The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 6, 1915, Page 5

Dr. J. A. Patterson of Nyhart .was in the city Saturday. = Attorney J. M. Hull, of Nevada, was a Butler visitor last week. J. E. Shutt, of Warrensburg, was in the city last week on business. Col. I..M. Smith of Spruce town- ship was a Butler visitor Monday. « Miss Emma Fry spent-Sunday in Rich Hill visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Mabel Weaver ‘left the latter part of the week for south Missouri. Mrs. Joe Neu is visiting her mother Mrs. McCormick Southeast of Butler. Dr. Lloyd Frizell visited his sister, Mrs. J. A. Trimble, the first of the week. O. P. Wilson of Kansas City is spending the week in the city visiting | ' j friends. {4 Nelson Moudy of Adrian was a ei business visitor in Butler’ the last of the week. Miss Mabel Watson, of Rich Hill, visited her sister Mrs. Osborne Leedy last week. fe H ierof the Fos: Thursday, Misses Sadie .Manchester and Lu- cille Geneva of Rich Hill were Butler visitors Friday. . Rich Wells of Carthage is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Wells on Mechanic street. Miss Lois Addleman of Adrian visi- ted her sister Mrs. Sanford Rook the last of the week, Dr. N. L. Whipple, of Kansas City, spent a few days in the city last week | visiting friends. Mrs. Fred Jordan and little sons of Florida are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Powell. Miss Nannie Huckeby, of Rich Hill, visited her sister, Mrs. Sam Gosnell, ~~afew days last week. Capt. J. E. Thompson was in Ne- vada Sunday on business. connected with the National Guard. Miss Josephine Ayres, of Rich Hill, visited her sister, Mrs. Ora McCann, the latter part of the week. - Dode Holland of Kansas City visited his parents, County Clerk and Mrs. Frank Holland last week. oe ‘Clyde N. McFarland returned Sat- - urday from the McFarland ranch near a - Hart, Texas and will be in charge of Weare showing a great line of new things in wearing apparel for ladies Leaders at One Price for 30 Years. Mrs. H. E. Sheppard and Miss Bess ' Clark Wix and wife of Hudson Martin of Rich Hill were Butler visit- ors the latter part of the week. Vance Wells and family of May- field, Kas., are visiting Mr. Wells’ parents, H. H. Wells and wife. Ray Whitsett, of Kansas City, spent a few days in this city last week visit- ing his sister, Mrs. B. G. Culver. Mr. Wix said they were not on busi- ness but came solely to take in the carnival. ii Mr. and Mrs. Green Walton re- turned the last of the week from a two months visit to their daughter, City, Okla. J. B. Dowell, editor of the Adrian Journal, was among those from Adrian who attended the carnival last week. and Mrs. Adela Bennett, aged 80, —Our good friend J. A. Padley of| Saturday afternoon, Judge Hemstreet Seattle, .Wash., favors us with his | officiating. customary yearly renewal this week. No more dipping tanks and hard Q. O. Reynolds, of the Adrian| work for Wm. Charters. He says neighborhood, made this office a|his Hog-Joy machine does the work. pleasant call while in the city last|Forsale by Logan-Moore Lumber Co., week. - | Butler, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Kerrens spent | V. J. Eye, a prominent young C ee : “The Daylight Store” : . New Waists and Skirts School Dressés for Girls 98c, $1.25, $1.98, $2.48, up to $6.00 Shoes for the Family All Solid and Guaranteed Pumps and Oxfords 98c up can Clo. House that are strictly up-to-date in style. \near that city. visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Morgan on South Broadway, J. M. Robbins, who has been mak- ing his home with his son, Col. C. E. Robbins, left last week for Indiana and Iowa on an extended visit. The Doug Morgan show which wa8 to have played here all next week has cancelled their engagement and will play here later in the season. - Co, B ‘under the command of Capt. Ed S. Clarke went to Nevada Sunday and spent the day on the target range Some good scores were made. ; Wednesday morning about 3:30 the home of William Gourley on | West Pine street was almost destroy- ed by fire. Most of the household goods were saved but the house was | practically destroyed. Editor Atkeson of the Record left the first of-the week for Columbia, Mo., to attend the exercises of Jour- nalism week at