The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 21, 1916, Page 1

VOL., XXXIX. eekly. Di Cie; BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1916. NUMBER 10 Elkhart. Well, here goes for what we ean scrape up. ‘The weather looks stormy this morning. The writer is going to start on a trip in a few days. This will be the last that we will write till I get settled down. I will write a let- ter back to The Times telling of my trip and where I landed but Tam going to have The Times fol- Tow meas it will give me all of the news and I don’t want to miss any of Sunny Jim’s writing. The pie supper at Mt. Vernon school house was pulled off last Saturday night with a big crowd and a jolly good time. The pro- ceeds amounted to $29. - Mrs. Akin, of Ira, Iowa, daugh- * ter of C. B. Henderson, who has been here on a visit left last Sun- day for her home in Iowa. Mr. Mack Henderson of Atchi- son county, Mo., is here on a vis- it at his father and mother’s, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Henderson. He reports that the corn crop up there is fine. The corn is mak- ing from 60 to 65 bushels per acre. That beats Bates county bad. < j G. W. Armentrout sold a mare the other day for $140.00. . We heard from the literary at Concord last Friday night and it is reported that Col. Lockridge made a big talk and won the de- cision in his favor. There were 14 of the Kershners and 12 of the We heard that Jack Mangold got frost- bit the night he went to the tacky party. How about it, Jack? JOHNNY. Mound Searchlight. This vicinity was visited by a snow Sunday. - D. S. West butchered hogs one day last week. W. W. Lollar made a business trip to Passaic one day last week. Mr. L. D. Garber was a Butler visitor Thursday night. Since the snow rabbit hunting and hog killing is the order of the day. Miss Letha Baird, who is at- tending High School in Butler, spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Baird. : ‘ 0. C. Welch and Webb Shelby hauled coal from the Donmeyer coal mine one day last week. Miss Lora Shonk who has been visiting her sister, Miss Maggie Shonk, for the past two weeks, re- turned to her home in Pleasanton, Kansas, Tuesday. Grant Evans returned: home from Logan, Iowa, one day last week, where he has been husking corn. Wade Ruddell was a visitor Friday, Passaic Virginia. Mrs, Charles Jenson has been visiting at the home of R. P. C. Jenson recently, _ : Mr. and Mrs. Vane Walker are the parents of a boy, born Satur- day, December 16, 1916. Mr. and Mrs, John Hedger, Jr., are the parents of a girl born Saturday, December 16, 1916. Miss Trene Lusk was the guest of the Misses Smith Sunday. The churches are busily pre- paring for their annual Christmas programs and trees. The League was held in a most delightful manner Sunday by Miss Marie Jenson, the topic be- ing, ‘‘The condition to answered prayers.’’ Miss Jenson first brought out reasons why prayers are not answered, then drew out conditions which must be met, in order that they may be answered. Come out and. enjoy the spiritual fellowship next Sunday evening. Mr. Ralph Corlett is attending business school in Nevada. some Edward Yreenup returned home from’ Warrensburg Tues- day. My. W. W. Parks’ barn is al- most completed. The Ladies Aid of the Virginia M. E. church meets’ at the home fin Christmas colors. Everyone who entered felt the Christmas spirit. This, perhaps, accounted partly for the sale of a great many Christmas things. The booth on the right, as one entered the hall was attractively draped | in suffrage colors. The Young Peoples Branch had charge of this and sold pop corn, candy, and peanuts, The carpet of pea- nut shells, candy wrappers and erushed pop corn kernels on the floor the next: morning pro- claimed them successful in the sale of their wares. The booth on the left was daintily draped in| Japanese colors, yellow and! green, with a predominance of} black crepe paper, and formed a canopy under whieh lanterns | swayed, fans and ferns ensconed | themselyes in a background formed by large Japanese sereen on one side and a drapery of white on the other. A little tea table daintily set with Japanese tea things stood in the center of the Kooth. Two Japanese ladies in costume — sold handkerchiefs and lace, and served tea and wafers, Japanese style. The oyster supper was in progress throughout the evening. The ladies are quite well pleased with! the suecess of the affair. ' Wonder what has become of N. M. Nestlerode’s horse, as he was seen pulling his cart through Ny- hart carly on Sunday morning. Cliff Ehart, wife and_ baby, spent Sunday at Mr. Keeton’s. John Phelps and grand daugh- ter, Miss Thelma Richmond visit- ed at Frank Miller’s Sunday. Walter