The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 2, 1913, Page 7

ia Copyright Han Schaffoer & Mare “The Daylight Store” ——————————————Ee IT IS A PLEASURE TO SHOW SUCH MERCHANDISE AS “Wooltex” Clothes ror women Hart, Schaffner €» Marx Clothes FOR MEN Moderate in Price $18 t Superior Quality o $30 Every garment guaranteed to give entire satisfaction and YOU BE THE JUDGE American Clothing House The Store That Originated the All Wool Policy This is the Home of SELBY SHOES For Women WALK-OVERS and FLORSHEIM For Men striped Crocus Lilly; Harrisii, the Lillies, first size tubers; Freesias, Amaryllis. and cleaned, pound 5c. South Side Square Fall Bulbs I Handle Only First Size Bulbs Single and double named Tulips, single and double mixed Tulips; single Hyacinths in white, red, pink, light blue and dark blue; double Hyacinths in white, red, pink, light blue and dark blue; Narcissus, Grandiflora or Paper White; Narcissus Trumpet Major, yellow; Chinese Sacred Lillies, very large size; Giant White, blue, yellow and days Jouquils, Oxalis, Cyclamen, Snow Drops, Lily of the Valley and —PureKentucky Bluegrass, White Clover, Sweet Clover, New Timothy, White Rye, Alfalfa, White Rice Pop Corn to pop, shelled Raw Peanuts, Roasted and Salted Peanuts. Deacons true Bermuda Easter lily; Calla large size. Will have in a few | Butler, Mo. Levi Showalter, aged 70 years, for- merly a resident of this city, died at the Soldiers’ Home at Leavenworth Kansas, Friday September 26th. Mr. Glenn G. Gloyd and Miss IdaL. Pipes were married at the Ohio Street M. E. Parsonage, by Rev. Claud S. | Hanby at 2:30 o’clock, Wednesday. Keep coming in, Black-Arnold. Col. F. A. Taylor of Shawneetown- |ship, a rising young auctioneer of | marked ability, was in the last of the 'week wearing a happy newly-wed i expression. Mayor, C. N. McFarland, accom- ; panied by his mother, Mrs. C. B. McFarland and Miss Lillie Norton \left Thursday for~ the McFarland | Ranch near Hart, Texas. A meeting of the officers of the Old Settlers’. Association called by W. E. Walton, was held in the Mis- souri State Bank Wednesday night to arrange for Old Settlers’ Day. Warm Underwear, Black-Arnold. Grover McElroy is attending the State Fair at Sedalia. Miss Anna Shupert is attending the fashion show in Kansas City. Boys knee pants, Black-Arnold. Circuit Clerk H. O. Maxey is at- tending the State Fair at Sedalia, Mo. J.C. Biggs of Hume transacted business in the county seat Tuesday. Bring in your checks, they’ll save you money, Black-Arnold. J. H. Groves of Springfield spent. several days here the first of the week. i Frank Holland and family are spending the week at the State Fair ! at Sedalia. Do your fall trading with us. You’ll save money, Black-Arnold. Miss Elizabeth Ewin and Miss Christine Black are attending the _ State Fair. . Col. O. D. Austin of the Record transacted business in Adrian the last of the week. Duck coats, corduroy coats for $1.50 up, Black-Arnold. Acounty meeting of the Royal Neighbors of America was held in this city Thursday. Circuit Clerk H. O. Maxey is dis- tributing the docket for the October term of the circuit court. “ Mrs. ‘Nettie Ely and I. J. Conklin of the Bazar have returned home from a buying trip to St. Louis. Corduroy Pants, Black-Arnold. Mrs. Morris Moore-of Kansas City ; is enjoying a visit here with her sis-|day marking with the accepted white ter, Mrs. Chas. L. Fiske. 35 kinds cotton gloves and mitts, all new, Black-Arnold. | Walter Henry, Harry Wyatt and H. H. Holloway put in the day Thurs: |bands, the county highway from Butler to the Cass county line. The members of the Carnation Re- Charley Cameron. ‘who has been|bekah Lodge celebrated the sixty- visiting relatives and friendshere has|second anniversary of the order returned to Kansas City. . | Thursday night, Several interesting D. C. Mize of near Foster was in| jever before, Black-Arnold. jtalks were made and a fine lunch was Butler Saturday on businessand found | served. time to visit with old friends. More mens and boys Sweaters than Mr. and Mrs. Harris Lisle are re- joicing over the birth