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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

glars; if reckless motor driver tried only by
other motor drivers; if eng neer causing wreck
were tried by other engineers? .
Would not the twelve burglars acquit their pal7
Would not the twelve automobile drivers say the
Would not the twelve engineers sympahize with
the engineer who was sleepy and forgot to 'oOk at
That which affects ALL OF THE PEOPLE should
be controlled by ALL Of the people.
The law and medicine affect all of the people, and
the people should control law and medicine-and,
incidentally, there should be fewer lawyers-we have
al least ten times too many of them.
So it is with the banker. We have in the United
States than twenty thousand of these ndus.ri-
ous useful gentlemen. Up in Canada, where they do
a big banking business, they have fewer than dozen
separate, independent banking heads. YOU CAN
YOU CAN IN THE UNITED STATES. Not so many
bankers have to keep motors.
The bankers, rule are hard working and In
telligent men, and it is safe say that the
of honesty among them is higher beyond question
than in ANY other class of citizenship.
Those who crtcise the occasional defaulting
banker. must remember that EVERY BANKER has
a chance to be defaulter a big scale, whereas
the average citizen hasn't got that chance.
Take your trustees of funds, take the ordinary
gentlemen that not bankers who have the handling
about ten times dishonest bankers
But that does not alter the fact that bankers have
much to say in the GOVERNMENT OF THE
PEOPLE BY MONEY. Money and Its distribution
distribution, or fresh air and it's distribution.
NESS.
The Government does not leave its irrigation plans
few gentlemen anxious to get the highest posi-
Bile price for the money, and at all anxious about
the farms or the products.
We leave il to bankers to say whether money
shall be lent not and at what price.
The Government permits the banker to Issue money
against Government bonds. He gets his two and
half his three per the bonds. And then he
issues his money AND CHARGES THE FARM
Err EIGHT AND HALF PER CENT FOR THAT.
What would the farmers say If the Government ir-
rigatiOn Scheme managed on that plan-private
individuals getting the water from the Government
for nothing and handing It TO the farmers at the
highest rate of extortion that the traffic would bear?
There is attempt nOw to develop currency
scheme that would enable business men who need
money, AND WHO WILL PAY IT BACK to get II
when they need II at a fair rate of interest.
Do you think the bankers pleased with thisr
Not at all.
They allied with all kinds of horror. Some Of
them undoubtedly deceive themselves.
But. a class. they distressed chiefly by the
thought that money be made cheaper. interest
lower, banking less profitable.
In the end the bankers themselves would profit
But they don't know it, And at present they
doing what they to hamper the distribution of
money. which is important to business and i'm
dustry the distribution of water to farms.
The bankers. class, able, Virtuous gentle
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

