The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 26, 1900, Page 1

The Butler Weekly Times. VOL. XXII. THAT | THE SCARE |S OVER BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, FLOODS’ DIRE WORK. t |The Private Property Losses NOW The People of Bates County are Flocking P Back to Butler to do their Trading. It seems proper to criticise the uncalled for exaggeration of neighboring towns. There has not been a fatality or a "serious illness in the town and why, therefore, should nearby towns go out of their way to expand the truth to the injury ‘of Butler. We will tell you why. Because Butler hurts them. Butler sells the goods, Butler pays the highest mar- | ket price for produce, butter, eggs, etc. Butler is known to ' the traveling, jobbing and manufacturing interests as one of | the best markets and trading points in southwest Missouri. Her merchants are alive, wide-awake, always on the lookout for bargains for their customers. Butler has the largest ' stocks, the biggest stores, the most conveniences and what is more, the good will of the farming community, because her merchants are always endeavoring to give thein the most yalue for their money now let us get down to solid business. We will start in with 19 Ibs granulated sugar for Common wire nails, all sizes, a lb 4boxes Greenwich lye Nickle plated copper tea kettle, Wo. 8 Potts’ cold handle sad irons, nickle plated, per set No. 28 granite wash basin No. 8 granite tea kettle Minch granite pie pan 10 inch granite pie pan 2 quart granite rice cooker 8 quart granite coffee pot Heavy screen doors 1\, all sizer, complete with spring hinges knob and hook 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 $1 00 04) 25 24-inch, per yard $ 26-inch, e 28-inch, 30-inch, 2-inch, | 34-inch, 36-inch, | 88 inch, 40-inch, 48-inch, = Solid steel socket hoes Solid steel shank ladies hoes 23) 12-inch, Westfield lawn mower | 14-inch, = | Magic Soda, per lb 90 Leather buggy Screen Wire Cloth, sizes, per roll Green or Black. Ft. Seott Flour. $ O8 Full patent 09 | Gilt edge (hard wheat) 10 | Zephyr 11| Standard 15 3 4 ent nt Ww Aanwo ® washers, all H 05 00 95 85 16-inch, per yard 18-inch, 20-inch, 22-inch, Our new line of CHINA AND GLASSWARE is attracting much attention. New designs at old prices. This design is one of the most popular. We have sold | nine full dinner sets in this design since adding this line. 3 CARLOADS OF BUGGIES, | phaetons, road wagons, two seat carriages, surries, runabouts, F spring wagons etc., to choose from in our house. hio and Moline riding, walking and tongueless culti- | vators. See them, buy them, better and cheaper than any | other. PLANT SEED CO.’S GARDEN SEEDS. Besides the full line we have mammoth pot iron pump- kin, genuine mammoth squash, try them’to compete in But- ler’s great street fair next fall. We have all the squash on the list, Japanese climbing cucumber, Triumph watermelon, | cow peas, the most profitable crop ever planted, all kinds of; ppers, herb seed, sage, horehound, summer savory, sweet) P basil, spinach, okra, sweet thyme, sweet margorame, cress, | sweet fennel,new icecycle radish, Mansfield True and Honor| Bright tomatoes, double dwarf pearl tube rose bulbs 2 for 5c. | See our Lily Darling wood cook stove with 20 inch oven} for $15.00 | & Don’t buy harness until you have seen ours. A full line) Sof oil and gasoline stoves have just landed, have low prices) fw his Will Reach $3,000,000. Many Farm Houses Swept Away by) the Rushing Waters. w Orleans, April 20.—The flood h commenced the early part of the we ias already caused, at a ‘onservative estimate, fully $3,000,- 000 loss in Centraland Southern Mis- sippi, to say nothing of the damages sustained by the rail roads. A special from Columbia, Miss., which was received late last night, tixes the losses in that little town and its immediate vicinity at $500,000. Many farm houses were carried away by the mad _ waters, and occupants barely escaping with their lives, and the number of cattle destroyed was great. A great many gins and mill houses were washed away, and many sawmills saw their lumber piles melt as if by mag Nearly every bridge anywhere around Columbia was swept down stream. Pearl river is now higher than it has .been known for many years. Miles and miles of the New Orleans and Northeastern track are still un- der water. Honey Island, the ren- dezvous of the noted train robber, Burch, is 20 feet under water, and the island, which has for years been one of the natural game preserves of the south, is now devoid of wild