The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 28, 1911, Page 5

COR Ameri Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Rev. J. R. Lamb is spending a week at Delta, Colorado. Clyde and Harry Hooper of Belton are guests of the family of J. A. Wear. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McCombs spent Sunday with friends in Pleasant Gap. Underwear for men and boys at all prices.—Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Wright re- turned home Monday from a visit to Kansas City. Allman Daniels Monday from a business visit to Ft. Scott, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Lippincott of Philadelphia are guests of the family of Geo. Pollock. Miss Rhea Lapp has returned to Joplin after a visit here with the fam- ily of Ed Snyder. Mrs. R. G. Hartwell returned home Sunday from an extended visit to Billings, Montana. J. P. Hart and family went to Rich Hill Sunday to attend the funeral of Chesley B. Baker. Gentry Walker of St. Joseph, Mo., visited relatives and friends here the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stuckey of Mc- Allen, Texas, are visiting relatives and friends here. Mrs. A. D. Brixner and little son} are visiting with relatives and friends at Stafford, Kansas. Bates County Court met Monday, September 25, 1911, as a board of ap- peals on merchants’ statemehts. Rev. J. A. Jared has moved iinto and will occupy the N. B. McFarland residence property on Ft. Scott street. B. L. Davis, of the St. Paul Insur- ance Co., was in the city Monday making adjustments of recent fire losses. Miss Classie Meyer left Sunday for | a visit at the home of her friend, Mrs. Jessie McBride at Independence, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith have re- turned to their home in Oklahoma City, Okla., after spending several weeks here with relatives and attend- ing the fair. Service Clothes of any clothing store in town.. returned home| THE BEST UALITY can Q ‘New Things for Particular Hand Made Suits | $15 of the new Blues, Cocoa and Tans Cut in the Latest Fashion WINTER Tan Shoesin Town - BUTTON OR LACE Ladies Tan Shoes - A DOLLAR OR TWO BELOW THE CITY STORES Clothing House CORNER $3.50 up ape = Store” Men $3.00 Mrs. Mel Campbell left Monday for | Eldorado Springs, where she was | jcalled by the illness of Mrs. A.M. Gailey. | Marion Day of Kansas City spent! several days here last week attending the Fair and visiting relatives and friends. | Our line of fall goods are all here; | come in.—Black-Arnold. i John Seelinger left Tuesday for, Grainfield, Kansas, where he will, visit at the home of his son, Addie Seelinger. | Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Reeder and, Frank Mathers of Adrian, visited here ithe last of the week at the home of} A. B. Owen. Capt. and Mrs. J. D. Allen came} down from Jefferson City Friday | morning to attend the Fair and visit with home folks. Miss Ruby Stanley and Miss Vinita | Allison entertained at dinner Sunday | jin honor of Miss Dixie Yates, of El| Dorado Springs. Misses Cecil and Christy Woods | have returned to Kansas City, after | |Mrs. Frank T. Clay. | Rome Daniels of south of this city | was painfully injured Monday as the} leg. A bone inthe ankle was frac-' tured. | A. W. Shay of southwest of this! | city was a pleasant caller the last of+ the week. Mr. Shay informed us! that his son, Charlie, who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever is very | much improved. Carl J. Henry has a force of men| ‘excavating preparatory to the erec-| |tion of his new home on North Ha-| | vana street. Mr. Henry’s new resi-| |dence will by of the popular bunga- low type, seven rooms, and will be; ‘modern in every particular. Fred | Gilbert has the contract. | | Callahan Bros., the contractors | \who have the contract for the addi- \tional work of Drainage Ditch No. 1, tools at Rockville preparatory to be- | the mouth of the ditch up, thus giv-| ing the ditch at all times the benefits of its increased capacity. High Art suits. —Black-Arnold. Miss Alice Boxley visited friends here the last of the week. Miss Helen Catterlin has returned home from a visit with friends at Adrian. L. N. Gordon whose. headquarters are in St. Louis visited with friends here the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jennings are re- joicing over the birth of a fine girl, Friday, September 22, 1911. A. J. Walters was down from Adrian the last of the week, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Wallace. Mrs. I. M. Hardin of Ft. Scott ac- | companied by her son, Glen, is visit- Fair. ing at the home of W. J. Crews. Mens and boys sweaters.