The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 18, 1915, Page 8

Timothy and Glover - SEEDS Weare long on Timothy and Clover seed and uf you aré going to need any, right .now is the time to buy. Hin ! if Seed -“Eating Potatoes We have a large stock of Red River Ohio and Rose seed potatoes that are first class stock and our prices right. We also unloaded a car of fancy eating potatoes last week that were grown in Min- nesota and are not mushy like the western irrigat- ed potatoes that you have been using. Ifyou want the best on the market see us. ites We also have a large stock of Mammoth, Alfal- fa, Sweet and White Clover Seed, Blue Grass, Red Top, Sudan Grass, Cane, Kaffir, Millet and Rape Seeds and our prices are right. Oil and Gasoline Stoves Now is the time you will be thinking about an Oil or Gasoline Stove and if you will call and look over our stock we are sure we can sell to you as we have some of the latest patterns on the market and can sell you a 3-Burner Oil Stove with glass oven doors from $10.00 up. Come in and look over our line. Onion Sets and Garden Seeds We have a large stock of first class Onion Sets and. a large stock of the Luther Burbank Garden Seeds. If you want garden seeds that are right up- to-date it will pay,you to try the Luther Burbank varieties. ; Farm Implements and Hog Wire We have a large stock of Corn Planters, Stalk Cutters, Listers, Disk and Smoothing Harrows, Sulky and Gang Plows, Riding, Walking and Disk Cultivators, Grain Drills, Land Rollers, Manure Spreaders, Wagons, Buggies, Harness, etc. We handle the John Deere full line, besides some other good makes, and at this time are making some special prices on Manure Spreaders. We have a large stock of American’ and Electric Weld Field Fence and are making some very low prices on same to close out. It will pay you to see us. Hardware and Groceries We have the largest and best selected stock of Hardware and Groceries in Bates County and our prices are right. We appreciate your business and will try to make prices to get more of it. : Thanking you for your patronage, we are BENNETT-WHEELER MERC, CO. Phone No. 82 P.S. We buy all kinds of country produce and pay the highest market price—cash or trade. Bring in your Poultry, Butter and Eggs. In and Around Maysburg. North New Home. Hallia Hanns, who lives near Aaron is moving to Clinton. Wednesday from Platte county. McCormac ting along fine. Fred Medley has the small pox. church. Ermine Zimmer has recovered from her soar throat and started back to school. Will Hoover and family and Sam Farmer and family spent Sunday at | the home of Tan White. Riley Gilbert has been quite poorly with grip the past week but is im- proving. Mrs. Gilbert and Elsie are also complaining. i Misses Wauldene Thompson and | and diphtheria. Ruth Hunt called on Mrs. Carters ' Saturday. They also visited awhile at Mr. Clarks and Mr. Warners. | Hugh Hoover is working for Riley | Gilbert. Francis Godwin of Urich visited with home folks over Sunday. - Sam Farmer and Tan White went * to Urich Thursday. Mrs. Godwin has been having quite a time with the head ache the past week. ee Fayette Snow has his new barn almost completed. Rev. McCormack visited at Sterling ing. | the Morris cemetery Saturday. of friends to mourn her loss. Saturday and Sunday. John Ehart and famil: ‘day at Henry Ehart’s. ;day at Mr. McCormack’s. Butler Monday. with Milt Reeves and wife. home of his brother, John Phel as, COR. For Sale. Harness’ Sunday. ree 5 Mr. and Mrs.Tom Cannon and Sam PPro epsain gntcsoi Senne (he ee eee eee New Thoroughbred Strawberry Farmer and wife visited with Mr. ma eggs 75¢ per 15, rates on four or! Card of Thanks : Plants For Sale. ; Douglas and family Tuesday. more settings. Will ‘hatch chicks| We wish to thank our many friends| _ Six varieties. Early, mid-summer Singing began this week at Walnut where eggs are furnished at3 cents | for their kindness during the sickness | and late. Prices, 50c per 100, rates . church with Rev. McCormack as! per chick. Send orders early. Ad- and death of.our beloved husband and | on 1000 lots.. Order now for : if ANEIGHBOR. |Mo., eats Mrs. Sarah Porter and-family. | Lyons, Butler, Mo. P