The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 3, 1917, Page 5

» day. $15.00, Walker-McKibben’s, ' years old. Telephone 6-41. . sas City, is visiting relatives here. Why? Black & Sons, Black & Sons Clothing Co. 25-tf Mrs. Earl Jones. was quite ill the first of the week. Mrs. MeLecs was reported very ill the first of the week. Special values hi ladies suits, For Sale—One good mule, four 27-3t Miss. Ruth Seelinger, of Kan- WeMott & Major want to oil . or repair your harness—work|pats Black & Sons Clothing guaranteed. - 29-2t1 Qo, 25-t£ ' . Our shoe business is increasing, The base ball.,scason is now Clothing Co. i Miss Francis MecCuan visited friends at Carden City’ last Sun- Fishing tackle, bamboo and steel rods, reels, nets, WeMott & Major. ; 29-8t Verne Tolloway of Kansas _ All Wool Serges, Poplins, |. SPLENDID VALUES JUST IN ‘Silk Suits and — ¥ La gis Au Colors. Consisting of all Colors in : Taffeta & Satin S ~ Buy Shoes We are saving you money. » AMERICAN CLO. HOUSE — Best Valuesin Everything the Family Wears. ilk Coats Now ‘Missouri Pacific Agent Claude Plain spent Sunday with his fam- ily in Harrisonville. All kinds of work straw hats here. Prices same as last year, Black & Sons Clo, Co. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Cook spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Moore in Kansas City. Paint the old buggy or car- riage, we have the paint in any color, WeMott & Major. 29-2t The place to buy your Stetson open—call on WeMott & Major ‘and get your wants supplied. 29-2 Plant large Russian Sunflower seed and have hustling chickens, J. D. Deacon’s South Side Square. ‘ Get you a slicker and a pair of ‘tubber boots and be ready for the City spent Sunday with his par- ents here. Camp of the M WwW Mrs. Thirza Robinson spent Sunday last with relatives in Rieh Hill. ' ; Wyetir pocket knives and Shu- mate razors at WeMott & Major. Guaranteed. 29-2 T. D. Embree of Summit town- ship brought a load of hogs to Butler Monday. Mrs. Dan Monyhan visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.. W. T. Cole during the week. ,. - Alex Snider of Columbia: stopp- ed at Butler Monday morning en- route to: Nevada. S B. F. Jeter, J. E. Williams and A. EF. Waddell left . Tuesday. morning for Springfield, where they are ree ag Ry ‘the State visit with his brothers, Lewis and rainy weather, Black & : Sons Clo, Co. J, B.' Small has returned from Kansas City, where he has been visiting his mother and his daughter! “Neb Shobe came in from Se- dalia the first of the week for a Abe Shobe. Miss Laura Fenton was called to Columbia by the serious illness of her father. He is not expect- ed to recover. Frank Allen will open a second hand store in the building on Mrs. N. Mills of Kansas City came down last Sunday. to spend a few days with her mother, Mrs. W.S. Arnold. . ee You can own a Douglas shoe for $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50, The best values anywhere, Black Sons Clothing Co. Our good friend J. A. Padley, of Seattle, Wash., is among those renewing this week for ‘‘Bates County’s best paper.’? ~ S. C. R. I. Red eggs for hatch- ing, $1.00 for 15. —-— + Mrs. J. F. Nicolay,. 508 N. High St. Dr: J. F. Robinson, of Nevada spent Saturday here attending to business-and—visiting with his nephew, Dr. J. T. Hull. i A High Art suit will wear from two to five years. To be con- vinced, try one this time, Black & Sons Clothing Co. 25-tf Japanese Hulless pop corn pops | out bigger than yellow and is ab- solutely hulless, pint 20c, J. D. Deacon’s, South Side Square. i E. F, Smith and little son’ of| Walnut township spent. Tuesday in Butler looking after business matters and made us a most pleas. ant call, x If you are sick and want to get well see W. F. Sawrey, the chiro- practor, over Fisk’s Shoe Store. Chiropractic will restore you to health after others have failed. Spinal analysis free. 28-4t* Second Notice—If your ac- county, to Black & Arnold Cloth- ing Co. has not been paid please ig Main formerly occupied by’ Wilcox: Bros. »—We are prepared to spray your fruit trees, vines and shrubbery with lime-sulphur spray or fur- nish material for spraying. See Cy Wolfe-or J..K.-Ford. — 28-2t* {South Side Square. A. J. Erhart-of Ness City, Kas.;| his office from the basement of m|Type Poland::China hogs for @ | which he attained so wide a repu-. ‘| tation in Missouri. i | $1.00, Walker-McKibben’s. | Eddie Campbell, who enlisted|place was ‘received Wednesday| board last Friday night Miss|is planned to take lunch in this ‘in the Navy some time ago and/morning by Mrs. George Jenkins| Stella Johnson of Edina, Mo.,/city. Frank Ream and C. A. who has since béen at the train-]from~ Los’ Angeles, California.