The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 31, 1914, Page 1

NUMBER 11 pecially when SSnta Claus came. | night with O. J. Scribner and family. | good people of this community, for e hope everybody received their] Rey. T. B. Jones will preach at| their help and gifts in their loss. a share of presents. Green View Snnday night, January| As the old year is fast ebbing away John Hedger and wife and daugh- Sames E. Pickett of Oklahomayf' Miss Blanche Caton and Harley|3, 1915. Everybody attend. | may the New Year bring the richest Merritt and Orval, of Butler, Rt.6. {Scribner attended the big Xmas din- BLUE BELL. | of blessings of health and prosperity Ot Bolling and his brother’s oldestimer at Logan Briscoe’s Christmas| E t ealiates, |to the’ readers of the Times is the girl went on a visit to their uncle,| day. hive Webra Ske Z ee | wish of the correspondent. Ben Bolting; of Adrian, last Mo! iF ing i lyde Borland who is attending! Prat ys ae before om a wai aay nay Renton i ae High Schoo! in Butler, is home on! Along the Miami « Vergil Jenkins grinds feed as good 7 About thirty attended the Christ- vacation. : Fred Thornbrough is enjoying the and cheap on his new burs in his}ghas dinner given at R. H. Jones’ Fri-|_ James Smith and George Kegerries | holidays at the home of relatives in blacksmith shop in Virginia as if he} day, Those present were: Mr. and|hauled hogs. to Butler Monday for this vicinity. , were an old miller. Don’t hesitate] Mrs; Will Shepherd and daughter, the market. | Mrs. Tiffany of Kansas City is vis- on the amount. Bring it in, any day|Nolia; Mr: and:Mrs. J. W. Reedy and| John Anthony and wife are visiting | iting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Christmas dinner at Graridma Nestle-| children, two dying in’ infancy, rode’s,, The day was pleasantly spent. | is survived by a loving wife and th “Mrs. Hockett is not very well at this writing. * |. Mrs. Peterson and Miss Annie Por- Hedger and wife spent Christ-/ter were shopping in Butler one day meaeat Geo. Butler's. _ [ast week. “Dr. Pierce and Miss Flossie Fritts) Mrs. Pete Peterson and family preaching at Cacok’s Sun-| spent Christmas and Mrs. Peterson’s gad will commence putting up might Cox of Route 6 marketed a steer and two wagon loads of big ‘hogs recently. } Judy, the Olive B-anch teach- had a Christmas tree for the chil- Thursday afternoon and it was down with nice presents for Sr pupils. The program was excel- and a more enjoyable afternoon swas never spent in our district. ‘Marian Hedger is on the sick list. W. H. Guinn expects to attend teacher’s meeting at Columbia ina fewdays. In Butler Monday we met Mass Mullis of Oregon whom we have not seen since 1875. In 1870 to 1873 we went to school together at the Bartlett school,’ three miles north of Foster. Hickman Samuels was one of our teachers. We have forgotten the know Mass when he came to us and asked us our name, saying he thought he knew us. Mr. Mullis is engaged in the sawmill and mining business, and had come back to his old home where he spent his boyhood days to ~visit relatives and old friends. How- ever, he said nothing about coming back here to live. Cyrus Nestlerode and wife and four sons, Harry, Eugene, Ellis, and Wil- lis, Grand Oldham, wife and two of the week. we : Mrs. R. Jenkins who has been on 'the sick list is some better at: this writing. Roy and June Shesler are home spending their vacation. Mrs. V, Jenkins, Miss Maude Mar- tin and Miss Ruby Orear spent Sun- day with the Shesler family. Clifford Terry is home visiting his mother, Mrs. Grant Garner. Melvin Bolling went to Foster after Christmas to ‘visit his uncle, Chas. Dickerson, then with his wife and eight children returned to their home near Fulton, Kans., in a wagon. N. M..N. sister, Mrs. Duncan of Amsterdam. Miss Gladys Zinn visited her broth- er, Albert Zinn, Tuesday. ’ Geo. Rohrack and Emery Porter were in Butler one day last week.. Dick Allen is visiting friends around Virginia. John Hedger, Sr., gathered 450 bushels of corn from 11 1-2 acres of land recently. Geo. Ruble bought some of the corn and says it the best corn he has purchased this year. Walter Keeton’s four-year-old son died Saturday, December 26, and was buried in Mt. Vernon cemetery the following Sunday. Mr. Keeton lives near Elkhart, Mo. We did not learn use the name of the officiating minister. | Greenview Twinklings. Fe hoagie dad pions fl | vie a ene of three weeks:we A iveaielind Lae »| Will try to make an appearance. will bring it home I will give him $3.’’ | ia enough—of -his—dog—to|—W. H. Lee and brother, John, w have its picture taken which he had | business callers in Butler Tuesday. framed and hung on the wall. Mrs. O. J. Sribner, Mrs, W. T. ‘ A ‘ | Jones and Mrs. J. C. Wilson called Uncle_,Ben..Pickett-.died_ Saturday. , morning at his home near Nyhart and} Mrs. L. M. May Tuesday after- was laid to rest in Mt. Vernon ceme- | 207+ s tery Sunday noon. Rev. E, E. Hughes} Miss Dale Briscoe, who has been preached the funeral. Mr. Pickett|attending in Gorin, Mo., came home was 60 years, 3 months and 26 days| Thursday to spend a week’s vaction old, was born in Iowa and in 1875| With homefolks. married to Miss Elwildie Crundy in; Quite a crowd attended the Christ- Vinton, Mo. In 1884 he joined the|mas tree at Green View Thursday Baptist church and lived in that faith|night. Everybody had a good time ‘their salesmen. relatives.in Modale, Tona. and Roch- port, Mo. Mrs. Mary Hubbard who was op-| erated on two weeks ago for gall stones, in Kansas City, is reported to | be getting along nicely. Grandpa and Grandma Norton are quite poorly. The pie supper and the entertain- ment at Valley school house ‘was a success in every way. The net pro- ceeds amounted to $26.80. The Xmas tree at both churches at Spruce was beautifully decorated and | excellent program was rendered. family;Mr.. and. Mrs...W. .T. Jones ahd children; Mr. and Mrs. Augton and daughter, Lucile, W. T. Briscoe and son, John; L. Staker, and daugh- ter, Clara; Miss Julia Young. J. C. Wilson and family and 0. J. Scribner and family ate a fine Xmas dinner at L. M. May’s Friday. ‘Harvey Steele of Kansas City is visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Briscoe, this week. Billie Foster and family spent Christmas day with Ed Graves and family. Henry Briscoe attended the dinner | | Newell... Mrs..Newell expects to re- turn home with Mrs. Tiffany. Walter Fisher spent Saturday night with Charlie Harp in Butler. J. D. Chappell and family are spending the holidays with relatives in North Missouri. Fred Wolf and family were visi- tore in the Pleasant Gap neighbor- hook, Sunday. Kelly McGuire and family spent Sunday and Sunday night with rela- tives near the Tripp school house. K. M. Couch and family entertain- ed Kelly McGuire and family and Ben at Logan Briscoe’s Friday. A. B. Gray and family spent Friday Nick Murphy of Lawrence, Kan., | and brother Vest, of Kansas City, | Ernest Badgett and wife in Fostér. ‘came in Thursday to spend Xmas | R. S. Orear, wife and children| Wity home folks. They returned | spent Friday with S. N. Kinion and | Saturday. | family. | Roy Baker is home on a two weeks’ | i traveling_salesman, vacation_from_.the—Agriculturture| for the Indiana Silo Co., spent his | College. Christmas vacation at home, return-' Miss Mabel Odneal of St. Louis, ar- | ing to Kansas City Tuesday to attend|rived here the 25th, to spend the | a banquet at the Baltimore Hotel giv-/ holidays with relatives and friends in' en by the Indiana Silo Co. in honor of | Spruce. is Mrs. John Kretsinger who recently | underwent an’ operation for cancer | John Lee and wife spent a few days last week with his brother Will. | tumor, is improving at this writing. | R. S. Orear and family spent Sun-) Ray Hubbard left Monday for Kan-| day with Mr. Mrrtin’s in Foster. | sas City. Claude Kinion, wife and little son, , Mr. and Mrs. Frank Feeley send Harley, spent Monday and Monday | their thanks and appréciation to the Crofts and family Sunday. _ Miss Maude Martin and pupils gave a delightful entertaifiment Thursday afternoon at Bethel school. Miss Martin gave a generous treat. The following visitors were present: Mr. and Mrs. Philip Herman and daugh-- ter, Gertrude; John Huffman and family, Mrs. Tom Huffman, baby and Hazel, Mrs. Grape and two little daughters. MIAMI. | James Hand Dead. James Hand, aged 73 years, died at his home in Pleasant Gap town- ship Monday morning, December 28, 1914, as the result of paralytic stroke. Mr. Hand had been a resident of Bates county for many years. Annual January Clearing Sale If a real money saving event is of interest to you, read this page. Come and see the bargains we are offering and we are sure you will ‘not be disapointed. There are thousands of dollars worth of merchandise here that must be cleared out——a larger stock than ordinary, and in ‘making prices for this MIGHTY CLEARING SALE—we have not been afraid to cut all the profit off and some more in many cases. Ladies Suits 1-2 Regular Price $12.50 $15.00 Suits $10.00 Suits -- EXTRA 50 LADIES COATS . Worth $7.50 at $2.00 ONE LOT Dress Goods all les, Serges Pop-_ Gaberdines at..75c We will give from our clearing sale prices an extra 10% to the customer who presents this ‘ advertisement to one of our sales people, during this sale. Sale Opens Saturday, January 2d, 1915 Childrens Coats 1-3 off Regular Price $5.00 Coats.........$3.33 $7.50 Coats......... $3.00 Coats... Ladies Coats 1-2 Regular Price Mens Overcoats On Sale $ 8 Overcoats.....$ 6.00 $10 Overcoats. { $15 Overcoats $20 Overcoats.....$14.50 Mens Suits At Clearing Sale Prices Boys Overcaats 1-4 off $7.50 Overcoats. .«.$5.63 $5.00 Overcoats....$3. $4.00 Overcoats.... $3.00 Overcoats.... EXTRA 35 LADIES SKIRTS Worth $5 at $150 ONE LOT 65c Novelty Dress Goods at........ ++. -.d0C \% OFF ON ALL ’ Ladies Sweaters HOPE BLEACHED MUSLIN sat 7c ONE LOT 65c All Wool Batiste and Serges at.....42%c 20% OFF ON ALL R. & G. Corsets ? : off on all All Furs at Half Price Tronkeane Suit Cases EXTRA L L MUSLIN Worth 7c at 5c EXTRA JOHN 8. STETSON HATS © at $2 50 ONE LOT $1.00 Novelty and $1 Fancy Silks Foul- Plain Dress Good --ards, Taffeta and Oiiiatcccctes Reeders 65c Messalines at 4% OFF ON ALL Outing Gowns ONE LOT 25% OFF ON ALL Fancy Towels 25% off on all Shoes at a SPECIAL DISCOUNT Fancy White Goods ILE COMPA EXTRA $1.25 Extra Large Cotton BLANKETS at 95c ONE LOT $1.25 Black Messa- line Silk............. 90c - ¥ OFF ON ALL Knit Goods $1.25 House Dresses at 75c