The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 9, 1913, Page 1

Buller Weekly Times. a VOL. XXXV. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, “JANUARY 9, 1912, . eta aT eT State Historicaj Soci- NUMBER 12 FOSTER. Robert Grant of Kansas City visited home folks last week. Harry Martin and sister Ina left on the 11:26 passenger Sunday for Kan- sas City. Born, Jan. 3rd, to Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Mullenaux, a boy. J.G. Reed of Amoret was over Wednesday shaking hands with old friends. C. J. Sells was an arrival from ~ Butler on Wednesday’s train. y Tom Shetrone was an arrival on Sunday’s train to visit his mother, Mrs. Abe Shetrone. Mrs. W. J. Parlier and daughter, Emma, spent the Christmas holidays with the former’s brother, Mr. Mul- lies, of Worland. W. J. Parlier was a business visi- tor Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Platter of Kan- sas City, was an arrival Christmas on the afternoon train to spend the holi- days at the Metzler home. Joe T. Smith returned Wednesday from Butler. Mr. Smith reports everything quiet around the county seat. Born, December 24, to Mr. and Mrs. George Cope, a girl. Mrs. Robert Treasurer of West Foster, isa new subscriber to The Times for which she has our thanks. J. W. Bailey is reported quite poorly at his home south of town. There will bea box supper at the Foster public school building January 17, proceeds of which will go for a library and other school purposes. Judge R. F. Harper of the Virginia neighborhood was in town on a brief business visit Wednesday. ‘Mr. Norris Gray of Larmor, Iowa, came in last week to visit his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs, Matthew Gray. weal Rewland-of Kansas City, spent Christmas with his aunt, Mrs. D. H. Arbogast and family. He left Satur- day for Ft. Scott to visit relatives be- fore returning to the city. F. R. Swarens has purchased the . T. S. McHenry stock of dry goods and groceries and will ‘ake posses- sion about January 15. J. E. Neiukirk has returned from -the Indian country, where he made a purchase of a fine piece of land. Mr. Neiukirk is highly pleased with that country and thinks he has found the promised land. Mrs. Dorden, an aged lady, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dun- lap, living west of town, Saturday morning, January 4. The remains were taken to Ft. Scott on the noon train Sunday for interment. Ed Doke had the misfortune Thurs- day morning to lose his horse and buggy by fire at the New Home mine. It was supposed a spark from the Friscoe engine while switching set fire to the stable where Mr. Doke kept his horse and buggy. It is quite a loss to Mr. Doke as the horse was + an extra good one. YH. Durst Friday of last week. ‘Mont., are visiting with his = Grandma Jackson. Frost-Worman. Harry Worman of Ft. Scott and Miss,Leona Frost of Pittsburg, Kan- sas, were married last night at 9:00 o’clock by Rev. Louis M. Potts at his home. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Worman left for Flori- da.and Cuba, where they will spend their honeymoon. Mrs. Worman’s family lived .at Foster where she is known to our people as Mrs. Leona Frost Grant. DINAH. On the Wing. Uncle John Huzzy visited at Judge Hedger’s last week and returned home Sunday evening. _. Cart Wallace and wife, and son, Claude, and wife visited with Mrs. W. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Orr of Sidney, bailing hay over in the Amoret a Norman and Roy Hockett are ‘out coal at the old Dubes mine her aunt, Mrs. Mary Stevens, who has the typhoid fever. Mrs. Hazel Dubes attended literary at Crook school house Friday night. Grandma French is visiting with her son, Harvy French. Virgil Jackson and his sister, Mrs. Dola, returned Friday from a visit with friends and relatives in Hickory county. : Cyrus Nestlerode went to Okla- homa to look up a new location Tues- day of last week. f George Crooks made a flying trip to the county seat Monday. Vane Walker and John Hensley shipped hogs Tuesday. Prices paid were $6.75 to $6.90. Fred Guyton hauled wood from Ike Dawson’s Tuesday. Grant Oldham made a flying trip to Amsterdam Sunday. J. B. Owns and wife of Weaubleau, Mo., are visiting his sister, Mrs. G. L. Jackson and family. Harvy French’s children are on the sick list. Ralph