The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05


at WeMott & Majors, South side
Square. Work guaranteed. Silt
In a new play they are advertis-
ing $4,000 persons and 1000 CO.'S
tunes. =" Gosh, what a drawing
card!
We have moved the North Main
street Shoe shop to the South side
harness store at WeMott &
Majors. SILT
Deffcnbaugh L. Son.
In. clearinghouse left Thurs
day for Reynolds, Illinois, where
he will spend a few weeks visit :
ing his old home and meeting old
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer f. Duncan
motored over from Appleton City
Friday and visited at the home of
Col. James Sharp north of town.
Misses Mary and Prue Sharp ac-
companied them home and re-
turned to Butler Sunday evening.
Hon. Jas. y. Sharp was in the
city Wednesday attending the
Old Settlers reunion and talking
politics with the boys. The Col
onel says that he is we'll satisfied
with the outlook for democratic
success this fall, in the county,
state and nation.
+. c. Harper, one of Lone Oak s
most progressive farmers, was in
town Saturday attending the
Democratic rally and found time
to drop around to The Times Of
flee and order the best paper in
the county sent to his daughter,
Miss Fay Harper, who is teaching
school at Tccumseh, Oklahoma.
Congressman Towner, of Iowa,
a stand pat republican, was adj
vertised to make a speech at the
court house Monday. He made
his speech but only IA very few
turned out to hear him. Congress-
man Towner is a high tariff add
vocate and devoted the most of
his talk to that subject.
Ire fitnes good friend, Pierce
1Iackrtt, of the west part eof the
county was in town Wednesday
and got away from the old settlers
picnic long enough to make thls
office an appreciated call. Mr..
IIackett is using a crutch as the
result Of a fall he got last winter
which so injured his leg and hip
that he has not been able to do
much walking without the crutch.
Next Friday and Saturday af-
tcrnoon and night the Star Thea
ter will show two more of those
fine keystone features. Friday
"Perils of the Park will be the
attraction and Saturday Glove
Will Conquer, will be shqwn.
They don t make better comedies
than the Triangle keystone and
remember that the regular pro-
gram will be given besides. and
the price of admission will be only
five cents.
{. c. Catterlin. the local agent
of the Standard Oil Company, is
delivering oil with a new motor
truck nowadays. The tank is di-
vidrd into three compartments.
each Of which holds one hundred
gallons of oil or gasoline. When
filled the truck and load weighs
about 5000 pounds. Mr.. CATER
lin says that he can make his
rounds quicker and that he finds
it altogether more satisfactory
than horse drawn truck.
Harry Cooper, who has been on
the border as a mechanic with Co.
b, Second Regiment, was dis
charged under the dependent rel
alive ruling and has returned
home. Harry says that army life
is all right if there is any real sol
liering to do, but laying around
amp on the border, fighting mos
Iuitocs and eating sand is Il diff
'erent proposition. He reports
he boys from Butler as being in
rood health and all hoping for an
'arly discharge and return home.
Everyone has heard of digging
/ well, but whoever heard Of
IA well, yet that is just
What the Hume Telephone says is
icing done in the neighborhood of
Tune. A man in that part Of the
ountry had an old abandoned
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