The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 19, 1907, Page 3

VOL. XXX. Virginia. Zinn’s daughter, who is stay- with ber grandiather, Geo. Zinn, over the school house and fell. She was unconscious several hours. Dr. Smith was d but could not be found, he was y tending to his patients, then . Amex, of Amsterdam, was called. Guy Park came home week before $ and left Saturday for Memphis, up., to work in the real estate i usiness Lon Wilson moved to Kansas last , bear Blue Mound. John Zinn and wife are visiting tives AS Metz, Mo. Frank Zinn hus moved oa bis fath- 's farm north of Virginta. Ule Hinson is cribbing his biz crop corn that le ralved near the city Park Town. Some of our farmers have nearly their corn ground plowed for \ . Truman Gilbert returned from Louie Friday. ohn Hensley shipped stock to nsve City last week. oy Denning says he fe getting his driving horse gentle. nice little girl arrived at the pe of Mr. and Mrs Coarley Hecka- ( last week and the same week a t ltstle boy came to board with ) and Mrs. Marequis, last week no husking is about completed. reports are true there will be ) oli- G Park, of Butler, wayin Vir- Friday. 8 Maroquis was very sick Mon- of thie week ver Standfield and wife attend aching at the Christian church bath. o. Palmnn’s eyes are not much r. The Dr, thought he could help without an operation. . Smith says they fousd a large at Mr Duvlap’s Monday. M Famaliner who was quite Saturday and Sabbath was h better Mouday bristmas at thy M E Church Church Wednesday night Misa Effie Famolioer, teacher at Bethel, will have a box supper Fri day night, Dec. 20th. The proceeds to go for library fund. Monday afternoon Dr Smith fixed the wire on Hue 6 The line had been speechless for 2 days but ss soon as the Dr. restored its voice, my! how the women did make its tongue suttle. Since Charlotte township has gone dry we think that the stock holders of the Charlotte Township Telephone Co. ought to get together and look over the charter and see if the char- ter calls shat the stockholters shall have eqnal benefits And should the charter callfor the directora to be way and quit wraugling about the matter when they ges together The Prohibitionists were all pres- ent atlast Tuesdaye election and voted dry. Should they live till nexs Nov. they will be at the election and vote dry again Rov. Sheldon preache? last Sab- bath morning and night to a good audience, Next Sabbath {s regular preaching day at the M E The ladies of the M. E church will Mi dno Walker sold a fine team of! al weddings during the hollt-| psday. night and the Christian | |have a supper Thuraday night Dec | 26th. They have been at some ex- pence In having concrete steps placed iu front of thechurch. We do nos jaay there will bea newly married couple present, but we do say there will be 2 weddings near Virgluta tn the next 12 months. Come to the supper, they may be there. An opera shawl was found in the jtoad east of Virginla Owner can jcallat D.C Wolfe’s and describe the {same and get it. AARON Voters Meeting. ‘a hereby called at the Court Hourw \for Thursday night. The object ts to discuss and decide upon the best | method cfellminat!ng politics from | tha clty elections, in that votera of} all parties can agree npon the bess !men for the city officers, Also to increase the Law Enforcement L»ague membership All are urgently invi- ted to attend. Law Enrorcement LEAGUE. elected every year let it be done that! A meeting of the voters of Butle Butler Weeklp BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1907. Altona Notes. | We had a light snow on Saturday. | M F. Talber, one of the enterpris ing farmers, butchered some nice | hogs one day last week, and don’t you think he had a job renderlog lard. Weill, 80 much for that; noth- tr bape assieting the good wife. ar revival which bas been going for sume time, was closed on Thurs- day night. Rev. Clendening con- ducted the meeting, assisted by Rev. Bensley, of Nevada, Mo, who ts the Preslding(Elder of this district, and rematoed ,over after the quarterly ‘neeting. The people seemed to en- joy his presching. There wereabout sweuty-five united with the church. Me. Beasley will be a welcome guest among us at any time, and hope it sll be so he can visit these parts awaio. He and Rev. Clendening went nto Adrian on Thursday night after rhe close of the meeting. Mra. Webb Chapman has been quitesick, but