The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 4, 1909, Page 8

| _D. H. Nash died at his home in East | Butler Thursday at 11 o'clock. Fun- eral services from the home on Fri- day and interment in Oak Hill ceme- jtery. Mr. Nash has been a resident of Butler for more than forty years. “The Daylight Store.” 4! S Why Wear Poor Clothes? - Cotton mixed, ill fitting clothes cost Sheriff Bullock went to Jefferson City Monday with three prisoners for the penitentiary. They were John ay Witherspoon, ten years for forgery; almost as much as the celebrated Horbact Tisenas, two years for for- g ‘ gery, James Williams, two years for _ | Hart, Schaffner & Marx burglary a ALL wool HAND-MADE KIND County court convened Monday | a ’ for the regular November term, with ‘ These are made by expert tailors oe ee Lage ot an Poe-q 4 such as the best shops only aah sand ag apt a Ard ecedl ttce ne saniny and O6n bil Paddock present. A full docket will . employ y probably keep them here most of the ig week. Mf FOR SALE.—Improved 62 acre a $1 8 TO $2 5 , 4 abe oaeee a railroad town in f > ates Co., Mo., location fine as silk | sf roe Eor description and price, address, | $ OVERCOATS RAINCOATS «& J. P. Hart, Butler, Mo. 51- $15 up. $15 up. We were complimented by a pleas- | ant call from Hon. Luther Hardwing, | : OTHER MAKES, ALL WOOL chief clerk in Superintendent How- j $10.00 up. a This Store gives ballots with every purchase in the association, | : LIBRARY VOTING CONTEST, FREE. Copyright 1909 by Hart Schaffner & Marx | L, E. Hubbard, of Deep Water, was | I and had his name enrolled for The Times. He recently purchased farm near Blue Mound, Kansas, to which he expects to move about the first of December. American Clothing House QUALITY CORNER-—CENTER OF TOWN Our esteemed old friend Dr. J. N. Bricker, the popular druggist of Ad- rian, sends us remittance for renew- al, making about the 31st time he has so favored us. Dr. Bricker is a pio- neer citizen of Adrian and always a prominent man in the county. Jos. R. Morrison, with the Baishes| Jerry Callahan, of near Cornland, Elbery Mfg. Co., of Kansas City, was was a pleasant caller on Monday and in Butler for a few hours Wednesday | favored us substantially. Mr. Calla- morning. han is a prosperous farmer and influ- Black & Arnold Clothing Co. T. P. Taylor, Moscow, Iowa, sends us remittance for renewal. (B d, Atkison favors us with Judge Denton announced an ad- ential citizen. journment Thursday evening until! Miss Cosby L. Brown sends remit- November 29th, when a few decisions | tance for renewal from Colorado in cases heard are to be announced. | Springs, Col., where she holds an Ihave a number of inquiries for | important place in the faculty of the ms. If you wish to sell, list with | schools of that city. C. W. HESS. Butler, Mo. | Hudson, a prominent Mingo | re yas @ pleasant caller while in | jadayand had his dates set | The Military Euchre Club, the old- est card club in the city, met for the first time this season Monday even- ing and entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Deacon. The forces of Ft. Riley, repeatedly repulsed last sea- son, succeeded in planting their flag square on Ft. Sumpter’s ramparts. See Sleeth for that Insurance. 46tf N. A. Young, of near Ballard, re- rned home Monday night from a visit to his father, B. M. Young, at Estancia, New Mexico. He was gone five weeks and spent most of his time in New Mexico and Oklahoma, Chas. LaFollett had the end of the fore finger of her left hand cut off ¥ ¥ Lie 2 syman and:wife, who have Sunday morning. She was assisting 1 and friend: Tate | relatives a James Gragg, of Passaic, candidate al or some time, returned i asea ; ; for Democratic nomination for Rec- order, was a pleasant caller and fa- a small meat and vegetable cutter, when her forefinger was caught in the mill with the above result. Mrs. Geo. M. McKissick called on Saturday to renew for their paper. | She reports uncle George as getting | along as well as could be expected, in his paralized condition. He was afflicted about four years ago. He) keeps cheerful and is able to help | himself considerable. vored us in a business way. Mr. Gragg is a life-long Democrat and al- ways took an active interest for his party’s success. Judge William J. Gaynor, Demo- cratic nominee, was elected mayor of | New York City at last Tuesday’s| municipal elections, by about 100,000 | dependence, was| majority. William Randolph Hearst, ds in Butler the | the independent candidate, was third) Fred W. Jewett, who has been in| “* was on his|in the race, as he should have been. |the Uuited States Navy for the past | will railroad We're not very old but— |four years, returned home the last of | W. H:. Hupp & 51-02t Appreciate every purchase. |the week and says he expects to| me, called Black & Arnold Clothing Co. | settle down on the farm. Has had the week » ‘The