The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 15, 1912, Page 1

Che Butler ie Historicai Sooi- VOL. X®XIV. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1912. FOSTER. Jim Moore was in from old Walnut Saturday. viewing the beauties of Foster. _ i C. E. West lost a valuable two- year-old horse last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bradshaw were i out of town visitors Saturday and i Sunday. Miss Seba Grant was an overland passenger to Hume Saturday, re- turned Monday. Mrs. Sara Scott left Saturday for Chicago to visit relatives at that place. Little Miss Louise Hughes was a is star route passenger to Rich Hill Sat- urday to visit relatives. W. J. Parlier and daughter, Miss Emma, were business visitors to Pleasanton Saturday. Perry Jennings left Sunday for Colorado. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cole, of New Home, died Monday night of scarlet fever. Arthur Cobb and little Glonous are reported on the sick list. Jule Heckadon has bought the Shroates place at old New Home and will move soon to their new home. % PRES Lester Swarens, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Swarens, living east of| town, while operating a youngster coal mine Sunday, was badly burned about the face and eyes from a pre- mature explosion of gun powder. Mrs. A. G. Metzler was over to \ Pleasanton Monday shopping. D. H. Arbogast was a business vis- itor to Pleasanton on Monday’s pas- senger. Uncle George Summers, who has been quite poorly for some time, is able to be up and around. EY C. E. West was a passenger to } Butler Sunday noon. Mr. West is petit juryman from Walnut township. A. H. Lloyd and wife were out of town visitors Sunday with their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lloyd, of the country west. Mrs. Bert Webb is reported quite poorly with rheumatism at her home in the west part of town. N. L. Catton and wife of near Sprague visited their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Briscoe, the first of the week. Quite a number of the Foster young people attended the literary at New Home Thursday night and report a | ; fine time. ‘ Will Stohr, of the country west of town, has sold his farm and wiil leave the first of March for Baker City, Oregon, which place they will make their home. . | count of the loss of blood, gave out} and his cries attracted the attention of | Mr. Waller, who went to his assist- | ance. After getting him to the house Dr. Rhoades was summoned and_ the patient made as comfortable’ as_pos- sible. East Lone Oak. W. C. McGinnis and Marion Thomas loaded a couple of cars of walnut logs at Butler last week for Dick Weston | of Kansas City. J. F. Isley and family of Rich Hill and J. U. Isley and family of Pleasant Gap township visited at the T. L. Blankenbaker home last Sunday. Mrs. Greenlee has traded her farm toa man in Morgan county. They are going to leave this neighborhood in a few days. | Wm. Harper is buildinga barn. J. W. Thomas is the carpenter in charge. | Quite a number from this neighbor- i hood attended the findlers contest at | Butler last Monday night. Mrs. Sines of near Nevada, Mo., | visited a few days with her daughter, | Mrs. Calvin Wood. Grace and Fred Latham of Rich Hill spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Latham. Miss Elsie Hart visited Miss Leona | Padley last Sunday. } The teachers training class which was organized some time ago is pro- gressing nicely. They have a mem: | bership of nine and an attendance of nine and meet regularly every week. | E. C. Harper delivered hogs to! Hubbard at Butler last Monday. They were $6.05 per hundred. F. L. Blankenbaker shredded fod- | der for E. E. Eckles lastSaturday and | Monday. \ Rev. McGlumphrey will preath at! Peru next Sunday night. | There does not seem to be much j moving around in this part of the’ country this year. Wesuppose every | one was satisfied last year and are willing to try it-again this year. | PUSSY WILLOW. | C. F. Nations, of West Plains, Mo., | and Miss Hazel Kerrens, of this city, | were united in marriage in Spring-' field, Mo., Sunday, February 11, 1912. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and! Mrs. Forrest Kerrens of this city. | Mr. Nations was formerly in the em- ploy of the Democrat here. | | | land engagements take place. \E. church Thursday night of this, ally large-crowd in attendance. Quite a good sum of money was raised for the benefit of Uncle Dan Smith. The Ladies Aid of the Christian church served lunch. Miss Myrtef Hensley, who returned from the hospital at Kansas City about the first of the year, is much improved in health. She and her mother were out riding Sunday and called ts see her friend, Miss Bonnie! Wolfe. The Administrator Sale of the late Mrs. Belle Dudley was pulled off: Monday by Clyde Robbins. The Ladies Aid of the Christian church served lunch. VIRGINIA. Many strange things have happened since your eyes beheld Young Aaron’s last items. A pretty wedding takes place nearly every day. Some time ago we predicted that there would be a matrimonial wave pass over this vicinity and a shower of weddings Those who have lately launched on the mat- rimonial