The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 30, 1909, Page 1

Se The Butler Weekly Ti ci- State Histor's# > ety. Nes, VOL. XXXI. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1909. NUMBER 49 FOSTER. where they had been visiting rela-| wards and at times fastens a VIRGINIA. ter a week ago Wednesday is im- NEW HOME. " .,. | tives. where the crupper generally wor! r proving nicely. Ne nt ; W. W. Russell is reported quite P.M. Elliott and wife, of Urich,| Miss Lizzie Loyd, of Pittsburg, Diek Holloway and grandson of Tie ‘tosbiinie While thes been in We atienied the Hume Fair Tews poorly. . feliiaccs! Winns to. Veilthing. Wy le, A. HIB" Blue Mound, Kansas, are spend- vadtehe $k tha Ghitatan : churth: the day. It was immense and measured Mia: Stholes fe rencsted:0n tha bhak Henry county, who had been visiting -» is visiting her uncle, "ling a few days with his old neighbors | Poste en oe cl ‘for! by the crowd, as there were some : po her-uncle, T. S. McHenry, returned | Loyd, of this place. and friends. the past week is well attended every good horses, cattle, sheep and ho list at her home on East 7th Street. {5 their home Sunday on the noon| Rollie Bassett and mother were Mies Eile Mitchell. of TIL, te via night. Rev. Cottingham has been an | >) nan See — —_ Claude Webb was an arrival on the | train, visitors to Rich Hill Saturday. iss Effie Mitchell, of Il, is visit-| evangelist for a number of years and pesdegeelgendtone ~~ Pm morning train Saturday. ing her mother Mrs. Orear and sister every one should come and hear him, | °° aaa dideciaien aban Jobn Foster and wife, of near Car- thage, are visiting old friends in this vicinity. Mrs. Alphord Smith and sister, Mrs. Wm. Johnson, of Kansas, are visiting relatives in and around Fos- ter. George Plymell and family, of the Green View neighborhood, Sundayed with her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shofner. Foster was almost depopulated Thursday on account of the stock show at Hume. Dr. Wilson, I. H. Botkins, Vanie Morehouse, George Oldham and a few other braves were left to guard the bank in case of a raid. e) C. H. Clouse was transacting busi- ness at the county seat Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hines were vis- itors to Butler Saturday. Mrs. Hines will visit her brother, Everett Drys- dale, in Adrian, before returning home. King Johnson and Harlo Mullis, of Old Walnut, were in Butler Saturday. Mrs. Bessie McFealy, of Nevada, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Goodwin. . ’ Robert Livingston and wife, of near Independence, visited Sunday with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Belk. Misses Maggie and Myrtle McCann visited Saturday and Sunday with home folks near Virginia. Mrs. C. C. Swarens and children returned last week from Kansas City, Henry Brooks and wife, of Vernon settler of Vernon county, having liv- non and Bates were a’sea of grass Jule, of this place. and can tell many thfilling incidences : =e ith h that hap i in those.early 4 Miss Nora Potts, living with he: helping to put in a large steel turn-| the same disease. table for the Missouri Pacific people. country visitors Sunday. George Bright and wife, who had been visiting relatives here, returned to their home in Bartlesville, Okla., last week. They were accompanied home by his niece, Mrs. Joe Roberts, and children, his father, W. P. Cobb, left for his home in Moyie, British Columbia, Thursday. His wife will visit awhile longer before returning home. Tom Frankinfield, a lad of 16, who | desperate struggle between the Nort union, as he is getting quite old an feeble. is mentally deranged from birth, un-/and South, but of a true Southern Ladies’ Readyeo-Wear Department We are Showing the Greatest Line of Suits, Cloaks, Dresses, Skirts and Waists In Exclusive Styles and Desi center of the world. You cannot duplicate any of our gar- ments in the city, neither in Style, Quality or Price. and every garment has our PERSONAL GUARANTEE own Tailoring Shop in which we alter all garments free of charge, guaranteed to give Satisfaction. Suits from......................610 to $35 Cloaks from........... Dresses from........... Skirts from................ Waists from.................98c to $12 ‘Junior Suits from..........50c to $12 last week and drove an eight-penny | under the good old Southern flag. fence nail in the center of the mule’s DINAH. foot. The mule passed away Friday from its earthly trials and tribulations mania for harnesings and working the | me. C. W. HESS. pitt mules. He gets the collaron back-| 28tf s, direct from the fashion Each 85 to $30 _......510 to $25 85 to $15 John Reed and Joe McCall with county, Sundayed with his old friend | their families visited with S. N. Kin- J. W. Darby. Mr. Brooks is an old| jon and family north of town Sunday. ' Fred Heckadon, of Wall Street, ed there ever since 1869, when Ver-| Kan. spent Sunday with his brother, aunt, Mrs. Rachel Welch, we are W. T. Mead, who has been on the/| sorry to note, has typhoid fever, and sick list for a few days, was able to/two children of Mrs. Keith in the return to Joplin Sunday, where he is}same neighborhood are down with S. L. Doke, of Kansas City, an old- J. P. Thomas left on the eastbound | time Fosterite, accompanied by his passenger for Pettis county to visit| brother, F. Y. Doke, of