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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-22

Parasols-American.
Mrs. Joe Meyer entertained the
Bridge Club Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Price Glenn of Harrisonville
is the guest Of Miss Mike McLees.
Miss Eva Herrell is the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. George Herrell at Adrian.
Mrs. Ida Tiffany of Kansas City, is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Culver.
Mrs. Ed Snyder has returned home
from visit with relatives in Joplin.
Wilbur Welton spent several days
the first of the week in Kansas City.
Mrs. j. w. Choate visited in Har-
risonville the latter part of the week.
The best shoes made for the price,
American Clothing House.
DR.. j. F. Robinson of Nevada spent
Sunday here, the guest of DR.. j. T.
Hull.
MIR. and Mrs. w. E. Walton are
enjoying an outing at Excelsior
Spring.
Mesdames X. E. Worthington and
Jas. Smith spent the first Of the week
with relatives and friends in Kansas
City. a..
j. O. McMullen, who some weeks
ago sold his feed yard. to j. R.
WEIGH, closed deal with Mr.. WEIGH
the last of the week whereby he
again became the owner of the bust
ness.
DR.. j. S. Newton was painfully in
iured in runaway near his, home
east of this city Saturday evening,
being thrown from his buggy and
dragged some distance. His left foot
and ankle were badly wrenched.
/ County Treasurer j. H. Stone, &C.
companied by his wife and daughter,
attended the graduating exercises OF
the Western Dental College in Kan.
sas City Saturday. William Stone,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Stone, was a
member of the graduating class.
Boys suits very cheap, knife free
at American Clio. House.
County Superintendent Of Schools
P. M. Allison has fixed the date Of
county graduation this year for Sat
urday May oath in the Circuit cour'
room in this city. DR.. w. c. Morris
Of the Warrensburg Normal will be
present and will address the gradu'
ates. About leo will graduate.
Former Sheriff w. j. Bullock pur'
chased the A. L. Fox meat market
on north Main street Saturday, taking
possession Monday morning. Mr..
Bullock a short time ago sold his in
terests in the firm Of Bullock &
Harper to his partner, John Harper.
A great line Of straw hats at Amer
iCan Cln Hnuse
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-22

Clyde Sells and VIM. Rifle have
purchased the Troy Steam Laundry
from Parks & Orear, assuming the
management Of the business Monday.
Mrs. E. j. Campbell who is under
going treatment at the German Hos
pital in Kansas City is reported to be
improving. An operation was found
to be unnecessary.
Mr.. and Mrs: Vance johnson and
little daughter of Bisbee. Ariz., who
have been visiting at the home OF
Capt. v. L. johnson here, left Thurs
day for Pierce City.
Over 100 pairs Walk-Over and
Florsheim shoes on sale 2.95 at
American Clio. House.
Ike Lockridge and Ed Heavilin,
two old Democratic war horses of
Elkhart township, were in Tuesday
telling yarns on each other and try
ing to kick up some excitement.
The Epworth League of the Ohio
LIST. Methodist Church will hold a
bake sale at Gench Bros. store Sat-
urday afternoon, May oath. Pro-
ceeds to be used in defraying the ex-
penses of Epworth League Conven-
ton. Come and help out the League
folks.
! American shoes beat them all to
wear. They make every pair good,
American Clio. House.
DR.. and Mrs. Aiken are the proud
. parents of a baby girl born May 18th
| This is their first child which comes
to gladden. their home. The little
Miss is the editors first niece and O.
course we are very proud of her
She is named Helen Elizabeth in hon
or of her aunt and mother. Mother
| and child are improving fine.-Spen
Ger Advocate.
, Mrs. Aiken was formerly Mis-
[ Elizabeth Mcdonald of this city.
: -A-pretty dinner on Friday was tina
, given by Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Allen a
, their home on East McCarty street
The table and house decorations wer'
=. rose and other garden flowers. Cover
: were laid for Judge and Mrs. w. W
Graves, Mrs. Robert Deacon of But
l Ter, Mrs. Max Weiner of st. Loui
t DR.. Arthur Ludwig of Kansas Cit.
Mr.. Will Allen, Mr.. Jake Allen, Jr
$ and the host and ess.-Jeffersol
City Democrat Tribune.
We called on ]. H. Baker Of Butle
O Mo. and found him we'll up with a
f Of his spring work, with fine grow
ing crops; also with good jack an
stallion business. His pens are fu
J. of high class Poland China pigs thu
e will be put in proper shape for hi
October % sale. While in Butle
f we met Col. Clyde Robbins. He
k still busy, selling every day but h
has stood the long sale campaign ri
markably we'll and is feeling fine
e Mail & Breeze.
The ground was broken Monda
morning for the erection of a me-
s. home for John Klumpp and famil
a on West Park Ave. 1t will be tw'
4. story structure, modern Throughout
20 McMahan & Page have the contra
i. for excavating the basement, Robil
:, son Bros. will do the stone and col
" crete work, N. w. Ballfinch and h
gang of carpenters will erect II
c. building, Jno. Sproul & Son will {
m the plastering and Will Higgins, IL
N painter and paper hanger, will do Il
inside and outside decorating.-R
n view.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-22

