The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 27, 1917, Page 5

a a Se 7 JOM If reliable house behind the both lose. Mr. and Mrs. W. Hildebrandt, Wichita, Kansas, arrived in the ci the last of the week on a visit We have a good stock of choice seed wheat and seed rye for sale. 48-20-3t ‘Butler Roller Mills. Miss Tot Eiler was the guest of Nevada friends a few days the last of the week. Mrs. Robert Sturgeon, of Summit, returned the last of the week from a visit to her old home in Carroll and Mrs. H. S. Williams. Boys new knickerbocker We can suit you, Black & Sons. Mrs. county. : home in Nevada the last of the week Ceerru vom . jafter a visit in this city at the home Mrs. Nettie Ely, of Kansas City, | ¢ Major and Mrs, G. I. Lynch.. spent a few days the last of the week in Butler attending to business mat- ters and meeting old friends. Evergreen- —Sunday scho church The class, of the M. E. Douglass shoes, best shoes for the money in town, Black & Sons. by Mrs. Sam Barr. of the parents of Mrs, Hildebrandt, Mr, suits. Edward Clark, son of General and H. C. Clark, returnedd to his South were entertained Thursday afternoon During the after- tnoon a delicious lunch was served. a pyeavabate transaction. “The Good Clothes Store” »: is best practiced by purchasing high class reliable goods with the guarantee of a That means.the American Ry: SUITS ana COATS $12.00to $50.00 The lady who buys without seeing our ‘stock fialey a mistake and we : You should lay in a supply of staples now, such as Ginghams, Percales, Out- ings, Sheeting, Shirtings, etc., as our prices aré below the wholesale market on most everything in the line. American Clothing Kouse Stetson hats at Black & Sons. RL. at the State Fai ity to pending a few days it Sedalia. Our goods the best, our prices lowest. Black & Sons can prove it. ting at the home of her aunt, Lete Sackett. R. D. Radford, one of Bates coun |ty’s best citizens, was in from’ his home near* Spruce Monday. ol ing for Sedalia, where he will spend a few days at the State Fair. Young men drop in and see our) new fall suits, hats and shoes. Mr. and Mrs. James Welch re- . h . turned the last of the week from a Mrs. Lutie Nelson, of Marshall,|are just the thing, Black &. Sons. honeymoon spent in Colorado and Oklahoma, arrived in the city the Miss Alice Smith has returned are now at home in Summit town- | first of the week to attend the fune ship. n jams, which was held at the Bapti At.a meeting of the’ Rich © Hill | hurch. Monday afternoon, school- board éne night last week the teaching of the German language in Rubber boots, $3 to $5. al of her brother-in-law, Cleve Wiil- All guar- r- from a two weeks’ visit to her sister, Ne -Mrs. John Yaple, at Horton, Kan- > sas. Mrs. George Dibble died at her home on, East Chestnut street, Ricn tee ae ot that city was offi- ee Let Black & Sons show you. Hill, Thursday afternoon of last cial iscontinued, lw. u i | N. M. Nestlerode spent Sunday af week, W. G. Cumpton, of the east part|Camp Clark with his son, N. M. Hey 4 jarge delegation was up’ from of the county, passed through Butler | Nestlerode. one day the last of the week on his way to Kansas City, where heis ‘vis- iting at the home of his son, Walter Cumpton. : Closing Out In order to make room in our warehouses for two Carloads of Can Goods, we are going to sell the following at prices less than wholesale. Now is your chance to stock up for the winter. that he would rather ride good old Bates and take pictures ‘those that stay. behind. ‘ ¥ Gallon Fruit Jars (Masons) Qt. Mason Fruit Jars............ 65c doz. No. 2 Sweet Wrinkled Pe: Tes ...2 for 25c No. 2 Sugar Corn, extra quality aeaatou ae 2 for 25c .3 for 25c . 15¢ can ---10¢ -.2..10¢ ‘No, 2 Can Hominy.......... No. 3 Can Tomatoes..... No. 2 Can Pumpkin... No. 2 Can String Beans Gallon Apples: Galion Peaches ‘ Gallon Apricots........ Many other varieties of Can Goods in order to make room for our future can goods that will arrive about Oct. 1. You will not have anottier opportunity like this ina year, Everything Guaranteed. - Adrian Garage . ‘ We have recently bought out the Adrian Garage and invite all our patrons when up that way .to stop and see us at the J. A. Berkebile old stand, one block east and 4 block south from the Mo. Pacific - Depot., : Z : ae | Great Scarcity in Ford Cars This year the entire output of'the Ford pidnt will be sold out by Feb. or March 1. Put in your order now for Spring delivery if you want a Ford.. FORD SERVISE STATION AT ADRIAN AND BUTLER, m0. Nels says that soldering, is all right for them as likes it, but around Rich Hill Friday night to bid the | boys from that city, who were going | to Ft. Riley, good bye: p p fiost!