The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 23, 1911, Page 5

es ) “The Dayli New Shoe S$ About March Gth We will open in the west side of our building an up-to-date SHOE STORE ght Store” where we will carry the same high class of Ladies and Childrens Shoes as we now carry in Mens. EVERY SHOE WE SELL SHALL BE OF THE HIGHEST CLASS in its grade and we will stand back of every pair. iv ; Wait for us Ladies, we will please you. American Clothing House “QUALITY CORNER” ore Bicycles sold at John Ray’s. Mrs. Green Walton is visiting rel- atives at Richards, Mo. Amoskeag chambray shirts for men 50c, Walker-McKibbens. F. T. Clay has returned from a brief visit to Kansas City. ‘Enjoy a refreshing assortment at the Opera House Feb. 28. Mrs. Thomas M. Orr~spent Friday ‘visiting relatives at Rich Hill. Watch for a special sale every Sat- urday at Tackett’s Big Racket. Jno. F. Herrell made a busines trip to Adrian the last of the week. Every Saturday is special sale day Tackett’s Big Racket. 18-1t Mrs. L. E. Duncan has returned from an extended visit at Knoxville, Towa. Last number of the Lecture Course | Feb. 28. Its something you won’t miss. F. H. Crowell attended the motor show in Kansas City the last of the week, : Last Call TO BUY Men’s, Boys’ €é» Children’s — SUITS AND 18-1t Windmills and pumps sold at John Ray’s. 18-1t Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Allen attended the automobile show in Kansas City last week. Queen Quality Shoes oxfords' and pumps T. W..- Fisk Muslin ‘underwear on sale. Now is the time to save money, Walker- McKibbens. $1.00 yard wide black taffeta silk for 79c, Walker-McKibbens. W. W. Cannon spent the last of tha week in Kansas City attending the motor show. Go to John Ray’s for all kinds of| tin work. 18-1t | Percy Rafter has returned to his home in Hastings, Nebraska, after a short visit here with friends. | Extra good 12 1-2c percales on sale, 10c, Walker-McKibbens. | James A. DeArmond, of Liberty, |Mo., passed through this city Friday | | enroute to Mound City, Kansas. | Round Oak furnace, best that is| |made. Sold by John Ray. 18-1t | Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Price, of| Jamesport, Mo., are guests at the| home of George Price, of this city. House drésses and May Jane aprons, Walker-McKibbens. | Mr. and Mrs. Will B. Weeks are) rejoicing over the birth of a fine girl, i Friday morning, February 17, 1911. Laugh or cry? ‘Come to the Opera House Feb. 28 arid you will do both. P. J. Conner, of Pennfield, Ill, who recently purchased the Titus ranch east of the city, arrived in the city Thursday. Last number of the Lecture Course Feb. 38. Its something you won’t miss. . The Rich Hill Review wants , to know what became of the $300 ap- AT. COST Every Heavy Weight Garment in the house included in THIS BIGSALE: $3 and $3.50 Knee Suits $1.45 $10, $12 and $15 - -;Propriated for_the the Butler Rich Hill road. Special bleached muslins for 7 1-2 and 10c, Walker-McKibbens. Mrs. C. Casper has returned to her home in Independence after a short visit in this city with the family of her sister, Mrs. H. M. Cannon. ‘What's alk this thing about!” Come to the Opera House Feb. 28. Dr. J. M. Smith, who for the past few years has been practicing at Vir- ginia, has moved to Amoret and will continue in the practice at that city. Barred ‘Rock Eggs for hatching from very choice matings, $1.00 for fifteen or $5.50 per hundred. _17-tf. Mrs. A. S. Millhorn, Butler, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fisk, known Lyric theater in Joplin Sunday night. SC. Buff Orpington eggs from| choice mating $1.00 for 15 flock ‘50 \after a short visit in this city. Mrs. T. W. Fisk is visiting at ane | sas City. i Everything fresh in groceries. 18- G. W. DIXON. | Mrs. N. E. Scott has returned from | a visit to Kansas City. | F. H Crowell left Monday on a. business trip to Jefferson City. Large stock of floor coverings. 