sea are: Claud Kinion, of Virginia and Miss Iva Cathey, of Butler. They are now at home with Mr. Kinion’s father and mother, north of Virginia. Walter Wolfe of Blue Mound, Kansas, and Miss Minnie Smith, of Virginia. They left Sunday for Blue Mound, Kansas, where they will make their future home. When we ring central we will miss hearing Miss Minnie’s sweet voice say ‘“‘hello,’’ but our loss is Walter’s gain. Lester Daniels and Miss Linnie Smith. Sev- eral young men have rented farms and one has bought a farm in Kansas. Indications are that they, too, will soon pass through the same trials!Grandma Durst, Lewis Garner, Mrs. and tribulations. To those who now | Albin. Those on the sick list now are enjoying the blessings of newly are: Miss Payton, Miss Bird Barr and wedded life, we wish them joy, long) Miss Browning.. life and prosperity. | Those who lately first saw the light Rev. Jones will lecture at the M. | in Missouri:+a boy at Clarence Porter’s YOUNG AARON. as dry as most people think?” ‘‘Yes| Mary Dear, it is so dry that the Vir-, ginia items dryed up."”" “Oh, John, | and before Young Aaron could write about our wedding,’ ‘Well, Mary, I believe it is kinder drying up, too.’’ Those who have been on the sick; list and are improving now are: week. Rey. Jones will be remem-! North Naw Home: bered by many as he preached at Butler some years ago. Henry Herman sold John Allison Mrs. Carl Jenson is reported as/ 100 bushels of corn last week at 65c a being very sick at the home of her bushel. i father, Clark Draper, in Henry coun-; H. J. Martin has rented Frank ty, whére she has been visiting for | Tyler’s place for this year. some time. Mrs. Dr. Patterson went to Butler The M. E. protracted meeting closed | Friday on the noon train to be with assisted the pastor McGumphrey in| been sick for some time. : the meeting. Mrs. Virgil Jenkins,; Miss Ruth Dark is visiting at Fos- Bessie Walker and Helen Leonard ' ter with her sister, Mrs. Garwood. joined the church. | The writer was wondering what Lawrence McCann made his first had become of Young Aaron but trip to Kansas City a while back. He found out that he was fixing up for says it is a great city. \the wedding and had no time for) Ray and Roy Pilgrim, twin boys of | items, but we expect him to do better Albert Pilgrim, who have been visit-/ from now on. : ] ing kinfolks for sometime, will leave! Preston Dark moved to Cornland for their home in North Dakota soon. | last week. Frank Miller made a business trip to G. W. Sullon’s Saturday. Mrs. Mattie Richmond is visiting Notice. As I will be gone two weeks, my blacksmith shop at Virginia, Mo., will be closed. Virgil Jenkins. home folks. 17-2t -:- J. L. Strein and daughter, Miss Clyde Robbins pulled off G. W. Lydie, called at John Ehart’s one day McGuire’s sale Tuesday of last week last week. in good shape. There was an unusu- “Say, Dear John, do you think it is| a Jack Skaggs and family spent Sun-| 17-tf day with John Jones and family. Mr. and Mrs. Linendoll visited a J. C. Berry's Sunday. , Guy Phelps helped Jim and Lee Phelps haul hay to Butler last week. John Heinz visited Thursday and Friday at Jack Skaggs. Those who spent Sunday at Wm. Sproul’s were: Mr. Calvert and daughter, Mrs. Bosley, Bob Sproul and family, Bill Dark and Mr. Thomas. Cliff Ehart and wife made a flying trip to Amsterdam Sunday. W. Keeton is visiting with his sis- ter, Mrs. Clif Ehart. Wm. Sproul butchered hogs Mon- y Miss Tude Kelley spent Monday and Monday night in Butler. John Ehart and family visited at Lou Smith's Sunday. Orval Pickett called on Mr. Van- dyke Sunday morning. Mr. Linendoll, Mr. Keirsey and John Ehart went to Rich Hill after coal one day last week. Miss Bertha Davis, of Butlei, is spending the week with Miss Rankin. Orval Pickett and Miss Linendoll attended the fiddlers’ contest at But- ler and report having a nice time. Jim Morris and family visited with her sister, Mrs. McCoughey, and family Sunday. M. C. Pickett and family spent Sun- day with his parents. Brick McCoughey and family and his father spent Wednesday afternoon at Mr. Linendoll’s. Ezra McCormack and family spent jlast week. Rev. Chatten, of Adrian, her mother, Mrs. Badgely, who has Sunday with his parents. Mrs. Jack Skaggs’ cousin from Henry county spent Monday night with her. Mrs. Phelps received word that her sister, Mrs. Rice, who is visiting her son, Grant Price, at Mayview, Mo., is very low and went at once to see her. Mrs. Rice lives in Illinois. Mrs. John Jones visited with her father, John Phelps, Tuesday. Jack Skaggs and wife and Frank Miller and wife were in Butler Tues- ; day. Mr. and Mrs. Keirsey are visiting relatives at Ballard. COR. Barred Rock eggs for hatching from the choicest matings, $1 for 15 or $5.50 per hundred. Mrs. A. S. Milhorn, Butler, Mo. New Clothing Section NUMBER 17 Mulberry and Western Bates. Mrs. Fred Ewbank and daughter Hazel visited at John R. Knox Tues- day. The D. W. Beall & Sons closing out sale was well attended Wednesday and most everything sold well. Col. Clyde Robbins did the selling. Clark Taylor and family visited at the J. C. Sageser home Wednesday. Thursday was hog killing day at Squire Henry