The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 1, 1917, Page 5

a tion of wool. * ‘ ‘THE DAYLIGHT STORE”’ i Winter underwear, night shirts | and pajamas, Black & Song Clo, Co. I, W. Atkeson, son of W. O. Atke- war News ‘ . @ To should make you realize that in this world’s struggle are millions of men who will have to be clothed by this country’s produc- In the coming year we predict a great advance in. prices on all woo! clothing, and as you well aOw we sell the . best made clothes to be found, and strictly All Wool Hand Made Suits ~~ $20, $22.50, $25 Made by Hart, Schaffner & Marx also ALL WOOL SUITS in cheap er lines as low as $10, $12.50, $15 and $18 We advise you to buy all the clothes you will need for a year or two. Over Coats for Men $10 up We save you money on shoes also. AMERICAN CLOTHING HOUSE THE GOOD CLOTHES STORE Mens duck and corduroy coats and| pants, Black & Sons Clo. Co. Miss Emma Fry and Mrs. Baker went down-to Rich Hill Satur- day and spent Sunday with relatives. Douglass shoes, Stetson hats, Lion shirts and collars, Black & Sons. G. T. Walton, of Chillicothe, and. Chas. Bowman, of Sunday in this city with home folks. Paint we bought before the ad-/ been ordered to report for duty. vance we are selling at a very reason- a - able price Toe M Sore yaaa Amos Fisher, of Cleveland, Okla- Co. : gt) homa, who has been visiting relatives ; and friends in the Spruce neighbor- Mrs. B. F. Moore returned to her home in Kansas City Monday after a visit with relatives in this city and Rich Hill. Mr. and Mrs. ‘Everet Ewin, of Jop- lin, spent Sunday in this the’parents of Mr. Ewin, Mr, and New rubber goods in boots, Mrs. C. S. Ewin. rubbers and overshoes just received. | te Stock clear, new and fresh. There-, Mrs. Finley Porter and _ little; fore better. Let Black & Sons show was well represented at the National . {convention of — that Otis! held in Kansas City last week. : Herbert A. Clark arrived the first of -the week from Wilsall, Montana, and will spend the next two months with his father, Hanley Clark. Sergeant Leshe Choate, of the ord- nance department, left Thursday for Jefferson Barracks, where he had Maryville, spent hood, returned to his home Friday. Ketter buy your suit and overcoat now. There will be an advance soon, You'll save money by buying now and buying from Black & Sons. city with daughter, Minnie Lois, of St. Louis,| you. ae Be a) HOLE ee mol Ber G. M. Moore came down from Kan- ae ; sas City Sunday and joined his wife, Mrs. M. J. Gordinier returned|who was visiting her sister, Mrs. Tuesday night from St. Joseph,| Chas. Fisk and Mr..Fisk. They’ mo- where she had been visiting relatives for tored back to afternoon, the past two weeks, BARGAINS A few of our many bargains. We must make room, therefore it is up to you, if you don’t get your part, for as soon as we reduce our stock where we will have storage room, we will sell many of these articles higher, because we cannot replace them at these prices. New Country Sorghum, clear as honey................-... .-gal 8oc Loose-Wiles Crackers, salted or plain, fresh from the oven every week, by the box............65 octane -14¢ Ib, 4 few 1-2 gal. Mason fruit jars, while they last. -70¢ dor. A few quart Mason fruit jars, while they last..............+4 6oc doz. No. 2 Sweet Wrinkled Peas, something extra, worth on today’s market 20c, our price........ 2 for 25¢ Crystal White Soap, only a matter of time until it will have to sell for 6 t-4c, wgpwill sell for a short time...... sie ebe- bar No. 3 Can Hominy, toc can, 3 for 2c. -Look up any wholesale quotation and see if they all don’t ask over $1.00 doz. . If you are going to buy a FORD CAR for next spring don’t put it off. We are now selling for April delivery. THE ONLY AUTOMOBILE ON TODAY'S MARKET that has not advanced. .« (ee EL Tey CAR..........$360.00 RUNABOUT............ $345.00 F, O. B. Detroit. 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 1-2 block south from the Mo. Pacific Depot. FORD SERVICE STATION AT ADRIAN AND BUTLER, MO. Norfleet é Ream The Christian church of this city | denomination | felts, | ye Kansas City Sunday { Mr.:linzey B. Weaner and Birdie A. Bocker, both of Rich Hill, ; were married Saturday at the re- {corder’s office by ‘Tuesday night at the home of } groom on East Pine street by Justice iB. I. Jeter. Mr wand Mrs. Claude Allison, o St. Louis, arrived the last of the wee' for a visit with old friends and with! i Mr, Allison’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Allison. | { | 1 A. ©, Welton, of Kit Carson, rado, arrived in the city, Sunday to spend a day or so in this city on ‘business and to visit with his sons, Warry