The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 19, 1908, Page 7

a ee eee s _ ae > THE DAYLICET STORE WHEN YOU BUY A stone of the new Appleton City Academy building will take place | Friday, Nov. 20th, 1908, at 2 o'clock jin she afternoon under the auspices jof the Alumni Association —Journal | County cours met iu special ses- }slon November 11th with all mem- i AT THIS ONE * WE ALSO SELL THE BEST IN AMERICA IN FOOTWEAR SUIT OR - OVERCOAT i You had just as well have ALL WOOL as to take cotton mixed. $10.00 UP PRICE STORE. Hf) Black & Arnold Clothing Co. ih LW. Holloway went to Kansas City on business yesterday. Get our prices before you buy— Black & Arnold Clothing Co. George Pharie, a prominent farmer jim of Hudeon, was in Butler Monday. Mrs. Hattie Smith orders her paper changed from Butler ‘to Rich Hill i® rural route. Geo. T. Williams of Merwin was jy business visitor to the county seat i} on Tuesday. Mrs. Cy. Walker went to Kansas a City this morning for a few days visit with friends. 4 «= For big bargaine in ladies tailored LEATHER OR RUBBER AT LOW PRICES. i CLOTHING HOUSE ) American Building—Center of Town. O. C. Johneon, a prominent farmer | of north Bates, was in Butler the last of the week and favored Tur Times pleasantly. We may notbe able to have turkey | thank the good Lord, we won’t have to eat crow. | All warrants for clerks and judges tof election have been fesued and are waiting to be called for at the coun- ty clerk’s office, Mark H. Thomas and wife, of Fos- ter, were trading in Butler on Tues- day. Mr. Thomas called and favored us with renewal. F. E. Schaffer, an expert watch- maker, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, has suite read our page advertisement.— | accepted a position with the Geo. W. Sam Levy Merc. Co. Prof. Stephen Smith, of Mingo, Ellis Jewelry Co. Lost:—Lady’s gray cravenette HH was in Butler Saturday and favored | rain coat between Butler and Athol. THE Times pleasantly. Nebraska, is the guest of her uncle, 8. E. Jones, of this city. W.A Woods, tax collector of New ‘Home township, was in Butler on /WiTuceday and favored us. ? Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bracken left the last of the week for Alva, Iowa, vieit a son at that place. Mise Florence Monale, of Giltner, | Suttable reward. Finder please leave at this office. 1s. James Smith; a prominent grocery merchant at Nevada, spent Sunday {n Butler with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith. Mrs. Mattie Hightower after a two weeks pleasant visit with her broth- er, 8S. W. Davis, returned to her home Sling oplin Monday. About one week until Thankegiv- | } Biggest bargains ever quoted in ing. Mothers bring {n your boys bur ad.—Sam Levy Merc. Co. 4) Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy With- | | | | turday, November 7, 1908. ingston, of Hume, Mo., a fine boy, on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1908. } nt visit with friends here. fnown to this climate for years. J. M. Kash, collector of Deep Wa- Butler for this time of year. Read|and get them a new suit.—Blackt& Arnold Clothing Co, Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Byron Lon- fyow, of Amoret, Mo., a fine boy,/don, jr., a twelve pound boy, on Monday night, November 16, 1908. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Liv- | All parties doing fine. Aforce of workmen are busy on the Cannon-Weiner Elevator build- Frank Seelinger returned to his|!ng near the Mo. Pacific depot relap- ome at Greeley, Colorado, after a | Ping the tin sheating. Prof F. M. Skaggs, cf Nevada, the The cold spell of weather last week music man and professional plano as the severest at this time of year|*uner, wae visiting his customers here the last of the week, Mrs. A. Morris and daughter, Mrs. township, called at THE Tries | Pulliam, of Austin, Mo., came in the fice while in Butler on Tuesday. (\@ W. F. Hill, manager of Hill’s Cash tore, spent several days the last of he week on the St. Louis markets. WS. W. Carroll, one of Lone Oak’s noterrified Democrats, favored us jantly while in Butler Saturday. Frank LaFollett, Jr., who has been ‘ving inthe regular army in the first of the week on @ visit to her brother George Fulkerson. Work on the residence of Robt. Jobnson on North Maple street is progressing and the building is be- ginning to show up in fine shape. Alex Malone called and ordered Tue Times to his son, J. S. Malone, who is working on the big dredge boat of Foohey & Son below Rich Philipines, is at home on a furlough. | 4), A number of Butler people attend- ed a delightful dance given by the Mrs. Ove Harris, who has been visiting her elster Mre.G. W. Wal- Elksat Rich Hill last Thursday even-| 4... tor the past two woeks, left for ing. her home in Lawton, Okla., on Wed- Miss Ruby, young daughter of Lon| neaday. Stanley, has been very ill at thelr Mrs. Sarah L. Dawson, alter a plas- home the past week with typhold| .n¢ visit to the family of her son fever. Prosecuting Attorney Watt B. Daw- - Mrs. H. G. Cook and Mrs. B. F.