The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 26, 1917, Page 2

Srossosssesecsesitsstossossssssscssss tet genes SUNBEAMS If one should ask you why do you read the . Weekly, Times perhaps you would say, ‘‘oh, I’m afraid of the editor and he needs the money”’ (or stove- wood). That’s not the reason, You read The Times for other reasons. Because it’s the greatest’ dis- penser of home and other news published in your county, but, how do you know it is the best? I'll tell you. If there be any rules, aside from. personal taste, for determining the quality of a thing, I don’t know what it is. It is sufficient to say that you know nothing of the writing game, but you do know what you like. You like to read the editorials. You like to know who’s who and why. You like to read the news of the week.~ Your ability to judge a paper is like your ability to judge a good horse or beat your neigh- bor in a trade. Part of it is born with -you and the rest of it you picked up and then--‘‘Sunbeams. ’; Can you do without ’em? Are they worth reading? Do they teach you anything worth while? The more you read of good things the bigger you grow and _ the broader your vision becomes of the things that really count and make life more worth livin’. Last Sunday p. m. the editor of The Weekly Times and Mr. Chas. Mains called at my place. R. D. said it was only a pleasure ride and that he only stopped to say Hello, but before he left for home I gathered from his petty inuendos and insinuations that if 1 would discontinue my column he would feel relieved. Finally I got sore and said to him, ‘‘Do you] q want to go out of business?’’ “Meanin’,’”’ said he. ‘‘This,’’ said I, “‘if you don’t want to fill your contract of lettin’ me write for fun and pay postage I will quit and—’’ further comment is un- necessary, he said keep it up. He wants Sunbeams. A fellow said to me ‘‘tother”’ day, what would you do in case of war? I just said to him, says I, “T don’t know, I never know till I’m doin’ it. One thing I’m like- ly to do is to follow the advice of Uncle Sam and keep my mouth shut. I don’t have any time to ask foolish questions and have less time than “that to answer ’em.’’ Rather pointed talk, eh? Also effective. One thousand Commanche_ In- dians have offered to go to war. Hi-yi-yip-yi, me for the Indian style. All the equipment we will need will be some war paint, a pony, pair of spurs, a red neck tie and a scalping knife and $2.50 bounty for German scalps. Here is a chance for me to demonstrate the efficiency of a hair raiser of which I wrote you some moons go. A friend of ‘‘me,’’ a sentiment- al cuss, had a_ sweetheart. He wanted to send her some poetry. Her first name was June. Know- ing that I was a po-8, naturally he came to me, as-I write for fun. This is the way it read, listen: Out in the garden, O June, O June, the cabbage is bloomin’ by the light of the moon. The pigs will be goin’ to bed ‘‘purty’”’ soon and I will go with ‘em, good night, my June. And do you know he never asked me again. Zowie. ; A party came into my place ‘onet’”’ and said, I’m sore. I took a slant at him, gave him the once over and asked him who had peeved him. He replied, you don’t get me. ‘By golly, says I, I’m. glad I don’t. Don’t see how T could use you. Then he ex- plained. He was suffering from * corns. Of course I felt sorry and told him I, knew of only one toe: on which a corn wouldn’t grow. Tell me, says he, for heavens sake ‘When foreign foes invade your soil, dear old Mizzoo, my own Mizzoo.’ Tt sete my” Trish ‘blood a North New 3 Miss Lydia Strein . Mrs. Linendoll last aboil and T 4 you. I do not fear the bursting shell, I’ll stand my ground and fight like ?x!?!x%, content that other tongues shall tell of how I fought and died for you. Patriotic? Well, yes. (Music,) ‘‘My Maryland.’’ . Chapel Chatter. We had some nice April show- ers Thursday. and Friday. Mr. Johnnie Hermann of Cul- ver delivered some cattle to Kan- sas City Monday. Grandmother Dobson is about the same at this writing. Mrs. W. Obannon stayed with Mrs. Johnnie Hermann while Mr. Hermann was gone to Kansas Yity. _ Miss - Myrtle Keeble spent Wednesday with Mrs. Ethel Strode. Mr. Ollie Hermann is working for Mr. Fred Kersey. Mr, and Mrs. Henry Winters and baby spent last Sunday with Mrs. Winters’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cole Turpen. ‘ Mrs. Mary Newberry one day last week with Robert Stubblefield. Mr. Andie Black called at Tay- lor Brothers Wednesday to re- pair their car. Mr, Will Stover visited at Miss Estella Hendrix Sunday evening. Mrs. Walter Henry spent Sun- day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stubblefield. Mr. Clyde Barnett called at Mr. Arthur Strode’s Tuesday evening. Mr. Robert Stubblefield called at Mr. R. B. Keeble’s Wednes- visited Mrs. ay. Mrs. Will Smith and daughter, Hester, visited at Mrs. Clyde Welliver’s last Sunday. Miss Connie Hermann spent Wednesday night at her Grand- mother Herman’s. The farmers are all busy plant- ing corn. Miss Anna Hermann has re- turned to Adrian after a visit with her sister,' Miss Maggie Her- mann. Mr. Fritz Ours plowed for his brother, Forest, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Andie Black ,and children called at Culver Wednes- day evening. Mr. Frank Hendrix and family took a trip to Garden City in their car, for a visit with Mr. Hendrix ’s brother. Mr. Fred Kersey has been busy pulling stumps for the past week. Mrs. Local Bowers, and Mrs. Arthur Strode visited Redmond school Friday afternoon. Redmond school closed Friday. Miss Cecil Wright was teacher. She has gained a host of friends who are sorry to see. her leave for her home in Butler. Miss Callie McKee spent sever- al days last week with her sister, Mrss Charley Miller. : Some of the Chapel ball boys have been practicing playing ball on the diamond at Mr. Charley Ours. May Barnett is very this writing. Mr. France Taylor is usually seen running a Ford car, but sometimes is seen bugeyriding, and then you can hear the whistle of his car from the buggy, in the same old way. He may be cranky but he can’t crank it. Misses ‘Callie McKee and Lola Keeble, Messrs. Newton McKee: and Buford Keeble called at Charley Miller’s Sunday evening. Misses Fannie and Bessie Ours called at their brother, Forest’s, Saturday morning. sick at Keeble’s almost every day. Mr. Daniel Guthridge, wife and ‘baby called on Mrs.. Guthri ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Free- ‘| week with her parents, di Mr. Ab Shelton’ calls at. Dick}. idge’s: afternoon. oa Clif Ehart and Milt killed a big gray wolf seven young ones Thu: Bob Henderson and Rich Hill vigited the ! and wife. Mr. McDaniel’s nephi y Bagnell, Mo., Henry and Be Daniel,, are visiting him wife. J : Mrs, Jim Clark and Miss Lois, Mr. and Mrs, Mrs. Fred: Medley and Patterson and daughter Ruby and two sons, Sem’l’ and Stanley, Joe Stanton, John Ehart and wife, Meritt Pickett and mother, Bob Sproul, Brick Mc- Coughey and family,” Jack Skaggs, Walter Strein and sister, Miss Kate, Mrs. Linendéll;*Mrs. Henry Ehart, Mr. McCorthack and Mr. Chandler were Butler visitors Saturday. Lon Smith and wife spent Sat- urday night and Sunday at Fred Medley’s. Miss Lula Deaton and. Miss Frances Galvin of Foster ‘spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Ruby Patterson. : Bob Sproul and family ‘spent the day Sunday at John MeKis- sick’s. Homer Linendoll called Dr. Starks of Butler Sunday to see a very sick horse. ~- John Heinz spent Saturday night with his sister, Mrs. Jack Skaggs and family and_left Sun- day for Tllinois. Frank Miller and family, John Jones and family, Jack Skaggs and family visited Sunday at John Phelps. PS t Mr. and Mrs. Nightwine and daughter, Miss Rosie, spent Sun- day with Willie Simpson, and wife. Homer Linendoll, Henry Ehart and Oscar Craven. and Otis Ehart took fat hogs to Butler Monday. Albert Tinendoll sold Chas. Argenbright a horse Monday. Mrs. Henry Ehart received word that her grandson, Willie Jones, of Albia, Iowa, was very sick with searlet fever, but was some better. The doctor thought |, he would get along all right if he} didn’t take a relapse. ‘ Guy Phelps is working for Mr. Hovey. ; Clif Ehart, wife and baby- called on Milt Reeves and wife Sunday afternoon. N. M. Nestlerode was-in our vi- cinity the first of the week. Ci M Root Branch, Jim Welch sold Clint Wheaton a load of baled prairie hay one day last week. Oscar Wheaton is at home this: year with his father. I met him last Twesday. I had not seen him for 10 years. or more. I did not know him. He has been roaming around to see the country and finally