The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-21
Mrs. w. F. Duvall and Mrs. c. J.
Henry spent Monday in Kansas City.

s Mrs. w. r. Duvall and Mrs. T.. J.
: Henry spent Monday in Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson Patterson
of Princeton, Mo-, are guests of Mr..
; and Mrs. S. H. Gosnell.
]. l.. Price, who has been visiting
relatives here left Saturday for his.
home in TT. Smith, Ark.
Mrs G. X. Mooney left Friday for
Bridgeport, Kansas, after visit here
with her sons, J. R. and Roy Mooney.
George Rerryhill of Topeka, Kan
sas, is spending the summer with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. J.
Berryhill.
Captain George l.. Caruthers at
tended a meeting of the officers of
the Second Regiment Mo. N. G. at
Joplin Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Holloway, Miss
Juanita HOLLOWAY and Lester Hol-
loway and Mrs. Bessie Holloway and
Miss Nadine Holloway are visiting
in independence and Kansas City.
Mrs. G. A. Allen entertained num-
Der of little folks at her suburban
home north of this city in honor of
the fifth birthday of her little daugh
ter, Mildred. A dainty luncheon was
served.
Floyd Cauthorn was arrested late
Thursday afternoon charged with
stealing potatoes from the Wedding
ton place, and taken before Justice
of the Peace John T. Baker, who sem
fenced him to 10 days in Jail. Cau-
thorn, who is known as the blind
boy" was taken to Butler Friday
morning by Constable Jake Thomas.
Rich Hill Review.
Rolla Brooks, driver for Williams
Grocery, was painfully injured in a
runaway Friday afternoon when
bolt in the shafts of his delivery
wagon broke, letting one Of the shafts
drop and frightening his horse. Mr..
Brooks was thrown from his wagon
and having one of the lines wrapped
about his wrist was dragged for a
distance He sustained bad cut on
the head and his left ear was badly
torn. He was also badly bruised
about the body. 1t was necessary to
take several stitches in his head and
ear.
One of the most delightful musical
programs ever rendered in this city
was that given Tuesday night at the
Warnock Hall for the benefit of the
Surgical Dressings Committee. Beau
tiful vocal selections were sung by
Miss Selma Gench, Miss Bessie
Jackson, Miss Vetrus Howard, Miss
Edna Clarke, Miss Goldie Newsome,
Mrs. Harbett, the Pharis Quartette
and the Butler Glee Club. Instru-
mental music by Mrs. Wesley Black,
Mr.. Schurman. Miss Doris Wyatt,
Miss Mabel Clarke, and R. f.
Mooney. $40 was realized for the
Surgical Dressings Committee.
Glenn Smith of Troy, Montana, the
youngest son OF Mrs. T. !. Hockett
of near Butler, has returned to his
home from the hospital at Spokane,
where he was taken for treatment al
ter burning his hand with live wire
early in March. The boss had sent
trusty man. to turn off the switch,
and supposed it had been done, SO in
the work Glenn did not hesitate to
take hold of the wire. He received
voltage of 1900 in his hand. He
was knocked unconscious and his
hand badly burned. His mother re-
ceived her first letter. written by him
since the accident. just few days
ago.-Amsterdam Enterprise.
Conductor Bennett, who lives at
Nevada was injured i'll a wreck in
the Pleasant Hill yards Monday af
ternoon, when three freight cars were
badly wrecked, and the Commercial
street crossing was blocked to traf-
fic for two or three hours. Bennett
was helping his crew in the yards
and was standing on top of a box car,
when the accident occurred. A south
bound train was making coupling
and in backing up the engineer evil
IDENTIFY lost control of his train and
collided with string of empty cars,
causing the wreck. Bennett was
into the air by the impact of
the train, and fell on the wrecked car
His left hand was broken.-Pleasant
Hill Register.
George B. Ellis, one Of Hudson
we'll known citizens, who
has been making his home in Colum-
bia for the past several years, has de-
cided to take life little easier and
will move to Appleton City to make
his home, having recently purchased
the Gilbreath residence property in
the west part of town. Henry Sum-
derw;rth has hAen occu0vinu the