The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 8, 1909, Page 1

ot eee 4 V0 4 v4 ce Vi Historicai Soci- ety, ) Sey A+ — a — A es —— ——— VOL. XXXI. BUTLER, MISSOURI, SDAY, JULY 8, 1909. NUMBER 37. [an eee rs eae — Foster Items. Do You want to ; _ W. P. Mullis, Foster's be cool, stylish | jyer7m™ was in Rich and comfortable Alonzo Bright went over. to ¥ | Mingo and Northeast Bates. ; Well, the Fourth is over. We only got two firecrackers. Some of us jcelebrated, and some of us didn’t, we didn’t. Letter From Seattle. | FOURTH IN BUTLER. Clarence L. Mills, who is practic- cnet ing law in Seattle, Wash., writes The Times the following letter, which will Big Crowd. Fine Parade. De- be read with interest by his many, | rett . He is recei We have had some remarkably| Bates county friends: | lightful Weather. Good Time. at small cost? cal Koran A from Dr. Broce ~| warm weather down in this corner, "friend lakes = | The big Fourth celebration in But- All of our finest Homer Ch we are sorry | _ of late. ¥ 4 for pote waar’ . ‘suvecrtpiion to tler was all that could have been de- learn, is sick Lafe Cu of near Brown. sired by its enthi tic tailored white &» , Lime 9 ie panning, car Brown: |The Times. y its enthusiastic promoters. his home on Seventh ington, farm and mov “My family and myself are doing The weather, while threatening in sin with bie Ly A. W. Nigh- well in every way, physically, finan- —— Any bebe ath mentally, canent tat we day. The crowd was large, and ow- * * % Re are like all other Seattleites—daft on ' if to the farmers being busy in their Lingerie Mr. and Mrs dale Strole are h en a | Sh — the subject of Seattle and this coun- | !ields it was noticeable that the wom- happy parents over the ‘ . werhea ;en and young people largely predom- Dresses li singer, who came to bi@mg' Meeting at the Christian Church ated, red Perry Oneal, of Rich Hill, t colo Foster’ Thursday buying iron. Hi fixed the small boys up for the 4th, the morning, proved ideal for the try—and we all unite in sending best inat rds and wishes to yourself and ; The their home June 25th. ~ ¥y Was well attended Sunday and Sun-| wife and all old-time friends and the on tal 4 ioe one at the best ev- Mrs, Perry Jinnings and daughtem day night. absence of their familier faces is the Sh ouch fun rep ib sat an Uae just of Rich Hill spent a week visiting) Rev. W. C. Self, missi of the | only drawback to our perfect content- f'" inereat bt Ser “a i be her mother, Mrs. Havely. 74 Butler Baptist Association, will preach ' ment on this coast. \ not enough to detract “Our A, Y. P. Exposition would from the splendid pagant. The pa- rs. Dellie Hair left Wednesday! 2t the Baptist Church Saturday night, | , P rade headed by the Butler Concert be a credit to any city, was -~ peat was led by Major Ed. Clark po e at , 1 FA... unday and S ight. E \ > for ElDorado Springs to visit y peey ht. Every-| be ( aT, Half Price son, Jay, and family. She Bou come out and . | finished on the opening day and al 0, I.Lynch and Ordnance Sergeant, e me ')} NS Little Faith Warner, daughter of indications are that it will also bea spn : SS5 sone, fluc. and” ‘Earl wil be effef|Mr. and Mrs Mark’ Warnet; while’ financial success. WH Allen, repronenting the staft oe oe Hill’s potiee — bottle washers, while @hjout horseback riding last Thursday | ‘Since Missouri has become a Re-' 14) Corba, the flower nerds, the s ae C h St hes = OE } publican state, 1 am. not certain but, mounted members of the Central Pro- 2 as. ore. rs. Hattie Cox, who has been vi ‘ brother, all three on one horse, the | that the appellation of ‘Poor Old Mis- tecti a 7 } , , hoe AR he jtective Association, and the rural car- iting ber ro Mr, oad ie. horse became unmanagable and ran Souri”’ is deserved, judging by Gov. | riers in their mail wagons, and the gre le! tturday for her home jowa. ‘away, Faith’ iki Hadley’s veto of the appropriation for t : , of he ion each Lys Riteeon 'the Seattle Exposition, after the young Fame or Si Feel bine ithe knee and ankle, the other two State of Washington had been so lib- | showed much work and splendid f= ichildren were dumped off uninjured. | eral with the St.Louis Fair. Come and jtaste, and as a whole was as good as ‘ see us and you will certaily receive a Mae page hy ‘oof Mango's very indugerious farm, MeRrty welcome, Very truly