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| caiaemaiueei Frirnd Carpenser: WG Shafer, Thousands of new patrons have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla this season Carpenter & Shafer ie tues Wants your BUTTER, EGGSand PRODUCE and the highest mar- ket price incash, See them before selling. We don’t advertise we will pay more than others, but are always ready to pay the high- est market erice. Calland see us, on South Side Square. Carpenter & Shafer. Batter Wanted. I want your Butter and will pay you 15c per pound for good solid W. G. Womack. Cash Grocery. stock. Just recieved and put away in our ware house, a car load of salt. J. E. Wittusms & Co. Great is the citizen city council of Butler. One more board of the eame make up and Butler won't be worth putting on the mape. Not one complaint has ever been made hy those using Ayers Sarsapa- rilla according to directions. Furth- ermore, we have yet to learn of a cage in which it has failed to afford benefit. So say hundreds of drug- gists all over the ccuutry. cured others, will cure you. Duvall & Percival, Butler, Me.. lave a large amount of moucy now on hand which they desire to loan on farm security. All notes are payable at their office in Butler, and the privilege given to pay at any time. The rates are lower than ever before offered Money on hand! ready at any time. 36 5t For Sare:—200 feeding cattle three-year old and in good flesh. The cattle are seven miles eouthwest of Lamar, Barton county, Mo. J. M. McKay. The current number of Harper's Young People contains, besides the fifth installment of Ruth McEuery Stuart’s charming “Story of Babette” instructive articles on ‘Bow and Bow shooting” and “Weather hints to young sailors,” 9 thrilling tale of a general’s “Narrow Excape in Ha vana Harbor,” nnd many delightful short stories and poems. The Sedalia Daily Democrat says: “In his addresses at Excelsior Springs Hon. J. H. Bothwell con- soled the republicans with the s‘ate ment that while they were wolloped unmercifully in Missouri in 1892, their party was repudiated nearly everywhere else at the same time. The genial ex chairman is like the old lady who said that while she raised no corn crop herself, she thanked God her neighbors didn't raise any either.” To Cleanse The System Effectually yet geutly, when costive or bilious, or when the blood is im- pure or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weak- ening them, to dispel headaches, colds or fever use Syrup of Figs. The Trves had a pleasant call Sat- urday from C. E. Wheatley, of near Rich Hill. He came up to takea look at the capital and expressed his surprise at the amount of business being done by our merchants, and the large number of farmers in town. He said business appeared to be dull at the Hill, and very little work going on at the mines, the compa- ny and miners being at logger heads over weighmasters. The companies refuse to stop boxes on the scales | and the check weighmen for the miners resign as fast as they are elected. Having a large amount of cash on hand we will make small loans on reasonable terms and at low rates. | _ 1d Will lend on real estate running | if he could. from one to five years with interest Has | Miss Addie Timmons, of Kansas City, daughter of T. F. Timmons, a | prominent live stock commission | Butier Saturday evening to spend a | few days visiting Mrs. C. B. Me- Ciyde McFarland who spent day with his parents, returning on the night train. Clyde is clerking for | the commission firm Cassidy Bros. Nevada Mail 17.—D. C. Hope, of Moundville twp., recently bought 30 head of two year old heifers and 60 head of hogs trom his brether, James Hope, of Bates county, which he will put on full feed at once on his farm. He bas 100 acres of corn which will make 40 bushels to the acre, and he says he don't know any better way to use the crop than to | put it into young heifers and hoge. 1 The Rocheport Commercial says: “Farmers from Monroe county are eoming to this section to buy wheat to feed their stock, the corn crop and grass of that county having been completely burned up by the drouth. Mr. Henry Walters sold one party {100 bushels of wheat, aud took in part pay @ good sucking mule, the price of which wae placed at $15. The Times asks its readers to care- | fully read the large advertisement of Lane & Adair and note what they have to say about the new stock they advertise for the purpose of letting their customers know what they have for sale and the bargains tbey are offering. Ladies, you will want anew garment soon and this firm would be glad to have you call and | look through their store before you buy. ~ Last Wednesday Recorder Ben C. Smith issued a license to the oldest | couple as well as to the youngest couple that bave made application therefor during his two terms of office. ‘Ihe first was to George S. West, aged 75, and Miss Matilde Bond, aged 66, both of Dayton, and the