Voiles, tissues, Ratine, ETC., in
abundance At American.
clyde Rogers has accepted the po-
sition Of night clerk at the Fraternal
Inn.
E. S. Jones of Superior, Nebraska,
spent Thursday here the guest OF X.
L. Braden.
Robert Hollenbeck is spending a
several weeks vacation here with
home folks.
Nobby Oxfords, New Straws, Nifty
Suits. Black & Arnold.
Miss Helen Pulliam has returned
to her home near Altoona after = visit
here with friends.
L. r. Allen, S. L. Bates, and j.
Smith were down from Adrian on le-
gal business Tuesday.
Harley Warderman and Jesse Hall
returned home Friday from busl-
ness trip to Kansas City.
Keep comm in. Black & Arnold.
Judge r. B. Campbell has disposed
of his mercantile business at Pleasant
Gap, selling out to Bee Wix.
Miss Ethel Herrell has returned
home from Hume. where she holds
a position in the public schools.
Mrs. Claude Major, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Ethel. left
Thursday for a visit with relatives al
Joplin.
Mrs. r. E. Crabtree is enjoying an
extended visit with relatives and
friends near Sprague. DOC" is
spending most of his time during hel
absence tout on the crick."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-22

Mrs. Ada Claunch is attending the
Rebekah Assembly at Excelsior
Springs.
Miss Ina Smith of Harrisonville at
tended the Alumni banquet here Nom
day night.
Homer Cameron has returned to
Springfield after a visit here with
home folks.
Mrs. Clyde Robbins has returned
home from several days visit in
Kansas City.
L. L. Warford of near Altoona was
in the last of the week and called at
The Time Office.
DR.. T. C. Boulware attended the
State Medical Association in St. Louis
the last of the week.
Ladies oxfords and pumps at
American Clio. House.
A. H. Culver is attending Grand
Lodge meeting Of the l. 0. 0. F. at
Excelsior Springs this week.
R. E. Mooney spent several days
the last IF the week at Fl. Scott,
Kansas on business mission
Sam Armstrong has returned tt
Oklahoma City after spending a brie
vacation here with homefolks.
j. E. Hook, w. E. Heyle, Joe Gil
keson and Jack Evans of Rockville
spent Friday here on business.
Mrs. and Mrs. Everett Ewin Of
Carthage spent the last of the week
here at the home of C. S. Ewin.
John Yaple, of Joplin, formerly one
of the managers of the Fraternal Inn
spent Tuesday here on business.
Jesse E. Smith, cashier of the Mis-
souri, State Bank, left Monday on
business trip to Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Wallace Moore spent several day.
the first of the week with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Moore in Kansa
City.
Mrs. Ralph VanDoren of Pontiac
Illinois, is enjoying visit here witt
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gree
, Walton.
Mrs. R. R. Deacon delightfully."- en-
tertained at cards Monday afternoon
for her guest, Mrs. Max Weiner o
St. Louis.
; Miss Cora Price, accompanied b
Tier brother, Lon, left Sunday for
visit with relatives and friends a
. Marysville, Mo.
Ladies chamoisette gloves SOC a
American Clio. House.
Major and Mrs. F. H. Crowell an
Mesdames j. M. Catterlin, j. R. Jen
kins, and Decatur Smith attended
lecture on Christian Science at Ricl
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-22
CLASS OF 1918 IN
SHAKESPEARE

