The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 29, 1917, Page 3

Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Bland and family left last week for their new home in Oklahoma, making the trip overland in their new They intended| Brackney Items. The pie supper at Peru was well attended last Friday night and a good Program was rendered by the school. Miss Margaret Thomas received the ARRIVED POTATOES Get our ‘price before you buy. Other goods. listed below are exéeptional bargains. You mal see if you will compare with other prices. Sie Loose Wiles Crackers, Salt or Plain, by box...... aonitelatne 14¢ Ib. Package Seeded Raisins........ Jello, any flavor......... Sugar,'12 lbs Can Corn, Triumph Brand The Oak Brand Can Corn - Sensation Brand Can Corn, Gold Dragon Can Corn..... Beats All Country Gentleman F. F. O. G. Corn, extra quality. BUMBLE BEE CORN, Extra fancy, a bargain. inet PUBLIC GARAGE BUTLER, MO Ladies Rest Room, ; « AU? ORIZED FORD SALES AND SERVICE STATION If you want give your order b TOURING CAR......0~. Something. fine. Po Phone 35 Ford Car by Augyst 1, 1918, the only chance is to e January 1, 19 : Aduian Kae e toc, 3 for asc; 12 for $1.00 +e>eee-K0C, 3 for 25c, 12 for 95¢ sessecevseees+-$2.00, no strings .15¢, 2 for 25c, case $2.85 Goa 15¢, case $3.25 15c, case $3.50 -20¢, 2 for 35¢ +1§c, case $3.40 20c, 2 for 35¢, $3.75 case ++ .15C; $3:50-case Phone 35 AUTHORIZED FORD SERVICE STATION 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. Norfleet & Ream |. West Side Square Only Independent Grocery, Bakery- and Hardware Store Phones, 144 and 49. Butler Garage 35. A Wealthy Farmer Slain. Wilkes, 64 years a well-to-do Lawrence County farmer, and fatally wounded in his home, one mile north of here last night by an assassin, who escaped. Wilkes left his wife at the supper table, saying he was tired-and would While disrobing in a bedroom, a shotgun was discharged through a window, the load of buck- shot taking effect in Wilkes’ abdo- When Mrs, Wilkes attempted to notify the authorities here by tel- ephone it was discovered that the wires had been cut near the Wilkes lived about one hour. not known that he had any enemies. Bloodhounds retire early. rushed here from Pierce City and followed a. trail for more than a mile through woods and fields to the home of Charles Wilkes, 24 years old, a great nephew. The wounded man’s dying statement together with the clew uf the blood- hounds, caused Sheriff Wilson take young Wilkes into custody. RUNABOUT........ +++ +$345.09 . B, Detroit. ADRIAN, MO. Phone191 Butler, Mo. Adrian Garage 191. U. S. Destroyer Rammed by Troop- _ ship. Washington, D. C., Nov. 22—The American destroyer Chauncey, sunk on Monday with the loss of 21 lives, was cut in two by the transport Rose, the Navy Department was advised to- day by Vice Admiral Sims. The after part of the destroyer sank immediately, carrying down]: three officers, including the com- mander, Lieut. Commander Walter E. Reno, and 18 enlisted men, who were believed to have been esleres in their quarters. The Chauncey undoubtedly was convoying the Rose, and both vessels were running through the war zone without lights. The transport struck the destroyer on the port side, abreast the fourth funnel, and plowed through the frail vessel. The forward part of the wreck re- mained afloat an hour, enabling the Rose to rescue the 70 officers and men in that section. They .were tak- en to port by the transport. “I want to Give George a practical that he Mae Lu And ‘‘George’’ Needs One Thing More Than It is herve waiting for him, and he will bless your good judgment every day if your present to him is all the rest. _ Put up in beautif) Xmae Bozes—and exchangeable after Christmas if the point doesn’t suit, The ‘‘Crescent Self-Filling Device” both fills and cleans the pen with one operationin 4 seconds, Sait Book and a! Store Inn Building “JUST AROUND THE CORNER” Butler, Mo. Mrs, R. F. Harper has been very ill the past few days. Mr. Willie Englehardt is visiting at Pratt, Kansas, with his sister, Mrs. Fred Novotney and family, Miss Eva May Jones, of Foster, spent Sunday with school friends at Virginia. Born on Wednesday, November 21, to Mr. and. Mrs. Virgil Jackson, a The students from this community who are attending B. H. S. enjoyed their regular visit home the latter part of the week. Miss Edna Odneal, of Butler, visit- ed from Friday until Monday with Misses Ola Ayres and Margie Green- Rev. Jones, of Foster,-preached an excellent sermon at the M. E, church Sunday morning, which was much en- He preached at. the Mt. Carmel church Sunday afternoon, joyed by all. The League topic last Sunday