The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 22, 1914, Page 5

¢ CLOTHING. Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Harry Kennon left Tuesday for his home in Pleasanton, Kansas. Miss Frances Catron will stage the Harrisonville play tu be given soon. Miss Hazel Parrish has returned to her home in Adrian. Jim Welch has returned,home from a business trip to Warrensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Tackett, of Boonville, are visiting friends hére. For Sale—40 acre farm, three miles of Butler, well improved. Easy terms. 14-1t A. L. Fox. Miss Hazel Ludwick and Len Shu- bert spent Sunday with_ friends in Adrian. Green and Ab. Bolin of Bisbee, Arizona, attended the funeral of their mother here Wednesday. Frank Mabbott and wife of Rich Hill, attended the funeral~of Mrs. Scharff Sunday. : .D. B. Reist and W. B. Switser of Adrian, attended the revival services here Sunday. Chas. Fisk and wife returned home for a brief visit before starting on their vaudeville circuit. . Gus. Keinberger, cashier of the Commercial Bank of Rich Hill, spent Sunday with friends in Butler. Weare after you for your next suit, shoes and hat, Black-Arnold. Frank~Ream of the Norfleet & Ream-Grocery Co., spent the first of the week in Kansas City. Capt. J. B. Newberry of Deepwater township transacted business in the county seat the first of the week. Any purchase, get it at Black-Ar- nold. They'll appreciate it. Mrs. Jesse McBride of Independ- ence, Kansas, is the guest of, Miss Classie Meyer. Mrs. Clark Travis has returned home from a visit with relatives at Pleasanton, Kansas. Do your trading at the store where you always get a square deal. Black _ & Arnold Clothing Co. Vance R. Thrall of Joplin, visited relatives here the latter part of the week. : W. O. Jackson returned home. the latter part of the week from a busi- ness visit to St. Louis. Clyde Rogers left the first of the week for Arkansas City to join the orchestra of the Beatrice Harregan Stock Co, American Clothing House _ 6 MEN’S SHO Dr. Joe Knight of McKnight, Texas, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Lampton. f A ‘few suits and overcoats left yet) at half price, Black-Arnold. i Mrs. Nat Whipple has returned to her home in Muskogee, Oklahoma, after a visit here with relatives. Judge C. A. Denton made a pro- fessional visit to Harrisonville the first of the week. Earl Fox has accepted a position with a wholesale grocery company at | St. Joseph, Mo. | R. T. Booth, general tax, commis- | sioner for the Frisco railway trans- | acted business in this city Saturday. | | Miss Sarah Duncan has returned to | her home at Eldorado Springs after a | mans. a Use your checks in making pur-| chases at Black-Arnold and save. ing as the result of a fall. The stockholders of the Cass Coun- | ty Fair and Horse Show are consid- jering holding a four day fair early in the fall. Rev. Claude S. Hanby spent the/ first-of the week-in Rich Hill, assist- | ‘ing in conducting a revival meeting | at the M. E. Church in that city. | Major F. H. Crowell returned home | Saturday from Columbia, Mo., where he attended the ‘Farmers’ Week’ meeting. ‘ | Mr. A. H. Wilson, accompanied by | Miss Mable Hovey of Passaic, return- | \ed.Saturday to her home in Kansas} City after a visit here with relatives. | . John M. Pickett died at his home in Galena, Kans., January 2nd, aged 77 years. He resided here from 1866 to 1880. Dr. C. B. Bowden and wife came over from Appleton City in their Ford runabout Sunday afternoon on a brief visit to friends. F. C. Dever, editor of the Western ‘Enterprise of Rich Hill, spent Satur- day in this city on a business mission and made The Times a most pleasant fraternal call, Sale prices, Black-Arnold. Miss Edna Harshaw returned to school at Lexington Central College last Saturday. Miss Mignon Coleman accompanied her as far as Kansas City, where they visited a day or two. | i i} OVERCOATS ‘The Daylight Store” Last Chance ~~ “‘THIS WEEK WILL WIND UP OUR SALE‘ON” LADIES SUITS AND COATS AT % PRICE We are now letting EVERY GARMENT GO regardless of kind, color or make—includes Wooltex $16.00 Formerly Sold at $20.00 and $22.50, some as high as $25.00, including Hart, Schaffner & Marx, L. Adlers and Society Brand—ALL GO AT $16.00 © SUITS ES $16.00 Preston B. Fletcher, who resided here from 1868 to 1880, died at...his home in