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°<sTHE DAY LIGHT sTORE” | ] CLOTHCRAFT shoulders and coat front have the fit and style that well dressed men demand. STRAW HATS AND LOW SHOES % TO ¥% Should be All Wool | Some merchants Say only a little cotton don’t matter, | Hart Schaffner and Clothcraft People ' Prices Cut to Close Odd Suits | but you know better, don’t you? Were the first to adopt the All Wool Clothes | $25.00 SUITS $18.75 $20.00 SUITS $15.75 $15.00 SUITS $11.75 OFF. SUMMER PANTS AT CUT PRICES. |}, American Clothing House | Quality Corner J. A. Caleb of Kansas City made al Cut prices at Black-Arnold. é hv tl i «1 is visiting in Several days’ business visit to this | wane a Catterlin is visiting in| ale Hie leet OF Ne Wes, fof ; Mrs. J. H. Curley and son are Mrs. S. L. Coleman visited in Johnstown Thursday. ' guests at the home of Mrs. A. D. Brix-| Mrs. I B is visiti 1 | ner, southeast of this city. | rs. Issac Beaman is visiting rela- | : ‘| tives at Sheldon, Mo. John Argenbright of Gentry, Ar-| r kansas, is visiting relative and friends | Paul Radford is visiting relatives! a+ Adrian. | and friends at Carthage. | friends. Out for the most for your money,} The Rural Free Delivery carriers try Black & Arnold Clothing Co. | with routes of 24 miles an over, run- Mrs. Robert Atchison has returned |" out of Butler, will come in for to her home in Archie after a visit | ‘"¢ salary increase of $100 per year, here with Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Bolting- | t?@ new order for which became ef- house. fective July 1. Jake Allen, Jr., returned to Jeffer- son City Monday, after a several weeks visit here with relatives and| Washington, where he attended the wedding of his sister, Miss Mae Yaple, stopped here Thursday for a | brief visit with friends. John Yaple, enroute to his home in W. W. Gibson, of Kansas City, ac- companied by his little daughter, Mary Lucile, is visiting at the home| Elihu Raybourn died Tuesday of O. P. Wilson. |morning, says the Appleton City Journal. He leaves a family of sev- Mrs. Geo. Raps died at her home south of Appleton City Wednesday morning of last week as the result of a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Winchell Jamison and little son, John, and Miss Lois Tygard re-' turned to Rich Hill Saturday after a} short visit here with relatives. jeral children and was a brother of James M., and W. B. Raybourn, well knowrcitizens of ‘Bates county. Your dollar will buy most at Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Mrs. J. S. Brown, of southeast of this city, returned Saturday from an DCT: CO ‘Boulware: was called to extended visit at the home of her Hatten, Mo., Wednesday of last week | daughter, Mrs. Thomas K. Stout, of by the death of his brother, James | Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Boulware. Turnip seed in bulk, purple top flat strap leaf, purple top white globe, purple top yellow Aberdine, horn and purple top Ruta Baga. DEACON'’S, South Side Square. Miss Phyllis Parkinson, of London, England, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. , Chas; W. McFarland, is visiting at’ Nevada. Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Koontz, of near, d } Ballard, visited the first of the week’ A team bélonging to Ernest Moore with Mrs. Koontz’s parents, Mr. and of Shawnee township, became fright- Mrs. W. S. Griffits. ,ened at an automobile near Oak Hill Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Moore and son, cemetery and ran away, badly dam- El Dorado Springs from Seattle, | Just arrived from W. Atlee Burpee | Judges of Special Election. & Co., in bulk, icicle radish, Burpee’s improved blood turnip beet, Grand Rapids lettuce, Strassburg summer | radish and long green cucumber. I have all other kinds of Burpee’s gar- bulk turnip seed. DEACON’S, : YO U FR S U ; | don seed in stock, all kinds of fresh | puiliam: | South side square. Dr. J. M. Christy was painfully | Trowbridge. though not seriously injured Sunday evening while driving. When on South Main Street his horse began The doctor was badly bruised and suffered a sprained wrist. The bug- gy was considerably damaged. Special prices on oxfords $1.50 up. Black & Arnold Clothing Co. J. W. McCombs last week resigned as cashier of the Adrian Banking Co. to accept a more lucrative position with the Bank of Independence, Mo. Mr. D. B. Reist, assistant cashier of the Adrian bank, will succeed him as cashier. The Independance bank has a capital of $125,000, a surplus of $105,000 and deposits to the amount of $500,000. | WANTED.