The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 6, 1916, Page 1

URSDAY, JULY 6, 1916. BUTLER, MISSOURI, A MOTOR TRUCK TOR ~ Fourth of July Celebrations. |W. H. CHARTERS SR. KILLED] Virginia-Grand View Pickups. VOL. XXXVIII. ANY B why there we no fA iejena BY TRAIN The farmers are busy plowing te You| celebration in ler this year : : v corn and harvesting wheat and If You Ob) to P shea ne there were several little parties bagi Hee on ete tea Lyret ‘oats. Several -have their corn id ; More Endurable for . | who celebrated on their own hook. Daughter Sefiouly ~~ laid by now. 5) ; Those Who Do The Monday evening club went Injured Misses Una Judy and: Martha s ' ‘Go. ‘out to the Dr. Zey farm north of sae Park, who are attending Warrens- f W. H. Charters, Sr., a promi- }burg Normal, returned home Fri- day of last week to spend the 4th of July with home folks. Mrs. Carrie Henderson, who has been in Indianapolis, Indiana, has had an operation performed there for gall stone. She is now getting along nicely, Mrs. Marion Hedger, of near Anoret, spent Friday of last week with her patents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Judy. Mrs. Ollie Walker and_ son, Harlan, of Kansas City, are visit- ing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McKibben, and with other relatives. Mrs. H. Englehardt and Misses Elsie Englehardt, Maude Burke and Ola Ayres were Butler visit- ors Saturday. Mrs. Seth Nightwine has on the sick list. L. L., Judy left Western Kansas to work harvest fields. Mrs. Geo. F. Rubel attended band coneert at Butler Friday evening of last week. Harry Henderson js visiting with his mother, Mrs. Carrie Hen- derson, in. Indianapolis, Indiana. Grant Garner is hauling mater- ial with which to build a new house. Miss Glessie Wynn entertained several members of her Sunday school class Sunday. Those pres- ent were: Misses Ruby B. Orear, Pauline I. Terry, Dorothy D. Har- per, Rosa E. Nightwine, Hersey A. Hoehstedler and Ola L. Ayres. Mrs. Geo. Rubel took them down in her car after Sunday school and ealled for them in the afternoon. The girls spent a very day. Mrs. P..A: Grimsley of Harrison- ville, came Sunday for a visit with, her sons, Thos. and Sam’) Grims- ley, and their families. Harlan Walker was bitten in the mouth by a dog one day last week. Orchard Grove. still having town, where they had a picnic supper, after which the young- sters had a fine fire works dis- play. Several automobile parties went to the neighboring towns where celebrations were being held. It was,a ‘‘Safe and Sane”’ Fourth as far as this city was con- cerned. So far as we have been able to learn there was no acci- dents of the kind which are so apt to happen when young Ameri- ca celebrates. One of the most noteworthy things about the day was that there was not a drunk man to be seen on the streets at any time|the train. during the entire day. Men who|* The car was driven hy -\{rs. have lived here for over fifty|Smith and Mr. Charters, Sr.. ov years tell us that this was the|cupied the front seat by her side. first time that that has happened | Mrs. Charters and Mrs. Smith’s since the town was founded. Only | little daughter were in the rear a few years ago it was not consid-|seat. Mrs. Smith, who was driv- ered by some people that the dayj|ing at a rapid rate of speed to- had been properly celebrated un-|ward the railway crossing, on less there were a lot of drunks|Ohio street apparently failed to reeling about the streets. see the rapidly approaching At Peru there was a celebration | passenger train and started to and basket picnic but a heavy rain| cross the tracks without, chang- coming up in the afternoon cut} ing speed. Eye witnesses to the! shoxt the merrymaking. acctdent state that Chas. W. Me- At Hudson the Hudson Town-| Farland, who was at the depot ship Home Improvement Associa-|and seeing the rapidly approach- tion had charge of the celebration.|ing car waved to the driver to Owing to the farmers being s0|stop, but was apparently not seen, busy with their crops there wis] The pilot of the locomotive vio- only a small crowd out, but those} lently struck the car just ahead of who were there came with the in-|the rear door, throwing out the tention of having a good time, and} occupants and carrying the car they did. Rev. R. M. Talbert of} about twenty yards north from this city, delivered a patriotic ad-| the crossing. Mr. Charters was dress which was just finisle.] instantly killed and run over. by when the rain came and put an|the engine and his body badly end to proceedings. mangled. Mrs. Smith was thrown The Union Christian Endeavor | and dragged’ some distance and of Virginia had a picnic and #™)-}painfully cut and bruised. Mra. r at that place and in the-evim-| Charters was also bruised and, ing Rev. Talbert delivered’ an ap-}sustained a severe wrench of her propriate: address. . ‘ {back and hips. Whether either At Hume there was a big cele: | lady 4s injured internaly or per- bration. All the candidates [rr] manently is not yet known. Mrs. office, state, county, and township | Smith’s little year old daughter or any other political