The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 7, 1909, Page 1

| Che Butler Weekly Times BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1909. of Butler, was Thursday. Miss Pearl Badgett morning train Saturday for Kansas on the and family west of town last week. ||, Walter Shofner gave Dinah Robert a her some fine Saturday, for Med left Th which ~4 our thanks. Like the Collier shi a car of stock from this place to City Wed- | nesday. | G. W. Summers is mowing and cl the cemetery the second time season. J. L. Lockhart had his sale Monday | ing sold well. He in- Kansas City. Will Clouse, wife and son left Sun- ] = pad Sedalia to attend the State Miss Bertha Bailey, who has been; in the Seattle Exposition, re-| turned home last week. W. T. Stover and wife were shop- ping in Pleasanton Saturday. uite a number of i ing folks | too! * the opera at Ric! Friday Mrs. J. O. Shofner and daughter, Minnie, visited Friday at the home o! her son, Walter Shofner, west of town. | W. R. Bell and wife came down from Butler to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bell. T. S. McHenry is reported sick with _ fever at his home in North Foster. Mr. and Mrs, Will Niece arrived Thursday from Benton , where they been visiting his relatives. Luther Grant returned home Thurs- day from South Dakota, after an| mo; b mae number of Fosterites took, ling the fire. ;company had — possum they eat from away Mine Disaster. Saturday night about 8 0’ New Home shaft burned ind, caused by a Engh exploding | vail the engine room. E ‘clock the to the ineer Davis, while in the boiler room looking after the fire, heard an explosion in the room, ran to ascertain what the trouble was. On reaching the engine room, he was forced back by the flames of the burning oil, not be- ing able to get to the pump. cut off from an; i le ran out He was means of extinguish- and gave the alarm. By this time the fire was rapidly burning away the engine and boiler house, which soon’ spread to great structure was entirely ed. As the hea‘ house burned and fell down consum- timbers of the top the shaft, volums of fire and smoke shot sky- ward hundreds of feet into the air, as there was a strong current of air passing through the mine, only added to the fury of the flames. he tim- ber on the interior of the mine Sun- day evening was still burni structure at the air shaft ing. The erected a temporary to hoist what tools and cars they could get. It is generally conceded the mines, doom is sealed for all time to come, and the miners are fixing to move to other fields of labor. W. M. Thompson Dea d., News flashed over the wires Satur- inthe mine. The facts, as able to learn,he went back to Friday night to do some work and and was overcome by the fire a sho! bad air and smoke before day morning that W. M. Thompson, who operates a coal mine in the suberbs of Worland, was found dead we were the mine he could return to the entrance of the mine. His and before the sun on the to see what was wrong. family became alarmed before and notified the neighbors, tops had dawned, parties-were at the mine They found report quite a crowd in that border | him about 60 feet from where he had} - Mulberry and Western Bates. 7: : fired a shot downward in lying face ‘ | ; .| E. Detwiler, Amoret’s hustling res- | the mud and water, gy Spee ty turant man, started the first 0! the | aa ES vik reistives snd ld friends | ‘i visit relatives and old friends in ons bat, pee 8 Rie pe: northeast Missouri. his home where the scene was was 43 years of ing man and stands high in the com- munity in which he lives. His death | the old settlers picnic at has cast a cloud of sorrow to hover over our little sister village of Wor- land and a home left desolate and drear. He leaves a wife and four children to battle alone Grou SS of sorrow and tears. les his family he leaves an aged mother, 3 brothers and 2 sisters to mourn their loss. Funeral was preached at the home 7 Rev. McRoberts, of the Christian Church at 1 o’clock Sunday. The remains were brought to Foster for burial. His wife, being.in poor health, was not able to follow the re- mains to the last resting place. He was buried Sunday evening by the Odd Fellows lodge in which he was a member, followed by a large con- {course of sorrowing relatives and the top house, and in a short time the | f Hey te a friends to the family of the deceased. We extend the sympathy of this com- munity in their sad bereavement. Last Wednesday the 29th quite a crowd gathered at the home of G. W. Fail to give him a birthday surprise, being his 40th birthday. He and S. N. Kinion had gone to take some cat- tle to market. When he arrived home, quite a surprise met his eyes, poe — and a = Leagan — things to eat. jose presen’ were: F. G. Reed, Grandpa and Grandma McCall, S. N. Kinion and wife, Joe McCall and wife, Tom Mc- Call and wife, Will Thompson and wife, Mart Shannon and family, R. S. and D, O. Orear and familes, Mrs. Richard Grant and Mrs. Effie Imel \and children. Mart Shannon and family have moved to Mrs. Scott’s place east of town. Bessie Orear is reported on the sick ist. Mrs. S. N. Kinion starts for Kansas City Monday to visit her father, S. W. Fail, and relatives. She will take in the carnival while there. Prof. Lonie Briscoe, who is teach- ing the Virginia school east of Foster, Sundayed with D. L. Ar! Ban in his auto Mr. and Mrs. D. Mauger attended utler Wed- nesday. They located near Mulberry thirty-five years ago and are among the few old. settlers in this locality. J. H. Burnham, of Amsterdam, was a caller on his son Willie who pelps Dr, Sageser to keep up the m work, Fred Ewbank and family. were among those who enjoyed the old he settlers picnic. M. G. Schauer, proprietor of Amo- ret’s department store, returned