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WHAT AILS YOU, Why do you shiver and shake, in these chilly winds, and these cold crisp mornings? WINTER I$ COMING, PREPARE FOR IT. It is time to buy your WINTER UNDERWEAR, TEME TO BUY A NEW SUIT, TIME TO BUY A NEW OVERCOAT. REMEMBER the bulk of our stock was bought late when $1 00 would go as far as $1.50 would earlier. WE GIVE YOU PINCHED PRICES on Knee Pant Suits. Prices that suits the time: Big Jine of Boys square cut suit: ‘) MKIBBENS BUT ER WEEKLY TIMES LOCAL ITEMS Mrs. A. L. Fox is quite sick. The chaige in the weather is thankfully received. The time for putting up stoves has arrived. Miss Auna Hannah returned from the fair Sunday. Conductor Abel's little daughter is very sick with fever. A slight frost is reported for Mon- day night in this city. Japt. Harvey Clark took an official trip over into Kansas Monday. A string of wagons unloaded wheat at Power Bros. mill Tuesday. Mrs. Dr. Lyle spent a few days in Nevada last week visiting friends Editor Smith of the Record is out again after a severe attack of fever. Killing frosts in central Nebraska and South Dakota, Friday night. The Sedalia Bazoo, sold last week, was bought in by J. West Goodwin. Wise people are storing away their winter's supply of wood and | coal. ' The Lombard investment com- pany of Kansas City went to the wall last week. Little Willie Harris, grandson of Kit Harris fell and dislocated his arm Sunday. Atkeson’s cannon planted at the jail would be au intimidator Rich Hill coon mob. M. & J. Evans call special atten- tion to their hats ranging in prices from $1.50 to $3.00. The long drouth in this section of the county was broken by a fine rain Saturday night and Sunday. Geo. M. Catnterbury, who has been resuscitating away from home for several weeks has returned. to a fe, —- Charlie Mitchell has reached New York and is arranging for the cham- pionship of the world fight with Corbett. C. S. Ewin, Senator John B. New- berry and J. C. Hale, stalwart dem- ocrats of the county were on our streets Monday. On account of being poisoned by poison oak vines, Sam Silvers is home from the Warrensburg normal school for a few days. The drouth has effected the water plant at Springfield, and the compa- ny had been forced to be careful and moderate in the use of water. D. N. Thompson fears he will lose a fine mare, shot in the hip a short time ago by some one supposed to have been hunting on his premises. Miss Kate Trembo, of Seymore, Indiana, is visiting her sister, Mrs. G@. D. Arnold, of Summit township. | She Tres wishes her a pleasant so- | + journ. LeMar’s flour is becoming very popular. The Farmers Exchange near depot, Butler, has just received the NINTH CARLOAD._ Every sack sold on a positive guarantee. Miss Cora Whitsitt left yesterday for Lees Summit, where she goes as a delegate tc the Epworth League convention which meets in that city this week. | one cheap. For stylish and inexpensive hats goto M. & J. Evans. A phonograph concert will be given at the Christian church to- night; proceeds for the benefit of the church. Admission 10c and 20c. R. S. Catron insures growing cops against hail, also writes fire and tornado insurance. 413 tf Rev. W. C. Bewley has been re-ap- pointed to the responsible position of Presiding Elder of Neosho dis- trict. Arthur Genevoy and miss Fannie Brock, were united in marriage Sat- urduy evening by Rev. Stephens, at the residence of the brides parent’s on South Delaware, street. McFarland Bros. will repair your old buggy top or make you a new Try us. Butler Mo. Owing to the hard times and late panic the Farmers’ Bank, of thia city, in its published statement, makes a splendid showing as one of the solid banks ot this eection of the state. The Kansas City merchants are making a determined pull for the country trade and the railroads are helping them out with half fare rates. Buy at home should be the dedicated Sunday. A prominent minister from Cinciunati will fill the pulpit The new seats have ar- jrived and will be put in place this/| | week. We see from the Enid Enterprise, that our fellow-townsman, R. C. taurant and luuch counter new land, and is making arrange- ments