The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-12-21
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Elkhart,

Well, here goes for what we
can scrape up. The weather
looks stormy this morning. The
writer is going to start on 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 l landed but
/ am going to have The Times fol-
low me as it will give me all Of
the news and l 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 big crowd
and a jolly good time. The pro-
ceeds amounted to $29.
: Mrs. Akin, of Ira, Iowa, daugh-
ter of G. B. Henderson, who has
been here on visit left last Sun
day for her home in Iowa.
Mr.. Mack Henderson Of Atchi-
son county, Mo-, is here on Wis
it at his father and mothers, Mr..
and Mrs. G. B. Henderson. He
reports that the corn crop up
there is fine. The corn is MAX
ing from 60 to IS bushels per
acre. That beats Bates county
bad. >
G. w. Armcntrout sold mare
the other day for $4,000.
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
IA of the Kershners and IL Of the
RHfitts RHfiitttts there and it wasn't a very
good night for the Kershners and
Fritts either You bet they
helped to swell the crowd.
The writer took in the Lacy
sale last week. 1t was a blustery
day but everything sold very
we'll. -.--
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 last week over at the home
of Miss. 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.. Nuts
one night last week was all y:
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 SO cents.
Some land is changing hands.
G. B. Henderson sold to Newt.
Spillman his farm Of 60 acres for
~$28OO.OO. We are sorry to lose
the old folks out of the neighbor-
hood, They are going to North
Missouri. He will have 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 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 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 is on the
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