yours, sod,on"op meu Cver snow inthis ers. Sid cuts wheat all night, and CLM LLS. The prizes were awarded as fol- inp thy Sam forgot) Visits the Old Homestead. et Mrs. Ina Tiffany, J. R And say there were some of our}. J. W. Guyton returned Saturday | Hales and Mr. Gwet. : neighbors who cut wheat and oats froma two months’ trip to his old! Single seat rig. 1st prize, Mrs. Tank x | i. ‘ 5 irgini i alo C. B. Briscoe and wife, Lee Sh Owing to ps ery a and threaten: nicely Sweet. mon yt ye ts Bourth evi | After the basket dinner Sabbath) “4. Shelton ne ing weaner about —_ —— — the ladies fixed up a plate of cake and; celebrating in Fourth of July style, fended. Rev. Billy. Miler, of New [®t to Mrs G. W. Park tar hays epeidiny he Four ri M 4 in| The Park Town young le had , ending | , } ary oad g menpes ond preemies © a fine display of fire Foy onday ; Félatives in this vicinity. . i Dr. Rhoades sports an automobile, ¢ ht. ject in the forenoon “Have you a pur-| M20" : He Quality Hill like a Frisco ’ ad in Mi il Te ; A Dee pose i « e order of the; #¢,g0es up Quali last Sunday. God pity the man who homestead in Maryland. On April, Trimble and Mrs. Gilkerson, 2nd iit ait: Lp Ayah hE PR on Pest tock freight loaded with Texas cattle. don’t rane the shbbath enough to 25th he left Butler for Zanesville, | prize Misses Eiler and McCleese. ated be Povchos ta your fellow man} Some nice open gilts and2 Duroc|, Miss Salia Arbogast, formerly} keep it holy. jOhio, where he was joined by his sis-|" Double seat rig. Ist prize, Misses and to do your Master’s will.” If we| Jersey males for sale, J. H. Park, | Topsy, came down from Kansas Success to the “‘old boy" who used ‘e", Mrs, Sallie A. Murphy, and to-| Clark, Meyer, Snyder and Shafer. have a purpose like that we will not|Butler, Mo., R. 5. Thursday, and will visit home folks pencil the news from this end. gether they journeyed to Baltimore, 2nd prize, Misses Cook, Chastain, be trying to get the best of our fellow! Mrs, Fannie Pilgrim, of Cal., spent | “ti! the middle of July. f. is down to one of the state's great Md., to visit their brother, W. A. | Trimble and Heylman. men in any ifind of a business deal. | wednesday and agrian, 0 with Mrs. | If your friends have come or gone, educational institutions. He takes Guyton, and sister, Mrs. Adaline; Novelty rig: Ist prize Mrs, Har- We will not do anything that would| Thomas Hockett. Mrs. Hockett took|™arried or died, ag! to Adalthe principalship of the Merwin SPicer. He visited the old home- lan and Mrs. Hupp; 2nd Girls Club injure him and we surely will not/her to the Virginia cemetery Ar on Quality Hill, and Dinah] gchool this fall, he is making good. ;stead, which has passed out of his cremytecin church, Japanese rig b vote and work hard to put the bottle| Thursday to see the monuments put) Will do the rest. Ex-Judge Estes Smith and family’ ni aS poe d LF a, o Wether end other ohare to his lips. up to her husband’s and daughter's) E.E. Laughlin sold last week to] visited with Sidney Snow and family the condition h mahered kanal th flies ca utidine aks K rch. th nded | the proprietors of the Kinloch farm] Sunday. 2 nent ne emery Sa) The committee on building decora- nt a aid of the 4 chu pees and Son ped bey Fee “ hr Kitkeville, Mo., 16 head of thor-| om” ‘boy. There was no evidence of de-j tions was: Mrs. F. H. Crowell, Mrs. Take The Times for the news, its cay. This was his first return in for-'D, A. DeArmond and Miss Edith new dress is complete, its editor is ty-nine years, as he left there in May, | Vaughn. For business houses the exact, and its correspondents are 1860. He ate his lunch at the old | first prize went to the Missouri State awful. A.J. F. spring and enjoyed fond recollections , Bank, 2nd to Walker-McKibben Mer- —_—_———— of his be re. hen Seeoee po ang ee me he ag ist over in insville on his return to: prize Mrs. S. F. Warnock, 2nd Mrs. rs West Deepwater, Galt dele bore M. Gu F afternoon and had i¢e cream and | Miss Rachel Parks Thursday even oughbred Jersey cows and calves, cake. A time was enjoyed by|and Friday she returned to Amoret. | for which he received $800.00 for the . Selves en ee na he ae oe sa Dr. Smith rts Fred Braden’s | ro! soon, litle boy, George, as quite sick a few Christian, Endeavor oot 8 poster, ant has it stocked with high ‘May, Vane Walker got hér i ti of John 14:1-21. | © Mrs. D.