The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 13, 1909, Page 7

“THE DAYLIGHT STORE.” GENTLEMEN In every walk of life find this store very much to their liking and always right in Quality, Style and Price Weare the Original = Mre.C. A. Allen and son, Horace,| Mrs. Alice R. Mains returned home returned Sunday from Colorado|from Kansas City the last of the Springs, where she had been on a/| week, where she had been ina hosp!- | visit to her sister, Mra. Littell. are the best and our prices the low- necessary to perform. est. One price to all.—J. S. Combs. J.R Simpson und wife of Pierce Diteuus, For atibercomsee City were called to Butler by theser! | horses, on the old John Armstrong farm, northwest of corporation. Phpae 3 on S56. ous man, but is now quite feeble and * VK , 28 2t FRANK WELCH. bie death may be expected at aay T. A. Scully of Washington City, | time. arrived in Butler the last of the week, to inspect bis vast holdings in this Mrs, D. A. DeArmond and Mrs. A. Ksanie, Hs Wes tho 6 of Major C. Clark ‘returned home Thursday y: ia evening from a protracted stay in ead Mrs. F. H. Crowell. Washington City. They came by Fred Wolfe, who has been with the} Fort Riley and visited Lieut. Edw. Hills Cash Store for some time, has} DeArmond’s family for several weeks accepted a position as traveling|and were accompanied home by the salesman for the Allen-Long Whole- | Lieutenant’s two children. sale House of Kansas City. Bishop Charles B. Galloway, of Large signs with raised oxidized|the Southern Methodist church, {e copper letters have been put on the| thought > be dying at his home tn bank building by the Farmers Bank| Jackson, Miss. Bishop Galloway fe and Duvall-Percival Trust Company, | 7 of the greatest pulpit orators of making a very attractive appear.|theday. He ts only about 50 years ance. old, and has been a bishop for about 15 years. Mre Simpson, Mr. McCuan is 81 years old and has been a very vigor- The Sprague public schoo) com- : Pirate was held last Saturday Rich Hill has organized a “Booster evening at the Christian Church. Club” and expects to have five thous- Prot. H. 0. Maxey is the euperin. | 92d members boosting for the city tondent. There were four graduates That ts the right spirit. The people of Butler, asa rule, are all boosters = —- Program wae car-ioe Batler. There are few of our : citizens but what take every opportu: We certainly appreciate our {n-/nisy to boost, but in organization creasing business. It ts because of| shore is strength. our styles, qualities and prices. Our ALL WOOL STORE Here you find Suits in All Wool Cassimeres and Worsteds from $10.00 UP. - ' Come to us for Cooper Underwear, Stetson Hats Corb On the Corner Walk-Over Shoes. American Glothing House The Home of Good Clothes Center of Town Black & Arnold Clothing Co. from 6 business trip to Texas. orders Tue Times to his address. This year trade wfthus. Butler. fiuesday. first of the week. ed us with a call. while in the city Friday, | Amoret, where he has located. home of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Hull. and Security in "WE SELL TRUNKS __ \AT LOW PRICES Wm. E, Walton returned Saturday W. O. Shillinger, of Deep Water, 20-tf Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Mrs. J. W. Ennis complimented us field, I!l., fora two weeks’ visit with on Saturday pleasantly, while in} Sirs. B.'s niece, Tsaac Ellington, of Pleasant Gap, was @ business visitor to Butler on der J. W. Rogers, of Hume, was visiting Judge Jno. M. Coleman the Sam Keirsey was in Butler Tues- day transacting business and favor Samuel Spears observed his annual ~ Custom for many years by renewing O. M. Drysdale orders his paper changed from Braymer, Mo., to -A little daughter came Wednesday morning, May 12th, to bless the Sureness, Safeness Sincerity Clothes Mr. and Mrs, A. A. Culver returned Friday from Don\phan, Mo., where they spent a week vielting relatives. Our second shipment of oxfords, juat received. Cormein and fit your fees. Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Miss Vesti Rice and Mrs. E. H. | Barnett left yesterday for Spring- | Emmett Burke, of Charlotte, sold | | aload of 21 fat cattle on the Kansas | (City markets Monday for which he | realized $6.40. NOTICE. Anyone desiring infor- mation regarding the wireless tele- | phone situation call on or address | W.