The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 25, 1916, Page 7

High Gr "MEN'S $1.50 and $1. $5 OXFORDS worth OVER 100 MENS SUITS. We Re 86.75" ‘36-INCH TAFFET, foot Suits, slightly out of date, well made worth ee originally Up to $18, none below $10. : ABOUT 50 BOYS KNICKER SUITS.. $3.75 : Worth $5. 00 to $6.00 . SHIRTS on sale at..69c UNION SUITS knee length, good quality 39c A LOT OF FLORSHEIMS $6 NOW.........93. 50 The swellest Line of PALM BEACH SUITS Shown in Bates County AMERICAN CLOTHING HOUSE No. 1 White Oak Bridge Lumber at Logan-Moore. C..A. Murray made a business trip to Spruce Tuesday. Fred Mauger of Amoret was a edunty seat visitor Monday. Mrs. Harve Johnson visited rel- atives in Rich Hill the last of the week. ’ J. 8. Blizzard and family of Johnstown visited relatives in this city Monday. Wm. Scifers and Steve Hart left Sunday evening for St. Louis on a business trip. W. S. Steele was down from Adrian visiting relatives in this city last week, Mrs. Everett Ewin, of Joplin, visited at the home of OC. 8. Ewin in this city last week, Mrs. W. E. Walton is spending a few days in Norfolk, Neb., vis- iting her cousin, Mrs. Horner, Capt. Claud L, Clark, of St. Louis, “is in the city visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clark. Miss Pansy and Miss Pearl Wall of Lincoln, Neb., are visiting at the home of their ‘uncle, J. B, Wal- ton. Mrs. Rex Heinlein and children of Kansas City are visiting Mrs. Heinleins sister, Mrs. Anna Lyle| . Hill. W. D. Stipes went to Kansas City Tuesday morning on a busi- ness trip and to hear Billy Sun- day. Mrs. C. W. Allison of St. Louis is visiting at the home of Mr. Al- lison’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Newt Allison. - Mrs. N. E. Young and little son, of La Plata, Mo., are visiting at the home of Mrs. Young’ s father, F.C. Smith. Thomas Newlon of Newlons Garage, went to Nevada Sunday and drove back a new Chevrolet touring car. Our good friend, Joe Hermann, bad route five, made this ofice an reciated call one day the last of the week. James Mulkey, of Montrose, was ‘ in the city last week visiting his sons, Dr. H. E. Mulkey and Dr. — uses rmerly a well ote citizen of onongs ah but now of Nevada, visited rélatives i in this! oq city last week. - Will ‘and Harry Farber of Franklin, Kas., were in Butler one day last week visiting their tao ; Mrs. Chris Black. LB. Baskerville of Deepwater |? eee was in the city Sevartay | ‘his sisters, wha were ition. | tives. Ralph Pipes will leave the first of the week for Warrensburg, where he will attend the summer i of the Warrensburg Nor- mal. Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Ison and daughter motored *over from Pleasanton, Kas. Tuesday and spent the afternoon visiting rela- Mrs. P.K. Glenn of Harrison- ville attended the High School commencement exercises.” She was a guest of Miss Nixie Me- Cleese. Mrs. T, W. Fisk, who has been visiting relatives at Excelsior Springs, Liberty, Warrensburg and Cole Camp, returned home Friday. =s- Mrs. C. ©. Day and infant daughter, of Oklahoma City, Okla- homa, are visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Armstrong. Miss Pattie McAninch of Am- oret, attended the High School graduation. exercises last; week, | Her brother, Sam, was one of the “graduates. Chas. M. Cameron, of Kansas City, came down the first of the week to visit relatives and attend the High School Alumni meeting and banquet. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hart arriv ved in this city the last of the week from San Antonio, Tex., and will make an extended visit ‘with rela- tives and friends. J. R., Lewis and P. C. Ewing, prominent citizens of the north- east part of the county were in the city Monday on business before the probate court. Among the callers at this office Saturday was J. T. Hyatt of Sum- mit. Mr. Hyatt isa sure enough, honest to goodness Progressive. Otherwise he is all right. Rev. R. M. Talbert was the guest of honor and made the principal address at a banquet of the Bible School, of the Pleasant Hill Chris- tian church Tuesday evening. Ted Boswell, of Willow Springs, Mo., is visiting friends near this city. Mr. Boswell formerly lived in this county but has -been- in South Missouri for several years. Arthur Linard, who was so bad-/| ly