—Black- Arnold. Mrs. Z. J. Williams of San Angelo, Texas, is the guest of the family of her brother-in-law, J. E. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith of Coffey- | ville, Kansas, visited the last of the. week with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Raumaker of a brief visit at the home of Mr. and | this city are the proud parents of a fine boy born Friday, September 22, 1911. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Walton visited result of a horse falling upon his left) the first of the week at the home of Jum at Nevada. Rev. and Mrs. S. M. Brown of Kan- sas City. Mens easy work shoes. Just try a pair.—Black & Arnold Clothing Co. - Judge J. A. Silvers made a trip to Woodward, Oklahoma, the first of the ‘week on business connected with family could reach her. legal matters. Nat Buck and family of Kansas City, spent several days here the last lof the week attending the fair and | Lisle delightfully entertained at lunch- visiting old friends. Mrs. E. Morilla returned Monday to Kansas City after a brief visit here with the families of J. P. Ellington and Everett Morilla. Announcement has been made of the wedding of Wm. Robert Blair to jare busy unloading machinery and | Miss Lorena Evelyn Holt at ElPaso, | present. Texas, September 21, 1911. Mr. ‘ginning work. They will work from | Blair is an old Butler Boy and is now | d employed in the railway offices at El Paso, Texas. The Times extends congratulations. This is for You | You're the very man we want to see, we want to _ show you the finest display of Tailor-Made, Ready-for- If you’ve been in the habit of having a Tailor make your clothes you should give us an opportunity to prove that we can save you time, trouble and money by buying a ready-to- ‘wear New Suit Cases and Grips Sincerity Suit Here These clothes are in every respect the equal oi those you pay big prices for to your tailor Ask to be shown—we'll do so gladly without any obligation whatever on your part Joe Meyer, The Clothier. Payne & Co., the purchasers of the former Hill’s Cash Store stock are packing their goods preparatory to moving the stock to Nevada. LOST:—Between residence of J. W. Barnhart and town, plain band bracelet with signet bearing initials O. C. H. Please leave at Peoples Bank. The mayor of St. Charles, Mo., ‘predicts a severe winter and gives for his reason that the quails in that vicinity have been flocking with the chickens. A. L. McBride of Kansas City spent several days here the last of the week visiting old friends and attending the Mr. McBride was formerly a merchant in this city. Endor Kirby, a fine saddle stallion _and high school horse owned by W. iW. Cheverton & Son of Rich Hill was attacked by a bull Friday morning and so badly gored that it was neces- sary to kill the animal. Harry Robards, a 17-year-old farm- _er boy of near Springfield, Mo., went crazy last week singing ‘‘Casey Jones.’’ It is said that during his hearing before the county court young Robards sang more than,100 verses to this tune. He was still singing when he arrived at the asy- Mrs. C. C. Gutchall, aged about 60 years, died suddenly at her home five miles east of Adrian Sunday morning, September 25, 1911. She was strick- | en while attending to her household | | Galesburg, Suit cases $1 up.—Black-Arnold. Mrs. A. E. Debow is visiting in Kansas City. W. B. Tyler of Summit visited in Rich Hill the first of the week. Mrs. Warren Parrish of Adrian visited in Butler the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Biggs, of Hume. came over Friday to take in the big fair. Col. O. D. Austin of the Record transacted business in Kansas City Monday. - Judge J. A. Silvers visited in Har- risonville Saturday afternoon on a business mission. C. B. McFarland returned Tuesday to the Texas panhandle where he has large land interests. Mrs. Harve Johnson has returned home from a visit with relatives and friends in Rich Hill. Rev. W. M. Mayfield is attending a conference of Christian ministers at Sedalia this week. Harley Warderman is visiting at the home.of his sister, Mrs. J. G. Powers, at Blackwater. Minor Cannaday, of