The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-02


call for the Democratic Congress
sional Committee to meet at his office
in Clinton on Friday. December Srd
to provide for a convention to nomi-
nate a candidate to succeed the late
Judge DeArmond. J. E. Williams,
committeeman from this county will
attend the meeting.
/ While working with the fireman
at the DeArmond place last week,
George Kersey met with a painful
accident. He had climbed to the roof
of the front porch and was in the
act Of breaking in an upstairs win
dow, his foot slipped and he fell, one
arm going through the window, which
was badly cut on the glass.
Miss Edna Clark, Of Butler, repre-
senting Bates county in the declama-
tory contest in Marshall on November
26th was awarded the second medal.
There were twenty contestants, ten
of whom were young ladies. This
was a high honor for Miss Edna and
reflected credit upon the schools of
the county. Her selection was LAD
die"
Evangelistic meetings begun at the
Presbyterian churchlast Sunday even
ing, conducted so far by the pastor,
Rev. j. R. Lamb. The noted evange-
list Rev. P. M. Fitzgerald will be here
to-day, Thursday at noon, to take
charge of the meeting He is an elo-
quent preacher, and our people
should hear him.
Jim Baker had started with a load
of furniture for Ed. Hubbard to 60 to
Kincaid, Kan. When near Summit
Center his team took fright and start
ed to run, turned the load over in
! ditch. Mr. Baker was caught under
the load and had his leg badly hurt,
so that he had to return home and
l send his boy with another team.
Mrs. James S. Brown returned
home from Barttlesville, Okla, last
, Friday, where she had been called
: by the serious illness of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Elsie Stout, with rheuma-
: tism. Mrs. Stout is able to sit up and
can walk a little, but is still under
treatment. She will probably come
: home as soon as she can dispense
g with the treatment.
: Mrs. Ina Tiffany, through her
= agents, Jno. F. Herrell & Son, sold
! her fine 200 acre farm. Mrs. Tiffany
y recently had a sale and expects to
move I'd Kansas City, She has been
a resident of Bates county for about
r eight years and has many friends
n here who regret her departure. She
e bought her place for $32 per acre,
s and sold for $40 per acre, which
y shows the way land has increased in
o price in the past few years.
: Governor Hadley, State Game
Warden Tollerton and Homer Man
:. are expected in Butler Thursday
+ morning to take quail hunt. This
J. body of distinguished hunters will be
= accompanied by number of our To-
e cal sports, headed by deputy game
is warden John Harper. We are thus
2 warning the feathered tribe to seek
n tall timbers, unless they seek the dis
tinguished honor Of grazing the ex
&c ecutive table.
Roy is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
- C. Cusick, old and substantial either
|, of Charlotte township. When hi
. went to ST. Louis last fall to accep
= employment, he ordered The Time.
y to his address. About the first O.
: October we were notified by the post
master of that city that the papel
: could. not be delivered. His sub
" scription is paid ahead until mex
spring. The Times joins his famil,
and friends in hoping that the young
man will turn up in good health.
Judge Denton in open court las
Monday appointed T. j. Smith, P. H
Holcomb and Jno. S. Francisco I
committee, representing the cour
and bar association Of Bates county t
draft suitable resolutions on the dealt
Of Hon. David A. DeArmond, and re
port the same in open court OF
December 10th, 1909. At that tim,
opportunity will be given any mem
: Der Of the bar to pass eulogy upol