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‘B15. uits for lomen | More new room rugs, ‘Walker- | McKibben. Zi “Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter | Taylor northeast of town: Friday, | Oct. 1, a fine son. : : H. H. Wyse of Grand. River township attended Old Settler’s Reunion in, Butler Wednesday. | A, M. Earsom of Pleasant Gap | township was. in attending Old, ars Reunion Wednesday and - Big Odd Fellows Meeting. Bates Lodge I. 0. O. F. had a big time at the regular meeting Monday night. Some time ago the Sprague lodge notified the local lodge that they’ would be here with a number of candidates for, degrees.and asked that the Butler lodge put on one of the de- grees and that the Adrian lodge be invited to put on the other. They arrived on time with five * Young men’s Stetson hats, Black & Arnold Clothing Co. | E. H. Craseholt of Foster was dress caps, Black & Arnold. in the city Saturday. | Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Hupp and ‘Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wileox attend- day in Kansas Cify visiting rel-) Tumse anc site atives. lea: : " 3 5 eh : . | Tra Rockhold; Elner Campbell Young men’s overcoats, suits! ind their families motored up to and shoes, Black & Arnold. “tenane Cle Alb lant ot the wreelk, FALL Gaylord Vantrees spent Sun-| oq the State Fair at Sedalia the] ~$18.00 to $25.00 - BOYS’ UP-TO-DATE SUITS JUST IN : dine ak $6.00, $7.50, $8.50 and $10.00 ‘ : FOOTWEAR FOR THE FAMILY ONE PRICE TO EVERYBODY—MONEY BACK TO ANYBODY BLANKETS SPECIAL - The best line of Blankéts in AMERICAN CLOTHING HOUSE Leaders for 30 years. PATTERNS FOR MEN town. ; $1.75 PAIR made us a pleasant visit. | Fresh feathers for sale, Walk- | er-McKibben, | -Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jenkins and | Charley Fisk motored up to! Creighton Sunday and spent the afternoon visiting friends. C, IL Galvin of Osage township accompanied by his son was in Butler the first of the week look- | ing after business matters. Best velvet outing.10¢, Walk- er-MeNibben, N. Allison, one-of The Times’ staunch Pleasant Gap township friends was in Butler Wednesday and made us a most pleasant call. Best cotton batting 10¢ to 25e, H..H. Heck of Rich Hill was in the city Monday attending court and advertising ‘the Rich Hill Stock Show which will be held October 21 and 22. Dr. Sherman Miller and wife, of Urich, were in the city Monday and made this office a pleasant eall, Dr. Miller was transacting Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Bradley of ; returning Sunday. Rich Hill- were Monday. Col. C. tes a big sale over in Kansas near La | this city last week. oa i i ‘Cygne Monday. . , A.C. Moreland, County Super- Col. C. E: Robbins made a trip intendent of Schools, is spending _ to Kingsville Tuesday where he|the week in the country inspect- conducted a sale. ‘ing the rtral schools. Till, attended the meeting of the E. Robbins conducted | Bates County Medical Society in Young inen’s dress gloves and isilk ties, Black & Arnold. | ( The last outdoor concert of the Col. C. B. Robbins conducted season was given by the Butler a big sale at Kingsville, Johnson band Friday night. ea Tuesday. _Hle made the er Mr and Mrs. A. C. Coberly mo- od in ie teety tored down to Rich Hill Sunday,} Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Black, ' where they visited friends. ‘Linda and Jessie Nix, Alice ‘Smith and Harry Wyatt motored lover to Clinton Sunday. * Young men’s sweaters ~ and duck coats, Black & Arnold. 5Oc sweaters, Black. & Arnold.* A. L. Gilmore and Jot Newber-| ying, J. F. Ludwick spent a few ary of Deepwater township were | Gave the last of the week in,Clin- Butler visitors Saturday. i J. J. Richardson of Rivh Hill brother, was a business visitor to be | Wm. Price returned to his county seat one day last week. | home in Pueblo, Colo., Monday ,jafter a visit to his sister. Mrs. W. A. McConnell.’ James Hemstreet. of Peoria Ills. came in last week to visit hi brother, Judge W. F. Hemstreet.) pyenvhody trade at Frank T. that Clays, the Booster Store, and our coupons for Amy Eg- 50e ow ti * See Hayden Ray about | stove pipe or fine white enameled vote y ware. 51-1t gleson. i Geo, Herrell and family of | Joe Whipple and family —mo- Adrian spent Sunday with his |tored over from Clinton Sunday parents; Mr. and Mrs. John Her- jand spent the day with Mr, and rell. i Mrs, O. P. Wilson at the Frater- ? 2 . {nal Inn. : 3. N. Jones, who has been vis- ; ; iting his son, Robert, in Denver,| | Young men’s rubber coats and Colo., returned home the last of | cloth rain coats, Black & Arnold. he weck: ‘ Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walton Grant Gander, a prominent far- Cruitsinger at their home in Gar- mer of route 7, was in the city | den City Saturday, September 25, Monday and made this office aja 9 1-2 pound girl. All parties pleasant call. | doing well. the latest style} Butler visitors | py, \, He ~Allen, Jr, of Rich |ton, visiting at the home of her} $! W. G. Bush, at The Cottage Hotel. | business in the probate court. | “Mr. and Mrs, E. A. Hardin mo- |tored to Kansas City Sunday ‘morning where they visited rela- itive and attended the Royal {Stock Show at Convention Hall. | This is the time of year to oil Mr, and Mrs. W. G, Cumpton und daughter, Mrs, Clara Bateh- clor, returned Wednesday from a {wo week’s visit with relatives in Kansas City and Topeka, Kas. John Coleman of the Denton- Coleman Title Co. made. a busi- ness trip to Benton county Mon- day. Mr. Coleman made the trip in his car and says he found some terrible rongh roads in that county, 50¢ men's caps, Black & Arn- old. Adam Herman left the last of ithe week for Independence, Mo., | harness and we'll oil the hip strap j harness for 50c or the breeching iharness for T5e. N. B. MecFar- ‘land. 51-1t | Win. B. Hurt and Miss Leota iB. Andrews of Spruce were mar- lyied at the court house Saturday, }Oct. 2, Rev. Geo, ithe Presbyterian church officiat- ving. : | Rex Wallace and Miss Nellie |Bailey were united in marriage |Sattirday evening, October 2, by Rey, R. M. Talbert of the Chris- ;tian’ church at his home on Pine street. The residence of T. D. Day of Deepwater township {with its contents was totally de- istroyed by fire Wednesday of last week. The Joss was partial- ‘ly covered by insurance, Please read my advertisement in this paper for low prices on Dutch Bulbs Axes and Aluminum specials. Deacon's, South Side Square. A1-1t J.B. Smith infomns us that he had received a message from his | brother, das. H. Smith, of Pleas- Janton, Kas., that tie stork had | visited his home Monday night and left a fine haby boy. See our 25e ties, Black & Arn- old. ‘ 0, K. Davis, of Independence Mo., was in the city last week. al- ter his car that he was forced to leave: here some time ago on ac+ count of the high water and mud- dy roads. T, J. Prewitt, who some time ago disposed of his business in this city and purchased a confec- tionery in Carthage, last week sold out in that city and returned to Butler. Pennsylvania Cup Tires, the best tire on earth, inner tube free with each casing. This is an introductory offer and will only be good for a short time. }51-1t W. W W. Henry. C. A. Bolin and family, and | Jas. Thomas and family attended the State Fair at Sedalia the last. of the week. They made the trip in Mr. Thomas’ automobile and report the roads fine. Hayden Ray carries the best stove pipe in town also-a fine line of white enameled ware. 51-1t Judge and Mrs. Bruce Camp- bell and W. G. Dillon attended the meeting of the Masonic Grand lodge of Missouri held, in ‘St. Louis last week. They report a peor trip and a big time in St. us. ’ Rich Wells eame in from Car- R. Scroggs of, together | here he visited Mrs. Ina Tiffany ‘and Ma. and Mrs. Paul Preston, {He went from there to. Kansas City, where he attended the Roy- al Stoek Show at Convention Tall. More new suits, $15.00, $18.00, 420,00, $25.00, Walker-MeKibben, A. Tf. Loyd and wife of Foster, were in Butler” Friday. enroute home from Colorado, where they had been for three