The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 8, 1914, Page 5

ON THE SQUARE D “The Day light Store” LAST GALL BEFORE INV We Still Have a Good Assortment of Ladies Coats Every one Except Wooltex All New Style Overcoats About 25 Good Heavy Oyercoats Half Price 120 Pairs Ladies Shoes Worth $2.50 to $3.50 2000 Yards Staple Ginghams. ‘Worth 8% to 10¢: American Clothing House “The Home of Good Clothes” Including SELBY'S and ENTORY Half Price 20% oii 291.95 6%e Wa RPE HOEERRS ON S. AT THE CORNER We make our owncut prices. Come | In, Black-Arnold. L. O. Short returned to his home in| Kansas, spent New Year’s here at! in the hame of County Treasurer, J. H. Arkansas City, Kansas today. Miss Bessie Jackson spent New Years with friends at Nevada, Mo. Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Deputy Sheriff D. D. McCann made an official trip to Rockville Thursday. John W. Jamison of Rich Hill spent | New Years Day here with relatives. Tf your 1913 account is due attend to it as this is 1914. Black.& Arnold. Dr.'E. N. Chastain made: a profes- | sional trip to Metz the latter part of | the week. Miss Minnie Stone spent the first of the week with relatives and friends in Adrian. Sale price on, Blatk-Arnold. Mrs. Edith Gardner of Newton, Kansas spent New Year’s ag with homefolks. * ‘ E. W. Jones of Nevada, represent- | ing the Graham Paper Co., was in! the city Friday. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Edwards spent | the latter part of the week with friends in Adrian. C. A. Allen of the Walton Trust | Co. transacted business in Nevada the latter part of week. Warm Caps, Black-Arnold. Miss-Lorena and Miss Cora Allen| returned home Thursday from a visit with friends at Nevada. 2 Mr. and Mrs. George Baker of Kan- | sas City are guests at the home of! Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Williams. For Sale—40 acre farm, three miles ot Butler, well improved. Easy terms. 12t-1 J. J. Richardson of Rich Hill pass- ed through this city Saturday enroute | home from a visit with Kansas rela- tives: lease | L. Fox. |! Warm Gloves, Black-Arnold. Miss Grace O’Neal of Hiawatha, | i | Stone. | ’ | son, returned to Oklahoma City Thurs- | day after a visit here with relatives | and friends. 4 ithe city Tuesday, and incidentally | partook of the Odd Fellow’s feast, with his brethren. Dr. W. H. Stone of Hiawatha, Kan- | sas, arrived the latter part of the! | week wie a visit at the home of his! | father J. H. Stone. “Miss Ethel Coonrod and Miss Elsie | 'Gilbert returned the last of the week | from Urich where they spent their, | Christmas vacation. | Miss Jpeschine Cook, accompanied | ; by Miss Mildred Logare of Nevada, | ‘returned Saturday from a_ visit with | relatives in Kansas City. i | Miss Inez Voris, accompanied by ; Miss-Mary Miller, returned to Kansas | City Friday ‘after, having. spent the! ‘holidays here with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brittenhoin of { ‘Oklahoma City. Oklahoma, arrived | Henry Smizer, aceompanied. by his Bud Chambers of Adrian was in| be \ Bates Lodge No. 180, I. 0. O. F. installed the new officers Mondav night. This Lodge is agepering and: doing good work. Elmer Fuller, of Bpatanis, Wash., is the guest of his father L. A. Fuller. This is his first visit back home in twenty-one years. Clark Wix accompanied his son Hilton, to Kansas City the first of the week, where the young man will en- ter a business college. The selection of a location for the county poor house isa matter of im- ortance to'Butler. Thecourt should e careful and get the best in sight, as our citizens will doubtless insist Heavy Duck Coats, Black-Arnold. agent L. R. Twyman spent Sunday rrisonville. Wm. E. Walton returned Sunday | from Excelsior Springs. Conrad Dixon of Kansas City is | visiting relatives in the city. Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Owen of Adrian | were visiting in the city Monday. Sam Walls and wife were down | from Adrian Tuesday visiting friends. J. R. Marshall was in the first’ of the week and favored us pleasantly. There will be a Grand Jury’ at the February term of the Circuit Court. Chas. Bennert of Sapulpa, Okla- homa is visiting his mother, Mrs. C. ; Scharff. C. M. Walker of Kansas City trans- acted business in this city the first ‘of the week. D. B. Reist and W. B. Switzer ‘of Adrian camé down to attend church last Sunday. GP. Wyatt and family have re- : turned home from a two weeks’ trip | | through the South. Our good friend C. B. Tarn of | The unfortunate poor deserve the best we can do for them. Warren Ayres of “Charlotte town- ship was in Wednesday and made the editor a present of a fine young guinea hen. Warren isa good liver and having had some little experience in the writing game, knows just how much a pencil pusher a iad the good things of this wor! George Bird who suffered a stroke | of paralysis on the 16th of December, is still confined to his home, but is slowly regaining the use of his limbs and will soon be restored to his usual \the latter part of the week for a visit | with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith. E., Burkhardt, a pioneer citizen of Floward county, died at his home last Saturday at t! e ripe age of 87. |He was'an uncle of N. B. Jeter of! * | this city. |. J. S. Newlon, M. D. Physician and | Surgeon. | eases and surgery of the eye, ear, | ingse and throat. Office Farmers ' Bank Bldg. | Wiley Matlock, foreman of the But- ler Section of the’ Missouri Pacific, | | received a handsome New Years’ gift | | from the company in the shape of an | annual pass. | We wish to thank the many friends | and neighbors for their sympathy and kindness during the sickness and: | death of our husband and father. | Mrs. J. W. Short and family. |+ComeOnYouLate Buyers |: Note the Low Prices we are Making on Suits and Overcoats coe $20.00 Suits & Overcoats $14.75 % Off On Sweaters 25%.OfF On Boys Overcoats On Big Cut on DRESS SHIRTS Bath Robes At Cost rw ‘ zy Es swe $18.00 Suits & Overcoats $13.75 % Off 25% Off ‘Big Cut on UNDERWEAR Silk Mufflers |CombinationSets|One lot Neckties At Cost NOTHING RESERVED-ALL GOES $11.2 On Lined Gk 25% O On Caps Dress Pants Big Cut o HATS At Co . oe Special attention to. dis- | S| Tuesday night, January 13, 1914. $15.00 Suits & Overcoats Y% Off On Boys Suits | Route 8 was in Wednesday and had his dates set ahead. Our good friend, A. J. Smith of | digest spent Monday i in this city and | made us a most pleasant aall. Rufus A. Johnson of McAllister, | Oklahoma, was in the city visiting his | brother-in-law, W. B. Weeks. The Fraternal Aid Association will hold a banquet and installation next ut the house, but has not yet ven- eae down — town.--Harrisonville Democrat. Miss Nellie Barton of Holden and Claude Etter of this city were united in marriage at the Presbytian parson- age in Warrensburg, Saturday Jan., 8rd. The bride is‘a charming and atcomplished young lady, while the groom is an able young man. __ He is employedjon the Times’ staff. The i happy couple will make their home ‘in this city. A. C. J. I. Wolfe has returned to his; aeaneer | ©. J. Radford of Spruce was in the \latter part of the week and favored us with a brief though pleasant call. | school at Butler, admits an i visit here at the home of C.W. Wolfe. | i | The Butler and Adrian high schoo! ‘basket ball teams played at Adrian last Saturday night. Result, Butler) | 28; Adrian 15. | ty. school superintendent and has ask- ‘ervation their pledges until he deter- | | man personally and a good teacher. — ‘Rich Hill Review. passed through town Wednesday and ; | stopped off to say to his friends that af! to secure the next | Democratic nomination for county ‘clerk. Mr. Dillon is a fine man and ' well known to Democracy, His po- is with the gpl 4 be dagsohg a is past activity with the party wil eadily identify him to you.—Rich ‘Hill Review. | Some how we cannot help being | reminded of some of the slop turned [srt by over-enthusiastic American | writers when we read of the absurd | reports of revolution in the United | States-which so frequently pigiaed in | Mexico's newspapers. Can it be pos- | sible that the” Mexican jinjoes have borrowed a page from the back of ;our own John Turner? | G. A. Morton of-Bates county, Mo., | | near the Kansas line, has been. rais- ing a few mules each year S, a bene nice profit. ‘Six years ago I |to raise mules,” said he. “Last rye iLsold nine. mule colts at weaning \time for $600 which looked like easy money. Besides raising these mules the mares are used for work on my | farm.’’