|was elected teacher of mathe- at Great pate, Ill, The Ss. 5S. do so at once as we wish to close up all of said firm’s accounts, Black & Sons Clothing Co. Ladies and Misses coats, $5.0') up, Walker-McKibben’s. The Wear-Ever 2 1-2 quart aluminum stew pan as advertised in this issue, at the present price of aluminum metal is good value for the money, J. D. Deacon’s, remembered us substantially this ||week. Mr. Erhart, who formerly owned a large stock farm near Adrian is still breeding the Big - New. Fern waista and middys, Pa ing school ‘has been sent. to f York, along’ e is likely German Millet seed, Milo Maize, s}:-One of Wer E. {Call on WeMott & Major for|% 29.2 Black: & ‘Sons Clothing Co. Mra. G. 8. Carnie’ of Athol spent Friday shopping in Butler. hailed. and It snowed, 8 S naa ; rained - Hal Travis, of the United Drug ton ‘Sunday by the. illness wife’s father, Lafe Bald: died on Monday. - Mra: swith_her—father Company, was called. to ir yews 'tertained his’ o * ‘the Coterie Wednesday. afternoon. Doctor Fletcher of Spruce had a narrow escape from death or last Mrs, T. J. Day delightfully en-~ and John Steelé has returned fronr p ioride, where he spent the win- er, $ Miss Bessie Grube of Nevada spent last Sunday with rélatives ere, E. A. Cherry, postmaster at Adrian came. down last Saturday on business, Mens dress shirts, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, Walker-McKibben’s. Mrs. J. O. Yeatts of Kansas City visited her brother, George Alsbach, during the week. ° C. A. Allen of the Walton Trust Co., made a business trip to El Dorado Springs the first of the week, ~- Mrs, Jennie Kloke and children H of Spencer, Nebraska, are visit- ing at -the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Hamilton Herrell. Sale men and boys oxfords, $2.00, Walker-McKibben’s. Mrs. Lon Ray entertained at six o’clock dinner Monday even- ing in honor of the eleventh birth- day of her son, Noble Ray. The Welton Jewelry Co. has moved into the handsome new Warnock building on the east side of the square. Gordon auto seat covers, can be washed with soap and water, WeMott & Major. 29-2 Recorder .Fortune was con- fined to his home the first of the! week by illness, but is reported better. : Mrs. C. J. Miller of Ft. Scott, Kansas, who has been visiting at the home of her father, Geo. Fox, returned home Tuesday. Miss Myrtle Smith entertained the members of the Round Table Club at her home on High street Tnesday evening. / Mens ‘Indigo Blue overalls, $1.25, Walker-McKibben’s, ‘Mrs. W. D. Wolfe of Kansas City returned home Tuesday af- iter a visit with Mrs. D. C. Wolfe: at Virginia. Mrs. W. E. Ayers left Tuesday for her home in Livingston, Mon- -|tana, after an extended visit here with relatives, Mrs. J. T. Hull entertained the Priscilla Club at her home on West Pine street Tuesday after-| noon. . Dainty refreshments were | served, : Mr. and Mrs. Sam Armstrong have returned to Oklahoma City after a two weeks visit here with homefolks. WeMott & Major are prepared to recover your auto top, or re- pair it. 29-2 Lievt. W. O. Jackson accom- panied his sister, Bessie, to Kan- sas City Tuesday. Miss Bessie who has been visiting her parents here is studying music in Kansas City. J Judge B. F. Jeter has removed time. Mrs. W. Y. Osborne’s class of the Ohio street M: E. Sunday school surprised Mrs. Emma J. Sherman of this city on her sev- enty-fourth birthday Friday af- ternoon by calling on her in a body. Dainty refreshments were served, Millers Bros. large fruit and vegetable farms in and near this city are making large express shipments of vegetables to the city markets each day, The Mill- er boys are scientific gardeners and horticulturists and their pro- ducts are commanding the high- est market prices, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Morwood, Messrs. David L. Clark, Harry Morwood and Col. J. Harlan Por- ter of the west part of the county, drove ‘in Wednesday afternoon to attend the called meeting of the Farmers Clubs of Bates County, which was held in the circuit court rooms here, Mrs. H. H. Holloway enter- tained the Young Ladies Auxil- liary of the Presbyterian church Thursday afternoon. <A delight- ful luncheon was served. The Anxilliary plans to knit for the soldiers and during the war will limit their luncheons to two ar- ticles. A union service will be held in the Christian chureh Sunday evening for the soldier boys who will soon be called to the front. The various churches will take part. Special music, a special sermon by Rev. Wolfe, all to- gether the service will be one of interest. The public is .invited. The meeting begins at 8 o’clock. Holloway’s Klean Grocery blossomed out with a brand new Ford delivery car Saturday which created very much of a sensation, The ‘‘wagon’’ is painted a bright yellow with the name ‘‘Holloway’’ on each side} in black letters and, carries a gigantic ‘‘H’’ on the radiator. The body was made by Vantrees Bros. Miss Mary Stitt of Pleasant Hill and Mr. Foree Willard, the; son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Willard | of this city, were united in mar- riage at Pleasant Hill Thursday, April 26, 1917, Rev. C. B. Waite officiating. Mr. Willard holds a position with the Wilson. shoe store at Pleasant Hill. The hap- py couple spent Sunday here with the bridegroom’s parents. | The ninety-eighth anniversary of the founding of the Indepénd- ent Order of Odd Fellows was celebrated’ by the Butler Re- bekahs, a sister lodge, Thursday evening with an elaborate pro- serious injury Thursday morning when his motor car turned