The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 16, 1916, Page 5

we Suton a fos! The e Daylight Store ier Lady i in Bates county wie wants an UP-TO-DATE SUIT AT A BARGAIN Should see our stock before it is broken in sizes. Closing Out Ladies Suits. $35.00 Suits Now on Sale at $24.75 — $30. 00 and $28.(:0 Suits Now on Sale at $21.75 $25.00 Suits Now on Sale at $18 75 $20.00 Suits Now on Sale af $15.75 $16.75 and $15.00 Suits Now on Sale at $12.75 NONE RESERVED AMERICAN CLOTHING HOUSE The Good Clothes Store : We are T. J. Pritchford, of Rich Hill, spent Sunday in this city visiting | Kansas City friends. business visit. Mrs. J. D. Pearson and Mrs. A.| Mrs Vie Rily came down Wedensday on Black & Arnold Clothing Co. If. GC. Wyatt left the first of the week for Miama, Florida, where Mrs. Everett Ewin, of Joplin, |he will spend the winter. W. Fulton of Rich Hill, visited at! was a guest at the home of Mr.) Judge Frank Fix of the Roek- Cet your Thanksgiving suit and vvercoat and be resdy for the “Turkey time,’? Black & Arnold. A. Z. Patterson, the publie utilities came in from Jefferson City one attorney for cominission, | | Wool shirts and wool under- wear, with wool socks will keep you warm, Black & Arnold. Green H. Bolin, son of Thos. Bolin, of this city, was reelected state mine inspector of Arizona at the general election last week. He carried every county in the state but one, which speaks well for his efficiency and popularity. | Saturday Mrs. A. R. Guyton | and son, Boyd, and Mrs. Ora Me- Cann, Mrs. Thurza Robinson, Miss , Nellie Fuhrman, Mrs, Rachel Tin- gle and Josh Beach drove down to the Ayer ranch, this side of Rich |! Hill, where they camped Saturday night and Sunday gathered nuts. | On the way down they had a nar- row escape from what might have heen a aeeident. They were dri Mr. Guyton’s big “black hearse team and as_ they were crossing the bridge oyer the Marias des Cygnes river at Corn- | land,.one of the horses stepped on | a rotten board which broke under his weight letting his leg up to the body through. Mrs. Guyton jumped out and held the horse to! keep it from struggling and Boyd ran to a nearby farm: house for help. A man came and with tlie help of the boys managed to get the horse out of the hele by chop- ping away the board. They drove on to the Aver ranch where the horse was doctored up so that. it could be driven back to Butler. No problem connected with modern poultry raising has a more Vital bearing upon SUCCESS 5 Elkhart, Well, Johnny is on the ramble we can scare up any items this week or not. We left Amsterdam last Monday morning in one of the Crumley cars and landed in Butler in 55 minutes. We found that the Democrats had scooped the country. We found some of the other side sort. of out of humor | but think they will be all right. in a few days. Johnny is still in Butler and we | ieee that On the Wi ing had come wack and we thought that he had left. We also hear that Rambler has got back. We are glad to wel- come them back. Will Kershner and family ‘moved back from Louisburg, Kan- sas, last week to ihake this their future home. We weleome them back to old Missouri. R. L. Scott made a flying trip to the county seat one day last week and stayed all night and he und the writer took in all of the ‘picture shows. You bet we had a time. * Fred Bruner moved to the old | Eddy Boswell farm last. Monday where he will farm for the next year, : Unele George Fulkerson spent several days in the county seat last week, We guess that he went down to hear from the elec- tion. Ben White of Amsterdam spent last Sunday in the city of Butler. Ben Was down trying to hear hat had become of Hughes, 4 this week. Don’t know whether - the Jake Larson home in this city | and Mrs. Charles Ewin the last of} ‘ : 4 tavern nergiy st a one day the last of the week. ‘the week. j Ville neighborhood, was a business iy the last of the week on a visit Dee ee as es Emery Crumtey and wife moved ! : ivisitor to Butler Monday. ome folks near Nyhart and | ses, one gee in winter Is worth 44 dhe fd ley fam out on the mn = — Hindi annite “atl (iyo) WAL steno, tore ANN AONE Se cis bayer Minna Nevavdane mam maa s. John White, of Rich Hill, pee 2 _ healthy hen in the winter is worth ane umley ndeadte moved ay visiting her sis- |, jreen, who. has Deen vis-;SiX With the voup, the greatest on his mother’s farm in Ek Mrs. Charles Fortune i pads Nie oh : oof hens net) laving. Con- : | $ ents, Mr, and Mrs Gal hart last Monday. ; | F L en, at the Fraternal Lon, | tt if fhe roup, and oth We heard if reported that there ‘has spay. the south side atl . “eas th G ay porter i ere aa . ly s WEEE an i ee y ba the ta of -the week for} ues oH rotricted imecting goin on at ee aie TE Naas AG ae Bead y , Where he bas a} your Mi. Verneneschool house, fee 2 — graph operator, + - tt oh a cas heard {lat Col. ] ' Tigh Art suits, Black & Arnold ; soe ; CUETO TON Cape Ty TT Wie Siva T quite a talk over | Roy . Wolfe returned Sat-} ter when the price of eges are ths RETIN Rae ERA: : | J. G, Doolittle, cashier of the, urday from Morgan county, where | highest, you -should provide for yiongs seo, We eidi't hone ot it ‘Farmers Bank of Foster, was a fie had been spending several davs| her a good. warm, thoroughly a. 4; \ ees 5 | EM den | ; ; : ’ but we beard | business visitor to this city Satur- vacation visiting old friends. Hel ventilated fool-preoft poultry s 1 | day. said a he had Tee; ae Vee A hey ae ee reported that Char- iy | ving and saw sever’ UE UV AULE NO RSE AUS aula Hy . a le ry Kors ie rs baby is on the sick Keep coming in, Black & Arn. ickens, but as it was against the; States government has been cone 4424 : ROYAL (Highest patent soft. wheat flour) $2.50 per sack or $2.40 in 500 pound lots. QUEEN OF BUTLER (Straight patent soft wheat flour) $2.40 per sack or $2.30 in 500 pound lots. ROSE (Extra Fancy Soft wheat flour) $2.30 per sack or $2.% in 500 pound lots. IMPERIAL (High Patent hard wheat flour) $2.50 per sack or $2.40 in 500 pound lots. GRAHAM Flour in 10 pound sacks 50 cents, Bread is still the cheapest food on the table—Quality and nourishment considered. Use nothing but the best flour—it goes much further. One 50-pound sack will make practically 100 loaves of bread. : Do your own baking and reduce the high cost of living. Our different brands of flour are on sale at all leading grocery stores in Bates County. Butler Roller Mills CANNON BROS., PROPS. We Want All ‘Your Old Iron, Rags, Metal, Rubber, Hides and Furs Ola Books, Magazines and News- papers tied in bundles. , Market Price When Delivered Salles Coal, Iron & Metal Co. - West Ohio St. Phone 130 | old. Ad Heavilin, of the western, part of the county, was in town al \eouple of days the first of the} 4 week. Mr. Elmer MeKay and son, James, of Springfield, " visited Rey. and Mrs. R. M. Talbert last; week. Mackinaws, Duck Coats, Cordu- roy Coats, Black & Arnold. Mrs. Sam W,. Davis is spending a week with her mother, Mrs. Lucy A. Luvin, at Skiatook, Ok- lahoma. Overshoes for,men and boys, Black & Arnold, | The Appleton City basket ball) team defeated the Rich Hill team | on the latter’s court Friday even- | ing by the seore of 54 to 44. Sweaters 50c up, Black & Arn- old. 1 Mrs. J. S.C. Cussings returne ‘d} the last of the week to her home in} Decatur, Hlinois, after a visit in this city with rer daughter, Mrs. J. W. Coleman, 40 different kinds of Come in, Black & Arnold. gloves. The Times good friend, 1. 0. Troxell, east of town, was in the city Saturday and called at this: offiee and had his date set ahead for another year. L. L. Warren shipped his house- hold goods to Seott City, Kansis, where he has rented a 1100 acre ranch, and where he expects to make his future home. { Cireuit Clerk H. O. Maxey is in} Mexico, Missouri, this week where he is representing the Christian Sunday school at the State Sun- day school convention. You bring your money to us, Black & Arnold Clothing Co. B. F. Johnson came down from |- Kansas City and spent last week in this city with his family, and incidentally to cast his vote for the entire Democratie ticket. Mrs. Mary Haynes and = grand- son, Johnny, spent Saturday and Sunday in Kansas City, Kans:s, isting her daughter, Mrs. Paul Chowning and Mr. Chowning. T. C. Robinson, who recently returned from Wisconsin, where he had spent the summer working for a map making firm, left the first of the week for Hume, where he- will engage in the real estate business. Corduroy, duck, khaki, whip- cord, heavy Cassimere pants, Black & Arnold. ‘motor truck so that he can make his deliveries more expeditiously. | 2 ithe High school have been want- ty of Mr. | ers, was in the city ‘aw to kill them, he did not try a shot at thein, Mrs. J. W. Sams and Mrs. W. Sams, of Ft, Wayne, Indiana, who lisa heen visiting at the homes of Mrs. John Murphy and Mrs. Tra Davis, week for Kansas City, where they will visit a few days and then go to Springfield for a short stay before returning to their home. John Speer, the well known dairyman, of near Adrian, was in town Friday making his regular weekly delivery of the best but- ter made, to his customers. Mr. Speer is always up to date and last week he. purchased a Saxon | For some time the students at ing a moving pieture machine at the school but the question of money stood in the way. In or- der to help out, Mr. Kerrens, of the Star Theater, last Friday | night donated the entire receipts of the evening towards the fund to purchase the machine, The students appreciate the venerosi- Werrens, A veterinary surgeon Monday reported to the county court that a fine Jersey cow pwned by Jos- eph Shelhy near Hume, was af- 'flicted with tuberculosis. As_ is required by law the court ordered | the sheriff to destroy the cow and! Tuesday Sheriff Johnson went to Hume and shot it. “A board of ap- praisers had been appointed, who set a value of $70 on the afimal a part of whieh will be paid by! the state and a part by the county. The many friends of Rolla Crabb, formerly of Rich Till, will be pleased to learn that at the late election he