The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 14, 1910, Page 6

tr tl Ae ota + CS ee The Butler Weekly Times J. D. ALLEN, Proprietor ROBT, D, ALLEN, Edltorjand Manager Entered at the Post (tice of Butler, Mo., as second-class mail matter PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR ——$———— ANNOUNCEMENTS. » We are authorized to make the following sn- nouncements for Democratic nominations be- | fore the August 1910 primaries | RECORDER. ¥F. M. WOODS, Deer Creek Township. DeC. MIZE, New Home Twp. JOE T. SMITH, Mt. Pleasant Townenhiy | JOHN STANGLE, | Osage Townehly | J.M, CHAMBERS, Elkhart Townehip, C.W. RAY, c,.C, DUKE. JAMES F GRAGG, Mound Township, COUNTY CLERK. Adapted for Adapted for W.1LDESS, Ladies, Misses Wide embroidery is being used this season. LADIES, MISSES AND eee and Childrens CHILDRENS CIRCUIT CLERK. HERMAN 0, MAXEY, Howard Townsnl) 1, D, EMBREE, 1, J, WHEELER, Homer Township. PROBATE JUDGE. CARL J, HENRY, J, A, SILVERS, — | PRESIDING JUDGE COUNT COURT, | | A.D. HYDE, Prairie Township. tL, S. PADDOCK, Charlotte Township ASSOCIATE JUDGE, SOUTH DIST. W.H LOWDER, New Home Township. FRANK FIX, Rockville Township. = a JUDGE NORTP DISTRICT. Ww. F, WOLFE, Deer Creek Township, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. W. B. DAWSON, DeWItT C, CHASTAIN, EDITOR GETS CLERKSHIP. Butler, Mo., Publisher, Active in Dem- ocratic Politics for Twenty Years, | Chosen from Ranks of Fifty Applicants. | St. Louis Republic | Jefferson City, Mo., April 11.—The judges of the Supreme Court to-day | elected Colonel Jacob D, Allen, editor | with pneumonia and of the Butler Times, clerk of the} court to succeed the late John R. | Green. He will serve out the unexpired term of the latter, about five years, and will arrive here to-morrow, qual-| daughter, Mrs. Charles Adams, fora Willie and Everett Padgett, of near | 8°" Prairie Rose. ify at once and assume the duties of his office, which pays anannual salary of $3,000. | There were about fifty applicants | progressing rather slowly the last few antly entertained Sunday at the home for the position. The election was) qays on account of bad weather. The of Wm. Steffin and family. held in chambers, and it is the un-| Printed on Thursday of each week | bou)\ Friday, April 15 Twenty beautiful designs in a high grade embroidery will be placed on sale at about HALF PRICE q 250 yards in this lot, which is by far the ‘ best bargain we have ever been able to offer. Notice your fashion books and see how much fine The regular price of these elegant wide em- P ‘ A : ‘ White Petticoats White Dresses. broideries is $1 yard, but will be on sale for SEE OUR EAST WINDOW DISPLAY Walker-McKibben’s 59c | Mail Pouch Stolen at Pleasant | Laid an Egg With a Tail. Hill, Mo. lk.c Times. K. C, Post. ited Friday at the home of his broth- | i er An innocent looking Plymouth A mail pouch made up by train No. Rock hen, which boards at the home ms Fred, near Concord. '12 on the Missouri Pacific for Joplin | A A Ed. Bailey had considerable sick- | was stolen at Pleasant Hill, Mo., early | of George Davidson, 7328 East Thir- ness among his cattle, the past) Monday morning. Some hours later | teenth street, laid an egg bearing a few weeks, caused by buckeye pois- | the pouch was found rifled of its con- [tail an inch long. The ‘ail isa little on. There were 20 head sick at one tents and some of the envelopes scat: | smaller than a lead pencll and valk time, and we understand there were | tered about the ground, their con- posed of the same material as the 8 of 9 head died, which makes quite tents gone. The pouch was stolen shell. It comes from the smaller end Elkhart. Wilson Armentrout and family vis- Orchard Grove. We have had quite a variety of Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Requa and weather the last week. Rain, snow | children spent Sunday at the home of and hail. We learn that there was | Homer Bartlett and wife. a poke er ks Trult pe Pearl and Carl Burch spent Sunday hail knocking off blossoms. Other-| with their sister, Mrs. Mercy Deems. wise we are very thankful, as the Sine Methhe Boome spent lect week SAOILUES Wee Daa Hesued On. Uy | visiting her aunt, Miss Myrtle Burch. count of grass, small grain and gar- | dens. Farmers are very much en-|_ Mrs. Mary Carroll, of northeast of couraged over the prospects for the | Butler, spent a few days, last week Brackney. coming crop and their wives over the good prices for eggs, chickens and; butter. So. we are not disposed to with her mother, Mrs. J. G. Walker. Miss Kate Walker, who has been teaching school near Virginia, came a serious loss at the present prices of cattle. Mrs. Anna Breckenridge and chil- during the transfer from train No. 12 to the Joplin train. The loss is not definitely known, but there is thought of the egg and is wrapped back around it. Whether the hen had been reading of the recent eruptions of Mount Etna | good account of herself when the fig- few days last week at the home of dren, of Mountain Grove, Mo., visit- to have been considerable registered ed several days at the J. E. Dubes ma in the ; house. us = i ie sis i poush | late to look at the Halley comet, Mr. Along the Miami. | Davidson, who is employed by the | Arthur Westover is improving his . 