The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 28, 1918, Page 5

“THE DAYLIGHT STORE’’ Mr. Farmer It would not be good business to try to fatten hogs by mix- ing sawdust with the feed, ‘would it? It would cheapen the feed, but would not pay. The same sort of economy would be practiced if you invest your money in cotton mixed clothes when you could buy the ALL WOOL KIND at this store and get: with them our guarantee of satisfactory service. $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 The Ladies will find this store equally reliable in American Clothing House WOMEN’S WEAR “ONE PRICE TO EVERY BODY.” 4 MONEY BACK TO ANY BODY.” Black & Sons Clothing Co. 20-tf Please cut out my list of garden seeds in this issue for reference. J. D. Deacon, A.C, Bedwell. of the Adrian neigh- borhood, had rented the store build- ing at Virginia and will soon open up with a new stock of general mer- chandise. farm for A bar- For par- Farm for Sale—o92 acre sale 2 miles west of Adrian. gain if sold by March 15. ticulars call at 409 High street, But- | ler, Mo.- 20-It D. K. Walker, of the Walker-Mc- Kibben few days in St. Louis last week buy- ing goods for the store. Delbert Qualls, corporal in Co. 1b 128th machine gun battalion at Camp Doniphan is spending a short fur lough in this city with his mother, Mrs. Charles Smith. Be sure to visit the ploving demon- stration of Avery Ptows and Trac- tors, South Main Street, Saturday, March 2, at 2:30 p. m. RED BALL GARAGE Buick Automobiles Phone 377 20-1t Miss Nixie McClees went down to Rich Hill one day the last of the week to visit her friend, Miss I.etha Dela- meter and to attend the big Red Cross minstrels. The Evergreen class of the M. E. church, South, Sunday school were delightfully entertained Thursday af- ternoon by Mrs. F. C. Ream, at her pleasant home on Adamis street. T. S. Grimsley, of the Virginia neighborhood, was in the city Satur- day en route to Cass county, where he spent a couple of days visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Grimsley. Be sure to visit the plowing demon- stration of Avery Plows and Trac- tors, South Main Street, Saturday, March 2, at 2:30 p: m. - RED BALL GARAGE Buick Automobiles Avery Tractors Avery Tractors | Mercantile Company, spent a} “Keep comin,” Black & Sons, Newlon, of Summit, left station at Chicago. ceived orders to report for duty. Trade with the “boys” at Black & Sons Clothing Co, The treasurer of the Rich Hill Red Cross and Y. M, C. A. war fund re- township totalled $4,300, says the sessed against the township was 500, so that while they did not quite freach the amount they contributed liberally. Kenyon rain coats, men, womef, children, Walker-McKibben’s, W. J. Bullock returned the last of the week from Nowata, Mr. Bullock is president of the Red Arrow Oil and Gas company which has extensive holding in that part of Oklahoma. On account of the serac:- ty of water and the extreme cold some time, but drilling will soon be resumed, New rubber footwear. Keep your feet dry, Black & Sons, If you want to buy a Ford thi spring, it will cost you $90 more than last year, and you may not be able to get it at that price. Norfleet & Ream, agents for Bates county, re- ceived notice of the raise the last of they are unable to supply the deman:l for immediate delivery. children, Kewpie Twins shoes for Walker-McKibben’s. the last two weeks in-this city, left Tuesday for Clinton, where he wiil spend some time with relatives. From there he expects to go to Sweet Springs. Uncle Ed says that his home is where his hat is off now- adays, so that he don't know just when he will get back to Bates coun- Phone 377 20-It _.|Did You Get One? Of our February and January price lists? If not call at store and we will be glad to give you one. them where you can see about what you are paying for your groceries. are not saving it is your fault. We will issue price lists each month. See that you get one; if you cannot come, senl your address and we will mail you one. Ask About the Thrift Stamps and Baby Bonds We are Giving Away. With every $10.00 purchase or $10.00 coupon book you buy we will give you one Thrift Stamp, worth asc. When you get 16 Thrift Stamps you take them to the Post Office and they will pay 12c extra in Jan- uary; 13c extra in February; 14c extra in March and so on; or get a bond that matures in 1923 and is worth _ $5.00; or you can cash the bond any time by giving 10 days’ notice. Let’s go in partnership. We will pay for the Thrift Stamps if you will take them and save them. That way we will be helping UNCLE SAM: We