The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-09-03

The annual session Il she s0uth
west Missouri Conference Ia being
held In Wsrrensburg this week. Rev.
o E Vivion pastor OF the Butler
church for the past year, Left for shat
place on Monday. Rev. Vivion has
given good sstisfac ion TO bis con
gregation and she church has grown
and strengthened under his charge
Resolutions requesting his return
we're adopted by the congregation
and presented to the presiding elder
W. F. Hill, manager OF Hills Cash
Store, left the first OF the week for
st Louis, 10 be on the markets for
week or ten days. Mr.. Hill says he
is strong In the faith that We will
have q good trade this fall, notwith-
standing the evil prophesies Of I'm.
settled conditions preceding a ma
tional election. he says he expects
to buy literally.
David Thompson, eight year old
son OF Capt. j. Z Thompson and
"Mascot" for the Signal Corps At Fl
Riley, was q general iavorite In the
camp and had the distinction oihav.
Ing bis picture, on horseback, in the
St. Louis Republic OF Saturday Gosh
The boy is prodigy In handling
horses, being more skilled than the
average man who has worked wi: h
horses all his life.
Clay Barnes, OF Nevada, heroicly
rescued Miss Marion Prosser from
drowning in the lake at that city Mon
day evening. Miss Prosser WAS swim
ming IN deep water, and becoming
exhausted, called for help, as she
sank. Mr.. Barnes. who was fishing
some distance away, leaped imme
diately into the water, and swim.
ming to her, held her up until help
came In boat.
William Stone, an old line Demo.
crat and re emily elected commit =
man from East Boone. was In Butler
Friday and favored us pleasant,
He is q strong advocate OF his dir
tiDguished namesake, Senator Will
lam Joel Stone, and says the senator
is strong with the pnople In his Sc e.
tion of the county Uncle Bill Stone
ia an early settler, stauDch citizen
and popular where known
A delivery horse belonging to Harry
Holloway became frightened 1T tbr
automobile, belonging tot ii. Moth
slime, which was standing In 'front.' OF
she F. b. Crowell residence Tu, 6 il.
evening, and ran away, throw'ne
Roy Speakes, who WAS driving, from
she wagon, which overturned. Young
Speskes WAS uninjured and the horse
was fortunately stopped without
material damage to itself or the
wagon.
Our old friend and patron A. W
Shay, OF Cortland, was q pleasan.
caller on Saturday. He is overse =
Of his district and has been doing
some effective road word. He said
that sometimes trees and brush on
the side become q greater menace
than hedge, by keeping it damp and
soggy. he thinks the law ought to
compel the property owner to keep
the trees thinned out along the road
as we'll as the hedges trimmed.
We had the pleasure of meeting
Postmaster Kelley, Of Kinghsher,
Okla, who called In company with
his cousin, Duke W. Simpson. Mr.
Kelley was on his way to visit ex'
Recorder Jas. r. Simpson. He lived
in Bates county fifty years ago, since
which time he has lived In kansse
and Oklahoma, in both states gain
ing local distinction, having served
four years 0s sheriff In Kansas, four
as sheriff In Oklahoma and now serv
ing his party as postmaster. He ]:
q staunch Republican and laughingly
says shat the Simpsons and ell hi
other numerous Democratic relatives
In Missouri ear the political blsci
sheep OF the family. When the Simp
, sons retort that be is about alone II
. entertaining the white sheep reputa
uon.