of a fine boy Wednesday, October Ist, 1913. Mrs. A. L. Fox who was operated on in St. Mary’s Hospital in Kansas City Saturday is reported to be con- valescing rapidly. U auto C our overcoats at $10. Black-Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Carpenter re- turned home Thursday from Oswego, Kansas. Mr. Carpenter is recovering from an attack of typhoid fever. Heavy Overalls-and Jumpers. The kind that wear, Black-Arnold, Mrs. Mildred A. Rexroat, the wife of Everett Rexroat, of Macomb, IIl., the nephew of Mrs. J. W. Barnhart of this county, was shot to death near Wayne, Illinois Saturday morning. The Chicago police are on the trail of a suspect to whom circumstances point strongly. ‘and Recorder F. M. Woods are spend- | We are Showing all the New Textures Fall and Winter OVERCOATS | | New Rubber boots, Black-Arnold. County Treasurer John H. Stone} ing several days at the State Fair at| Sedalia. Mr. Woods’ fine trotting mare, Hallie McGregor won third} money in the 2:24 trot Tuesday. W. Y. Osborne of Charlotte town-| ship was in on business Saturday and | | favored us pleasantly. He is erect- jing a fine new hip roof, concrete floor barn on his place. Mr. Osborne has been a resident of Bates county | for the past thirty two years. | Col. Sam Walls of Adrian who was in Butler Tuesday, accompanied by Roy Hedges made us a most pleasant call. Mr. Walls made the trip from | Adrian in his fine new Buick tour-| ing car. Mr. Walls informs us that there is considerable building and improving being done in Adrian. A. J. Lentz is building a fine new con- | crete garage, H. L. Fair is putting on an addition to his building and A. | J. Hoover is putting a new plate glass front into his business house. | H. J. Travis, proprietor of the United Drug Co. of this city, has purchased the Bishop Drug Store at Eldorado Springs, Mo. His brother, W. C. Travis will manage the new store while he will continue to con- duct the business of the United Drug Co. here. Jas. Taylor, residing 2 miles north- west of Adrian had the misfortune to lose a fine span of mules Monday as a result of the animals eating corn fod- der which presumably had not thor- oughly dried out. Mr. Taylor had refused an offer of $475, for these an- imals but a short time ago. Stetson hats, Biack-Arnold. Mrs. R. R. Deacon accompanied by her husband went to. Kansas City Sunday where she underwent a seri- ous operation at the Hanerman hos- pital. The operation was a success and Mrs. Deacon passed through the ordeal with remarkable fortitude. Her many friends hope that her re- covery will be complete and rapid. Douglas shoes, Black-Arnold. Ed Culver, of the A. H. Culver Furniture Co., of this city, received a notification from the State Fair authorities Wednesday morning that he had been awarded second premium on his entry in the handmade furni- ture class of the Arts and Crafts de- !partment. Mr. Culver’s exhibit was a haridsome solid walnut sewing cab- | inet and is indeed a work of art. High Art Clothes, Black-Arnold. W. H. Charters, proprietor of the Charter Oak Stock Farm, was in on business the first of the week but found time to favor us with a visit. He informs us thathe has just shipped two fine boars and a gilt on special order to Federico Somerford at Cat- alina de Guines Cuba, which would indicate that Mr. Charter’s reputation as a breeder is not. confined to Mis- souri and Kansas. He says that he expects to have the best spring sale he has yet held and is going to offer ever went into a sale ring. Bankers Perfect County Organization An organization, the object of which is to promote uniformity of system and improve banking condi- tions generally, was perfected at a meeting of the bankers of the coun- ty held at the Fraternal Inn Thurs- day. D. B. Riest of Adrian was elected Amoret Secretary. Those in attend- ance were: W. W. Ferguson, F. and M. Bank, Rich Hill; Gus Kien- berger, Commercial State Bank, Rich Hill; D. B. Reist, Adrian Banking Company; Pierce Hackett and R. R. Hamilton, Bank of Amoret; W. F. Duvall, Farmers Bank, Butler; J. B. Walton, Jesse