even- “Counting Our Blessings,” Thanksgiving service. Greenup conducted the services in a especially enjoy- One feature that was es- pecially enjoyable was the song ser- evening will be, “The Partnership of the Heart and Lips,” Mr. Holly Pahlman will conduct the meeting. These League services are held-every Sunday even- ing at seven cordially invited and welcomed to Everyone is ganized a study course at series of studies be conouete study of the life of the great mission- , has been taken up. eryone fy also warmly sae to thes se meetings, . Pfost will fill hi pointment at i ve Tanes, Misses Edna Odneal and Ola Ayres and Mr. Tester Ayres were guests at the J. W. Greenup home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Arison, of But- have moved into Mr. program Friday night was There was a large crowd pres- ans, and quite a few pies. ceeds amounted to about twenty-five Miss Margaret Thomas re- atheail iho box of candy given to the most popular young lady and Jim Wix a jar of pickles, which was given to the laziest man. The Y. P. B. Thomas last Saturday night. the business meeting the ti spent in practicing some‘of the songs in the new books they have just pur- met with “Marion The ladies of the Red Cross met with Mrs. Nell Harper last week to make bandages. The meeting at Double Branches 1§ were baptized near the river bridge Friday afternoon. Mr .and Mrs. Will family and Miss Maud Morgan took Blankenbaker last Sunday. We hear that Mr. i has sold his farm to Fred Gilbert. Miss Ethel Thomas was on the sick list last week, We. wonder how served smokeless day. to have meatless days and for the kids to do without candy but smoke- It’s all right Let no man talk of freedom until he can govern himself. Mr. and Mrs, Butler visited a few days last week with Mr, and Mrs. E. C. Harper. BILLIE AND SUSIE. It is with much sorrow that we an- nounce the death i young man, Fred William Roberts, who has lived in this vicinity about a He was born January 3, 1805, near Mulberry, Bates county, Mo., at which place he grew to manhood. He was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Roberts. life on November 15, 1917, at 11:30 a. m., at Foster, Mo. months and 12 days old. He had been failing in health for the past three During the last month dropsy set in and he suffered much, but his afflictions were borne with Christian fortitude urftil the end came. pressed a desire that he was ready to go to meet his God, but that he hated to leave his loved ones. held in Iigh esteem by his friends and neighbors. He was converted at Amoret about a year ago under Rev. Delay’s series of meetings, and later united with the at Virginia, which place he was a member in good standing. Fred will be missed much at home as he was a favorite with family and relatives and friends. Besides father, mother, six broth- ers, four sisters, relatives and a host ds are left to mourn his death. Funeral services were conducted at Mulberry, Mo., at 3 o’clock p. m. on November 16, by Rev. Spencer and the remains laid to rest in the Mul- berry cemetery. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in this time of sadness. He departed this Was 22 years, 10 liams. Pry. Burch, A sad gloom was community i}when a telegram wi Portersfield, i the Saturday. conducted 2p, m. Double Branch Pick-Ups. The weather is rather gloomy 1t this writing. The meeting at closed last Friday night with 18 addi- tions, of which 15 were baptised Fri- day. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jenkins and children, Mrs. daughter, Miss Anna, spent Sunday at H. C. Walters’. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Carpenter, of near Appleton City, spent a few days the last of the week visiting Mrs. Car- penter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mr. Carpenter had the mis- fortune to almost cut four of his toes off while trying to sharpen a post about two weeks ago. Mr, and Mrs. Lee Scifers and chil- dren spent Saturday night Walters. Starr’s. Ward him. Dr. Compton dinner guests Sunday. Mrs. Vernie with the sick. Mrs. I. F. ily. Grandma Nafus spent a part of last week with Mrs. Nafus, near Papins- ville. Geo. Jobe delivered hogs on Mon- day’s market at Butler. We may be able to tell you more about that wedding. now is it will happen before you get this news. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jobe, Mrs. H. C. Walters and son, Norton, ping in Rich Hill last week. 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. cost, with the most liberal pre-pay- No renewa!s, with the attending cost, that come peri- odically, and some ti i i rates. It costs nothing to gate, i prompt you do the best that you can. We invite a full invéstiga*:on. Canterburys, ment privileges. 