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“THE DAYLIGHT STORE” THE BOY = as well as THE MAN Finds This Store to his Liking. SPRING CLOTHES in great variety and lower prices than for several seasons. is worth $20.00 Our $15 Blue Serge WE ARE ALREADY SHOWING Come to us for Rubber Footwear American Clothing scam The Store with the All Wool Policy. Miss Lora Woods is enjoying avisit| Mesdames J. B. and Edward Arm- Ed Bowman, formerly of this coun- _ Buy your blue serge suit of us now. at Nevada. strong have returned home from a | ty, now residing in California, was in Black-Arnold. visit to Kansas City. the city ona business mission Mon- Wait for Barnhart’s sale for your day and favored us with a most pleas- maresandrerilionst ‘ ant call. Mr. Bowman informs “us that he is figuring on again locating W. W. Jamison and family, of Rich | in Bates county. di Hill, visited the last of the week at | the home of W. B. Weeks. Frank Holland left Monday on a business mission to Afton, Okla. Wait for Barnhart’s sale for your mares and stallions. Harry Hughes, of Glasgow, Mo., is ‘the guest of J. M. Vaughn. Mrs. Dennis Thrall has returne Pe err eek aan home from a visit at Joplin. Walter B. Catterlin has _ resigned i his position with the W. W. Cannon Theodore -WeMott is attending a Mrs. D.C. Fuller has returned to pievator, to accept a clerkship with business college in Kansas City. Hoxie, Kansas, after a visit ae With | the Missouri State Bank. Mr. Catter- Chris Black has returned home | ihe famlyaor uagey Wa 7t; Cole: lin is a young man of industry and from a several days’ visit to Nevada.| Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Gray, of Am-) ability and has acquired a valuable | Rae a cent ; | business education. Mrs Nex Boao hes ret dh | bay, Illinois, arrived the last of the} se eee e en | week for a visit at the home of A. L. | from a visit at Independence, Kansas. Ro The Butler Fire Department elected Chas. W. McFarland has returned, ___, the following officers at the regular ; home from a business trip to Kansas___B: E- Sells, of Ft. Scott, commercial | annual meeting Wednesday evening: City. agent for the Mo. Pacific, _transacted Chief, F. E. Hawley; Secretary, Chas. Zack Patterson of Carruthersville AuMURogerstoHnliDoradoisennga business in this city the first of the: Miller; Treasurer, M. A. Richardson. attended the funeral of Mrs. E. A. fetal in Gib aii (ie ite? ah dhe week. ; Fifteen fire alarms were reported Badgley. { week. ; Anthony Cox of Ft. Scott was called during the last quarter. Mrs. H. E. Barton of Houston, Mo. | Al. Moudy of Adrian transacted ‘to this city Monday on account of the! made us a most pleasant call the last | business in the county seat the first | Ulness of his daughter, Mrs. J. C. of the week. of the week. , Vantrees. partially desfroyed by fire Sunday _ Big line sweater coats. { * The son of Henry Swope of near! R.N. Montgomery and family of night. It is supposed that the blaze - Walker-McKibbens. Rich Hill sustained a broken arm Pleasant Gap township and Mr. and originated from coals falling from the; 4 social session of the Butler Monday afternoon. |Mrs. Herman Steuck motored into stove onto the floor. The family! E)Ks will be held in their club Ae | Butler Tuesday. were at church at the time. rooms, Feb. 22. T kK R. N. Montgomery of Pleasant Gap w, B. Coates, one of Elkharttown- Mrs. G. A. Van Hall was. called to Miss Helen Braden visSited relatives in Kansas City the first of the week. Lots of new ginghams 10¢e, 12c, 15c. Walker-McKibbens. Fred Rich of Spruce transacted business in this city the last of the week. Frank Mabbott of Rich Hill, trans- acted business in Butler the first of the week. Best work shoes Black-Arnold. The residence of Andy Simpson in the northwest part of this city was pe a agent “ Ne Everett se ship’s prominent working Democrats Eureka, Kansas, Monday on account mobile, transacted business in this, snent several days in this city thefirst of the death of a sister. ig iba ns of the week on a business mission. Heaviest overall Black-Arnold Mrs. L. R. Heinlein and son, Ed- Ben’s friends in northwestern Bates H. Philbrick of near Rich Hill ‘ward, have returned home to Kansas are making a strong effort to get aim \City after an enjoyable visit here to enter the lists for the nomination transacted business at the county seat) ~ A with relatives and friends. for sheriff. the latter part of the week. O. Mullis of near Hume was in the Barred Rock eggs for hatching from TAY er Ge ATse IY ‘the choicest matings, $1 for 15 or The FOMAInS a Victor D. Datoe, county seat Wednesday and made gs, ; who died in Kansas City Friday Frenne . ae $5.50 per hundred. ‘ .-* The Times a most pleasant call. OU pi Mr A. S. Mill morning, were brought to this city . 