The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 13, 1912, Page 1

Butler Weekly Tim ) sete iy Flay a ae ee au ie eS a XXXIV. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1912. NUMBER 34 FOSTER. Bee Jennings is home from Belton, Mo., where he has been working. Aunt Mary Hawkins left for Mound City to visit relatives and friends. Fred Laughlin had the misfortune to lose two head of cattle from clover bloat last week. W. P. Cobb and son, Harold, were Rich Hill business visitors {Saturday. | C. B. Hill, of Merwin, visited over Sunday with Ross Vaughn, east of town. Rey. Cockrell filled his regular ap- | pointment at the Christian church | Sunday. Lowern Bright and wife were city | visitors Sunday. Mrs. Beard, of Red Oak, Ia., is. visiting her niece, Mrs. Ed Hereford, west of town. W. M. Lyle, who is a traveling | salesman for the Independent Oil Co., came in Saturday evening and Sun- dayed with his family. J. G. Doolittle, cashier of the Farm- ers’ Bank, who has been serving on the Federal Jury at Kansas City, re- turned home Friday. Misses Helen and Blanche Stuff ings, of Butler, came over Sunday to to visit their friend, Miss Maudie Cook. W. A. Chamberlain and Col. Seth Cope, petit jurymen from Walnut and New Home townships, returned to Butler on Monday’s passenger. Butler should see that these old codg- | ers keep straight. Claude Cobb and wife, from east of town, visited his parents, W. P. Cobb and wife, Sunday. The Times compositor got ten chap- | ters too many in Rev. Snow’s address at Salem Decoration Day. It should | have been the fourth chapter of Josh-| ua instead of the fourteenth. We understand that the Briscoe- Laughlin dog case, which is being fought bitterly in the courts, has been put off until October. there is nothing much said about it, -| but just kill or steal a dog and there You can' steal a horse or a man’s wife and— is something doing in Foster. Norman Frankenfield, of Pittsburg, Kan., came in Friday to visit his un- cle, A. Frankenfield and family. He returned home Monday. A. L. Briscoe, our road boss, is Song—Hosanna—by the children. Recitation—Myrtl¢ Roberts. ‘ Solo—Robin, Tell Me—Bertha Mar- in. Dialogue — Red Clover — Thelma Livingtone and Pauline Hereford. Song and Chorus—Misses Margar- et Collier, Ina Martin, Goldie Swar- doing some splendid work on the tens and Lula Hamilton. road running west of town. He has quite a gang blasting and leveling the hills. The hill known as the ‘‘Shutt”’ {hill at the edge of town, which isa {very steep one; will be blasted and i worked down and will be appreciated | by the traveling public. . Monday morning T. S. McHenry, | while going to his store, found a sack ‘of flour on the railroad track east of |the depot. On investigation by the| {agent it was found that some one had broken into a car which contained flour, and only the one sack was! | missing. It was supposed that after i they took the flour they found it | marked too high and laid it down. | |Children’s Day at the M. E. Church. The Children’s Day exercises at the} 'M. E. church Sunday outdid any | former exercises ever held at that | re church. The church house was decorated | nicely with crape paper of different | colors, which represented the rain-| bow, together with the beautiful flow- ers, made it lovely to behold. The church house was crowded to its capacity, and an excellent program was rendered, as follows: Voluntary—Miss Goldie Swarens. Song by school. Reading of 23rd Psalm by every- one. Prayer by Mr. Hamilton. Doxology. Exercise—Little Candles—by ten | beginners. Different Gods—Mollie Shetrone and Anita Hereford. Quartette—Memories of Galilee— Misses Bailey, Messrs. Metzler and Arbogast. Recitation—Wesley Martin. Boys and. Girls I Like—Russell Livingstone, Fay Shetrone and Na- dine Cecil. | visitor at the home of M. last week. imusic and games. ‘were served. A host of friends wish + Miss Katherine many happy returns. Recitation—Ada Bright. Bible boys—Louis Swarens, David Paugilin, Ernest Standish and Dow Collier. Round—by the Happy Half Dozen. Recitation—Rutherford Laughlin. Song—the Junior Girls. Quartette—Misses Bailey, Messrs. Metzler and Arbogast. Reading—When Pa Was a Boy— Miss Bertha Bailey. Offertory—Miss Lula Hamilton. Closing Prayer—Mrs. Laughlin. DINAH. Along the Miami. Children’s Day exercises will take |place at the Tygard school house | Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Harry Eiler, who has been sick several weeks, is slowly improving. Mrs. Fairchilds, who has been vis- iting her sister, Mrs. Eiler and fami- ly, returned home Wednesday of | last week. Mr. Bohlken, of Amoret, was a} H. Meinen | Last Thursday evening Miss Kath-| erine Meinen’s friends gave her a| surprise party to celebrate her birth- day anniversary. Her birthday was | two days later, so the surprise was | complete. Twenty-two young peo- ple took part in the celebration. A/ most pleasant evening was spent in| Refreshments | A number of Mr. and Mrs. Gragg’s friends ‘were guests at their home Monday evening. They celebrated the event with an ice cream supper. Dr. T. W. Arnold and family and | ‘Rev. Prewett and family ‘enjoyed a} foreign) lands: VIRGINIA. Ben Parker and wife of Warrens- burg, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cuzick. They