The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 31, 1918, Page 6

BUICK AUTOMOBILES BUICK AUTOMOBILES NEW BANK OFFICIALS |Wesley Denton Succeeds J. i. The Red Cross people cleared $59.32.at Mr. Stecling Ha: Jenkins as President of the Peoples Bank, Mrs. Middleton and Mrs. ~. 4. [packed their Red Cross work Satur- At a recent meeting of the board of| day evening. They want to take it directors of the Peoples Bank the'|to Butler as soon.as the weather will resignation of J. R. Jenkins, the pres-| permit them going. : . ident, was tendered and reluctantly; Tan White has. been poorly a few accepted ,by the board. Mr. Jenkins| days with a deep cold. © ‘ has been actively engaged in the] Mrs Anna Miller. is getting better || banking business in this city for more] and can sit up about two hours ata than thirty years and has been the} time. x = president -of the Peoples Bank since} Mrs. Nela Scranton is quite its organization in August, 1908.] with a sore throat. Wesley Denton, who has been cashier] John Hoover and family are of the bank for the same length of| with smallpox. ii, time and who was the leading spirit] Some at Joe Jacobs’ are also in its organization, was advanced t| with the smallpox. the presidency. 4 Sam Jacobs have all had smallpox The new president is. thoroughly] but are able to be up now. equipped for his new position as the} Mr. Sterling Harness and family head of one of the leading financial} cxpect to move up near Altona .this institutions of this city. He is con-| week. versant with the banking business a Miss Ruby Groseheart and Miss all of its branches. Commencing|]evaud Harness visited home’ folks many years ago as a clerk, he has, be-| from Friday until Sunday. cause of his energy and integrity,| Mrs. Pearl Simpson visited her been advanced from one position of|cousin, Mrs. Cole, at Ballard Thurs- trust and responsibility to another] day. i until now he has reached the presi-| Arthur Simpson spent Saturday dency of the institution with which|night with his cousin, Ralph Harness. he has been identified since its organi-| Naomi Edrington visited Mable zation, and which owes much of its} Harness Saturday, success to his popularity and business| Mrs. Parker and little daughter, ability. He enjoys the confidence not] Anna, and’ Mrs. Laura McManaway only of the officers of the bank but| visited their relatives on Smokey Row of the business men and farmers of] Saturday night and Sunday. the community to a marked. degree.| Mr. Sterling Harness caHed on Mr. He is cordial and pleasant in his in-] Ben Mills Sunday. tercourse with the ‘patrons of the} Mr. Riley Gilbert went to Butler bank and with the public generally,| Thursday and stayed Thursday night and his advice on financial matters is}at his daughter's, Mrs, Ray Powell, always freely given. ‘ and returned home Friday. The new cashier is Frank L. Gench,} Mr. and Mrs. Lee Martin visited who formerly was thg head of the} home folkjs Wednesday night and Gench Brothers hardware company, | Thursday. of this city. He is a first-class busi-] Mr. Let Patt, wife and baby, visit- ness man and will addeto the popu-jed Mrs. Patt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. larity and standing of the bank. Uargraves, Thursday. Otto Sunderwirth and Paul Shelton,| Mr. and Mrs, Rollen Hargrave vis- the tellers, are young men of sterling] ited home folks Tuesday. worth and have bright futures in the s. Coonrod visited Mrs, Gilbert “SERVICE THAT SERVES” We have opened a new garage at 17-19 South Main street, Butler, Mo., and invite the motor public, . sick What is more important than to start the New Year with bank connection that will benéfit you? et Remember that during the next year opportunities will come to you, when you will suddenly need the services of @ bank, able and willing to accommodate. Farmers, when you come to town, the parking of your car in the sick garage under cover, and the