The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-04-03

er northeast OF Butler.
j. NJ. Chambers, committeeman,
announces the following primary
Judges for Elkhart: W. F. Stephens,
L. L. Rockhold, Frank Langsford.
Jov. +. Wix, one of Pleasant Gap
townships substantial young farm
ers, favored us pleasantly on Mon
day and had his name enrolled for
The TIMES.
Rev. A. 5. Freed, a Methodist min
lister of Parsons, Kan, was visiting
Rev. Jewell last week. They were To-
Gated together at Coffeyville, Kan,
for FIVE years and became fast friends.
If the season proves favorable
Bates county will not be short on a
potato crop next year. The latter
is something the farmer can illafford
to BE- without and this year he is
planting for himself and some to
spare.
A bolt Of lightning struck the flag
staff OF the White Swan mills at Clin-
ton, passed into the roof OF the mill
and set fire to the building. The mill
has a line OF hose on every floor and
with these the handssaved the build.
ing. Every incandescent lamp was
burned out.
Rev, Granville Louther, tried be-
fore the Methodist conference at
Arkansas City, Kansas, Friday on
the charge of heresy, was found gull
ty and dismissed from the church.
The remark of DR.. Louther on the
atonement to the effect that Christ
died for man to show man how to
die for man" was the point upon
which the prosecution devoted most
OF it's Efforts.
Mr.. Dudley, an old gentleman, who
does dray work about town, lost
n Pair of fine black match mares last
week. The first animal to die only
appeared to be sick IA couple of days
and the other before death ate a
hearty breakfast and died before
night. Mr.. Dudley valued the ami
mails at 5000 and the loss to him is
quite severe.
Hon. John Z. Thurman, eX-circuit
clerk and school commissioner OF
Bates, now n prominent lawyer and
Tealeslate mun OF the new Oklahoma,
is attending to business IN BUrtTr
andsRich Hill and is kept busy greet
ing his old friends. Mr. Thurman is
an educated gentleman aud one OF
the truest friends we ever knew.
The Missouri State Bank has taken
our young friend Charley Mcfarland,
youngest son of c. b. Mcfarland,
and will learn him the banking bust
ness from the ground floor up Heis
an exceedingly bright young man,
quick to learn, courteous to his SUI
periors, and we look for his rapid
development.
| The Methodist conference made the
following appoints in the Carthage
district of interest to our people:
Butler. W. f. Jones; Butler circuit,
B. f. Nibleck; Hume and Foster, j.
c. Bell; Nevada, S. F. Stephens; Rich
Hill, W. T. Pyles; Adrian, Jno. E.
Hall; Appleton City, l.. NJ. Thomp.
son; Monorose, W. f. Leigh; Drexel,
II. H. Temple; Rockville, W. F. Baker
The burglar arrested at Webb City
confesses that he was party to the
robbery of the Lindley-Shackelford
dry goods at Clinton some time ago
Some of the stolen clothing were in
his possession when captured. He
wars also recognized as being the
same thief that was operating in
Nevada. The evidence accommodating
against this burglar will send him tC
the penitentiary for long term.
The senatorial committee for this
district met at Clinton yesterday tC
name place and date of holding tbs
senatorial convention, and to deter
niue the basis OF representation anC
number of votes to which the coun
ties of Bates, Cedar, Henry and st
Clair comprising said district are en-
titled. S. F. Warnock went over tC
represent Bates.
The body of Mrs. Edna McCulloch
26 years of age, who died at hel
home in Pleasant Gap township
Sunday, was broughtto Butler Mon
day and shipped to Carthage, Ills
for burial. Death was due to con
gestion of the lungs. She was sicl
only about IS hours. Mr.. and Mrs
McCulloch moved to this county
/ from Illinois about year ago.
The one thousand dollars in GOLD
stolen from the Goldberg store at
Virgil City, Vernon county Saturday
night, has not yet been found. John
Beach, a boy 16 years of age, living
near the store, who was looking
about the premises the evening the
money disappeared, has been arrest
ed and prosecuting attorney King,
of Nevada, has filed information
charging him with the theft. Blood
, hounds put on the track trailed the
boy to his home.