The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 9, 1910, Page 1

~”' died at Bulah, Col. VOL. XXXII. VIRGINIA. Children’s Day at the Christian | Church was very well attended Sab-| bath. They had an arch in the pulpit with the inscription a little child shall lead them. The little folks did well their parts in trying to lead the old ones to the land of the redeemed, and if Missouri is redeemed from the rum power this fall, a little child will have to lead the church voters. Herbert Steele and wife, of Wash- ington, attended the Children’s Day at the Christian Church Sabbath. Carl Whisler, manager of the! Duvall ranch on the river south of Butler, and wife attended the Chil- dren’s Day at the Christian Church Sabbath. _ Will McKibben received word Tues- (May of last week that his father had He was 85 years | old. He used to own the part of the | farm, now owned by Charley Wirt. | He lived in Butler many years, and | was known as the Molases McKibben. | Mrs. Meda Williamson and her sis- | ter, Mrs. Mattie Parker, came Mon-| day to see their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cuzick. L. L. Judy was at Merwin and Burdette last week. He reports the crops here as being away ahead of there. Will Ewings is learning the art of handling cement. He is building a concrete foundation on for a new barn. The stockholders of the Amster- dam Bank have elected Will Rubel cashier of the Amsterdam Bank. Miss Annie Bard is attending the Normal at Springfield, Mo. Carl Jones and wife, of Butler, lis- tened to the children talk Sabbath. The young men are looking lone- some since so many of the school | standpatters badly routed. Se ee ety, es State Historical Soci- 1 fS, NUMBER 33 marms are away attending the Nor-| Geo. Rubel and Vane Walker had al. their mile of road dragged in fine Rev. Blalock filled his appointment| Shape Monday. It is surely a pleas- at the Christian Church Sabbath | Ure to drive over a nice dragged road, i |and how pleasant it will be to live in night. ree : : 0. M. Drysdale, of Amorett, was a| Missouri, after it goes dry next No- | vember. caller at Aaron’s office Thursday of : last week. He was on his way to| Monday Charley Wirt and J. W. Butler. {Smith each went to Butler in their The standpatter Republicans are | Spring wagons in the evening. When trying to persuade men to make the | they came home, they had both teams race for nomination for office on their | hitched to one wagon and the wagons ticket. The insurgents have the coupled together. If we did not |know these gentlemen are enthus- ; é _| iastic statewiders and that Butler is a in Gi oh me |dry town, we could hardly believe Mrs. Joe T. Whinery and daugh- | that - of the mules got tired of ter, Mary, returned from Oklahoma | Standing up and laid down ba the Friday of last week. Mrs. Whinery | Pring wagon tongue and broke it. says the crops look fine in Oklahoma} Mrs. John McCall is on the sick and that her daughter, Jennie, and | list. family were well and doing well. Karl Jones was visiting his friends The Miami Crookneck, Miami Cen-| around Mt. Carmel church Wednes- ter and Amoret baseball teams are | day evening of last week. playing big games in Oliver Stanfil’s| Mrs. D, N. Thompson and daugh- sture. |ter, Ora, of Butler, Mrs. Stella Jack- The directors of the Charlotte Tele-| son, of Kansas City, and Mrs. 0. M. phone Co. have limited the talk on|Drysdale, of Amorett, visited at the Butler life to three minutes for a| Everett Drysdale’s Wednesday of month to take effect at once. | last week. Lewis Schneiderwind renews for) The Children’s Day exercises at The Times for another year. He is! New Hope Baptist Church was well one of Charlotte’s prosperous farm- |! attended last Sunday. ersand a jolly good hearted man. He Harley Warderman delivered hogs enjoys reading The Times. at Butler Monday. Will McClure says everybody in| Will Ahlfeld tuned Mr, Leonard’s his locality is well, and he has plow- | piano Monday. ed the most of his corn over the sec-| 4, Corlett is able to be outand ond time. He said Grandma Durst goes visiting sometimes. spent the most of last week with his | YOUNG AARON. mother. | ave ; Mrs. B. F. Jenkins made a busi- The Ajax Lightning Copper Cable ness trip to Amoret Monday. Also | system protects you against lightning. Will Durst and Young Aaron were in| [f your house or barn is struck “mon- Amoret Monday. ey refunded. John Foster says he is a candidate, but he has not got his cards printed yet. | 34-4 HAYDEN RAY, ’ South Side Square. Phone: Office 362, Residence 363. Southwest - Elkhart. ‘Well, we had one of the big of the season. The farmers badly discouragrd. Corn is look- bad and a few aren’t done plant- is reported that Isom Leandreth i the sick list this week. Henderson Kuton and family took dinner at ‘‘dads’’ last Sunday, Knapp, the great hog man, shipped outa carload of hogs last Saturday. We would like to have been his part- ner. ‘ John Barnett was down to see the Doctor the fore part of the . week. He is some better. ‘J. B. Clemmens was a Butler visit- of last week. Ed Bayley and Dick McGuire were attending court the first of the week. Dudley Hughes of Amsterdam is holding down his job in Butler as juryman from West Point Township. W. F. Stephens and I. L. Lock- ridge were in Butler the ninth as wit- nesses in the Westover trial. The apple crop in this part is very | nearly a failure. They are falling off | but the peaches and plums are very good. Miss Euphie Scott’s new barn is | finished and it is a dandy. There will be preaching at Concord | school house next Sunday. Every- | body turn out. G. W. Armentroutand family called at Fred Armentrout’s Sunday evening. JOHNNIE. Marriage Licenses. | Garfield Ramalia, Spruce. | Edna Smith, Appleton City. | Edward Whiteside, Moundville. Lizzie Snyder, Moundville. One lot of Mens all wool Suits The best make in America Special at $13.50 50 Mens Hand Tailored Suits Grays, Blues and Browns Special $11.50 A large line to select from Special at $6.50 (Broken Sizes) 50 Boys Suits worth up to $5.00 — SPECIAL AT $2.25 Crawtord Fine Shoes, Oxfords, Mens Heavy Work Shoes and Boys Shoes y * y to Save Money Is to buy your Spring Suits NOW During our June Bargain Sale The kind that wear—Special Prices during June. We are determined not to carry over a single suit that is possible to sell, and with this, commencing now, to offer desirable summer clothing at special prices. 