that the witness had committed all crimes To i'm
suit him badger him. make insinuatons against his
LAWYER. Is '"' regular '0'''' " '' 0'''.'
If the courts were decently managed no Judge
would permit question to be Put to witness that
he would not allow put to himself.
If the courts were properly managed any witness
asked insulting question would have the right TO
reply to the lawyer promptly he would reply to
him out on the sidewalk
And that is the least of II.
Our system of law making, law administering, law
interpreting BY LAWYERS means delay injustice
And it means also SAFE BLACKMAIL BY CLEVER
LAWYERS.
The lawyer may collect blackmail, receive brides
and call the process accepting a retainer"
A corporation is faithfully served by lawyer.
The boss owned by the corporation puts the lawyer
the bench And again the corporation is faith
fully served by the lawyer-as JUDGE.
The people get little tired they put the tTdgs
HIM AGAIN AND PAYS HIM MIGHTY WELL FOR
WHAT HE HAS DONE WHILE HE WAS JUDGE.
That has been seen recently in New York City.
And it is in every big city in the United States
Members of our Senate-very well packed with
were taking legal fees" and escape punishment
We need change in our legal methods: the kind
Of change that will enable the people to control
the lawyers. who now CONTROL THEM
So 1t Is with the doctors They make their own
laws and rule too much for the public good. No
matter how wise they may be or how unseihsh, they
must permit the assumption that ALL OF THE PEG
PIE wiser than they. That is the modern idea
in republican government.
1t is not necessary to say that lawyers bankers
and doctors include many of the most honorable,
Intelligent and useful citizens of the country But
1t is NECESSARY for the people to take to them
selves the kind of government represented by DOC
tors lawyers and bankers, they have taken into
their hands the kind of government that used to be
represented in the persons of kings and their ap-
pointed governors.
The doctors of this country painstaking, hor-
oughly scientific and admirably unselfsh men. The
best of them give their discover the public Free
whereas other inventors and discoveries take for
themselves the protection and the profit that the pat
ent Office gives.
1t would be sad thing, indeed. if confidence in
good doctors destroyed.
But it Is wrong harmful to the public and harmful
to the DOCTORS that the latter like the lawyers should
rule absolutely their realm taking it for granted that
the people cannot govern themselves When all is
said and done, the medical profession Is RUN By
TIE DOCTORS FOR PROFIT as the legal profession
ls- run by the lawyers for profit.
The people should to it that the medical pro
fessiOn is managed very largely not 70, the curing
Of disease for pay, but TO PREVENT disease.
The public should have the protection that if
lacks from unskilful. CRIMINALLT IGNORANT
doctors.
Doctors very prompt TO protest and shrek
when Christian Scientist dies and they think the
death is due TO mistaken treatment,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
One of Our National Big Troubles Is
LAWYERS, DOCTORS, BANKERS
We Permit These Gentlemen Make the Rules That
Govern Themselves and Govern the Whole Country

1t is proper that they should protest. in the Of
a child, at least
But we do not hear the shrisks Of protest when an
BECAUSE THE DOCTOR WAS AN IGNORANT
FOOL WHO DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS THE
NATTER WITH HIS PATIENT.
Not long ago a man employed by this office died of
typhoid fever after full-fledged, well paid doctor
THE GRIP. This wise doctor" had been feeding
up" his patient, and had made his death absolutely
certain.
competent doctor got hold of him, found that
ne had typhoid, tried to save him: but too late
Was anything done with the criminal doctor who
NOTHING
Politeness among doctors and professional "etl-
quette dictate that nothing shall be said of such
But something ought to be done by the public
that would prevent this gentemanly NJ. ID. from
treating another typhoid with high feeding and
death.
One of the best artists in this cOuntry-the best
known, perhaps-was Mortified when doctor told
him that his little girl. who had Temperature"
She WAS operated upon. And as the doctor was
cutting her open younger and wiser doctor drfted
child had SCARLET FEVER.
So she did. They sewed her up and treated her
child. she survived her doctors treatment.
But did the doctors VIII knew of this expose the
S6 the m Medical cut Je.
servatsm and silence in such
If there is a doctor going around the city cutting
open children that scarlet fever. and possibly
treating for scarlet fever children that have append
cts, THE PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW 1T, just as
they know when a drunken chauffeur is running his
machine dangerously, just they know when
burglar Is at large.
The doctors have their share in government, and
that is power which should be controlled by the
people whole.
When ordinary citizen is accused of miscon.
duct, of harming Individual the general public,
he is tried by twelve of different kinds. and the
twelve decide what ought to be done with him;
they have especial sympathy for him his
troubles
But when a doctor is ignorant. and death
through ignorance. he is protected BY DOCTORS.
Doctors alone know what he has done, doctors pass
upon his case. and doctors usually SHIELD HIM
So 1t is with lawyers II one of them is accused
of misconduct he Is not tried by ordinary Jury,
but h, the Bar Association. ALL LAWYERS. And he
usually gets of.
= .oppeus to be poor, feeble little lawyer.
INDUCING in blackmail a small scale instead of
going after big corporations; if ne is doing anything
II 'resDectabty" of prosperous lawyers,
he may be dsbarred.
But If he is a villain a big scale he is not very
apt to be interfered with--AND THAT IS THE PLAIN
'iR THE LAWYERS LIKE IT PUB
LISHED OR NOT.
trace would the public have if a bur
Elzr accused Of burglary tried BY twelve bur
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

