The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 11, 1918, Page 2

» sister, Mrs. Dave Wigger, MUST. RESPOND. or with his credit. Adrian, Missouri PEOPLES BANK THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE COLORS AND YOU AS A CITIZEN Buy Liberty Bonds WE ARE AT WA able any time during the year, or in installments. What are YOU Doing to Help them Win Victory? Buy Liberty Bonds YOUR GOVERNMENT MUST HAVE MONEY TO WIN THE WAR AND MUST HAVE IT NOW.. Are you doing what they would have you do? Are you Helping your cat eal finance this war? Are you lending your money to Uncle Sam so that he.may keep them well fed, comfortably clothed and in fit condifion to fight? Each township’ 's quota in the county according to assessed valuation, is as follows: Butler, Missouri MISSOURI STATE B: ANK Butler, Missouri WALTON TRUST COMPANY Butler, Missouri a. A SER SS ESS SE EES SSE SE STC a a : — — — = —— cos = sess = = descends | Fair Mount News, We certainly had a fine rain last week. leverything is looking nice and green. Mrs. C. M. and Nick Rapp helped Mrs. Frank Rapp paper one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vogt, jr, and baby and lernest taman called on C. M. Rapp and family one night last week. John Stoll and family visited last Sunday with Fred Schmidt and fam- ily. * Richard Fox and family at Prairi FIRST NATIONAL BANK City entertained some of their friends | at dinner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Vogt entertained at dinner Sunday her parents, C. M. Rapp and family and also after din- ner, Len Vogt and family. Some of Lewis Fleischer’s folks called on Henry Bracher. Sunday evening. Frank Rapp and family entertaine] a number. of their relatives and friends at dinner Sunday. Among those present were: Henry Fleisch- er, Nick Rapp, Rev. Heinke and fam- ilies, Mrs. Yoss and sons, Otto and Johnnie, Mr. and Mrs, John M quardt, Grandma Rapp and Lydia Yoss. A number of the young folks spent an enjoyable evening Sunday at John Yoss’. Conrad Kuglan and family Sunday with William Bolte and fam- ily. Fred Bracher of Rockville is visit- ing relatives and friends in this vicin- ity at present. Mr. and. Mrs. Johnnie Fischer cele- brated their twenty-fifth wedding an- niversary Saturday. Those present were their family, Rev. Heinke and family, her father, Tragot Bracher, his mother, Louisa Fischer, her broth- ers, Carl and Joe Bracher and fam- ilies, his brother, Albert, and sisters, Mrs. Carl Bracher, Mrs. John Yoss, Mrs. Joe Fleischer and Mrs. Johnnie Marquardt and all their families; his uncles, Gatl and Gotlob Durst and wives; her uncle, Fred Bracher; her cousins, Mrs. C. M. Rapp and Henry Bracher nad families; and neighbor, John Stoll and family. They received many valuable silver presents. Ev- erybody enjoyed a good time and at a late hour they all departed wishing them many more wedding anniver- saries. Country Happenings. Miss Inez Stone and Mr. Claud Clark called at the Geo. Wigger home Sunday morning to see the former's who is quite sick. Geo. Sargent called to see A. T. Keen | Harry, spent Sunday spent! called at the A. T. Keen home Mon- TOWNSHIPS ALLOTMENT TOWNSHIPS ALLOTMENT ° West Boone ...............0.. cee eee $16,750 Grand Rivers .... 65.6 cd eccec gees cee 10,150 Mast BOONG:. 6 csseys oss scaciecessace 8.450 Hudson....... .. 11,250 MONBIIONG fsbo aris ee weeds 9,350 Howard....... . 13,850 Deer Creek............ Ani hns seeeee 15,850 OMOR ice ok ces ears eGeedinidieenes AORROD) “Deepwater... .. 10,250 Lone Oak.............c0ceseeeeeeeee 7400 DI aRG et rican scanmureanacatns 8,800 Mt. Pleasant... rianas ore sct ., 37,250 THE BANK OF ROCKVILLE Rockville, Missouri BANK OF AMORET: Amoret, Missouri FARMERS & MANUFACTURERS BANK Rich Hill, Missouri HUME STATE BANK Hume, Missouri TOWNSHIPS Mound.. Mingo.... New Home...... OSRGON Rr Pisseduidka dies Prairie .... Pleasant Gap................. Buy Bonds. FARMERS BANK Foster, Missouri ADRIAN BANKING CO. Adrian, Missouri FARMERS BANK Butler, Missouri DUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST CO. Butler, Missouri > BANK OF AMSTERDAM Amsterdam, Missouri ALLOTMENT TOWNSHIPS ALLOTMENT ceeeees, 11,050 ROCK VAG, issues cease seta siau gene UGeDe .. 