The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 15, 1917, Page 5

Se 4 y: The Daylight Store _- We are showing a splendid line of Hart Schaffner & Marx Spring Suits Walk-Over Sh Are unknown this season in our line of . CLOTHING and SHOES But we advise our friends to get busy and lay in a supply. $20 to $25. oes $4 to $5 Stetson Hats $3.50 and $4.00 American Clothing House The Good Clothes Store : ‘trade, Black & Arno 4 of Adrian. + Style Plus $17.00 Suits, Sam’l ! Levy Mercantile Co. Miss Lethia Delameter, of Rich Sunday guest : Hill, was the * Miss Nixie McLees. R. W. Vail, of the Welton Jew- - elry Company, visited relatives in “ Kansas City a couple of days the first of the week. More for your money at Black Id. i & Arnold Clothing Co. \ first of the week. . 4 Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. i _,, Baker spent Sunday in Rich Hill} : with Mrs. Baker’s parents, and Mrs. J. F. Isley. Judge J. A. Silvers made a busi- | _ hess trip to Rich Hill Saturday. The place you will eventually ; Miss Helen Braden had as her ‘ guest Sunday Miss Stella Talbott, H. 8. Wyatt, of the Wyatt Lum- | ber Company, was a business vis- itor to Kansas City one day the! of Mr.} ing, $1.00 for 15. Mrs. J. F.. Nicolay, Kansas City Tuesday after tives in this city. Hogs reached a world’s high price in East St. Louis Satur- day, when $15.15 per hundred pounds was bid. The climbed up steadily all week from $11 per hundred the week before. ; Sam’! Levy Mereantile Co. | Arkansas, spend 1 week for Little Rock, , where he expects to | summer, | farm there and make it his future Otis! home. The democrats of ; week, Spring suits, shoes, hats, caps,'ticket: A. TL. Gilmore, trustee; Hill. New Spring Cap Mereantile Co. shirts, Black & Arnold. Pei ong marriage Leense Wa L. B. Baskerville, justices of this week, that of John O’Dea, ot Butler, and Myra G. Cole, Rich} | Walter Snodgrass, collector ; Grady Smith, assessor; Joe Kash | | the peace and members of the itownship hoard. ; New Kuppenheimer — Spring! s. Sam‘] Levy | Suits, Sam's Levy Mercantile Co. , 8 voy “; Emmet Bullock, James Miss Agnes Watson, the wide! Lloyd Hazen, David Thompson awake reporter for the Rich Hill Daily Review, spent Sunday this city with her sister, M borne Leedy. Make our store your headquar- ters, we appreciate it, Black & Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. O, C. and son, of Harrisonville, visited Butler friends in this city Sunday. Mr. Atterbury as formerly em- Jewelry ployed by the ‘Welt Company. 0. J. Scribner, who sells Indi- -ana silos, reeeived word last week that he had been awarded a $10 gold piece for selling a silo a day for the first ten days of the pres- ent month. New Soft Collars for Men, Sam’1 Levy Mercantile Co. est Mrs. A. G. Wood returned Sat- urday to her home in Lentner, af- ter a visit in this city with her daughters, Mrs. Maude Reinheim- er, Miss Bunton Wood and Mrs. Robert Smith. Miss Ella Timmons, who has been spending some time in this city as the guest of Mrs. Charles McFarland, left last «week for Granby, Missouri, where she owns a millinery store. Spring Suits for Boys, Sam’} Levy Mercanti!e Co. set for a later date. ; meebo on . eharge of running an au - without a license. He was before Justice Jeter and the Atterbury Saturday evening Sheriff Ba! 29 irrested M: Butler on th ae apkerwlbe itomobile ually broken when it commenced taken|to rain Morfday. trial|good part of the afternoon, and land Logan Price represented the in| Butler high school athletic asso- rs. Os-{¢iation at the annual field mect held in connection with the Cen-| tral Missouri Teachers Association at Warrensburg last week. We failed to learn what sort of luck the boys had. Last Thursday an automobile, driven by a man in the uniform o: & captain of the United States army, with a machine gun mount- {flag in the rear and a big sign reading ‘‘Enlist’’ painted on! the side, passed through Butler. been declared on Mexico or some other country, but it was only a National Guard recruiting officer | en route from Kansas City to Jop- lin. Congressman ©. C. Dickinson arrived in Clinton lust week from Washington,-where one of the sions of congress since the days of the Civil War, ended Saturday, the 10th. The democrats of the sixth Missouri have no reason to be ashamed _ of any vote of their representative in congress ; he was right every time. He will return to Washington in time to be in his seat when the special session called by President Wilson opens next month, The drouth that has prevailed k-| in this part of the country for the | e|last few months was most effect- It kept up a night and there was occasional downpours all day Tuesday. The + Mrs. Louise Gipson, wife. of|farmers are wearing a smile that ent of the| won't come off, as the continued Joplin | dry weather was becoming’a very at -at Kaneas City, in Kansas president of the National |scrious proposition to many of S. C. RI. Red eggs for hatch- 508 N. High St.