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

* Emmet Wymer is a new sub ‘geriber to The Times, the best yper if the county. : ‘week Chancey Fritts and MeGraw pulled out to ‘were married. We i young couple the best of through life. The Deacon is : to lose all of his boys. Don’t : qurprised if you hear of anoth- er ane getting married soon. “Where are several in the neigh- 0 complaining of having grip. ‘Jim Gregory has returned, from wa where he has been at work. ‘He says it is too cold up there for : Wesley Shaw and wife moved ~S4@ Walnut township last week. ~The Royal Neighbors met at Elkhart last Saturday. They re- ported a good time. — . Bd Pierce and wife, Chancy and wife all pulled out. for festern Kansas last Saturday. ‘The writer killed hogs one day week. We are having a good ‘time eating spare ribs and sausage t: present. W. H. Keeton and wifa helped Mrs. E. Heavilin at the hog kill- ing last week. ~~ Uncle Charley Henderson and wife spent Sunday at the home of the writer. ~~" The horse editor of Paris, Mis- _ souri, Appeal hits Kansas a good jolt. . Fiank Cossairt and his mother. of Joplin, Mo., arrived at the + home*df W. F. Stephens last Sun- day. Mrs. Cossairt is a sister of Mr. Stephens. It has been 24 years since she was here on a visit. C. B. Henderson and the writer called to see W. F. Stephens one evening last week. He is getting along allright. ~ - ; John Barton and family landed Bates County last. Sa ‘3 farm east of Concord. fm Gregory called at the writ- ~ er’s last Sunday. The last we saw of him he was going north. “The writer had a horse badly choked with oats last Saturday. Mrs. Mag Keeton called to. see her uncle, Will Stephens, last unday. ‘ fi Clarence Spillman visited his brother, Charley, last week. Mrs, F. Heavilin is still on the sick list. We can’t tell anything of Col. Lockridze for we haven’t seen anvthing of him lately. a5 JOHNNY. a Gay } Clyde Boarland was not able to go to school on ‘account of sick- ness, ti a Bert Wheatley, the great ‘‘Ra- leigh man’’ was here Tuesday on. his quarterly round. G. M. Bakestraw of Ft. Scott Kansas, transacted business in Spruce Tuesday. Mrs. Pfost of Appleton City is visiting at the home of her daugh- ter,-Mrs. Henry Cook. . Mr. Coleman, representing the Home .Comfort Range, was here looking up business Thursday. Mrs. Tom Stark died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Kretsinger, Friday night of pneu- monia fever. The funeral ser- vices were held at the home, con- ducted by the Rev. Scroggs and laid to rest at the Appleton City eemetery.’ e Both the. Presbyterian and the Methodist churches will have a Christmas entertainment Christ- mas eve. ‘The Johnstown A. F. and A. M. Lodge will have an installation service Monday night, Dee. ; Light’ refreshments will be served, Miss Myrtle Cook is improving as well as possible. look forward to see her out soon. Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Chambers were shopping in Butler Monday. Misses Edna and Helen Odneal are spending the holidays at home. ‘Ben Barrackman retudned from the west Tuesday to spend the holidays with their parents ‘and other relatives. Mound Pickups. Messrs. Ben and Howard Harel- ston of Kansas City, visited their aunt, Mrs. Webb. Shelby last week, Miss Sallie Kinney visited her sister, Mrs. J. B. Ruddell Satur- day.and Sunday and attended the oyster supper ‘at Prairie school Saturday night. Mr, and Mrs. 0.'C. Welch and Ruby -O’Dea visited at Mr. D. S. West's Sunday. . — Misses ‘Edna Mier, Lola Coop and. Sallie: Howell. attended the reading circle at the Rush school house Saturday. Misses Prue and. Mary Sharp were, shopping at the county seat Saturday. — = Mrs. Geo. Church went to Jop- lin one day this week to visit her daughter, Mrs, Joe Snyder. The oyster supper was pulled off at the Prairie Rose school house Saturday night. They took “lin $11. ‘The proceeds: will go to Mt. Carmel News. Miss Imogene Cox spent from Wednesday till Saturday with her ‘nister, Mra. Taylor at Adrian. ~Dnele Henry received a card from Johnnie Sedwick . Friday, “stating that