The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 12, 1912, Page 7

_ gifts. All prices. Copyright 1910, by L. Adier Bros. @ Co, Footwear “The Daylight Store” Over coats ANOTHER LARGE EXPRESS. SHIPMENT OF $10 » $20 48, 50 and 52 inches long—convertible collars, fancy back belted or plain, full lined or unlined. We are showing a large line of English Slip-ons. is another one of our hobby’s and we show the BEST LINE of LEATHER and RUBBER FOOTWEAR. High lace boots and Bootees, Mens and boys, all solid leather...... Vasanriated is Union Underwear heavy Fleeced anid Ribbed......61.00 up WORK SHIRTS others sell for 45c to 50c, our price. ..39c COME TO THE LEADERS American Clothing House. THE GOOD CLOTHES STORE, ra Aeranood .. $2.50 to $6.00 Keep coming in. Black-Arnold. Every member of that Aida Quar- tet isan artist. — More Christmas at Black & Arnold than ever before. Look, buy. Fine musicaliprogram on December 14 at the opera house. Ties in boxes 50c. Black-Arnold. Get a Calendar at Talbott-Bow- man’s West Side Square. Suit case or trunk for Christmas will please. Black-Arnold. W. W. Cannon made a business trip to Kansas City Tuesday. Cotton mitts, gloves. Black-Arnold. Dr. H. E: Mulkey made a profes- sional trip to Montrose Saturday. > Slumber hose 15c. Black-Arnold. Miss Merle Adair and Miss Minnie | Bullock left Saturday for Archie. Men’s slippers 50c up Black-Arnold | Don’t miss this number of the lec- ture course, Saturday, December 14. E. C. Webster of Athol transacted | business in this city the last of the week, Try us for your useful Christmas Black-Arnold. Robt. U. Lotspiech was called to ' Kansas City Saturday on a business missjon. Silk Hdkfs. 50c. Black-Arnold. Engineer Allen Bird of Harrison- ville transacted professional business here the first of the week.” Go to Cagley & Turk for horse- shoeing.—Advertisement. 52-tf Henry Ison one of The Times staunch friends on Route 5, was in Tuesday and made a pleasant call. Silk Mufflers 50c. Black-Arnold. Glenn Rosier of Belton spent the latter part of the week here, the guest of his uncle J. M. Rosier. Tie pin and clasp. Black-Arnold. | Mrs. C. B. McFarland has returned ‘home from a several ‘weeks’ visit | with relatives and friends in Ohio. Sweaters and Jerseys Black-Arnold Will you hear the Aida Quartet on; |December 14? It’s Saturday night. | Mrs. , buy something use- | ful for him at Black- Arnold. i Kansas City after visiting at the home of Monroe Burk in Charlotte town- ship. Fur caps and gloves. Black-. Arnold. Miss Mildred Haskins of Nevada came in Saturday for a visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Tyler. Box 4 pair hose $1. Black-Arnold. ss ccc ts 48: : : .E.E Useful Holiday Gifts i =————————————_—_—_—_———_—_—_—_— Suits for Men $7.50 to $25 Silk Umbrellas $2 to $5 Fancy Dress Vests $1.50 to $4 Bath Robes, Slippers to match $4.50 Mens Overcoats $7.50 to $25 . White and Colored Dress Shirts 50c to $2 Silk Mufflers, all styles 50c to $2.50 Initial Handkerchiefs 10c, 25c, 50c Nobby Ties in Holiday Boxes 50c - Black and colored Silk Hose 50c Scarf Pin Sets 50c, 75c, $1.00 White and colored Handkerchiefs 5, 10, 15, 25, 50c Soft and Stiff Boys Suits and Overcoats $2.00 to $7.50 Silk and. Wool linea Silk Hose, Tie Silk Tie, Watch Fob to match $1.25 Fine Fur Caps $1.75 to $3.00 Silk Hose, Tie and Handkerchief to match $1.50 ©. “Mens and Boys Caps 25, 50, 75, $1.00 | ‘Silk Suspenders, Arm Bands and Garters to match - . .in Fancy Boxes 50c - Silk Collar Boxes, something new, $1.50 ‘BUY. YOUR (CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FROM Hats $1 to $5 Gloves 50c to $2.50 to Match $1.00 | Geo. Sprague left Saturday for; Mr. and Mrs, Jules Baulos of Buf- falo, Mlinois, visited here the last of the week with the family of B. F. Richards. Wool hose 25c. Black-Arnold. L. S. Lake of near Altona was ad- judged insahe by the county court Friday and committed to State Hos- pital No. 3 at Nevada. Initial Hdkfs. 