|son, returned to her home at Hume Ls Moore went to Olathe, Kansas, on| Monday. riday to attend the foneral of a ‘The restdence on the farm of T. R. : - |Cummings at Altona, Mo., was total- ~ Lee Browning, clerk and township|ly destroyed. The contents 0 peagor fo Sommis township, srans- | house were saved, but weredamaged. the for $1,200. - : jfor our Thanksgiving dinner, but! Mrs. Dora Trimble, of Kansas City, |and Mre. Rebecca Walker and daugh- ter, of Trintdad, Colorado, arrived in | Butler the laet of the week to visit relatives and friends, George Titsworth, formerly a | prominent citizen of thia township, now living at Sheldon, Mo., was up | the last of the week on business and | greeting his old friends, There {a talk among the automo. bile enthusiasts at Rich Hill, of which there{s quitea number, of erecting an up to date automobile garage and repair shop at that place. Pearl Downey, of Amoret, had the miletortune to fall and break his arm one day last week. Prompt medical atéention was given, and the young ater !s coming around all right. A crew of experts from the Oliver Chilled Plow Works, of South Bend, Indiana, are here testing different styles and sizes of plows on the Frank Vorls farm southeast of this city. Deputy county clerk W. B. Weeks informe us that all the township col- lectors’ books have been completed and turned over to the several col- lectors, who will commence work at once. Dennis Miller, a livery man at Rich Hill, Mo., 18 loser to the extent of a $25.00 shot gun and some wearing apparel, as a@ result of allowing a strange negro to loaf around his barn. Walter Hart, son of J. P. Hart, who was released from the Nevada asylum on a furlough September 22, 1908, was taken back to that inetl- tution by Constable D. D. McCann Tuesday noon. Col. Arthur Trader was in seeing his trade on Wednesday and called to seelf the great Republican epi- demic had effected the editor of THE Times. He expressed surprise at our cheerful appearance. The general merchandise store of C. F. True, at Horton, Missouri, was totally destroyed by fire early Mon- day morning, the loss being about $4,000. Insurance to the amountof $2,000 was carried. Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Godwin and children came down from$Mingo Sat- urday andspent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Covey. Mr. Godwin and son favored THe Times pleasantly Saturday evening. Robert J. Smith went to Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday to visit his sleter Mrs. William Phillips. His mother, Mrs. F.C. Smith, who has been visi¢- ing therefor several weeks will re- turn home with him. LN. Minton, of Rich Hill, tender- ed his resignation as Deputy Sheriff of Southern Bateson Monday and turned over hie star to Sheriff Beard. He will soon remove with his family to Neodasha, Kansas. Hereafter, when a limp jawed son of @ sea cook comes around and says that great democratic oasis, Platte | bers present. John A. Cornelius, of near Pleasants Gap, was adjudged insane and ordered seut to Asylum No. 3 at Nevada, Mo., as a county patient. W.H. Dunn, of Alionn, was in But- ler op Tueeday sod complimented ‘us. Mr. Duon made @ very credita- | ble race for the nomination for coun- ty clerk the lass time, aud does not deny the soft impeachment that he will try agato, Little Jimmy Overman, aged 4, wot a foot caught in the dump atthe Mo, & Kan. Graiu Elevator last Fri- day, which resulted in serlous Injury. It was nothing short of a miracle that his foot was saved —Hume Telephone, Harvey Hodges cf Rockville was badly jarred up one day last week while hunting. He shot a squirrel which-todged” in the forks of a tree, and in getting !t down he fella dis- tance of twenty feet. Luckily no bones were broken. of @ postotfice campaign, the term of the present postmaster, expiring next month. There are three candi- dates after the job, and the Demo- crate of that vicinity are enjoying themselves immensely, | ElDorado Springs {sin the throes \ Mrs. Ella Kennett, still attests her interest in the people of Butler and Bates county by renewing for THE Tres. Mrs. Kennett white a real: dent here was @ favorite with our people, She has been making her home fn Kansas for a term of years, A. A, Seese was seriously, though not permanently, {pjured