have been employed to teach the Adrian schools. We received a letter from Mrs. A. J. Park of Bunker, Mo., stating that they were all well. She says herson Alton and his son Clifford are run- ning a saw mill and have a general store, and her daughter Josie is run- ning it. Her grandsons, Jesse and Clifford are married. She says she would like to see all of her old friends at Virginia again. She sent us $1.00 to give the cemetery association, and says she has not forgotton the resting place of her loved ones. Dr. Smith and family of Amoret, attended Children’s Day at the M. E. church Sunday. Owing to the rain the crowd was not as large as usual at the M. E. Children’s Day Sunday, but both the little children and big ones did their part well and a good program was rendered. i Volney McFadden came home from Columbia Saturday. Young ladies take notice! Fred Bowman has bought a new buggy horse. Edgar Brayton, Virgil Burk and | Elmer Hardingner have been spend- | ing a few days with their grand-| parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Me- Elroy in Butler. W. Y. Osborne, wife and daughter Lillie, visited over Sunday with Mrs. Osborne's brother, Perry Cowgill, near Altona. We saw the will-be-bride and groom Sunday. We expect to write about the pretty wedding in the near future. L. L. Judy has built a new barn. At the close of the Children’s Day \exercises Sunday they took up a col- lection to send the Gospel light to After it was over Young Aaron handed out tracts that picnic near the Miami Thursday of last week. They came out in Dr. | Arnold’s Regal. MIAMI. | The Ri ght Clothes For Classes Old, young men can shade you -20 dozen 75c overalls el (A new pair if not satisfactory) ESTABLISHED 1876 Samuel Levy Mercantile Our exclusive clothing room 1 door south adjoining our dry goods department. young, young men and old, old clothes for themselves. Just the style you want in just the you want to pay. men; young, old men; find here the right | | | like and just the price the people of Virginia and vicinity j might receive the prohibition light jand on his rounds he came across a} group of Taft and Roosevelt Republi- cans who seemed to be in great dark- | ness and very penitent. Aaron be- lieves they received the light gladly. John Ruble who has been visiting | his brother, George, has returned to his home at Rockville, Mo. Arthur Orear of Butler is visiting | his sisters, Misses Ruby and Ruth. ~ Miss Luella Bosma is visiting rela- | | tion. tives at Warrensburg, Mo. Dr. Lusk was called to Rich Hill last week in a Coroner case. Peter Denning took him in his car. J. W. McFadden went with them. Dow Wolfe came down from Kan- sas City Saturday night and spent Sunday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wolfe. Andrew Simpson and family, of Butler, J. I. Wolfe and Miss Natallie | F. Mc-} Barter spent Sunday at W. Kibben’s. There isa Prohibition young man in our community who has purchased a new buggy and announced himself a candidate for matrimony. Remember preaching services at |the Christian church next Saturday evening and Sunday by Elder J. W. Rogers. J. I. Wolfe brought Miss Natallie | Barter and his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wolfe out from Butler Tues- day in his auto and spent the day {with his brother, Db. C. Wolfe and family. Misses Grace and Thula Darr at- tended the Children’s Day exercises at Amsterdam Sunday. Sunday School Convention. The Annual Charlotte Sunday School Convention will be held at Mt. Carmel Sunday, June 23, 1912. 9:45 a. m., Union Sunday School. Graded work will be discussed during class recitation by Miss Ora Thomp- son, the county secretary. Dinnes. 1:30, ‘The Sunday School and the Great Commission,’ Prof. H. 0. Maxey. “The Place, Purpose and Power of the Sunday School,” Rev. Geo. Prewitt. “The Home Department,” Mrs. M. ‘Sunday afternoon at Mr. Gilbert's. F. Wilson. “The Sunday School and the Church,” Rev. J. R. Lamb. . _“Teacher Training,’’ Miss Mabel Bailey. “The Spiritual Emphasis in the Sunday School,’ Rev. Claud E. Hanby. A Feast of good things for every- body. Come early for the Union Sunday School. a Y ou NG AARON. In and Around ‘Maysburg. Miss Ridge, who was operated on last week for appendicitis, is getting along nicely. Dr. Miller and Andy Doll, brother-in-law of Miss Ridge, went to Kansas City Sunday to see how she was getting along and found her doing as well as could be expect- ‘ed. Mrs. Cannon, Mr. Farmer and fam- ily and Mrs. Clark visited Mr. God- win’s Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Godwin was not so well the past week. Misses Isa and Ethel Clark spent a few days last week in Cliiton visiting their grandma and aunt. Mr. White ond wife and daughters visited Mr. Gilbert’s Sunday. Mr. Russells visited Alex. Hooker's | Sunday. > Mr. Brown and wife visited Harve | | Harness’ Sunday. Tan White claims to be the cham-| pion bee-hiver. He hived a swarm | for Sam Farmer Saturday evening. Otis Pitts and wife moved to Adri- an Wednesday. | Ernest Middleton was. married to Miss Lydia Rexroad last Wednesday. | We wish the happy couple success} and happiness through life. Archie Anderson, took dinner at} Mr. Gilbert's Sunday. | Albert Edrington