—August 1, married man for general farm work. The ‘place will not suit people having children of school age. No cigarette smoker or other smoker who thinks ‘he has to smoke during working hours need apply. Must be people from the country. | 39-2t J. F. KERN, The editor of The Times is in re- ceipt of a communication from the ‘Executive Committee of the Southern | Route State Highway Association au- thorizing us to extend an invitation to every commercial club in the county to be present at a banquet to be held in Pleasant Hill on the evening of Thursday, July 27, in honor of the lo- cating commission for the Southern “Route of the State Highway. W. O. Jackson of Butler, who was here yesterday, spent most of the day looking up witnesses in the case of the Flannagan Milling Co., vs. the, Mo. Pac. Ry. Co., now pending in the Bates county circuit court. It will be remembered that the Flan- nagans brought suit against the rail- road company for damages, alleging that sparks from a Mo. Pac. train COW were responsicle for the fire which Will mourn with the bereaved fi destroyed the big milling institution. | —Review. | Byrd Kiser suffered injuries Friday | | which will probably prove fatal as ‘the result of his falling from a lift in ‘a well which he and his brother, | Alfred, were engaged in digging near | The following named gentlemen were selected by the County Court to serve as judges of the special election | to be held Aug. 1, 1911: ¢ Mingo—R. D. Reeder, Sam Stayton. Grand River--A. B. Miller, L. A. Deer Creek—E. A. Porter, Walter | Blunt. | East Boone—Geo. Black, Mart West Boone—Frank Corey, E. A. | Leonard. | West Point—B. F. Howe, J. W. | kicki | Zortman. | kicking, breaking the shafts and pul-| Se ‘ling Dr. Christy out of the buggy. | Marshall. Elkhart—Jim Crissman, Robert North Mound—-Chas Jenkins, <A. Moudy. South Mound —Thos. O’Dea, J. 0. | Brown. | Shawnee—J. L. Moles, C. M. Deck- ler. | Spruce-Ballard —W. D. Kersey, | Mirt Anderson. Spruce-Johnstown—J. E, Coleman, W. H. Betz. Deepwater-——Jas. Baker, O. W. 'Cumpton. { Summit—J. R. Welch, W. H. De- weese. | North Mt. Pleasant—Henry Dono- jvan, H. C. White. . | South Mt. Pleasant-—Jas. Brown, | Arthur Burton. | _Charlotte—Chas. Dickinson, R. F. Harper. | Homer—R. N. Word, Jas. Rush. | Walnut-Foster—P. L. Shelton, A. |G. Metzler. Walnut-Worland—W. B. Lightfoot, T. J. Harris. | North New Home—Alex Malone, | Henry Herman. | South New Home—J. W. Tilson, | John L, Cope. | Lone Oak—E. E. Eckles, Otis An- | drews. | Pleasant Gap—s. L. Hellwig. Starr, Geo. | ing. Rockville—W. I. | Hall. Prairie — W. T. Shockey. North Osage—C. F. Perry, W. W. Burris. South Osage—W. FE. |W. Weathers. . > Howard-Hume—J. G. H. Humphrey. Howard-Sprague — E. ' Newt. Conyer. J. C. Wright. J.C. Wright, aged 56 years, de- ‘parted this life at his home five miles southeast of this city Wednesday morning, July 19, 1911, after a long illness of dropsy. Mr. Wright Bates county, having resided here for the past 27 years and many friends Marriott, H. L. Kemper, J. C. Hedden, G. Holland, s. Franklin, their loss. His widow and; {children, four boys and three girls, survive him. Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Wm. M. Maytield, were held at {the home of his son-in-law, J. B. ;Claunch in this city Thursday after- ‘noon and interment was made in | Ashley cemetery. Hudson—Smith Holt, John Brown- an old resident of ie navs | Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Newberry of! Keep coming if its only a five cent | Kansas City are visiting relatives and | purchase. —Black-Arnold. |friends id this city and vicinity. Miss Helen Braden has returned) Elder L. L. Wix of the Spruce from a visit to Kansas City. /neighborhood, was a pleasant caller , Mrs. J. A. Jared and children are the first of the week. visiting relatives in Pettis county. Misses Edith and Evelyn Lester C.-W- Ray is-attending the summer have returned from a visit with their term of the Warrensburg Normal. __ brother, Fred, at Kansas City. Mrs. Lon Ray is visiting at the Miss Helen Maxey returned home home of her parents at Urich, Mo. Thursday from a visit with relatives J. M. Guyant is visiting relatives in and friends at Johnstown. : Kansas City. ‘ Mrs. Timothy Kelley of Harrison- Joe Groves, of Adrian, transacted Ville is the guest of the family of P. business in this city Monday. ,H. Norton east of this city. . | . . : aye John Smith of La Harpe, Kas., vis-, ae Gee Sy ae ited the last of the week with rela-| e aC oer tives and friends in this city. , | Mrs. C. C. Catterlin and daughter, — , Miss Pearl, are visiting at Eldorado | _Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Owen of this| Springs. city visited relatives and friends in| E Geo. Bird d f yesh the last of the week. } ngineer Geo. Bird was down from | Harrisonville the first of the week on | Judge C. A. Denton, State Pardon j a business mission. Attorney visited with his family in) ii), Melts, oft Aan Git | this city the last of the week. | R. D. Mock, of Appleton City, was; el a business visitor to this city Thurs- _ Mrs. Myrtle Tye of Durant, Okla day. Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Clay re- turned Wednesday from a visit to Iowa. E. Hirni, of Appleton City, trans- acted business in Butler the last of week. Mrs. J. B. Adair and children re- turned Saturday froma visit to Kansas City. Miss Vinita Allison visited the first of the week at El Dorado Springs, Missouri. Mrs. C. H. Burgess returned Sun- day from a visit with her mother at Windsor, Mo. F. E. Welch of Hutchinson, Kan- sas, arrived in this city Saturday on a business mission. Rockville’s annual Harvest Picnic will be held in the Park at that city July 26th and 27th. Mrs. C. A. Allen and son, Horace, have returned from a visit with rel- atives in Kansas City. Miss Agnes Arnold has returned from a two weeks trip through Colo- rado and New Mexico. N FULL BLAST =<: THE BIG CLEANING UP SALE Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Suits Selling REGARDLESS OF PROFIT All wool Nobby Serge Suits........ Seas, t eis teases siesiceae al scien mene es 4 ptr | City Journal. Pure Worsted Suits, stylish effects....................ceceeeeeeee eens 50, $10, $12 | “The funeral of Mrs. Dr. J $10 suits, now...................8 7.00 $12 suits, NOW.............00006. $ 8.50 | Knight, of McKinney, Texas, whe $15 suits, now................66. 10.50 $18 suits, now................... 12.50 | was killed in an automobile accident WE ONLY ADVERTISE FACTS--COME IN AND SEE Joe Meyer, The | Wallace, have returned home from a aging the buggy. No one was hurt. ‘homa, is visiting her parents here, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Rosamond. | Wm. Goss returned Friday to his (home in St. Louis after a visit here | | with the family of T. D. Embree. | i LE Widh Bullock accompanied by His) C. Z. Baker, the well known hog are not likely to result seriously, the Was trying to hoist him to the surf |daughter, Miss Minnie, visited | in| | Kansas City the last of the week. | Rich Wells, of Nevada, came the | first of the week for a visit at the | jhome of his mother, Mary Wells. Mr. and Mrs. C. A: McCombs are | the proud parents of a fine boy, born” Saturday morning, July 15, 1911. | Dr. Maxey and son, J. C. Maxey, | of Johnstown, visited at the home of | H. O. Maxey the last of the week. Mrs. G. C. Patrick and son have} returned to Joplin after a visit here with the family of Dennis Thralls. | Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cameron and} daughter are guests of the family of L. M. Stanley, at El Dorado Springs. LOST—Blue serge suit coat, be- tween Miller school house and Butler, card in pocket with owners name. 39 -:- Alec Cameron. perry reese Miss Rosale Fisher was bitten on the hand by a cat Thursday evening ‘in attempting to rescue the animal from a trap in which it had been caught. Her wounds while painful, brief visit with relatives and friends in Nevada, Rich Hill and Butler. Why do we put advertisements in the paper?—Black-Arnold. man of southeast of this city has pur- feline being apparently healthy. chased a new 5 passenger Mitchell touring car from H. H. Harshaw. Every purchase entitles you to a : coupon good at ourstore. Ask about Henry Boyles and Miss Dallas As- jt,—Black-Arnold. bury, both of this city, were united in marriage in this city Saturday, ,. July 15, Judge B. F. Jeter officiating. bg i bam Dr. T. W. Foster and family re- Tuesday of cerebral hemorrhage. turned Thursday overland from Clin- Funeral was held from the O’Dea ton, Mo., where Mrs. Foster had home Wednesday afternoon, burial in been called on account of the serious Crescent Hill cemetery.—Adrian illness of her mother. Journal. Twenty days after the death of G. | N. Requa, J. L. Herrell, agent for City, Kas., who have the contract for the Des Moines Life Insurance Co., the additional on Drainage District received a draft for $1,000in full pay-' No. 1, on Wednesday notified the ment of Mr. Requa’s life insurance. County Court that they were loading Mrs. M..J. Martin and children re-| their machinery for immediate ship- Grandma Manlove, 70 years old, turned Wednesday noon to their home ment to this county and would begin i Mrs. J. S. Brown, southeast of this! b in Webb City, after a short visit here Operations at once. at the homes of Judge and Mrs. W. Clay Huffman, an employe of the! F, Hemstreet and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bennett-Wheeler Mercantile Co., of | Arnold. \this city was painfully injured last | Wednesday evening as a result of a | splinter of steel imbedding itself in ‘his eye ball while he was at work on The offending particle was by a physician Thursday | Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hottewitz are \in from Hominy, Okla., for a short | visit with Mrs. H’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Bothwell, after which they 'go to Kinsley, Kas., for a visit with \relatives and will then spend three _months visiting in Pueblo, Denver, ;Salt Lake and other points in the west.