4 ; residence by adding new porches and | George Frank and Abe Shobe were American Roofing Company, is unde- painting. fishing Thursday. Did Mr. Frank jcided, Mr. Davidson has been _ The following are the names of pu- catch all the fish he took home? pee a ‘i |says that this is the first time any of pils who took the examination for| Jesse Vickers, from east of town, |1 i. hens acted this way. rural graduation at Concord last Sat-| Spent Sunday with his brother, Jim, | In Owensville, Ill, last week a ‘urday: Iva and Maggie Conard, Em- | at the waterworks. . ‘hen, name Taare belonging to ; ma Hart, Myrtle Knapp of Mt. Ver- i Miss Maude Hoyt has been ill for! one Sanford Garrison, laid an egg i Foster and the best of nursing, we’re City, are the guests of their sister, = —. 4 Apes — | Several days. ‘with a tail four inches long. slad to say is on the road to recovery. | Mrs. Otos Andrews, at present. | school; Cordia Smith and Anna Por-| J, L. Fisher and family spent Sun- | Es 5 RT SE . Mrs. Charles Kisner is with her Mr.and Mrs. Otos Andrews, Bertha, | of Olive Branch; Blanch David- | day at the home of Mrs. Fisher's un- | nee Ree cle, J. J. Walker, in Pleasant Valley.) Liberty, Mo, April 11.—Word MIAMI, _ | reached here by cable that Miss Maud mE Kg ard |Stephens, of Liberty, was married Democratic Meeting. |, Earl Eubank in Japan Friday. The Democratic editors of the Sixth| Miss Stephens left Liberty about a Congressional District of Missouri) month ago and was supposed to be held a meeting at Harrisonville, Mo., | visiting in Nebraska. She remained home last week to spend her vaca- The census man is “abroad in the tion. land’? and we're looking for “old Mrs. Al Carroll and baby and Mrs. Mo.” (not poor “old Mo.’’) to givea Pearl Thompson and baby spent a complain. or whether it had been staying up Dolph Brixner near Black. The baby (little Josephine) at Mrs. Master Oliver Wehnes has been I. F. Ellington's has been very sick Sick for several days, but is better at = for several this writing. hours its life hung in the balance, but; Miss Bertha Padgett, Willie and with the skillful treatment of Dr, Everett Padgett, of near Appleton) ures are compiled. few days, the latter having sprained Appleton City, were the guests of | There was a very emall attendance her ankle badly by a fall. Mr. and Mrs. Nuckols Sunday. jat the Annual Meeting at Concord [ The w h ist ¢ is AlCarroll and family were pleas- Inet Tueaiay: Ws Fs Fee wae work on the Baptist church is y pleas) elected director and a nine months term voted for next year. They also | decided to build a porch and erect a RASTUS. derstanding that Colonel Allen re-| ceived three of the seven votes on| the first ballot and was elected on the | second ballot. | Colonel Allen, who is about fifty | years of age and a native of Kentucky, | has been active in Democratic State | politics for two decades. On several | occasions his friends urged him to make the race for Secretary of State. He has not only interested himself in politics, but has been a familiar fig- ure at the annual and semi-annual meetings of the Missouri State Press Association. As he comes from the old home at Butler, Bates county, of Judge Graves of the Supreme Court, his success to-day is generally cred- ited to that jurist’s influence. . It is predicted by all his friends here that he will make an exceptionally good official. Valuable Horse Injured. A valuable horse owned by J. the church (by letter.) meeting closed last Sunday night. We learn there was one addition to Rey, Self went from here to Passaic to hold a meeting. Sunday-school opened with a good attendance. Come one, come all and let us have a profitable time. Sedalia Against a Home. | Sedalia, Mo., April 10.—A protest | will be filed with Governor Hadley tomorrow by citizens of Sedalia, re-| gardless of political belief, against gro girls near this city. The state new fence. Arbor Day was observed by the planting of twenty-eight trees. x Y.Z Raised $324,000 in 28 Minutes. New York, April 10.