The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 23, 1915, Page 1

id for the crowd and i ” Mise Lela Gregory. ‘sid. nail: ers visited T. J, Hockett Sunday. Grant’ Oldham finished thesh- ing Monday after the machine be- ing there over two weeks on ac- count of it being too ace to thresh. John Fritts has quit AEE as the ground is-too soft to move his machine in the fields. He ‘is | going. to fill silos and wait for better weather to finish thresh- | ing. Wait for him as he is a good )~ one. The tabernacle will hold their meetings every Sunday.. A good attendance and good order is what they have and everybody is invited. The Corbin ranch wants to buy 20 bushel of timothy seed. Call the ranch at Merwin. Tinker Hedger traded for a hig sorrel horse from Wm. Den- ton one day last week.’ Lewis Radford was seen going home with some good mules he had been buying Monday. Aunt Amanda Durst was able to be out to camp meeting Sun- day. Peter Browning is fine border around his farm by cutting his hedge and mowing the weeds on the road side. Silo filling has begun and will last a month if the machines can get to the silos through the mud. The tenant hotise on the Bailey brothers ranch was burned down Sunday. It was occupied by Lin- coln Zinn. The fair is over, the show has passed and the. next thing ig the mud to wade through. The bridge between Wm. Old- ham’s annd Geo. Pahlman’s is about one-half done,,-and looks} like it. is: going to bea strong oné. Unele John Foster is a builder of conerete. doing some McGuire Our road boss: is good work. Mr. Miles is overseer. . ‘ Miss Marie Jenson Warrensburg last Sunday . ing. A little daughter came to glad- den the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Zinn. Mentry Hughes has a silo fill- ing outfit for sale. Cutter and engine. Mr. Marion Harris was down from Kansas City to visit his mother, Mrs. John E. Hussey-and returned to. his work Sunday morning. Mr. Abner Hilton was fifty years old Sept. 18, and a big dine ner was given in honor of the occasion. Daniel Corbin of Kansas City came down to the ranch on the night train Friday night to look over his ranch at Merwin, It is under the management of T. J. Hilton. Marion Hedger: has a good Lightning hay press for sale at the right price. John W. Porter says his daugh- ter, Lizzie Smith, of near El Do- rado, joined the Presbyterian church a few days ago. The tabernacle meeting held at the Crooks -school house gave a big basket dinner Sunday. and left for even- that were from a dis- for the night. meet-| had enough: good “supper. . Robt. fife of Leavenworth, | helping Herrell ‘meeting. putting a | wants. Johnny has beén on the sick list the ‘last. week. We may fall | short of news this week. ‘We had the biggest rains of the year last week and lots of high water. On the 12th Ed Bailey’s tenant house was burned down. Mr. Zinn lived in the - house. They saved the most of the goods. John Stephens and wife took in the > big fair at Butler. last week.” It took him two days to make the trip. He reports the fair as being good. . Ina Bailey called on Mrs. Mag Keeton ‘one day last week. The writer and wife spent one day last week at the home of Uncle Jim Coughlin. Glad to see that the Cornland seribe has gotten out once more, Col. Lockridge and wife took in the fair at Butler one day last week. It is reported that Floyd Bail- ey picked up the dishes at the fire and threw them.out in the yard. We don‘t know how many he broke. Albert Daniels and family took in the show af Butler last week. Albert says he has got all he It rained all the time he was there. G. W. Armentirout and family spent last Sunday at Aunt Mag Scott’s. Col. Lockridge has lost some of his hogs. They have got the; cholera. John Page, Tom Bruner, G, W, Armentrout, and Uncle Jake, Masterson called to see Johnny on Sunday evening. _ It ‘was raining Sept..20, Fifty years ago that day I landed in ‘ present were; Bates county. There has bees. quite a change in that length of This has been the wettest, pang since I have been. in thé county. , Last Saturday being Mrs. Ella! Scott’s birthday a number of her neighbors pulled in with well! filled baskets with all kinds of! good things to eat and they a! report a jolly god time. Those G. W. Arnientrout: and family, Mrs. Ed Bailey and daughter, Mrs. Allen and family, Ellis Hand and wife, Mrs, Reeves, Mrs. John Page, Mrs, Tom Ray- born, Mrs. R, L. Scott, Mrs. Grace}: Chrisman, Mrs. Tom Bruner and}: family, Mrs. John Halfort, Mrs. Nutt, Aunt Mag Scott and her oldest daughter. The writer failed to be there as he was-on | the sick list. JOHNNY. In and Around Maysburg. Mrs. Weslie Dale is very sick at this writing. Harry Hibbs went back to hi work in’Kansas City Monday. He had been spending the past week with bis wife and that new boy, Eugene Clark Hibbs. Rév. Thomas filled-his appoint- ment at the Baptist church Sun- day. The ladies of the Christian church are to ser¥e lunch at Mrs. Cunningham's sale Thursday, Sept. 23. ¢ Mrs. R. K. Godwin was taken sick Sunday and was unable to attend chureh Sunday evening: Mr. and Mrs. Clary attended church services at the Baptist ehurch Sunday: morning and-went home with Mr, Farmer. for din- ner. Mr. Berley Cumpton was at the Baptist church Sunday morning it gf Rev. McCormack’s address. It d made a-talk in behalf of Wil-|ter spent Sunday night and 4am Jewel College. Monday at the home of G. W. The Aaron gospel team, if Thomas nothing prevents, will be at the {Baptist church next Sunday evening. Everyone is invited to be present. ' The fourth Sunday is the date Quite a niee temperance pro- gram was rendered by the people of Peru at church last Sunday, it being Temperance Day. ’ E. E. Eckles is carrying a pret- ty sore hand at this writing. The will be especially to the men.