The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 1, 1914, Page 1

VOL. XXXVI. a BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1914. NUMBER 50 Missouri News in Brief ON. THE WING. ” SereraEBeNNIS. people were startled last | night by the falling of a meteor in the, g , .Frank Lewellen has moved into one ieee yard of 8 Thonn aia * of Mrs. McClure’s houses on the/| Miami. Peace commisrion _ treaties with Those present at the party at Ed. Great Britain, Erance and Spain were ratified Friday by the Senate. This makes twenty-five in the series nego- tiated by the State Department which lave been approved by this Govern- ment. apples in Ozatk orchards this year, the Frisco has thus far shipped 472 carloads to St. Louis and other cold- storage centers, compared with 134 carloads in the same period last year. Twelve carloads were moved out of Southwest Missouri Saturday. The premium bale of cotton at the Indicative of the bumper yield of! Baileys Saturday night report a jolly good time. Turner Henderson has timothy hay for sale. Mr. Henderson wants to} buy a male hog. | J. W. Cox, of near Elkhart, gave) the: young folks of his neighborhood | a fine dance Saturday night. | Ike Lockridge made hay Saturday. | He says it is the only day he has seen the sun all day for six weeks. John Fritts and wife visited his parents W. P. Fritts Sunday. The meeting at Virginia is pro- Sikeston fair, was sold to J. Kelly Pool of Centralia, Mo., secretaty of the Capitol Building Commission. Mr. i Pool said he desired to invest in Mis- q souri cotton. raised in Pemiscot County near Car-jand_ cattle. uthersville.. = Thomas Hackney of Carthage was Saturday appointed general attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railway Com- | pany for Jackson county, Missouri, | with headquarters at Kansas City. He succeeds Edward J. White, who has) been promoted to the position of general solicitor for the company. Loaning of money to farmers by building and. loan associations, in much the same manner as contem- plated under the new Federal cur- rency act, was advocated by Breck- inridge Jones of St: Louis, chairman of the committee on bankers of the Missouri Bankers’ Association, in an that the associations, under State and Federal supervision, have thé we chinéry to make loans to the farmers very advantageously to both. An order issued by the Public Ser- | vice Commission September 25 sus- | p pending tariffs issued recently by} The prize bale was{ while Mr. Westover deals in fine hogs | virtually all the railroads in the State, | cancelling what are known in rate| circles as concentration rates on poul- | try, eggs and dairy products. For| many years, poultrymen and dairy-| men in Missouri have enjoyed these) gressing fine with Elder John Rogers preacher. Ora Browning is managing Arthur Westover's farm affairs this winter | Mr. Westover is_well fixed for handling stock. A. Westover has bought a 20-horse | power gasoline engine with six, 14- inch plows and a new drill that cuts a wide swath. Lost, a big heavy line with a ring in the snap. Lost between Mr. Smizer’s place and N. M. Nestlerode’s | Finder please return to N. M. Nestle- | rode. Mr. George-Zinn’s brother John | from Elk City, Kansas, is visiting | hin this week. Clint Burns sister came out orn Butler Sunday to visit him. Mrs. Ralph Hughes called on, Grandma Jackson one day last week. | ra. Frank. Porter, .and dasabier' Annie were at Butler’ Satttday. | concentration rates, which are in a|f’ way similar to the © “‘milling-in-tran- sit privileges’ formerly enjoyed by grain shippers. The Commission, on} its own initiative, will investigate to ascertain if the roads are justified in withdrawing the concentration privi- A lege. Pare Serene { North New Home. Mrs. Lewis McKibben spent one day last week with Mrs. Linendoll. Several of Miss Lela Smiths friends . surprised her Friday night it being her birthday they all left at a late oN hour wishing her many more happy _ birthdays. Wilson Shay died at his home in : Arizona, September 21 he was ' i brought to the home of his father, L. i W. Shay. Funeral services were : conducted by Rev. L. W. Keele and er he was laid to rest at the Morris i ” cemetery September 27. Mrs. Ollie Conley left for her home in Kansas.City Sunday after spending: the summer with her sister, Mrs. John Ehart. Henry and John Ehart and Milt os sold hogs to L. Hensley Mon- ig Berry and Mrs. J. L. Strein have returned home from Oklahoma they .went to see their sister, Mrs. Edgar Williams who was very sick but is better at this writing. ~~ Mr. arid Mrs. Smitherman took din- her at Homer Linendolls Sunday. Mrs. Lon Workman and children e visiting relatives at Rich Hill. — Will Ablfield has bought an auto. ‘Frank Miller and family took in the show at Butler erga That’s the opinion of almost