The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 7, 1909, Page 1

Pree soe © Virgi “y. Aeron has been reading J. N | PBbarp’s articles in the Dewocras, and {t calis to mind somesbing that bap: | pened. During the war ovr cou | @ecd was ordered from Marfreea reburning across che Dutch river bridge. The river was up. Our ar. tillery knocked one of the leading | Seams dauling artilleries on the end | of the bridge, which blocked the bridge. The men pluoged into the} river. Many lost lives {d the river, | Ourcommand stayed there ten weeks The Tennessee boys were good on| the run, especially when the North | ern Cavalry boys were after them with drawn sabers and all yelling at the top of their voics. Wa were there | fn blackberry time and Ilved well, | the people treated us kindly, we thought {t a good country to live in, | Fred Drysdale, who spent a week | with his grandparents, G. W. Park, returned to bis home, at Braymer lnet Friday. | James I. Wolfe, of Burlington, | Kan., celebrated his birthday New iv ”a with his parents, C, W. Wolfe ind wife, and helped devour the big| dinner they had prepared for him, | Fred Braden and family returned from Henry county, Mo., last week, they had been visiting Mr. Braden’s | te | Mre Thomas Huffman returned home last week from Oklahoma, where she had spent several weeks es her parents, A. L. Porter and| Mre, John Huffman, of Butler, spent last week with ber sons, John | and Thomas. Maxwell Park, who has been at-| tending school at Warrensburg for | , some time, epent the holidays at| home. He nee Sane rage no changes in Par! ‘own, but over along Mulberry Creek the change fe wonderful and beautiful, , Mise Cathlyn Coulter, of Butler, epent last week visiting with her friend Miss Mary Allen. Prot. Geo. K. Green spent the lat- , ter part of last week vielting old : | friends In this victnity. 4 A large number of the Virginta| yoang people were delighttully en | tertained at the home of Mr and) a at ae [3ullir fest ce / VOL. XXXI | Mrs W. W. Park Friday night, Jan | place of barial, her old home. 1s. Miss Bisié, Helen and Maxwell | Park at home spending their vaca- tlon, and a fine time was reported by all present The echoo! children are all tn boro to Shelbyville to drive away a SChovl this week Miss Eiste, Helen | stock shuats, mostly barrows weight lot of Tennessee suldiare They wore 82d Maxwell Park have resvurned to | bout 100 Ibs Warrensburg wad Voiney MeFadden to Columbia. Miss Effe Famaiiner, of Cass Go., came down lass Weanesuay and spent afew days visiting her uuele, | PM. Famuliner and other trends, Mrs B. F. Jenkins, who has bee. ‘visiting at her old home ia West Virginia since last fall, expected to | start on her journey home the 76h, | but word reached us that she hau | CClouy Shere from Charlote towuship the misfortune of falling last week, and breaking her hip bone. It was a greatshock so her many friends here, who had expected to see her home in | a short time | Those from a di-tance who attend- ed the social at Will Park’s New ? Mr. | Warnergot home Monday afternoon | G. W Park & Son have for sale 2 Duroc Jersey sows bred for early far- sow; some good gilts that can be} bred, a few males and a nice bunch of Dave Nastlerode lefs with the house- oid goods Monday before Christ fuss tuff Sells left with the families u Christmas for New Mexteo, where hoy Lave taken claims Charley Lortivon * there last summer. ' ho Cowfort, Morton Jenkins and frank witeheil, Ben Comtort’s son- -law wiil leave the last of this month, The four will form quite a AARON. Foster Notes. The medicine show has come’and | goue. Mies Addie Rowland returned to Year’s night were: Francis Steele her home {n Rich Hill Sunday. and a friend from Busler, Floyd and | D. H_ Arbogast went to Pleas Dessa Park, of Bikhars, Geo. K. | snton, Kansas, Thureday on bus! Green and J. I Wolfe. Dr. Smith telle us thas Joe Whin- | neas A H. Lloyd went to Butler Sun- ery. Jr., had @ nice little boy come to | day. his home last week, Mrs. ‘Whinery Milas Nellie Shumate returned home| gizor and wife, a girl, Jan. 1. {scaring for the little boy sill he gets | Sunday from Pleasanton, Kansas. able to go out {in the buggy. Aaron and his better half went to see Joe Whinery Monday of this week. We found him poorly, yet he has hope of getting up again. His) Tom Badgett and wife returned] following company for dinner Sun- Saturday from a visit {n Ossumwa,}day: Mr. aud Mrs. Barton, Mr, and Iowa, The Con O'Brine Milling Company | #24 Rev. Sutor. condition looks bad. He te very | 8 turning out some fine chop and weak He talks strong tor a while | meal. and then his voice weakens. Histwo Topsy came home Thursday to daughters will be here this week,|spend New Yeara with home folks, Sadie from Colorado and Jennietrom | returned to Kansas City Sunday. Oklahoma, Mr. Whiner: {n Bates Co. 40 years. has lived J. H. Fenton and wife of Dorden, e is now 66 | IIl., are visiting their daughter, Mra. years old. He loves to have his old|Guss Trussell, and friends around ueighbors come {n to see him in his | Foster. affliction, Those returning to school Sunday Marriages in 1908, 7; deaths 3,| were Misses Francis Campbell, Eula grown persons. 