The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-10-31

mum Der OF other Bates county boys
Prof. J. W. Richardson,
who is serving his third year "a SUI
of the public schools OF
that city.
President Mitchell, of the Southern |
Negro Industrial Association. con
dernns both President Roosevelt and /
Booker Washington Tor the sensa-
tional dining He says the negroes
do not want social equality. They |
are only seeking TO live at peace with |
the whites
Flowing and planting wheat III the
big fields on the coast has been re-
duced to a science. II is said the
large automobile traction engines Of
fifty horse power in use i'll planting
wheat performs the tritiing work OF
blowing, narrowing and planting in
one operation.
Earl Garrett, a young man living
in Dover township, Vernon county,
came very near dying from taking II
dose OF Rough on Rats by mistake
for salts. The poison was wrapped
liz paper similar to that on a pack
age of salts, and he did not know the
Rough on Rats was about the place.
Editor Atkeson will probably not
be so fiippant in his criticism OF NJ
Y. Carroll, now that the latter Is at
the head OF newspaper Carroll Is
a hard hitter and he has a habit OF
calling things by their right names
At might succeed in shifting Mat. on
to some one else Heis good at that
Mrs. Rebecca Moore, mother OF
Mrs. G. w. Proctor, died at her home
| in Clinton last week Her death was
unexDected. The remains were
brought to Butler and Inferred IN
Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs Moore was
a good, christian woman, and Tor
merly lived in Butler, where she has
some property.
r. G.. Whistler, of near Virginia,
made us pleasant call and had the
dates on his paper set ahead. lie
| had sale the first OF the week, and
expects to move to one OF the lower
southwest counties and engage III
fruit raising. He had one OF the best
| orchards in Bates county and raised
some very fine apples this year. which
ne disposed of to good advantage.
The Nevada Post says CHECKER
thieves are beginning their usua
fall visits to the farmers in different
places in Vernon county. few
nights ago Mrs. Kenneth. living neal
Deerfield. heard cOmmOtiOn among
her chickens and. going out to inves
tigate she found IL man up tree lift
ing them of the rOO=t. A neighbo
has lost over a hundred in the pas
few weeks.
Our old and highly esteemed frien'
ID. b. Heath complimented us plenf
antlv and had the dates on his pape
set head. He has passed the ion
score wear mile post and is still hal
and hearty. his mind is as clear. ste
a. elastic as most men at sixty. ii
, is great reader and keeps posted o
current events. He and his gOO'
wife are staying young together.
The Clinton Democrat reports tn
sad death OF Solomon Davis, an oil
gentleman and a pioneer citizen
: Henry county. He was struck by
Frisco passenger engine at Ley
r switch and instantly killed. The oil
} man was experimenting the lOadln
( of cordwood on car and steppe
: around some freight cars that hi
: from view the rapidly approachin
passenger engine evidently intendlD
TO cross the main track when ii
l pilot beam struck him full in Ii
> head.
= Caleb Powers. ex-secretarv OF stat
; of Kentucky. on trial at Georgetown
XIV. a. accessory before the fact t
the murder of GOV. VIM. f. Goebe
in January. 1900. was for the secon
time convicted Saturday and sci
fenced TO life imprisonment in x
penitentiary. Pawers sat pale an
motionle.s when the verdict was al
nounced by the foreman, b. ;. Ga
: vert. his old schoolmate. A motto
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