the last we heard from ter she was some better. We hope she will continue to improve, Mrs. Charles Argenbright was in Adrian the first of the week on bust ues ier husband has been doing cons! erable fall plowing. Mr. Buckels is doing someimprove- ment by adding a room on to his dwelling He had the plasters out there on Wednesday Joho Greenwood is putting up a |nice milk house on his place, and when completed it will be one of the nicest in the community. We notice Miss Mable Tabler is in | the plano contest We wieh her suc- | cess in the race, and hope she will be victorious, for she {s one of our best ulrle reacher for another year. Mr |day, and Mr Smith, the new preach ler, begins the tiras Sunday in Jana- \ary. Joun, Passaic Items, Miss Verna Brummets was u caller at the parsonage on Friday. Mrs. Brummatt, of this place, has gone to visit her daughter, wio lives jas lola, Kan., and 1s expecting to spend Christmas there, so we under | The Baptist have called another | stand, of course, she will have a nice time. Mrs. Lou Gibson was in town the first of the week visiting home folks. We all love home and love to visit the loved ones there. day morning, and went ous south and east of here and conducted the foneral services of G W. Eldridge, who died of cancer. He leaves 4 wife and four children as well as friends | and relatives to mourn his departure. | They have she sympathy of the com- muoity. The young people are progressing nicely with their Christmas entertalo- ment Miss Ida Smiser seems to | have everything in good shape. | ALPHA, Lamar Goes Dry. | Lamar, Dec. 13.—Lamar voted in majority of 28. The “drys” won tn three of the four wards. three saloons which pay an annual revenue of $3600. The women serv- ed lunch and a number cf them work- ed at the polls allday. The contest |was the hottest ever waged in this \elty, although it was a friendly one. Crowds bave been on the streets all day, although the weather has been disagreeable. Barton county, out- jside of Lamar, voted to-day and with returne fu from all precincts, the “drys” have a majority of 280. Notice to Tax Payers. The Mound tax books will be at Joe Grove’s offive, Ia Adrian, all shits | elcher closed his year the thirdSun | wagk Willbe at Rockville Dec. 27th | and 28:h with Rockville aud Pratrie |tax books. At’ Foster Dee. 30th with Walnut and New Home books. ‘At Amoret Dec let and January 1s¢ 1908 with Homer books tile suit agains all unpaid vaxes after January Lat 1908 Y. ¢. Comps | County Collector. Rev. Clendening came home on Fri | jtuvor of local option today by Lamar has NO. 8 , Foster Items. _Dee Arbogast went to Pleasanton, Kan., Monday on businegs. | Dr. Rhodes and wife are she proud parents of a new son 8. Robb & wife and Mrs. Ramsey }were in Rich Hill Wednesday on | business. | Trecta Lake visited Lelia Morris , Uhursday. Mrs. Barton Briscoe went to Pleas- jwnton, Kan., last week shopping. | Mrs. Mark Thomas haa gone to | Shawnee, Okla., to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Clouse. A baby boy came Dee. 13th to bless the home of Rev. Crawford. Grandpa Clouse {s here from Shaw- nee, Okla., looking after his interest iu Foster. Roy Lockhart has been very sick | with pneumonia, butts able to sit up at this writing. Mr. Parifer, of [liinois, is visiting his brother and family, Wm. Parlier Mr. Badgett and wife visited at) New Home Sunday The schoo! children ure over “anx- ious for holidays to come. Fosver | school will have one week vacation, | Prot Parker, of Warrensburg bus!- uess college was in Foster Tuursday. He ts working la the interest of his school, | Goeorgla Littlefield lett Saturday | | tor Warrensburg to attend school, | Howard Arbogast and son Joe | went to Pleasantun, Kas, Mouday |! on buetness Mr. Hiter Pace, of Peitis Co, fs here visiting his brother in-law Geo | Woods Mr, Jno Blevins, who has been visiting his nephew Jno. Martian, re turned to his home Friday tn To peka, Kas. OBITUARY Margarets H Welch was born iu {Madison County, Ky, Nov. 6-h, 1841, died Dec. Stn, 1907, after an | itneas of six months ofconsumption Tie funeral was preached by Rev Will | Miller, of New Home, and the body have work dowe vo their lots in Oak 1906 | Was interred {n Salem c metery. She | Hill cemetory«free of eh rye by eall- confessed her savior in early life, { Wo H. Hollos Canny joined she Christlan church, was bap 1% ORS. BH. Holloway tounky | \iged by Rev. David Nation and bas |}! Pers are rv quested to copy this no- ever lived a devoted Christian slave ter, OMMITTEE Xmas Time is Near at Hand Your time for buying is short—only about one week. Don’t put it off too long but buy early while you have the full lines to select from. Xmas Candy. A FEW OF-OUR PRICES ON EVERYTHING Xmas Oranges. Seedless Naval Orang Size 324, each.......... Size 250, Size 176, Size 150, Size 126, Size 96, dozen......... Also special prices dozen dozen es, 75 boxes as follows: to teachers and Sun- Coffee. Santos Coffee best you ever used for the money CL nee ore $1.00 OS (a eae 25c Canned shat time She was married to Wil- lam Welch in 1860 Her maiden name was Margarets White. She leaver two sisters anu two brothers But we mourn not as those who ’ ~ have no hope We hope to meet her : in the sweet oy amt by Topsy Ballard Notes. Two exees of sma!lpox sre report- ed at the home of Mra. CN Teeter, ‘ Dr Boalware, of Butler, quarantined thefamily Wednesday of last week. The Edwards schoo! wil! be closed for two weeks on account ot it. JA. Warford !s quite sick E. L) MeClenney, accompanied by z Dr Crabtree, and Mre. Me(Mennev. went to Kansas City, where he will undergo an operation for cancer. Mr. Woodson, who Hees on the ald Broadene farm, lost hfs barn by fire early Monday morniag. Four head & of horees and several handred bush- NV ela of corn were also burned The orgin of the fire ls unknown, > Electto:, day was very quiet in 4 Ballard. Weare glad to prt Bates county on the “dry” list. BELLE BY so TA Notice of Masonic Installation. Butler Loive No, 254 A F & A, M.and Miami R. A Chapter Nu 76, will install their newly elected others at Maaoni® hall on Friday eventing, Dec. 27, at 7 o'clock the fraternity with sheir wives and invited guests are exprched to nt tend, With banques, marie and recitations, (nr nddition t » the instal lation ceremontes, Inen es an erj oy- able evening. By order OD Austin Folie Crowenn G. E. Case, AB. Lopwies 4. Donovay, od. Y Sateerr, Commitive on Arrangements, Members of Members of the cemetery associa- tion are notified that they can now Goods. oes 8x mixed candy per Ib........... cess eeee ee eees 5 Broken taffy per lb. . Sponge taffy per lb quantities ................. 7 1-2 . We have an assortment of 10c candy that can’t be equaled. a Peanut candy per Ib........ 00 e eee eee eee ees 10c wal Carmels per Ib, ....- oc. ccc c tress eeeceeseeneces 10¢ Our We have over 100 varieties for you to select from. = We have assortments of candy 5c, 7 1-2c, 10c, 12c, eve 15c, 171-2c. You can get any kind of assortment bat you want. We only want a chance to figure on your candies, and if we don’t sell you, then we blame no a one if price and quality is considered. f ~pecial reduced prices to teachers and Sunday } schools. ) , English walnuts per "b 20c, 2 Ibs. ..........566. 350 Filberts per lb... eee e1T 1-80 Almons per Ib....... 0.0. sseeeee eee ee ees MUMMAT UH, |... cece sceecco ceo vscecessn edd Lele Peanuts, fresh roasted by ourse:ves. Special price un- til Xmas per lb.......... ..10¢ , Jumbo peanuts best that money can buy. Xmas Nuts. - f j ite Front, 144. Side Square. th day schools. We have oranges cheaper than they have been sold for years, COME EARLY. We must close, wishing you one and all a merry Christmas, and thanking you for liberal pat- ronage. Hoping to be able to meet many new customers in future we close another year. Yours for Independence, 3 lb BD tome best per can.............ssseeees 10¢ 2 lb Mayflower corn best 3 cans..............055 25 f 21b RD corm best 5 Cane... ... cc sccsncerscene 25 2 Ib good sugar corn,4 cans..........6.. eee eee 25 2 Ib canned peas, 4 can8........... 6. eee eee e ees 25 1 Th Oysters per can.......... cc cece sects een eees 10 2 Ib oysters, 2 cans 35 Sanderson canned peaches, 3 Ib can, 2 for........ 35 Dry Fruit. Prunes 90-100 per Ib.......... aad petra er nu ai 5e Prunes 40-50 3 Ibs............. ee eee 25 DIET POR WEP occ cave ccesvevanes Se . . Crowne’s Dry apples 2 Ibs...............000005 25 Raisins 2 crates 3 lbs................... aevees 25 Seeded bulk raisins 2 Ibs.................0.0005 25 CRE lee yo5i 6 cosevitis 6 or cisr0: ae:t0is sce aisle nese 25 DMIs. ci etesciiwrcccvsavcs vescenns 20 Orange peel Ib................. ibe sAwiees aeeaied 20 19 lbs Granulated Sugar $1.00, no limit. Norfleet & Ream, The Only Independent Grocers.