latter to John B. Briles, aged 15 jand Miss Matilda A. Hayes, aged 16 both of Harrisonville. —Democrat. J.T. Ackerman called, Tuesday. )A short time ago he bought 160 j acres of land adjoining his farm, 80 acres of which was in corn, which he estimates will bring him at least ! $18 per acre, as he is confident the crop will ayerage 45 bushels to the }acre and he has ready sale for the corn at 40 cents. Mr. Ackerman has 400 acres of land and is one of the crack farmers of Bates county. He jinforms us he has fitteen thousand | bushels of coal cleaned off ready for sale. Secretary Morton at Washington would appear to have inaugurated considerable reform and economy in | the department over which he pre-| |sides. He says that he takes infinite | | satisfaction in the fact that for the last year he has covered into the| treasury out of the regular appro-| | priation more than $400,000. From | | March 1, 1893, to July 1, 1893, he| | covered into the treasury $150,000, making a saving in his department of $500,000 in one year and four months. Pretty good democratic economy, ,that.—Ex. | Scott Harrison, surveyor of Port| }at Kansas City, and whose nomina- | | tion by the president was rejected} | by the senate, is in Washington City | | seeking a renomination. Mr. Har | ‘ rison said be was in Washington to} \look after his own interests andj | hoped to see the president, and in-| | tended to get the nomination again| It is generally under-| | stood, however, that the president | payable once a year and allow bor-| has decided to not present his name | pay y | rower to pay part or all at any time and stop interest. Money here in loans with good personal security. 28 tf Mo. Stars Basx. }again, and is looking up another | | of congress. “Awarded Highest Honors World’s Fair, 3 geal | Baking Powder | The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum Used in Millions of Homes—4o Years the Standard | merchant of that city arrived in| | Farland. She was accompanied by | . ‘or the position, whose name he} —suffering from nervous prostration, ex- Bank ready, no deiay. Also want | 80 Coe A a | . ; _ present before the adjournment} ness, derangement, or displacement of the j | after using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- | ‘PIERG <2 a Piesce’s Pre- | n. | MisSMuRPRY. LIZZE H. MURPHY, | | New Dorp, Richmond Co., N. ¥. MONEY, LITTLE OR MUCH. Received on call deposit. Cheek and deposit book fur- nished free. Checks and drafts | on other banks received or| cashed. Every accommoda-! tion consistent with conserva- | tive business methods eant| ed. Look over names of our} directors, and give usa call. | FARMER'S Bank, | Butler, Mo. | | \ \ Will Graves will accept the thanks | of the Timzs office fora pitcher of | nice fresh cider. He is pressing cider jat the residence of his father, in the east part of town, where those wish jing to purchase cider a splendid article. | | will find a} | Heavy rains fell in Nebraska) Thursday night, but it is too late to| save the corn Many pitiful | stories come from the drouth-stricken country. One man. near North Platte, killed 55 head of horees on the 14th to prevent them from starv ing. There are many other similar cases. Farmers are unable to give stock away. The late ruins are pretty genersl through the western and southern parts of the state—Nevaca Mail. crop. | What brought red mouthed anar- ehists to this country by the tens of thousands but protection and its | lying promises of the biggest wages | in the world? Protection in it warp and woof isa lie,a fraud, a larceny, and a scourge. Little children should see that the partisan prom- ises of enormous wages would flood the country with foreign labor, and that so much foreign labor must utterly crowd out aud impoverish Americun labor. The present apasm of republican activity will be short | lived.—Fulton Democrat. The Populiste of Alabama say they could stand defeat and endwe political death, but think the final straw that broke the Popu camel's back was laid on when the Tusko- loosa Herald wrote this epitaph for them: “Here lie Reubene, Bowman and Skaggs, buried face downward, shrouded in rags. They'll wake up in hades and raise a shout, that or ganized Democrats counted them out. ‘You are safe here with me, the devil will say, ‘for organized | Democrats don’t come this way. My| people are Kolbites, my platform is | broad, and I'll roast the first rascal who says there is fraud.’ “—Waco! News. | Au inmate of the Confederate Home at Higginsville writes the Leader: “John R. Brown, Esq., of Rolla, Mo., private of Company L. Third Missouri cavalry, in the Union army, sent us through W. R. Jobn- son a postal order for $5. Talk about asking the State of Missouri| to support this Home, when there} are such generous friends abroad | Friends who love us because they} vanquished us. This Mr. Brown,} ten chances to one, has swapped to bacco and coffee with some of us in| the lives at Vicksburg. Of oue thing | we feel assured, he never mistreated | a prisoner nor did a cowardly thing.” | Congressman David D. A. DeAr | mond’s unanimous renomination by | the democrats of the sixth congres | sional district -om- pliment particularly well deserved. | Mr. DeArmond has served his district | and state with conspicuous fidelity | and intelligence. During his brief congressional career he has distin | guished himself for legal learning | and familiarity with the great eco-/ of Missuri is « nomic questions now pressing upon | the country for solution, and hence} it is particularly desirable that he, be returned to congress with a ma-| jority that will emphasize the esti- mation in which he is held by the people of this state.—St public. Louis Re- | A FEEBLE WOMAN citability, or dizziness, the result of weak- special organs — will find health | room and assaulted her. |to Utless DeArmond, j wife away from him. tion. In every case of * female complaint” Guar- eves» GURE OR MONEY RETURNED. cross the room without fainting away. doctors coul no good and must do me od me I die, but my T got me “Fa- ite Prescription,” in one week I began | to feelstronger. After | taking a dozen bottles Tam as well as Lever Was; free from all pains and aches and all due | | j tmest cordially FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY, Cash Capital. $50,000.00 COUNTY DEPOSTORY OSCAR REEDER ..... mane R. J, HURLEY EK. A’ BEND E. D. KIPP Receives Solicited. D. N. Thompson, John Steele Oscar Reeder, OF BATES CO.! Your patronag: DIRECTORS. wre .. President letsVice-President NETT..... 2d Vice-President --+.+. Cashier Deposits subject to check, Lones Money, issues Drafts and transacts a general Banking business. e respectfully R. J. Hurley E. A. Bennett, H. M. Gailey, J.K Rosier, J. EVERINGHAM. Secretary 5 Per Cent Uff. I will duplicate any other Grocery man’s advertised prices on groceries in the county papers and give 5 per cent discount for cash and produce. So bring along the paper that has the prices in and see for yourself that I will do just as I agree to do. Remember I am selling wire nails at 3e a pound. Yours Truly, W. G. Womack, Cash Grocer. Farmers of Bates County. It don’t cost you 1 cent to stop at Lee Culver’s and get his prices on butter, eggs and poultry before sell ing and it may make you several dollars in the run of a year. Try it and I firmly believe it will make you a little money on groceries and queensware. Times are hard,money scarce 8o it behooves us all to trade where we can get the most for our money. A Faruenr. Dusty’s Panishment Death. St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 18 —Joseph Dusty, a negro, who bas been on trial here for two days past charged with the crime of rape, was this afternoon found guilty and his pun- ishment fixed at death. The jury was out but a short time. On July 30 last, Dusty met the 7 year-old daughter of Finn Potter, a white man, on the corner of Second and He enticed her to a The little one was frightfully injured and for Jule streets. }a time it was thought she would not recover. Dusty barely escaped lynch- , ing at the time of his capture’ A motion for an appeal was filed. Charged With Forgery. A man named D. E. brought from Belton Tuesday even- ing and placed in jail charged with He sold a note for $490 signed by John Taggart of Adrian, forgery. who made a payment of $100 on the same and later went to Taggart to ascertain ifall was as represented. Tageart declared it a forgery and swore out a warrant with the above Ulm originally came from result Adrian and claims that Vaggart euticed his Ulm finally compromised the matter upon receiy ing the note for $400. This is how Thu secured the uote and be further clains his ability to prove his inno ceuce, asserting ths the arrest is but a move on Taggart’s part to avoid ~Har- payment of the note risonville Democrat. Stands By Nevade, “We had a delightful and encour- aging visit with the Rich Hill Odd Feilows last night.” said L. B. Sulll- | van. “They are a whole souled set of |gentlemen and enthusiastic in sup- | port of Nevada's claims for the loca- tion here of the Odd Fellows’ Home. A party of six or eight of us. William Autenreith, H. H. Brady, Jce Ball- man, W. M. Sears,James DeBernardi, Jobu H. Martin and myself, went to Rich Hill to meet with the lodge there and do a little missionary work for the home. Our success exceeded our expectations. We were received and our proposition heard with courteous attention. After the matter was discussed at some length as to whether the Rich Hill lodge should support But claims or Nevada's, a vote was talen resulting in pledging Rich Hill's earnest support to Nevada. That means financially as well as morally.” —Nevada Post. 7} eat ae - Ulm was , addition to his barn. Clinton Academy begins its six | teenth seesion, Sept. 4th. Scientific, Normal, Classical courses. Total expense