The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 12, 1914, Page 1

y N ) os State p eekly Gri VOL. XXXVI. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1914. ON THE WING. R. D. White with the assistance of Amos Ford cleaned out his well Satur- day. Mr. White says, he’s getting tired of carrying water so far. Uncle John Ford of Round Prairie visited his son Amos last Saturday and Sunday. Robt. Stubblefield’s daughter of the State of Washington has arrived for a visit. Jas. H. Sacre: says tell the cassie he has built him a fine new barn and is still constable of Charlotte township and to come and see him. R. D. White, Butler, route 1 has a «well improved farm of 81 acres for sale or trade. ; Miss Mollie Smizer has sold her farm north-east of Butler to Martin Howard. Smizers have moved to Butler. F. Taylor moved his gasoline hay bailer to Perry Bourquins Saturday where he will tie Perrys hay up for him the first of the week. Mrs. Dorson and son Zelmer who - have been visiting her sister Mrs. C. M. Thomas and other relatives has re- ‘turned home. "Mr. and Mrs, Gid Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Williams and little daughter, Lucy visited Frank Blank- Virginia-Grand View Pick-Upe. Mr. and Mrs. Monre Burke visited last week with their daughter, Mrs. Herbert Steele of Adrian. Mrs. Geo. Butler was called to the} bedside of her mother, Mrs. Chas, Wisdom, who is very poorly. Carrie and Ralph Harper spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hedger and baby visited the first of the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. But- ler. 2 eS Several teachers from: this vicinity intend to attend the teachers’ meet- ing at St. Joseph, Mo, the latter part of the week. Mr. Carpenters’ of near the Kansas State line, moved the latter part of last week on Mrs. Turner's farm, which he will farm the boming year. Several from this vicinity attended the funeral at Amoret of A. A. Malone of Nyhart who died in the hospital at Kansas City. We see by the sale bills that L. S. Paddock will sell a fine bunch of thorough-bred Poland China hogs at J. J. William’s sale, November 16th. This is the finest bunch of hogs that has ever been sold in the western part of Bates county. Any one wish- ing to buy some fine hogs will do well to attend this sale. S. Grimsley, Mr. McGuire, J. A. Grimsley, Geo. Lewellen, Henry Boyles; L. S. Judy, ‘f. S. Harper, Geo. Rubel and Will McKibben threshed last week. | Hugh McCall and Miss MaymeSacre | attended the picture show at Butler Saturday evening. Floyd Rogers had a ’phone installed | in his residence one day last week on | the Foster line. Mr. and Mrs Finley of Butler spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Greenup. The W..C. T. U. met with Mrs. | Monroe Burke Thursday of last week. They will meet at the home of Mrs. | N. A. Barr next. oO. Mulberry and Western Bates. | Mrs. Lizzie M. Braden visited Mrs. Ed Booi Tuesday. Fred C. Eubank made a business trip to the county seat Wednesday. Frank Hennon finished filling his | silo Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Dykman and son George were shopping in Butler Thursday. Hensley & Walker shipped a car of | George Meints is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Ewbank, daughter, Hazel and son, Walter, visited at. Harlan Porter’s Sunday. Dr. add Mrs. J. C. Sageser visited at the Ed F. Rush home in LaCygne, Kansas, Saturday and Sunday. ~ RAMBLER. W. C. T. U. Executive Committee Meeting. _ The county executive committee met in regular session November 10. 1914 at the Baptist Church in Butler, The president Mrs. F. O. Seelinger occupying the chair. The members | of the executive committee are as fol- lows:—President, Mrs. F. O. Seeling- er, Rich Hill; Vice President, Mrs. Lydia Funk, R. R., Butler; Corres- ponding Secretary, Miss Julia Hoover, | Adrian; Treasurer, Miss Anna Frey, Butler. There are ten unions in the county. The presidents of these unions are as follows:—Rich Hill, Mrs. Seelinger; Butler, Mrs. Richards; Adrian, Mrs. Hudelson; Hume, Mrs. Biggs; Lone ‘Oak, Mrs. Thomas; Virginia, Mrs. Grump; Double Branch, Mrs. Griffin; Passaic, Mrs. Funk; Foster, fat stock to the Kansas City market | witson; Sprague, Mrs. Niswonger. Wednesday night. Harlan Porter, wife and daughter, Elizabeth, were trading in Butler last | Thursday. ie by the visiting members. At the close gf the meeting the ladies of the Butler Union served lunch which was highly appreciated The lunch Mrs. | enbaker and fam nda fl Miss Maimae Erhart of Selma, Kan. visited friends and relatives in this ‘ . neighborhood a few days last week. Geo. Chaney says his dogs were mighty sleepy looking Monday morn- ing. Guess they were out with the sick till late last evening. Clint Wheaton is looking for his son Oscar, from Oklahoma to visit him inside of two weeks. N. M. N. North New Home. Charley Weiss shipped a car of hogs to Kansas City Wednesday. Will Heinz visited last week with his sister, Mrs. Jack Skaggs and family.