5,850 [) 15.0 re .... 8,800 seees 9,400 C17 Cpe peebadeatemccncnsemmmadines ciel) seveese - 6,250 Walnut . Bea 11,050 verecee 11,100 West Point. Rea vatee 9,300 READ THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITION, MADE BY THE BANKS OF BATES COUNTY, TO HELP YOU BUY LIBERTY BONDS: In a meeting of the Bankers of Bates County, held in Butler, Wednesday, March 20th, it was unanimously decided that the banks would offer their assistance to the Government as well as to the citizens of Bates County in assisting in raising Bates County’s quota of $281,800.00 for the Third Liberty Loan Bond sale. And in order that every citizen who does not have available funds of his own, might be permitted to purchase a bond, the banks have unanimously agreed that for anyone who desires the accom- modation, upon payment of 10 per cent of any citizen’s purchase of Liberty Bonds, the bank will furnish the other 90 per cent at 6 per cent per annum for the coming year, pay- This should give every citizen an opportunity to purchase one or more bonds, and for every citizen to either fight with his money If you wish to purchase a Tiber Bond, see any of the solicitors in your township of any of the banks. Go to the bank at which you are doing your business. They will secure your bonds, either for cash or credit, as you may desire, Loan your name to the Government. THE FARMERS BANK Rockville, ‘Missouri BANK OF MERWIN Merwin, Missouri COMMERCIAL STATE BANK Rich Hill, Missouri HUME COMMERCIAL BANK Hume, Missouri NO MAN’S PRIVATE LIFE OR PRIVATE RIGHTS COUNT NOW AGAINST THE WEL- .FARE OF (HE COUNTRY. Buy Liberty Bonds ‘'T. Anderson's baby is very low at} riting. . Ray Lawson of Rich Hill | pent last week with her mother-in- Tay Mrs, Jake Frey. “ Mrs. C. W, Reetor spent afternoon at the T. Anderson home. Mrs. G. Quick spent Thursday at! Claud Quick's, Mrs. Geo. Keen called on Mrs, Geo, Sargent Monday evening, | Little Grace Quick is very low with | the pneumonia fever. Mr. and Mrs.’ J. E. Sunday guests of Bernice and family. Mr. and Mrs. urday night at“ Mrs: J. MM; Unis Tuesday | | Harvey were Bae \ Dickison | and Herbert Snell and family. | Chitwood son, i =| 1 with | Geo. Keen and sons, Elmer and Cecil, motored to Appleton City | Monday evening. Mrs. Randall called on her daugh- ter, Mrs. Claud Quick, one day last | week, Mrs. Clara Batchelor and daughter, | Nena, and Mrs. Geo, Sargent and | daughter, Thelma, motored to Mont- rose Wednesday: in Miss Nena’s car to attend the funeral of Miss Faye ; kagys. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wilson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Rector. The Red Cross will meet with Mrs. | Will Wigger April 17th. Mrs. Geo, Keen and son, Elmer, day afternoon. Mr, and Mrs. Remick and Mrs. Ben | Norvell and Mrs. Mary Gutterman called at Geo. Wigger’s Sunday even- ing. Mr. and Mrs. Merl Sargent took | Sunday dinner with Geo. Sargent and wife, * Rural School Purchases Liberty Bonds. ‘ Last fall the Tygard school west of town held spelling matches. with a neighboring school and each time were returned a winner. They took the proceeds of these matches and purchased Baby Bonds. The students of the Tygard school are good patri- ots as well as good spellers and they and their teacher, Miss Winnie Priest- ly, have set an example for all of the schools of the county. Bates County Corn Better Than Henry’s. Last week Lewis Keele, who has charge of the Bates county seed corn testing station visited the testing sta- tion at Clinton. He informs us that the corn in that county:is only test- ing about 65 per cent, which is con- siderably lower than the Bates coun- ty test and the Bates county farm- Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cumpton spent) ers thought that they had some rath- Tuesday with Mrs. Clara Batchelor. a eae ; Dolla assisted by | Morilla, Pleasant Gap Home Makers Meet. The