The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 25, 1907, Page 3

Ghe Butler ~ VOL. XXIX Virginia Notes. take possesston the Leeper Foster Items. Company “B” National Guard of He got thrown out of 6 buggy, F snare Ben fume a wife, “ he fo n0w walling Meeane. His ener Brooks, +. on pre or Missouri, Bates County's wiait her tether and mother, Mr. and | "i# ill leave about’ the middleot| Yom ag 2 age rare Splendid Military . Mee Jemee Cusick. | August for her new home. ov yl ot med & het re. . jay, an John Porter brought his danghter|, Tbe Epworth had @ grand See as ts Ladtane, Raneen, Hontep. Organization. home from the asylum last Satur- Ton eal wight. toe Arthar Borron, wile and little son,| ‘The boys of Company “B” 2nd day, where she had been for treat- > ss cos rae nde F. Berry, |! Kansas City, are visiting frlendsin | Regiment Infantry, N. G. M., are ment. on hes pe a ls nab, | Foster making special preparations for the Miss Icy Jenkins came home from Herald, now bishop of the M. E The little son of ‘Lee Shelton is | Annval Eacampment of the National Kansas City last week. She had been a adlas pace, Pa church of | bFeatened wish typhoid fever. Guard to be held at Lake Contrary, there at work. God: “But we do not look for a| _¥r* Boazell, of Kansas City, ts vis- St. Joseph, Mo., August 10th to Hay making will close this week J all all cecquor-| ting ber sister, Mrs, Elmer Laugh- | 18th, where one of the best encamp- around Virginia. Is ie much better | weeping, all pervading, all ceyquer-| ments ever held by the Nattonal than last year. ing revival of religion in thecountry, |, 4 Delmer Webb at-|Guard of Missour! is anticipated Mise Belle Braden, ot Kaneas City, | 20t!) the christian churches shall rise} | 0’ |" som aby ele. 0) Bt a ore of Co “Bp” xz visited the family of Clate Wolt Sat. | in might and do Ite utmost to emite ry Ce ee La sean 2 fo tee Be urday and ony o na ah pantie me Maw sett” Menana| JC: Bigns and wito, of Hume, call-|the members. of the company, and boarded with the family, when she | Women who profess loyallty to Jesus ed on D. H. Arbogast Sunday even- = aoe unt eas ee _— taught echool in the Mound distelct | Chriet will you do it? The young g Smith preached an interesting |young men of Bates county. Com- Rev Sheldon preached at theChrte-| People of the Epworth took thead | | tv 'at 1 Deal ty Bu wT aa a ls tes ely eamnaaational Han chorch last Sunday and atnight | vice of thelr bishop and wenttowork.|"00" AUAY SVN. 6 | tho kind in Bates county, and the to large audiences. He does not Saturday np agg oe Pesblo, a + a bedaide of her | highstandard of its ature ‘sshuea, corre pote age “ oct ce ptt orn “we tote bog at | ck mother and sister. Grandma | tugether with the splendid record the speake plainly on the question an: * Bell and Mra Lanford. company made during the riot at conditions of mankind. The good |*o come home. He wanted to see — ee year leans credit pee for jen to look atter his wounds, but tt | brother was dead. One would think baad iy For Ao pose ae a ie pheceregglhandine = {e said he had a good place beyond serge tye per amg 29th day of February, 1824. He|notheld for amusement andgpleas- the river. v was married three. times. To the|ure, as{s the impresssion of a great Isis reported that Guy Park will bow reg en bearded ped core gecond union five children were born: | many, but are schools of instruction be at home to visit his parents the oa ae eae behind. The pleces Mrs. Sallle Haynes, of Idaho; Mrs. |for the soldier, where the same rigid firet of August. It has been nearly wore all against the traffic, Itthe| Pee Taylor, of Oklahoma; Ben | and strict regulations of the Regular two years since he has been at home. ' on {Il rehi { ‘ ti Caldwell, Jr , of California; Mrs. Rosa | Army are observed, and the men are We look for him to come opposed to Pt “ . if yg bs +! Bell and Miss Jennie, who live near| taught the duty, honor and respect the liquor traffic. on bs are o" Pe oh nse Sprague. Uncle Ben,as he wascalled | dueithe Flag of Our Country,and drills Preaching at M. E. Church next Nai Bata kinds? eavar nave one Olli» everyone, became a Christlan|for company, battalion, regiment Sunday night. . John Harper shipped “nis stock |@arly in life and lived up to his pro- and brigade are held, ard battle George Thompson expects to start | Monday, ‘Aaron. | fesston faithfully and died In eight of |exercises and maneuvers, rifle prac- tor Ohio next week to visit his four ola Votes Dam Bi his home in the great beyond. His tices, and the routine of camp dutles sisters and a brother living near Osceola Votes Dam Bonds. | jas wite died only last February. | areall rehearsed and goue through Springfield. He hae not seen them| Osceola, Mo., July 23.