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We want to sell you your Xmas candy. Come in and see us, J. E. Williams. M. V. Jennings and family of Kan- | sas City are guests at the home of H. G. Thomas. ° Frank Ludwick came down from Jefferson City to spend Thanksgiving with home folks. Miss Mabel Sleeth has returned to Warrensburg after a pleasant visit . here with her parents. Nuts, figs, dates, cider, citron and orange peel, bananas, oranges, ap- ples at J. E. Witliams.- ~~ Miss Eleanor Lynch came down from Kansas City the last of the week for a visit with home folks. Frank Curry, representing the Mo. Pacific at Jefferson City, spent Tnanksgiving with home folks here. Miss Anna Shelton of Macon, Mo., left Tuesday for a visit to Kansas City after an, enjoyable visit here at the homes of T. J. Smith and D. C. Chastain. “The Daylight Store” | “Just around the corner.”” Leather music rolls. —Smith’s.—| Mulberry and Western Bates. Miss Ada Nichols, who has been Roy Hubbard, of Kansas Cily, is} stying with her siater, Mrs. Charley visiting home folks in eastern Bates. | Goode of Amsterdam, spent last week C. K. Miller, of Pleasant Gap, trans- | with home folks. lacted business in the. county seat; The weather man was on excep- Wednesday and favored us with a tionably good behavior Thanksgiving pleasant call. |Day, as the day was an ideal one. GREAT CUT PRICE Overcoat and Suit Sale ABOUT 300 SUITS and 100 OVERCOATS $10.00 and $15.00 CUT ABOU COME EARLY American Clothin THE GOOD STORE Values T o House O. E. Griffin left the first of the week on an extended business to Rogers, Ark. Mrs. Harley Wells has returned home from a visit with relatives and friends in Kansas City. Peter Vorrhees of Macon, Minois, is enjoying a visit at the home of his sister, Mrs. Geo. Pollock. R. M. Braden of Iola, Kansas, spent Sunday here at the home of his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Braden. Uncle Ed Heavelin was down from | Elkhart Saturday and came in to make his usual welcome visit with the news- paper boys. George Fox the well known trans- fer man is having a new dray wagon built by Vantrees Bros. The wagon will weigh 1800 pounds. William Ciggel, Jr., died at the home of his parents in East Boone township, Friday morning, Nov. 24, 1911, after a week’s illness of pneu- monia, aged 37 years, 2 months and |3 days.--Adrian Journal. See our New Mufflers... USEFUL Xmas Gifts Here They Are and Note the Prices Suits and Overcoats for men.......$7:50 to $25.00 Suits and Overcoats for youths........5.00 to 15.00 Suits and Overcoats for children........ 1.50 to 7.50 Soft and Stiff Hats, new shapes......... 1.00 to 5.00 Holiday Neckwear, in fancy boxes...... Berner 0. Silk and Wool Lined Gloves. . Silk Hose, all COlor............eseeee essere cece .50c White and Colored Handkerchiefs....... .5c to 50c Sleeve Buttons, warranted gold plated......... .50c White and Figured Dress Shirts 50c to 2.00 Silk Umbrellas...........+-.++00+8: ..2.50 to 5.00 Washable Dress Vests........-...------ 1.25 to 4.00 Lounging Robes, a bargain............. bes eeees 00 Scarf Pins and Scarf Pin Sets........... .50c to 1.50 Fur Gloves and Fur Caps 1.50 to 3.00 Fine Suit Cases and Grips.... 1.50 to 12.00 rT veeeee 200 to 2 .....50c to 3.00 -) Smith’s Book Store. with relatives and friends, Duckand corduroy coats, American. Kodaks and Post Card Albums at Hal Travis spent Sunday with friends in Pleasanton, Kansas. | Largest stock of china and queens- ware in town at J. E. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Duvall enjoyed a visit in Kansas City the first of the week. Mrs. J. D. Woody is visiting rela- tives and friends at Mound City. Kansas. .J..M. Rosier -has returned home from an extended business visit to Kansas City. Miss Christine Black enjoyed a visit with friends at Eldorado Springs the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Letton of Ne- vada are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Letton. | Mrs. H. W. Heinlein has returned to Kansas City after a brief visit here | 1 | Miss Pear! Shutt has returned home | from a visit with her sister, Mrs. | Johnnie Thurber at Warrensburg. Bushels of candy at J. E. Williams. E. P. Speelman who was called | here last week on account of the death of his wife returned Monday to St. Joseph. Mrs. A. J. Walters of Adrian en- joyed a visit here the first of the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Wallace. Dr. C. F. Martin of Amsterdam, has accepted a position as house surgeon in the Mo. Pacific Ry. hos- pital at Kansas City. Mrs. Clyde Moore and Miss Mary Braden, both both of Kansas City, spent Thanksgiving here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Braden. Miss Rosa Hegnauer of Prairie City and Lewis C. Steiner. of Pleasant; Gap were united in marriage at the home of the bride Thursday, Nov. 30, 1911. W. G. Shafer of the Carpenter & Shafer Mfg. Co. with headquarters in | Joplin was in this city the first of the | Warm footwear, American. J. M. Spurlock of Amsterdam, has removed to Ridgeway, Mo. Fleece lined shoes for women at American Clothing House. Wm. Newell of west of the city was in Tuesday and made us a pleasant visit. Subscribe for your papers and magazines at Smith’s. Meet all club prices. W. B. Weeks, deputy county clerk transacted business in Kansas City the last of the week. ae “Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Erhart of Adrian spent Thanksgiving Day with relatives at La Cross, Kansas. John Koehler of Paola, Kansas, visited here the last of the week, the guest of Clyde McFarland. Mrs. C. H. Burgess has returned home from a visit with relatives and friends in Ohio and Kentucky. Buy your flour at J. E. Williams. Alman Daniel of Route 7 was a county seat visitor Wednesday and favored The Times with a brief call. Harry Hill of Cincinnati and. J. R. Breed of Kansas City spent Thanks- giving here, the guest of C. N. Mc- Farland. Miss Jennie Owen has returned home from a visit with Miss Gertrude Crowell and Miss Meda Denton at ‘Columbia. ~~~ ree “ae Harlan Porter of Mulberry was a business visitor to the county seat the first of the week and made The Times a pleasant call. E. D. Allen of Adrian has traded his livery stock to Ed. Kennedy for the Jatter’s pool hall. At least that is the current gossip about ‘town, says the Journal. Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Smith returned Tuesday to their home at Stewarts- ville, Mo., after an enjoyable visit here at the home of R. D. Bond of west of this city. transacted business in the county seat Tuesday and made us a pleasant call. Mr. Crawford has just returned from T. P. Crawford of Mound township | Jos. Groves, of Adrian, transacted | business in the county seat the first | | of the week. | Mr. and Mrs. Joel Barker have re- turned to Rosedale, Kansas after aj brief visit here. Xmas postals and booklets at | Smith’s Book Store. J. R. Simpson of Deepwater town-’ ship was in the county seat Tuesday | meeting old friends. | Hon. W. O. Atkeson, of the State | Labor Bureau, spent Thanksgiving | here with homefolks. | J.B. Duvall, of the Duvall-Percival | Trust Company, transacted business in Kansas City Tuesday. Mrs, A. R. Guyton and Miss Pearl | Rosser are attending the state poultry | show at Fulton this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fields are re- joicing over the birth of a fine boy, born Monday, December 4, 1911. Charles Argenbright and family | have returned home from a visit at| the home of J. E. Hook of Hudson | township. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Schwenk of | Amoret visited the family of Otis) Berryhill south of town the last of | the week. | Mrs. S. M. Brown and daughter; have returned to Kansas City after a brief visit here with the family of Dr. J. Everingham. Mrs. E. B. Winans, of Spruce, has! purchased a choice building lot at} that place and is preparing to erect a for the McFarland & Sons’ ranch near Plainview, Texas, where he ex- pects to spend several weeks. S. F. Warnock was called to St. ing an attack of appendicitis. O. H. Holland, east of Hume, is un- loading a fifteen ton gasoline engine ‘to be used in breaking ground. - It is claimed that this engine will plough as muchas fifteen teams.—Telephone. Harry Lindsay left Monday for Centralpoint, Oregon, where he is after enjoying a brief visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lind- Mrs. Charles Graham and Mrs. Harry Clark of Amsterdam and O. W. Walker and family of Kansas City spent Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Walker of Lone Oak township. H. Reirheimer, of this city, was in Spruce Tuesday on business matters and arranged for the switchboard to Mrs. Winans’ new residence as soon as the same is completed. Joe Meyer, accompanied by his residence thereon. | Clyde N. McFarland left Monday | engaged in the banking business, | Many of the neighbors spend the day with friends. The Meints brothers, Will and Chris, and their sister, Miss Anna, who keeps house for them, entertain- ed their parents, brothers, sisters and their families on Thanksgiving Day and gave one of those dinners that will be long remembered. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs, A. J. Meints, Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Bohlken and children, Fred Meints and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bohlken, Ed, George, Fanny and Margaret Meints. John Dykman and family, Mr. and Mrs. R. Bohlken sons, Will, George and Bert, were guests at the Henry Dykman home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Beall had sev- eral of their friends as visitors on Thursday. ThoSe spending the day at their home were: Ira Beall, wife and daughter, Bernice; the Misses Anna and Jessie Coffin of Amoret; Mr. Claud Martin of the Virgini: neighborhood. Fred Eubank and wife of the Hot Water neighborhood took dinner at Rambler's on Thursday. t The entertainment and pie supper given by the Mulberry school at the church Thursday night drew a full house. The boys and girls did well and made all glad that they were present. The proceeds amounted to $20.65 and will be used towards get- ting an organ for the school. ; Notice. { Hunting and trespassing on premi-+ ses owned or controlled by me is pos- itively forbidden. Anyone violating this notice will be prosecuted to the John Taute. ; Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Greene and three daughters of old West Point visited at the Frank Stilwell home Thursday. : Ecke Taute and family; George, | fullest extent. Louis Sunday by the serious illness; Anna and Martha Wiemers; John of a brother, Wilber, who is suffer-| Kaufman and brother, were guests at J. H. Leiner’s Sunday. , | Mr. and Mrs. Ed Welton of Waca, \Texas, are visiting at the home of | Mrs. Welton’s mother, Mrs. Lizie | Braden. ( Clark Taylor and family visited at the Dr. J. C. Sageser home Monday. RAMBLER. Bates Lodge No. 1801. 0.0. F. Elects Officers. Bates Lodge No. 180 I. O. O. F. ‘elected the following new officers at say. |the meeting of that Order Monday night: M. A. Richardson, N. G.; J. L. Barker, V. G.; W. S. Arnold, Secre- retary; H. L. Clinkenbeard, Treas- urer. _Seventy-one members and ‘three visitors answered to annual rollcall. Refreshments were served. | peed DG AAR | Special sale of $10 and $15 suits about 1-3 off at American Clo. House. Col. Ike Lockridge of Elkhart wag be moved from the Woodman hallto|in the city Saturday meeting old | friends and made us a pleasant call, He ordered The booming Times sent to his brother, Amous Lockridge at ‘daughter, Miss Classie, attended the wedding of his brother, Simon Mey- er of Omaha, to Miss Bertha Mayer of Kansas City, at the Baltimore hotel in Kansas City Tuesday. Physicians in immediate need of mailing tubes for forwarding dipther- ia swabs to the bacteriological labora- tory at Jefferson City for examina- board of health. Ballard, transacted business in the Times with a most pleasant call. The McGuire boys don’t get to Butler oft- en but when they do they are assur- ed of a hearty welcome. Marshall, Oklahoma. Walker E. Settles, aged 35 years} died at his home in this city Monday} December 4, 1911, after a long illness of tuberculosis. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church South Tuesday afternoon and interment was made in Oak Hill cemetery. The marriage of Miss Bertha Mayer tion may procure the same of Dr. T. | and Mr. Simon Meyer of Omaha, Neb., C. Boulware, secretary of county took place last night, 6 o’clock, in the | parlors of the Hotel Baltimore. The C. H. and A. F. McGuire, both of|ceremony was performed by Rabbj |H. H. Mayer. Mr. Meyer was served county seat Tuesday and favored The} by his brother, Mr. Charles Meyer of |St. Louis. The parlors were beauti- | fully decorated with palms, ferns and | baskets of pink and white carnations, , with Southern smilax suspended from \the chandeliers. The bride’s gown week looking after his business inter-|a trip to Texas county. arenes. | Miss Clara Prettyman and Ray Mrs. Geo.’Smith, accompanied by Finley were united in marriage at the her two grandsons, Smith and Paul | home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Burrows, has returned home from a | Mrs. Jas. Prettyman, 5°miles east of visit with her hter, Mrs. Chas. | Adrian Sunday, December 3d. Burrows at Greely, Colorado. | Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hoyt of Amoret There will be a pie supper at Fair- are the proud parents of a fine boy view school house Friday night, De-|born Sunday, December 3, 1911. cember 8th. The proceeds will be | ‘‘Uncle’’ Clyde Robbins of this city is used for school pu: |prouder if possible than the young Col. C. F. Beard, of Parsons, Kan-| ya, white lace over messaline and sas, and J. A. Beard, of Blue Mound, | trimmed with silk fringe. Her full Kansas, who came in November 29th jenoth tulle veil was fastened with to attend W. H. Gerkin’s big stock | jijies of the valley.. She carried a ppg ee Pa > ssthaaged shower bouquet of lillies of the valley. Deepwater township, where WUE orca tas Wine hater oes he cae ae oe astioned | prevailing colors, pink and white, geese | were carried out. A pretty feature trimmings. {of the dining room was the large H. D. Chapman, Superintendent of ; basket of pink and white carnations Agencies for the Central States Life surrounded by ferns which adorned DON'T BUY YOUR HOLIDAY PRESENTS UNTIL YOU.SEE WHAT WE ARE SHOWING | proud parents of a fine 11 pound boy | Minnie Christie, Teacher. | man’s parents. | Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hook are the)” Willy Falkenhain, walking from New York to Los Angeles passed JOE MEYER, THE. CLOTHIER which arrived-at their home Saturday, | this city Tuesday. Young Falken- says the Rockville Booster. At last} hain, whc is a native of Germany, is {Insurance Company of St. Louis, Mo., and Mr. W. J. Fulmer, Agency Director for Western Missouri with offices in Kansas City, are in Butler the table. The out of town guests were: Miss Hanna Meyer of St. ; Louis, Miss Clasie Meyer of Butler, Mo., Mr. Sig C. Mayer of Philadelphia, with a view to establishing a local Mr. Joseph Meyer of Butler, Mo. reports both mother and child were | not attempting to travel on schedule doing nicely. The young gentleman ‘but is taking it easily and seeing the | will go thru life under the patrony- country. He figures on reaching | mic of Joseph Emmett. Los Angeles about April ‘1st. ; ‘agency and meeting some of the good ‘Mr. and Mrs. Meyer will be at home | People of Bates county to present the after January 1 at the Sanford Hotel, merits of their company, which has; Omaha, Neb.—Wednesday’s K. C. ian advertisement in this issue. Times.