The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-05-09

Miss Kate Walker is enjoying a
visit with relatives and friends at
Nevada. 80" ~ "'E
Hon. J.Wallis Lewis of West Point
township, who is candidate for the
denomination as representative on the
Democratic ticket, was county seat
visitor Wednesday and made us a
most pleasant call.
Strother Lewis and family visited
relatives and friends in this city the
first of the week. Mr.. Lewis is re-
covering the sight in his right eye
which was injured some months ago
as the result of nettle piercing the
eye.
Judge W. T. Cole on Tuesday sold
his hotel, the Day House, to Abe
Freeman, Mr.. Freeman taking pos
session Wednesday afternoon. Mr..
Cole has removed to his residence
property on Pine street.
w. B. Rollins of the firm of con-
sulting engineers, Rollins & West
over of Kansas City, was in Butler
Wednesday to get the contract of max
ing an inventory Of the Butler Water,
Light & Power Company's plant, and
in company with Mayor Clyde McFar-
land made us a most pleasant call.
A large delegation of Butler Yeo-
men went to Rich Hill Friday to or
ganize a Homestead and initiate a
class of candidates.
Fine tie pin set is a nice gra duating
present, SOC to 81. 50.-Joe Meyer.
The Butler Athletes defeated the
Harrisonville High School in close
ly contested ball game at the Lake
park Friday Afternoon.
Fifty-five births and twenty-eight
deaths in Bates county are reported
for the month of March by the State
Bureau of Vital statistics, classified as
follows: births, males "a, females 81;
deaths, males 10, females 9.
C. H. Letton of Butler spent sever
al hours in this city looking after
business matters and visiting friends.
Mr.. Letton is in the employ of the
Carpenter &: Shafer Manufacturing
Company, with headquarters at But
Ter, and while here was the guest of
the local manager, Lyle Snow.-Har-
risonville Democrat.
C. w. Hess, the north side drug
gist, is installing fine new iceless
soda fountain. The fixtures are of
highly polished mahogany and mar
BILE, and makes indeed a beautiful
piece of furniture. The fountain is
modern and has all the up-to-date
sanitary features.
The north bound passenger mar
rowly escaped being wrecked Mon
day morning when the tender jumped
the track Just south of the first trestle.
1t was impossible to stop the train be-
fore striking the trestle, and the de-
rallied tender plowed across tearing
the ties into splinters. Almost mir
aculously the engine and the balance
of the train held to the rains.
This would be good opportunity,
says the Hume Telephone, to remind
the people Of Bates county that the
Hume high school is on the job fur
nishing the prosecuting attorneys for
the Kingdom of Bates. The present
incumbent, w. B. Dawson, is gradu-
ate of our public schools. The next
lawyer slated for that office, Dewitt
c. Chastain, "a graduate of the
Hume schools. The Telephone has a
long list of eligible material which it
mentions in line of succession" but
that is another story.
County Superintendent P. M. ALI
son is making preparations to attend
the meeting of the State Association
of County Superintendent of Public
schools which will be held in Jeffer-
son City next week. Monday after
noon Prof. Allison will conduct the
round table with "The visits of the
County Superintendent for a SUBJ
ject. The State spelling contest will
be held Monday night. Each county
being represented by one contestant.
Herman Stoltenberg of West Point
township will represent Bates county.