The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 29, 1911, Page 5

Mrs. A. B. Ludwick and daughter, of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, are visiting relatives and friends in this city. Cool Underwear. Black-Arnold. Miss Mabel Rockhold has _ returned to her home near Adrian after a short visit here with Miss Alma Jones. High Art Clothes. Black-Arnold. Mrs. Anna Curry and daughter, Miss Sally, spent several days in Kansas City the first of the week. Black & Arnold. Constable Ed Dillon transacted bus-| Miss Meda Denton is visiting in iness in Rich Hill Tuesday. | Miss Mayme Hartwell has returned from a several days’ visit to Aken | sas, | Mrs. Etta Angel of Chicago is vis-| iting at the home of Mrs, Emma’ Nix. i Miss Juanita Knight of St. Joseph, | Mo., is the guest of the family of Ed| Culver. : | Miss Clara Hill is spending the | HILL’S CASH STORE | MAKES ASSIGNMENT. Osceola. Miss Eula Weeks is visiting with | the family of W. W. Jamison at Rich Big Mercantile House Closes Its Doors. Hill. ‘ | T. B. Fager Appointed Mrs. Lizzie Sh i Holden;| ini ig rs. 1Zz1e annon oO olden, | ene i , Mo., is visiting with the family of|, Hill’s Cash Store, one of Butler's ‘largest mercantile houses, closed its Ben Johnieon: ~ ‘doors Monday morning with the an- James Culbertson of Springfield, 'nouncement that a deed of assign- Mo., is the guest of the family of L.|ment had been given to T. B. Fager C. Culbertson. ‘of this city. F. C. Ream, of the firm of Norfleet Douglas Shoes. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Adams of north of this city are the proud parents of a son, born Monday, June 26, 1911. Overalls—Jumpers. Black-Arnold. S. G. Bevington returned to Kansas City Monday morning after a short | visit with the family of Frrnk Clay. Khaki Pants $1. Black & Arnold. | Mrs. J. B. Adair, accompanied by | her two children, Helen and Barnett, visited in Kansas City several days of last week. ; The right and only place to trade is ,at Black & Arnold’s. Mrs. A. O. Black and daughter, Miss Grace, of Zodiac Springs, Mo., ‘are visiting at the home of T. A. Black of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Knowles, of We Celebrate summer with H. B. Hill at Jersey-|& Ream, visited in Kansas City the ville, Illinois. ‘first of the week. Leslie C. Garard of Kansas City is| County Highway Engineer, Joe visiting at the home of M. C. Garard| Flammang, spent Sunday with home north of this city. folks in Rich Hill. _ Miss Hazel Orris of Rich Hill vis- Mrs. Caroline Morrison is visiting ited the first of the week with Miss | with the family of her son, Joe Mor- Gertrude Crowell. |rison, in Kansas City. R. E. Mooney and family have re- Mrs. Walter Pearce of Rich Hill, turned from a visit with relatives and | accompanied by her little daughter, friends at Otto, Mo. is visiting relatives in this city. Dr. Maxey of Johnstown visited the! Conrad Dixon has returned to Kan- last of the week with the family of H. | sas City after a-visit with the family O. Maxey of this city. Miss Irene Mains left Tuesday noon Uncle Lewis Eichler, of Mound Hee Chicago ae she will spend the township, was a county seat visitor summer with her brother Charles. Wednesday and made us a brief call. There will be an ice cream supper | of Chas. Dixon southeast of this city. | BEGINNING JULY 1°! By Selling the Culver neighborhood, are rejoic- /ing over the birth of a fine boy, Sun- (day, June 25, 1911. Miss Lizzie Duke, of Adrian, spent | several days last week visiting at the |home of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Embree, southeast of this city. Mrs. Willia Brullman and baby have returned to their home in Adrian after a short visit here with | the family of Sheriff Bullock. Sam W. Davis, editor of the Pop- , ular Bluff Citizen-Democrat, return- ‘ed home Sunday after a several days | visit with friends in this city. | Mrs. ‘L. R, Heinlein, of Kansas 'City, accompanied by her son Ed- +ward, arrived in this city Friday, | having been called here by the death \of her sister, Mrs. J. G. Hornberger. | The family of E. Detwiler, of Am- ;oret, accompanied by Mrs. Clyde Robbins, of this city, left the first of the week ona motor trip to Shelby | county. Unlined Coats €» Pants Suits About %4 Off SWELL LINE SOFT COLLAR SHIRTS 90c to $3 Trunks Suit Cases Traveling Bags Outing Pants Straw Hats Athletic Underwear American Clo. House QUALITY CORNER Indian Suits. Black-Arnold. | Leslie Choate visited relatives in| Trade with us and save