The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 15, 1917, Page 5

‘“‘THE DAYLIGHT STORE’’ We are here with the best stock OVERCOAT TIME FOR MEN - NO CANDY FOR H. S. PUPILS SHORT STORIES Students and Faculty Respond to Ap-| Of Local Interest—Clipped From peal by H. O. Maxey. Our Exchanges. Every student in the Butler High} $43,650.00 worth of the second is- School pledged themselves not to |sue of Liberty bonds were subscribed again eat candy until the sugar sup-| for in Appleton City. ply reaches a normal condition, in ~ 92-car-toads of produce of one kind in county, as usual. | TRENCHES BELTERS $15 to $25. $10 to $25 Then we show light and heavy weights in Chesterfields enetts at all pfices. [i reliable MEN’S OUTFITTERS AT S| RICTLY ONE PRICE. _ WOMEN’S COATS ON SALE We have a special $16 75 value on sale at....... Je Serges for, Dresses on Sale . AMERICAN CLOTHING H “The Good Store” LONG VERTOS - $10 to $20 In fact, we are maintaining our reputation as the most at 25% below market. Come in and price our Wool Dress Goods. oa plea by H. O. Ma: Deas? bad and another were shipped from Amo- Wednesday morning. 5 Mr. Maxey delivered an address ret during the month of October. <, at the High School chapel at 10:30] fre, James Wyckoff, one of the Wednesday morning on the subject! pioneer citizens of Appleton City, Some Ways in Which Boys and/ died at her home in that city Sun- Girls Can Give Expression to Their day of last week. . ri Patriotism,” and at the conclusion of ; and Crav- his talk, the response was unanimous,| At a pie supper h sid at Old Wal- two hundred and fifty pupils and the| nut, Saturday Hues raise money faculty, pledging themselves not to|for school purposes, a pound box ot eat candy while sugar’conditions re-|candy ,wis sold at auetion and main as they are. brought. $160.80.—Border Telephone, The Appleton City Journal had to add two more pages last week, mak- ing ten in all, to accommodate its advertisers, The Appleton City mer- {chants know a good thing when they see it. ii Calf Club Meeting. The first mecting of the Peoples Bank Calf Club No. 1, was held in the circuit court room Saturday morn- ing. There was a good number of the members of the club present and they all seemed to be enthusiastic for better cattle in Bates county. Wesley Denton, cashier The pastor of the church of Metz in his sermon last Sundag said that there were three things which kept people from the church nowadays— of the Peoples Bank, presided and the fol-|commercialism, ~ pleasure and. the lowing officers were elected: Pres-| preacher. a ident, Alvan Nicolay; vice president, we P . . Robert Lavan; secretary, Fannic| Appleton City is having trouble with its light plant. The city was in darkness a couple of nights last week. Like many other towns that have Bottoms; treasurer, Raymond Fran- sham. Professor Gorrell, principal of the Butler High School, who is a Black & Sons Clothing Co. Now's the time to get your suit or overcoat before the prices advance, Black & Sons. Rev. S. J. Starkey, of the M. E. church, South, is assisting in a big revival necting at Pleasant Hill this week. Do you want to save money on | your shoes and clothes? Try Black {4 & Sons. Girl wanted for general housework. Address Mrs. Bert Allen, 5-1t Phone 244 R.F.D. No. 3. : Mrs; Chas. Hurst, of Rich Hill, was the Sunday guest of her sister, Mrs. Harve Johnson. Jatnes Mallett, a former Butler boy, visited relatives in this city the last of the week. * Miss Mabel Watson, of Rich Hill, We are meeting more new faces in our store every day, which, we as- sure you, we appreciate, Black & Sons Clo. Co. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rhodes and lit- spent Sunday in this city with her|tle son, Euhlan, motored over to sister, Mrs. Osborne Leedy. Lincoln Sunday and visited © Mr, Rhodes’ pa ts, Dr. and Mrs. FE. L. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hardin mo- Rien CoS nae Col. C. E. Robbins, the auctioneer, | is one of the busiest men in the coun- try nowadays. He has a straight run of sales for’ 49 days and has no open time on his books until after Thanks- giving. He has the reputation of be- ing one of the best auctionéers in the state and cannot begin to. fill all the calls that are made for his services. I.. L, Elliott, owner of the Rock- ville telephone exchange, died at his home in Rockville Friday afternoon after a short illness of neuraliga of the heart. Mr. Elliott, who was about 60 years of age, is survived by two sons and one daughter, who live at Rockville and one son who is in | the army at Camp Doniphan, Okla- H hone Dr. Shadburne, of Windsor, was the guest of his son, Dr. J. T. Shad- bourne, in this eity, a couple of days the first of the week. Mrs, J. B.. Hoagland, of Kansas City, Kansas, is in the city staying with her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Woods, during the illness of Mr. Woods, Dr. and Mrs. T..C. Harper and lit- tle son, T. C. Harper, jr., of Trinidad, Colorado, are in the city visiting at the home of Dr. Harper's mother, Mrs. T. L. Harper, on East Dakota street. . Major George DeArmond and Mrs. DeArmond arrived _in_the city Fri- interesting talk. the money thus uary. Mr. and Mrs. graduate of the Missauri Agricultural College, was present and made a very Presi B. Campbell, of the county court, also made a few remarks. i The crates in which the calves were shipped have been disposed of and realiz used as a nucleus for an insurance fund to be used in the care of calves that might become sick. The next meeting of*the club will be held the second Saturday in Jan- Amoret Items. Fred Shaw spent Sunday with Mrs, Shaw's father. Mr.} Ike Mearse, of Pleasanton. ding Judge R. ed has been built light plants they built too small, and now it won't carry the load. Frank Parrish of East Roone town- ship, had his left hand ght in an ensilage cutter Monday of this week and it was found necessary to ampu- tate all the fingers of that hand above the knuckle joint.—Adrian Journal. Bud Chambers and daughter, Ruth, motored to Hepler, Kansas, last Fri- day to visit J. N. Chambers. Bud says that they brought in a big oif well within a mile of J. N. Chamber’s farm recently and they are all feeling good over the prospects for still turther developments in this line. Adrian Journal, Chris North, well known to Hume tored to Kansas City Thursday and spent the day with relatives. Leslie Harper, who is attending i the Western Dental College in Kan- sas City, spent Sunday in this city at the home of his mother, Mrs. T. L. ‘Harper. Let us show you—you're under no obligations to buy, Black &-Sons Clo. Co. Mrs. Edna Smith and daughter, Miss Juanita, of Rich Hill, were But- ler visitors one day the last of the week, Without “good will” a business is . dead—our motto to get your “good will” is to sell the right goods in the right way at the right price, Black & Sons. _ If you were in business you would want to do all the business you could. :So do we and want you to treat us tas you would want us to treat you, | Black & Sons. John Coleman, of the Denton- ; Coleman Loan and Title Company, Mrs. Coleman and little son, motored to Springfield one day the last of the week on a ‘business and pleasure trip. { Assistant District Attorney KE. B. Silvers spent Sunday in this city with home folks: Mrs. Silvers ex- ‘ pects to move to Kansas City in a short time. Mrs, L. C. Miller, who has been visiting relatives in Butler, left Fri- day for Joplin, where she joined Mr. Miller, who is in the real estate bus- iriess in that city. W. O. Atkeson, of the Record, left the last of the week for St. Louis, where he attended a’mecting of the State Historical Society. From St. Louis he went to Columbia for a short visit with his daughter. Lyle White, of Denver, Colorado, spent a short time in Butler the last of the week visiting relatives. Mr. White, who was a former resident of this city, was on his way home from a visit with relatives at Columbus, Ohio, W. J. Bullock returned the first of the week from Nowata, Oklahoma, where he has been for the last couple of weeks superintending the drilling of wells for the Red Arrow Oil & 3as company. While the work is be- ing greatly handicapped for the lack of water, Mr. Bullock thinks that there is little doubt but that they wilf bring in some good wells before spring. Arl Dudney, of the battleship Wy- oming, stationed at Norfolk, Virginia, came in Monday afternoon on a brief visit with home folks. While the discipline in the navy ix very strict, he enjoys the service and says that the training is very valuable to a man. Of course he does not