The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 14, 1915, Page 10

Pepe; Ras SRM 5 ‘counting round as half bales. Linters | Gov. Hadley spent something like .are not included.) : Just received another car OLD GLORY FLOUR We never make leaders—we sell everything at a small pro- fit, if we cut the profit on one article we must make it back on something else. Trade with NORFLEET & REAM where you know the prices are lowest GOODS considered. Woven Wire Fence The time is near when you will want some Wire to repair your fences. Don’t forget we have all kinds, and can save you from Ic to 5c a rod. See our stock before you buy. - Builders Hardware We have everything you can need in build- ing. Are you you going to build anything if you are we can save you money, let us figure on your bill. Automobiles If you are going to buy an automobile this year, now while you are not busy come in and let us explain our machines to you, show you the dif- ferent parts. BUY A FORD and get. part of your money-back. Over 100,000 sold already, you will sure share in the buyers profit, if you buy a FORD. Yours, = Norfleet d Ream The Only Independent Grocery, Bakery and Nardware Store. Phones, 144 and 49. Garage 35 BUTLER, MO. West Side Square : ~~ | Missouri Cotton Ginnings. Hadley Sells 120-Acre Farm. Washington, D. C., Jan. 9.—Will| Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 9.—For- liam J. Harris, Diretcor of the Cen-|mer Gov. Herbert S. Hadley today sus, Department of Commerce today | sold his farm of 120 acres, five. miles announced the preliminary report of | west of Jefferson City on Ten Mile cotton ginned by counties in Missouri | Drive, to C. W. Thomas, Mayor of for the crops of 1914 and 1913. The | Jefferson City and candidate for the report follows: | Republican nomination for Governor (Quantities are in running bales, | next year. . | $12,000 in the purchase of the farm, Crop | Stocking it and erecting the log cabin County 1914. i913. | which was his summer home the last MOG ieasc cnet 64,786 59,376 \ two years of his administration. May- Dunklin.............. 29,316 28,518) or Thomas said today that Hadley lost New Madrid. . 9,416 8,757 | no money in the transfer of the prop- 411 50D erty. Pemiscot............. 19,695 15,309; The Hadley farm adjoins the Jeffer- Stoddard............. 3,901 son City Country Club, and many im- WANEV orc c cs case a 386 portant political conferences were Allother.....0....... 1,996 | held in the log cabin during the latter se Seeman | part of Hadley’s administration. Corn Belt Bank Burned. | Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 11.—Fire | springfield Postmaster’s Salary ‘total, $584,764.02. ’ Civil Service Examination. rier will be held at the post office in the examination.~ Married women ed or those who are separated from selves, but they are eligible for ap- pointment only as clerk. Applicants myst be physically sound, and male applicants must be not less than 5 feet 4 inches in height in bare feet, and weigh not less than 125 pounds without overcoat or hat. For application blanks and for full information relative to examinations; qualifications, duties, salaries, vaca- tions, promotions, etc., address im- mediately E. J. Campbell, Secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, Post office, Butler, Mo. Building Boom at Capital. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 8.—E. S. Austin, secretary of the Jefferson City Commercial Club, has compiled figures showing that private capital has expended in Jefferson City dur- ing the last year in building of various kinds much more money than the state has spent on the new Capitol and other State buildings. The expenditures by the State for buildings in Jefferson City were as follows: Cell building at prison, $78,- 590.40; Capitol building, $521,173.52; The expenditures of municipal and of private capital follow; New pub- lic school buildings, $100,000; city sewers, $25,000; street improvements $158,202.38; private residences and | business houses, $382,000, a total of | not announce his intention, but added $850, 202.38. population of Jefferson City has now reached the 16,000 mark, — Presbyterian Church. Bible School 9:45. Public worship 11. | Young People’s talk ‘‘Cut out the ae Sermon, ‘‘Shut thy Door.’’ Junior C. E. 3 p. m. Senior C. E. 6-30 p. m. Public worship 7:30. “Home, Sweet Home.’’ for thinking people. ; Choir rehearsal Tuesday evening. Mid-week service Wednesday even- ing. , d Friday evening the Christian En- deavorers will give a social evening | and reception for: the congregation. It ishoped that all our people will keep this evening open and enjoy | the social hospitality of our young) people. Everybody cordially invited to our | services. | | | | j | Sermon A sermon C. H. Ticknor, Minister. | Christian Church. The attention of the public is spec- ially called to the Sunday evening! service which -will be in charge of the Loyal Sons Class. The members of the class will attend in a body and | their orchestra and male. chorus will starting in the basement from an un- Rai known cause destoyed the Corn Belt ; ised. Bank building, a two-story structure /— Springfield, Mo., Jan. 9.—O. C. in the heart of the business: district | Mitchell, postmaster at Springfield, | tion’ will be presented by the pastor | here today. The fire burned four; will receive an increase of $100 a hours and slightly damaged several year in salary, effective July 1, as a larger surrounding buildings. The | result of the Springfield office pass-|School lesson. burned building was occupied by the |ing into the $150,000 receipts class bank, an optical company and small | during 1914. .This fixes the salary shops and offices. The loss is esti-/here at $3,500. The total receipts mated at $75,000. were $151,229.13, a gain of $4,285. furnish the music. The invitation is} to all to attend “‘Christian Educa-| Sunday. 7 “The Call of Gideon’ is the Bible “Make: Bold Beginnings’’ is. the Endeavor subject and will be led by Miss Cannie Sells. The Junior meeet at 2:30 p. m. R. M. Talbert, Minister. McAdoo Found Prosperity. Washington, D. C., Jan. 11.—Pros- | An exatnination for clerk and car- Bank of this city held their sixth an- Secretary Austin estimates that the | guess of what his position will be. ‘CALLS FOR PITY FOR RICH earner, as. the A Rare Opportunity —S——_—_—_=S=—=—=——===== The Butler Building and Loan Association has just Matured their 14th Series This series has run just, 110 months, this give the ineaior: aa well as the Borrower, a profit of $50 per share on an investment of $1.00 per month for 110 months, which is 10 per cent inter- est on their investment, to say nothing of the great saving fea- ture inthis plan of monthly payments. This is a strong Financial Institution, conducted under State Supervision, with resources over $22,000.00 and: has been in continuous operation since 1887, making 28 years. : A New Series has just been Opened, _ you will profit by inquiring: in- - to their plan at once. _ This should appeat to the large inyestor as well as to the wage s demand for high class Real Estate - Loans places this Institution in the front rank as.a : : SAFE, PROFITABLE INVESTMENT, |: mice j to invest trom:'$1.00 to $25.00 per month ana || Mercury has- perity has returned to the West, ac- cording to Secretary McAdoo,’ who got back to Washington today from a trip to the Pacific Coast. — Mr. McAdoo said-tonight that what he had heard from business men from the Coast all the way to Chica- go convinced him that business con- ditions are improving and that pros- perity is on its way. “is not a-partisan question, although some people seem to. be trying to make it one."”. . ee Like a Letter From Home. We hate todo without The Times| as it seems so much like a letter from “Prosperity,”? the Secretary said,|.°. Hed a Gopd Year. _ The stockholders of the Peoples '|nual meeting Tuesday and after de- this city on January 23, 1915. Age| otaring 'th customary semi-annual limit, 18 to 45 years on the date of dividesd pee $1,000 in ite oes Le, plus fund. The Peoples Bank sur- will not be admitted'td the examina: | tus fund now amounts to $10,000 tion: This prohibition, however, does “an the officers and directors are, not apply to women who are divorc’| with good reason,praud of the record which they are making in conducting their husbands and support kg the business of the institution. All officers and directors were _re-elect- o edet Jefferson City, Mo.—Anonymous postal cards ip great numbers, ap- parently mailed at Liberty, Mo., booming Joseph W. Folk for Gover- nor in 1916, have made their appear- ance in Jefferson City. Printed in large black letters on the card is the following; ‘1916—Why Not Folk for Governor in 1916?’ Numerous question marks. and _ exclamation points follow the query. House Passes Intermarriage Bill |. Washington,-D. D. Jan. 11.—A bill to prohibit intermarriage of whites and negroes in the District of Colum- bia was passed by the House today, 230 to 60. Representative Clark of Florida, author of'the bill, denounced intermarriage, declaring it works harm to both races. Republican Leader Mann and Representative Madden of Illinois opposed it. Wilson Hints Immigration Veto. Washington, D. C., Jan. 12.—Pres- ident Wilson intimated today to call- ers that he will veto the immigratio: bill, because of the literacy test. In advance of the final passage of-the bill by Congress he said he would that his callers could form a shrewd Condition of Poor Millionaire Who Doesn’t Know What‘to Do With His Money. “My dear, ignorant friend,” said @ western millionaire to a’ humble New York hack writer, according to the New York Sun, “you don’t know what you are talking about when you say you wish you had the money I have, or a similar amount. “It's you that has the advantage over me by long odds. You can ge anywhere you please at any time you please, and if you need money, and you never need a great deal, all you have to do is to take out your pad and pencil, dash off something read- able, and your income follows at short notice, “But look at me. I had a business out West that was asked to go into a trust and the request was in the nature of a command which meant | trust or bust, and I went into the trust. Now I have a million and a half of the stock and a million in I | raw cash, and what in thunder am to do with it? The stock is all right, | but what about the cash? “Can you tell me where I can put that much money where it will be safe and bring. me in a fair return? I’ve got to have the return, sure, for my living expenses are over $50,000 a year, and $10,000 a year on the side {s all I have to meet them with. The stock ought to pay a dividend, and it very likely will, but I don’t know ‘Does it pay you to. - one to call every day to take your order while all you have to do is Phone 77 and get pay some- 2 quarts Cranberries...... 15c 3 cans Corn........ 21 dried Peaches ... 2m good Prunes. 3 cans Peas........... -25c 3 Raisins .... -25¢ 3 large cans Tomatoes....25c 3tb Macaroni.. .25c 3 cans Pumpkin. 3t Spaghetti .... ...25¢ 3 cans Blackberries...... 3f> Navy Beans. .. 25¢ 3 cans Peaches............ 41> Chili Beans............ ».. 18¢ -25c JUST ’PHONE 77 Gosnell’s Grocery Where you know the goods you buy will be of the BEST: Quality, FRESH and CLEAN PURE FOOD the best Fiour on earth. Friday and Saturday - We will sell Cranberries 4 quarts for 25c Miss Helen Smith | WITH Old Home Singers —at the— Opera House ‘Wednesday, January 20, 1915 Fourth Number Lecture Course. that, and. I do know—what—my—e penses are. So what am I to do with that idle million? at 5 per cent that:means very nearly $1,000. Add my expenses of $1,000 a_ week, and I am dropping $100,000 a year. Is there anything about hack writing as disagreeable as that? Do you think you would be any happier. or more free from care, if you had my money? ~ Maybe you would, but I can’t see it from my viewpoint.” Japanese Luncheon Box. In Japan a low comedian who tried the railway station sandwich joke would promptly “get the bird.” : In a railway magazine appears a beautiful colored plate illustrating the contents of a Japanese” railway luncheon box. According to the letter-press,- one of: these costs only sixpence, and contains a box of pickled vegetables, chop-sticks, ‘paper napkins, . box’ of boiled rice, box of meat, roasted fish, ginger, chicken, lobster, cooked egg, dolled mushroom’ and hashed beans. _ yearling steer calf; 1. Grain—100 bushels of ADMISSION s “It’s been idle for a week now, and | —— PUBLIC SALE| Having sold my farm I will offer the following property for sale to the higtiest bidder on . Tuesday, January 19, 1915, _2 miles south-west of Butler, Mo. on the Butier and Rich Hill road 15 Head of Live Stock 1 bay horse 6 years old; good worker and driver; 1 years old, good worker, safe in foal ‘o jack; 1 coming. horse mule; 1 coming yearling mare mule colt; 1 ¢ ling horse mule colt; ¥ five year old driving : -horse mule, good worker. ‘Cows—1 tea Poll cow 8 years ol - > spring; 1 three. year old Spring; 1 five year old Jersey cow to Chickens—3 dozen | coming yearling h Ee