36-tf Belleville, " Simpson, a cadet at the aviation field near here, lost control of an aeroplane wan 1,500 feet above the ground to- lay. As the aeroplane started to fall, Simpson turned it clear over, and climbing on top of the underside, he volplaned it to the ground. The ma- SPECIAL SALE ON Ox of candy for the most popu young lady and Mr. James Wix re- ceived the jar of pickles for the hom- Every one reports “HATS BEGINNING SATURDAY, DECEMBER Ist All Trimmed Hats at Cost A nice line of Hats for $2.50 All Children’s Hats $1 EMPRESS MILLINERY BUTLER, MISSOURI liest young man. a good time. Misses Bertha Padget and Mary Childs of near Appleton spent the latter part of tthe wéek with the for- mer’s sisters, and Mrs. Otis Andrews. The meeting at Double Branches closed last Friday night. a very successful meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Wil- Colson spent Mr. and Mrs. family, Mr, and Mrs. C. iarnee and Mr. M. M. Carroll spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. James Nuchols spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Steffen. Gladys, Joyce and Ralph Ghere and Marie Baker spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Ghere. Miss Fern i with her cousin, Miss Fay Carroll. Mamie Culver spent Saturday night liss Edna Thomas. spent Sunday af- ternoon with Miss Edna Dillon. Gladys Ghere spent one week with Mrs. V. i |. Several of this been losing cattle. one is anxious to vaccinate. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Buréh and _ sister, spent Sunday son, Pearl. Mr. and Mrs. J Sunday TAKE U-BOAT CREW Two American Destroyers Win Bat- tle in European Washington, Nov. a German submarine has been cap- 24.—The crew of and Sunday wit Miss Sallie A defailed account leaked out this afternoon, but the Navy Department would neither affirm nor deny So most every! “About forty members of boat’s crew were captured, one Ger- man was drowned and another died of wounds when two American destroy- ers captured it. The Teutons raised their hands in _ | surrender after they had been forced ‘Ito the surface by a crippled rudder, which had been struck by a destroy- er’s depth bomb, Swit thus showing their surren- treacherously opened the} eiiGee causing the vessel to sink af American destroyer had ¢: ine-to-the-U_boat,—_—_—__—_—- The German who died while being conveyed from the stroyer was given a with full honors aboard the American C. B. Baker and Mr. Mra 3. Deems and son spent Sunday ¢ received from f Hera te U-boat to a de- body is expected to arrive in Butler services will at the Christian church at] op; JACK AND JILL. the submarine, Two destroyers took part in the ac- C sighting a periscope at four hundred yards, headed for it and dropped a depth bomb, ward the submarine came to the sur- The second destroyer steamed up and attached a line, but the U-boat wrecked by the crew, went to the bot- Both army and navy officers were} elated over the report. the few cases in which there can be no doubt that American patrol boats destroyed an enemy. Since the two round the U-boat pouring shell fire into her as she lay on the surface af- » was forced to the surface effor to keep from members of her crew may have been; be remembered that Otis Eggleson ¢}was one of the first drawn for service jah Walters went killed or rendered senseless bomb's concussion, of the American British Waters, Nov. ican destroyers which were responsi- ble for the latest sinking of a Ge | man submarine have returned to the base with flags flying. T,} over the U-boat was . neatest and qu anti-submarine work yet recorded. and family of Pleas- ‘Tart Gap were the guests of F. Nafus and family Sunday. Mr. Geo. Utley and at Mrs. Utley’s mother, Mrs. Purkey, at Pleasant Gap Sunday. W. A. Bakers and family were the 24--The Amer- Their victory me of the clean- ‘Hall and Grandma Sears spent last Wednesday with Mrs, Cora Bentley. Mrs, } last week with A FRISCO FLYER WRECKED y Nafus visited one day . Jones and fam- IW. bi Blamed for Plot to Send e “Meteor” Into Ditch. a trainmen were killed, y injured and three All we can say stayed with his Farm Loans. your Trick Saved a Flier. Officials, who made a hasty inves- tigation, declared it their belief the wreck -was plotted and executed by [. W. W. men who have been active in this section of the state for weeks. The train, one of the fastest on the Frisco line, was making fast time at about. 