{-Retween “Rich” “Hill ‘and Tygard ‘school: house a child's light blue wool cap. Please leave at Times office. 50-1t Mrs. Mattie, Mock, who has, been visiting at the home of her siste-, Mrs. IL. C. Culbertson, in’ Summit, left Monday for her home in Pueblo, Colorado. Ae of Mrs. Grant Oldham. Charles MvFarland arrived Sunday from the McFarland ranch, néar Kress Texas. He was met in Kan- sas City by Mrs. McFarland and M~.} and Mrs. Chas. Fisk. Slicker coats and pants. Our line complete, Black & Sons. Homer ‘Cameron, who has jbcen spending the last week or so in this city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron, returned to Spring- field the first of the week. Miss Mabel Sellers, of Mountara Air, New Mexico, who has been vis- iting the homes of her aunts, Mrs. Warren Ayers, Mrs. Tom Dunulap and Mrs. E. E. Eggleson, in the west part of the county, leaves this week for her home. & Mrs. C. C. Duke left the last of the week for Kansas City, where she is visiting her sisters, Mrs. G. A. Hemstreet and Mrs. R. M. Dougl:ss. From there she will go to Topeka, Kansas, to visit her daughter, Mrs. R. R. McCleary. We make your dollars have more cents, Black & Sons Clo. Co. B. F. Jeter, clerk of Butler Camp No: 2458 Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica received notice Tuesday from the Head Clerk that the death claim of E. Arthur: Gough of. Pleasant Gap township had been allowed. This was a very prompt settlement. The Administration building <t Camp Clark was destroyed by fire about 7:30 o'clock Monday mornin4. The building was a smal) one-story frame building and the loss was not very large. The. fire is supposed t) have caught from defective wiring. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Snowden, of Modesta, Illinois, spent several days the last of the week at the home of 'Mr. and Mrs. P. I. Turner, in Lone Oak township. Mr. and Mrs. Snow- den were old friends ‘and neighbors of ‘the Turners in [Minois and were en route to Oklahoma. a Price. and Fifth regi- liss Mona Rook is in Kansas City | Mrs.| B. F. Jeter left Wednesday morn-) They | | Miss Doris Wyatt, who has been | spending her vacation with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Wyatt, in ‘this city, left last week for Godfrey, Illinois, where she is attending the | Monticello Seminary. Charles Flannery, of the west part of the county, who was one of the young men comprising the first quota of Bates county men for the drait jarmy, retirned from Ft. Sill last week, He failed to pass the physical ‘examination and was discharged. The army authorities are enlisting regiments of colored men for steve- |dore work, The pay is good and any | colored man who wishes to see the country, without too much fighting, should apply to the nearest recruii- jing office, Married men wiil be ac- (cepted, George Ashley, of Rich Hill, was on. of the boys who Friday night departed for Kt. Bliss to join the Nationa} army, On Wednesday of last week he and Miss Nona Fuqua stole a march on their friends by ;soing to Nevada and getting married, | says the Rich Hill Review. . Fe Warnock returned the last of Lae aweel from Roscoe, Texas, where he had been visiting his sister, Mrs. Zib Williams. He reports a part of Texas suffering from a severe drouth which cut the crops down a great | deal and also made stock water very scarce, making it necessary to ship the cattle long distances to get them where they can get water. EE. K. Wolfe, who for the past three years has been pastor of the M. E. church, South, of this city, has been busy the first of this week packing his household effects for re- Rev. moval to Montrose where he was assigned at the last conference, Dur- ing -his service in this city Rev. Wolfe and his family have made many warm friends who regret tu see them go. Mr, and Mrs. S. W. Davis spent the latter part of last week in Sr. Louis attending a meeting of the Missouri Press Association. The pro- !pram included an auto ride over the boulevards of the city, a steamboat trip te Jefferson Barracks, a trip to Jefferson City, where the new capitol was inspected. From that point some of the editors took in the State Fair at Sedalia. E. P. Foster, of Adrian route five, was in the city Monday. Mr. Foster thinks that this is the year when the farmer is lucky and he has very lit- tle patience with the calamity howler. who thinks the farmer is not getting all that he has coming to him this year. He is of the opinion that if wheat and farm products get ny higher it would work a hardship on the consumer that has to pay the high prices for it. About 12 members of the Appleton City lodge of Knights of ,Pythias motored over Monday night and vis- ited the local lodge. They