The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 23, 1909, Page 4

ee eee methanol The Butlor Weekly Times |? Jose Useated is teaching : |Pair Play and is doing good work. al-| Printedce Thareteyefeathweek = | The pupils of both schools made | J. D. ALLEN, Editor and Proprietor 2°04 Showing on the work given| / IIo F AN aN ——— _ fm CAHRISTMAS cond case wall matter MO. 88) Edwards ‘school, in’ Grand River| \. otto : township, has a large enrollment and | PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR some very good pupils and some that | INTY DI the work given them and made very CRATIC CONVENTION. dance is the greatest fault with this | ‘ jing and is quite anxious for a few | Thirteen Delegates to Congres- | icary books to supplement with. Al few dollars spent this way would be} |a great help to both teacher and! P f Co Central — ursuant to call of County Centra! ees : Committee a delegated convention — —s = —— hte was held at the court house in Butler | Ship, the pupils are as willing work- on Monday afternoon, Dec. 20, 1909. | TS 88 one need want tosee. At the The convention was called to order | T°duest of Ada Largent the test in| by J. E. Williams, chairman. On ‘he seventh and eighth years, in: this | motion Dr. W. H. Allen was elected school, will be eee reading when temporary chairman and W. R. Bell, | ¥ V#sit them next time. Miss Dora secretary. | Rush is teaching the school and is do-) were called and named a member! } each on Committee of Permanent Or- all correct. } ganization and Order of Business and| At Griggs the teacher, Prof. Ray-| on Credentials. ;}mond Holwell, was sick and Miss The convention took a recess to al- Gertrude Cole was substituting for low time for -committees to make|him for a few days. Mr. Holwell their reports, In the interim, on in-| recently held a very successful box/| vitation, the candjdates present ad-| supper having cleared about $75.00 | dressed the convention: J. W. Sud-| from it. . He is using the money to dath, J. C. Hargus, C. F. Newman supply the school with library and and C. C. Dickinson. lother equipments. Mr. Holwell is| Committee on permanent organiza-| one of our most successful teachers tion and order of business recom-| and it is hoped he will soon regain for Dickinson. WALKER-McKIBBEN’S -If You Have Not Finished Your Holiday oo Shopping i. You will find. an elegant stock : from which to select. HUNDREDS OF USEFUL PRESENTS IN OUR . = : Cloaks, Suits,. ee Mens Furnishings, re Carpets, Curtains, At Popular Low Prices _ The Quality Stere. mended the temporary organization be made permanent. That the con- vention selected thirteen delegates to Congressional convention held in Butler on the 21st and that they be in- structed. Report adopted and com- mittee discharged. Committee on credentials reported all townships fully represented, and recommended that delegates present cast full vote of township, Report adopted and committee discharged. On motion of Thos. J. Smith the delegation to the congressional con- vention was instructed for Hon. C. C. Dickinson, of Henry coun- ty. Aroll call was‘ ordered and the motion prevailed by a vote of 76 to 66. The following congressional dele- gation was elected: Dr. T. W. Foster, Mt. Pleasant; H. D. Chambers, East Boone; -R. P. Harper, Mound; William Hardinger, Charlotte; Charley West, Walnut; ‘J. W. Jamison, Osage; A. Edrington, Spruce; Frank _ Still- well, Homer; J. R. Simp- son, Deep Water; De C. Mize, New Home; Frank Holland, Summit; W. P. Wilson, Hudson; Isaac Lockridge, Elkhart. On motion convention adjourned. W. H. ALLEN, Chairman. W. R. BELL, Secretary. BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. By County Superintendent P. M, Allison, The first school visited this week was Marshall, in Pleasant Gap town- ship. This and Fry school, in Sum- mit township, are two of the small schools of the county but all pupils were present in each school if th weather was bad. At Fry i four years old has been present every day. | Miss Mary Fry, of Rich Hill, is teaching this school and is giving them good work. The pupils are willing workers and are ready to try any test given them. Miss Pauline Porter is teaching Marshall and ig satisfying all concerned. Her pupils work is satisfactory in every way. | his health. At Altona the attendance is very | light as well as in most other schools last week. However, the pupils at- éending are the quietest and most or- derly of any school visited. They |have a class of ninth year pupils in this school and they did good work | on the subjécts recited in. The teach- er takes special interest in the read- jing work, which is very important | for this is one of the most important | subjects in the course. Miss Kate | Walker is teacher. Over at Coleville, in Deer Creek, | we found the attendance very good |and the pupils willing and ready to |work. It is really a pleasure to visit this school so willing are they to work. Miss Cleo Hartley is teacher and interests her pupils by first being interested herself. The pupils made a good showing on the work given them. Both teacher and pupils take great pride in making their work the very best possible. Down at little Deer Creek the work is moving well on the part of both teacher and pupils. Miss Ruby Rick- etts is teacher and is one of our best instructors. Her pupils made a good showing on the work given which is the best test at last, for the school’s mission isto train pupils how to work. Prof. W. C. Dillon is teacher at Wemot and is doing good work as usual. The fifth and sixth year pu- pils of this school made the best showing of any pupils that tried the test during the week. The pupils are all willing workers. Down at Herrell they were having a ciphering match and while there were only a few of them they had a be in the office Saturday Jan. first. week are: Dannie Smith, of Fry, gent and Pearl Walburn, of Olive. tion. The Republicans of Bates county held their county convention in the Star theater last Monday. All the townships except two were repre- sented.. A. L. Fox was elected chair- man, and the Republican editors present were chosen as secretaries. Two lists of delegates to the Con- gressional Convention were present- ed, and after some discussion the list presented by Frank Allen, after sub- stituting one name, was elected by Lane, J.C. Denton, Jesse Doolittle, A. L. Fox, W. A. Eads, Thad Harper, Everett Morilla, M. H. Price, Matt. Simpson, W. H. Hart, Rev. Chatten. Mulberry and Western Bates. A. 0. Young, of Appleton City, is visiting at the home of his brother-in- law, Dr. J. C. Sagesser. Ira and Ora Beall were Pleasanton visitors Thursday. Fred Ewbank has a gang of men' building his barn. Mrs. Charles R. Bowan, who has been very sick, is reported as being much improved. Willie Burnham spent Sunday with home folks at Amsterdam. Friday night was quite chilly, but there was a full house at the Mul- berry literary, Prof. James Pahlman is worki has a fine class of ninth year pupils doing good work. In the spelling contest Saturday twenty townships were represented and all pupils made a good showing. No pupil has any reason to feel that they did not do good work and their teachers and friends should feel proud that they have such pupils in Over at Orchard Grove they are doing well aa usual. Prof. Lee Lynn is teacher here and has been for sev- eral years. He always draws a few pupils from adjoining schools. He is planning for their schools. Miss Laura Umstatd won the $15.00 prize offered by the Peoples Bank, Miss Iva Hurt the $10 prize offered by the Walker-McKib- ben Mercantile Co., both of these pu- are from Spruce township, and overtime these days drilling his pupils for their Christmas entertainment. Tom Grimsley has his new house almost completed. He will be just across the township line. He-can see how things are doing in Homer. Howatd Scott was a visitor at the John R. Knox home Thursday. Rambler and family drove down to Henry Gordon’s Sunday and spent the day. was about as good as hogs would have been Those spelling all the words this CONGRESSIONAL ‘ CONVENTION. |Roxy Largent, Davie Sims of ‘Lar- rs Enthusiastic and Harmonious— |The Republican County Conven-| They Name the Next Con- | gYressman from the Sixth. | The Democratic Congressional Con- ‘vention of the 6th Mo. Distéict met at the vourt house in Butler on Tues- day, December 21st, 1909, at 2 o’clock {> m, | Called to: order by Peyton Parks, chairman of the Congressional Com- mittee. Mr. Parks- introduced J. E. Williams, mayor of Butler, who wel- comed the delegates in pleasing and appropriate terms and tendered the key of ihe city. is v: Mr, Parks then named .as. tempo- Phil S. Griffith, of Dade county: Geo.’ rary officers: “Hon. §. D. McMillan, of Dade, for Chairman; Hon. Guy L. Walker, of Cedar, for Secretary. One member from each