Dykman’s. Messrs George Williams, W. N. Allman and Alex Morwood spent several days in Butler last week as witnesses on a suit in the circuit court. Thursday evening about twenty of the classmates of the Misses Elva and Gracie Beall went in and had a fare- well party at their home. A very pleasant evening was enjoyed. These young ladies will be greatly missed in the school and literary. George Reed moved to the north part of the county the first of the | week. The members of the Mulberry chureh had a basket dinner at the | Decker home Thursday. <A good old itime visit was enjoyed by all. PON Ws 18h, Smiser left for Iola, ansas, Thursday morning where she | was called on the account of the sick- ‘ness of her daughter, Mrs. Claude | Brummet. D. W. Beall loaded his car Satur- day and left Monday for Nugent, Towa. Mr. Beall and family will be greatly missed. The best wishes of jall go with them to their new home. They will keep posted of the local oc- curances by the weekly visits of The Times. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Meints, Henry Dykman and family, Bernie Bohlken \and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bohl- ken visited at R. Bohlken’s Sunday. Lawrence Reed and sister, Alma, from across the sfate line, Messrs Claude Moorewood and Mack Braden were guests at Frank Stillwell’s Sun- | day. Homer township has two candidates in the field, W. N. Allman for sheriff end E. A. Smiser for Representative. | These menare both lifelong Demo- |ecrats and are well qualified for the | positions the seck. | Ira Beall and family left Monday | for Sigournia, Iowa, near which place |they have a farm. Ira left an order for a call of The Times. Cleave Penny who has been help- ing Dr. J. C. Sageser has bought out Charley Rice’s barber shop in Amoret and went back to town Monday. Sunday at the home of bride’s sis- in Amoret at seven o'clock occourred Those _who were passengers. Butler Monday as delegates were: P. L. Shelton, H. W. Seig, Robert Bris- coe, Lester Gritten, Weaver Ellis and Collie Collier. O. H. Stoner, of Ridgeway, Mo., is visiting his sister, Mrs. McCale and family. He reports heavy snow in North Missouri when he left. : The residence of Bert Craig at Old Walnut was consumed by fire Wed- nesday evening of last week. Most of the contents were saved, but the furniture was badly broken while being removed from the house. F. A. Scholler was a business _visi- tor to Rich Hill Wednesday and _ Viewed the ruins of the recent fire. General Seig, of the country south, who is 83 years old, attended the Democratic township convention Sat- urday and tooted in the Clark band wagon. Dr. Rhoades returned Sunday from Kansas City, where he had taken the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cox to undergo a surgical operation for appendicitis. Sunday, when- Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Scribner, living on the Tom Campbell farm north of town, returned home from church, Mrs. Scribner, in get- ting out of the spring wagon, the team started and threw her to the _ ground. In the fall both arms were broken. Dr. Mason was summoned . and set the broken members. Joe Wheeler, who is working for Waller, had the misfortune to ‘walk to the house but, on ac- Will be Open Saturday ‘money. Just one door south of our Dry Goods Rooms THIS WILL BE “A STORE -OF LEADERS” You can come expecting to find anything and every- thing you ought to find in a first class clothing store. A “Money Back” Store—which means better goods for less Specials for SATURDAY Only One lot of $3.50 Trousers at.... One lot of $2.50 Dress Shoes. at Remember the Big Sale Day, Saturday, February 17 It will be a big day in Butler é m Levy Mercantile Co. the marriage of Miss Willie Porter to Harve Lackey. The wedding cere- mony was performed by Squire Har- lan Porter. The bride appeared charming in a gown of white lace over white silk, while the groom wore the conventional black. About twenty guests were present. Following the ceremony a splendid wedding supper was served. A number of valuable and useful presents were received. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Porter and has lived in Bates county most all her life. The groom is the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lackey and has spent all his life in Bates county, is a young man of good habits, ener- uetic and popular among his asso- ciates. The young people have gone to housekeeping in the Lackey prop- erty in Amoret. He will farm the coming season. The guests present were: Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Porter and son Robert, and daughter Hattie; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Payton; Frank and Edith Bain; Oliver and Mattie Mears; Elmer, Ida and Iva Scrivner, Homer Detwiler, Hobert Yeakley. The Times joins in well wishes. Stanley Morwood spent Sunday with Harry Chashire in Amoret. Report has it that a Bates county Democrat farmer will soon leave for Iowa to join hands with one of the Hawkeye state’s fair young maidens. RAMBLER. Fairbanks scales have been in- stalled at the Nyhart Stock Yards and are now ready for weighing. C. G. WEISS, 15-3t Nyhart, Mo.