The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 10, 1910, Page 1

State Hoy, : Che Buller Weekly T: VOL. XXXII. VIRGINIA. Mo., took dinner with Young Aaron Monday. Mr. Hutchinson is a breed- Prof. McMichael who is teaching-| 5. of Duroc Jersey hogs. He pur- ing the Belmont school visited the| chased one of Young Aaron a year Virginia school Tuesday afternoon | ao and at his sale last week she sold on his way to vote. for $250. He purchased another prize The road overseer would like for} winner of Young Aaron. iret gaane oud there: Ps The Flemming children who have hack as Sain put there to put in had the measles were able to go to peeve bering school again Monday. ~~ Presid’ Judge rand Ju Thursday evening of last week | renga soy oa olding seen Miss Bonnie Wolfe was happily sur- this week. prised bya bunch of young folks. Geo. Hughs is building a new house The crowd consisted of thirty-five on his farm near the Plainview school | house. When uncle Geo. gets to liv- ing close to the public road he will put in his time talking to people that come that way. Friday of last week Young Aaron took his mother over to Thomas| There will be preaching at the M. Hockett’s to get her pension papers |E, church next Sabbath, Feb. 13th, fixed. Mrs, Thomas and Geo. Hughes | at night. The Young Peoples meet- were there Uncle Thomas appeared |ing will be held at that place that to be enjoying life and was very jolly. |evening. Topic: ‘The True Dignity Grandpa McClure who lives 3 1-2/| of Human Life.”” Amos 9:7, Ps, 87-4. miles north east of Virginia has been | Leader, Miss Luella Bosma. The in poor health for some time. service will begin at 6:30. Everyone is cordially invited to at-| Mrs. Vergie Harbort and daughter, tend the Valentine box supper at! Colleen, of north east of Butler, at- Grandview Monday evening, Feb. 14. |tended S. S. and preaching at the The “Sweet Family” will furnish the | Christian church Sabbath and are programme and the Hay Seed band | spending this week with her parents the music. All the ladies are asked | Mr, and Mrs. T. Smiser. to bring boxes. There will bea val-| fjias Hoagland begun working for entine box and all desiring can send| Mr, Moore near Amsterdam Monday valentines to any one present. of this week. Young Aaron attended the Young) Mrs, J, H. Park returned home Peoples meeting Sabbath night. He | gabbath from New Home where she was glad to see so many out. Ithad|pas been with her mother Mrs. been so long since Young Aaron-had | Crooks for three weeks. For the last attended the Endeavor most of the few days she has appeared to be people were strangers to him, but he | some better. Tuesday morning re- borhood. Andrew Simpson returned Monday from Kansas City where he has been for several days taking treatment and visiting O. W. Walker and family. young people of the Virginia neigh-| NEW HOME. George Wilson, who has been liv- ing on East and West Main Street, New Home, is preparing to move on one of V. Botkins’ farms, north of New Home. Some vicious dogs, possibly hissed on by some unprincipled man, killed Miss Jessie Miller’s little terrier dog last Saturday night week. He got part way home and died. ‘ Mrs. P. Y. Morse has been quite poorly for the past two weeks. She has been an invalid for 19 years. She |lives with her son, Frank, and she says that his wife, formerly Dona Miller, takes the best care of her, she possibly can with two babies to care for. Frank Swarens and family have |had a hard time with diphtheria. | They losfa little girl, five years old, and three others had it, but are all better. They certainly have the sym- pathy of the people of the entire com- munity. At least, they should have, for Frank is one of the best and most faithful helpers in sickness and fun- | erals that Clover knows anywhere. The New Home school did not re- sume to-day, and the schools at Vir- | ginia and Foster were also closed. Mr. Lewis, of Rich Hill, was in the neighborhood Saturday buying hogs | to ship to-morrow. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Morris were callers at W. B. Miller’s Sunday. Bob Bennett butchered a big hog Friday. They concluded to quit the “boycott.” W. B. Miller is improving, but quite poorly yet. Eld. Mat. Bobbitt preached at the was glad he went as they had a good | ported by phone not so well. Christian Church Sunday, morning topic “The Model Christian ard Oscar Harris is moving toa place|and night. He is visiting his brother, way the young people handled the near Amoret. Uncle Joe, who is quite poorly this topic surely showed they had given the question no little thought and the way''they told how anyone would have to'lve to show to the world that they were'trying to be a model Chris- tian was to the point. A model Chris- + tian man or woman will surely be like Bryan, get on the right side of the liquor question. A model Christian young man will be a model husdand and a model Christian young lady | with the young man witha kiss the will be a model wife. These young | big dinner will be soon, but if with people can tell how to live to show | the toe of his boot it will be in the the world they are trying to be model | future. Christians. Oh, how grand will be| J, H. Park hasa tried brood sow their live if they practice what they | that will be due to farrow the first of preach. Young Aaron enjoyed the|May. Gilts bred or open for sale. young peoples talks and songs so well About three dozen young folks he may attend often enough to get . ‘ ae gathered at the home of Daniel B. acquainted with his neighbors. Nestlerode for a surprise on Miss Mrs. Grace Herrell, of Amoret, | Anna, being