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The opens a Check GUARD WAS REALLY NEENED Funston Says Troops Prevented an Attack by Mexico. San Antonio, Téx., Oct. 14.— ‘‘When you men of the national and accuracy in _ money matters are created. and discuss in detail their plans He realizes that it is in this way sal “Guaranteed, Our officers invite the young men of this community to call PEOPLES BANK ‘The Bank on which you can always bank.’’ of course Nyhart Sunbeams. Heigho—here I come again— ‘Sunny Jinr’’ as usual—I don’t know who eat dinner with any- body else last Sunday. What worries me is who I will ‘eat din- ner with next Sunday. Don’t all ask me at once, my capacity is THE RIGHT START ———lIUy = =—>—*—$_—>—>— == oung man who at the beginning of his business career ing Account knows the value of a good start. and fight-—not me—I’ll stay at| afternoon, October 7, 1916, The home—I do not seek my neigh-| groom is a son- of Mr. and Mrs. bor’s gore; I do not like the can-|J. H. Ruffier, who formerly resid- non’s roar; 1 dread to hear a|ed near Altona, and was reared groan. May righteous heaven|in that vicinity—Adrian Journal. right all wrong, gyeh day we cry A.B. McCrary has leased the Oh, Lord, how long till eruel wars ” ‘ a1, | McCrary Hotel to A. C. Abbott, ahall gente, Rpeak out, oh, speak, who took charge Tuesday morn- you expected to go ‘slap bang’ across the border, and let me as- sure you that when history is written it will show that the call- ting out of the guard in June was no child’s play—that ‘it was a question of hours’.’’ Gen, Frederick Funston, com- manding ‘the Southern Depart- ment, made the foregoing declar- for future activities. Farm Leans Abstracts examine and perfect titles to same. Investments interest on time deposits. W. F. DUVALL, President, Arthur Duvall, Treasurer. CAPITAL and SURPLUS, $250,000 FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, MO. We have money to loan on real estate at a low rate of interest with privilege to pay at any time. We have a complete set of Abstract Books and will fur- nish abstracts to any real estate in Bates county and We will loan your idle money for you, securing you reasonable interest on good -security. We pay J. B; DUVALL, Vice-President, ation tonight at a dinner given by the Third and Fourth Illinois Infantry. “The calling out of the national guard was absolutely necessary,’’ the general continued. ‘‘All of you will know why some day. And I do not think there has been any .|time since when it would have been safe to reduce the number of men on the border.”’ The general said that he did not ‘speak simply to the soldiers pres- ent, but to all the members of the guard, and requested his hear- ers to tell their companions that The general said: “T feel that the men of the na- W. D. Yates, Title Examiner. |} | tional guard largely have been im- PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. J. T. HULL Dentist . Entrance same. that leads to Fox’s Studi ion North side square - Butler, Missouri ture of the duties which have fal- len to their lot, but you have been equipped and toughened and I Ihave not the slightest doubt, if \the necessity arises for you to | eross the border, that the national guard regiments who have . been Plan to Take the Mo. Pac. Out of the Receivers Hands. Jefferson City, Oct. 10.—Plans for reorganizing the Missouri Pa- cifie and St. Louis & Iron Moun- | |tain Railroad systems, to take |them out of the hands of receiv- ers, were submitted to the state public service commission yester- day by H. L. Utter of New York | William H. Hupp Dead. City, representing Kuhn, Loeb & | |fine shape.”’ B, F. JETER, Attorney at Law = Notary Public East Side Square Phone 186 BUTLER, MISSOURI T, J. HALSEY, M. D. 0. 0. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist =. and the Gtting of Glasses BUTLEE, MO Office on South SideSquare | Phone No. 4d SEE THE = =— Doctors For practical cleaning and pressing. We posi- tively clean .everything but a guilty cqnscience. Hats Cleaned and Blocked All work guaranteed and prices reasonable. Coods Called for and Delivered. CROUCH BROS. No. 7 S. Main St. Phone 171. ~ Butler, Mo. PPP PPP BBB BSB Co., of New York, reorganization Wit-tnpp, one of B 1 | managers. The \ommission set | est and best known business men, the application for hearing Octo- t shor ber 17. | Way, in this city, Thursday morn- The plan is substantially the one | N&, October 12, 1916, after a long agreed upon last June. It. pro-| illness of heart trouble. | vides for a total capitalization of | Mr. Hupp was born in _Butler- the entire system of $38:3,542,282 ville, Warren county, Ohio, No- and annual interest charges of $9,- | Vember 3, 1853,-and came to this 984,447. The proposed decrease | State in 1874, and located in But- in the funded debt is $51,938,058, |ler, where he was married, Janu- a decrease per mile of $5,936,/ary 10, 1875, to Miss Julia C. amounting to over’ 14 per cent,|Craven. Six children were born and a.decrease in the interest|of this union, four of whom, charges of $3,046,931 a year. Charles F. Hupp, of this city, Mrs. they held his fullest confidence. | posed upon by the peaceful na-, limited. I’m not an editor. I.guess the reason why the stuff T send in don’t go into the waste basket is because I ain’t ‘‘charg- in’ ”’ anything for it and they use it to fill-space that would other- wise be blank. Anything is bet- fér than a blank. - Even Jim’s stuff, : Chester Smith of near Virginia died Oct. 5th after ‘a brief illness. Ile leaves a wife and two little children, ~ Funeral was held at New Tfope church Friday at 11 a.m. and burial made at Morris cemetery. Chess was a good steady boy, a good worker and a kind father. We will miss him, Gentry Walton and family and Mr. and Mrs. Fullbright came out one day last week to: fish and hunt. They were a jolly company. Had.fishing tackle enough to catch all the fish between here and the Mississippi River. I don’t know whether I will live {to be nine hundred and sixty-nine |years old or not. Don’t care much if IT don’t. to that age are apt to become af- flieted with ‘swell head and think they know it all. But I do know |that the fellow who puts his wor- ry and troubles behind him and with a smile on his face looks la blamed sight longer and happier a clock: ** Yessir.’ Unele Jim MeDaniel is having | Says that papered. Wm. his house. newly Folks who live! ‘hopefully to the future will live here three or four months ean/than the fellow who carries a/over the fact that an undertaker i‘deliver the goods’ and do it in/greuch on both shoulders and alof that burg has purchased an up | }look on his face that would stop} to date auto hear <_| those who prefer it. ing. Mr. Ab d ler to this place and we wish him all kinds of success. The Me- Crary Hotel is justly popular with the traveling public, and Mr. Ab- bot will no doubt retain the ex- tensive patronage it has hitherto enjoyed. We have not heard what Mr. and Mrs. McCrary plan for the future —Urich Herald. in other lands and haste the dawn of peace. SUNNY JIM. SHORT STORIES Of Local Interest—Clipped From Our Exchanges. Mrs. T. H. Green died at her home in Amsterdam Wednesday evening, Oct. 12. The U-53 Back to Germany? C. G. Domer, a prominent citi-; Washington, Oct. 14.—Govern- zen of Appleton City, died at his; ment officials believe the German home in that city Wednesday of | submarine U-53 is now on her way last week. back to Germany and that anoth- AB AVAnatonin len reu Onn ae the way to the Americ Ashbaugh of East Boone township fie The nature and source of infor- a at y Tes f rt : : Poe went to Harrisonville Tuesday of | :tion upon which their belief is last. week and were marvie the Adrian Journal w SAYS founded has not been disclosed. : : | While disclaiming any informa- Mr. and Mrs, Floyd Tower are | tion on the subject, many naval 'the proud parents of a baby girl | officers.have been convineed that | born Monday morning, The little the U-53 carried out fully definite |\lady came just in time for break- | program of the German admiralty fast—Amoret Leader. | which ineluded a sudden raid and Fai oeheye ees A return to Germany. Officials also The **Brg Bill” Tetley revival | diseredit reports of a secret base jMmeeting at the Auditorium, being | oy the American Coast. Every re- | held under the auspices of the | port of one traced down so far has various Montrose churches is at-| }een without a shadow of founda- | tracting large crowds each even-! tion in fact. jing, and interesting sermons are ie OE arene eer ees being preached, says the Mont- |‘‘WAR PRICES’’ AFFECT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ij