The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 26, 1916, Page 5

Th e Daylight Store We Have 18 Sample Su its For Women---To be sold at a cut of $5.00 Cc a7” Union Suits 90c up. OFeST fF Gert Ae KNIT UNDERY Hand Finishot Vests ana y Pants 25c up Hundreds of Pairs of Shoes at Last Year’s Prices American Clothing House The Good Clothes Store Douglas Shoes, Black & Arnold, H. 8. Wyatt was a Kansas City visitor Saturday. M. J. Gordinier made a busi- ness trip to Kansas City Monday. Charley Hupp was a Kansas City visitor one day the last ‘of the week. Miss Nixie MeCleese spent Sunday in Rich Hill with friend, Miss Lethia Delameter, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mattison and little daughter, of Harrison-| ville, spent Sunday in this city her} | | | ‘nose and throat. High Art suits, Black & Arnold. | Ofred Jackson came down from Kansas City and spent Sunday | with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.; O. Jackson. . E. C. Meehan, assistant cashier of the Farmer’s Bank, © of Nor- | borne, Missouri, was transacting | business in this city Tuesday. Dr. J. 'T. Halsey returned Mon- day from Chicago where he has heen-attending a course of lec- tures on diseases of the eye, ear, Mrs. J. F. Doubenmeir, a for, mer resident of this county, came down from Independence the first _ Visiting relatives. County Clerk Frank Tolland | and’ Mrs. Holland spent Tuesday in Appleton City: and Montrose ‘visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Anthony, of Leland, Iowa, are visiting rela- tives and old friends in the east part of the county. Wendell Atkeson, of the Ree- ord, spent a few days the last of the week visiting in Independ ence and Kansas City. Paul and Julius Levy and Tom Vance of the Sam Levy Merean- tile Company made a brief visit to Kansas City Sunday. Stetson hats, Black & Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Travis, of Pleasanton, Kansas, spent Sun- day in this city with Mr, Travis’ mother, Mrs. A. 8. Travis. For Sale—Good 16 room hotel, also 7 room house, in good repair with shady lawn. Will trade for farm. 52-2t* ‘A. L. Freeman. FE. A. Hardin, Frank Vance and |}- J. W. Holloway motored up to Kansas City Suriday, where they left the automobile and returned by rail. Keep coming in, Black & Arn- old. Mrs. H. C. Hensley returned to her home in Neodosha, Kansas, the last of the week after a visit in this city at the home of her mother, Mrs. Brown, on north Fulton street. 7. A. Black, Mr. and Mrs. Wes- ley Black, Mrs. Ed Armstrong and Miss Alma Eiler went up to Kansas City Sunday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. J. Cc. Hupp. Mrs. H. B. Hughes and _ little “aughter, Helen, returned to their home in Glasgow, the last of the week after a visit in this city with-her father, J. M. Vaughan, and sister, Mrs. J. E. Harper. . There will be a meeting of the Bates County Poultry Association at the colirt house on next Satur- day afternoon, Oct. 28th, at 2 o’clock. Every member is urged to be present. Edson Snyder, Secretary. B. B. Canterbury returned the last of the week from a= two week’s bysiness trip to Western Kansas.- Ben says that it looks very much as though the Demo- crats-will carry Kansas by a good majority this year.: ; Mrs. George Welliver, of Sou -Bend, Indiana,;who has been vis- iting at.the home of -her brother, Lem Swartz, in this city, left for ‘and to visit old friends. J. W. Coleman, of the Denton- | Coleman Loan and Title! company | made a business trip to Benton county one day the first of the: week, M. B. Morris, former sheriff of | Bates county, spent Tuesday in} this city visiting old friends. Mr. Morris has a responsible position with the Armour Packing Com- pany: J. B. Walton left Tuesday noon for Memphis, Tennessee, where he is attendting “the third annual convention of the Farm = Mortg- age Bankers Association — of America, of which he is a mem- ber of the Board of Governors. John Jobman, who reeently | sold his fine farm in the Pleasant Gap neighborhood was in the city Wednesday making arrangements to move with his family to’ Be- atrice, Nebraska. Mr, Jobman is not yet certain where he will lo- vate but will spend the winter at Beatrice. Rally Day will be observed at the Butler N. E, Church, South, next Sunday, October 29th. Reg- ular program with lesson 9:30 to 10:30, Special program 10:30 to 11:00 followed by the morning sermon, Full attendance of the membership is very much desired. E. K. Wolfe, Pastor. Jesse E. Smith, 8S. 8S. Supt. E. B. Borron, former county surveyor, was in the city Tuesday. Mr. Borron held a sale at his farm near Foster recently and will leave the last of the week for the Pecos Valley country, in Texas, where he owns some land and where he contemplates making his future home. Miss Nina Culver left Tuesday morning for Webb City where she is attending a Sunday School