her 18th birthday, Satur- who spent two weeks with her par-|day night, February 5th. A. good _____ents, Mr, and Mrs, Isfac Lockridge, | time is reported by all present. returned home Sabbath. ‘Mrs. W. W. Park brought new fur- Marion Hedger and his best — at- | niture from Butler Monday. tended the ball at Elkhart last week YOUNG AARON. and had a fine time. 4 ' W. T. Hutchinson, of Cleveland, will'move there in the near future. sas City Tuesday. It is reported that a couple have agreed to be man and wife and have fixed their seal to the contract with a kiss. Now if pa seals the contract “Sleeth” the Insurance Man. 13tf eS oe Mino Mienen has rented'a farm near the Tygard school house and W. W. Rubel shipped hogs to Kan- winter, being about ninety years old and very frail, Clover must visit him as soon as possible. Mark Cole is putting up poles for a telephone line. Mrs. Peter ‘Crooks, so far as we have heard, remains about the same. Miss Jessie Miller did not get home last week. The election at New Home passed off very quietly, so we learn. There was one voter who likes to have his own way about everything. He was | going to prepare his ticket out of the | booth, but the judges informed him that if he voted, he would have to prepare his ticket in the booth, and he yielded. Frank Swarens and W. B. Miller did not get to vote. Frank could not leave home, and W. B. was sick. Frank’s little girl died at6p. m. that evening and was buried that night. O, how sad. CLOVER. SEED CORN.—Boone Co. white grown from pure bred seed; choice seed that will grow. Address, A. S. Millhorn, Butler, Mo. 12-tf oe ee ee ee a ee a ee eae You will find it Greatly Advantage to BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1910. West Deepwater. W.C. Turpin moved on his farm that he purchased of C. F. Beard. We welcome our new neighbor. The Republican committeeman said he did not know that there was an election February 1. We advise him to subscribe for the Booming Times and keep posted. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burton visited at the home of J. H. Baker Sunday, George Kegerries’ children have the whooping cough. The Little Bros., of Peru, were in this neighborhood looking for a loca- tion one day last week. The deputy sheriff was out last week subpoenaeing witnesses for the Kegerries case, which is set for Sat- urday, February 12th. Virgil Parrent has gone to Kansas City to work in the freight house. Miss Lola Charters and Wm. B. Young were married at Talmage Hotel at Rich Hill Feb. 1, Father Murphy officiating. The bride is one of the most popular young ladies of our community. The groom is an estimable and highly respected gen- tleman. Their many friends join with us in extending congratulations, as they sail over life’s journey. The dinner served by the Mission- ary Society at Spruce was well at- tended. The proceeds was $16.00. The Spruce boys serenaded Will Young and bride Thursday night. They kept up the cannonading for 3 hours and were called in and reeceiv- ed a bountiful treat. We wonder why Lee Smith, of Ap- pleton City, does not make his regu- lar calls on Sunday eve in this part of the woods. W. 1H. Charters, Jr., gave a large reception ball in honor of Mr. and All Mrs. Young last Saturday night. those present enjoyed the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Young will leave to- day for their new home near Cen- tralia, Okla. We are glad to note that Mrs. Wix, who has been laid up for some time with her back, is much improved. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ira Eads, a little girl Feb. 1st. FARMER JOHN. East Lone Oak. Rev. Gilbreath preached at Peru last Sunday night. . He will begin a series of meetings at this place Mon- day night, Feb. 14. Everybody cor- dially invited to attend. Quite a number of the young folks of this neighborhood attended the pie supper at Scifers’ school house in Pleasant Gap township last Friday night.. Quite an enjoyable time was had by all present. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Warren, of Athens, Ohio, who have been visiting their children in this and Starr neigh- borhood for the last few weeks, will return home in a few days. FOSTER. W. M. Campbell is reported im- proving slowly. Mrs. D. H. Arbogast and daughter, Salia, spent Sunday with Mrs. Hiram Bassett in the west part of town. J. O. Shofner, wife and daughter, Minnie, visited Sunday with their son, Walter and wife, west of town. Thomas Leonard was hurt in the Holland mine last week, while riding on a box of coal. He was caught be- tween the coal and crossbar timbers, and was hurt in the back and shoul- ders. Miss Willia Darr, who is teaching in the Greenview school, attended the teachers meeting Saturday, and visit- ed over Sunday with Mrs. Henderson Miller. The Foster Public School closed Thursday on account of diphtheria, which prevails east of town. The school was stopped as a precaution against the spread of the disease. Mrs. May Burch, of Glencoe, Okla- homa, who had been visiting her sis- ter, Mrs. Bell Davis, of this place, re- turned home last week. Joe Bowman came down from Kan- sas City Thursday on business, and returned Friday by the way of Pleas- anton. Sebe Summers, of Worland, was an early business visitor to Foster Friday, and returned home on the morning train. Montgomery Jones, who was strick- en with paralysis a few days ago at the home of his brother, Lewis Jones, of this place, is still in a critical con- dition. week from Colorado in answer to the summons. acre. first of March. Marion Cox, who was one of the judges Tuesday, has not been seen since the election. His