brought a candidate for a degree with them and the work was exemplified by the members of the Butler lodge. At the conclusion of the work the visitors were taken to the Alsbach restaurant where they enjoyed a lunch before they started on the home trip. The Butler lodge is enjoying a steady in- crease of membership at this tim¢ and is in better condition than for many years. Sunday was the big day at Camp Clark. It was generally understood that before another Sunday the boys would all be moved to Ft. Sill, and their friends and relatives took ad- vantage of the fine weather and went to Nevada and bade them good-bye. In the forenoon the troops were re- viewed by Governor Gardner and there was -something going. on ail day. The northbound train that was composed of 16 coaches they were all packed full of those who had spent the day with the soldiers. The order breaking up the Second regiment and making the jes into machine. gun com- dacrunmnen. sen scrememcren amr Mrs. Claude Etter and little daugh- ter, of Norman, Oklahoma, arrived in the city the first of the week on a visit to relatives. Rev. C. A. Waters, of the Ohio street M. E. church, left Monday for Joplin, where he is.attending the an- ‘Announcement. The forthcoming history -of Bates county ought t@ appeal to the peopie of. Bates county. It has now been 35 years since the old Cass-Bates county history was w ritten It_is my ambition to write-a_his-— ‘conference of his church. J. D. Martin, one of The Times good friends on Route. 4, was in Bui- ler Wednesday .on a business mission and favored us with a pleasant call. Mike Noonen, of Drexel, was brought to this city Tuesday evening by Sheriff Baker and lodged in jail, where he is serving a twenty day sentence under a charge of vagrancy, Mrs. G. M. Hargett and daughter, Miss Helen T.ouise, and __ sister, Miss Alpha Stephens, left Sunday for Versailles, being called there by the death of Mr. Hargett's father. Mr. Hargett was already at Versailles, Mrs. Walter Henderson, of Mingo, Iowa, arrived Sunday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Ayers. Little Galvin) Ayres, the youngest son.of Mr. and Mrs. Ayres, great who has been quite ill, is conside:- ably improved. Mrs. Q. A. Kaune and children, Helen and Tyler, of Everette, Wash- ington, arrived the last of the week for a visit with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. T. Tyler. They went to Nevada Monday where they will spend a few days with Mrs. Kaune's sister, Mrs. W. A. Hall. Alderman Seese has on exhibition at his shop on aFst Dakota street, a few ears of about the best corn that has been brought to town this se: son. The ears are large and well filled with good, firm corn, Mr. Seese says that he has about 4o acres of corn just like it on his farm north- west of town, Lelia Crouch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Crouch, former residents of this city, died at Pittsburg, sas, Sunday, September 23 an operation for append remains were brought to this city and funeral services held at the A. M. FE. church Monday afternoon un- der the auspices of the lodge of the Eastern Court. The bar docket for the October term of the Bates county — circuit court was received from the printer last week. The docket was printed in the office of the Rich Hill Review and is a nice piece of work. There are 112 docketed for — trial. Nine. divorces, 14 criminal cases and the remainder civil In the criminal cases there are five for vio- lation’ of the local option law. suits. Rey. S. J. Starkey; who was as- signed to the Butler M. E. church, South, at the meeting of the South- west Missouri conference at Neosho, last week, arrived Thursday and preached his first sermon to his new congregation Sunday morning, Rev. Starkey is a young man of. pleasing address and made a good impression those who heard him Sunday ,He has served the chureh “City for the past two on morning. in Appleton years. | Our good republican friend Oscar | Harris, of the west part of the coun- ty was in the city Saturday and dropped into The Times office for a chat. Mr. Harris says that for the last 27 years he has mi three issues of The Times, and white} he does not agree with its politics, he thinks that it is a pretty good papers, notwithstanding. Mr. Harris was the republican candidate for county treas- urer at the last election and made a very creditable race. One of The Times’ oldest and best friends, T. P. neighborhood, was a caller at this of- fice Monday, It is friends like Mr. Stover that makes the newspaper man’s life worth while. He has been a constant reader of this paper since its first number and now feels that he would be lost unless the old stan:l- by showed up every