months for the benefit of Mr, Loyds:health, He informs ats: that he gained ten pounds in weight on the trip and ‘feels fine. The theatre goers of Butler {were given quite a treat at the opera house Friday night when a {first « company put on the iplay “Freckles. It was a good }Wholesome play and was: enjoyed {by a large audience. Dv. J.T. Wull returned the last fof the week from an eastern trip during which he visited Chicago, iagara Falls and other points of ‘ Mrs. Hull will visit \ sar college, of which she is a graduate, after ‘which she will spend some time visiting friends before re- jin Washington, D. C., iturning home. Jake Larson for many years |superintendent of the eleetric light and water works plant in iRich Hill, has accepted a position with the city power plant at But- ler and left for that city Monday morning to assume his duties. His family will remove to that city in about a month, Mr. Lar- son is a reliable and: competent man for the place.—Rich Hill Re- view. Butler and Altona closed the base ball.season at Butler Sunday afternoon. It was a closely con- tested game for. cight innings, when they got into a wrangle ov- er a close dicision, and-quit with the score 7 to 8 in favor of Al- Htona. Ed Orear started pitching for Butler and gave way to Ellis jin the fourth inning. Ellis had one bad inning and then tight- ened up and the boys from Altona eould do nothing with his bend- ers. 1 Pennsylvania Cup Tires, the best tire on earth, inner tube free with each casing. This is an introductory offer and will only he good for a short time. 51-1t W. W W. Henry. The Butler and Rich Hill Tele- hone system owned by‘ Mrs. enry Reinheimer, was last week sold to Henry Neuschafer, of Shelbina, Mo. Mr. Neuschafer was manager of the company af- er the death of Henry Reinheim- r and was succeeded by W. G. eed. who resigned a few days ‘ago to accept a position with the s state utilities commission. e sale of the property will have ‘be passed ,on by: the Sta dof Public Utilities: made. Walker-MeKibben, Jesse B. Vickers: of north of town and Miss Viola May Smith of Spruce were united in mar- | ia Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the home of Rev. Geo. R. Scroggs of the Presbyterian chureh. | Chas. Fix, one of our good southeastern Bates friends was in Butler Wednesday attending Old Settlers Reunion and favored lus pleasantly. Myr. Fix is one of, Prairie township's substantial farmers. $1.98, Extra good blankets, Walker-MeKibben. Pierce Hack- was in Butler Wednesday attending Old Set- tler’s Reunion,. Mr, Hackett is suffering a severe attack of rheu- Our good friend ett. of Amoret, inatism and gets around with j great difficulty. Pennsylvania Cup Tires, the ‘best tire-on earth, inner tube free with each casing. This is an introductory offer and will only ye good for a short time. y-1t W. WW. Henry. W. B. Tyler and W. T. Lacy were pleasant callers at this of- fice Wednesday. Mr, Lacy came to Bates county a few months ago from Saline county and pur- chased the A. S. Milhorn farm in Summit township. Extra fine plush coats, $15.50, $15.00, $17.50, Walker-MeKibben, Mrs. S. Re Daniels and little Ringer, Okla, who have i her cousins, Mrs. nd Mrs. Joe Tip- fon, left Tu y for Creighton to visit Mrs. Kate Brown before returning to their home. son of heen vis Fred Nicol: Bran- Sunday being Robt. birthday nock’s seventyssecond his children and grand On returning home from church he found the house filled with a happy crowd and the tables loac ed with.all sorts of good thing: to eat. Comfort and economy make happy homes. using Cole’s Hot Blast Heaters. Fleetwood Thomas, Bates coun- ty’s versatile commissioner — of permanent seat of government is exhibiting to* admiring — friends a fine young grape fruit tree. The tree which is 1 1-2 years old is about four feet in height and is apparently a fine, healthy speci- men. He expects if to bear next season. Minneapolis Votes ‘‘Wet.’’ Minneapolis, Oct. 3.