claud
Hoots received a cut on the left arm
which severed the muscles and may
prove serious. Smoot received a
slight cut on the hand. They were
separated by H. H. Harshaw and
Harve johnson.
Witnesses to the affair are uncer.
tainAs to whether or not the Hoots
were armed with knives.
The fight was the result of trouble
between the Hoots' and Smoot some
months ago when the former were
accused Of stealing tobacco from the
latter.
Sheriff w. j. Bullock and night
officer Duncan placed the combatants
under arrest and they were arraigned
before Justice Jeter upon charges OF
assault with intent to kill. Their pre-
liminary hearing will be held this af-
ternoon. Smoot and both Of the
Hoots' were released on 500 bond,
each. AL parties live a short dis
lance south Of this city.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04
To Clear Depot Site.

c. Burkholts, of Nevada, Missouri,
assistant division engineer of the
Missouri Pacific arrived in this city
Tuesday morning, and with his as.
sistants has commenced the work Of
relocating the site upon which the
Carpenter & Shafer Co.'s building,
the Foster Hotel and other buildings
now occupying the proposed depot
site will be finally located. Founda.
tons are to be constructed for these
buildings and as soon as this is COM
pleted, the work of removal will be
begun.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04
Cement Foundation For Paving
Commenced.

All preparations for constructing
the cement foundation for the paving
on the east side Of the square have
completed and that work will be COM
menced as soon as Engineer C. A.
Conger, of Nevada, verifies the grade
line which has been established for
the construction. Mr.. Nipple, who
is in charge of the work, states that
it will take not longer than six or
seven days to lay the cement on each
side Of the square, and that about the
same length Of time will be consumed
in laying the brick. About 80 men
and 10 teams are now employedin the
work.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04
Merwin.
Clipper.

Clipper.
Jim Hayes and family, Of Clinton,
are visiting relatives and friends here.
Ruby Wright came in from Kansas
City Tuesday morning to visit rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. C. D. Hennigh, of Freeman,
is guest at the home of George VIII
liams.
Miss Lillah Hogue and sister, OF
Spring Hill are guests Of Mrs. Sibley
and Mrs. Witter.
Frank Lewis and Fred Hurst, Of
Drexel, are here this week hauling
sand for two concrete bridges to be
put IN north and south Of town.
George Witter reports having
traded 1 210-acre farm in Kansas,
known Is the Norman and Whiteman
iArnl, to . Mr.. w. N. Williams, 81
Kansas City. for 4 600 acre ranch in
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04
GERRYMANDtR KNNCK.
ED SKY.HIGH

Ed Skl.hlGH.
Republic.
The decision of the State Supreme
Court in the case involving the pro-
posed Republican gerrymander sim
ply means that Constitution-amend-
ment is still a, serious business in
Missouri and that the initiative device
cannot be used frivolously as an
agency to bring about legal chaos.
The political effects that are inevita-
BILE from the decision are not uninter-
esting, but the legal effects are much
the more important. The initiative
is a new device in this as in other
States. The decisions relating to it
are very few. This opinion handed
down at jefferson City will be one of
the first to go into the law books pre-
scribing the limitations and safe
guards under which the new device
is to be used.
From the tenor of the decision we
may conclude that the initiative is not
to be employed to make a thing of
shreds and patches of the basic law
of greatest authority in State.
There is an approved and orderly
method of utilizing it in distinction
from a capricious and unapproved
method preiudicial to the very objects
it was designed to promote.
We take the decision to signify that
the initiative is not to be made an in
strumentality for Incorporating con-
tradictions and manifest absurdities
into the body of constitutional and
other law. One of the most familiar
of guarantees prohibits eX-post-facto
statutes. If it is designed to repeal
this by the initiative, the repeal can
not be made as an irrelevant amend
ment to the clause guaranteeing COM
pensation for private property taken
for public use, thus leaving in the in
strument two sections Numerically
opposed to each other.
Many lawyers were agreed as to
the invalidity of the gerrymander. A
point in dispute was as to when the
Judiciary might take cognizance of its
defective character, whether before
it had been voted on or afterward, in
proceedings arising from attempts to
enforce it. The decision operates to
save the officers and electorate of the
State the useless labor of vote on
an invalid proposition.
The political effects that will attend
this crashing collapse of G. o. p. ger
rymander hopes are the ones that
ordinarily follow the downfall of UNI |
holy plots formed by those who cloak
themselves in the pretense of serving
the public good while promoting sell
fish personal and partisan ends.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04
More Horses Die of Heat.
Rich Hill X view.

