The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 13, 1910, Page 1

The Butler Weekly Times, VOL. XXXII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1910. N = i NUMBER 12 The Rail Road Company has put NEW HOME. —< in a brand Fairbanks scale at t Christmas and New Year's, with gee poe by at | Rich Hill. eee the holiday s, have come and gone. The business men of Rich Hill are Big dinner and supper with fried hustlers. Allen Wright told me that chicken, roast beef and so forth and he got produce from a way up nearly So on are past, and now we enter Up- to Butler; Clover was at Butler since on the realities of the labor and toil a1.4 twice a week all last winter, and of the New Year. . ‘. 4 | there was a regular butter famine Quite a number of the neighbors there, yet the grocery men would north of us gathered at Clarence pot pay but 20 cents per pound. You Morris’ one night last week and had | Butler fellows will have to get a move a fine time,and one night afterwards | on you. the same crowd met at Mrs. Warren Littlefield’s, and had a merry time. | Crooks for a few days. John Shannon brought home a) We enjoy the items from the dif- brand splinter new cook stove from | ferent parts of the county, especial'y Foster Saturday. We are thinking} those written by Dinah and Young of going down for dinner. |Aaron. We are not personally ac- We saw several men husking corn | quainted with Dinah, but have known to-day. Itis too bad for farmers to Young Aavon for a long time, and he raise so much corn that they can’t get isa worchy vepresentative of his fati- it out before bad weather, er, and is just as strong a Prohibition- C. A. Patton butchered to-day’. | ist. CLOVER. We have not heard from Grandina They will have fresh meat and not have to eat rabbits. Mies Ada Miller sent a hog to Rich Hill to-day, which brought her $28.80. Mr. Steele and Mr. Lewis were each getting in a load, some real nice ones and some not so nice. Johnstown. | At this writing the weather still | continues lice winter. | Jim Morehead and family left Wed- /nesday for Oklahoma to make that their future home. We met Gabe, of the Review, in| Uncle Bill Phipps visited in the town, and he had on a brand new | country Saturday. pair of boots, new ovevshoes and was | Willie Shelton and Lawrence Whit- dressed up generally, made us feel man spent Thursday evening visiting sorter hayseedy like. with the family of Joe Brownsberger. Henry Prose hauled hogs to Rich — John Muck hauled wood from W. Hill. He is going to leave the neigh- 9. Shillinger last week. borhood soon, and we hate to see! Rev. Hargis filled his regular ap- them leave. They are real clever pointment at the Methodist Church in people. Johnstown Thursday evening at 7:30. C. A. Patton is planning to top the; Jim and Will Lawson have pur- kaffir corn, but the black birds have | chased the Van Kretzinger farm in already got the most of the seed. |South Deep Water of one hundred Sleighing is about over until it and ten acres, snows again, The Sunday School at the Meth- On our way to town Monday morn-' odist Church in Johnstown has a ing we met with Mr. Borron. We large number of scholars and super- have not seen him for about 30 years, intendent Tom Guy says he is well} and we would never have recognized pleased with the interest that is tal.e1 him. He went to Wyoming about 30. by all. years ago. He has been employed Miss Lovie Allison ‘is spending a as one of the guides at Yellow Stone few days this week visiting frie..!s Park for the nast eleven years. in the Antioch neighborhood. Eld. Shelton began his work for, Evans Stevens and family, of Row: the Christian Church at Sprague list | ville. are visiting Mrs. Stevens’ par- Sunday, and will preach every second | ents, Geo. Allison and family, at tais Sunday during the year. weiting. faites | Grandpa Bobbitt, of Sprague, is Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mistler, of quite poorly. Centralia, Oklahoma, are visiting We saw Walker Bobbitt Sunc:+ friends and relatives in their old for the first time we had an oppevtu- neighborhood this week. Dad, as the nity to talk with him since nis vecrn boys call him, says Old Missouri is from Pueblo, Colo. We ask. him good, but Oklahoma is better. how he lied it, and he said that he Several from this neighborhood