to put up a substantial buri- other night and raked in seventeen young men. This does not speak | well for a normal school town. How | ever, we hope none of the young} men arrested belonged to this coun Ity. Mrs. S. C. Parks, who uccompan- ied the remains of her husband from this city to Canton, IIl., for burial a few days ago, died Thursday of last week at Cantov. She contracted a cold on the way, which prostrated her with a severe spell of fever from which she died. The next annual conference of the Southern Methodist church will be held in Jefferson City. The confer motto of every citizen. The law firm of D. A. DeArmond and Thos. J. Smith has disolved and Mr. Swith will continue in the prac- tice and will occupy the office of the old firm over the Bates County Na- tional bank. O«e of the finest business blocks in St. Joseph was destroyed by fire Monday. The fire started at Town- send & Wyatt's great department store. The loss is placed at one mil- lion dollars. At the term of circuit court just closed at Lamar one of the four pris- oners sentenced to the penitentiary was theson of ex-aheriff Taylor of Vernon county. He was convicted of forgery and given two years. Mrs. Linenfelcher, living about 9 miles east of Rockville, lost her wheat and oats crop by fire one day last week. The fire originated from the steam thresher. The separator was also destroyed. Judge Lay adjouraed cireut court at Chnton Thursday last. The Clin- ton Eye says: “All are satisfied with Judge Lay's decisions, aud the more the people become acquainted with him the better they like him.” A new organization has been started at Clinton. The name of the order is the “Anti Saloon Army.” It bas been incorporated under the laws of the state. If the new order is on the plan of the Salvation army | please pass Butler by. ence could not have selected a better locaation. The citizens of Nevada are hospitable and will take especiat delight in entertaining this august body. Miss Laura Churchill Grant, a graduate of Vassar, has been employ- ed to teach in the mathematical de- partment of the state university. This is the first time in the history of the school that a woman professor has been employed. Geo. Newberry,of Spruce township accompanied by A. Oliver, Grundy county, spent Tuesday in the city Mr. Oliver is spending a few days in the county visiting his neice, Mrs Geo. Newberry. We see from the Enterprise that The new Christian church will be! Dickinsheets. has opened out a res-| in the} jness house. | | booming Times $1.00 per year. {done good ‘his churcb,and by his christian work Mrs. Dr. Lyle and daughter Miss Bane have returned from their visit to Nevada. | supply you with one of the celebrat- ed Round Oak stoves. They have juct received a car load and you | know this stove is the best on the market. The booming Tres is thankful to |the last notch ror the many eubstan- tial endorsements in the way of new | | subscribers it is receiving each week. | The police of Warrensburg raided | to be had in Bates county and we in- tend to doit. Soif you want the best paper in Bates county, a paper that gives all the general and local news, put your name down for the! By referring to the list of appoint- ments made by the South Methodist conference, at Boonville, Monday, we see that Rev. L. W. Pearce, for the past two years pastor of the ckurch in this city, has been assign- ed to work at Otterville, Mo. for the coming year. Rev. Pearce has ; Deacon Bros & Co. are ready to} |It is our aim to print the best paper | ball rolling, two gawbling dens in that town the | Mrs. Mike Curry has returned from the world’s fair. She was The booming Trees was on a reg. ular Oklahoma boom last week. Twenty-two new names were added to the subscription hst. The paper is rapidly gaining ground each | week and we are glad to know that our efforte to furnish a first-class reliable and readable newspaper is being appreciated by the good people of this county. Keep the friends, and send us more new names, they are appre- ciated. Mr. aud Mrs. DeC: Mize are taking | im the World's Fair- | well pleased with her trip. ' Mr. and Mrs. Shrout will leave for | the world’s fair next week. The