The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04

T. D. Embree was called to
Douglass, Oklahoma. Monday by
the news of the death of his
brother, Lee Embrec, which oc-
CURED at that place.
II. IT. Henry, owner of the
Bates County Democrat, has been
confined to his home by sickness
for the last three weeks. His
many friends hope for his early
recovery.
The democrats Of Mt. Pleasant
township will hold their primary
to nominate the various township
Officers in the south basement of
the court house, Saturday, Feb
rllary 81.
Already several have an
nouncel themselves as candidates
and warm campaign is looked
for.
Mrs. Nern Ward returned Fri
day from Laredo. Texas, where
she had been visiting her hus-
band, Scrgt. Vern Ward, of Co.
B, Second regiment. She says
that the Butler boys are all get
ting along fine and barring a lit
tie. Inconsistencies, are enjoying
life. Thc regiment left Laredo
Saturday for TT. Riley, where
they will be mustered out.
1 Circuit Clerk II. o. MaXey. who
took the examination for admis-
sion to the bar, at jefferson City
last week, has received notice
from the clerk Of the supreme
court that he passed the cxamina-
ton with a splendid grade. Mr..
MaXcy has about two more years
vet to serve as circuit clerk, at
The end of which time he expects
to actively engage III the practice
of the law.
Col. l.. \. Potcet, the auction
Ger who recently moved to this
city From Richards, went to FIT. |
Scott Saturday and assisted in a
big stock sale. He says that
things don't sell quite SO we'll in
Kansas this year as they do in
Missouri Col. Poteet is associat-
cd with Col. Robbins in the auc-
tioneer business and as they are
both live wires they make team
that is hard to beat.
Monday afternoon as j. W.
Graves, wood worker at the Cul-
ver Furniture Company, on North
Main street, was ripping IA board
on the hand saw, the blade of the
saw broke, part Of which was
dragged across his right hand,
badly cutting the fingers. The
bone of the second finger was al
most cut in two, and the third
finger badly cut. Three stitches
were required to close up the
wounds.
Down in TeXarkana, Arkansas,
they got tired Of gambling and
bootlegging. so they elected a re-
form sheriff with reputation as
real sure enough rcformcr, one
who would clean up things in
stanter. lie was to take office the
first of the year. The old sheriff
thought that before he gave up
the office he would raid one more
crap game. lie did. He caught |
bis reform successor and one of
his deputies busily engaged in
rolling the bones.' Now the
good people Of Texarkana don't !
know .iust where they ARE at.
". Q. Atkeson, editor of the
Record, has established offices in
the basement Of the court house.
W iICIt Et Vail w liz |
establishes permanent quarters
somewhere. The mechanical
work of getting the paper out
will he done in The Times office.
He has settled with insurance
companies and is busily engaged
in trying to salvage what he can
Of his office equipment and any
one that tried to pick "pied"
type out of the debris left after
a fire knows what kind. of IA job
he has. However. Atkeson put on
his ov"rallS and stuck gamely at
it.
Roy Barlmm and Jay Tschudy,
of Kansas City, who are members
of the company which lately pur-
chased the Bcal farm four. miles