The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 23, 1908, Page 7

“THE DAYLIGHT STORE.” The Best U Nainsooks, Dress Shirts Neckwear Tan Oxfords CLOTHING HOUSE You know we sell The Best Clothes in America and we WANT YOU TO KNOW we also sell nderclothes knee length Balbriggans, 2 piece Balbriggan union suits Balbriggan athletics 25c to $2.50 In Great Variety......... Miaaesenuiys 50c¢ up Browns, Tans, Copenhagen Blue. Buckle, Button or Lace. ij American Building--The Center of Town. Ederheimer, Stein & Co, MAKERS Our personal guarantee makes this a safe place to trade. A Watch Free With Knee Pant Suits. Alex. Moore, of Pleasant Gap, was a business caller on Tuesday. $100.00 worth of large pletures free. Ask Liddil, the photographer. 26 3 Better see Liddil about those free portraits before it fs too late, 26 36) Charles McFarland {s confined to his home with rheumatism. The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Jackson on Tues day and left a fine boy. Write Liddil, the photographer, for information about those free pic tures, 26 38 Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Owen, of Ad- rian, were in Butler trading and vis- iting friends on Tuesday. : Carter Wallace and T. L. Grimsley were over from Amoret the last of the week and favored us pleasantly Call at the Studio and see what Liddil, the photographer, is giving | away {n portraits, 26 36 J.E.Sunith went to West Plains, Mo., the first of the week on busl- nese, W. G. Siafer 's spending & week in Chicago on vueisess for the firm of Carpenter & Shafer. John Boulware, who te attending school at St. Joseph, spent Easter with his father, Dr. T. C. Boulware. LOST—Ladles tan jacket on Sum- mit Road or in cemetery. Leave at McFarland & Sons and receive Re- ward. 26-16 The State Prohibition convention advertised for Joplin on May 6-7 has been postponed to May 13-14, a week later. Our old friend W. H. H. Duke, a - pioneer of Grand River, made us4 NO visit while in Butler Satur- jay afternoon. Mrs. B. F. Moore and daughter, Mildred, went to Dallas, Texas, the first of the week to visit relativesand friends. A little efforts on your part will of yourself free of charge dil, the photographer. 26 36 Col. Jno. M. Courtney and wife are down from Kansas City tor a few days. The Colonel is looking after property interests. Harry Deacon, who has been con- fined to his room for the past two weeks with rheurcatism, was able to be about the house the first of the week, 8. A. WEBB,—Real estate agency, farm loans at low rates, Office ,south west corner square, 25 44" Col. J. H. Sisson has returned from & protracted visit to relatives {n Ver- non and Green counties. He ts in much better health than when he went away. é Miss Mae Mathis has sold her milli. nery stock to Miss Nellie Evans, who wil) hereafter conduct the business from the old stand, southwest corner | of the square. N. B. Jeter, time inspector for the Madison Branch of the Missouri! Pacific, went out over that line Tues- day and Wednesday on his perlodi- | cal trips of inspection. A Macon man who deserted a wife | | and five children was given the alter- | jnative of $500 fineand 6 months imprisonment or making his wife a present of $1000 cash. Clay Durrett, wife and children |were infrom theeast part of the county the firet of the week to visit! Mrs. D’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. M Smith. - | | Geo. F.Cobb and mother, Mrs. | | Fred-€obb left the lass-of the -week- for Parsons, Kansas, where Mra | Cobb will visit her daughter Mra. J. | T. Fox. Action has been taken to teat the | law disfranchising persons convicted ceny convictions. | Squire Hemstreet. that Bryan men are sent as delegates to the county convention, Claude Lyons, who passed worth- less checks on Nortleet & Ream, plead guilty before Squire Hoemstreet of obtatuing money under false preten- ses was given aix months in the county jall. Marmaduke Camp, U. C. V., will hold a meeting at the court house tn Butler next Saturday, All ex-con- federate veterans who have-nots sign- ed the roster are urged to do 80 at an early date. An anarchist paper in Patterson, N.J., has been suppressed by prest- dential mandate. This {s a clear case of infringing upon the preroga- tives of the third assistant post- master general,—Ex. The Montgomery boys, charged with stealing wool from a car at the depot, took a change of venue from The case wassent to Rich Hill, and will come up before Squire ( aldwell on next Monday. Sam Walls has refitted the interlor of his drug store by putting downa concrete floor and making other changes. He will soon Install a new soda fountain of the latest design.— Adrian Journal. City Marshal Pratt Wyatt ap- polnted Fred Wright his special dep- uty, and Mayor Moore commiselon- edhim. It !s understood that Mr. Wyatt pays his deputy, but whether itis taken out of the marshal’ssalary before turning the balance over to him, fs not mentioned. M. A. Rhinehart’s store at Richards, in Vernon county, was entered by robbers last week and six pairs of shoes, some dry goods anda lot of amall articles were taken. The post office, which {sin the same bullding was robbed, but only 25 cents was of petit larceny. It is estimated that | taken from the drawer. Two of the there are about 5000 men in the|robbers puton new stockings and state who cannot exercise the right) shoes, | of sufferage on account of petit lar. the store. One local party !s under leaving their old ones in | suspicion. CLOTHES We carry a large stock, styles up to date and carry dependable WEAR A K. N once. You will wear no other make after. YOU SHOULD SEE OUR Pe PI ei ok cc cascvenaes ver nsenek $10 to $22 Youth’s Suits............ Children’s Suits................. (ue ae Joe Meyer, CLOTHIER. VALUES. - clothing. . & F. SUIT 5to 15 THE | Do not fall to attend your Demo- | secure you a tine water color portrait cratic township conventions on next See Lid- Saturday at 2 o’clock, p,m. and see Cleveland Stott left last week for Nebraska City, Nebr., where he went to work on an elevator under con struction. Cleve fell from the stop | of she Cannon-Welner Elevator last summer, from which injuries few men | would have recovered, but {tappears that the experience did not destroy his nerve. * The case of Mary E. Short vs. W J. Butler, recetver Bates National Bank, taken to Lamar on a change of venue, was tried before a jury ov Wednesday. A verdict for the plain- slif was rendered in the sum of $1,134. Col. 8. W. Dooley represent- ed the plaintiff, W. O. Jackson the receiver. The Ladies of the New Century Club at Adrian called on Mrs, . L Mills to bid her “God speed’’ on her journey to Seattle, Wash. In token of thelr high regard and deep appre clation of ber services to the club as ® member, they presented Mrs. Milis with a beautiful gold fruts spoon, suitably engraved, The marked discourtesy shown by Congress {n yawning while under fire from the latest special message is thought to be a symptom of revolt, but with pigeonholes in both houses already filled with special messages, she yawn of tinal protest may be the last resors of despairing feebleness before tinal surrender.—Republic, Hon. James N. Sharp was a buei- ness caller on Tuesday. Colonel Sharp has always taken an active interest in politics and four years ago was the Democratic nominee for Representative, but went down fn the landslide of that year He has been lending an ear to the siren song again this year, but says he hasn't fully decided. Little Lane, Jr., the seven year old sonof Mr.and Mrs. Lane Massey, living south of town, was kicked by a calf last evening badly lacerating his forehead, just over the left eye. The wound {s not serious but ts very painful. Proper treatment’ was glv- en the little man and itis hoped he will rapidly improve.—Merwin Clip per. Postmaster Clark Wix will leave Saturday for Callfornia to jotn his wile and-son,-Hilton; -whe-have been spending the winter there. Hehopes to reach San Francisco tn time to witness the big reception to the flees They will return by way of Bisbee, Arizona, and visit thelr daughters, Mrs. Charles Burge and Mrs. Albert Cox. The Modern Woodmen of America of this place are preparing for an old-fashioned jollitication Thursday evening, April 23. A class of per- haps twenty will be Initiated into the mysteries of the order, several high- up officers of she order will be here and a big banquet will be spread, A large number of visitors are expect. ed from near-by towns.—Rich Hill Tribune. Squire O. M. Burkhart was !n to talk over politics on Monday. Squire Burkhart was an original Folk man, and was his enthuslast{e supporter for governor. He sald he has no quarrel with Governor Folk, but be- hleves that Stone’s pre-errinent abillty and splendid services for the party and the entire people of the State entitle him to another term In the Senate. A. M. Lyons, the Athol dredge boat man, whose name was used by an imposter to defraud Nortlees & Ream and Pofienbarger & Douglass last week, was in Butler Monday, and expressed his regrets that his name had been so tampered with. Hesald the fellow had worked some for Mr. E.C. Webster, proprietor of the Athol Club House, but had never worked on the dredge boat. W. W. Gooch, of Mingo township, lost his barn and contente, together with two horses, the result of a stroke of lightning, on the night of April6sh. Fortunately for Mr. Gooch he had tnsured his stock four days before with the American Insurance Company. On April 15th he obtain ed a check through Chas. S. Ewin. the company’s agent for $250 to pay for his stock. J. E. and W. R Snodgrass, promi nent farmers of Deep Water, were in Butler the last of the week and favor- ed us. W. R., whois something of an amateur fisherman was boasting hook and line from Deep Water. Mr. Snodgrass {s entirely too modest to ever become a full fledged follower ot Isaack Walton. Most fishermen would have put iat 15 or 20 pounds L. C. Hall and son, Jesse Hall, of Lone Oak were pleasant callers, while in Butler the last of the week. They report Ed. Hall, who was so seriously injured by a boiler explo- sion afew weeks ago, that his life was dispaired of, as getting along, nicely, with prospects of soon being | oD and about again. He was mov this week from L. C. Hall’s, where be had been since injured, to his own | home. | Presiding Judge R. F. Harper was in the city on business Tuesday. When asked by THE Times man if the Presiding Judge wae in session, he said he was always in session out at his farm in Charlotte township Judge Harper has reached the con : ha a am yohy toes we have out for years, that the revenue derived from taxation and other sources ie insufficient to meet the needs of the county. The courtisforced to the closest econo- my