teachers in the public schools. would be doing the right thing if they would use their efforts in keep- ing small boys and girls from climb- ing on wagons and riding to and from the school. It is onlya quee- tion of time when some of them wil! be badly hurt if not killed. Every day at noon wagons coming up Ohio street are loaded to overflowing with little tads and the practice looks dangerous. work in this city for and upright dealing he has gained the esteem and confidence of our people and all will regret to see him and his estimable family take their departure from our city. On Friday at noon, A. C. Funk, living about three thiles south of Lamar, whipped his son Charley, aged 14 years, very severely for fail ing to feed the horses. The boy having performed this service, went to the house and procured a 38-cali- bre pistol, and placing it about two inches above the nipple of his left breast, pulled the trigger The ball ranged upward and was cut out near the shoulder blade. Drs. Drake and Vau Meter dressed the wound. Dr. Drake, on his return, thought that the rash young fellow might recover. —Lamar Democrat. the new town of Enid, in the strip, has started off with one drugstore, one joint, one lumber yard, three law offices and thirty-one applica tions to open saloons. Evidently that town intends to go ona “bum” instead of a boom. The pilgrims are begining to re- turn from the strip. Six or eight wagons passed through town Mon- day ladened with disgusted boom ers, that wouldn't give 169 acres of Bates county land for the whole darned Cherokee reservation. George Brown, Wm. Perry, Sam- uel Gilbony, George Millerand Luke Robinson, a clever band of counter- feiters were captured at Oak Level in Callaway county, the other day. They have been making and circu- lating silver dollars and the work- manship was well executed, their money passed through banks with- out detection. The following licenses were issued from the recorder’s office since Wed- nesday. B. F. Wix, of Pleasant Gap, and Miss Sarah E. Brown, of Apple- ton City; Isaac Groom and Miss Net- tie McCoy, both of Amoret, Mo; A. E. Genevay and Miss Fannie Brock, both of Butler; H. C. Wilson and Miss Maggie Ann Stewart, both of Mayesburg. There will be little or no fodder saved in this county. The fierce hot winds of a week or a0 ago litterally stripped the blades from the stalks. Fields that were notripe were great- ly damaged by the drying up ef the shuck and stalk. The leaves on the trees in many instances in the tim- ber looked as if a blaze of fire had passed through the branches. A contemporary thus duns its sub- seribers: “If you have frequent head- ache, dizziness and fainting spells A small sized rict took place in Kansas City Friday night between the A. P. A.’sand Catholics, in which several persons were badly hurt. Rocks flew fast and a number] of pistol shots were fired. An attempt was made by placing }arailrcross the track to wreck a passenger train on the M., K. & T. rai'road near Fayette, one day last week. The engineer saw the ob- struction in time to prevent a serious | wreck and probable loss of life. WHEAT TAKEN ON DEPOSIT at Farmers’ Exchange, Butler—regu- lar milling exchange. You can get your flour at any time with no in- jsreaze of price. 44-2 accompanied by chills, corns, bun- ions, chilblains, epilepsy and jaun- dice, it isa sign that you are not well and liable to die at any moment. Pay your subscription fora year in advance and thus make yourself solid for a good, high-toned obituary no- tice.” Jas. Conner, one of the best known and extensive farmers of Pettis county, was arrested Monday on complaint of his wife. The wife charges him with having attempted to kill her, threaening to burn their residence and cremate their little son. Until recently Conner has been a devoted husband and father The list of appointments made for Nevada district by the South Methodist conference, are: M. M. Puugh, Presiding Elder. Nevads, W. J. Carpenter; Nevada mission, S. P. Cayton; Moundville, W. M. Me- Allister; Deerfield, C. C. Howard; Rich Hill, W. M. Bewley; Sprague, C. G. Hamilton; Hume, T. C. Pucket, Butler, J. F. Robb; Peculiar, L. M. Philips; Everett, R. J. Nelson; Pap- insville; J. P. Caldwell; Walker, J