The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-30

lie iolONlng are the oincer~ ol the
Bryan club of Homer township:
Pres Robt. NJ. Williams: vice-pre,.
W. A. Downey. W Il. Lightfoot. L.
l.. Braden. ;. f. Lickhder. Ben
Kinds. II. T. Nickel. and L. J. Wheel +
er; secretary. {. L. Cowan: treasurer,
Z. H. Williams; cor. secretary ".
Il. Li@htfout.
T. ID. Embree. township commit
taemau. wishes Us To announce that
there viii lee "A meeting OF democrats
at Ballard. on Saturday evening,
Sept. l at : O'Clock. fnr the purpose
of organizing Bryan club. All vot-
err III sympathy with tie cause in
vited To be present and participate.
The temperance folks at Amster-
dam. in an attempt To stop the lille
gal sale of liquor in that burg, have
deposited with the bank OF Amster-
dam SO To be paid any person for
information leading To the arrest
and conviction OF parties selling
! liquor i'll the town.
J The street fair committee IL receiv-
/ ing numerous letters from Henry,
Cass. 81. Clair and Vernon counties
and over in Kansas asking informa-
/ ton in regard To our street lair,
camping ground. etc. The indica-
tions are. with fair weather, the
! town will be strained TO the last
notch TO care for thu biz crowd that
will be on hands the four days Of the
fair.
Robert VI. Williams, president-d
the Homer Bryan club, il young
law student. He recently addressed
the democrats of that township, and
said that for the last forty years
every member OF his family had been
an active member OF the republican
party. but when it left the teachings
of the fathers as given in the Declara-
ton OF Independence and ourConsti-
tuition he could not go with 1t. lie
i now a staunch democrat. His un-
Gle. u. H. Williams, is also a convert
TO democracy.
The Rich Hill Review reports a Sc
rious cutting scrape which occurred
at Panama Sunday night between
Jim Weddle. a young man about %
wears old. and Jim Greenshield, n
married man 80 years OF age. Ihey
had been quarreling all the after
, noon which finally eliminated IN
! Greenshield putting his knife III Wed
dies left side. the blade entering the
, intestines. The wound is dangerous.
Greenshield skipped out after the
cutting
r Geor0. BurkerInaH. a carpenter
: working on a new barn being buii'
3 bv John Pyle in the rear OF IHE
= TIMES Office Tuesday afternoon
d missed his footing while scaffoldinl
! and fell across the ioists then to tn
4 o-round. a distance OF ; or 10 ieet
In falling he struck his side anC
, when picked up by his fellow-work
!. men appeared TO be quite badi!
Il hurt He was taken hOmein sprln!
= wagon and a physician summoned
Is From the way he complained IL wa
II feared that he had broken or tract
: ured his ribs. Mr. Burkerman y
Ie hard working young man, has
d large family and it j. 20 be hoped hi
- injuries will not prove serious.
II j. strange "A fair cannot be III
y without 20 many gambling device
III and Of the worst kind. And som
le shows that are a disgrace 10 civil
zstiou. There was one show at III
Rich Hill fair. that from what g
hear Of it. We are surprised that =
'; association would allow such o
:. their grounds, everybody i DISCUS
" Oh and for our own part ~ al
n a-bamed that such thing wa- q
40 lowad in Rich Hill Ir J. said thei
1d wa- some Of the worst gambling d
~ vices this year that has ever been q
nc the grounds. We expect to ha'
s,nerF,iug TO say b@fore another Ia
,. if we have to pay for =Pace.-0at'e
Rieh Hill Review.