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THE STORE WITH THE “ALL WOOL POLICY” IS SHOWING SOME SWELL BLUE SERGE Suits for $15.20 Hand Made, sewed with silk, better than others show for a price under $20.00. Remember our special for the big Auction Sale Day, Feb. 17 Clothcraft All-Wool Clothes “The Daylight Store” Crushed to Death. ‘spreader some time Saturday after- ‘noon on the Witter farm 1-2 mile |north of Merwin. | As there were no eye witnesses to! the affair it is not known exactly how | \the accident occurred but it is sup-! posed that the team’ which he was | ‘driving to the spreader ran away, ‘throwing him under the machine and | breaking the bolster, allowing the im- |mense weight to fall on him, killing ‘him probably instantly. The body | | was dragged for some distance. When |Mr. Dunlap failed to return from his | work until late, his wife became un- {easy and a search was instituted for jhim. His lifeless body was found under the wreck of the manure | spreader in the pasture where he had | been working, at about 8 o'clock. | , John Dunlap, aged about 27 years | | was crushed to death under a manure .. The Tendency toward UALITY is well shown in our stock of = WATCHES in all the standard grades —Elgin, Waltham, How- ard and Hamilton. OPTICAL WORK A SPECIALTY | Fifteen men were required to lift the ~ tending the automobile show in Kan-, his home in Walker, Mo., after a QUALITY CORNER LADIES $3.50 SHOES $2.65 [machine fom his by BE SURE TO REGISTER FOR THE CASH PRIZE DRAWING SALE DAY American Clo. Housej Hats and caps, sj alasisaaes len ornae Ai Fulkerson on OverallemiumpersyBiacleamaldl mien sal ies _visit here with relatives and friends.| Lace boots 1-3 off sales day, Black- Arnold Clothing Co. 4 ;,{ Miss Wheat Atkeson has retarted | J. B. Duvall transacted business in | visit with her father,| A.B. Argenbright of Kansas City, Kansas City the last of the week. |home from a e y vy i |Hon. W. 0. Atkeson at Jefferson is visiting relatives and friends here. Rubbers and boots, Black-Arnold. City. | Mrs. Paul Delameter of Rich Hill, A delightful informal dance was, My and Mrs. W. W. Badgley, of is the guest of her sister Miss Pearl held at the Armory Friday evening. springfield, came in Sunday for a, Smith. Chas. W. McFarland is attending visit at the home of Mrs. E. A. Mesdames J. B. and Edward Arm- the automobile show in Kansas City: Badgley. strong visited in Kansas City the first Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Deacon are at- H. B. Henderson has returned to of the week. J. F. Allen of Route 2, was in Sat- visit here with the family of Frank urday on business and made us a Buy suit cases on sales day, 1-3 off, Cravens. most enjoyable visit. Black-Arnold. Charley West of New Home, was; Hon. Peyton A. Parks of Clinton, Mrs. J. E. Smith and daughter are | in attending the county convention transacted legal business in this city guests of the family of Jas. Smith at | Monday and favored us with a most’ the first of the week. Nevada. | Pleasant oul | F.C. Ream of the Norfleet & Ream Dr. E. N. Chastain made a profes-} Mrs. Don Kinney of Newton, Kan- grocery house, transacted business ini sional visit to Kansas City the first of Sas, accompanied by her son Carl, | Kansas City the first of the week. the week. visited the last of the week at the) AeMecranteniatneanspnice rane! home of J. R. Douglass. ; acted business in the county seat attending the automobile show in’ J, W. McFadden, of Virginia, made} Thursday and made us a_ pleasant Kansas City. a business trip to the county seat | call. Miss Pexie Wood, of Lentner, Mo., Tuesday and found time to make) is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Henry The Times a pleasant call. Reinheimer. sas City. Major and Mrs. F. H. Crowell are T. L. Fleming of Rich Hill, was in : | Butler attending the county conven- Dr. V. J. Compton of Pleasant Gap | tion Monday and made us a pleasant Ed Young, of La Plata, enjoyed a, was in Monday attending the conven- | call. visit here with home folks the first tion and meeting old friends. We! r . ; Oiliheiweale acknowledge a pleasant call, | Miss Mattie Warnock left the first ‘of the week for Kansas City where On Saturday suit cases and high’ yrs 4. J. Walters and two child- she will enter a wholesale millinery cut shoes 1-3 off, Black-Arnold. ren of Adrian, enjoyed a pleasant! house, : Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Moore of this visit here the first of the week with! MrsnGeow Newb I city, are rejoicing over the birth of a Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Wallace. } Cpe ake pony ee eect aed to her home in Kansas City after a daughter, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1912.