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part of the week. ™. Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Mrs‘ W. E. Walton is spending a few days at Excelsior Springs. Mrs. T. Robinson visited friends in Rich Hill the last. of the week. Dr. Huffman, of Adrian, visit- ed relatives in this olty the last of the week. A few refrigerators to close out cheap—Murray’s, South Side Fur- niture Store. Mrs. R. L. Braden is visiting at the home of her son, Robert, at Tola, Kansas. Lineoleum is both sanitary and easy_to-clean.__Patte: room—Murray’s. “ “Mrs. C. A. Denton visited : friends in Rich -Hill thes latter Califo “The Dayli 3 a es Weare ‘anxious to Felleve you with ‘our Palm Beach and Dixie Weave Suits” ght Store” - Suffer from. the Heat? .$5.00,..$6.75, .$8.50,. $11.00 Only line in Butler made by high class tailors - LADIES WAISTS. and SKIRTS Swell line Waists......98¢ up : Best White Shoes and Pumps $2. 00 up American Clo. House “THE GOOD CLOTHES STORE” Porch chair and lawn settees, cheap to close out—Murray, South Side Furniture Store. Bruce Black came down from Kansas City Sunday and spent the day with home folks. Emmett Hook and family of near Rockville spent Sunday in the city with relatives. Now is the time to buy oil steoves—Special prices on what we have, Chas. A. Murray. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Orris, of Rich Hill, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Cook Sunday. H. Philbrick, of Osage town- ip, former county_surveyor, was a@ county seat visitor Monday. Miss Jessie Nix, who has been| visiting Miss Marguerite Snyder, in Chicago, has returned home. i Week * the CALIEO MAN is here—if you wish _.an order of: Canned Fruit or Vegetables for next winter, let us hav urday—a good saving November delivery. Can Salmon, good. quality No. 2 canned Peas Extra quality . 28 SGOM sz iisewetese. ss *‘2@ “ Gooseberries “2 * Blackberries “3 * Pumpkin....:... “3 ‘ Cherries, white, reg 3 Saked Beans, good valu “« 2 Pineapple, regular 25c, only. “ 3 Can Sweet Potatoes..... “3 ‘ Tomatoes.......:... *« 3 Fancy Peaches in syrup, regular 25c, ‘only. *« 3 Pears, only. “¢ 3 Kraut......... Better buy a case of Syrup now before it advances. sure to go higher. - Only place in buy 1 Gallon Colored. Syrup, extra good quality..........35¢ e your order by Sat- by buying now for 1.3 for 25c 3 * 25¢ . 35c, only.. le It is the southwest where you can ‘Skirts up to 96:0 Wesley Denton, cashier of the Peoples Bank, was a business vis- itor to St. Louis the first of the} ( week. Sewing machines repaired at Murray’s. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Black spell Sunday in Rich Hill visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jones, -Thos. Walton, of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, is in the city visiting his brothers, J. B. Walton me F, B. Walton. New styles of all finishes, in’ library tables—Murray’s. : Miss Nancy January, of — Ne- lwada, came up the last bs the week to visit her friend, Mrs. bi fi. Holloway. H. W. Neaschaffer., left the ‘lapt: ‘of the week for Shelbyville, summer in the west. M. S. Horn ina moved his law offices from ‘the Farmers 1k building: ite. YHOO: oy souri State Bank. Keep coming in, old. : & Glen Maddox rituewea the ‘last of the week from Nevada where he had ‘been on duty as telegraph operetor ‘at ‘Camp Char! Kk. > ASF Miss Neta Jones, a ‘tramed nurse of Kansas City, ‘is visiting, her aunts, Mrs. Bert .Cleaanch, and Mrs. ‘Leonard Barber. re ai J. R. Jenkins, J. V. “Coleman, Olaf ‘Chambers, Chas. Fisk ‘and Tl, ©, Maxey attended the funeral of W.1L. Kash at Johnstown Monday. Douglas Shoes, Black & Arnold. Born ‘Thursday afternoon to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Moreland, a fine girl. The proud parents have named the youngster Doris. Mr. and Mrs. Minor Cannady | and Tittle son came down from Kansas ‘City the last. of the week and spent:a few days in this city visiting relatives. The Young Ladies. Auxillary of the Presbyterian chureh