—A spectal) Another old timer has been called | with, the same as for the soldier of for nearly forty years. He ought to | election was held in Oscela today to}home. Uncle Joe Littlefield died at|the Regular Army of the United have a good time. vote bonds to the amount of $9,000 | his home in New Home township last | States, thus constantly instructing Thursday morning at nino o’clock. | the men in the art and principles of war, and better fitting these young James Crook has, bought a farm | for building a dam across the Osage near Santa, Cruse, Cal, which he will| river. The proposition was carried. | Hig children were all at his bedside, and he bid them all goodbye, and re-| menfor the defense of thelr homeand their country. No higher aim or Hi fa er quested them all to meet him in Heaven. His age was 75 years. He/jloftier purpose could inspire the wasa member of the Presbyterian | young man than the senge of duty of church He was buried in thechurch | the protection of our homes and the yardat Foster: The funeral wascon- | Glorious Flag of Our Country. The ducted by Rev. Lint. His text was| boys of Company “B” are manifest- 2Corinthians 5:10: “For we must|ing a deep and lively interest in their all appear before the judgment seat |company affairs, and are proud to of Christ. That every one may re-| belong to such an organization, and ceive the things done in his body, ac-|from present {udications, the com- cording to that he hath done. | pany will go to camp with amember- Whether {t be good or bad.” ship of at least fifty strong and one Clover Leai | Manure Spreader. Topsy. | ofthe best companies Butler hasever SEE een had Southwest Summit. Captain Harper states that a prac- The extreme hot weather has com-|*icecamp wil) in all probability be pelledjsome to keep in the shade. held here at this clty a few days pre- Everyone has been more thanrush- Vious to the departure of the com- ed with work and will still be this pany for the encampment. week, help very scarce. Miss Pearl Beach has been spend-| Wants to Build a County Home. ing her summer vacation at ElDora- From the Hume Telephone. do Springs. Tam still of the opinion that Bates The Feather man has been doing a county should make some liberal rushing business and we think every provision for her worthy poor. onejhas a clean, soft bed on which to| Every oneI havespoken to about rest; their weary bones. the matter coincides with my sug- Minnie Brannock has been on the | gestion as made last week. The ac- aick Het, but is much better at this/commodations as afforded. by the writing. present ‘‘poor farm” are not in keep- Wheat is. poor yield sofaras we|ing with civilization. Let us builda have heard, going from 8 to 16 bu. |structure that will refleeé credit to per flacre. Corn has made a fine| Bates county, and afford comfort to growth since the rain and from pres-| the unfortunate. I would not be in ent prospecte will get there. favor of issuing interest bearing The faneral of old Mr. Nuckols was | bonds to build and equip it. I would held from the home on Thursday | suggest that Major F. H. Crowell, morning. Hehbad beenin poor health|who ts the chairman of the Bates for come time, though his last sick-|County Board of Visitors, circulate ness was of short duration. Four/a petition asking the county court to submit the proposition to the This machine is of the endless apron type, and is completely under the control of the operator at all times. » The amount of manure or fertilizer distributed can be regulated accurately, and the spreading stopped or start- ed at the will of the driver without stopping the team. It has points over any other spreader. Call at our store if you are in the market for a spreader this fall, and we will explain why it will be to your interest to place an order NOW. The fact: that the Clover Leaf Spreader is : made by the International Harvester Co. is in itself a - (guarantee that you will get the best that can be pro- duced. The vibrating rake is a feature found only on the CloverjLeaf Spreader._ It serves to level the load and as- . sists in}breaking up large chunks;“and thus insures the ~ even distribution of well-pulverized manure. If {ite euch a bad example to raise | won't cost much. money for the church with {ce cream suppers and eelling cake, what is to|‘ Lord” Barrington be done when children are coaxed to| Granted Respite. Sunday School by giving themeundy| y,ergon City, Mo., July 28, 2:08 p. m.