The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 2, 1916, Page 1

For Presidential Elector. Oak Grove Items. falo, N. Y., Feb. 26—Gov.| The many friends of W. W.| A., I. Gilmore sawed wood itman in ‘a speech delivered to-| Ferguson in the Sixth . Congres-| Thursday for Coleman Snodgrass. it, advéeated compulsory mil-jsional District of Missouri are| Mrs. John McCook spent Friday y traiming for the American| strongly urging his selection as|with her mother-in-law, Mrs, Me- th, holding it to be the one| Presidential Elector on the Demo-| Cook. framé|}- : : @base of the citizen soldiery | cratic national ticket this coming|. Joseph West is on the sick list rapidly | Ww. : : ‘ November. at this writing. depart-|" =" ¢ New Ships. a @ ,battlefields of Europe; Mr. Ferguson, who is well-} Cora Gragg spent Wednesday 3 strate to all the world,’’| known throughout the state as one | night with Lillie Wigger. e roof was| Washington, Feb. 26—Experblqgig the Governor, ‘“‘that right/of the most influential) Demo-| W.R. Moore, who is teaching 000, to-| mental long range firing “by the |tawet still be backed up by might.|crats in Southwest Missouri, is a|the Oak Grove school spent Tues- f stock | Atlantic ‘fleet and ranstiow | Fiet ws hold to our ancient faith as| gentleman of education and. pol-| day night with Ben R.° Basker- and | about naval battles in the Buro-isteadfestly as inthe past, but let| ish, as well as a man of large ex-| ville, n,. The barn was insured for pean war virtually have convinced | ya" not be’blind to the bitter facts| perience in business affairs. He] Everette Harvey is reported the Navy Department that battle-/9¢ the present that made adequate | has been president of the Farm-| quite sick with the measles at this ( he 2 this. year} preparedness a necessity.”’ ~| ers & Manufacturers Bank of Rich | writing. ig of ‘live: stock, 4 should carry 10-26-inch guns eac! — Hill, his home town, for more} A. I. Gilmore sawed wood and 2 head of| instead of. 12-14 inch ::weapons Democratic: Central Committee] than 35 years, and has been iden-| Thursday for A. T, Keen. '. Meeting. tified with some of the most im-| Mrs. Clara Batchelor and et “ portant financial enterprises of| daughter, Nena, spent Sunday at “Owing to the necessity for hold-| this section of the state. the home of W. G. Cumpton. img our County Convention on| Mr, Ferguson has always been| Mrs, Kathryn Young spent the a. ee ae. foe Hue active in thé affairs of the Demo-| fore part of the week with M. S. @ of our State Convention, the! crati ty, giving freely of his| Yi d family. king, deserving | of the fleet will be held at ranges| Democratic Central Committee of| means and time to further the| Mrs Geo, Keen’ spent Friday deeply regret-. oP to 18,000 Bho peor of me i Panny is a big Aes party’s, success, and has never be-| evening with Mrs, A. L. Gilmore. RON lessons taught by” e- | meet at the Court House in Butler | fore ed for political prefer-| Miss Rena Varns spent. the lat- tho had a horse in| tween German and British battle |at 2:00 o’clock p. m. on Saturday, elle any ‘kind. He is felis. ter oF of the week with her sis- he time also’ eus-| cruisers in the North Sea where}March 4th,.1916, for the purpose! ing and convincing public speaker] ter, Mrs. Mart Butler, a of galling a County Convention and his selection as Presidential| Mrs. Claud Quick spent Sunday and for the discharge of such oth-| Blector from this congressional | evening with her mother, Mrs. ie editors of Missouri, in conven- fs business as shall come before, district would be a most aotelt Randall, 2 -indorge the stand taken by Presi-}the fire, but cou! urnine aq|,, LW, Women were killed, more} | A BM paien, Bau. | cethe aeivic ees pay Donel tonday, ek vassertion of American ri ‘ . “| seriously, and | ithin a rad- : were Appleton City visitors: Sat- der international law. We agree|mable material, Neer ent ee cee eer Dale Jones Taken to the IE re urday, tt] 4 loss of the, anirgal which | 17,000-yard shots scored hits. “*Resolved; That the Democrat-| is als ed, ‘(hs animal ‘was with him’’that if expediency :should be allowed: to take the place of principle one humiliation would follow another and the “whole fabric of international law >mnight crumble under our hands. “Professing: our devotion to peace - set any cost save that of honor, we renew expressions of confidence ‘in his ability to save this. natiqn from war without ‘suffering the rights of its citizens under.the eet , she Fol : ae nee ished or badly damaged in the Arkansas to Build Highway. - explosion of 600. pounds of dyna- a. road through. the western part| timated at from $100,006 to $500,- |b: of the State and offering on its| 000. 4 completion as a link of the Na-| The cause of the blast is a mys- vention proposing that the|house- just’ before the explosion lay nigh be built feban: Missouri to the|but at a late hour no definite, 4 He stil Z . ; Dale Jones, who was convicted Fort Smith, Ark. Feb, 24.