The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 13, 1915, Page 1

i Evol Dinner was ‘served on the yrounds Walter Jenkins worked for Marian Hedger a few days last -week.—Wal- nad ‘is a good boy to work. ~Uncle Mat Nelson says be.is not fit ‘tor anything only to read.~—Uncle Mat is badly crippled up with rheum- atism till he can hardly get around ‘and he is not able to farm. Flossie Fritts of Amsterdam R2 and Edward Pierce of Bison, Kansas, a veterinary, was married Sunday “at W. P. Fritts’ her father. © Rambler, ramble around, find your pencil and stationery and let us hear from you. Evert Crooks has set a price on his field of wheat. On. account of the bugs he offers it for what the seed cost. We wonder what’s the matter with our correspondent at Merwin. She is usually on the first page of the Times. _ Last Sunday being Unele Geo. Zin’s birthday, his children and a few neigh- bors came in with everything good to eat. They all departed wishing ‘Uncle Zinn many more happy birth- days. Sunday Schools and Churches, re- member I take pictures. If they are not good you do not have to pay. The German church was well at- tended Sunday and a splendid sermon was preached. The Germans here have only the best of speakers. David McBride has a work mare for sale or trade as he has his crop in shape so that he can spare her. J. R. Hughes has a good fanning mill and you can have your seed cleaned there for 5c per bushel. Grandma Hendrix, of near Ballard, is visiting her son Elmer and daugh-| ter Mrs. Ike Dawson this week. T..J. Haskell, G. W. Jinn and Peter Peterson were chosen to appraise Mr.. propert Coren i yrs his wife, wilf adi Biniaet on bis estate. Uncle Allen Pointér and son, Char- ley, are quite sick. Charley has been an.invalld for 12 years but Uncle Al- len has not been sick long. Oliver Stanfield’s shildren. came home Sunday. _ "John Hussey, wife and daughter, Eunice of Merwin, visited with his sister, Mrs. John Hedger, Sunday. Mrs. Hattie McCullough and daugh- ter Fay are visiting their aunts and cousins this week. Mr. Geo. Jackson, who has been very sick, is able to be up and oround- John Jackson, son of Henry Jack- son, and Cecil. Hackett have the mumps. There were meetings at Concord with Mrs. White. She expects to vis- it this week with Mrs. Farmer..- Mr. Chelfs have a new Ford car. _ There was quitea crowd attend Singing Saturday night. _ Rev. McCormack filled his appoint- ment Sunday morning and evening at the Christian church. Se It was quite a mistake published in the Urich Herald’ in regard to the automobile accident on the bridge near Dr. Miller’s. The baby was not thrown from the car but the sudden stop of the machine threw it from its mother’s lap down in the bottom. of the car. The occupants were, Edwin Richards’s wife and baby, Mrs. Tan White and three children. No one was hurt to speak of. : Ermine Rimmer is staying with her grandgarents in Butler while her grandma is sick. Claude Clark has been out most of last week canvassing for the Maxwell car. Miss Eva Moodey and Miss Waul- dine Thompson spent Supday at Mr. Clark's. Mr. Coonrod and Ervin were back in the neighborhood one day last week, Mr. Sam Farmer has about com- pleted the drain to his cellar. « Mr. Harve Harness and family visi- ted Mrs. Harness’ sister, Mrs. Barth Sunday. Mr. Godwin and. family ‘visited at Mr. Sam Jacobs Sunday. - ; Tan White, wife and babys visited at Dr. Miller’s Sunday afternoon. The men. and boys arovnd Mays- burg have organized a basket ball team. They play Saturday afternoon. “We had a good rain last week which was gladly accepted as the chinch bug Grandma Jacobs spent: last week ’ f pretty. numerous in. this! . - Wheat is not looking as good as it did this time last year} around in this country. ; went to Charley Pratt’s Sunday. Mr. and Mrs; Winelton called on| Price Hudson and wife Sunday “after- noon. A NEIGHBOR. Tips For the Farmer. turns are large. It is not good policy to buy over= fitted stock for breeders. Make plans to keep the cows clean before you attempt to produce clean, milk. * coat of whitewash and spray the nests with kerosene. Begin right now to keep a book ac- count of the farm’s production—it will save money for you. Stone fruits, especially the plum, when severely pruned, as peaches frequently are, are very apt to do poorly, and often die, Producing market cream is a very. satisfactory side of the dairy business for the man who values the young stock of the farm. Cemetery Association Benefit. 