The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 16, 1917, Page 5

$2.98, Walker-McKibben. Our good friend George Daniels, of south of town was a pleasant caller at this office Monday and like most of. the farmers of this part of the the prospects of the fine crops this year, The Good Clothes Store ; Boys khaki pants, Black & Sons. Mr, and Mrs. W. B. Dawson spent Sunday with friends near Rich Hill. J. W. Choate left Tuesday for southern Missouri on a business trip. J. R. Ford spent Sunday in Rich Hill with his daughter, Mrs. C. M. Leedy. © Born to Mr, Armstrong Monday, daughter, Choice lot Fern waists $1.00, Walk- er-McKibben. Mrs.-G. A; Murray is spending the week in the wholesale. millinery houses in Kansas City. homa. Genuine fast dyed overalls per pair, Black & Sons. and Mrs. future home, Edward. Augint 13, ‘a Walker-McKibben. Ralph Van Doren, of Mrs, Chas. Fisk, and Mr. Fisk. Adolph Burda left ‘Help Us Clear Our Deeks for the Greatest Fall. Stock of Good Goods Ever shown to the good people in this County Take Advantage of the Reduced Prices in | Men’s Summer Suits, Ladies Silk Suits, Men’s Straw and Panama Hats, Ladies Oxfords and Pumps Many Things are at HALF PRICE | American Clothing House Mrs. J.-C. Nafus returned Tuesday from a visit to her sister at Joplin ginia neighborhood, who has and a business trip to Miami, Okla- ‘Forrest Kerrens and family will leave the last of the week for Harri- sonville, where they will make their Big lot wash goods on, sale 15c, Waterloo, Iowa, spent a few days in this city the last of the week with his sister,|- Monday for € Vir- been visiting her sister, Mrs. James Tay- Miss Imogene Cox, of the lor, at Adrian, returned home Wednesday. See Harry Van Dyke for short term insurance, grain in barn or stock, Al- so. for insurance on threshing ma- chines in barn or in operation. » Call or phone 112. 42-3t Mrs. Len Barber and daughter, Miss Ada, returned the first of the week from Mulberry, Kansas, where they have been visiting Mrs. Barber's sister, Mrs. Cleo Smith. “Miss Claudia WeMott returned to her home in Denver, Colorado, the last of the week after spending a week at the home of her brother, A. $1.25 Warners Rust-Proof corsets $1.00]Iowa on business connected with a . up and Brassiers 50c up, Walker-Mc-| farm which he owns there. He ex- W. WeMott, in ‘this city. Kibben. pects to be gone about two weeks. Extra quality black taffeta silk, ‘ $1.50, Walker-McKibben. Mr. and Mrs. George. Price and We carry a full and complete line of Books, Tablets, Pencils and supplies for City and - Rural schools. — LisT OF BOOKS FOR RURAL SCHOOLS: First Grade. Drawing Book No. 5. Sixth Grade. Searson & Martin 4th Reader. Steps in English, ‘Book 2. Milne’s Arithmetic, Book 2. Primes of Sanitation or Hygiene. Natural Introductory Geography. 4 Wheeler Primer. © Wheeler, First Reader. Drawing Book No.1 Second Grade. fog Fig — Gordy American Beginnings in bo Aad og Ha ieee traties Wentworth Smith Work and Play Copy Book. i With Numbers, * ee vine Book No.6 : net eng Seventh Grade. Wheeler “Third Reader. Steps in English, Book 1. Milne’s First Arithmetic. Hunt’s Speller. ad Copy Book. “ Drawing Book No. 3. 2 Fourth (fade. . - Wheeler’ Fourth Reader. Steps in English, Book 1. Milne’s Arithmetic, Book 1. Hunt’sSpeller. - «: Copy Book, — Es Drawing Book-No. 4.’ Fifth Grade. Searson & Martin ath Reader. Primer of Sanitation or Hygiene. Steps in English, Book 1. Miine’s Arithmetic, Book 2. Nat'l Introductory Geography. Hunt’s Speller. Copy. Book. TAKE TH LIST TO.. Phone 226 Searson & Martin’ sth Reader. Steps in English, Book 2. Milne’s Arithmetic, Book 3. Natural School Geography. Agriculture, Gehr’s Productive. Conn’s Physiology and Health. Hunt’s Speller. Copy“ Book. Drawing Book No. DR, Thomas Rurdl Arithmetic. Eighth She Seafson & Martin ‘sth Reader: Conn’s Physiology and Health. ~ - Steps in. English, Book 2. Milné’s Arithmetic, Book 3. Natural School Geogtaphy. Rader’s Civil Government . and History of Missouri, Eggleston New Cent. History. Hunt’s Speller. Copy Book. Drawing, Book No. 8. ‘SLYDWICK’S DRUG STORE = au Get Your Scheo? Supplies - Butler, Mo. aieiondill SCHOOL BOOKS daughter, Miss Cora, left Tuesday for Fayettville, Arkansas, where they will spend a mbmth -with their son and brother, M. L. Price. Mr. and Mrs. A. 1. Freeman and gon, Leroy, left Sunday for Kansas City where they will make their fu- ture home. They have not decided what business they will engage in. Mrs. Chas. Argenbright and son, James, who ‘have been spending the last-two weeks with Mr. and Mrs, Joe Geiger at Little Rock, Arkansas, returned home the first of the week. Ray’s Produce