° Several of Mrs. Ike Kelly’s friends surprised her Thursday with as fine a dinner as any one ever sit down to. Those who were there were: Mr. and Mrs. Smitherman, Mrs. Patter- son‘and daughter, Miss Ruby; Mrs. John Ehart, Mr. Hill and wife, Lon Smith, wife and son, Walter; Mrs. Galvin and son, Lawrence. Quite a number from North New Home attended the funeral of A. A. Malone at Amoret Friday. Mrs. Linendoll, Mrs. Orval Pickett, Clif, Ehart, wife and baby and Warnie Keeton were Rich Hill’ visit- ors Saturday. : Mr. Griffitt and family of Johns- town visited at Homer Linendoll’s Saturday night and Sunday and at Orval Picket’s Sunday night returned home Monday. Lon Smith and family spent Sunday -at Bert Galvens. Mrs. Lamasters has been very sick but is better at this writing. Clif Ehart, wife and baby spent Sunday with his parents. Guy Phelps is husking corn for Ike Kelley. John McKissick is sporting in a new wagon. Mrs, McCormack is visiting rela- ~ tives east of Butler. Clarence Rednour - and* family moved from Kansas City to Nyhart. John Ehart is having a concrete cellar built and when it is finished it +will be a dandy. Mr. and Mrs. Keeton spent Sunday at the home of Milt Reeces. . Mrs. Henry Herman was shopping in Butler Saturday. John Phelps has finished making molasses. . ; Hedgers have-finished baling .hay — ss Guyton and have moved back ———Mrs- Milt—Reeves and—Mrs.-Clif Ehart went to Butler Tuesday. »day now. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Henderson and Turner Henderson and wife of Elk- hart were in this vicinity Saturday after pecans. Ernest Nightwine and wife moved one day this week, east of Virginia in’ one of W. W. Park’s houses, recently vacated by Thos. Flannery and wife. Miss Golden Darnes and Lee Ison were married Sunday evening at 6 o’clock at the home of the brides par- ents near Nyhart. ‘ Guess the threshing is finished in this neighborhood for this year. T. The Amoret band gave a concert and pie supper at the M. W. A. hall Friday night. Mr. Porter and son were the auctioneers. Mr. and Mrs. R. Bohlken and son Bert visited at H. K: Dykman’s Fri- | day evening. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Nichols and ; daughter, Ora visited at Ed Lapeman’ S| in Amoret Sunday. Messers George and Bert Bohlken, Claufe and R. Dykman drove over to Block, Kansas, for a short visit at the | Caughman home. ‘consisted of ham sandwiches, H hot coffee, salads, pickles, cake .and fruit. The ladies then dispersed to their respective homes wishing they could attend another executive meet- i in Butler. ; Mrs. Ellis Tuttle, Pres. and Supt. Christian Science Services 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 “Mortals and Immortals.”’ BATES COUNTY | SCHOOLS ~ AND TEACHERS By Supt. P.M. Allison Fry has an enrollment of 15 and 13 were present. Those who were ab- sent were sick. The attendance has been unusually good and the work is good, Miss Irene Reese is teacher. Pleasant Ridge has has an enroll- ment of 56and 44 were present. This was a bad day for them onattendance as it is not unusual for all the pupils to be present. Mr. Victor Wolf is teacher again and has done a great work for this school. He took it in a very bad condition and has brought it up to one of the best in the county. They can not afford to let him go to another school soon. Orchard Grove has an enrollment of 29 and 29 were present. They are all good workers and are progressing well with Mr. Ralph Culver as teach- er. Marshall has an enrollment of 16 and 12 were present. They have a model farm which they are very much interested in. They are mak- ing good progress with Miss Mildred Poffenbarger as teacher. Scifers Kas an enrollment of 25 and 24 were present. ' They are all good workers in this school and as a result are doing well. Some of the pupils - NUMBER 4 ae ae out which adds greatly to its appearance. Miss Lelia Wayland is teacher and wants