—Drover’s Telegram. Hon. J. Wallis Lewis was down from Merwin Friday and dropped in 2 The Times office for a chat. Al- though Mr. Lewis is looking mighty | bright and teeghngs od he is just recover- jing from the effects of an injury to his leg sustained several weeks ago when a horse he was riding fell on him bruising him badly. io Ral; p Savers ‘2 govern- | meni post o! site ins| r was in ithe eity recently and gave this office | 1 ‘a pleasant call. From our conversa- tion with him we. feel sure his rec- ommendations wilt be fair and in the interaat ofthe to and a of our people We give elsew the $13.50 Suits & Overcoats _ $9.75 {____ ~ OfF loves {On Flannel Shirts fF | 25% Off On Duck Coats 5 Big Cut on BOYS’ PANTS. n st | At Cost THE . on the erection of a modern building. |- soca ea He is able to be up and | i Moreland, principal of the; f to become a candidate for | | home in Burlington, Kansas, after a the Democratic nomination for coun- | | ed Some of his friends to hold in res- | |mines definitely. He is a splendid | W. G. Dillon of. Mound township, ! | Charles resides in Washington. OLD BUTLER BOY FINED FOR LURING AWAY DEAR . BABY Loa H. C._ Hoffman ‘kiciaoa $25 When Letters to Married Woman Are Read H. Clay Huffman, motorman, liv- ing at 1529 Olive Street, was fined $25 by Judge Bland of South munici- pal court this morning, after 25 let- ters were introduced by Henry Peter- son to show that Hoffman had in- duced Mrs. May Peterson to go to his house. Mrs. Peterson also was fined Peterson said-that Hoffman had written at least 300 letters and notes to Mrs. Peterson in the last three months.’ Joseph F. Aylward, Peter- rson’s attorney, produced several of the letters in court this morning. “Be at Fifteenth and Jackson at 7 o'clock, for I’m crazy to see you,’’ read one of the letters. ‘‘Haven’t time to write much now. I'll send you love anda kiss and give you a} real one when I see you. Bye-bye, | sweet one.’ | “Come down as soon as he leaves|. and I’ll watch for you, for I can’t stand this much longer,’’ another let- ter said: ‘‘Life to me won’t be worth living without you.’ | The letters from Huffman to Mrs. Peterson showed that Huffman ar- | ranged meeting places daily. Some were addressed to ‘“‘My Dear Baby Doll.’’ Mrs. Peterson is 25 years old. Huffman has a wife and three chil-| dren in Butler, Mo. The meetings have been going on for three months, Mr. Peterson tes- tified. —Wednesday’s K. C. Post. Post Office Sites. The sites offered to the govern- ment for the proposed new post of- fice building are as follows: The Baptist Church block-on Ohio street. The Johnson livery block, center of Chestnut and Delware. The Alsbach block on North Main, North to Henry garage East to Lyon. The city light plant block. The J. W. Smith and Mrs. Tucker 1 block, corner North Main and Pine. The Christian Churelf block. W. O. Jackson residence block cor- ner Pine and Havana. | J. W. Holloway residence block corner Ohio and Fulton street. The Air Dome block. A. L. Fox residence, corner Chest- nut and Havana streets. John Pyle residence block corner Delaware and Ft. Scott. Geo. Fulkerson lot corner of North Main Pine. J. M. Christy block, corner North | Main and Pine. Block North of county jail. In all fourteen sites are up for con- sideration, each of one which will be i at Washington. Virginia and Grand Everybody be sure and coine to the pie and box supper at Grand-View school house next Saturday night, | January 10.. Ovid Barr returned home. from Denver, Colorado the latter part of | | the week. Mrs. Wm. Ayers is on the sick list. Mrs. Floyd Rogers called on Mrs. C. F. Lent last Monday. Miss Ida Englehardt left last Fri-| day for Manhatten, Kas., where she; will visit with friends and relatives. | Lewis Lent and family spent Sun-! j day at the home of J. D. Whinery. Warren Ayres bought a team of mules. the fore part of the week. is visiting him. Joe Whinery had a very sick horse ‘the fore part of the week. - Dr. Mul- key of Butler was called. © Miss Una Judy spent Saturday and Sunday with homefolks. SCHOOLMATES. Death of S. G. Bevington. S. G. Bevington died in a hospital | in Kansas City December 31, and the body taken to Winterset, Iowa, for! interment. Mrs. Frank T. Clay of this city is a .daughter, and his~son Mr. | Bevington was 57 years of age. He | resided in this county a short time, | and-has-been a frequent visitor here since his residence in Kansas City. He‘owned about 2000 acres of land View Pick-Ups| L. S. Paddock’s son of Kansas City | ee "ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION =p Bates Lodge I. O. 0. F. No. 180 Enjoyed a Spread. Bates Lodge I. O. O. F. No. 