Hughes, wife and baby vis- ited at Grandpa Hughe’s Sunday. Judge Hedger and sons are going to bail hay for Mr. Bolken. Mrs. W. H. Durst’s cousin of Kan- sas City came down to make her a visit last week. Arthur Browning and wife atten- ded her grandfather’s funeral at Butler Saturday. Marvin Hedger says he has all of his bailed hay away from the river but the next load will nct be a load of hay. Cyrus Nestlerode returned from Oklahoma. He says it is not cold weather down there but he brought back a bad cold. S. N. Kinion has returned home from a visit to relatives and friends. ham’s Sunday from Kansas City. Holly and Glen Pahlman bought | the J. B. Martin place. Judge Hedger has gone into the | goat business. He has bought one nannie goat. Geo. Crooks and Mr. Hedrick have been sawing wood for this cold spell of weather. N.M.N. East Lone Oak. livered hogs to Butler Monday. Rev. Bingson did not preach at Peru last Sunday morning. We hear that he has been quarantined on ac-! count of smallpox. Miss Nellie Jones of Butler spent Sunday at the C. W. Ray home. A party was given at Archie Thom- as’ last Saturday night. Vance Belt returned home last week from an extended visit with relatives and friends at Greenview, Il. The Peru Sunday School elected new officers last Sunday. They are Ernest Gough Supt., James Nuckols assistant Supt., Mary Doane secre- tary and treasurer, Marie Gough, organist, C. M. Thomas librarian, Tom Booth and Ethel Belt, choristers. Ernest Gough has been digging and walling a well the last week. » C. W. Doane and son Buford spent! Christmas week in Kansas City. Vernie Short will commence as ing for Archie Thomas soon. | Joe Beckham will work for the| Harper brothers this summer. He! moved in with them one day last) week, Steve Thomas got his buggy torn! quite a bit last Sunday night. Steve sure does have a time with his buggy. land they are expecting an early contracted by persons other than my- PUSSY WILLOW. Wine hoy arrived A Grant Old. VIRGINIA. Lesley Martin of Walker, Vernon county Missouri, visited his sister 'Mrs. R. C. Darr last week. Bailey Beckett commenced work on W. W. Parks new house Thurs- | day of last week. Married Jessie Fleming and Miss Maud | Nightwine at Butler Tuesday Dec. | 31, thus another pair have started on | lifes journey. Their many friends | have the typhoid fever. jsins with us in wishing their journey | E. C. Harper and C. W. Doane de- la long, happy and prosperous one. Geo. Jackson’s aunt of Calif. and i Mrs. Geo. Jackson’s brother and his | wife of Hickory county Missouri spent New Years with them. Frank Hedgers buggy was deco-| rated with a new whip Sunday. Claud Martin returned home from the north last week. Garland Terry of Iowa who spent Xmas with his mother, Mrs. G. M. aeyee returned home New Years jay. Mrs. J. W. McFadden received a | message Saturday stating that his sis- ter-in-law Mrs. Ernest Judy had died at her home in Kansas City early that morning. She was buried at Kansas City Sunday. Mrs. Dr. Lamb who came to Kansas City to attend the funeral and her brother Ernest came! Monday to see their father R. T. Judy who is in poor health. Mrs. W. W. Park and daughter ! Martha will return to Warrensburg this week. Her daughters Elsie and Helen returned last Friday. Geo. Thompson hauled fat hogs to Amoret Friday. The preparations for one spring 'wedding is about completed. The young man has the garden plowed, the young lady has the chickens se- lected. Easter comes early this year S. N. Kinion and wife have return- ‘ed home from their north Missouri visit. Mrs. Pleasant Hill and daughter, ‘Mrs. T. S. Harper are visiting her son Delbert at Joplin Mo. Will Ayers has moved on his own} |farm. Charley Lent has moved on the |farm he bought of Dave Nestlerode. Mrs. Ell Stephens and son Harvey Warren Ayers little boy Harvey jand Emet Burks little girl Hash are ;on the sick list. : The cold wave hit Virginia Satur- | day. A number of Missouri wells are on the dry side. It will soon be time for the town- ship politicians to commence pulling the wires. " Baily Beckets who is building a new house for W. W. Park returned to his home at Passaic Tuesday. The weather being too cold to work, he got most of the frame work up. Ray McCann has moved in with Henry Ison. He will live there un- til he can get the place he has rented. Miss Beatrice Silvers who has been visiting her aunt Mrs. John Huffman will return to her home at Spring- field Missouri this week. YOUNG AARON. Cut Pricesin Tailor Made Clothes Just to keep busy from this date | i until Febuary 15th, 1913, I will make | $25 suits for $20, other goods in pro- | portion; $7 pants for $6. R. Talbot, Tailor, Fraternal Inn Building. 