The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 24, 1910, Page 1

NUMBER 18 Our Muslin Underwear Sale IS NOW ON IN FULL BLAST BARGAINS which we offer you cannot afford to miss SPECIAL! 48 SILK PETTICOATS, in black and colors, regular price $6.50, while they last Sam'| Levy Mercantile Go. = jon a farm, 6ne-half mile south of the FOSTER. G. W. Ingersoll was a passenger east Sunday over the Inter State. Jerry Haw left Sunday for his home in ElDorado Springs, Mo. D. H. Arbogast was a passenger west Sunday. John Allen, Jule Heckadon and Harley Imel were business visitors to Butler Saturday. J. H. McCollough was an arrival from Butler Sunday morning, where he had been to close a deal for the Harley Ime! property. Dr. Rhoades reports very little __ sickness at present. > Mrs: Dr. Wilson was a passenger west for Worland Sunday. Judge J. J. March and. wife attend- ed the funeral Friday and ate dinner Another Car of FU RN ITURE and spent a few hours with Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Arbogast. Born, Feb. -20th to Mr. ot: Mrs. Otis Jennings, a nine pound boy. Tally up another Democrat for the Republicans to shed tears over in. the 6th district. Miss Salia Arbogast visited ‘Miss Nellie March near Rich Hill Friday night and Saturday. near Reavely. The remains were brought to Foster and interment made in Salem cemetery Friday. We extend our sympathy to them in the loss of their little baby. This is the second one they have laid to rest in the last year. Rev. J. H. Boner preached at the |M. E. church Sunday at 11 a. m. and at Independence at night. W. T. Stover moved to the Thomas} Grandpa and grandma*®rear, who Hart property on Central High street | have been spending the winter with Wednesday. Uncle Louis Jones reports his brother improving slowly. His two daughters, of Colorado, will remain with him until he is able to return home. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Kaiser died Feb. 16th, after a life of only 13 days, at their ‘home ————_ their son in Butler, returned home Tuesday. Grandpa Orear is very feeble. ' He had a stroke of paralysis about a year ago from which he ‘Nev- VIRGINIA. * While cutting logs in the timber Tuesday of last week Bird Barr ac- cidentally cut his foot. It is very sore, and he will be laid up for a while. Albert Brayton, who is making his home with his cousin, Fred Brayton, went to Kansas City Monday. , Everett Drysdale moved to his farm, southeast of Virginia, last week. Emmett Burk is putting up a wind- mill, Elmer and Arthur Hardinger spent 9 | Saturday with their cousins, Virgil, Mary and Hazel Burk. Misses Belle and Edna Burk spent Sunday at J. C. Crosswhite’s. Mrs. Jess Williams, living on the old Foster place, who has been sick for some time, was reported a little better Sunday. The meeting at the New Hope Bap- tist church will continue on this week. Fred Stroeber moved last week. Lee Hardinger spent Sunday at Emmett Burk’s. Earl Hinson, who has just moved back from South Dakota, took dinner with Young Aaron Thursday of last week, and attended Clark Draper’s sale. He has rented the James Drys- dale farm near Passaic. There was a very good crowd at Clark Draper’s sale last Thursday, considering the cold wave that was jeoming from the north. Col. Clyde Robbins made the stock bring pros- perity prices. Vivian Allen came down from Kan- sas City last week to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Allen. Mrs. ‘Will Bernhardt, of Butler, came out Friday of last week to visit her mother, Grandma Durst and oth- i telatives before moving to Colora- o. J. Haggard, of Butler, has'moved Belmont school house. Dr. Wheeler and bride attended the literary Friday night at Grand View. They are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T, J. Wheeler. Will Durst was at Kansas City last week to see Mrs. Durst, who under- went a surgical operation Tuesday of last week. Monday he received a card from the nurse that she was get- ting along nicely. Dr. Smith was called to see Grand- pa Minton Friday of last week. It was feared he was threatened with pneumonia. Tuesday morning he wasstill a