The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 25, 1912, Page 1

VOL. XXXIV. eekly © rales, BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, APREL.25; 1912. FOSTER. Candidates are ripe and quite numerous these days. Dinah wants her Georgia cousins to send her a Magnolia flower froth where the sweet Magnolias bloom. Mrs. Will Finten and children of Virden, Illinois, are visiting her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Parlier. We are sorry to learn A. E. Per- kins was stricken with paralysis athis home in Hume and is in a critical condition. Will Frankenfield and wife depart- ed Sunday on the afternoon passenger for their home at Pittsburg, Kansas, after a week’s visit in Foster. ~ _ Mrs. Joe Smith, living three miles southwest of town, was taken to the hospital Saturday to undergo a surgi- cal operation for appendicitis. D. L. Hughes was a business visitor to Rich Hill Monday. J. L. Bell is building an addition to his residence on Seventh St. P. L. Shelton and family were out of town visiiors Sunday. Grover Arbogast returned home from Radlev, Kans., Friday. Ray Lockhart and wife’ moved to Foster last week and will work this summer for Edgar Waller. The musical entertainment held at Clarence Clicks Monday night was well attended. Mrs. Will Humphrey visited rela- tives and friends in Rich Hill Monday and Tuesday. Prof. A. C. Moreland visited with . homefolks Saturday and Sunday at . Fairview. ” Jearn what kind of luck they had. ‘4 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bradshaw spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Loran Bright of Old Walnut. W. B. Hamilton came down from the city Wednesday to visit his child- ren and renew old acquaintances. J. J. Finten.,and. wife of Virden, Illinois, were arrivals Monday. on ‘a few days visit with relatives and friends. Joe T. Smith is building an addition to his beautiful country home west of town. Mr. Smith recently moved here from Butler onto the farm he bought of J. O. Shofner and is doing quite alot of improving this spring. Mrs. Mark Thomas Hurt Tuesday evening of last week while Mrs. Thomas was in town doing some shopping as she started home the horse she was driving, which was a high spirited one, became unmanage- able and ran away. When in front of the old Zeal building the horse turned north, throwing her to the ground. In the fall Mrs. Thomas was rendered unconscious. When help arrived she-was taken to the home of Henry Briscoe and medical aid sum- moned. Dr. Rhoades found, on ex- amination, that no bones were brok- en, but she was suffering from con- cussion of the brain and it was feared she was fatally hurt. Friday she was able to be taken home and it is hoped for a speedy recovery. DINAH. Elkhart. We had quife a rain and wind storm last Saturday night, but no damage done. Harve Johnson, who warits to be the next sheriff of Bates county, passéd through Elkhart last Thursday. We think that he was doing a little missionary work witirthe boys. Mrs. Charley Spillman and daugh- ter visited at W. H. Keeton’s one day last week. . ‘ Col. Lockeridge and wife, George Loekeridge and wife were trading in Amsterdam last Saturday. A. H. Hall. made a flying trip to Adrian last Saturday in an auto and he says the greatest sights he saw was the bad roads. W. C. Coberly and his two grand children and John Armentrout went fishing last Saturday, but we didn’t Miss Fannie Hook’s school at Con- cord closes next Friday. She had an eight months’ term. - J. H. Keeton was out buying calves one day last week. : Lige Spillman’s two sisters son Lawrence, called on Emmett Wymer last Suttday evening. While in Adrian we met the Mc- Guire boys, living east of Ballard. They have sold out but want to buy closer to some godd town. A. Westover and wife, A. Jackson and wife called at the home of Will Westover last Sunday evening to see Mrs. Francis who has been quite sick for some time. : I see a letter in Adrian Journal, wrote by W. G. Dillon in regard to the single tax, in reply to Col. S. W. Dooley, who seems to be in favor of the single tax. Come again Will, your letter was all O. K. It was reported that there was a meeting at Elkhart Saturday night to forma ‘‘No Tax’’ club against the single tax, which seems to be the talk among the boys in this part. George Fulkerson was trading in Butler last Tuesday, buying tools to farm with this year. The writer and Charley Spillman made a trip to Adrian one day last week and took in the sights. About the greatest sights were the bad roads. It has been a good while since we were over to the little burg, and it is coming to the front. They have put up some good buildings and still more are going up. We had the pleasure of meeting a good many of our old friends and talked over old times. We called on'the editor of the Jour- nal and his two sons, who were hard at work. The Elkhart court met last week and swore in the road overseers, Os- car Hand, J. M. Chambers and J. B. Clements. New, we expect to see the dirt fly and have good roads. The writer is keeping batch a part of this week, as his wife has gone to Drexel.on a visit. I guess that she will find things in a good