E. Smith, Missouri State Bank, Butler; J. G. Doolittle, Farmers Bank, Foster; Wesley Den- ton, Peoples Bank, Butler. the Butler Presbyterian Church Greeting Next Sunday is Rally Day at our church and we want you present at any or all of the services. The oc- casion is of such vital import that we publish this message urging you to be present at these our Special Rally Day services to be held next Sunday. We are trying to. make our Bible sdhool a model one. How well we have succeeded with our facilities we want you to see. Weare depending upon you to be on hand at 9:45 a. m. Bring with you some member of your family or a friend. Our morning church service begins at1la.m. This service will be of a high order. The sermon will be reverent, helpful and _ instructive. Its theme will be ‘‘A Savior for Sin- ful Men and Women.” At the close of the sermon “‘The Lord’s Supper” will be administered when all who love the Lord Jesus Christ will be in- vited to partake. Come and enjoy a spiritual feast in the company of men and women who are seeking after better things in this life and the life to come. In the evening at 6:30 the Senior C. E. Society hold their meeting. This will be a special rally day service. Be on hand with your Bible and we will find youahymn book. A special invitation is given to young people who are desirous of growing in spiritual strength and usefulness. The evening church service follows at 7:30. This will be anextra special. The pastor will speak on ‘‘The Great- est Theme in the World.”” He will be aided by his stereopticon and_pic- tures: Come: Weneed you. You need us. The pastor is a fraternal man and gladly offers his servicés to any one needing the Same. He will visit the sick, the aged, the shut ins; read and pray with them, attend- funerals when desired, irrespective of church membership or non-church member- ship. He particularly desires to meet, get acquainted with and help so far as he can, those who have no religious con- nection or church home. Jesus Christ came to earth “‘not to be ministered unto, but to minister,’’ and as ahum- ble servant of his; he would serve men and women everywhere in His name. C. H. Ticknor, Minister. Elkhart Well, we had another nice shower of rain. It is no trouble to rain now. Miss Myrtle Spillman received a fine gold watch a few days ago, a present from her father. Mrs. E. Heavilin spent one day last week at Mrs. Fred Armentrout’s | in Amsterdam. W. F. Stephens sold-a fine lot of} hogs to Frank Mormen one day last} week. Clarence Spillman sold hogs to Frank Green last week. John Stephens lost a fine colt a few days ago, too much stalk fields. hear that there has been several horses sick caused by being in the; stalk fields. Mrs. Kershner was trading in Am- sterdam one day last week. Mr. Spillman of north Missouri who fifty head of as fine fall yearlings as/hag been here on a visit with his children returned home last week. J. H. Keeton was badly hurt one day last week on the road south of Adrian. One of the bolts came out of the tongue of his spring wagon and the horses ran away and threw him out. Dr. Bates of Adrian is attend- ing to him. We hope to hear of him getting alright in a few days. Mrs. George Fulkerson has moved back to Butler. We think that George will have a lonesome time keeping president, and R. R. Hamilton of| patch itch. We were glad to see that our scribe from Foster was out again for we like to hear from that part of the county. G. W. Armentrout and family visit- ed at the writer’s last Sunday. J. R. Scott is building a new barn. G. W. Armentrout and Jim Marshall hauled lumber from Butler last Sat- urday. Oh! what a time we will have when To the Members and Friends of $10, $15, All the New Weaves in __NOBBY SUITS. $18, $22.50 > Agents Wanted for County Clerk. It will be hard to to sell New Regal automobiles at half | tell which Billie we want to vote for. price.” A regular $1750 automobile, / What about the Old Settlers’ Picnic? 40 H.