The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 28, 1908, Page 7

2 ea The LONGWORTH Ederheimer, Stein & Co MAKERS A Watch Free With Knee Pant Suits $2 or More. Dr. Claude Allen, of Rich Hill, made | @ business trip to Butler Friday. | Circuit court adjourned Saturday to May 28th, to-day. | Ben Canterbury came down from | Kansas City and spent Sunday with his family. GIRL WANTED —For general house work. Good wages. Apply Joe Meyer, east side square. 29-t! Mrs. Robert Hurt ts visiting her | daughter, Mra. Addie Seelinger at | Gralnfield, Kansas, Mre. George Barrett, of Kansas} City, came down the last of the week | to visit her sister, Mra. A. R Keeser. For Sare—Hatr awitches, coronet puffs. Combings thade up. 30 2s* Mrs G. R. MarrHews,400 East Pine W. F. Hill was on the St. Louts market the fires of the week. He me accompanied to the city by Mrs. fll. Mrs. Edward DeArmond and two) children, came over from Ft Riley | the last of the week to visit General and Mrs. H. C. Clark. Jobn Carpenter returned to his home near Colby, Kansas on Mon-) day, after a short visit with relatives and friends. | Mre. Sam Canterbury, of Kaneas| City, visited her parents, Mr. and | Mrs. Jas. McKibben, in Rich Hill the first of the week. Migs Nellie Austin left the first of the week for Chicago to visit the family of Dr. C. G. Davis and other) “plends in that city. Mrs. Ella J. Mosier, of Shawnee, tered her farm at the county) lerk’s office under the name of Runny Site.” Mrs. Ray Heinlein and baby, who had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stewart, returned to her home in Kansas City the last of the week. Mrs. J. M. Vaughn, who has been critically {ll for eeveral days, was re ported better at time of going to presse. Her sons, Dr. J.B. Vaughn of Kansas City and R. C, Vaugha, of 8+. Louls were summoned home. | Texas, came in Monday | two weeks’ visit to their father, Will | Zwablen, of 50c to Come to us for Balbriggan, Poros-Knit WE SHOE American Building- “THE DAYLIGHT STORE.” Warm Weather Clothes IN GREAT VARIETY COAT AND PANTS Suits $5 to $15 And to make you still more comfortable we offer swell Soft Collar Shirts Checked, striped or figured as well as white Negligee 50c up F UNDERWEAR , India Crepe, Nainsook Knee length Drawers and Union-suits 25c to $2.50 CLOTHING HOUSE $2.50 L YOU TOO. e «The Center of Town. One of the most appropriate things we have seen in @ newspaper for some time is an ode to the Missouri Hen, in the Hume Telephone, written by a Methodist preacher. Mrs W.L Hodge and Mrs. Alrie B. Twyman, bogh ladies of Paris, night for a M, Arnold. Mies Mary Cravensand Hugo Kipf, two pone people’ of Spruce, were | married Sunday afternoon at the M. | E. Church south parsonage by the pastor, Rev. 0. E. Vivion. The eight year old son of Charley ly from @ loose hair in one of his eyes. Dr. Foster was called Friday and extracted It. Miss Myrtle Hartwell returned to St. Louts Sunday night, accompa- nied by her niece, Miss Mame Hart well, who will make her home in that city for the present. J. K. Kelso, of Sprague, candidate | assalc, suffered intense- | The two latest petitionersfor Dem- | ocratic honors before|the primary are Hon. Jas. NX, Sharp, for Sigscaete: | ve and James K. Kelso, for Judge | of the south district. | J.E Dowell, editor of the Adrian | Journal, and his son, George Dowell, j editor of the Rich Hill Tribune, were | pleasant callers at THE Ties office on Saturday. They were in town | closing up a land trade. | Mrs. H. L. Harvey, of Uakesdale, | Washington, 1s visiting relatives and ;old friends in Bates county, paid | Tag Tres an appreciated visit while ‘in Butler the last of the week, the | guest of Mrs, W. F. Jackson, M. Armengaud, a clever French | sclentist, has {nvented a machine by | the ald of which it is hoped that it | will be possible to see across the Atlantic. We speak for the first look jat Anna and the Prince. County Highway Engineer Borron informs us that the Baker Manu- facturing Company, of Chicago, will make a public demonstration of a for Judge of the south district, was | new, two-horse road grader, at But jin Butler on Monday. He was cn | ler on next Monday, June 1st 1908 his way to the east and southeast | part of the county. Mrs. Robert Trickett and daughter, Miss Vera, who have been visiting relatives and friends here left Mon- | day morning for Birmingham, Ala., to join Mr. Trickett, where they will make their future home. An Independence grocer was bitten | on the hand by a large tarantula the other day while cutting banannuas ‘from a stalk in his store. It was found that the insect had a nest filled with eggs concealed among the ba nanas. REMOVAL —Have moved my dress making establishment to my house on West Ohio street, 2nd house westof Wyatt’s lumber yard. Would be pleased to have my friends call. 29 36 Miss Vioia Harris. The drillers have moved their ma- chinery from the lot in Weet Butler, to Dr. Christy’s pasture, a half mile further weet They had gone down about 475 feet in the old hole. Un- less they are prepared to go down 3,000 feet, they are in our humble judgment wasting their time. The case against Arch Lipe charg ed with pettlt larceny, was dismissed {in Squire Argenbright’s cours Mon- day on account of the failure of the prosecuting witness, Mr. Ennis, to put {In an appearance. The many friends of Mr. Chris Hirnt; who bas been so low with dropsy will |be gladly surprised to hear that he lis {mproving and hopes are enter- | tained for his recovery. —Appleton City Journal, Straws show which way the wind | blows. A straw ballot taken by ex- Representative Dorsett, of Casscoun- | ty, on @ Missour! Pacific train last week, on the senatorial preference, showed 66 votes for Stone and four votes for Folk out of a total of 70 cast. Of course, these votes don’t count now, but they will {n Novem- ber. J. Y. Whitsett and two sone, Ray and Roy, will leave for Oklahoma City on Saturday, where they are of- fered employment at their trade as carpenters at 40 and 45 cents per hour. Mr. Whitsett ie a good car- penter, and hae been living in Butler for seventeen years. = Without the Hand WE SHOW ' Men's stylish suits............... Youth’s nobby suits... Boy’s swell knee suits A SPECIAL VALUE Outing suits, reliable cloth, at the extreme low price of $4. Meyer, THE C Our Clothing Possesses The Distinction of Style and Quality icap of High Price sedveeseceesverens $7.50 to $22.50 -- 6.00to 15.00 2.00 to 7.00 OOo. OTHIEKR Mrs. Ina Tiffany returned home| | Saturday from a two weeks visit to|St. Louls market on | triends in Kansne City She is enter- taining Mre. Preston, of that city, at her country home, northwest of Butler. Miss Eula Weeks, a former Rich Hill teacher, has just graduated from the state university, ranking fourth ‘na class of 300. This isan admir. sble record even for this admirable wirl —Rich Hill Review. Mies Mabel Whitsets, who {fs hold- ing a*position as book-keeper {fn Chicago, came home the last of the week nursing a broken arm, received trom afall while skating on roller skates C. K. Miller, of Lone Oak, was fn to see us Monaay. He said he had farmed tn this county for the past thirty years and in twenty-five years nad never been without old corn He said he bas a good ssand of corn aad bas worked It over once. Butler ts being done to a frazzal by vheap shows and picture exhibitions Our people seem to like 1%, however, judging from the attendance each night, and are willing to put up ten cents to witness the same exhibitions that show in other towne at five cents, John T. Lowry, aged 73 years, & hermit of Clinton, Mo., died the oth- erday from an overdose of lauda- num. He left @ note telling where certain monies could be found, and his phyelclan discovered about $17,500. Elmer Silvers went to Adrian Tues- day night on {nvitation and address- ed the Bryan club, which they orgar- {zed that night. The club starts out under very favorable auspices, with a strong membership and much en- thuslasm. Mae Wood, who was under arrest, charged with perjury connected with her sult against Senator Thomas C. Platt, has been released on a $5,000 ball, It {s not known who furnished the necessary amount Mr. Platt is & pretty smooth old gentleman. Judge Denton last week granted a parole to Will Tingler, sentenced to a term of sfx monthe for stealing a cage of eggs from the depot at But- ler. Tingler has a wife and baby de- pending on him, and he makes all kind of good promises. But Judge Denton will keep the strings on him until he makes good. Six members of the Salvation Army attempted to hold services on the street in front of the Park Hotel, at Eldorado Springs last week, but , Mayor Edgar, in spite of the protests of the proprietor of the hotel and several prominent citizens, ordered the services stopped and.sent the elty marshal to enforce the order. 