ani- mals. Hundreds of deer were drown- ed. A summary of the flood situation at Enterprise, Miss., has just been received. Although from time to time details of the damage wrought there have been obtained the appall- ing loss caused by the waters and the terrible hardships which have been undergone by the people living in the little town and the territory adjacent has never beenunderstood. Menand women have been roosting in trees for hours ata time waiting for the rescuing parties, which have been do- ing noble service all the week. . At least a score of houses were swept away and their occupants bad the narrowest kind of escapes. The finan- cial end of the story is a sad one. The merchants have. many of them, seen their places of business wiped out, and there is not an establish- ment ora homein the town which has not suffered to a greater or less extent. Onefarmeralonelost $5,000 worth of blooded cattle. The crops for an area of many miles have been utterly destroyed. N FLOOD SITUATION GROWING WORSE Mobile. Ala., April 23,—The fiood situation around Mobile shows a more desperate condition to-day and every hour the loss is growing great- er. The Louisville & Nashville Rail- road, which has heretorfore been free from any damage and has been haul- ing the freight and passengers of the Illinois Central, Northeastern and Mobile & Ohio railroads for the pas* six days, is now a sufferer also. The bridge over West Pascagoula River, four miles from Scranton, was wash- ed away last night. Between 300 and 400 feet of Mobile & Ohio track has been entirely wash- ed away at one place, and where the roadbed was there is a deep. The damage is incalculabe. miles will have to be reconstructed. Fighting in Floodéd Trenches. Boer Camp Thabanchu Free State, Sunday ing continues day ersburg drift. have been obl and red every now | of measles at his home: Dr | in attendance. ully five feet | Nearly all the roadbed for twenty-five | : | and night at Jam- The English trenches | have been so full of rain that the men | buying hogs. Jas. Basker and son are farming land 2 miles southwest of home. Hick Ray has our thanks, as has Mrs. Wainscott and 8S. R. Young. Uncle Jimmy Woods reports a case Crabtree An optician in company with his wife, canvassed our neighborhood last week fitting glasses. W. H.H. Duke was here Saturday | soliciting supporters. June Arbuckle was interviewing our merchants and smith Friday. He is farming on a large scale this season. W. E. Walton stopped a few mo- ments in our village, as he was pass- ing for the north on business. About four drummers to merchants Friday. Tom Mullins, horse and mule buy- er of Urieh, was here one day last week F. M. Patrick went to Clinton Sat- urday witha load of poultry andeggs. Jno. Crow, livery man of Adrian passed goingeast. J.N. Ballard brought a number of plows to theshop. Aaron Bell has gone to hard work, | as he is following a walking plow. Jim Bradley, trading Jim, was over trying to buy and trade, too, he will trade if give him half a chance, and buy, too. Dr. Crabtree was on our Saturday eve, as was quite a number from thesouth. We have a No. 1} blacksmith, and two No. 1 village | stores where you will be treated right | and find most anything you want. | Mr. Sanders of Maysburg. was over | Saturday. He tells us he had just | returned from a month’s visit to his | old Ky. home, he found everything | prosperous, corn 65c per bushel, oats | 65e, hay $1.20 per 100 tbs and money | plentiful. | 8. Combs of Culvercommunity died Saturday afternoon after a lingering | illness, Dr. Wright, the attending physician, doing all he could to re- lieve him. He was buried at Bethel Sunday afternoon. He leaves a wife | and severalsons who have the symp: - thy of Pat and theentirecommuunity. Rev. Wm. Kinney is still very sick, and his death is expected at any | time. I. S. Koontz and F. M. Patrick re- turned Sunday from Clinton, but} hung up in a mud hole on East Bryan ave. for a time. J. F. Chambers, of Butler, visited | home folks a few days last week. | W. S. Griffith and wife visited with | us last Sunday. | Mrs. Rebeeca Murphy of Kansas City, Kan., visited home folks last week. Jno. Koontz went to Butler Satur- | day on business. | At a meeting of our school board | E. L. MeClenney was appointed direc- tor and M. W. Anderson elected pree- ident of board. Rev. King, our preacher will preach at Nevada Sunday, it being the 5th see our streets | 1900. DUVALL & BUTLER, MISSOURI. We have the cheapest money to loan FARM LOANS. ever offered in the county. Sunday. but will e lst day, as usual D. D. Ph for some t T. D. Emt urday A Miss Hast is on the sick list Miss Dale is teachi the MeKinley The old Peter Creek district was divided, calling one Bryan and the oth Par Sun quite poorly ree drove to Butler Sat school 22.