| . Mrs. Frank Mabbott was up one Miss Nadine Hupp returned to ay short visit with her mother, Mrs. | L. Clinkenbeard, and. other rela-! record | price | Nobby John B. Stetson Hats; 8. H. G. Cook. =| J, A. Argenbright will leave this a rehie the| Archie Doe is rather enthusias- | tic about that part of the country | Preston came down from Kansas and may conclude to invest in a) Deepwater | here about three weeks ago by the township at their primary last} illness of his mother, Mrs. H. P? nominated the following Tilsey, ; f | ed in front, a big United States'| the first of the week after an ex- Some folks thought that war ‘had | most interesting and exciting ses- | i 7 h | Kor Trunks and Suit Cases, ‘Sam’! Levy Mereantile Co. day the last-o f the week visiting old friends, | Miss Ruby Wiek, of Rich Hill, i was the guest of Mrs, Charles For- tune a few days the last of the week, . ; Good Shoes for Men and Boys, jSam’l Levy Mercantile Co. i! | If. P, James and family came up | from Rich Hill Sunday and spent ‘the day at the home of Mr, and! County Superintendent~ of | Schools A. C.Moreland and J. W. | Darby were business visitors to one day last week. | : Mrs. Ina Tiffany and Mrs. Paul ' City the last of the week on a-vis- ‘it to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Culver. Frank Allen. who was called Allen, has returned to his home in Mlinois. W. T. Cochran, the Virginia merchant, was a business visitor ito Butler Monday. Mr. Cochran ‘yeports business good in the west- vern part of the county. Keep in mind to do your trad- ‘ing this year at Black & Arnold. i A.C. Coberly, of the Logun- ;Moore Lumber Company, left ; Tuesday for Leavenworth, Kan- ‘sas, on a business trip connected with the lumber company. | F. R, Allen, formerly a real es- tate-and insurance agent of this |eity but is now in the poultry raising business in Independence, ‘was in town the other day on a ‘business mission. ; Mrs. Wm. Popalinsky returned ‘to her home in Baffalo, New York, tended visit in this city with her brother, A.C. Moreland and sister, ‘Mrs. Archie Thomas. i” Miss Eva Faulkner, a teacher in {the Nevada high school, was the | guest of Miss Winnie Stone from {Saturday until Sunday afternoon. ' Miss Faulkner was formerly com- mercial teacher in the Butler High ‘ school. Polled male for sale. This is a fine animal, deep cherry red in | color and will be sold at a reason- able figure. Phone or write i C. A. Lusk, ! Butler, Mo. ~ RED. No. 5. ‘‘*doing’’ in the near future. pasture and timber Good fences and good particulars see 22-tf . N. M. Nestlerode. township’s substantial was in the eity Saturday and|athletic mect, a send off. died|them. Press dispatches indicate! dropped into The Times office for|evening at 6:30 the class lunch He} was spread at the High School. ial and business call. that he has been kept pretty |‘ lately watering his cattle, eing the driest winter for Sewing Society noon, March 9. course Junech was served on quar- : . tette tables and all had a most en- For Sale—16-months old Red] joyable time.’ : ; Amoret has a commercial club.|tice of Peace, Robert A meeting was held in the office|at Rich Hill of the Amoret Realty company’| Rich Hill Enterprise. Thiswas the Wednesday night of last. week and |first marriage ccremony officers elected and the Leader|Judge Jolison has performed |says that there will be something| but he got through in good shape. Farm for rent—80 acres 45 for|sophomore class of the Butler corn, 10 aeres pasture. Balance in| High Sehool celebrated their class pasture. | day. water.| dressed in their colors, white and Light improvements. For further|red, paraded around the square, singing and giving the class yell. They then marched out to the de- pot and gave. the ‘track team, | John Lawson, one of Summit] which was starting for Warrens- citizens, | burg to.compete in the district Phoenix Silk Hose for Sam'l Levy Mercantile Co. Men, d Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Fortune and little daughter spent Sunday with Rich ITill relatives. —-G.-M. Hargett;of the Walton Trust Company, spent Sunday in Versailles with his family. Chas, Field, a prominent young democrat of Rockville, was a coun- ty seat visitor Friday of last week, Theodore Wemott visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Wemott, a few days the last of the week, New Spring Shirts, Sam’] Levy Mercantile Co. W. P. Chowing, of Kansas City, spent a few days in this city last week with his sister, Mrs. J. A. Arrasmith, Mrs. Arthur Yaple, of Kansas ity, was called to this city last week by the serious illness of her father, Wm. Burner. Mrs. Chas. Grube, who was ealled to Carrollton, Tlinois, about two weeks ago by the illness of her sister, returned home Sunday. - Overalls, work shoes, jackets, vloves, Black & Arnold. kK. C. Longwell, manager of the