8. F. Warnock will open out bis new grocery store, on the east side of the square, on Saturday, June 6th. The store will be known as “Defiance” and the prevailing color, {n and around the store and on his stutionery will begreen. He willcarry high grade groceries and pander to the best trade. A well-known traveling man who arrived {n Nevada told of a poll of two of the passenger coaches being taken, the result of the poll being as follows: Fires car for governor, Cowherd 44, Ball 8, for senator, Stone 48, Folk 11; second car, for governor, Cowherd 52, Ball 6, for senator, Stone 37, Folk 16 —Nevada Mail. Will Weeks, deputy county clerk, has made out about the most com- | plete tax calculator that we ever ‘saw. It figures out the exact tax on ‘any possible assessment from $100 |to $5,000 and all probable levies | and carries out the totals in red ink. | He has verified every calculation, and in making out his tax books he | has only to copy from his calculator. | Mrs. Sarah Morasch, aged 48 years, wae found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury in Kansas City, Kan., which tried her on the ‘charge of poisoning four year old Ruth Miller, who died from theeffects | of eating poisoned candy, sent through the mails tu her slater. The woman was sentenced to life impris- onment. The Journal realizes the gravity of the case in making further reference to the Republican papers at Butler jand their attitude to the congres- sional campaign. The hot weather ie now on and the editors and thelr Hudson correspondents are already worked upto the nervous prostra- tion or = Xeoayd nog with the contest ly n.—Appleton | City Journal. = Word comes that Robert Mead, me isin the usiness | a gas convention is all shat {t should be.— W. F. Hill, who returned from the Wednesday morning, says he attended the Wholesalers and Manufacturers sale and got some cholce bargains in sev eral departments and expects togive his customers the benefit. He t- home too lute to write his usual big advertisemens for this week, bus wiil give facts and figures next week that will beconvineing. ~ The much-talked-of gas proposi tion to Sedalia from the west is a thing ofthe past—for the present The gas was coming sure, but 1t war necessary for the promoters to raise $6,000 to pay for the option on some of the wells. The people of the towns where was was to be furnished are wise on such propositions and of course the $6,000 were not forth coming —Warrensburg Standard. A Tipton, Mo., press special says Miss Laura Steinkraus of that city has started to Panama to wed Judge Jos, B. March (a former citizen of Kich Hill) She will be met in New York City by a chaperone, who will accompany her to her destination, as the Judge {s unable to leave his post of duty at this time. The two became acquainted at Harwood, Mo., where the lady has an uncle, whom she was visiting atthe time.—K H. Review, Theschool enumeration of the But ler district for this year shows ex: actly the same as {n 1907, a total of 856. We are compelled to agree with the Record that the figures are just a little bis suspicious, Now if is nad been 855, or 857, just a wee bit of difference. We do not pretend to say that it 1s not @ correct enumera- tlon and that we have exactly 856 children of the required school age, bus then all will have to admit that it is a atriking coincidence. Tue TIMES was complimented by a pleasant call from the following young lady country school gradu- ates on Tuesday afternoon: Misses Anna and Winnie Davis Wheeler, Mlss Belle Burke and Miss Bertha Craven. They were chaperoned by Prof. T. J. Wheeler. These young ladies stood their tinal examination at Grand View School house, from the two combined districts in Char- lotte and Homer townships. The postmaster at Richmond, Mo, during the campaign two years ago, refused to les the local papers go through with political speeches in the form of supplements. The mat- ter was taken before the post oftice department, and recently a ruling was made holding that on accouat of the public character of the infor- mation contained in speeches by public men, they are to be constder- ed a legal supplement toa newepa per and transmitted through the mails, as such. Mrs. Maude Britt, a daughter of 5.8. Willams, of Appleton City, met with a peculiar, painful and serious accident a few days ago that cost the loss of an eye, She,was splitting kindling when a sliver Of wood struck her In the eye “driving three eye lashes into the ball, necessitating a most delicate operation to remove them. Dr. Cline stated that In all his practice he had never before heard of an accident that was fol- lowed by similar results —Appleton City Journal. An Oklahoma farmer has invented and fastened on a cow's back anelec- trical contraption, the electricity be- ing generated by a dynamoattached to the cow’s tall. This machine milks the cow, strains the milk aud hangs up the pall and strainer. A small phonograph accompanies the outfit and yells “So’’ when the cow moves. If she kicks, a hinged arm catches the milk stool and Jame her over the head with it.