The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 16, 1908, Page 7

1 RES SE “THE DAYLIGHT STORE.” Wear Better Furnishing the CLOTHCRAFT Mr. and Mrs. O. L. McCann, of Rich Hill, were the guests of D, D McCann the first of the week. Mrs. Friend Carpenter, who has been critically ill for the past two weeks with lagrippe, is reported much {mproved Jas. G. Hayes and F. F. Rourmak- er, of Homer township, were business callers at THE Times office, while in the city the last of the week. James McCormick came in from Passadena, Cal., the last of the week to visit relatives and old friends Mr. McCormick was formerly a promi nent citizen of Lone Oak townsh!p. For the fourth time the county court of Cedar county has denied a saloon Iicense to Ray DeWitt of Eldorado Springs. 1s would appear that the coming local optionelection in that place would be # useless for- mality. A small blaze, originating amony some old papers, in the back room of Ellis Jewelry Co. on last Thursday. tbreatened 4 confligration. Prompt action of the employees of the firm put the fires out. Bus it was discov ered just in time. County Highway Engineer E B Borron went over to Clinton Friday to attend a meeting of the County High vay Engineers of District No 3 embracing about thirty counties, The meeting was called by Curtis Hill, State Highway Engineer. George McKissick Jr.. who had been’ visiting his father Geo. M. Mc Kiseick for the past month, returned to his home in Greeley, Col, Monday evening. Mr. McKtssick is foreman in a beet sugar factory and is doing wll. His wife will join him fn 4 short t'me. We want our friends to than the other fellow; and with Hart, Schaffner & Marx The Worlds Greatest Tailors Seasons Styles Surpassing in beauty and ele- gance any former effort, we feel sure of a large spring sale. Suits... $18 to $25 Hand-Made Suits..... $ 1 O to $ 18 REMEMBER THE BOY A watch Free with knee pant suit. i CLOTHING HOUSE ) ¢. On the Corner--The Center of Town. Clothes The Eldorado Sun $s now clatming that on account of the mineral wat- ers used inthe construction of the new granitoid walk in Spring Park at that place, the walk will havea tendency to cure corns, bunions and , other allmente of the feet. Can any nature faker beat health resort ad- vertiser’ Word was received from Rich Hill last week that the public schools of that clty woul be compelled to close with an 8% months term owing to the lack of funds. An effort will be made to carry the high school the full nine months to met the articu lation requirements of the state university. Ira L. Ludwick left the last of the week for New Mexico, where he has entered land and expects to make h’s home. His family will follow him ina short time. Mr. Ludwick was one of Bates county’s promising young teachers and farmers. His many friends predict for him afuture in that new country. Mrs. O. F. Renick left the first of the week for Kansas City. She will’ make her home with her sister, Mrs J. W. McGuffin, at the Hale fruit farm 83 and Troost Ave. Her daughter, Mrs. J. R Morrison, came down from Kansas City the last of vhe week to help her pack up and ar- range her affatra in Butler. Norman Rowe arrived here Friday from Pueblo, Colorado, with the re- maios of his wife and Interment was made {n the Trading Post cemetery Saturday. Mrs. Rowe went to Colo- rado last year for her health bué she wradually grew worse until last Wed- neaday when death relieved her. Mr, Rowe and family, have the sympathy of the community {n the loss of wife and mother.