Convention. She ison the pro- gram for an address on Elemen- tary Work in the Sunday School, in which department she is re- garded as one of the best posted workers in the state. Professor Alphonse Gorrell, principal of the Butler High school, returned the first of the week from Mullinville, Kansas, where he had been called about a week ago by the illness of his sis- ter, Mrs. R. R. McClarén. Mrs. McClaren died Wednesday and was buried Thursday afternoon. The second number of the lec- ture course will be given at the opera house Wednesday evening, November 1. Sylvester Long will deliver his lecture ‘‘The Chal- of the Hour.”” Mr. Long is a lecturer of national reputa- tion and wherever he has deliv- , was ac-|ered his lecture there is always a » as Kansas City|demand for his second appear- | Scribner O. N. Scribner went over to Foster Tuesday to do some work on his farm near that place. Mr. is taking a vacation from his duties on the road and is ‘resting up’? by doing farm work. Frank Curry, a former Butler hoy, was in the city Saturday representing the Diamond mateh company. After leaving here | Frank was. for several years, sta- ition agent for the Missouri Pacif- lie railroad at Jefferson City. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Norfleet and ‘children arrived in the city the city last week on a visit to Game Warden Patterson re- turned Tuesday night from a trip to Jefferson City. If. 1, Council and J. L. Barker motored over to Clinton Sunday and on the way home stopped for a brief visit with Mr. Barker’s father at Uriech, sf Captain J. E, Thompson, who has, been on duty at Camp Clark, near Nevada, left that place Thursday of last week for jLar- edo, Texas, in charge of a detach- ment of recruits for the Missouri regiments on duty at the border, He expects to De in Texas about fio weeks. i Commercial Club Meeting. At the regular meeting of the Butler Commercial Club Tuesday night the following business was transacted : A resolution was adopted con- demning the trading stamp and similar *‘get trade’’ plans, A letter from M. V. Ca I, tem- St Motor Association, to the effect that a temporary organiza- tion of all the auto clubs had beey formed at Sedalia during the fair | for the purpose of trying to have enacted remedial legislation to cover the distribution of the road moneys. The following are some of the aims of the organ ions Concentration of all the available | funds to the construction of six cross state rock highways, north | and south, east and w Sueh | amendments of existing — state | traffic laws-as will provide due protection to motor owners and operators against prosecution and | Imposition, of tratfie ordinances. by cities and towns of the state, A state wide system for the detection and punishments of thieves, ~ A’ state license for motor machinists based | on competency and integrity, A vonmnittee of three, consisting of | Paul Levy, F.C. Ream and W. W. Henry was appointed to confer) with the owners of cars and if ad- visable to call a meeting at But- ler in the near future for the; purpose of effecting an organiza- tion, Mayor Heinlein and W. F. Duvall was appointed a commit- tee to confer with the M1. Pleas- anf township board in regard to rounding the corners of the road | between Butler and the southwest corner of the township. The rock roads committee was instructed to | make all arrangements for the good roads meeting to be held in Butler November 14th, at Which time John M, Malang, viee pres- ident for Missouri of the Jeffer- Standardization all MARRIED BY TELEGRAPH. Ruby Swartz, of this City, and Sergeant Linhart, Who is on Duty on the Border United by Unique Ceremony. Last June when Company B marched away to war many of the lhoys left sweethearts behind. Such a one was First Sergeant Linhart. He and Ruby Swartz were engaged to be married in the near future, but the orders sending the Sergeant to the front interfered with their plants and the wedding day was postponed until the war should have ended. But the waiting seemed long. and at last the couple hit upon a plan to be married at once, Tuesday night at eight o'clock Miss Swartz accompanied by her father, Mrs. E. S. Clark, Miss Edna Clark and Rey, R. M, Talbert went to the Vestern Union telegraph — office in this city and Sergeant Linhart,, Captain E.S. Clark and-Chaplain Cook went to the office of the tel- egraph company at, Laredo, Tesx- as, and with the assistance of the telegraph operators the usual wedding ceremony was conduct- ed, The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lem Swartz and was reared to womanhood in this y. The groom is a skilled me- chanie and before he was called to the border was employed at the Norfleet & Ream garage, Judge Lamm in Town. The republican rally last Sat- urday, which was to have been the supreme effort to raise some sort of enthusiasm: for