-0, Atkeson, Butler, Mo. 1° Judge Estis Smith and son, Prof. Stephen Smith, were Butler visitors on Monday. Tae Times acknowl- edges & pleasant call, Ihave a number of inqovirles for | price keeps up, {t will certainly prove [wish to burn gas will be able to do | getting very dry and the grass and Renters are paying record prices pe irae —. from for corn lands in Monroe county this re : season, As high as $10 an acre, Mize Ethel Wilson was the first) cash, has been offered for some chotce lady to enter the Hills Cash Store, places. John S. Crow 1s getting $8, when opened for his big clearing sele | cash, for corn lands out in Clay town- Saturday morning and was awarded | ship, the renters paying that price in | the fine pair of ladies shoes. preference to giving halt the crop.— Mrs, Susan E. Wella orders her| Parts, Mo., Appeal. | |paper changed trom Nevada to| w, A, Baker, of Pleasant Gap, was | | Athens, Ohio, where she was called | pleasant caller on Monday. Mr. by the serious sickness of a relative. | Bakerie a horseman of note and also | |She will probably be there some} deals in the poland china hogs and | time, has recently added to his stock 22/ | Mr.and Mre, W. W. Cannon lett} head of Abberdeen Polangus cattle. | | Wednesday for an extended tour of| These are the black muleys and are | the West. They will go through | considered the best beef cattle, ‘California, Oregon and spend some |tlme at the Exposition at Seattle, |) 1] Co., informs us that Hume gas is Wash, holding out well, and thinks {¢ will sac etn PEDDIE SEY (SPT LEDS EAA BALIN County Superintendent Porter M. Allison, Prof. A. L. Ives and City Su- perintendens C. A. Burke, went to Normal Field Day on Saturday. Chester Atkinson, manager of the Butler Produce Company, badly ous {ilness of J. P. McCuan, father of | sprained his knee by a fall in Adrian last Sunday, where he was visiting his parents. His brother, Otto Atkinson, is here this week attend- ing to his duties at the produce ex- change. ° Next week the Butler schools will close. There are 21 members in the graduating clase, marking a very suc- ceasful year. Commencement is al- ways an important epoch in the lives | of school children and preparations are being made to make this a mem- orable occasion. Rev. O E. Vivion, Dr. Fosser and Thomas Walnwright have return ed from ElDorado, where they represented Butler at the District Conference of the M. E. Church south, held in that town last week. The conference, encompassing 22 charges, was well attended and had a very interesting and profitable meeting. County Superintendent Porter M. Allison has about concluded ar- rangements for the commencement exercises of the country school grad- uates, to be held in Butler at the Ohio Street M. E. Church, on June 8th. State Superintendent Howard A. Gass will be present and deliver the address to the groduates H. H. Harshaw, proprietor of Mis- | The entertainment given by local talent at the opera house last Fri- day night, for the benefit of Com- tal undergoing treatment. She {s/ Warrensburg on Friday to attend pany B, was well patronized, and Come and sce us, if you want any- — a = gl te po Interstate High School Declama. | the amateur actors ali did thetr parts silo tn tbe tatters liek -Giude aslight operation whic & wasfound | tory contest, on that evening, the/ Well. The Scout of the Philippines was dramatic in its conception and effect, and if there had been as much | execution in the actual engagements | in those Islands {n proportion to the | time this play was on, {t is a wonder that any of our soldier boys return- ed home to spin extravagant yarns and draw pensions. Gasoline is the most dangerous of all the combustibles and explosives known and yet people will handle it carelessly and the results usually af- ford the newspapers a startling accl- dent item. Miss Mabel Carpenter, a young lady 18 years old, was burn- ed to death at her home near Virgil City, while trying to start a fire with gasoline. Mrs. Margaret Armstrong, | anestimable widow lady of E1Dorado | was seriously burned while cleaning clothes with gasoline. Both accl- dents reported on the same day last week. We are in receipt ofan invitation to attend the commencement exer- clses of the University Medical Col- lege and University Training School, of Kansas City, with the card of |Claud J. Allen, of Rich Hill, of the | graduating class. The exercises will ;be held Friday May 14th at the Willis Wood Theatre, There are 48 | members of the class, On the list te the names of two Bates county boys: Claud J. Allen and J. H. Fletcher: Claud Allen fs the youngest son of | Dr. W. H. Allen, of Rich Hill, anda nephew of the editor of Tuk Times. ponents Ea" sour! Stock Farm, will havea Poland | China Brood Sow Sale on Saturday,| W!ng