17-tf BREN "Butler, Mo. and funeral services held at the Cul- Ladies’ coats $3.75, $4.90, $5.00. = ey ver undertaking parlors by the Ma- Walker-McKibbens. Dr. J. T. Hull, Dr. H. M. Cannon | gonic Lodge. Interment was made, Geo. P. Hunt, at one time a resi- and Dr. T. W. Arnold attended the in Qak Hill cemetery. Mr. Dafoe dent of Missouri was inaugurated the meeting of the Western District) was 54 years old and had for the past state of Arizona’s first Governor. Only a Short Time Left to Buy | Mulberry and Western Bates. Mrs. R. L. Nichols and son, Clar- ence, who have been visiting at Har- risonville, returned home Wednes- day. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bard and daughter, May, were guests at Henry Gordon’s Thursday. A. J. Noah who has been spending the winter in this neighborhood left for Davis county, Wednesday. Peter Morwood made a_ business trip to Kansas City Wednesday. Cecil Porter visited with Claude and Stanley Morwood Thusday even- ing. There will be an entertainment and pie supper at the Eldrado school house March 1. The proceeds will goto help get new books for the li- brary. Come out and help the cause along. W.N. Allman was a caller at our office Friday. Henry Dykman and Bernie Bohl- ken made a business trip to the coun- ty seat Saturday. W. A. Walden was out with a drag Thursday and drug two and a half miles of the road north of Amoret. It made a very noticeable change in the road, Let the good work go on. Miss Anna Bard of the Amsterdam schools spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks. The Misses Loreta Walker, Caldwell and Irene Ewbank guests of Mary Knox Saturday. Fred Fredrick and family visited at Ecke Tautes’ Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. H. Kaufman and two children of the Virginia neighbor- borhood, Mr. and Mrs. M. Weimers, Mr. and Mrs. F. Schmale, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Johnson of the Plainview neighborhood, Geo. B. Bohlken and daughter Sena, visited at J. H. Lein- er’s Sunday. Mrs. R. J. Elkin is reported on the sick list. Rev. R. A. Esdon of Amoret was a caller at Dr. J. C. Sageser’s Monday. Miss May Bard who has been spending a month’s vacation with her parents, Col. and Mrs. W. J. Bard, left for Kansas City Monday where she will visit a week before returning to her home in South Missouri. Mrs. R. L. Nichols and daughter, Ada, were shopping in Butler Mon- day. . Evangelist J. C. Beitle of Wichita | Kansas, will begin protracted meeting jat thé Mulberry church Feb. 28. | Rambler: will only be in Amoret on Saturday afternoon Feb. 24, and Hazel were | | | | Wednesday afternoon Feb. 28, to col- Don’t forget that after lect taxes, March 1, taxes will be delinquent. O. E. Beall, one of Homer town-. ship’s hustling young farmers, will be a regular reader of The Times. Mr. and Mrs. S. Roberts were trad- ing in Butler Monday. John T. Hensley was around Mon- day buying fat stock for the K. C. market. RAMBLER. Buff Orpington Eggs for sale from 2 best pens $1 per setting or $5 per hundred. 75 cents per setting or $3 per hundred from flock. All pure stock. Come and see. 17-2m. Mrs. A. M. McFadden, R. F. D. No. 5, Butler, Mo. Butler Band to Give Concert. The Butler Band which for years has been regarded as the best in southwest Missouri has re-organized under the leadership of Chas. Fisk, and are making elaborate preparations for a benefit concert to be held in the near future. Leslie Rains was winner: of the cash prize of $5 on the first drawing sale day; Joe Ghere winning the $10 prize on the second drawing. The first drawing was. made at 2. o0’clock p.m., the second immediately after the close of the sale. Mrs. Claud Brummett, aged 22 years, died Wednesday, February 14, 1912, at her home in Iola, Kansas, after a long illness of Brights disease. Mrs. Brummett was the daughter of Hub Smizer of this county. The re- mains were brought to this city and funeral services were held at the Christian church Thursday. — Inter- ment was made in Oak Hillcemetery. Ed Culver was declared winner of the $400 Kimball piano offered as a prize by the Crews Music Company, for the solution of their puzzle picture which was published for some weeks in The Times. There were over 600 contestants for the prize. C. A. Chambers, C. H. Burgess and Harry Gough acted as judges. The piano was awarded to Mr. Culver Saturday. Sarah J. McCoy, aged about 80 years, died at her home in La Junta, Colorado, Sunday morning, February 18, 1912, after only a short illness. Mrs. McCoy was formerly a resident of this city, and many warm friends and neighbors who had learned to love her will mourn their loss. She is survived by two sons, Isaac and Milton, and two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Julian and. Mrs. Sallie White, both of La Junta. -100--Cases--100 Dental Society at Appleton City Tues-_+9—yeqrs—peena conductor on the Mrs. W. P. Black of Adrian visited “day. Missouri Pacific Railway. here the latter part of the week at i the home of Mrs. Oscar Schantz. Velvet hats $1 Black-Arnold. Noel Mills of Kansas City was in C. A. Dickinson was appointed su. perintendent of the county farm ‘Thursday morning by the county \court, to succeed D. A. Bean, re- i> | signed. ' 2 | Rolan Smith of Moffatt, Colorado, in the public schools, state