very sick man. Her daugh- Everett Drysdale, of Butler, moved to his farm Friday of last week. Prof. Geo. McMichael and some of the Belmont and Grandview boys de- bated against the Mulberry boys at the Mulberry school house last Fri- day evening. Mrs. Geo. Ruble’s dog visited Park- town Sabbath night. Willie had a little lamb whose life was about to flicker, Until a lady brought her a bottle full of licker In order for this little lamb to bea Prohibition daughter; AW. C. T. U. lady will have to bring her a bottle full of water. Mrs. W. F. McKibben returned from Kansas City Saturday, where she was visiting the family of 0. W. Walker. Shebroughther little grand- son, Harlan Walker, with her, and he expects to visit his grandparents for some time. Miss Josephine Simpson was on the sick list the first of this week. There will be preaching at the M. E. Church next Sunday evening by Rev. Gilbreath. Topic for the Young People’s meeting: ‘‘How to Work.”’ —John 9:4-5. Romans 12:11. Lead- er, Mrs. Myrtle Johnson. A fine big boy arrived at the home of Ray Jundy in the storm Sabbath night. Another plow boy will be a Prohibition voter. Mr. Clements, of Kansas City, mov- ed in one of Geo. Ruble’s tenant houses last week, and will work there this season. Mrs. C. W. Wolfe is on the com- plaining list. Geo. T. Jackson, of Washington, has bought the Pat Maloney farm at $35 per acre. Thomas Hockett, who was called to the bedside of his sister, Mrs. Ester Crumly, who lives ‘in Sf; Clair coun- ty, Mo., Monday of last week, has re- turned home. He reports his sister resting easier, when he left, is all he could say. He said the roads were muddy, when he got there. They were almost impassable, and Wednes- day of last week six inches of snow fell there, and the roads were block- aded by drifts, and as he went through Harrisonville, both going and coming, they were sprinkling the streets. It was so dry and dusty. Aaron and Eldon Crumly, who went with him, returned with him. Grandpa McClure is still confined to the house. Will Durst went to Amorett Sab- bath to_see his son, er recovered. — Mrs. W. W. Russell departed Fri- day morning for Kansas City and will make her home with her son, M. D. Russell. A. G. Metzler and wife left on the noon train Sunday for Sedalia. They will visit their old home in Hermon, Mo., and other points before return- ing home. J. R. Bangs, of Pittsburg, Kansas, was up last week in the interest of the Central Coal and Coke Company. We learn the Central people have taken a nine months option on the land of the following named gentle- men, J. C. Collier, J. W. Bailey, C. B. Briscoe and J. R. Bangs. The last named gentlemen’s land is known as the T. J. Wilson land 1-2 mile south of Foster. We were also inforthed the Central people have offered them $50 per acre for the mineral right or $80 per acre for the mineral and sur- face right. © If the coal is found to be satisfactory prospecting will com- || mence soon and the outlook is a bet- ter day for Foster. a jublee Foster will have n the prae Coal and Coke Co. ter-and husband, Bob Stanley, of Butler, have been with him. Mrs. G. W. Park received a Valen- tine post card from Mrs. Nora Jundy Lanyon, of Lemars, Iowa: She says the people there say the winter has been the coldest for twenty-seven years, but she likes the country fine. Mrs. W. W. Park is equipping her kitchen with the latest. improved kitchen furniture. Some of it is equipped with a fine big looking glass, soshe can keep fixed up, and when her husband comes for his meals, she will look as pretty and young as she did when she captured him. G. M. Garner has timothy hay and corn for sale. The Mulberry Hay Seed Band ex- pects to meet at the Plainview school house the first Saturday night in Mareh to practice. Mrs. W. J. Bard received a card from Paul Hendricks, of Miller, South Dakota, from which we quote the fol- lowing: ‘Mary L. Hendricks. Born Oct. 31, 1840. Died Jan. 2, 1910, aged 69 years, 2 months, 2days. The life of a loved one is ended, sick. He is staying with his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wallace. W. W. Park took a load of