The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 6, 1909, Page 1

uller ps] " State ety, a | VCL. XXXI. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1909. East Lone Oak. The Methodist preacher for the Butler cireult appointment was at Peru lass Sunday morning. He will ‘preach at Peruafser this she first Sunday in the morning and the third Sunday at night. There will be preaching next Sun- day morning and night by Rev. Whitsets. Mrs. Lizzle Done is on the sick list at this writing. Mrs. Bentiy, of Butler, visited at the E C Harper home last Sunday. Dave Evilsizer and family of Kan- sas City are visiting relatives in this vicinity. The dredge boat on the Miam! lat- eral finished the work the firet of the week. We will soon see how much good the ditch will do. There was quite a crowd at church in Peru last Sunday night consider- ing there was no preaching. . Miss Kate Walker spent Sunday at the home of Mise Visa Thomas. The house on the Frank Blanken- baker place was burned to theground With most all {ts contents Wednes day of lust week. It was occupied by Mrs. Wallace and nephew, 8. C. Ed- wards. The fire was firat discovered by @ neighbor boy, Virgil Wood, who with the united effort of Mre, Wallace saved a very few things. A severe hall storm visited this part of the country Thursday of last week. No damage was done In thie {mmediate nelghborhood but farther east and south quite a number of windows were broken. Miss Viola Harrie, of Butler, spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Minnie McCov. On Monday of last week, April 26 the friends and nelghbors of Mrs, Geo. Thomas gave her a very pleas. ant surprise, 1% belong her birthday. They brought an abundance of good thinge to eat, also some useful pres- ents besides post cards. After dinner the time was spent !n pleasant con- vereation and later @ snap-ehot ple- ture of those present was taken, by Miss Grace Gerkio after which they all left for their homes wishing Mrs. Thomas many returns of the day. Pussy WiLLow Chosen With Expert Knowledge and cultivated taste, the assortment of Cut Glass shown here contains the best examples of the makers’ bill. The pieces are distinct- ly handsome as well as being decidedly useful. They are just the kindto adorn a table or side- board while serving a useful purpose. The moderate prices. encourage you to buy. Watch Inspector ' N. B. JETER ' WEST SIDE JEWELER THAT Water Melon Seed, Musk other kinds of beans. Cucumber, Millet, Mowers, Tinware, Sprinkle WM. ATLEE BURPEE’S BULK GARDEN SEEDS GROW Melon Seed, Burpee's Greenpod Stringless Dwarf Beans, Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans and all Large Russian Sunflower seed for chickens, Castor Beans, Squash and Pumpkin seed, Red and White Clover, Nasturtiums in bulk, Moon Vine Plants, Garden Tools, Lawn Kaffir Corn, Cane, Blue Grass, Tall and Dwart rs, Granite Ware, Galvanized Ware, Cattaraugus Pocket Knives, every one warranted, Clauss Shears, guaranteed to give satisfaction. Raw Peanuts to plant. DEACON S53’ South Side Square — ————_———_—_—_—_—$_ Mulberry and Western Bates. | church, will conduct evangelistic ser- Dr. J. C. Sagaser has been hauling corn from the Jones farm east of Park Town. Mrs, Jennie Porter spent a few days last week caring for her sister, Mre Fred Ewbank. The high wind that struck this lo- cality lass Wednesday done consid: erable damage to out buildings. Last Sunday was the anntversary of W. B. Johnson’s birthday and thirty of his friends came {non him and had a surprise party. They all had an enjoyable time and wished his birthdays might come more fre- quent. The Hay Seed’s box supper and en. vertainment was a grand success. | The boys are very well pleased by the encouragement they received There were one hundred and twelve Present and all were glad they came, The amount took In was $22 05 Rambler was voted the homllest mun in Western Bates and will be seen wearing the new hat when next he calls at Tue Times headquarters. Many thanks to our lady friends that gave me thelr votes. Mise Inez Beck the teacher at Concord won the toilet caee for being the most popular lady. Her home fs down fn Texas county. We wish her success and hope the other evening may help her to dectde to make Bates county her future home. Clark Taylor who lives across the} line viaited with his mother Mrs. J. C. Sagaser Friday. Rev. J. C. Bertel evangelist for | vices every evening for the next two | weeks at Mulberry. | Henry Welmers had quite a few of | his friends for dinner Sunday as the following families spent the day with | him: John Dykman, Barney Boehl- | kins, A.J. Meints, Rekua Boehlkin, Thomas