landed back in old Bates]. county. ,W. C. Green and J. R. Welch erected a flag pole Thursday .of last week and now the American flag is floating, showing the stars and stripes and the teacher is very willing to tell the little ones what it means. ; ‘A heavy rain fell on Root. Branch Wednesday night. (It swelled the branch to 1-3 full, making it too wet to work old ground for a few days. : Tra Smith, while plowi days ago, had his horse rear and fall dead in the harness. said the ‘horee never breathed made a struggle after. he fell. falling he fell against the .o horse and knocked it down wi ing a few proud own t as you _ P, Burton is the as fine a mule co! set your eyes on. Lees Summit Sunday to be at the| idle acres in Missouri, divided in- bedside of their neice, Ruey Tyre,/to 30-acre farms, would support who is very sick with pneumonia. graduation exercises at Creighton | == Friday night. \ Mr. McCoy and family visited | . : ; > at Mr. Farmer’s Sunday. i & 7 J G Ay Rb th S A CK. Fred. Zimmer, who has been at-| J Ae A" e ‘ |tending high school ‘at Butler, . : has come home to work én the, farm this summer. All boys over| 14 were dismissed from schoal to goto work on the farms. mer Sunday afternoon. and family Patts Stinday. \They have decided. to have Children’s Day at the Christian | church also at Aaron this year. We are having fine ‘ growing , ei ‘weather, oats, grass and pasturea|| Np- phn Peas, good, ey Ralph Pipes.closed a very sue: °° *™ co eathes age Le i BETTER SERVICE TO YOU The Burroughs will handle our fig- ure work in about half the time formerly needed. This gives us more time for oth- er things—tinte to improve the service in ‘avery department of the bank. ‘Come in and see onr machine book- - : keeping system in operation. “We will be { glad t8, show you how the machine makes i - entries in our books, how it automatically adds in one column, subtracts in another 4 and so on and how it makes-mistakes im- i possible. You will be welcome any time. We, don’t want you to think-of this bank just as a place to deposit your ° money, although of course we are glad to have you keep as large a balance with us | as possible. It is our desire to render our patrons every service and accommo- dation that can be reasonably expected from us. : , Talk over your business problems with us. It is part of our work to study © business and financial conditions, and it may be.that we can suggest some ideas that. you will findworth while. ‘Please feel free to consult us at any time. 5 A short time_ago, we installed a re- markable machine in our Accounting De- partment—a machine which’ adds and subtracts, tells the date, keeps our books and gets out statements. It does all this work much faster than any bookkeeper could, and has never been known’ to make a mistake. { The -installation of this Burroughs Bookkeeping Machine means that our ac- counts will be handled just as rapidly and aecurately as those of the largest and most up-to-date banks in. the country. INSURES ACCURACY The fact that our figure work is done on a Burroughs is a guarantee to our customers of absolute accuracy in the handling vf their accounts. The machine method of ledger posting makes it im- possible for a mistake to get past un- noticed. This accuracy insurance alone is important enough to you and to us to justify the use of the machine method, but there are many other advantages. Peoples Bank ‘ “The Bank on Which You Can Always Bank.’’ in. view of reports from England that a large number of Belgians would prefer to start life over again elsewhere than in their de- vastated homeland. innie Harness were. called to| It is estimated that: 14 million 466,000 Belgian families. These Leland Harness attended the|figures are suggestive especially A LIMITED AMOUNT... While it lasts we will sell by sack lots Groceries, Hardware, Automobiles, Tires, Accessories, Oils, Greases, Threshing Ray Farmer visited Fred. Zim- Mr. and Mrs.’ Harve Harness ce ; ! = a visited at’. Richard Grocery Department “It is even getting hard to buy Groceries: Some houses will not accept large orders. Ridénour Grocery Co. does not want big orders, just a few cases at @ time. i Fo eg hy” sl edad A NEIGHBOR. No.8 Hominy......-..:..:10¢ | erence ful. term of: school. at Olive; ‘ _ Now Is your tin 40 SYRUP;*.