The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 21, 1912, Page 1

ekly vw r ~A & ay at Historica; Soci- JB, wT ° VOL, XXXIV. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1912. NUMBER 22 FOSTER. F. R. Swarens was a county seat visitor last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lockhart was an errival from Kansas City Sunday. D. C. Chastain of Butler, was a business visitor to Foster Wednesday of last week. Grandpa Lyman was up from Ny- hart Friday exchanging jokes with the boys. Mrs. Abe Shetrone was a passenger to Butler Friday evening. I. H. Botkin left Friday for a brief business trip to Butler. Married at Hume, Mo., March 17, 1912, Mrs. Laura Cox of Old Walnut, to Mr. Erank Michael of Hume, Esq. Ferrel officiating. Fred Bell'is down from Archie, Mo., where he holds a position with the Hurley Lumber Co. Lee Helmer is repairing the Scholer + ’phone lines while Mr. Scholer ‘‘looks on.”’ Te! he! Mrs. Maggie Morehouse spent Sat- urday and Sunday visiting relatives at Worland. Prof. Arthur Moreland came in Sunday on the 2 o’clock passenger, looking wise as if he is not afraid of smallpox. Miss Lucy McKinzy closed a very successful school at Old Walnut, Friday. She left Saturday for her home at Warsaw, Mo. George Arning and Miss Lilly Keith spent the evening Sunday with Dinah. Mrs. Grant and family moved to Butler Friday. G. W. Mullenaux has rented her property and will move the first of April. — The Ratts Bros. of Sprague have rented the W. J. Parlier building and will engage in the cream, poultry and egg business. Success to the new firm. Sunday was such a. warm and beautiful day quite a number’ of peo- ple visited the home of the dead at Salem. _ Claude Cobb and wife arrived on Saturday’s passenger from Kansas City. Mr. Cobb will farm the Silas Stohr place east of town this season. Mrs, Ida May of Bethany, Mo., who has been visiting her parents, J. O. Shofner and other relatives, departed for her home on Saturday’s train. Miss Seba Grant was a passenger to Kansas on Saturday evening’s train. Born March 17 to Mr. and Mrs. John Hannamon, a girl. A. G. Metzler left on the west bound. passenger Sunday for Rex- fern, Kansas, to look after his farm- ing interest at that place. As there was no more new cases of smallpox school commenced Monday. -husband and little ones, who need a for the dead and dying than the ‘ges | ple of Foster, and all express their deepest sympathy for the bereaved mother’s care in this their dark hour of bereavement. For some time the scarlet fever has prevailed in this vicinity and with the smallpox in town now, people were afraid to attend the funeral, for they feel they have enough disease to tend with, without taking any chances on new ones. _Ada Mullies, nee Lindsey, was born in Buckenridge, Caldwell county, Mo., Sept..17, 1875. Died March 12, 1912, agd 36 years, 7 months and 25 days. She moved with her parents to Foster in 1883, where she grew to womanhood. She united with the M. E. church early in life and re- mained a constant member until called home to the better world. She was married to W. P. Mullies in 1892. To this union eight children were born, four boys and four girls. Besides her family she leaves two brothers and one sister, namely, John Lindsey of, Foster, Tom Lindsey of Osage City, Kans., and Mrs. J. E. Prince of Kansas City, Kans., to. mourn their loss. DINAH. East Lone Oak. | Last Saturday was such a pretty day overhead that quite a number visited their neighbors. Born, Thursday night, March | 14, to Will Harper and wife, a fine baby girl. E. E. Eckles visited his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Frou, of Rich Hill, last Sunday, | who recently underwent a surgical | -| recently dug with the dredge ma- | tending a session of that body in the are Uperation at the Delamater hospital at Rich Hill. She is getting along nicely at the present writing. a uite a lot of boxing on his barn last hursday night. We hear that Booth Bros. have the contract for building the approaches to the new bridge across, the ditch chine. Rev. McGlumphrey preached his | last sermon for this conference year | last Sunday night at Peru. Rev. Whitsett will preach at Peru next Sunday morning and night and the fifth Sunday morning and