The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-03-31

The following young lady pupils of
Willow Branch school, in West Point
township, chaperoned by their teach
er, Prof. T. j. Wheeler, while in
Butler Saturday to participate in the
spelling contest, called and inspected
The Times office: Misses Fern Hollo-
way, Mable Sundquest, Ella Ander-
son, Anna and Winnie Davis Wheel
err.
The home of Joseph Rogers, in the
north east part of town was consum-
ed by fire early Thursday. Mrs.
Rogers had been up during the night
giving medicine to her little daughter,
and had left the lamp lighted and
turned down, and it is supposed the
lamp exploded. Insurance was car
ried on house and contents.
j. R. Simpson was in Monday and
had bills printed for a sale of the per-
sonal effects of the late William Guy,
one mile east Of Spruce, on next
Saturday, April End, consisting of a
family mare, buggy and harness, 2
jersey cows, | heifer and bull,
duroc jersey sow and six pigs, 4
shoats, household and kitchen furni-
ture, 81
1t is reported in railway circles
that the Missouri Pacific expects to
run the evening passenger train from
Kansas City to Joplin and return each
morning, instead of from Kansas City
to Nevada. During the recent panic
the train was run to Nevada, leaving
the towns between Nevada and Jop-
lin without an evening passenger
train.-Nevada Mail.
Oh; the wiles of these Republican
politicians. We are little bit sur
prised that the usually acute editor of
the Journal did not discover and
truthfully report the mission of the
Butler politicians, which was to in
.terview the big district boss, Egger;
and later developments in the Butler
postoffice fight would indicate they
had been successful.
Joe. S. Franklin, a prominent citi-
zen and pioneer settler of Walnut
township, was pleasant caller while
in the city the last of the week.
Uncle Joe has been leader in his
section for many years. He owns a
big farm and has engaged extensively
in grain and coal shipping.
The Review gives an elaborate no
tice and appears very proud of the
new concrete platform just complet-
ed at the Rich Hill, Mo. Pac. depot.
G. w. Williams was the contractor
and the Review adds: HE goes from
here to Butler where he will build a
platform, and will also move the de-
pot building at that place back six
feet further from the track" That
will help some.
Arthur Chambers, teacher in the
public schools and Del Welton, an
ex-postmaster and prominent bust
ness man of Butler, were in the city
for a few hours Tuesday evening.
The boys might have been here on a
mission political and they might have
driven over just to see what a real
live and strictly up-to-date Prairie
Queen looks like. We are inclined
to the latter theory about it, but
wouldn't swear by it.-Appleton City
journal.
Representative Longworth, son-in
law Of Theodore Roosevelt, stands
sponsor for this story which, although
a bit old, is yet good. AN old negro
was stopped on the street on election
day by a white man, who asked him
II he had voted. "Yas, indeed, Use
voted, replied the negro. did you
get anything for your voter" t'Oh,
yas, sub. | got paid for nah vote. y
What did you get?" well, sub, 1t
was laik dis. De Republicans come
to me and dey says dey give me
eleven dollahs II me and nah three
boys vote de Republican ticket, an |
took de money; an de Democrats
come to me an dey says dey give me
seven dollars for nah vote and nah
boys votes, an / took de money!
You took money from both sides.
Than which ticket did you vote?"
'Qh, | voiced de democratic ticket. .
: hy cor The Republicans gave you
tie most money. = voted for De
-, . 100 sos s :. 50 81