Graduating Class Presents
Gas You Like It. -
Probably the most interesting and
enjoyable commencement exercises
ever held here was the Shakesperian
production '.As You Like It" which
was staged by the graduating class
of the Butler High School at the
Opera House Friday night.
The graduation exercises were CIV
en- in two parts, the first being taken
up with the class ensemble and the
presentation Of the diplomas. The
exercises began promptly at 8 o'clock
when as Mrs. Wesley E. Black play
ed a march, the class entered the OPP
era house and marched down the
aisles onto the the stage, the young
ladies' of the class arrayed in white
and carrying American Beauty roses.
The young men wore suits of dark
blue serge.
The presentation of diplomas was
made by Judge c. j. Henry who in
a brief talk to the class reminded its
members that their education was
but begun.
For the second part of the enter
tainment the play "As You Like 1t"
was presented in manner denoting
surprising histronic ability in the
young people, each of whom handled
his or her part to perfection. Each
part was perfectly memorized and
enunciated with great expression and
distinction.
Following is the cast Of characters:
The Duke-Lela Wayland.
Duke Frederick Ralph Pipes.
Amiens-Selina Newton.
LIE Beau-Dode Holland.
Oliver-Windle McHenry.
Orlando-Roy Shesler.
Abandoned PhariS.
Charles-Oscars Scifers.
Witliam-Bob Shelton.
Touchstone-Elliott Walker.
Sylvius-Ruby Henry.
, Corin-Cecil Nicolay.
) Jacques De Bois-Edna Mier.
Rosalind-Iva Rockhold.
> Celia-Elizabeth Ewin.
J Phoebe-Emma Wells.
, Audrey-Patty McAninch.
jacques Anna Dudley.
:, Lords-Edith Blount, Mary Bailey,
Cecil Wright, Mildred Payne, Anna
- Wheeler.
!, Director-Miss Francis Catron,
A delightful musical program was
rendered as follows: Miss Doris
!, Wyatt, piano solo; Misses Lora Woods
). and Hazel Ludwick, piano duets; VOC
). al, Mrs. Chas Pharis, Miss Winnifred
Pharis, Miss Marguerite Snyder.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-22
Ward School Teachers Selected

The School Board, at a meeting
held Tuesday night, selected the fol-
lowing teachers for the ward schools:
WASHINGTON
Principal-L. S. Wright.
Fifth and Sixth Grades-Miss Loe:
Reese.
Third and Fourth Grades-Miss
Dora Rogers.
Primary-Miss Mabel Rockhold.
WEBSTER
Principal-A. c. Moreland.
Fifth and Sixth Grades-Miss Anna
B. Shouse.
Primary-Miss Jessie Ray.
FRANKLIN
Principal-Miss Grace Marshall.
Third and Fourth Grades-Miss
Lulu Short.
Primary-Miss Lula Rockhold.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-22