7 The entertainment given Friday night at the Ohio Street M. E. Church was one of the best entertainments given in Butler ina longtime. * Miss Frances Catron’s rendition of the ‘Man From Home” was a fine piece of character delineation and heartily enjoyed by those present. Lena Tucker, rendered some good music and added much to the enjoy- ment of the occasion. The attendance was not as large as the entertainment deserved. PE WORN TE CE Me MOORE ene sete SMS nn. rae se 5 Won’ t You Come and See this Unusually— Attractive Display of display of these andSunday: Saturday. There was a large attend- ance Sunday. a Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson were county seat visitors Saturday. Mrs. Hattie McCullough visited Tinker Hedger Tuesday. ; Esq. Hedgers had an ice cream sup- per Monday night. . AW mer is pulling 8 loaded discs his gasoline engine. - Fred McCall, ‘wife and son, Wesley, visited Douglas Browning’s Sunday. N. MN. see them. Lace Cloth at. handsome and prices so reasona Fred Zimmer and Harry White]. Give , the poultry “house another |: A ten piece orchestra led by Mrs.| © Sbaen Einenu:, va ec NUMBER 30 i Elkhart. We are having quite a cold spell. iSome frost last, week but done no damage. ~ John Stephens and wife called at his father’s last Sunday. M. E. Pickett and wife, of Nyhart, spent last Sunday at W. A. Crumley’s. W. F. Stephens and wife called at the writer’s last Sunday night. . Mrs. Dudley Hughen of Amsterdam spent last Sunday at the home of W. If spraying is properly done, its ré~|F. Stephens and she had the good luck of getting a good string. of fish. Miss Minnie (rook, Miss Nellie | Thornbrough and Mrs. Stephens went fishing one day last week. They re- port a dry haul. C. H. Misner and family called at the writer’s one night last week. Henry Hockett of Kansas is here on a visit at the home of his brother, Tom Hockett§ Col: Lockridge and wife took in the sights at Amsterdam last Saturday. Gordon Heavlin and George Shafer of Lewistown, Montana, spent last week at the home of the writer. This was their first trip to Missouri. They are on their way to California to take in the big fair on their motorcycles, leaving Iast Sunday morning. Mr. Ed Tearce of Larned, Kas., and Miss Flossie Frits, of Elkhart were married at the home of the bride last Sunday evening. We wish them a happy journey through life. They will leave this week for their future home in Kansas. Miss Inez Beck left for her home in St. Joseph last Monday. _JOHNNY For Sale Sixty thoroughbred .White Leg- horns, White Holland turkey eggs. | Phone 4-15. Mrs. Kate Graves, - 30-1t * West Side Square. The Magical Hen of Missou’ (This ttle barnyard gent ie respectfull poo LAD yal Oh, say, have you heard Of that wonderful bird, And the marvelous deeds it can do, The peer of all things That are fitted with wings, The magical hen of Missou’? Fifty millions a year Are her profits and elear, t If what we are told is all true, For the Governor tells Of the two billion shells From the magical hen of Missou’. End on end ‘round the earth At its tropical girth They would make of white circles just two, And} if she would scratch All the time on one patch. A Panama ditch she could do. Let the eagle be dumb And the ostrich look glum, And sad be the mournful emu, The pride of all things That are fitted with wings « Is the wonderful hen of Missou’. —San Francisco Chronicle. ‘Receipt for Making Whitewash. The. United State Department of Agriculture sends out a bulletion on whitewash for buildings, fences, etc., used in painting government prop- erty. (1) One bushel (62 lbs) quicklime, slacked with 12 gallons hot water. (2). Two lbs common table salt, 1 Ib sulphate of zinc, dissolve in 2 gal- lons boiling water. | (8) Two gallons skimmed milk. | Pour (2) into (1), then add the milk (3) and mix thoroughly. Butler People Helped Butler people have discovered that ONE SPOONFUL. of simple buck- thorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed |in Adler-i-ka, relieves sour stomach, gas and constipation AT ONCE. This remedy is well known as the appen- dicitis preventative. J. F. Ludwick, Druggist. 