The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 12, 1910, Page 7

Convright Hart Schaffher & Marx Clothes with Snap.and Style Not Flashy STETSON HATS EAGLE SHIRTS BUTLER, MO, FOR YOUNG MEN OR OLD THERE ARE NONE LIKE HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX 4 $18 Up Other All Wool Suits $10 Up WE ARE AGENTS FOR FLORSHEIMS and WALK-OVER SHOES American Clothing House ADRIAN, MO, Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Geo. Fulkerson is visiting relatives in Garden City. Sheriff Bullock was a Rich Hill vis- itor Tuesday. “Sleeth” the Insurance Man. 18-tf Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wilhite spent Sunday in Adrian. “Sleeth” the Insurance Man. 18-tf Walter Muchmore, of near Spruce, Star shoes are better. Every shoe warranted.—T. W. Fisk. Mrs. O. C. Atterbury is visiting her parents in Harrisonville. Star shoes are better. Every shoe warranted.—T. W. Fisk. A. 0.\ Welton spent several days in Kansas [Pity on business last week. W. H. Allen left Wednesday fora visit of several days in Kansas City. J. E. Morrison, of Kansas City, was a business visitor to Butler Monday. Marion Day, of Kansas City, isa guest of Mrs. J. H. Smith, of this city. Miss Merle Adair has returned to Archie after a visit with the family of W. J. Bullock. Mrs. E. T. Dutcher has returned from a visit with relatives at War- rensburg and Boonville. Miss Iva Rockhold spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, L. L. Rockhold of near Adrian. Mrs. J. Everingham has air All wool suits Black & Arnold. from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. + W. Thurman at Joplin, Mo. be Mr. and Mrs, O. K. Davis and daughter, Irene, have returned from a visit with relatives in Carthage. Mrs. Ed Childs has returned to her home in Kansas City aftera visit with Mrs. S. E. Childs of this city. Mrs. Frank Bernhardt, accompa- nied by her son, Franz, are guests of Mrs. Berhardt’s sister, Mrs. C. W. Ray. Mrs. W. F. Hemstreet returned home Sunday from Webb City, where she had been visiting relatives and friends. The County Court will meet in . special session Saturday, May 14, on ~ business pertaining to rebuilding and repairing bridges damaged or washed | cockerel at the last poultry show.— South Side over the Star Bakery, But- out by the recent floods. Hume Telephone. jler, Mo. 28-4t > esesconcesseooe jear. It is a dandy, cae _an-operation-for G. E. Cable, of the Globe Trading| All new suits Black & Arnold. Company, has returned to this city Born, to Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Taylor, pens visit of several days to Harri- o¢ Hume, a fine boy, May 5, 1910. ged Choat a ae | $10 wool suits Black & Arnold. eee anak & Wane 4 Henry Hartman and Cy Terry, of visiting his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J, the southeast, were county seat vis- W. Choate. itors last week. H. H. Harshaw, while in Kansas City last week, purchased a seven| J. Sylvester, of Hume, was taken passenger White Steamer touring to Kansas City last week to undergo Two piece suits Black & Arnold. Black wool suits Black & Arnold. The Nevada I. 0. O. F. Lodge is making preparations to build a new theatre building and lodge room quar- ters. A.C. Michaels, of Joplin, has been employed as architect. Buy suits now at Black & Arnold. Word comes from Boonville, Ind., that our friend and former citizen, R. B. White, is in quite poor health. His many Hume friends hope for his Star shoes are better. No junk. No old style. Sell you shoes to-day. Will be here to-morrow.—T. W. Fisk. A large tree near the residence of Robt. Mudd, of south of Rich Hill, | was struck by lightning and reduced to spli Friday night. er Mattison, of Rich Hill, the last of the Star shoes are better. No week. junk. No old style. Sell you , ' | shoes to-day. Will be here to- Suits guaranteed Black & sips morrow.