w. H. Charters, Jr. proprietor of
the Charter Oak Stock Stock Farm,
was in Tuesday shipping small
herd consisting of fine young herd
boar and gifts to stock farm at
Nioata Tennessee. While in the city
Mr.. Charters received an order from
a breeder in Western Kansas, for a
good herd boar. A check for sub
stantial amount was enclosed, the
buyer leaving it to Mr.. Charters to
select a good hog for him. The let
ter states that Mr.. Charters stock
had been highly recommended to the
writer.
Marmaduke Camp No. 6l5 U. CIV.
at the meeting held in this city Sat
urday afternoon voted to hold re-
union and picnic for ex-confederates
and their families some time during
October.
Butler Camp No. PASS M. w. A.
will hold a social at Camp Hall Thurs
day June 10, 1918 All members and
families invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Barnett Of ct
Of town are rejoicing over the birth
Of fine girl, born Tuesday, May -
1913 8 s:
Mrs.. Chas. w. Mcfarland and Ma
E. @. ley ars visiting rslativse a.
north Missouri
Joe I. Smith ~ or ifsnF 60
lfussdny mes.Ine |, 1.tt1
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-22

We keep our word and make right
everything we sell. Let us show
you. Black & Arnold.
The Annual Picnic Of the Monday
Evening Club was held on the Miami
near the pumping station Thursday
afternoon. -
Deputy Game Warden John Har-
per spent several days the last OF the
week on department duty on the
White river near Branson.
Chas. w. Mcfarland, agent for the
Buick automobiles, sold handsome
five passenger touring car to Riley
Gilbert of near Urich last week.
Work clothes, shoes, hats, shirts,
gloves. Black & Arnold.
G. H. Bolin of Phoenix, Ariz., is
enjoying a visit at the home OF Mrs.
Laura Bolin of Summit township.
Mr.. Bolin is State mine inspector OF
Arizona. ....-s
We make your dollars have more
cents. Black & Arnold.
County Superintendent P. M. ALI
son has returned home from Jeffer-
son City, where he attended the state
meeting of the county school superin'
tendents.
Our goods are the best, our prices
the lowest. Try us and be convinced.
Black & Arnold.
E. B. Silvers, who for some time
has conducted the Kansas City office
of the law firm of Silvers & Silvers,
has been forced to return to this city
on account of ill health. He is now
just recovering from severe attack
of rheumatism. .....
Bisbee daily review., 1913-12-30
said l might come to supper.

