The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 10, 1911, Page 1

F State Historical ety, Soei- VOL. XXXIII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1911. NUMBER 42 VIRGINIA. Wallace and Elsie Cowgill, of near Altona, visited the latter part of the week at W. J. Osborne’s. Mrs. Crew Léonard and three daughters, of Ft. Scott, Kansas, and Mrs. Guy Leonard and daughter, of Nevada, have been visiting at J. °E. Leonard’s. Pay ao Earl Osborn visited over Sunday with his uncle P. J. Cowgill and family near Altona. C. S. Robertson visited Saturday night with friends south of Butler. Charley Crosswhite returned home Saturday from Warrensburg where he had been attending the State Nor- mal school. : Mrs. Mae Baum, of Passaic, visited last week with her father, R. W. Mc- Cann and family. A John Sellon, of Kansas City, has been visiting his uncle, W. G. Sellon. Miss Myrtle McCann is visiting with her sister, Mrs. J. R. Baum near Passaic. W. M. Hardinger went to Prairie City on business Saturday. Miss Florence Badgley of Kansas City, is spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Badg- ley and family. J. C. Crosswhite has purchased a new buggy. The directors of Enterprise school are having the school house repaired. Bud Berry and Thompson Dark are doing the work. Ollie Walker, wife and son Harlan, of Kansas City, are visiting Mrs. Walker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will McKibben and other kinfolks. Mrs. Carl Jenson who -had been visiting her father, Clark Draper near Brownington, Henry county, Mo., returned home Saturday. Her father and two sisters, Gertrude and Gladys, came.with her. Miss Gertrude was the guest of Miss Birdie Wolfe in Parktown Sunday. She called to see Mrs. G. W. Park and says they like their new home fine. ~ Maxwell Park, Iva Ayers,~ Olive and Una Jundy, Maud Martin and More Jenson came home Saturday from Warrensburg where they had been attending the summer normal. G. M. Garner and John Foster cleaned out the Virginia school well last week. ; W. W. Park has purchased a new spring wagon. Col. Lockridge of Elkhurt passed through Parktown Saturday, headed - for Butler. D. C. Wolfe hauled wheat to Amoret last week. . Irvin Ingels and wife, of LaFay- ette, Illinois, came Saturday in their big touring car to see her mother, Grandma-Garner. They and Grand- ma left Sunday morning in the car for Stockton, Mo., to visit her sister, Mrs. Carrie Henderson. It surely will be a nice trip for Grandma. : The Christian Sunday school ap- pointed Miss Bonnie Wolfe and Miss Mary Allen as delegates to the Bates county S. S. convention to be held at Adrian, Aug. 22-23-24. Fred Brayton’s mother, of Henry county, is here. visiting. There will be an ice cream supper at the Virginia Christian church Tuesday night, Aug 15, given by the _ Ladies Aid society. Everybody come, Croquet is the popular game around Virginia. 4 - This locality is being well repre- ’ sented at the Chautauqua. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blough receiv- ed an invitation to attend the annual reunion of the Blough family to ‘be held at Edgewood Grove, Somerset, Pa., Aug. 30, 1911. A special pro- gram has been arranged. Newton Piper, of McCune, Kan., "came in Sunday to spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blough and Mrs. Minton. ans Corn was hauled to the Parktown market Monday and sqld for 60 cents a bushel and corn was bought in _ Parktown for 60 cents and corn was hauled from Parktown to Butler and sold for 60. - Competition is the life of business. F. M. Kinion is putting up his silo. ":. Mrs. G. W. Park took her daughter, Mrs. D. C. Wolfe, to Amoret Tuesday to spend the day with her daughter, Mrs. O. M. Drysdale. Young Aaron picked up a wireless message concerning a near at hand wedding feast. Henry Ison’s wheat made 25 bush- els per acre. Thomas Hackett reports every thing fine in his neighborhood. Most every one has their wheat ground plowed. Tuesday morning, Grandma Durst reported quite sick. The people that heard Hobson at Butler Saturday night got full of pro- hibition. We hope that they will keep full enough to put a prohibition ticket in the ballot box election day, 1912, so Uncle Sam will know