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School time is coming—the ch: i xperience that’it takes good shoe! ie preter oy have the largest assortment, and it will be School Shoes. ildren will need shoes—you know 3 for school wear—we sell a big saving for you to buy your shoes of us Being Exclusive Shoe Dealers enables us to sell you better shoes at lower prices than it’s possible others to give. Read this list careful Misses heavy kid button shoes, pat soles, (shoes that will wear) sizes 114 Childs of the same—sizes 9 to 11 Childs smaller sizes 6 to 8 Misses Kangaroo calf, button shoes, tip or plain toes, (long wearers) sizes 114 to 2.........--- Childs of the same—-sizes 9 to 11 Misses unlined, Pebble calf, buttc (steel shod) sizes 13 to 2 Childs of the same—sizes 9 to 12.. Misses Oil Grain, button shoes, he 2 rock) sizes 13 to Childs of the same—sizes 9 to 12 Best values ever offered—and ful you ever bought them MAX WEINER. for ly: ent orsole leather tips, double § to 2 $1.25 1.00 HO END en aE a soy OD | RE ie SB nc atin Seeder $1.25 Ria tree a Are et 1 100} on shoes, heel or spring heel i $1.25 $1.00 ly 25¢ to 35c a pair less than T. W. LECC. For all repairs, or parts of Buggies, Surries, road wag: ‘arm wagons, phactons &c,poles, shafts, neckyokes, wheels, dashes, top, Teell the best Buggy Paint on ts We reset tires and DO NOT RUIN THE WHEELS. Will farnish you a buggy HIGH OR LOW GRADE for very few dolla Tam thankful to all who have patronized me and hope you will continue to do so, and if you have never tried me, come and be convinced that this is the right place i Jett. } Fresh bulk Turnip seed—all kinds at Deacon Bros & Co. Butler Academy is going to have a large attendance this year. Scores of young men and women are mak- ing urrangements to attend. Send for catalogue. 40 tf. Under the carefui and skillful treatment of Dr. Riffle,R. F. Martin, 0 badly injured in moving a houge a short time ago, is up again. T have a lot of cornin crib, and cord and pole wood for sale on my farm. Wood is well seasoned. T'wo miles southwest of Butler. C. J. Scuooiry. Mrs. James Crook’s little daugh- ter lost her straw hat between this city and the Miami bridge, west of cushions, » demonstration. i Earth. | ; ought to challenge Judge DeArmond LINATOR COCKRELL Will speak at Butler Sept. 7th. The occasion should be made a grand ' Woman's work as poster artists is interestingly described and hand. somely illustrated in Demorest’'s Magazine for October. Only the sufferer knows the misery of dyspepsia,but Hood's Sarsaparilla cures the most stubborn cases of this diseas. In front of democratic headquar- ters at Topeku, Kansas, a banner which measures ten by twenty feet with portraits of Bryan and Sewall has been stretched across the street. The democrats of Kansas neyer do things by halves. Senator Vest nnd Lon V. Stepens spoke at Boonville, Saturday. The crowd to hear them numbered over five thousand. The reception of Senator Vest and Mr. Stephens is said to be one of the largest political | gatherings ever held in the state. Frank V. Hamilton, the republican candidate for congress, will open his campaign in Dade county in a week orso. Geo P. Huckeby will go along to do the talking for him. Mr. Hamilton, to make things lively, to joint debate. Mrs. Nancy A. White, one of the Tres best lady friends and a loyal town a few days ago. ‘Lhe finder will please return same to this office or to Mrs. Crooke. Mr. and Mrs. Stuteville and little son Frank took the evening train Friday for Parkville, Mo., to attend | the funeral of Allen Doyle, father of Mrs. Stuteville. She was not made | acquainted of his illness and the sad | news of his death was a great shock. | The republicans want to continue | the existing gold standard price of | corn 15e per bushel, oats 124c,' wheat 40c and potatoes at 10¢ per | bushel. That's the argument they | give the factory hands. i The Adrian Journal says Chas. | and John Moore, farmers and stock | dealer of that neighborhood, have | made an assignment. The Moore! brothers have many friends in the! county who will regret to learn of | their misfortune. | H. C. Clark and Jno. Silvers spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at Prairie | City, Saturday night and a Bryan’ Free Silyer club was organized with | a large membership. The free silver | cause is growing every day and in) every