The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 22, 1910, Page 1

VOL. XXXII VIRGINIA. Fred Cowgill, of Altona, has been | ting relatives and friends in the Allie Owen, of Kerney, Nebraska, | vol visited his cousins, Geo. Crooks and! Mt. Carmel neighborhood. Mrs. J. H. Park Saturday and Sab-! Mrs. John McKissick spent a few bath. days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Arthur McLain, of near LaCygne, | Leonard, last week. Kans., and Geo. Zinn were callers at) J. W. Eggleson is digging a cistern, young Aaron's office Saturday. Mrs. Pearl Porter, of Lawton, Jasper Bowman isreported as being Oklahoma, arrived Sunday to spend quite sick. Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Bg Mrr. J. W. Eggleson. Her husband John Foster was digging in a well ip ¢ for Judge Paddock last week. pach or ina few days. They are | ing of locating here. Rev. Blalock preached his farewell Clarence Welch who has been quite sermon Sabbath. |sick is reported better at this writing. Mrs. O. M. Drysdale and J. T.} Homer Powers and Will Cripley, Whinery, of Amoret, were visitors | of Black Water, Mo., visited last in Parktown and Virginia Saturday. | |week at the home of Harley Wader- There was a large crowd at the| man. literary at Concord Friday night. The pupils of Enterprise school There will bea Christmas tree at| Will render a short program Friday the M. E. church Saturday night. jafternoon, Dec. 23. Patrons and Marion Hedger returned from Ok- friends are invited to attend. lahoma last week. L. K. Boehm, of Drexel, visited at The Christian S. S. will have a} Christmas exercise Satuaday night. day. Edgar Smizer was on the sick list Sabbath. icant te | Paddock’s last Saturday and Sunday. News is hard to get this week; Ed Mizner of Freeport, Ill., is here everybody is getting ready for Christ- Libs hie wih hie brother. ‘ Newt Spillman moved on his farm visitors and bably for | ort: engig oy ee or last week. We welcome him to our Grandma Garner renews The Times | ney: j a . for herdaughter, Mrs. Carrie Hender-| Col. Lockridge finished shucking son at Stockton, Mo corn last week and killed hogs and he pee is happy. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Eggleson and nn ‘ daughter Amy, visited Sunday with Mr. Day living on the Pickett farm relatives in Rich Hill. i had quite a little fire at his house last Th illbeab tEnt week but it was seen in time to save There will be a box supper at Enter-| 414 jouse, prise school Tuesday night December 27, proceeds to go to the needs of the ‘ ph ny Everybody come and each| last Friday, so reported one who was lady is requested to bring a box. |there. pa The Mt. Carmel Sunday School | G. W. Armentrout and fainily visit- elected the following otficers Sunday: |e at the writers last Sunday. Superintendent, Earle Osborne; As-| sistant, Fred Stroeber; Organist, | Belle Burk; Assistant, Edna Fleming; Secretary and Treasurer, Maud Burk; Librarian, Clarence Welch. C. S. Robertson has a new spring | wagon. _ YOUNG AARON. "Elkhart. George and family visited at Judge this week. She has the grip. Mrs. D. B. Moore and family, Col. | Lockridge and wife, W. A. Crumley and wife all visited at George Moores last Sunday. JOHNNY. the home of W. M. Hardinger Mon-, The goose roast at C. W. Mizners | Mrs. E. Heavlin is on the sick list | — Che Butler Weekly West Deepwater. | polntment at Spruce Sunday morning Hubbard brothers lost*a valuable |#%4 at night. | mule last week. Mrs. I, E. Beard and children left Tuesday for Moundville to visit her Walter Craig is delivering c eee Orn parents, Mr. and Mrs. Colson. the Allen farm this week. The Elm Grove school will give a box supper Friday night, Dec. 23. Everybody come. Mrs. A. L. Gilmore is very sick with pneumonia fever. We hope she will have a speedy recovery. Mrs. Trigg Snodgrass has been very poorly for some time. The box supper at Cumpton school house was a success in every way. A good program was rendered. Miss Minnie Varnes got the cake. - The net proceeds amounted to $42.70. Herbert Clark, wife and little son, went to their farm near Sprague Thursday of last week. They stop- ped on their way to visit Mr. and Mrs. Frank Llewelen, returning home Saturday. A large crowd attended the W. T. | Wigger sale, Everything sold fairly * week visiting the son, John, and well. The Ladies Home Missionery ' - : | family. Society served dinner at the sale and | the amount taken in was $11.70. Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Radford were H. H. Harshaw bought 34 head of | | county seat visitors Friday. large type Poland-China hogs of C. Z. | and W. A. Baker and had them de- has been seriously sick for some livered to his farm last Friday. Mr. | time, is better. Harshaw intends to hold a fine hog | Mrs. Fine Eads and daughter, Miss sale at Butler February 22, 1911. Eva, were Appleton City shoppers Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Frey, | Tuesday. Dec. 1, 1910, twins, a boy anda girl,| Mr. and Mrs. James Mulkey were Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kegger, called to Butler Sunday to see Ed alittle girl, Dec. 2, 1910. 