The country is chiefly governed by DOC
TORS, LAWYERS and BANKERS.
We permit lawyers to regulate the law max
ing, the Interpretation and the application of
law.
We permit doctors to have everything to say
about the doctors business, the hospitals, the
public health and other important matters.
And we allow BANKERS to control money, its
character its handling its distribution credits, inter-
est charges and all the rest of it. And there you have
one serious trouble in this country.
Bankers, lawyers and doctors got control of human
beings absolutely controlling them, long ago. in the
day when the average man could not read think
clearly protest effectively.
The lawyer in his day the only one. except
priest and DOCTOR able to read write. The noble
man who hired him could do neither.
The doctor a mysterious being with all kinds
Of queer formulas. working in mystery writing his
prescriptions illegibly and in Latin keeping his pa
tents in the dark.
And the banker likewise thing apart and
strange, not to be questioned or controlled
Is il not about time to change that, now that the
average can both read and think?
We don't permit automobile drivers automobile
manufacturers to control and write THE RULES OF
THE ROAD.
We say to the automobile man: You to be con-
trolled BY ALL THE PEOPLE
Not YOU Mr.. Automobile Driver, but the people
shall decide how fast you may 60, how you shall
turn corners, what kind of horn you may blow how
puch YOUR machine may smoke, ct cetera.
And we also control trolley companies, gas
nanies railroads, etc. We CAN tell them what they
NAV charge what they must do-and it is with
other modern concerns.
But the three big ancient governing bodies doc.
,ors bankers and lawyers, class apart They
goverr Themselves AND THEY GOVERN U.s. and il
Is getting a little tiresome.
Z
The editor of an important law journal himself
that the lawyers responsible for legal delays
MEAN CASH IN THE LAWYERS POCKETS
OF course. they respOnsible-LEGAL DELAYS
n the administration of law were smPlifed AS III
cOJTID BE If a case were settled In week instead
~ dragging along for year, the lawyer would get
aiS for a week AND NOT FOR YEAR, and hGE
fnoVId not suit him.
Wben YOU 90 a law court you find there not
,oce of pain Justice for the people, but place of
proAt nrocrastinatiOn and petifOgging for the law
yers. F.. - .s. II. 1rcEu e. h. .
I,wv.r His heart and sympathies, course are
with the lawyers.
r. front of him stand the lawyers, managing
,hino. In their own peculiar lingo and in their own
peculiar way. . ,,,,, DrODYr "A :; .h ,,;,,.ss
hs;r sits poor miserable being, ONE Of the people
n atch the lawyers and Judge in their proceeding
;,h ,hat individual in the witness chair
- Ignorant Of court methods, sou would thank
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

Avs are fairly important.
Presidents, Governors, May
ors and policemen are inter
esting and powerful in their
way-but they are not THE
government of this country.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-18

well. She was operated upon for
appendicitis Wednesday morning Of
last week and it will be necessary for
her to remain several days longer.
Mr.. Wolf will probably return to
Kansas City the latter part of the
week. Any Of her friends wishing to
write to her may address Miss Vivian
Wolf, Wesley hospital, 18th and
Harrison, Kansas City, Missouri.
The recent rains have been a great
help but have not raised the river to
help out the waterworks to any
extent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallman of Butler
were visitors at the home of VIM.
Newell and family Sunday. They
formerly resided in this community
and are always sure of hearty
greeting from their old neighbors.
]. j. Chappell has been busy maxi
ing and filling a silo.
Mrs. Adam Herman, Mrs. Joe Her
man and children were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. H. J. Martin Sunday.
MIAMI.
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Elkhart

Well, didn't we have a fine rain
and. everybody is feeling good. II
came too late to do the corn crop any
good but it may help the pastures.
Jim Turner and wife have gone to
Springfield Mo. on a visit.
John Stephens and wife called on
the writer one day last week and he
had a smile clear aeress his his face since
the rain.
Mrs. Spillman and daughter visited
at Mrs. Reeves one day last week.
The Logan and Thompson sale will
be pulled off on the 18th. Clyde
Robbins is the auctioneer.
Mrs. E. Heavilin received a card
from Mrs. Clements of PRIDE, Okla
homa, one day last week, saying that
Jessie was very low with a spell of
typhoid fever.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-18