~ H. and s0n, - finger caught in the washing machine] ' The little folks of Virginia and Park| Rowland, left Sunday morning for Wednesday of last week and cut the}/Town had a nice parade Saturday, end off just behind the nail. July 3rd. Ft. Scott to spend the Fourth with relatives at that place. Quite a number of people attended} Mr. Kuster, of near Nyhart is hélp- the 5th at Butler. ing D. C. Wolfe save his wheat crop. brother, A. a ‘red Dorn. Heat is taking the place of rain and ‘at Buckner to see his daughter, Mrs.| The fire works at night, discharg- farmers are putting in the finishing T. L. Beach. Mr. Guyton reports a ed froma temporary tower erected work on the corn. ; delightful time and that all his rela- on the south east corner of the square James Baker cut oats Monday and ‘CES COE ES Relgnbens vied WHh | ene Tere good indeed, and gave very Tuesday for Herbert Clark and F. J each other in good treatment. general satisfaction. eacny pa ee Boe There were few accidents to mar inn. County Exhibitors. ‘the pleasure of the day. The most Will Neece and wife, of Pittsburg, Kansas, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.-S. McHenry in North|W' Frank Zinn was round with his} Andrew Simpson celebrated the| Foster James Re: . f i i oa ¥ J ynels lost a valuable mare 4 : ‘serious happened in front of Jenkins’ Edward Onione, of Chicago, will of Your paper that I now have a sup- fire works were displayed on a table, arrive at Butler Tuesday ‘ors a visit PlY — iy | ber agg i when a boy thoughtlessly fired a with his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. cid _ val ted Asap ki OS blank cartridge into them. It looked Philip Carroll and other relatives. hibit ah th ‘ath in State in beat for awhile that the whole front of the Collie Collier shipped a car of hogs| Mr. Onione is a talented musician. ‘Sed is this f Th Stat i building was afire, and the fire com- from this place Thursday to the Kan-| The amount received from the ice Sais are Oatnber dad 4 8th. ie , pany made a good run but their ser- sas City market. Mr. Collier is fast]/cream supper held at the Valley Our State Fair is growing at a Vices were not needed. The big ‘ i ‘ range stove for J. W. Dixon, of Rich teach the winter school in the Cook | night. Hill He is just starting in the busi- district. Will Hensley, of Kansas City, spent 5 ir i C. A. Wallace and wife, of Amoret, | the 4th at home with his parents, Mr. veg but is meeting with good suc passed through Park Town one day|and Mrs. John Hensley. last week. Miss Mamie McKibben came home Hed, rts everybody|from Warrensburg to spend the 4th cam de — with her parents. YOUNG AARON. \ eau Whshaey Young and Ferguson passed through year shows increased premiums oh ig : a , ‘ Mulberry and Western Bates. Woodson Campbell came down|here one day last week witha cow tad additional departments and pvek ha > Bg Bode Elstun Bros.’ pony and dog show|from Kansas City Sunday to spend | equipped threshing machine. ‘I hope that a large number of exhibits cutting a ey sh in his face. Dr. io pulled into Amoret early Tuesday | the Fourth with home folks. Mrs. James Smith was plowing will be made by citizens of this Christy was ated and: dressed the 3 morning. The heavy rain the day] Mrs. Collie Collier and children|corn Saturday eve and the heat was county. There is no better opportu- \ ound, Several other minor casu- ' before made field work im ble. | left on the noon train for Butler Sun-| intense, when the temperature sud- nity to advertise the resources of our sities occurred from toy pistols and Quite a few were in town. bler denly cl and threw one of the county than to make good exhibits took in his little boys to see the “a come nee lock jaw. Before Mrs. | at the State Fair. ‘ ; ‘i mies. When we reached town, lew Home. Smith could get it loose from the plow __ The Directors are yom bs special Valuable Horse Injured. i it tore up the cultivator € ‘nl r ere was quite a crowd already on Quite a number of Mrs. Warren|'t to the cultivator and harness effort this year for a big Corn Show é the square. sa Litllefield’s relatives and friends cele-|294. injured one’of Mrs. Smith's in addition the regular agricultural David Lear, a young man working Grant M. Garner, of the Virginia] trated the glorious Fourth at her t not seriously. The