The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 20, 1916, Page 5

_ Presbytery, which is being held) UES WORTH $20.00 and $25.00, $16 50 TO CLEAN UP THE LINE...... + id -GENTLEMEN’S EASTER SUITS : $15.00 to $25.00 Manhattan Shirts, Walk-Over Shoes SPECIAL LOT OF EXTRA VAL- Stetson Hats American Clo. House The Good Clothes Store The Daylight Store EASTER BARGAINS. Mrs. Margaret Sproul, of Rich| Easter Program at the M. E. Hill, is a guest of Mrs J. C. Na- fus. Paola, this Mrs. John Koehler, of Kas., is visiting friends in Citvien 3 e CA. Denton was a b : Church South. Dr, C. H. Briggs of Sedalia will be the speaker for Thursday even- ing and will have for his subject ‘The Resurrection, the Best Au- henticated Event of Ancient His- Oil stoves and ovens, Chas A. Murray. Wednesday was annual Clean- Up day at Amoret. Full line work straw hats for men and boys, Black & Arnold, Sheriff Johnnson was a_ busi- ness visitor to Rich Hill Satur: | day. | Stanley Patterson, of Nyhart, was a county seat visitor Mon- day. Miss Helen Cook was the guest of Miss Hazel Orris in Rich Hill) Saturday. d Chas. McFarland left for the McFarland — ranch Hart, Texas. i All styles and prices of refrig- erators, Murray. Friday near A. H. Loyd was over from Fos- ter on business one day the latter part of the week. Mrs. Loulla Weeks, of Rich! Hill, was in the city the last of the week visiting friends. Miss Mary Hennessy, of Neva- da, visited old friends in the city the latter part of the week, Marion Day, of Kan City, | spent Sunday in this city at the home of his uncle, T. J. Day. Rey. George Scroggs , of the} Presbyterian Church, is attending | a meeting of the Kansas City at Slater, Mo. Dress U For Easter Men’s Suits $10.00 to $25.00 Boys’ Suits Long Pants $6.00 to $10.00 Boys’ Suits Knee Pants $2.50 to $7.50 Children’s Wash Suits 50c to $1.50 Easter Hats Easter Shirts. . Easter Ties Reliable Clothes Low Prices JOE MEYER The Clothier Easter ties, Black & Arnold. Louis Bynum came over from Clinton Saturday night and spent J Sunday in this city with his fami- ly. = We will buy or store your heat- ing stove, Chas. A. Murray. Mrs, Ande Leta, of Adrian, were in Saturday on a shopping ~ tion. and daughter, Miss expidi- Rey. (. A. Pollock was install- ed minister of the U. RP. Chureh at Amoret Tuesday evening of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Shelton, of Foster, spent Sunday in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. | Dorby. Mrs. Idel Smith-Keele returned Monday from an extended visit with relatives and friends in Col- orado, Wallace Moore spent Saturday and Sunday in Kansas City with his parents. Mr. .and Mrs. B. F. Moore. Gaylord Vantrees, the genial pill mixer of Trimbles Drug Store took in the sights of Kansas City Sunday. Linoleum saves scrubbing, . see Murray, x Henry Harrison, a prominent farmer of the Altona neighbor- hood, was a county seat visitor Monday. Ed Snyder, the Missouri Pa- cific engineer, took a lay off the last of the week on account of a ; sore eye. H. G. Cook, of the American Clothing House, was a business visitor to Kansas City the first of the week. ~ Bring in your dollars, we'll ex- change more for them in real val- ue, Black & Arnold. Mrs. John Boulware, who has been. visiting home folks at La Plata, Mo., returned home the last of the week, Rey. Johnson, the Christian minister of Archie, came down Saturday and preached at Double Branches Sunday. Duofolds, davenports and rock- ers, Chas, A. Murray. Miss Agnes Watson, local edit- or of the Rich Hill Review, spent Sunday in this city with her sis- ter, Mrs. Osborne Leedy. It was estimated that the Ili- nois presidential primaries last Tuesday cost $700,000, or about $2.80 for each ballot cast. New and second hand oil stoves and ovens, Chas. A. Murray. Miss Bertha Carder returned to her home in Kansas City Satur- day after a visit in this city with her cousin, Mrs. W. J. Nix. Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Mr. Rosier has treated the Electric Theatre to a new coat of paper, which adds much to the appearance of that popular play house. Parties who will haul away the rubbish from their premises can dump same in the old well at Power Bros. mill. It is against the law to dump alongside of the public road. f Wanted—Butter and eggs at McCullough’s Grocery, North Main St. 25-3t Butler | Spring suits, spring caps, spring Stetsons, spring shoes, spring Oxfords, spring.. shirts, spring in Black & Arnold. \ ‘ternal visit. : \visiting. friends in Rich Hill. John Mix, of Tillamook, Ore., | in sending: his renewal for The) jocks and save money, Black & i Times says that times are good out, there. Butter fat is 48 cents per pound, : | Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stanley, Gus Bennert and Homer Cameron came up from Springfield Sunday to attend the funeral of Miss | Ruby Stanley. Peaberry coffee 20 cents per | North Main St. 25-3t Orville Ray, who recently re- |partment team, departed Monday for Kansas City where he has se- j cured a position. Mrs. Ina Tiffany and Mrs, Paul Preston, of Kansas City, are visit- ing at the home of Mrs, Ed Cul- ver. They came down in their automobile last Thursday. | The base ball season was open- ed in Rich Hill last week when {the Rich Hill Business College de- feated the Adrian High School team by a score of 15 to 5, | For sale—High grade hand ‘vacuum cleaner with — fixtures, | |child’s trundle bed, child’s safety | corral, ; | 21-tf BK. K. Wolfe, South Methodist Parsonage. Mrs. Wesley Black and | Jessie Nix returned Friday from ' Kansas City where they had been attending the opera hy the Bos- {ton Opera Company at ition Hall. Overalls in all sizes from 50 size down, strong fabric, Black & Arnold. At last spring is officially here. Fleetwood Thomas, custodian of the court house yard, has sharp- ened up his lawn mower and cut the grass in the park and it looks pretty fine. Mr. and. Mrs. 8. A. Sexton and Mrs. Lucy Sullivan, of St. Louis, were called to this city Friday by the death of Mrs. A. M. Shel- ton. Mrs. Sexton and Mrs, Shel- ton were sisters. Mr.‘and Mrs. Walton Crutsing- er and two children, who have been visiting Mr. Crutsinger’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crut- singer, have returned to their! home at Garden City. | 1 T. D. Embree, of Summit town- ship made a business trip to -the lsouth part of Oklahoma last week. Mr. Embree owns a fine farm in Oklahoma but as a place | to live he prefers Bates county. Miss Josephine Piggott, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. A. Trimble, departed Satur- day for her home at Helena, Mont. She was accompanied as far as Kansas City by Mrs. Trim- ble. Geo. Argenbright, of Elk Fork farm near Altona, was a Butler visitor Monday. Mr. - Argen- bright is one of Bates county’s most progressive stock men and believes it pays to raise the best. |pound at McCullough’s Grocery, | signed as driver of the fire de-| -|has been elected secretary of the Miss | Conven-| her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John { jon North Water street. Boy scout shoes, Black & Arn- old. Clean-Up and Paint-Up this week J. E. Dowell, senior editor of | ‘the Adrian Journal, was in town fon a business trip Monday after- jnoon and made this office a fra- week J, W. Choate was in Wansas this week on a business trip. Mrs. Hf. G, Cook spent Sunday Bring us your — redeemable Arnold. Carl Collins, State agent -for the Aetna insurance company was in the city the latter “part of the week settling up a fire loss for his company. Mrs. Mary Walter, Mrs. John R. Hull,.Mrs. Sallie Lunn and Mrs. Warren Partish, of Adrian, were Butler visitors Monday af- ternoon. Chas. H. Burgess, who recently \purchased a controlling dnterest in the Marshall, Democrat-News, Young Men’s Democratic Club of Saline county. : In spite of the rainy weather of the past week the painters have all been busy painting and brightening up houses in differ- ent parts of town, After Clean-- Up Week Butler will be one of the prettiest towns on the map. Wesley Denton, cashier of the | Peoples Bank, and Mrs. Denton departed last week on a trip |through the east. They will visit |New York, Washington and other points of interest before return- ing. Ethel Herrell, who has been teaching school in Arizona, across [the line from Redeo, N, M., re- turned home Monday morning sand will spend the summer with | Herrell. ! Mrs. Walter McDonald, of Jop- }lin arrived in this city last week to visit her uncle, J. BE. Williams. Mrs. MeDonald will be remember- ed as Prudence Williams and was