Uriah Ayers and j. S. Wilson, both
residing in the country northwest of
town, have lost valuable work horses
during the past few days, on account
of the excessive heat. In both cases
the animals dropped dead in the har-
ness while being worked.
A local veterinarian gives the fol-
lowing rules, which he thinks should
be followed by every horseman
during this hot weather:
LIST, Don't overload or overwork
your horse. End, Water him often
when at work-five or six times a
day. Sd, If he shows signs of fatigue,
battle his head in cool water, and in
severe cases, battle his entire body.
By so doing yon will only show
humanity to your horse, and you may
save its life.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04
Adrian.

From the J1u-ns
A girl baby came to the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Spencer last Sun.
day morning.
Herman Crow returned Sunday
from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where
he had been attending the summer
term at the Oklahoma State Normal.
Last Saturday while driving over
northwest of Adrian we saw uncle
Jim HarrisOn's fine new. residence,
which is a beauty from range to
cupalo.
While loading a hay fork at his
home near Everett, Dudley Limpus
had two fingers of his right hand
caught in the fork and they were
terribly mutilated.
Miss Helen Smith, of Kansas CITY,
is spending the week in this city with
her father and many friends. Helen
is the leading soprano in DR.. Luc.
cocks choir in the city.
The fishing party has returned
from the Current river. MIR. Owen
told us one fish story that staggered
us but it's true. After it soaks
through our Uranium we will print it,
but it was so thrilling that we have
not sufficiently recovered from the
shock to reproduce it this week.
But it's a true story, We'll vouch for
that fact.
Emmett Cherry has returned from
Indiana. He reports uncle Alex Left
lers condition serious. His throat is
paralized and he cannot talk nor eat
solid food. He is able to walk around
but did not know him. All Of the
means Mr.. Cherry could employ fail
ed to bring any response in the way
OF recognition. The mention Of the
names Of his children did not bring
any memory Of the past.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04

From the Post
Belle Braden, Of Kansas City, is
visiting her brother, Elmer, this
Mrs. Clara Miller, Of Pittsburg, Pa,
is visiting at the home Of Rev. Kel-
H. g. Shumaker left Tuesday for
Louisiana No, on account Of the III
mess of BIZ mother.
Lee Brings and wiie, d Winterset.
Iowa. ~ here a. 4 WHIT b G. E.
Robblns 4 brother Of Mrs Briepa
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04
Bradbury Appears to have De.
feated Hitler Narrowly.

Republic.
Incomplete returns from the State
and half the precincts of st. Louis
indicate close race for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioner between
Captain Thomas M. Bradbury of JEFF
ferson City and Labor Commissioner
j. c. A. Hitler. Captain Bradbury
seems to have the advantage.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04
Funeral of John F. Boyd.

The body Of John F. Boyd who
died at Monrovia, California, July 81,
arrived in this city Tuesday night.
Funeral services, conducted BY Rev.
j. M. Carter, were held at the home
Of A. R. Guyton Wednesday morning
at 10 o'clock, and interment was
made in Oak Hill cemetery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04

Carson county, Texas. The ranch
now has $50 acres in wheat, oats and
corn. MIR. Williams will come here
this fall and make extensive improve
ments on the place in view of making
Ii his home.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04

No, this paper has not given much
publicity to those so-called "5-acre-
farms" being given away by the State
Board of Immigration. To hustling
progressive farmer, such as we be-
lieve our readers to be, 5-acre farm
is a joke. Come to think of it, a
large part of the plays by said board
are of the joke order. -Ruralist.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-04
Lucky Smith.
hem what has, gifts

Them What has, gltS.
Frank P. Smith, a wealthy Barton
county farmer, won $4,000 on the
Reno fight and is again at his farm
home near Kenoma, pulling weeds
and hoeing corn. When he comes to
town he rides in the finest auto car
in that section Of the State and when
ever he undertakes anything II is
sure to 90. Mr.. Smith is considered
one Of the richest farmers in the
state and he owns large holdings in
Old Mexico. Henry Co. Democrat.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
Solitary Richard Mansfield.

