The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 18, 1915, Page 2

‘Phone 71 All of our Groceries are fresh - and of this year’s pack; we are quoting prices on quality goods. We are here to please you in order to merit the continuation of your patronage. .3 packages 25c Macaroni..... Spaghetti......3 packages 25c Raisins. ... 3 packages 25c Currants......3 packages 25c : Mince Meat...3 packages 25c_ No. 3 Kraut.......... 3 for 25c Corn Starch...3 packages 25c No. 3 Pumpkin...... 3 for 25c Jell-0........6+ 3 packages 25¢ | — 1 lot No.3 Tomatoes 3 for = Peaberry Coffee, pound...20c Bulk Soda, pound...... seses Midway Coffee anda P.& G.Napatha Soap 6 bars ase dish pound 30c Silk Soap..........- 3 bars 10c Cheese, pound.. : Salted Crackers by the DOK... . 6. cece cee cece 8c No. 2 Salmon... We carry everything in the GROCERY LINE, and and are here to stay and will give you a SQUARE DEAL. PRODUCE TAKEN SAME AS CASH. W. D. McCullough NORTH MAIN STREET—BUTLER, MO. State Normal School ‘WARRENSBURG The State Normal School at Warrensburg is’ now serving over 600 students in residence. The new buildings are nearing completion and the outlook for the future of the school is excellent. The winter quarter begins December 6 and is a good time to enter. Inquiry concerning the school will be gladly answered by the president. E. L. HENDRIX, WARRENSBURG, MO. Austrian Aviators Shell Verona. Rome, Nov. 14.—Thirty per | gons are dead in Verona us a re-| sult of three Austrian aeroplanes dropping bombs on that. city. Thirty other persons were seri- | ously and 19 slightly injured. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON DEAD | Born in Slavery ry He Was Lunch- eon Guest of Roosevelt in the White House. Tuskogee, Ala. Nov. 14.— The bombs of the air craft found Booker T. Washington, foremost most of their victims in the prin- teacher and leader of the negro, cipal square of the city, where | died early today at hig home, the citizens and peasants from the, Tuskogee Institute, of which he president. were attending | #8 founder and ee taba Hardening of the arteries follow- were killed by. one bomb. ing a nervous breakdown caused The aeroplanes visited various death four hours after Dr. Wash- ington arrived from New York. parts of the city, but none of the \ : missles dropped by them fell near A widow, three children _and four grandehildren survive. John buildin Laon 3 aa oe a pe eee 1o-| Hl. Washington, a brother, is su- md srintendent of industries at Hungarian aeroplanes have made | Porinten’ see a raid on Verona. Last July an Tuskogee Institute. Dr. W; ashington was born ir —_—Austrian—m -dropped_a doz- en bombs on the city and then escaped notwithstanding a fire directed: at it by the forts defend- ing the city. Verona, next. to Venice, is he. most important town of the Italian Compartimen- to of Venetia, and is distin- guished by its striking medieval palaces. slavery near Hale’s Ford, Va., in. 1857 or 1858. After the emanci- pation of his race he moved with his family to West Virginia. He entered Gen, Armstrong’s school for negroes at Hampton and worked his way through an academic course, graduating in 1875. Later he became a teacher in Hampton Institute, where he remained until 1881, when he or- ganized the Industrial School for Negroes at Tuskogee, . to. which he devoted most of his attention poring the remaining years of his |B-4-U| career made him the center of @ administration — of || with the President at the White mal invitation. = [=e on negro educator House, either. by formal or infor- There was a fers and of — from may quar-|ig n of un yed wea ere wn Chicane this youn, veri lyears old, the self-confessed slay- | lwas out all night and seven of | {fell in Eiola, Pike. county, Sun- |day lasting \tion Friday, December- 3. j vote: jquestion has been balloted on in : ” Biroy E. Colding, a praemeenty Republican in Missouri mer postmaster at Sed at a football game there § afternoon between the. High School and_ the burg Reserves, With th a son of Mr. Codding.. who: playing with the Sedalia am, made a play which startet lly by his team. Mr. Codding. be- came greatly excited and . ‘death resulted. The game. was called. Mr. Codding is survived by » the