neighbor, C. E. West, seems to know nothing of his whereabouts. But Marion is a hole soulifellow, if he is a Republi- can. The Democrats admit they shook the brush harder than they aimed to. When D. H. Arbogast and N. T. Badgett, with fourteen boys to Republican judges fainted and gave up the ghosts. Richard Grant and family, Mark Shannon and family visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shofner. Died:—The little 4 year old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Swarens Feb. 1st of diphtheria at their home, 2mileseastoftown. Funeralservices were withheld until some future date, The remains were laid to rest at His children were notified of his serious illness, and arrived last George Plymell sold his farm north of town to an Illinois man for $55 per He has rented the Mrs. Young farm, and will move his family the A. H. Loyd, while making a drive Sunday evening, informed us that their crédit, marched to the poles, the ip macaaaei wSs8 Uy AY NUMBER 16 Mulberry and Western Bates. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Allman spent Wednesday in Butler with relatives. Vane Walker and W. J. Bard each sold a car of fat cattle to Ed. Bailey Wednesday. John Hensley made a business trip to Kansas City the first of the week. J. W. McFadden, the hustling mer- chant of Virginia, made a business trip to Amoret Friday. W. A. Downey has moved to the farm again after living in town for three years. W. E. Caldwell lost a very valuable young mare Friday with blood poison, This is the second horse for Mr, Cald- well to lose within a month. John H. Braden the hustling man- ager of the Blaker Grain and Lumber Company, at Amsterdam, was a coun- ty seat visitor Friday. Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Smith, of Vir- ginia, were shopping in Butler Friday. Our near neighbor Mr. “Hay Pig”’ delivered hogs to Morwood and Wil- son, in Amoret Wednesday. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Sageser were shopping in the county seat Thursday. Miss Josie Jones who is clearking in Virginia spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jones near Amoret. Cecil Porter visited at the the H. H. Gardner home Sunday. Moving day will soon be hereiagain. A great many changes will be made this spring. J. L. Nelson and family, of near Adrian, spent Sunday with Mrs. Nel- son’s brother J. H. Leiner. Mr. Nelson has sold his farm and expects to move to Montana the first of March. D. Mauger will have a public sale Friday. February 18th. We are sorry to lose such good neighbors but glad they have decided to locate at Amoret. es Old Mr. Winter and Miss Jolly Spring are playing checkers these days. The latter has the best chance of winning the game. Boys get ready for the serenade as there will soon be several weddings. The buz of Henry Gardner’s wood saw will soon be heard in the neigh- borhood. Mrs. W. A. Bain and daughter, Edith, left Tuesday for a visit with relatives at Worland. RAMBLER. Successful Opening. The “‘opening”’ on last Saturday by the Missouri State Bank and Walton Trust Company, when their new bank- ing rooms were opened for inspection of the public, was what might be termed in theatre parliance a grand success. Three thousand handsome announcement cards were sent out and judging from the attendance both day and night, all who received in- J. W. Thomas spent a few days last week visiting his children, who are attending school at Marionville, ~ to Your Miss-Clara Requa has been quite sick fora few days, but is better at this writing. Next Sunday will be Rev. Whit- sett’s. regular appointment at Peru both morning and night. Wm: Thomas, of Double Branch, sawed wood for C. M. Thomas the last of last week. Mrs. Visa Gough, P. H. McKenna and F. L. Blankenbaker have been building additions to their houses during this spell of warm weather. L. H. Evilsizer has been plaster- ing part of his house lately. Otis Andrews is building a Pe: ws is ing a wagon Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Eckles spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. an Daniels of Salem early Wednesday morning. | vitations must have responded. J. We learn there are two other mem-|B. Walton, cashier, and Frank Allen, bers of the family down with the|for the Trust Co., welcomed the same disease. A special surgeon| guests at the door and employes of from Kansas City has been employed | the two institutions guided them to attend them. At this writing they | through the labyrinth and explained are some better. The sympathy of the intricacies of the various designs this community go out in their loss of | and settings for facilitating the busi- their precious little daughter. ness of these two big concerns. Earl Hensley and Sam Cobb left | Punch and wafers were served by the Sunday for Colorado. DINAH. _| ladies and piano and orchestra music enlivened the occasion. A feature which did not appear un- til Saturday morning, was a life size " | bust picture of the President, William r E. Walton, done in oil and hung at The remains were interred at Bethel the north end of the lobby, facing the Saturday. Another son of Mr. and big doors. It was a surprise prepar- ‘ par: Mrs. Corwine has been quite sick,| od ty his nephew, J. B. Walton, to the founder and promoter of both in- : stitutions and to whose wise judg- tended to them in their great sorrow. | mont and great energy the success Wood Hill and wife, of Urich, came} attained by both is largely due. It is over to attend the funeral Saturday, | a most excellent likeness and appro- and visited relatives before returning | priately placed, at iy Siete reas