one of the most popular members of Butler's younger set of a few years ago. A. L. Gilmore, one of Bates county's best Democrats, was in from Deepwater\ Tuesday. Mr. Gilmore says the farmers in his tor to Joplin the first of | ( the week, si The Butler Commercial Chub) (P will meet at the city hall next)e Tuesday night. |\ t John Coleman, of the Denton-| Coleman Company was a business | visitor to Clinton Monday. oe | J. 2B. Newberry, of Deepwater) township, was a business visitor to the county seat Tuesday. ~ Prof. A. C. Moreland, vounty superintendent of schools, made | ( a business trip to Foster Tuesday. | Wm. Sehmidt, an enterprising |" farmer of the Drexel neighbor- hood, was a Butler visitor Wed- nesday. | I a Geo, Carson, a prominent busi- | ness man of Independence, Mo.,! 1 is in the city visiting J. C. Nafus!t and fainily. a Mrs, R. J. Smith returned last ! week from an extended visit with Lentner, Mo. Mrs. Richard Hurt, who came down from Kansas City the last of the week to attend the funeral of Miss Ruby Stanley, has return-|1 ed home. Mi Eliz day from a weeks’ visit with } Smith's sister, Mrs. John Yaple, at Horton, Kas. ss Alice Smith and neice yeth Phillips, returned Tue iss s 4 Si -Milford Richardson, one of the | ¢ signed and expects to leave with near future. At the regular meeting of the City Council Tuesday night, W. J. Bullock was appointed — night-|) watch. Mr. Bulloek was elected 1 city marshal in the recent city election, —~ Carl Card, of Kansas City, |t came down the first of the week and is spending a-few days in the city visiting his mother, Mrs. |] Bb. A. Card, and other relatives. Ray Foster and Miss Effie Jourdon, both well known young Worland people, were united in|] marriage by Judge Henry in the) recorder’s office Wednesday. II € W, B. Wallace, of Holden, was a business visitor to Butler’ the | first of the week. Mr, Wallace |! is one of the best known breeders of Hereford cattle in this sevtion | of the state, ‘ . yt Ogear -Reavis, an old Butler, |¢ boy, came in the first of the week from Dayton, Wyo., where he is in the hotel business and doing well, Osear says his family are all enjoying good health and are | delighted with the country. Mrs, W. HL. Hupp, who was eall- ed to Brewster, Colo, last week }1 by the serious illness of ~ her| f daughter, Mrs. Anna Goldsby,/t writes that she is rapidly recover- ing and is now out of danger, t Owing to the bad weather last : Friday night the out door concert t by the Butler band was. postpon- ed, The committee in charge say that a sufficient amount of money has been raised to insure concerts for the summer, commencing next t Friday night. j ( ¢ part of the county -are getting pretty well behind with their spring work owing to the wet weather. Chas. Ellis, editor of the Amo- ret Leader, was in the city Sun- day, being called here by the death of his aunt, Mrs. A. M. Shelton. Mr. Ellis made this of- fice a fraternal call and extended an invitation to us to visit Amo- ret and eat fried chicken. The fire department was called out Sunday morning about. 10:30 by a fire at the home of JoeCox The de- The county court is very anx-| ¢ ious that all citizens or organiza- tions who donated money of fur- nnishings for the new counnty in- firmary deliver the same not later than April 25. The money urer Stone and the bedding and |i other articles to superintendent, F. M. Woods. Dr. R. R. Gloyd, arrived in this city the first of the week and opened an office in Garrett’s livery barn, corner of Chestnut and north Delaware streets. Dr. Gloyd is a graduate of one of the best veterin: veterinarian, col-| + partment made a quick run and the fire, which was on the roof of the house, was soon put out. The loss, which was small, was fully covered by insurance. J. E. Smith cashier of the Missouri State Bank, left the first of the week for Garber, Okla., on a business trip. - Mr, Smith owns 800 acres of land in that country, a part of which adjoins the town of Garber. There is a well flowing 12 million feet He has a fine herd of pure blood Hereford cattle and Poland China hogs. of gas per day nine miles east and Mr. Smith has several good | offers to sell or lease his land. and is | ¢, leges in the United States thoroughly posted on all the lat-| general est methods in