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

Mrs. Foster will tell you about KEEL
logg's goods Saturday at Williams
Kellogg's breakfast foods at VIII
liams' Saturday. Come in and taste
them.
Mrs. Foster will tell you how te
serve breakfast food Saturday at Viii.
liams'.
Mrs. Foster will demonstrate KEEL.
logs goods at Williams Saturday.
Come in and see her.
Rev. L. B. Cogqins of Warrens-
burg filled the pulpit at the Christian
church Sunday. Rev. Coggins is a
clever gentleman, deep thinker, and
a most entertaining talker.
Kenneth, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Kroff, was painfully in
|jured the latter part of the week as
the result of a fall from a swing. The
youngsters left wrist was badly
sprained.
Mrs. Mary Johnson, who has been
at the bedside of her daughter, Mrs.
W. B. Weeks, accompanied by her
little grandchildren, Marion and War
rem Weeks, left Friday for her home
in McAllister, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Francis Brosius of Liberty,
Mo-, has been appointed a Federal
statistician. Her headquarters will
be with the State Board OF Health in
Jefferson City. Mrs. Brosius is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. X.
Norfleet.
Those fussy fault finders appear to
believe that the River of Doubt rises
in No Mans Land, flows west across
the State Of Imagination and empties
through the Ananias delta into the
Gulf of Mendacity. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Miss Ada Buck of Kansas City,
spent the latter part of the week here
visiting friends. Miss Buck is a
young business woman whose rise in
the commercial world has been rapid
and deserved. She is cashier of the
American Type Foundry Co.
Warren Ayres of Virginia, was in
Butler the latter part of the week and
extended US an invitation to 90 fish
ing with him. We sure like to fish,
but we believe we will get more real
enjoyment out of hearing Warren tell
about the whoppers he caught when
alone than we would were we to go
along and see for ourselves.
With both the circuit court
and county court in session, the nu-
merous candidates for the various
county offices milling around the
county seat pressing their claims upon
those in attending court, and the far
mers and their wives coming in, the
latter to shop and the former to dis
cuss the ravages of the army worm,
this is busy week in the county seat.
The case of Edith Murray VS.. Scully
was affirmed in the Supreme Court
Tuesday. Mrs. Murray was the d.
vorced wife Of jeff Fry and after
Fry's death she sued to have a wild
owls dover set off to her, and sue
ceeded in our circuit court. The case
has been pending in the Supreme
Court about four years. W. o. Alike
son and Silvers & Silvers represented
the widow.
Our good friend Stephen E. Smith
of Mingo township was in Butler Sat-
urday and favored us with most
pleasant call. Steve has just signed
contract with the Harrisonville, NO.,
school board, accepting the position
as principal of the Harrisonville High
School for the ensuing year. Mr..
Smith is one of the brightest young
school men in this section of the state
and the Board is to be highly congrat-
ulated upon securing his services.
He has taught with exceptional sue
cess in this county, his last post be-
ing that Of the principalship of the
Merwin schools. He is a graduate of
the Warrensburg State Normal, and
informs US that he will spend the sum-
mer months there doing postgraduate
work.