at- liked the altitude, and that was all he tended church at Antioch Friday did like about it. night and reported the meeting prog- On our way home Monday, we met | Vessing nicely with several additions W. H. Coiten driving like a boy with to ue chureh. . a borrowed horse. and we asked him | William Foster and family left Mon- why his hurry, and_said that he was ‘day for Oklahoma to make that state always ina hurry. He is one of the their future home. succesful business men and always, Rev. Self commenced a protracted busy, though he stopped, and we had | meeting at the Pleasant Home church a pleasant chal. Monday night, Jan. 10. RUTH. FOSTER. Who can lead the people of Foster out of the wilderness? Uncle Sam. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charley Fer- ril, a son, January 5th. Miss Salia May Arbogast came down from Kansas City Wednesday, and will visit home folks. Jim Sylvester, who is working for Fred Laughlin, is reported as being quite poorly with catarrhal fever. Mrs. Al Livingston, who some time ago was taken to Asylum No. 3 at Nevada, was brought home last week from that institution. We learn from good authority there is little change in her mental condition. John Belk left Tuesday evening for Western Kansas. He goes to look out a location, W. S. James, cashier of the Farm- ers Bank, made a drive in the vicinity of Hume Saturday. A. H. Loyd and W, T. Lyle were business visitors to Rich Hill Thurs- day, Jim Woods moved Friday to a farm néar Mound City, Kansas. The Odd Fellows Thursday night had an oyster supper and installed new oificers. A large crowd anda good time were reported. Earl Hair was a passenger for Kan- |sas City Friday, where he had gone to buy mine supplies. - | While looking over ow” items, we have written the last year of 1909, 19, deaths 25. Mrs. Rosa Robb Yeal- ey was the first to die January 11th, and W. W. Russell was the last Dee. 22nd. there has been more sorrow than happiness for Foster and vicinity. Mr. Trussell came in Sunday from {Illinois, where he had been visiting for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shofner re- turned nome Sunday morning from North Missouri, where they had been and friends. They report a very pleasant visit for winter. We learn A. G. Metzler is thinking of moving to Kansas City in the near iuture. Misses Lota Bright, Crissie Boat- right and Audrey Lafee spent Sunday evening with Dinah. | Misses Maggie and Myrtle McCann }andMrs. M. C. Miller spent Sunday evening with Miss Salia Arbogast. Aunt Jane Arbogast returned to | her home Sunday near Rich Hill, af- iter afew days’ visit in Foster. She thinks Foster is all rieht, and may locate here permanently some future day. The Misses Grace and Willia Darr, of near Amoret, attended the meet- ing at Foster, and took dinner with Mrs. M. C. Miller. | i A Few Clean-up Prices for This Month All Ladies Suits and Coats at HALF PRICE. Big Reductions on Mens and Boys Clothing. The school meeting held at Foster | Jan. 8. House was called to order) by Prof. W. P. Kinion, chairman of} Walnut township. Miss Myrtle Me- Cann was elected secretary of the meeting. carried out. There were twenty-two) teachers enrolled. The The complete program was | value of a knowledge of agriculture to the farm-| er was discussed by E. E. Lawzhlin. | Dr. McAllister, of Warrensburg, How | to develop the will? Many questions were asked by members of the asso- ciation to which Dr. McAllister read- jily responded, What the er should accomplish in readin; Kinion, Foster, Relation of school and home; Prof. C. A. Burke, But-| ler, How hold the attention; Prof. Steward, Amovrett, The course of study and supplementary work. This discussion was led by Supt. Allison. Some very valuable points were gain- ed by both teachers and pati We Mulberry and Western Bates. W. N. Allman the chief of the Democrat tribe of Howard township as at Butler Tuesday to attend the county central committee meeting. Col. C. E. Robbins the hustling auctioneer whose advertisement. is found in The Times was in Kansas dred head of horses in the afternoon, The Colonel reports the price of horses being very high and the out look very favorable for still higher _| prices. Clay Strait, of Ashkum, IIL, and Bob Strait, of Sheridan, Wyoming, are visiting their many relatives