the University and | visit his children who are attending the University. | Hayden Ray went to Kansas City | Monday noon and. on Tuesday under- went an operation for the removal of Black & Arnold Clothing Co. visitor Wednesday. All kinds of straw hats with wide brims Black & Arnold. | Squire Darby took a trip to Nevada \the first of the week. |than usual Black-Arnold. | Butler visitor Tuesday. | save you Black & Arnold. | Miss Alice Fairchild spent Sunday jin Rich Hill visiting friends. | | Overalls for all Black-Arnold. | Miss Alice Smith visited friends in Kansas City the first of the week. |~AlFwool suits $10 Black-Arnold. Sunday in Rich Hill visiting Mrs. Kerrens’ father, Robt. Matteson and farmer on route four, was a pleasant) [,jah Ayers of Rich Hill made a caller at this office Thursday and had ‘his dates setahead. He says he can’t the McFarland harness. shop during family. \ O. C. Atterbury, of Harrisonville, was in the city last week on business. | . Mr. Atterbury was a former resident | last of the week and had their paper of this city. |changed from Eldorado Springs to Mrs... Carl Hi fertsinad: oped eile They say there is no place »-Mrs.. _denry entertained. the’ like gaod-old-Bates county. Ladiog Ausiii@eyiot the’ Presbyterian L. M. Wilson today assumed his ‘ ) it hi ; Siuiva Taran. Shernows, a her duties as Deputy Game Warden. His home on Havana street. est 3 he | district will consist of Vernon, Cedar, Misses Bertha and Ruth Seelinger, | Dade, St. Clair, and a part of Bates who are attending school in Kansas' eoynty.—Saturday’s Nevada Mail. i i i John Seeling- | pesca er ae aps | Marsh Phelps, who was recently | adjudged insane by the county court Dr. C. J. Allen of Rich Hill attended | was taken to Nevada Tuesday by a meeting of the Bates County Med-| gheriff Johnson and Dr. R. E. Crab- ical Society in this city Thursday and| tree and placed in the asylum'for the of course took in the carnival. insane. - Dr. H. W. Tuttle was down from; Mrs, Mary Smith left the last of the Adrian Thursday attending a meeting week for Salt Lake City, Utah to of the Bates County Medical Society, spend the summer with her daughter, and made this office a pleasant call. |Mrs. C. W. Burrows, who is spend- Woodson Ferrell, of Pleasant Hill|ing a few months there on account of spent a few days in Butler last week | her health. visiting friends. Mr. Farrel formerly | The Monday Evening Club met lived a short distance north of town. | with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith at _T. B. Walton of Topeka, Kas., is| their home on Ohio street Monday: visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs, |evening. The members of this club Gentry Walton. Mr. Walton has ajare making a study of the Spanish fine position with the Topeka Woolen | American War. Mills, i | Miss Nylerie Prewittof Manchester, Warren Ayres returned to his|Ill., recently won the honors in a duties as guard at the penitentiary | gold medal contest in that city. Miss the first of the week, after a visit to; Prewitt is a daughter of Rev. George home folks in the Virginia. neighbor-| Prewitt, formerly of the Christian hood. ‘church of this city. Mrs. D..C. Smith is delighted with! Dr. W. H. Allen, W. W. Ferguson, her new White Oak Flooring. She | president of the F. and M. Bank and says it makes house work so much/E. E. Bean, editor of the Review, easier. Clear White Oak Flooring | motored up from Rich Hill Tuesday for a room 12 x 14 will only cost you|afternoon. They made this office a $12.99 at Logan-MooreLbr. C., Butler. | pleasant social call. do without The Times. Frank Roof and wife were in the business trip to Butler Wednesday. | Trunks; Suit cases Black & Arnold. | Mrs. R. B, Campbell returned | Monday from a visit to Leavenworth, Kas, : Roger Ely of Kansas City was in friends. = Mr. and Mrs. Walter VanDyke of Metz visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Barr Sunday. Miss Daisy Mahan of Adrian spent a few days in Butler last week visit- ing friends. W. N. Bullock of Archie visited his son, W. J. Bullock, and family the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cannaday vis- ited their son, Minor, in Kansas City the first of the week. The front of the American Clothing House is being repainted, which adds