—T. W. Fisk. “Buster”? Robb, of Kansas City, C visited his grandparents, Mr. and side Rootes ot = Mrs. J.C. Griggs, of Rich Hill, last ty seat visitor the first of the week! week. : and favored us with a call. Widow Jones suits Black & Arnold. ; R.._E. and J. W. Harver, of Rich, 4 h th, ied 3 : oie tin Prothane nt Hil, attended the funeral ‘of their| pleasant call while in the city attend- pagan = H. = » of Osce- ing rural graduation exercises. ola, at Clinton last week. | George Cave, Jr., a son of George | Black & Arnold Suit this time | Cave of this city, waskilled ina fight Frank Taylor, Automobile Expert | with another negro in Kansas City and Repair Shop 228 N. Main Street, last Wednesday night. The remains formerly with the Locust street Gar- were brought to this city for burial age, Kansas City, Mo. Friday. Boys’ suits $1 Black & Arnold. Thos. O'neal, of Rich Hill, enter- tained his old comrade, Mr. Burn- sides, of Pennsylvania, last week. Get your suit at Black & Arnold. Mrs. Forest Kerns, of this city, vis- ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert } | Horton was the scene of a small freight wreck last Wednesday morn- | ing, when five or six cars left the | mane tire, W, 9. Rove ttt rails. About 300 yards of track was Tarehy on 9 fuer teeagh oP deatraped, No one was injured. eastern states. They will visit in Ver- mont and New Hampshire and expect to be away for several weeks. SEED CORN.—Boone Co. white Sheep by drowning last Friday. The | grown from pure bred seed: choice Sheep were grazing in the pasture ‘ ddress near a branch, which was swollen by | pro a. a ag 'the heavy rains, surrounded them | before they could make their escape. Elder J. W. Rogers is not only a_ good sermonizer, but is quite a chick- | Star shoes are better. Ladies’ en fancier and raises quite a crop of | om Pont ag - pee poultry each year at a handsome | pron .w Ps tgad sacs! profit. He thinks he has the prize | Poses tet ane egg record of the border, reporting, Dr. J. M. Norris, eye, ear and an average of 750 per month from throat specialist, gives particular at- November 1 to May 1—five months— |tention to the treatment of catarrh from 31 hens. Can anyone beat it? and its effects upon the ears, throat The Elder has the S. C. Rhode Island |and lungs. Eyes tested free, and Reds, and exhibited the blue ribbon glasses properly fitted. Office on the Miss Elva Church, five miles north- | ¥\]| $10 to $25 You Should See | Our Men's All Wool Suits 4 Our Stylish Youth’s Suits $7.00 to $15.00 Our Nobby Children’s Suits $2.50 to $7.50 Wash Suits, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 Dependable Clothes at 00000-0000000000000000000 speedy return to health.—Hume Tel- ephone. Little men suits Black & Arnold. Col. Geo. H. Walser, at one time the most famous criminal lawyer in Southwest Missouri, died at his home in Liberal, Mo., May Ist. Col. Wal- ser had a national reputation first as a freethinker, and later as a spiritual- ist. Men’s gray suits Black & Arnold. Peter Kresbeck, of Hume, who | was arrested last week, charged with common assault upoon his wife, was arraigned before Judge Farrel at Hume last Wednesday and fined $5 and costs, amounting in the whole to $23.18. He paid his fine. Buy suits at Black and Arnold. Edward Payson Weston completed his long transcontinental walk, when he arrived in New York thirteen days ahead of his schedule, having walked from the Pacific to the Atlantic in approximately 3,480 miles. Knee pants suits Black & Arnold. About forty Mexicans are now at work at the old zinc plant loading cinders to be used by the Mo. Pac. Company along the railroad in differ- west of this city, lost 41 head of |ent sections. None of these foreign- | easare able to speak English with. the exception of one who acts as in- terpreter for the entire gang.—Rich Hill Review. Boys’ woul suits Black & Arnold. A Mrs. Kittie Nyman, aged 33 years, of Everett, Mass., has the smallest waist measure on record. Her normal measure is 15 inches. Mrs, Nyman is. 5 1-2 feet in height and weighs about 125 pounds. Her s bust and hips measure 36 and 38 inches respectively. Blue serge suits Black & Arnold. Births and deaths in the state of| Missouri reported to the State Board | jof Health for the Month of March, | | show that during that month there | were in the state 5,679 births and | 4,510 deaths. | J. C. Vermillion, of Route 5, was | lin the first of the week and announc- led that he had his first glimpse of| | Halley's comet Sunday morning be- tween three and four o'clock. Mr. | | Vermillion thinks the comet will have | jto hurry to keep her engagement | | with the earth the 18th. Star shoes are better. Ladies’ shoes, misses’ shoes, men’s shoes, boys’ shoes, babies’ shoes.