The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 2, 1906, Page 3

The Butler VOL. XXVIII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1906. echin Cimes. NO. 40 Old Settlers’ Committees. The following named committees have been appointed to make all ar- rangements for the tenth annual re- union of the Bates County Old Set- are’ Association, to be held in this elty on Tuesday, August 28th: Finunce—Thralla, Wix, Armetrong. Speakers—F. Smith, Austin, Wix. Program—Hickman, Pettys, Aus- tin. Grounds—Hutechinson, Hart, Ed- wars. Instrumental Muste—Prof. Allison, C B. McFarland, A. H. Culver. Vocal Music—Meadames J. F. Smith, Bi. Suyder, T. J. Day. Amusement—Dr, Lockwood, T. L Pettys, T. J. Day. Grand Marshal—G. B. Hickman. Preparing For the Last Call. Uncle Laben Warren, the last sur: viving Mexican war veteran in Bates couaty, was@ pleasagt caller the last of the week. He served one year fn the Mexican war, going out in 1846 and returning to the States in 1847. Hoe fought in the battle of Vera Cruze, Sera Gorda and many other minor fights. He sald Sera Gorda was the bloodiest battle he participated in and there was fierce fighting on both sides. Uncle Laben recently completed his coffia, made from walnut lumber which he had sawed and has been preserving for a long time. He is now fitting up the burial lot in the little grove near Cornland, where hie firat wile is buried. It isa beautifal site, high and dry, shady and wherehe has five children laid away, three by his last wife. He has recently had fron posts get in concrete two feet, and 34 feet above ground, with an inch fron rod railing around the top to protect .\hislot. Uncle Laben is calmly and week. OUR SHOES are made on absolutely correct principles, the correct stock and are styl- ish and up-to-date. They last and have the snap that please the people. No matter what kind of feet you have, tender, bunion or corn, broad or nar- row feet. We have a fit for every foot. Come in and see for yourself. HIRAM NICHOLS, THE SHOE MAN. NicHoLs Shoes are better. Colored lawns at 34, 5, 6%, 8%, 1ce! at Hill’s Cash Store. Milton Fletcher, prominent grocery merchant of Lamar, spent Sunday in the city visiting relatives and griends. James Welch and Thomas Burten left overland for Colorado Mondey morning. They expect to be gone until abont the middle of October. Read the advertisements in THE JUnans and patronize the etores that Invites you to call at their place of business, I¢ will pay you to keep Beautiful White Waistings at McKIBBENS, WE ARE unt For THE systematically preparing for the last posted. = LADUE sflomt JOURNAL call, which he knows, in the nature of Fall Mne ribbon just received al ! | things, can not be delayed mavy Hill’s Cash Store. He takes a philosophical ‘e. PATTERNS (2) RRS COP MONTHLY STYLE BOOK FREE Wge | View of the matter and takes great Fire at Platteburg, Mo., Sunday pride in his final preparations. destroyed a half block of bueiress| * houses, The damage to buildings Hagh and stocks of goods ts essimated At} os sotto, while playing ball : . Keeuer tractuced a bone of R. L, Braden was a pleagant caller $50,000. / Sunday morning. ‘The injary was while in the clty on Tuesday. Bob 50c white embroidered hand bags | caused by a fall and twisting of the {a enthustastic for the whole ticket tor 85c at Hill’s Cash Store. ankle. and doesn’t think any of {t 1s in danger. He has. been a prominent man in party affairs for a term of years, Recent rains have insured this part of Oklahoma an {mmenee corn crop and the farmers who atill have old corn are losing no time getting !t on Hon. Lawrence M. Griffith and| Mrs, J. J. Uameron, who has been Watt. B Dawson, of Rich Hill, car- | suffering for some time with a rising didates for Representative and Prose: ' on ¢he elbow of her right arm, is re- cuting attorney respectively, were 10 | ported critically ill, at their home Butler on Monday attending the | gouth of Butler. committee meeting. Nice line walst sets, collar pin?,’ang other prominent Democrats beads and bracelets at Hill’s Vash | trom every section of the county on Btore. last Monday and they all report the Hon. John I. Martin, of St. Louts, | Democrats as being well satisfied and was in Butler Saturday on business. | enthusiastic inthe support of the Col. Martin has been sergeantat-| gickes, arms of the four last National Dem- ocratic conventions. He isalawyer, | AGENTS WANTED EvEeRYWHERE.