the repnh- Hican ticket was very much a fail- ure, tn the afternoon” Judge Lamm, who had spoken in Apple- ton City that day, was met east of this city by a delegation of local republicans in automobiles and escorted to town and to the Mra- Florida, where Mr. Norfleet will, engage in fruit raising. A nunber of Butler people who | had enjoyed Mrs. Stratton-Port- er’s charming book ‘‘ Freckles’ went to the opera house one night last week to see the dramatized version. The performance was a disappointment as the company was not up to the standard. wg Rev. R. M. Talbert, of the Christian church, returned the last of the week from Des Moines, Towa, where he attended the Na- tional Convention of the Chris- tian churches. The trip was a very enjoyable one and was made by auto. Next year the conven- tion will be held in Kansas City. The Evergreen class of the M. E. Church Sunday school — was most. delightfully — entertained Thursday afternoon of last week by Mrs. Roy Wilcox, at her home on East Dakota street, Notwith- standing it was a rainy disagree- able afternoon, a good attendance of class members were present, besides several visitors. they left for Boy Scouts were out in selling tags to help raise money to finish paying for the motor truck that the citizens of Bates county gave Company Bo when the border last June. The young folks met with a liberal response and a neat sum of money was raised by the sale of the tags. THE LADIES HOME JOURNAL, THE BATURDAY NG POST and THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN wish to secure the spare time of a man or woman to act as local representative in Butler -and vicinity, looking after the renewals of their many subscrip- tions in this section, and introducing these publications to new readers. Payment will be made in salary and commission. Previous experience is desirable but not essential. For de- tails address, with references, Box 64, THI CURTIS PUBLISHING COM- Phila- Bett PANY, AX Independence delphia, Square, KF. E. Goddard, the young man who was arrested some time ago charged with stealing drugs from the United Drug Company and the Rhodes Pharmacy in this city, and sentenced to. jail where he has been undergoing treatment Fire, lightning and_ tornadoes have no rules of warfare, they come asa thief in the night. You should prepare to meet them at any time. Place your insurance with Choate & Fulbright an old and reliable agency with sixteen of the leading -old line companics, having a total capital stock of over $30,000,000.00. 51-tf A gentleman who lives in the southwestern part of Kansas was a caller at this office one day last week and in talking over the po- litical situation, said that while his part ofthe country was nor- mally republican by a large ma- jority, that President Wilson would carry the county this year by a larger majority than the re- publieans usually carried it. Marshal Bullock was ealled to northeast Butler Monday night about 11 o’clock to arrest Floyd Hawkins, colored, who was cre- ating a disturbance. He had gone to the home of Aunt Maria White, his mother-in-law, to get some clothes that he had left there, and got into a row with Aunt Maria and his wife with the re- sult that the police had to be called. I., M. Boltinghouse returned Friday from a two weeks visit to relatives at _ Reynolds, Illinois. Mr. Boltinghouse says that things look favorable for a Dem- oeratie victory in Illinois next, month. Many old time Republi- cans openly declare. their inten tion to vote for Wilson, as they are entirely satisfied with the way he has conducted the affairs of the government during last four years. the} ** for the drug habit, has been dis- charged as cured, He says that he has no appetite for drugs and thinks that the cure will be per- manent. Through the influence of Hf. O. Maxey, who has been deeply interested in the case he has secured employment with a farmer near the city,, where he will work until spring when he will secure a position as traveling salesman. R. P. Thompson, of St. Louis, an old newspaper man, who is ac- eompanying Col. Gardner on his speaking tour of the ‘state,. made this office a pleasant fraternal call while in the city with Col. fardner Thursday of last week. Mr. Thompson’s brother, A. T. Thompson was one of the first newspaper men in this part of the country, having established a paper in Bates county in 1856. After running the paper for about a year he went to St. Louis, where for many years he was managing editor of the old St. Louis Times. Later he was for a long time city editor of the St. Louis Republican, now the St. Louis Republic. List of Letters Remaining uncalled for in the post office at Butler, Mo., for the week ending October 17, 1916: Mr. T. Brooks, Mr. A. F. Berry, Mr. J. W. Gamas, J: F. Hutzler, Albert S. Kennedy, Archie 0. Schillinger, Mow Smith, W. W. weet, Oliver