The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-09-17

Butler schools closed al day Tues-
day and In she afternoons OF Wed.
nesdsy, Thursday and Friday TO
give the children an opportunity TO
visit the fair.
j. W. Lewis, Of West Point, was "a
pleasant caller Tuesday, while in she
city TO attend the fair. He said all
thechildren we're present at the Lewis
family reunion last week In honor OF
his father, Rev. A. ii. Lewis birth
day. Three days celebration were
held, one day at the old homestead,
one day at his brothers and one day
at his home. The children presented
Rev. Lewis with fine suit oiclothes;
Rev Sage, who has been co.worker
with Rev. Lewis for thirty years,
made the presenta tion address.
The Missouri Pacific road Is re
ported TO have broken oil previous
records in handling u train load OF
coffee out OF New Orleans. The train
consisted OF iorty.eight cars, which
were all shipped TO Chicago. During
August the Missouri! Pacific had an
unusually large coffee tonnage out OF
New Orleans The total amount OF
tbls one article handled In the month
amounted TO $4,000, 900 pounds, or
about 230 carloads. This was ten
train loads, Most OF this coffee was
destined TO S. Louis and Chicago. -
Nevada Mail.
Judge a ID, Hyde favored US with
a pleasant call, while holding court
last week, The Judge said party
conditions in his section are very
satisfactory and the boys are In line
! for the whole ticket from Bryan
down. Judge Hyde Ia now serving
his first term on she court and has
made q safe, conservative Judge. He
stands high in the county as an hon.
orable, upright, christian gen slemsn,
conscientious to fault In all his
acts. Judge Hyde will be re elected
by an Increased majority.
Invitations are sent 50 all Demo.
cratic editors In the state 80 gather
at tia Planters Hotel, In st. Louis,
on Friday. Sept. 25th, for confer
ence. They will attend a dollar
Dinner" In the evening In the Plant.
ere Dining room. The following
speakers at the annual dinner are
announced on the official program
Hon. Henry Watterson, Louisville
Courier Journal, Head OF National
Democratic Publicity Committee,
Hon. Augustus Thomas, New York;
Hoe Harry NJ. Rubey, state chair.
man; Hon. W. s. Cowherd, nominee
for governor.
Ralph and Fred Hartwell we're both
hurt in u fall from scaffold, about
Is It, last week. They have q con.
tract with Major Crowell, art. to
paint the SculIey houses In 81 G
county. They have been at work n
this contract all summer. On Fri.
day, while painting on the old Pryor
place, In Hudson township, Ralph'e
ladder slipped and in his fall h.
struch Fred, who was sitting on the
end OF the scaif0ld. both IAN y s.
the ground. They lsrh d on tn, II
feet, and for q time f. was feared
Rslph's spine was i'j1rcd and Fred
was hurt Internally. Furtu ltely
neither sustained permanent injury
They were both able to te around
in q few days.
The Missouri State Bank has T..
sued beautiful souvenir postal car
: Invitations TO witness the public
demonstration OF the Electric Burg
lar Alarm System, recently installed
on Thursday, Sept, 18th, 1908, Il
10 o'clock a. IN. This system lie ht
} latest and best approved system
against burglars. Besides the cleo
trio alarm given Immediately the
safe is tampered with, a chemical IL
placed In the safe which turns to d
deadly gas when an explosion oc'
ours and Mr.. burglar never gets
away alive. Moralists will question
the right OF bank officials to thus
deliberately prepare to do murder
but advocates OF the system point
out that bank burglars do not hest
tate to do murder II detected, ant
that bank robberies are becoming &C
, FREQUENT az to call for extreme meas