The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-06-10

sas City.
Will Smith, of Coffeyville, Kas.,
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Smith, Sunday.
George Herrell and family, of
Adrian, spent Sunday with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Herrell.
Ed Dillon of Kansas City, who has
been visiting Butler friends, returned
to his home Friday. -
Mrs. j. E. Thompson is spending
few days in Adrian visiting at the
home of Mayor A. V. Adams.
Asa Morgan left for Nevada We'd
nesday, being called there by the SER
ious illness of Mrs. Levi Freeman.
Mrs. C. H. Letton went to Nevada
Wednesday noon where she will
spend some days visiting relatives.
]. E. Smith, cashier of the Nilsson.
ri State Bank, made business trip
to CARRIER, Ok, the first of the week.
Mrs. l. M. Hardin and daughter,
Elizabeth, of Nevada visited her faith
er, w. j. Crews, the first Of the
week.
We must again remind correspond
ents if they wish to see their items in
print they must be signed by the
writer.
A. j. Smith was down from Adrian
Wednesday chaperoning party OF
Adrian boys at the Bloomer Girls
ball game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Thomas, liv-
ing south of town, are the proud par
ents of a baby daughter, born Thurs
day, June 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Wyatt delight
fully entertained the Monday Even
ing Club at their home on West Pine
street Monday evening.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the M. E. Church South will hold
bake sale in the Simpson building
on the west side of the square Friday
June IL.
The Mission Study Class of the M.
E. Church South met with Mrs. v.
L. johnson Tuesday afternoon. After
the regular business was concluded
light lunch was served.
Mrs. Edward H. DeArmond and
children arrived Monday from Fl
Till, Okla, to visit Mrs. Alice Dear
mond family. Capt. DeArmond will
join them in few days.
Mrs. T. K. Stout, of Bartlesville,
Okla, who has been visiting at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. S. Brown, returned to her home
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. r. Preston, Mr..
and Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. In a
Tiffany of Kansas City came down
the first of the week to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Err Culver
Wednesday, afternoon Mrs. VIM.
Nix and Miss BERTHE Silvers took their
Sunday school classes, the Boosters
and the Little Loyal Daughters, of
the Christian church, on an outing
and picnic to Whites Grove east of
town.
During the storm Sunday evening
about nine O'Clock lightning struck
an electric light wire and ran into the
United Drug Store totally destroying
a fan and severely shocking Mrs.
Travis, mother of the proprietor.
Ed Grout, clerk, and several other
parties who were in the room at the
time, were also severely shocked.
T. L. Harper, Joe Planning and
T. D. Embree, who were appointed
by the circuit county as a commission
partition the real estate of the late
Fred Shauntz, in Shawnee township,
went out Tuesday and surveyed the
property and divided it among the
heirs.
Our old friend, ''Gabe" Hedden,
the versatile country correspondent,
notifies us through the columns of the
Rich Hill Review that he was in our
sanctum during our absence, and "spit
on the floor and talked to the office
force" "Gabe" knows that the latch
string is always hanging out and that
we keep our eating tobacco hid un-
der the dictionary where the missus
won't find it.
The many friends of VIM. E.
Walton, President of the Walton
Trust Company and the Missouri
State bank, will be pleased to learn
that he is rapidly recovering from his
recent illness and was able to be
down town for short time one day
the first of the week.
The fire wagon recently purchased
by the city council arrived Tuesday
and is now at fire department head
quarters. II is a substantial wagon
and Just what Butler has needed for
a long time. The council contem-
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