35 Mens all wool Suits—Special $8.00 ; Your Choice of any $8.00, $9.00, $10.00 and $12.50 Suit FOSTER. Capt. F. J. Tygard spent a few days last week in Foster, the guest of H. H. Havely. Paul Rowland, of Ottawa, Kansas is visiting his cousins, Norval and Rowland Arbogast. Mrs. Frank Mace came down from Kansas City Wednesday to visit her father, C. E. West, southwest of town. A. H. Loyd, D. H. Arbogast and wife, W. M. Collins and wife drove over to Butler Tuesday as witnesses in the Wilson-Shetron case. W.S. James is minus six of his Sunday School class. They left last week for Warrensburg to attend school at the Normal. The infant baby of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Swarens was buried at Salem Fri- day. Robert Grant came in last week from ElPaso, Texas, to see his moth- er, who is quite poorly. Acard from J. W. Darby last week stating he would be at home on or about June 8th. Miss Eula James departed Satur- day for Warrensburg to attend sum- mer school at the State Normal. C. Loyd, of Pueblo, Colorado, an old Foster boy, who left here twenty- two years ago during Huldy’s reign, has returned to visit his brother, A. A. Loyd, and other relatives. W. J. Parleir is repairing and pa- pering the hall in the bank building he recently bought of W. A. Ephland. He is fixing it up in fine shape for entertainments. Mr. Parleir is tak- ing great interest in the advancement of our little city and is bound to meet with success. Uncle Louis Jones and wife spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Badgett. Quite a number of witnesses in the Briseoe-Laughlin dog case, which is set for Monday, June 6th, left on the Comet Sunday for Butler. J.R. Tolliver, the Mo. Pacific agent at Pleasanton, came down Sunday and called on D. H. Arbogast, while waiting for the passenger west. Roy Cox came down from Kansas City Sunday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Cox,. southwest of town. iN Mrs. A. G. Metzler was a witness last week in the divorce case of Blanche Loyd vs. Clem Loyd. The divorce was grarited. Frank Speace and son, of Coling, Kansas, came in on the 11:30 pas- senger on a brief visit with relatives. Matthew Lawrence, an old gentle- man, who has been boarding with the Williams brothers, of this place, went. to Kansas City Thursday of last week to get repairs for his engine. Friday as he was getting ready to return home, he was held up by footpads on Grand avenue and relieved of his sur- plus cash $13.40. Mr. Lawrence phoned to Foster for money to return home and arrived Sunday evening minus $13.40. The sinking of the New Home shaft was completed last week a distance of 273 feet and the sinking done in 61 days, which was surely quick work and before many months the scarce and hard to get. E. B. Borron, county highway en- gineer with a bridge contractor from Kansas City, was down last week looking over and making an estimate for bridges—one over Walnut Creek near Rucker switch and one over the Marias Des Cygnes river at the Hay- maker ford. We were informed a number of gentlemen will go to But- ler Monday before the county court in the interest of these bridges, which are badly needed. If the county court realized the amount of cussing it takes to cross at these fords, they would grant the bridges without any farther delay. DINAH. Brackney. Mrs. Flo Nuckols called on Mrs. Al Deems Thursday evening. Mrs. Bobby Rainsand Mrs. Daisy Rains from Pleasant Ridge and Mrs. Eliza Ison and daughter Lavena spent Friday with their sister Mrs. Ed Ellington. Mrs. Rogers and children of Rich Hill are at present visiting at the home of her brother E. A. Gough and family. Ed Ellington’s house was struck by lightning during the electric storm early Saturday morning. Onaccount of the heavy pouring down rain no serious damage is estimated. Mrs. Lonnie Deems and daughter _ S ; called on Mrs. William Steffin one evening last week. Mrs. Daisy Andrews visited Wed- nesday with her sister Mrs. Flo Nuck- ols. Miss Irene Nafus of Eldorado Springs, Mo. has been visiting her cousin, Miss Edna Utley, for a couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Pry and Mr. and Mrs. John Tavor were Sunday visitors at the home of James Bartlett and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ellingtonand Veva spent Sunday atthe home of Pink Ellington and family near Black. Mr. and Mrs. Will Ison and family spent Sunday with Frank Vandruff and family. Mr. andMrs. E. A. Gough attended church at Black Sunday afternoon. Quite a good many from Brackney attended Childsen’s Day exercises at Double Branches last Sunday and en- joyed a good program. Wm. Steffin and family, Paul, Wal- ton and children, James Nuckols and, wife, Al Deems and family and Will and George Nuckols spent Sunday at the home of Boyd Williams and family. RASTUS. Merwin Mention. Wm. Kuhn and son Curtis were in Drexel Saturday. Mrs. Dick DeForest was in Adria: shopping Thursday. f Charles Bateman of Adrian is drill- ing a well for G. W. Hall. A large crowd attended the Child- ren’s Day exercises at the Christian church Sunday night. The program There was a moving picture show at Chappel hall Tuesday night. George White’s little daughter, -Jess Mann resigned his position on While in Butler last week attend-| ‘Be Corbin ranch and moved to town. ing court divorce cases were granted| If you hear a big noise about one- bout as fast as a minister could tie| half mile east of the Kansas line early If our courts would quit|the morning of July 4th it will be