12-2t Notice | Iwill not be responsible for debts | self. Mrs. G. M. Garner. 11-2t-: Circuit Court room, Work of the Commercial Club During the Three Years of Its Existence. The new Depot was secured by members of the Club. Secured the High School building. Secured the District Poultry Show. Secured and maintained two suc- cesful Chautauquas. Secured the money and built Side Walk to cemetery. Dedicated the High School build- ing and new depot. Secured the following conercte bridges and road improvement by not only putting money into them but by getting behind the work and pushing: Bridge on Butler and Rich Hill road. Bridge on Butler and Spruce road. Bridge near the East School build- ing. The grading down of three hills east of Butler, in Summit township and building of and making two miles of good road. Secured the approach to the bridge south of town, when it was being held up for lack of interest and un- derstanding. Gave $50 to secure the building of concrete retaining walls, and cutting down the Butler. Rice Hill south-east of Gave $10 to road improvement in Shawnee township. Raised $610 for the storm sufferers n north part of county. Tried todoa lot more for Butler and vicinity in the way of securing factories and other improvements and failed, because the propositions would not bear investigation. Our membership is composed of 110 of the live business men of But- ler and vicinity. Can’t we add you? On Tuesday, January 14, in the at 7:30 p. m., | spring. Pick These Juicy Plums While the ‘“Pickin’s’’ Good Our $25 Ladies Coats and Suits Our $20 Ladies Coats and Suits Our $10 Ladies Coats and Suits will be held the annual meeting of the Club at which time the officers for the year 1913 will be elected. If you are not a member we invite you to attend this-meeting, join the Club, and if you are a member we urge you to be present. As this is not only an important meeting, but one in which all the members are expected to get togeth- er. : If you are not a member please read the enclosed book which tells the objects of the Club, and send | you name at once to the secretary and join these live wires. We need you-——you need us. By a united effort we can develope Butler and Bates county to the ut- most extent of her resources and make this @ community second to none, Yours for Advancement, H. M. Cannon, President, A. H. Culver, Secretary. From An Old Friend | Cumberland, C. H., December 30, 1912. Editor of The Times: Dear Sir:— We are all well and in our new 8 room, 2 story house. We have two doors with glass in them, 2 porches 8 feet wide, all painted and varnished. We got 13 doors and 20 windows. The glass is 15 inches wide and 24 inches high, and 4 in each window. We can sit and look all over our build- ings. They look fine because we got them all nicely painted. Lots of building has been done here. One building went up in town which they say cost $10,000. We raised plenty of potatoes and corn. Have done very well as it was Virginia. Our $18 Mens Suits and Overcoats Our $15 Mens Suits and Overcoats Our $10 Mens Suits and Overcoats Miore Plums 10c Hope Bleached Musilin... W6AG SG 44 CORBY 8 9 Wi5s vis8 6 so dry. Potatoes retail at a dollar per 20c Embroideries and Insertions to match... sso MRM YE [ieee Berstare born se bien ss 8%c Linen Torchon Lace.......... ...................... 5 and 4c yard grep sill gona 25% discount on all wool Dress Goods. six more. They are big ones. Two families moved in from North Dakota and Nebraska recently. We like to read The Times to find out how all get along. We send our best regards to all. May the Al- mighty God lead us this coming year. We remain, Yours very truly, JOHN P. BEST. Will be held at the court house in the Probate Court room every Sun- day morning at 11 o’clock. All are cordially invited. Subject January 12, ‘‘Sacrament."’ Men’s Hyrock Underwear ......... Sam Levy Mercantile Company DRY GOODS CLOTHING SHOES 4