said I might come to supper.
 And that evening was most surely wonderful, in a parlor all antimacas- sars and rocker chairs with pink bows. There was champagne wine. the little cigarettes with dreams inside, and bottle no bigger'n my thumb smellin' so fierce it wellRigh blew my head of. Oh, 1t was all so elegant and high toned that I got proud of being al- lowed indoors.
 Her people was real society, her poppa an army general, ruined by the war, her mother prime Virginian. But then she'd gone on the stage, so there was mean suspicious.
 hold suspicion to be a form of meanness when 1t touches women. My mother would have shied at naked la dies, and dad was powerful again ciga- rettes. As for the smell, so fierce it had to be bottled, I'll own up I was shocked But then you see mother and dad, an me being working people, was not supposed to feel the high toned senses which belongs with wealth. It's not for grade stock Ike me to set up as judge on thorough breds, or call lady immoral for using a spoon whar should need a shovel
 So it happened that in them daYs- while l rode guard upon Miss Polly, no man in Abilene could speak to her. or mention her name to mo until give him leave She got to be known as Sailor Jessee kill, and any person touching on my kill was apt to require 8 funeral.
 It was the seventh day she married me. I know, because Bull, acting as best man, claimed a kiss. which she gave him. Bull" says she, didn't bet you I'd marry Sailor Jesse with in a week You owe me twenty dol lara" l saw the joke was on me.
 came to marriage pure as any bear, or wolf, or fox, expecting to find my mate the same as me, getteT and giver of life. true to the earth, and fearless in doin' right
 Folks said I was young to marry at nineteen. but full nine years I'd earned my living. fought my way, and done my share of making happiness. I'd been served with a mouth full wide enough for laughin', face which made folks smile when I was sad. eyes to see fun. the heart to take a joke
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If any offered, and when things hurt, ! wasn't first to squeal No: as long as the joke was on ne I done nay best to take It like man.
 But suppose-Well, I'd best explain that the English tenderfoot was at our wedding breakfast, and gettin' encours aged, he put up his best prize joke. He was all hoo, hoo, hoo at first. so funny he couldn't speak. the fellows vaitinf each with his grin gettin' stale. and Polly laughing just to encourage him on. Then words got out which made the boys uneasy. Jake Hatfer. ing, the Bar T foreman, told the hog to shut up, while others moved to get clear. I was sort Of stupid. wanting the point explained. couldn't believe it possible the joke was on my wife. although I'd rose by then. with gun hand free. Then I saw, but the room seemed dark, and the tendertoot all indistinct, backing away. and reaching slovenly for weapons, while my bul let smashed in his shoulder. It slued him around as he dropped.
 It was old Jake of the Bar T who spoke out then, and spoke straight
 My boy" says he. put up your gun. That's right This here tender. foot Is blee6in' by spLrts, arteriaL Bull, see if Doc Stuart is sober" Bull ran for the doctor. ~Only a tender foot" says Jake. insults a cowboys wife-vhich is death from natural causes. Ma'am," be vsgged his angs, at Polly, 'tain't long sincs you come among us. 'Tain't more'n day aimee you told me and others present that you was marvin for fun. You laughed at warnings, and this here Jesse would have shot the man who warned him. You are lady. and this boy you mar ried for fun, is goin' to see you treated as lady. I own he got rsttied first shot, missing this tenderfoot's heart. which ain't up to average practice; but it's time you began to see the 5oint of the joke"
 Gro be continned.l
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so l was desoiate as a moonlit dog howl. ridin' herd with my night horse whar Polly's little home glowed lights across the prairie. I seen Bull and the preacher leave there toward midnight, walkin' sort of extrayagant into town. The lights went out. Then times I'd take some sleep, or times ride herd guarding her little house, till the cold came, till the dawn broke, till the sun came up,
 It was half past breakfast when seen Bull again. on his knees like yes terday, a-puttin' up loud prayers. which made me sick. dRehearsin'," says he, "cause Polly's struck, and I'm to be chief mourner."
 He was my only chance of meetin' Miss Polly, when a guy comes putting sleeves to his pants. and was all dressed saucy, standing straddle. aim ing to impress. "Oh, whar's my gun?" says Bull
 This person owned to being a gen. tlemsn, with a strong English accent He'd 'undTeds of 'orses at 'ome in 'Ammersmith, but wanted to own an 'ack 'ere, don'tcherknow.
 So Bull lifts up his eyes to Heaven, praying. "Oh, don't deliver us from temptation yeti" Whereas I confided with this person about Bull being far gone iu religious mania. owned Bull right though, about my bein' a sailor. timid with 'orses; and he seen for his- self the way I was riding my Sam 'orse sonetnin' dreadful. Told me I'd ought to old my ed igh instead of jumping It's in toes, down 'eels, young feller. an don't be 'ard on the bally hanimal. He'd gimme lessons only was frightened, but out aways from town the ground was softer for falling. an gained courage. Happens Miss Polly's house was opposite. scrambled down ungainly, showed a pebble in along Sam's vithers, and let this gent explain just how to set an ! 'ard-mouthed 'unter. You 'olds is ed, plscin' the and on the 'orn of the saddle. so. Then hup. That pebble done the rest.
 Now, it's partly due to this ere en- tertainment, and the diamond ring gave her. that Miss Polly began to perceive ne with the naked eye. and
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dealt there before. Anyway. I'm intro duced to Afsable Jones, and I'm the MErkis Of Worms-the same baing a nom de plume. We proceeds so the opery-house, climbs in through a little hind window. and finds a dressing room. Atfable Jones dresses up as q monk. Bull Durham claims he's rigged out already as 8 yice-bish op, and I'm to be g chicken, cause I'm dealing vintage eggs in the cotillon. All the same, I'm left there alone for hours,
 nd it's only when they comes back with q cocktail that I'll consent to dressing up as a chicken-whieh in passing out through that lil' window Is some crowded. We proceeds up street me toting eggs. and practicing chicken talk, and it seems the general public is surprised. e
 So we comes to the Masonic Hall, which is all lights, and band, and fash ionable persons rigged out in fancy dress. dancing the horse doover. got the name from Bull. who says that the next turn is my day boo in the omlet cotillion. Seems it's all ar ranged, too. Affable Jones lines up the right, all the length of the hsll Bull marches up the middle, spurs trailin' behind him, and there's me dressed as a chicken. with a basket of eggs, wondering whether this here cowboy is two persons see. or only the one can hear. Bands playing soft. Affable serves out tin spoons to the dudes, and deals each a deco rated egg, laying 1t careful in the bowl
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 We're having supper at the Pslla dium. and I'm pretty nigh scared There's a menu to say what's coming in French so you don't know wha. you're eating, and durned if 1 can hnt cut whether to tackle an a la moos Rith fingers or a spoon. Bull says it'; snly French fs pucKeroO, sort et tour-legged bu rowing bird which in habits silver IT ines. bat If don't like that, the lady will fetssh me foe par Well, I orders one, and by the lady's face l see done wrong, eTen before fhe complains to the manager. I'm gureIy miserable to think I've insuIted a lady. a
 The managers suspicious of me, but Bull talks French so rapid that even froggy can't keep up. although he smiles and shrugs, and gives us sang fraws to drink e
 This sort of cocktail l had, ~ss the first liquor I'd tasted. It's powerful cs a harbor tug, dropping me out of the conversation, while the restaurant turns slowly round with a list to star board. and Bull deals for basket in the front window full Of decorated eggs. Says they're vintage eggs. all verd-antique and bookay. For years the millioEaires of Invicta has shrunk from the expense. My job when we leaves is to carry the basket, ~cause Bulls toting a second-handed saddle.
 dunno why Bull has to introduce me to the gentleman who keeps the peanut st3Ea Gnwn street seeing I'd
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CHAPTER w.
The Ordeal by Torture.