Kansas City, spent several days here with home folks the last of the week. Rich Hill’s first stock show and corn carnival is to be held Thursday and Friday of this week. Frank Smith, Jr., was up from Rich Hill the last of the week visiting with relatives and friends. Mr, and Mrs. Joe Rodgers are re- joicing over the birth of a fine girl Sunday, September, 24, 1911. Wesley Denton, cashier of the Peo- ple’s Bank was called to Harrisonville Monday on a business mission. Miss Christine Black entertained Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Dixie Yates of E] Dorado Springs. Mrs. Blaine McCullough of Garden City visited here the last of the week with the family of Chas. Argenbright. Mrs. John Watts has returned to her home in Kansas City after a_ visit here with the family of C. A. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wallace, of Ill., are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wallace. George Bourquin was called to Santa Barbara, California, Thursday on account of the serious illness of his father. Judge R. B. Campbell attended the meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge in St. Louis Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Winnie Wilson left Sunday for Springhill, Kansas, after a brief visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Wilson. duties and died before and of the Mrs. Gutch- | all had been a resident of Bates} county for many years. Mesdames C. H. Letton and H. H. | eon Tuesday afternoon, compliment- ary to Miss Lora Walton, whose be- |trothal to Mr. Ralph Van Doren of ' Pontiac, Illinvis, was announced, the |marriage to take place October 9th. |The Letton home was beautifully jdecorated, the color scheme being |white and: yellow. About 25 were Missouri Pacific passenger No. 209 | due here at 5:05 a. m., collided with ja M. K. &T. freight a Harrisonville | Wednesday morning. Engineer Ike | Hughey, who was the only person in- | | jured, sustained a fractured thigh as ‘the result of jumping when he saw! ‘his engine was going to strike the ifreight. The accident it is said was | | caused by the failure of the brakes to | ‘stop the train because of the wet | rails. | | Mrs. S. E. Jones and son, Walter, 'returned home Wednesday noon from ‘Alton, New York, where they have , been spending the summer with her jsister, Mrs. W. Champlin. She | brought back a trunk filled with fruit, which was picked from her sister’s | orchard of llacres. Weacknowledge | some fine samples. They also visited in Chicago, Ill., Valparaiso, Ind., Crown Point, Ind., and Niagria Falls. | They have been gone three months. | Mrs. R. F. Harper of Charlotte |township was painfully bruised last | Wednesday as the result of a runa- i way. While returning from the ‘home of her daughter where she had been spending the day, the horse _be- came frightened and bolted. The carriage was overturned, and Mrs. Harper being caught beneath was Corbly Garard, formerly of this city, now located in Kansas City, visited with relatives and attended the Fair here the last of the week. the automobile parade Friday after- noon, thirty-six cars participating. There were something like fifty cars on the grounds. W. C. Bevington, of Nevada, spent Friday here, the guest of E. C. Van- dervoort. Mr. Bevington is train- master of the Joplin division of the Missouri Pacific. Burk Anderson brought a load of corn to town, grown west of Rich Hill, which was composed of fine, large, well-filled ears. He clains it made 49 bushels to the acre.—Re- view. R. V. MeSpadden of Vineta, Okla- homa, transacted business in this city the first of the week. Mr. McSpadden was one of the contractors who had the contract for paving the public square here. Postmaster C. A. Chambers attend- ed the Postmaster’s Convention in St. Louis the last of the week and de- livered an address upon the subject the public schools. J. F. Murphy, general superinten- dent of the Eastern divison, Phil Carroll, engineer of maintenance Eastern division and J. M. Sommers, of Nevada, superintendent of the Joplin division of the Mo. Pac., made an inspection trip over the interstate division out of this city Tuesday. Adrian Rebekah Lodge No. 449 celebrated. the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the order Monday night with a big banquet, a literary program and a good social time, says the Adrian Journal. The inclement ‘dragged for some distance. While her bruises are painful, it is not thought that her injuries will result seriously. weather kept most of the country members at home, but there was a good attendance of the members from town. One of the features of the fair was! of the teaching of the postal laws in} STEPHENS IS NAMED ON CAPITOL BOARD | Columbian is Elected Member to Have Charg@of Capitol Building. Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. 26.— After balloting eight times today the State officials comprising the Com- missioners of the Permanent seat of Government succeeded in naming Col. E. W. Stephens of Columbia, as one of the, four commissioners who will have charge of letting the con- tracts and general supervision over the building of the new State Capitol. Col. Stephens is a Democrat, and another Democrat and two Republi- cans are yet to be selected. An adjournment was taken until 10 a.m. tomorrow. Altogether, 122 ballots have been taken. It was ex- pected that Col. E. W. Stephens would be elected, as the State officials favored him from the start, but it was deemed best to do considerable com- plimentary voting. State Senator Francis M. Wilson of Platte City, requested, as a personal favor, that no votes be cast for him. There is much guessing tonight as to who will be the second Democratic commissioner. Peyton Parks of Clinton, Sam B. Cook of this city, Jack Blanton of Paris, and former State Senator E. B. Fields of Brown- ing all have adherents who predict their election. | Mrs. J. E. Dowell of Adrian is vis- iting her parents at Tacoma, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. L. Q. Robards of Adrian are enjoying a two weeks’ outing in Cripple Creek, Colo, Will B. Weeks, deputy county clerk, made a trip to Warrensburg the first of the week on business con- nected with county matters. The Home and Farm Improvement Club of Hudson township held their day’s picnic and annual township fair at the school yard Saturday, Septem- ber 23d. ‘Richard Harper of Adrian has re- turned home from a visit to Colorado Springs. Mrs. Harper will remain at the Springs until the latter part of October. W. F. Reeder and Mrs. Anna Math- ers, both of Adrian, were united in marriage at the home of the bride in that city Sunday, September 17, 1911, Rev. W. K. Chatten officiating. The W. J. Bullock meat market is moving into the restaurant building two doors east of its present location. A, A. Seese's restaurant will occupy the corner building formerly occupied by the meat shop. The Adrian Light and Power Co.'s stockholders at their annual election held Monday of last week selected the following gentlemen as directors for the ensuing year; J. O. App, {Sam Walls, D. F. Andes, A. J. Lentz, Jos. Blocher. Adrian Lodge No, 172 Central Pro- tective Association elected the follow- ing officers for the ensuing year at a meeting of that organization held Sat- urday of last week: President, S. E. iMcRoberts; Vice-President, A. M. Bosley; Secretary, R. A. Hiser. R. A. Hiser was elected delegate to Grand Lodge. The house in the old Sears farm, southeast of Altona, was burned down last week. The origin of the fire is unknown. This house was one of the land marks in that com- |munity, having been built many years lago. In its day it was one of the best farm residences in the county.— Adrian Journal. * Jim Stephenson, of two and one- half miles east of Spruce, sold at pub- |lic auction Saturday his live stock and farming implements. Mr. Stephen- ;son has rented his farm and expects \to leave in the near future for Los | Angeles, Cal., in the hope that a change of climate will prove benefi- \cial to Mrs. Stephenson’s health. The old grist mill north of the de- pot at Amsterdam is being razed and moved to the farm of ‘B. W. Keyes, who recently purchased it, says the Enteprise. The big gasoline engine and other machinery was taken out some time ago. The mill was built by Jake Fry and was among the first buildings to be erected in our town. Next Sunday Oct. Ist, will be Rally Day at the Presbyterian Sunday | school, commencing at 10a. m. This will be the only service of the fore- noon. A good program has been provided and we invite allour friends. The order of exercises will be duets, solos, recitations, piano solos, drills, and will begin at 10 o’clock. So do not miss any of it. A short period will be given to lesson study. ‘ |