The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-04

Mrs. N. M. Mills has retured to her
home in Kansas City.
VIM lyman of Kansas City, spent
, Decoration Day here.
w. C.. Classify of Ell Dorado Springs
!, visited friends here last week.
Albert Valley of Kansas City visit
ed the family of w. S. Arnold one
day last week.
D. X. Walker and his son, Elliott,
spent the latter part of the week. in
St. Louis on business.
Mrs. Lon Stanley and baby, and
Silas were visiting the family of A. l.
Cameron during the week. -.
Waldemar Eichhorn and sister came
down from Pilot Grove to attend the
Argenbright- Eichhorn wedding.
Will Smith came over from Coffee
vile to accompany his wife home.
She had been making her mother,
Mrs. Endres, visit.
Dow Yeats and Miss Myrtle Cum
minis were married by Rev. Claude
S. Handy at the M. E. Church par
sonage last Saturday. The young
couple will go to housekeeping in
Kansas City.
F. E. Goodenough of Foster was in
Tuesday and made us a most pleasant
call. Mr.. Goodenough informs us
that the army worms are bad in some
sections of his neighborhood. He
said that they had badly damaged no
acres of wheat belonging TO Homer
Sieg.
W. C. Williams, former manager
of the Pullman Hotel in Sedalia,
charged with having saturated the
hotel furnishings with oil preparatory
to setting the hostelry afire, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to two years
in the Penitentiary. A confederate
confessed and implicated Williams
June IA is flag day in Missouri ac-
cording to the proclamation of acting
Governor Painter, asking all pub
lie officers as well as all citizens to
display the stars and stripes. The
day was designated by Congress as
the birthday of the American Flag in
1777.
County Treasurer John H. Stone,
whose hobby outside of office hours
is raising fruit and garden truck on
his pretty little place in the west part
Of town, favored us with bucket Of
as fine cherries Wednesday morning
as we have seen in long time. We
have weakness for cherry pie and
this is one time that we expect to
crafty that weakness.
While Judge C. A. Calvird's ability
as jurist is we'll known throughout
southwest Missouri, few outside of
his most intimate associates know
that the Judge is an epicure of the most
pronounced type. To tickle his
honor's palate dish must be prepared
lust so, and there are mighty few
dishes which the Judge cannot tell
exactly how to prepare and serve.
In his hours of relaxation, he will dis
course interestingly and at length
upon the culinary art. His favorite
dish is how jowl and green's served
with corn bread and buttermilk.
Among those from the Merwin
neighborhood who were in Tuesday
and Wednesday attending the trial, of
the State VS.. L. W. Rowden, were j.
E. Ferguson, E. w. Barron, E. E.
Pepton, W. L. Harris, C. G. Martin,
R. C. Chapel, c. o. White, E. E.
Ward, Bert Henry, Lewis Rafferty,,
John Peyton, Thos. Mahan, Chas.
Longaker, Ed Childers, Ben Hooker,
Geo. Brown, Mike Stultz, Scerry
Williams, James Witter, John Weed
in, Jr., Earl Sale, Mrs. L. W. Row.
den, DR.. ]. R. Martin, Con Grayson,
A. C. Rowden, M. l. Hurst, Flavey
Tucker, Will Tucker, Jim Hayes, C.
C. Calvin, Will Chambers, Harry
Graves, Joe Graves, Earl Ward, Ben,
Shelby, Fred Witter, John White, F.
L. Jones, Art Lyons. Reese Wineate,
Geo. Mordica, Rol. Feeley, H. Ellis.
j. D. Wilson, C. E. Cable, Joe
Groves, James Bryant.
Two threshing crews at hard work
on "a acres of wheat and oats is the
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