widow, two sons and one: daugl- ter." He was 52 years old. By narrow pluralities the vot- ers of Cole County last week’ de- feated the proposals to issue $100,000 bonds for road conatric- tion, $25,000 for a new jail and $25,000 for a tuberculosis hospi- tal. Two-thirds majority was re- quired on each. Jefferson City gave each proposal more than the necessary majority. “ Thomas Hope, who died Fri- day night at his home in Execel- sior Springs had lived in that part of Missouri fifty years. . He was born in Jacksboro, Tenn., in 1845; served in the Confederate army. Idle gossip of villagers was re- sponsible for the suicide of Mrs. Mary Watson, aged 65, . of East Lynne “says the St. Joseph Ob- server. Recently she had been employed by one of the churches to look after Mrs. McCormack, an invalid. Gossips started. the talk that provisions provided for the latter found their way to. Mrs. Watson’s home, and the unjust | accusations so preyed. on her mind she became despondent and swallowed carbolic acid. William EF. Moorehead;-. 75 er of Roy Jenkins, a farmer, 30 years old, in Anniston, November 20, was sentenced, Friday at Charleston to a term of 40 years + in the Penitentiary. The ‘jury the 12 men voted to inflict. the death penalty. The first snow in this segtion about 30 minutes. The temperature éell 10. degrees in’24 ‘hours. f ay on magnate will vote on loc al ne The Boonville local option league, in about three hours, obtained 219 \nameés to a petition asking for a This will be the first-time in tweney-five years the liquor that city, Frank B. Coppes of Nappan, Ind., paid $80,000 to George Bloom for a 1,240-aére farm east of:La Plata. This farm was pur- chased by Bloom 14 years ago for $37,000,, It was a part: of . the George W. Shropshire estate, J. Presley Wright, 32 years old, former supervisor at the.Mis- souri “School for Deaf, shot and killed himself at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Jameson Wright Sunday morning. Rela- tives said they could not ascribe a reason. Wright resigned © a8 supervisor three weoks ago, after having held the place 10 years. L. Carter, a farmer of East Prairie, Mississippi county, is amazed at the fertility and pro- ductiveness of Missouri soil, compared with that of Kentuel Carter, on seven-eighths of an acre, has harvested 128 bushels of corn, or at the rate of 146 at incident of Washington’s| duced two ears each. The ti nation-wide diseussion during the| The soil was a oe loam. Cart- President | er is trying to Roosevelt. He sat down to lunch| club in ifesasippt County. bushels to the acre. One thous- and nine hundred stalks pro- small e patch was plowed three a corm No Unemployed in Ohicagg Chicago,” TL, Nov. 15. “There Bd 3 19 to 0 in favor of — pe \ up to nly a few ho before he was stricken and to thé entire community. Thomas L. Harper, the son of John and. Jeanette _ Harper was born in Edinburg, Scotland, Sep- tember 19, 1848. In 1851, his father, who was an experienced railroad man came with his family to America, locating in St. Clair county, Hlinois, where at an ear- ly age Thomas L. Harper took up| railroad work as a career, rising rapidly to a conductorship. ‘While working in this capacity he was accidentally thrown under a car | which ran over his foot the in- jury necessitating amputation. Railway at Elston, Mo., serving in this capacity for three years when he resigned to engage in the mer- cantile business. He was united in marriage to}, Miss Sydney Chambers on Decem- her 2, 1873, at Elston, Mo., and | to this union were born twelve children, three of whom are now deceased. Those surviving | are: Dr. John D, Harper and Dr. Thomas Clyde Harper, both of Trinidad, Colorado; Elias C.; George ‘William ; Caleb Kirby;: Holly Nickle; Ladene Kathleen; Leslie-David; and Margaret Bell, all of Bates county. In 1880 he moved with his fam- [ily to Bates county, locating on 4 farm in Lone Oak township pur-|f chased by his father from the Government:in 1856 and which has since been the property of the Harper family. An enthusiastic Democrat and active in publie affairs he received the Democratic nomination for County Clerk in 1886 serving a term of four years in that capac- ity. In.1900 he was nominated and