that they are with the Lord against the United States liquor traffic. YOUNG AARON. Elkhart. Well, we had a good rain and made some stock water and has revived the corn crop and put the ground in good shape for plowing and sowing wheat. Henry Daniels of West Point was taking in the sights in Butler last Saturday. We noticed on the streets of Butler last Saturday that Squire Corlett of Charlotte township was wearing a very broad smile. He thinks that he is going to get to tie the knot for that young couple before long. George Lockridge and Emet Wymer were in the county seat last Saturday taking in the sights and we think that they went to the moving picture show. Leea Galoway of Nebraska was visiting at J. R. Scotts last week. We had the good luck to meet Young Aaron, the correspondent of The Times, in the county seat last Saturday and we think he is a jolly. good fellow. There will be preaching at Mt. Vernon school house next Sunday at three o’clock. This will be the last sermon preached there by Brother French. Eyerybody come out. Lige Spillman has moved in to the Mizner house. We will have new neighbors and we gladly welcome them in our community. It is reported that Tom Bruner has sold out and is going to leave. We are sorry to lose the family out of our community.” The youngest daughter of Mrs. Spillman was shot last Saturday about 2 o'clock by the accidental discharge ofagun. Sheisin a critical condi- tion. Charley Kershner left last week for Buffalo, Wyoming. There is one young lady that looks a little sad since he left. John Stephens and wife visited at Clem Custers one day last week and he reports that he got a square dinner. Col. Lockridge and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. Herrel, of Amoret, one day last week. Miss Flossie Fritts who is working at the Priestly Hotel was called home last Saturday on account of some of the family being sick but we think they are all right by this time. Col. Lockridge and the writer were in the county seat last Saturday tak- ing in the sights, but the Col. took in the picture show and left the writer out. Ben Pickett and his wife was in Butler last Saturday. Ben was wear- ing a broad smile over the good rains. Frank Hedger returned from West- ern Kansas one day last week. He reports the crops rather light but they are having good rains at present. It is reported that Ed Bailey is go- ing to be a candidate for sheriff of Bates county. I don’t think that we can spare Ed out of our community. T. N. Rayborn and his daughter, Mrs. Mary Keeton, visited at Isom Leandreth’s last Sunday. Professor Cumming and wife and Mrs. Day all spent last Sunday at Mr. Green’s in Passaic. They report a pleasant visit. . It is reported that the Miss Spill-j mile north of FOSTER. Robert Seig shipped two cars of cattle from this place to Kansas City Wednesday. Eastern Bates. Mrs. W. C. Turpin is visiting at present at the homes of her son, L. Turpin, and two daughters, Mrs. J. O. Shofner returned Tuesday| Alice and Olie Winters. from Harrison county where he haq been to see a sick relative. * Gus Trussell left last week for Mexico, Mo., where he went to have his eyes treated. Miss Eula Hughes came down from the city on Sunday’s evening train to visit home folks. W. R. Bell and wife, of Butler, were down Monday of last week shaking hands with old Foster friends., Mr. ‘and Mrs. Earl Murray departed’ on the noon train Saturday for their home at Ludlow, Mo. " Mr. and Mrs. Badgett returned home Sunday from their visit with their daughters. Miss Emma Parlier was an arrival Saturday from Warrensburg where she had been attending summer school. Miss Emma will be the pri- mary teacher in the Foster public school this winter. Delmer Webb left Saturday for Kansas City to meet his wife and daughter who have been spending the summer at Moberly, Mo. Del- mer wears a bright smile now. Prof. W. C. Chamberlin came in on Saturday’s passenger from War- rensburg to spend a couple of weeks with his parents, Esquire and Mrs. Chamberlin, living on East 6th St. Mrs. A. G. Metzler and daughter Sylbia were visitors to Kansas City. last week. While Mrs. Metzler was absent A. G. was chief cook and _bot- tle washer. Johnnie Davis, who has been spending some four years in Wash- ington, came home Sunday to visit home folks. He is in love with the northwest country. There will be an ice cream supper at the M. E. Church, South, at Spruce Saturday night, Aug. 12, for the ben- efit of the church. Everybody in- vited to attend. Mrs, A. E. Kimble and son, Earl, who have been visiting her father, J. V. Snodgrass, and Mrs. Ira Ludwick in New Mexico, returned home on Monday of last week. The wheat ground is about all plowed. There will bea large acreage of wheat sowed this fall in this locality. The ice cream supper at the Sum- mit church was well attended. The amount taken in was about $22. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson of Cass county, Iowa, who have been here the past two weeks visiting their daughter, Mrs. Guy Barackman, re- turned to their home Saturday. The election that was held last Tuesday to vote bonds to rebuild the state capitol was not very largely at- tended. The vote stood 65 for it and 30 against it. I. S. Greer hauled flax to Butler Monday. He got $1.60 per bushel for it and to pay expenses he had to dig into his bank account. Mr. Greer says he is flaxed for all time to come. W. H. Charters Jr., has purchased a Rambler five passenger touring car. ‘Our centrals at Spruce and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eads returned home Sat- urday from their outing trip. They report having a fine time and catch- ing two large fish. James Brown, who has been very poorly for some time with an absess, is at the Springs for the benefit of his health. night and everyone was glad to see him for he had gotten to be quite a stranger. his father’s Sunday. Mary and Arlene, who have been vis- iting with relatives for the past three months, left Friday for their home at Merel, Oregon. hardware and implement man, hand- ed us the price for The Times fora year. and will keep in line of the doings in old Bates by reading The Times. were callers at the Dr. J. C. Sageser home Tuesday. den, Ill, who have been visiting at the A. J. Meints home, left Monday for Jericho, this state to visit with other relatives before returning to their home in the Sucker state. | and Master Harry, of Amoret, were visitors at the J. M. Smalley home Sunday. from the Concord neighborhood was calling on, old acquaintances Mulberry Sunday. Ruby, spent Saturday and Sunday with friends over near La Cygne, Kansas, friends at Amoret. Sunday. Lyman Hensley of Butler was in the neighborhood Tuesday buying cattle and hogs. Guy Phelps was at church Sunday R. J. Sproul and family visited at COR. Mulberry and Western Bates. Mrs. John Taylor and daughters, N. G. Rowe, Amoret’s hustling Norman is a rousing Democrat The Misses May and Anna Bard Mr. and Mrs. John Meints, of Gol- Mrs. May Bainand daughter, Edith, Emory Porter, a young farmer near Mrs. Joe Albin and daughter, Ora Beall spent Sunday with Mrs. Alex Morwood and _ threee Bowles took dinner at Mr. Linendoll’s|name to us and will be numbered with the readers of the Times. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Beall were guests at the Dr. Sageser home Thursday. The Mulberry school board has Charley Weller drilling a well at the new school house. Charley expects to start his saw mill again about Sept. 1st. Rambler has a bill in for the frame for a new poultry house to keep our flock of single comb Rhode Island Reds in. Henry Dykeman and sons hauled off his surplus corn the first of the week to the Hall Milling Co. at Am- sterdam. Price 70 cents. R. L. Nichols and son, Clarence, and daughters, Stella and Ola, at- tended Chautauqua at Butler Satur-~ day. Mrs. L. M. Braden visited her son, John H., the hustling manager of the Blaker & Co. interests in Amster- dam, Monday. Willie Crum left for Kansas City Saturday where he will help a broth- er-in-law in a store. RAMBLER. In and Around Maysburg. Mr. Godwin had the misfortune to cut his foot quite badly Sunday morn- ing on a piece of glass. It is not paining him much, but he is unable to walk on his foot. Rey. Shelton filled his regular ap- pointment Sunday morning and night. Grandpa Jacobs has a very sick horse. He had a veternary~ from Creighton Sunday evening. Mr. Guy and sister went to Butler