have arranged so you can trade with us just as conveniently as you ever could. You do not have to bother paying every time you get an order. .Just deposit $9.80 with us just the same as you deposit at at the bank. We let you draw out $10.00 in any goods at our store at the reduced price. & $10.20 coupon book for $9.80. If you found you could get $10.29 for $10.09 worth of farm produce of any kind, would you sell for $10.00? No! Then if you can buy $10.00 worth of groceries for $8.02 are you going to pay $10.00? Oh, you doubt it? Then come and get cur prices and see for yourself. We received an advance on all Ford Cars excepting Couplets, Sedans, and Trucks, making list on Chassis $400.00; Roadsters $435.02; Touring $450.00; all F. O. B. Detroit. Freight and War Tax to be added. Orders are ali written su>ject to cancellation. If you do not want to take car please call and we will refund deposit. Also any Cars that have been traded off before delivered will not be delivered, so if -you have agreed to turn your car to some dealer we will not make this delivery but will refund deposit. “THE STORE WHERE THE PENNIES COUNT.” Norfleet & Ream ‘THE ONLY INDEPENDENT CASH GROCERY, BAKERY AND HARDWARE STORE WEST SIDE SQUARE ty. Thortes Newlon, son of Mrs, S. Jj. Saturday {night for the Great Lakes Training Some time ago he enlisted in the navy but just re- | ports that the subscription of Osage | Oklahoma. | weather work has been suspended for} the week, and even at the new price! Ed Heavilin, who has been spending | Keep in mind we sell suit cases and traveling bags, also trunks, Black & Sons, Carroll Zwahlen arrived from Camp, Doniphan last week and is spending a short furlough with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Zwahlen, north of town, Carroll is a member of Co. B, 128th machine gun battalion, and while he is willing to do his bit, he lis getting just a little tired of the ionotony of the training camp. New embroideries and laces, Walk- er-MeKibben’s. Mr, and Mrs. Pattee, of the Amster- dam Enterprise, had a rather hard time getting out their paper last week. | They were both important witnesses in the Vail murder trial and were in attendance on the circuit court for the ;entire week. Between tithes they j would get ir r and go to Amster- jdam to do a little work and rush back ito Butler for the opening of court in the morning. Your spring suit is here. We also }have one for you, Come in, Black & Sons, Another political boom which the | February term of the circuit court brought forth is that of George | Moore, of Adrian, whose friends say that he is seriously contemplating ;shying his hat into the ring for the | Democratic nomination for Recorder, ! George is a good Democrat and has many. friends in every section of the | county, f More new rugs coming in, Walker McKibben’s, } Saturday morning, Basil manager of the Abernathy Furniture company’s factory at Leavenworth, | Kan arrived in the city on a visit {to his parents, Mr. and Mrs, A. II. Culver. That afternoon he was | joined by Mrs, Culver and daughters, | Ladine and Katherine, and Mrs. Paul | Preston and Mrs, Ina Tiffany, who imotored down from Kansas_ City. !They réturned to Kansas City Sun- {day afternoon, | Lots of army yarn, Walker-Me- | Kibben’s. Phones 144 and 49 3 This is price saving time. Keep If you Culver, | Black & Sons. ee business week, gan-Moore Lumber Yard, went German hospital, where he went a severe surgical for several weeks. and Saturday, stration of Avery Plows tors, South Main Street, pMarch 2, at 2:30 p.m. ‘ RED BALL GARAGE Buick Automobiles © Avery Tractors Phone 377 20-1t Now's the time to buy all the over- alls you will need through the sum- mer. You make 25 per cent on your money, Black & Sons. izer, of southeast of sing a sale for March . Evilsizer and family expect to in a short time 6. home of James Arrasmith, in West dutler, Tuesday afternoon, The fire department was called and the blaze extinguished before a great amount of damage had been, done. Beautiful new white goods, Walker- MehKibben’s, Be sure to visit the plowing demon- stration of Avery Plows and ‘frac- tors, South Main Street, Saturday, March 2, at- 2:30 p.m. RED BALL GARAGE \utomobiles Phone Clarence Allen and Cuzick, both of Amoret, were mar- ried in this ciiy Saturday afternoon at the office of the recorder of deeds by justice of the peace, B. F. Jeter. They will make their home in .