to fll health Rev. J. B. May- May 22nd, at which more than 100) field on last Sunday tendered his head of the best Poland China brood | resignation as pastor of the Chris- {sows will be sold, See hia adverttee. | tlanChurch in Butler. Rev. Maytield ment in another column and write | bas been in charge of this congrega- jhim for a copy of the 100 page | thon for many years with the very {best of 6a tefaction, and it is with ' 4 slncere regret that nos only hiemem- DeWitt C. Chastaln rebirued last | bers, but the people of Butler learn week from Wichita Fale, Texas, 4 his action and the cause which im- catalogue descriptive of these sows where he went as a representative of the relatives to investigate the death of Mrs. Mary Johnson, a former Rich Hill girl, who died in that town un- pelled 1%. The church board ap- /pointed his son, Rev. William M. | Mayfield, of Kansas City, Kan., to | der suspicious circumstances, From Manager Ball, of the Hume Gas « | a careful investigation of the matter | & fillthe vacancy In this pulpit. He | preached his first sermon here on last Sunday. Mr. Chastain was led to the conclu-! nanied sion that it was @ case of suictde, by — telegram was recelved by Chas. Pharis on Tuesday announcing , Dealers inform us that more flax; meetevery expectation. He {s busy | drinking carbolie acid. | seed is being let out this spring than| piping 1% into the houses, A large} |for years, and there will be a large| main is to be laid the fuil length of acreage sown to flax. Ifthe present/ Hume street later on, and all who so before next winter.—Hume Tele- Remember H. H. Harshaw’s Poland Done: China Brood Sow Sale at the Fair] ©. W. Allison, with the American- Grounds at Butler, on Saturday,| Mechanics National Bank, of St. May 22nd, 1909. Send for his illus- Louls,{s spending a two weeks’ vaca- trated catalogue. See adof this sale} tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. {n another column. Newton Allfson, of Pleasant Gap, and his brother, County Superin- tendent of Schools Porter M. Alli- son, {un Butler. Prot. Allison was formerly a popular teacher in our public sebools, | wheat needed {¢ worse than anything} J- B. Walton, cashter Mo. State else. Bank, was called to Canadian, Okla homa, last week by the death of his brother, Charles Walton, which oc- curred at his home in that town on Thursday, May 6h, after a protract- ed {llness. Deceased was the oldest of six children. He leaves a widow and two children. The funeral took place on Friday. & paying crop. The big rain Saturday came justat the right time and made everybody happy. Is was general in {ts scope for this section, The ground was All old soldiers are requested to meet at city hall Saturday, May 15, ' at 2p m. to make arrangements for memorial and decoration services. H.C. Wyarrt, Post Commander. W. STEELE, Agent. |the death of Sam W, Peach at_his The home of George Robinson, jome in Port Townsend, Wash. Mr. about two miles west of Metz, Was’ Poach isthe father of Mre. Pharis, jdestroyed by fire Sunday morning. jor many years he was. a prominent Mr. Robinson got up and bullt a fire, ojyizon of Butler, About twenty and went to the barn to do his feed- years ago he went west and engaged ing. On getting-up his wife discov jn the abstract business at Port ered the houge !n Hames sod grab-| Pownsend where he has since resided. bing her baby ran to call her hus- | }{o was an old man and has been in band.” Before he reached the house pad health for some time. He has she roof fell In, and they failed to| many friends among the old tlmers save anything.—Metz Times. in Butler and Bates county. Hits last The ttle daughter of Mr. and\Mra | #riy back to Busler, was during the Jesse Marsh died Monday nightatter World’s Pair when he stopped over sn unsucceseful operation for bowel, for & few days to vistt relativers and trouble. The operation was per-| !tlends. formed Sunday afternoon by Dr.| Wenotte by Saturday’s Kansas Hearst, asalsted by Drs. Sparr, of (ity Star shas Kenneth Baldwin cap- Amsterdam, and Powers, of Aworet. tured the prize of $10 cash offered The remains were interred in the| by the W.(. T. U. for the best com- West Point cemetery Wednesday | position on Temperance by the pupils The Clipper joins in extending sym. | of she Manual Training High School. pathy to the bereaved ones.