11 o'clock this morning when the. engineer sighted the obstruction on the tracks, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Sam J. Starkey, Pastor. This is a time of a good deal of trouble in the world and all over the world. Grave problems confront us as the great pendulum of time swings us through the portals of the twenticth century. Momentous ques- tions agitate the public mind and de- mand a speedy answer—financial, po- litical, educational, questions touch- ing the relation of capital and labor, of trusts and combines, of food’ con- | servation and war, and we know not what else. But all of these sink into utter insignificance when we think of the power of Christianity and its ef- fect on our lives. While we are doing so much to help the greatest nation in the world win the war let us not forget the language of the Savior of men “and I, if I be lifted up before the world, will draw all unto Me,” It is your christian duty to do your “bit” in the service of the Master. Just now every church should be filled to their utmost capacity with peace. Tet us rally under the blood- stained banner of Jesus Christ, the great leader of men, and send forth the cry of eternal peace. The vic- Dp. ey tory of the Saviour in the hearts and official announcement today of the lives of men and in the‘nations of the earth depends upon you and me, my dear friend. So God being our helper let us do our “bit.” Attend some church every Sunday and be willing to do anything that you are called -j;on to do to help. Be at Sunday school and church in some one of the churches of the town or country Sun- day. Dr. F. F. Jones will fill the pul- pit Sunday morning in the interest of the anti-saloon league, and Dr. J. T. Pritchett, our presiding elder will preach for us Sunday night. The work is progressing nicely and we want you to be on time at Sunday school with a new scholar. And do not forget the League at 6:30. Be there Leaguer. You who missed the League last Sunday evening missed a treat. pointed out that the guns probably} = had peppered the hull with holes be-| fore the attempt was made to tow. It is thought likely that the bomb! opened the submarine’s hull so that} [t looks now as though the last in anichapter had been written in the Eg- Many) xleson d | Board Refuses to Reopen the Eggleson Case. ft exemption case. It will in the national army. Jle made a claim for exemption, which was re- fused by the local board. He ap- pealed to the district board at Kansas y, Which susiained the local board. - | He then appealed to the President for exemption on industrial grounds and jwas again refused. The district board }at Kansas City was induced to reopen jthe case and granted the exemption and ordered him discharged. Later they came to the conclusion that a mistake had been made and they i n reopened the case and revoked \the exemption. Since then Eggleson s made efforts to have the local q district rrd reopen the case lagain anc have both refused, so 25.—Two!it now louks as though he will have another serious- in-|prohable that he will be sent with jured this morning when the Frisco's/ the next quota from Bates county. ss, the Meteor, out of St. veling at high speed, to obstructions placed on the tracks ten miles south of here. | J. S. Robertson, Sapulpa, Ok., en- gineer of the train, engine when he saw the obstructions, steel bars’ chained to the sides of the rails, and died as a hero. emergency brakes in time to ON ab ain considerably senger coaches held to the pain then held to the throttle in the face of certain death, | The mogul engine plowed into the! trap at terrific speed, over a steep embankmeni and rolled twenty feet into a hollow. gineer, a student fireman and the reg- ular fireman were buried under the great machine. A posse of one deputies, home guardsmen and state prison officials from McAlester, Hen- Ada and Holdenville searched the surrounding country all day and late into the night with bloodhounds for men who caused the wreck, but late tonight had found no trace of to serve in the National army. It is | Death of Rich Hill Business Man. | Fdmund H. Phillips, 48 years old, for 27 years a resident of Rich Hill, {died at his home in that city Mon- day morning, November. 26, says the {Rich Hill Review, Mr. Phillips was a native of Eng- Jand, coming to this country when 19 years of age. - He was engaged in he merchant tailoring business in lRich Hill. Funeral services under the auspices jof the Rich Hill A. F. & A. M. lodge ean held Tuesday afternoon. For Sale 40 Head 2 year old Steers (25 Black Angus, 15 Reds and White Faces) 2 5-year-old Jersey Cows 2 Coming 3-year-old Jersey Cows 1 Yearling Angus Bull 12-year-old Angus bull One 2 1-2 year old Angus Bull 1 Biemished Work Horse 2 Good Bates County Farms for sale at bargain prices, terms, etc. McFarland & Sais