met with Mrs. Clarence Kinney Thursday afternoon at her home on South Delaware street. s} Mr. and Mrs. W. B. “T United States mustering offic POTS, | Theodore WeMott, who has | been visiting in this city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. We- Mott, has returned to Kansas City. Mrs. H. H. Manning and little daughter, Helen, of Decatur, Thli- nois, are in the city visiting Mrs. Manning’s sister, Mrs. J. W. sOohes | man. "Misses Cecil and Cevel Mosher, of Chanute, Kansas, are spending the week at the home of their aunt, Mrs. George Caruthers, just | west of town, Mrs. M. J. Martin and = daugh- ters, Aseneth and~ Guthrie, who have been visiting Mrs. Martin’s mother, Mrs, W. F. Hemstreet, re- turned to their home in Webb! City the last of the week. Gaylord Vantrees, the genial prescription clerk .of the Trimble Drug Store, and Dr. Earl Mulkey spent the first part of the week taking in the sights of Kansas City. They made the trip in Gaylord’s little ‘‘Red Devil’’ car Mrs. Joe Geiger, of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Miss Elsie Hardin, of Freeport, Ilinois, who have been visiting at the home of Mr.! and Mrs. Chas. Argenbright, left | Miss Allie Dudley has resigned Ww ednesday for Adrian where her position with ‘the American! they will visit other relatives and | Clothing House and gone to Ft.| friends for a few days. dead Res po where she will] John Shultz, a former well | make her home with her mother. | jnown resident of this city was Duofolds and davenports at killed in an automobile accident Murray’s, South Side Furniture | 2¢ar Larned, Kansas one day the Store. first of the week, He was a broth- . er-in-law of Jackson Wright and Miss Edna Phounkett: and Mr./G. W. Ruddle. No particulars of | Carl Dudney, both of | this city| his death have been received. were united in marriage Sunday afternoon by Rev. B. K, Wolfe at The Cannon elevator and ware- the MB ehureh, South, parson: | houses at the Missouri Pacific | age. depot have been treated to a new | ss coat of paint which adds much to Major and Mrs F. H. Crow ell the appearance of that part of the returned Monday from a three | city, The Cannon boys, who are months trip to California. The among Butler’s most enterprising Major says that he had some great} business men, are great believers fishing in the Pacifie Ocean while] in the paint up idea. on the trip. . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Culver and lit- Catterlin| tle daughter, Hilda, are on an left’ Sunday for Kansas City,| automobile trip through, south- Mr.|where they wilt visit for a few| western Missouri and: southeast: | {| Neuschaffer expects to spend the | days. From there they will go tolern Kansas. They vigited in Harriet C. Deasva. Miss Harriet €. Deacon, the daughter of the late R. R. Deacon, one of the pioneer merchants of this county, peacefally departed this life at the Ramily heme on West Ft. Scott street ie city Tuesday morning, July 1: 1916, at 11 o’cloek as the real | of a stroke of paralysix rae) Miss Deacon was stricken with: an attack of paralysis Pri@ay af. ternoon in the American while on the way te the office of Dr. E. N. Chastain. She was tak- en to her home and every effort known to science was made for her, but to no avail, and after lingering\until Tuesday morning she passed away. _ Harrief C. Deacom was born in Fond-du-Lae, Wisconsin, ard came with her ‘parents, Mr, ama Mrs. R. R. Deacon, to this ¢ity ta 1880 and with her family Dans Since re- sided here. Miss Hattie Deacom was pos- sessed of a most lovable character. *) Amiable of disposition, gererows almost to a fault, she devoted her life to her family, her ehwnrch and her friends. She loved litt chil- dren and many a wee ome will sadly miss her patient. twa loving ‘Aunt Hattie” as she was loving- ly called by the chikdiem of the neighborhood. ful and consistent member of the Presbyterian chureh and mach of her time was devoted te church and Sunday school work: One sister, Miss Julia Deacon, and four