every lady who has seen | our wonderful display of new outer wear garments for Fall All the newest effects in fabrics and the most modish of the season’s models are here for your pleasure to | see and try on. Don’t listen to the outer world about higher | and winter. prices for your clothing. Wearing apparel is cheaper, and | you can buy them HERE for less than elsewhere. Best line of ladies and misses Suits at popular prices $10 to $35 Greatest values ever shown in ladies and misses Coats $5 to $35 Ladies and misses Ready-to-Wear Dresses $3.50 to $25 | New Crepe de Chene Waists $2.50 to $5.00 ~ Kimonas, silk and crepe 98c to $20.00 Wool dress goods in all the latest weaves 50c to $2.00 Silks in great variety, roman stripes, plaids, poplins, crepes, char- meuse, pussy-willow taffeta, serge and messaline $1 to $2 Special for the Coming Week One lot $5.00 silk waists $2.48 Extra large size cotton blankets $1.25 value 98c Frank Lewellen took a load of hogs to Amsterdam for Clint Burns Mon-/ - day. __NM. Ne Mrs. Thompson of Amstei spent last Sunday at-W. Y. Stephens. W. A. Crumley went to Kansas City last week to see a doctor. The C. T. A. held a meeting at the city hall in Elkhart last Sunday. Dick McGuire has left for Louis- burg, Kansas, where he will enter the livery business. Mr. Ward is having a coal shaft put down on his farm. Frank Proctor of Butler was at Elkhart last Sunday. John Wooter, living 4 miles east of Butler was out in Elkhart last Sun- day at his uncles W. F. Stephens. Albert Daniels and family spent last Sunday at the home of his father- in-law. Mrs. Glover has bought the Twist farm. She paid 65 dollars per acre. The writer and wife spent last Sun- day evening at W. F. Stephens. Wheat sowing and digging potatoes is in full blast out in these parts. The potato crop is rather hard to find. The writer dug all week and got six bushles. Miss Inez Beck visited at the Frank Stilwell home. Amsterdam is fixing to.have a big time the 14th and 15th of next month. The street fair will be pulled off. in good style. Every body come out |and see what we have got. Billy Witt of West Boone was a county seat visitor last Saturday. The Amsterdam paper has “quit so | the editor reports. We will miss the Presbyterian Church. Qur Bible School is increasing in numbers, in effiency and quality. It ; begins at 9:45... We do-not seek to rdant to obtain pupils from other schools but welcome all who are not in the thabit of attending regularly else- where. Our public worship begins at 11: 00. Next Sunday, being loyal Americans from the foundation of commonwealth will carry out the Presidents wjshes, it being the day to pray for peace. We shall speak on“‘The Real Pres- ence of The Christ.’ The Lords supper will be observed and -all who love the Lord Jesus will be welcome to carry out His wishes. In the afternoon the Junior C. E. will hold their meeting at 3 o’clock. The Senior C, E. will convene at 6:60 p. m. All young people are in- vited. At 7:30 the hour of evening service we shall have a Peace Service. The Address will be on The Present Gi- gantic War and its Outcome. If you are thoughfully interested we invite yéu.- Midweek service Wednesday even- ing at 7:30. Everybody cordially in- vited. C. H. H. Ticknor, Minister. Arrasmith—Davis. At the home of the bride’s parents in this city last Sunday evening, Miss Lena Mabel Arrasmith and. Frank Davis of Wichita, Kansas, were united in marriage by Rev. R. M. Webdell, pastor of the Baptist church, in the presence‘of a number of friends ‘and out of town guests; among whom were Mrs. C. A. Comstock and Miss Clara Zarick of Rich Hill; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown, Mrs. J. W. Van: paper. Camp and Mrs, O. M. Campbell of JOHNNY. | Kansas City and Mrs. G. C. Brumfield Bruce and Miss Christine Black:arejof «Baldwin, Kansas... We extend visiting a few days in Kansas City. . | congratulations. THE PRETTIEST AND Suits and Coats MOST I HAVE EVER SEEN Plain and __ Visit this season. CLOTHING fancy ribbon 20c value 10c Extra. value apron check gingham 5c Extra heavy outing flannel _10c Extra heavy cotton blankets $1.50 value $1.25 ~ Dark and light dress ginghams 12%c value 8};c Good school shoes for children $1.25 to $2.50 No matter how far you live from Butler it will more than pay you ‘to make our store a We were never better: prepared to Please you than now. Samuel Levy Mercantile Co. | DRY Goops SHOES General News of the Week Ohio Street M. E. Church. To preach gospel sermons and practice friendliness; such is our} motto. A special and unique musical number will be given by the choir on President Wilson has. signed. the trade commission bill. He announced several weeks ago that he would not appoint the members ofthe commis- sion until the December session of Congress. Sunday morning. Preparations