and | friends at Amoret. Robert M. Braden, of Kansas City, visited relatives and friends the first of the week. Frank Blough and family, from east of Parktown, visited at E. EB. Booi's Thursday. considered this meeting a rave treat, | and hope that in the futuce Prof) John McKee and family spent Fri- Allison may give us another such a| day at the Dr. d. C. Sageser home, meeting. Mrs. John Hedeer Sundayed with | Mr. and Mrs. Jule Heckadon, Dr. Zana Robinson, of Drexel, was Thursday. there has been marriages 6, births At this rate the year of 1909 visiting for two weeks with relatives came up Sunday to see his brother, the last few days. N. T. Badeett & Sons, the ice men of Foster, have stored away about eighty tons of fine ice. ple will keep cool next summer, DINAH, West Deepwater. old time Foster peo- We are having winter. some Herbert Clark and wife spent Sun- day with their uncle Joe Clark and John Heckadon, of near Rich Hill, | | was well attended and every thing | Jule, who has been quite poorly for | Robert L. Braden’s sale Thursday sold high. | Friday and reminded his many friend ever, George Palilman the popularschool }master at Virginia commréneed his school again M inday“atter a two My lumber and tried his hand at the car- penter’s trad. by making a home proved too hard for it. family, of near Pleasant Gap. in afew days for Centralia, Olla., home. Mrs. James Carroll will arrive here Tuesday from Kiowa, Okla. Mr. Cav- roll will come through by land. They will locate on his father’s farm. A. G. Tabor hada sale last week and evervthing sold well. They will W. H. Charters Jr., is still busy} selling hogs and shipping then out. Clyde Kegeries was called to his) }home in Rich Hill. Saturday on ac- count of the serious illness of his, little sister. | Bert Vansant-nd wife, Miss Ada! and Mrs. J. H. Baker attended church | at Spruce Sunday. Mrs. N. J. Murphy gave a delicht-| Sunday, Jan. 9th, it being his 62nd birthday. Quite a number of rela- tives and friends were present. | ; Several delivered fat hogs in But- jler Friday at 8 cents per Ib. | Ed Kretzinger, of Wanoka, Okla., | stopped and took dinner with J. H.| Baker and family one day last week. | FARMER JOHN. | Rockville Booster News. John Goodwin fell and fractured} a rib the first of the week. Clark Smith this week sold a span of 4-year-old mules to Neal & Sons for $368. They were dandies and) were well worih the price. Martin Rapp, assisted by a number of relatives and friends, celebrated his 80th birthday Saturday. Quite a number were present and an exceed- ingly good time is reported. J. P. McDavitt took charge of the postoffice, and E. W. Stevens and| j family immediately departed for Johnstown. After a short visit with! relatives there, Mr. Stevens expects to go west and prospect for a loca-! tion. I! Ballard. | More snow since our last writing. | Sleighing has been the order of the day. Roy Greer fell on the ice and broke both bones of his arm. Wood Hill has purchased the Car-! ney livery barn in Urich and will take possession in a short time. | | Sam’! Levy Mercantile Co. T. J. Pitt is on the sick list. The small daughter of S. V. Catron is being treated by Dr. Newlon for abcess of the head. Anna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Cummins was buried Sunday afternoon at Bethel. She was about sixteen months old and had been sick but a few days. BELLE. Wm. Foster and family willteave where they will make“their future’ leave Tuesday for Clay county, Mo. | weighing | Minnie, the little daughter of Henry Dykman, is reported as being very \ sick. Peter Morwood has a gang of men building a large barn on his home| | place, north of Mulberry. | J. H. Lenier and family spent Sun-| day at R. Bohikens. Dr. J. C. Sagaser delivered sixty} head of fat porkers to Peter Morwood | 3.20, 60 head | ‘in Amoret Mondi $1,008.19. Mrs, Fr: Stilwell and daughter, Fay, were visitors at Daved Clark's Thursday. Benny Downey who has been very ; low for some time is much better. RAMBLER. Champ Clark in Butler. Non, Champ . Clark, leader in Coneress ane tie is Democratic, aie we velieve 4 loa, spoke io a lavee ovciee, conimo ed almo-t choll, of vote 0 the court room bat Tue oa ev noon, His principal tnese wa: the tavii?, which wats hanaled i ive Clee lucid manner which is characteristic