much to its appearance. Mrs. Emma F, Nix returned Sun- day noon from a visit to Parsons, Kas., and Muskogee, Okla. Amoret is keeping right up with the procession. A moving picture theatre-has opened up there. Tan Shoes Black & Arnold. A number of Butler ladies went to Adrian Tuesday afternoon where they were entertained by Mrs. Sam Walls. Oxfords $2.50: up Black & Arnold. Len Shubert, Wilbur Welton and Chas. Argenbright, accompanied by their wives were Adrian visitors Sun- day. Mrs. Nettie Ely left the first of the week for Kansas City where she will BF ‘cataracts from his eyes. He is get- township were in the city last week. | wm. Groutsch was a Kansas City | ting along nicely but will have to re- | main in the hospital about a week. | Mrs. George Newberry, Miss Leona Newberry and the Newberry ‘‘boys’’ | will leave on Tuesday for their new |home in Chicago. It is with real re- jgret that their friends tell them good- Mrs. Ivan Reeeder, in Oklahoma) Panama Hats in different shapes|bye,—Jefferson City Democrat Tri- bvne. Wellington Riter, aged 70 years, | W. W. Jamison, of Rich Hill, wasa | Oliver Nightwine, one of The ' Times most valued friends, made this were married at the court house! guy of us thissummer and we will office a most pleasant and substantial call while in the city Saturday. He says the wet weather made it possible for him to stop farming long enough to come to the carnival. The Butler and Amsterdam base |ball teams played a one sided game on the Butler grounds Sunday, But- ‘ler winning by a score of 16 to 0. |Next Sunday Archie will be the at- |traction, and a good fast game is _ Jay Gordinier went to Kansas City Wednesday morning to buy new chairs and other furniture for his bar- |ber shop. The shop has been newly painted and papered and when the the city Sunday visiting relatives .and | new furniture is installed it will be one of the swellest shops in this part of the country. | County Treasurer Stone, of Butler, jis spending the week in Adrian |working on the Christian church. |Mr. Stone was formerly a carpenter here and is donating his services for ‘the week on this church. Much of the work on the church has been donated. —Adrian Journal. Wednesday morning about 4 o’clock after assisting the fire department at the Gourley fire, Elmer Campbell, Bruce Black, Ira Rockhold and Nat Stubblefield, concluding it was too near morning to go to bed, went out to the Miami river fishing... We don’t know what sort of bait they used but ,they sure tell some fierce fish Stories. The contest for Carnival Queen, held last week by the Brundage Shows under the auspices of the But- ler band, closed Thursday © night. Miss Jessie Nix won first place, Miss Rosalie Funk second and Miss Mar- guerite Snider third. On Friday night the prizes were presented to the happy winners. Charles McFar- land made the presentations in his usual graceful manner. Lafe Cassity, one of Tne Times’ oldest subscribers was in Saturday ‘and paid up for another year. Mr. Cassity is the kind of a friend the newspaper man appreciates. He | first subscribed Tor The Times March RE. Morgan of Jefferson City is|’ John W. Coleman made a business trip to Nevada Tuesday. Sheriff Johnson went to Nevada Monday after Dick Gee who had been arrested there at the request of Bates county officers on a charge of as- sault. It is charged that Gee came up from Nevada one night about a week ago and beat up his daughter who lives in the south part of town. B. F. Rosamond, who for years has been regarded as one of the first car- riage painters in this section of the state is now operating an automobile painting department-and turning out a high grade of work. Mr. -Rosa- mond’s years of experience in, paint- ing the-highest grade carriages en- ables fiim to turn out an automobile job having the appearance of just coming out of the factory. A trip through his shops. where one may see cars and buggies in the several de- grees of finishing will convince any- one that he is competent to turn out work which will compare favorably with that of any house in his line. Besides being a careful, conscientious workman, Mr. Rosamond uses only the highest grade materials in his work, M. E. Church South. Sabbath school at 9:30. It is sin- cerely hoped every member of the Sabbath