15c. Black-Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. White of Min- go township visited here the latter part of the week at the home of B. F. Richards. Silk mufflers 50c. Black-Arnold. | Those photos you have been think- ling of having made for years. Do you think there®s anything you could ‘give that would he more appreciated? | Get the Talbott-Bowman kind. West | Side Square. Tie and hose to match packed fancy | boxes 75c. Black-Arnold. Dr. J. W. Helton, charged with labortion, gave bond in the sum of | $600,. Saturday for his appearance 23rd. Bond was furnished by friends of the accused from Sullivan county. Come to us for your Christmas goods this year. Black-Arnold. It will pay you to get prices on candy at the Kandy Kitchen before buying your Xmas candies. Will make special prices to teachers and Sunday school committees. Our can- dy is all fresh and home made. dy Kitchen,’’ South Side Square, Butler, Mo. 8-2t. Geo. McKissick of Idaho, who is spending some time here with rela- tives was in Tuesday and made usa brief though pleasant call. Mr. Mc- Kissick has been working with a construction company and has trav- eled over the West considerable dur- ing the past two years. Ladies, try Black & Arnold this time for Christmas goods right. A 1913 calendar photo given free | with a dozen photos between now and the 15th at Talbott-Bowman’s Studio West Side Square. Miss , see the suitable gifts at Black & Arnold’s. | Rube Main, the mail carrier, fell ‘from his hay loft Monday and sus- tained three fractured ribs, and as a result is laid up for repairs. Alva Mooreland, his deputy, is carrying the mail in his place.—Rich Hill Re- view. 4 | Work was begun on the new depot building at Adrian Monday, says the Journal Tuesday an additional force | of men arrived and the work will be pushed as rapidly as the weather will permit. We are not in possession of \the facts regarding the plans of the \new building, but the railroad offi- cials promise a building commensu- rate with the business demands of \ the city. The unsightly billboard which mars ‘the landscape everywhere has been | declared a public nuisance in France jand after 1915 will be taxed $10 a iyear up to six square meters in size {and in increasing proportion for larg- lerones. To avoid evasion of the law the decree doubles the tax when ie advertisement boards are placed side by side, triples it for three : rd 0 edie or fou or ing this decree which ls do away prith an eyesore and a nuis- Jance.—Farm and Home. |before the circuit court, December |: “Kan-| : Other countries are copy- | from expectedsto Men, boys shoes. Black-Arnold. The Adrian Journal celebrated its twenty-fourth anniversary Thursday. High cut boots. Black-Arnold. Dr. E. G. Zey. spent the first of the week with his family in Kansas City. See Cagely & Turk for general blacksmithing.—Advertisement.. 52tf Mrs. A. R. Guyton and Miss Daisy Stanley are attending the State Poul- try show at Nevada. New “rubber” goods Black-Arnold Mrs. E. L. Vantrees is enjoying a visit with her parents at Carrollton, Mo. F Get Christmas shoe. Black-Arnold. E. Strober left Tuesday for Lock- wood, Mo. to attend to business mat- ters. Mr. and Mrs. C. H, Letton spent Sunday in Nevada visiting with rela- tives and friends. Get Christmas suit. Black-Arnold. C. A. Allen of the Walton Trust| Co., transacted business in Bolivar the first of the week. “Umbrella for him. _Black-Arnold. Gus Keinberger the genial cashier of the Commercial State Bank of Rich Hill spent Sunday in this city. Two full show cases of Christmas goods. See them. Black-Arnold. The Aida Quartet get $150 for Sat- urday night’s entertainment. It costs you only fifty cents. 50c or a $1 will buy you the best present. See them. Black-Arnold. Miss Meda Denton, Hazel Ludwick and Lora Woods have returned home from a several days visit in Kansas City. The Appleton City basket ball team defeated tie Loyal Sons of this city on the latter’s court Friday evening by score of 34 to 28. Judge C. A. Denton, State Pardon Attorney has returned to Jefferson City after a several days stay here with homefolks. J. W. Smith has purchased the Willis Armentrout blacksmith shop at the southeast corner of the square and has taken possession. M. Schoonmaker of Kansas City spent Saturday in the country looking after real estate affairs. Mr. Schoon- maker is a granitoid contractor. C. A. Jackson of Hooker, Okla., and Miss Myrtle Ashcraft of Adrian, were married in this city Monday morning. Rev. W. J. Snow officiat- .ing. Ralph Mills of Foster, Mo., trans- acted business in the county seat Saturday. Mr. Mills holds alucrative position with the Farmer’s Bank of Waluut. Adrian’s new city hall and munici- pal building is rapidly nearing com- pletion. The building which is to be 20x40 