House, North Main St., wants country mixed iron, Will pay special price from now until 90 days or longer. Also brass and cop- per and metals and rags and pro- duce. 38-4t The trustees of Bates Courty Red Cross Chapter will hold an import- ant meeting im the circuit court roo: at the court house at 2 o'clock Fr day, August 17, All trustees are urged to be present. Fred, Romy, of Rich Hill, has been appointed first alternate to the U: ed States naval academy at. Annap olis and second alternate to the Unit- ed States military academy at West Point, says the Review. “Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Johnson spent Sunday in Rich Hill at the home of Mrs. Johnson’s twin brother, Willia:r Frazee. It was their birthday anni- versary, and the: day was fittingly celebrated by a big dinner. Lieut. R. E. Crabtree, surgeon + the officers training camp at Fi. Riley, Kansas, spent Saturday and Sunday. in this city with his family. The Doctor expects. in a short time to be ordered to Ft. Sill for duty. Misses Eula and Elizabeth Weeks departed . Thursday night for St. Louis, where they will le in the future. Mrs. Weeks and little grand- son will join them later—Rich Hill Review. John B: Freeman and Maria R. At- kinson, of this city were married in Kansas City Monday ‘of this - week. ‘!They retarned to Butler Tuesday #imorning and are now at home to their friends. »The- county ~ convention of the Bates county W. C. T. U. will be held at Virginia Wednesday and Thursday, August 22 and 23. All the county officers will be _bresent and a for. .Come out and learn what we are doing. ~ Loeb Bros. extensive breeders of fine Hereford and Aberdeen Angus having swell stocked ranches have Jately made somc importance to stock very interesting meeting _is looked |i Wendell Atkeson and Ivan Ray, members of the headquarters com- pany of the first brigade, national guard, received order§ Saturday to report to brigade headquarters, at Neheca for duty. The boys left Sun- day. John Cooper, son of Mrs. John Voris, of Summit township, who for several years has been in the auto- mobile business in Pennsylvania, has enlisted in the auto truck service of the army and been sent to a southern camp for training. Fadeless work shirts 50c. Buy 2 half dozen at Black & Sons. Len Shubert, former deputy county ‘treasurer, who left here several months ago for Montana, was shak- ing hands with old Butler friends the first of the week. Mr. Shubert will drive back to Montana in his Dodge, which he left here last spring. Relatives in this city received a telegram Saturday announcing the birth of a daughter, to Mr, and Mrs. Walton Allen at Pasadena, Califor- nia, The newcomer has been named Cora Catherine Allen, in honor of Mrs. W. E. Walton and Mrs, F. H. Crowell, Hon. J. N. Sharp was in town Fri- day night and took the evening train south, His health has not been of the best for some time and he may conclude to visit his old home in Tennessee and take a rest among the scenes of his youth, in the hopes that he may be benefitted. Mrs. T. Bottoms and daughter, Miss aa. are visiting Arrel Bot- letter from them the first of the week states that crops in that part of the country are looking as if they have had more rain than Bates coun- ty has been blessed: with, Richard W. Vail, of the Welton Jewelry Company, received orders Tuesday’ evening to report for a course. of instruction at the officers Ftraining camp at Ft. Sheridan, Mr. Vail took his preliminary examina- tion some time ago and had about given up hope of being called. W. F. Duvall and F. M. Campbe!l have each purchased Hudson Super- Six touring cars. They are fine look- ing cars and are said to be able to get over the ground just a little bit fast- er than any cars in this part of the country, Wilcox Brothers are the Butler agents of the Super-Sixes Letters from the boys of the quar- termaster corps,. who left here last week for Nevada, where they took the physical examination, say that they all passed and were sent to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, where they now are. They are enjoying the best of health and so far like army life very much. Misses Josephine and Jeanette Shafer, who have been visiting their aunt, Mrs. T. W. Arnold and Dr. Arinold, left the first of the week for Kansas City, where they are the guests of their sister, Mrs. Robert Aycock, after which they will return to their home at Lawrence, Kansas. Relatives in this city received word ‘the first of the week that J. W. Wainwright, who was appointed a second lieutenant in the U. 5. army about a month ago, afd or- dered to the training camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, had