Hurley Lumber company’s yard at Amoret, has resigned and will move about April Ist, to Elsie, Ne- braska, i Floyd Atkeson, of Liberty, ar- rived in the city Sunday evening to spend a few days with his fath- er, W. 0, Atkeson, editor of the Record, : The Times good friend T. W. Oldham, of the Foster neighbor- hood, was a Butler visitor Mon- day and made this office a pleas- ant eall. Ray Vantress, who has been with Norfleet & Ream for several years has severed his connections with that firm and accepted a po- sition in Kansas City, Brace Black, who holds a good position in the Union depot in Wasnas City, came down the last of the week on a visit to his fath- er, Ty A, Black, and other relatives. T. C, Robinson, the Hume ‘estate dealer? was a Butler vis Saturday. He says that there is very little real estate changing hands in the Hume community this season, We are in receipt of a letter from J. M. Chambers, at Selma California, in which he sends re- gards to his old Butler friends and says that California is sol- idly behind President Wilson in efforts for peace. - Col. C, E, Robbins, the live wire auctioneer, has purchased the fine farm of George Thompson near Amoret, and will move there this week, Mr. and Mrs, Robbins were former residents of this communi- ty and their many old friends will extend them a glad welcome, B. B. Canterbury, who has been in Western Kansas with a party of land buyers for about a month, re- turned home the last of the week. Ben is of the opinion that that portion of the country is destined to be the greatest there is in a very short time. fi Miss Elizabeth Corcoran de- lightfully entertained the ladies of the Saered Heart church, at her home 512 West Ohio street, Friday after- A delicious two- Chas. H, Burgress, former ed- itor of the Bates County Demo, erat, a Butler visitor one day last week. but now of Windsor, was Charlie Stone and Miss Eva Langford were marriel by Jus- Johnson Sunday says the that Thursday of last week the In the morning the class, That the sand- y te gitls furnished i and the boys the pickles everybody hada fine large the house of.commons today, An- Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Walton re- turned Tuesday from a_ seven weeks trip to California. They report a fine trip but were glad to be back in old . Missouri. They saw many former Missourians at different_places_in the west and they all seemed to be prospering, Tell your friends to trade with us, Black & Arnold. ‘ Mrs. B. C. White received a tel- egram Tuesday stating the death of her father, Ben Goode, of Wil- derness, occurred that morn- ing. B.C. White and Charley Goode left that afternoon for Wil- derness and will accompany the body here for burial in the West Point cemetery.—Amsterdam En- terprise. E. C. Vandevoort, of Carthage, was in Butler tor a brief visit with old friends Monday. Mr, Vande- voort was for many years loeal agent for the Missouri Pacific rail- road and some time ago was pro- moted to the Carthage office. He is now enjoying a vacation, a part of which he will spend at his old home in Ohio, On January Ist, Ed Waller of this city purchased two car loads of hogs from Charley Argenbright of Butler, to be delivered in June, paying $12 per hundred pounds. Today (Friday) Mr. Waller sold these hogs to Geo. Young of Schell City, at $13 per hundred pounds and cleared the neat sum of $346. —Rich Till Review. Butler Eneampment. No. 76, 1. 0. O. F. had a big. time ‘at their regular meeting Tuesday night. Five candidates were initiated af- ter which an oyster supper was served in the Masonic lodge rooms, The Butler Encampment is now in a very prosperous con- dition with new members being added at nearly every meeting. Our prices to suit the times, Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Robert and John Cornett, of the northeast part of the county, who were arrested some time ago for stealing a shotgun from the ear of A.M. Gloyd have been discharged by order of Prosecuting Attorney Dawson. It was at the time of their arrest that their father, Boss Cornett, was shot and killed by a Cass county deputy sheriff. According to the Henry Cou- ty Democrat, Peyton Parks of Clinton, who underwent a serious surgical operation in a Kansas City hospital a ~ couple of weeks ago, is getting along nicely and will be out of the hospital in about another week. He will probably go to Excelsior Springs for a short stay before re- turning home. The order of the day in and around Butler is planting People who never did thing before in their lives are planting patches of potatoes and garden truck, The high cost of such things this winter has set folks to thinking, and not only to thinking but acting and they are trying to lower the cost of living by being producers as well as eon- sumers. . Robert Davis, an old resident of Hudson township, was adjudged of unsound mind by the probate court Monday and .a_ guardian, his son, Leonard Davis, was ap- pointed to take charge of his busi-, ness. Mr. Davis, who is seventy- one years of age, is an extensive land holder and on account of his feeble mental and physical condi- tion the court thought it best to appoint the guardian, © Saturday afternoon as R. S. Catron started: to walk across the floor in his office in| the court house, he was overcome by a spell of weakness and fell. An auto- mobile was ealled and he was tak- en to his home, where he is get- ting along very well, except that he is very weak. Unele Bob’s health hes been poor for some time and his family and friends are rather discouraged about his condition. British Capture Bagdad. London, March 12.