+-Hennepin county, of which Minneapolis is the. county seat, voted. to retain its 433 saloons in a county option election today, according to — re- ports available “late tonight. When 105 of the 193 precincts of the county had reported, the ‘wets’? led by 5,000 votes, the count standing: ‘‘Wets,’’ 20,- 851; ‘‘drys’’ 15,894. . Rev. George B. Stafford, in commenting on the vote said: “It now appears that the ‘wets’ have carried the election, but we do not yet concede it. If it had not been for the grossest frauds and illegal voting there would have been no doubt about the result.” Oil—HARNESS Oil. Will oil your hip strap harness for 50c. Your breeching harness for 75e, collars too. N. B. Mc- Farland. 51-1t ‘first degree by the Butler children | planned a surprise in his honor, | You get both by! candidates, Clyde -Bobbitt,” W- Birks, Sam Wieden, J. E. King, and H. Pyles, who were given the team and the second by the team from Adrian. Delegates were present from ‘Amoret, Adrian, and Sprague, be- sides visitors from other lodges. A lunch was served between the conferrimg ofthe degrees and atthe close a: smoker was held and a pleasant hour was spent telling stories and having a good time, : — Aged Lady Died Suddenly Mrs. M. Bauin died suddenly at her home in. this city at three o’elock Wednesday inorning, Sep- tember 29th, of heart failure. Mrs. | Baum had-been subject to severe heart attacks for some time. Wednesday morning she suffered ack and her daughter, Miss Olive, called Dr. S. L. Bates but Mrs. Baum expired ‘before treatment could be administered. The Batims have lived in and near Adrian for many years. Mr. Baum died over a year ago. ,They came here from Ohio. Mrs. B. is survived by three children, viz: Mrs, J.-C. Clark, of St loe, Mo.: Joseph Baum, of Nebraska, and Miss Olive, who lived with her mother.—Adrian Jounal, Presbyterian Church Services. Sabbath School 9:45 a.m. 7 Preaching 11:00 a. m., and 7:30 P- mM. Junior 3:00 p.m. Senior Christian Endeavor Christian Endeavor , 6:30 p.m, The public is most cordially in- vited to these services and the members are urged to attend. Man's greatest opportunity and largest field of service are found in the church and in’ Christian service, George R. Scroggs, pus- tor and J, &. Harper, superin- tendent of Sabbath school, é Morning subject, The Price ‘of Service.’ | Evening subject. “The Invest- ment of Life.” Mrs. John F. Clark Dead. Mrs. Margatet Howard Clark, 34 irs, died Sunday inoyning, Oct. 3. at the Red Cross lospital in Kansas City. Mrs. Clark was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Howard and: Was born in WKentneky, Jan 17, I881, and was married Fine 1, 1904, to Jolin FP. Clark, She is survived by her husband and two children. The remains were brought. to Butler and funeral services, con- ducted by Rey, R.-M. Talbert: of [the Christian ehurch were held at ‘the home southwest of town Mnesday afternoon and interment rmade in Oak Till cemetery Death of Mrs. Levi H. Steele. | Mrs. L. HT. Steele, who former- ly lived near Peru in this county, | died at her home in Eldorado, i Ark., Sunday, Oct. 3. The remains will be- brought to Butler and funeral services will be held ‘Thursday. Mrs. Steele is survived by her husband, three daughters, Mrs Geo, Baker of Kansas City, Mrs. W..P. Ellington of Moberly, Mo., and Miss Kittie Steele ity, and one son, William Steele, Hldorado, Ark. List of Letters. } Remaining uncalled for— in post office at Pautler, Mo., for the week ending October Sth, : C. Clavenger, Carl D. 1 Ny | Thomas Farrel, Elbridge Young, | Miss Mildred Hughes, Miss Maril | Maloney. Thesé detters wil “be sent to the dead letter o e Oct. 19th, 1915, if not delivered before. In -ealling for the above, please say of this \*¢ Advertised."’ giving date of | list. | J, E. Williams, Postmaster. Nice Suburban Home. About seven acres, seven room house at city limits, electric lights, city water, new bath room, cement walks, cement cellar, large barn and poultry houses, close to North ote! and about six acres in ure. All in good condition 2 AR se it a bargain. Easy terms. - 51-1t E. G. Zey. the,