The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-02-29

Jas. B. Moore, aged IS years and
6 months died at his home in this city
Sunday, February Is, 1912 after a
long illness. Mr.. Moore had been a
resident of this city for many years.
A widow and a daughter survive him.
The Elks held one of their delight.
full social sessions in their club rooms
Thursday evening. Dancing and
cards were INDUCED in. About As
couples were present. A delicious
lunch was served.
Mrs. L. M. Stanley and daughter
are making preparations for the open.
ing of select millinery stock on the
second floor Of The Times building.
The many friends of Walter Steele
in Bates county will be glad to learn
of his promotion to assistant trust Of
ficer Of the Mississippi Valley Trust
Company, of St. Louis. Walton has
been with the company for eleven
years and has gradually risen through
merit to this responsible position.
He started with the Missouri State
Bank and Walton Trust Company.
He married an independence girl and
has several interesting children. The
Times is always glad to note the adj
vancement of boys who leave Bates
county, but none more than Walton
Steele.
A proposition is on foot to either
merge into one district, the Passaic,
Rocky Point and Prairie Rose dis.
tricts, and build one new school build
ing for the entire district, furnishing
transportation to and fro for the
pupils. Another proposition is to
continue to use the present buildings
for grade work and in the near future
build high school building. Prof.
Geo. w. Reavis of the State Educa-
tional Department, addressed a meet
ing OF the patrons Of these schools
Friday evening.
Oscar H. Fennimore of Montrose,
Mo-, and Miss Lille York were united
in marriage at the home of the bride S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. York,
Thursday, February %, 1912, Rev.
King OF Spruce officiating. The
happy couple will be at home in
Montrose after March lst.
The Bates County Poultry Associa-
ton will hold their regular meeting
in the Court House Wednesday,
March 6, at 2 p. m. j. K. Mooney
will demonstrate a fireless brooder
and other prominent poultry people
will discuss the various phases of
poultry raising. Everyone invited to
these meetings.
S. c. Rhode Island Red eggs for
Matching, $l.0O for Is; $500 per 100.
Special mating $500 for Is.
Austin Rosser, Butler, Mo.
Phone 1893. 17-4t
Charles B. Stark OF St. Louis, a
candidate for the Democratic nominal
ton for the supreme judgeship was
in Butler Thursday and made The
Times a most pleasant call. Mr..
Stark is one of the leading attorneys
of St. Louis and has always been a
staunch Democrat although he has
never held office. He is a clever
of pleasing personality and
will make strong race.
We acknowledge with pleasure the
receipt of the announcement of the
of Miss Cora Lee Ives to
MIR. James P. Buquor at Apache,
Oklahoma, Tuesday, February q,
1912. The bride is the handsome and
accomplished daughter of Prof. and
Mrs. A. L. Ives, formerly of this city,
md was, during her residence here,
,ne of Buffers most popular young
aides. The happy couple will be at
lome at Lafayette, Louisiana, after
March 5th.
P. j. Jewett of Summit township,
vas seriously injured Friday after +
loon and for some hours suffered a
complete loss of memory, as the re-
ult of a heavy package of seed corn
alling upon him, it is supposed.
here were no eye witnesses to the
ccident, Mr. Jewett being alone in
he barn at the time. The first init
nation the family had of the occur
nee was when Mr.. Jewett appeared
the house in a dazed condition and
aid that he had been hurt, although
e could not tell in what way. There
,as deep cash on the back of his
cad. It is supposed that the string
,hich suspended a bundle of seed
orn gave way as Mr.. Jewett was
assinQ under, allowing the corn to
Ill upon his head.