18- G. W. DIXON. Bruce Amsbary comes but once—' he’s the best. Opera House Feb. 28. | Mr. and Mrs. John Powell and little daughter are visiting relatives at Urich, Mo. | i | Overshoes, boots, Black-Arnold. Mrs. O. W. Jenkins and Miss Allie Dudley have returned home froma visit to Kansas City. Rubber boots, Black & Arnold. I. H. Blood attended the Grain Dealer’s Convention at Kansas City the first of the week. J. B. Walton cashier of the Mo. State Bank made a business trip to Kansas City Monday. visiting at the’ home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Garrett. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mendenis of Loyalton, California, are visiting at | the home of W.'S. Griffit’s. | Mr. and Mrs. ‘Ed McReynolds of | Harrisonville returned home Monday | Miss Josie Duke has returned to! Adrian‘after a short visit at the home | of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Embree. | Gaylord Vantrees and Walter | Crews left Monday for Kansas City where they will enter a school of Pharmacy. | Mrs. W. F. Duvall entertained the Monday Bridge Club at her beautiful residence on High street last Monday evening. proprietors of Hill’s Cash Store have returned from a buying trip to the St. Louis markets. John Rook has purchased 80 acres of land about five miles from Eldora- do Springs, Mo. The deal was made through Dixie Haggard, formerly of this city. Sag Claude Keele and Charles Girard have been commissioned by Gover- nor Hadley, the former as Captain and the latter, Ist Lieutenant of Co. B. 2nd Reg, N. G. M. The case of the state vs T. D. Os- borne, charged with carrying, con- cealed weapons was tried in the cir- cuit court Saturday, and defendant was found guilty and his punishment count. For the most of ‘nineteen and ten I was sick, but am fully recovered High Art suits, Black & Arnold. A picture show Saturday afternoon at Electric Theater, Opera House block. ~5 cents to everyone. Charlie Tuttle left Monday noon for Neosho, Mo., where he has accepted a position on the Neosho Times. We aim to please. Black-Arnold. Slickers, suits. Black & Arnold. Lewis Webb and family left Tues- day for Kensas City where they ex- pect to make their future home. Lewis is a painter by trade and a good one. Work shirts here. Black & Arnold. Heavy overalls again Black-Arnold. “The Old Love and the New,” in ‘Edison drama. A feature picture Saturday afternoon at the Electric Theater, Opera House block. 5 cents ; to everyone. Best work shoe Black & Arnold. Boys suits, shoes, Black & Arnold. The Commercial Club is taking steps to secure for this city the dis- Don’t miss the treat of! a life-time at the Opera House Feb. 28. William Simpson, a well known stockman of northwest of this city brought 53 head of hogs averaging 450 pounds each to the stock yards-in this city Monday. ~The entire lot was purchased by A. L. Fox and shipped to the Fowler Packing Company at Kansas City. T. N. Ervin, J. R. Baum, Ed Wil- cox, J. D. Angell and Edgon Snyder have been elected directors of the Mt. ! Pleasant Telephone.Co. The follow- | ing officers have been elected: Pres- ident, T. N. Ervin; Vice-President, Ed Wilcox; Secretary and Treasurer, Edson Snyder. | The Walker-McKibben Mercantile Co. gave their patrons a treat Thurs- day and Friday in the shape of ex- hibition stencil work, by Miss Good- | all, demonstrator for the Tapestry ; Paint Company, of Chicago. Miss Goodall’s work is strictly, high class | ‘and created much interest among the | ladies. | Mr. Frank Holland of Summit; road has had men at work-during the | week just passed, laying a four-inch | tile drain from the cellar of his house | jtoa low point some one hundred feet | ; distant. The work when finished | will keep a large cement lined andj | floored cellar dry. Mr. Holland has} one of the most beauiiful places in| | the country. Charles Burnside, a witness for the State in the case of the State vs Frank Taylor, charged with a violation of the local option laws, disappeared Monday just before this case came to trial, and up to date the authorities have