The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-06-25

health.
Gus. B. Ludwick came In from
Florence, Colorado, to visit his
mother, Mrs. j. l. Ludwick, and
other relatives.
Is rains without an apparent eff.
fort and on short notice. With the
vast amount OF rain which has fallen
shis spring, frequent showers are nee.
'sssry for the growing crops.
Mrs Laura B. Cole writes to have
her paper changed from Tucumcsri,
N. NJ, TO Duran, n. Mex, where Mr..
Cole has accepted the position oil
cashier in the Duran Trust and Saw
ings Bank.
1 We are In receipt OF a well written
communication respecting the Sun
day lid Tor women, but as It Is not
accompanied by name OF the writer,
we will not publish is, Il might be
appropriate for us to say that the
cid" ss used above has no reference
10 ladies' headgesr.
Frank Fix, H. Fl. McClendon and
Harry Rogers, OF Rockville, were
pleasant callers on Tuesday. Mr.,
Fix is the eldest son OF the late Judge
Fred Fix and Is a prominent and In,
fiuential farmer Of that section OF the
county,
Miss Kate Colyer, a teacher In the
Florida schools, who has been visit
Ing Mrs. W. F. Duvall for several
days, left the fret OF the week for
Broken Bow, Nebr., to spend vaca.
ton with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
d. A, Colyer.
VIM. Hsrdingner, OF Butler, was
here last week visiting his old friend
and nelghbor, l.. X. Boehm. Mr..
Hardingner has resided in Bates
county forty years and this was his
first visit to Hume He seemed to be
surprised at the magnitude OF our
little city, and expressed himself as
being we'll pleased; wouldn't mind
coming here to spend the remainder
OF his days,-Hume Telephone.
- Ssc fancy lawn nice and cool only
5c-Sam Levy Nero. Co.
The usual delegation OF "dry ones"
from Butler came In on the 9:45
train Saturday night and departed
on the 1925 north bound train. A
noticeable feature OF the delegation
was the easy way in which the suit
cases and grips were carried and
tossed about on the arrival while
they seemed apparently weighted
down on the return trip. Candy
buckets and sacks were also used as
receptscles for carrying the refresh
nts.-Rich Hill Review
F, W. Briggs, representing a trade
journal OF D3s Moines, Iowa, that Is
attempt to force through congress q
law to compel all manufacturers
to label their goods to show exactly
the quality and quantity OF material
In them. This is on the same order
OF the pure food law, and IN order to
create a proper sentiment clubs are
formed among retail merchants,
known as the MTJLC, each member
being pledged to work for such legis-
latlon A large number OF Butler
merchants are members of the club
and are consequently boosting for
the labelling law
Judge Waller W. Graves, who is a
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation to succeed himself on the Mis-
souri, Supreme Court bench seems to
bel far In the lead Tor the nomination.
Judge Graves was first appointed TO
the supreme bench by Governor Folk
to fill the vacancy occssioned by the
resignation Of Judge W. C. Marshall
and was later nominated and elected
by the Democrats to fill out the un.
expired Marshall term. Judge Graves
Is regarded as one OF Missouri's abb
est jurists and his official record en-
titles him to q denomination and
election Richmond Conservator.