The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 19, 1907, Page 11

Now is the Time to buy your winter Suits and Overcoats. Our good friend Krank Oldaker calied and favored us pleasantly. J. W. Silvers, formerly of Bate® county, has his paper changed from Winfield to Cambridge, Kansas. W. L. Hooper, of Summit town- ship, has moved his family to Belton, Cass county. / Prof. Porter M. Allison, of Pleas- ant Gap, was a buelness visitor to Butler on Saturday. 6 Mrs. C. G. Weeke was called to Rich Hill on Tueeday by filnese of her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Jamison. Tom Cameron, who was stricken with paralysis last week, is some what better as we go to press. ‘BOARD, by day or week. Meals a ler, Mo. 8-tf Mus. B. J. Berry. Carroll Day, and wife, of Shrieve port, La., arrived in Butler Monday night to spend the holidays with rel- atives and friends. Tuesday was another wet, disagree- . able day in Butler, and snow fell as fast as it fell. ' Hon. Levi Scott, of Nevada, wasin Butler Tuesday looking after law ‘business and complimented us with 6@ pleasant call. Oe ee Men’s Suite and Overcoate, $3 50 to $25.00. Youths suite and Overcoats, $3 00 to $15.00. Boys’ Suite ard Overconts, $2.50 to $10.00. ' Childrens’ Suits and Over- coats, $2 to $6. \, Gente’ Collar Boxes, ‘ $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 The newest Jewel noveities; Sleeve Links and Scarf Pins o match. Initiale engrav- ed free, Each eet in fine box, - $1.50. ~ Gold-filled sleeve buttons, Ka "warranted 8 years, 50¢ L. ADLER BROS. & CO, 43 Mens Long Overcoats 72 Young Mens Suits Sam Heinlein, ight, 1907, by Mrs. Mary Finley, of Elk City, Idaho, sends remittance for renewal. Squire J. W. Darby was a business visitor to Butler on Tuesday. Mrs. H L. Tucker and mother, Mrs. Webb, left for Kansas City Mon- day to visit friends. They will be gone until after the holidays. Mayor Jas. K. Martin and Alder- man W. C. Stonebraker, of Rich Hill, were looking over a dry town Mon- day. Superintendent and Mrs. E. ©. Burke are rejoicing over the arrival, on Saturday morning, Dec. 14th, of @ son. Mrs. Wm. McConnell and two chil- dren, Carol and Cyril, came over last speclalty. 105 Ft. Scott street, But- | week to vielt her sister, Mrs. John F. Ludwick. I, F. Ellington, one of Pleasant Gap’s early settlers and prominent citizens, was @ pleasant caller and had his dates set ahead. Mrs. Ben. G. Mains is home from an extended visit to her parents, nearly all the afternoon, but melted|/Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Holloway, at Parsons, Kansas. Useful Holid Silk Umbrellas, $2 to $6. Fine Dress Shirts, 50c to $2. Swell Neckwear, 50c to $1. Men’s Underwear, 50c to $2. Boys’ Underwear, 25e to T5ec. HEADQARTERS FOR SANTA CLAUS! Fine Hata, $1 to $5. All etyles in Gloves, 25c to $2.50. Cape, 26n to $1.50. ” Suit Cases, $125 to $12. Trunks, $2 to $15. Gripe, Tbe to $10. of Winter Suits and Overcoats. 216 siviisn Were $7.50 to $18.00 Were $5.00 to $10.00 manager of the Midland Implement Company, of Suits In Scotch Cassimeres, smooth Cagsimeres and Worsteds, made by Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Clothcraft and Sterling Clothes Makers. All on our front counters to close at a big discount. Sizes 33 to 44. Former _ prices were $7.50 to $20.00. NOW $5.00 TO $13.50. Now $5.00 to $13.50 Choice Now $3.95 Best and Cheapest Shoes in Town. For SaLe—-$600 down buys a fine improved 80 acres. Possession at once. Liberal terms. at the home of her daughter, 8-1 J.B. Duvaut, Butler, Mo. good picture of Mies Gertrude Chev- |!2 Oklahoma. erton, a beantiful Rich Hill girl who is visiting in that city. The game between Butler Basket Ball team and the Lee Summit Ath- letes on ‘thursday evening last re sulted in favor of the visiting team by a score of 84 to 19. Miss Julla McConville and A. 8. King, both of Pleasant Gap, were married by Squire Jeter, at the home of U. G. Ayers, in West Butler, the last of the week. Jesse A. Taylor, with George D. Barnard & Co., of St. Loris, travel- ing in Texas, is visiting relatives and friends here. Jesse was deputy circult elerk under John C. Hayes. John Deerwester, member of the State Board of Agriculture for the 6th Congressional District, left Mon- day for Columbia to attend a meet ing of the board on Tuesday. Louis, with Dr. McAninch went Pleasant Gap- township to some alleged tnfected cattle. from Urich Thursday last, panied by her daughter wi her life was despaired of. I. 0. 0. F. on Monday night a decided success. C. G. Weeks, our popular and ef- ficient County Clerk, was down from Butler this morning seeing his many their names and many lette: received by those unable to Two candidates were given t! Kansas City, spent Sunday in Butler friends. He returned home on the|ative degree anda delightful lunch with relatives. noon train.