The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-23
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING
Decided to Help in War Work Drive.


The special meeting of the Butler
Commercial Club, called Monday
evening to discuss the matter of as
sisting in raising Bates county's
quota (S2S S,ooo) for War Work funds,
was we'll attended.
Vice President Paul B. Levy pre-
sided, and D. X. Walker stated the
object of the meeting. The club had
been asked, he said, to take up the
matter OF raising the county's, quota,
with an additional $4,000 for Arme,,-
ian and Syrian relief. The original
drive, scheduled for last fall, had
been postponed from time to time on
account OF the fit" epidemic, but
now the state committee is demand
ing that we get busy and make a re-
mittance of the amount vat the earl:
est possible moment -.
l.. X. Twynan read telegram con-
cernne the Armenian and Syrian
fund, in which the suggestion was
made that the county food admins
tration might be enlisted in the work.
Mayor DeArmond thought that the
two drives should be consolidated.
There is more urgent need now for
funds for the entertainment of the
soldiers than there was while war
was in progress. We have pledged
our quota and it is up to lis to see
that it is raised in the shortest time.
possiblc
A. II. Culver also said that the
need now-is- greater than ever and
if the members Of the club are really
IS {ha ~
ders no time will be lost in raising
our quota. We owe it to MIR. Den
ton, chairman for the county, to the
club and to. the soldiers to get busy
at once.
Mr.. DeArmond said that he did
not think it wise for the club to at
tempt to raise the quota for the en-
tire county. There is a decided let
down on war work and in the giving
spirit OF the people. The club is
only local affair and for it to go
out into distant townships and at
tempt to stir up enthusiasm wo,l't
result in failure
DR.. ]. T. Hull said that at a slimly
attended meeting held at the court
house week ago it had been tenta-
lively agreed that in the raising of
this none Adrian would look after
the north third of the county. Butler
would taken the central third and .
Rich Hill tbs-sputh third.
After considerable further dis
cussion by different members mo
ton prevailed that the club agree to
raise Mt. Pleasant townships quota
of the $4,000 1t was further agreed
that the county chairman have the
support and endorsement of the club
in every way possible in the raising
OF the fund. The county chairman is
to appoint the soliciting committee
for the club.
After this matter was settled. the
club driited into the discussion of the
ever-intercs ting road question, and
for more than an hour went round
and round. and finally landed almost
exactly at the starting point.
A. H. Culver. who for nearly three
years had collected and disbursed the
clubs subscription for road dragging,
said that it would take much
smarter and more energetic man
than himself to get the roads prop
erly dragged, The sum paid Tor
dragging Si.lo mile. seemed to be
no induce,nent whatever for farmers
to abandon other work and drag the
roads when dragging was needed.
There are Ie6 I-2 miles of inter-coun-
t. seat roads in the county, but last
year thev lacked about 5000 of spend
ing the money to whi ich they were
really entitled on account of inability
to get draggers.
Mr.. DeArmond thought the entire
system of dragging is wrong, and
until change is made we will never
be able to have the roads properly
dragged The township board has
spent enough money in the past ten
years to have made fine system of
roads, but they lack much of being
fine. One or two men should be en-
ployed to work on the roads all the
time, in place OF few part of the
time.
Mcssrs. A. n. Culver, w. II. Char
tiers and c. n. Argenbright were ap-
pointed as committee to meet with
the Mt. Pleasant township board and
arrange with them for a joint meet
ing of the board and the club to dis
cuss road work for the coming year.