board, tuition, ete, $60 to $125. Catalogue on application. Write to the Principal te secure your board sew, as the best places wil! soon be taken. J.C. Wortey A. B., Prin 40-2t Clinton, Mo. Virginia Items. A host of friends with a host of presents gatherd at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. John Taylor, near Mulberry, Aug. 6th, to celebrate their China wedding. It was one of the most pleasant events of the season. Mr. Ed Dudley, of the nation, has come home to eat not to die. Miss Martin, of near Amoret, has been visiting Mrs. A. J. Parks, the past week. Mr. Downey, one of our directors, says that the men who threw the pump out of the wellat the Hotwater school house are known, and had better put it back. Wonder who got left, Sunday, at Charles Gardner's? Abe Wetherwax has changed old red off for a new straw hat. Uncle Bill Smith is very sick. The party at Chas. Gardner’s was well attended and an enjoyable time was had. One of Mr. John Sherrick’s boys is quite sick. Mr. Helmer began work on his new house, Monday morning. C. H. Morrison has the foundation laid for his néw barn. We need rain as it is very dry here. John Hedger and family have gone to Clay Co., ona visit, and expect to stop at Austin a few days to attend the bean supper. John Harper is along walker and | a high stepper. Luther Judy shipped hogs to Kan- sas City one day last week. always knows when to strike the }market in good shape. | Zinn, of Knobs Creek, | Unele Joe spent Monday in town. Nee my new “ad” this week. Albert Pilgrim is figuring on an G.W. Park and Joe T. Whinnery went to Lone Star school house, Sat- urday night, to debate the liquor question. Emanuel Nestlerode is having a well drilled. Mother Journey was town the first of the week. A nice rain fell here, Monday. The mail failed to arrive, Monday, on account of the death of Mr. Glov- er’s sister, which occurred Saturday night. Miss Deina Nieukirk returned from the Nation, Monday. Noah Bright made a flying trip to Rich Hill, Saturday. C,H. Morrison renews his subserip- tion to the TIMES. Geo. Roback says he wishes this gettipg married was catching, and visiting in thinks he will go to the Nation where it is more contagious. N. M. NESTLERODE. ; ee _ 5, | - a o om s A Saved Hey Life. Mrs. C. J. Wootprince, of Wortham, Texas, saved the life of her child by the use of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. 8 “One of my children had (i case was attended by our phys: supposed to be well umder night I was Startled by the ¢' breathing, and on go’ gling. -It anxiously waited rest the Pectoral w: Pectoral Cherry Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer &Co., Lowell, Mase. _ Prompttoact,suretocure Luther } Search for a Negro Brute. Nevada, Mo., Aug. 18.—A negro tramp attempted a criminal assault |upon Mrs. William Rutherford at | her home twelve miles north of this | city this morning. Mr. Rutherford | Was not at home. Two men passing | along the road in a buggy heard the | frightened lady's screams and came } to her assistance, and drove the | brute away before he had accomplish- | ed his purpose. | the timber, and a party is close on his trail. Harrisonville, Democrat, 16.— Considerable excitement was created here Tuesday morning by the report of the discovery of the body of an infant ina pond about three and a half miles northeast of town. Squire Bohon held an inquest and found that the body was that of a six- weeks old white girl, and it was thought had been in the water six or eight days. When found the body was weighted down with rocks and | dressed in long clothes. It was thought the child was thrown in the | water alive, and the jury found a verdict that it was thrown in for the purpose of drowning by unkuown | parties. If you are suffering from any dis | ease of the kidneys or pain in the back, go to D. G. Newsom and get { medicine that will cura you perma- nently. 36-tf. | To Exchange for Farms. Have two good residences, will jexchange for farms. Parties con- templating coming to Butler to take , advantage of the schools will find it | to their interest to see me. E. D. Kier, Farmer's Bank. | Wall Paper, Carpets, Paints WINDOW SHADES, PICTURE FRAMES, WINDOW GLASS, Painters Supplies of every description, Agency for THE SHERWIN-WILLIAM CO. aud WEIDER PAINTS, the most reliable and economical paints made. One Block North Post Office, Butler, Mo. D. W. Drummond —_—_———— C. P. Catron & Co, will buy court cost and loan money in small araounts on good chattel securities. 12.-tf. Some special bargains at D. W. Drummoud’s new store. See his card. 30-tf. R. S. Catron insures growing cops against hail, also writes fire and tornado insurance. 413 tf Coal! Coal! Coal can now be had at bank, 5 miles southeast of Spruce in Deep- water township. Batcueror Bros. SHANNON & BINKLEY, WELL ORILLERS DREXEL, MO. If you are Wanting «a well drilled write us and ‘we will see you. 36-3m. The negro took to-