The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-11-22

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Democratic township OF Henry coun-
ty in the recent election, and as an
appreciation OF their fidelity TO the
Democratic ticket Mr.. Parks, chair
man OF the county central commits
tee, presented the township Friday
with a beautiful elk flag made In St.
Louis.
The executive committee OF tbe
Photographers Association of Mis-
souri,, recently changed the awarding
OF the committee on Class c. work,
Exhibited at the state convention,
held at Exc l-ior Springs in June,
and awarded drss p''z 10 that class
TO r l. Eiidil, photographer OF this
city, instead OF cond prize, as au.
nounced at the time. The prize is a
handsome gold medrl.
/ Mok rly merchants hsvs organized
q protective association That
means dead beats will have to pay
their debts or credit will ever after
be refused them Once a mans nau {
yoes on the cisy dead beat" book
his credit to buy goods Is gone. Tht
merchant don't refuse credit, but
the person who buys must pay snG
there is nothing wrong about that,
Chas. Fisk has accepted the posi-
ton OF Leader Of the Knights o
Pythias band, OF Kansas City
and will close out his music busi
ness In Butler by the first OF thu
year, when be will move to that city
Until that time he will make weekly
visits to practice. Mr.. Fisk Is I
band leader OF rare ability, fin,
musician and that band is fortunate
In securing bis services.
We are sorry to see Republican
leaders quarreling among themselves
over who is responsible for their de
, feat In Missouri. They can smooth'
their differences and console them
selves that none Of them are at fault
Thepeopleoi Missouri didlt, and they
will continue to do 1t for many year
to come, 80 long as the Democrat
:, party proves true to the great trust
!. she has so faithfully administered 10
the past thirty years.
The first time within the history {
: the state q millionaire will be men
Der OF the state senate. Col Thoms
Conner, OF Joplin, is the member
, Col. Conneris Democrat. For year
v Jasper county has been reprasente
0 in the state senate by Republican
aud at the last election the count
went Republican by 500 to 800, bu
:, Col. Conner pulled through with
majority Of over $50 votes. Co
Conner made his monty In Jaspe
county mining. Lately he built
J, hall million dollar hotel at Joplin.
Of A sensational dispatch from Wall
i or, Vernon Co., Mo-, states that th
robbers who blew the safe OF th
r bank on Monday before. escapin
l. with nearly $4,000, returned on FIR
Q day night to complete the job, clear
8 ed the safe OF about 50, 900 more an
l. set fire to the buildings and destroy
ed between thirty and forty thousan
z dollars in property. 1t was aitel
' wards discovered that the fire was {
v different origin and the robber
g theory a fabrication.
A fire in the little town OF Walker
Mo. on the NJ K. & T. railroad Sa,
Q urday, destroyed the principal par
] Of the business portion OF the tow
8 the origin Of the fire is unknown
4 The fire started in the hsrdwar
|. store OF 8. D. Buck and consume
, the building, the Bredencamp doubl
building and Hayes building, al
!. brick, together with stocks Of good
in each, also lodges over the build
|. ings. The loss is estimated at $50
q 900.
Senator W. J. Stone, Of Missouri
j. lost his overcoat for the second tim
this winter Saturday. The senate
9 was talking politics in the lobby {
;, the hotel Jefferson, st. Louis, and I
!. the heat Of argument wsndere
+ away from thechair on which be ha
Q laid his coat, and when he rsturns
= IL was gone. II am constantly loI