the last of the week from atwo weeks | visit with relatives at Milwaukee, | Wis., and Chicago. He was accom-) panied home by his daughter, mY who spent the summer in the north. | He reports having had a very enjoy-| able time, also having seen some | extra good crops. A crowd of the boys gathered at} Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Morwoods | home Thursday evening and gave them a serenade. They gave the boys a treat of cigars and candy. Mark Burnham left Saturday for Kansas City to visit his brother Ernest and take in the carnival. Thursday morning Rambler rolled} out in the early hours of the morning, got on his biled shirt, shined his No. 0, dug up his new hat, got our housekeeper and two younger sons in the bu and started for our friends W-€ caldwell, who had in- vited us to join them and attend the Pleasanton Stock Show. On our way to the Caldwell home we passed road overseer Henry Mauger who was waiting for the road workers. This was our first trip to the hustling Kansas town and after a few inquiries we got started on the right road. The day was an ideal one for a show and the people of Pleasanton had not left anything undone. At 11a. m. sha the parade formed at the city par' headed. by the Pleasanton Concert Band and went north to -the Chris- tian church, down Main street and | we ever saw outside of a State Fair. The cattle were enough to be at the Royal Stock Show. A large tent was full of poultry and farm products. The Jay wkers surely are the raisers of some exceptionally = scoring poultry. The corn exhibit was a surprise tous. There was corn that any one might be proud to raise in a more favorable season than this. And pumpkins big enough to make a score or more of Thanksgiv- ing pies. The women’s department was in the new I. O. O. F. building and would have been a credit to any show. There were two bands to fur- nish music for the day, both home organizations, one being the colored ys. Our wives had taken along well filled baskets and the Sedalia produce Company furnished free coffee for all visitors and at noon we enjoyed a picnic dinner, The day was far too short to see all and we had a long distance to travel before get- ting home we started about 5p. m., long before the day’s sports were over. As old Luna put in her ap- ones early we hada fine drive ome. We were all tired but surely glad we had spent the day in the Sun- lower state. There were quite a few from this locality that attended the Corbin | stock sale at Merwin Friday. Carl F. Hall visited relatives at Pleasanton Thursday and attended the Stock Show. Oral Hamilton looked after Mr. Hall's ig store. . H. Leiner and John Dykman| were up at Merwin Saturday and each drove home a flock of sheep. Charley Robbins was up at Amster- dam Saturday on business. Mrs. Bertha Ewbank and daughter were callers at Mrs. J. C. Sagesers Thursday. Harlan Porter and son Cecil, James Hardin and Frank Bain are helping Ike Booi mg apples. They still have i between five and six hundred bushels to pick. RAMBLER. For Sale. A good vmcae 4 house with modern conveniences, hot and cold water, bath, steam furnace, good barn, small orchard, two acres of land. For fur- ther particulars inquire of Mrs. I. N. returned tothe city park. There were some of the finest draft horses Mains, 521 Fort Scott street, Butler, Mo. 48-4t hile away Mr. | ety, NUMBER 50 | East Lone Oak. | Rev. Gilbreath filled his regular }appointment at the church at Peru last Sunday morning. G. N. Requa and family spent the day at the home of Pink Ellington | and wife, of Summit township, Sun- | day. | Mrs. Mae Smith started last Mon- | day for her former home near Ligon- \ier, Ind., where she will join her hus- | band, where together they will visit a |short time with relatives, before re- turning to their home near Hender- |son, Ky. Miss Laura Dugan left last Satur- day morning for Colorado, where she will attend High School. Misses Long and Gladys Rupard, of | Rich Hill, spent a few days in this neighborhood recently. ee Harper and family spent Sun- |day at the home of T. L. Harper. | The farmers of this neighborhood |are about through sowing wheat. | Otis Andrews, our road overseer, | was fixing the big culvert east of Jeff | Morgan's the first of the week. Stock water is getting pretty scarce. Some are hauling water and filling the wells they have, while others are | digging new ones. | E. E, Eckles has about completed | his new house. Miss Nola Gough visited the Misses | Gane and Pearl McKenna last Sun- | day. | | Quite a number of Mrs. Mae Smith’s friends called on her at the home of | W. H. Gerkin last Sunday evening. | PUSSY WILLOW. | Dr. J. W. Crabtree of Butler and | Miss Anna Nightswonger were united jin marriage on Wednesday evening last at the home of the bride’s par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Night- swonger, in Mingo township, by Rev. Z. W. Whitsett. Only relatives of the contracting parties were present. The bride is a charming young lady and a popular teacher, in the county schools. The groom isa prominent and successful Lg eager of our city. He was raised in the east part of the county and practiced medicine there for many years before coming to But- ler. The Times joines their many friends in congratulations. — a Don’t Forget that our Clothing Department is full of Choice New and Up-to-Date Suits and Over coats Paw —— ji The Best the Markets Afford is Here. Strictly Hand T; ailored, all wool suits, in the very latest styles, Crawford, Goodyear Welt Shoes, the best made, every pair guaranteed. Boys Knickerbocker Suits, the very latest $2.00 to $6.50 $10 to $25. Youths all wool Suits, new styles and patterns $5.00 to $12.50 SPECIAL! 35 all wool Worsted Suits, worth $13.50 to $15.00 Special at $10