care of your belongings is free. Come in, we want to get acquainted, . Some of the things we handle; a full line of accessories including Star, Brunswick, Goodrich, Mason, and Firestone tires, mileage basis of 3520 to 7500 miles, also full line of tubes. Red Crown and Wilhoit gasoline,.National, Standard, and French auto oils in all size packages, Repair your tubes, and casings, recharge your batteries, and a first class shop in charge of competent mechanics. TRY “FARMERS BANK SERVICE” All day and night service at all seasons of the year. ¢ BUICK AUTOMOBILES BUICK AUTOMOBILES We guarantee all work, no matter of the kind. WE NEVER CLOSE PHONE 377 _ WE NEVER CLOSE : BUTLER, MO. Capital Stock...........ccceceeseeeveses es «+ +$50,000.00 ce Surplus Fund............:eseeeceeesceveeeees 60,000.00: é Undivided Profits. . 10,000.00 s | ONE-HALF CLAIM EXEMPTION { | Jefferson City, Jan. 23.-—Fires, be- lieved to have been set by convicts, | FIRE AT PENITENTIARY Gerferal Crowder Reports 77 Per Cent Laundry and Shoe’ Shop Damaged— of Pleas Granted. Loss 1-4 Million Dollars. Washington, Jan, 23.—Fifty out of ery 100 persons, whom the United The Walton Trust Company OF BUTLER destroyed one of the largest shoe fac- | States designated as subject to DOes waineasworld: before them mekvetent D lay. tories and the laundry at the state; sible draft into the army of the Unit-| c+, is one-of the most popular per- . McCoy was taken seriously penitentiary early this morning. ed States to fight in this war claimed sons*connected with the institution|sick Sunday night, but is better at ‘i The loss to the state will be about} exemption, according toa recent Tel) a hee books arc always neatland writing Welcomes and appreciates your accounts. Its extensive clientele, a nen : evs x "hed a § Le FORCE ESUS Whe Uivemies vane - ; +-4-million_dolars as —near—as—the port —of Provost Marshal perfectly kept. We are glad to learn that Mrs. Iva[§| developed during more than 40 years of consistent, considerate ser- prison officials can estimate ¥.! Crowder. The report says: There was no insurance on the build-} ings, but the contents of the shoe fac- | tory were protected and the state will | What proportion of persons made claims of exemptions or discharge? What proportion of their claims were While the Peoples Bank is a little less than ten years old, it has come to be regarded as one of the strong financial institutions in this part of Gilliland is much better. \Mr. and Mrs Ernest Clara are re- joicing over a 7-pound boy which ar- rived at their house oné day last vice, is splendid endorsement of the agreeable and satisfactory rela- tions maintained with patrons. recover from this source enough) granted? ARetsiateandiit » offi et , [GRE oa Age Pe eure ee, i s new officers expect | week. eee ey to make good ‘the loss on the NS cee tse nie RE to see the business expand greatly} ‘Mr. Charley Shelton and family Let your money earn while you sleep. We pay interest at the pave ee " (alain lee otmeae Lae ae itilte eecondeinauteaatns with the new year, have been having the grip. rate of 4 per cent per annum on Time Deposits. wery prison official is of the any sa ‘ eek y Mr. B. F. Richards of Butler visit- : opinion that the fires, for there were | volves both -the popular willingness ed his daughter and family Tuesda: several of them, were set out by con- to make groundless claims and the ‘ 8 y sday Fair Mount News. night and Wednesday. WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE ‘i : ee NUE OUR PATRONAGE victs. The first fire was discovered boards’ laxness or overstrictness in : » fs i in the laundry about 1 a.m. It was granting or refusing them, The fig-]| _We had some more snow and a cold gi EWU hog Monday: ; : 4 ine seam . = ‘eficulty | Yres é - snap. A NEIGHBOR, . a | extinguished without much difficulty Ures are: and then a second fire started in the’ Relation of persons called to