night. The teachers training class of the Peru Sunday school met on Wednes- day of this week instead of Thursday, the regular meeting day. F. L. Blankenbaker had one of his mules seriously cut on a watering tank the first of the week. C. M. Thomas, the lay delegate to the St. Louis M. E. Conference is at- Grand Avenue M. E. church in Kan- sas City this week. If this weather continues for many | | days the farmers will be sowing oats /and plowing for corn right away. The road drag has been in evidence | in this vicinity since the mud has | dried up and if it does not storm the! roads will be fine again in a few days. PUSSY WILLOW. “Notice. Use McConnon’s Laxative Cough , | Syrup and keep well. i L. A. FULLER, Butler, Mo. | 19-4t -:- A here March 9 from Gypsum, Colo., E. E. Eckles, with the assistance Of | with a car of stock-and household | about twenty men, raised and put! goods, bought of H. H. Harshaw. that they arrived in California all O. | the week if it does not rain. K. and like the climate fine but find things quite different there than in| the ‘‘show me”’ state. |parents of another plow boy born Saturday, March 16. is here visiting and helping take care | of her father who has been seriously | has been at the bedside of her father, ill but is reported to be better at this, will return home Wednesday. | White. We expect to have the big wedding to write about next week that is to take place Wednesday. Mrs. Alburt was taken very ill Sun- They reside on the farm he|day night with stomach trouble but Eastern Bates. = ~ | Howard Gilbert and family arrived | was better Tuesday morning. I, N. Barnett’s family write back} Farmers will'sow oats the last of Chris Cox, Alva Rich, Lige Bohan- on and Sam Snodgrass went out west ‘to seek their fortune. I. E. Beard and wife the fond ’ ER See Joe West, who has been seriously ‘ill with pneumonia fever, is reported Miss Laura Young, of New Mexico, | folocemelbont Mrs. Ethel Bourquin of Butler, who writing. Chester Hubbard is building his James Brown’s condition remains | new house, His father, Wm. Hub- about the same. bard, was out the first of the week Spring has come at last, the frogs | overseeing the work. are croaking, the robins are warbling | Aunt Mary Radford was taken quite | . and the buzzards are flying. All these | sick Tuesday morning anda doctor are sure signs by the old residenters. | | was summoned. The wheat fields, which have looked | Mrs. Clark Wix came in from the dead, have begun to revive within the | west Tuesday and will live on the last few days. ‘farm where Mr. Wiv has resided the Miss Mattie Harshaw closed a suc- past year. We welcome our old cescful school at Valley last Friday. | neighbors back again. Homer Clark brought his wife and Rey, Gaither preached his last ser- little son home Saturday from the mon for the year Sunday at the Pres- home of her father. byterian church at Spruce. Ike White, wife and little son came LIBERTY. _in from Illinois two weeks ago. They will reside with his father, David They moved from here last M. W. A. Notice. | Hon. J. K. Martin, lecturer of the Modern Woodmen of America will address the members of Butler Camp ‘next Thursday night, March 21, 1912. | All members urged to attend. fall to where he formerly lived but was not satisfied so they came back. Harry Padley, who had the bones in his leg reset, is getting along as well as could be expected. Spring Clothes With a magnificent stock of New Spring Garments Barten—Briseoe—meoved—Friday the Adam Foost farm recently vacated by Mrs. M. Kenney east of town. Frank Goodenough and family were arrivals Friday from New Mexico on on a visit to their parents. Lawrence Scott and wife were pas- sengers to Nevada Thursday, where he goes to consult an eye specialist. Last week while in a friendly scuffle with Ole Fray and same other boys, Ole struck at Scott with a box and a splinter from the box struck him in the eye which may cause him to lose that member. - Mrs. W. P. Mullies Dead. Tuesday a message from Kansas City was received announcing the death of Mrs. W. P. Mullies which occured at her home at 1516 Stewart Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. No fur- ther account was known until Wed- nesday. The Kansas City Post an- nounced her death