to meet the necessary expenses. of asix pound cat he caught with - REG part of every correct costume ever In these new styles. Hiram E. J. Hershel, of Clatiin, Kansas, and Miss Rosa Lynn, of Butler, were married Tuesday evening, April 21st, at the residence of A. A, Seese in But ler, Mo. They left for Claflin, Kan , thelr future home on Wednesday. The groom’s mother, Mrs. Dora Herthel, came in with him to attend theceremony. Mr, Herthel ts a pros- perous, young farmer and has 250 acres of wheat this season, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McCombs, of Adrian, were in the clty on Tuesday andtavored isa ve —call, Mr. McCombs, who is a successful auctioneer, {Informed us that he had erled 46 public sales this spring with two more {n prospect. Osher auc tloneers, we are told, have done bly businesses fn this ine, Where are all the people going to who are selling ous? Wiliam Tingler was arrested last week on @ charge of baving stolen two cases of eggs from the rallrond company and sold them to J. W. Packer at Passale in May, 1907. He plead guilty before Squire Hematrees and was sentenced six months in the county jail. For a long time there has been a system of petty thieving going on about the depot and from freight cars in the yards. A com- pany detective has been at work for some time on these cases, which re sulted In the arrest of the two Mont- gomery boys and Tingler. Iv ts thought there are others connected who have not yes been apprehended Attorney-General Hadley has been most Ifberally supplied with the sinews of war in the state of Mis- souri, thinks the Lexington News. He’s been advertised from one end of the country to the other as the re- lensless and avenging Nemesis of the outlaw corporations; yes with nearly four years work behind, with the ex penditures of his office several times greater than his predecessor, Attor- ney-General Crow, not one dollar has been collected in fines and turned In- to the state treasury. Do you won der at Mr. Hadley deeiding that he doesn’s want the Republican nom! nation for governor? For Women. CORRECT SPRING MODELS. The style, correctness and daintiness of Wi appeal especially to women who are particular about thetr wearing apparel—who know that appropriate footwear is an {ndispensable The fetching smartnees of al! Rewal shoes ts outlined more than Exquisite modeling and finish, combined with the highest grade material make Regals the most desirable foot wear you can obtain. The custom boot makers type can guarantee vou more ac- Shoe Company. The House of Better Shoes ALS, men's Regal shoes curate fit shan {3 {Insured by the Regal (Juarter Sizes. Nichols Cowherd to Be Here. Hon, Will 8. Cowherd, candidate for Democratic nomination for Gov- ernor, will be in Butler on Saturday, May 2nd, the day of the county con- vention, and will deliver an address atthe cours house, This will give the Democrats of Rates county a good opportunity to meet the nexs Governor of Missouri. Cireult Clerk T. D. [Embree has is sued the Bates county bar dockestor the May term of the efroult cours. The docket shows SS cfvil cases, of which {) are divorces, 24 for dam- ages, t partition suits, | assignment and several equity cases, There are 70 criminal cases, 37 for {legal sale of Hquor, 9 for selling to minora, 14 false prescription cases, 3 gambling charges, 2 keeping gambling houses 1 defillug ward and several misde- meanor and minor charges. At the elty council meeting on last Thursday evening Mayor Owen's as- soclates in that body for the past two years remembered him with & substantial token of their apprecia tion {n the form of a gold wateh charm, handsomely embossed with & Masonfe emblem on one side and au hik’s emblem on the other. Th presentation was made by City At- sorney Carl J. Henry tn a happy lit- tle speech to which Mayor Owen re- sponded !n appropriate terms. W.R Painter, editor of the Car- rollson, (Mo) Democrat, has an- nounced his intention to seek she Democratic nomination of Lteuten- ant Governor before the August state primaries. Mr. Painter has long been recognized as one of the strong men inthe party in shat section of the state. He has never before been a candidate for ottice, but, Hke most editors, was content to labor for the cause and advancement of other men. Mr. Painter is in every way worthy and qualified for this distin- gulshed honor and the party would be honoring Itself {In nominating him. Tas Times—can_recommend him to the consideration of the Democrats of Bates county. THE chief study satisfy customers. tunity to show you. 5 pounds prunes. Dried peaches, per pound of this store is to Give us an oppor- See our prices. Extra fine dried peaches, 2 pounds for.. 5 pounds dried grapes... 3 packages ralains 3 packages currents Gallon apples, per can (Quart apples, per can.... 3 pound canBartlet pears.. 3 pound can beets, 3 cans for 3 pound can sweet potatoes, per can. 8 pounds flake hominy Solid packed can tomatoes, per can 6 bars Old Country or Cream Laundry soap. Try our fine Blended coffee, 8 pounds Fine country sorghum, fresh barrel just opened. Fiour {s going out fast, come in and get some at, sack 1.25 We have a full line of farmer’s hardware, barb wire, poultry netting, screen wire, machine oll, incubator oll and garden tools. Bring us your produce, we wart all of it. Yours for a equare deal, J.E.WILLIAMS EIR ARG De * te