know how soon he will get a chance to take a shot at the Germans, and would not be permitted to tell if he did. a: By some mysterious ineans the barn of J. S. Vance, on South Broad- way, caught fire about «2:30 Sunday tmhorning and together «with its con- Ttents, was entirely destroyed. The fire had gained such a headway be- fore being discovered that the fire department could do nothing except to prevent the fire did not spread to other buildings. The barn contained considerable hay and fodder and the winter supply of potatoes and other vegetables. There was some insur- ance, Judge C. A. Denton received no- tice Saturday that he had been ap- pointed chairman of the fuel-commit- tee of Bates county by the chairman of the state committee, Lieutenant Governor Crossley. Tfig pther mem- bers of the - committee are J. E. Dowell, of Adrian, dnd R. N. Mont- gomery, of Rich Hill. The appoint- ment came unsolicited to Judge Den- ton and at first he was inclined to decline it, but realizing that at this time all citizens should do their “bit” in the conservation line, he accepted. The State Floral company of Se- dalia, had on exhibition at the Cul- ver Furniture Company's. store. Fri- day and Saturday of last week one of | the finest displays o fflowers. ever seenjin the city. Mrs, C. E.' Culver. Make our store your store from now on, Black & Sons. R. W. Mitchell, for many years editor of the Nevada Post, died at Talarosa, New Mexico, Sunday morning, November 14. The body _was brought to Nevada where in- ternment was made Weduesday. R. A. Harp has traded his town property, corner North Main and Pine streets, to E. S. Fuller, for a 100 acre farm in the Altona neigh- borhood. Mr. Harp expects to gu on the farm early in the spring. R. D. Radford, of the Spruce neigh- borhood was a Butler visitor Monday. His health has not been of the best lately, but he says that if he was a few years younger he would greatly enjoy “Going ‘over the top” and tak- ing a shot at the Huns. Charley Stanley, of Springfield, spent a few days the first of the week in this city visiting relatives and shaking hands with old friends. Tues- day he helped his mother, Mrs. W. H. Brannock, celebrate her seventy-third birthday at her home southeast of town. s Dr. E. R. Deweese, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Deweese, southeast of town, -who is a first lieutenant in the medical reserve corps and has been stationed at Camp Funston,‘has been ordered to report at New York for special instruction in Roentgnology, or Ex-rays. George E. McKissick,.a one time Butler boy, but now a ‘prosperous merchant of Bowler, Montana, was visiting relatives in Butler and vicin- ity the first of the. week. Mr. Mc- Kissick has been east with cattle and made a hurry up trip to his old home before returning to the far west: The. district meeting of the Royal Neighbors of America, of this dis- = ttict, will be held at Hume, Friday,|is the local agent for the company. 2 N 16,- The state officers] Every lady attending was* given a _ will be present and conduct a school| number and Saturday sight two = ry a ee a t open to the Wear the second, s psim. — gee “S Seana ee pit a Sparks from a Frisco train it is supposed set fire to the grass along the railroad right-of-way Saturday afternoon and spread to the Loeb | Bros. meadow, which was burned, and then crossed the track to I. N, Petty’s farm (the Chas. Falor land) burning 90 acres of tame grass and a mile and a quarter of hedge fence. 'Mr. Petty by hard work, however, | prevented the fire from destroying |his corn field. The Jim McCulloch farm also came in the fire's path and 33 acres of field corn was burned and 15 acres of corn for Stanley Fergu- son were consumed by the fire, Mr Porter had 5 to 19 acres of corn burned beforé the fire was brought under control. The total loss is es- timated to be about $3,000, with nq insurance.—Rich Hill Review. Brockman Discharged. At his preliminary hearing Wednes- day, Arthur Brockman,. the young man accused of attempted theft of cattle from a ranch near UWrich, which he tried to sell in Butler, was- dis- ch Bro showed a written con- tract with North, one of the owners of the ranch and cattle, sHowing that he had a certain undivided interest in the cattle, and crops.’ Perkins, the other party interested, lives in Kan- sas, and refused to come and testify in the case. Inasmuch as Brockman was a part owner in the cattle, he was dis- charged, and States Attorney Wilson intimated that he would seek to tax the costs up against the other part- ners.—Henry County Democrat. Holsteins at Public Sale. Don't forget the Big., Sale at George Lee’s 1-2 mile west of stand pipe at Butler on Saturday, Nov. 17th, Included in the sale will be four two-year-old Holstein heifers, two with calf by side. Others to be fresh soon. Also a lot of good feed stuff. Fisk Opera House ‘. PHONE 60 . . THURSDAY A Paramount With. Marguerite Nee Clark in OUT OF THE DRIFTS FRIDAY A Brady-made Production, With Alice Brady in MATERNITY SATURDAY ‘A: Vitagraph Blue Ribbon, “With ‘WHOM THE GODS DESTROY [day of Tast week for a brief visit with home folks. Major DeArmond since his graduation from West Point has been in the cavaldy branch of the ser- vice, but has been transferred to the aviation section of the signal corps jand ordered to Waco, Texas, for Drexel. Mrs. Will Penny spent Saturday in with Mr. Sam Grimsley and family. people, was struck by a street car in Kansas ¢ last Friday night, and Mr. and Mrs. Levi Mearse and| tied of his injuries the next evening. daughter, Miss Alice, Mr. Scybert| The remains were shipped to Hume, and Teddy Simpson spent Sunday and Rev. T. C. Puckett conducted the funeral services from the Baptist duty. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Payne spent|church, Monday morning and burial | . ee - Sunday of last week with Mr. and] Was made on the family lot at the | Uighw Hat HEMNSS ES Oe nang Mrs. Lee Wetherow. 2 Hume cemetery.—Border Telephone. ; was out in the west part of the coun- j 5 \ ; Mr. Arley Mearse and Mr. Char-] py), {ty one day last week locating a new}), Nene were ieeanter callers une Metiodiss elureh Bey fvarga ‘road west of the Mulberry ford just inday ee : eee pee cancel ay night of last ‘south of the John Nickel place, he- . a . week, t is not known how the fire ’ Mr, and Mrs. John Simpson and) oyjcinated. They held meeting in jtween Amoret and Amsterdam. The ;new road will cut around this ford, {the only bad place in the road be- “I tween the two towns, Fred Gilbert, who for the last few years has been farming near Vinita, Oklahoma, arrived Tuesday on a visit to his son, Grover Gilbert, of Sum- mit. Mr. Gilbert has sold his farm in Oklahoma and has not yet decid- ed on where he will locate. He says that the lack ‘of rain in Oklahoma this | Department last week all of the old officers were re-elected. M. J. Gor- dinier, chief; Elmer Campbell, secre- tary, and Chas. Hupp, treasurer and assistant chief. The members of the department did a wise thing in re- electing Chief Gordinier and his as- sistants as to them are due the credit for the fine department which But- ler has at the pfesent time. The condition of C. C. Woods, who is very ill with a complication of ma- laria fever and _ Bright’s disease, shows some improvement Wednes- day. Mr. Woods returned the first of last week from the south part of the United States, where he had charge of a string of race horses be- longing to J. B, Reynolds, of Kansas City, and it is thought that he con- tracted the malaria in Louisiand. William E. Browder, Earl Browder, and Thomas Sullivan, three draft ob-. jectors, who were sentenced to one year in the Bates county jail by Judge Van Valkenburg, at Kansas City last week were taken to the Platte coun- ty jail instead. They will be wanted. in Kansas City several times as wit- nesses in a number of conspiracy Cases and it was thought best to place them in a jail nearer to Kansas City. Miss Roéng‘Shaner, state vice-pres- ident of the W. C. T. U., will spend a part of next week in this county in the interest. of that organization. Sum afternoon at 3 o'clock she will t with the ladies of the Pas- asic: W. C..T. U. and that. night at the Mt. Olivet church; Monday evening at the Black school house: Tuesday: morning at the Butler High school chapel; Tuesday _ evening, Amoret and Wednesday evening at Rich Hill. : - Arl Dudney, a member of the crew of the battleship Wyoming, who ar- rived in the city the first of the week to spend a short furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Dud- ney, was taken sick with a severe at- tack of pneumonia, Tuesday afternoon and is in a serious condition at the hame of his parents on South Me- chanic street. He was to have left Wednesday to rejoin his ship, but duty. SUNSHIN topic for the tain, Scott vote stands: Cincinnati, Nov. family spent Sunday of with Mr. Sam Grimsley and family. Join the Red and Blues of the Am- oret Christian church if not -attend- ing some other church. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kinion spent Saturday and Sunday in Butler. = AND ROSEBUD. Loyal Sons Have a Service Flag. The Loyal Sons Bible class of the ed by R. E. Mooney, was the first un- furled Sunday morning. The lesson morning was Master's Call,” and the class leader, H. O. Maxey, in his talk to the class called attention to the patriotism of the ten young men who had answered their country’s call. Jackson, J. C. Cox, Dr. R. E. Crab- tree, Richard W. Vail, D. C. Chas- Newsome Johnson, army; and Arl Dudney, Ed Campbell and Merlin Fields Kansas City Must Clean Up. Ohio “Wets” Won by 1,723. 12—With every county in Ohio having reported of- ‘cially, eighty-six to the secretary of state and the remaining two by coun- ty seat officials, which have not yet been reported to the secretary of state, prohibition in Ohio has been defeated by a majority of 1,723 on the face of the returns. for prohibition, 522,430; against prohibition, 524,153. Seacccaoemtiacansiieeet Killed Canadian Prisoners. Hamilton, Ontario, Nov. 10.—The bodies of ten Canadian soldiers were found with their throats cut Canadians. drove the enemy from a position in the Lens sectors recent- ly, according to advices received here They are “Seba last week “The and Harley navy. United States military authorities}the number? have served notice on the city offi-jone else with you? cials of Kansas City that unless they] 11 o'clock will be on “The Ordinances close the rooming houses, where the] of the Lord.” soldiers are sold intoxicating liquor,|be “The Model Man.” and the various dens of vice that in-|Ict us reason together.” fest that city the soldiers will not be allowed to visit there at all, and as}_ the merchants don’t want to lose the money that the soldiers forms have been promised. - Men have been returning to their posts at Ft. Leavenworth and Camp Funston from leave spent in that city in an intoxicated condition and sev- eral fights on the trains have result- ed and the officers have determined to put a stop to it. spend re- The total gommanding officer has been no- a raid and slaughtered in s of his illmess and that it will blood when -the German posi- Real Tetate and Insurance: ‘time before heis able to re- attacked. Capt. Alex Solo-/] Phone :; Butler Mo. for, one of the ten. the church Wednesday evening and the fire was practically out when the meeting closed and it is not thought that the fire could have originated from this source. The loss was above $2000 with an insurance of $1500.—- Adrian Journal. Christian Church Revival. The special services at the Chris- tian church are being well attended, season has been very hard on the | Christian church have on display iNjand much good is being accom- farmers, oats being about the only|their class room in the court house plished. The pastor is getting to crop that amounted to much. “la service flag with ten stars in honor|know his people, he is finding out of those from that class who have/whom he can depend upon and whe At a meeting of the Butler Fire| volunteered for service in the army} fail to report for duty. There are or navy. The flag, which was paint-} many faithful ones, but there seem to be a great many who are on the sick list—sick spiritually if not phy- sically. To merely get on the coll does not count for much; just as en- listing does not make a soldier. We are trying to make new recruits, but we are even more anxious to revive the sick ones, and get them to take a new lease on life. The services continue over Sunday, and as that will be the last day of this series we hope to make it the greatest day of all. We did not quite reach our mark of 4oo in Sunday school fast Sunday, so we will try for it again next Sunday. Can't you -be one of Can't you bring some The sermon at At 7:30 the topic will “Come and S. B. Moore, Pastor. 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 EES BS