shape when she gets home. While in Adrian last week I met my old friend Mr.. Frazier; who was elected mayor on the - Democratic ticket, while the town is Republican. We wish him good luck in the dis- charge of his duties as mayor of that city. Miss Flossie Fritts left last Satur- day for Bison, Kansas, where she will spend the summer. JOHNNY $10,000 Increase. Our trade is increasing all the time. We are starting out this year to make a substantial gain of $10,000. As an inducement we are going to give to our customers $500 of our profits. Be our customer guving 1912.and save money, Black & Arnold Clothing Co. VIRGINIA. Julius Heckadon, wife, son and! NUMBER 27 Mulberry and Western Bates. The Mulberry school closed Friday. daughter of New Home, were the The mothers sent well filled baskets guests of J. H. Park and family Sat-/0f good things which the young uay night. They ‘took dinner with Americans like so well, and a great Geo. Crooks Sunday. many heads of the families went along A great big Democrat boy first saw. to see that the children did not eat the light at Roy Jundy’s Friday. too much. Miss Inez Beck and the Misses Mattie and Edith Park of PuPlls had a good program to enter- Moundville, Mo., who have been teaching school near Warrensburg, | 5 stopped on their way home Saturday | to visit their aunt, Mrs. G. W. tain the visitors. There were four |ter, Miss Gertrude, of Colorado. upils that had not missed a day— lohnny Dykman, Fayette Stillwell, | TT Parl | Nandy Williams and Harry Porter. and other relatives for a few days.| The Homer township board met Mrs. O. M. Drysdale and son of Amo- | Wednesday and appointed Fred Rog- ret, brought them over Sunday, tand | ers township clerk. they and Mrs. Park and family din-; The Mulberry school board had a nered with D. C. Wolfe and family. | meeting Thursday night and engaged Elder J. W. Rogers filled his ap- Miss Inez Beck as instructor of the pointment Sunday. |y Mrs. Frank Zinn of Minden, Mo., | oung hopefuls for next year. Irene Ewbank visited with Pauline came Sunday to take care of her) Terry Saturday. father, William Oldham, who has been sick. He is nearing the 80th | G. B. Bohlken, one of Homer town- hip’s leading farmers, renews for milestone and has been quite feeble The Times. Uncle George has been for some time. a Miss Beulah Wallace of Kansas City a is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wallace, and her sister, Mrs. Wm. Durst. ‘ oO Miss ‘Bonnie Wolfe closed her school at Grand View last Friday. The following pupils attended every day during.the term: Rannie Butler, Ola Ayres, Ethel Grimsley, John Burge, Lizzie Butler and Linnie Cra- ven. oO contract being made. Emanuel Nestlerode was hauling reader of The Times for a long time | ind could not get along with the news. Henry Dykman hauled a big load f flax to Butler Saturday. The lightning struck a cow shed f R. Bohlken and made quite a blaze. There has been a tribe of Indians camped north of Amoret for several | Of the wheels. days and bother the farmers quite a/to hurry faster next time. bit begging. . the tribe had got too much “barley- | and 8th grades was held by Charles Ih The wireless messages we are Pick- | corn’? and it was an outrage to be Earsom at Peru. Those who took ing up now are of a new wedding | pestered by such a gang. ; Monday the buck of John Dykman and family, George and Bert Bohlken visited at Henry bottom hay Monday that he bought ' pikman’s Sunday. in Parktown. He said the tariff should be taken off of hay. Miss Bonnie Wolfe took Misses Mattie and Edith Park to Amoret Tuesday where they took the train for their home. Claude:J undy and wife were sere-; naded Monday night. t Another one of Young Aaron’s pre- dictions came true: A Home Wedding. Henry Gardner sawed wood for W. J. Bard,.J. H. Leiner, Ecke Taute, | John Dykman, John Taute and Rev. T. Maschoff last week. , - John T. Hensley shipped a car of; fat stock to Kansas City Monday. ‘The one month old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allman died Tuesday and was buried Wednesday in the Jack- son cemetery. They have the sym- | pathy of their many friends in the Mr. Claude Jundy and Miss Eva) loss of their dear little boy. Darr were united in marriage Sunday ; evening at 5:30 o’clack at the bride's; home in Virginia, Rev. J. | of the Christiah church, officiating. ; Deputy Sheriff A. M. Wallace of W. Rogers | Butler, was in this section Monday. Mrs. Tom Grimsley and two sons Relatives and a few friends were in were trading in Amoret Monday. attendance. They will reside north-} east of Virginia. Robert Elkin and Tom McChessna Mr. and Mrs. Jundy are two of our were callers at the Frank Depero and Young Aaron joins a host of} friends in wishing them success and} a happy journey through life. | Nobb Hand Tai Nobby Tan Suits at..... Nifty: FEARS TOM. 00... kei cceeeseseceee ce most highly respected young people, | farm in Willow Branch neighborhood Wednesday. | Chas. Good and family, Mr. and !25-4t -:- YOUNG AARON. | Mrs. Richard Good of Amsterdam, | Phone No. 15 on 7. North New Home. Frank Smith left the last of the week for the West where he will work this summer. were