feet and two stories high is of concrete construction. ‘The fire de- partment apparatus will occupy the first floor and the second story will be used as a city hall. The suit of Arthur Linard vs the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, for injuries received by the plaintiff in 1911 as the result of his wagon being struck by a train in this city, was settled out of court by a com- J. R. Mooney is yeending the State Poultry Show at Springfield. Frank Mabbott of Rich Hill was in| the county seat on business the first | of the week. | Robt. Hollenbeck came in from his territory Tuesday and will spend several weeks here. | Mrs. W. H. Sherwood of Kansas) City, is visiting with the family of J. | S. Pierce, southwest of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vandyke, of southwest of this city, are rejoicing over the birth of a fine girl, Sunday, | December 8, 1912. Miss Irene Mains, of Coldwater, | Michigan, who has been visitingat the the home of her brother, B. G. Mains | at Wichita Kansas, arrived Tuesday fora brief visit with relatives and friends in this city. * A lecture on Christian Science will be delivered by Clifford P. Smith, C. S. B., member of the board of Lec- tureship of the First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass., at the Fisk’ Opera House, Butler, Mo., Tuesday, December 17th, 1912, at 8 o’clock p. | m. Admission free. All are invited | to attend. Col. W. B. Williams, formerly of | Rich Hill, has been elected vice-pres- ident of the Rocky Mountain Coal, Mining Institute, the membership representing every coal mine oper- ator in Utah, Colorada, Wyoming, and New Mexico, consisting of 250 coal mine owners, Col. Williams is Gen’). Supt. of the Utah Fuel Co. Mrs. Sarah E. Hackett had her left eye removed in a Kansas City hospit- | al some three weeks ago for the re-| moval of a cancer on her face. She stood the operation well and has al- | most recovered. Mrs. Hackett is now | at the home of her brother, B. F. | Bolling in this city and is-said—to—be free from pain and is able to be up| and around the house.—Adrian Journ- ; Drath Shop Auwortionreent ‘for 1912 Mingo township, $100 to be applied on Estes Smith bridge. Grand River, $100 to be used in ‘construction of culverts. Deer Creek, $100 to bridge fund on account of culverts, East Boone, $100 to bridge fund on account culverts. West Boone, $100 to bridge fund on account culverts. West Point, $50 to bridge fund on account culverts, Elkhart, $100 to be applied on re- taining wall, Clapp farm. Mound, $50 to bridge fund on ac- count culverts. Shawnee, $50 to be applied on bridge fund account culverts. a Spruce, $50 to be used in flooring Davis bridge. Deepwater, $100 to bridge fund on- account culverts. Summit, $100 to bridge fund on ac- count culverts. Charlotte $100 to be applied on Miami bridge. Homer, $50 to bridge fund account | bridge. Walnut $100 to bridge fund on ac- count bridge. New Home, $100 to be applied on road to Haymaker bridge. Lone Oak, $65 to bridge fund ac- count concrete wing; $100 to be ap- plied on Duvall road. Pleasant Gap, $50 to be applied on McKinley Hill; $50 to be applied on road north and south past O. Burk- hart’s. Hudson, $100 to be applied on Mc- Kinley Hill; $35 to be applied on Varnes Hill. Rockville, $100 to be applied on bottom road. west of Rockville. Prairie, $100 to be applied on road east and west, one mile south of | township line. Osage, $50 to re-imburse township board for repairs on the Loeb tres- tles; $75 to bridge’ fund ‘on account al. Henry Baie of 5 miles northwest of | | Adrian lost the big barn on his farm | | early Sunday morning by fire, result- | ling i ina loss of over $2,000, only a, | portion of which was covered with, insurance. Six horses, a cow and a calf were burned to death, and a number of farming implements, a | wagon, a buggy, some harness and al | \large quantity of hay and grain were | destroyed. Dr. W. P. Hall received a message Friday night, says the Adrian Journ- al, announcing the death of his broth- | er, John, at his home in Leavenworth, | Kansas. Mr. Hall had been in feeble health for nearly a year and his death | had been expected at any moment} for months. Mr. Hall has resided in Leavenworth for many years and! was held in high esteem by a wide! circle of friends. Government supervision of wire- less telegraphy will go into effect Friday, four months after the date of passage of the bill. Government li- censes will be required for about 1,000 steamships. On steamships carrying more than fifty passengers for trips exceeding two hundred miles, day and night operators will be required.