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” week with friends in Rich Hill. ~ pring | Gingharie 1 ~The best selection of styles in Butler, and the best quality to.be found in the market at any price. LARGE ASSORTMENT CHENEY SILKS '. THESE ARE THE SHOWER-PROOF KIND AND WE GUARANTEE THEM . Embroideries and Wash Goods ‘ -OVERCOATS and. SUITS Pei De iscale UP—%4 oF _ In Great Variety and Cheaper Than Ever Shoes are Here Ladies’, Men’s and Children’s _ American Clothing House | Black & Arnold Clothing Co. ~ Deputy County, Treasurer . Len Shubert spent Sunday and Monday with his parents i in Grand River town- ship.’ - mis Frank Norton made a business trip to Kansas City the latter part of the week. Hon. Wallace Srcsaley’ of War- rensburg spent Saturday here confer- ing with‘friendsy__ Mr. and Mrs. ‘John Stone visited with rélatives and friends in Adrian +- the latter part of the week. O. D. Reavis left Sunday for Sheri- dan Wyoming to look after his ‘real | | Mrs. Alex Cameron and daughter, estate interests near that city. L. R. Allen, cashier of the National Bank of Adrian was in the city Satur- day attending to legal matters. Wool shirts $1, Black-Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Heinlein of Kan- sas City spent the latter part of the/ Mrs. Newton Donovan of Innes Falls, Alberta, Canada, is, the guest of the family of Henry Donovan. Keep coming'in, Black-Arnold. Our good friend D. H. Arbogast, the well known Foster, coal operator was in Butler the last of the week on a business mission and made us a -|home in Rich Hill after a visit here -|northwest of this city are rejoicing Dr. T. F. Lockwood sustained a painful wound in his left foot Monday as the result of stepping on a nail. Corduroy pants $1, Black-Arnold. '_E. E. Harper of Kansas City who has been retained by the: city in the water works matter spent Friday here. | J. W..Huffiagton was in from his ranch in Summit township on a_busi- ness mission the latter part of the week. Mrs, A. White has returned to. her at the home of Hr daughter, Mrs. W. |B. Dawson. | Miss Hortense, spent the latter part of the week with relatives and friends in Rich Hill.' Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Cummings of over the birth of a fine girl, THurs- day, Jan, 22, 1914. H. O..Maxey addressed the students of the Butler High School upon the stibject, ‘The Duties of the Circuit Clerk’’ Thursday morning. " Brighten up your home by dyeing your curtains, rugs, po! pi hg with PoTNAM ADE. pleasant call. ’ HOW IS THIS Northern: White Potatoes-90c per Bushel While They Last—We Need the Room Can Sweet. Potatoes, large size, best packed, Pilate 3.cans for Large can. Tomatoes 10c, Fancy Jap Rice, 4 tbs. for. 5 Can Kraut,. ieee 3 size, Frontier beatid,, Kit Mackerel Kit White Fish. White Fish by count, 3 jor. Qt. bottle Emerson's Distilled Vinegar.......... 10c : . Can Peas, early June sifted, 3 cans...........+.. 25c Can Kidney Beans, 3 for................--ssseeees 25c We have a special blend coffee 25c. The taste will tell. When you want the BEST can fruit and vege- They tell you they have just as. tables buy Califo. good—try one of each and We have a barrel of Less DyEs. No trouble to use, G02. cee csseesestes 81,10 be your own judge. Christi class were delightfully enter- tained Friday evening at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Prewitt. : Mrs. Jesse McBride has returned to her home in Independence, Kan- sas, after enjoying a visit here at the home of Miss Classie Meyer. High cut boots, Black-Arnold. ~ J. A. Trader, representing the Kan- sas City Life Insurance Co., was | called to Sedalia on important busi- ness for the Company Saturday. The rear of the Childs residenge on Ohio street was badly damaged by fire Saturday morning, the blaze originating from a defective flue. F. E. Pattee, editor of the Amoret; Leader,’ accompanied by his charm- ing wife, spent Thursday. in Butler | and favored us with a fraternal call. | New rubber boots, Black-Arnold. William