Kansas City court of Appeals | tough of government service to last |him for awhile. He is a bright young ociatiOM, 'inocked out the local option law in ‘nteriM’ | Warrensburg and the saloons will “ in be opened in that town. The ion was given on the irregu- ity of the publication of the notice | election’ | man, has seen a big slice of the world and we are glad he has concluded to settle down in Bates county. &. J. Schooley writing us from county Kansas says it has been ssively dry there this summer id to throw their hogs in tanks D. Allen, who is holding | he printers desk in Secretary | 1 Last Sunday the Christian church extended William Mayfield a call to remain as their pastor during 1910. nda Our old friend Henry Tilson, of New Home township, was a pleas- ant caller on Wednesday. Henry has been a subscriber to The Times ever since its first issue thirty-two years ago and is still strong in the faith. Sam Levy, a successful manufac- 4 J , turer of ladies cloaks of New York City, formerly a Butler boy connect- led with the Levy Mercantile Com- pany, was in the city the first of the week on business and pleasure. Mr. Levy left Butler 22 years ago. T. J. Wheeler, of Homer township, Association last week, called and in- formed us that it was his present in tention to run for the Democratic nomination for circuit clerk, before the next August primary. Prof. Wheeler has been an active Demo- many years and has a large acquaint- ance. The jury in the case of the State a fine of $400. Mr. Starr's attorneys at once gave notice of appeal, pend- a pleasant caller the last of the week |g Which Mr. Starr was released on |} a $1,000 bond. Starr was convicted on the charge of attempted assault upon Dixie Anderson, a fourteen year old girl. } John Fisher, brother of the late County Treasurer Sam H. Fisher, died in this city last Wednesday of |cancer of the stomach, from which he had been a great sufferer. He {was 72 years old and a bachelor, Funeral services were held Thursday | afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the | home of Mrs. Sam Fisher, with whom |he lived, conducted by Rev. Mayfield /and interment in Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. R. E. Johnson and sons, who |joined Mr, Johnson in Los Angeles, | California, several days ago, where {they thought they would make their jhome, have returned to Rich Hill. {They enjoyed their trip and think Johnson has been offered a position jas surveyor in Oregon, so Mrs. John- son and the boys decided to come her mother in grinding pumpkins in| back to good old Rich Hill to spend | | the winter.—Enterprise. W. H. Lowder, of New Home, was | in the city Wednesday and compli-| | mented us. Mr. Lowder’s friends have been urging him to run for Judge of the county court, south dis- tirct and he informs us that he had }about gained his own consent to run. | Mr, Lowder is a pioneer settler of | Bates, is an honorable upright gen- tleman, a substantial farmer and good business man and would make a! strong member of the court. Travis Payne,.ied at the home of his grandfather, W. L. Kash in Deep Water township, Tuesday after a long illness of tuberculosis. Deceas- ed was 21 years old last July, was! born and raised in this county. He! recently returned from California! where he went in quest of health. | While in that state he underwent two severe operations for peritonitis, and | fora time his life was dispaired of, | but he survived to return to his old) home to die. He isa member of the} His Fashionable Church Wedding. ionable weddir i in our many years was that of the Smith- Chastain nuptials, celebrated at the Ohio street Baptist church Wednes- day evening, November 3rd Promptly at 7:30 o'clock, the bride, Anna Day Smith, leaning upon the arm of her father, Hon. Thos. J. Smith, marched up the aisle, preced- ed by the ribbon bearers, Catherine Walker and Waddie DeArmond, fol- lowed by the bridesmaid, Miss Naoma Smith, and attendants, Miss Jessie Ray and Miss Essie Leer. The groom, DeWitt C. Chastain, accompa- nied by his best man, Carl J. Henry, | while attending the county teachers’ followed by the groomsmen, Wesley Denton and George Biggs, came up the opposite asile. Miss Margarete Snider sang “Because’’, accompanied by Miss Irene Mains on the organ. At the altar the bridal party was met by Rev. A. S. Gwinn, who performed jcratic worker in Bates county for the beautiful ring service. The church had been tastefully dee- orated in green, white and yellow, the ladies in waiting wore yellow. ard A. Gass’ office in Jefferson City, | against Charles Starr, tried in our) The ushers were Robert J. Smith, who was in the city the last of the | circuit court last week, convicted | Paul Levy, William Rubel and Catter- week to attend the county teachers | starr and assessed his punishment at| lin Smith. Following the marriage at the ‘church a brilliant reception