community and southeast | Bates is solid and enthusiastic for | Bryan and the people. Lovers of good literature will be interested in the October number of Demorest’s Magazine. In addition to a delightful installmeat of Robert | Louis Stevenson's last novel, it con- | tains a strong story by Gilbert | Parker—“The Lone Corvette’— which is one of the best he has writ- ten. | Mrs. Bateman, who left her home, husband and three children, some | three weeks ago, arrived in the city | Tuesday night and registered at | Hotel Lee. Her husband, learning | that she was here, came the same | night and attempted to settle their | difference. It eeems that they were unable to come to a mutal agree | ment.—Adrian Journal! 2S. | At the recent Sunday School con. | vention held at Jefferson City, Bates county carried off the gold banner. Under the aus school Union of the city, a grand! ratification meetnig in honor of win- | ning the banner will be held at the C. P. chureh Sunday at 3 o'clock. Bates is now the banner Sunday school county of the state. This is something to be proud of. tf | in the Lone Star State. | vices to the democratic campaign pices of the Sunday! . uncompromising Bryan free silver demccrat,called and renewed for 97. Mrs. White said she was doing all she could in her way for the election of Bryan and her hopes were that he would be the next president. Tazewell LaFollett left Tuesday for Waxahachie, Texas, where he ex pects to open a law office. If he is pleased with the location his famlly will follow him ina few days. The Times wishes him unbounded suc cess in the practice of his profession W. W. Graves, the well known Butler lawyer, has tendered his ser committee and will take the forthe party. Up to the Chicago convention Mr. Graves was opposed to the silver movement, but now he is in fall aceord with the democratic | platform and earnest supporter of | the ticket. Mr. Graves is an effec | tive campaigner and his many friends throughout Missouri will be glad to) know that he is still a democrat.—| Nevada Mail stump The city Sunday School Union will hold a very interestin meeting | atthe C. P. Chureh next Sunday,} September 6, at 3 P. M_ to cele | At Merwin. Judge DeArmond will address the voters ot Merwin and neighborbood ou the political issues Saturday after- noon. The same day at night he will speak at Burdett. | of both places should arrange to at- | tend the speaking. The Buell Woolen Mills at St. Joseph have shut down. Miss Mamie Ewin has returned from a visit to ber sister, Mra Stockton at Bunceton, Mo. j | A-couple of seedy looking dagos | were arrested Tuesday for peddling The Tiues had a pleasant call Tuesday from its esteemed friend, C. W. Smading, of Foster, accom- panied by Wm. Jones. men are enthusiastic for Bryan and report that section of the county =| fully in line for November Dr. Boulware was called Friday {to set an arm for W. B. Shirtlufi’s |little son Bruce, 7 or S years of ag Ze. -75)| The little fellow with a playmate | j Was playing see saw, at the home of |his parents, 4 or 5 town, when he fell off the plank and | met with the aboye accident. Gabe Eilinger left iu. siausas Monday. Mr. Ellinger said he bad always voted the republican ticket but if allowed to cast a ballot in November it would be for Bryan and free silver. Also he had always cast bis vote for prohibition, but here- after he would vote for high license. He said there was less drinking and drunkeness in Butler than in his Kaneas probibition town. The new card and also a financial exhibit of the Missouri State Bank appears in this issue, to which at- tention is called. The statement shows the bank has nearly exe huu dred thousand dollars ioaned out and over thirty-four thousand dollars of cash on hand and in other banks. The Missouri State Bauk bas a strong Directory with other capable and experienced officers. With tif- teen years successful experience in our midst, 1ts continued prosper ity is an assured fact The Tints recommends this well known bank many readers. The Times extends hearty congrat- ulations aud best wishes for success to its old time and staunch friend Ove Harris, formerly of Shawnee township, this county. He is now located at Nieukirk, Oklahoma, and it is with much gratification we note he has been nominated on the democratic fusion ticket for county clerk of his county. We can say to the