—Amoret Post. Copyright 1908 by Hart Schaffner & Marx The Particular Man Appreciates the Service He Gets at This Popular Clothes Shop. | The Methodiste will dedicaté their |new church on the fires Sunday in) May. Seventeen ministers will be present and assist in the services, | Dedication services will commence on Monday night, April 27th, and con- + tinue-until- tke following Sunday |night. The regular dedication exer cises will occur on Sunday, May 3rd. —Adrian Journal. | Ate meeting of the school board | the vote at the late election was can- | vassed and J. A. Silvers and M. F’. | Kinney were declared elected, the in- | crease in achool levy was carrted b: a vote of 303 to 121. Dr. T. rid Boulware was elected president and Frank Allen vice-president. The election, of secretary and treasurer was deferred until the end of the fiscal year in July. The Bates County Medical Society will hold @ meeting at the Pennell Hotel this afternoon, Thursday, April 16th. Some interesting papers will be read and short discussions jhad. Inthe evening they will hold | their meeting at the Christian Church. ; Aside from’ addresses by physicians, « musical and literary program has been arranged. An invitation Is ex- tended the people to attend these meetings. A B Ludwick, who has been assist ing Judge Graves In making hiscam- paign from Jefferson City for several weeks, Sundayed at home with his ‘family, returning to the statecapitol Monday evening. Bruce says that prospects for the Judge’s nomination are very flattering, and that the | Judge and his friends have no uneast- ness whatever of the result, but Judge Graves never leaves anything to chance and is getting {n touch with Democrats {n every section of. the state. . | oxtords—Walker-Mek{bbene, ‘of Pittsburg, Kansas, are visiting at | fens of the Carbon Center neighbor Ore. The Democrats made acleansweep| Another shipment of room size at the clty elections at Nevada last | rugs—Walker-McKibbens. week. A | U.S Isom purchased a fine five Special bargains during April at| year old jack from J. H. Allison last Walker—Mckibbens. | week Mrs. E A Hardin spent severai| W.W. Morrison was acaller at lays in Kansae City with relatives | Tae Tames ottice on Monday. He is and friends. a son of Chas. Morrison, and recent- Extra nice $5.00 epring jackete— ly returned from Oklahoma, where Walk Mek ibbe: pring } he spent several years in printing| Omer Sen looses. offices fn that country. He and his} The contract to build Nevada, | father have claims {n New Mexico on Mo.’s new $50,000 poss office haa| Which they will shortly move and deen awarded to J. A. Daly of shas| Prove up. \ place Extra good values {n mens work | Jease Smith has bilis printed for |8hoes—Walker—McKibben, | nls fine Coach Stallion, King Simp 30D, to stand at his stables, 5 miles raat of Butler. Rev. W. B. Cobb, formerly pastor | of the South Methodist congrega tion of Butler, now located at Corder, Mo., spent Monday in Butler on business, Mr. Cobb looks well and says his family are enjoying good bealth. He has many friends {n But- ler who regret that he could nos ex- tend his visit, S A. WEBB,—Roeal estate agency, farm loans at low rates. Office south west corner square. 25 44* More new tan and patent leather Sam Allen, wife and lissledaughter,! Spectal value tn sult cases all sizes $1.00, Special value in tranks all sizes $5.00—Walker-McKibbens, Uncle Lewis Jones and wife passed through Butler on Tuesday on thelr way home to Foster, from a visit of a week to Mrs, Jones’ brother, J. H. Thomas, of Pettis county. Mr. Jones reports the wheat In that section — foe - oats up in good ay yin shape. Uncle Lewis says the frutt Walker-McKtbbens. isn’t hursand there will be more Mrs. Will Weeksentertainedaparty | Peaches than the trees will well of ie folks at thelr home on East | stand. t. Scots street, in honor of the] ¢ bia birthday of her iittle slater, Ellza-| yore Wagga eqs the home ot beth, daughter of county clerk]; 14. ae Weeks : lowlsh red cow with white spot in . face. Any information leading to We can suit you in an Easter hat, | her recovery will be amply reward- Leave your order early. ed. It* FuueMan & Tinie, the home of his father, Dr. W. H. Allen, at Rich Hill. R W. Smith, for forty years a reat- hood, says the Rich Hill Review, has moved with hia family to Ashland, Heatherbloom petticoats $1.98 up Road dragging has become so pop- ular in Bates county, a clubhas been formed, anda number of farmers have joined, who have agreed to drag the roads along thelr farms, at least ten times within the next year, if necessary, and will also keep the ditches open, Those who did not join have agreed to pay $5 each as thelr part.—Clinton Eye. = * The following officers were elected at the Rich Hill city election: Alder- man lst ward, Herman Schwamb; 2nd ward, N. C. Stonebraker; collee- tor, M. C. Fortune. Misses Hattle atfd Rosey Hart left lass week for Spokane, Wash., to join their brother Nathan and sisters Dora and Mattle. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hart will follow as soon as the home place can be sold. Dainty white shirt waists 8c up— Walker--McKtbbens. A telegram received by Dr. Allen from Henryetta, Okla., announced the serlous injury of A. W. Scott, a former well known Rich Hill citizen, by a mine explosion —R. H. Review. WANTED:—A_ girl for general’ - J.T. Hyatt and sons had the mis- fortune to lose thelr fine mammoth jack on Friday. The animal had been alling for several days, but Messrs Hyatt were not spectally alarmed about his condition. They had refused an offer of $1,000for him this spring. Mr. Hyatt lefs for Lex {ngton, Kentucky Monday night to buy another jack. They had no in-. surance On the one that died. housework. Apply to Mrs. Bert Allen, 204, North High St. Butler,| Quite a number of our citizens went Mo. 24¢f [to Lamar the firstuf the week as Ben G. Mains was summoned to Parsons, Kansas, Saturday night by & notice of the illness of his baby daughter. Mra. Mains and the baby are ut her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Holloway Carhartt overalls and gloves—the best—Walker-McKibbens. Jerry Callahan, on the old Chae. Burge farm near Cornland, had bille printed for his fine Norman Perch eron Stallon, Black Raven, and Jack, Blue Jay, which he will stand at his barns this season. Mens spring sults made to order $13.75 up Fit guaranteed—Walk- er—McKI{bbens. George Argeubright sold 21 year- ling steers to Lew Palmer last week that averaged 1,208 pounds each. They were @ fine bunch and netted Mr. Argenbright more than 379 per head.—Adrian Journal. witnesses {n the case of Jennle Fost er against the Mo. Pac. Ry. Co, in which the plaintiff is asking dam- agesfor the loss of her hotel and contents, destroyed by fire. The ho- tel was located across the track from the Mo. Pac. Depot The case was taken to Lamar ona change of venue. J.8. Bell, Jr., & prominent young farmer of New Home, in company with Judge Silvers, made us a bust- ness callon Monday. Mr Bell owns about 300 acres of bottom land on she Island, formerly the Judge Sul lenstract. He sald he had fifty acres of wheats & large portion of which is knee high. He sald the late rice tn river lacked at least two feet of com- ing up to its usual mark. John W. Harshaw was expected in from North Yakima, Wash., his pres ent home, on Tuesday evening, to visit hiseon H.H. Harshaw, and other relatives and friends. Mr Harshaw was one of the ploneer settlers of Bates County and {t was with regret that his many friends New Hats—New Flowers. Leave your order early for your Easter hat. 9 Fuarmay & Tineie. Our Clothing saw him take his departure for the far west, and they will give him a hearty welcome back home. Some one poisoned “Buzz” a friendly fox terrier belonging to the children of Me. and Mrs. J. A. Trim ple. “Buzz” was a general favorite with the children, was inoffensive STYLE / ~ Possesses the Distinction of AND QUALITY Without the Handicap of High Price. \ DRESS UP FOR EASTER ° In one of our Stylish _ Spring Suits Special Colorings in Best Neckwear. Stylish Hats, Fancy Vests, Nobby Shirts. JOE MEYER, oct. mild mannered at all times-and- why any one shotNdjbe so heartless as to give him poison and cause him great suffering before death, {s inexplicable, and can only be accounted for as pure wantoness from a heart that is naturally evil. The Osceola Republican says that from present indications the Osage a‘ that place wil! goon be & veritable harbor for gasoline boats and launches. Besides two freight and passenger boats, there are ten pleas- ure launches with seven others in course of construction. In addition there area numberof parties who contemplate building durin; the coming season. -The river has for a long term of years had many row boats upon {t, but the gasoline launch {dea hae recently taken root. Suits for Men............ .....-$5.00 to $22.00 le the ouls of Mre. Jonnie Foster : . Pac. Ry. Co., in the Suits for Youths.............. .. 4.50 to 18.00 cirenit court at. Lamar this week, Suits for Boys............ os 3.50 to 10.00 eset wan bts Go ie tear cthons Suits for Children........ everest to __ 7,00 and contents. Mrs. Foster bad al- ready been pain $2,900 by the {nsur- ance company, and that amount she will have to refund. The caee will be spoatled by the railroad company. 0. Jackson was attorney for the platntiff; Scots & Bowker, of Nevada, and DeWitt Chastaine, of Butler, for the Ry. Company. Cowpeas for Seed. Have received a car load of Whip- oorwill cowpeas for seed. Any one bla; Mo. 22-4¢ Propie’s Exev. Co, Ts Famous SHOE WOMEN INTERESTING Some () «). shoe statistics are inter- esting. It’s the larg- est factory ot women's shoes in the world. Over S600 are employed. The pay roll is $12 a minute. The output, 1 () shoe every second,or hands a retail cash business of $100 a minute. The saving to the 5,000,000 women who wear ().Q). shoes is incalculable, Try them and be convinced, POFFENBARGER & DOUGLASS. Brown Leghorn Eggs. Purestock brown Leghorn eggs for sale av 25¢ setting. Write or cal! on Mrs H. H. Harshaw, Route 2, Butler, Mo D836 40 ACRES AT BARGAIN, Is lies four miles east of Busler, fine nelghborhood, tine soil, fenced hox tight, terms to suit. 17-8! Biacuerr & Kirpe, Kansas City, Mo Breeders’ Notice. I have three black percheron stal- Hons, including King, 50,400, the echampton prize winner at Kansas Cley Royalin 1907, that will stand ab’ my barn, 3 miles northeast of town. Termes yi at stable ) ren J. W. Barnuarr, Judge John J March wasin Bus- ler the last of the week and favored us with @ pleasant call, The Judge has been Ifstentng to the siren cal and has some notion of shy{ng his caster {n the ring for representative The Judge {sa good speaker and writer and his services ou the county court gave him an {Insight into the needs of laws |afiecting purely agr!- caltural counties. He would un- questionably ake a good race, bus would have & strong opponent in the person of our present representa- tive, Hon. Lawrence Grittith Th waklog # blanket ralse of ten percent on the assessed valuation of all the property {nu Bates county as returned by the assessors, the board recognized that she county assessment is too low to ralse sutt- clent revenue to meet the require. ments of the county. The board cer- talnly can not be accused of playing favorites, as they treated every tax payeralike. Is was falrto assume that the townsliip assessors had made equitable assessments tn con- { rm{ty so previous valuations, and by adding ten per cent. the board accepted that fact and Increased the valuation of all allke. Joe and Tom Montgomery were arrested On @& warrant Saturday morning charging them with steal- {ng two bundles of wool from a car at the deppot. The wool was valued at $60. The boys were arraigned before Squire Hemstreet. Thetr pre- Hminary trial was sesfor Monday, April 20th. A bond of $300 each for thelr app-arance was exacted and on fallurs to give the bond they were turned over to Sheriff Beard for safe keeping. A number of articles have been missed from carsin the past few months and raflroad detectives worked up the case against the Montgomery boys. J.C, Patterson, one of the pro- prietors of the Democrat.News, of Marshall, Mo., was In Butler on Tuesday and fn company with H. H. Harshaw, made us a pleasant call. Mr. Patterson has been in the news- paper business in Marshall since 1878. He helped organizs the News, which was afterwards merged with the Democrat. At one time he was associated with General R. C. Horn, who recently shot and killed Mr. Groves {in the K. C. Post office. Tairty years continuous service in the newspaper harness is along time, but Mr. Patterson has the appear- thinking of sowing cowpeas write toj well and conscientiously and looks state experiment station at Colum- {good for that many more years and ee ean etna ae ~