The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-20
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Douglass are
visiting in Kansas City.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Douglass arr
visiting in Kansas City.
/ c. s. Ewin is in southwest Mis-
souri, this week on q business trip
j. G. Nafus the west side under.
taker. was visitor to Rich Hill
Tuesday.
Winfield Steele came down
from Adrian Wednesday to visit
relatives and old friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Patrick OF
Joplin, are in the city visiting at
the home Of Mrs. Patrick's sister,
Mrs. Dennis Thralls.
Joe, one of the fire department
horses, who has been off du' y for
over three weeks with distemper,
is back on the job again.
Jos. H. Smith of Pleasanton,
Kas., came over the first of the
week and is visiting at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Smith.
DR.. r. e. Walsh, Of Frederick
town, who some time ago pur-
chased the dental practice of DR..
H. M. Cannon, has closed up his
shop and gone to Pennington.
George Newberry, a former
well known citizen Of this city,
but now connected with a manu-
featuring company in Chicago,
was in the city Tuesday visiting
relatives and meeting old friends.
He was on his way to Joplin on a
business trip and stopped off here
for a short visit. '
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Davis are
visiting at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Boag, east Of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis are former
residents Of the west part of this
county but for some time have
been living in North Dakota and
are now on their way to a new
home in southern Kansas.
james Williams and Earl Ear
som have accepted positions with
the Walton Trust Company. The
steadily increasing business of
this institution made an increase
in the office force necessary.
Both of these young men are
steady and Industrious and will
make good in their new positions.
Monday afternoon and night
the Electric Theatre will present
that greatest Of all western
dramas, Fatherhood, in five big
acts. The scene is laid in the
ranch country Of Arizona. 1t is
a thrilling, gripping play filled
with Indians, cowboys and China
men and depicts ranch life in the
far west as it really is. 1t you
miss this one you will be sorry.
Sam Cumberledge, Of Musko-
gee, Okla, was transacting bust
ness in this city Monday. Many
years ago Mr.. Cumberlege was a
travelling salesman and Butler
was one of the towns he made
His last visit here was 1f years
ago and it is needless to say that
he finds many improvements have
taken place since he used to visit
the town in the 8Os.
The banquet given by the
Twenty-eigth Ward Democratic
Club Of St. Louis on the evening
Of the 9Th 9Th inst. WAS great sttc-
cess in every respect. A splendid
crowd of city and country big
ID" Democrats was there, and
they were all as full of "pep" in
party spirit as they otherwise got
% be during the banquet. Re-
hopes of carryiny Mis-
souri, in this good year 1916 have
gone a-glimmering.
The Koeln faction of St. Louis
Republicans wants Judge Lamm
Is a candidate for Governor.
The Kiel wing is for McJimsey.
Beauty Parlor Thomas, mayor of
Jefferson City, is for himself,
md Charley Morris, of St. Joseph
links he looks like a Governor.
The bosses in all these factions
re holding frequent conferences
rying to fix up a slate and agree
N a division of the spoils. The |
republican masses aren't con- !
idered. They are. to be like {
dnmb driven cat4le'' Rnt will ,