—Merwin | There are 1,582 pupils enrolled tn Mirror. that school, and every pupil who While some of J. B. Egger’s men} Studies English _competed—for—the weredriving a lot of cattle across the prize. Considering the fact that so farms. It you wish to eell, list with me. C. W. Hess, 28.tf Butler, Mo. J. 8. Franklin orders his paper changed from Hume to Worland, as he expects to spond the summer on his farm near that place. COME Mens Suits from...... Youths - Suits from.... Childrens Suits from.. Straw Hats.......:.... JOE MEYER, | Tabervills bridge last Friday, the 500,000 LBS WOOL WANTED.— We have contracted with one of the largest Eastern Wool Manufacturers for all the wool we can buy for them. J. A. Padley, in writing from Seat- tle, Wash., to renew his paper, says: “Beattle is still on the move and RELIABLE CLOTHES Stylish in Make and Low Prices Wash Suits..........60c, 75c, $1.00, 1.50 MONEY SAVED TO BUY FROM Come and eee us before you sell your | making great preparation for the big wool, we can pay you more thanany | exposition. Buildings are fast near- — a. ee ing completion, and everything will t * "| bein readiness on opening day. The grounds are locaged {n an ideal spot, with magnificent view of lakes, mountains and surrounding country. Having plenty of sunshine, cool morninge and evenings. Thursday a strange phenomenon was witneseed throughout this sec- tion. The’ atmosphere became very hazy, and it was discovered that the cause was @ Very fine dust. At Jef- ferson City some parties succeeded in collecting enough of the dust in an open mouth bottle, and when in- epected under a powerlul glass, it was discovered to be volcanic ashes. Now where did it come from, {s the question. Amoret certainly gets her propor- tion of runaways. The latest is the mule team belonging to C. H. Hick- Min. Charley started out to his farm Wedneeday morning when his team became frightened and ran away. He did all he could to check them but seeing his efforts were in vain leaped from the- wagon when he trip “ped and sustained a dislocated shoulder. The wagon and contents ' were strewn along theroad.—Amoret Post. TO US ......95.00 to $25.00 ....1, 9:60 to 15.00 v. 1.60 to 7.60 vesereeeee O00 to 5,00 The Clothier south cables suddenly snapped and allowed about twenty head of cattle to slide off into the river. None of the cattle were drowned, but the bridge is a totel wreck. The struc- ture was erected some fifteen years ago and has held up better than was expected when {t was erected as it never was above high water mark. — Osceola Democrat. J.P. Thomas, one of the earllest settlers aod prominent citizens of New Home, was a pleasant caller on Wednesday. He said the worst roads he encountered outside the the bottoms, was in Mt. Pleasant township, due west to the bridge. He is making a fight for a bridge at Haymakers Ferry, over the Marias Des Cygnes river, which would avoid the Island road, the worst at all times of the year of any road in the county and at times impassable. Miss Ina Smith, a Butler High School pupil, won the first place in the Interstate High School Declama- tory contest, held at Warrensburg last Friday night. The prize is a year’s free tuition in the Normal school. Miss Ina was accompanied to Warrensburg Friday morning by ter mother, Mrs. A. V. Smith, and Superintendent C. A. Burke. She is a talented girl and has won a num- ber of smaller prises in declamatory work. Her many friends here are very proud of her success. |may entered the contest, a large number of whom were seniors, and Kenneth a junior, the victory was | very gratifying to his relatives and friends. Kenneth {s 4 son of Mr.and Mrs. Thos. P. Baldwin, former reel- dents of Butler, where he was born and lived until he was quite 4 big boy. Hels an exceptionally bright young man and stands high in his class. Mrs. Frank Welch Dead. Mrs. Frank Welch departed this life at their home, northwest of But- ler, Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. She had been in poor health for the past two years, and last epring she accompanied her husband to Califor- nia, Colorado and other western states {n quest of health. She seem- ed to grow better upon her return home, and her sudden death wasa severe shock to husband and daugh- ter. Grace May Steffin was born at Patriot, Ind., in 1865. She was vis- iting her uncle, W. M. Steffin, of Lone Oak township, where she met and married Mr. Welch, March 8th, 1883. She was a noble woman, high spirit- edand ambitious, a devoted wifeand loving mother and her early taking” off is a sad affliction to the hueband and daughter, Miss Irene, the only child. Funeral services were con- ducted from the home Monday at 2 o’clock, largely attended by sym- pathetic friends, and interment in Oak Hill cemetery. : <5 ete Sag