your money. Black & Arnold. | tion of Leader Chas. W. McFarland, | gave the first Friday evening concert ‘of the season last Friday evening. | Visitors were in from all parts of the The Butler Band, under the direc- Squire J. W. Darby was over from county, to\enioy the music, Harrisonville the first of the week. Foster the last of the week attending | Walter Lynch, who holds a respon- Straw Hats. Black & Arnold. i , to business matters, E. M. Warder and family, of Kansas ° ; : sible position with the decorating de- City, visited with friends here Friday. J. W. can seo hatin uta tte taney | RERLIORE of the Marshall Field Dry Prices right. Black & Arnold. lies of W. E. and J. B. Walton. | Goods Co., of Chicago is spending the A Wal ¢ Richard ‘summer with his parents, Major and PP mae poi ae alt ee Trunks, Grips.’ Black & Arnold. |Mrs, G. I. Lynch south of this city. G. W. Walton. We are looking for more business. | The movement to have this year’s Best Gloves. Black & Arnold. Weare determined to make prices head camp of Modern Woodmen of ; : fea th that will get it. Come in and see. | America increase the number of year- ich MB bn Ege : it, Black-Arnold. ly assessments from ten to twelve months with her brother at | | ; ranma, Washington. | Clyde Haynes, who was called here | Wa8 defeated Friday at Buffalo, New |on account of the death of his father, | York, the entire question of rates be- Try us next. ing referred to a special session to be Black & Arnold. lea | Elija Haynes, last week, has _return- | i Ray Heinlein, of Kansas City, came | ed to Kansas City. |held at Chicago next January. Sev- | !en members of the board of auditors in Saturday to attend the funeral of ‘ Mrs. J. G. Hornberger. | Mrs. H. E. Collins, of Walker, Mo., | were placed on a salary basis. No arrived in this city Thursday for a) change was made in salaries of head Work Shoes at Black-Arnold’s. _| visit with the family of her daughter, |— "<p y » | camp officers. The Misses Lodgson, of Madison, | Mrs. J. B. Willard. | Kansas, are visiting at the home of | Bis Ane ee dbs LAN jone eye, weighs 1,150 pounds. Find-| home in Manila, Arkansas, Thursday, Buy Trousers. Black & Arnold. (er will please notify A. R. Guyton, | June 22, 1911, after a long illness. Mrs. I. H. Blood and children have | ane Livery Stables, Butler, Mo.’ Accompanied by her mother, Mrs: returned from a visit here with’ rela-| Chas. Stewart, of southeast of this tives at Bronson, Kansas. | Chas. Tuttle returned Monday from city, and her husband, the remains 4 atwo weeks visit with relatives in| were brought to this city Friday. Shirts—Ties. Black & Arnold. | Wyandotte, Okla. He was accom- Services were held at the residence Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Dooley, of To-| panied home by his cousin, Miss of her parents Saturday afternoon, peka, Kansas, are visiting at the home Della Roberts, who will visit heré| Rev. Rose officiating, and interment of Col. and Mrs. S. W. Dooley. , with relatives. | was made in Elliott cemetery. __,_| Mrs. J. W. Hornberger, aged about Strayed: One bay mare, blind in| years, departed this life at her Thursday, June 29th WE START OUR SEMI-ANNUAL EANING U SA Mens, Boys, Childrens. SulTs ’ ALL SOLD AT REDUCED PRICES JOE MEYER, at the Tygard school house Saturday | night, July 1st. All invited to attend. Mayor J. E. Williams, who is at- tending the M. W. A. Grand Lodge at Buffalo, New York, dropped us a postal this week. He writes us that he is having the time of his life. Ed isa good mixer and no one enjoys getting out with a bunch of good fellows more than he. | J. F. Kern, of this city, who has extensive holdings in Drainage Dis- trict No. 1, marketed the wheat crop off 100 acres of his bottom land this week, receiving 77 cents per bushel. His 100 acres produced 2730 bushels ! of wheat, averaging 27.3 bushels per acre, and 36 acres thereof produced an averagé of 30 1-2 bushels to the acre. Miss Mary Martin, aged 35 years, died at her home in Independence Saturday, June 24, 1911, The re- mains were brought to this city Mon- day and after a short service at the Oak Hill cemetery by Dr. John B. Hiff, of Kansas City, interment was made. Miss Martin was the daugh- ter of Prof. J. C. Martin, who was Academy. Rich Hill team Sunday afternoon at the fair grounds by a score of 11 to 2. | The game was replete with errors on the part of the visiting team, and with | the exception of two three-base_ hits | by Wright of Butler, was featureless. , Batteries—Butler, Rice