fat hogs to Butler Monday. Henry McCann’s shepherd dog has left its boarding place for parts un- known. The subject, ‘Intemperance and other sins of-the body,”’ discussed at the Union meeting at the Christian ChurchSunday evening, showed more than usual interest and proved that all the church denominations have agreed on one thing at least, that King Alcohol shall not rule Missouri much longer, and we believe that every minister and every member of every church will work and vote for the Prohibition amendment next fall. Miss Willia Darr, who has been teaching school near Foster, sent in her resignation and returned home last Friday, and is in very poor health at this writing. Willie Whinery, who was severely kicked by. a horse’ Monday night of last week, is slowly improving. His mother, Mrs. J. T. Whihery, has moved her houselfold goods to the A. J. Park house in Virginia, where her son, Joe and family, are now living, and she and her daughter, Mary, and Elkhart. The teacher and pupils at Lone Star are preparing for an entertain- ment the last day of school, Mareh 3. The teacher, Miss Nola Ellis will com- mence a three months term the fol- lowing Monday at Miami Center. Mr. Fritts and family moved last week to the Green farm lately vaca- ted by Tom Bruner. Aunt Maggie Scott is having hard luck in the poultry business having lest over 50 fine hens by death the past few weeks. Mrs. Pearl Armentrout is improv- ing slowly under osteopathic treat- ment at Butler. She would appreci- ate a call from any of her friends when they visit Butler. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Winfrey visited at the parental Rayburn home Sun- day. Mrs. Joe Timanus has been quite sick the past week with some throat trouble. Joe Baker was an Amsterdam vis- itor Friday. Uncle Tom Hockett returned Fri- day night from a visit to his sister, in St. Clair county. He reports her con- dition hopeless. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dubes and chil- dren visited Friday at the N. Williams home, three miles south of Amster- dam, with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mc- Cracken, of Sterling, Neb. Mrs. Me. isa daughter of Mr. Williams anda niece of Mrs. Dubes. Mrs. D. and niece had not met for 25 years, since the latter was a little girl of nine years. X. West Star Items. Fred Wishart, of Oklahoma, is here on a visit to his relatives and friends. He visited L. G. Thomas Sunday. There was a large crowd attended the pie*gupper at Star last Saturday night. The program was fine, and a tf time was seemed to be had by all. Mary Cooper and Naomi Johnson, of Butler, visited Nadine Bottom, and they attended the supper. Ladean Harper and Marie Marstel- lar stayed at Mrs. Blanche Warren’s Saturday night. They also attended the supper. Dick Warren and Bob Lyle went to Colorado to look at the country. Did not know whether they took a claim or not. Ada Cooper,, Pansy Pharis and Winnie Pharis stayed all night Satur- day night with Mae Daniels, and all day Sunday. They attended the pie supper at Star. Mr. and Mrs. Neff Blough visited G. W. Daniels Sunday. Jack Frazee helped move his fath- er-in-law, Mr. Smith, last week to his new farm he purchased this win- ter. - There was a Valentine party at Jim McKee’s Valentine night. There was a party at Robie Thomas’ last Saturday night. The crowd was small. ‘But they reported as having a fine time. They made about $11 at the pie sup- per at Star. AUNT SALLY. Pleasant Valley. Myrtle Walker is improving at this writing. Mrs. Stokes’ daughter from Illinois is going to Camden county to see her sister before returning home. Mrs. Greenlee is looking for her daughters from Atchison, Kansas, the first of the month. Will Blankenbaker and wife and F. L. Blankenbaker and family spent Sunday at W. R. Jackson’s. The sawmill on the Greenlee place ’ will commence sawing this week. There was a pie supper at Star school house Saturday night. They had a large crowd and pies sold well. Every woman is going to see how many chickens they can raise this year. — Greenlee is better at this writ- Grace Gerkins took Mrs. Jackson's SS IRS: