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WHERE IF IF IF IF IF IF IF wili you find a more complete stock than ours. you want furniture for the kitchen, din- ing room, sitting room, library, parlor or bed room we have all of it. you want a stove or any of the utensils that go with it we have them. sets have you want any dishes, either in full or broken lots, plain or fancy, we a large line to select from. you need any porteirs, lace curtains, window shades, rugs couch you need not pass us by, we have them. or covers you want any bedding, blankets, com- forts, sheets, pillow cases or pillows, we have them. you want to complete your needs by lay- ing in a supply of groceries we have them. you prefer to pay for any or all the above in produce, you can do so. You can get one-half cent more — for Poultry or Eggs,and buy your goods at the Cash Price. LATELY we struck a snap in extension tables, in 4, 6 and 8 foot. and while they last they are yours at 2 bargain (aaa SST To STS ee Nera enero el elclolenenelote re rette eterna | i | | were, A. H. CULVER, Licenesed Embalmer. CIRCUIT COURT. The three cases sent to this county on change of venue from Vernon county were disposed of by a agree- eee ie ment among the attorneys. The first was decided in favor of the de- BUTLER CASH | fendants; the others were re-certified 2 to Vernon for trial. DEPARTMENT STORE. Clara Russell filed by her attorneys : a suit against George W. Russell ask- | | } | { ing a divorce and « ustody of infant child. The case of Stadden Grocery Co., of Fort Scott, vs. M. Lusk, Charles MeAnich interpleader, was tried on ; the interplea and the matter submit- | ted to the court. It will be argued - | later in the term. C.J. Sells tiled suit in ejectment | against Thomas A. Craig. This suit j involves the title to certain lands | hear Foster. | _ Belle Hill was divoreed from Wm. | E. Hillon the Ist. William lives in Arkansas and madeno defense. On application of the defendants | the two cases of Fry vs. Fry were {sent to Cass county on change of ; Venue. In the first case at the No- Allorders attended to prompt- ly, day or night. The best hearse in the county. Terms : CASH OR ON CREDIT. TELEPHONE--Night, 109; Day, No. FLAX SEED T9 LOAN, For Terms call ou L. R. Allen, Adrian, Mo., Farmers Exchange, Butler, Mo., Farmers Mills, Rich Hill, Mo. S. C. LeMAR, Prop’r. | vember term T. J. Fry recovered pp ee a i judgment against Albertus Fry for J.S. Pierce represents twelve com- | 51.900. The court set this judgment aside. The second case is brought to recover damages to the amount of 100, which the plaintiff claims For Sate—Ten good work mares, ; for breach of certain contracts. weight 1,000 to 1,400 pounds: two C. Cellison, a native of Hollaad, young mules; 1 draft stallion, weie who has livedin America for 30 years, 1,650: 34 2-ver r-old steer: took out his first papers th week. this panies and sells insurance that don’t “bust.” Stf Humors feed on humors—the soon- | er you get rid of them the better— / Hood's Sarsaparilla is the medigine | ; to take urt Monday. number of witnesses wer resent from near Vinton. The e: will be completed on the 20th. The ¢ State of Missou David C. Edwar dav and both sides The law give: make challe the jury v se | G. G. Henry, of township, who has been actine as cattle inspector of southeast Mis- souri for the past year, has given the position and returned Pleasant Gap soy led Mon-| announced ready. 24 hours in which to On Tuesday even- ir ‘E to his home. While the position p his as completed and the very good salary it is not a pl t “as pears a5 tovems:) WH Scitres, one to a man of family, as it keeps }); H. Deweese, George Moore, F. him away from home most of the Belcher. D. Finch, A. Malone, Lafe rea * Cassity, Hick Ray, S. P. Midkiff, D. D. Hitt, Robert Guyton, W. A W.S. Mudd. a wealthy merchant Baker ase will likely consume of Drexel, was in the city the last of | !! the rest of the week, as’ there are| about 200 witnesses inattendance. ' , The ease Newberry vs. Durand was aS one nature affirmed and the case Cox vs. Christy elever and accom: Was reversed by the Kansas City loyal to a frie’ under all circum- Court of Appeals. ; stances, and has a host of friends in See J. S. Pierce for Fire. Tornado, ad to! Plate Glass, Accident or Burglar In- surance. “‘14-tf the week and favared us. Billy Mudd »blemen, courteous, } this county, who are always el] learn of his prosperity. | } him. Hes not booming to learn le 12 | very fast, but 2 when they illness of Mrs. W Tyler. I | 2 commence to work the coal fields it} to hear of her speedy recov | will grow. Jack (the ripper) has locate CHARGED WITH RAPE. large crowd present and good time. : H P. Nickell, An Old and Highly Respected Geo. Jenkins aj property o c Farmer Accused. lsons, Jim aud Ge | trators ee | We noticed several plows i <? ias cas = =e Friday. CIR, HIS WIPES SRANOARGEENE Te winter term The citizens of this city were shock- | school will close Friday : Misses Carrie Dickerson Wm. tised rook Fr t are at work of the Virginia and Maud ed bevond expression to learn or | Wiieht, of Passaic, visited the fam- Sunday morning that Emanuel Nes-| i), oF Relt. Mita Sutarday and tlerode, a wealthy and highly re-; Sunday {spected farmer of Charlotte town-| The young folks cleared $16 at hristian church daughter of his wife. Sherick, of Butler, took dinner w O. M. Drysdale and family Sunday. Mr. Harris and son Osear are mov- Sunday morn ing parties from Amoret came oo) Butler and aroused Sheriff Smith, |; SadG OE Batis Thiey have lived told him the horrible story and said | near Virginia for a number of years {that a mob was forming at Amoret |} AARON jto go after Nestlerode. A warrant was sworn out and the sheriff sent gar Williams} | ship, was in the custody of the sheriff | oor a = tt i g riday nigh | on the serious charge of rape upon} Harley Drysdale and sister, Miss Ja little 9-year-old girl, the grand- Cora i their cousin Miss Bernice | Ballard Breezes. jdeputy Angle and E Moving was the order of th j out after the accused. He was found lhere, only two families who did not at Charley Morrison’s house, where | tes Loe. | he went on learning from his brother | Jas. Hendricks and wife. of Uri of the charg ainst him and that | neighbor ood, vi Noble's there was r of a mob. He} ast week. readily gave himself up and accom-| Yes, vote ee P He is ja home man uties to the city He our tow: retained Francisco & Clark as coun-}| Jno. and Bil Mr. Clark took Dr. Reniek and! Monday t and panied the ship. sel went to Amor had medical | examination nm Prosecuting d t-} i {day with trie torn Horn also went out to Amoret | 3 McCreary to investigate the matter. itoft P c ss Many rumors are afioat but as| las j : 7 hear as we can get them the facts are | . Dr te as follo tlejohn of Amoret, it On the little $ | > girl, who was in great misery. s . : ‘ f doctor questioned the girl closely k a : and told her she was going to die| towns! a. Hy Bell and i i |Jno. M. am, justices of tl and she said she had been abused peace and members township boar and injured by Mr. Nestlerode and! Lon S. Keirs Vy. truste T bree, collector: T T. H. Lync every demo: the ticket. M. L. Price had kept quiet because he threatened to killher. Dr Littlejohn then ex- amined her and pronounced it a case of rape and that the child was ina precarious condition the M. L (of Poultry Co.) of Appleton City, visit-| Price | Mr. Nestlerode emplatically denies}ed home folks and attended to busi-| the charges in every particular and | Pe5s here last week. He reports aj 3 : : good business, which we are glad to} denounces them as base fabrications. hear. He said that thewoman, a daughter] Our mill was crowded last Satur- of his wife, with her little daughter, | day. Mr. Hart thinks of going into the sugar cane and corn business, as he will sow 12 bushels of cane seed. Wm. Gri 5 O05 transacting business here a day. He has moved to the round mound, but not on top. nine years old, and son, 11 years old, spent seven or eight days at his house and the children played gether about the place, but that he had never injured the little girl by to- was word or deed, in any way. We un- ae sae oe Woe N a ouse or Noble, this derstand that Dr. Renick and Dr. week The northwest corner will Lamb both examined the girl and say she had not been raped. Emanuel Nestlerode isabout sixty- five years old, has been a resident of Charlotte township for many soon be vacated Miss Nola Cole Urich Saturday. M. W. Anderson and Amos Hughes sowed oats last week The early bird get the worm. Visited relatives in | years: by frugality and industry has ob- W. T. Hendrickson and wife of tained a competence. About nine}Creighton, was over a day on busi-| years ago he married a widow with pee ee has good property here grown up children. He has always Mrs. T. L. Radford has the sym- borne a high reputation among his pathy of the entirecommunity in her neighbors as an honorable, honest, | double affliction. In Just two weeks truthful, upright and his|#fter the death of her mother her} icihiors ho & rhea fg father died. They died of pheumonia | neighbors, who know him best, refuse] + their home in Osceola. H citizen, to believe him guilty of the heinous} Jno. Richardson, W. W. Hill and! crime charged against him. other leading republicans were here | ‘estle- | Saturday. SO Ch ded wih vinicd rol: tives on fishing branch. Lon Bell has been hauling wood of} late. i Quite a round-up at Tom Mabrey’s | Tae Times has known Mr. rode for about twenty years and can testify to his high character and strict integrity and we await an in- vestigation by the courts with the firm conviction that it will establish] few nights since, which raised the| nae neighbors. his innocence. dno. Sanders, the rustling piano! Habeas corpus proceedings have agent, of Maysburg. was on our been brought before Judge Graves] streets Saturday and the writ is made returnable to-| Mumps at Jno. Hayes’. morrow, March 8th. Ed Kuntz leta 4-horse team get away from him, which riddled wag-} on and harness. Thos. Brown was able to come to town Saturda | Dee Buck was up from the north-|} east last Saturday. F. I. Teeter delivered quite a lot of | wire fencing last week. He is sell- ing a No. 1 fence. John Funk visited relatives here] several days; he will return to Kan-! sas. ! Nobie bought calves of Murry. Belisle attended band practice Sat-| urday night for the first Xmas Thos. Murry drove down on Soap} Virginia Items. ve heard it and jotted it down, hat happens in and out of town. Mat Hinson is feeding 16 fine steers and 70 head of hogs. He talks about building a house on his west 40 for his youngest son tolive in this summer while farming. Ray McCann has got tired walking with his best girl to church. He bought a buggy at George Jenkins’ sale, and will hereafter go like other y nen time since | am Doke of Morrison's eows and heife ry HART, Mr. ©. willgo toOklahomaand make | his old ne us that jcreek Sunday. H 11-11t Elkhart, Mo, | 2 race for ac He is one of the} he never mi the Vir-| L.S. Keirsey goes so Kansas City | our ginia items in THE cs. and that}to buy nd from there he goes | vs. Keeton was] he was also send to his sonin{/to northeast Missouri after a car| Doke is a full of ind weenioyed a talk with joad of horses for his f T. N. Hendrix. the Philippines. Mr fun as eve 1er-in-law Thomas Hackett is having lumber put on the ground to build a black- smith shot in the north part of town There was a large crowd at C. H. Morrison's sale last Thursday. Mrs. O. M. Drysdale and son Fred spent Thursday night with relatives in Butler. N. M. Nestlerode took the picture of the Virginia school last Thursday Fred Brayton and wife spent last week with Mr. B’s parents in Henry} Health all right of late. county. The news comes here that the Ry. Corn changed hands last week at a company are tearing out the switch lively rate. }at Urich and other points along the Mr. Caruthers and son ofnear But-! line. This is a death blow to Urich. ler, took dinner with Aaron Tuesday i Garden City, ete. of last week. Walter Hendricks and wife visited The Virginia band played for thel his brother-in-law. J. C. Noble and box supper at the Nestlerode school family Sunday. Par. ‘ s home in the fut Mrs. G. L. Griggs has moved to Summit on the place where Mrs. Laura Henry once lived. J.B. Gates and family Walnut church Sunday Dow Morlan was visiting relatives and “loved ones” here Sunday. Hon. J. N. Ballard of Montrose, was here Satuday. Glad to see him looking well. went to IE RR ROS BEE Coane eee eee eee saamemneneanes: | Sob 27.—Otis Joi. 4 bad ee. Was Yesterd s His home jg retary of t 8 y a ou Snot pret ro. is be clarette fiend City te irs doctors for county | that insanity was the result of of 200 miles. incessant smokir * TORTURING DISFIGURING HUMORS ITCHING BURNING AND SCALY ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN SCALP AND BLOOD WITH LOSS OF HAIR Bey BY GUT! ty RA and burning of CURED psoriasis: the e: ~ al dix of infant , tetter and ost supe an Virtues to s FiICURA remedies a t atl the certainty of speedy and d great economy 1 bumor rem i iste T y ‘ste Treatment $1.2 t is simple, direct, agreeable and economical, and tg est infant, well as adults of made eve arts with hot water and CUTICUKA SOAT to crusts and soften the thickened ard apply CUTICURA OINT- itching, ir ion and intlammation and astly take the CUTICURA t INT to blood. This sweet wholesome tment permits res itching, burning and points to a speedy, perr remedies and even the t omen Use CUTICURA SOAP. ng the skin, for the st in the severest forms humors of the skin, wh fw as oO. beautifyi AP combines in ONE 8( = P ICE, « exion soap, and the BEST ‘and baby soap in the Wome, $0G6¢ @2O0S00S55 20M TEN GAYS SALE AT HE SPOT CASH STORE d Satin Voaists and Over- shirts at less than manufactur- : Silk ay ers’ cost 3 satin waists, price $4.00 closing price $2.50 1 silk waist, $ 150 “ 3.00 4 silk and satin waists 5 - 450 1 silk wai 4.75 1 1.83 1 ses 2.00 2 3 ) 4 1.00 7 150 5 5.00 1 overskirt - 5.65 1 overskirt 8.50 * All cloaks from $5.00 each up at one half price. These goods will be on sale for ® 10 DAYS Only. 8 SPOT GASH STORE. 660206720 R mE = TEDSe630e6Cee BANK OF COURTESY. Everything we can consistently do for our de- positors we do do. Bright reception room, polite officials, accommodating attention to poor and rich alike. We want the accounts of men, women and children wbo want to save money. Glad to talk matters over with those who think of opening accounts. Farmets ian. D. N. THOMPSON, Pres. E. A. BENNETT, Vice Pres. —£. D. KIPP, Cashier. G. W. NEWBERRY, Asst. Ww 4 F. Duvau. H. E. Percivar. J.B Devan a DUVALL & PERCIVAL, FARM LOANS. Money to Loan on Real Estate at Lowest Rates of Interest. Come and get our rates.