Monday. Mr. Guy, White, Cunningham and Claud Clark hauled material for the new concrete culvert that is to be put in just east of Mr. Guy’s Saturday. The community was sorry to hear Mrs. G. B. Plymell and three child- "Several families of Pleasant Ridge jgets started. ren are visiting relatives at Bethany, Mo., Mayor Plymell and son, Ovid, are keeping batch. We can see the Mayor doesn’t like the job a little bit. Dr. Grantham, of Southern Ne- braska, came in on Wednesday morn- ing’s local to visit relatives and take a glimpse at the old home southwest of town, where he formerly lived. | He reports his county in fair shape, corn looks good but wheat crop short. We notice our neighbor corres- pondent from Virginia seems to be worring about the dry weather post-! poning s wedding until spring. We} do not know how the drouth effects people north of the river, but on this side—the drouth, thunder and lightn- ing don’t stop a wedding after it once Don’t worry over a little thing like that Aaron. Quite a delegation of Foster people attended the Hagenbeck-Wallace cir- cus at Butler Thursday. When the train reached Foster it was crowded. and when the Foster delegation got aboard there wasn’t breathing room, let alone standing room. Following is a partial list from Foster: Dr. and Mrs. Rhoades, Dr. and Mrs. Marshall, L. E. Thomas and wife, L. E. Deaton and wife, Art Thomas and wife, W. neighborhood are spending several days at Monegaw Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Clark spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Clark in Butler. Quite a number from this vicinity have been attending the Chautauqua at Butler and report an interesting program. Mrs. Short, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Bert Crigler, is still very low. There will be a meeting at the} setting. Dickinson cemetery Saturday, Aug. | 12, to clear it off. A basket dinner will be on the ground. Everybody interested are invited to come. Mrs. Lee Reece is no better and Uncle John Compton is about the same. The ice cream supper at Pleasant Home church was largely attended. The net proceeds amounted to $25.65. LIBERTY. North New Home. There were not very many went to the show from this neighborhood on account of the rain. Mr. Linendoll lost a fine horse last week. Mrs. McCormic is able to be up M. Lyle and wife, P. L. Shelton and| again. wife, J. L. Bell and wife, H. H. There was a good attendance at Havely, Mrs. W. M. Mills, Mrs. Vona} church Sunday and Sunday night. Collier and others whose names we failed to get. DINAH. Every Red Cent Those who spent Sunday at Mr. Kelley’s were Mr. and Mrs. Calvert, Lon Smith and family, John Phelps Returned to you by the Chillicothe; and wife and grandchildren, Thelma Business College should a position |and Johnnie Richmond. They report- not be secured after completing the| ed a fine time. course. We enter into an agreement Henry Herman’s baby is sick. It with you to this effect. Furthermore, | has a bad cold. you may give us a note for your Jack Skaggs and family went to schooling and pay us out of your! Butler Sunday to visit with Mrs. earnings when. employed. Accom- Skaggs’ father, Mr. Heinz. modations not only first class, but rates more reasonable than elsewhere. Courses offered in Book-keeping, Banking, Stenography, Civil Service, Court Reporting and Telegraphy. interested, write for catalog. ALLEN MOORE, Pres., J. F. Kern was out at his farm Monday. a John and Clif Ehart will soon finish 1f| Plowing for wheat. They will put out 125 acres this fall. Mr. Leonard and family visited with sons visited at the home of her moth- er, Mrs. M. Schlisman Sunday. Von Coffin and family were guests of the death of little Floyd Silvers at Big Cabin, Oklahoma. The proceeds of the ice cream sup- ‘lat the P. A. Sargent home Sunday. Tom Smiser was a caller at the John Morwood home near Amster- dam Saturday. Sunday was the day that Mrs. John Dykman reached another mile stone | and in honor of the day a number of her friends met at their pleasant ed them a few days last week. country home and enjoyed one of those good dinners that she and her daughter, Maggie, are so proficient in Those present were: parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Bohlken; 101 Monroe St., | their daughter, Mrs. John McKissick, her brothers, Will R. George and Bert Bohlken, wife and two daugters; | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bohlken; Henry Dykman and family; Fred Meints and family; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Meints and sons, Ed, Will, M, Albert George and Miss Margaret; Mr. and Mrs. | John Meints, of Golden, Ill., George H., Will H., and Miss Sena Bohlken. In the evening ice cream, cake and lemonade were served. All had a jolly good time and left for their homes wishing her many happy re- turns of the day. Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Gardner, who have been visiting at the home of his parents, left for their home at Circle- ville, Kas., Saturday. Mrs. Ed. F. Rush and three chil- dren of Amsterdam, spent last week at the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary Taylor Sageser. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Leiner hada number of their friends as guests Sunday. Those present were Rev. and Mrs. T. Maschoff and baby Es- ther, Mr. and Mrs W. B. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. M. Wiemers, G. Usch- kart, wife and two children, Ecke Taute and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hen- ry Kaufman and two children, Mr. and Mrs. John Flesshner. Miss Hazel Caldwell is a guest of Miss Mary Knox, of the Hot Water neighborhood. The men folks of the United Pres- byterian church of Amoret, reshingl- ed the parsonage Tuesday and the ladies went along and had a picnic dinner. | per given for the Christian church amounted to about $68. The people of that congregation are having the church papered and painted inside. Mr. Godwin’s spent Sunday at Mr. Brown's. Mrs. Clark’s brother-in-law of Texas and little niece, Mary Katherine, visit- Tan White hauled wheat to Urich |for Mr. Guy Monday. The farmers are sure making the ;ground look black since the fine jrains. They are most all plowing for wheat. Mrs. Brown was shopping in Urich Friday. Mrs. McCleney and daughter, Elsa, spent Sunday at Mr. Clark’s. Tan White, wife and daughter, visit- ed at Mr, Focht’s Sunday afternoon. Montia Simpson and wife spent Sunday at Mr. Sidney Snow's. Mr. John Hoover's visited at Mr. Sam Jacobs Sunday. A NEIGHBOR. County Court. County court met in regular session Monday, August 7th, Presiding Judge Campbell and Associate Judges Fix and Wolfe present and County Clerk Weeks and Sheriff Bullock in at- tendance. County highway engineer ordered to make estimate for rebuilding bridge between sections 1 and 2, township 39 range 29, Hudson township. Highway engineer ordered to con- fer with highway engineer of Casg county in regard to building a bridge on the county line at the northwest corner of Deer Creek township and make estimate for same. Said bridge to be known as the Alexander bridge. Bond of D. A. Zwahlen, collector of Mound township, approved. Bond of J. W. Hall, collector of Deer Creek township, approved. Bond of J. S. Burris, collector of Mingo township, approved. In the matter of application .and Chillicothe, Mo. Good Coal. 42-It Monday afternoon. Miss Edith and Blanch Miller stayed all night with their grandma, Mrs. petition for change in public road be- Squire Henry Dykman took a load of wheat to Pleasanton Wednesday. Plenty of good coal at John Ran- dall’s coal bank, 1 1-2 miles east 1-2 Esénborth or 5 miles Lamaster, Monday night. Mrs. Lamasters visited in Butler man that was shot last Saturday is no| northeast of Spruce, Mo., open now. | With her son last week. better Monday morning. JOHNNY. Call over Dell line. Address Martin} Brick McCoy and wife, grandma Esenborth, No. 35, Montrose, Mo. 35-8t| Pickett, Miss Ruby Berry and Frank tween Sections 29 and 30 in Summit township, said application and _peti- Word was received from Des/tion-being made by W. B. Welch et Moines, Iowa, Sunday, telling of the/ al, it is ordered by the court that the death of Gilbert Capper. of his death was not given. The cause | same be received and thecounty high- way engineer ordered to make a sur- Bert Bohlken, one of Homer town-| vey of said proposed road and report ship’s young men, has given a o court.