—After an- nouncing the fall of Bagdad in drew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, said there was ev- ery reason to believe that two- thirds of the Turks’ artillery had fallen into the hands of the Brit- ish, or had been thrown into the Tigris. Mr. Bonar Law said the fall of Bagdad came as a sequel to a series of brilliant operations car- ried out by British and Indian troops with dash and determina- tion for which no praise could be William Guyant, assessor; Joe Rogers, constable. Black-Tucker. T. A. Black, of this city, and Miss Katherine A. Tucker of Al- toona, Kansas, were united in inarriage Tuesday, March 13. ~The bride is the accomplished daughter of Mrs. H. H. Tueker and is well known in this city where the greater part of her life has been Spent, She is a gradu- ate of the Butler High School and for the last year or so has been connected with the Walton Mortgage Company, of Hobart, Oklahoma, where she has shown herself to be a thorough, business woman. The groom is a member of the Black & Arnold Clothing Com- pany, of this city, and is one of Butler’s most progressive and en- terprising business men. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Elnora Tucker, at Altoona, by Rev, W. F. Jones, who was formerly pastor of the Ohio street M. FE, chureh in this city. The happy couple arrived in Butler Tuesday evening and are at home to their friends at their beautiful home on High street. The Times joins their many friends in wishing them a very happy married life. W. C. T. U. Notes. The Lone Oak W. C: T. U. and Young Peoples Branch will be at the Black school house Sunday. March 18,and hope to organize a Union and Y. P, B. just afte preaching at 3:00 P.M. Rev. Harold Hilliard will assist in be- half of the Y. P. B. Every body invited both old and young, There is a place in the ranks for you. Tt is also asked that this day, Mareh 18. be observed over the state of Missouri as a day of pray er for St. Louis by all chris organizations, There will be a pie supper and speaking contest conducted — by the W. C. T. U, at Peru, Mareh 20th, 8:00 P.M. Every body that likes pie come, XX ’ Fire at the Ayer Ranch. Fire starting in dry grass and spreading rapidly by the high wind prevailing Friday caused from $500 to $600 damages at the Ul Ayer ranch north of this city. Neighbors came to Mr, Ayer’s as- sistance and the fire was finally checked, but not until a barn southeast of the residence was burned and a fine cherry orchard was ruined. Several telephone poles were scorched and a stock pen burned. For a time the Ayer residence was in danger of being destroyed. A call for help was sent in for the fire department but the firemen were engaged in fight- ing fire in the south part of the city at that time.--Rich Hill Re- “| view. Governor Gardner Set ‘April 13 as Arbor Day. Jefferson City, Mo., Mareh 8.——- In a proclamation issued today Governor Gardner designates Fri- day, April 13, as Arbor day in the public schodls of the state. He suggests that the pupils of each school plant flowers, trees and shrubbery in all school grounds to make them more attractive. The governor also suggests. that the state superintendent of schools prepare an Arbor day program for the schools of the state, Easter Campaign. The two Methodist churehes and the Presbyterian church of Butler under thr leadership of their pastors will hold union ser- vice_up_ till Kas Seroggs will p n the sermon at the M. E. church, South, next Sunday night. It is the purpose to make these services evangelis- tic and thereby add to and con- serve’ the results of the revival just closed. For Sale. Having installed a motor truek for the delivery of oil and gaso- line, I am now offering for sale my draft team at a bargain. They are sound, fat and cinch pullers. A first class draft or farm team. Also set of extra good work harness and one set surry harness. They will be sold at a bargain if sold at onee. 14-tf Phone 331 C. C. Catterlin. Standard Oil Co. Republican Township Ticket. The republicans of Mt. Pleas- ant township met in the circuit court room last. Saturday and placed the following ticket. in nomination: Charles E. Henry, trustee; L. A. Fuller, coltector: Rev. GR,