The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-09

parS OF wednesday ana thursday III
Virginia.
Mrs. s. E. Jones, OF Butler, and
Mrs, Henry Ison passed through our
city Wednesday. They had been Wis
log her daughter, Mrs. Coffin, north
OF Amorett.
Emmett Burk and wife invited in
their relatives and celebrated the
.4th at home. W. A. McElroy and
T wife, Everett Drysdale and wife, OF
Butler, were present. The children
were having q good time with fire.
crackers, until one exploded in one
of WIN Hardinger's little boys
eyes. DR.. Smith thinks the sight ia
not hurt. The eye ball was badly
scratched, and the little boy will
have sore eye for awhile,
Willie WINERY returned home
from Kansas City last week,
ira Judys daughter, Of Burdett,
attended the 4th at Virginia. Miss
Lula Is visiting relatives around Viz
ginia for few days.
Mr.. Mino's family all have the
whooping cough. Mrs. Mino has
been In bed for two days.
Lawrence Heckadon has she whoop-
ing cough,
Oats, hay and lax are ready so
harvest, and corn is ready 10 pillow,
and the farmer hardly knows where
to commence first and help is hard
TO get.
c. W. Wolfe, chief O: the Dry Army,
Is letting his army rest, and, like
Roosevelt, is making hay at his sum-
mer home.
The 4th passed off quietly here. 1t
was not intended for 4th OF July.
The ice cream was for the benef. OF
the church. They took in $50. 90.
Had no dinner, no speeches and no
program. We remember 60 years
ago on the 18th people in q neighbor-
hood got together, and had table
from 80 to 3 feet long, loaded with
good things to eat-roasted beef,
chickens and boiled ham. Anyone
coming from another neighborhOod
went home filled, but things have
changed. Old things have passed
away, and new ones have taken their
place. Graft has taken hold Of the
people. Everything is turned to
make money.
The Endeavor at the Virginia
Christian Church elected the follow.
ing officers for the coming six months:
President, Earl Kellogg; Vice-Presi-
dent, Bonnie Wolfe; Secretary, Albert
Allen; Assistant Secretary, Clste
Jundy; Organist, Thula Darr; Assist
ant 0rgsnist, Geneva Draper. Meet
Ing every Sabbath night at 1870.
Everyone invited to attend.
The names OF the young Americans
that started out early the morning
of the Attn, and visited number OF
houses with flags and drum, and
spoke pieces at each place they
visited from Virginia to Andrew
Simpson. Misses Opal Jenkins, Wilma
Smith, Martha Park, Birdie Wolfe,
Masters Joe, Charley and Geo. Wolfe
and Omer Smith. Should they live
to be men and women. Aaron thinks
they will be against the saloon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darr and SONS spent
the greater part Of last week visiting
relatives In Vernon county.
Vivian, the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM Allen, Is now located at Sioux
City, Iowa, engaged In the hotel
business.
1t is said by some OF the German
people that II il rains on the 2nd
day OF July, the day that the virgin
Mary starts on her visit, there will
be elk weeks of wet weather, while
she is on her visit. We noticed 1t In
1853 In Ohio, and It held good. We
do not know II there are enough Ger
man people here to make the sayings
good. 1t sure did rain on the End
day OF July. The 10Th the last ma.
tional convention for this year will