The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-25
Virginia.

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I sister, Mrs. W. T. Pyle.
SEQ. Rubel attended the St Louis
W. Conference at Sedalial last week.
me phone meeting Saturday pass
on quietly. The proposition be-
pc the Company was voted down.
ephone meetings are good place
get new ideas for the mind and
ZEN to speech making, and II they
on they viii learn what the
Rt0A ,of Mo. say about corpora.
pms and their powers under the law
Mo.
The candidates next Sabbath will
Ave the Temperance lesson TO study
ffore election day. But will they
ICED the lesson taught them In the
Bible or will they shut their eyes to
hssons taught there and press on
y the Office, regardless ofwhat they
Re taught In the Bible about the
treat cure OF the liquor habit. We
iotice they are careful not to say
uything against the liquor traffic
z fear Of losing.
Your scribe attended the Republi.
IN township convention at Virginia
saturday. Ii looked like things had
len cut and dried the way they
flowed along. Judge Wolfe nomina-
led WI W. Park for Trustee, Col.
ennin& seconded the nomination,
10 othelr for the place, went through
like a shot, all voting except your
scriba( And William Porter. The fol
wing officers we're nominated;
iTrustee, W. W. Park; Collector, VIM.
McKibben; Assessor, Charley Vert;
Justices OF the Peace, Clark Draper
md VIM. Sullens; Constable, W. j,
Smith.
John Zlnn was born near Danville,
H., April 4sh 1889, died March 18th
1909. Had he lived till April 4th he
would have been 70 years old. His
parents moved to Bates Co., when
he vas Is years old, 1854. His vote
vas the only one cast for Lincoln at
West Point under threats, but he
vas fearless, he thought II was his
duty and he done 1t. He was mar.
ried to Miss Lucinda Keton and to
this union were born five children,
one having passed on before and 4
living, 2girls and 2 boys, one son
and daughter at Mendon, Mo-, one
daughter at Pittsburg, Kansas, and
Frank living on the farm. Two OF
his children we're present at his
death. His first vile died In Feb
1874. He was married to Miss Mat
tie Wood In 1879, who with 4 chill
dren are left to mourn. He Joined
the Missionary Baptist church at
Mt. Vernon a few years ago. John
Jim was clever man, upright with
his dealings with his fellow men. He
lived part OF his time In Kans., he
belonged to the 9th Kans. When his
lather died he bought the home farm
* miles north OF Virginia and lived
there for many years. Last summer
he bought property In Virginia and
moved there as his health had been
failing for years. He will be missed
by his old neighbors and friends and
MuElndness OF speech and ways will
long be remembered. His body was
laid In the Keton cemetery.
o. M. Drysdsle Of Brsymer, Mo-,
who spent few days In Virginia the
first blast week, returned TO his
home Thursday.
Some Of our people have planted
potatoes and sowed oats and get
ting ready to plant corn.
Col. Denning is busy finishing husk-
ing his last years big crop OF corn.
Truman Gilbert, the weather man,
says we will have a bumper corn
crop this year.
DR.. Smith reports Mrs. Nicholas
\ Adams as on the sick list.
Mrs. John Zlnn left Saturday for
Mendon, Mo-. to make her home
with her step son.
John Harper shipped hogsto Kan
sas City Tuesday.
Rev. Shelton and DR.. Smith were
duck hunting Monday forenoon.
Charley Wort's mother.in-law and
her son are visiting him this week.
They are from Nebraska.
The two great political partys
y 1s each placed Parktown man
at the head OF their township ticket.
Y d C. Wolfe heads the Democratic
,d W w pavk tho Rapuhlican for