they arrived in La- mar, Col,, Monday all right. ‘The Y. P. B. social at the home Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Hardinger, uday night was very well at- ‘eonsidering thé weather. R. Biggerstaff, the Rawleigh “was around in our neighbor- - week. He spent night with- Uncle Ruth Mullis of Kansas visi Bev days ‘the home of her sister, Wheatly and family. from around here at- ie Lon Smith sale south Friday. _ Things sold of Russell, Kansas, for a several days | Tke Kelly's. help pay for the big bell. Every. body reported a fine time. Mr. J. F. O’Dea visited his par- ents, Mr, and Mrs. Ned O’Dea Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Porter were Adrian visitors Saturday. _ There will be a Christmas tree and entertainment at Passaic church Friday night, Dee. 24 1915. - Everybody come and yo will enjoy yourself. ; Mr. John Eichler is helping bale hay this week. '. LITTLE IRISH ROSE. North New Home. George Halford spent a- few last | days last. week at Ike Kelly’s. The dance at Lon Smith’s was well attended Friday night. © Mr. Burton returned home Monday from Kansas. John. Phelps and. wife and Thelma Richmond, Lon Smith and family, Fred Medley and wife and Jim Bradley spent Sunday at em ited by ener Hepnan Her friends} Orchard Grove. Of course, all the small boys and girls in the neighborhood have sent their last letter to anta Claus with its final in- structions, and now all that is left to do is to go to bed every night when mama says to, and Old Sin- ta will attefid to the rest. Mrs. ‘M. B. Stouffer will spend ry Christmas in Kansas City with’ her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bean. Mr. E. E. Morilla and family and Mr. Milburn Tharp and fam- ily were guests at the home of Mr; Peter-Tharp Sunday. ~ Mr. and Mrs.'Lee Scifers and baby came over to spend Sunday with Mrs. Scifers’ parents, ‘Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ellington. Mr. and Mrs, ©. Welliver and family visited at the home -of their son, Mr. Clyde Welliver, Sunday. Mr. Lafe Cassity took dinner with Mr. Jim Stecle and family Sunday. — Misses Pearl Tharp and Leo ‘Morilla called on Mrs. Walter Cassity Sunday afternoon. Mr. Frank Roof and family spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Charlie Adams. Mr. and Mrs. J. W.. Isley and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Stouffer Sunday. » Mrs. Hugo Kipf visited Mrs. Denis Ball one day last week, Mr. and Mrs, Peter Tharp spent, one evening last week with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Ball. : J. W. Poffenbarger of Butler spent Monday and Tuesday with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Cassi- ty. Sunday school 10:30 a. m.,, Christian Endeavor, 7:00 p. m. Wishing all of our readers the merriest of Christmases. APPLE BLOSSOM. East Lone Oak. L,, Blankenhaker. shredded, F for G. T. DeWitt last Mon- Todder’t day. ~ ; Little Clarice Thomas has been suffering from a severe attack of gastritis. She is not much better at this writing. The pie supper and entertain- ment given by the school teacher, Miss Ladine Harper, was well at- tended and a good time was had by all present. Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Gough are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Ison of east of Butler, Quite a number from this neigh- borhood are suffering from la grippe. There was an explosion of dy- namite at. the Duvall ranch early last Monday morning in which 3 men were instantly: killed and 3 others fatally injured. Among the ones instantly killed was Bert Blough, a young’man who was raised in our midst. It was re- ported that the body was fright- fully mangled. The parents of this unfortunate have the deep- est sympathy of the entire neigh- borhood. Later we heard that five of the above have died and one was taken to the hospital, at Kansas City. There will be an entertainment and Christmas tree at the church at Peru on Friday night, Dee. 24, 1915. - H. 8. Evilsizer delivered hogs to Butler last Monday. James Slyter and Harry La- tham are contemplating a visit with relatives and friends