Corsicana, relatives and take in the State Fair at | Texas, and sister, Mrs. J. R. Ford, of Sedalia. | Butler, came down Saturday to visit ili i their sister, Mrs. B. B. Wort. They ero ee wee returned to Butler Sunday, where they will hold a family reunion of the last survivors of this excellent family at the residence of their brother-in- law, J. R. Ford. To ‘your corres- pondent Mr. Doke said he desired to meet with his brother and sisters _.,/once more, as he expressed a fear Claud Cobb, who has been visiting | that this would be the last time that they would ever meet in a family re- Mr. Doke is an ex-Confed- erate and served four years in that dettook to shoe his father’s pit mule | type he marched and fought bravely Ihave a number of inquiries for from lockjaw. He seems to have a|farms. If you wish to sell, list with Butler, Mo. Mrs. John Henley. Oscar Heinlein, of Butler, was in Virginia Friday of last week. Miss Elsie Park who is teaching near Rich Hill spent Saturday and Sabbath with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Park. Last Friday tyoung Aaron took his mother and uncle and aunt, of Kidder, Mo., to Amoret to spend the day with O. M. Drysdale and family. We found Mr. Drysdale confined to the house nursing a sore foot caused by stepping on a nail on the streets of the rapidly growing city. Young Aaron met many of his old time neigh- bors who have retired from farming and have moved to Amoret to spend the rest of their days watching the city grow, Among them were Thom- as Lackey, Dave Cheser, Pierce Hackett, Car Dudley, Geo. Cybert. They were discussing who was the first man at the North Pole. Uncle Geo. Cybert says the first man there was the man that put up the pole that Cook and Perry nailed their flags to. Young Aaron called on Will Jones the pioneer merchant of Amo- ret and purchased a pocket knife to keep his item pencil in trim. We al- so called at Mr. Halls, another pio- neer merchant, and purchased a sack of graham flour to make us healthy and strong. In the afternoon we took our guests sightseeing over the city. We noticed several new store buildings and dwelling houses being built. We took a drive over the Darby fruit farm and red apples could be seen hanging on the trees in every direction, it is a sight worth going to see. We foundsEd. Ray, of. Butler, r id h to Supply the farm with water. They havé sold the apples to an Eastern Co. and they are there now packing them ready for shipping. Young Aaron was told that the farm would produce about $30,000 worth of fruit this year. Charley Simons Thrashing Co. have been thrashing flax, wheat and oats in the suburbs of Parktown for 2 days. _Everet Drysdale, of Butler, is fix- ing up his farm south east of Vir- ginia, the W. A. McElroy farm, where he will move in the spring |and try his hand at farming again. Baily Beckett has returned home from near Appleton City where he has been all summer building an . up- to-date residence for Charley Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Smidt returned to Friday. Mrs. Smidt is in very poor health, she had to be carried from the carriage to the house. They traveled in the west this summer hoping it would restore her health. Young Aaron has 2 choice yearling Duroc Jersey males for sale at a bar- gain. J. W. Archer, Charley Grape, Henry Ison, Mr. Loveland and Mr. Blough are hauling their winter coal from across the river. The Mulberry Hay Seed Band will meet every Saturday night at Oscar Harris’. Geo. Pahlman hada sheep killed by dogs. Abe Park and wife, of Kidder, Mo., who have been visiting Mrs. G. W. ind at work putting up a wind pump} and Concord Sunday Schools. It is surely time well spent to come out and hear such sermons as have been preached at Virginia for the past week. He gave them a little temperance talk Sabbath night, keep- ing the Christian people in mind of their duty to Missouri in 1910. Christian Endeavor next Sunday evening at seven o'clock. Theme: Life Lessons for me from the book of Ephesians. Eph. 4:1-6, 25-32. Con- secration meeting. Leader Edgar Smizer. J. 1. Wolfe and friend Jno. Brown, of Burlington, Kans., came over Sat- urday in the former’s automobile to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wolfe. They returned Tuesday. The bride and groom-to-be expect to attend the State Fair next week. There was a large crowd at the services at Virginia both morning and night. The M. E. church dismissed preaching on account of the meeting at the other church. , Andrew Simpson is still improving. Mr. and Mrs. Cuzie step around like they were young. They expect to attend the fair at Sedalia next week, Miss Willia Darr spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents. She is teaching school near Foster. Young Aaron noticed one of our bachelors picking outa new buggy the other day. YOUNG AARON. ~ Elkhart. Farmers are about through with threshing in this neighborhood. Our schools are progressing nicely. Good attendance at Mt. Vernon John Jenkins has been hauling logs to mill to build a corn crib. Tom Bruner has taken a five year lease on 240 acres Sculley land and is building a house where W. A. Young burnt out. Charley Hart is attending the State Normal at Warrensburg. Miss Dessie Parks leaves Monday for Sedalia to attend school. Miss Louella Conard is attending } Adrian High School. Miss Nola Ellis, teacher Lone Star, Miss Inez Beck, Concord, and Miss Ola Largent, Mt. Vernon, attended the teachers reading circle at Cut- Off, Jake Eye teacher. It seems like Jake has a “hankerin’’ after school | marims. Floyd Bailey is attending High | W.R. Johnson and wife, of Car- neiro, Kansas, came in Thursday morning, also Mrs. Alf Smith, of Els- worth. Mr. Johnson was at our place a short time Saturday, then left for Northwest Texas. He is a cattle- man. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Smith are visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Smith visited with our folks Fri- day night and Mrs. Johnson Saturday night. Some of our neighbors attended the tent meeting at Rich Hill last Sunday night. Frank Wheatley and Miss Alma Anderson were married last Thurs- day evening, Rev. W. B. Miller per- forming the ceremony. After which they went on their way rejoicing. CLOVER. Mulberry and Western Bates. Amoret is coming to the front these days, new houses are going up, two of its progressive citizens, Col. Clyde E. Robbins the hustling auctioneer and E. Detwiler went up to Kansas City last Saturday and returned Sun- day each driving back anew Brush auto. His storkship visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wisdom Sept. 13 and since then Master Oral Linsley Wisdom has been making his home with them. Tom Grimsley is busy hauling lum- ber for his new house and barn. Mrs. Henry Gardner spent the day Thursday at the W. C. Carpenter home. Henry Gorden is building a new hog house. Willie D, Raumaker ‘has decided to quit farming and has bought out S. W. Sloap’s outfit and will call on the patrons of the three K medicine. He expects to move to Butler in the near future. Mr. Raumaker is a very pleasant man to meet and will no doubt make many friends in his new calling, Frank Payne drove over to Trad- | ing Post Thursday on business. A band of Gypsies camped at Hot Water on last Sunday. One of their babies died and was buried at the Benjamin cemetery. Clarence Mauger the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Mauger who has been very sick, is much better at this time. Squire Grant M. Garner and Edgar A. Smiser were callers at_our_home_ — Ed. Bailey is going to ship hogs from Adrian Monday. | Buck Manship is acting clerk for | Ed. Bailey and Charley Young for Ross Conard. xX West Deepwater. Weare having some cool and frosty nights at present. Grandma Carroll and Mrs. Eddie | Hubbard and children visited W. H. Charters and family Sunday. Some of the farmers have begun to gather their corn. Mrs. James Reynolds leaves this week for Mound Valley, Kansas, to have a cancer treated by a specialist there. We hope for her a speedy re- covery. Several from this vicinity intend to | Wednesday. Claude R. Wallace, Amoret's cor- net man helped the Mound ‘City band at the Linn county fair last week. J. W. Payton returned Saturday evening from Delta Howe, where he has been visiting his old neighbors for the past two weeks. There was quite a crowd in Amoret Saturday to hear the Bowman vs Rodgers trial in which Mr. Bowman sued for a commission on a land deal, The jury gave a verdict in favor of Mr. Bowman. Fred C. Ewbank was at Butler Sat- urday on business. The Walden and Hicklin sale last Wednesday was well attended and everything brought good prices. While we were busy Saturday Children’s Coats......$1.48 to $7.50 Bear Skin Coats...... 1.48 to 5.00 i wetcnany ~ ue me : attend the State Fair at Sedalia. to visit his brother Isaac Park, and} We are sorry to hear that Rev. they will go from there to Lamar to|Dowless, of Spruce, was sent to an- visit his sister Mrs. H. H. Fleisher. | other circuit, but we hope that just Leslie Brayton and family, of as good a minister will fill jhe place. Henry eounty came last week to visit] The correspondent, while visiting his brother Fred Brayton and her|in the east part of the county Sunday, brother Louis McElroy who has sold| stopped in to see the little son of out and expects to leave for Montana Frank Kretzinger, who is very low ina short time. Mr. Brayton’s sister | With typhoid fever. and family are here visiting also. We hear Walter Burton and family ——Mrs,-Chas; Burk ~and~-daughter | are planning to leave for Colorado in of Washington, have been|the spring with A. M. Beard and Mrs. John Hoff- | family. with Mrs, Hoffman ex-| &- R. Borum sold his hogs to A. L. to leave Thursday for Lebanon, | Fox at Butler at 7 3-4c per Ib. , td visit Mrs. Hoffman's sister,} Dr. Crabtree was called out to see {Mrs.. Silvers. John Hoffman who/little Alva Wix Tuesday morning, his foot badly cut on.a corn cut-| who isivery sick. FARMER JOHN. morning getting corn for our pigs Col. Robbins called on us. Not ex- pecting anything unusual we stopped. The Col. said ‘“‘too late to run I want you on the jury over at Amoret.”’ So we got in with the Col. and saw him pick up the other fellows. It was noon when we got to town and as I had a hungry look Mr. Robbins took me down home with him and Mrs. Robbins treated Rambler toa fine dinner. We took a peep at the Col.'s herd of fine Poland Chitias. When court was called they soon cut us off the list. Harlan Porter has two full blood Duroc male pigs for sale cheap if- taken soon. Charles E. Mahoney moved to Rich Hill Tuesday. RAMBLER.