hurt by being hit on the head track meet. last week is’ getting et & Son triple plated slide trombone, with two orchestra work. Also case fice. . Alex Morewood, one of the solid the -of sone as well as could be expect-| boys and children, Black & Arn- Sy old. music holder. Inquire at this of days before in Kansas City, where he has @| cini fine position with the Kansas City} craig Earnings paid weekly. the | Gas Company. WEEK Fast Black rade...............19¢ rade . | LOT BLACK LEATHER BAGG. .........89¢ Values to $1.50 Lot Organdie and Voile 15c STEVENS CRASH. WE SHOE YOU TOO The Good Clothes Store. Spring underwear 50e, 75¢, $1. Closed crotch, Black & Arnold. Lee V. Ward of this city andj Miss Goldie May Nowel, of eo | City, were united in marriage Sun-| day afternoon by Rev. E. K. Wolfe at the M. E. Church, South, par- sonage. Charley Ray returned the first of the week from a ten days visit | with Charley attended the Billy Sunday meetings and says they are im- mense, friends in Kansas City.| Perey Tyler of Deepwater town- ship, was in the city Friday: to| meet Mrs. -Tyler, that day from Topeka, Kas., where she had been visiting her ‘father, Luther Fry. who returned * Chas. Ellis, editor of the Amoret Leader, was a county seat visitor Saturday. He made this office a pleasant call and invited the whole office force over to Amoret on A fishing trip. Volney McFadden, a prominent young attorney of Kansas City, was in.the city the first of _ the week visiting friends and attend- ing the High School commence- ment exercises. Mrs. Arthur Yaple and little daughter of Kansas City visited relatives in this city last week. Mrs. Yaple attended the High School graduation exercises, sister, Miss Eva Herrell being one of ‘the graduates, her Wm. Gates, who was for many years a resident of Butler, but who | now lives at Parsons, Kas., was in town last week meeting friends. This is Mr. Gates first visit here in thirteen years and it is neédless to ‘say he noted many improvements. old Miss Rita Kerrens left the last of the week for West Plains, Mo., where she. will spend some time visiting her sister, Mrs, Fred Na- tions. From there she will go to Marshall where she will join her father who has bought a picture show there. - ; Val lues to 75c 15c value HUCK TOWELS. Mia church at Plattsburg, ; Eyman was formerly a resident of The Times good friend T. §., Grimsley, of Amoret was in the city Saturday and was a caller at this office. Mr. Grimsley says he don’t get to Butler very often but his daughter, Miss Ethel, was one of the rural graduates and he had to come and see her get her dip. with a discus at the Butler-Adrian | ™*- : Suit cases and ‘Guns for men, Ed Dillon, who has been ‘visitin a eft at the home of W. J. Bullock, extra slides and mouthpiece for| the first of the week for Archie, |introduce our high. grade trees, where he will visit relatives a few|shrubs and small fruits to every to his home i aid owner in Butler and vi- in making it what it is today. Year around employment. Estab- lished 30 years. Write today for ; J. N. Varnes, of Hudson tows| free outfit. a| ship was in the city the first @ the ‘week. “Mr, Varnes-is buildi 32-1t * ~ Mrs. E. E. Eggleson had a nar- Collars...........29¢ 10c¢ Deemer reece cerns The Amoret ball team cleaned up on the fast Mound City, Kas., team Sunday to the tune of 11 to 3. Amoret has a team of real ball Arnold. Miss Rea Robinsoxt visited rela- aba in Rich Hill the first of the oe a A Silvers returned’ Pisani from a business trip to St. Louis. Mrs. F, B. Walton and little son are visiting her parents at King- fisher, Oklahoma. Oxfords and straw hats in all the new shapes and full run of sizes, Black & Arnold. James B, Severance, 70 years of age, inventor of the McCormack self binder, died at his -home in Oberlin, Ohio, Monday. Mrs. J. L. DeJarnett, of Kansas City, spent a few days the first of the week visiting at the home of County Treasurer J. H. Stone. Miss Jessie Myerly of Rich Hill spent a few days the first of the week in this city as the guest of Misses Cora and Lorene Allen. J. W. Neuschaffer of Shelby- ville, Mo., formerly manager of the Butler & Rich Hill Telephone Exchange is visiting relatives in this city. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Vease Price on Monday, May 22, a fine players this year. Decoration Day they play the Kansas City South- ;ern team of Pittsburg, Kas., who belong to the Southwestern Kan- sas Trolly League. Among those from out of town who attended the commencement exercises was Rev. Charles H. Eyman, pastor of the Baptist Mo. _ Rev. Butler and graduated from the High School in the @fass of 1903. He preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. E. S. Daniel left the first of the w cae for Seward, Kas., where he hag a threshing machine, Every year for the last six years, Mr. Daniel has gone to Kansas in the spring and got his outfit ready for the threshing season. He expects to return some time in September. He will keep posted on Bates County events by reading The Times. Just try us for your work clothes. We'll save you money. Send your folks to us, Black Arnold. Among the rural graduates who received their diploma Saturday was Bellefield Atchison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Atchison of Deepwater township. Young Atchison made ‘a rather unusual record during his eight years at school. No matter what the weather, rain, hail or snow, ‘he never missed a day of school nor never was tardy. The Pleasanton base ball team which was billed to play the But- ler team Sunday failed to show up and the game was called off. About 40 fans, not to be cheated out of a ball game, went down to see Rich Hill and Ft. Scott play. Rich Hill was returned winner by a score of 3 to 2. Rich Hill plays in Butler next Sunday. They have a fast ball team and the home boys will have to go some to win. boy. The name of Scott Allen Price has been bestowed on the youngster. Nearly all of the teachers of the High School have left town, some attending summer schools, but most of them are taking a well earned vacation. Wn. Rice and daughters, Misses Hazel and Leota, of southeast of e| town, left the first of the week for Warrensburg, where the young ladies will attend the sum- mer term of the State Normal. Mr. and Mrs. W, L. Coonrod left the first of the week for Car- teiville, where Mr. Coonrod has accepted the superintendency of the public schools of that city. Mrs. Clyde Rook, and little son, Eugene, who have been visiting at the home ef her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Maddox, have returned to their home in Kansas City. brief visit with home folks. tle from the ranch to Wichita and came on to Butler for a brief vis- it. Harry Murphy, a faithful em- plove of this office, will be taken to Kansas City Thursday where he will enter the Wesleyian hos- pital where he will undergo . an operation for stomach trouble. Harry has for a long time been a sufferer from this trouble and his friends hope an _ operation will give him speedy relief. Dress shirts and collars for the young men, Black & Arnold. Deputy County Treasurer Shubert and Mrs. Shubert, Satur- day afternoon motored up to Adrian where they were joined by Mr. Shubert’s father and moth- er, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shubert, and the whole party proceeded to the home of J. L. Shubert: near Our good friend D. Vanhoy of Deepwater township made this of- fice a pleasant call while in town Friday.’ Mr. Vanhoy is still living on the farm on which he settled immediately after the war. - He has seen Bates county grow from a country laid waste by the Civil} War to one of the best agricultur- al commuiities to be found any- where and he has the satisfaction of knowing that he has had a hand ‘Wanted—Middle-aged men to Start now with fall can- Brown Brothers Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y., The Flower City. Dw escape from serious injury Monday afternoon when she was in her buggy on the north- Garden City where they morning. The Fox Studio on the north side has on exhibition a show case full of photographs that are very interesting. They were taken— well, it doesn’t matter when they were taken, They are pictures of Butler’s most prominent business men and matrons taken in their younger days and shows the styles in clothes and moustaches worn in those days, Mrs. T. J. Smith returned Mon- day from an eleven weeks visit to her old home in Kentucky. Dur- ing her trip she visited her daugh- ter, Mrs. J. Robert Magraw, in Fayette and her son, Gardner, who is a student