The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-03-16
FOSTER.
P. L. Shelton was a business visit.
or to Rich Hill Friday.

P. [. Shelton was business visit
, or to Rich Hill Friday.
Deputy Sheriff Wallace came dow
on the 2 o'clock passenger Friday Il
to subpoena witnesses in the Wilson
Shetron case March II.
! w. S. James returned home Thurs
day from Illinois, where he had beer
attending the funeral of his father.
j The residence of Milton Journey
one half mile northwest of town
burned Tuesday night, together with
all its contents. The cause of the
fire was from lamp exploding.
| Mrs. D. H. Arbogast, Mrs. Mary
Shetron, Bush Collins, A. H. Lloyd
and l. H. Botkins left Friday for But
Ter to attend court.
James Shelton and James McHenry
left Sunday for Kansas City.
D. w. Steele after a months stay
in Foster departed for Kansas City
Thursday.
Paul v. Lauqhlin came in Friday
and made a brief visit with home
folks, returning to Blue Mound Sum
dao where he is attending school.
Mrs. c. B. Brussell left Sunday for
Arkansas in answer to a message
that her son Jeter is critically i'll.
N. F. Badeett and wife left last
week for Nevada to visit their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fannie Scott.
Mrs. Ella Newkirk who has been
visiting her sister is Arkansas, re-
turned home Wednesday.
Mrs. Alma Courtney who was
called to Mound City to see her faith
er, Esquire Gritten, who is not ex-
pected to live, taken sick very sud-
denly and was compelled to return
home Saturday.
Messrs. T. B. Scott, Delmar Webb,
Seth Cope, Will Mullis, DR.. Wilson
and Lee Shelton went to Butler last
week on business.
Windle McHenry returned to But.
Ter Friday after brief visit with
home folks.
Miss Eula Hughes left Sunday for
Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Treasure ar
rived Saturday from Nevada.
The teachers of the Foster public
school have announced that they will
give a pie supper at the school house
Friday night, March 18th. A small
program will be given, also cake
for the most popular young lady
present. Everybody is cordially in
vited to come.
Will Sorrow Shade His Brow? ;
Maud Sears who ran away some
hree months ago, after collecting all
money due him on coal, skiddooed to
,arts unknown and left those he g
wed t. sweat it out. Maud has been !
n considerable trouble, but he now I
las charge against him that will
and him high and dry. S
Maud Sears is man of about forty G
ears. His wife died some three a
ears ago, leaving two children, I
tepson aged 18 years, and a daugh- t
er IA years. The girl has been a
eeping house for her father until g
hree months ago when the father a
eserted them. Since then they have Il
cen living with their grandfather, tt
ach Sears. n
It was discovered a few days ago n
lat the girl was in critical condi- la
on, for which she says her father is al
,sponsibbie. II is now plainly seen
le fathers motive in running away, W
as to flee the wrath to come. in
Maud is still fugitive from justice. "
ach Sears, his father, as he gave n;
lief biography of his son the tears q
lied down his cheeks. He had tr
,lped his son out of several scrapes te
ID kept him from behind the bars II
hopes that he would reform, but W
aud seems to be one of Adams tn
ce that is past redemption. W
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