aid to need in this city Monday and will weak school districts, the betterment | | Visit at the home of his father, Col. I. of labor and good roads. Mr.! Sackett’s cafe and candy kitchen at : |M. Smith, of near Spruce. We ac- Houchins is a business man of un- the southeast corner of the square : | knowledge a pleasant call. questioned standing and isa self made | 9Pened for business Saturday morn- , Strickland Gilliland, whose lecture 1an in every sense of the word, hav-| | was the fifth on the lecture course, ing risen from a $9 per week clerk | Walker: McKibbens | delivered a highly entertaining lecture | to the ownership of the Star Clothing | eer emiunens. ‘at the opera house Thursday evening | Company, one of the largest manu-| Mrs. Henry Gardner has returned |to a large and appreciative audience. facturing institutions in the State. In to her home in Newton, Kas., after a| |his announcement he says: ‘‘If one | bg: AD ee the family of her son, \ | T. D. Embree of Summit township | 4 - i at Wholesale i i of my opponents is your choice, there | | jarrived Monday quent foci as qweekia | Sait be: an sulking in the Houchin! Best 75c overall Black-Arnold. cos T W. B. Weeks, J. E. Williams, W. Jas. A. Houchins of Jefferson City | has announced his candidacy for the Democratic Gubernatorial nomination, . 8 Butler on legal business the fore part upon the platform of a business ad- Aster ie te ae ministration for Missouri, agriculture ; Huo SHES eMeeh 9 ent Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Dress shoes at Black-Arnold. Ladies suits half price. ! ., . j business trip through Oklahoma. Mr. ‘camp, and I will be on the firing line| ing. | Suits and Overcoats, worth $20, now.....$15 Suits and Overcoats, worth $15, now. .$10.50 Suits and Overcoats, worth $10, now......$7 Boys’ Knee Suits, straight pants, sizes 4 to 16, worth $2.50 to $5.....-... $1.45 For Low Prices and Reliable Clethes, ge te ‘Embree informs us that the frost is | ‘out of the ground there and spring | Plowing has commenced. | noon for her home at McAllister, Ok- lahoma, after an enjoyable visit here with the family of her daughter, Mrs. |'W. B. Weeks. Mrs. Weeks accom- panied her as far as Nevada. S. C. Rhode Island Red eggs for hatching, $1.00 for 15; $5.00 per 100. Special mating $2.00 for 15. | Austin Rosser, Phone 398. Butler, Mo. 17-4t manding the Second Regiment In- Mrs. M. R. Johnson left Tuesday | | to help him to victory, and I shall in- ‘sist that my friends give the same ‘loyal support.’’ Thomas Simons, a horse trader of Hutchinson, Kansas, was fatally burned at Rich Hill last Wednesday jnight. Simons and his family had been encamped in the southeast part of the city for several days. On Wednesday, it is said, he was drink- jing heavily and was probably in an intoxicated condition. It is supposed jwhile his wife and children were ‘absent from the camp that he threw coal oil upon the fire, the flames thus Annual inspection of Co. ‘“B’ 2d. | produced igniting a can of gasolene | gettin Infantry -will take place on Tuesday, | in the wagon which exploded, setting | Feb. 27, 1912, at 7:30 p. m., and will | fire to the entire outfit. Passers by! be inspected by Major James McRae discovered the flames and rescued’ Dick Grimm, aged 53 years, died of the 13th Infantry, U. S. Army, as-'the burning man, sending for a/at his home in Kansas City, Sunday, sisted by Colonel W. A. Raupp, com- physician who treated his burns. An attempt was made to take the unfor- E ; MEYER, fantry, National Guard Mo. Every | tunate man to his home in Hutchison, member of Co. “‘B”’ is ordered to be; Kansas, but he died Thursday at the present; no one is excused. Wichita. O. Jackson and DeWitt C. Chastain | were among those from this city who ; attended the convention at Joplin | Tuesday. | - Wide brim hats Black-Arnold. | The jury in the case of Daisy Mahan vs D. W. Grimm, administrator of the estate of T. R. Simpson, returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the | sum of $5000. | Fadeless blue work shirts. Easy to | wash. Black-Arnold. j | Judge John March of Nevada was jin Butler on a business mission Tues- | day and favored us with a most en- | joyable visit. The Jade seems to be} ‘ing younger and better looking every day. Boys blue suits Black-Arnold. | | woven fence. !Feb. 18, 1912, after a several months’ | ness of cancer of the stomach. Mr. |Grimm was formerly a resident of | this city, where he was in ing business. A wife and {two daughters survive him. West Side Square Karo Syrup, 1 gallon size 35c Karo Syrup, 14 gallon size 20c Karo Syrup, 2 pound size 10c White Karo Syrup, gal. size 50c Whit@ Karo Syrup *4 gal. size 25c White Karo Syrup, qt. size 15c 3 i) can baked red Kidney Beans, 3 for..... 25c . Don’t pay 10c for 2 !) size ONE CAR FIELD FENCE Barbed Wire, Staples Anything you want. Can save you from Ic to 2c rod on Examine our fence before you buy. Yoursor business, Norfleet é Ream The Only Independent Grocery, Bakery and Nardware Store. White Front Phones, 144 and 49 BUTLER, MO.