The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 8, 1914, Page 1

” French, H. H. Sherman and James - with bowel trouble. * Crooks school house, Friday night, , he Butler VOL. XXXVI. "BUTLER, MISSOURI, ‘THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1914. NUMBER 12 tives and friends gave her a surprise social Saturday night, it being her birthday. Quite a number were pres- ent. The evening.was spent in plays for young and old, after which pink and white ice crean and cake was |served, then a few more plays were selected and some. favorite hymns) bed for nearly a week is no better at sung. | this writing. Mrs. N. M. Nestlerode, Mrs. Grant) M, L. Smith of Rich Hill is visiting Oldham spent New Year’s day with | among his children in the Valley. He Mrs. C; S. Nestlerode, who served a/ is quite hale and hearty for one of splendid dinner. his age. | Mr. Willis Nestlerode burned: his Miss Rena‘ Thomas is staying at hand Saturday. Chas. Laurénce’s home in Star neigh- Frank Nance changed his paper to| borhood assisting with the work and Drumond, Okla.’ He loaded his car|care of the new baby. at Rich Hill and left Tuesday. The} D.G. Smith and family attended family will follow on the first pas-|the Nix reunion near Pleasant Gap senger. : on New Year’s day, given at the fine new country home of Mr. Ben Wix. From attic to basement the house was filled with a merry throng, 63 ON THE WING. Geo. Crooks, C. Snodgrass, Harry dinner on the other side of the river. Miss Marie Gough of Peru and her aunt Mrs. Kate Daniels of Imes, Kan- | sas, visited over Sunday at the home of Henry Evilsizer. Grandpa Evil-) sizer who has been confined to his Nestlerode hauled wood Monday. Cyrus Nestlerode has pressep hay for sale, bottom hay, clover, oat straw, Joose prairie hay and flax straw. Mrs. Peter Peterson is on the sick list this week. H. H. Sherman’s baby is quite sick There will be a ipie supper at the Jan. 16th. Ladies, bring pies and boys bring your wallets. T. L. Smith went to Kansas City) Monday noon to bring home his wife who was operated on some time ago. Miss Carmen Lusk spent Sunday at Tansie Smith’s. Fred McCall-and Ross Garren haul- ed hay Monday with 4 horses. C. J. Browning’s horse became frightened near the Peoples Elevator Monday to theip news homel ins Sune eet a sha “ mit, moving early to avoid the rush. on the =] 5 considerably bruised but is improv- te Nidnaey oe nar pee nccieh ing. | boy. Alec is all smiles, the kind Homer agent gs ape sud-| that won't come off. Ga ly taken ill Sunday with spasms.) V, jiey friends were most sorry to It is better at this writing. lenng he Laie: vaulted eg ae Mrs. John Hedger took - dinner |jittle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edd| New Year’s day with Mrs. W.H:!who formerly resided in the Star| Durst. -_ | neighborhood. ~_R. Dawson has bought the former! Mr and Mr. Tom Booth are enter-| Pleasant Valley Items. ‘Here’s wishing for a healthy, hap- py and prosperous 1914 to all. Mr. P. P Harve and wife moved | sumptuous repast prepared. Mr. Thomas Wix of Yates Center, Kan-| sas was present. i Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Powell have returned from a visit to Mrs. Powell’s | sister and family i in Cass ss county. . | Eastern Bates. Mr. and Mrs,, Ernest Anderson and mother, Mrs. Anderson, who hasbeen visiting with the family of Wm. Owens, departed last week for their home in Wyoming. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lorn Varnes | were invited out to a ‘New Year's | Pete Anthony of Modale, Iowa, came in last week to visit his sister, Mrs. Mary Hubbard, and_ brother, John Anthony.