Gaunt and melancholy, the image
of Richard Mansfield rises from the
pages of Mr.. Winters biography He
was figure from another age, aching
in vain for companions. Success
came to him, love. friends; but like
Leibnitz. he realized that the soul
has no windows. Therefore this I'M
petuous child of genius travelled LIES
road alone. Even his dearest friend
Judging from MI Winters portrayal,
was unable to penetrate the mystery
that enshrouded him. William Winter
furnishes q recital OF bis theatrical
fortunes, but We vainly look 20 him
for a comprehensive analysis of the
chameleOnic soul of Americas great
est actor at the close of the nine
teenth century. Their friendship
seems all the more touching, in view
Of their antipOdal personalities. Mans
field wrote more than 500 letters to
his critical Boswell. The actor ha-
bitually consulted Mr.. Winter relative
TO his ventures. He often delighted
to call himself Mr.. Winters "drama;-
ic gOdsOn." When Winter informed
him that he planned to write his bio
graphy, Mansfield enthusiastically re-
joined: Il am tremendously excited
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
Fox Hill Notes.

FOX HILL, VA, April S.-Mrs
Wesley NJ. Cunningham has returned
home after spending a short while as
the guest of Mrs. Tom Watson
Mrs. Alfred Johnson, who has been
critically i'll with complication OF
diseases, is some better.
Mr.. Hugo Nonenbacker was the
for a short while this week.
Mr.. Cecil HolstOn has moved his
store to the opposite side of the road,
and is now busy enlarging it.
A party of about sixty young peo-
pie, members of the Ewporth eague,
held a social at the home of David
Johnson, treasurer.
Mrs John Bradley, who has been
confined TO her home with a serious
illness, is better.
Mrs. Thomas Burcher, of Grafton,
has returned home after a short visit
with her sister. Mrs. Marshall John
son.
Rev and Mrs. NJ E. Hungerford;
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson. and
Mrs. w. f. Johnson are attending the
Maryland annual conference of the
VI. T. church, at Baltimore.
Mr. and Mrs. William White and
Master Fred Thompson, of Cape
Charles, were the guests of Mrs
James johnson for a short while this
week
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
MANY TURN OUT
FOR PATRONS DAY
Hundreds of visitors See Work
Being Done at West
End Academy.

Yesterday the doors of the West
End Academy were thrown open 10
the patrons of the school and al least
three hundred took advantage of the
invitation extended them by the
faculty and students OF that institu-
ton.
In the morning all OF the regular
classes were held as usual and the
visitors were given an opportunity of
Witnessing the work OF the children
and teachers OF the various grades. A
number ayailed themselves of this
and left well pleased with this part
OF the program.
The features of the morning SEES
siOns. apart from the classroom reel
tatiOns, were the special exhibits in
the domestic sciene and manual train
ing departments. A number OF dainty
dishes, Including rolls and loaf bread.
We're prepared by the girls. while the
boys had exhibited their skill in
manual training by framing pictures,
making necktie boxes, toothbrush
holders. birdhOuses, bookcases and
other useful articles. The large
playhouse on exhibition in the primary
room was made by the boys.
In the afternoon the classes were
dismissed to give the patrons All OPP
portunity of seeing the various ex-
hibits of the different rooms. These
included all OF the regular academic
subjects and work in music, sewing.
drawing, nature study. basketry, weav-
ing. card and paper cutting, etc.
From | to 1870 the High school
chorus, under direction of Miss
Ashby, entertained the patrons by
All expressed themselves as
being well pleased with this part of
the program.
After the chorus class the regular
classes in domestic science and manu-
al training were held and the visitors
were loud in their praises OF the work
of the children.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09

The special services az the First
Methodist church viii continue
through next week. Rev. n. W. Dunk
ley will preach Ia the Sunday school
children SUNDAY morning ON Child
Conversion"
At = y. m. he viii preach on the
npardonsbie sin.
Mr. Dunkley has ma Re a very favor
able impression upon all who have
heard him.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09

Two full registered druggists a
HULL'S Cut Rate Drug Store, nigh
and day. Phone 2SS. sa-su-tf.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
WHY ARE MEN BURGLARS?
Even the Most Successful Make Mere
lY Bare Living.

The Springfield youth who by DAY
was a business employe of apparently
exemplary habits and by night a burg
lar, and, as it proved, murderer, is
a type of criminal that novelists and
playwrights occasionally portray,
though examples in real life are rare
It is a type criminologists have Sc
riOusly studied. but only with the re-
suit of leaving the problem of dual
personality involved an unfathomed
mystery of human nature. The puz-
gle yet remains of the moral OBJ
liquity which diverts into criminal
channels intelligence and capacity OF
the kind Of which Spencer's exploits
as a burglar show him to have been
possessed.
But. apart from moral considera-
tons, the greater puzzle, seeing that
he was determined to embark on
career of crime, is his voluntary
choice of burglary. one of the most
hazardous and least remunerative OF
criminal professions Burglary at no
time has earned its followers an in
come in any way commensurate with
the skill required for its successful
practice. let alone its risks. What
have So years of burglary profted the
veteran craftsman with half a dozen
aliases and a record Of eight prison
terms who was reported as again I'M
der arrest2
None OF the great burglars Of the
past made more than a bare living,
and hedged in as the pursuit now IS
by improved preventive devices and
with bank burglary virtually a lost
Fart. it affords On'y precsrious i've
lihoOd Burglary is at present largely
restricted to housebreaking and Of
fers no inducements to ambitious
criminals. while Il involves the con-
slant hazard OF capture OF Of murder
~ the alternative.
Spencer could certainly have done
immeasurabiy better At legitimate
business even though he was receiv-
ing only the wages Of a shipping
cIerk.-New York World.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
HAMPTON, PHOEBUS AND OLD PO

about you writing the life of II. M.
Il is better than being knighted
Mansfield wrought in divers fields;
hew as a composer Of music. writer
OF plays. Had he chosen. he might
have been great singer. Throughout
his career he conspicuously displayed
the faculty of initiative. one OF his
valuable serv ces to the stage was the
restoration of the custom OF having a
repertoire varying widely in range.
No one. not even his dearest friend.
was allowed to share the lonesome
broodings of his somber mind. Winter
was not with him when he died
Current Literature.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
RANkRuPT SALE.

Pursuant 10 an order Of the District
Court Of the United States for the
Eastern District Of Virginia. entered
April ;. 1910. in the matter Of Sophie
Levy. Bankrupt. the undersigned
Trustee will on Tuesday. the 18th.
cav Of April. 1910. al 10 O'Clock a. m.
offer for sale IN the City OF Hampton.
Virginia. by public auction TO the
highest bidder for cash. in the store
house formerly occupied by the said
bankrupt AZ No. f45 West Queen
street. the entire stock Of goods be-
longing 10 said bankrupt's estate con
sisfing Of canned goods. meats. salt
FISH. etc.
JOHN WEYMOUTH.
9-I2I7 Trustee In Bankruptcy.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
General Wood Sails from
Hampton Roads on Montana.
WILL VISIT EXPOSITION
Official Will Attend Opening Of the
Argentine Republic Big Show as Re
preventative Of the United States
Army and President Taft.

Major General Leonard Wood, the
ranking officer of the United States
army, sailed from Hampton Roads
yesterday afternoon on the armored
cruiser Montana for BuenOs Ayres,
where he will be the official repre-
sentative OF the United States army
al the Argentine Republic one hun
dredth anniversary exposition. Gen
eral Wood will also act in the ca
pacity of personal representative of
PRESIDENT Taft.
Arrive at Old Point.
General Wood, accompanied by
Mrs. Wood. and the members OF his
official staff. arrived at Old Point on
The New York steamer and was met
a. the wharf by a representative OF
the commanding officer at F. rt Mon
roe. The general gave hurry orders
for the transfer of his trunks and be-
longing to the Montana and later
went aboard the cruiser in the private
launch OF Admiral Sidney Augustus
Staunton, who has his flag hying from
the Montanas masthead. After board
ing the cruiser the big guns of Fort
Monroe fired a salute to the head of
the army and the Montana in turn did
likewise.
The exposition will open on May
% and General Wood Will convey the
congratulations of this country to
President AlcOrta on the occasion of
the centennial anniversary OF his re
public.
Following his stay at BuenOs Ayres,
General Wood will ieave on the Mon
tana for South Africa and other
points and it is likely that ne will also
visit the Pacific coast before returning
10 Washington.
Other Ships to Join.
In about TWO weeks the cruiser
Tennessee and the scout cruiser
Salem will join the Montana and will
be in Buenos Ayres on the opening
day of the exposition. The Salem
sailed from Hampton Roads to BOs
ton yesterday, where she WI be put
in condition for the long cruise at the
Boston navy yard.
Owing To the many duties in getting
his baggage transferred. General
Wood did not visit Colonet Clarence
p. Townsley, the cOmmandant at
Fort Monroe, before sailing.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09