voters of that county that they have made a wise selection in naming him. He stood high in this citizen and in his nomination for the important office of county clerk his many friends hereabouts will be gratified to know he has not degen- in Oklahoma, and all will be more than pleased to hear of his triump- haut election in November. The discovery was made Friday Green, 519 West 34th street, Kansas City, that Mrs. Green had murde her three children, Willie, aged 12 Chas. W., Jr, aged 9 years and Mary, aged 6 years, and then com | mitted suicide. The children were all shot through the head while asleep in bed. The body of Mrs Green was found lying in the ball with a bullet in the temple. tragedy is supposed to have taken | place Wednesday night, as Tuesday | eyening was the last seen of the! family by the neighbors, and shots | were heard Wednesday morning by| Mrs. Clark, a neighbor. Chas. W. | Green, the husband, is traveling | passenger agent of the Cleveland, Cincinnat:, Chicago and St. Louis! s railway, known as the Big Four line, and was sent in Denver at the time. He has be-n in poor health brate the fact toat Bates county carried off the highest honors | at the late Sunday School Coavention at Jefferson City and carried off the | Golden Banner. The Banner, a handsome affair.will be on exhibition The Allen-McFarland orchestra b been engaged and a very interestin program arranged. Everybody i vited. i TT | hon h does his The office sbi | | | n ma desk into Nei- — doors exercise he neither takes Proper time for eating. It is small Tt that the di- a of both gets Dr. Pierce's { | } { } i j coated the w tion. other pill that p think of what x7 es to Sell you some im greater profit, just best pay you, jand $11,000 surplus fund and will and left home Wednesday a weck ago to seek relief in the we It is evident that Mre. Green’s mind had become unbalanced before she com- mitted the horrible deed. New Money Lending Institution. A We call attention tu the card in another colums of the “Walton Trust Company," recently organized | under the laws of Missouri. Its) < [stockholders number ebout fifty of our well to do citizens, among ‘i & whom we notice the names c f John H. Sullens, J K_ Rosier, Booker Powell, Wm. E Walton, Dr. J Ey. | eringham, J R. Jenkins, Dr. TC Boulware. T. J. Wright. Geo. L. Smitb, J. R Davis. Frank Voris, Dr. N. L. Whipple and C. R Radford. It has a paid up capital of ¢ 55,006 lend money on resi estate, deal in securities, furnish reliable informa tion as to titles to real estate in | Bates county and transact such other business as allowed by its Charter. | Wm. E. Walton is Presdent, T. J.) | Wright, Vice President and Frank | Allen, Secretary. We bespeak for| the Walton Trust Company an hon- orable and successful business career. | The citizens | Both gentle | miles south of | to the favorable consideration of its | community as an honoreble upright | jerated one jot or title since locating | morning atthe home of Chas. W.| red | The | time. iC | M. Swords, proprietor. {is priated on wall paper. |such a loving, affectionate and duti. | BUTLER ACADEMY. This School Wiil Opsn Monday, Sep- tember Tih. For the past month or six weeks | Professor Richardson, principal of | this most excellent school has been | bending his energies in preparation ‘for the coming year, aud be has now ‘every detail in readimess for opening ithe Academy Monday, Sept. 7th. i The great success of the school last jyear, und the many compliments | Prof. Richardson received from both Istudents and the general public of |bis management of the institution | has encouraged him to a redoubling jof diigence for the coming year. | Under his management the school | | bas never been so prosperous since lits establishment in 1874. | | The fact that the Academy is on | ts feet aguin and is being brought) | to the front as one of the best schools | jin the state, is proof positive to our| of Bat! RESOURCES | Loans & | Real Est Cashin van Total Batier, Mo, Sept. Ist, 1898. J. R. JENKINS, Cashier. bE ja to manage and conduct an institution $ of this kind, and in Prof. Richardson | 5 they have not been disappointed 5 With such a school at their door, | 3 their sons and daughters under their | eye, it strikes us that the people of) H this and adjoining counties should! ; | refrain from sending their boys aud | ¢ girls away from home to gai a education. They should p: ize}? the Academy and in this way assis in sustaining aud building up thi ; d | | PAID UP CAPITAL SURPLUS FUND i stop interest. t| | | sch ol | The Times makes no charge for! | what it says in bebalf of the Acade | | my. What we say in Jaudation of this 1» institution is cur conviction, as we | | have the evidence of last year’s work | in prooi, and we take itasa Eo, | ! | | on Teal e bai havin. 