30-1t While assortments are at their best? - If you come now you'll see the largest goods ever shown IN BUTLER. We are sure that patterns are so 27 in. neat and elaborate, striped and flowered _.... 12¥%e yard Crepes “Tokio Silk at Swiss Flot ed 2 27 inch 27 inch, Striped and Embroideried at.................25e@ yard (sells elsewhere 35c yard) 36-in ‘Rice Cloth at 35c yard 36 inch ives 0C yard for slips and underwear : : 36 inch Best 10¢ Percale at. 7c yard at.........98¢ (ocils elsewhere $1 0) ble that buying will prove irresistible when you 27. inch plain and sini Voiles at.. Pasay 25¢ yard ‘fast colors 36 inch, striped and checked Dimity at................20e yard splendid cloth for underwear 36 inch Palm Beach Cloth at 35c yard _ 27 inch Fancy Crepes at.....12¥%c yard 36 inch Rajah Silk at..........65¢e yard Green and Blue Dots 27 inch neat patterns wrrite for. ‘Chiffon Flouncing at $1.25 East Lone Oak. T. L. Harper and family, of Butler, spent Sunday at the home of E. G. Harper and family. Another little son was added to the family of John Walker and wife on _| Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Ernest Gough and little son, Wesley, spent over Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Ison_of near Butler. Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas called on Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Evilsizer Sun- day afternoon. H. H. Evilsizer and family, Elmer Latham and family, and Mrs. Visa Gough spent Sunday at the home of John Thomas and wife. Mrs. Ella Thomas and daughter of Butler, and Miss Mae McGinnis visited J. W. Thomas’ last Sunday. Wesley Black, of Butler, called at the F. L. Blankenbaker home last Monday. Miss Mae Danieland Margaret Tho- mas of the Star neighborhood have gone to Imes, Kansas, for a visit with George Daniel and family. T. J. Booth and family took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Eckles Sun- day. . “ Miss Nellie Thomas entertained the Misses Florence Belt, Joyce Ghere, Cecil Thomas and Ladine Evilsizer last Sunday. . Henry Thompson purchased a very swell buggy last Saturday. Clyde Beach, accompanied by Miss Louise Williams of near Black school house, attended Jeague at Peru Sun- day night. There was a little misunderstanding about the date of Children’s Day at Peru. In one correspondence in an- other paper, it was written the third Sunday instead of the fifth. Gilbert Blankenbaker and Miss Eth- el Thomas, of the Star neighborhood, were at Peru Sunday night. It was decided last Sunday to not have league on preaching night which is the third Sunday in each month. Last Sunday, we, (Ernest Gough) had the pleasure of taking a trip to Kansas City with Robert Thomas in his new Ford Roadster. We took dinner with Dave Evilsizer and family then took a drive through Swope Park and arrived in Butler about 8:30. It was a pleasure indeed as we are notin the habit of riding in automo- biles. : The farmers, in general, are as far behind with their farming as in this vicinity. We never saw more than a dozen fields of corn up and hundreds of acres not yet plowed. PUSSY WILLOW. Merwin Items. Wig H. Hayes left Sunday for Clinton, 0. appointment at the Christian Church both Sunday morning and evening. Protracted meeting~begins at the Christian Church next Sunday, May 16. F. H. Smith visited his mother, Mrs. M. B. Hayes of this place one day last week. The party at the bottling works Saturday night was well attended. Every one present reported having a fine time. The Priscilla Circle of the Christian Church will give an ice cream and strawberry supper at the church Sat- urday night, May 15. Everybody come. oi a Fleener left Sunday fey Kansas ity. Mrs. J. R. Martin and children, Mrs. J. L. Hayes and. Mrs. J. H. Hayes visited at the Curnutte home Sunday. The measle scare is about over now. Miss Maggie Miller left Monday morning for Oklahoma. Mrs. J. L. Hayes and drughter Jes- sie were shopping in Drexel, Mo., Tuesday. Chester Kellar visited his sister, Mrs. Clyde Patterson over ! Patterson over Sunday. Ex-Confederates Atte Attention! All members of Marmaduke Camp No. 615, United Confederate Veterans are requested to meet at their usual meeting place, becriy 3 May 15, to make. arrangements for Decoration Day services. There will be a new — . program. J. R. Ford, Commander. R. S. Catron, Adjt. z - Brother Thomas filled—his—regular—