Belmont has an enrolment Of 16
and 10 were present. This is good
school for work and they always do
well no matter who teaches. The
teacher, Jas. E. Park is finding some
trouble in keeping with the course
but with the effort Of a good teacher
he will overcome all these.
Summit Center has an enrolment
Of II and II were present. They
have a large house here and have
plenty of room. Miss Anne Golloday
is teacher and has her work well or
ganized. She is one of our best
workers and they will have a good
school.
Redmond has an enrolment of IL
and II were present. This is a very
light enrolment for this school but it
will be better later. They have had
trouble about water but the rain has
relieved the situation. Miss Lottie
Young is teacher and will teach them
the best school in years. They have
a fine school yard and is doing fine
work for them and all are well pleas
ed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-18

Miss Grace Osborne is boarding with
Mrs. Kershner. They report that
they have a jolly good time.
Col. Lockridge and wife attended
church at Concord last Sunday and at
George Zinn's in the evening. We
think that the Col. is trying to be a
better man by his going twice in one
day.
The writer and wife and Tom Ray
bourne and wife all took dinner with
l. L. Lockridee last Sunday and you
bet we got a square meal and from
the way that Tom Raybourne took on
grub. his wife may have to set up
with him. ...
Judge Hedeer and Col. Lockridge
went to Rich Hill last Monday to at
tend a lawsuit.
We hear it reported that there is
going to be big dinner at Elkhart
on the 18th. II will be a farewell
dinner for Mr.. Messick and wife be-
fore they leave.
j. B. Clements of Grandview, Mo.
is here visiting old neighbors.
George Lockridge and wife visited
in the east part of the county last Sat-
urday at the home of Will Barnett.
w. F. Stephens and wife called on
the writer last Sunday night and we
talked on the good road subject to a
finish. It is reported that there was
three men and two boys that worked
from Elkhart. Ison Leandreth, Leup-
py Leandreth and w. F. Stephens
and the Wymer boys. It looks like
Elkhart don't want good roads.
West Point turned out in good
style. The business men of Amster-
dam was out in full force and the
board was out and it is re-
ported that they done good work.
JOHNNY.
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ON THE WING.

Geo. Crooks bought fine red ami
NAL of 7. S. Harper Monday.
Marion Hedger was at Nyhart last
Friday. His horse became sick and
he had to phone home for his father
to bring another horse.
Charley Jackson son the complain
ing list this week.
Qnite number of farmers of this
neighborhood have started blowing.
They are taking advantage of the rain.
The Hedger brothers went to But
Ter to play for a dance at Mrs. Fanny
Matlock's Friday night.
Mrs. Geo. Jackson and daughter
were shopping in Amoret Friday.
Grandma Minton and Uncle Neal
Porter are on the complaining list.
Geo. Jackson has laid off the foun-
dation for Warren Ayers new house.
Uncle Geo. linn was reported very
sick a few days ago. DR.. Lusk was
called.
There was a dance at Geo. Seeley's
on the state line Saturday night. The
boys came with their girls for 18 miles.
The Hedger brothers furnished the
music. There is always good crowd
where they are employed to play.
Charley Conrad of the Fry neigh
borhood has 65 head of fine cattle on
Jerry Callahan's pasture. Water was
the main feature of the pasture.
What's the matter with Dinah at
Foster. It's just like losing a letter
from home when she drops out.
Virgil Jenkins is going to add a
spring trip hammer to his blacksmith
shop.
Last week was the time to work the
roads. MIR. Dawson and sons, Jim
Norman and Albert linn worked two
days on the road one mile east of
George Zinn's farm. AS they had no
road boss they appointed Jim Norman
to oversee the job.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-18
Farm Loans