8 ’|Mulkey’s baby, who is quite sick. dames Carroll: threshed cane and Rev. Gather and family received a caffir pea for several days last week, | load of fine furniture as a gift from a : ; * friend, Lewis Hill and wife attended church at Spruce Sunday and spent the rest of the day at Mr. Hill’s par- — rear ctcieg (Allen of Rich Hill, a relative, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Little visited /called into consultation Monday. last week in Double Branch neigh | Miss Olive Simpson and Mrs. Stel- George Herman, who has been sick with rheumatism, is improving. Mr. and Mrs, James Mulkey, of Montrose, were out the last of the Bate Batchelor lies at his home ser- iously ill with pneumonia fever. was borhood. | i i la Peacock were shopping in Butler Homer and Herbert Clark butcher- one day last week. ed hogs Monday. | County Treasurer Coleman and wife were out to their farm one day ‘last week. Jesse Grimes is visiting a brother in Oklahoma. Christmas time is drawing near Gaandma Little has been on the sick list for the past week. Mr. McFerian hauled corn to Jas. Reynol’s last week. Mrs. Alene Herman, of Culver, vis- |ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. with fond anticipations—hoping the | Charters, Sr., the first of the week. |sick, the poor and the aged will be |_ Dr. Fletcher was called to see Geo. remembered with a gift, and wishing Vanhoy Sunday morning. Mr. Van- all the readers of The Times a merry hoy is very sick with kidney trouble. Christmas and a happy New Year. Rev. Gather filled his regular ap- FARMER JOHN. Mrs. M. C. Schuyler’s baby, who! | Thomas, . Claude They have a nurse employed. Dr. | istoric wines, BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1910. Double Branch Items. The good weather still continues in this part of the country. seem like Christmas time to us at all. Some few of the farmers are plow- ing at present. It don't . NUMBER 9 Claude Baker came very neat hav- ing a runaway Sunday. Bruce Requa spent Saturday night and Sunday with his brother, Elmer Requa and family. Mr. Davis, of Arkansas, is visiting The Thomas Bros. are stlll_ sawing | farion Earsom and wife. over at the C. K. Miller's. Chas. Z. typewriter, Ed. R. Dorsey and H. H. Harshaw was down the first of last week look- ing at Baker Bros.’ fine hogs. They sold some to Mr. not hold any spring sale. livered their hogs to Mr. place last Friday. W. A. Baker was shredding corn | the first of the week. George Baker and family spent Saturday night and Sunday with Col. C. F. Beard. H. G. Requa and family spent Sun-| day with J. H. Ferrel and family. Charley Burch and sisters enter- tained a few of their friends Sunday. Those present were: Miss Edna Thomas, Baker, Jack King, Babe Booth, Clar- ence Baker and Garry Buach. Bert Padley, Johnny Ferrel and Claude Thomas were on their same old route Sunday evening. Miss Bertha Hart and Sidney Hale spent Monday night with W. A. | Baker and family. Sunday was preaching Sunday at} | Double Branches. crowds both morning and night. Bro. Shelton preached a couple of fine sermons. They are keep Bro, Shelton for another year. Christmas trees are going to be numerous in this part of the country. There will be one at Orchard Grove, Friday night; Scifers School house, Friday night; Happy Hill, Friday night; Peru, Saturday night and one at Double Branch, Monday night. There will be a program at every one of these places. Jack King has got in line again. Jack is a jolly good fellow and there isno doubt but what someone else | thinks so too. Baker has purchased a Harshaw, and will They de-| Harshaw’s Claude | There were large | going to! | W. A. Baker sold some of her Bar- jred Plymouth cockerels to J. L. Ghere. Mrs. Baker has some very fine ones and anyone wanting some of these chickens would do well to see them before buying. RAINBOW, We are in receipt of letters ad- dressed to Santa Claus, care of The | Times, from our little friends, Marie | Baker and Frederick Baker, which we would very much like to publish, | but regret that on account of the ' crowded conditions of our columns jare unable to do so. However we have duly forwarded them to Old Saint Nick. Piano Contest. Standing of those who have enlist- ed in the piano contest at Hill's Cash Store are as follows: Edna Thomas 5880 Agnes Arnold 5120 Mayme Hartwell 5830 | Ruby Seese 2860 | Anna Smiser 3610 | Grace Kinney 2080 Minnie Christie 2070 Ida Dillon 1570 Carlie Howard 520 Mrs. G. A. Wilhite 800 Lola Coop 260 Double Branch Church 180 Summit Church 110 Endeavors, Take Notice. All members of the C. E. society of the Christian church who wish to contribute to the C. E. basket, which will consist of useful articles for the poor, are requested to bring their of- ferings to the church Thursday, Dec. 22, at 8:00 p. m. If you can’t come, | be sure and send your gift by some- one else. “In as much as ye have done it |unto one, of the least of these, ye have done it unto me.” This Great Sacrifice Means a Great Saving to You! Every Ladies’ Tailored Suit in our One Half Regular Price We are also making great sacrifices in Ladies, Misses and Childrens Coats. Fifty Fancy Mixed Coats worth $10, will be sold at $5.00 one half the regular price. Our Stock of Furs is Complete for the Holiday Trade House Nothing Reserved. Sold Regardless of Cost Everything Must be SIX LIVE ONES $30 Ladies Suits $15.00 at $27.50 Ladies Suits at $13.75 $25 Ladies Suits $12.50 $20 Ladies Suits $10.00 $15 Ladies Suits $7.50 $10 Ladies Suits $5.00 at at at at Sam’! Levy Mercantile Go. The Best Goods for the Price, no Matter What the Price