per-| Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Vost. RL Rare Summit Happenings. basement of the shoe factory, By this | sons making claims, dBi CE HUGEEEN METRE) 6 IE Git Capital and Surplus over - - -$400,000.00 time the city fire department was| 1. Total persons called, 3,082,949. |‘? el ae ict I Miss Anna Mae Burton spent one : : called out, and after extinguishing the} 2. Total claims made, 1,560,570;] | * alll’ Mreiscler_ and sister, Lena.) io tact week with Eulalia Sturgeon . * went to visit their sister, Mrs. George * Engel, and others near Walnut, Kan- sas, last Tuesday and returned this Monday. Paul Fischer and Frieda Bracher who spent two weeks visiting their aunt, Mrs. Henry Keenhof, and others second fire it was discovered that two ratio to called, 50,62, of the three stories of the shoe factory; 3. Total claims granted, 1,215,049; overhead were on fire in several | ratio to called 39.41. “ places. | 4. Total claims made to local One hundred and sixty convicts | boards, 1,419,678; ratio to called, 46.05 were employed in the shoe factory and; 5. Claims granted, 1,161,206; ratio and they also took in the skating on Root Branch. : The Red Cross met with Mrs, Grace Powell Wednesday. Last week they ol met with Mrs. Argenbright. A nice], - = crowd was present and a fine lot of nineteen in the laundry, The factory to called, 37.67. ; > work done; : is known as No. 6, or the Parker fac-! 6 Total claims made to district |"¢ar Wathina, Kansas, returned home Clarence Bolin, wife and son, and i % tory. It was operated by the state, | boards, 140,892; raito to' called, 4.57, | !ast Thursday. father and mother Bolin were Sun-\1) ; a a Only yesterday a large shipment of| 7. Claims granted, 53,843; ratio to een hepa ts) enueemi! day visitors at Jim Thomas’. 4 : ii c leather was received and (there were | called, 1.74. Orel Biitelien Inet Unubacay, Frank and Geo. Golladay gave’ a CAPITAL and SURPLUS, $250,000 : Hilda and Walter Rapp called at the John Yoss home last Thursday night. heavy orders for shoes in from Chi-| Thus it appears that 50 in every cago and other Eastern cities, Only} 100 persons called made a claim of -one_roll of sole leather was saved. |exemption or discharge, | It appears that for 77 in every 100 smoker, to several of their boy friends last night. ee ‘ : Charles Thomas is still very much Katie Bracher sptnt Saturday with under the weather, having suffered her friend, Rosie Rapp. She was ac i companied home by Rosie, who spent three. wecks with a bad case of rheu- > fi | matism, SSS eels ane enaa) Elmer (Jack) Sturgeon, wife and Arthur Bolte, Lydia and Reinhold spy Rowland, came ig a the ae Yoss spent Friday night with Hilda] ("¢S¢@Y Morning. cy had touleaye and Walter :Rapn! their car at Elksworth. Kan, the Frank Rapp and son, Walter, mo¢ Hic bagadd nee te ly Han wee tored to Appleton City on business} “2teS county is good enough for them loneidavalacrweeie after an absence, of two years, Maltic and: Ernest E. i. Black and wife report the ar- rival of a ‘son. FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, MO. FARM LOANS We have money to loan on real estate at a low rate | persons claiming the claims were PROFESSIONAL CARDS | granted, i. for 23 in every 100 the | tims were either groundless or were ruledaupon overstrictly by the boards, DR. H. E, MULKEY It further appears that the state Veterinary Surgeon having’ the highest percentage of Fourteen years successful practice. {claims granted was Connecticut, and At Garrett’s Old Stand the lowest was Mississippi. Phones:—Res. 268; Office 3, North Mo, State Bank * of interest with privilege to pay at any tjme, We have a complete set of Abstract Books and will ABSTRACTS furnish abstracts to any real estate in Bates County and examine and perfect titles to same. 4 . 