the first of last week by @ butcher's block falling and alighting upon his left toot. Anticipating nothing serious, no espectal attention was pald to hie in- jury, until the first of the week, when he found the bones were splintered. He te now on crutches, Lee Embree and wife, of Enid. Okla., came in the last of the week for avisit to his brother, circuit clerk, T. D. Embree and other rela- tives and friends in the county. Mr. Embree has been living in Oklahoma about thirteen years and this ie his first visit back to old Bates. A warrant was issued here Tues- day for Claud Stroud on a charge of threatening the life of Josie Clark, daughter of Mrs. Clark- Forbes. Stroud took the north bound train and as yet has not been caught. Is {sg thought that Stroud’s mind {s un- balanced.—Amsterdam Enterprise. Lafe Cassity delivered some cattle Monday, which he had sold for ship- ment. He sald he couldn't afford to feed fifty cené corn to 3 cont cattle. Guess he fg about right. The present low price of cattle can hardly be eredited to Mr. Bryan or the Demo- cratic party, especially since the elec- tion. W.C. Nichols, of Schell Gity, was killed last week in an accident to his portable engine, which he was mov- ing from the bottoms to hie home. In crossing a small culvert, the tim- bers gave way, precipitating the en- gine into the ditch. Mr. Nichols was caught beneath theengine and crush. ed to death, L. F. Caldwell, manager of the Hurley Lumber Co.’s yards, sold to Clarence Swarens, of Foster, a large bill of lumber to be used by that gen- tleman {in the erection of a large store building in his town. When the building {s completed, Mr. Swar- ens expects to engage in the hard- ware business-on a large scale.—Rich Hill Review. Harve Johnson received a letter from his brother Robt. E. Johnson, from Seattle, Wash, that their brother Howard Johnson, who was seriously {ojured in astreet carwreck /in that clty some few weeks ago, is out of danger, and on the fair road to recovery. bt. Johnson went to Seattle on receipt of the news that his brother was injured, it was thought fatally. The Review advocates an electric line from Butler to Rich Hill, and points out the great convenience it would be to some of the county seat citizens. There would probably have to be guards maintained on each car to keep the peace. It might be a very good way to utilize tho county, s composed of gamblere,| state militia, and let them earn the ‘business in the county seat] Building and contents. were- insured | boodlers, etc. we propose to land on|big appropriations made by the him with a brick.—Landmark. state and national governments. have change ‘Hotel Pennell’ to “Fraternal Inn,” the name original- ly selected by she promoters and builders of this splendid bostelry. They cxprese themselves as well! pleased at the way business has/ started out, and declare their inten- tion of making it the best hotel in this section of the state, Walter 8. Moore and Mies Jessie M. Major were united in marriage at the home of the bride's mother Mrs, J.P. McCuan in Butler Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock, Rev. Lamb, of the Presbyterian church officiating. The groom is a prosper- ous young bueinees man of Indepen- dence, Mo., the bride 1s one of But- ler’s charming young girls, Reports from all the counties in the state shows the election of all the Democratic officers except Gov- ernor. Patoters majority for Lieut. Governor will be something over 100. The official count by the Sec- retary of State is now in progress, bot it is not thought that any ma terlal errors to change the result will be found. . -The-ehryeanthemum show given by the ladies of the Wednesday Coterie club, last Thursday and Friday, was a decided success, as usual, and re- flected credit upon the ladies who had the matter in charge. There was a large collection of vari-colored flow- ere arranged in @ very attractive ex- hibit. A nice lunch was served. This has become one of Butler's establish- ed Institutions, {s deserving and re- celves a liberal patronage from our people. Fred W. Dorn departed this life on Sunday last after a protracted {IIness of tuberculosis, Funeral services were held from the family residence Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, and {ntermens made tn Oak Hill cemetery. Fred Dorn came to Butler directly following the war and established the first burber shop In the town. He has been here ever since, but retired from active business the past few years, owing to ill health. He lived an honorable upright life and was highly respected by his nelghbors. The Appleton Clty Journal an- nounces the death of Mrs. Al. Prier, of Hudson township, which occurred on Nov. 7th. She had been tn bad health for a long time and her death wes not unexpected. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hall, now living 1» Oklahoma, but for many years residents of Hudson township, where the deceased was reared. She was born April 14, 1879, and died Nov. 7,1908. Was united in marriage with Alva A. Prier May 6, 1896. She {s survived by her husband, two children, father, mother and four brothers. The great place the Missourt! hen {s taking in the industrial world {s be- {ng recognized by our farmers in pre- paring better accomodations for her comfort. The Rockville Booster is responsible for thia one: “T. Ed. Britt’s new hen hotel is about com- pleted. Isis equipped with hot alr heat, electric roost elevators and a patent nest that registers the layer and computes the number of eggs laid and the value under a Republi can administration, Missouri hens who desire accommodation where they will get justice will do well to apply for accommodations early as there {s a great rush for roosts.”’ Geo K. Green, teacher. at Har- mony school in Shawnee township, has called a parents’ meeting {ur next Friday, November 20th, 1908, at 7:30 o’cluck, p. m. Prof. Green has prepared and had printed an in. teresting program and a big meet- {ng and good time 1s confidently ex pected. It isa splendid {dea to get the parents interested in the schools, and this plan of parents meetings should be developed by the teachers throughout the county; already sev erai have been held. Prof. Stephen Smith, of Mingo, was the ploneer tn this work of having printed pro- grams, and making them interest ing as well as profitable meetings Little Harry Hurt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hurt, departed this life Tuesday morning, at the family home. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon and burtal in Oak Hill cemetery. Listle Harry has been a soldier during his long twelve years of suffering. He early devel- oped tuberculosis of the bone, an tn- valid all his life and confined to his bed the past few years, he nevercom- plained, appreciated everything that wae done lor him and had cheerful words and a happy smile for all, Truly he was a little hero, and his short life was not lived in vain, as he set an example of patient endurance to all which will bear fruit. The sympathy of the community fe ex. The ceremony of laying the corner| The Yapel Bros, new proprietors,, Webope the couselences of those aesthetic Christian gentlemen who voted for Hadley, because Cowherd was the brewery candidate have not had their consetences pricked by she returns from St Louis and St. Louis county. Ion Ss. Louls Adolphus Buech, the head of she largest brew- ery in the world, supported Sir Had- ley and returns indicate that be did it effectively. In St. Louls county, the only place in Missourt, where the Sunday rumeellers have openly defi- ed and defeated prosecuting machin- ery of the state tn an effort to sup” press thew, Sir Herbert ran on a ticket made up {in part of men against whom the attorney-general’s office had been proceeding for law violations, and carried the county overwhelmingly —Lexington News, At a called term of the county court, held for that purpose on Sat- urday, Rufus Campbell was adjudged of unsound mind and ordered sent to State Hospital tor the Insane No. 3, at Nevada. Campbell was arrested a few days before under the name of Hiram Nafus, on the charge of hay: ing stolen a vallse and contents be- Jonging—to—Stephen Smith, during the boys encampment at Butler this summer. The unfortunate young man has not been considered men- tally right for a long time and has been @ source of great trouble and sorrow to his family. The chief of police at Nevada telephoned Tues- day that the missing valise had been found tn Nevada, where {¢ was left by Campbell, who clalmed to have pur- chased {t of a negro, Alva Brown and Miss Zelma Phillips were married at Ventce, Cal- ifornia, on Monday, Nov. 16th, 1908, They will make vhetr howe {n Los Angeles, Cal., where Mr. Brown holds a lucrative position, and where he had prepared a home. The groomts an old Butler boy, son of J. 8. Brown, living south of this city, he {8 an honorable, upright, industrious young gentleman. The bride is a charming young lady, daughter of a prosperous merchant of Pendleton, Oregon. She visited the groom's sister, Miss Elsie Brown, bere about four years ago for most of the sum- mer, and formed many friendships here. THe Times joins thelr many triendsin best wishes for theirheaith, happtness and prosperity. 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