3 3 a mortgage that are safe as U. S. bonds te ttat tebe to recommend the Academy to cur readers and the general public as a school in every way worthy their patronage. If you have been con-| templating sending your eon or| daughter away toa foreign school, don't doit. Keep them near home | where you ean visit them once a! week or oftener. Send them to the! Academy and the Trves feels sure! you will be remunereted as band-|} somely as at any school ip the state 2 T J Wright, Wm E Walton, H ¢I Pigott, J Everingham, J R Jenkins, John Deerwester, { Allows interest on time deposits Receiver and Assignee FRANK ALLE - A. AL » See’y., » Abstracter. BUTLER IN LINE. | Free Silver Speaking There will be a free silver mecting An Enthusiastic Free Silver Meeting to oganize a Bryan free silver club at the Hackler echool house, at the Court: House Tuesday and a | in Bryan Free Silver Club Organ- Mingo township, Saturday night. ized, 300 Strong. Harvey C Clark and others will The free cilver element of this city and township met at the court house Tuesday night and effected organi zation with the following officers: W C Burrus, President; Vice- Presidents, GB Hickman, Ed Dal speak aud those of nll political be- hefs are invited to be present. Mrs. Dr. Bowden, of Texag, is vis- iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs J. T. Witiams. | Mrs. F. M. Stecle is visiting her json, E. A Steele at Mound Valley, Woodson Ferrell, Chas Dixon, Wil- ton, W H McCants, DE Wyckoff, | ~ FINANCIAL STATEMENT | OF THE MISSOURI STATE BANK | » Mo, at the close cf business on August 31, 1896, 6 | Capital stock We hereby certify the above statement to be correet, | people that it takes a man of ability | (“¥en SoewwrY MIPS ge. = THE WALTON TRUST COMPANY, OF BUTLER MO AUTHORIZED CAPITAL Lunder the laws of Missouri tlow rates of interest, allowing } Have a complete and reliable abstract of title to each tract of land and town lot in Bates Co. The preparation of these abstracts was begun b up to date and made from the Records daily are invited to call and get our rates, terms, &c. ale first Farm Mortgages in amounts from 820) to $8$_000. w hundred dollars to loan can be accomodated with interest DIRECTORS Authorized by law to act We solicit your business. J.B. WALYON, Bookkeeper. | Kausas. lard Freeman and H Donovan; Re- -ording See. P Je “C, og i pulsars springs ia becoming cording Sec., B F Jeter;Correspond- | } ing Sec., Juo A Silvers; Treasurer, Jno D_ Powell; Sergeant at Arms, Wm R Morrison. Soliciting Cann, H Lukenbill, M S Horn R Morrison. Executive committee: C F Bosley, quite a favorite resort with our pec ple again. “se | Thos Balgum, of Burdett will ac cept the thanks of the Tisrs fora renewal of his subscription. | M. M Tucker and wife, of Altona. are spending the week visiting their |danghter, Mrs D L. Haggard. | The probibitionists will hold a | convention in this city Friday Sept, 11th, to nominate a county ticket. ble and W W Graves. The Mt. Pleasant Bryan Free Silver |; Club The club will meet every Tueeday night, and each meeting will be entertained by a speech, either for- eign or loesl talent, and the | Mrs. Mary B. Clay ieft Friday for | Oklahoma, where she has accepted a tion ws musical instructor in an ansckool. Mrs. C. B. Lewis leit Mouday | mormng for Augusta, Ills., to spend {three weeks vis her | parents. | (The Times w her apleasant doors / ing to add their names to the roll | and their influence in the eupport of Bryan and free silver to be, and will be, an enrollment of eight hundred names. ° Senator Ballard, appointed as A F. Hartman and wife have lo- cadet from this district to the State om c t cated in Lawrence, Kan., where he niversity. our young friend Arthur {has secured a good position in a ava The honor of the appoint committee: D D Me-: ,W D V Brown, © Vantrees, Jno Vrim | Tie name adopted for the club is | of the club will be thrown open and | an invitation extended tothose