—T. W. Fisk. Sewall Pure Liquid Paint has given satisfaction for over 30 years. It’s sold, so you can afford to buy it.— Logan-Moore Lumber Co., Butler, Mo. 28-2t The case of Mrs. Jennie Foster vs. the Mo. Pacific Railway Company was decided last week by the Spring- field Court of Appeals, when a de- cision was handed down by that court affirming a judgement of $4,575 awarded to Mrs. Foster, together with interest for two years. The suit was the result of the burning of Mrs. Foster's hotel, which was located near the depot, and it was alleged that the fire was caused by sparks from the defendant's locomotive. The original suit was for $6,000. A change of venue was taken to Barton county, where a verdict was render- edin her favor for $4,575. W. 0. Jackson, of this city, was Mrs. Fos- ter’s attorney, and is to be congratu- lated upon his winning fight. Johnstown. visited this section Thursday and Friday. Waters were higher than known for years in the same length of time. We have experienced all kinds of weather this spring, but we failed to see spring weather only in March, Shaw Odell of near Joplin, Mo., was the guest of his sister, Mrs. John Borum and family, and other rela- tives and friends last week. Uncle Billie Moore is on the sick list this week. =. W. L. Jackson, who has been quite sick for so long, is slowly improv- ing. Robert Hurt has a new buggy, so look out girls. Quite a crowd met at the creek south of Johnstown to view the wreck of the bridge on last Sunday evening which high water did on last Friday night. Will Cameron is doing some of the fine finishing work on the German- 29-2t | seventy-seven days. The distance is| town school house which will soon | be completed. John Brownsburger got one of his fine colts badly cut by running into the wire fence last week. There will be) children’s exercises at the Methodist church in Johns- town on the fifth Sunday in May at 7:30 p. m. Clarence Westbrook, who has been on the sick last for the past two weeks, is improving. De C. Mize and DeWitt C. Chas- tain were shaking hands with their many Democratic friends in this com- munity one day last week. Adde Allison purchased a team of mules at Appleton City last week. Mrs. John Rentel is visiting jn pringfield, Mo., this week. Mrs. Clay Hubbard of Butler is the guest of her parents, George Allison and family in this community at this ‘¥ have never seen it fail,” said a| writing. man familiar with the river, “that George Allison, wife and ‘family, | when when we have an overflow in| in company with their daughter, Mrs. will have to re-plant the most of it. W. L. Kash is the proud owner of a very fine mule colt. Jim Evans and family Sundayed with Mrs. M. E. Shillinger and fami- ly. Uncle Bill Phipps and A. C. Um- stattd Sundayed with W. L. Jackson. RUTH. Along the Miami. Last year the Miami reached the high water mark, which it had not done for years. _ This year it rose 20 inches higher than last year. It reached the highest point about eleven o'clock Friday night. At one o'clock it began to recede, but fell very slowly. Sunday morning it was with- in its banks. Miss Mayme McKibben will teach Bethel school another term. This will be a good thing for the pupils, as Miss McKibben will know just where they should begin their studies and what work each one can do. We haven't an idea who conceived the notion of painting broom and mop handles with blue or red paint that rubs off. Such handles are very an- noying to housekeepers, and they will fight shy of such handles in the fu- ture, Mrs. H. J. Martin, Miss Dollie Martin and Mrs. Joe Herman visited at Dick Martin's Sunday. Mr. Ghere, who recently sold his farm to Mr. Sims, has purchased the place again and will move back soon. Mr. Sims is moving. Just west of the bridge