|doctor called it blood poison. It The song service will be special |starts like a boil and gets no bet- music for the occasion. All men|ter until checked by medicine. and boys are requested to be} G, A, pre sent. Ladies are also invited, | at} ut the men are especially urged to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert visited Mr. Godwin and family Sunday. ; Mr. and Mrs. Heart, and son, Ota, Tan White, wife and daugh- ters, went home with Walter ‘1 Staley and _ sisters from Sunday school Sunday. A NEIGHBOR. Latham’s sale was well attended and while some things sold rather low, on the whole it was a very good sale. It amount- ed to some thing like $3275.00. PUSSY WILLOW. Mound Pickups. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Miller left one day last week for Cass coun- ty, where they will visit her brother, Samuel Deaver. Mrs. Webb Shelby and Mrs. J. B, Rice were Butler visitors Sat- urday. East Lone Oak. 2» Rev, Spencer preached his fare- yell sermon*at Peru last Sunday ight. He will go to conference in a few days. AM this writing the Marais des] Mr. Kichler visited Mr. Cyenes river is overflowing its Mier Friday. banks. The drainage ditches are} Mr, Ed doing their best but the volume | slowly, of water is too great for them. ra es Mechel inet) CCE Mr. Joseph Coop finished his “We have just heard that Wal-| threshing one day last week. ter Little sold his farm in Pleas- M Misses May and Prue Sharp were trading in Passaic one day last week, , Fritz Brown is” recovering ant Gap township to- Robert . Forest Melton was in Pas- Evans, the consideration being |S*'° °” wie ss Saturday. something like $41 per acre. Mr, W. 7G. Dillon is huss a . 2 new barn built. kK. S. Requa and Lot) Warren sold some steers to Henry Nafus| Mr. and Wm. Sceifers recently. farm south of Passaic, Earnest Gough sold a horse to} Mr. George Chureh had a buy- Marion Thomas last week. er for his farm from Nebraska. , J. 0, Brown and son are still making hay. Mrs. J. O. Shelby of Texas is visiting her son, Webb. Kk. @. 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Mrs. Katherine Young Saturday at Geo. Keen’s. Several of this vicinity attend- ed the fair at Montrose Satur- day. Mr. and Mrs. M. Oklahoma are visiting of this vicinity. Mrs. Will Foster who has been quite ill the -past few days is re- ported better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Quick en- tertained the following guests Sunday: Mrs. Sarah Quick and son, George, Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Foster and baby, Mr. J. T. Kret- zinger and children. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ferguson called on A. L. Gilmore Sunday afternoon. spent Mistler of relatives Mr. and Mrs. Lem Sargent and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sargent spent Sunnday at Geo. Sargent’s. Chas. Rector: entertained — the following at dinner Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Mistler of Oklahoma, T. Anderson and family and Ar- chie Shillinger and mother. Charley Pheasant called — on Merl Sargent Sunday. (Poo late for last week.) Miss Maud Foster visited the Oak Grove school one day last week. Mrs. Mary Childs visited her aunt, Mrs, Sarah Quick,- the past few days. Mr. and-Mrs. Ben Vermillion and family visited relatives of this neighborhood the latter part of the week. Z Rey, Shirk of Appleton City is holding a protracted meeting at the Oak Grove school house. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Welliver visited at the latter’s parents, Jim Harvey and family Sunday. M. W. Evans and family spent Sunday at Geo, Keen's. Charley Pheasant spent day with Merl Sargent. The Oak Grove Improvement Club met Sept. 11, withea large crowd present. The following Sun- dalia.—Rich Hill Review. new officers were elected: | Pres- ident, Everett Harvey; Vice pres- ident, Ben Baskerville: Seere- tary, Velma Harvey; Correspond- ing Secretary, Ben Baskerville; Press Corresponding Secretary, Mary Harvey, Sargeant-at- Arms, Jim Lawson; Treasurer, Will Lawson; Janitor, Otho West. A very interesting pro- gram consisting of ‘songs, recita- tions, music, ete., was rendered. Misses Vela Harvey and Doshia Henderson's recitation was ex- ceptionally good. The question, ‘*Resolved—That =the — United States Should’ Put an Embargo on Ammunition and all Contrae- tion of War’? was thoroughly discussed. Affirmative, Ben Bas- kerville and Rev. H. M. Shirk; Negative, Bruee Odneal and Wal- ter Gragg. Decision of the judges was for the affirmative. The next meeting will be held October 9. PANSY. Bates County Hogs Win in Kansas, John T. Baker received a let- ter Friday from his son, W. Z. Baker, owner of a fine ‘poland ehina herd, and exhibiting at the Kansas State Fair at Topeka, stating he had taken 27 ribbons. Mr. Baker took his herd to the Hutchinson Fair and then goes to the Missouri State Fair at Se- Cattle For Sale. 300 head young Angus cows, bred to registered bulls and 200 head calves out of same. Delivery Oct. 25 to it i Sen cFarfand & 49-2t Kress, Texas. NUMBER 49