turtle with him... Doctor Fletcher had been to Butler and was returning home on. the Summit road when his car overturned and he was pinned beneath the machine. Jim Welch, who saw the accident went.to his assistance and with the aid of neighbors rescued Dr. Fletcher from beneatir the . car and righted the machine. The doctor was unhurt. The funeral services of Lafe Baldwin, the father of Mrs, Hal Travis, who.died at Pleasanton. Kansas, Monday were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Pleas- anton and interment made there. Besides Mrs. Travis, there are surviving Mr. Baldwin, a widow and four sons: Frank and Lon Baldwin, Pleasanton, Kansas; Carl Baldwin, Lyons, New Mexi- co and B. Baldwin, Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico. He was about 72 years old. Mr. Baldwin was at one time a resident of this city. Frank W. McConnell, Jr., aged fourteen years, died Wednesday, April 25, 1917, at four o’clock, of rheumatism of the heart, at his home, 3044 Agnes avenue, Kan- sas City. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McConnell, for- merly of Hume and was the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. John Ludwick. He was a student in Benton school in Kansas City. A brother, Burr, McConnell, and a sister, Miss Virginia McConnell, and his parents survive. The re- mains were taken to Hume for burial Friday. * Chas. Davis and Frank Wells, tlhe men charged with the burg- lary of the Hofsess store at Hume, were given a preliminary hearing before Justice Farrell at Hume last Wednesday. Wells was bound over to the Circuit Court in the sum of $1500 which amount he was unable to give. Davis was released, there being insufficient’ evidenee to warrant his being held. Tra Rippeto was arrested by Sheriff Joe Baker Monday noon when he got off the south bound train with a bundle containing four quarts of whiskey. Rippeto also had a pint in his pocket. The arrest was made on a warrant applied for by Prosecuting Attor- ney Dawson, charging him with illegally delivering intoxicating liquor. Rippeto received _ his whiskey by express at Adrian jand it is reported that his trips to and from that city have been made very frequently. He has not yet been able to give bond. Park J. Hulen, well known | to the farmers and stock raisers as the largest individual horse buy- gram, At the close of the pro- gram they were joined -by mem- bers of the Odd Fellows who treated the ladies to ice cream and cake. The Allen orchestra furnished the music. Mrs.. Artie Fox has been elected treasurer and collector for the Ladies’ Cemetery Association, and all money due for 1917 from the court house to the handsome new office rooms in the newly completed Warnock building on the east side of the square. If you will buy your work clothes at Black & Sons Clo. Co., Lyou will sec the difference. members residing in Butler should be paid to her. Non-resi- ‘dents will please send money to me. As some members are in ar- rears the association would ap- preciate the payment of all’ back dues. Mrs. R. R. Deacon, the most beautiful boxes of flowers ever sent to this collection consisted of roses geraniums of various kinds. John Steele, who has ding the winter months in ja has returned home. Mr. } was taken seriously ill ile enroute home and is now nfined’ to his bed at the home his daughter, Mrs. G. _ P. on Pine street. tp top dust hoods. é Corresponding Secretary. At a meeting of the school matics in the High Schoel, and. Miss Mabel Gorman of Spring- field for head of the English de- partment. Miss Johnson is graduate of Warrensburg Nor- College. Prof. E. A. Gibson and Miss Hays have resigned and their places are still to i Idaho, with Ray Denning, wanted hey hoc sere of . Be- h the promise ‘Miss Ethel Butler, were in Drexel, Sheriff J. W.. Baker returned |and again Tuesday, looking after recruits. Capt. Caruthers has or- ders to fill up his company to “"\|merly of this county, who was! war strength, and now has eighty . en. He wants forty more. All who enlist in the National Guard ‘the war. is over. If you wait to er in the middle west spent Thurs- day in this city and purehased 51 head of horses while here. Mr. Hulen is an excellent judge of horseflesh and pays the top prices for his purchases. Besides being a mighty good fellow so- cially, he is on the square in his dealings and has the confidence of those who. know him. The horses purchased here by . Mr. Hulen Thursday were mostly of the cavalry and artillery types. The Double Relay Sociability Run of the Jefferson Highway Association which is scheduled. to start at Winnipeg, Canada, May 14th, will pass through this — city on Monday, May 21. The schedule provides for arrival here at 12:30 o’clock p. m. and it Allen have been appointed a com- mittee to meet the visitors. Three to five speakers are provided for each stop with from five to ten 4) minutes for each talk. : pected that each town mal, and Miss Gorman of Drury | given an hour or more. It is ex- will be ,Capt..Géorge Caruthers, with a etachment of Company B, at Monday w will only have to serve until shes oS SPAT ARNO ARA RE OME MREDN Hes cgietnaanee Ee