Schmatls, W. B. Johnson } and M, Welmers. Rambler called at the home of his jtriend Edgar A. Smiser Sunday |morning. Edgar took us out to Aee ‘his flock of full blooded Shropshire sheep. We could not help but notice | What a fine lot of poultry his mother had as they were all high scoring | Barred Rocks. His little brother {ng the hello girls. RAMBLER, Ballard, A‘terrific wind storm struck Bal- lard Wednesday night of last week, no serious damage was done. The new mill at Ballard ts running iu fine shape. Grinding days will be Tuesday and Saturday of each week, Earl Anderson who fe attending school at Fulton, Mo., spent a few Tommy was down at Virginia help- | Virginia. } | and family. farm one mife north The next farm Geo. Crooks and his sister, Mra, J, Ctossed was N. M. Nestlerode and we living with her daughter Mrs, John | With his big overcoat on getting his | Cope at New Home Sabbath. | Seam ready to help his son, Nelson, Dr. Christy was called to see Mrs, | Plantcorn. It was the first time we Lewis Garner Sabbath, who is on the | emember of seeing him doing farm jaick lies again, work, Mr. Nestlerode has the Lum- | Miss Ruth Hockett left Wednesday | ber on the ground to build «new lof last week for Stockton, Kans, barn. In crossing the road 2 miles | where she has a position as central north we were almost run over by girl at $30.00 per month and work John Porter and his mule seam hur- half of the time. rying tothe field to ges his corn Christiam Endeavor next Sunday | Planted before {s snowed. Uncle John at 7:30 p. m. Topic—Pilgrim’y Pro- ‘did not ges elected to oftice this grees Serles IV, The House of the Pring and he has gone to farming Interpreter, (Eccl. 10:9-14, Jas, Witha rush. of passed Ralph 1:19-25 ) Leader, Albert Allen. Hughes restdence he was ous {n the Roy Cuztek came down trom Kan. barn yard with his blg coat on and sas (ity and spent Sunday with his! bls ears tied up, he has added a new parents and friends in Virginia. improvement to his farm, a new out Miss Merrel Hensley spent a week bullding. In passing the [ke Dawaon visiting her college chum at Ft, farm we noticed Mr. Dawson and hie Scott, Kans., from there she went to 8008 Were clearing she brush patches, Mra. Wright returned with her. They | tovorn, Mr. Dawson is improving attended S. S.at theChristlanchurch | bls new farm asa rapid rate. A litsle | Sunday. jfurther on our sired fees landed in Mrs. Rachel Ford {8 visiting her Mr Hocket’s big new black emith niece Mra. Fred Braden and other | Shop, but uucle Tum was not bhere relatives, to shake hands with us and to give Geo. Williams, of Merwin, passed U8 chair to sit down and rest our through Virginia Monday. j tred body. We looked the big in- Lee Ison made a flying trip to Serlor over but could nos find the | Kansas the first of last week, He | old arm chair, at last we took a tew vistted the family of Mr. Wilson’s ™ore steps further on to Mr. Hock- and stayed over ‘night with Walter &st’s residence and when we knocked Wolfe at J. M. Davises. |@s the door Mrs, Hockest came and Mra. B. F. Jenkins who went to | {nvited us to come Inand have aseat | Virginia last fall to visit her mother |y good warm stove. Uncle Tom and brothers and alsters, returned W48 out tixing the fence to keep his Monday to her home at Virginia, | cow from eating up his nelghbors Mrs. Jenkins fell and got hurt and j@rass. He returned in ashort tne had tostay there all winter. She | and started & fire tn the forge and he uses @ crutch to walk with. She saya } was 800n hammering Aaron’s lister }she thinka she can soon get round | share in good shape. As it had been with the use of a cane. Sheis looking | 80me time since uncle Tom and young well, better than when she went) Aaron had met we were busy talking | one half straight north of Aaron’s Mise Ethel Jenkins of Grainfield, | office. We tramped over lot vd Kan., is visiting her uncle Geo. Rubel | 8°0und planted to corn on theScully H. Park visited their mother who {s | ¥ere surprised to see Mr. Nostlerode | visit hor sister at Liberal, Mo., and plowing them up and planting them | put !t back in the sack and started for home wishing that he had had time to lieten to Mr. Porter make @ talk onthe benefits of the 4 days pole tax placed on the renters of she townships. He always fs plain tm | his talk. Aaron. Foster Notes. : Miss Audrey Lefever visited Sum- jday with Miss Dinah, We are sorry to learn that Uncle Jim Thomas is confined to the house with rheumatism. A few more windy days like we had j last week, people who live on the jsand hills around Foster would be | minus a garden orany place to have | One, We sre glad to learn that Prot. We P. Kinion has been employed to teach our school for the coming wine ter, Rev. W.C. Self, the district mie jSlonary of the Baptist church, bag | been in Foster for the last ten days | preaching and rounding up the Bap- tise flock, which is getting scattered since thelr church burned two years |ago. They are thinking some of re- | building, but have nos fully declded. | There {s no place ke home.