The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 4, 1917, Page 6

| Am ‘_€. R. Long made a business trip to = Ft. Sill the last of the week. Miss Linda Nix returned the ‘last of the week from a three weeks trip to Minneapolis and other northern ' points. - . Miss Helen Bradén spent last week in Kansas City with her sister, Miss Mary, who is a teacher in the public schools of that city. _ .Chas, McFarland returned Friday to the McFarland ranch near, Kress, ‘ Texas, after a few days visit in this city with home folks. H. H. Henry returned the last vi the week from Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he had been spend- ing a couple of months. Mrs, H. G. Cook and daughter, Miss Josephine, went to Kansas City the first of the week where Miss Josephine entered the St, Theresa academy. * . BI F. Jeter, pension attorney, re- | ceived notice the first of the week that the claim.for widow's pension by Mrs. Margaret. Heckadon, widow of the late Philip Heckadon, had been allowed. “ ¢ George ‘Smith of the 21st United States cavalry, stationed at Ft. Riley, Kansas, who has been visiting with “'Wednésday.” - L..C; Shubert,.who is. employed by a big. mercantile : establishment in Kansas City, :came down Monday with two auto trucks and moved his household goods to that city where he expects to reside ‘in the future. G. D. Arnold, formerly of*Summit township, but now of Terre Haute, Indiana, arrived in the city Sunday morning with the body of his grand- son, Asthur Radford, who died at the General hospital in Kansas City Fri- . day. Judge and Mrs. A.'B. Owen and ‘daughter, Mrs. J: S: Newlon and lit- ‘tle: son,’ Robert Owen; ‘left Tuesday. on a motor car trip to Independence and Kansas:‘City, where they expe: ‘to: spend about two weeks visiting ‘ ‘relatives and‘ friends. A vacant, house at the - corner. of - Lake and: Broadway was entirely de- .ftroyed "by « fire. . Sunday morning about :12;30. The. fire, had gained such headway before the alarm was » turned.;in that the. fire department, siwhich: responded. promptly to the ‘alarm,. could do. nothing. . The -build- ing, had ,béen.. occupied. by Chas. “-MMilson, who had:moved the day be- fore. +: The origin, of the fire is wa- Skirts and Waists , eee Very Swell Shoes $4.0 Blankets $1.25 to $7. We are showing better values in blankets than you erica % The revival mecting, at the will find elsewhere THE GOOD STORE Baptist | Miss Lorene Allen visited . ftiends church is still in progress. ‘Sundayiin Rich Hill one day the last of the night the congregations of the other churches were dismissed so that they could ‘attend the meeting. Rev. Scroggs, of the Presbyterian church, préached’a very interesting and for- cible sermon, ; Dr. T. C. Robinson, of Amsterdam, was a pleasant caller at this office Monday and reports that buildings that were destroyed by fire in that town last winter have about all been replaced and with better buildings. The Doctor was'a witness in a case in the circuit court. The outdoor band concerts for this season closed with the concert cf Friday night. The’ Butler band, un- der the direction of Chas, Fisk, ‘is the best band in this part of the state and the concerts this season have been greatly enjoyed by the people of Butler and surrounding country. The funeral services. of “W. P. Duvall were held at the family resi- dence, on East Ft. Scott street, Fri- day afternoon at three o'clock and interment made in Oak Hill ceme- tery: The funeral was, delayed ow- ing’ to the absence of Buford* Duvall, ‘who was on‘ ‘an automobile’ trip through Kansas. si convinced that for general purposes they. are the best that grows... | - Orders have beet issued’ by’ the postoffice. department, designating the Butler office as the clearing house for the offices in Bates coun- ty.. Each office wil] get its stamp supplies from the. Butler office and all quarterly reports will be sent to that office, where. they, will Le checked over and audited. As there are fifteen offices in’ Bates county this will entail a whole Tot of extra work on the force in the Butler of- fice, Sa he i J: F. Kern; who ‘harvested a biy wheat crop the past season on the Kern-Beatty ranch four miles north- ‘east of this city, wads in town: Mon- day and reports that he would ‘finish sowing 320 acres of the river bo tom: ranch this week and also plant too acres additional:-neat. Nyhart. The acreage in’ wheat the past sea- sonon the ranch’ was 265 acres, yielding 8000 bushels of wheat, an average of from 35 to 45 bushels to the acre—Rich ‘Hill Review. week, John Clapp came down from Kan- sas City the last of the week to spend a few days with his daughtef;~Mrs. J. A. Rogers. Rolon Smith, of the Hawaiian Islands,a_son of the late I. M. Smith, of Spruce, arrived the last. of the week on a visit to Bates counuly relatives. Butler was well represented at the Glory Week festivities in Kansas City: last week. Those who were there report a fine time every minute of their stay. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hargett. and daughter returned-the last of. ‘the week from Versailles, where they had been called by the illness and death, of Mr. Hargett’s father. s Mrs.. J; P, ‘Edwards received al cablegrai: Sunday from ‘her grand- ‘son, First Lieutenant J. P. Afnold, saying that he had arrived in Liver- pool on his way to France. ‘ Park Hulen, the horse buyer, was in town Saturday and bought quite a numbet of horses. Hulen pays good prices and when he comes to town the farmers bring in their surplus The Eureka coal mine, near Rich Hill was closed last week on account of filling up With water. The coal was about all taken out at this mine so ‘that the loss to the company’ is not large. i Frank Pattee, of the Amsterdam]. Enterprise, was in the city Monday, en route to Appleton City to attend a district meeting of the Knights «i Pythias lodge. We acknowledge 4 fraternal call. ' Mrs. J. Ed Jones and Miss Juaneta Jones of Kansas City, arrived Sunday to visit Butler. relatives. They left the first of the week for Rich Hill, where they are spending a few days, with friends and relatives. | Monday night the Sprague lodge of. Odd Fellows visited the local lodge. The brought with them three candidates for the degrees which the’ degree staff of the Butler lodge ex- emplified in their usual first-class style. 5 The city scales, at the southeast: corner of the square, have been out: of commission for several: days due: to a thorough overhauling which they were being given. were putsunder the platform and some new boatds were. put in the | floor of the platform. = two: Weeks’ ‘]South, conference held at New. iron beams: It willl: pay you to visit our Dry.Goods, Department. n Clothi Ceci! Durrill,, who. travels for a | wholesale hardware house, was in the jcity one day last week. Cecil has many friends in Butler, where he w1s ja blacksmith many years ago. . Wade Cochran, the Virginia mer; chant, has concluded to leave Bates county and go west and is advertis- ing a closing out sale of his stock. Mr. Cochran has only been in busi- ness in Virginia a few months, but.in that time he has made many friends ! who will’ regret to see him leave the | community. | Wednesday of last week the city of Rich Hill sold: to the Sullivan Suppiy company, of Pittsburg, Kansas, the old gas pipes under the streets of that city for $25.00 per ton loaded on the cars.. Rich Hill used.to be very proud of the gas but now the supply is exhausted and they are compelled {to do without. Mrs. Fannie Bledsoe, colored, aged about. 80 years, was found dead on ‘the floor at her home in the north- i ; ‘east part of the city Monday morn- ing, the indications being that she had died early Sunday night. Coroner Allen, of Rich Hill, was notified, and after viewing the remains, decided that an inquest was unnecessary. Gaylord Vantrees, of the Trimb‘e drug store, is back on the job after a vacation, . ‘Early - -las# week he.. returned from , Deerfield, where he and his mother and sister, Miss Gladys, had spent a week visit- ing with relatives and friends. He then went to Kansas City and spent Old’ Glory week watching the so:- diers parade and taking in the parks. Bennett Wolfe, son of Rev. and Mrs. E. K. Wolfe, left the last of the week for Kansas City, where he en- tered the Noitheast high school. At the meeting of the M. E. church, Neoshy, Rev. Wolfe was transferred from But- ler to Montrose and as there was no high-school in Montrose, Bennet, who was a senior in the Butler High School, went to Kansas City to fin- ish his school work. O. J. Scribner, the Indiana silo man, returned the first of the week from Sedalia, where he had charge of an exhibit for his house. He says that despite the rainy days that the attendance was many thousands +more this year than any previous year and the people all appeared to be prosperous and happy. His firm sold all ‘of the harvesting machinery they had‘on exhibition and could have sold more if they had had it. The musicale given for the benetit of the National Surgical Dressings committee, which was held at the Fisk Opera House Wednesday even- ing of last week was a decided suc- cess, and reflected great credit. on Miss Goldie Newsome, under whose supervision and management the en- tertainment was given. There was instrumental and vocal music, drills by the Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scouts and more than $60 was added to the fund of the committee. Lloyd Brooks, who has charge of the Bureat: of Animal Industry de- ‘partment of the Texas Agriculturual , spent Tuesday in this city his brother-in-law, J. E. Har- Mr. Brooks says that the crops ‘exas are almost a complete fail-| — ‘the this year. on account of the lack tain, and while in the city he pur- d several car loads of feed for ‘the cattle of the Agricultural College. ; Wednesday fer Kansas City he will attend the Royal Stock Ea BATES COUNTY BOYS TO . NATIONAL ARMY Twenty-Six Left Wednesday Night for Camp Funston, Twenty-six young men, the’ third detachment. of Bates county’s. quota of seventy-four men left Wednesday night for Camp Funston at Ft. Riley, Kansas, where they will become a part of the, Natidnal Army. A fine ‘appearing: crowd of young men and every man in good spirits, apparently willing and anxious to get into the harness and begin training for their new job of hunting the hun. Those leaving Wednesday night were: Cowley, Geo. David Andrews, Orville Lankford, Cecil E. Fri, Frank Armor Shillinger, Archie O. Gragg, Ila Emmett Copeland, Alfred G. McCann, Lawrence Blankenship, Chas. R. Wheeler, Francis M. Browning, Burl E. Walker, Chas, H. Bowles, Oscar F. Cooper, Harry G. Scott, Guy C. Burgess, Vern Vollie Miller, Bert Brunker, Clem H. Shaw, Harry A. McClendon, Harry Snow, Charley L. Middleton, Roy B. King, Ira Nuten 31 McCraw, Albert D. 1570 Jenne, William H. Two of the men who had been or- dered to report in this detachment were withdrawn by order of the dis- trict board the first of the week. Andrew J. Dunlap was given a tem- porary discharge by the District Board according to a telegram re- ceived by the local board here and Otis Norman Eggleson was with- drawn on orders of the District Board which has consented to reopen his case. Following is a copy of the letter re- ceived from the District Board re- garding young Eggleson: October 2, 1917 Local Board Bates County, Butler Mo., Gentlemen: In the case of serial No, 677 (Otis Norman Eggteson) Bates, 1 beg to advise that the case be re-opened by the District Board and will be decid- ed upon later. Yours truly, DISTRICT BOARD, by Matt W. Hall, Chairman. 458 182 1441 me 1613 183 638 623 114t 1430 May Examine All Drafted Men. Washington, Oct. 2+—Decision of the war department on the suggestion that-the-remaining, seven million reg- istered men be examined immediately and classified for service in order that they may have knowledge of when to expect-a call and arrange their affairs accordingly awaits action by congress on the war deficiency bill. Funds to carry out the project are contained in that measure. Secretary Baker said today that of some thirty-five governors who had been asked if‘they believed it wise and expedient to proceed with the ex- amination’ of all registered men, oniy two had opposed the plan. Those who did so on the ground that it would make too great a demand on time of the examination boards, vir- tually all the members, of whom are serving without pay. The department, the secretary added, had. not reached a decision as to the wisdom of the plan and he indicated that none was to be expected until congress -ha acted and shown its will in the mat- ter. x Change in Insurance Agency. M. E. Fullbright, of the Choate & Follbright Insurance. agency, has sold his interest in that firm to J. W. Choate. The ‘transfer took place Monday morning. Mr. Choate is not new to the in- surance business, having for a num- ber of years conducted an agency in this city. The firm is now composed of J. W. Choate and his son, Leslie, doing business under the name of Choate & Son. Mr. Fullbright has not decided definitely what he will do. Notice to Contractors. Bids will be received by the Board of Directors of the Fry school, Dis- }trict No. 80, until Monday, October 15,1917, for the erection of a school building. Plans and _ specifications can be seen at the office of A. . Moreland, county superintendent of schools, after Friday, Oct. 5. $1-2t F, C. Jewett, Clerk School District No. 80. > *Tom_Hockett, of the west part of the county was in the city the last of the week and made a pleasant call at this. office. Mr, Hackett informs us that he intends to leave in a few days for the west and if he likes the coun- try will make it his future home. He to county immediately af- : the the HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.’ Butler High Schog! is very proud of itself. We have just received sec- ond prize on our last year’s Annual at the State Fair. Just think of it! Butler ranked second, best in the whole state in preparing an Annual. This is certainly glory for us and we are ptoud of last year’s Annual Staff in having the ability to prepare such a good book. ; Last Thursday's chapel was very interesting and the students derived much good from Rev, Sitton’s talk. He read a speech made by a noted Missourian, Champ Clark, and told us about true Ameff€anism. We like to hear about great men and their work, and especially Missourians, Jack was with us again and sang as only, Jack is noted for singing. We are always ready to-hear him sing. Mr. Walter Catterlin was a visitor and he told us about chapels which were held when he went to school, Mr. Catterlin also gave us assurance of financial backing in basket-balf, by the Commercial Club. We are just about ready to move into the hall, too. Senior Scintillas. “Iam mighty glad I am a Senior,” said a certain educated girl. “Why is that?” asked a little Fresh- man, “Why, because the Senior class sold more basket ball tickets than any class in high school,” The present Seniors have always been noted for their illustrious deeds. The Senior girls elected Ruth Price as their basket ball captain. The informal meetings of this class are still continuing—signs of a mys- terious happening. Let every one watch future notes so they may be well informed concerning the great event. Seniors, Seniors, Rah! Rah’! Rah!!! Junior Jingles. This is the end of the first month of school. By the middle of this week the I cards will be sent out and then there will be “Tempest and Sunshine’ among the Juniors. The base ball game between the Freshmen-Juniors and Seniors was called off because the members of the teams had to work on the basket ball hall. The Juniors are having an interest- ing time in their, teacher training work. Sophomore , Sidelines. We enjoyed the meeting at the Baptist church last Thursday night and we believe that all who were pres- ent were thoroughly convinced that we could make a noise. The basket ball hall will be ready soon and we will be among the first to get some good practice. Debate Club Notes. At the last meeting of the Debate Club eleven new members were voted in, making the total enrollment of twenty. We expect to reach the en- rollment limit of twenty-four soon. Clyde Borland, our business manager, received a letter from the Mo, Library Comm on, giving a list of material for debating. The secretary of the Missouri High School Debating League also wrote a letter stating that this year’s debating question will be, Resolved, That a Federal Law Pro- viding for Compulsory Arbitration Between employers and employees is wise and feasible. The Debate Club will start studying and debating this question immediately. List of Letters os, Remaining uncalled for in the post office at Butler, Mo., for the week ending Oct. 16, 1917: . Mr. Etenal Catom, J. A. Clark, J. A. Chelf, Dave Houston, Mr. Forrest Rayhom, Mr. R. C. Robinson, Mr. E. FE, Simpson, Mr, H. L. Tucker, Mr, O. B. Thomas, Mr. W. B.. Walden, Mr. Glen Yurgst, Miss Sadie Boyse, Mrs, Janie Commings, Mrs. W. H, Smith. 4 These letters will be sent to the dead letter office Oct. 16, 1917, if not delivered before. In calling for the” above, please say “Advertised,” giv- ing date of list. J. E. Williams, Postmaster. Bargains WHILE THEY LAST Do not fail to take advantage of the extra-ordinary cut in prices we are making on staple articles. — 6 Big Fat Juicy Dills..... wees LUC Can Peas, regular size, while they last . Lee Corn Flake Extra Large Olives .. Queen Olives, Lee Peaches, No. 3 can Cadet Peaches, Syrup é Tip Top Peaches, Washing Powder r Toc Stuffed -++.10¢ in Syrup sliced halved Halved