rose Recorder, ] puffed | Hume is somewhat up |Board and Rooms Higher This Year at’ Columbia, », the only one county, The Telephone the undertaker will ‘keep his horse drawn hearse for Prevailing “war prices’ are he- ing felt in a small degree by the 3,000 students in the Univers Missouri at Columbia. The rising price of foodstuffs has caused an jin the |have his place neat and clean, John J. Ehart has hauled his crop of cane to Mr. a gallon of the very best Pan cakes and us” ever—think of it. sorghun. see you. Things are looking down on the Rio Grande I’m glad I wasn’t raised to be a soldier. my country than die for it. Eh? **squally”’ The holders of common stock | Anna Goldsby, of Brewster, Colo- rado, Joe (. Hupp, of Kansas City, and George H. Hupp of this city survive.’ There are few men who had more friends than W. H+ Hupp. He was everybody's friend. He was a disciple of good cheer, al- ways ready with a jest or laugh aré to pay $50 a share. for new common stock. It is estimated that this will produce $51,419,792, which the managers can apply to the payment of gold notes to a similar value. She Wouldn't Sell It. jand believed in looking on the What makes our nation great? Having Woodrow Wilson at the! head of national affairs of course. | In what does greatness of a state consist? democratic state like old Missouri. What makes Bates county great? Having two of the best and most generally read county newspapers. Like Sunny Jim, Uncle Maek is} | died at his home on North Broad- | “awfully proud”. and likes, to/ Ideal’ Coal Company, was in Rich Hamilton’s | sorghum factory and has promised Klumpp Go way trouble, can’t) 1 would rather live for Why, in always being a/ Ae iS g increase of from 50 cents to $1 a week for board and from $1 to a onionth for rooms in private homes. No advance has been made in room rent in the University dormatories. Although prevailing high prices ‘have increased the cost of living ‘to a small degree at the Universi- ty Commons, maintained to fur- ‘nish meals at a reasonable cost to Dr. Billings, manager of the 0 ati | Till Thursday of last week, |}the Rich Hill Review, making ar- rangements with the Krieger and Ive Company to ship tanks of water to Hume to supply the coal company plant. The J. A. Helvéy and Clyde Bailey families loaded their house- again, | hold goods and the Helvey store | students, the University has done stock last Thursday and shipped! a great deal in keeping down the them to Blocklow where Mr, Hel-| expense. Only about six dishes | vey will open a store. The famil- | ed at the Cafeteria have been j ies departed that evening in their | sd in price.this year. The av- ars for their new homes.—Am-' erage cost to the student for meals sterdam Enterprise. jin past years has been about 18 cents each, This year the meals will average a cent more each, ac- ‘cording to Sfanley Sisson, the linanager. The cost is about the ‘same as that estimated by Miss Bab Bell of the home economies The Hume Consolidated School finished its first month of school last Friday. The total enrollment for the month was 243, The aver- age daily attendance, 228, The first room has an enrollment of The folks about the court room| sunny side of life. Since com-}And what makes a county news- : ; 2 27 | department, for the preparation of A : : ’ , Pubacoats r : . : the second room, 4; third | : . at Lamar are still laughing at the/ing to Butler, more than] paper great? Well, modesty for- |’, Oath a5. hieh @t Well-balanced meal. Miss Bell dre Se IR Sit Seay ; fal eerste (onan * bat | room. 44; fourth room, 35; high)” Ce RRP am ‘ 4 naive frankness of Rosa Saler,!40 years ago he had tak-|bids that [ “spe ak out loud but Salat nieces Ua one and Miss Mary Robinson, another who plead guilty to selling liquor}/en a keen interest in civic]! would say that if “Sunny Jim” |’ eae I : instructor in the home. economics at her alleged boarding house at| affairs. He served his ward on| contributes to either one or both; “Mr. James Rumer, of Cherry. department, estimate that a meal Ardath. ithe city council where he per-| that would make a great paper,’ vale, Kansas, and Miss Ethel can be prepared scientifically for When Judge Thurman said,| formed the duties of his office} how "bout it? \ Simpson, of near Adrian, were!a man at a cost of 14 cents, and five hundred dollars and six| with honor to himself and to the} Any man who drives a car and) married in Kansas City, Saturda woman for 12 cents. months in jail, she held up her|satisfaction of constituents. He} Whose bosonr, 1 mean the man’s hands and exclaimed, Mein Gott! If IT haf that mooch money, I would no sell. the beer.