—Rockville News in Appleton _at Dallas, Texas, July 9th, was held Callahan Bros. & Drew, of Kansas | -} union services at 7 p. m. |the Olivet church in Shawnee town-|New Date for Contest Hearing. ‘ship. A blast had been fired, and Jefferson City, Mo., July 15.—The Bud, going down into the well before | testimony and a finding in the contest jthe smoke had fully cleared away | proceedings filed by Judges James was overcome with the gas and fell} 8. Gantt and H. C. Timmonds and \¢, A ; ij | Professor Howard A. Gass, Demo- rom the vhic 3 or | ; | tub in which his brother crats, to obtain two seats upon the paeee : i » Supreme Court bench and the office ‘alighting upon his head and fractur-!of State Superintendent of Public ‘ing his skull. ‘Schools, must be pubmed to the ‘Supreme Court of Missouri by Octo- Mrs. T. K. Stout of the Boston a : yee ber 10. | store who has been in Coffeyville for | | This was the effect of an order |the past week taking treatment for | made by the court to-day after over- one of her eyes, is not so well. The! ruling a motion filed by the attorneys trouble is th i i * |. _ | for the Republican contestees, Judges | ble is thought by the attending’ John Kennish and John C. Brown |Physicians to be caused by rheuma-jand Professor W. P. Evans, to dis- itism of the optic nerve. It is not! misss the entire proceedings. known at present just how soon she| The ruling means that the court is . . not convinced the contests were in- will be able to return home. It is stituted in bad faith on the part of the jquite unfortunate as Mrs. Stout was | Democrats, or that the Supreme Court planning to leave some time last week | of the State has no jurisdiction to on her summer vacation to the coast | hear such proceedings. These points |and other points including Canada.— ave been urged by the Republican | : contestees. |The above, clipped from a Bartles-|~ Another meaning is that the court | ville, Okla., paper refers to Mrs. _ does not propose to wait an unreason- | Thos. K. Stout, formerly Miss Alma | able length of time for the issues to Brown, the daughther of Mr. and | be fully submitted and the litigation rought to a close. ioe hi Supreme Court Commissioner R. city. Mrs. Stout was one of Butler’s| FE. Culver of St. Joseph must use his most popular and accomplished young | best endeavors to expediate matters. ladies, and her many friends here |In Bol orca order the me ae i Fi F | directed the Commissioner to file the hope oo her ailment will not result | evidence and his finding by August 1. seriously. ‘ | eee order extending the alg to . : | October 10 is a strong hint that no ; Union Services. | additional time should be asked. we here out one Sand see Yemen har by M. BE. 5 5 ] ' Judges Valliant, Graves, Woodson, evening. The young people will hold Lamm and Ferriss, the other two 1 i . | Judges, Kennish and Brown, being Union preaching services at 8 p. m. | disqualified. Rev. Wm. M. Mayfield will preach a the sermon. All are cordially invited; Mrs. Elizabeth Ann McCallahan. toatien eee Mrs. Elizabeth Ann McCallahan, Marriage Licenses. aged 72 years, departed this life Mon- Henry Boyles....... day, Cig | 17, Baia at home in Della Asbury. ; me ew Mexico, after a short Roe Lowry.... © Mrs. McCallahan was . oe of ooper county, coming to this county Mabelle Puller we sph h a he ‘ ~ "Jin 1871 and locating near Spruce, Merle Quick -Rich Hill, |Mo., where she resided for about five Goldie Conkey. . . -Rich Hill. hea the bre of 7 time agg aa ing to New Mexico where she has Real Estate Transfers. since made her home. Fred Barton to Hume Com Bank 80| . She is survived by seven brothers, four of whom live in this county, near a sec 15 Howard $1800. Spruce, and three in Hen ‘ Chas Denny to Walton Trust Co 24 Pe) two sisters, both living, ped if the Presbyterian church in this city Friday, July 14, 1911, Rev. W. D. Thompson, of McKinney, Texas, Rev. | J. R. Lamb and Rev. W. M. Mayfield of this city officiating. Interment was made in Oak Hill cemetery. a sec 23 Mt Pleasant $175. —. : iebt ante BC Koch T neral services were held at the a be pas aoe: wan ae residence of her brother, J. D. Snod- at Spruce, Wednesday after- July 19, and interment was Gus Kienberger to Nellie Bunch lot Oe, made in Radford cemetery. 3 blk 185 2 ad Rich Hill $1.