TWO full registered druggists a
HULI.S Cut Rate Drug Store nigh
and day. Phone 2SS. sa5u-tf.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
SOCIAL-PERSONAL.

Miss Marie Storm. the daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. John Storm, 444 New
port News avenue. has issued invi-
tations to birthday party for next
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Hayes and Miss
Hayes. of Reedsville. Va. are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. X. G. Hum
phries, - Armistead avenue.
Mrs. r. G. HUMPHREYS has returned
from a visit Of several weeks to her
mother on the Eastern Shore.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
Saturday Char Specials.

At Huli's Cut Rate Drug Store. for
q cents Is as follows: Cremo. Buck.
King Alfonso. Governor Swanson, En-
ports. Americas. (HavanaD. Bond.
Franklin. Old Dominion. " TorO
porto RicoD Van Bib5er Bouquet
Noc packagcs) Sc. Omcial Seal. 10c.
National cigar sands, Sc. Old Bay
i<ne Invincible. ti0c) Sc. Yankee
Consul National Cigar Stands for
25c. James Blaine (sc) for 10c. la
Ian Russell (sc) 3 for f0c. Sat-tf.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
New Grocery Opens Today.

Messrs. Henry Moore and Bert
Tignor. well known young men, ex-
perienced in the grocery business.
will today open their new grocery
in the Richter building. The new
firm will be known as Tignor Il Moore
and the concern intends to carry
line of choice goods.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
WANTED.

WHY NOT co TO CROCKETT'S
Meat Market and buy your fresh
beef at old prices. Roand Steak. 15c;
Sirloin Steak. lSc; POtrer House
Steak. zoe: Rib Roast Beef, 15c-
Guaranteed best quality. ..
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
Mr.. RoyaIrs Announcements.

W. c. Royal. pastor of East Hamp-
ton church. Will preach tomorrow
morning on Heaven" and at p. m.
at River View, his theme will be,
The Last Power of the Church
Sunday afternoon Mr.. Royal viii
preach at Salter's Creek school house
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-09
Sour Stomach

can - cured. absolutely. by TISTT.
TISTT Is sold with a money-back
guarantee BY HULL'S CUT RATE
Drug store. Is ". Queen ST A full
sizeI box can be had Tor q limited
time for I0c. Absolutely no gripping
- buy Il nov.
EAT EN- LIKE CANDY
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-19
ROBBERS SUBDUE
lone PEDESTRIAN
Pair of Highwaymen Beat Man
and Take Money From
His Pockets

OAKLAND. July 1S.-W. H. Dubois,
living at 1927 Florence avenue. was at
tackled at L o'clock this morning by
two highwaymen with whom he fought
at the corner of Willow and Pacific
streets until his burly adversaries over
powered him, threw him to the ground,
and took Sc from his trousers pocket.
The robbers failed to search Dubois
coat pockets and did not get 500 in
gold which he carried in wallet.
Dubois was badly mauled in his fight.
and the thugs left him lying on the
pavement. When he had recovered his
strength enough to walk the robbers
were out of sight. and Dubois found
policeman to whom he told his trOu-
bles. He had been in West Oakland
Eighth street electric car when the
highwaymen leaped from behind trees
and seized him. Both were unarmed,
and they overcame Dubois by sheer
strength.
A. A. Mutchmor. of 1881 Thirteenth
avenue, reported to the police that his
watch fob, worth $50. was stolen from
him by pickpicket on a Southern Pa
cific ferry boat last night.
In the arrest of Wilcie Poe, husky
negro, the police believe they have
caught the burglar who tapped the
cash till at A. Fazadeda's saloon. $50
Campbell street. for $6, two nights ago.