elected a Representative in the General Assembly and in 1902 he was re-elected. About four years ago Mr. Har-} the farm and|f per retired from moved with his family to Butler | ree he | has, nee resided. Thomas 1. Harper onides man ‘of neble character. ‘Of wif old Scoteh ancestry he cherished and preserved in all his. public and private career the traditions of honor, fidelity and integrity. As an official he served’ the’ public faithfully and ‘conscientiously, fullfilling his duties with honor to himself and credit to his county. i Kindly of disposition, generous to a fault and strong in his friend- ships, no man could have been more loyal to his trust or more faithful to his friends. A thought- ful, affectionate husband and a tender,-loving father, he was, and the entire community mourns with the bereaved family their great loss. Funeral services conducted by the Rev. R. M. Webdell were held at the residence in Butler Satur- day afternoon at.1:30 o'clock p. m., and interment was made in Elliott cemetery. This Gives Parcel Post Rates Very A postal clerk has figured out were taking in the sights at Am- this quick guide to parcel post rates: First and second zones, post- age equals number of pate plus Ky, | four cents. - Third zone, two times number ‘of pounds plus four cents. Fourth zone, four times num- ber of pounds plus 3 cents. Fifth zone, six times number of pounds plus 2 cents: of Sixth oa ree times number 1 cent. ett ont of pounds plus 1 cent. . of pounds even. ready psadese news of his death came as.a shock, After recovery from the’ acti-} dent he accepted the position of| coal agent for the Missouri Pacific} Over 500 eases canried goods now in. We now have shipments of the fetiowing new ‘crep:— ‘Heinz bulk Sauer Kraut ‘New bul : New Can Peaches Will have. this week new New Can Corn Heinz Dilt Pickles | : New Can Peas New Package Raisins New Can Tomatoes New Package Currants . New Can Oysters 2 New Rolled Oats New bulk-Sour Pickles New Tomato Catsup Many other things Monarch Tomato. Catsup | els has been 25c:now only 15c bottle othin befter they are only higher _ triable pegs, husking hooks, cotton gloves, = grain scoops. Everything you need ‘for cornhusking. — Pure California Honey Pt in Mason jar only 20c. Qt..in Mason jar only 35c - Ford Automobiles 2 Pesan car somo? F. 0. B. DETROIT orfleet é Ream The Only Independent Grocery, Bakery and Nardware Store ‘Phones,.144 and 49. Garage 38; BUTLER, : MO West Side Square : Guage all: wperit last Sunday ‘at the home of Unele Jim Coughlin. I see in the Adrian Journal that one of my old friends, Uncle Tom Harper, died very suddenly one day last week at his home in Butler. ‘ Mrs. E. Heavilin visited friends in Amsterdam last Saturday. & new stable: JohuiPawe is doz| Mle. Westover and: his broth: ing the carpenter work. jer took in the sights at the coun- i ity seat last Saturday. Arthur Westover’s sale will be} oe pulled off on the 24th. He has The'literary was pulled off last lots of good stock. Saturday night. They report a That was‘a false report about |Jolly good time. This part of the county had Deacon Fritts: renting the Clem- ents farm. John Barton is the|quite a wind storm last Wednes- lucky man who got that place. |day night.. The worst damage . F. Stephens was gathering corn last week. He reports his erop good. Mrs. W. A. Crumley visited |1 friends last week over by Nvhart. G. .W. Armentrout and femily spent last Sunday at Lige Spill- man’s, : Deacon Fritts and Ed “Bailey Sunday we ‘had the coldest spell so far, There was ice all day. W. H. Keeton’s haby has been very sick. Doctor Smith of Am- oret. was called. It is reported some better, CG. B. Henderson ‘is putting up corn. Some of the hay was bad- ly scattered out. We had some rain. The hog cholera is still getting some of the. “hogs. ~~ Charley Misner burnt three one day last week, There is a big. meeting ‘going on at the Mt. Vernon chnre) at present: There was bapti of the Vinton Ford last 8 We didn’t learn how many ere baptized. JOHN HNNY, sterdam last. Saturday. It is reported that George Alloa is _on the: sick list.” P id wife and Mrs. one; 10 times number Kighth zone, 12 times number is up somewhere for Ex. was on hay stacks and shoek, S