4 Deaths 8, grown persons. John Sparks expects to go to Okla- Marriages in 1907,|Jamee, Hazyl and Nellie Bowman and Robert Grant and Fred Bell. Misses Maggie McCann and Willla homa soon to take a look atthe| Darr returned Sunday, after a ten country. days vacation, to’ commence their Charley Warner and wife were call: | achoole the New Year. ed to Ponca, Oklahoma, last week to Dr. Marshall and bride returned see his wife’s sister. She died last|from St. Louis Thursday and will Saturday night. Her body was ship commence house keeping on Qnality Jed to Northern Mo, for burial. Mra | Hill. May prosperity and happiness arner went with the body to the Attention Everybody i Watch this paper for the announcement of our JANUARY CLEARANCE In Next Weeks Issue be theirs through Jife: Dinan SALE day, the 15th and 16th of January, to give inatroctions s0 the officers of Miam{ Chapter and to any others, who may be willing to attend. Mr. Vogelsang visited our town a little Over & year ago and made a great East Lone Oak. Rev. Sutor filled his regular ap- poitivment at the church last Sunday morning. The Misses Jesst> Cassity and Anna Bard visited Miss Kate Walker re- | cently. The McKenna children spent the holidays with relatives in Kansas School commenced Monday alter a week's vacation for the holidays Miss Laura Dugan visited Vis» Phomas Wednesday of last week. There were quite a number of the families of this neighborhood invited to the J. W. McGaughey home tora big dinner the day before New Year’s Judge Brown says if he gets many Lay such dinners, he ts apt to ges ab. Joe Sutor returned to bis home in Batler from a week's stay at the J W. Thomas house. J. W. Thomas ts visiting hie slater, Mra “Maggie Rogers, of near Bron- son, Kansas, for a t-w days. Jack Carpenter and family ara vis- {ting his sister, Mra. Sharog, tn Okla- homa at this wrising. The Successful erty for more than anyone, Is ing Auction schools of the U.S. It always pays to have the best Claim your dates early. Call on or Address Born, to Mr. and Mre S N Ison, Dec 24.0 girl. Also to H. H. Evil- Mrs. Visa Gough entertained the Mra Frank\Blankenbaker and family C.E.R No, 1l-2m Miss Edua Thomas, of the Double Branch nelghborhood, spent Satur- day night with Miss Myrtle Thomas, of this nelghborhood E E Eckles has bought a driving horse. Ciyde Harper returned to Kansas City last Monday to resume his school duties Clarice, Leroy and Molly Baker, of Kansas City, spent the holidays with their parents, Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Baker. . Miss Mabel McConnell spent last Wednesday night with Miss Minnie McCaughey. E 8, Requa is having his hedges cut, north of Jack Carpenter's. Pussy WiLLow. Star items. Grandpa Keeble moved in with his son Jim Keeble on she W. M. Searfus place last week. Mr. Mustard moved on the J. 0, Rogers farm last week. L. Y. Thomas killed hogs last Wednesday. Quite & number of the young folks gathered at Frank Bloughs toa pie and pound supper on lass Thursday night. Hada pleasant time wateh- ing the New Year in and the Old Year out. Laverne Silvers from Kanens {8 vielting old neighbors and friends around Star. He aod his cousin, Rome Daniels, are now visiting at Hume with their cousin, Miss Prica Daniels. Wm. Searfus completed their new house last week. Miss Emly Gongh, from Summit, ts visiting with her cousins Messrs Sear- fuses. Southwest Summit. The holidays have come and gone. Everyone had @ big dinner aud re- ceived their share from Santa. Whoever saw such fine weather? We imagine we are in California. The young folks held a social at Charlie Turpin’s on Thuraday eve to watch the old year out snd the new, oue in, Candy making, popingcorn, etc., passed the time away until the exact minute, when the dinner bell sent its chimes out to herald theglad hews that 1909 had arrived. The Bratton family, who have been spending the holidays with relatives, returned to thelr home in Kansas on Tuesday. A new pump has been put in on the school ground. Now, {f some of the fences were fixed and some other changes made, we would be ready to discuss anything on the Ist, as our State Supt. has suggested. xX Ballard Notes. A Johnstown troupe played “Tompkin’s Hired Man” to a full house at Fairview school house Sat- urday night. Mrs. J. Kedigh visited home folks in Aggiotee City last week. - J. W. Allison and family of Butler visited atthe home of J.B, Hays the last of last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Keirsey enter. tained a party of thelr young friends Wednesday evening, Dec. 30, in hon- or of Misses Maggie Morlanand Adel Henderson of Urich. BELLE. The Grand Lecturer, jLouls E. Vogelaang, of the Grand Chapter of pore! Arch Masons of Missouri, will bein Butler on Friday and Satur- friends here ,capecially among the Masonic Fraternity. | TROUBLE ON THE DITCH. Dynamite Placed in Rock Fails to Explode, and Location is Lost. Some trouble has arisen on that part of the d@inage ditch, east of Papltnville, between the county court and Sub-Consracsors Wills & Sons lb appears thas considerable rock bas beeo left