her school to be the best possible. Happy Hill has an enrollment of 38 and 32were present. Theattendance of most of the pupils in this school is good but a few are not doing their part. Mr. Fred Latham is teacher and wants his school to be first in everything. - Papinville has an enrollment of 56 and 38 were present. They have whooping cough in this school and it is telling on the attendance. . They are all good workers and are having a good school with Miss Sarah Jane Godfrey as teacher. Prairie City has an enrollment of 36 and 28 were present. They, too are having trouble with whooping cough but are vaccinating and hope to soon have it checked. Mr. Clark Smith is teacher and is doing good work for them. They are having an exception- ally good school. Fair Mount has an enrollment of 34 and 31 were present. They are all good workers and are proud of their new building. Miss Lucy Bausch is teacher and if her school is not best it will not be because of a lack of ef- fort on her part. Bever has an enrollment of 15 and 9 were present. They have whoop- had _been promoted before they were ready and their work is too difficult for them but they are working to overcome this and will succeed. Miss Jessie Burch is ‘teacher. Seelinger has an enrollment of 14 and 14 were present. They have some non-resident pupils in attend- ance. They need them and are glad to have them come.. The work is doing well with Miss Mary Puckett as teacher. Mission Branch has an enrollment of 14 and 14 were present. They have painted the school building in- ° o New Fall Suits For Men and Young Men Our new fall suits for men and young men we sincerely believe are the best values in clothes we have ever shown. Smart Suits for Men. $10 to $20 Overcoats $5 to $20 ? Lakeside Flannel Shirts $1.00 to $3.50 Thompson Bro’s Fine Shoes $4.00 to $5.00 Wales Goodyear Rubbers are guaranteed. ‘Sam’ Levy. Mercantile Company GOOD CLOTHES FOR MEN AND WOMEN ; the work is more interesting. ES A ing cough and the parochial school near by affects them. Mr. John O’Dea is teacher and is working to make his school the best possible. Rich Valley has an enrollment of 15 and 14 were present. They are hav- ing a good school with Mr. Walter Moore as teacher. They pay him $67.50 per month and he is worth every cent of it and more too. McDavitt has an enrollment of 15 and 12 were present. These pupils are as good workers as one need want to find anywhere. They are | Willing to try and are apt to learn so the work can easily be made a suc- cess. Miss Mildred Bennett is teach- er again. Reynard has an enrollment of 36 and 32 were present. They are good workers too and can learn readily so They have no library in this.school and are missing it very much for they have a teacher that knows how to use it, Miss Mariah L. Miller is teacher. Pleasant Gap has an enroWment of 43 and 86 were present. They have a good attendance and but few tardies. - They are all good workers and are having a good school with Mr. I. N, Earsom as teacher. Peru has an enrollment of 28 and 24 were present. They are as good workers as one need to expect to find anywhere. They have a strong class of pupils inall the work. Miss Ladine Harper is teacher and is doing well. Pleasant Valley has an enrollment of 22 and 20 were present. The at- tendance in this school is good and the teacher, Miss Leola Rice, is anx- ious that her work be the best pos- sible. The building needs a little re- pair before cold weather. Double Branch has an enrollment of 21 and 20 were present. They are making one hundred on deportment every day and are guing to continue this. Miss Hazel Rice is teacher. Brackney has an enrollment of 24 and 20 were present. This school is doing good work with Miss Mamie Gulver as teacher. They have organ- ized a corn cl club. | Belgian an Relief Fund. The Loyal Sons Bible Class of this city have organized ‘‘The Belgian Non-Combatant Relief Fund of Bates County.’’ AThe object and purpose of the organization is to accept contri- butions from Bates county for the re- lief of the Belgian sufferers who are non- combatants in this great war. _ The officers of the association are follows: President, Dr. E. N. Chastain. Secretary, R. E. Mooney. Assistant Secretary, Ora Thompson Treasurer, W. W. Allen. Executive Committee, Dr. H. M. Cannon, Prof. H. O. Maxey and W. E. Welton. Auxiliary Committee—Each Minis- ‘ter, Sunday School Superintendents and all charitable workers in Bates county.