The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-07-17

any OF Fleet SpuQS tnlS year Out NC
always has been just a little aheado of
everyone else, and its safe bet that
he's raised the prize tubers again this
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Brown of
Hammond, Oklahoma, who have
been visiting at Cowgirl, Mo-, stopped
in this city Thursday, while enroute
home, and spent the day with Mrs.
Browns sister, Mrs. Ellis futile.
Mr.. Brown is editor of the Ham
mond Advocate.
The Butler Athletics took slap at
the "jinx" that has been camping on
their trail for several weeks and fat
tened up their batting averages when
they trimmed the Amoret ball team on
home grounds by a score of 8 to Fri
day. Batteries-Butler, Ellis and Nor
gan; Amoret, Beshore, Grimsley and
Penny.
The Board of Directors of the Bates
County Fair Association has ordered
the printing of the catalog and prem
ium list for the 1918 Fair meeting
turned over to The Times job print
ing department and catalogs will be
ready for distribution within few
days.
Our good friend Late Cassidy was
in Tuesday evening making prepare
tons to leave early Wednesday morn
ing for Cedar county. Mr.. Cassidy
has eighteen head of fine mules on
pasture near Ell Dorado and has been
notified that the grass is about gone.
He expects to bring his mules back
with him and put them on grass near
home.
The verdict of the circuit court a.
warding the plaintiff judgement of
$8O8. So in the case of S. w. Dooley
VS.. Daisy Stanley and Nellie WEIGH
ADMINISTRATORS of the estate of j. j.
Ryan, has been affirmed by the Su-
preme Court. Together with inter-
ests and costs the judgement will
amount to practically 1888.
Hereafter Uncle Sam will have
green postal cards, Postmaster Gen.
eral Albert S. Burleson having so
ordered. The domestic library size
one-cent postal card will be printed
pale green to conform to the idea
of the International Postal Union.
Foreign countries print cards of the
lowest denominations in green. Mr..
Burleson ordered a similar color tc
help foreign-born Americans who
are familiar with the green cards.
Exchange.
Gov. Foss of Massachusetts is SO
disguised with the Underwood tariff
bill that he is going to move his bust
ness to Canada. We don't know
what it takes to convert Republican
into a Democrat, but Foss's case
shows that an election to Congress
and two elections to the governor
ship of Massachusetts, won't turn the
trick. Republic.
The Pleasant Gap Township Sun
day School Convention held at Hap
py Hill school house Sunday, elected
the following officers: President,
Will Nuckles; secretary and treasur-
er, l. N. Carson; home department,
W. G. Douglas; elementary, Miss
Mary Pontius; missionary, John Kipf;
temperance, Mrs. Requa; teachers
training, Will Carson. A baske!
dinner was held on the grounds.
Several from Butler were present.
Former State Representative H. j.
Simmons, chairman of the State
Board of Mediation and Arbitration
and editor of The Kirksville Demo
crat and The Kirksville Morning
News, killed himself in the Pool
Hotel at Kirksville Friday by taking
carbolic acid. He left note to his
wife, who resides at Clarence, mere
ly stating his act was for the best,
and that he would meet her in
heaven. Simmons served six years
as Democratic Representative from
Shelby County in the State Legisla-
ture and was floor leader of the ma
jority in the House.
Judge C. A. Calvird, of Clinton,
,,oc IN tho cifv Mondav IN hold a