Young, Mrs. Eva Platt,- Miss Leona Simpson. letters will be sent to the letter office October 31st, 1916, if not delivered before. In calling for the above, please say : ** giving date of list. J. E. Williams, Postmaster. mond was appointed a committee to confer with the representatives of the telephone and telegraph companies in regard to moving their poles back from the corners that are to be rounded. W. G. Mehaffey Dead. W, G. Mehaffey, well known and highly respected citizen of Bates county, died at his home in Pleasant Gap, Monday morning, October 22, after a long illness of kidney trouble, Mr. Mehaffey was bom in La- fayette, Ohio, June 9, 1858. He came to this city about fifteen years ago and was several years with the Carpenter & Shaffer Company as superintendent of the butter making department. A few years ago he removed to a farm in Pleasant Gap) township, where le has since resided, He was a man of the highest | character and was always active in any movement looking to the betterment of mankind, He was always interested in civil affairs. He was one of the organizers of the Pleasant Gap Fair and its success Was ina large measure due to his efforts. He is survived by a widow and one son, W. G! Mehaffey, Jr. Funeral services, conducted by Elder W. 8S. Hood, of the Adrian Christian church, were held at the home Tuesday forenoon and intermtnt made in Oak Hill cem- etery, Indians on the War. Path. Grand Junction, Colo., Oct. 21. —More than 50 Ute Indians, crazed by whisky, are reported to have crossed the Colorado line from Utah this morning and are said to be threatening women and children west of this city. Sheriff Jeff Watson of Mesa county, Colorado, as soon as the ‘Mrs. J. K. Norfleet. TH ee | Saturday was tag day in But-[S0™ tera) aA Oi TMT ent Mn) (Mrs. J. STAUL eet. eve er lian matlia Camp Fire girls and the address the meeting on the sub-} renin Rares aN en route from Kansas City to) ), * tin) foree |ieet of good roads, J. A, Dear. |, iter suppen the big “meat: ing was held at the opera house. Dr RL O. Crawford, candidate for congress, made a speech and told what he thought be avould do if he was sent to congress. Miss Beatrice Divall made a hit with the crowd by her sing- ing of the “Star Spangled Ban- ner.’ Col. Robbins, chairman of the meeting, introduced Judge Lami and the audience thought that they would learn what rea- son he had for running for gov- ernor, - But they didn’t. funny stories and: criticising his opponent without touching an his own platform, The opera house was well filled, a large part of the audience be- ing democrats. Dickey .Forgot His Papers. When Walter S. Dickey, the re- {publican candidate for the Unit- ed States Senate, went to the pol place in Kansas City last week for the purpose of registers ing he forgot to take his natur- lization papers with him and the election officials refused to allow him to register. He left «the hooth saying he would return with them, but instead of coming back he sent the naturalization papers back by his brother. The 3 s still refused to register y saying that he must ap- pear in person, The brother said that he had gone to St. Louis and could not appear in-person, After his return from St. Louis tration papers and now will be others on the republican ticket. The Austrian Premier Shot. London, Oct. 21.—Reuter’s Aim- sterdam correspondent says the Austrian premier, Count Karl Stuergkh, was shot today by the publicher of a Vienna newspaper named Abler, according to a tele- report was telephoned to him by excited ranch owners, formed a posse of 600 cowboys and ranchers and started for the scene of the trouble to quell the uprising. The Utes are said to be led by an Indian named Chief Renegade Ute and are slaughtering deer and cattle in a wide area. B. Y. P. U. at New Hope. The next union meeting will be held on the seeond Sunday in No- vember at 7:30 p. m. The sub- ject will be ‘‘The Resurrection.”’ A more detailed program will be published later. 2 Me Box Supper. There will be a box supper at the Wemott school house next Friday night, October 27. Every- — come out and have a good time. ; gram received at Amsterdam from Berlin, Count Stuergkh's ministry was formed November 3, 1911, and was reorganized November 30, 1915. Austria and Hungary each has a ministry and there is a ministry for Austro-Hungary of | which Baron Stephen Burian is — the premier. Homer Seig, of Walnut town- ship, one of Bates county’s fin- est citizens and sterling demo- crats, was in the city Tuesday and made this office a pleasant call. Mr. Seig is bothered a bit with bronchial trouble and is planning to leave for the South to spend the winter in the hope that -it will benefit him, a hope in which his many friends in this county heartily join. He devoted his time to telling” Dickey appeared with his regis- . permitted to vote for himself and <