Strein delivered hogs at Butler. Monday. Tom Dunlap sold Lyman Hens- ley a veal calf Monday. Mrs.. Gaston of Butler visited Sunday with her son, George, and wife and spent Sunday -night a Mr. Keeton’s and returned home Monday. Miss Maggie McCann spen Monday night with Mrs. Patter- son and daughter, Miss Ruby. There will be a shooting mateh at Doff Thomas’ Saturday, Dee. 23, COR. Mt. Carmel News. Everyone is trying to get their work up by Xmas and there is not much doing in our vicinity. Jess Fleming and Larris Wheatley butchered Monday. Mrs. A. L. Porter and Ruth Mardinger were on the sick list the last of the week. Rey. Wright will not regular appointment at Mt. Car- fill his We good night for the Kershners and Fritts either. You bet they helped to swell the crowd. The writer took in the Lacy sole last week. It was a blustery day but everything sold very well. Will Kershner and family just arrived at the home of Guss Bruner to spend the day. They came up in their car. Miss Nellie Bruner spent one night lest week over at the home of Misa: Anderson. Boyd Kershner says he would be thankful if the parties that got his sack of oats would bring back the sack. The tacky party at’ Mr. Nutts one night last week was all 0. K., and they all report a good time. Mrs. Tom Bruner sold her tur- keys one day last week. They brought her $120.50, That is some turkeys. Corn sold ‘at the Lack sale as high as 99 cents. Some land is changing hands. ©. B. Henderson sold to Newt. Spillman his farm of 60 acres for - $2800.00. We are sorry to lose the old folks out of the neighbor- hood, They are going to North Missouri. He will have a sale right after Christmas. — - John Stephens and wife and his mother-in-law all spent last Sunday at the - home of John Barton. O. T. Fritts took Miss Maud Martin to the pie supper at Mt. Vernon school house. They went in his buzz wagon and report a jolly good time. O. T. Fritts and his brother, Bill, pulled in last week from Canada, where they had been threshing out in that country. They say that it is too cold out there for them. It would be a good time to call on Clint Burns as we -hear that he has bought a fat hog and is going to live high. C. B. Henderson and wife, Will Kershner and Newt. Spillman all made a flying trip to the county seat last Saturday. Col. Lockridge and wife, John Fritts and wife all pulled out for Deacon Fritts last Sunday. We heard that they had a reunion. Miss Cordia Bruner was on the sick list last week and Miss Silita Haffert was over one day and spent the day with her. Miss Blanch Barton sick list this week. Rome Morris killed two of the biggest hogs in West Point town- ship last Monday. Uncle Marts Kittsmiller had a very sick horse one night last week. - 2 a Miss Nellie Bruner and Miss Ethel Good took in the pie sup- - per at Mt. Vernon last Saturday is on the Mrs. J. H. O’Dea and daugh-| of Mrs. Greenupe Wednesday, De- 3 ters, Ruby and Alleen, spent Sun-| cember 13, 1916. North New: Home, imel Sunday afternoon. day with D. S. West. Miss Grace Venable visited] Mrs. John Ehart and son, Otis,| Mr, D. 1. Waldron will have a Lyman Hensley was buying| Miss Nellie Welliver last week. | visited Friday afternoon at /sale Friday, December 29. cattle in these parts one day last| Mr. John Sedgwick from Colo-| Meritt Pickett’s. understand that they ‘are going week. rado is visiting friends and rela-|_ Mr. Thomas, Mitt-Reeves,_At-| back to_fitineis.We_are Miss Lucille West and Mr. Harvey Ruddell spent Saturday and Sunday with Emery Lockard living near Athol. Mrs. J. H. O’Dea and Mrs. O. C. Welch were shopping in But- ler Friday. ‘Wade Ruddell and Webb Shel- by delivered cows to Butler Mon- day. TEMPEST. 4 tives in this vicinity. We were quite pleased to welcome him home. a The annual bazaar and oyster supper was given by the Wo- mens Christian Temperance Union in the hall Friday, Decem- ber 8th. The hall was beautiful- ly decorated for the occasion. The central booth, in which general articles were sold, was decorated hert Linendoll and Cliff Ehart'| shipped rabbits to. St. Louis Sat- urday. Quite a number attended} preaching at New Hope Sunday, Jack Skaggs and family spent Sunday at John Phelps. | Milt Reeves and wife spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and! Mrs. Standfield, north of Virgin-' ia, ‘ly invited to come. to lose Mr. Waldron and family as they are very fine people. The Enterprise school will have an Xmas tree and entertainment at the school house Thursday night, Dee. 21. Everyone cordial- The weather now looks — like Xmas times. It seems more like Xmas when the ground is white. UNCLE HENRY. ‘NO TIME FOR HESITATION NOW To Do Your Christmas Shopping If you want a hint and