wish- There ought | | town at the same time. : é ewelry store. Bi nyeye vork- | ment could not bave been bestowed |J ¥ Ee He ugayeeod eos : on # more worthy youne man. jmanand his friends here will be, a t4 7 i ? € HF sane ides oe. . |glad to learn of his success Prof. Hall K. Wallis, of Ken-| 3 tueky, who has accepted a ln =the Acade arrived in the ci ¥ faculty. Prof. Lichard-/ son is selecting the best talent for| assistants and proposes the Aeade-| * my shall be one of the best schools) 1 this section of the state. { L. B. Starke spent last week vis-| iting his mother in Deepwater town-| ship and friends in this city. Befo leaving for St. Louis Saturday where} he holds a position in t offices of the Mo. Pacif called and subscribed for the ing Tres geveral | 1 boom-| Bruce is one of Bates | county's most promising young We were shown. the otuer day, a lady friend, 2 copy of the Dail izen, printed at Vicksburg, Mis- sissippi, Thureday July 2. 1963, J.) The Httl daily contains 4 columns of readin matter, is about 18 inches fon I ast Auburn. i cure of Cons sia, Biliousness, disorders of Stomach, , and Bowels, take le! | all L item ia the paper reads: “Mrs. Ciseo was instantly killed on Monday, on Jackson road. Mrs. Cisco’s husband is now in Virginia, a member of Moody's artillery, and the death of | __ Medal and Diploma at World's Fair. Ask your druggist for Ayer’s Sarsaparilia fal wife will bea loss to him irrepara- ble.” j AYERS. Cathartic Pills — LIABILITIES, Sarplus and undivided profits.” a my Total Stag WM. E. WALTON, President, § Re Wi ea! 110,000.00 4 ™ $55,000.00 $11,000.00 Len money on real estate on long or Wer to pay back part or all a your Mr. Walton 26 y eaTs ago; a Parties wishing to bor 4 Trow mone: Have alwi : paying Booker Powell, TC Roulw: CR Radford, BM Vorie CH Dutcher, W W Trigg. as Executor, Curator, WM , F. WALTON J WRIGHT Prest Vice Prest, Amoret Items. Miss Sadie Whinnery came to Am: oret Friday to meet her friend, Mig M Grace Coulter, from Drexel, wh came down on a visit of two or three a weeks. e Mrs D V Brown returned to Butler | W. Thursday, and Misses Ollie and Cos | ¥ by came out and spent the remainder of the week with their uncle's family, Rev Miller, Prof Givens and Mr James Cusick went to Hume to ar} Ti range about having a protracted Ineeting, but failed from some cause, School opened in Amoret Monday | *! morning. A new baby has arrived at’ the home of George Allman, MJ Wesley Hensley, of Independenee, si came down on the noon train Sunday h to see his father, A Hensley, who has § ® been quite sick for several weeks, Mr A Paige received a letter from o se | ii his wife, who is at All Saints hospital | el 1 ee City, that she was not so Mrs McWilliams and Mrs Baxter drove out in the country one day last § Td week and brough back ’a nice lot of peaches, v A ball game between the Falinville { @ boys and Amoret resulted in the de feat of the Amoret boys. Parish Nickell and wife of Virginia § ¥ visited in Amoret last Monday. Ace Meech and wife lost a little child Saturday; it was sick onlys short time. Uncle Joe Wilson is suffering with a sore hand which seems to be ca re Mrs Davis and daughter, Mrs Gray | ¥ Was over to Pleasanton Thursday to consult a dentist. A iinstrel show was in Amoret Saturday night at the town hall which was well attended considering # profracted meeting being held in Mr Miller and wife are going to move into the house recently oeeu- pied by Mr. Stephens, Josieand Ira Grimshaw left for their home in Denver, the first of last week, ; Neus’ CLERK. The Ladies. Tue plexsaut effect aud perfect J- safety with ich ladies may use Syrup of F makes it t get s. under all conditions, “ir favorite remedy. To he true and genuine article, for ther of the California Jompany, printed pear he package. For ible druggists. a Order of Publication. Sh peti OrM t boti ISSOURIy Bates iz ¢ Court for the County of Mae. ims, H P Cockrell and ors of RH Sproull, deceased. -r of Publication. and J © Sp ased, pre ing for an order for the sale of accounts, lists win such here on s ordered, that ali per- f deceased, on aforesaid has bees be chown on oF xt term of this on the an order will be { . or so mach of Rn * payment of i, that court and thats edon cach of the heirs least ten days prior ‘din my office. and seal of said at office in Butler the ugust, 1536. WM. M. DALTON, Jadge of Probate.