- ‘tertained quite a number of young and old folks Sunday for dinner. A bountiful dinner was served. from Butler Monday to take care of him. is on his 89th milestone. breast and feet. G. R. Borrum, Butler, Route 2. Jesse Knowles was buried in the White cemetery Saturday. David White returned last Tuesday froma month’s visit with relatives near Springfield, Ill. being: present to partake of the's putter this week. Mrs. Dent Russel gave a pie “ and pound social at their homes last Wednesday evening. All present had | a jolly good time. ‘children and mother, Mrs.--Manerva King, of Kansas City, are visiting the family of Col. J. A. Beard this week. day night. school house at Old Mulberry and is taking it down in fine shape and is going to build a dwelling house of its good material on his farm in Elkhart township. Oscar Kershner: has ASS his dalia position as mail carrier on Amster- dam Route 2, cause unknown. The debate Friday night..at.,,the Crooks school house was three for the negative. "Mrs, Geo. Zinn is not quite so well ‘ taining relatives from 7 miles west of Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rush | and another lady cousin. | poorly is improving at this writing. had to. suffer. ;a 11-pound boy January 4. ; Mrs. Ada Craig who has been quite W. P. Bolin visited a couple of; Mr. and Mrs. R. E.. Waldner is days last week with relatives at Se-| making preparations to move back to i : |El Paso, Ill., the last of the week. The wolf chase on New Year's day was not a howling success (only for the wolf) but judging from the yells and report of the guns the rabbits Alec Boag has rented Mr. Wald- ner’s farm. Miss Ethel McCracken has begun | taking music lessons of Miss Fay Reynolds. i Worth, Mo., Jan. 4.—Hiram Slagel, a farmer near Worth, in 1913 realized $234 from a three-acre field of alfalfa, almost enough to pay for the land. the yield being two tons an acre at each cutting. The hay was valued at} | $12 a ton. seed, for which he received $9 a bushel. Perhaps the’ wolves Bowersox’s T: Z Mr. and Mrs. James Reynolds en- pe eeny grippe the fore part of the week. Ellis Kimble brought his father. out uncle, F. A. Oline. Mr. Kimble isquite feeble. He |: Lost—a black dog with brown/|Jast week. Finder please notify Rambler's home Tuesday. The infant baby of Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Jennie Troxell and Mrs. | Shape. : miles north of Amoret. Farmers are busy hauling corn Mr. and Mrs, Ira Eads and Mr. and| ays last week. the sick list. Mrs. Blanche Carpenter and two/| house in Mulberry. house Friday and Saturday. Rev. Mills preached at Spruce Sun- LIBERTY. = — J. H. Leiner’s new year’s day. Alfalfa Brings $78 a1 an joker Surprise Party Slagel cut three crops from his field | good things to eat. He also thrashed two bushels of | | of candy of extraordinary size. Fred Ewbank had a spell of the La- Howard Scott of Sterling, Kansas, spent the holidays at the home of his David R. Braden of Parkville, Mo., visited his mother, Mrs. L. M. Braden Amos F. Sheshler was a caller at Col. W. J. Bard made a business trip to the county seat Tuesday.. He reported the good roads in a bad Ike Booi, has been busy the past week moving to his new home two Ola Nichols visited her sister, Mrs. Charley Goode of Amsterdam several Ike Dawson and sons are busy these days tearing down the old school Rambler and sons scrubbed and oiled the floor of the Mulberry school New year’s day, 1914, will be re- membered by Uncle Johnny McKee asanumber of friends went in on him with well filled baskets full of About the noon hour theolder members of the party presented him with a fine oak rocking chair in which to enjoy the long win- |ter evenings, the young folks a sack | \ladies were kept busy from the noon Mulberry aia Western Bates. bane until four thirty serving the- Mr. and Mrs. I. Bowersox, Roy Shelby and family visited at M. W. guests and of course talking but very little. The gentlemen spent+the time discussing the leading questions of the day and playing horseshoe. The following is a list of those