want to know the prices at which the article can be obtained here are short quo- tations to quickly aid. _Hundreds of other useful things are here to select from Our Store will be closed all day Monday 2 8 Seegeese sssssssssss pa aos e ° Sssss s s ” s g aeeEs ssssse BBeEsS 3333s a 8 ee) S88 s 8 8 Merry Christmas - PURSES .................... PHOENIX SILK HOSE....... HOUSE SHOES.............. FANCY DOILIES............. CAP AND SCARF SETS..... La ahaa oeae $10.00 to $30.00 | Panarmayneee $6.50 to $20.00 Gopeie i eaones $.3.50 to $35.00 SENT ei $3.50 to $10.00 POO ait $2.98 to $7.00 APART eI Qustraeee $1.00 to $5.00 Desist eather ae 50c to $5.00 OR Seach os 80c to $1.50 ak ohcatratecona lee 98c to $2.00 NU Re mare $3.00 to $6.50 Ueceereie et ae $1.00 to $5.00 Saat crear toes 25c to $1.00 $1.25 Oak Grove Items. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Gilmore and children were Appleton City vis- itors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Holt of Rey- nard neighborhood, spent the lat- ter part of the week with Mr. and Mrs. W, R. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Snodgrass and children and Dell and Claud Wilson spent Friday afternoon at the C. C. Wilson home. Mrs. John McCook dren spent Saturday chil- her and with t mother, Mrs. E. J. Keen. C. G. Moore of Pilot Grove spent Saturday night and Sunday ¢| with his twin brother, W. R. Moore. Mrs. Claud Quick and children spent Tuesday with her mother, Mrs. Randall. S. L. Keen and mother spent Sunday at the G. W. Keen home. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Quick and children spent Sunday with Mrs. Randall. ; : S. L. Keen ‘and mother and Marvin Snodgrass called at the Geo. Keen home Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Odneal spent Sunday with Mrs. Odneal’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, James Har- ° vey. Mr. and Mrs, P. F. Evans and little son, Virgil, spent Sunday at the John MeCook home. P. F. Evans moved to the Olaf ~ and the Chambers) farm Monday Mert Shillinger moved to place vacated by Mr. Evans. RS, Tehic Evans spent night and Sunday with his cousin, Roy Evans. Dell and Claud Wilson were in this vieinity hunting Saturday. Several of this vieinity attend- ed the bex supper at Valley, Fri- day night. eo, Belcher of tana, visited Wim. day night. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Frey called at the Chas. Rector home Sunday Mon- Fri- Moore, Holstein “} afternoon. Merl Sargent spent Sunday with Charlie Pheasant. Mrs. Katie Eye of Nebraska, is visiting relatives of this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Dieckison and little son, Walter Lee, spent Sunday at the James Harvey home. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lawson spent Sunday at the Dan Bow- man home. C. H. and ©, A. Varns were Ap- pleton City visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wilson at- tended V. J. George's sale: Sat- urday. : Thomas Frost spent with Clarence Bowman. The Oak Grove Improvement Club met Dee. 16, A short but interesting program was ren. dered, 1, H, Cumpton and F, M. Rich furnished the music, which was appreciated by everyone. W. R. Moore gave a very interesting reading entitled ‘“‘Susanna,’’ The question, ‘Resolved, That free text. books should become a law inthe State of Missouri,’' «vas thoroughly debated. argued for the affirmative side were Wm. Holstein, W. R. Moore and-Mrs. F. A. Kretzinger. Geo. Frey, Tom Chitwood and C. G. Moore argued for the negative side of the question. The judges, F. M. Rich, C. 1. Cumpton and M. Driver decided in favor of the affirmative side, The question, “Resolved, That the world is re trograding along — educational lines,”’ is to be debated at - the next meeting, Dee. 30. Affirm- ative, W. R. Moore, Everett Har- vey and Wm. Holstein. Negative, Ben R, Baskerville, Brace Odneal Sunday BOUDOIR CAPS......................0.00 eee 35c to $1.50 LL OCP 22) 08 ee 75c to $2.00 BAT COWES okies iyo r ern smnenyes ven 20c to 75c DRESS GOODS AND SILKS . HANDKERCHIEFS......................005 00005 5e to 75c WOOL AND COTTON BLANKETS........... $1.25 to $8.00 SAM LEVY MERCANTILE Co. and Clark Wix. They adjourned to meet December 30, 3 Mrs. Clara’ Batchelor and daughter, Nena, and D. M. Cump- ton spent Sunday at the W. G. Cumpton home. Dan Bowman;-P. M. Cumpton, and Clarence Bowman were Ap- pleton City visitors Saturday. A. L. Gilmore sawed wood Monday. PANSY. Judge Stone Lands Plum. Washington, Dec. 19.—Judge : Kimbrough Stone, of Kansas City, son of Senator W. J. Stone, has been selected by President Wilson for nomination as United States Circuit Judge in the Eighth Circuit, succeeding Judge Elmer B. Adams. Saturday Those who .