- Miss Eva Herrell, assisted by the | pleasant visit here with the family of Mrs. Henry Gardner of Newton, Freshmen class of the Butler High |, S. Ewin. Kansas, is the guest of the family of School, delightfully entertained the | f A business meeting of the Detroit her son Charles Gardner of this city. boys of the class Friday evening. ee ety | Protective Association was held in this city Saturday afternoon in the jury room in the court house. Lucien B. Baskerville, of Deen:/ & A q U R |water township, attended the con- ivention here Monday and spent the day meeting old friends and making new ones. ‘FEBRUARY 17 now residing at Monta Vista, Colora- |do, came in the last of the week for a short visit. We acknowledge a pleasant call. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fisk who for some months have been playing in Sale Day Joe Meyer’s Specials Boys’ Knee Suits, Straight Pants Worth $2.50, $3.50, $4 and $5 $1.29 Lot Boys’ Long Pants Suits Worth $7.50, $8.50 and $10 $4.48 Fine Dress Shirts, Detached Cuffs $1 Values 35ce; 3 for $1 Men’s Cravenette Overcoats Worth $12.50 $8.75 One Lot Men’s Suits New York for a visit here with. rela- tives and friends, Zera Raybourn of Jefferson City, an old Bates county boy, was here! Monday meeting vld friends and| made The Times a most pleasant call. | position with the Star Clothing Co. Col. O. D. Austin, the veteran/| editor of the Record, suffered a brok- | arm Wednesday morning as the re-| sult of a fall upon the sidewalk in| front of the Farmers Bank. The left arm was broken at the elbow. Mr. Austin made his way to his office jand a physician was called who at- tended to his hurt. He was then taken to his home, where he is now resting fairly easily. Naomi Helms, a waitress at the vaudeville, arrived Monday from had taken hogs to market, and while Mr. Raybourn holds a responsible! and on Wednesday evening made his {handling the milk and cream. | The residence of J. R.’ Ford was | slightly damaged by fire Monday. The blaze originated from a flue burning out. Chas. E. Vogt and W. E. Marriott, both strong Democrats of the Rock- ville neighborhood, were in Monday , meeting the boys and dropped in to; The Times plant. S. C. Rhode Island Red eggs for hatching, $1.00 for 15; $5.00 per 100. ‘Special mating $2.00 for 15. Austin Rosser, Butler, Mo. 17-4t | Our old friend W. H. Lowder of 'New Home township, was in on his township’s delegation Monday and dropped into The Times office for a brief visit. Phone 398. W. H. Bolte, one of the strong Rockville Democrats, was in Monday and in accordance with his custom when in the county seat, made us an enjoyable visit. Virgil Jenkins of Virginia, was in, town Saturday and made The Times a pleasant call. He informed us that he was going to Hardin, Montana, | for a two weeks visit. | W. B. Herrell and Mrs. Josephine Neel, both of this city, were united | in marriage in Kansas City, February 7th, Rev. W. M. Mayfield officiating. They will reside on a farm near fhis, city. C. Blaine, the night operator of the Missouri Pacific at Harrisonville, was . held up by a lone robber who entered his office at about 2:30 o’clock Tues- | day morning and relieved him of! about $30 in cash. J. W. Darby of Foster was ir But-; ler Monday attending the Democratic convention and meeting the boys. The ’Squire is making the race for the Democratic nomination for Judge of the southern district and_from machine from his body. | The remains were taken to Cush-| ing, Oklahoma, for interment. JEWELRY COMPANY - — Successors to G. W. Ellis JIry. Co. Opera House Block Sells for $11,700. at the M. E. churchatSpruce. There The Opera House block at the Were two additions by letter, Mr. and southwest corner of the square in| Mrs. Jessie Little. this city was sold at auction Saturday; Mrs. Dewit McDaniel is reported to afternoon as advertised. The prop- be very sick with an attack of asthma. erty was purchased by C. B. Moling The Democrats held their conven- of St. Louis upon a bid of $11,700. _ tion at Spruce Saturday and chose a The