180, celebrated its 46th anniversary Tues- day night. - It was distinctly an Odd Fellows entertainment, but members of all Odd Fellows’ families were in- vited. More than 250 people were present and enjoyed the program and the splendid picnic.spread. Every family contributed and there was abundance and to spare. The Bufler 'Mandolin Club and the Mooney fami- ly furnished delightful music. The Masonic Hall was graciously thrown open so that the crowd had the run of both Halls.and all the’ reception and ante rooms. Three long tables af- forded pleasant associations to all partakers of the bountiful supper. The crowd assembled after supper in Masonic Hall and J. A.. DeArmond told about his visit to the Home at Liberty on Christmas Eve and de- scribed the trees and gifts and more j than 100 happy children, all sons and | daughters of brother Oddfellows. He said it made him a better Oddfellow and was sure that every” Oddfellow | was proud of the Home. A. H. Culver then gave an interest- ing detailed history of the first. eigh- teen years of Bates Lodge. It was especially interesting to the older | members. Dr. C. .H. Ticknor spoke on the principles of the Order and extolled its purposes and work in all lands. Mrs. Anna Osborn presented an interesting paper on the history of the Rebekahs, their devlopment and good work, On motion, all the addresses were asked for publication in the local papers. Ata late hour the people adjourned ; were pleased with the evening enter- Feament Oddfellowship 4s an insti- ‘tution is cherished by the member- |ship of the local ‘lodge, which now numbers nearly 200 good men and true. Mayor C. N. McFarland Resigns. To the Honorable City Council of Butler, Mo. Gentlemen: Owing to matters that |necessitate my absence from your meetings for some time past and not 1 my—services- tor ; the citizens of Butler any longer, I - j ask that my resignation as Mayor of ‘your city be accepted, to take effect at the earliest possible date, so as not incur the expense of holding a spec- ial election to fill out the balance of {my term as Mayor. I want to thank “ithe council in general for the support given me during my office, and trust that your services given the City of | Butler, may have been as pleasant in 8 whole, as I have had for the past 8 i | years, | Wishing the citizens of Butler a most conservative, economical and | progressive future, I kindly ask your {acceptance and publication of this lat the first meeting in January. ~ Very truly, C. N. McFarland, Hart, Along the Miami Mrs. John Huffman and daughter Elode returned from Springfield Sat- |urday noon. They report a delight- ful visit. : Roy Burk had a telephone put in Friday. They are on the Virginia line. aie, Mrs. J. D. Chappell and son Gor- don, returned home Friday night af- | ter spending two weeks visiting rela- jtives in Stewartsville. Mrs. Chap- pell’s sister, Miss Ruth Smith accom- panied her home. Walter and Eunice Yoeman spent Texas. ‘Saturday night and Sunday with Ethel, Lyle and Walter Fisher. Mrs. Wm. Newell entertained Miss Mary Bailey the last part of last week. Verian and Wayne Wolfe spent Sunday afternoon with Ethel, Lyle and Walter Fisher. in thecounty at the time of his death | and his estate is estimated at about} three quarters of a million, all of | ‘which, we understand will go to the | two children. | W. W. Cannon and wife now occu- py their elegant new home on High street. Henry Sheppard; F. Kriéger, Frank Mabbott, Gus Elgert, Allen Wright andN. W. Ballfinch of Rich Hill wae before the county court endeav- ring to persuade the court to locate | the oy poor farm in or near Rich John Schantz of Culver, and Miss Nellie Connor of Pleasant Gap, were united in Butler Wednesda: ch He by Rev. Father Garney of Rich Hil J. D. Chappell spent last Thursday ‘evening at the home of Fred Wolfe. H. J. Martin and wife entertained Joe Heiman and family, Dick Martin and family and Lee Phelps and fam—_ iily, New Year’s day. J.L. Ffsher and family attended the entertainment and su ag given | by the Odd Fellows Tues B. I- Giurich and inaans attend- ed Butler Lodge No. 180, I. 0.0. F. Tuesday night. MIAMI. John Lane, who has been visiting home folks, returned the ye of ved week to Hickory Ridge, which place he owns large an tench. 0. D: Stansbury returned Saturday to his home in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. - Mrs. Stansbury and little son wil?