present: Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Sageser, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Nichols and daughter, Ola, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stilwell and daughter, . Fay, and son, Willie, ‘“Frank’s boy;’’ Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Booi and son, Herman, and daughter, Edith; Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Clark and four children; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hedrick and daughters, Laura and“ ° Carrie; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Craw- ford and three children; Mr. and Mrs. P. Q. Rogers and daughters, Bernice and Dorothy; Ray Glover; Lawrence - Reed; Mrs. P. Morwood and sons, Claude and Stanley; Mr. and Mrs. Spurier and four children; Fred Roberts; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Coffel and six children; Mrs. Sarah Wright Ekke Taute, wife, daughters, Tena} and.Ida, and son, Gerade, visited at and grandson, C. Mitts; Mr. and Mrs. John Morewood; Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Mrs. Anna Williams is wenprtod on|Smiser; Mrs. John Francis and three daughters; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mc- Burney and son, David; Jess, Francis, Marie and Maud Williams; Mrs. L. M. Braden and sons, David and Mac; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Badger and two children; Harlan Porter, wife, son, Charles and daughter, Elizabeth. The sun was low when the guests left for their homes wishing Uncle Johnny many more happy New Year’s day. Mr. and Mrs. R. Bohlken visited at Geo. B. Bohlken’s Thursday. Mr. and Mts. Frank Bohlken en- tertained a number of their friends and relatives on New Year’s. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Dykman, daughter, Minnie, and son, George; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Meints, ‘daughter, Margaret, and son, George; Mr: and Mrs. John Dykman”and |daughter, Maggie, and sons, Willie and Loran; U. G. Behrnesand family. Maggie and Willie Dykman spent — . Friday night. at this writing. Ed Balling and Albert Zinn took in the sights at Butler Saturday. A surprise dinner was at -Uncle' Phillip Heckadons New Year’s day and the table was loaded with good things to eat and all present had a jolly old fashioned time and Phillip shoook his fat sides. _Ed Barns and family was visiting relatives at Wandem Mo., the past week. The question for debate is resolved that wealth has created ‘more harm than poverty, at Crook school house Sis Browning ‘received word from his son Ora, that he was going to make his home in Salt Lake City. Chas. R. Dickinson has a big mule for sale or trade. Geo. Jackson and wife have gone to Johnson county, Mo., to Mrs. Jackson’s sister’s golden wedding. The cold wave has put the wood wagons rolling anda week more of such weather will put the ice wagons rolling. . Monday Joe Piggott of near the Tygard school house hauled clover hay from C. S. Nestlerode. Glen and Holly Pahlman has sawed wood with a cross cutsaw for 10} days. The Epworth League topic for Jan. 11 is, Epworth Herald Nights. - The Epworthian and his trade paper. Tim. 3:14; Tim. “2:15. Miss Oval * Kinion, er.. Uncle To Hockett-received.a tele- gram from Colony, Kansas, that his sister-in-law was very ill.and Uncle - Tom sent a long distance call that he was not able to come the next morn- ing and they told him she had passed away the day before at 2 o’clock. Mrs. Henry Hockett was an old resi- dent of Bates county years ago. She was 65 years old and she and her husband had lived together 47 years. W. H. Durst delivered % geese at - Virginia: Friday. Jim Norman returned home ‘from Carthage Thursday. ~ Uncle Tom Hockett and wife ate dinner with Sam McKee Thursday. Mrs. Ada Oldham visited with home folks Monday. br. Sims spent Monday with Mr. 3 - George ” Misses Lace Shoes 85¢} 5000 set of Furs........ 10.00 _ 10c Talcum Powder.....5¢] 10.00 set of Furs........ . 5.00 65c Wool Dress Goods 35c EXTRA! EXTRA! One lot $3.50 Silk and One Ee eae Net Waists..........-..$1.75 Underwear ......... 1 ; _\% Off on All 36-inch 10c Percale.. ‘The Children’s Coats Down arethe On is Our Big Mid-Winter Clearing Sale Which Will Last Until the Last Day of January Ladies Suits at Calico Half Price Best Grade...... 4C | 595.00 Ladies Suits......$12.50 20 00 Ladies Suits...... 10.00 $1.50 Blankets......$1.15) 10.00 Ladies Suits...... 5.00 $2.50 Children’s Bear Ladies Coats at Skin Coats....... $1.00 eee Half Price S5'4* Discount $30.00 Ladies Coats..... $15.00 a on all = 18.00 Ladies Coats..... 9.00 . 15.00 Ladies—Coats..... 7.50 Ladies 8.50 Ladies Coats... 4.25 Sw eat ers 6.00 Ladies Coats..... 3.00 - Ladies Skirts at Half Price $10.00 Ladies Skirts. ~....$5.00 8.00 Ladies Skirts...... 4.00 _5.00 Ladies Skirts...... 2.50 4:00 Ladies Skirts...... $1.25 Cotton Blankets 85c Furs at Half Price $1.25 Children’s and $30.00 set of Furs........$15.00 $1.00 Wool Dress 8c Crash Toweling..6%c $1.50 Wool Dress GoBdS ..........65 $1.10 Sam Levy Mercantile Company Send Us Your Mail and Telephone Orders _ $5.00 Trousers..... 2.0.5.5. $5.00 Suits. . Men’s Suits and | 50 Men's Overcoats Underwear At Smashing Prices $25.00 Men’s Suits......: . 40c 20.00 Men’s Suits....... : . ves $3.00 Sweet-Or 15.00 Men’s Suits....... Candace Bere $2.35 25.00 Men’s Overcoats. 20.00 Men’s Overcoats. 15.00 Men’s Overcoats. Boys’ School Overcoats $10.00 Overcoats 6.50 Overcoats 4.00 Overcoats “Men's Trousers- $2.50 Sweet-Orr 11.00 Corduroy Pants $1.75 50c Boys Sweaters..40c $1.50 Emery Shirts | (8) ec ope $1.10 $2.50 All Wool Shirts......:... $1.98 50c Boys Corduroy Knee Pants...... 40c $5.00 Sheep-Skin Lined Duck Coats. .$4 3.00 Trousers............. 4 2.50 Trouserfs...... er, 2.00 Trousers. Boys’ Suits $5.00 Corduroy Coats.......... $4. Crawford Shoes 15% Discount _ $5.00 Men’s Sweat- 3:50 Suits.. ; Me SUB... oo ieee cos 55 NOTHING RESERVED 15% Discount on all Trunks and Suit Cases SOc Men's Caps..... 35c $1.00 Emery Shirts 80c Sunday at Henry Dykman’s. Mrs. K. S. Gardner of Butler visit- ed at Joe B, Albin’s Saturday. Mrs. F. C. Ewbank spent Sunday afternoon at Henry Gordon’s. Mr. and Mrs. Lee- Withrow and two children visited at Frank Payne’s Sunday. : A crowd of young people enjoyed a jolly good time at Harve. Lackey’s Saturday night. Dr. J. C. Sageser and Harlan ‘Por- ter of Homer township were trans- acting business in Butler Monday. RAMBLER. Presbyterian Church. A.M Bible School 9:45. 11:00. his’ is our regular Communion service. The meditation will be “fA Last Wish.” All members of the Presbyterian church are expected and all christians are welcome. Junior Christian Endeavor 3:00. Senior Christian Endeavor 6:30. Publig Worship 7:30. The sermon will be “The Reasons Why the Blessed Home Life Is Going, and What Will Bring it Back.” Workers meeting and christian en- deavo* business and social Monday evening. Wednesday evening, the devotion- al service of the church, topic: ‘The Witness of the Miracles of our Lord.’’ A cordial invitation is given to all.. to attend our services. C. H. Ticknor, Minister. Public service Council "Proceedings Jan. 6, 14. On motion water and light commit- tee instructed to ascertain the cost of plans and specifications for a new water works'plant, and for improve- ment of the old system. Resignation of Mayor McFarland presented, and on motion accepted and ordered spread upon the récords. Report of city treasurer filed and approved, showing balance in the Treasury aécount of all funds in the amount of $10,111.99, Report of Light Supt. Cannon showing-the comparative condition’ of light plant for years 1912 and 1913. filed and approved. Report of other city officers filed and approved. : Usual amount of accounts allowed. ; |