The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-22
The TINES correspondents are all

The discussion OF Central High |
School question that was to have
been on Friday night, Feb 26. at the
Black school house has been post
poned until Friday night, March 2.
Our esteemed farmer friend F. |
Hacker, of Elkhart township. ia
vored us pleasantly. He is serving
on the regular jury panel. He is as
courteous and clever gentleman
, and substantial citizen as can be
! found III the county.
| The McGinnis trial brought between
ninety and hundred witnesses to
town Tuesday. Nearly one-third of
the population OF Prairie township
was III the city. The trial has at
tracted considerable attention and
the court room is crowded with spec
tatOrs who are eager to hear the tes-
timonv.
Agents on salary OF SO per week
and expenses: the greatest agent
seller ever produced; every stock and
poultry raiser buys it on sight Hust-
lers wanted. Reference. Address.
with stamp, American Mig. Co, Terre
Haute, Ind. 15-1y
Our old friend ID. l.. Frazee OF Lone
Oak township. was in to see us and
had his paper set ahead and ordered
a copy sent to his son o. H. Frazee
at Baxter Springs, Kan. He and his
excellent wife had just returned from
a visit to him at that place. Mr..
Frazee is one of our most substantial
citizens and a strong democrat
{. Z. Staley was in to see us Satur
day and had his paper changed from
Burdett to Durant, Ind. Ter, to
which place he moved his family this
week. He has been citizen OF our
county for Il number of years and
held i'll the highest esteem by ali who
knew him, and THE TINES regrets to
lose such good family from the
county.
We have interviewed a large mum
Der OF farmers from different parts Of
the county in regard to the court
house question, and with hardly
single exception all favor the erection
of a building at the county seat.
They also agree that the proposition
h, hn
the proper way to put up the build
ing. A direct tax and pay the debt
in three years.
A small ripple OF excitement and in
eignatiOn was caused in Amoret Mon
day by an article which appeared i'll
the Butler Democrat. The Democrat
employs James Henry Sisson as Il
writer and last week he mentioned
Sherman march and the civil war
iii a manner that caused Indignation
among its readers here. We are told
that ten of the Democrats Amoret
subscribers ordered their paper dis
continued on account OF it-AmOr-
ct Beacon.
W. H. H. Duke, of Grand River,
complimented us while in the city
Saturday He informed us that he
had about made up his mind to sub
nit his name before the democratic
county convention for treasurer.
Mr. Duke has been a citizen of Bates
falmOst from its organization as
county. He has always been an ac-
tive, unswerving democrat and no
man stands higher as Il man and
citizen.
James Mckibben has disposed of
his interest in the Mckibben Merch-
antile Co. and has retired from bus
, mess Joseph Mckibben was elected
President, D. X. Walker, Vice Presi-
dent. and j. W. Berry, Secretary
James Nc kibben has been in bus
mess in Butler for nearly thirty years
and by his fair dealing and strict in
tegeritv commands the esteem OF all
the people.
VIM. NJ. Speer, wife and three chill
: dren and his sister; II. NJ. Derrett,
wife and three children, all of Spruce
township. leave to-day for Granite,
Oregon, where they expect TO make
their future home. Mr. Speeris son
OF James W. Speer, is an enterprising,
! industrious young gentleman and
, will make it wherever he goes, THE