Clob met again April 3 at the shome of Misses Ada and Dolla Rains | with twelve members present. The program was as follows: Roll call, quotations from Benjamin | Franklin, Song by Club. Inaugural address, Che Advantages of Each llolding Their Graduating President. Exercises {at Home, Mrs. Seth Wix. The Advantage of a High School in a Community, Mrs. Hattie Mehaffey. Musie by Club band. Extemporaneous debate, affirmative Mrs. Ed Moore and Mrs, Everette Mori a; negative Mrs. Joe Knoll and Milburn Tharp. The judges de- Hee in favor of the aifirmative. Instrumental music, Mrs, Everette | Morilla. It being the day the namgs were to be drawn for the quilt, Mé@. Milburn Tharp’s name was drawn, which re- ceived the quilt, After the drawing a one course lunch was served by Misses Ada and Mrs. Seth Wix. The Club had the pleasure of having jat this meeting Miss Linie Craven of | Butler, Mrs. Oscar Kasner and Mrs. | Wilbur Mehaffey. Those present were: Mesdames Milburn Tharp, Ben Wix, Seth Wix, Ed Moore, Everette Oscar Kasner, Wilbur Me- |haffey, Hattie Mehaffey, Geo. Min- |nick, Joe Knoll, Misses Pearl Tharp, Linie Craven, Ada and Dolla Rains. Bernice Morilla, They all departed at a late hour for their different homes. The next meet- ing will be held at Mrs. Geo. Min- nick’s May 1, which will be a Moth- ers Day program. All- members be present and visitors invited. Club Cor. Elkhart News. The farmers are all rejoicing over the rain. The wheat and meadows were very much in need of it. George Ragan has sold his truck to Mr. French the Elkhart merchant. Mr. French is in. the market for any- thing from an egg to a Ford. Albert Roby has been very sick the past week. Mrs. Maddox visited her sister Adrian last week. Mrs. Grant Robey has been enter- taining the measles. Ed Cowdery of St. Johns, Kan- sas, arrived Friday night to visit rel- atives and boyhood friends. He has made his home in Kansas for three years and is very much in love with the country around there. He made the trip in his Ford. Stop! Look!! Listen!!! wanting their cistern cleaned out call Club! on Lloyd Roberts. — He i ; without ladder or rope, | | | Both have been 1 j night. There is talk of preaching at Fair- j View this summer, Lonnie and Rosetta Taylor of near Adrian are very at this. writing. ng the measles | jand now are threatened with pneu- | monia, Lloyd Roberts made ae . {trip to Butler last week. Township | The many friends of Miss ‘Hilda, Schwander were surprised to hear‘ of} her marriage to a soldier boy in Kansas City last week. They left immediately for Ft. Sill. time lived in Elkhart, but"has been in Kansas City for several months, Her} friends here wish them much joy. Elkhart Farm Club meets * Monday cently shipped in a car load of fine seed potatoes. BROWN EYES. "North New Home. The lineman for the Butler and Rich Hill Telephone Co. was in our vicinity Wednesday and put in phones | for Brick McCaughey and Clarence Fleming. Claud Berry baled hay for Mr. Har- | land last week. 5 Harve Morris, Bud 3erry and Frank Miller are the board for Lost Corner. Albert Linendoll traded his Ford car for a Dodge. Dr. Chastain was called to see e Clar- ‘ence Fleming Friday night. Mrs, Linendoll called on Mrs, Ben} Pickett Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Henry Sellers of Kansas City came down Saturday for a visit with j her brothers, Samuel and Jim Ma- lone. Jim Morris and family spent Sun- day with Brick McCaughey and fam- ily.