\moret wh coal miner. Mrs. H. UU. Wells, of East I street, Saturday received a tell announcing the death of her br Mose Matheny, which occurred at his home in Weston, Ohio. Mr. Matheny was the father of Ralph Matheny, for merly of this city, and had visited here several times. erell dnick 37:7 20-It Miss Lillie kota ther, A number of young Bates County men have volunteered during the pa week rather than wait for the ne call of the draft. Those enlisting are: Arthur R. Fox, Photographic Divis- ion, Aviation Corps; Grover Earl Me- ‘lectrici Aviation to have taken place Monday af noon before Justice of the Peace B. hb. Jeter, of this city, appeared with their bondsman. and by consent of the attorneys representing both sides the case was continued to a Inter, date. Joe Bomar, who in old days was one of the democratic wheel horses of Bates county, but who left here s eral days ago for Audrain county where he has since made his home, was visiting old friends southeast of town the first of the week. Mr, Bomar says that while he has done very well in his new home that he may conclude to come back to Bates in the near future. G. M. Hargett, vice-president of the Walton Trust Company, of this city, has been appointed district chairman, ior the sale of the next issue of Lib- erty bonds. The district compris:s Bates, Vernon and Barton countics. \V. F. Duvall, president of the Farm ers Bank, was named as chairman fo- Rates county. It will be the duty of these gentlemen to organize their cis- tricts and push the sale of the bonds. Sergeant Leslie Choate, who spent +. Our shoe business keéps growing. Certainly there is a reason for it, Ed Young, who is in the clothing i at Laplata, Missouri, visited relatives in this city the first of the A. C, Coberly, manager of the Lo- ; to Kansas ‘City: Monday and entered the | under- | operation, | which will keep him from his work | Be sure to visit the plowing demon- | Trac- |} leave for the far northwest, where they ‘will make their future home, A defective flue set fire ‘to the Avery Tractors | the groom is employed as a} t! CARRY A FULL LINE OF + Harness, Collars, Bridles, ~ Saddles, Collar Pads, ~ Curry Combs, Brushes, Halters, Whips, Neckyokes, Singletrees, Doubletrees, Clev- ises—a guaranteed line. Padlocks, Wrenches, Screw Drivers, Files, Punches, Auto Hammers, Knives, Razors, Strops, Brushes, Hones. All guaranteed. | | | Now's the time to buy all the work | shirts you will need for six months, Black & Sons, Flashlights and Electrical Supplies. | WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE Quick-Lite Gasoline Lamps and Lanterns Absolutely safe. Require no gener- ating. Something new. Come and let us show you how to get better light for less money. Prices, $7.50 to $15 WeMmMott & Major HARNESS AND HARDWARE STORE t TS TS i v7 ui g coe) de Doing iz been living northeast of town for the “B jiast five vears, left the first of the Pe a Iweek for Guthrie, Calloway county,) The members of the senior . mercial class of the B }where Mr, Gurs has purchased a farm jand where they expect to make their Belbste oH doing et home. Mr. Ours says that land can) Winning the war by helt A he purchased for about $60. per acre Food Administrator Harper with his in that county, During their resi- | COTesPondence. Almost every day he |dence in this community Mr. Ours, as from twenty to forty letters to land his estimable family have mi answer and it would take a vreat deal PMN Ko vho regret to see them | Of his valuable time if he bad to an Weave fOr then neve hun’ swer them himself and the govern: ment does not allow him a stenos Alfred Murphy, of the teoth field) rapher. He takes his correspondence ! pny SI artillery, at Camp Doniphan, Okla- to the 4ligh School and dictates it {homa, is spending a few days in this to one of the class and in a short city with his parents, Mr, and Mrs., time the neatly typewritten letters john Murphy. He is just recovering are delivered to him ready for the rom injuries that he sustained about mail. Besides being a great help to getting corre. ago when a sehrapnel are shell exploded in the field piece with }which the battery was drilling. The flower part of his back was badly in nine weeks Mr. Marper the pupils ble experience in some Vi spondence {jured by the flying metal and Cot ieee ane t NCHWareetnGaiselncf Bride etrici COT eat ves draiyaryi fi oe Nei i Otis Norman Eggleson, Spruce Pro- Tee a ead Squalor, Says: Packing House duction, Aviation Corps, and Nathan faded eae a reales a : ik nae Official. Riggins, unassigned. thous for a time that his knee; Chicago, Feb, 23.