—The| mite and nitroglycerine in.a con-{last week of stealing an automo: Arkansas Jefferson Highway As-|struction. company’s ~ powder | bile from Chas, Horton of Hume, sociation was organized here to-| house in St. Louis Monday. The|and sentenced to two years, was day with the purpose of building| property damage was variously es-| taken to the penitentiary Sunday Sheriff Johnson ¢ 2 Jones was well tional Jefferson Highway, extend-) tery. Officials are investigating| his sentence and thanked ing from New Orleans to ‘Canada.| reports that two negroes were|,Calvird and the jury A-gesolution was adoptéd by|seen in the vicinity of the powder] verdict was returned last Wednes- faa of several Uitoky were detmole|. | Penitentiary, d _ Notice to Farmers, Geo. Sargent purchased a new ' Owing to the iiipossibility of} cow Friday. ' getting sacks as well as the pro-|- Several of this vicinity attended hibitive price the elevators and| Olaf Chambers sale Friday. mill will not be able to furnish} J. M. Evans purchased a new sacks for handling grain. house one day last week. Power & Bro. PANSY. Peoples Elevator Co. ee 19 tf Cannon Elevator. Mrs. 8. R. Young Dead. Seed Oats for Sale. Mrs. 8. R. Young died Wednes- ; day morning at her home on West ied pine deena ania oils Pine street after about a week’s Sa 2 | illnes with pneumonia, Parzayda Shelton was born No- 19-1t * R. F. D. 6, Butler, Mo. Popularity of B.& L. Assoninety) cher 28° 1850, at Knoxville, *!Tenn. Was married July 7, 1869, to Samuel R. Young. They removed to Missouri in 1882, settling in Macon county, in 1889, they came to Bates county, i : ; She is survived. by her- hus- > : band and four sons, Emmett, i : Young of Atlanta, Mo., Edward Young of La Plata, Ben Young of St. Louis and Oather Young of the state of Washington, three daugh- ters, Mrs. Francis Campbell of Kansas City, Mrs. Harry Ashley of this county and Miss Delia Young of this city. % Early in life she united with the M.. E. Church South and lived a consistent christian life. Funeral services’ conducted by. Rev. E. K. Wolfe will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock ‘Tme-cunder the/ clews-had‘been obtained: - ~_:}b@iking against him. “time of ‘world war have: been of ~priceleas value to humianity, we * desire formally to record our ’un- aN : ‘measured confidence in his wis- nae Mond a ‘dom and his courage inthis hour ’ a of decision. We pledge our sup- i , am 4 - port, to the uttermost .in any step ‘4 ‘he’ may find it necessary. to_take in order to maintain the honor of ’ ithe United States of America among the nations.” ; ; aot Pike bapaues. Mall: was Style has become a live issue with men and women who keep up with - ‘packed with Democratic editors ‘ :and Democrats from all parts of the times. Practical men and women who are interested in making their Es tie pe fighting spirit of clothes money go just as far as possible will be especially interested in the re- ‘higher thes doritig the doused ot markable values we are offering. After an inspection of the garments and tthe’ banquet and every ‘speaker comparison; with those shown elsewhere, you will surely make up “your Be Bag nscale ga See mind to come here when you get ready to buy. ” ‘banished foréver from Missouri at the M. E. Church, South, and interment made. in Oak Hill cem- ‘and from the White House. : ree : : fy Ne pollisa wontons prtact pei] Ladies’ -and Misses’ SPRING SUITS = |e ; Silks, Poplins, Gabardines and Serges, in all the latest models and colors HH ih Sixth District Republicans In- A $13.50, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00, $25.00 dorse W. 0. Atkeson. ‘America’? and ‘Yankee __W. 0. Atkeson of this city was indorsed for lieutenant governor, : Blapten t Deeneee a, ; es ’ : ee ee : 3 fi | | at the aoersel ie bs Sopot, ' of Sturgeon. v ‘unani- ; i : . ; iH Li vans of the Sixth gressiona A acs Be ; } Ladies and Misses SP RING COATS pn District at Clinton Monday. . a : ' - Silks, Checks, Stripes, White and all the new plain colors latest hati Kans Ge. eee i models and materials: : $5.00, $6.50, $10, $15.00, $20.00 Babler, St. Louis, were indorsed as candidates for delegates-at-large to the national convention. The candidacy of Walter S. Dickey for nomination to the United States senate also was indorsed. The : oy Ladies’ Separate Skirts will be a Great F eatur e fi or this Com- convention also favored the nom- =) “ling Season. We are showing the newest models, newest materials at popular _- Be aicn, be Excelsior Springs for congress- prices...............0.1.......$3.50, $5.00, $6.50, $8.00; $10.00 man, Among those who addressed the _ convention were Judge Robert- - son of Sedalia. candidate for su- preme judgeship nomination, and G. H. Hackman of; Warrenton, candidate for the nomination as test models _|]| state auditor. *- | STYLE PLUS. SUITS the $17 Marriage Lioenses p same price the world over Cesamelt B. Moore, ich Hill, Mo. : - Bentley........ tr, Mo. reese Be - $8.50, $10, $12.50, $15 Elmer E. Sutton....Roseoe, Mo., Rosa Anna S. Fennewald Rich Hill Roland Hirni..... lie, Mo., Emma M. Fox ‘tek Bak, Mo. Chas. F, Fischer. .Rockville, Mo: Alice B. Hammer. ockville, Ma,