— as well as a polltician. To select subscriptions to the hand- table for echool | somes’ and most ably edited Farm Rd or en from 10c up at Journal in the west. @ood commie Hill’s Cash Store. sion and salary to hustlers. Ad- dress, Te New Sourawest Pvus.Co., Mise Lou’ Weddle died at the -_ 811 Market St., 8t. Louis, Mo. 38 3 of her father, James Weddle, south- 3. met Hook hes taken charge west of Butler, Sunday morning, of of the campaign end te laying a to H. W. Cole 2,000 bushels and are delivering it here this week.—Elgin (Okla. ) Chief. The Harris Bros. referred toabove are Ove and John Harris, brothers in-law of Recorder Lisle and former popular citizens of this county. The Caas County Democratrepor's the destruction of a hay barn and about ten tons of choice hay by @ bolt of lightning on the farm of Robt. A. Brown near Harrisonville the oth- er day, and the exceeding narrow escape of three men in the barn at the time ft was etrack by lightning. consumption. Burial in Morris). ean old stager. Heex- Allthree of the men were more or less ve yard Monday afternoon. pecte headquarter hurt, and one of them was thought pti a . Pi to be in a dangerous condition. Butler about the firet of September and will atay here to give the mat- ter his personal attenfion until after the election. I¢ ie apparent at this time that the Central Committee Peter Pan purses and many etyles in leather hand bags from 25c to $1.75 at Hill’s Cash Store. ; ‘¥,H. Crowell and | ! ee ont ob pri from summer with her parents, Mr. and oe atareion trip vhroughout the Mrs, Steve Hart. It i said that ben prin {te chairman, and there will shure be | Caseel Hale and Sidney recently sold Panhandle ot Texse the last a something | in a political way in week. They pratee out the major part of their holdings apragehae Bats county thi tal at Artesia, and rumor has {t, cleaned Sidney Hale came in from New Mexico the firat of the week to join at night, but claim ~ fry | years, eggs on the bed poste i| prematore explosion of a atick of| cattle ranch, and now that country New Mexico. edeghengors raammtte about 9 o'clock last Sun-|is settling up fast, and they could bak we wont te rather. Messrs? day morning, says the Jeffersonian. eell out at advanced figures. He ike peoaste oe Inspeaking of the Hume Telephone on teating dynami : Ihe | nd vases, flowers in boquets and explosion occurred. His righthand}, ches, flowers everywhere—all a black streak “| county, sd will be at home to their friends. Ps 1 4. Walton Allen played with the Crawford Orchestra, at the Baptist Association, at Warrensburg last Judge and Mrs. Graves returned the last of the week from Garden City, where they had been visiting the Judge’s parents. C. H. Conger came in from Wash- ington City to join his wife, who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Edwards. The Appleton City Journal prints a complete roster of the subscribers to the Appleton City and Rockville Telephone Exchange. Mr. and Mra. J.C. Wright had 23 spring chickens smothered to death in a box in which they were bringing them to market on last Friday. Mrs. Thos. J. Smith has returned home from a protracted visit to rel- atives and old friends in Kentuckey. She wentthere dung the “Home coming week.” Jobn B. Powell joined his wife here Saturda *, who had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mra, M. F. Kinney tor several weeks, Their home is at River Forest, Ills. Johu M. Harlin was visiting his parente-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Hupp last week. He is a postal clerk witha run between Kansas City and Pratt, Kan. Isabel West, of La Due, Henry county, {s {ll at the home of her sister, Mra, A. H. Black, on Me- chanic etreet. She is apparently, un- able to take nourishment and her recovery is despaired of. Mrs, Senator Willlam Warner and Ex- Senator F. M. Cockrell have been in- vited to address the old settlers as- sociation at its reunton in Butler on |/!