—Ex. Forty-five brakemen on the extra board on the Missouri Pacific in this elty have been released from service An order issued some time ago laid them off only temporarily. Of th: 15 crews now running out of Nevada there are only sixty five menemploy- ed. Ol theforty-five who werereleas ed from service only ten will remain on the extra board. When more men are needed it {s the intention of the company to hire over again al! the brakemen who wish to go back {n the employ of the company.— Nevada Post. A. B. Maupin died at his home Maupin came to Bates county {in 1868. He settled on a farm near Butler and later moved to his pres eat home. Mr. Maupin claimed th- distinction of being one of the oldest maecons in the county and was alec @ member in good standing of the 10.0 F. fraternity. His rematoe were brought to Butler Saturday | and interment was made in Oak Hill | cemetery under masonic auspices Mr. Maupin lived an honorable up | right life, and enjoyed the respect | and esteem of his neighbors. The work of the state convention at Jefferson City ts highly satisfac- tory. Stone, Folk, Francis and Reed as delegates at large, with Mose Wetmore, ex-Governors Dock- ery, Stephens and Crittenden as al- ternates, are all right. J. D. Allen of Batesand Peyton A. Parks of Henry as district delegates and W. A. Rothwell as national committee- man were equally splendid selections and theplatform adopted by the near Johnstown on Friday last. Mr | Particular — Points THE SOLE is made of white oak, the best sole leather money can buy THE VAMP is made of selected Stock of kid, calf, or patent as the case may be, selected by workmen who are competent. THE UPPER is made from the best upper leathers procurable. THE SHANK is steel THE H&EL is leather, not paper. THE BOX TOE INSOLE AND@ COUNTER are all made of abso- lutely the same materials as the outsole White oak, no hemiock or union leather in them, THE LININGS are of shrunk, waterproof duck. THE FACINGS are either of fine kid or silk, THE STITCHES~silk. THE EYELETS—Fast colors THE FIT—Quarter sizes, THE PRICE—$3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. Particular Points Where REGAL SHOES For men and woman excel others of a similar ap- pearance and price HIRAM NICHOLS SHOE COMPANY The House of the Better Shoe heavy Dr. A. E. Lyle, chairman of the Re- publican county central committee, has called a mass convention of that party at Butler, Monday, June Ist, 1908, for the purpose of drafting ‘candidates for the different county ottices. Sofar the only Republican announcement as @ candidate is that of Charley Beard, for sheriff, The candidates elected at the mass con- vention are expected to allow thelr namee used on the primary ticket. The same condition prevatls as to the state republican ticket. Even the boys who have had a taste of ottice are trying to “side step” the inevitable defeat they know awaits the Republican party {n Missourt this all. M. Ryan, an aged citizen of Butler, underwent @ severe operation on Sunday, when Dr. A E. Lyle, assist: ed by Dr. E. N. Chastaine amputa- ted his right foot, just above the ankle, Mr. Ryau had been suffering for several monthe from Uecrosis of the bones of his foot. Dr Lyle was not called until lass Wednesday, and after making a thorough diagnosels called Dr. Chastaine {n consultation, when they decided that amputation was necessary. The patient, who ts 77 years old, rasted well after the operation and strong hopes are en- sertained of his recovery. Louis Deffenbaugh, our popular wardner, has-filed declarations with the county clerk of his intention to run for the nomination of treasurer on the Prohibition ticket, Butler {s dry, drier than the great Sahara, andshe ts going to stay that way. The last of the Iffesaving stations was removed Saturday night. Winks, signs and mysterious nods will not go. The saloon men themselves have accepted the result in the right spirit and declare their intention to observe thelaw. ‘Blind- tigers,” “soctal-clubs,” “athletic as- sociations,”’ etc. will not be tolera- sed, nor will {¢ be permisable to draw {tfrom specialfauset at the soda fountain} We must satisfy our crav- {ngs and slake our thirst with the various summer concoctions under high sounding titles. But the people of Butler will not tolerate the illegal sale of liquors. We are Headquarters for tH Spalding 4 other standard makes of BASE BALL -AND—- Athletic Goods Fishing Tackles of all kinds. A bigger and better stock than ever before. —-:- oe BOY’S BASE BALL UNIFORMS complete with pants, shirt, belt and stockings, for $1.95 Official Guides for 1908, 10c. Large Variety of books on games of all kinds. .SMITH’S BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE cap, roe