been pro- moted to first lieutenant and ordered to some post in the west. Dewitt C. Chastain, of this city, and H. H. Heck of Rich Hill have been notified of their appointment to the officers training camp at Ft. Sheridan, near Chicago, Illinois, and expect to receive orders to report some time the last of the week. They took the preliminary examination at Joplin about two weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Moore, Mr. and Mrs..Bud Nevins, of Kansas ‘City and Mrs. F. L. Hannah, of Oakland, California, who were mo- toring from Kansas City to the Ozarks, spent from Friday until Monday fishing on the Marias des Cygnes. They were in town Monday morning -after provisions and of course, pronounced Butler fhe pret- tiest burg that they had seen. Miss Irene Lusk, daughter of Dr. Lusk, of Virginia, and Mr. Bryan Howard, of Johnstown, surprised their many friends by quietly slip- pingover to Montrose last Sunday and getting married. The bride, who charming young lady, has been ting with relatives at Johnstown for some time where the groom, an energetic, hustling young man, is en- gaged in running an automobile ‘Mr. ahd Mrs. S. F. Dariac of Jones- boro, Arkansas, were’ visiting rela- Ladies $5.00 white skirts on sale country he is in jubilant mood over | toms, near Bigheart, Oklahoma.__A| closed—onthis—blacksmith We want and appreciate sai busi- ness, Black & Sons Clo. Co. The Talmage Hotel at Rich Hill, which has been closed for some time, has reopened. Miss Ruty Davis came down from Kansas City the last of the week to visit her friend, Miss Alice Smith. Ladies $3.50 and $4.00 pumps sale $2.40, Walker-McKibben. Mrs. W. N. Mills, who has been visiting relatives in this city, returned to her home in Kansas City Friday. Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Allen and small son, of Maysburg, motored to Butler on a brief business trip Mon- day. on Khaki pants $1.25 per pair, You can't beat Black & Sons prices. Earl Earsom, of the Walton Trust Company, spent a few days the last of the week in Oklahoma on_ busi- ness, Prof. C. W. Leedy, of Rich Hill, has been elected superintendent of the public schools of Jennings, he lahoma. Investigate the calf club now being organized by “The bank on which you can always bank.” It is worth your while, 44-1t The Latter Day Saints will hold their annual camp meeting at Rich Hill this year commencing Friday, August 24th. Mrs. R. L. Braden spent a few days the last of the week visiting old friends in the Mulberry and Amster- dam neighborhood, ° Floyd Holloway arrived Thursday from Kansas City and is spending his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hollaway. Some splendid values in table lin- ens and crashes, Walker-McKibben. Pearl Wells,. mechanic of Co. B., shop at Ballard last week and feported for service with his company, The calf club now being organized by the Peoples Bank is a good thing. All the boys and girls of Bates Coun- ty should be interested in it. 44-1t week for Minneapolis, Minnesota, where they will spend about a month with their daughter, Mrs. - Pearl Haney. Rome Cameson, of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, was in, the city one day the first ofthe week on a brief business visit, and meeting old friends. Overall prices are still going up. We still. sell fast dyed overalls at $1.25, Black & Sons. Paul B. Hamilton, captain of the Missouri University foot ball team, was a guest of Jimmie Williams the last of the week. Mr. Hamilton is a resident of Harrisonville. J. W. Heddon, of Sedalia, passed through Butler one day the last of the week en route from Rich Hill, where he had visited his father’ “Gabe” Heddon, to his home. Harry Robinson and sister, Mrs. Nels Maddox, of Kansas City, who spent last week in this city with rel- atives, left Saturday for Joplin, where they will visit their brother, C. B. Robinson. Col. Arthur Trader, the genial ci- gar salesman, was calling on his But- ler customers Monday. Col.. Trader was once upon a time a resident ot this city and it almost seems like getting back home for him. - Mrs. John Forbes and two daugh- ters, Dorothy and Charlene, of Kan- sas City, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Forbes’ parents, Judge and Mrs. W. T. Cole. The Judge is being kept rather busy entertaining his charming granddaughters. Clyde Allen, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Allen, of Rich Hill, has joined Battery A of the Second Mo. Field artillery at Kansas City. Mr. Allen has served three years in the United States artillery and will make the battery a valuable man. Bi N. A. Stanton, the local Wells Far- go