* | Weare sorry to learn that H. Hy Haverly had the misfortune the oth- jer day, to fall and received a fracture Of the right arm. While {6 fs not | Serious the fracture ts very painful, D. L. Hughes, of Ilinols, is here | Visiting his family, and will probably j buy the Watermockison mine, | Dr. Wilson had bis trial lass Mon- ‘day before W. A. Chamberlin, our | new justice of the peace. Wilson was | beat and fined $5 and cost, amount- ing to about $28, This case grew ‘out ofa fight between Dr. Wilson land Schuyler Robb/sometime ago, ta which Wilson sent Robb to Kanana ; With a black eye, and he stayed im | Missour! with one. Robb pleaded ‘guilty and was fined $1 and cost, days at home last week. | away. and Mrs. Chas. Spillman was buried | Sabbath at 11 a.m. and night, new at Bethel, Friday April 30. | preacher will be there, Wm. Winegardner died at hishome | Saturday morning {t was too cold Sunday evening May 2nd after a for young Aaron to plant corn so he brief {illness of pneumonta. Funeral | put hie lister share and subsollerin a services were beldfrom WalnutGrove|shorts sack and swinging them church Tuesday morning under the| accross his shoulder. He faced the auspices of the Masoute Fraternity. | north wind on Westone plan of trav Kansassynod of United Presbyterian | He {s survived by a wite and several el, headed for Unele Thomas Hoek- children. BELLE | est’s black smith shop two miles an« ee ye The SPRING AND SUMMER styles, we are showing THIS SEASON, are even MORE VARIED and pleas- ing than USUAL. No taste, no style ideas will be disappointed. Our line of CHEERFUL, NIPTY IF YOU NEED ANY- THING —_ JIN —— Mens or Boys Clothing TRY US. ONLY STYLES will please the YOUNG MEN. Sa Let us have the Pleasure of Showing YOU m’l Levy Merc. Co. The {uur weeks old daughter of Mr. | Preaéhing at the M. F. church next | when Viillan. P over old times and the late ones;amounting to $7.50, but Wilor orter came stepping | stood trial with the above reaul& {n and after the usual greeting the| We understand Wilson has taken an conversation drifted to the late appeal to the circuit court. township election and ther toataie! This has been an excellent spring | wide prohibition. Mr. Porter always |for the farmers to get {n their crops. | gets very much enthused when pro-| They will finish planting thelr corn | hibition is mentioned and will com-| this week, !f the weather is favorable. | mence to preach @ prohibition ser-} Prof. Chamberlin closed his schook }mon and by the time he had dellver-| Friday and will attend eummer jed this one uncle Tom had Aaron's | school at the State Normal at War- | lister share in trim. Young Aaron! rensburg. | Prof. Chamberlia tauub% ~— ic) excellent echvol this winver and ithe pupils have advanced wonder- fully, which will add anosher plume $o the professor’s cap. | Mre.J. W: Darby was quite sick | Sunday night, but wae some better | Monday. | P. G. Snuffer, the expert ‘oot racer who outran Constable Reed and bia deputlee about @ month ago, resurn- ed Saturday evening. lle says bs hasn’s been running «ll the tiroa he was gone, as some might imagine. Our central girl, Mies Kula Hughes, we nre glad to learn, wil! hold dowm ‘central office sill fail. It 1s hardso keep @ central girl at Foeter, so |tapy young men fall in love with and marry them. When Miss Eula ' resigns we presume there will be quite | ® number of applicants for the coa- | tral office, Friday night and Saturday mada | People feel like the North Pole had jfailen down, There was half {inch of {ce Friday night. Saturday one had to wear their winter clothing and then couldn’t keepcomfortable. How will thts sound to Oklahoma people who formerly lived in Foster. Harley Imel and Nute Hannamon, who have been in Arizona for a loupe time, returned home Saturday. They found a few of the old settlers who were here when they left. The hard- ships they endured while in Arizana, has broken them down. They are quite sure their health will be better back !n old Bates, the land of milk and honey. Dwan Marriage Licenses. F. B, Wayne, Fulton, Mo, Eva J Hathaway, Fulton, Mo. G. E. Maddox, Butler. Carrie E, Addleman, Adrian. Farm Loans. Get my ratee before making a loan. Is will save you s C. R. Home, : Peoples Bank Building. 27-26 eer