—Joplin Globe. Jake Hirni, of near Papinville, has made a very good thing from the! pecans growing ona tract which he has leased. He was in the first’. the week with a load which netted | him a little over $200. It was about jas valuable a load as one often sees, and was pulled to town by a team of mules, and it didn’t jar their dignity abit. Mr. Hirni has sold altogether | a little over $700 worth of pecans off his tract.—Rockville Booster. Those who have a desire to hear something of what Christian Science | claims to be and represent will have an opportunity on next Tuesday night. Judge Clifford P. Smith, of the official board of lectureship of; the First Church of Boston, Mass., will lecture upon Christian Science; at the opera house to all who are in- terested in learning what itis. The | lecture is free and is the first appear- ance in Butler of a member of the official board. - Leo, the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Randall of the country just north of the city, together with a younger brother, was out hunting Saturday evening. In attempting to set his shot gun down by the side of a log the weapon was discharged, the load taking effect in the lad’s right hand nearly severing that member, says the Review.: There was one finger of the hand hanging by just a promise, Mr. Linard accepting $2,000) piece of skin and the lad cut it off the railway company and his father, W. S. Linard, 500. At the February term of the jury fixed Linard’s damages at $5,000. with his pocket knife, and still carried the finger in his other hand when city for treatment. | [seat grade to bridge near VanBen- | thasens across Little Muddy; $195 to | be turned over to Highway. Engineer to work bottom road in section 1, ‘south of Marias des Cygnes river; $100:'to be turned over to Highway ‘Engineer to purchase right of way | for road in section 1, Osage township, “south of Marias des Cygnes river. Howard, $50 to be applied on road }in Howard between 7 and 18 town- \ ship 39, range 32. Total dramshop money is $2400. Highway Engineer instructed to |condemn public road along the south bank of Marias des Cygnes river, sec- tion 1, township 38, Range 31, Osage township, and make estimate of cost |of changing road to safe and perma- /nent ground, further ordered, that he so change and locate road, tne ex- | pense of same to be paid out of the dramshop license apportionment for the year 1912. Court adjour’ ned | Thursday. Morgan-McCann. Miss May Morgan, of this city, and James McCann, of Kansas City, were united in marriage in Kansas City Sunday, December 8, 1912, at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. W. M. Mayfield, formerly of this city. The bride, who was reared to young womanhood in this city, is a charming young lady, talented, ac- complished and highly capable. By | profession she is a trained nurse. Mr. McCann, who is in the employ of the Metropolitan Street Railway Compa- ny in Kansas City, formerly resided in this city Where he followed his trade, that of carpentering. The hap- py couple will reside at’ 841 Wabash in Kansas City. Eleanor Emogene, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ratekin, who was so seriously burned last Friday morning by falling into a tub of hot water, died of her injuries Saturday. Mrs. Ratekin, who was badly burn- ed about the hands and arms in trying to rescue the little one, suffers greatly from her burns, but her in- juries are not of a dangerous nature. —Rich Hill Review. Mrs. L. Culbertson and son Jerry are having a very attractive monu- ment erected in Green Lawn ceme- tery to the memory of our old friend, L. Culbertson. Mrs. Culbertson, - whose home is ni Hume, was in town a few days since to view it and visit Mesdames J. N. Barrows and Susan Shannon, relatives: Mr. Jerry Culbertson expects to come down from Kansas City right soon for the same purpose.—Review. Notice If your account is due it will be ap- preciated if you will meet same as soon as possible as we wish to close circuit coust.a| brought to Dr. Allen's office in this} our books for 1912 by the first of January. Black & Arnold.