The Ordeal by Torture.
 The Labrador was good to me, the sea was better, the stock range-wall I'd four years punching cows, and I'm most surely grateful.
 The world in them days was peopled with only two species, puncher an
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Wheezing in the lungs indicates that phlegm is obstructing the afr passages. BILLIARDS HORE- HOUND SYRUP loosens the phlegn SO that it can be coughed up and elected. Price 25c, Soc and S1.oo per bv1le. sold by BsSee Drug Co., Adv.
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tenderfoot, the last bein' made by mis take. Moreover, we cowboys belonged to two sects, our outfit, and others Of DO account. And ip our outfit, this Jesse person which is me. laid claims on being best man, having a pair of gold mounted spurs won at cyards from Pieface, our old foreman I'd 2 rolled csntle. double-rig Cheyenne oi carved leather. and silver horn-s dandy saddle that, first prize for rope and tie down" again ali corners.
 Gun. belt. cuirt, bridle. hat, gloves everything, my whole kit was silver mounted and everything in 1t tro phy of trading. poker, or fighting. Be sides my string of ponies I'd Tiger an entire black colt I'd broke-though
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-06
sEAlgo TENoERs.

sealed tenders win be received up
Is u m. on the 18th day Of October.
I1i8 1t the Office Of the Clerk Of the
CITY and County OF Honolulu, Room 8,
.cIntyre Binding. for furnishing all
lateral, tools and labor necessary to
deliver zoe, 900 lava rock blocks, like
the sample In the Engineers office.
eIong the Pail road, on the Koolau
side. between the top Of the Pail and
: point 1000 feet from the top.
Plans, specifications and form Of
1fop0sal may be had upon application
and q deposit of Ten Dollars ($l0.001
- the City and County Clerks office.
The Board Of Supervisors reserves
tie right to reject any or all tenders
md to waive all defects.
ID. KAI.AU0KALANI, JR.,
Clerk City and County Of Honolulu.
5664-10t,