brothers, Robert R.. Andrew, D. O., and Harry Deacom, survive, Funeral services, comadwected by the Rev. Geo. Ro Sereees. were |held at the residence Wedmesday 'morning at 9 o’eloek am’ imter- ;ment made at Oak Hill cemetery. Villa’s Wounds Net Serious. Washington, July 9—Ne_ offi- cial here now doubts that Villa is | Bees From a dozen eredible |sources information has Seen re- ceived indicating that he was alive and well and operating im the Rio Florida country, in the valley of ‘the River Florida, which. swings \from the southwest around to the }St. Joseph and Owaha, Nebraska, Mouett; Joplin and Independence, where they will spend some time Kansas, and then took a long | with relatives. jump to Dearborn in’ the north- ‘Harry Mugphy returned Sunday | West part of the state. ‘from ‘Kamsas City, where he has] Why pay more'when ‘you ean ai] spent ‘the ‘last six weeks in the! get iit for Jess—Murray, the Furni- | ‘Wesley ‘hospital, being treated for | ture Man. a bad case of stemach trouble. ‘ F He is much improved and has| J. B. Walton and Freeman Wal. | hopes for a complete recovery. iton of the Walton Trust’ Com- pany, returned the last of _ the Col. P. d. Realy, of the Third week from Fordland, Missouri, regiment, from. Kansas City, Who] where they attended a reunion of Teft a $25,000 position to go to] thy Walton family at the old fam- war when his regiment was called ily home. There were five broth- out, failed to pass his physical ex- | ors present and they had a very ‘amination and was rejected by the) enjoyable time talking over old ‘tim They made the trip in Mr. HJ. B. Ww alton’s Cadillac, Glenn E. Maddox of this city, left Wednesday morning ‘Congressman ©. C. Dickinson | Ketchikan, Alaska, where he will ‘has introduced bills in congress to |enter the U.-S. Government Geo- purehase sites for new pestoffice | detic Survey Service as wireless ‘buildings in Rich HiN and El Do- | operator aboard the U.S. 8, ‘*Ex- rado ‘Springs. Cotgressman Dick-| plorer”” under Executive Officer ‘inson can always. be depended on} Cotton, Mr. Maddox, who has to look ‘after the interests of his {lately been in the employ of the Want to buy or trade for veur second ‘hand furniture-“Chas.. A. Murray. constituents. ‘Western Union, Telegraph Co., is r > an experienced operator, both tele- C. FL. Letton of the Home Pro- graph and wireless and was wire. duce company, accompanied — his 1 . less operator in the passenger father, E.'T. Letton, of Nevada, to} jgat service between Seattle and Rochester, Minnesota, last) week | vguie for four years. where ‘he went to consult the not- ed surgeons, the Mayo brothers. —_—-.- ‘They decided against an opera- ij ‘tion at this time. Right Comes First. ~ Most people believe it would he for | t 1 “ White Syrup, extra good quality............40c Loose-Wiles Crackers ‘ts 7¢ ID, '.. $ Nearly all automobiles are advancing Don't put off buying your car. , until too late Let us have your order for a “the only sar misuinfacbared Yat the sun never sets on. We have s few. yet and will be glad to mark one and hold for you until you are ready to take it. See us at once. CASTER MACHINE OIL For Farm Machinery, per gallon, ONLY ents, Mr; and Mrs. W. Gertrude Vannoy' and Ruth convention at St. Joseph. the last of the week from Elk City, Kansas, and will’ summer in this city with his daughter, Mrs. W. J. Nix. the controlling ‘interest: in the daily and -weekly Democrat “igh Mrs. J. A. Patterson and daugh- ter, Miss Ruby, of Nyhart, spent a few days in Jefferson City the Carter, of Indianapolis, Indiana, last of the week visiting Mrs. A. arrived in the city Saturday on a|%. Patterson, who will soon leave visit to he? brother, J. M. Graves, | for Corpus Christi, Texas, to be and other relatives.. [near her husband, Lieut. Patter- |. rson, who is w ‘ith, the Missouri troops on duty on the border. Mrs. Oles Stofer and_ little daughters, who have been at the home of Mrs. Stofer’s sister, Mrs. Stetson hats, Blaeck.