The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 24, 1908, Page 1

ne em Fe 2 NAR cena a ETRE ET ET TT SO BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908. HOUGH high HARMONY, WILL BE FOUND AT 3 COLLEGE SUITS. Freely endorsed by the College Boys. EXTREME STYLE, SWELL in every pare ticular—NATTY and TRIM. DAVID M. PFAELZER & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. ORIGINATORS OF . Fashion, YOUNG MEN'S CLOTHES. style predominates the same degree of care is bestowed on HIGH GRADE FABRIC, COLOR, and DURABILITY. COMFORT are the characteristics. A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF COLORS AND DESIGNS. $7.00 75 $25.00 M LEVY MERCANTILE CO. MAKERS DASH, STRENGTH and Soeltda’s family. Last Friday, Sept. llst, was r A ? “ _Kele day for mothers at Foster visiting her sister ta Kisusns Uivy, re- | pig grailed Sunday School Unio: turned home W ednepday. ‘ ‘workers, 20 {n all, took into skeir Mrs. Grantham, of Nebraska, te | heads to entertain the mothers of visittog her brother, Amos Loyd. the various 8. 5. represeuted intow Brannan Smiley, of barton, Mo, With them to decide means success is visiting his yrandiatter, Mr. Cole This you will see atter 1 bave told Her. yor how Bach teacher fiavited ber The Presbyserian church will give mother all counted between 50 unc an ice cream supper Sssurday even 60. Mrs. & E Laughlin fu ehat; ing, Sept. 26. Everybody invited. Miss Myrtle Campbell at the orgar Mr. and Mra. Cobb speus Sunday The Union gave sheir regular muate with her purents, Mr. aud Mrs. Gooi | for thefr work enough. ‘ | the minutes and communication A-nomber of Foster people attend ; prayer by Mra. Campbell, after whic. ed the stock show a6 Hume Thure:| Mes. Miller gave the lessor: David day. Among those that wos prizes tTaade King. Mrs Wo Ro Wilson, were: Billie Briscoe, Colie Colter, When the Union was organized to and Lee Smith. Billie Briscoe took , Foster, The Why and How made first prizson & young mulennd Collic, plata to all. Mrs fires prize on a span of ovules and Le, the mothers encouraging them to be Foster Notes. Miss Pearl Badgett, who hina beau Smith, first prize ou a pair of driving faithful to SS. A few question was, presented to the eudience for discus sion, bné the committee got busy with tce cream aud coke and the best Foster. we ever tacted, too, and the question Mrs. Treasure ts’ on the sick Hat | was forgotven for the evening. Next Mrs, Jno, Belk and Mrs. Hereferd are) came Mre (llis with camera, and we improving. hustled to look our best. Divan Earl Hair is making molasses | H. H. Havely is having. a fvunde | tion put {in for a building as his ol | stan’. - | D. H. Arpogast & Sons have lat | thelr coal tools aside und pusina week cutting corn. Mrs David Snuffer and son, Pear! and family spent Sunday wit! Ed horses. Tom Badgett and wile, of Nes Home, visited wish his parents a! The annual Stock Show at Hume last week was a decided success bosin from the point of attendance and stock shown. These annual exhiblés of stock and farm products are & good thing for the town and coun- | try and the enterprise of our south- | west nelghbors are to be congrasu- \Tated. No railroad can carry passengers for two cents a mile unless it carries a lot of them; and the more passen- gers the cheaper it can afford to carry them. That is the rule of all business. It explains why no small manufacturer can make such a shoe as “Queen Qual- ity” for the price. This price is only possible when behind it you have the largest factory of women’s shoes in the world. POFFENBARGER & DOUGLASS Mrs. Boatright read | F. Bell talked to} Mingo and North East Bates. Yhe facicers are all busy sowing whent Severe! from shis vieinity attended 'Masontrink’s sale ta Cass county Otte and Avis Compton were cut- ung corn for CV. Twombly last Week don Cras. and John Mills, fucome- wit! their lady friends, attend. ; Fair at Butler last Thursday. G W. Gart has wone to Inols for a visit. due Mille fs running the erm durin bis absence We ure informe that seven of the par ‘school parents’ meeting laat Priday These meetings should have & larger attendan: >, ood that is expected of them, } A.B. Thurman made a flying trip to the Bustier Pair jast Thursday. We see lu last week’s Times that George Fisher has been drawn as petit jury man from Mingo township Ibis now Rieb Wolrhaye’s turn to bunt for & vippiog tank. The Advent mectlag {3 stl going on at Lucas Judge Estes Smith andfamily spent Sunday at Will Staley’s fn Cause C6. School will begin at Hackler nexs Monday. The people of Hackler have built a nice eubstantlal schou! house, which should {nspire pupils wud teacher to do excellent work shis year, Charley Dale, of Creighton, called in our vicinity lust Sunday evening. Judd McArthur and wile returned lass week from Colorado Springs,'can and the increased Democratic! where they have resided for the past two years. We welcome them buck to “Old Missouri.” = Mrs. Covey, of Butler, {a epending the week at R. K. Godwin’s. Rev. Maxey