The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 16, 1915, Page 5

>, ' |. (L. Beach left Wedmesday for Slater; Mo., to attend: the an- nual conference of the M. E. church, South, -- Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Groutsch Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Attorney W. O. Jackson was a Rich Hill visitor Monday. Get your High Art suit now and be ready. Black & Arnold. of Nevada are spending a. few Miss Irene Mains left: the first|days with their son, . Will “of the week for San Francisco, |Groutsch, in this city. _ Cal. -Our: shoes are all leather. “Those heavy overalls like you} pair, Black & Arnold. bought last’ fall. Black & Arn-| -pey. w. J. Snow ‘left Tiesday old. for Slater, Mo., to attend the an- Ira Hardin of Nevada spent | nual conference of the M. LE. Tuesday in the city visiting rela-|Church South, which- meets in tives and friends. that ¢ity. ) All our rubber goods are new,| Dont you think it is time you Try which is. worth consideration. | are paying that long past due ac i Black & Arnold. — count. -Do it now. Black & k Arnold. ; [ Frank Tuttle, who spent h) Hulett Moreland of ‘Rich Hill \ visited his brother, A. C. More- land, the first of the week. Mrs. John Lane wert to Rich Hill Tuesday to attend the fun- eral of Mrs. H. Philbrick. Frank Norton of Summit town- last week in this city visiting his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Tuttle, returned to Ft. Scott, Kas., where he will reenter college. The following go hand in hand : with this weather: Slickers, rub- ship left the first of the week 00! hey boots, rubber coats, umbrellas “a several months trip through rubbers, overshoes. We have a the west. e full stock, Black & Arnold. * Maurine. Chambers, daughter of CG. A. Chambers, editor of the Republican Press, departed Mon- day for Columbia, Mo., where she will attend Stephens College. Mrs; N. Mills, who has been vis- iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. WS. Arnold, for the past two weeks, returned to her home in Kansas City the first of the week. Rev. Geo. R. Scroggs, of Dan- ville, Ills. preached, Sunday morning-and evening at the Pres- byterian church. It is probable that he will be called as the reg- ular pastor of that church. Will McConnell and daughter, Miss Caryl, of Clinton, are visit- ing his sister, Mrs. J. F. Ludwick. They came over last week in their automobile and owing to the ‘heavy rains they have been un- able to return. i Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ludwick and two children who have been visiting J, F, Ludwick and fam- ily of this city, and Wm. Eads and family of Spruce, have re- turned to their home in Los An- geles, Cal. Miss Ola Guyton returned Sun- day from an extended Western trip, during which she _ visited friends and relatives in Wyoming and California and took in the fairs at San Francisco and Los Angeles. - The committee in shires of the Bates County Old Settlers Associ- ation have decided upon Wednes- .{day, Oct..6; as the day for hold- ing the annual meeting. The pro- ‘gram for the meeting, which Mall be_held in-the court hateret yard, will be -annoftnced: later. ; ‘Hallie, McGregor’’. yo by B. Reynolds. of Kansas City, ae driven by C. C, Woods . this city, won first money. s the 2: oe eat at roe eae 000. 9 ,was form rar! Its. Worth Your time to get our prices on Suits and Overcoats Step in and see how’ . low our prices are -onreliable clothes Take a look at the - Nobby Hats $1.50 ond $2.00 {Shelton left Sunday for Colum- bia where they will resume their studies at the State University. Walker-McKibben Mere. Co. came in Tuesday and will spend some time visiting ho Mr. Arnold is employe Paris Daily Advocate. High School showed an increased enrollment of 17 making a total of 222, 107 of which are non-resi- dent or tuition paying. pupils. er-McKibben Merc. Co. of the week from-a visit to rela- tives at Champaign, Il. visited Chicago, St.—Louis and ‘Kansas City. of | wife returned week from a visit to relatives in last | Sioux City, Iowa. ‘They will de- Ede for the Phillipine Is- Dre Mb Hurley, ‘who was sent to this last fall | Hart, Schaifher &>. Noe ada Michaels Sterns & Co. $15 to $25 Rain Coats and Rubber Foot Wear --$10.00 up FOR THE FAMILY. At Star! Sept 28, 25c. by fire Monday. er-McKibben Mere. Co. Elliott Walker left Wednesday for Champaign, IIl., where he will enter the University of Illinois. New Bradley sweaters, Walk- er-MeKibben Mere. Co. H. G. Cook, of the . American Clothing House made a_ business trip to Kansas City the first of the week, Best schoo! shoes, BAIT Cae Kibben Mere. Co. Freeman Walton who has been spending some time in Kansas City, returned home BN first of the week. i Mrs. Clarence Dixon, of La Cygne, Kas., spent last week in the city at the home of Elmer Dixon. L. N. Frizell who has been vis- iting his sister, Mrs. J. A. Trim- ble, _returned__to Kansas City my. . Mrs. J: D. Allen and son, J. Ww. Allen, of Jefferson City, are vis- iting R. D. Allen and other rela- tives in the city. New neckties for men,- Walk- er-McKibben Mere. Co, Mrs. Hal Travis was called to" Pleasanton, Kansas, Sunday by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs, L. Baldwin. New style middies for school, Walker-MeKibben Mere. Co. Mrs. Ora McCann _ returned Tuesday from Rich