Hubbard and William See- | linger have opened up a feed and seed store in the building formerly occu- ‘pied by R. G. Hartwell on North Main Street. The Butler High School basket ball teams defeated the Appleton, City High School teams in a double header game here Friday night by a score of 6 to 5 for the girls and 26 to 13 for the boys. __ Herbert Steele formerly of this city, now of Oak-Groye, Mo., spent cating a. bakery in that city. Mr. Steele has disposed of his bakery at Oak Grove, Mo. By unanimous vote the Union Gps- pel team of this city desire to express | their appreciation to the Press of this | city for the liberal space and favor-| able report of the recent Gospel team | The members of the La Palma}: Saturday in Adrian with a view to lo-| Julius Levy has returned froma visit to Karisas City. Mrs. F. T. Clay has returned home from Kansas City. J. G. Doolittle of Foster wasa busi- ness visitor in Butler Tuesday. The last Armory dance of the sea. Son will be held Thursday evening. P. B. Price of Summit, has return- ‘ed from an extended visit in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dalton of Tulsa, Okla., spent the first of the week here. ’ T. N. Hendrix who has been in failing health for some time, is re- | ported seriously ill. A. O. Welton has: returned to Kit | Carson, Colo., after spending two | weeks here with homefolks. Col: O. R. Walters, editor of the | Rich Hill Review, is enjoying a two | weeks’ trip through the South. Charles Henry Ford aged 7 years died at the home of his parents on East Walnut street Saturday morn- ing. ae Assistant Attorney General Shrader on official business. edge a most pleasant call. Miss Eunice A. Wells and Chas. G. Reading, both of Appleton City were united in marriage in this city Wednesday, January 29, 1914, Judge B. F. Jeter officiating. Edward G. McAllister of Scots Bluff,.Nebraska, has purchased the | Arthur Duvall place 4 miles north of this city, known as the Chrystal Spring | Farm on account of the fine well of soda water thereon. The considera-. tion for the 160 acres was $20,000. The citizens of D eepwater town- revival. F. L. Gench, Pres., : T. W. Legg, Sec. The municipal well at Girard, Kan- sas commented turning warm two weeks ago; the water reaching 119/ degrees, where the heat now remains | practically ufchanged. The Kansas’ Spoke ‘on the subject. City Star suggests that some one must have dropped a copy of thé Ap-| peal To Reason into the well. | Col. C. E. Robbins spent Monday | in Kansas City giving special instruc- | tion at the Missouri Auction School, | where he assists the faculty when he! has an open date. He informs us that one thousand horses changed hands at the Kansas City ‘horse mar- ket Friday where he assisted ,in the selling. Dr. George Robert Smith and Miss | Annie Laurie Bumpass were united | | ‘Heinz Sour. Kraut just | opened, best kraut. On your next order insist on | getting Heinz kraut. - Bottle Catsup,3 for..............05.5 us Make out your next order and tii a kit of mack: | home at Duncan. erel and white fish. Soa : Assessor O’Brien of Jackson coun- | Can beets,'S for... PP Pe he ee rey TER eT, 25c ty, has sued'the Kansas City Star for Can blackberries, 3 -25c |} $95,000 for libel. The Star’ charged | Can soosebersies,. 3. =i -25e him with increasing assessments in| Watch h for Our Next “nw wilt Interest You. of “technicalities of the law’’ and order to. cover deficient revenues | ship. held a public meeting at the ./Spruce Presbyterian church Friday night for the purpose of discussing 'a proposition to establish a rural high | school, in the township. H. O. Maxey: ‘and Mrs. Allen were present and An election to |decide whether or not to establish such school, will be held Saturday. The State ‘Insurance Commission | will, as stated last week, meet with the citizens of ‘Butler Friday morn- ing January 30th, for the purpose of giving a hearing to those who may have complaints or suggestions to make. The Commission is compos- ed of Edward