near their old home in Illinois. -_ PUSSY WILLOW. Merwin Items. We are having fine weather now and plenty of the grip. The bazar and oyster supper at Fleener’s Hall given by the ladies of the Christian Church George. Hemphill of - Kansas City is visiting his cousin, Jay Lester Miller is visiting his s, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Miller. of LaCyene, Kane, i to | by Patterson sit for otos. es Mary Hicks is on the sick list. so Anna Hicks is suffering an tack of grip. me Sale-at John Weidsn’e Wednes- , Dee. 22. Col. J. T. Hilton, tiqneer. laude Shannon is enjoying the ights in Kansas City this week. VIRGINIA. some es Mulberry and Western Bates : “Clyde Cooper and family who have been living on the John Rrown farm across the state line moved to the Dr. J.- C. Sageser place last week. hee _Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Leiner were shopping in the county seat Sat- urday. --Mae Braden is driving a new Ford and is going some on these good roads. »W.L. Porter of Whitewood, Sask, Canada, arrived Sunday for a short visit at the home of his brother, Col. Harlan Porter. “The entertamment and pie sup- per given by the Amoret High School Saturday, was a big suc- cess. The highest pie sold for $5 and the next highest was $4 in all about $45 was taken in. Rambler and Son, the auctioneers did the selling, ’ ‘Claud Morwood made a _ busi- ness trip to Kansas City the first of the week. Miss Inez Beck, the teacher of the Mulberry Young Americans expects to leave for her home at St. Joe, Mo., for a ten days vaca- tion. Miss Stella Nichols visited with friends in Amsterdam last week. Mrs. Fred C. Ewbank and son, Perry, were trading in Butler Saturday. RAMBLER. FORD'S HOPES FIZZLE OUT .———. 4 5 Close Friends Believe Leader ‘Plans Quiet Return Home. Christiania, Dec. 22.—That Henry Ford now realizes the hopelessness of obtaining concrete results from his peace m‘ssion was the general opinion of men close to him today. Mr. Ford, jt is rumored, plans to end the peace trip: in a_ per- functory manner and as _incon- spicuously as possible. He is deeply disappointed af the lack of warmth in the reception accord- ed the peace delegates in Norway and by the frank declaration of hostility on the part of the Dan- ish authorities. These reports resulted from the fact that both Mr. Ford and Mme. Schwimmer, who suggested the peace cruise, have been in retire- ment for several days. is recovering rapidly from a spell of sickness, it was stated today and will be able to join the peace delegates when they leave for Stockholm tomorrow. Norwegian students banqueted members of the Ford party last night, but it was reported that the bill for the entertainment was sent to Ford’s headquarters. Shells Explode, Farmer Hit Benton, Mo., Dec. 20.—Fred Ladure, 21 years old, .a Scott County farmer, was probably mortally wounded at the home of his sister, Mrs. Vetter, between Benton and Commerce this morn- ing. The young man had gone to the home of-his sister to help her cel- ebrate her birthday. He drove in a bu in the rear of which were three boxes of shotgun shells. * When he arrived at his sister’s he got out of the buggy and took out two of the boxes of shells and had the last half way out when the entire box exploded, tearing = bie ‘cavity in the young man’s side. One black mule, male, 14.3] Scott hands high, light- Please notify L.'8. Radford. ‘Phone 4 on| Mound City, Kas., Mr. Ford} NUMBER 10 CONGRESSMAN C. C. DICKINSON Who will again serve on the Ways and Means Committee in the National House of Representatives Foster News. | Foster and vicinity seems to be | having quite a siege of the la| grippe. Mrs. Jim Miller was called to| Nevada last-Monday to see her! sister, Mrs. Bessie MeFealy of | that place, who was taken sud- | denly iff, She returned home Thursday. | From some unknown cause the} coal business is on the “bum.” | from Worland Friday to visit her daughter, Mrs. H. E. Arbogast | and family. She returned home | Saturday on the motor car. Mrs. P. L. Shelton went to Ne- vada Tuesday where she takes her little