—Nevada Mail. Barb Wire Cuts and Wounds Are troublesome to cure. Get a bottle of Farris’ Healing’ Remedy —costs 50c—make it at home. Heals rapidly. A sore never mat- ters where this remedy is used. We sell it on the money back plan. C. C. Rhodes Pharmacy, 58-1m O. K. M. Butler, Mo. FARMERS BANK _of Bates County - $50,000.00 Prefits $5,000 00 We offer the best of service in every was one of the first members of the Butler band and of the most active until. the ravages of «is- ease forced him. to lay aside his old tuba, Impressive funeral services un- der the auspices of Blue Flag Lodge No. 190 Knights of Pyth- ias, of which the deceased was a charter member, was conducted at the home by Rev. S. M. Brown, of Kansas City, Sunday afternoon, after which the body, preceeded by the Butler band, was taken to Oak Hill cemetery, where it was interred with thé beautiful ritual- istic ceremonies of the Knights of Pythias lodge. Mrs. J. B, French Dies in Kansas LC. Mize, City. Mrs. Mary Katherive French, a former resident of this county, died at her home in Kansas (ity Friday, October 13. The remains were brought to Butler Saturday and taken to the Christian church where funeral services were con- tucted by Rev. Pfost, of Adrian, and the remains laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery beside her hus- band, who died in Summit town- ship, September 20, 1902. Mary Katherine Prather was born in Sullivan, Iowa, February 17, 1845. The family moved to Rolla, Phelps eounty, this state in 1895, where she was married to John B. French. Soon after they came to Bates county, where they. resided until the death of Mr. French. She is survived by four sons, Milton French, Mulberry, Kansas; Chgrles French, Kansas City, Missouri; Harvey and an French of this city; Mrs. W. Ewin, Billings, Montana ; Mrs. C. : ,Kenses City and Mrs. A. ae ry bosom, don’t swell with pride for the farmers who have built such} That man has than a ‘‘eoal splendid, roads—. no more bosom shovel.”’ , Successful business men remind us that to make the people think we are still engaged in business we must use some printer’s ink. Thanks, no boquets. Mayor Campbell and wife and Mr. Pyle spent Sunday afternoon river near Foster. It was a beau- the trip did him lots of How much pleasure we may give the old folks if we try. N. J. Day of near, had his brother who 1 yhart has past few days. Mr. Day reports conditions slightly more favorable in Green county than here in Bates. They had more rain. it seems than we got here. Mr. Day returned Tuesday to his heme, leaving Nyhart on the 10 :05 train. Life is just one good thing after another. Think of the pleasure of dumping coal into your coal dle of next June think of the fun we will have in ‘‘toting’’ it in by the arm load and feeding it into the capacious maw of the heatin’ stove. Can you beat it? Melancholy days come only to those who look for them. Get-out in the sunshine. Throw dull care to the winds. Get that groueh out of your system and just be glad that you are permitted to live in such a beautiful world. Whistle or sing. Be sunny, for as your life is so to an extent will the lives of those around you be. You cannot live to yourself alone. = Let dogs delight to bark and ‘bite, let fools and blowhards war at the Haymakers Bridge on the | tiful day and Grandpa Pyle says | good. | es at Ash | Grove, Mo., visiting with him the |- bin and from then on till the mid-| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Here’s a Vacation Tip In the White River Country of Southwestern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, you'll get more of what you want in the way of a real vacation than anywhere you can go—even though you traveled three times the distance and it cost you ten times the price. Only a short ride away—easy to reach. Hotels, boarding-houses and camps everywhere—comfortable and inexpensive. MISSOURI ‘PACIFIC “Pleasant Way to Pleasant Places” ~s 2 Catray mipiigartcclare whatever L.R. TWYMAN, Agent. Butler, Mo.