The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 31, 1914, Page 8

I oe "will be farmers’. week. Another building. .and Krit Sales Company, both of De- | -. Gov. Major said Saturday that al- GENERAL NEWS FO “THE WEEK IN BRIEF. President Wilson celebrated his fifty-eighth birthday Tuesday. D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agri- culture, will make an address January 13 at the University of Missouri. -It “farmers week speaker will be Gov. Major January 12. . Col. Arthur MacArthur, grand’mas- ter of the Grand Encampment, Knights Templar of the United States died unexpectedly of apoplexy Sun- day at his home in Troy New York. He was 64 years old. The third Ray Pfanschmidt murder trial has been set for January 25 at Princeton. The boy prisoner has been sentenced to death and once ac- quitted for the alleged murder of his sister, parents and a school teacher in 1912. In the year drawing to a close American manufacturers turned out| 515,000 motor vehicles valued at $485,000,000. There were 1,500,000 cars registered in the various states; 15,000 automobile dealers in the country, 13,630‘garages and 680 sup- ply houses. é The warm weather | of Sunday and | Monday enabled a full force of brick masons to resume work on the new State capitol. The concrete men were | also at work. As long as the tem- perature keeps above freezing, or even close 'to the freeeing point, both lines of work will continue. There; will be 5,000,000 brick in the new | President B. F. Bush of the Mis- | souri Pacific on Christmas eve sent! the following telegram to all officers ! and employes of the Missouri-Iron farmers came to town. One rode in Mountain, Denver™& Rio Grande and | his auto and before he attempted to the Western Pacific railways, ‘May | transact business, carefully blanketed joy and good cheer be delivered to the radiator. The other vame in abug- you and yours on Christmas Day and | gy and tying his horse to ahitch rack may the New Year cast over the | rushed -into his favorite’ store to tracks of your life only success, pros-; Warm by the fire. perity and happiness. 5 Th? ccl ect‘ons un ‘e- the collateral year amount to $411,160.94, accord: | ing to State Auditor Gordon. Un-: When you drive to town, don’t let doubtedly, some of this tax has not! ¢ yet been icollected which should be| and faithful muscles have pulled you credited to the present year. The |¢ total collections for 1913 amounted to} while you yourself are safe in shel- $412,815.49. -All of this money goes | to the support of the State Universi- malt is derived-from a-tax of 5 per cent onthe estates of dead persons t who left no lineal descendants. | Orders for 65,000 tons of high car- | bonized steel rounds appeared in the; Pittsburg district today, 50,000 tons; sia. Recently 26,000 tons of this} grade of steel, used in making shrap-|tne Old Testament, the lesson being nel shells, were shipped to Europe. |. Itis estimated that fully $6,000,000 geen bought in Pittsburg for Europ- ean belligerents in the last two pa Aaae ee i gation. i shivering exposed tathe wintry blast, 5 ? | while a few feet away the senseless inheritance tax law for the present | steed of iron was carefully protected. | ment. That is all he asks. And you ‘owe it to your own manhood to do new year 1915. To go to church and d | Sund hool Id. be a fi for France and 15,000 tons for Rus- | pay roe sii Sone ee ey | Work of the Years” will be the sub- worth of trenching tools, galvanize ject of the morning sermon. sheets, wire and projectile steel have | ¢.01-the Wrath of God,” will be the sermon subject for the evening. ments that will be due are chiefly memberships in the ‘boards of mana- _ | gers of various State institutions. The present incumbents will hold over until their successors are named and qualified. . - K Speaker and Mrs. Clark have an- nounced the engagement of their daughter, Genevieve, to James M. Thomson of New Orleans. The wed- ding is to take place at Bowling Green, Mo., next spring or early summer, the date to be determined when it is decided whether there will be an extra session of Congress. Thompson is owner and publisher of The New Orleans Item, one of the large papers in the Louisiana metrop- olis. He was one of the original Clark men for the presidency and it was while advocating the Speaker's candidacy at the Baltimore conven- tion that he met Miss Clark. The coming session of the Legisla- ture will be asked to appropriate money to defray tne expenses of an- other trial of Dr. B. Clark Hyde, ‘un. der sentence to life imprisonment for causing the death of Col. Thomas A. Swope. Floyd E. Jacobs, Prosecu- ting Attorney for Jackson county, will confer with Attorney General Barker preparatory to the introduc- tion of such a bill. About $20,000 is necessary to prosecute the case. Be- cause of a lack of funds the case has been continued from term to term. It is set for the January term., A tax payer's. suit, brought to enjoin the County Court from paying the costs of another prosecution still is in liti- “A Contrast. The other day two neighboring And there the poor horse stood Think of this contrast, My Friend. he poor dumb beast whose strong hrough the winter’s storm, suffer er. Give your horse decent treat- his.