are under way for The bulk of the estate left by the Rally Day. Please ask about the|Baroness de Bazus, who was Mrs. same. Frank Leslie, and which approxi- Interest in our great Bible Class/ mates $2,000,000 has been bequeathed. continues. by her to a woman’s suffrage organi- The Epworth League gives a re- ception to the membership of the church on Friday night. i oa 2 The sovereign grand | lodge of the Patriotism, Peace and Purity,,’ | Independent Order of Odd Fellows will be the topic of the sermon for | ‘ . Sept. 23 refused to reduce the age Sunday night, President Wilson's iit of addmiastow into this order. agg en ine | The proposition was warmly debated Dawn of Peace,’’ by Alfred Noyes. | and was lost by a close vote vote. The choir will sing an anthem. Ev-| .Miss Ida Beyeler of Sedalia, who ery man is under no slight obligation! has been visiting at Berne, Switzer- to be a regular attendant upon the|/and, since May 20, has written her church to which he belongs. It is a) Mother that she is knitting socks for manly thing to regularly visit the| soldiers. Nearly all the women of House of Worship, if not somewhere | that’ section are likewise engaged. else, then here. Claude S. Hanby. | Scarcely an article is manufactured oe ee | in Switzerland, Miss Beyéler writes, Cumpton Athletics Wins from that is not used by the soldiers. Appleton City. The Compton Athletics ball team, defeated Appleton City 6 to 5 in a, ball game Sunday. It was a glose| game all the way through, the score standing 4 and 4 at the last of 6th. The victory was due flargely to the | pitching of Clarence Raybourn in} striking out three men in order in the | last of the 5th. This was the 19th game played and zation for the promotion of the votes- for-women n propaganda. A special session of the Texas Leg- \islature has begun. to consider the establishment of a Central Bank of Texas with $20,000,000 capital. The object is to provide an_institiition which will loan money on crops. (This is the second special session. |The first, which ended September |22, passed a bill enabling cities, | towns and individuals to build cotton thenentwonibyitie team athisnver | WaEHouret under State supervision. Pretty good record is it not forthe; The St. Louis ~ Chapter, United. first year. | Daughters of the Confederacy, has Raymond. Percival of “Burlington, | |sent a letter, inclosing The Republic’s Vt., is a guest of W. F. Duvall. He/ “story” of its proposed ‘ ‘cotton ball,”’ isa son of H. E. Percival, formerly | December 4, in the St, Louis Wo- a resident here. man’s Club, to Miss Genevieve Clark, |in Washington, as an official an- {nouncement to her that her cotton | dress promotion plan is indorsed by |its members. The letter, which is | signed by the chapter historian, Mrs. | Frederick H. Starr, follows. ‘My |Dear Miss Clark: It is with much pleasure that I mail the inclosed clip- |ping from this morning’s St. Louis ; Republic. ‘‘It is particularly fitting | that the first chapter of the Daughters /of the Confederacy should be the first body of women to adopt your , Patriotic suggestion in a_ practical way. . “By doing so, we, as Missour- jians, honor the daughter of our be- ‘loved Speaker, as Americans prove our patriotism, as Daughters of the | Confederacy help our dear Southland and as wives prove true helpmeets to | our husbands in these difficult days. i “Hoping that many will receive in- | spiration from your noble thoughful- ness, Iam, most cordially yours,— | “Katharine Payne Starr.”’ Death of Elisha Gordinier. Elisha Gordinier, aged 77 years, 7 | months and 7 days, died at Nevada, September 25, 19!4. The body was {brought here and Rev. Talbert of the | Christian Church conducted funeral services at the home of his son, Jay Gordinier, Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the presence of many sympathizing | friends, and interment in the Oak Hill cemetery beside his wife who depart- ,ed this life the tst of April 1912. He is sarvived by J. F. and Jay |Gordinier and three daughters, Mrs. | John K. Hulse, Mrs. Will Graves and Mrs. C. L. Clinkenbeard, and one brother, Jay Gordinier of Eldorado | Springs. He was born in Lapeer county, | Michigan and came to Butler in the | fall of 1880, and resided here contin- juously. He was an active, useful |citizen, until about three years ago when his health and strenghth failed him. ai a ee | To the Patrons of the Water Co. | Your water rental will be due Oct. {1st. Please call at the Fraternal Inn and get your receipts before the 15th. | All leaks and complaints of. = | one, service should be repo Mrs. Emerson at the Water Co's. of. fice, Phone 44, to receive ive poamoe at- merson, | tention. 49-2t Sapetennetint Help Wanted. A good farm hand wanted at once, Phone 19 on 1. = W. Z. BAKER, | Route No. 5. Rich Hill, Mo. STYLISH |