and Wilbur. R. Butts, of Vernon county, this r raised 60 bushels of pop corn on th acres of land, He will get abeut $180 for his crop, ‘thinks is doing pretty well. ¢ | i i ‘ve Rev.. W. W. Garrett, of Montser- frat, preached at the M. E. church, South, (Sunday in place of Rev. Starkey, who is assisting in the big revival meeting at Montserrat. J. Homer Pickett’ and Miss A. Bridgman, of north of Rich Hill, were united in marriage Wednesday !afternoon, in the recorders office in the court house by Rev. of the Ohio street M. E. | church, | Nic . S$. A. Eckles, who ng southeast of town with Mr. Eckles brother, E Ip les, and er, Mrs. Ed Hall, have returned to their home in Kansas 1 City. Mrs. Chas, Maddox | Kansas City Fri day of and M |have been y went last up to week, | | vention of the Christian church and ivisited her daughter, Mrs. Clyde Rook. . Dr. W. Allen, Jr, of Rich Hill, ! who pe was appointed first lieu- {tenant in the United States medical | {reserve corps, left Sunday for Ft. Oglethorp, Georgia, where he ha¢ {heen ordered to report for duty. LR. ' Allen, the Adrian banker, was Wy injured by being struck by ht engine in the Missouri Pa. ds at Adrian some time ayo, so far recovered as to be at his ys the Journal. The “Town Fool,” a farce come was the attraction at Fisk’s Ope House last Friday night. While there 'was nothing that could by the wild- jest stretch of imagination be called! a plot, the entertainment was very satisfactory. + Mr. and Mrs, R. ; Rex, were called to Rich Hill Thurs- is suffering from a severe attack of kidney is entertained for his recovery. | Bae hs was arrested in Nevada one day last week says the Post, charged with be- ; ing a slacker. He registered at'Crane and later was given the physical ex- not be found. and W. attended the banquet given by I. R. Kirkwood, of the Kansas City Star, at the hotel Muehlebach, in Kansas City Thursday of last week in honor of Lord Northcliff, of the London (England) Times. Rich Wells, of Carthage, spent Wednesday in this city with his mother, Mrs. Mary Wells. Captain George ‘Caruthers, left Fri- day for his station at Camp Doni- phan, after a brief visit in this city with his family. The captain says that no one“knows just when the Miss | Justice B. Fj i Jeter. Mr, J. C. Card and Miss Cecil | | Wolfe, both of Butler, were married | the, | big A, J. Cutrell, | k-| | where she attended the National Con-! E. Miller and son.} day afternoon by the illness of Mrs. ! Miller's father, Peter Stangle, who; trouble and very little hope, McCarty, of Crane, Missouri, ; amination, which he passed, but when | he was called for service he could} Sam W. Davis, of the Democrat. | O. Atkeson, of the Record, ; Mrs. L. W. Richardson of Adrian ispent Wednesday here with her par- fents, Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Wood. | J. M. Graves had sale bills printed (the first of the week fora public sale which he will hold at his farm south- west of town on Wednesday, Novem- Deng J.C. Berry, of southeast of town, ed in a load of broom corn tush, one day the last of the week wx which he received the neat little | sum, of $300.) Broom corn brings a price, but it takes considerable jwork and care to get the product on ithe market in good condition. Colo- | | Among the callers at this office 'Saturday was R. N. Stubblefield, of t of town. Mr, Stubblefield was }fecling good over the way things sold at his sale last week, Mules sold for "$235 each and cattle averaged over Stoo per head. There scems to ke plenty of money in the county. which he, Mr. and Mrs. Snider spent a few days in this city the last of the week visiting old friends and making preparations to move back to Butler from Joplin, where. they are now liv- Mr. Snider has about recovered ing, from the severe injuries and burns Mary, that he received when he was caught over- under his engine which was turned by another engine running in- to it near Granby one day last spring. j W. TL Allen, jr, of Maysburg, this [enuney, who $s commissioned a lieutenant in the U, S. Army Medical | Reserve corps, received a telegraphic order Jast- (Friday) night to report jfor daty to the commanding officer ‘at Fort Oglethorp, Ga. Dr. Allen {made arrangements for early depart- fure to enter upon his duties. Having _scen five years army ce in the Philippines, wives Dr. Allen valuable experience in army life, and his early ) promotion is anticipated by his many einen Hill Review. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sprouls, of ; Bowler, Montana, are visiting at the home of Mr, Sprouls father, Robert Sprouls, of near Nyhart. In order to show what sort of a country Mon- _tana is, Mr. Sprouls brought home pwith him a peck of mighty fine po- tatoes, and says that the potato crop ‘is good out there but they can only set 60 cents per hundred pounds for !them, The country is settling up j very fast around them. Four years tago, when they located there, Mr. | Sprouls says, that at night the lights {from only four neighboring homes could be seen from their place in the valley, but now he is able to count | thirty. h- FD. Carpenter, formerly a prom- linent business man of this city, but now of Colby, Kansas, was a business ' visitor to Butler the first of the week. j Mr. Carpenter was the founder of the old Carpenter & Shafer firm, now Home Produce Manufacturing He tells us that he and his old partner, W. G. Shafer, have iformed another firm of the same {mame and are doing business in Col- iby. Besides their produce business | they are extensive owners of Kan- sas farm land and last fall threshed out §2,600 bushels of wheat. They jhave already 300 acres sown this year. Mr. Carpenter left Tuesday for Yates Center, Kansas, where he is the owner of another produce com- pany. At the last meeting of the county court it was decided to cut down some of the old decayed trees in the court house yard, and last week a {force of men commenced chopping {them down and cutting them into stove wood. Some years ago some- hody in good authority took a notion that the trees should be trimmed up, and as is usually the case, when man tries to improve on nature, it .didn’t work. The trees were so badly mangled that many of them died or Partially died and detracted from the neat looks of the court house park. Young trees will be planted to take the ; company. The Only Independent Grocery, Bakery and Hardware Store [troops will get out of Camp Doni-|the place of the ones cut down, and West. Side Square Butler, Mo. * Phories, 144 and 49. Butler Garage 35. Adrian Garage 191. - mY 3 ne 7 Sige = peoey but that they are working very hard every day getting ready for act- jive service. pes it is hoped that some county court in the future will not take a notion to do | some more trimming. | son,editer-ofthe—Reeord, 9 member of the team that represented the Agricultural department of the Missouri State University at the Na-| tional Dairy Show contest recently | held at Columbus, Ohio. The ate members of the team were M. R | Dunn, of Walker, O. E. Shaefer, of | Washington, and 1. aughter, of | Bethany. The team won the national | championship, two $490 selolarships | four silver cups and two gold medals. | The Missouri team.won in competi-, tion with teams from schools all over | the United States. | | Last August the Christian church} in this city was broken into and the silver communion set stolen, Marshal Braden recovered a part of the set in a pasture northeast of town where it} had beep hidden by the — thieves. Billy Bishop and Arch Staley, two 12} year old boys, were suspected of be- | ing implicated in the affair and fin- ally confessed, and Saturday they were placed under arrest by Sheriff Raker, Later they were released un- der $100 bond for their appearance at the February term of the circuit court. The boys had sold a part of the set and part of it had been thrown in the creck northeast of town, Ghere-Baker. Miss Alice Ethel Baker and Mr. Vern Ghere were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Baker, in Pleas- ant Gap township, Wednesday even- ing, October 24. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Carpenter, of Appleton City. Miss Lena Wix was maid and Ralph Ghere, brother of the groom, best man, The wedding march was played by Miss Ruth Bak- er, of Rich Hill. The bride looked very charming, dressed in white and car- trying a boquet of white crysanthe- mums, Immediately after the cere- }mony the 103 guests were ushered in- to the dining room, which, like the parlor, was tastefully decorated in pink and white, where a delicious wedding supper was served. The guests outside of those from the im- mediate neighborhood were: Mr, and Mrs. John Dillon, of Parsons, Kan- 8 Mrs. C. B. Gasoway, of King- fisher, Oklahoma, and Mrs, Ed Britt, wt Appleton City. The bride is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Baker and was* born and reared to womanhood in the neighborhood where she now resides and where by her many lovable traits thas endeared herself to all those who are so fortunate as to be numbered among her friends. The groom is an industrious and the brides- has spent most of his life in Bates county. : The Times joins the many friends of the young couple in wishing them a long happy married life ———_——_—. Payton Parks on Important Commission. Governor Gardner on Monday