week.. Mr. Stover is one of the best preserved | men ©f his age of our acquaintance, being born in Pettis county 70 years ago, He came to this county in 1867. Bates—couunty Was visited by one) of the heaviest rains of the season Tuesday night and Wednesday. It commenced raining about ~ seven o'clock Tuesday evening: and kept it up pretty muuch all night and a good part of Wednesday. There was con- siderable lightning during Tuesday night, but no damage was done in Butler. The barn of Alonzo Lockard abéut three miles west of Passaic was struck and set on fire and entire- ly destroyed together with some har- ness and about four tons of hay. Mr. j tober sed but abort] > Stover, of the Altona] * Lockard had some insurance in the Farmers Mutual Company. Ralph Crossland, of Rich - Hill, un- der arrest upon a charge of raping a thirteen year old girl at Rich Hill Sunday night, escaped from Sheriff Baker at the Union depot at Nevada Monday and is still. at large. Cross- land is a member of: Co. “G” 2nd Mo. Infty.. and was arrested by Sheriff Baker, wlio had obtained the consent of the military authorities at Camp Clark to give him up: While wait- ing for the train at. the depot which was very crowded, Crossland broke away. from the Sheriff and-made his 1 eda escape in the crowd. core ‘maininy. oleate cats bat dotatonen crowded about, until Crossland made tory of Bates County and to record indelibly its wealth of historical an- nals. In undertaking this important task, I fully appreciate its serious- ness and responsibility. The men and women, whose faith, courage, foresight and industry have made es County what it is today, are ng away. Therefore, tt seems but fitting, while we have yet with us some of these pioneers, or their descendants, that we secure from them and preserve the thrilling and romantic story of their adven- tures, struggles and achievements in the early days when their hearts beat young and their enthu m knew not the limitations imposed by “Father Time.” Then, too, there are many among us whose ancestry blazed the pathway to civ ation on other bor- ders, and these with the younger gen- eration of Bates County are mould- ing the sentiment and shaping the destiny of this splendid County. A record of what the newcomer is do- ing and thinking therefore becomes a part of the interesting story we are seeking to tell. In the preparation of this history, I appeal to the broad-minded and generous citizens of Bates County - for their assistance and sympathetic co-operation, that this work may adequately record a story worthy of being handed down to future gen- erations for their inspiration and guidance in building up the rich and broad foundation laid by their fath- ers. And, in return, IT pledge my very best thought and endeavor to the end that this history may be worthy of a place on the bookshelves 2 of cevery representative Bates coun- ty home. The publishers of the recent His- tory of Cass county, edited by Judge Allen Glenn, will publish this history of Bat and their work in other counties inMissourui is a guarantee that the mechanical work will be satisfactorily done. Further an- nouncements from time to time, as the work progressés, will appear in the newspapers of the county; and we hope to have the active co-opera~ tion of all the people in order that every serap of real history may find its proper place in this work, * W. ©, Atkeson. Marriage Licenses. Lannis \W. Oates _ Adrian, Mary A. Kohl...... .. Merwin, Troy R. Barton....... .Amoret, Nellie M. Hazen - Amore. John S. EF Butler, Minnie M. Gaston Sutter. Date of Old Settlers Reunion Changed. The officers of the Bates County Old Settlers Association met at the office of the president, Miles S. Hora, Tueusday night-and changed the daie of the annual reunion from Thurs- October 11, to Wednesday, Oc~ day, Masons Attention. There will be a special meeting of -odge No. z : evening, ich time the fi conferred. present, 29, at will be t degree All Masons tirged to Le Holmes, of the Holmes Dairy Cl Company, of Whiting, Lowa, was in Bates county last week for the pur- pose of buying some purue bred Holstein cattle for his dairy. He attended the Douglass sale, where he purchased several head. Local Market Quotations SOFT WHEAT FLOUR Royal per C Queen per C Rose perC .. War Flour .. Graham Flour per - Sack ery 50€ All flour 20 per C less in 500 pound lots either one brand o- on assorted in one delivery or deposit. PURIFIED CORN MEAL Small Sacks { Large ‘Sacks FEED IN 100 POUND SACKS Shorts ... oe Corn Chop ...".........-- All feed 5c per sack less in § sack lots. Also sc for the sack when returned. We exchange flour and feed for wheat or toll the wheat one-sixth BUTLER ROLLER MILLS