failed to locate him. Burnside was under indictment upon a similar charge, but the case against him had been dismissed. Jas. Flamman, County Highway and entered at once upon the dis- \charge of his official duties. Mr. | |Flammang is a civil engineer of the | | highest ability and has had consider- | LIKE HOT CAKES. Sows and Boars at the Harshaw’s Sale Find Ready and Quick Buyers. The bred brood sow sale of .H..H. Harshaw, held in Butler on Wednes- day Feb. 22, was one of the largest and most successful ever held by this most’ successful of breeders. Col. C. E. Robbins presided as auctioneer in the morning, and Homer Duusll acted as clerk. ‘There were some 250 people present during the day, and the bidding was spirited throrgh- out: among the latter were. parties from Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, Arkan- | sas arid Iowa. - The sale began at 10 a. m,, with the announcement that the following ! prizes would be awarded:—First: $15 for the nearest guess as to the best price for a sow, $10 for second nearest guess. Second: $15, for best guess as to thé average price of all hogs sold. $10 for second best guess. Third: $15 for nearest guess as to price and weight of highest priced boar. Up to theinoon hour of Wednesday, twelve sows had been sold at an average of slightly over one hundred dollars each. J. W. Pennington of Prairie View, Iowa, paid $180 for “Miss Pink Violet’, and this price marked the highest notch for the forenoon; $61 being the lowest figure |for a sow bought by D. W. Newlon of Butler. During the afternoon the bidders ran the prices paid to above the two- hundred dollar mark, and the com- petition was keen and strong, the ut- most good humor prevailing the whole day. Uudoubtedly the cold weather in the morning acted asa damper on the bidders, as the prices were boosted up directly after dinner and it is assured that buyers never got go much for their money at any Engineer elect‘ received his commis- | former sale. sion from County Clerk C. G. Weeks Col. R. L. "Harriman did the auc- tioneering during the latter half of the day. Circuit Court. able experience in railroad construc- tion work. Bates county is to be| |congratulated upon securing his ser- | ' vices. | A mortgage in the sum of 125,000,-' | 000 given by the M. K. & T. Ry. Co. | trict poultry show, to be held in this to the Continental Trust Co., of New The Bates county circuit court has disposed of the cases appended be- low, since Feb. 15th. Feb. 16:—Case of J. R. Uobb against B. F. Johnson. - Judgment of $67.60. ; ore » district'under the auspices aud direc-| York, Jas. Campbell, trustee, has | H. C. Garret of Springfield, Mo., is ' tion of the State Poultry Board. High cut boots, Black & Arnold. New collars and neckwear, Walker- McKibbens. ) A. A. Ferguson, of Adrian, and Miss Gertie May Cox, of Amsterdam, were united iii marriage in the Pro- bate Court room in this city Monday evening, Judge Henry officiating. Bruce Amsbary, Lecturer and Poet- Humorist at the Opera House Feb. 28. The living novel at the Opera House Feb. 27.—Bruce Amsbary. Harry. Brannock and Miss Sylvia Plunkett, both of this city, were unit- ed in marriage at the Wilson Hotel on North Delaware street in this city Monday evening at8o’clock. Rev. Wm. M. Mayfield officiating. A_ world known humorist at_the Case of Wilcox against Higgin- ‘botham. Dismissed. ‘been filed for record in the office aie a ees State against James Ford and Harry | the Recorder of Bates and and other | 1; fi ~ 4 | stan 1 a | icounties in ich the M. K. T. | Childers (stealing chickens) plea of | guilty entered-and culprits given 2 /holdsproperty. The mortgage covers | |179 printed pages and the fee for | spreading same upon the record will | amount to about $50. Democratic Call. The Democrats of the various town- | ships of Bates county are hereby | called to meet at the regular meeting | places designated by township com- | mitteeman to elect delegates to attend county convention to be held a