The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-02-02

Miss Annabelle Campbell was the
teacher,
News has been received here that
Aunt Harriet Law, colored, aged ~
years. had died in Seattle, Wash.
Aunt Harriet lived here for many
years with the Trabue family and was
born slave in the family before
coming to this county After the
death of DIR. and Mrs. Trabue she
lived with the boys and cared for
them When James Trabue died two
years ago she went to Seattle with
William and Robert and made her
home there. She was good colored
woman and was well respected while
living here.
We met our old friend Henry H.
Wells a few days ago and he is one
OF the old settlers, coming here in
October. 1869 He will be 80 years
old in March. He and Judge Har-
per were raised in the same county
in Ohio and came here nearly at the
same time. The Judge is one year
older than Mr.. Wells. Both are
highly respected citizens.
Circuit Clerk c. c. Swarens has the
February docket ready for distribu
ton and contains 23o cases and the
largest number being tax suits which
number about fifty. Court will meet
next Monday and will last at least
two weeks.
Charles LeFever of Amoret was in
the city one day this week Charley
is selling light plants and conducts
the picture show at Amoret and deals
in electric supplies. He says that
there is now welt organized move
mcnt on foot to put in u power plant
on the Marias des Cygnes river at
Worland and have the electric power
supply all the towns along the K
6. railway between Kansas City and
Joplin. This would be splendid
thing for the towns and the location
for the plant would be ideal as the
plant would be built where the road
crosses the river and have abundance
Of water and coal. Other towns like
Foster and even Butler could be
lighted by this system.
M,c,, L D,,In
very successful meetings over the
county in her county demonstration
work and held over fifteen good
meetings through the county in jan
uary. She will have a meeting at
Rockville Friday and has several 9TH
er meetings scheduled for February.
Willis X. Burton. colored gen.
tleman from Appleton City was ar
rested last Wednesday night by Mar
shall Braden for having in his auto
mobile three quarts Of liquor con-
trary to law. Willis was arrested
about II p. M. just as he was going
out to fill an appointment in east
Butler. Sheriff Petty came up and
placed him in Jail and confiscatcd his
liquor. No doubt nice evenings
entertainment was broken TIP by the
Marshal and Sheriff's interference
but it may prove 4 lesson to other
persons TO be little careful about
liquor. Burton was araigned before
Judge b. +. letter Thursday morning
and gave bond for his appearance
next Thursday at which time his
case will be called for hearing.
Mosby'J Missouri Message, pub
lishcd at jefferon City contained an
article last week entitled Dear
mond on ]. Sterling Morton which
we herewith publish.
Judge DeArmond. who served for
many years in Congress from the
Sixth Missouri district. was not only
among the ablest of statesmen, but
in debate in the National House of
Representatives he never saw his SUI
prior in the use of irony and invec-
tive. In his famous attack on J.
Sterling Morton, Secretary Of Agri-
culture under Cleveland. 1t was dur
ing the Fifty-sixth Congress Judge
DeArmond during short speech
teeming with irony, sarcasm and IN
vcctivc made this observation Of Mr..
Morton: This man has the pecul-
iarity OF always talking when he is
not writing and of always writing
when he is not talking amid of al
ways doing both when he is not
thinking Judge DcArmond closed
with the following: Full many 4
whim Of purest ray serene. the dark
unialhomed screens OF. Morton bear;
full many a wheel is formed to whir
unseen; and wastes its sweetness
meath J. Sterlngs hair
JOHNNIE,