Divernon, Ill., Jan. 1, aged 80 years. Say! Mr. Farmer: © Trade that farm for adandy 4 apartment, solid brick flat in Kansas City, nearly new modern to the minute. Price $12000. Subject ‘to $6000 first mortgage at 6 per cent. Guaranteed rent for $1200 per year. Wanta good farm. || Give full particulars in first letter. Going to the city next week, come and look at this. Allen, The Land Man, Butler, Mo. Trenton the county seat of Grundy county, went dry. last Friday—854 to 645. Since then the saloon men and the leaders of the ‘“‘drys’’ have had a joint meeting and the glad hand mu- tually extended. The drys earnestly urged the salooon men to find some other business and remain in Trenton and the saloon men agreed not to raise any contests or trouble over the vote. That is the proper conduct. -— ale! Mrs. D. A. DeArmond gave a one o’clock luncheon last Thursday com- plimentary to her daughter, Mrs. Or- ville Stansbury. Mesdames Robert DRY GOODS HENRY SHEPPARD OF RICH HILL HEADS COUNTY FED- ERATION OF COMMER- CIAL CLUBS Permanent Organization Effected At Meeting In Butler Thursday. The Executive Committee of the Federation of Bates County Commer- cial Clubs, effected permanent organ- ization at a meeting in this city Thurs- day afternoon by the election of Hen- ry Sheppard of Rich Hill, as presi- dent, A. H.,Culver, Butler, secretary fand James Pahlman, Amsterdam, treasurer. The clubs holding membérship in the Federation were each represent- ed as follows: Rich Hill; Homer Humphrey, Hen- ry Sheppary and E. McCarty. Hume: John B. Bryant, Lewis Moore-by J. C. Briggs proxy and Dr. W. A. Williams by W. Wayts, proxy, , Amoret: Frank E. Pattee, George. -Pahlman and Dr. J. A. Corn. : Amsterdam: W. W. Thornbrough, John Braden and James Pahlman. Butler: J. DeArmond, A. H. Cul- ver and Col. S. W. Dooley. The greater part of the time was Lon Stanley, Ray and Silas, return- ed to Kansas City Sunday night. They were called here by the death of Mrs. Scharff. The pupils of Mrs. Nellie Douglas Black gave a musical recital at the Christian church Friday night, which was largely attended and very suc- | cessful. We wish to close up our 1918 books and would ask all who owe us due accounts to call and settle, Black & Arnsld Clothing Co. Several members of the Odd Fel- low’s lodge at Spruce were in attend- ance at the lodge Monday night to | witness the first degree as put on by | ‘our team. Arthur Vaughn has returned home from a business trip to Illinois where visit here at the home of A. O. Yeo-'he has purchased a fine farm upon! which he expects to locate in the near future. There will bea pie supper and a | Mrs. L. Emerson, superintendent | spelling match at the Summit’ school | ness, call in and we-will show you an| lof the Butler Woter Co,, sustained ajhouse on Friday evening, January extra fine lot to select from. severely sprained wrist Monday morn- | 23rd. You are cordially invited to at- have a full line of everything you ‘tend. Miss Anne Golladay, Teacher. | will want in the harness line. The Regniers, at the lecture course entertainment last Friday night, | proved themselves entitled to all the! ‘commendatory things which have, W. Lampkin of Deepwater township been said of them. J. T. Murphy, general superintend- ent of the Eastern Division of the : Missouri Pacific, passed through this city Saturday on a tour of inspection over the Interstate branch. Mrs. C. G. Weeks left for Arizona Wednesday morning in response to a telegram informing her of the critical condition.of her daughter, Mrs. W. | W. Jamison. T. C. Robinson arrived Tuesday from Los Angeles, California where he had spent several months at the bedside of his daughter who has been seriously ill. Mrs. J. B. Mayfield entertained the following friends last Friday at a 6 o’clock dinner: Rev. and Mrs. Shel- ton, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fletcher Smith, Sheriff and Mrs. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mooney. It was a pleas- ant occasion which all enjoyed. " Hayden E, .Ray this week an- nounces his candidacy for the Demo- cratic nomination of Recorder of Deeds for Bates county. Mr. Ray is a good Democrat, is regarded as a highly successful business man and is fully competent to administer the duties of the office to which he as- pires. He has many friends through- out the county. « g Sale Still On-The Big SaleStill On Revival serviges begin at Holiness ;Chapel.on South -Mechanic street, January 22d. “Everyone is ‘itivited‘to \attend these services.. Bro. W. C. iFerrell of Marion, Ill, will be the |preacher. You are welcome. , Douglas Cox, a county patient, died iin the Asylum at Nevada last Friday. |He had been an inmate since 1899. |The County Clerk has been unable to \learn of the whereabouts of his rela- Hollenbeck, Wesley Denton, Ed Arm-| taken up with the discussion of future stroug, Will Stanley, Harley Smith, | plans which the organization pur- Brown Walton, Carl Henry, E. G. | poses carrying out, and the matter of Zey, Walker Cannon, Ted: Kendall, ueging the citizens of Adrian, Rock- D. A. Chastain, J. A. DeArmond, and ville, Foster and Merwin to organize Miss Daisy Stanley were the guests, | and affilliate with the county organi- and all enjoyed occasion. zation was dwelt upon at length. J. W. Mix, a former resident of| An amendment to the by-laws car- Urich, now residing at Lansford, ried, providing that the annual meet- North Dakota, in company with his ]ing be held the second Tuesday of daughter, Mrs. Ella Overbey, of Cass January in each year, and the stand- county, called at this office Saturday morning. Mr. Mix. and wife came ‘this ‘dangerous practice, save their \tives. He formerly lived in .this ‘county. | - Early Saturday morning the mas- ‘onry over the fire box of the furnace ‘in the basement of the courthouse down just before Christmas to visit his daughter, above named, Ira Shultz and family and other friends. He seems to be well pleased with his home in the far North.—Urich Her- ald. It is hinted very broadly that ifCol- onel Roosevelt is given the republi- can nomination for president in 1916 he will make the race for president asa candidate of that organization. Meanwhile the progressive national organization is planning to place its own candidates in nomination for congress and for state officers this year, and otherwise displaying no evidence of being aware of any re- | publican party. Here is a political | puzzle that even Senator Cummins | does not attempt to solve. —The Com- moner. collapsed, and for several~hours the jcounty officials attended: to their duties clad in overcoats and ear i muffs. t |. Now as spring is approaching it is \time for getting things. in readiness. ‘Bring in your old harness, have them irepaired and oiled or trade for new ‘ones, or if you want to buy new har- We All ! ‘kinds of sole leather a specialty. 14-3t N. B. McFarland. Hon. Lucien B. Baskerville and C. Mr. and Mrs. Luther R. Twyman of this city announce the birth of a son, Sunday night, January 11, 1914. The proud fathery formerly one of the ‘were in the county seat on a business | mission Tuesday and made usa most | pleasant call. Mr. Baskerville, who yeo.ably TED eRe nied Bates) county | most efficient incumbents that the | the last session of the Legislature, is| o.. ries | A a ., | Office of treasurer and ex-officio tax | a candidate for State Senator and will, | ‘collector ‘for Cass county has ever |on acon of his excellent record in| ad ieinow themeent invcharceot the public life/and his sterling qualities|,,.’ pada Bee ; | of character, make a strong candidate. WOES LING Sei? TEL AS | i f ’!station at Butler. He had to visit Last Thursday Joseph G. Davis, | here several days this week with his -who some time ago purchased the! new son and incidentally spread the | Cass County News, disposed of the|news among his old friends. Nor paper to Messrs. C. F. Nation and A. | does he neglect to mention. that this D. Matteson and they are now in| makes three Democtatic voters in the icharge. Mr. Nation comes from/Luther R. Twyman_family.—Cass | West Plains, Missouri, and Mr. Mat.| County Democrat. 'teson from Rich Hill. Both are young ;men. The Democrat extends them ' best wishes and hopes that they may | prosper in their venture.