—Saloons of the Aerie J. Muilenburg and son, John} would be permanently affected and | packing house section of Chicago and Muilenburg, of Hudson township, |) he was offered a discharge for dis- not working conditions in the packing Iwho were charged with taki tooo ability, but he is not that kind of a) plants are responsible for the poverty Ibushels of corn from the receiver of | Soldier and refused the discharge andi and misery of the “district back of a farm on which they resided, and] says that he is going to see it) the yards," Albert Beeman, head of vhose preliminary examination was] through, He is hoping for carly ser’ the welfare bureau of Wilson & Com- }pany, told Federal Judge Samuel | Mschuler in arbitration proceedings here today. Beeman said the Soo saloons of the district take $4,500,000 a year from Last week a petition was circulated | the families of the dist He de- calling for a meeting Of the Demo-jclared the saloons have inereased in crats of Butler to decide whether or; Number until there four saloons not to put a Democratic ticket in t y three retail food stores, field at the coming city election, The! eting was held at the court house | tesday night with H. O. Maxey pr After listening to sever. s hes, for and against the propo- | sition, a vote was taken and it was shown that it was the almost unani-} mous sentiment of the — conven- | tion that a straight Democratic ticket be put out, | The chairman appointed TT. W.! Silvers, Judge J. C. Henry, H. H.| Wells and W. J. Bullock as a com: j mittee to formulate plans and at the} proper time call a nominating con- | vention to nominate a ticket, | vice in France. Put a City Ticket in Democrats to 4 the Field. are to eve siding, Citizen’s Convention. | ST A mass convention of all the qual- | ified voters within the city is hereby | called to meet at the Court House in| a short furlough in this city with his parents, Dr. and Mrs, J. W. Choate, left Saturday for Camp Doniphan, Or you may buy BUTLER GARAGE 35 ADRIAN GARAGE 191 ports the Bates county boys as ali county, Texas, about a year ago, ar- rived here Saturday on a visit. 27 years, and the cattle situation for awhile was desperate. man lost 8,000 head, one night. from eastern Texas and hay and/dent, L. C. Culbertson; n from northern states has been| George Hartrick. made to relieve the situation, hut was siow coming in on account oats $1.25 per bushel. mountaing will furnish water for irri- where he is a member of the Ord-j; nance department. He says that he lixes army life better ev: day but is getting just a little tired of the train- irg camp routine and hopes that they svon will be sent to France and bz given a crack at the Boches. He re g tting along nicely. Ed Borron, who left here for Pecas Mr. Rorron reports that scuthwestern Texas suffered the worst drouth ‘1 One big. cattle it was stated in] 1 of of the Butler school district, candi- | dates for all city offices and a coun-, tion, County Poultry Association the fol- Shipment of cotton seed/ident, Miss Elva Church; vice-presi- the] ative association for the purpose “ slow railroad transportation. Hay is|marketing poultry and poultry pre- selling at $40 per ton, corn $2.25 and|ducts and buying poultry feed was | Mr. Borfon}taken up and discussed. A gommit- believes, however, that the situation|‘ee was appointed to investigate the will improve as heavy snow in the/high prices of certain feed necessary | for poultry and report at a = the City of Butler, Missouri, on Fri- lay, March st, 1918, at 7: Dm. é day. March tst, om oe ee Do you know the importance of for the purpose of nominating two |] having glasses ay fi members of the board of education || (°°ME Slasses properly fitted— = |] the danger in having them fitted by an incompetent? There is no law in the State of Missouri reg- cilman ffom each of the four wards | ‘ ; ‘ ulating the sale of glasses. Most of the city to be voted upon at the ; $ é s |] states have such a law. Missouri April election, and for the transa . : Fuad ¢ . ; ‘ will have it. Until it does beware tion of such other business as may, . ~ 4 of fakes and fake advertisers. Go properly come before said conven-{ only to those who are permanent- |] ly located and can give you proof of their competency and _reliabil- ity. Our references are the strong- est possible and from people you know. Qur equipment equal to any in the city. There is no guess work with us. I HAVE FITTED OVER 1400 PEOPLE WITH GLASSES WITHIN’ THE PAST FOUR YEARS. I CAN FIT YOU. T.L.BEACH W. R. Morrison, President. J. B. Armstrong, Secretary. Poultry Association Meeting. At the last meeting of the Bates lowing officers were elected: Pres- secretary, The question of forming a co-oper-