veterinary sur- gery. There will be an old fashioned roll call and basket dinner at the Oak Grove school house in Deep- water township Friday, May 5. An invitation will be sent to all old pupils whose addresses are known, to be present on that day or to write a few lines to be read when their hame is called. Wal- dilfieult less Christ.” oldest-carriers, in point of service | M in the Butler postoffice, has re-|¢ west Hospital, follov his family for California in the |e When the new town of was started he moved there. wife died about fifteen years ago. one daughter. were held at the home Monday afternoon and interment made in Salem cemetery. Nisan) OIG BES Isa pus irand Master of Missouri Ma- ons, and has several times heen lected to membership in the Gen- ral Conference, a high honor in fethodism, After 46° yearscas a raveling preacher without a va- ation he holds one of the most and important stations jot the Conference to which he be- ke mys. Solo by Mrs. Williams. iday evening—Rey. John F. the pressiding elder of the s City district. “The ‘hanging World and the Change- Brother Caskey has position isen rapidly to the which he holds by making good. le will make good on the subject ssigned him, Solo by Mr. We- }mott. Bishop Hendrix the Senior sishop of Southérn Methodism, is o spend Sunday with us. He is man of ripe scholarship, wide ravel and varied reading, He is distinguished in any circle, is rec- z ognized for his ability. at home her mother, Mrs. A. Woods at B £ . : and abroad and has received high honors both in and outside of his own denomination, one of the first presidents of the Federated Churches in America. He was le has accepted our invitation - Jout of many others for this occa- sion, Death of Miss Ruby Stanley. Friends in this city were hocked. Saturday when a mes- age was received from Kansas ‘ity announcing the death of Ruby C. Stanley, which oe- urred that morning at the South- i an op- ration for appendicitis, Mis& Stanley was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Stanley and was reared to young womanhood in this city, coming ere from Springfield, Mo., in 896,, When she was two years old and living here until about two years ago when the family moved o Kansas City. She attended the Butler High School and was one of the most. popular young girls in this city. Bright and charming she enjoy- d the love and esteem of alléwho were so fortunate as to know: her. The body was brought to. But- er Sunday night and taken to the rome of A, L. Cameron on East Jakota street. Funeral services conducted by her pastor, Dr. Geo, *. Combs, of | the 3oulevard Christian Independence chureh of Wansas City, assisted by Rey, R. MD ilbert, were held at the ‘hristian Chureh Monday atter- toon and the body laid to rest in Jak Hill cemetery, bg Frank Ream Inventor. To take care of their steadily nereasing business, Norfleet & Ream have been compelled to re- arrange their garage on Ohio street. Among other improve- nents the entrance was moved from the corner of the building o the center on the orth side. Everything worked alright un- il it came to the main door, If t worked on a slide, as most garage doors do, it would shut off he office if opened one way or rover up a display window on the side. ithe * nk Ream was consulted and Bri soon designed a door that filled It is upper he bill in every particular. lung on a hinge at each vorner and by a clever arrange- ment of weights and pulleys it is easily pulled up against the ceil- ng of the garage, where it is out of the way and takes up no room at all, should be paid to County Treas-|and reflects great credit on the It is a very clever idea nventive genius of Mr. Ream. Another Old Citizen Passes Away P. W. Morse, one of the oldgst residents of Western Bates, died at his home in morning. infirmities incident to old age. Foster Monday caused by Death Mr. Morse settled in old Wal- nut immediately at the close of he war and for a time engaged in arpentering and later opened a merchandise. Foster His He is survived by two sons and Funeral services Announcement. There will be preaching at Mt. ter R. Moore is the teacher and is| Vernon Baptist church next Sun- working hard to make this ajday, mornning and evening. Ev- memorable occasion. erybody come. L. W. Keele. store. -