filled his appointment ‘as Cove Creek Sunday, mornivg and evening. Berry & Sons are drillipg wheat for Wise Bros. Misses Mary Middleton and Grace Gray spent Saturday and Sunday, visiting home folks. C. V. Twombley attended Ralph Nichols’ sale last Monday. Wood Hill and wife are visiting at R. 8. Snow’s this week. They will start for Montana ia the nearfuture. Bryan echool is Papereesing under the management of Miss Colson. . Mies Elete McClenney, who {a teach- {ng in Creighton, spent Saturday and Sunday ne at home. Fayette Snow drove, to Henry county last Sunday evening. Your “aunt” thinks he fe getting ready to use thoee “improvements.” Will Kiersey and family epent Sun- day at Pelley’s. . R. Staley and Charley Robinson arecutting eaw-logs. AUNT JEMIMA, Amoret. John Cheshier ie building a new residence. Mra. Nelson Cole, who has been on a vielt to Obio, suffered a stroke of paralyeis while there. Mrs. Wyatt of Grandview was a guest at the C. E. Robbins home last week. While in Batler last week, Nels All- man sold a team of fine = and purchased a single driver. Mrs. C. B. Powers of St. Joseph was a goest of her son Dr. Powers last week. hpatrous atiended- the MeKtaley{ if they accomplish the! Virginia. Mrs. H. H. Fleisher, of Lamar, fs Visiting her brother, G. W. Park, and other relatives J.J, Wolfe is proud of his new boy. Thos. Famuliner, of Cass county, ) who attended the Bates Co. Fatrlast ; Week, returned home Monday. Voloey McFadden got home Sat jurday, after spending a month with | relatives near Los Angeles, Cal. He jsays he had a good time visiting jirlends and looking at the country And looking at the yreat waters aud bills and valley and handsome \ladies He, Ike bis father, resurned {so Missourt to look after the ladtes here. Many of the Parktown folks at | te nded the funeral of thelr cousta, ) Mes Oreur, in Butler last Monday | Large crowd at preaching at the Christian Churet last Sabbath Don's forges the feavor Rally at the Virginia ¢ Wan Church next Sunday, Seps , | Withers, editor of + the ‘Snterstate Christlan Endeavor {peper, and Frank B, Fineh, secre tary of Young People’s Work for Missourt, both of Kansas Clty, Mo , ‘will be the prinelpal spe: kers, MORNING SESSION Sunday Sehool Lc wm Jadeaver ) Lecture 12:00 8a. m | EVENING SESSION CE meeting 7:00 p m Tople:, The Cry of the Clty. Lend er, Earl Kelli ger Closing service 3:00 p.m. Every one ts cordially invited to ‘attend | Wil Braden, of Kansas City, Mo. who is visiting relatives io Amoret, drove over to Parktown Snvurday, Guy M | Educational Notes. By A. L. Ives, Nearly all the schools began Mon- day, September 7th. For local rea suus a few did not open on that day; buta far iarger number of schools began at the same time this year than ever before, This is a hopeful siqu. Phe County Teachers’ Association will be beld in Butler, October 22-2U-24. Tete the duty of all ihe teachers to attend. A copy of the program bas boon mailed to every “acher In the county, The Ssace feachers’ Associution will be eld Li Kunses Oley, December 20-30-31 Let us have a large bbendance | Hates county Ceachers at this meee Ine Io the last three years 255 boys aud xirls have been graduated from Ue rura land villageschools of she coun by. These are anoble produce of viv schools, at least 75 per ceut of shen having pursued their seuctes furthe fu the high schools. This ts & good work; but some of our schools, an even townships, seem nob bo have reached, These graduates have be ii ometrom wbout 75 of the 130 ser ly rural schools, What have the other 55 been doing? Of the town- ships, Deer Creek and Shawnee wre i the lead with St and 24 praduates respectively, Charlotte and Grand River are good seconds each with 16 Homer and Mound are next with 12 each, Osage has one and Rockville none, Osher townships have from 2 toll A better day {8 coming. Schoo boards and people are saking are Virginta has a blacksmith at jpreaent. Bring your horsesthat you want shod. JH. Park bas some fancy last fall Duroe Jersey giite and males. Some of them are of the Uhfo and top notcher breeding. AARON, An Exciting Close. Theeclosing hours of the falrthreat ened fora time to be very exelting tn the quarter stretch where most ofthe betting was done. A ery of fraud when & jockey was seen to whip a | horse over the head as he came un- ‘der the wire. The owner of the horse ridden by the offending jockey was set upon by a number of touts who | had money up on she race, with the ery of “lyoch him.” Mr, horeeman wot out of range of the grand stand, then turned, drew something from his pocket that glistered tn the sun, j#nd the would-be lynchers faded away. Shortly after negro Osks {got into a dispute with some white | land it was about all the « ficers could do to head (ff a suré enough tragedy. Ovks ived some rough jhandling, until be gow te outer dae of the crowd, w lear tied him out of de ib Was sure xclbing for a time and the majority {n the crowd that was clamortog for | the negro’s blood, bad no ides what the