—Clinton Democrat. Christian Church. Next Sunday wall be first of the The Bible school begins studies in ‘God’s Patience with Israel.”’ ‘‘The “Saved pointments is transmitted to the Sen-| Virginta-Grand View Pick-Ups ’ Well, Christmashas come and gone. | It was a white Christmas this year. cemetery. = There was a large crowd at both churches Christmas eve.’ Mrs, John,T. Harper and children spent Christmas day with Mrs. Har- per’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Ben at Amoret. - Carl Gcimsley .is visiting relatives in Harrisonville. Mrs. Floyd Rdgers is visiting re- latives in Harrisonville. Miss Arvie Constable, who has been visiting Miss Winnie Wheeler and other friends left the fore part. of the week for her home in Nebraska. She will visit friends in Harrisonville be- fore going on home. Mrs. Mary V. Morrison of Butler came out Tuesday of last week to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Warren Ayres. Miss Olive Nightwine and Mr. Wil- lie Simpson were married Tuesday evening of last week at the home of the brides parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McCall and son Hugh spent Christmas day at the home of J. H. Sacre home. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wallace spent Christmas at Butler. Misses Olive and Vina Judy are spending-the week with home folks. A crowd of yonng folks from this vicinity went up Friday night on a sleigh and attended literary at Crooks Schoo] House. Mrs; Powell Englehardt and‘ chil- dren visited a few days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Nightwine and family. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wolfe of Kan- sas spent Christmas with homefolks. | Mr. and,Mrs. Joe Whinery and children spent Christmas with Mr. Whinery’s sister, Mrs. Sadie Coulter and family at Drexel. Miss Bonnie K..Wolf and Mr. Ma-{ son R. Darnes were united in marri- | age Monday evening of last week at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wolfe. May happi- ness and prosperity be with them all is the wish of the writer John T. Harper is very ill of heart trouble. 0. North New Home. John and Aldolph Ahlfeld are vis- iting home folks. Oscar Craven has been hauling baled hay the last week. Milt Reeves and wife spent Xmas with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Stan- field, north of Virginia. = Several of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Smith’s neighbors spent Xmas with them, and all had a fine time. Alva Crosswhite and Larris Wheat- ley went on a hunting trip Thursday ° The Endeavor societies will meet months, Ba 4 {as usual. The new officers will take Petitions in bankruptcy were filed | charge, and all the members should Monday by Krit Motor Car Company | attend. troit. The liabilities of the motor car company afe said to be $881,233, with assets of 622,533. The sales company |in all the papers. liabilities are according to the petition | i $234,805, and the assets $256,814, The latter concern was formed ‘to give financial assistance to the motor company about a year ago. Lack of business due to the European war is given as the cause of failure: Next week the series of meetings arranged for the Week of Prayer will be held. The program will be found All are urged to join and make these services of great value to the churches-and commun- ity. R. M. Talbert, Minister. A. A. Keith Dead. A. A. Keith, aged 58 years depart- ed this life at his home in this city Saturday, December 26, 1914, after though there would be a large num- |long suffering with blood poisoning. ber of appointments due January 1, he would not make any until the lat- ter art of the month, or perhaps-not until February. He may defer mak- It is all rubber from toe to top—pure long-w challenge any maker to put out a better arctic. to the top of the bellows tongue. It's lizi.t : with strength and | ternoon at 2:30 o’clock and.interment ing-them until his list of vacation ap-| was made in Oak Hill cemetery. WEATHER ARCTICS Besides his widow, ten children survive to mourn their loss. The funeral was held Sunday af- Belt’’ to get foul ard | durabilit;:.: of last week, Dec. 24, and bagged fifty rabbits. Mr. Ben Pickett died at his home Mrs. R. C. Darr died Thursday: night, Deccmber 24 at the home. of her daughter, Mrs, Edgar Smizer and | #} was buried Saturday in the Benjamin, . We Wish all of our Customers a Happy and Prosperous New Year. . 