horse exhibits. The premiums for county jn Harley Smith’s Livery Stable, was had brought his ma in,} home. The rain bothered them some, | MY Tecover. exhibits are large and will more than tried in Justice Jeter’s court Satur- around. ’| Ben Barickman, of Spruce, bought | PY ed hee, of at oe a day _sfternoon e aahaing & fine farm nson | g00d ex! a 5 5 riving horse. It was charged that pres ne ae a ee County Clerk. | Lear, while currying the horse, be- is ited came exasperated and struck the Bates County Normal Club. horse a hard blow over the head with ‘ a heavy cui comb, knocking out ait. _— om Aero bgp one eye and fracturing a bone of the day. fire crackers, but nothing serious. For stylish new borhood, not having any little boys but a fine time is reported by all, R Mr. Allman, the popular Democrat] who were there. Mrs. Dr. pws of Montrose, is ‘ FO! ‘ ! of Homer, was in looking after the A large crowd attended the ice eee! 5 tt Ed. Walter’s Satur- ALMOST NOTHING! =sesins <a mt yn visiting Mrs. ers, so they : New H Misses Lola and Mabel, this week. Amoret's corn plevwlebrated ft Rich Mill the Fifth,’ | There will be an ice cream ‘ 2 supper |e a: ! F A ) ee ted ¥ Chas. Patton and family, also Mrs. |at the M. E. church at Spruce Satur-|Stitution and bylaws prepared by the ee Ry sy = po dg a | cede deer mbler| W. B. Miller and family celebrated at| day eve, July 10th. "_ [gommittes, on permanent organiza: SOOO at it ‘0 mke it move. the ¥- CS sarent abet a Sone ware Frank Morris’ Sunday. Relatives and a few intimate friends | ing hand,” which in a few words tells horse threw his head against a beam, There was a mistake in our items|ate ice cream at George Borum’s. f th ization. which caused the injury to its eye Mrs. Rose Kegeries and family, of "elem meeting of last week | and head. Directly after the occur- Rich Hill, are visiting her parents, | was held at Pertle Springs last Friday "ence Lear went to Rich Hill, where uncle Zeph Smith. evening. At 4:30 o’clock a special he was arrested and brought back to le i ion | Butler. Justice Jeter took the view Some celebrated the 4th at home train, Tet tee ihe Sines atene that the boy was guilty and fined him — we would follow the: show last week. It was the log men who had finished hauling logs in the place of the sog men. Frank Morris killed a large rattle- snake in the road east of John Mill- thi was free exhibitions after the Ww. " a at work, some visiting, some at But- e € I ¢5 d costs, bei bl. . er’s Saturday evening. That is the i i reached thirty-eight of the Bates Co, | 5 and costs, being unable to pay he J. H. Leiner and family spent Sun-| third large ome he has killed this sea- c ~— were gatheted fee. The was sent to jail. animal injured at the Henry Dykman home. son. most attractive feature of the out go-| W484 very fine family horse known trip was the well filled baskets '25 Eagle, and highly valued by Mr. which had been prepared by the Smith. It is doubtful if he survives ladies. On reaching the Springs the | the injury, and if he does, it is claim- supper was stored away and the pro- he will never be able to do livery gram —a After the ogame serviceagain, supper was the next attraction an : », vat a pati enjoyed by all. The rest| Bloodhound in Snake's Jaws. the balance of the} °f the evening was spent in boating | Bich Hi Review. The fain has ‘nigdered the: work to ™ thatthe tie ouika, vuiee sented to at the snake, which arrived a George Todd Dead. few days since to be exhibited in an sole Jno. A. Silvers received a open cage during the street parade r from Mrs. G. A. Todd, announc- | Monday afternoon, is causing its man- the death of her husband, George]ager all kinds of trouble, and it is —_ at Walters, Okla., which | likely that the finance committee will on July 2nd. Mr Todd was | have an item of expense to settle not years old. For many years| figured on. This is the reptile’s feed- saloon business in But- ing season although rabbits and it twen! yee ago bie! c —— given him by the , Mr. went out | dozen, . remains inappeas- and would never |able. While en} a moment's | John Shannon has the nicest fields| the time will of corn that we have seen this year. from our memory. FARMER JOHN. quite a flock ‘eep him com- on Good Report From East Bates. ing abreast of “of the of The bi ae gai | Fe ii 8 4 ; | : He i ‘e