—Governor Folk to-day grant- SOLD AT \ , .. The Hardware Store, 0s, & Co leaves three daughters, viz. sourl Pacific passenger train at Greenwood, Mo., Sunday afternoon. Mr. Kissel was 23 years old, and had been in the employ of the Pleasant | young man had gone to spend Sun- day with his parents. He went to poses. the station here to catch a freight | train which had taken elding at the | sixteen years ago, ninety-five thous- far switch. Riding a passenger train, and dollars. The Water Company out to meet the freight train, he! mortgaged the plant for seventy jumped off the passenger train while | thousand dollars. The remainder it was going fast. It threw him | of the twenty-five thousand dollars against the freight, and he fell back | was furnished by the stockholders in under the passenger traln. the year 1891. For the first ten dressed middle aged one legged man | and escorted him to the calaboose, reports the Ft. Scott Monitor. -The man’s name was recorded at the! police court as Chas. Smith. He charged with betng an imposter. The | man has been at Ft. Scott three dit- ging and recefving alms with which to purchase an artificial leg. He' has traveled far and wide and {s eup- posed to have collected enough to supply a thousand legless men with artificial Iimbs. The same individ- ual has worked Butler several times, and was here only last week. Giving alms to professional medicants {snot charity, but an evil by encouraging fraud. than has the newspaper business in the last few years, says the Moberly Democrat. They used to eke outa bare exietence for a number of years, but now, {¢ either makes money, or| goes “busted” in a short time. It is fast becoming one of the most ex- pensive businesses, in so far as equip- | manner, we aek the voters to ratify ment {!s concerned, in which one can engage and the amount of capital necessary to make {¢ @ success has | “!!- largely increased. Mrs. H. C. Allin, Mrs. H. C. Allin, of Kentucky, died at the home of her daughter, Mra. WATER WORKS. Thos. J. Smith, Tuesday morning, after an {lines of ten days duration. To rue Tax Payne Vorers at Bur- She was here ona visit when strick-| LER, Missouri, en. Funeral services were conducted, After agitation for several years from the family residence, Wednes ' by the newspapers and the people of . day afternoon at 5 oclock, by Rev. Butler, about procuring water works Mayfield and interment was made in and having been urged by many Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs, Allin was ' citizens, and particularly by the late 74 years of age, has beena- very Col. N. A. Wade, whose paper was, active woman in the affairs of lite on account of {ts unceasing demands, and accomplished much good. She culled the “Water Works Daily,” F. Mrs. | J. Tygard, J. C. Clark, J. R. Jenkins Thos. J. Smith, Mrs. W. L. Curry, of ‘and Wm. E. Walton conceived the Louisville and Mrs, 8. B, Thompson, | {dea, about sixteen years ago, that of Springfield, Ky. They were all| Butler would be greatly benefitted ‘present when she died. Thus has an- by having a good water works sys- other good woman fulfilled her mis-| tem. sion upon earth and gone to receive her reward. ‘HISTORY OF BUTLER With this thought {n mind they organized the Butler Water, Light {and Power Company, and Butler Bank Cashier Killed. granted them a twenty year fran- Vollie Kissel, assistant cashier of | chise. o., was killed by a westbourd Mis- , {ll bank about four years. His the Farmers’ Bank at Pleasant Hill,; The Company then built the best system, with the best machinery that could be had, sparing nothing In labor or expense to give Butler a good water works plant. During these sixteen years there | was never an hour that the Company ther, R. M. Kissel, is a retiredfarm- | failed to supply sufficient water to of Greenwood, Mo., where the) extinguish any fire or furnish the clt!zena with water for other pur- The entire plant cost, when built One Legged Fraud. years the revenue from the city aad Chief Mendenhall picked up a well | rent times in as many years, beg- peomety.2en8. | sary improvements consumers was not sufficlent to pay the interest on the seventy thousand dollar mortgage, the taxes, and run- ning expenses, and pay for exten- sions into portions of Butler not be- fore furnished with water. The bonds became duesJuly 1st, 1907. The In- ; terest on the bonds has always been | The franchise will expire on Decem- ber 18th, 1910, Owing to the short time the franchise has to run it {s impossible now to remortgage the property for funds to pay off the old mortgage. The only way the Com- pany canexpect to continue opera- ting the plant {sto ask the city of Butler for @ renewal franchise and then remortgage the plant, pay off the old mortgage, and make necee- Not So Easy At It Was. | There are several citizens of Butler No business has changed more | that are now stockholders in the Harvest Times calls for Extension Tables We have a large line in 6, 8 and 10 feet. This month we will take 10 per cent. off the price. A. H. CULVER Furniture Compan y Water Company, in place of two of the original stockholders that are not now interested in the Company. Believing that a renewal of the franchise the only way wecan hope to continue the operation of the Plant in asuccessful and satisfactory the ordinance extending the time of the franchise, if passed by the Coun- 39 16 Butler Water, Light & Power Ce me @-- = ee mate