in the channel of the ditch, although the ditch has been completed some distance beyoud thas point, and the county court is very wisely insisting that the ditch be completed as they go along. The broubie, as near as we can wather Is, {fs ubout as follows. When the rock was reached, about seventy holes were drilled aud dynamite placed shereln. Their electric firing ma- chine has & capacity of about 18 hole. Allseventy holes were jolned up, and an attempt was made to shoot them all at once and only about18 were exploded, and thecon nectiou ov the obers lost under mud and weier, Now, as we understand, itis extremely hazardous to go to drilling to that rock with about filty- two charges of dynamite stuck around therein. Thecourt, ofcourse {s not responeible for mistakes or ne | cidents of the contractors sud natur- wily expects those yentlemen to tiz- ure out thelr own problems The cours will probably refuse to pay any more money on shis contract, until the rock fs removed. Judge Hyde went to the scene of trouble on Mon- day with Chief Engineer Bell, The court holds the bond of Foohey & Sons, original contractors, andisnot worrying about the -final outcome. The Jadges speak very highly of the manner {n which Messrs Foohey have done thelr work and the dis- position they show to do the right things at all times. We acknowledge a pleasant cull from Frank E Bratton tn company with M. A. Carroll, on Saturday. Mr Bratton went to Stafford, Kansis about nine years age and has pros |pered. Last year he rafsed and mar- keted about 4000 bushels of wheat Mr. and Mrs. Bratton spent the holf- days with her mother, Mrs. Adam Brixner and sister, Mrs. M. A. Car- roll. This is thelr first visit to their old home since they moved. Mr. Bratton is well pleased with Kansas. They returned home this week. Two young men, patienta at the vada, Mo., Walter Hart, formerly ot this city, and a young man whose home fs in Harrisonville, made their escape from the ssylum early Mon day morning and started to walk to their respective homes Having only One ontfit of clothing between them, they divided this.as nearly equal as possible and presented a pitlable ap- pearance when {intercepted by Mar shal Benefield at Rich Hill, who held them until the proper authorities arrived from Nevada and took them back. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Eggleson, But- ler Route No. 6, returned home last Wednesday night from a two weeks’ vielt with the families of therdaugh ters, Mra. C. G. Porter, of Lawton, Okla., and Mrs. Bud Barr, of Hast- ings, Okla. They report a delightful visit, during excsptionally fine weather. They eaw a big scope of Oklahoma, from automobile driven over fine roads. They were well pleased with the country, and Mr Egeleson said about the only seri- ous objection was their long diatance from Butler. They raised good corn but no cotton crop this season. EK. Robbins, Auctioneer’ Does the leading Auction business in Southwest Missouri, Can sell your prop- for the fine points of the busine: how to arrange for and advertise a sale. State Hospital for the insane ast Ne. | educated ss. Is a graduate of the lead- A member of the Internation- al and President of the Missouri Auctioneers’ Association Makes\ more sales than all the auctioneers of Bates county combined. Can make you from $200 to $1000 on your sale, Send for Free Circular on Terms reasonable, Me at Amoret, Mo. Phone No. 36. obbins, Court Proceedings. Court mes tn regular session Janu. ary 5, 1909 Members present as follows: RF Harper, Prestding Judge; LoS. Paddoek and A.D, tHlyde, Assoclute dn ger wim J. Bale lock, Shertif, and OG Weeks, Couns ty Clerk. The following Proceedings were had: ‘ Assessment for iaxes of 1908 on tote 12 and 1g in Avkesou's Park add reduced trgo § 90 te 75.00 KB. Borr ed to taspect and make esti, Nort rlige across L st Branch in‘ sll cbway be- tween 11 and 120; schy’ orth and soubhintowusuip fedep% 89, Bates ¥ ° county, Mo, Assessment for 1909 yon the lot 5 weas of Mechanic AX block bwo, Harper's edd and beh so Della Mo Gates, reduced trite 380 to S440. Timoihy Poohey & Sonus main Hike sta ROS ty S27 less 10 per cent F3,746 09 Ptmothey Poohes & Sons balance due ov 10 por cent retained on see of Matn Ditech acet ot error June 3 Bond of Ct \ Lusk as coroner by the court examined and approy- ed. Marriage Licenses. ‘ W P. Tharp, Bu )Almy Brown, Busler, Auguet Yarick, Morton, Mo, Mugdalena R Yoss, Roekville, Mo. " ny LL the real value a watch has is in ‘the movement—in the material, finish, adjust- ment of that move- ment. The Howarp is the only Amer- ican watch always finished and adjusted as a fine movement, at whatever price it is to be sold— from $35.00 to $150.00. We are distributors for this dis- tinctive watch, Also Elgin, Waltham, Hamilton and Hamden fitted in Boss, Cres- cent and all the standard eases, We have at the present time 25 second hand watches, 21 jewel Waltham Vanguards, 17 j'w'! Elgin, Waltham and Hamden movements AT VERY LOW PRICES, 3 Call and see our watch tine—also have your eyes tested by an expert optician. Geo. 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