crossing the Miami a horse was mired Sunday evening. Two ladies and a little boy were in the buggy that the horse was hitched to. The neighbors rushed to —Quitewbig-rain-and-young Tood|theirassistance and” soon had the horse up and going on its way. The water was over the road in this place and left the road in a bad condition, Richard B, Wall made a brief. visi with his parents recently. Arthur Wall and Percy Wall of St. Louis are at the home of their parents. Mrs. | York of Harrisonville and Miss Wall jof Cincinnati, came Sunday. Mr, |Wall, their father, is not improving, | By wire, Wednesday Mr. James Walls of this neighbor- hood died last night. Funeral will be jheld later. Obituary and particulars |next week. MIAMI. Call for Warrants. Office of S. L. COLEMAN, Treasurer and Ex-officlo Collector of Bates County. Butler, Mo., May 11th, 1910. TO THE HOLDERS OF BATES COUNTY WARRANTS: Notice is hereby given that Iam prepared to pay WARRANTS as fol- lows: SALARY FUND, All Warrants pro- tested to and including December 9th, 1909. CONTINGENT FUND, All War- rants protested to and including Oc- tober 7th, 1909. BRIDGE FUND, All Warrants pro- tested to and including October 9th, 1908, also the following Warrants protested on October 10, 1908 No. 26, 27, 31, 32, 40 & 42, On. and after May 20th, 1910, all of said Warrants will cease to draw interest. S. L. COLEMAN, County Treasurer. Dic. J. W. C. . B. W. Rural Graduation. Commencement exercises for ru- ral graduates of Bates county was held in this city Thursday, May 5th, 1910 in the circuit court room. Rev. J. A. Jared, pastor of the M. May, we always havea much larger|Clay Hubbard, were the guests of. church, South, offered invocation, one in June, and I have watched that} John Borum’s on last Sunday. oldstream for more than a score of years, The chances are very favor- | able for us to get the May overflow,” —Rich Hill Review. High Art suits Black & Arnold. Miss Mollie Oneal visited at Mrs. Hugh Gillilands on Saturday even- ing. On last Friday night the high water took out the wire bridge on Deep- and Miss Marie Greenup rendered a vocal solo. Prof. P. M. Allison, County Super- intendent, delivered an_ interesting address and introduced Prof. R. H. Emberson, of the Department of Ru- M. Faurot, aged 58, died at his|Water south of Johnstown and com-|al Schools at the State University. home at Nevada, Mo., May 3, 1910, | Pletely tore it to pieces and we hope |". , Mr. Faurot moved to Missour! at the| we wont have to wait lopg till we|esting talk and outlined some most age of sixteen and located at Warsaw. | can get a new one so the people can|interesting plans for the betterment Later he moved to Appleton City, | travel that road again. There is no Mr. Emberson made a highly inter- of rural schools. where in August, 1875, he was mar-|Crossing anywhere near the old Extremely disagreeable weather ried to Miss Mollie Thorn. In 1886 }bridge. he moved to Nevada, where he has It has been impossible for the mail kept many away and only about one hundred out of one hundred and since resided. Death was caused by | carrier on route 35 from Montrose to| °i#hty-three graduates were present. cancer. get to Johnstown on account of so There will-be a meeting of the Pro- | ™4"Y washouts on his route. hibitionists of Bates county, Mo., Sat-} Lawrence Whiteman said next] superintendent of the Butler Public urday, May 13th, 1910, at the court|time the creek began to rise he house here at 2 p. m. for the of __ B.F. RICHARDS, Acting County Chairman. a Chairman and Treasurer | £0ing to go before the to fill vacancy and to consider advisa- | around his house. ity « putting out county ticket. The high water did lots of damage | ers for the Grammar Schools will be wasn’t going to stay at home; he was waters got to the bottom land in this vicinity and all the farmers who had in such land Prof. Burke Re-elected. Prof. C. A. Burke was re-elected Schools at a meeting of the school board held last Friday evening. Prof. J. 0. Henderson was re-elected principal of the High School. Tedch- chosen at a meeting to be held after the commencement exercises.