ap- pointed Payton Parks, of Clinton, and Judge H. S. Priest, of St. Louis, and Professor Isodore Loeb, of the state University to represent the State at an important session of the American Academy of Political and Social Science to be held in Philadel- phia November 2 and 3. The matters to be considered for this gathering, which will be a special one, are: The task of financing the war; borrowing by the government; the relationship between loans ‘and taxes; do government loans cause in- flation; the proper kinds of taxation, and the financial experiences of our allies. The meeting was called by Hlowe, President of the Uni- sity of Pennsylvania. Ohio Street M. E. Church, Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Glad to note an increased attendance. Why not keep it up? We ought to have an average of 200, Let's do it. W. D. Yates, Supt. Preaching at the usual hours. Young peoples meeting at 6:30 p. m. The pastor will speak on “Leader- ship” possibly at both services Sun- day. Come. We will warm up your heart; wake up your mind; Stir up your con- science. A. J. Cutrell, Pastor. 1 Bates County Post No. 58 G. A. R. The Post will meet on November 3rd at 3 o'clock p. m. at the residence of Decatur Smith on South Mechanic street in Butler. All members are urged to be present. Don’t be slack- ers, Attention! S. Dent, Commander. British Cavalry in Action. British Front in Belgium, Oct. 26.—- At Gheluvelt today the British were} fighting astride for the first time in| months. Haig flung his cavalry in- to the fray and they fought success- fully. They were also reported in ac- tion around Passchendaele. | Kaiser Expelled From Yacht Club. | The Eastern Yacht Club, at their’ recent meeting in Boston, struck the Kaiser a severe blow on the wrist, when, after very mature deliberation, they voted to drop his name from the list of honorary members of the club. energetic young farmer and a young]. man of the highest character, who] ‘ Lee's” POdchics nachna Try a can of \ full quart of Lee's Mince Meat fine Drink Wild Flower Coffee pound >25¢ Buy a to cent can of Cider, Try a pound of Pickled Digs BOGE rrcorar « 1$c Buckwheat Flour, per sack, [K) MO sani quonasooucudt 95¢ Potatoes s0¢ peck; per bushel. $1.90 Pure Cider Vinegar, per gallon. qoc Pure Cider Vinegar, per quart.1g¢ per pint...8¢ Pure Cider Vinegar, Ripe Olives, per can....... 2... 1§¢ Stuffed Olives, Bottle .10¢ and 25¢ (COLA? TSE gona ondamenn 10c Jelly per glass A Full Line of FRESH AND CURED MEATS on hands at all times JONES’ NORTH MAIN MEAT AND GROCERY MARKET Phone 30 Butler, Mo. Missouri State Bank’s Seed Com Display. The Missouri State Bank is mak ing extensive pre i for their display of Bates county. seed corn and there is no doubt but the display, when all entries are made, will be one of the finest ever seen in this section ol the state. An attractive display rack has been placed in the lobby of the bank, where the corn will be placed on ex hibition as fast as entries are made. Eachsexhibit: will be marked with a card or tag, showing the variety, the producer's mune d-address and such other info tion as may be desired Corn—Then and Now. A\ Western manufacturer says thaec bugey which twenty years ago could be purchased for S60, the equiv alent of 300 bushels of corn, now cots Soo while the 300 bushels of cor atomarket prices will buy a bug- at Foo, a Harm wagon at $ 4 sutt of clothes at $20, a dress at $20, a baby dress atl$s, a baby crib at $5, a box of ci at $3, sugar at $10, tea $10, gasoline $too, Inbr ing oil Sis—a total of $353.--Lestie’s Week urs: Iy. Allen Vance Morgan. The Times foree from editor dowm was thrown into a furore of excite- ment carly Wednesday morning by the anhonneement of the addition of a new member of our staff, Allen Vanee Morgan, born to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert A. Morgan Tuesday evening, October 30, 1017, Mrs. Morgan and the youngster are both doing fine, but addy" Morgan plumb lost his head and bought big, strong, black Habana cigars for the whole force. Chas H, Grosvenor Died at Athens, Ohio. Athens, Ohio, Oct. 30.- Charles H Grosvenor, for twenty years a re- publ member of congress from the Eleventh Ohio district and a brig- adier general of volunteers during the Civil war, died at his home here today. He was &5 years old. We Have Had Frost Corn is Very Dry and very valuable Enemies of the United States would like very much to see it de- stroyed. Under our farm grain certificate plan, we insure grain, cut or uncut, threshed or un- threshed, shelled or unshelled, in shocks and ricks on cultivated land and in buildings on the farm. Choate & Son Phone 137 = Butler. Mo.