F. Goltra, Chairman, J. B. Reynolds, Chas. G.: Revelle, Geo. B. Clayton, C. E. Goodrum, M. D. Aber. Now as spring is approaching it is in marriage at the home of the bride’s | time for getting things in readiness. | and a man size gun in his fist but for- parents in Duncan, Oklahoma. ‘Bob’ | | Bring in your old harness, have them | tunately for ithe “hold-up” he was who is the son of Mr. and Mrs, J. W. | ‘repaired and diled’or trade for. new| unable to locate him. Smith of this city is an old-Butler boy. | jones, or if you want to buy new har- He has resided at Duncan‘for several | pes el in and we bre show you an Wright, 29 Ca a psn) 25c_ years where-he is successfully prac- e e lot to select from. We Can Pink Salmon, 3 cans. ..25¢ ticing his profession, the dentistry. have a full: line ; of everything ‘you The happy couple wil make their | will want in the harness line. | kinds’ of sole leather a specialty. | 14-3t All N. B. McFarland. The regular bi-weekly Combination sale which was held at the Argen-| Butler and caught the Red Ball freight | bright Sale Pavillion in this city Jan-|home. After being injured he walk- uary-15th was by far the biggest-and | ed from the place where he was hurt caused by grafting, and insinuation, | best . that has yet been held. 245/alone, to the post office corner where {| at least, with being’a tool of boodlers. |horses-and mules were sold for a|he was met by, parties about 10:30. The Star has been a bitter og total of $27,271.50 by Colonel Robbins. | He did not acknowledge being injur- Colonel Robbigs and Mr. Argenbright Reo more or less interesting to have so thoroughly demonstrated the/and dressed his wounds. Thé ex- P. Howell spent Wednesday in Butler We acknowl- In an Around Maysburg. "Jim Brown is quite sick with heart failure: He has been in failing health for some fime past, out for the past week he has ‘been bedfast. They have called his children home to be with him. We were very sorry to learn of the death of two of Mr. Clebie’s children last Friday from a sore throat which they suppose is dyptheria. Their mother was buried two weeks..ago aga she having heart trouble. Clebies’ live on what is known as the old Settles place. The father and remaining children have the syroney of the entire community. “Phere was no sunday school at the Christian church Sunday. We had a sleet, snow and rain in this neighborhood Sunday. - Mr. Harve and Sterling. Harness made a flying trip to Butler Saturday. Tan White and son Fred hauled wood from the bottoms Friday and Saturday. They are ready for the ‘buzz saw: now. Mr. Baker had a sale Friday and moved wie his family to Adrian Sat- urday. Mrs. Baker is in very poor health. Mrs. Godwin is on the sick list at this writing. Andy Workman has built them a new hen house. The pie supper at Mr. Farmer’s was largely attended, there being about 60 present. Arch Anderson and wife expect to reside on Mr. Baker's farm the com- ing year. Johnnie Cox took Mrs. Baker to Adrian in his car Saturday. Cordia Simpson and family who have been spending the past year in Calif. and Colo. have returned home. Mr. Simpson says California is a fine place to live but old Missouri looks mighty good to him. Grandma Jacobs has been quite poorly for some time but is improv- ing now. Tan White fixed the clapper in the bell at the school house Thursday. Francis Godwin came home Satur- day to spend Sunday with home folks. Mrs. Tan White spent Thursday afternoon at Mrs, Sallie Workman’s. Mrs. Dudney visited Mrs. White Friday afternoon. Mrs. Farmer and “Clary went to see Grandma Jacobs Wednesday. A NEIGHBOR. Presbyterian Church. | The Thirty-third Anniversary Ser-| vices will bea leading feature of our Church Services next Lord’s day. Bible School 9:45 a. m. Public worship 11:00 a. m. Young People’s Talk, ‘‘The Right Thingy Sermon, ‘‘The Piety of a Child.’’ }..Junior Christian Endeavor 3:00 p. m. Senior Christian p. m. The evening service will take the form of a very special Anniversary Service. A program will be given consisting of Hymns, Prayer, Scrip- ture reading, a paper will be given on The History of the Bible move- ment, the Juniors will sing and give! some Bible Drills The pastor will give a short address applicable to the occasion. An offering will be taken. Workers Meeting Monday Evening. Choir will meet Tuesday evening. The Devotional service of the church will be held Wednesday eve- ning. At this meeting a Bible study of one of the New- Testiment Books will be given. Everybody cordially invited to, all of our services. C. H. Ticknor, Minister. Endeavor 6:00 ‘Dave and aTish the sons of Capt. J. E. Thompson of north of this city were the victims ofa hold-up while returning oome from town Saturday night. The youngsters who were on horseback had reached the concrete culvert just at the edge of town when a man with a handkerchief over his face, caught the horses by the bits and demanded the boys’ money. He. se- cured sixty cents. The boys gave the alarm on reaching home and Capt. Thompson went out on Mr. High- wayman’s trail with blood in his eye Cecil Wright, the son of A. C. of Rich Hill,: died Saturday night as the result of injuries sus- tained by jumping or falling off the Mo. Pacific Red Ball freight at the north end of the Rich Hill freight yards, the night of January - 17th. Young Wright had-spent the 17th in Green View Twinklings. —Mr,-and-Mrg, A. B. Gray were in Hume on busihess Tuesday. Mrs. R. H. Jones and Mrs. J. W. Reedy called on Mrs. O. J. Scribner Monday evening. Ree, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Woodfin, was accidentally kicked in the face by a horse Monday evening but is better at this writing. Mrs. O. J. Scribner and son Hasley ‘were shopping at Amoret Tuesday. - Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Clouse, Grand ma and Grandma Clouse and Miss, Martha Eck spent Wednesday with Mr. Fred Laughlins. Mr. L. M. May. helped W. H. Lee butcher Wednesday. Mrs, J. W. Reedy and Mrs. R. H. ‘Jones spent Wednesday at the home of Miss Clara Starker. Mrs. Ira Rockhold and little son Beverly of Butler are. spending afew days this week with her sister, Mrs. J.S. Woodfin. Mrs. J. C. Wilson cailed on Mrs. A. B. Gray Wednesday evening. Mr. L. M. May and children called: on Ed Graves Thursday night. Green View is preparing an enter- tainment for a pie Supper to be given in the neor future. Watch this paper for date. Miss Francis Power of Hume spent a few days last week with Miss Clara Starker. Mrs. E. Lee spent Friday with her sister, Mrs. Ed Graves. Miss Opal Briscoe spent Sunday evening at the home of Edith May. Misses Francis Power, Clara Staker and Jnlia Young spent Friday with Grandma Woodfin, Mr. Charley Remington made a2 pleasure trip to Worland Sunday night. Miss Laura Bolin spent Saturday and Sunday with friends near Butler. There was preaching at Green View Sunday night by Rev. T. B. ad He will be there again, Feb. th. Quite a number of horses of this vicinity have the distemper. Mr. Harley Scribner made a trip to Pleasanton Sunday. Mr. W. H. Lee was a shopper at Hume Saturday. His wife and child- ren spent the day with her mother, Mrs. John Blangy. Messrs. Clay Meyers, Parker and Shirley Board attended church at Green View Sunday night. Mrs. Robert Orear and children spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. 10. J. Scribner. The Farmer’s Union are putting im a general store at Foster to be opened Monday, Feb. 2nd. TWO CHUMS. Only Al il line il] To Buy” Suits at Overcoats At the s LOW PRICES We are now MAKING $20.00 Suits wi Overcoats | $14.75 . $18.00 Suits a Overcoats $13.75 $15.00 Suits sd Overcoats $11.00 ‘Sweater Coats. ed” badly.* Physicians were called will fight for delays in | matiy benefits of these sales that they | amination showed that his skull was -hole ina | Bates county could not have .become an institution which | crushed and the brain was exposed. Frank |B He was taken to the home of his par- phew agibe ick oom aeet of death from erd cci 25% Off Joe Meyer, The Clothier.