- Jack Skaggs and son, John, visited with relatives at Montrose Wednes- day and Thursday. Willie Simpson and wife called at Homer Linendoll’s Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Starks visited at Mr. Barkley's Sunday. Earl Osborne and family spent Sunday with Mat Simpson and wife. Jim Clark, wife and daughter, Miss Lois, Bob Henderson, wife and son, Wm. Sproul and wife visited at Ma- lone brothers Sunday. Charley Simpson spent Sunday with Ralph Berry. Frank Miller has cane seed for sale. Bob Sproul and Claud Berry took fat hogs to Butler Monday. Mrs. Brick McCaughey and children spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. McCormack. Miss Thelma Richmond a business | * Hilda at one; The clubs around Adrian re-, Cornland, | While hunting calves about noon ; Friday, Mr. Flanders found the dead body of a man floating in the Marias | ides Cygnes river south of his house. {He called Coroner Allen of Rich ) Hill and an inquest was held and the ; body identified as that of R. L. : Moudy who had been living in a tent and fishing. - He was last seen Sun- |day March 24, and it is thought that he was drowned that day. Mr. Nafus jthe Butler undertaker cared for the | corpse. moved into the Faubion house owned j by C.1. Burk. | “Morrison and Spiers both have new telephones on line 18, Merritt Pickett and family of N |hart spent Sunday at Fred Medley’ | Mr. and Mrs, \there in the afternoon. Henry Dark left Friday for Iowa. i tie, Mrs. Bellier of near Rich Hill spent | Thursday with Mrs. McClintic. Beth Turner went to Hume Wednesday and stayed until Sunday with her friend, Carrie Sarius. Earl Osborn of Mt. Carmel neigh- borhood, and Orland Eggleson Butler brought their families | spent Sunday at Matt Simpson's, | P. I, Turner wag elected school di- {rector Tuesday. The other. directors | jare Gus Soderstrom and Matt Simp- | ;son. and | | Sunday by standard time. Don't for- get it. i] Elmer Soderstrom is reported bet- ter but is still seriously ill. County Court. Court met in regular session Mon- day, April 1, 1918 with Judges Camp- bell, Reeder and Lowder present and Sheriff Baker and County Clerk Frank Holland in attendance. John Medley adjudged insane and! ordered sent to State Hospital No. 3 at Nevada as a county patient. tioned for by A, M., Felts et al- of Grand River township: No one ap-|¢ pearing for the petitioners, the peti- tion was ordered ‘dismissed. Cracken, Mrs, S.~ Murphy present their petition to the court that they are the owners of the real estate de- scribed in certain school fund mort- gages Dec. 14, 1840, February 7, 1842; February 7, 1845; February 7, 1847 and that aforesaid mortgages: have been long since paid off, but that evidences of payment having been lost and. the court is petitioned to enter discharge of said mortgages on the records. It being satisfactorily shown the court George McDaniels and family have | Emory Lockard were | | Mr. and Mrs. Sproul spent Wednes- H day night with Mrs. Hannah McClin- | of | Sunday school will be at 2:30 next! In the matter of the road as peti-| George Borland, J. W. Wix, A. Mc- - was made as prayed. Mouthly statement of County T urer J. H. Stone presented and approved. Warrants presented for cancella- tion as folloy Salary «3 446.45 Contingent . 938.33 Pauper 4753-55 Bey... 5.50 Common School ............ 3876.00 Township School . ++. 1674.00 Mt. Pleas, R. R. Bon +» 12048.75 atement of Circuit Clerk H..: | Max 'Yy. presented and approved. Quarterly statement of County Clerk Frank Holland presented and approved. A number of loans were made on ‘school fund mortgages. Peru Items, The rain was welcomed by all. Misses Leola and Hazel Rice, who are attending school at Warrensburg, spent the week end with home folks. | There was quite a number at church Sunday morning. ‘ | J. W. Thomas and family, who have been living in Florida the last eigh- teen months, have come to Missouri | to spend the summer. We are glad to see them again. Mrs. R. A. Belt and daughters spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry ‘Thompson. | At the school election last Tuesday | Grover McCoy was reelected schooi digector. F. L. Blankenbaker spent Sunday with Otis ‘wife of Butler. The W. C. T. U. did well at the Wolfe sale considering the crowd. Clarence Lawrence and family | spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. ya) Morgan. Well, we have been so busy this week we could not gather much news. BILLIE AND SUSIE. | | | | and family Baker and Statement of The Rutler Weekly Times published weekly at Butler, Mo., for April, ror8. State of Missouri, aay of Bates, {on sit, Seat Seternste ard tre, ‘order