-P., 5 or 7 passenger, fully | we haven't heard ary talk about it. equipped for $885.00. Special dis-/1¢ we are going to meet it is about count to agents on one or more Cars. | time to be getting a move on us. anima bung ple Ack the if ye Times Square Auto Co., ; 1210 Michigan Ave., The Times, but we would like to hear from that part once in a while. .. Black & Arnold Clothing Co. series of services looking to a revival. that community. WATER FOR 90 DAYS State Utilities Commission Takes But- ler Water-Situation Under Advisement. The Butler Water Company will continue to furnish its patrons. and the city with water for the next nine- ty days in accordance with a ruling by the State Utilities Board Tuesday. The Board rules that the water company must furnish water to con- sumers at the rates now in force and furnish water to the city at the rate of $36 per hydrant, at the rate of practically $3000 per year, from now until January 1st, 1914, at which time the Board will again take the matter under consideration, In the mean time the water company and the city are expected to agree upon terms for a franchise. Some weeks ago, Chas. S. Gill act- ing for the purchasers of the plant, announced tha@ unless terms could be agreed upon, the water would be shut off October 1st. Last Thursday night council met and passed over the veto of the mayor, the ordinance introduced by Dr. H. M. Cannon. Judge J. F. Smith was then delegat- ed to appear before the public ser- vice commission on behalf of the city and secured the above ruling by the commission. Cornland and Athol Gatherings Our farmers are very busy doing their fall plowing. The cool days and nights still con- tinue. We think the warm days are past, and prophesy an early winter. Mrs. Martha Everman was quite poorly last week, but is better, we are glad to say. Misses Clara Morrison and Slyvia Vaughn were Butler visitors Satur- day. C. I. Burk has rented Mr. Shay’s ‘and intends sowing wheat. Lonier Medley of Star neighbor- hood, spent Sunday. evening with friends in Cornland. Mr. and Mrs. Ahlifield of near But- ler passed through Cornland going to Rich Hill last Monday. We see quite a few coal haulers these days, suppose they are prepar- ing for the rainy and snowy days. Mrs. Lowney Poe and little chil- dren, visited her sister Mrs. Frankie Medley Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Parker from Kansas who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ross Thomas returned to their home in the future. Mr. L. Bartlett and family visited at Mr. Thomas’ near Peru, Tuesday ef last week. W. O. Morrison went over to Pleas- ant Gap one day last week after peaches. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Eastland were Rich Hill visitors one day last week. A. W. Shay sold a nice team of horses last Thursday to Thomas Chandler of Lost Corner neighbor- We | hood. 101 Mrs. H. J. McClintic and Miss Syl- via Vaughn were shopping in Rich Hill Tuesday. Mrs. W. I. Cooper of Butler came out Wednesday for a visit with rela- tives and friends. She returned home Friday. | Mr. Otis Andrews, the road over- seer of Lone Oak townshlp is having two small concrete bridges construct- ed on the Butler-Rich Hill road. One is just north of M. S. Simpson’s farm, the other is just north of S. M. Boyers. Roy Morrison made a business trip to Amoret Saturday. Lloyd Brewer of Rich Hill is stay- ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Nichols. Mrs. George Clark and sister Mrs. Galvin spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. H. J. McClintic. Will Morrison spent Sunday at Jim Romine’s. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Albertson of Pryor, Okla., have moved into the Webster property. Mrs. Albertson is a daughter of Mr. Faubion. Miss Clara Morrison spent Friday evening at the McClintic home. John M. Carnie came down Satur- day from Missouri City for a short all of the four ‘“‘Billies” get to running | Stay with home folks. Mr. W. M. Faubion and daughter, Mrs. Albertson, went out to the Dar- by orchard at Amoret Tuesday after apples. Protracted meeting at Virginia M. E. church. Last Sunday we began a land, just north of the schoolhouse ~ Tuesday. They intend locating here. q bi