sale had been well advertised’ Clark delegation to represent them at and many prospective purchasers the county convention Monday. were in attendance. The first bid was for $1000. Only a few minutes were required to make the sale. Mrs. Myra Beaman who has been seriously ill is reported to be some better Monday morning. Eastern Bates. Mrs, Keen’s house on her farm came near being destroyed by fire last week. A spark from the flue ignited the shingles and the roof was burnt up before the fire could be ex- tinguished. Ed Wigger’s child is seriously ill with pneumonia fever. Mr. and Mrs, O. J. Radford visited Sunday with his father, Chas. Radford, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and family of Savoy, Kansas, are visiting at the homes of her sisters, Mrs. James Smith and Mrs. Ed Smith. James Crow of near Ballard bought acouple of loads of oats of Frank Craig last week. price -paid per bushel, 45 cents. Fred Henser and family and Carlie * Fischer who formerly lived here ! Butler. moved in from’Cedar county Friday — 1. N. Dickison lost a young mule with Aurther Ganz on the Jeff Fry last week as the result of the animal place. running a nail in its foot. 5 Miss Ada Garther is on the sick Several of the farmers wiv list with grippe. setting theirincubators. Friedchicken J. H. Baker sold his jack last week, Will be pretty dear eating. His Percheron horse is for sale. If We are having the longest and not sold soon he contemplates buying coldest winter here that we have had another jack. for several years. The farmers are George Hartel sold his farm of 80 feeling very much encouraged over acres to Bird Hutchens at Archie, Mo. the outlook for a bumper corn. crop. for $60 per acre. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Clark Rev. King filled his regular ap- a fine boy Feb. 11. pointment Sunday morning and night , LIBERTY. 100--Cases--100 KARO SYRUP indications will be a strong caddidate. | William Perry, the son of M. F. Perry of Shawnee township, was painfully injured last Wednesday, |evening when a horse stepped upon} his foot. Mr. Perry and Will had re- | turned home from Adrian where they | unhitching one of the horses stepped | {on the young man. The foot was | badly bruised. L. M. Deffenbaugh of this city, has | established a model dairy farm on his farm at the southeast edge of this city first milk delivery tocustomers. The | new business will be known as the South Side Dairy Farm, and a well equipped wagon will make daily de-; liveries. Only pure bred Jerseys will be milked and an accurate record of each animal will be kept and tests , regularly made. Mr. Deffenbaugh | informs us that his milk now tests! 4.8. Only the most up-to-date and’ sanitary appliances will be used in| Circuit Court. Karo Syrup, 1 gallon size 35c Karo Syrup, 4 gallon size 20c Karo Syrup, 2 pound size 10c White Karo Syrup, gal. size 50c Whit@ Karo Syrup 14 gal. size 25c White Karo Syrup, qt. size 15c 3 t) can baked red Kidney Beans, 3 for..... 25c Don't pay 10c for 2 t) size ONE CAR FIELD FENCE Barbed Wire, Staples Anything you want. Can save you from Ic to 2c rod on woven fence. Examine our fence before you buy. Worth $10 to $12.50 $5.49 HEAVY SUITS AND OVERCOATS j Cottage Hotel, attempted suicide Tuesday morning by drinking adead- ly solution obtained by soaking pois- oned wheat grains over night in water. She drank the poison shortly after arising Tuesday morning and ;__§. W. Dooley vs. Nellie Welch and | Daisy Stanley, administrators estate | of J. J. Ryan, motion for new trial | | overruled, defendant granted leave to | Pod bill of exceptions during next | ‘term. | Yours for business, AT COST JOE MEYER, THE CLOTHIER about 45 minutes later, while waiting on the tables, was stricken with con- vulsions. A physician was called in and antidotes administered which counteracted the effects of the poison. Miss Helms, who is about 17 years of lage, came here from Adrian only a {few days ago. Emma E. McKeal vs. James B. Mc- | Keal, divorce refused either party, | cost taxed against defendant. i Eva L. Hart vs. Nathan Hart, di-| vorce, decree as prayed on cross bill. | Fannie McGuire vs. G. W. McGuire divorce, decree as prayed. Eliver Horse and Mule Co. vs. Ed. Dillon, judgment for plaintiff. Norfleet é Ream The Only Independent Grocery, Bakery and Hardware Store. White Front Phones, 144 and 49 BUTLER, MO. West Side Square