—Review, 13th. | was spread. ee ee eee ee ee ee ee oe ee A Aa ay Presents Silk Mufflers, 50c to $2.50. Holiday Suspenders, Silk Handkerchiefs, 1 pair in a box, 25¢ to 50c. B5e, 50c, 75e, $1, $1.25. Initial Handkerchiefs, ; 10c to 50e. White Silk Suspenders, Solid Silver Buckles, Initial engraved, free Price $1.50. The latest Fad Silk Hand- kerchiefs and Ties to match, : $1.00. Never have you seen such Special Items. such Low Pilcos 8 we are “White and colored Silk Muf- offering on flers, 65c, worth $1. Suits and Overcoats Now is the time to buy! 60 dozen white and colored Mrs. Martha Baker, widow of the late Z. Baker, 1s reported quite sick F. Beard. She recently returned The Globe-Gemocrat publishes a from an extended visit with relatives Mies Lena Hurt, of St. Loats, ts here on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hurt. Miss Lena holds a responsible position as ate- nographer in the Frisco offices in St. Dr. Horace Bradley, Deputy State Veterinarian, of Windsor, was over the last of the week, and in company Mrs. John Ray was brought home been with her during her severe ill- ness with pneumonia. Fora time The “‘roll call” of Bates Lodge 180 One hundred members responded in person to E. A. Hardin in purchased a halt interest ff the west side barber shop and has associated himeelf with Alex Cameron. Mr. Hardin is a well known popular gentleman, and this will make a strong firm. ‘Tue Totes was complimented with @ pleasant call on Tuesday from Jidges Smith and Hyde, “who were called to Butler to hold a special term of court to act on an insane case. Walter Meglasson came in from North Dakota the last of the week to visit relatives and friends in Bates county. Walter has been in thegov- ernment reclamation service for the past three years. Robt. E. Johnson, ex-county sur- veyor, was a pleasant caller on Wed- nesday and favored us with renewal. Mr. Johnson sold his finefarm south- east of Butler the first of the week to Dr. Foster, and expects to move his family to Butler in a short time. The officers and drill team of But- ler lodge, M. W. A., went out to Spruce Thursday evening and asslet- ed in initiating a class of twenty new members into that lodge. The boys report a good time and & most ex- cellent supper. Merchants have dressed their win- dows in holiday attire, and it will pay anyone to take a stroll around the business section and view the beautiful displays. Several of them are especially artistic and will equal those found In city windows. It tried real hard to snow on last Saturday. In fact {¢ did snow con- siderable and kept {¢ up all after- noon and into the night, but the ground was so warm and damp that the snow melted nearly as fast as it fell. At Hill’s Annex on Friday evening while one of the girls was attempting to light a Japanese lantern in the show window, the trimming caught fire and for a little while promised a serious blaze, fortunately it was ex- tinguished before {ts caused much damage. We take pleasure in enrolling the name of J. M. Campbell, furniture dealer in Kansaa City, formerly a business man of Butler, on our sub- scription list. Mr. Campbell writes his congratulations on the adoption of local option ia Butler and prophe- cles @ glorious future for the town. Prosecuting Attorney Dawson filed {information in the circuit clerk’s of- fice against Thomas Lynch and Frank Kelley, charging them with burglarizing the store of Hull & Wintermute, at Amsterdam, men- tion of which was made in Tae Times last week. Probate Judge John A. Silvers went over to his Kansas farm the last of the week. His farm of 160 acres laye between Pleasanton and Hume, about four miles from Pleas- anton, and the Judge footed it out from that place. He has most ofthe land down in clover and timothy, with some wild grass. . Mra. U. out “to inspect accom. ho had last was 'rhe National Democratic Commit tee in session in Washington City last week selected Denver as the place to hold she next convention and fixed the date on July 16,1908 Besides her salubrious climate Denver offered rs were attend. he initi- commodity torun a national eonven- f| tion. ary 2nd, 1908. and expects to be gone a year. « yisit her mother, Mrs. A. E. Settle, an old resident of Butler. Butler. While conductor on a Miden penitentiary. John B. Lotepeich and son, Earnest, reading his ideas of how the govern- i gn go gu gu gu gu gag vgn gg gu gn gu gu gu gu gu gn gu gu gu gn hig SS Go ‘law tha seelon. $100,000 in cash, and it takes that Paul Walton was in she first of the week having sale bills strack fora sale of hfs personal effects on Janu- Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ton will go to San Angelo, Texas, for Mrs. Walton’s health, which has been failiog for several months. Mr. Wal- ton rented out his farm in Lone Oak Robert Trickett and wife came up