K. Peers; Montevallo, S. G. Wel- born; Sheldon, W. P. Barrett; La- mar, A. B. Davidson; Kenoma, W. H. Son; El Dorado, J. F. Pike; Ros- coe mission, W. B. Carrico. The Times last week in mention- ing fatalities reported to have hap- pened at the strip run, made mention that Henry Glazebrook, son of Boone Glazebrook of Adrian, had been hung. The Trves got its in- formation from city papers and street rumor, and we are glad to say there was no truth whatever, in the report. Boone Glazebrook has no son of that name, and Joe Glaze brook writes us that he was never at the strip or nearer there than Butler. The Tives is glad to learn that the reports are false and makes the above correction with pleasure. Bruce Starke, for the past two or three years court stenographer, has resigned his position to aceept the office of private secretary to Con- gressman DeArmond, and will, ina few days, leave for Washington to assume his duties. Bruce is a bright young man and we predict it will not belong before he is holding down a good job under Uncle Sam. To take his place as court stenogra- pher, Judge Lay has appointed ovr talented young friend, Claud Clark, who will fill the place with as much eredit as his predecessor. We are glad to see these young men com- ing to the front, occupying so hon- orable and lucrative adi loca ere posons: Summer Suomoe Vite And that tired feeling, loss of appe tite, and nervous prostration are driven away by Hood’s Sarsaparilla like mist before the morning = To realize the benefit of this medicine give it atrial and you wall join the army of enthusiastic admir- ers of Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sure, efficient, easy—Hoods Pills. They should be in every travelers grip and family medicine chest. 25 cts a box. A number of choice farms for sale and his neighbors fear his mind has become effected. very cheap. A S. Mmtnorsx the land agt. Butler Mo. 18 6m ue $3.50, our panic price $2 50 Boys wool Cassimere suits, dirt cheap at $6.00 our panic price $4.50 Boys fine wool Cassimere suits, always sold at $10, #1 «our panic price $7 50 There’ s a Risk of Your x Lo ) Losing Money Every Time you buy without First Learning our & Prices. This is especially true now. Our good were all boughtin New York at the very height of the recent panic, and never before have we offered reliable goods for so little. Don’t buy a single dollar's worth until you see our stock. MEN'S SUITS. Mens railroad worsted suits, regular price $5.00,our panic price $3.50. Mens genuine Cassimere (not shoddy) suits, regular price $7.50. our panic price $5.00 Men's genuine California Cassimere suits never sold for less than $15, our patie price $10. Men’s Auburn Melton Suits, would be cheap at $18, our panic price $15. BOYS & CHILDRENS SUITS. Child’s black worsted Knee Pant Suits, good value at $1.25, our panic price Child’s 3 piece suits, knee pants, regular price $4.00 our panic price Boys railroad worsted suits—long pants—regular val- Tbe $3 00 Christmas Day we will give away to beys helding lucky ticket, the two handsome bicycle in eur show windows. Tickets given with every $1.00 purchased in our boys and childrens department. BOOTS AND SHOES On this line we can save you big money over any regular shoe store. Why not save 25 to 50 per pair on your boys and girls school shoes by trading here. HATS AND CAPS Never before have we shown such an assortment and such values Mens $2.50 late style Fedora and stiff hats for $2 00 Mens $1.50 genuine fur hats go at 98 Boys $1.00 crush Fedora or stiff hate for 50 Boys 25c satinet caps for 15 Mens 50c cassimere caps for in Mens $1.50 seal plush caps for OVERSHIRTS & UNDERWEAR Mens 75c knit overshirts, big value, our panic price Mens $1.50 plaid cassimere shirts go at Big bargains in gray underwear at 50c and 75c. Surely no one can complain of pricesnow. They are as “cheap as wheat.” 50c $1.00 New Store=New Goods. ED HULSE has just opened out a new FRESH STOCK OF GROCERIES In the Allen building, SOUTH SIDE SQUARE. Fair dealing and LOWEST PRICES will be my Motto. all old friends and mapy new are reepectsully invited to call. ED HULSE.