was elected on the democratie ticket sheriff of Phillips county, Montana, says the Rieh Hill Review. Mr. Crabb some years ago served on the po- lice force in Rich Hill and also was city marshal of Butler, leav- ing here some three years ago for Malta, Montana. John T. Yoss, of near Roekville, one of Bates county’s most pro- gressive farmers and stock rais- Monday on business before the probate court. Mr. Yoss is a great believer in left the last of the;; pure bred cattle and owns a fine herd of registered stock. He thinks dairying is the most im- portant part of the farm and for the last eighteen years he has been selling milk to the Prairie City cheese factory, whfth is now forty cents per pound for r fat. steneted oat the ~Logan-Moore Lumber Yard in Butler, Mo. This inodel poultry house is coustruct- cd with a system of ventilation that protects the chiekens from a dircet draft, and at the same time vives them plenty of fresh air. It is convenient to clean and easy to clean, Tt is) constructed with rows of nests, adjustable roosts, removable dropping board, in fact, is modern in every respect. This house is en exhibit in front of the Logan-Moore Lumber Yard | and it will pay you to inspect. it the first time vou are in Butler. Rollie Basse*t Murdered. (Too late for last week.) o, Nov. 6.—A mes- ed from — Pittsburg, Saturday stating that Rollie Bassett of this place had been run down and killed | suburban carat that place Friday Later it was supposed he wa murdered and his body placed up- on the track to vover up the crime, dassett’s skull was crushed and his body horribly bruised and mangled. Frrom his brother, sett, who accompanied the — re- mains, we learned there was a wound upon his breast, as if made by a bullet, through the body. But as to how or by whom, he met death is still shrouded — in darkness and may forever remain so,-until the guilty party or par- ties stand before the high Tribun- | al, and answer for the horrible crime committed upon the person of Rollie Bassett that antedates the day of Noy. 2, 1916. But now. the people can” only |e; who will the sentence But some day | conjecture, be passed upon. they may know. Rollie Bassett was Wash Oct. 4, 1881, in the state of Indiana, and} came to Foster, Missouri, with his | parents when a small boy, where | he has since resided. He leaves one brother, Eddie Bassett of Hutchinson, Kansas, and some other relatives besides | a host of friends, who are deeply ! grieved by his tragical death. The remains arrived | Sunday from Pittsburg, over the Mo. I cifie. Funeral services were preached at 3:00 o'clock, Sunday evening, at Salem, by Rev. Johnson of the} Christian chure h, and all that w: mortal was laid to rest beside his! father, mother and sister, until the day of Judgment when the; guilty party that plunged his soul into the unknown world, must stand before him, face to face, and a strict account must give. DINAH. Eddie Bas- | +) which passed entirely Will Morris of West Point township was seen coming home one day last week .with a wagon oad of apples. Ef Will would ask Johuny to come over and eat ap ples some night you bet, we would 20, Myers has got his new It is all o. George rouse about finished. kK. W. TL. Keeton and family spent ast Sunday at the home of Mrs. Crumley. Will Eeggleson is still running his show on the east side, The show is all right. The writer had a. talk with Unele Charley Wolf the other day. Tle is as jolly as ever, We don't think he is taking if hard about the way the election went, JOUNNY. SOvibiner: People in the vieinity of Das- saic were greatly grieved when on Friday, Nov. 3, 1916, the news eame flashing over the wire that Grandma Sims had passed away. The end came alter a lingering iMness of several months. lt was laster’s call wud she must go. She has left to mourn her depar- ture two sous, Edgar Sims, of on, fowa, and Oscar Sims, of ¢, Mo, and a number of indehildren, besides a host of friends. Arabelle Clossen was born April 2, 1845. making her 71 and te day old, ed to Austin Sims years, T mon She was im: May 18,1875. Her husband pre- ceded her to that) great beyond Nov. 7, 19h. Grandma Sims was “converted yin dife and united with the vie Baptist ehureh Oct. 4, 1914, and of this denomination she has been a faithful worker ever since her conversion, The going of this good woman means a dis- tinct loss to the community — in which she has lived so long, “We {feel that our church has surren- ldered a worthy member and the family has given up a devoted mother. The funeral services were eon- | ducted Monday, Nov. 6, at Pas- saic church by Bro. L. W. Keele, jef Butler Raptist eburch. Burial i was made in that beautiful Butler | cemetery. The number of friends who at- tended the funeral and burial was a striking testimony to the high lregard in which she was held by | the citizens of the community. + Only the kindest feelings are entertained by the members’ of the family for the various favors manifested by neighbors and friends in their time of deep sor- row. xX. X.