from Birmingham, Ala., last week to Mr. Trick- ett was formerly city marshal of freight he was held up and shotin the face by three robbers, who were af- terwards convicted and sent to the of Passaic, were pleasant callers at Tue Tues office while in Butler on Monday. Mr. Lotspeich says he is a greater Bryan man than ever after ment and states should guarantee the deposits of national and state banks, by assessing the other banks, Oklahoma has adopted Mr. Bryan’s ideas in guaranteeing state bank deposits, and it is reported that na- tional banks in the new state will ‘have to give up their charters and > | reorganize under the state laws, un- less Congress passes such aguarantee The tenet egtion ee dees 2 not pro- hibit any person from shipping acase of beer or liquor {nto their home for personal or family use. There seems to be some misunderstanding on this pulnt, especially over in our sister county on the west, where a “wet” and “dry” campaign is red hot. Such, however, are the facts in the cae, and the temperance people have no desire to misrepresent the law.— Appleton City Journal. In about six weeks the dredge boat of the big drainage ditch will reach the Mo. Pacific railway and all traffic will be suspended until it passes there and a temporary bridge of 100 foot span is placed in position. The con- tract with the railroad company Calls for the crossing of the track in five hours, which will require expedi- tious work.—Wessern Enterprise. Butler polled five more votes in the late election than Rich Hill, her total being 690 and ours 685, which indi cates that the voting population of the two towns fs about the same. It {a scarcely probable thats full vote was polled in elther town, as the writer peraonally knows of several here who did not vote on either side, and the same {is no doubt true of Butler.—Review,. George E. Eldridge died at his home afew miles north of Butler, last Wednesday night, after long suffer- ing with a malignant cancer, Mr, Eldridge was an old settler of Bates county. He was about 78 years of age and leaves a family of grown up sone, Funeral services were held from the home Saturday morning, and {nterment was made {n Oak Hill cemetery. The county court of Johnson coun- ty has ordered that county prisoners of that county be placed upon the rock pile and made to work while confined in jail for offenses, The order was made last week upon the recommendation of the prosecuting attorney of the county. The law provides that this can befdone and every county in the state ought to follow the lead of Johnson{county.— Higginsville Jeffersonian. Mrs. Mary Brooks, of Coldwater, Mich., and Miss Florence Ellington, of Buffalo, Illino{s, sister and niece of Isaac F. Ellington, of |Pleasant Gap, are visiting the family of Mr. Ellington, It has been nineteen years since brother and ;tslster met and {t was @ joyous reunion. Mrs. Brooks has many old friends in But- ler and Bates county. After spend- ing Christmas here, she will go to Oklahoma to visit B. F. Glover's family and to McLean, Texas, to visit G. W. Ellington, another broth- er. Luman F. Parker, general solici- tor of the Frisco system and late candidate for the United States Sen- ate before the republican legislature, was found dead in his bath, by his housekeeper, at his home in St. Louls on Monday last. General Parker was 60 years old and had been af- flicted with heart trouble for some time. He was buried at Rolla, Mo., by the side of his wife, who died four years ago. The county court {s called session on Tuesday adjudged Pink Hyatt insane and ordered him sent to the State Hospital for insane, at Nevada, Mo. Hyatt, who fs about 34 years years old, has been falling {ntellec- tually for sume time. He has been making his home with his parents, who live on the old Roster place, north of Butler. Pink was in Butler late Saturday night and arrived home about three o’clock in the morning. He ralsed a racket and then demanded money of his father. He then went to the barn, loaded up some corn and started to Butler, but was stopped by the father, The family was afraid of him. W. H. Hupp was notified by tele- gram on Sunday evening that his son, John Hupp, had died at Tucaon, Ariz., where he had gone to fight off that dread disease, tuberculosis. The body was shipped back to Butler, and is expected to arrive here Saturday. John Hupp wae born and reared to manhood in Butler and was an excep- tionally bright and promising young man. He learned the painter's trade under his father, and had the reputa- tion of being a good one. He wasa young man of good habits and his genial manners won him many friends who deeply sympathize with the af- flicted parente. 40 Acres at Bargain. I lies tour miles east of Butler, fine neighborhood, fine soil, fenced hog tight, terme to suit. Buacuert & Kipp, Kaneas City, Mo.