and Coon; , Rich Hill, Young, Ferrell and Swope. Umpire, Williams. | W. R. Crews, of this city, who for the past few years has been with the Frank Clay drug store, has been noti- | fied by the State Board of Pharmacy | that he has successfully passed the | prescribed examinations and will be; awarded a certificate as a registered | pharmacist. Mr. Crews is a young} man of exceptional ability and enter- | prise, and his many friends will learn | of his success with pleasure. | Mrs. J. J. Kennedy, of near Apple- | ton City and her daughter, Mrs. Wm. | Yocum were bitten upon the hands( by a pup belonging to the family | Tuesday evening of last week. , Shortly after the ladies were bitten | the dog went into a fit and died. Fearing that he might have had the; rabies, the ladies went to Rockville | where a madstone was applied. Fri- day evening they were brought to this city and a madstone owned by the city was applied to their wounds. Rolla Crab of Butler has been in; Butler Camp M. W. A. is making extensive preparations for the adop-| tion of a class of 30 Thursday night. | Mrs. S. M. Brown of Kansas City is visiting at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. Everingham of this city. The deed of assignment, given by W. F. Hill and A. C. Coonrod, con- veys to the assignee, all their right, title and interest in their stock of |general merchandise in this city, up- ‘on which a value is placed by as- |signors at $12,000; book accounts, valued at $100; equity to the amount of $400 in lot 2 block 24 and an equity valued at $1,500 in 80 acres of land in Bourbon county, Kansas. | While a complete statement of the 'liabilities of the firm has not yet been |made public, it is estimated that $15,- 000 will completely cover all obliga- tions. Mr. Fager immediately took charge of the store in.this city and together with the assistance of F. A. Conrath lof St. Louis, A. Rosier of Kansas City and I. J. Conklin of this city is making an inventory of the stock of goods. An attempt will be made to sell the entire stock of goods as it now stands \if a satisfactory price can be obtained, otherwise, Mr. Fager will close out the goods at retail. Hill’s Cash Store was established Dr. T. C. Boulware was called to in this city some 12 years ago by Hill Hatten, Mo., Monday by the serious! & Coonrod as a small racket store, illness of his brother, J. W. Boul-' and up until lately has steadily grown ware. until it became one of the large estab- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morgan and lishments of its kind in the county. children, of Ft: Smith, Arkansas, are! No Race Suicide in Rich Hill. ae ene of Robt. Saal Dr. J. C. Chambers, the local reg- 3 ‘istar, reports that the past month has Mrs. W. B. Tyler, of east of this|been a record breaker for births in city, is spending the summer with! this community. There has been her daughter, Mrs. I. A. Kaune, or more than a score of new babies de- Portales, New Mexico. jlivered by the storks of this town . The $60,000 bond issue by the city ' during that period, or nearly twice of Clinton for the purpose of erecting | the number recorded in any one anew school building have been sold | Month since the establishment. of the for the sum of $61,260.36. ‘local registar’s office by the state. : 2 'Other communities in this section Prof. L. 8. Wright, of southwest of 'haye not shown such an increase.— this city, is laid up as the result of his Re having been kicked on the leg by a horse Wednesday morning. view. Mrs. H. H. Moss Dead. Joe Price, one of this city’s enter- crative position with the Southern The Butler ball team defeated the Weighing and Inspection Bureau at, Weddesday, June 28, 1911. St. Louis, Mor Clyde McFarland informs us just years ago connected with the Butler prising young men, has accepted a Ju-/ a8 we go to press of the death of Mrs. H. H. Moss at her home in St. Louis Mr. and Mrs. Moss were well and favarably known in the county, and ‘As there will be no celebration in Butler the following stores will be closed all day: Joe Meyer, Ameri- dig: We age! fee | The remains will be brought here evy Merc. U0., Walker-MCBIODENS. | and funeral services will. be held Fri- Misses Nina Culver and Bertha and day. Ruth Seelinger attended a three! days’ session of the third district! Bottom Wheat Made Good. Christian Endeavor Convention held) -W. F. Duval, of Butler, has just at Raymore, Mo., the first of the finished threshing out his wheat crop week, grown on his ranch, four