¢; Angust 28th. It {1s to be hoped that both of these illustrious Missourians will honor ue with thelr prusence on that occasion. Leonard, the eight year old son of W. C. Bernhardt, had his ankle frac- tured in an automatic hay rake, on their place west of town Thursday afternoon. He was assisting in the hay field when the accident occurred. Dr. Foster was called and set the in- jured member, and says that with no complications, the boy will soon be well, Mr. and Mre. W. F. Duvall left Saturday for Burlington, Vermont, ri to visit Mr. and Mrs. H. E Percival, We interviewed the committeemen the market. The Harris Bros. sold and Mr. Duvall will look after bust- ness interests. On the way they ex- pect to stop over at Niagara Falle, Buffalo, N. Y., Toronto and Montre- al, Canada. They expect to take the famous trip by steamer down the Bt. Lawrence river. They will be gone about two weeks. Warrensburg Presbyterians are in a church row that will be decided in the circuit court. Recently they de- cided to unite the Cumberland with the parent body and this was sup- posed to have been accomplished. Some of the Cumberlands, however, upset the consolidation and. an- nounced services as usual, breaking open the edifice for that purpose. Senator Cockrell is one of the elders of this church, but he fs away. The wires running to “Tue TIMES formation bureau” have not been jo poner the interview of | ing state reunton, selecting delegates blican ‘pul convention and the editor Gt the Republican-Press. The candi- | er necessary business. A full attend- ‘date reminded Mr. Funk, in sub- stance, that he was the only Repub- lican before the convention for that office, that the candidate the Press of the climate in the Panhandle, cay > forced upon the was & populles ¢ under two blankets} Austin Malhearn, aged about 43 up about $70,000 in the transaction. thin party at Ro That thay hed tosleep xy seven miles north of Higgine-|They then went down below San ee . Republican-Press had advocated vie, Mo,, lost hie right hand by the| Antone, Texas, and boaght ® big| Popullets and boltere Tor nearly ov.|cnme Sunday to sxe her sister, Mrs. m Congress him ff he shought the old line | Joe Hensley, he having died several blicans would stand for such|years ago, and she was married treatment. Manriev.~<At the bride’s home, Flower show, in that town last week, Arthur Thomas and Rosa CobbJaly, the Rich Hill Review said: “There . were banke of f flowers in pote pans koyge’ Squire W. A. Woods of kod e as Repal friends eat down to a bountiful sup- ? ladies take sid inst the li was blown to atoms and the kinds of flowers, A fine crowd was |" prepared by Mrs. Cobb. The P aae eget te US ee ae. ee injured at the knee. ‘| bride, the tor of Mrs. Cobb, is | ttafite. ~ . Peed ripped to the hip and a very amiable and accompliehed Mrs. McGee, of Omaha, fs visiting — pag A gem ve bey be pant’s leg was F'p) Young lady. The groom, a son.of J. her mother, Mre. Cole Hensley, for a | £0.08 this tall, jon to their . Thomas, an old resident of Bates is well known and has pre- a comfortable home and eur- Mr. and Mrs. Oren Jenkins came over from Appleton City Sunday. Mr. Jenkins returned Monday, but Mrs. Jenkins will remain some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. F. Herrell A number of runaway accidents have happened {n and about Butler during the past year, the cause for the greater numb-r being the tongue falling from the neck yoke. Nomat- ter how well broke a team is, if this happens there {is ulmost sure to be trouble, and especially if the team is going down grade. All that could be avoided if people were more care- ful in bitching up. Shorten the breast straps or traces until the horsvs have the appearances of fit- ting their harness, and don't les the tongue knock around thelr knees, It the horses are hitched in neat and snug they look better, travel batter and the element of danger from a