Route 6. Mrs. Liiendoll returned home last | d-his—regular —Miss Tide Kelly and Guy Phelps appointment Sunday at the Christian | have had the small pox and are get- Claude Berry’s children have the | diphtheria, but are better at this writ- Mrs. McKissick was laid to rest in | Be- | sides her relatives she leaves a host! The school at Lost Corner has been | | closed on the account of small pox | Miss Maggie McCann and Miss Ruby | Patterson visited friends at Foster | ly spent Sun- Brick McCoy and family spent Sun- Mr. Linendoll delivered hogs at Clif Ehart and wife agent Sunday Marsh Phelps is visiting at the Mulberry and Western Bates. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nelson and gon, \Frankie, visited at D. L. Clark’s | Thursday ° i ; The Homer township board held jtheir monthly meeting Wednesday | ;and finished up their report for the past year’s business. bie: | John Dykman and family and W. |R. Bohlken spent Thursday evening at Squire H. K. Dykman’s. Bernie and George Bohlken were trading in Amoret Thursday. * | Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bowman visited | at Mrs. Harriett Payne’s Sunday. Ekke Taute helped his brother, | John, with carpenter work Friday. H. K. Dykman, Bernie Bohlken, | John Dykman and their families were. 'guests at the R. Bohlken home Sun-, day. | | William Shunk, his son-in-law and |daughter, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Graham jarrived here from Linwood, Kas., jand are moving to the Hopp farm) [northeast of Amoret. They ‘have |purchased this farm and expect to |make some extensive improvements |the coming season. | A number of wolves have been |giving the farmers in this vicinity | trouble for some time and the boys | that owned hounds joined in a chase | Wednesday and made it lively for | these cunning creatures. | Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Sageser were \callers at Harlan Porter,s Sunday. ' Messrs Fred Penny and Jessie |Cuzic visited with friends in Hume Sunday. i The elecrict light plant at Amoret \is almost completed. The machinery ‘has arrived and the workmen are | busy getting everything in shape to have the village lighted up_by the juice route and there will no doubt be a fall in the Rockefeller products. RAMBLER. Merwin Items. Edwin Ellstrom of Kansas City, is visiting with Bayard Carmute a few days this week. Mrs. R. C. Chappell returned Mon- day night from Kansas City, where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Brown. Mrs. J. F. Hayes spent Tuesday |afternoon with Mrs. W. I. Lewis. | Mrs. H. B, Owen returned home | from Lyle Tuesday afternoon. ree Years Old, Mule ed. Horses’mus years old, with b DON’T Horses, Mares and Mules Bring in-your good horses, we buy them from 5 to 10 that grow and pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE. give more for Good Horses than anybody. Show us your Draft Horses and Chunks. Hume, Mo. Thursday, March 18 Butler, Mo. Nevada, Mo. Saturday, March 20 s, 14 to 16 hands high. We buy the best We will Will buy Branded or Unbrand- t weigh from 1150 to 1300 lbs. We are also buying some blocky horses or mares that are 4 to 8 one and must be 15 hands high. FORGET THE DAY WE COME TO BUY Livery Barn - Friday, March 19 Guyton’s Feed Yard Wilson's Feed Yard You need not HESITATE about bringing your Horses and Mules in, as we will have a buyer in each town without fail. L. Wolfort & Co. BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS. | Jasper King and his two children j aie 1 | left Monday morning for Colorado. Debate at Passaic. | Miss Velva Hightman spent Sunday} The following literary and debate afternoon with Priscilla Morewood. | program will be rendered Friday The party at the hall Friday night} March 19, 1915, at the Passaic school was well attended and a good time | house. | was reported by all present. Recitation, Luther Stults. R. C. Chappell made a business} Song, Myrtle Fouts. | trip to Kansas City Friday. \ Recitation, Thelma Prettyman. | | Miss Lola Ellstrom spent Friday Hid Pictures, L. W. Keele. | | night with Opal Hayes. Otion song, six little girls. \ Organ solo, Thelma’ Prettyman. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hayes and son Recitation, Lala Coop James, spent the day Friday, with) Joie Gladys Brown. his mother, Mrs. M. B. Hayes. i 4 ¥ f | | | Dialogue. Miss Albert Harris is reported on} Character sketch. | the sick list. Paper, Mr. McCarthy. Mrs. R. C. Chappel and mother,} Dialogue, The Stepper Fanfily, Mrs. Miller, called on Mrs, W. I.|Cast of Characters—Ikie, Frank Lewis, Tuesday afternoon. Prettyman; Charley Dressup; Lewis Mrs. John Bell and mother, Mrs. Keele; Miss Sprucy. Stepper, Gladys Harper called on Mrs. M. B. Hayes, | Brown; Mrs. High Stepper, Myrtle Saturday afternoon. based ety Stepper, Earl Fouts; wee ‘i .|Messenger boy, Virgil Zwahlen; Phelan tbeabanal °° RE AIP ARB i j Y ,,|1van Beckett; Slim Stepper, John, Henry Maybe died at his home in Funk; Sly Stepper, Luther Stults; Oklahoma Saturday morning. He Sarah Stepper, Marie Prettyman was brought to Merwin and laid to Date ‘ rest in the West Point cemetery. ee rOaram, | J. W. Fleenor and son Jay, took Tien nan That we | Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. F. | 820U!¢ patronize home merchants in- 1E. Witter. stead of mail order houses. Miss Priscilla Moreland has a nice ae Povey a & pe | line of ladies’ hats at Whitesides’ Negative—E. H. Rosier, Fred | store, : Church, H. L. Francham, E. V. Jew- | Mrs. Jim Walters returned home| ett. from St. Joseph Sunday afternoon. Ex-Confederate Pensions. Among the items in the appropria- tions bill before the Missouri legisla- ture is one for $100,000 for ex-Con- federate pensions. Pwo years ago the legislature passed a bill paying Missotri Ex-Confederates a pension of $10 per month and appropriating $30,000 for that purpose. That amount was found to be insufficient and a larger appropriation was asked of this legislature. S. B. McFerrin of this city has received letters from Represetative Sharp who says he is helping push the bill in the House, also one from State Auditor Gordon saying the funds will be available|eas City Times. Our next joint debate will be held at Mt. Olive school house on Friday night, March 26, 1915. A cordial in- vitation to the public is given to all these meetings. His Speed Exceeds the Engine. “Old Cap” Abel, who for many years was a conductor on the Butler- Madison branch of the Missouri Pacific, now has the run from Joplin to Topeka. The Leroy reporter says that the other day a cute young man accosted him in peevish tones. “Can't you run faster than this?”’ he asked. “Sure, I can, man,”’ replied old Cap, ‘‘but the company pays me to stay with the train.—Kan- | Pine Street, Butler; Mo. FOR SALE—One saw mill com-| Speciat Masonic Meetihg plete, undermounted double star en-/ pecial Masonic Meeting gine, Reeves No. O ‘saw rig, with| Butler Lodge No. 254 A. F. & A.M. endless drive belt; cut off saw; jet | will meet Thursday March 18th, 1915 puis, Woeeied ul ie wa ot twp [at 8 o'clock, p. m, to confer the E. A. years sawing at place, 11 miles south- | Degree on five candidates. All mem- west of Butler. Inquire at 812 West | bers are requested to be present, and 21-tf. all other Masons cordially invited. | Please remember the hour. | Wesley Denton, Master. |A. H. Culver, Secretary. Dr. J. S. Newlon. Physician and surgeon. Special at- tention to diseases ang surgery, of | the eye, ear, nose and ea Charlotte Township Convention. Farmers Bank Building. ae es Democrats of Charlotte township Mrs. Aaron Hart Dead. | will meet in convention at Virginia Friends of Mrs. Aaron Hart re- Hall Saturday, March 20th, 2p. m., ceived word last week that she had/for the purpose of nominating a died at her home in Spokane. Wash- | township ticket. (21-2t C. A. Lusk, Committeeman, ington, Sunday, March 7th. A Bluff On most anything once, but you can’t make it go twice on things to eat. Groceries have to be good or we don’t eat thern. : : Williams always gives you good things to eat. Best quality in everything. : We have an unusually good line of Dried its, Canned Goods a fresh and good. This is gardening time. _We have Seed Potatoes, Onion Sets and Garden Seeds. We also have all gardening tools, Hoes, Rakes, Spades, Forks, Etc. = 8 Come and see us. Yours, Williams. Grocery Co. Phone No. 6. Butler, »