miles north W. S. Arnold of this city on of Rich Hill. He has something over Wednesday received his commission 150 acres of bottom land sown to as District Deputy Grand Master of ‘wheat, and it made a little better than the I. 0. O. F. for this district, ‘to 20 bushels per acre. The wheat was which position he has thé honor to: purchased by the People’s Elevator have been appointed. | Company, and is being loaded on the Dae 1 S 4 —PRig!) j The suit of W. O. Jackson vs ieee MSHA, GRU ean Ll Mo. Pacific Railway Co. was com- | oo . promised last week, Mr. Jackson ac-| W. E. Ferguson and S. D. Nelson, cepting the sum of $250 in settlement both giving Ft. Scott, Kansas, as their for injuries received by him while on | homes, were arrested Tuesday after- the company’s train. The suit was/noon by Sheriff W. J. Bullock upon brought in the sum of $500. a warrant sworn out by Crouch Bros. ‘ charging them with the theft of cloth- Otis Baker, a son of Jes. Baker of Nibiedesad: ull me ! a lee eee : A A ing. They were arraigned before Rich Hill, was held up by an un- ; a : nee Judge B. F. Jeter and plead guilty known man near that city Saturday ,. 0") Perey a CE RE eel 8 f rhe toa charge of petit larceny, Punish- night, but his horse, being a spirited aes ae SaRE ks ; ; ment was assessed at a fine of $25 or animal, became frightened as the Soidave in ihe county jill would-be robber stepped in front of | ae soto ihe buggy, and bolted for home. The! Mayor J. E. Williams has returned highwayman fired a couple of shots from his trip to Buffalo, New York where he attended as a delegate from ‘especially in the Adrian vicinity where ‘they resided until about six years ago when they removed to St. Louis. at plots hapa but aes SRS POON his district, the Grand Lodge of the ape nuueay wast) ures M. W. A. While in the east Mr. Wil- Col. Bob Walters of the Rich Hil] liams visited the most important cities, oc eeeeais ca CRN peat ~ and trom the reports which have Review certainly must have an awfui- been Coming Ih fon the east we ly mean disposition, judging from the would judge that Col. Williams thor- manner in which he exposes the per- oughly demonstrated to the effete sonal affairs of John Jamison in his, east that Missouri is the home of the paper. ! original good fellow. town today and last evening, enjoy- ing some of his mother’s good cook- ing. Rolla is looking well since he. had his hair cut and reports things all right with him. He has a good pros- pect for a trotter among his string at the fair grounds, hesays, the property of Recorder Wood. Would you have { = believed that Marion Wood would cuses Mr. Jamison of building him-| From the standpoint of the average fancy a trotting hoss? Look like a self a cage to sleep in, says that he citizen it would appear that the Adju- good fast walker would be swift has nightmares, and then exposes to heed — of ed state ot : 2h ele ‘ ison {is shamefully sacrificing such dignity enough this warm weather.—Satur. prea Lyectetos tea Jamison | as inay attend his office and his stand- day’s Rich Hill Review. ing in pe State b his mad scramble M. L. Smith, one of our friends of} Work on the building proper of | for an additiona per year on his the neighborhood west of Peru, tran- Butler’s new depot was commenced Salary as Adjutant bag ray eee sacted business in the county seat) on Monday and will be rushed to a the matter, but it strikes us that if the Tuesday and made us a most pleasant | rapid completion. Material is arriv- |General had not believed the provis- call. Mr. Smith informed us that he ing here each day and it is to be|ion — State = Ngee ge was marketing his wheat of which he| hoped that nothing will delay the m@ the increase of the sai of a raised 630 bushels on 25 acres of land. | work of construction. Red pressed bed gl gr ag Fagin + He also informed us that the oat crop / brick will form the main portion of/have taken the roundabout meth- was far from a failure in his immedi- | the building, pointed up in black and | od of resigning and accepting a reap- ate vicinity. He is raising a good finished with Carthage stone trim- oan ag = dod vag Fag ong crop, and his two sons, Danand Lew, | mings. When completed Butler will | All pr would make his acti Among other things, he ac- , and undignified subterfuge. THE CLOTHIER raise 450 bushels and 350 bushels|have a depot of which her citizens | appear in the light of a very 1 | off of 18 and 12 acres, respectively. | may well be proud. 2 NOMA MOEN CONROE: