The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 14, 1910, Page 12

' é & VIRGINIA. Elmer Simpson was in Parktown and Virginia last week hunting butch- er cattle. J. H. Bratton, of Butler, spent a day last week with his brother-in- law, Truman Gilbert. Marion Hedger spent the part of last week with Jack Brown and fam- ily at Ovid. Mrs. Jack Brown re- turned home with him Saturday to spend Sunday with John Hedger and family. Vane Walker was elected school director in the Virginia district in place of G. M. Garner, whose term had expired. Mrs. Martha Zinn, Misses Minnie and Georgia Smith took dinner with Mrs. Henry Oldham Sunday. Misses Geneva Draper and Ida Smiser and George Pahlman spent Sunday with Mr. Benjamins near Amoret. One hundred years ago to-day with wilderness here, With powder in the gun the man Went out and got the deer; But now the thing is changed and on another plan With powder on the cheeks the dear goes out and gets the man,—Ex. James Cuzick left Friday of last week for Kentucky to see his only brother, who is very sick. Wonder why that young man had to carry his girl across the mud Sun- day night. f Ed. Daniels got his sawmill moved to the Bailey Beckett farm Saturday. Charley Wort and family teok din- ner with Wallace Miller at Amster- dam Thursday of last week. Mrs. James Cuzick lost her gold specks Sunday between the Chris- tian and Methodist churches. Finder ave them at Telephone Cen- tral office. D. C. Wolfe purchased a new rid- ing cultivator last week. pleas Mr. Ginn aud wife, of Kansas, vis- ited the families of Clyde Denning and Bert Barr last week. Mr, Ginn used to live southeast of Butler and handled Poland-China hogs. Robert Stanley, wife and daughter, Miss Gladys, of Butler, visited their daughter, Mrs, Frank Blough, Satur- day and Sunday. Prof. Gilbert, the weather forecas- ters’s signs for wet and dry weather sometimes fail, but when you see or hear of a young man bringing his girl home for his mother to see it isa sure sign of a wedding, and one of these signs lately appeared and like the comet will be brighter as the happy day draws near. John Foster says his early planted corn is coming up. Improvements are still going on in Parktown. W. W. Park has built a new barn lot fence and changed his watering tank to a new place. Elias Hoagland spent Sunday with home folks, Judge Paddock and wife. Miss Annie Bosley, of Kansas City, came last week to her sister, Mrs. Clark Draper, and will remain with her for some time. Judge Paddock and wife entertain- ed a number of friends at their home Sabbath. Those present were Vane SARI a. Mrs. Katie Judy’s baby is onthe) (, PA. Quarterly Meeting. | FARM FOR $22.50 PER ACRE, | Sick list. The regular quarterly meeting of LINN COUNTY, KANSAS, The new preacher, Rev. Still, filled | putier lodge, Central Protective As-! OF his regular appointment at the M. E. sociation, was held in the Grand Jury ‘Only About 65 Miles South of Kansas | Church Sabbath. rooms at the court house, on Satur-| “it: 870 Acre Stock and Grain Willie Whinery, of Amoret, visited | day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Be- =. at Will Ayers’ Sunday. He thinks | sides the regular order of business,! 1-2 or more in cultivation; balance | like most of them that s hool teachers’ ten new members were initiated into timber and pasture; all good blue jareall right. the order. The C. P. A. demonstrat- grass land; lots of springs; good house; | Mrs. Howe, of Amsterdam, visited ed on two occasions in the past few |fair barn and ofthard; all kinds of jat Mr. Smiser’s Sunday. months its efficiency in running down | a ae . fenced a Sar 8 Mi > Marta © nday |horsethieves. On the first occasion | 5 miles from county seat. we ee spent Su | the county was thoroughly picketed! i sbout half the cer the — jig. | in a few hours after a telephone mes-| but to close a partnership we have marae y E e- |horse had been stolen, and members | less of value. This. will make some Mr. and Mrs. Dick Craig, of Okla-| wore scouring the county in search |one a good combination grain and homa, are visiting her brother, Geo. lof the animal and supposed thief. |Stock farm, and in 5 years will be Ruble, and family, also other rela- | This unfortunately proved a false| worth more than double the price tives around Virginia. jalarm, but it demonstrated the effi-|asked now. If you are interested, W. J. Smith hauled a load of prod- | ciency of the organization. The next/get busy at once. This won’t last uce to Amoret Monday. ‘call came when a Cass county horse |long. There is a mortgage of $2,800, Everybody, be sure and attend the | pod oye Bag dayne byob bw runs 7 years at 5 percent. Would play at Virginia Saturday night in the | crossed the county line. It would like balance cash. For further infor- Virginia opera house. ‘have been impossible for them to|™ation write—The Standard Land The Virginia central office opens at have passed through the county even /Co., 9th & Walnut Sts., Kansas City, if they had evaded the vigilance of | Missouri. 25-tf ’ the sheriff's force, for all the main five o'clock, begun the first of April and will continue through the sum-| roads and by ways were picketed by| Spalding baseball and _ athletic mer months. C. P. A. members. goods at Smith’s. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mudd, of Mer- | win, visited their daughter, Mrs. Eathalbert Hughes, Sunday. ee Some around Virginia have the automobile fever badly. We hope to hear of them improving soon. Fred Hill, who has been attending school at Columbia, returned home Thursday to spend the summer. Rev. Stille filled his first appointment at Mt. Carmel church Sunday at 3 p. m. Mrs. P. J. Cowgill and two sons, Fred and Johnnie, of Altona, visited at W. Y. Osborne's Saturday and Sunday. Earle Osborne brought home a new horse and buggy Saturday. Albert Leonard, Bessie Minor, John McKissick and Lutie Leonard preaching at Passaic Friday night of last week. J. C. Crosswhite and wife visited Sunday with Doyle West and family near Passaic, YOUNG AARON. In and Around Maysburg. We are having a number of April | showers at present. Some of the farmers, when they saw it snowing last week, began to wish there were some way of taking | out of the grouud the corn which they had planted, | Grandpa and Grandma Jacobs vis- ited at R. K. Godwin’s Sunday. There will be preaching at the Cone Creek Baptist Church next Sunday, morning and eventing. | Miss Pearl Williams, a cousin of | Mrs. Houley Clarks, of Creighton, | has been their guest. the past few} \ : Dresses and Rompers 6898 1.23 1.48 and up. | Paid $10,000 For a Bull. | | Aurora, IL, April 10.—One short- | horn bull brought $10,000 at the sale of Thomas Stanton’s blooded |herd of cattle at Willigm George’s| Brooklin farm near Aurora yesterday. |The bull, which is now 3 years old, | was bought by George Sayer of the| | Wolf, Sayer & Heller Company of} Chicago. | Probably the highest prices that | have ever ruled at an auction of cat- tle prevailed at the sale. Fifty-six | jhead brought $35,950. No head of cattle ever before brought better than $10,000, dealers and breeders declare. Breeders from all sections of the — States and Canada were at the e. The animal that brought the record- breaking price was bought in Scot- |land last year by Stanton for $3,000. | He is of the low-to-the ground type, standing only thirteen hands. His last time on the scales he tipped 2,300 pounds. He is sired by Prince Glos- ter, his. dame is Imperial Helen and his name is Prince Imperial. “Sleeth’ the Insurance Man, 18+tf THE TIME--IS NOW Lingerie and Sem 1.48 1.98 2.23 2.98 and up to 16.98“) for Children 25 39 48 — WOULD CARE-FOR GRAY. G. A. R. Veterans Propose Plan to Provide for Confederates. Ft. Worth, Tex., April 10.—Parmly Post, G. A. R., Department of Texas, adopted resolutions to-day expressing indignation that those Confederate veterans able to earn their living should be excluded from the State Confederate Home and proposing as “a post to stand our pro rata in taking care of the old Southern soldiers.” Not long ago the superintendent of the Confederate Soldiers’ Home stated he proposed to remove all sol- diers from the home able to earn a living, to make room for the desti- tute. Public sentiment favors in- creasing the appropriation and mak- ing adequate arrangements to take care of all old soldiers who desire to reside at the home. Orchard Grove Christian Church. Sunday, April 17th. Bible school, 2:30 and preaching at 3:30. Services in the school house. W. M. MAYFIELD, Minister. The Time--The Store and the Girl THE STORE--IS OUR STORE AND YOUR STORE THE GIRL--THERE ARE LOTS OF THEM IN BATES COUNTY and we want all of them to see the Nobby New Wash Suits, Dresses we have in our Ladies Ready-to-Wear Department All strictly New---Latest Models and prices very low i-Princess days. Well, school election went off all right, and Bro. Sam Farmer was made director, which office we are. sure he will fill satisfactory. | T. L. White and family spent Sun- day at Charley Pratt’s near Altona. | Quite a few from this neighbor- hood were shopping in Urich Satur- day. | Dave Resz, of near Appleton City, came over Thursday to look after some corn he had for sale on Riley Gilbert's place. New Factory Line of UMBRELLAS q Every New Automobile Veils by express from New York only 75c each Fine Toilet Articles for you at way down prices Air Float and Eastman Talcum Powder 10, 12 and 15c Violet de Loam, White Lilac, Dutch Sandlewood, Violet Glycerine and Rose Lotion Toilet Soaps ry 90c 75¢c $1.48 $1.98 one a Bargain at the Price Walker and family, Mrs. Darr and family and Miss Bonnie and Bessie Wolfe. Look out for Lee Hardinger and that new buggy. Mrs. Jno. Hoffman and daughter, Mrs. Mattie Thornbrough,. of Butler, also a Miss Wilcox attended services at Virginia Sabbath morning. J. E. Thompson, of Butler, was out Monday afternoon viewing Young Aaron’s herd of Duroc Jerseys, and before leaving he purchased a fine Duroc Jersey male. Merritt Pickett and family visited at Nyhart Sunday. A new buggy was at Virginia Sun- day nignt. Roy Cuzick, Miss Mary Allen, Dick Allen and Miss Thula Darr were at Amsterdam Saturday.’ Miss Josie Jones went to Amoret Saturday evening and visited over Sunday with her parents. Jno. Harper came home Sunday to visit a few days. The last word received from Frank | Visited at the home of W. H. War- Zinn was that he was better. Some of the Virginia people expect Miss Scanlen, of Hartwell, Mo., is to make a business trip to Kansas| Visiting her sister, Mrs. Ben Kedigh. City soon. Miss Nita Berry, formerly of this| tives in this vicinity, neighborhood, returned from Okla-} There will be preaching at Fair- homa last Thursday, where she has| view on the second and fourth Sun- z been visiting. The prospects now around Virginia _ are that all of the people will not vote|Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Keirsey to a sur- for Prohibition, but would like to be| prise party Saturday night. _A jolly The river has been all over every place since the recent rain. Fora few days the roads were impassable to Creighton. A pleasant evening was spent by} some few neighbors at H. Clark’s Sat- | urday. Music was the leading enter- tainment. Some special pieces were rendered by Mrs. Dr. Miller, Pearl Williams, Ethel Clark and Tan White, which were enjoyed very much by all present. | R. K. Godwin and Sam Farmer hauled hay Friday. Sam Farmer and family spent Sat- urday night and Sunday with Nealey Scranton near Urich. q \\ sos A NEIGHBOR. tied Look over our Gansta acne 5 and 10 cent Mr. and Miss Askew, of Chilhowee, Mo., visited Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Tab- ler. R. W. Allen and wife, of Adrian, Counter for Bargains 12 c Book Fold Shirting for......10¢ drawers to match, ford Saturday and Sunday. Miss Geneva Cole is visiting rela- days in each month in the future. A crowd of young people treated Go so fast we have to order them every week. Lots more for you on Saturday 3 Our Ready-to-Wear Hats For Ladies, Misses and Children Ladies Hats 98¢ 1.23 148 1.98 2.23 and up to 7.98 <> 4 ~4 Misses and Childrens 50c to 2.98 i : Special in Mens Summer Underwear We have the greatest values in mens 25c summer underwear on the market, either fine rib or plain balbriggan, shirts with collarette neck, sateen front, 4 hole, pearl buttons and fine in. every way-~ 25c¢ Each | Special for 3 days Thursday, Friday and Saturday A big lot of Moire, Taffeta and Fancy Ribbo : Our regular 35c ribbons a dandy for the money ONLY iN yl '7 - ns, 100 and 200 widths