county was selected on the committees of perma- nent organization and ordér of busi- ness, credentials, resolutions. Committee on’ permanent organiza tion recommend ‘Hon. C. W. Sloan, of Cass, for chairman and W. R. Bowles, of Dade, for secretary. On the call of the roll an. assistant secre- tary was named by each delegation. Nominating speeches were made as follows: For C. C. Dickinson, Wal- ter Owens, of Henry. For J. W. Suddeth, Judge N. M. Bradley, of Johnson. For J. C. Hargus, John H. Lucas, of St. Clair, for C, F. Newman, Ben M. Neale, of Dade. It was said by a prominent gentle- man present, who ag ig attending ie, conventions all his that they he ever listened to in district, state or national convention. A number of ballots had been tak- en up to time of going to press. No material change had been made from the first, the vote being Dickinson 81, Suddath 25, Hargus 12 and New- man.6. Number of delegates in con- vention 74, necessary to choice 38. On the last ballot cast before going to press, Dickinson 32, Suddath 24, Hargus 12, Newman 6. Mra. Allie McCracked Dead. Victoria Missouri Young was born in Washington county, Ill, June 23, 1865, and the same year was brought to Bates county, Mo., by her parents. She was married to Allie McCracken, June 19, 1884, to which union four children were. born, two of whom, Mrs. Alta Rich, who was recently married, and a young daughter, Goldie Ethel, still live. She wasa kind devoted wife and loving mother. In Nov. 1893, she was converted and joined the M. E. church, South, at Spruce, and remained an earnest, zealous and faithful worker for the spread of her Master's kingdom. Her beautiful Christian character won for her the respect of all who knew her. She died at her home, one mile east of Spruce, Dec. 18, 1909, aged 44 and a half years, The finéral Kerviods Were vondict. ed at the home, Dec. 20th, where a large number of friends;.had asgem- bled and her body. was laid away in the White cemetery to await the resurrection morn, when she can re- ceive the crown of righteousness which she felt was awaiting her. GEO. E. HARGIS, Pastor M. E. church, South. To End a 40-Year Game. St. Louis, Dec. 19.—Maj. Charles Gonter of 4,297 Page Boulevard has issued a challenge to Mark Twain and Mathias Dougherty—with him the only surviving members of the St. Louis Euchre Club—to play off at his home Christmas day a match game of euchre that started in 1865 and. con- tinued four consecutive years. The challenge includes an invitation to dinner, “The euchre club was organized in ed for was a fine set of gold mounted Stag horns. We had played:114 field, of Rich Hill, 1865 with forty-six members,”’ said Duke Patipsirs, Major Gonter. “The prize we play- by Dr.. Chastaine. dying statement WANTON KILLING. Stella Martin, a Notorious Strumpet, Shot Marma- duke Bennefield. What appears to be about the most wanton murder which ever occurred in our city, was the shooting and mortally wounding of “Duke’ Bené- field by Stella Martin Lovell, at her home in the northeast part of town, Monday evening at 10 o’clock. Bene- field, who was a bartender in Heck’s saloon at Rich Hill, came to Butler Monday with the Osage delegation to the county convention. . After the Convention he went’ tothe home of the Lovell woman, where he spent. the. balance: of the day and even- ing. Nellie Golden anda manknown - api as. “Dusty” were Golden anid she aiid ‘Dusty were just leaving to go to her home, and Stella had temovéed Benefield’s shoes for him, as he was getting ready to go to bed. From all appearances the party had been drinking heavily, . As Nelfie reached the door, she heard the re- Port of a pistol and turned to see the |: gun in Stella’s hand, and Benefield had fallen over on the bed. .Nellia took-the gun away from Stella, who made no explanations of ber actions. Sheriff Bullock was’ notified and hur- ried to the house, placed Stella Lovell and the two others under arrest. Bes fore leaving the room’ in of field and kissed him, and displayed |: the first signs of sorrow or remorse, She was taken to jail. Drs. Zey and: Chastaine were summoned and pro- nounced the wound mortal, Benefield’s father, Marshal-_Bene-—— ome on the train, mpaniet It is said in 9 made by Benefild. ed by fire in March, 1889, The prize games, when the horns were destroy- oo ihe gone, the club disbanded. The last erent pain eal 7 o'clock: game was played March 10, 1869.” i 1 ;