—Richard Cro- at Wantage, per- » expressed himse London, ker of New Y« fectly well. He eminently satistied with the political situation at home. ‘*Thrift is better than an amnuity.’” -*For age and want save while you may No morning sun laste all day.’ “If you add little te little repeatedly it will become much.’ So wrote Benjamin Franklin. We commend these maxims to those who hesitate about opening 8 Bank Accoant. Provide to-day for the possible needs of to-morrow with the aid of the Passaic Items. ‘ Oats and grass are looking fine in this part of the county. Byron Lockard has rented the | Mosier farm and has planted 8O acres | of corn. J.N.Sharp has one of the finest flocks of sheep in thecounty. Hehas 50 head and expects to commence shearing about the Ist of May. Unele Dick is still buying hogs and 8 paying $5.10 per hund Mrs. Henry Bell of Ose Kan., presented her mother father, Uncle William ge City, and Walls, with a} PERCIVAL, 3 Call on us. | group picture of her family Frank Wolf, Walter Rice and some f Passaic boys were out squirrel the rd and brought in some oung squirrels, Lockard shipped some calves to Kansas City one day last week. He will be ready toshipacar load of hogs by the Lst of June and he has a ear load of cattle that he expects to ship about the 4th of July Arthur, John and Reason Williams will finish planting 80 acres of corn this week John Eichler has just acres of corn. He did all himself, which speaks well old boy tmery Lockard is building a cellar. John Odea and family spent Sun- day at Mr. Boland’s. Oscar Sims and J.D. Maddy went finished 40 the work for a 13- | on a fishing tour the other day and had the fisherman’sluck. L, C. E Orchard Grove Items, (Pleasant Gap Township.) The hail storm of Monday evening did a great deal of damage to gar- dens and fruit. Mrs. Hattie Evans took dinner with her cousins Wednesday. There will be preaching at Happy Hill on the 5th Sunday of this month. The recent rains are fine on the wheat and grass. The dance at Mr. Hancock's was well attended last Saturday. Mont MecClarey is the proud owner of a new top buggy. Tessa Smith is staying at Mr. Kis- ner’s. Quite a number of young folks from here spent Easter Sunday at Halley's Bluffs. Bible readings at Orchard Grove every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Ira Brown and wife spent Sunday jat Mr. Brown's. John Kauffman and family visited Mrs. Sears Sunday. Wm Bryant and wife spent Sunday at Mr. Basset’s. Corn planting is the order of the day. A surprise birthday dinner at Mr. Earsom’s on the 20th. Mrr. Burkheart’s mother is very poorly. be shot down. from virture and courage. cussion lasted most of the night. shells at intervals interrupting the speaker. then to clamber to the banks only to | The Boers were drenched yesterday | (Saturday) that they were unabie to | sleep, so they started a debate upon | the subject of the good to be derived | I The dis- | | alike. Robertson's lower mill is reported | to have been captured April 21 and | itis said Cape Mounted rifles have} lost during the siege 120 out_of 500} men. The British prisoners defy the | burghers to capture Colonel Dalge-| Baking Powder Dr. Price’s Baking Powder is the true friend of all the people, rich and poor It supplies a pure, wholesome leavening agent, which makes the biscuit and cake of highest healthfulness at medium cost and protects the food from alum, reinforced. ; A surprising number of relativeare fighting on opposite sides at Wep- ener. Ballard Breezes. from pearances. Candidates, W. T, Johnson and Joh ‘ week: they each have friends here. Geo. Price shipped a load ef cat- ~ Deacon Bros. & Co. tle to K. C. last week, and is now out ty’s camp, even if the British are not | . | M. L. Price and wife, M. N. Teeter | and wife went fishing Thursday eve, | met with fishermens luck, Silvers were here one day dast | which isthe greatest dietary danger ofthe day. The foremost baking powder ap-| The corn planter began its clicking | again last week. a few days’ rest on} paceouas of Taau PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., CHICAGO, | i in all the world. Nore.—Alum_ baki powders are low priced, as alum _ co: but two cents a pound, but alum is a corrosive poison and it renders the baking powder dangerous to use in food