dropplug tongue is eliminated. Brick and Stone Work Completed. The brick work was finished and the atone coping laid on the Frater- nal Lun butlding Monday. The roof is on and inside work fg now under- way. This will be rushed so com- ge and {t is confidently asserted y those having the work in charge, that the building will be completed and ready for occupancy by October let. The fires brick was laid on April 18th 1806. The building of this fine hotel structure has been a big improvement to Butler. No town of it’s size in the state can now boast of a finer hotel structure. Circuit Court. Judge Denton held an adjourned session of Circuit Court Monday. Four divorces were granted as fol- lows: Lottle Owen from Charles Owen; Lena Zinn from George Zinn Lena Varnes from John Varnes; Estella Hawley from William Haw- MO'ld | DNIGIA ee ax Na goos ss HDNO y c y- ‘James Blaine, who held up and at- nee to rob Dr. Christy a tew weeke ago, wasarraigned plead guilty and sentenced to two years in the nitentiary. He was taken to Jef- erson City on Tuesday by Sheriff Morris and landed !n the peniten- tiary. Bryan’s Southwest Reception. Preparation !s underway for tend- ering Mr. Bryan a big reception in St. Louis, when he will come from the Chicago reception. Will A. Roth- well, Missouri member of the Demo- cratic National Committee, writes, Inviting the editor of Tur TiMEs to @ conference in St. Louis next Monday, when arrangements will be eomplet- ed to make this the grandest recep- tion of all, when the national leader will be received by the Democracy of the great southwest. Old Settlers’ Picnic. Members of the various committees for the Old Settlers’ Picnic are re- quested to meet at the Circuit Court room on Thureday, August 2, at 8 o’clock to make necessary arrange: ments for our 10th annual meting on Tuesday Aug. 28. It is hoped every member will be present. By order of President. 0. D. Austin, Secretary. Confederate Veterans. Members of Marmaduke Camp Ex- Confederate Veterans are hereby call- ed to meet at Butler on Saturday, Aug. 11th, at 2 p. m., for the purpose of making arrangements for thecom- ‘OD GNV S.0Ud NOOVAC 44 PI9S MO'ld DNVD OPS Fs gs z a aunt to her home in Washington county, Penn. It will be a grand treat for Mise Grace to make the trip aud climb the hills; she will learn more than going to school. The hum of the thresher was heard near Virginia last week The Telephone Co. {s getting the wire on the poles, and will soon be ready to give connection to Butler, Ameterdam aud Amorets. Aaron talked to some of the people northof Virginia Sunday. Dr.Smith has an extra phone in the house with the north wire attached, eo that the north can talk with Board, and will be put in ite place thie week. Aaron got the ditch law last Satur- day,and will study about ditching the botsom thie fall, as it appears to beakind of side issue to catch votes of persons that are opposed to the im- provements in the county or rather opposing men that have bought large tracts of land from forming a company to improve their own land for their own good and the good of the county in general. Latter day campaigning !* a fanny machine. Fred Drysdale thinke it V. McFad- den goes to Jop| will go to Southeast Miesourl- wrence Mc- Cann thinks he will work and save his Lege Mies Addie Cope, of Butler, was out candidate before the Re to same, and the transaction of oth- Tuos, O'NEILL, Commander. Virginia Notes. Amanda Collasne, of Oklahoma, ance is desired. down and W. D. Orear, better known ae Mrs. Mra. W.J Park and daughter, of Pine Bluff, Ark., {e visiting heraister, Mrs. James Cuzick. We noticed that Mise Park wore a medal given by the W.C.T. U, One by one the young fifty guests and month. Rev. Baker talked to the people Sunday. Will Ruble and John Harper ehip: ped acar load of hogs Monday night. \I¢is hard work to get a car load of here at 6. for his young bride, T Miss Grace Martin will leave Tues. | HOR? preeent 4 ay dey for Mexico, Mo., to visit relatives wan mea penpis Oe not sure whe. ‘A Fenn, {tor e‘few days, and then go with ber riding last Sunday night. Aanow,