We have no Dividend to declare
nor a Suplus to create, we simply
make Farm Loans, for a reasonable
profit, and just a plain living. We
can place your Loan at reasonable
rate, from a source that the funds
will always be to lend and you can
keep the money as long as the inter-
est is promptly paid. Come and see
It's, will will be pleased to talk ail the mat
ter over with you.
Yours respectfully,
Canterbury & Canterbury,
48-4t Butler, Mo.
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700 Ex-C x-C0nfederates'
Pension Pleas Allowed

jefferson City, Sept. 16.-Of the
1900 applications made by INDECENT
ex-Confederates for pension under
the law OF the last Legislature, Adit
Gen. O'Meara has approved 700, and
has the others, under advisement,
awaiting proof Of service. The first
payment Of pensions will be made
Oct. 1. The rate is so q month.
The ages Of these Confederates
range from "a to 96.
George O'Rear Of Joplin, 05 is the
oldest and R. B. Woodruff Of Chil-
howee. Pettis county. is the youngest
e. Most Of them are over Is and Z
large number moro than 80.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-18

Albert Zinn was in Butler Satur-
day asking the price oflumber. Guess
he is going to build.
Mrs. R. G. Dawson's brother and
family were visiting her Sunday.
Geo. Zinn is reported some better
at the present writing.
Mrs. Hendrix is visiting with her
daughter, Mrs. R. l. Dawson.
Mrs. John Hedger visited her son,
Cyrus Hedger, at Adrian, Route 4,
over Saturday and Sunday.
The threshers had to quit on the
account of the scarcity of water.
Since the rains you can hear the
"toot' and see the smoke ina direc-
tions.
Father Sims had a very sick spell a
few days last week but is about well
again.
NOo' AAoulPoOu dI1u WIG dllu MIs
-Deardorff and wife of near LaCygne,
Kansas, visited with Uncle Tom Hook
EFT Sunday.
Joe Lewelyn has some pigs for
sale.
Peter and Linn Peterson have a
new gasoline engine and are filling
their silo. This is the second one
they have filled this season.
John Ready and wife visited with
7. Mcclure Sunday.
Frank and Henry Oldham visited
with their brother, Grant, Sunday.
Oldham brothers of Foster have
filled their contract with S. N. Kinion-
but Mr.. Kinion has decided to have
the we'll dug deeper as they have
struck no water. They reached a
depth of 80 feet.
Geo. Zinn, A miles northeast of Vir-
ginia has lots of fine peaches for sale.
Soc to 81 per bushel.
James Pahlman visited home folks
Sunday. N. M. N.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-18

Christian Science Services
Will be held at the court house in
the Probate Court room every Sum
day morning at II o'clock. All are
cordially invited. Subject
September 81, 1918. matter.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-18
Mulberry and Western Bates.

Mulberry and Western Bates.
The stork was visitor at Mr.. and
Mrs. George Knapps, Sept. 9 and a
young gentleman by the name of
Elmer Clarence Knapp is making his
home with these people. They say
George is the happ;est man in the
township. --.--,-
John Dykman made business trip
to Kansas City the forepart OF the
week.
Maggie Jones visited with Nellie
Caldwell Thursday.
Stanley Norwood who is attending
school at Butler spent Saturday and
Sunday with home folks.
David R. Braden who has been
spending the summer in Nebraska
returned home Saturday.
The lightning killed two cows for
Bernie Bohlken, a horse for R. Bohl-
ken and a yearling filley for John
Phibbs Wednesday night.
Word has been received by rela-
tives of Mr.. and Mrs. John Albin of
Washington that new girl had ar
rived at their home Sept. 10th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred C. Ewbank,
daughters Stilla and Hazel, son Wal
ter visited at the Charles Wisdom
home across the state line Sunday.
Norwood & Company shipped a
car of fat stock to Kansas City Mon
day night.
John T. Hensley is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. McFadden
were guesta at the w. j. Bard home
Sunday.
Perry Eubank visited at the James
Flemming home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Braden of
Amsterdam are entertaining a young
lady that arrived by the stork route
Sept. 18th. RAMBLER.