—Cass Coun- |ty Democrat. ‘ | | Judge Stangle sent two boys up to | the county seat Monday for hopping \trains. He first fined them. They | being unable to pay the fine, he sent i them over the road, and says all other | boys will be served the same way. {The railroads and our officers are | working together to break up this | dangerous practice, and we hope our boys will take warning and give up “Your old friend, Montgomery Ward, left an estate of $5,000,000.00 when he died last week. Nota cent of it goes to charity or the public good. Notacent did he ever. con- tribute to Clay Center in the way of sidewelk, sewer or school tax; not a cent in the way of church, charity or Christmas contribution; not a cent in taxes; not acenf in roads. If there were enough of him, the town would not be a flag station on the L., K. & W. railroad. If there were enough of him, there would-not be a mill in the town or a market for a fat steer. The farmer's wife would sellher eggs in Kansas City, would not make any butter at all. The liome market. would be wiped off the slate. Thatis why Montgomery Ward is unwept and unsung here and hereabouts.’’— Clay Center (Kansas) Times. | parents’ piece of mind as wellas their ‘ own limbs and lives.—Review. [Brewezies Fees $500,043.37 Paid for Inspection During Year 1913. ‘ Jefferson City, January 19.—The amount of fees paid by breweriesinto the State Treasury upon. beer inspec- tion for the year 1913 was $500,- 043.37, according to Speed Mosby, Inspector: He estimates that the people of this state consumed 279, 494,385 gallons of beer in the year. and 63,839,664 gallons in kegs. The total amount of fees paid to the State upon beer inspection since : of permanent roads at 472,210 gallons were in pint bottles, | ,; ing committees consist of one mem- ber of each club: Col. S. W. Dooley was instructed to attend to the matter of incorpora- tion. Cecil Wright of Rich Hill Badly Hurt. : Cecil Wright, son of Ally Wright and grandson of Judge Wright, was badly hurt Sunday night either by jumping, or being thrown from the “cannon ball,’’ a Mo. Pac. through freight train, which.only a few weeks since costa young man of Nevada, named Bishop, his life. Cecil is a young man aged 18, and together with several other young men spent Sunday in Butler. As the regular passenger was two hours late, he took the freight. He landed on terra firma near the handle fac- tory, four blocks or so north of the station, and though his. skull was crushed in two places and he sustain- ed other injuries and bad bruises, he made his way to the postoffice and was able to walk to Drs. Allen & Allen’s office, where hisinjuries were dressed, the pieces of skull raised and one broken place trephined. Young Wright’s ‘injuries are _re- garded very serious, and little hope for his recovery was at first enter- tained, though a’ little before noon, he was reported as conscious and be- lieved to be improving. He is a very strong young man, full-of vital- ity, and this is greatly in his favor.— Rich Hill Review. Wood-Smith Miss Pexie Wood, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Adolphus G.° Wood of Lentner, Mo., and Mr. Robert J. Smith of this city, were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents Tuesday January 20, at 9 o'clock a. m. The bride, who is a séster of Mrs. Henry Reinheimer of this city, is a charming young lady, refined and accomplished. She has visited here several times. Mr. Smith is one of Butler’s foremost young business men, able, energetic,. and of exem- plary habits. be The happy couple left immediate- ly after the ceremony for a two week’s honeymoofi trip through Florida. They will be at home in this city after February Ist. Arnold-Mills Miss Mary Aileene Arnold of. this city and Mr. William Nuel Mills, of Kansas City were united in marriage at the. home of the bride’s parents Monday evening, January 19th, at 8 o’clock, Rev. W. J. Snow officiating. The bride, who is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Arnold, is a young lady of rare ac- complishment. Mr. Mills, an old Butler boy, is with the Besse-Avery Company of .Kansas City and-=is a~”~ young gentleman of exceptional ability. The happy couple will be at home at 2545 Norton Ave., Kansas City, af- ter. February Ist. Mr. Roach as Governor Secretary of State Cornelius Roach has issued his biennial masterpiece, The Missouri Blue Book. The new Blue Book contains 1145 pages of the most valuable and accurate information ob- tainable about Missouri. The compil- ation of such a k is in itselfga big job for a big man. but it is only one of the duties by which Missouri’s effi- uri’s next gevernor, as of friends throughout the state hope he will, Missouri will have a governor whose for hard beng aries Nw and_faithful- ness to duty compare favorably Vinh Uhh 1) my OUMer.: rt Jeffersonian. :