& Arnold. Mrs. Chas. Pollock and _ son, Mrs. Lucile.Goerner returned the last of the week to St. Joseph after a pleasant visit with her par- . P. Sevier, of Summit township. Mra. Fred Williams and Misses ‘Mrs. Stofer had three ribs brok- yen: ad.one of the little girls sus- ‘turned to their home in Snyder, Oklahoma. Violet Merseraun, the dainty sereen idol can be seen at the Electrie Theatre next Monday ‘matinee and night. in that thrill- ing play of the northwest, ‘‘Au- High Art suits, Black & Arnold. J. E. Keller arrived in this city spend the Chas. H. Burgess last week sold beside her dead mother in a cabin. A. L. Preston, ie] ees yous wena, Frank -Allen, convalescing from |® political leader, and a good one, their recent accident’ in which but he is a highly conscientious citizen who will hew determinedly to the line of right, let the politi- '|teined a broken arm have re-/cal chips fall where they may.— Joplin Globe. old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Eddy, died at the home of her | tumn.’’ Trapper Joe in his wan-/parents at Prairie City, derings finds a wee mite of a baby | county, Monday, July 10, 1916, of an attack of appendicitis, She is He takes the baby to a dance hall |survived by her beraved parents, e the women of that resort | three brothers and one sister.. Her’ p her Autumn. This play deals|death is deeply -regretted by a large number of friends. Burial in the rude surroundings of | was made in Prairie City cemetery loved and protected by |at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.— miners. Rich Hill Review. a good thing politically for Pres- ident Wilson should the United States go to war with Mexico, but most of these same people know that President Wilson would sac- rifice all his political ambitions; in an instant rather than lead his ¢ountry into an unnecessary war. Even his most partisan political enemies cannot consistently claim there is a lack of high moral aim in our president’s make-up. He is Maude Eddy’s Death. Maude Eleanor Eddy, 11-year- Bates oret, Monday ;eountry south and east of Parral, | An official bulletin issued through ithe War Department press censor today contained this ammrounce- i mient: mike aas = : is “U daunuaeen TRAITS —- Were jagain received today of the pres- ‘ence of Villa at a place galled Can- utillo, on the Rio Flora, south of Parral. It is said that Villa’s wounds were caused by a dallet that passed through the hack muscles of both thighs without striking a bone, and that Villa had irecovered sufficiently to walk with a limp and te ride with | ease,"? It was learned ton that a high official of the rrmwent | has within the past few days talked with a mam in whom he has implicit faith, amd who has re- cently returned from Merica with positive news that Vilka is’ alive. This man told the official im ques- tion that he had hinsell? seen and talked with Villa. ' Hon. Ernest A. Green Visits Butler. 5 ‘ Visits from candidates state offices are of almaor / occurrence of late. Wearesday, | Hon, Ernest AL Greem, of St. | Louis, candidate for the momina- | tion for attorney general was in |the city. Mr. Green is a gradu. laté of the law department of the | University of Missowri. , lmmed- iately after his graduation he op. ened an office in Poplar RBhff, and in 1906 he was elected prose- cuting attorney of Butler county, a strong republic an comnty, He was appointed assistant attorney general by Gov. Major, then at- torney general and was reappoint. ed by Attorney General Rarker, under whom he served watil why, when he resigned to eater the | practice of law in St. Lewis, for daily Death of Ruby Allen. Ruby Allen, aged ten year, died at the home of her paren Mr. and Mrs. John Aller, at ae weeks of typhoid fever. Paweral services were conducted Tacaday afternoon at three o'clock from the Amoret Christian church. The bereaved parents have the sympa. thy of the entire community in their great loss. land Reds. $1.00 Eggs for Outing. Thoroughbred & Q Bhede le. we She was a faith-* morning at four o’clock after an illness of several | &