visitors at the R. L. Nichols home Sunday. Ed Rush and family of Bmsterdam, are visiting at the Dr. J. C. Sageser eit ; John and Cliff Ehart bought corm John H. Braden spent Sunday with | trom Mr. Hill last week. home folks. J. F. Kern of Butler, was in North New Home Saturday. Mrs. John Ehart was painfully in- jured Saturday. She had returned home from Butler and went to drive across a ditch, when one of the horses jumped and then both stopped sud- denly, throwing her and the baby out of the vehicle, breaking her collar bone and hurting her back and shoul- der, but the baby was not hurt. She is getting along very well at this writing. Several from North New Home was. in Butler Saturday. Bob Sproul and family spent Sun- day at E. E. Eggelston’s. Jay Bright and wife of Butler and Cliff Ehart and wife spent Sunday at Henry Ehart’s. Sidney Zeiler’s brother-in-law and family of Passaic, visited Saturday and Sunday with him. M. C. Pickett and family were in Butler Thursday. Mrs. Maggie McCormack spent Saturday with Mrs. Cora McCormack. There was a good crowd at Sunday School at New Hope Baptist church. Everybody is invited to come to Sun- day School and join either the Red or Blue Union. Mr. and Mrs. Linendoll went to Butler Tuesday. Most of the farmers have durned their stock on the pasture. Sidney Zeiler has subscribed for The Times. Frank Miller has planted dorn. Mell Campbell was in Butler Satur- day afternoon and Sunday. Wm. Sproul and son, Eugene, were fixing fence Monday and Tuesday. Cliff Ehart helped his father fix fence Tuesday. COR. Mr. and Mrs. D. Mager of Amoret, are enjoying a visit from their daugh- RAMBLER. East Lone Oak. Rev. Forepaugh filled his regular appointment at Peru last Sunday night. F. L. Blankenbaker and family visited E. A. Gough and family last Sunday. Miss Lyda Faulkney of Excelsior Springs, after closing a successful | term of school at Happy Hill, left for her home last week, accompanied by Miss Edna Thomas, who will remain there for some time for a visit with | her. | Steve Thomas happened to quite ,an accident recently. He was visiting at the home of Jobe Utleys and when jhe was ready to leave he was too slow |getting in the buggy and his horse went away and left hin. When he | caught the horse it had demolished | the top and broke several spokes out | Steve you will have The rural examination for the 7th |the 7th grade subjects only were /Elsie, Hart, Gilbert Blankenbaker, | Mae Belt and Jennie Walters. Those who took both 7th and 8th grade sub- jects were: Vera'Requa, Susie Har- per and Nellie Thomas from Peru, jalso Alice Baker, Edna Dillon and Mary Hall from the Double Branch school. Mrs. Geo. Thomas underwent a | surgical operation last Wednesday at the Delamater hospital in Rich Hill. At this writing we are glad to note she is getting along nicely. | Julian Gough of Pleasant Gap town- | ship, was in this neighborhood Sun- | day evening. | John Walters of Butler, is working for Marion Thomas. I. W. Thomas is building a house jfor Monroe Laskey in Pleasant Gap | township. PUSSY WILLOW. some On the Wing. Ed Bonner was a county seat visit~ or one day last week. Col. Lee Browning visited William Durst Sunday. He rode over on his fine Arabian horse, and he is certain- ly a nice animal. a S. C. Rhode Island Red eggs for | setting, 75c for 15 or $4 for 100. Mrs. Lenard Turpin, Butler, Mo. George Jackson and wife made a business trip to the county seat last Saturday. Walter Henderson was a caller at Ike Dawson’s last Suuday, but Mr. Dawson was gone. Abe Zinn left for Colorado one day last week. We understand that he BR RS You are anxious to make every dollar do its means don’t miss these extra special values then. They’re unusual, they are important to you. greatest ALL LEATHER WORK SHOES $2, $2.50, $3 CRAWEORD'S FINE OXFORDS $3, $3.50, $4 In our exclusive Men's Clothing Department Sam Levy Mercantile Company Dealers in Reliable Merchandise since 1876 Leseses+, 10,00 ‘0 visit Mr. Dubes. The surprise on Miss Laura Jack- son last Saturday night was called off on account of the stormy weather. Joe Goss and Jim Norman have their new threshing outfit at work threshing cane and kaffir corn. Leonard Bernhardt visited his un- cle, William Durst, last Sunday. J. B. Martin bought another team of horses and is going to roll the dirt. He has got all of his oats and flax sowed. Mrs. Sarah Finn came in to visit her father, Wm. Oldham, last Sunday. Dave Orear on the Miller farm says he has flax up. Mr. and Mrs. John Hedger visited with their daughter, Susie, Sunday. Ralph Hught became worse Sunday and Dr. Lusk was called. There was a surprise on Arthur Browning Saturday evening, it be- ing his 27th birthday. Those present were: Mrs. Wm. Durst and family, John Hedger and family, Fred Mc- Calfard and wife, Edna and Jim Browning. Ice cream and cake was served and at a late hour the guests departed for their homes. duty. By all Asa basiens 98c to $3.50 Claud and Dodgen Dawson Sunday. A note was found in a school boy’s tablet engaging his best girl’s com- pany next Saturday night to a hop at Elkhart. i @ In addition to the ice cream, a Ernest Jackson and brother visited .