of Mv. Clark. He shoved how near- ly every aanuiactured product is sold in Joreign markets cheaper than at home, after paying the import duti and transportation charges, He cited the explanation of Mr. Deizell, that it was the stplu. thus sold, and when ached why the surplus was not sold to the American people at the reduc Decause such a courve Mr. at that price, would de:oralize the markets. Clark paid a lamented DeArmond and endorsed Mr. Dickinson as a worthy sue -e and strongly urged his election. sO What is a Demagogue? City Wednesday and sold three hun-| Missouri State Bank Meeting. Annual The Directors of the Miss Bank, consisting of Dr. T. C. ware, R. B. Campbell, C. H. Dut W. M. Hardinger, AJ BL Owen, Wm. B. Tyler, Frank M. Voris, J. BL Wal- ton, Wm. E. Walton and several stockholders held their ing on January 6th 1910 Wm. E. Walton, tt made the following report Gentlemen: president, 29th annual repor {ness done by the M during the year 1900 Gross age Wore ss bx anit Lanes pad rings welt The taxes were " Trecommend that per cent. dividend which ms per eent. paid during To get a good aver: ings and expenses I} over our books for th a visitor at the Clyde Moore home| and find the Gross earnings weee 3 ale W. J. Bard drove up to Amsterdam | }that he was as young and jolly as} weeks vacation. Ue invested in some | made-sleigh, but the reugh roads | With our elegant new Democratic | ing finished, having next} protected by th ful surprise dinner for Mr. Murphy, | Syeaker,tun-jue tionebl: i, tae Hou e! Alarm System, bac! {stockholders and twenty-r | | trates, received tue reply that 'thousard dollars in. ¢ | the surplus had better be east into the | hundred forty-three thou sea than sold to the American people im safe.interest bearing 1 high tribute the lite’ | | Exnenses and ‘areata Net earnings | | Which isaf average offourt d sshatf per cent 55,000 capital About two yeu Cashier, Assist al directors open dat | The following figures ¢ ovr books shows the M Bank has not only held it jthe new bank started { |substantial goins in’ the business done as | For the four years pr event the Grogs earning. wer whieh | year of | For the Inst two years Grose haroing which isan averse enet is an ayers year of Showing an averace sain | each of the fast (wo yoars | of The net earnings | which ts an aver | | Again each of the las. two dears of wet Showing our customers a }remained loyal to this Bank. wl we highly eppreciat | for it. | continuous and suc and furnishing as we safe bank for depositors’ hope by close attention to t receive the confidence and of the-public even to a inthe future than we have in the past. We row holt in interest bearing loans st Cash onhand and nother ba ks suo t to onr epeck Our capital an surple Ks Total deposits a As we hold over one “d two pleasure in assuriny is- soul State Bank is not only a money- maker, but it is absolutely safe and sound beyond question. We are careful about and have but few lesses. Thy wa money believed bankers should be lenders and not money ber- Whenever a corporation editor or! rower: a trust representative can no longer, medial legislation he denounces it as the utierance of a “demagogue. The of the Missouri State By use of the word “demagugue”’ in such a conaceiion has come to be an infallible j}ignore an argument in favor of re- President, Vice Presic Tam glad to report that Assistant Cashier, Clerk or employee k owes it anything. History shows that a large majority mn that the one who uscs/ of broken banks were ruined by their itis consciously or unconsciously aj officers borrowing the bank's money sympathizer needs correction. Privilege and fa- voritism can not be defended hence the resort to epithet. According to the dictionary used by the benefici- aries of privilege he only is a_states- man whose ear is tuned to catch the slightest pulsations of a pocket book, while he isa demagogue who dares to listen to the heartbeat of humanity. —Commoner. with the abuse that! and losing it in speculation. I want to impress on each stock- holder the importance of recommend- ing the Missouri State Bank to your neighbors and friends as a safe place to deposit in and where there is .al- ways money to loan at reasonable rates. We always consider safety more important than profits. Wm. E. Walton, Pres.