agent, was passing around the cigars and wearing a great big smile Monday, the occasion for all of which was the arrival of a young soldier at his home Sunday afternoon. The youngster has been named Ralph Allen Stanton. Appleton City was among the first cities that organized home guards. They have a company of 100 which they expect in a short time to raise to full war strength, 150. Grover Shanholtzer, of the Appleton City Journal, was elected captgin of. the new company. Leon Keller, treasurer of the Or- pheum theater, in Kansas City, passed through Butler the latter part of the week on the way home from his summer cottage at Elk Springs. Mr. Keller is a former Butler boy and made a brief stop to call on his boyhood friends. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Haggard, of Kansas City, spent the last of the visiting Butler i and A Mr..and Mrs, A. H, Orear left last | Oil in Bates County. If Bates county is underlaid with oil it begins to look as if that fact will soon be known, For some time a company has been at work pros- pecting in the Foster field. ‘Fred Boxley, a Kansas City attorney, who is-at the head of the concern believes that the oil is there and that a pay- ing well may be brought in at any time. Monday the Amsterdam Nowata Oil & Gas company filed with the county recorder leases on over two thousand acres of land in West Point, Elkhart and Charlotte townships, and drilling will soon commence in that field. Several holes have been drilled in the west part of the county, but none of them have Been deep enough to reach any oil that might have been there, but this time they will go deep enough to settle the question. A Congressman in Uniform. Washington, Aug. 10.—Representa- tive Victor Heintz of Cincinnati, al- though in Washington, did not at- tend today’s session of the House. He was in khaki, preparing to leave the city this afternoon to join his command as captain in the Ohio Guard. He was too modest to min- gle with those in civilian garb. “But really,” he explained, “1 did not want to follow the precedent established. Senator Baker was appointed a bri- gadier general in the Civil War. He went to the United States Senate in uniform and he even made a speech, Within a month he was killed. I do not like the precedent.” Therefore he ignored it. Farm Loans. If you desire freedom from the bur- dens of everlasting debt, it will pay you to let us show you a plan where- by it can be done. It means low cost, with “the most liberal pre-pay- mnt privileges, No renewa!s, with the attending cost, that come peri- times raise in odically, and some rates. It costs nothing to investi- gate, your own interes: should prompt you do the best that you can. We invite a full investigation, Canterburys, 36-tf Butler, Mo. Mrs; Lee Hardinger, who under- went a severe surgical operation at the Christian hospital in Kansas City, Thursday of last week, is reported to be getting along fine. Mr. Harding- er, who has been with her since the operation, returned home \Wednes- day. Among those from Kansas (City, who received commissions last week at the officers training camp at Ft. Riley, were Joseph and Sanford M. Brown, sons of the Rev. S. M. Brown. Both gentlemen are well known in this city where they have visited frequently. Mrs. H. O. Maxey was badly cut in an automobile accident which oc- curred near the north entrance to Oak Hill cemetery Saturday after- noon. She was riding in the Maxey car which was being driven by Miss Maurine Chambers, when in’ some manner the car struck a telephone pole with such force that the wind- shield was shattered and the broken glass struck Mrs. Maxey on the throat and arm cutting a _ fearful gash which required several stitches to close. The automobile was not badly damaged, except the wind- shield and bumper. "Some time ago E. B. Silvers pre- pared a petition from the Butler bus- iness men to the Public Utilities Commission asking them to see that the Missouri Pacific bettered its train service between Butler and Kansas City. Since that time two trains, the morning and evening trains have been taken off and the service ‘s worse than ever. One of the results of the Kansas City Young Men’s Chamber of Commerce visit to But- ler Friday was that R. D. Sangster, transportation manager for the Chamber of Commerce has been in- duced to take a hand in the matter and see what could be done. Buy Your Enamel- ed Ware NOW $1.25—$1.50 value all this week, choice of lot 99 cents. Thisis high grade ware blue blend, triple coated and acid proof. Quality brand Aluminum ware, Puri- tan Hosiery, China, Granite, Tin, Notions of all kinds’ Get in line for school supplies.