was due to cere- bros spinal meningitis, which was of short duration, and the remains would be shipped to Foster for burial. The remains arrived here over the Mo. Pacific at 2 o’clock Thursday and interment took place at Salem beside her parents, who preceded her several years to the great beyond. ’ Owing to the fatality of the disease people were afraid to attend the fun- eral, from which we learn the family and relatives feel hurt. It was not THE SHOES and excellent service for We are showing an exceptionally Fine line of Suits for Young Men Styles Full of Dash and Go $10 $12.50 $15 $18 Crawford Shoes and Oxfords our customers VIRGINIA. Mrs. Nora Lanyon of Lamar, Iowa, who has been visiting her parents for afew weeks, has gone to Cartersville, Mo., to join her husband, where they will reside. They think Iowa is too cold a place to live in. Elder J. W. Rogers filled his ap- pointment Sunday. James Crooks of Santa Cruze, Cal., who has been visiting his brother, George, and sister, Mrs. J. H. Park, left Monday for New Home, Mo., to visit his sister, Mrs. John Cope, and daughter, Mrs. Julius Heckadon. John Huffman sold D. C. Wolfe a nice bunch of shoats Monday. Fred Bowman of Linn county, Kas., has hired to W. W. Park. Miss Una Judy commenced her school again at Foster Monday. There was quite a crowd in Virgin- ia Saturday. The sunshine is drying up the mud. James E. Park’s winter term of school closed at Belmont Monday. A fine baby girl has arrived at the home of\Jim Wilson. Clint Burns moved to his new farm northeast of Virginia Tuesday. Geo. Ruble and Clate Wolfe drag- ged the roads Monday. Rahl Hughs is not much improved. Mrs. Jake Jundy and baby were on the sick list Monday. Dan Smith is about the same. Frank Hedrick, of Ray county, Mo., is visiting his brother, J. C. Hedrick. Grandma Durst is reported not so well. The warm weather is giving the farmers the farming fever. The time of year to break the young horses and mules to work has arrived. Clade Jundy lost a valuable horse Sunday. Dr. Mulkey of Butler was called. Mrs. G. W. Park has a tom turkey for sale. The mock trial by the Crooks Liter- ary and Debating Society last Friday night wasa howling success. Rosa (Dawson) Jundy brought suit for divorce against Clabe Jundy on the grounds of ill treatment and non-sup- port. Attorneys for plaintiff E. A. Smiser and S. G. Adams; attorneys for defendant Ike Lockridge and John Foster. The judge was Thomas Hockett; sheriff, “‘Cricket’’ Hedger. The witnesses and attorneys on each side did their parts so well that it re- sulted ina hung jury and the trial was put off until the first Friday night in November, 1912. ‘‘Shorty’’ Zinn, a witness for the defendant, said he hoped Mrs. Jundy would win for he wanted her himself. We sincerely hope that Emery Porter won't see any more ‘‘scraps’’ while working in a field across the road_on Sunday. The Charlotte township spelling contest will be held at the Virginia school house Saturday afternoon, March 30 at 3 o'clock. All contest- ants and persons interested are re- quested to be present. Dave Nestlerode started to cut down a tree Tuesday and finished by cut- ting off the end of his big and second toes and the third one to the bone on his left foot. Dr. Smith of Amoret, patched them up.— YOUNG AARON. In and Around Maysburg. News is a little scarce this week. A good crowd attended both Sun- day schools if the roads were bad. YOU LIKE _We Fit you right or not at all.” Sam Levy Mercantile Company ae REMEMBER OUR SPECIALS FOR SALES DAY 7%c Apron Check Gingham... ..:5c .50¢ Work Shirt for......35¢ | irippe. Mr. Dale had a horse hurt pretty in the wire. They had to call a doctor. Sam Farmer, wife and son Ray visited at Hanley Clark’s Sunday. - Miss Lula Doll, who has been as- Pani Ber Harve Harness with her old duties the past three weeks, went home Sunday and will begin work for Dr. Miller’s wife Monday. Mr. Farmer killed a hog Wednes- y. Mr. and Mrs. Montia Simpson visit- ed at Tan White’s Sunday afternoon. One of Mr. Pitts, sons and wife have moved in one of Riley Gilbert’s houses, formerly occupied by Mr. Jacobs. Several attended the little show at the Aackler school house one night last week. Most of Tan White’s famil ining with somethini A NEI com- e La- HBOR.