son, Paul, to have his eyes treated by Dr. Lemore. Miss Ina Martin was a Butler} visitor Thursday and Friday. | Mrs. George Woods of Mound | City stopped off to see her sister- | in-law, Mrs. Frank Scott. She is! on her way to Nebraska to spend the holidays. | Miss Ona Butler of Spruce _vis- | ited last week with her cousin, | Mrs. George Badgett of the coun-| try northwest. | Burl Beattie was a Butler visit- | or Thursday. Grandpa Hamilton of City is visiting relatives place. aoa cae Mrs. Kester Thomas came home from Kansas City Thursday. Noah Bright, Jr., and Miss Maude Cobb, both of this place, were married at Mound City, Kans., Monday, Dee. 13. Born, December 16th, to and Mrs. Will Jones, a girl. Mr. Fletch ‘Orear of Butler came down last week to visit his sister, Mrs, John Martin. Miss Edythe Cecil of -Worland came over Saturday to visit Miss- es Maud and Bertha Martin. Mrs. Fred. Platter of Kansas City came down last week to spend the holidays with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Metzler. | Mrs. Sarah Grant and family of Butler moved their household goods to this place Friday. They! will occupy the Lawrenee Scott property. There will be exercises at the M. E. and Christian churches Fri- day evening, December 24th. Our depot agent, Robert Grant, and wife left last week for a two weeks vacation to Oklahoma. Robert and Jim Woods of Mound City was here last week to attend the funeral of their uncle, Al Smith. Mr. Willie Scott of Kansas City: came down Saturday to visit Kansas at this | Mr. Mrs. L. 8. Miller’ came down | |ter his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mr. and Mrs. Will Demott of was down last to a 1 the funeral of their uncle, Al Smith. Harry Martin visited- Sunday. evening with Mr, and Mrs. Tru- man Kretzer, who will leave soon for Oklahoma. Dock Grantham of Nebraska is here visiting friend and rela- tives, Mr. Grantham was called here last week to attend the fun- eral of Alphard Smith. The *‘Old Maids Club’’. which was presented at the Salem chureb Saturday evening was quite a success, and as usual, they had to take a ‘‘slap’’ at Esquire Darby. It seems like the Esquires “bright smile haunts them still.” Ed Smith of Oklahoma, ~ who was here attending the funeral of his brother, Alphard Smith, re- turned home the last of the week, accompanied’ by his son-in-law, Loran Bright. Ole P. Gray and Miss Pearl Badgett were united in marriage at Butler December 18th. ° The groom is agent for the Mo, Pacifie at Worland. The bride is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs, N.°T. Badgett of this place. Both of these young people have a host of friends who wish them a happy wedded life. DINAH. Birks-Jones. Mr. Walter E. Birks of Rich _Hil-and-Misstrene tones of bos= ter were happily wed at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, D. Jones of Foster, Wednesday, December 15, 1915, at 4 o0’clock p.m. The bridal couple were led to the parlor by Miss Beulah Jour- ney. Rev. W. W. Blalock of the Christian church pronounced the ceremony that made the happy pair man and wife. The bride was dressed in a gown of white chiffon and white massaline and carried a bouquet of white roses. The groom was dressed in dark blue serge. The color of pink and white was car- ried out in the decorating. Af- congratulations and well wishes refreshments were served. Later in the evening the wedding cake was cut. Miss Martha Eck drew the ring. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jones and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Briscoe and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Og- den and daughter, Mr.-and Mrs. W. D. Clouse and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tenbrook and son, Mr. and- Mrs. A. F. Birks of Rich Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Will Briscoe, Mrs. L. M. May, Mrs. A. J. Webb, Mr. L. Staker, Miss Beulah Journey of Foster, Miss Emma Parlier, Miss Martha Eck, Miss Nolia Shep- sate of. Rich Hill, Miss Julia ‘oung, Miss Cora McNeu, Rich Hill, Miss Edith May, Miss Clara Bell Staker, Miss Floy Clouse.