—In twenty- placing the home for incorrigible _ne- | eight minutes the congregation of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church sub- Joseph Wells of Appleton Cityspent commission authorized to locate the |Scribed $324,000 to-day to construct a afew days with his baby during its serious illness. Clyde Ellington had quite a mis-| fortune in having his Arabian colt) kicked by a horse, breaking one of | its front legs. -Dr. McAninch was) called and set the limb. FLAG. The Ladies’ Minstrel. The people of this city and vicinity are anticipating a rare treat in ‘‘The Ladies’ Minstrel,”’ a production in two parts, which will be produced in the Opera House, Wednesday, April 20, 1910. The entertainment is for the benefit of the Ladies’ Cemetery Asso- Grover Carroll, and one of a match bay- driving team, broke from the Brown feed yard, in this city on Fri- day and racing south on Main street, ran into a barbed wire fence near Power’s mill and was severely cut about the ‘breast_and throat.) Mr. Carroll had driven his team to. town that morning and put them up in the feed yard for safe keeping. They are spirited he escaped out of the big gate, which veterinary ciation and the public well knows that this alone is sufficient to insure a production of the highest order. Part 1 of the performance will be a min- strel show; part 2, a comedy, entitled ‘Timothy Delano’s Court- home was here two days last week. for the purchase of a 40-acre tract of | land northeast of the city for $9,000 and unless the protest of Governor | Hadley has the desired effect the| property will change hands this| week. Sedalia already has a negro school of the Methodist church, known as George R. Smith College, and its citizens believe this is’ suffi- cient. That Seed Corn. William Hirth, publisher of the Missouri Farmer and Stockman, writes us that a delay in shipment from the breeders and an unusually early sea- son, and hundreds of orders have prevented them from getting the seed to all newspapers as early as they new building. Of this sum John D. | It is said a deal was practically closed , Rockefeller gave half, having prom- ised to duplicate dollar for dollar up | to 1-4 million dollars, when a 1-2 mil- lion dollar limit will have been reach- ed. Asthe share of the congrega- tion, aside from Mr. Rockefeller, did not reach 1-4 million dollars to-day, other subscriptions will be taken up later. A Square Deal. Anything we sell we guarantee. If something should go wrong we make it right if it takes.a new article. Black & Arnold Clothing Co. had hoped, however, all orders will ship.”’ Those who know predict a “scream’’ from-start-to finish. Don’t forget the date, Wednesday, April 20. Hats, Hats. Hats. animals and a loose horse} The kinds that look well and wear| Bible school, 9:30; communion and caused the horse to break away and|well for a long time. The fact is, | preaching, 10:45; Christian Endeavor, Butler Christian Church. Sunday, April 17th. be filled by the middle of next week. |} Saturday, April 9, 1910, in which the | newspapers of the district were well | represented. Hon. E. W. Stephens| of Columbia; Hon. Cornelius Roach, Secretary of State; Hon. Peyton ‘A. Parks and Congressman Borland ad- | dressed the meeting and a number of excellent talks were made by editors of the district. The visitors were royally entertained by the Harrison- ville newspaper men. Masonic. There will be a regular convoca- tion of Miami Royal Arch Chapter, No. 76, on Thursday evening, April 14th. Members are requested and visitors are invited to attend. W. W. ROSS, H. P. For Sale. Two young all-purpose horses, one coming three, other four years old this spring. One carriage same.as new. Call on or write, J. S. Combs, Butler, Mo. ot Special Values in {| Room Size Axminster Rugs | $17.50 ana $19.50 Walker-McKibben's in Nebraska only long enough to send a few letters to her friends here, making them believe she was sure visiting there, but soon left for Seat- tle, wnere she boarded a steamer for Japan. Mr. Eubank met her in Japan and they were married the same day. Mr. Eubank is a graduate of Wil- liam Jewell College of the class of 1908. Heisa government supervisor of schools in one of the districts in thePhilippineIslands. Miss Stephens is a graduate of Liberty Ladies’ Col- lege of the class of 1 They will travel fora while in Japan, then go to the Philippines. Pasture. Fifty head of horses wanted to pas- ture on 160 acres of blue grass, 3 1-2 west of Passaic, at 75c, 85c and $1. 25-tf. L. P. Simpson, Butler, Mo. Pasture. We have extra good grass with plenty of water for a limited amount of stock. McFARLAND & SONS.