The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-12-03

j. w. Evans, C. H. Field, C. H.
Baily and w. w. Trail Of Rockville
were in Butler Monday attending
circuit court.
G. O. Purdy Of Amoret was in But
Ter Monday and made the Times a
most pleasant CALL. Mr.. Purdy is
preparing to sell his live stock and
personal property at public sale De-
cember 9th and intends removing to
St. Louis.
Miss Grace A. Hook of Auxvasse
and Glenn E. Toolson of Osceola
were united in marriage Thursday,
November 26th, 1914. The bride is
a cousin of j. E. Hook of Hudson
township. Mr.. Toolson is private
secretary to Congressman C. c.
Dickinson.
Mrs. Talon O'Byrne of Birming-
ham, Ala, who has been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.. A. Trinble
in this city, left Friday for Chicago
where she will join her husband.
Mrs. j. A. Trimble and Miss Virginia
Hampton accompanied her as far as
Kansas City.
Jas. w. Allison left Friday for
Miami, Florida, with a car load of
house hold goods and Mrs. Allison
and daughter left to join him in their
new home. They will reside about
four miles from Miami. The Allisons
are good people and host of friends
regret their departure from the COM
munity.
W. l. Marriott went to Appleton
City, Monday and bowed himself for
a bran new Saxon auto which he
drove back without trouble of any
kind. It is quite an elegant little car
and will give him a great deal of
pleasure to say nothing Of the use he
will find for it in his business. Rock
vile Booster.
A Missouri teacher declares that
teachers are killing the love Of litera-
ture in their pupils by forcing too
much Of the English classics on them
and not allowing enough o. Henry
and Bernard Shaw. That may be
true, but how are Milton, Spencer.
Dryden ct al, to get a hearing if
somebody does not take advantage
of helpless youth in their behalf
While removing molds from around
a concrete bridge built by the Vernon
County Court recently, Otis Watson
was killed, his father, Geo. Watson.
seriously injured and John McAninch
hurt Wednesday afternoon.
The belief is that the concrete had
frozen and failed to set. and when
the props were removed the concrete
fell to pieces. Rich Hill Review.
A letter received by j. S. Jenkins
Wednesday morning, from his son,
Rev. G. F. Jenkins. who is a mis-
sionary in China, brought the sad
news of the death of their baby boy,
Forest Dwight, q years old, October
), of Dysentery, at the hospital in
Chang Uh. Little Forest was born
in Butler, Mo-, while the family was
in the U. S. A. on furlough. Mar
shall Democrat-News.
Last week while Emmett Hook was
delivering team of the kind of mules
for which he is famous, and saddle
horse to a man at Butler, with the
horse tied behind the buggy, the
horse got scared at some merchants
effort to beat the newspaper man out
of few cents, viz, sign board, and
jumped against the buggy, Emmett
was thrown against the wheel, break
ing every spoke in it. AS conse-
quence of which they have been do
ing their travelling in lumber wagon
the past few days. Rockville Booster.
The plant of the Republican Press
was sold at public sale Saturday af-
ternoon under chattel mortgage,
C. A. Chambers bidding it in. Mr..
Chambers informed Times reporter
Sunday that it is his intention to as
sumo the management of the plant
at least temporarily and continue to
conduct the paper. Mr.. Chambers
who was postmaster here under
President Taft has for several years
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