Hill where she has been visiting her sister,’ Mrs. Nellie Wheatly. Virgil Jackson, son of G. 1. ’ The home of J. W: Allison, of near Johnstown, was destroyed New corduroy tan caps, Walk- American Clothing House LEADERS FOR THIRTY YEARS. Uncle Jimmy Spears, one. of the prominent Democratic politi- cians of Eastern Bates, was in the first of the week on business. Mrs. Delbert Shelton who ‘has been spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Clarence Morris, re- turned to her home near Ballard the first of the week. Great values"in ladies suits, Walker-McKibben Mere. Co. Mrs. 8. A. Hall returned to her the week after a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Mooney. Owing to the, high water the Rich Hill StocK Show which was to have been held September 21 and 22 has been postponed. ~ The new date will be given in our next issue, Mrs. Ed Armstrong left the first of the week for Salt Lake City, Utah, where she ‘will spend several weeks with her grand- mother, Mrs. Mary E. Smith, and other relatives. Eugene Arnold, who spent last week in this city visiting his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S; Arnold, has returned to’ ‘Kansas City where he is employed hd the Wells-Fargo Express Co. Next Sunday the acinaee base ball team will play Butler on the home team grounds. Creighton was here several weeks ago and defeated the home boys who say they vA | even up the score next Sunday. Mrs. Bertha Hoots died at her home in the west part of town last Friday. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. R. M. Talbert, were held at the home Sunday af- ternoon and interment made in Oak Hill cemetery. Miss Laura Bernadette Duvall Jackson, of west of town left last week for Chillicothe where he will enter a business college. Warren Duvall. and’ Robert Best school hosiery, 10¢ to 25c, W. D. Arnold, of Paris, Tex., folks. m the The second week of the Butler Ladies new fall waists, Walk- Richard Vail returned the last He also Lieut. George DeArmond ‘nd where Lieut. DeArmond will- join his regiment, , |plead guilty and a fine of five dol- and meeting his from over the county. friends have him sized up as first class timber for sheriff and are bringing pressure to bear to get him into the race next year. The boys are freely predicting that when the time comes Bud’s hat will be in the ring and so will the first of the} B on time Tuesday and about 11 o'clock gave the usual street pa- rade on the down town streets. The afternoon performance was The night and Miss Beatrice Duvall left for Chicago the latter part of the week where Miss Laura Berna- dette will resume teaching in the Chicago Auditorium of music and Miss Beatrice will take voice cul- ture. “Clyde Butler and Lee Bright, automobile drivers, were arrested Tuesday by Marshal Braden, charged with exceeding the speed limit with their cars. Wednesday they appeared before Police Judge Hemstreet, where they lars was assessed against each of them. H. D.’Chambers, one of East Boone township’s. leading young Denfocrats was in Butler the last of the week taking in the fair many friends Bud’s ud. Gollmar Bros. Circus arrived |; iven under dificulties owing to e incessant down pour of rain. handicap under and should they- come again they will do 4 big home in Kansas City the first of | 1 ware company on the north side of the square. as driver and caretaker of the new fire department team. This is certainly a good as Mr. Ray is a first man and will care for the team as it should be. spent last week in Butler visit- Phillips is an Summit. township having former- by County Clerk Frank Holland. : performance - was large trust company installed a/ walled off entirely. They have ajnew safe. They put the combi-| it class show and Erenepoted Soa Rape beg dl typewritten, in ert pe secy, and babe poy atg de D. K, Nake of thisjeafe ke bus- {been una ey or th Crawfords: band at Montrose this IN. week. ’ Mrs Hettie Daniels ‘eae ‘sen, Vernon, of pier, ORI are vis- |: Chas, Fisk is playing with the|.. STRAW MITES INVADE PRISON. = - souri Penitentiary Convicts. ‘|Harvest Pests Attack 400 Mis. 3 iting: Sheriff Johnson was a Rich Hill visitor Saturday afternoon. Mrs. D. F. Payne visited her daughter, Mrs. J. E. LN, at Nevada last week. On-GCR + Sept. 14.— Four hued ed: taoetge of the Mis- souri Penitentiary. were so busy scratching themselves today that they would not have_had time to get away from the institution had the inclination and the op- portunity presented. Dr. Joseph Brindon, skin spe¢=— ialist of St. Louis, called in by. Dr, George L. McCutcheon, prison physician, to aid in diagnosing the disease, today pronounced it harvest or straw mite. That is the root of the trouble he says. Some 25 or 30 cases have been isolated by Dr. MeCutcheon for observation and study. So far there are no dangerous aspects of the disease. Dr. Brindon says the disease is practically unknown in __ this The Times good friend J. F. Hill was a welcome visitor to this office Saturday. WL. Cooper has moved _ his furniture store to the McFarland building on the south side. Frank Welch came in from Kansas last week to visit his mother, Mrs. J. W. Tunis. Wheat 34 years old was _ re- cently threshed in London, and it made exceptionally good flour. Col. I. M. Smith of eastern Bates was a county seat visitor Monday and made this office a pleasant call. ported about two year ago. The harvest mites propagate in the straw with which the mattresses used in the prison are stuffed. As a result of the diagnosis a big bonfire will be made of all the mattresses in use in the pris- on just as soon as others to-take their place canbe obtained. One car of’ good Arkansas white oak bridge lumber just un- loaded at Logan-Moore Lumber Yard, Butler, Mo. For Sale—Buick automobile, 1915 model, completely equipped, only run 500 miles. A bargain. Married at Nevada. fae Sie Mevetlitd). "| Gia Whleane lan Ria Mr. and Mrs. Len Shubert|E. Long, both of the Hume neigh- left Friday for Belton, Mo.,|borhood, were happily united in where they spent a few days vis- iting Mr. Shubert’s uncle. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Miller, of Kansas City, came down the last of the week to visit his par- ents, Judge and Mrs. G. C. Mil- er. the holy bonds of wedlock at Ne- vada, September. 11, the cere- mony taking place at the newly erected Methodist Church; Rev. I. F. Odom, the -pastor, officiat- ing. This service enjoys the dis- tinction of being the first event to occur in. this beautiful new church edifice. The bride is the oldest daugh- ter of, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Long, while the groom is the only son of Mrs. M. C. White. Both are worthy young people, having grown up here among us, and we join their many friends in wish- ing them a safe and_ tranquil journey o'er the sea of life, gath- ering during their voyage all the good things which may tend to help them joyfully along.—Bord- er Telephone. John Coleman made a business trip to’ Clinton Saturday. He made the trip in his car and re- ported 'the roads as being pretty rough. Mrs. J. P. Edwards, who has been making an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs. Conger, in Washington, D. (., returned home last week. Walton Crutsinger, wife and son, Walton, Jr., motored down from Garden City last week and visited his parents, Mr. and: Mrs. J.C. Crutsinger: Mr. and Mrs. Len Shubert left Friday for Kansas City and Bel- ton, Mo., where they visited rel- atives and friends. They re- turned home Monday: Owen-Newlon Miss Jennie Owen and Dr. J. S. Newlon were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s par- ents in this city Wednesday even- ing, September 15, 1915, Rev. R. M. Talbert officiating. Arthur Fischer of near Roek-!" \iss Jennie, who is the daugh- ville came up Tuesday to see the 2 7 ve |ter.of Judge and Mrs. A.* By cireus and called at this office Owen, is a dainty, charming and renewed his subscription to young woman of rare accomplish- The Times-for another year. ments. Dr. Newlon who is one of But- ler’s foremost young physicians, isa gentleman of honor and abil- ity, ig rapidly advancing in his chosen profession. The Times extends the hearti- est congratulations to the happy young couple. The superintendent of public schools of St. Louis has ordered the teachers in that city to avoid the European war in teaching current events to the pupils. A. C. Coberly manager of the Logan-Moore Lumber Co., accom panied by his wife made a bus:- ness trip to Appleton City and Rockville the first of the week. Christian Science Services Will be held in the court house in the Probate Court room . every Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. All are cordially invit- ed. Subject “‘Matter.’” Ottawa, Kas., had’ a funeral procession in boats last week when it was necessary to take the body of Preston Brown and the pallbearers from his home to the cemetery in boats. U. 8. Submarine M-1 is Launched Quiney, Mass., Sept. 14—Sub- marine M-1, built for the United States Government by: the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation was launched today. A large automobile manufac- turer in Detroit has agreed to employ every discharged convict from the Michigan penitentiary at a salary of five dollars per day. So if you want a good job all you have to do is to get in the Mich- igan ‘‘pen.”’ J. F. Coon-lost 12 head of cattle in the ‘overflow of the Little Osage, last week. He had 64 cat- tle on his farm on the river. Up to date he has récovered 52 of the animals alive and eight dead ones, with four still missing.— Border Telephone. Mr. and Mrs. George Andrees, of Lees Summit, visited Mrs. Ma- bel Weaver last week. Mr. An- drees several years ago was con- nected with the McBride hard- Mr. and Mrs. Cy Ward were in town Tuesday to see the circus. Mrs. Ward some time ago under- went an operation for cancer from which she has about re- covered, this being her first trip to town for some time. ‘Orval Ray has jbeen selected pointment ss horse- The heavy rains of Tuesday and -Wednesday swelled the small creeks and streams near town to such an extent that rur- al carriers on routes 1, 5,.and 6, were able to cover only a small part of their routes Wednesday. : Dr. R. E. Crabtree will go to Kansas City Thursday to meet his daughter, who will arrive from California where she hes been for. several months visiting relatives. Judge J. C. Phillips of Joplin ing relatives and friends. Judge old resident of ly lived on the farm now owned At Springfield last week a along with about $200.00. aes far they have! McKibben Mi ere. Co., county, as the first cases were re- .