Court House in Butler, Mo., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for county school Superintendent. Meetings in township Saturday, March 4th; Coun- ty Convention, Saturday, March 11th. Both meetings called at20’clock p. m. Basis of representation is as follows: Opera House Feb. 28. Meet the Jolly Earthquake at the Opera House Feb. 28. Mrs. G. L. VanDoren of Pontiac, Illinois, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Fisk, went to Kansas City for a short visit with her daughter, Mrs. G. M. Moore, before returning home. The case of the State vs. Mabbott will be heard in the circuit court Fri- day February 24, in accordance with an order made by Judge Calvird set- ting aside his former order continu- ing the case until the first Monday in April on account of illness of the de- fendant. Vance Johnson, formerly of this assessed at a fine of $100 upon each |vity, now in business at Bisbee, Ari- zona, is the proud papa of a little girl presented to him by his wife Sunday, February 19, 1911, according to a tel- egram received by his brother, Capt, L. Johnson of this city. For Sale. Creek 7;East Boone 3;West Boone 3; West Point 3; Elkhart 4; Mound 4; Shawnee 3; Spruce 5; Deepwater 5; Summit 3; Mt. Pleasant 20; Charlotte 4; Homer 3; Walnut 6; New Home 4; | Lone. Oak 2; Pleasant Gap 4; Hudson | 4; Rockville 4; Prairie 5; Osage 15; Howard 7. Total number of dele- gates, 121. Necessary tochoice, 61. J. E. Williams, Chairman. W. G. Dillon, Sec’y. Mrs. Henrietta M. Garrett. Mrs. Henrietta M. Garrett, aged 76 year and 5 months, departed this life at the home of her son, George Gar- ret Monday evening, after an illness of tuberculosis. She is survived by three children, Jno. W. Garret of Champaign, IIL, and Geo. M. and Jones H. Garrett, both of this city. Funeral services were conducted at the home and the remains were shipped to Champaign, Illinois, where months in jail'and $200 fine each. J. E. Ross et al, ex-parte. Decree as prayed and land ordered sold. Feb. 17:—State againsf S. W. Smoot, assault with intent to kill. Acquitted by jury. State against T. D. Osborne, carry- ing concealed weapons. Twocounts, $100 fine on each. City of Rich Hill against Rich Hill Gas. Co. Report efreferee approved and latter allowed $25 by court. Feb. 20:—State against Frank Tay- lor and Chas. Burnside, illegal sale of liquor. Jury acquitted Taylor and case against Burnside nolled. State against Clifton Ferguson, se- duction. Case dismissed and defend- ant to pay costs. is . 221 inen Tis. Co. of N. Y. against S. P. Wilson of Sprague. Dismissed by plaintiff on payment of costs. The case of J. W. Craven against city of Butler at this writing. Rides for His Life. Charles G. Gates, son of the great financier, made a flying trip from Yuma, Arizona, to New York City, a distance of 2989 miles, in seventy- ing from a serious attack of blood poisioning, and left Yuma last Friday night for New York where he expects to get special treatment. He rode on a special train which" was given the right of way all along the route. Horses Still Going Up. Col. C. E. Robbins, the well known stock and farm auctioneer informs us that the price of horses has been they will be laid beside the body of her husband. ‘caj| American to Open Ladies Shoe t. The American Clothing House of Gan | this city will open their ladie's boot and shoe department to the public on steadily advancing during the past twelve months. He quotes as an in- stance a mare which he sold Februa- ry 4, 1910 for $225, sold again Febru- ary 17, 1911 for $277. To Put ina Grocery Department. In another column willbe found the eight hours. Young Gates is suffer- . about March 6. A complete line of | announcement of the management of strictly high grade footwear for ladies | Hill’s Cash Store that a grocery de- will hereafter be carried in all styles | partment will be added to that estab- and sizes. - lishment and will be open to the pub- The west half of the commodius | lic Saturday, February 25, 1911.