trouble was. Maine’s Vote Grows Significant. In the Hyht cf the events «f the past week the returns from Maine ivake on & Dew significauie. There jmay have been local causes: which contributed to the icduced Republl- ere ley | vote. The saloon issue may have | been the one that burned. The No-| | vember election may even show an! jastonishing revereal cf form. But! | for the present we are bound to con- , sider thas if the vote in Maine show- jed anything it showed thas there are /more Democrats and fewer Republi. | /cans there than there were four, eight and twelve years ago. It showed that this year the Democrats are going to vo*> with their party and that the Republicans are waver- {ng in their faith. This being the eltuation, the ques- tion is naturally raised as to what the outcome will be when all Demo- crate vote with thelr party and — Republicans join them.—Re public, Whitecotton For Cowherd. Monroe City, Mo., Sept. 21.—A Bryan and Cowherd club was organ- ized here. R. S. McClintoc was elect- ed president and J. W. Coxsecretary. Thereare seventy-three charter mem- bers, and it {fe belleved that the club will number 400 within a few days. J.H. Whitecotton, who withdrew from the race for Governor, made a rousing speech. “Lam now as earnestly for W.S. | Cowherd as I was for David A. Ball before the primary,” he said. Merwin. The livery barn {e being re-roofed. a to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Sayles, | a boy. | Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Bell, a girl. j Born, to Mr.and Mre. R.C._ Frazee. | @ boy. i On the sick list are: Mise Essie Lee, | Mrs. 8. Daniele, Migs Clara Mordica, ifeHows over the same alleged foul, | newed and an tnereased fnberest 16 the schoo! and tts work. They ar demanding better teachers nud loug er and continuous school terns, These improved condittoos will some day bring good resulss from sil our schools, : We wre pleased to note she interest manifested fn “House Cleaning Day.” A large number of theschours appropriately observed the 'On vecount of loca! conditious in jeome of the districts, the peopl jcould not meet on the day set apart for the fmprovemen: school build {ngs aod grounds, bu’ they metlater and did the work snggesied. In stil atew other distrieta the work was done before August 26h. Here re u» few of the reports re Miss Loy Bullfinch, teacher Pleasant Valley school fa Lone Oak }township, writes: ‘We observed } House Cleantog Day tases Wedses faa) \day. Several of the pasrons wore presentand the house was cleaned and the yard mowed, The seiool board will have the platform rebutl!s later,” A, Karsom snys of the “Only « few were p House Clog g Day. Nev we did some cleaning, bt maltns to be done | jthe children to help mie afters: begins.” Miss Clara Sunderwirth, of Pratrie Peru " ach ! ALL OUR New City, eas ‘house the H, Culver Fur, Co, HEADQUARTERS FOR GOOD FURNITURE THE BEST STOCK WE HAVE EVER SHOWN Come and See A. H. CULVER Furniture Company “The schoolhoure yard have been thoroughly clean and put !n good condition k opening « f school.” Miss Florence Gerard says of tt Hudson sehool; “All the work sug- wested by you for Hotse Cleantag Day was done several days before August 26th. I visited the schoot xb day and found te fn good condition.” Enterprise school, Spruce town- ship, Mrs. George Hendricks, tench er: “Several persons tneluding auy- self met at she sehoolt use yester- day (August 266b) and cleaned up everything, The echool has recently had the butlding patnted tn- alde and outstde.” Miss Rehel Hereoll says for thes achoe!: “We observed Hlouse Clean- ing Day. ! bulldfog was thor oughly « weording to your sues I put up a few new ple- tures walls, The yard Was mowed, teoos trimmed and shi rubbtet frendy to burn. Anew conthouse and plittorn »re us bhe week befor “Old Reliable” Safe From Burg- lary. ade pu lemolistratlon Lleetries! Gurdlar alarm system 7 ably M led in the big vaults of bhie \i Seate Bank and Walton Prust Company was given Thursday torning and tally exple to sh Vast throug Wileh gathered tuto éhe bank to withers it, dhe t vaule ts Hned with steel plites aud so charg ed with electr that & touch wt any polos will stare the Sly kone ) ‘ wolng whichern be bee ra oa wow placed ot differen’ points, ubelde bh Ndlng se f t ecence {hese aera sliglites: q with the vaule or any wires btading bo It, sets bem: feto awake off and a notse fs mode the town, The apparatus contr {ng the whole system ts located the inside of the vault, tad is n trolled by cioekwork which ts under coatrol of the bank offetals Asa further and extra precaue ary arrangement’ tO make the } tection ef the vault absccutely from burulary ax plobe is wieh a quid, whieh if tberated into adeudly gas whteh noo reasure can breathe an glass glob so plaeed 'n thas an exploston which we the veule« rsor si theqrhressitdtibersie and no burglar or seb of tylars 5 . vaulb bo bhele ‘ ke that } , OT pe { Mes Hv be and especta'ly impr ! 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