4 E WISH to thank you, one and all for your patron- age which has certainly been appreciated. WE HAVE ON HANDS: NOW 600 CALENDARS— Pictures of the Panama Canal painted by Richard W. Rummell, the picture was painted from Gatun in actual operation and gives a view of Culebra Cut, Gatun Lake, the Spill Way and the Panama Railway. We wish to have one of the beautiful Calendars in each home, if you haven't got one call at our desk and the cashier will be glad to supply you with one. Pees Again wishing you one and all 4 Happy New Year and thanking you for you patronage, we ask for. a con- tinuance next year. Meas: Yours, Phones 144 and 49. aes Garage Phone 35. M. E. Church, South. = Sabbath school at 9:30. The New | e ; » Year with all its possibilities appeals |f - tous. May this appeal lead us to| sy choose that which will make us bet- | a ter, and may our ideals be such that : they may lead others to be better. | = Preaching morning and evening. ! Detek etiv e Subject of sermon at 11a. m., ‘‘The World's Need and How to Meet. It.’’ Epworth League at 6:30. Business meeting Tuesday evening at 7. Subject of sermon at 7:30 p. m., ‘Having a Good Time.”’ Mid-week service at 7:30 p. m. Women’s Missionary meeting Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Buard meeting Thursday. evening at 7:30. I would especially call the attention of our week to the Week of Prayer and Self Denial, beginning on Mon- day evening and will continue up to Friday evening. See program as published in this paper. W. J. Snow, Pastor. Sarah Layton Smizer. Wishes to announce that he has investi- gated the case of what became of the Christ- mas stock of the United Drug Co. and finds that the public bought and paid for most of it and were exceptionally well pleased with the value of all articles purchased. Mr. Grub further states that he finds the store room of said United Drug Co, to be full to overflowing of goods of every kind and he has also found that the United Drug Co. needs the money more than the goods and on ad- vice..of Mr. Hunting Grub, Deteketive, the United Drug Co. is offering some fine clean ‘up bargains this week in Parisian Ivory, Xmas night. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Hughs at the Mt. Vernon Baptist church near Amster- dam Sunday at1 o'clock, and inter- ment was made in the Scott ceme- tery. He is survived by a wife and three sons. The family have the sympathy of friends and neighbors in their loss. COR. Moore—Tuttle. Miss Hazel Clara Moore of Adrian and Mr. Alva Tuttle of St. Joseph, Mo., were united in marriage in Kan- sas City Thursday, December 24th, at the Independence Avenue Metho- dist church. The bride is the charming daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Moore of Adrian.. Mr. Tuttle who is the son of Mr. and Mrs.J.L. Tuttle of Adrian, holds a responsible position in St. Joseph, where they will make their home. 5 _’ Dan Embree Appointed. ‘ T. D. Embree of Summit. town- Sarah Layton Smizer, aged 19 years died at the home of her parents, Mr. see at . and Mrs. Chas. Smizer in this.city Friday, December 25th, 1914, after a long illness of tuberculosis. ‘Miss Smizer_was.born and. raised. in Bates county and was_a girl of | sweet, amiable disposition. She was amember of the Christian church and a member ofthe Loyal Daugh- Funeral services, conducted’ by ; fs 3 combs, brush sets, manicure sets. Call and residence Sunday afternoon at 2:30, the Loyal Daughters attending in a body and acting as pall bearers, “and interment was made in Oak Hill cem- etery. To our Friends and Customers For several years.we have had oc- casion at this season to look back over our work of the year, and-in doing so havg found much to cheer us. You have contributed a share to the success that. we have enjoyed this year, so now, as we stand at the threshold of another, we want to wish i a Capital, Surplus and Profits $350,000.00 Always has money to loan on Farms on Long Time at LOWEST INTEREST Rates + , Have a complete Abstract of Title to all lands and Town Lots ‘in Bates county—Furnish abetracts. Fees reasonable. = its—C™ bs Pays Interest on Time Deposits fer 6 to 12 &