school will be present at this service. At 11:00 o’clock the regular Moth- er’s Day ‘service will be observed. Our committee appointed on special arrangements are more than ready to lay themselves out for your conven- ience. They are Brothers Jesse Smith, Thomas Wainright, W. T. Cole, T. L. Beach and T. A. Black. This committee will gladly furnish conveyances to take the old and decrepit to and from the services. Let every one give them all the in- formation you can which might facilitate their work. Any one who will furnish conveyance or any one desiring the use of one, phone T. A. Black: Fpworth League at 7 p. m. Midweek service at 8 p. m. Preaching at 8p, m. ‘Difficulties In the Way to Heaven.” You are cordially invited to attend these services. W. J. Snow, Pastor, Presbyterian Church.. Bible School 9:45 a. m. A Moth- er’s Day program has been prepared consisting of various exercises by the children. Our Sunday School makes out its pregram committees the first of the year for eight special days. Public Worship 11:00. Young peo- ples talk; ‘Jesus and His Mother.’ Sermon: ‘‘Our Debt and Duty to Our Mothers. ”’ Junior C. E. 3:00 p. m. Senior C. E. 7:00. Public Worship 8:00. Ser- mon: ‘‘What is the Gospel?”’ Ladies Missionary Society Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. J. Ludwick’s. Midweek service Wednesday Even- ing. Study Acts 14th chapter. afternoon with Miss Edna Clark. Everybody cordially invited. C. H. Ticknor, Minister. Christian Church. The Loyal Sons will present a spe- cial Mother’s Day program, Sunday morning at 9:30 o’clock inthe circuit court room. The public is cordially invited to attend. “God's Perfect Gifts’ will be the morning sermon subject at the church and in the evening in keeping with the spirit of the day. We will have as our text: ‘‘Behold Thy Mother.’” Special music. - t The Endeavor Societies meet at 2:30 and 7:00 o’clock and Prayer 8 o'clock. R. M. Talbert, Minister. Ohio St. M. E. Church. Young Ladies Auxiliary Thursday . meeting each Wednesday evening at - — EE -- [Good Clothes «tow Prices See id th ie wi Det SPU nee re ver sont |9, 1882, and has been.a reader of. this : f : i! paper ever since. Some time ago he The services for Sunday will be of William Wells, who has been visit-/had a sale and concluded he would |¥0usual interest. ing his mother, Mrs. Mary Wells, re- quit farming and move to. town and| Sunday School at 9:30. - : turned to his home in Kansas City; take it easy, but after trying it for a| Preaching at 11:00. ; Monday. |short time found that he could: not be| Junior League at 2:30. The many friends of N. B. McFar-|S8tisfied unless he could get out and| Epworth League at 7:00. See OUR PANAMA HATS 7 "$300 Our Fine Shirts all colers OUR SPRING SUITS -. $1350. Our Lisle Hese, all colors ~ 16 { land, who has been quite sick for some time, will be glad to learn he is much better. — - see things grow, so he has moved back to his farm. | At our Bates County Sunday School The Young Ladies Auxiliary of the|Convention, which will be held in Presbyterian Church will meet Thurs- day with Miss Edna Clark at her home on High street. _ Mrs. Nat Whipple and children of Parsons, Kas., are visiting her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fuller, on Butler May 26 and 27, we will have one of the most forceful speakers on community work in regard tochurches and Sunday schools that we have ever had, Rev. Harry R. McKeen of Bentonville, Ark. A man who be- lieves in building the whole commun- ity, a specialist on rural church and ‘ and bear Rev. Mc- Keen.: All who register will be en- Preaching at 8:00. . Special music at all services. Al] members expected. Visitors wel- come. Claude S. Hanby, Minister. Township S. S. Convention. Pleasant Gap Township Sunday School Convention is to be held at Double-Branch Church Sunday after- noon, May 9, at 2 o’clock, for the pur- pose of discussing better plans of our Sunday School and to make our town- The Knights and Ladies of Security |Sunday school work. Thope all who | ship better. -- bere percaoeed 26.0 teh see Kodatestsd be valding tose sohouba|” Wo eneese some interesting talks — Remeitec eae : rhe ag higher standard will attend|from our township workers 3 You are cordially invited to come. W. D. Nuckols, Twp. Pres.