at the State Univer- sity at Columbia. She was accom- panied home by her sister, Mrs. W. R. Curry, who will spend the sum- mer with her. Work shoes $2.00 up, soft, easy and light, Black & Arnold. : May Blaty, who was arrested "The about hfe’ ago charged with disorderly house and “Odd pauta $1.00 UP) Black &|. C. W. McFarland, who has been], on the MeFarland ranch in Texas for some time is in the city for.a He &! brought a large shipment of cat- Len} Black & ‘Arnold Clothing Co. ‘Here’ 8 some important if true. Someone to have dis- covered that if you will put fresh milk in a red bottle or-an ordi- nary clear glass bottle and wrap red paper around it you may leave it stand in the sun all day and the milk will remain perfectly good. It is ‘said that white rays of light hasten the spoiling of milk, red rays prevent it.—Joplin Globe. ‘Among those who have recently filed their, declaration of candi- dacy for office with the secretary of. state is J. J. Crites, of Rolla, who files as a candidate for lieu- tenant governor. Mr. Crites is one of the leading lawyers of southeast Missouri and if he should be nominated would add strength to the ticket. He was in Butler some time ago and made a good impression on those he met, F. D. Carpenter of Yates Center, Kas., spent a few days in the city last week looking after’ business matters and meeting old _ friends. : Mr. Carpenter was one’ of the founders of the Carpenter & Shafer Co., now the Home Produce Co. Heisnow engaged in the same business in Yates Center and his many friends will be glad to know that he is prospering and still votes the Democratie ticket and says Wilson_is the best presi- dent the county ever had. Mr. Carpenter informs us that he has 3000 acres of wheat which-looks fine. Tuesday. morning County Treas- urer John Stone hitched up_ his team to the buggy and he and his Mr. Stone discovered that he had failed to hook the lines into the bit of one of the horses. They started to run and realizing that he had no way to control them he and Miss Winnie jumped out. The of Major Lynch, south of town, No damage was done except one of the horses appears: a_ little lame. Now’s the time to get your suit of Black & Arnold. Col, and Mrs. C. E. Robbins and son, Joe Emmett, and daughter, Miss Florence, started Thursday on quite an extensive automobile trip. They will first go to Winter- set, Iowa, where Miss Florence will stay with relatives while the rest of the family continue on the trip. They will go as far west as Montana and expect to return home about Angust 1. The Col. has constructed a trailer for his automobile on which will be packed their camping outfit. The Col. informs us the trip will be made by easy stages, stopping to fish at all likely looking places. John S. Walker, local represen- tative of the New York Life In- surance Company, was the guest of the company at a conference of the officials and representatives of the southwestern department at Kansas City the last of the week. lahoma, _ Arkansas, * Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico and Colora- do. The meetings were held in the music room of the Hotel Muhle- back. Only those agents who had made good were invited to this spent | conference and while Mr. Walker Sunday, ‘returning home Monday} has only been with the company a few months, his work has been such as to attract the attention of the officials of the company, who are quick to recognize merit in one of their agents. Value of Farm Lands. During the last four years, the average value of farm lands has increased 25.7 per cent according toa recent announcement from the United States Department of Agriculture: The average increase within the last year was 11.5 per cent. Taking the country as a whole, the average value of farm land without improvements . was estimated at $45.50 an acre, com- paring with $40.80 a year ago, $40.31 two years ago, $38.10 three years ago, and $36.23 four years ago. The estimates are based on the reports of field representa- tives scattered throughout. the United States, and are believed to be reasonably conservative. Judge C. A. Denton of has announced his candidacy daughter, Miss Winnie, got in - to ride up town. The team, a spirited one, started and horses were caught near the home The district ineludes Missouri, Ok-