and family spent | Tan White surprised his wife by getting her a new DeLaval cream separator Friday. Harry White and Fred Zimmer} is nominated he wants to Saf in the Democratic party. We will consider his case. Nels Allman, who wants to be the next sheriff of Bates county, was over at Elkhart last Friday night looking after his part of the votes. Nels is a farmer and is O. K. and is against the single tax.! I. L. Lockridge and wife were trad- ing in Amsterdam last Saturday. The Col. that he isn’t taking a very full hand in politics at present. ‘The next prosecuting attorney of Bates county, Mr. Chastain, was out at Elkhart last Friday night and it is reported that he made one of the best speeches against single tax that has been made in this part of the county. Miss Nola Ellis is attending the Normal at Springfield this summer. The writer and wife received a letter from Miss Hazel Dubes, of Ox- ford, Col. She says they like their new home very well. She says they have had but very little rain out there, but the crops look well. It is reported that A. Westover has been entertaining Democratic, candi- dates. That is good of him. Charley Spillman and family and John Stephens and wife spent last | Sunday at the home of John Barton. W. F. Stephens and mother took dinner at Albert Daniels’ last Sunday. The writer and wife called at W. | F. Stephens last Sunday evening and | } ) ey we met R. S. Ferguson, of Rich Hill. ; We had a good old time talking of ays in Bates county and Uncle Bob is a good JOHNNY. the early the old settlers. talker. Worland. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Rob. Greg- ory, June 3, 1912, a fine girl and Rob is wearing a smile around town as long as a piece of string. Grandma Mullis. returned home Saturday evening from Hume where she has been visiting the past two or three days. spent Saturday night and Sunday with Harry’s grandma, Mrs. Pratt, at} Dayton. Mary Guy, of Appleton City, visit- eda few days in this neighborhood last week. Mr. Guy also out in the country Saturday. Mary returned | home with him. | Ticia Scott is visiting her aunt, | Mrs. Sallie Farmer. | Miss Stella Ramsey went to Clin-| ton Friday to take teachers’ examina- | i The Children’s Day program at the | Christian church Sunday was splen-| did. Each one did their part well. | Mrs. list. Pete Ewing's barn burned down; Sunday. It is not known how the} fire originated. Miss Gutheria was around Monday | seeing the directors of the Hacklor school. | Mrs. Brown spent Monday at Mrs. Godwin's. A NEIGHBOR. Billie Chinton is on the sick ‘Elkhart. Well, we will look around and see} what we can find out in this part of the country. The weather is very cool for the time of the year. It isn’t good corn weather, but it is very good on the wheat. The wheat crop has come out and the prospect is very good forthe present. Oats are looking fairly well. The meadows are doing very well and the pastures are very good. Some of the farmers are not done planting corn yet and some had to plant over. A. Y. Meyers, of Rich Hill, is here ona visit at the home of W. F. Ste- phens and he also called on: the writ- er. We had a pleasant visit and talked politics to a finish. L. B. Baskerville, the next repre- sentative of Bates county, was out in this part last week looking around to see if he had any friends in this part. He is opposed to the single tax. Mrs. Stephens returned to Joplin one day last week. Some of the farmers have to plant corn the third time. Uncle Bob Marshall says if Teddy! | Sadie Eugene Barker spent night with Willard Bush. Mrs. Saturday John Kinney were Hume evening, and daughter callers Friday * Ada Summers spent a few days last week, with her sister L. L. Mullis. Roy Queen and Miss Meta Sum- mers, Reetis Bush and Miss Ada Sum- mers called at H. H. Mullis Sunday evening, Iria Craig is papering Pete Consta- | ble’s house. Melvin Bauglen is sporting a new buggy. Now won't Marie smile. Mrs. Minnie Summers spent from Friday till Monday with Hix Mullis and family. Papa Collins is sure cutting a swell. The ice cream social at Ira Craig’s of Old Walnut Tast Saturday night was sure fine. The evening was | spent in eating ice cream and playing all kinds of fine music. The four Ar- bogast young folks sure did some fine playing and singing but poor Auntie didn’t get to go. Albert Bendure and wife and three sons were Pleasanton callers Monday. Mrs Berger and children is visiting at her mothers this week. Mrs. Blanche Miller and children spent Tuesday afternoon with her mother L, V. Bush. Mrs. Albert Bendure has purchased a new gasoline stove. L. S. Miller has his new fire crack- ers in. AUNTIE. Taft Wins Decisions, Roosevelt Thus Far None. Chicago, June 7.—Decisions of con- tested delegates before the Republican National Committee to date are: For Taft—To-day’s decisions: Ar- kansas, delegates in Third, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh districts, eight. Florida—Delegates at large, six delegates in First, Secoed and Third districts—six. Georgia—Delegates at large, four; delegates in twelve districts, twenty- four. Total to-day, forty-eight; yes- terday’s total, twenty-four; total for Taft, seventy-two. For Roosevelt—NONE. is so full of work this Ispring eae F