was giv- | at the commodious suburban home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith, from 8:30 to 9:30 o'clock, where many of the friends of this popular young couple gathered to ex- | press their felicitations, | The bride is a highly accomplished and brilliant young lady, educated at Hardin College and a leader in our society. The groom is one of the most promising young attorneys of this section of the’ state and has a brilliant future before him. | The Governor From Kansas. | What kind of a Governor has Mis- }souri?) When Maj. John Hadley died {in Desoto, Kansas, a proclamation | was issued from the Governor's of- fice to close all State offices the day jof the funeral. All the offices were | slowed out of respect to the Governor land his father. This was right and A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | Los Angeles a ,beautiful city, but Mr. | proper and met with the approval of all the people. When Auditor Gor- don’s father died, no proclamation of any kind was issued, although Col. Gordon was a long time honored citi- }zen of this state and his son a State officer. Col. Gordon had been a citi- zen of Missouri for 79 years, was a Colonel in the Confederate Army, and a Democrat all that time and did much for the development of the State. A manifestation of respect by the Governor to the Auditor and his dead father would not have been out of place.—Jasper County Democrat. Many Hunters. Henry county has issued more hunting licenses than any of her neighbors and the demand continues brisk as the quail season approaches. County Clerk of these licenses. Up to Monday mo Finks had issued 5 —Clinton Democrat. County Clerk Weeks had issued 669 up to November Ist. Monday and Tuesday he issue 72 more andthe end is not in sight. This on an average would be about one member out of every ten families in Bates county. Disciples of Christ. Sunday Nov. 7th. Bible school -Roache’s office, spent Sun- Monday with home folks. tosoak up their hides so they could hold slop. The thermometer reached 120 in the shade. Their wheat, in- | jured by a hail storm in May, made 91-2 to 19 bushels. They have put in 545 acres of wheat for next year. He says they raised 250 acres of corn and have just begun to gath- er it. Jerry Culbertson, a mining inves- tor, bought for a home the 7-room stone and frame residence at 3615 Avenue from S. J. Hamrick, a build- er. The lot has a fron of "S06 | feet, overlooking the Cliff Drive. It was builtin the summer. The con- — was $10,000.—Kansas City Jerry Culbertson is a-Bates county boy, born and raised on a farm near Rich Hill, educated in the public hools of that town and at the state ity, where he studied law, was ted to the bar and practiced for it Harrisonville, before taking g work. the “Blue Book” in the the printer, will soon be id ready for distribution. Dok e’en entertainment and pretto Academy, in Kan- id in the death of three nts, when the flimsy were accidentally ndle. Miss Mamie City, and Miss Independence, b, and Miss Mary ined and died girls, Miss eanor Lynch are students Butler Lodge B. P. O. Elks. funeral will be held to-day. Much Federal Pie to Cut. Washington, Nov. 1.—Bargain sea- son at the federal pie counter will be- gin when President Taft arrives here November 10. Every politician who wants a job or is boosting a candidate for a place will be here then to get a word in with the President first. The crop on the plum tree sizes up thus: Judgeship on the supreme court bench to succeed Justice Rufus W. Peckham, life job, at $12,000 a year, ambassadorship to Great Britain in Whitelaw Reid’s place, at $17,500a year; ambassadorship to Austria in Charles S. Francis’s place, at $17,500 a year; a minister to China in place of Charles R. Crane, at $12,000 a year; assistant secretary of the treas- ury in the place of James B. Rey- nolds, at $4,500 a year; assistant secretary of commerce and labor in place of Ormsby McHarg, at $4,500 a year; district judgeship in Chicago in place of Judge T. Dethea, at $6,000 a year; postmasterhip in Washington in place. of Benjamin F. Barnes, at $6,000 a year; governorsnip of New Mexico in place of George Curry, at $5,000 a year. Marriage Licenses. Charles W. Rich, Spruce, Mo. Alta McCracken, Spruce, Mo. Ben Danner, Rich Hill, Mo. Bronson, Kansas. Becca Stark, |9:30. Church services 10:45 and 7:30 |Discourses: ‘Not Having Spot or Wrinkle” and ‘‘The Significance of Discipleship.’’ Endeavor meeting 6:30. Monday night training class, Wednesday night devotional meeting. Wm. M. Mayfield, Minister. Automobiles! We have the county agency for the s<BUICK” Come in and see our Car. We are also making some SPECIAL PRICES ON VEHICLES in order to make room, and can SAVE YOU MONEY % second hand Buggies extra good second hand carriages, 20 set second hand harness Come in and see us. 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