subdivision | was cut and bruised about the had been invited to be present and{head and the flesh was scraped make speeches and many of them|from the bones of her right foot responded. to the invitation. from the instep to the ends of her toes. Harry Custer and E. 0. McGrath, a traveling man who came in on the train, picked up the baby and seizing a motor car standing near by, drove to the of- fice of Dr. Zey, who, assisted by Dr. Chastain, dressed the little one’s wounds. Mrs. Charters and Mrs. Smith were given ‘emergency treatment at the depot by Dr. Lcewood of this city and Dr. Tuttle of Adrian and were later taken t» ‘he home of W. H. Charters, Jr., at Charter Oak farm. Mrs. Staith’s first in- quiry on regaining ronsciousnes« was of her baby and she was greatly relieved when told that the little one was not fatally in- jured. Dr. T. W. Foster as deputy coroner, acting in the absence of Dr. R. E. Crabtree, who is with the Medical Reserve Corps at Nv: vada, was notified of the acci- dent and took charge of the body of Mr. Charters. A coroner’s jury was-summoned and some tes- timony taken Wednesday after- noon. The jury expects to con- elude its work some time Thurs- day. Funeral services for Mr. Char- ters, conducted by the Rev. Fr. Carney will be held at the Cath- olic church Thursday morning at 10 o’clock and interment will be nent farmer of nine miles east of this city was instantly killed and his wife and daughter, Mrs. Grady Smith, of near Spruce and. little granddaughter were painfully in- jured when a Ford automobile in which they were riding was struck‘and demolished by the north bound Missouri Pacific pas-' senger train at 11:08. o’clock} Wednesday morning. The acci- dent occurred at the crossing on Ohio streef just south of stig Hide pot and was witnessed by many who were at the depot awaiting Nearly every community in the state that has a company of sol- diers in the mobilization camps or on the Mexican border, have done something for them to make their duties easier. Bates county has a company on duty on the Mexican border, or it soon will be, and not to be outdone its citizens have pur- et chased an automobile truck which he was delivered to the company at Nevada Monday evening. The money to pay for the truck is to be raised by popular sub- scription. Mrs. Wm. E. Walton and Mrs. S. W. Davis represent- ing the Coterie Club took a sub- scription paper around the square ‘Wednesday and met with a gener- our response, but more money is ; needed. Company Bis a Bates county organization and the whole county should have a share in pro- viding them with anything that j would be an aid to them in any y way. } i The climate on the Mexican bor- der, especially at this season of - the year is very, hot and there will be times when the men will be in camp at some distance from their base of supplies. It is then that a motor truck will be almost invaluable in bringing ice and supplies and taking sick men to: the base hospital where they will receive prompt medical attention. A short time gained in getting a man to the hospital often means the saving of his life. On the march a man’s equip- ment weighs about 45 pounds and i under a-tropical sun this is a rath- - er heavy load to chrry on an all ‘ : days march. Most of this equip- Ds, page can be placed on & ' truck; fa * a relieving the men‘ of a heavy oad. 1" You who stay at home are asked to do your part for the boys at the front. Subscriptions may be mailéd to any of the members of the following committee : Mrs. W. E. Walton, Mrs. S. W. Davis, C. A. Allen, J. A. DeArmond, 3 : H. O. Maxey. In and Around Maysburg. Mrs. Clark’s mother and sister are visiting her at present. There was a pig crowd attended the icé cream supper at the Bap- tist church Saturday night. They took in some place in $90. Mr. Tan White’s son, Fred, and sister-in-law, Mrs. Edwin Rich- ards and baby, spent the day at & the White home Sunday: c “i Prof. Herman Maxey of Butler 3 made a fine talk Sunday morning @ and evening to a large and ap- preciative audience. Minnie Dudney and Mrs. White visited at Dr. Miller’s Friday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Montia Simpson have treated themselves to a new piano. « A Mr. Short stayed Saturday night with Harry White and got up Sunday morning broke out with the- measles. : Miss Nola Carmen” visited at Miss Hattie Carter’s Saturday night and Sunday. There is to be a protracted meeting at Cove Creek the first Sunday in August, conducted by Rev. Talbert of Butler. been Sunday for in the We are warm weather. Clifford Stouffer has been suf- fering: from an attack of tonsilitis this week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Feely spent Sunday with D. H. Shelton and family. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tharp and children visited Mrs. Tharp’s par- ents, Mr. and Mrs, Brown, Sun- day. Mr. Pete Tharp was_ stricken last Thursday with an attack of acute indigestion from which he suffered severely. Dr. Lockwood was called and relieved him tem- porarily, but Mr. Tharp is in a weakened condition still and his many friends hope for his early recovery. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Beach and little daughter, Stella, came up from Appleton City Saturday evening in their new Ford to visit relatives. Major Steele of Kansas City is visiting relatives in this neighbor- hood. ‘ Master Frank Daniels has the measles. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Peters called at Peter Tharp’s Sunday after- noon. Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Cassity, Mrs. Lee Plummer, Mr. A. W. Beach Mrs. Stofer and. Children Meet - With an Accident. Mrs. les Stofer and children, Zala and Aileene, who have been visiting relatives in this city met with a serious accident — last Thursday near‘the home of Mr. Stofer’s parents near Martin City. Mrs. Stofer and the children left Butler Thursday and stopped for a few days visit with the par- ents of Mr. Stofer before proceed- ing to their home at Snyder, Ok- lahoma. They were met at the station by Mr. Stofer’s father and they started to the Stofer home in a one-horse wagon, Mrs. Stofer and little Aileene on the front seat with the driver.. After they had turned off the road to drive up to the house the front wheels dropped into a mud hole and Mrs. Stofer and Aileene were pitched out under the h which stepped on Mrs. Stofer, breaking three ribs, and kicking the little girl, breaking the right arm between the elbow and shoul- der. Mrs. Stofer and little Aileene were brought to Butler Friday and taken to the home of Mrs. Stofer’s sister, Mrs. Frank Allen, where they are getting along 1s well as could be expected, consid- enn eee ‘Seago ph Bs ering the serious nature of their| made at Rich Hill. and family and Mrs.-J. F. Blling- f m chureh, injuries. 3 ; ton and family spent Sunday at ay Y When you have no one to hold| Walter Cassity’s. Mr. and Mrs. Focht visited at Joe Jacob’s Sunday. ~ : Lizzia Jacobs came home wit Mildred White Sunday. ARS Mr, and Mrs. Stayton of Archie and Mr. R. K. and family of Urich attended the ice cream} *™ supper at Cove Creek Saturday The ice cream supper given by the Pleasant Gap Band Saturday night was a great success as far asthe attendance was concerned. The band rendered several pieces which were a credit to the boys. We are confident they will soon cast off their amateurish wings and fly forth full-fledged profes- sionals in the concert world. We did not learn the amount of cash m in. APPLE BLOSSOM. Manager Parrish, of the Photo Play House, will give the entire eeds.of his house some night first of next week, the exact of which will be given later, ‘the fund being raised to pur- a métor truck for Company the yarn while you wind it place two flatirons the proper distance apart, on the table, teh the yarn to them and wind it con- veniently. - When making egg custard pics, always heat the milk to the boil- ing point before mixing it with ges. If this rule is followed ~ Clinton, Mo. July 1—Henry Myers, a farmer living near here, was attacked by a bull at his home narrowly escaped death. He deaf and did not either hear infariated animal’ when the e; i the -undercrust . will always he $300,000,000 can be sunk} © a few hours’ naval battle, it’s pleasant Summit Happenings - A. M. Cummins and wife spent Sunday with Ezra McCormick of Butler. Edward and Margaret Greenup were over Sunday. guests in the old home neighborhood. The latest news from Mrs. Thomas just received are that she is improving and will stay another month at Eureka Springs. She has been there some six weeks. The change has been slow. Mr. J. T. Hyatt had a number of visitors Sunday, some from Kan- sas City and. several from Butler. Miss Helen Clark is staying with a friend in town for several days. Mrs. Golliday returned from a weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. Bement of Kansas City, last Thursday. Mrs. Hilliard and son, Harold, were callers at R. Sturgeon’s Sun- day afternoon. Miss Ethel Haynes-has,returned from a week’s visit at Kansas City. Mrs. Lewis Culbertson has been confined to her bed for almost two weeks. Dr. J. M. Norris has had work-: men repairing his cellar. Mr. Orear of Butler did the work. The farmers have been crowd- ing things. The wheat and most of the oats are in the shock and several fields of corn laid by the last week has sure made the corn climb, Madams Walter Taylor, Ray Sturgeon, Gus Wirt and = Mi Loraine Newlon were all day vis- itors with Mrs. Harry Welton Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Osear Price called on Lewis Culbertson Sunday even- ing. Miss Ruth ‘Jones entertained from six to eight Sunday after- noon for her friend, Miss Holland, of Hume. Z D. M. Elledge of Goodson, Mo., spent several days with his sister, Mrs; Robt. Sturgeon, last week. Our best wishes go out for our boys of Bates county as they go to defend our land and people and what grand boys they will be to live the eamp life just like mother and sister were there too. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hyatt, who are visiting with his parents, are rejoicing over the birth of another son. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hyatt are |) the proud parents ofa little son-|, who has been given the name of Aimsley Allison. Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt are spending the summer with their parents, J. T. and wife. Mrs. Golliday had for all day guests Sunday J. R. Welch and Miss Duke, John Golliday and family, Frank Jewett and family, Robt. Sturgeon, wife and daugh- ter, Ray Sturgeon and wife in the afternoon, Herbert Wayland and two daughters, Ruth and Lela, and Walter Taylor, wife and baby. Two little nephews came from St. Louis Sunday to be guests with their uncle, Jim Thomas. SUNSHINE. in Foster News. Mrs. 8. O. Shelton and daugh- ter, Mrs. F. E. Stewart, and chil- dren arrived here Monday from Kansas City to spend the Fourth with relatives and friends. We have certainly had some good corn growing weather this week, and all the farmers are tak- ing good advantage of it. Mrs. Dale Selders and children, of Kansas City, arrived here Mon- day to spend the rest of the sum- mer with relatives and friends. Mrs. Sarah Grant, who has spent the last month in Kansas City, returned home Monday. Rev. Johnson, of Archie, filled his.regular appointment at the Christian Church Sunday. Miss Emma Parlier spent Sun- day with Miss Ina Martin. C. Collier has purchased a new Ford. Several went from here to Ne- vada Sunday to see more of the soldiers off. Bessie Havely, who has been visiting in Kansas City the past two weeks, returned home last week. Mr. and Mrs. Scholler, Mrs. Cain and Ada Arbogast left Sun- day for Leroy, Kan., to spend the Fourth. They drove through in their car. ‘ « Miss Francis Galvin entertained ‘ NUMBER 38 SECOND REGIMENT TO BORDER Raupp’s Fighting Second Left Nevada Wednesday Evening. « The first section of the train bearing the Second Missouri In- fantry passed through this city at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday even- ing enroute to Kansas City from which point the regiment leaves for *‘some point in Texas.’’ A large crowd of several hun- dred people who had gathered at the depot in Butler to bid them Godspeed and present the home boys with many tokens of re- membranee and huge boxes of good things to eat were sadly dis- appointed when the train passed through without stopping. Many” were the hastily ~ shouted fare- wells and frantic waving of hand- kerchiefs. as familiar faces were recognized at the rapidly passing windows, Several members ot Co. ‘‘B’’, learning that no stop would probably be made in But- ler dropped hastily scribbled notes to friends and relatives. The people of the city and county are intensely proud of Captain Clarke and his exeellent company of courageous young men and know that if put to the test they will give a brave and honorable ac- count of themselves. Mrs. George Herrell Dies at Her Homt in Adrian. - Mrs. George L. Herrell died at her home in Adrian Tuesday after an illness of about two years of kidney trouble. While the fact of her illness was well known to her’ friends, her condition was not considered as serious until the last few weeks. Everything that med- ical science and loving hands could do was done, but it was of no avail, the dread disease was the vietor at last. - Anna K. Smith was New Bloomfield, Ohio, 16, 1884, and moved to with her parents in 1886. She was a graduate of the Adrian schools and attended the Wesley- aan University at. Salina, Kansas. She was united in’ marriage to George Herrell May 27, 1904. Besides her husband she is sur- vived by two children, Maxine and Paul, her parents, Mr. and J.C. Smith, of Adrian, three , Mrs, Lizzie D. Moses, of Salina, Kansas, Helen E. Smith, of Adrian, and Mrs, Josephine C. Cromer of Riverton, Wyoming, and one brother, Howard Smith, of Adrian. Mrs. Herrell was not what is known as a society woman. Her interest centered in her home and in her chureh. She was a member of the M. E, Chureh and very ac- born at August Adrian tive in the work of the church, es- pecially that part pertaining to young people. Funeral services will be held at the M. E. Church at Adrian Thursday afternoon, and the body will be brought to Butler and in- terred in Oak Hill cemetery. In making quilts first take some sheeting or similar kind of cloth and make a regular quilt out of the sheeting and cotton _ batting. Having this made, make a cover to fit over quilt, the cloth being of the desired color or design, Then cover, when dirty, may easily be washed without washing cotton batting. Saturday night quite a number of young folks at her home east of town. All reported having a good time. Several of the boys left for Kan- sas to the harvest fields. Mrs. J. W. Darby of Butler, vis- ited in Foster Tuesday. Mrs. Beattie, who has been auite sick, is getting along nicely. The ball game played Sunday afternoon by the second Foster team was very exciting. The score was 6 to 9 in favor of Foster. The first team of Foster went to Butler and the score there was 5 to 7 in favor of Butler. We take notice that our boys get better ev- ery time they play. Mrs. Bennett, of Foster, is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Rhodes. Mrs. Webb and daughter, Mrs. Florence Shelton, spent Sunday at Hume visiting Mr. Bert Webb.