2 2 We will loan your idle money for you, gecuring INV ESTMENTS you reasonable interest on good security. We pay. interest on time depogits. . W. F. DUVALL, President, Arthur Duvall, Treasurer. The February Term of the Bates J. B. DUVALL, Vice-President, County Circuit Court. ~W. D. Yates, Title Examiner. ae a Fleischer and DR. J. T. HULL Willie Vogt enjoyed a game of pino- he. a ‘ Py wih Dentist The February term of the Bates|cle with Lydia Rapp Sunday night. |. Don't rere the roa meeting at te Enitance. wnigihae leads to oaoxa County Circuit Court will be conven-| Hilda Rapp and Clara Lindenman SHUG fy to help. wit Meu ICR. RE. aS ads ed Monday, February 4. 122 cases|spent the day Sunday with the form- ae Stivgeon lone . Gres last ‘ ace : - .|are docketed for trial in the docket] er’ in, ) i North Side Square Butler, Missouri Ea TEES or trial’ in the docket | er's cousin, Nora Rapp, week. 5 5 which the printers delivered to the circuit clerk the last of the week. Fifteen are charged with breaking different laws of the state. One mur- der case, that of George Vale charged with the murder of his wife, is set for trial. Six. are charged with the violation of the local option law. Six are asking to be relieved’ from the marital tie by the divorce route. The remainder of the cases range Mrs. Nick Rapp stayed with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mar- quard the latter part of last week. .Hilda Rapp called on her cousin, Lydia Rapp, Monday afttrnoon. Mrs. John Marquardt and Mrs. Nick and Frank Rapp went to see the new boy at the Fred Vogt home Fri- day. a : B. F. JETER > Attorney at Law Notary Public East Side Square Phone 186 BUTLER, MISSOURI T 1 WALSEY, M. D. 0. D. Kye, Kar, Nose and Thront Specialist ao Mr. J. T. Hyatt is visiting in Okla- homa with his sisters. SUNSHINE, Auction Sales! Yes, I stit! make them, making more each year. The pub- lic of today is seeking the trained Auctioneer, the man of ability and experience to conduct their sales for them. Amoret Items. Mr. Fred Shqw is loading a car load of hay for Mr. R. T. Morrison. Mr. Lon West is not so well at this writing. < Sussee coe. “lan the wayeteonieults to-quiet.fitle R. J. Branch Dead. Miss Alice Mears is’ spending the Never belore in the history of our nation has the Farmers - BUTLER, MO. |to damage suits for the obstruction] R J, Branch, one of the oldest in-|CC* With her uncle Mr. Ike Mears. Property been as valuable as now and he can't afford to “Mr. Arlie. Mears and wife spent Sunday with home folks in Pleasan- ton, Kansas. m ‘ Misses Effie, Leona, and Messrs Ciaude and Charley Shaw spent Sun- day with Edith, Evelyn and Tommy Grimsley. Mr. Frank Bain and Ike. Mears spent Monday with Mr. Sam Grims- ley. and family. si Phone 1 | of the public highway. have it sacrificed by men of little or no ability or exper- fence just because they Work cheap. A good auctioneer ‘pays his own fees many times in a sale. If ‘you think of _ > _ mating a sale don’t fail to see me for datés and terms. Address meat Butler, Mo., or phone me Butler of Virginia. Office south Side Square mates of the county infirmary, died Tuesday evening of last week of pneumonia, He was a native of Kentucky, and’ came to this stafe when a young man located in Calloway county, where he was united in marriage to Miss Fran- ces Rowden. Nearly 40 years ago they moved to Bates county and set- tled on a farm, later moving to this city. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Martha Boone, -Jof Rich Hill and Mge: eGorge Green, of Laclede county. Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon by Rev. | gee: Alexander, of the Baptist church, at 26 the Nafus undertaking parlors, and terment made in Oak Hill cemetery. ARE YOUR HENS HEALTHY If your hens are not healthy, they cannot be profitable to you ? Ge. C, E. ROBBINS, BUTLER, MO, | during the war, according to al] of Circuit. Judge John J. |! today. Three cases institut- No Stock Shortage in Western Bates, From one small set inthe swestern part of Bates county, Mo E carloads