The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 24, 1902, Page 5

Kansas City, Mo., by which we are enabled to which entitle them to one guess, with each ticket, on t governor of Kansas at election of Novevber 4th, 1902 Convention Hall concert in Kansas City, Mo. The Great Prize List WE ARE MAKING SPECIAL OW PRICES IN OUR MID-SUWMER CUT PRICE SALE! Don't fail to get ticket punched for every pur- chase. as follows: 1 prize of 2 1 prize of 1 1 prize of 10 prizes of $100 each l 20 prizes of 50 prizes of — 20 oach 1 100 prizes of — 10 each 1 200 prizes of 300 prizes of 400 prizes of 2 each 1 each L084 prizes aggregating 0 This $20,000 covering above prize Kansas City, Mo. tion Hall company in cash, 1084 pri 1 prize of $10, 500, AND OTHER 000 SUMMER 50 each hy WOO REDUCED IN 000 PRICE 25 5 each iy In addition to the above prizes there is offered for the best estimate of the vote AN EXTRA $500.00 CASH PRIZE providing said estimate is on file in the office of Convention Hall by July 51, Any information can be obtained at our store, To patrons of the old reliable MERICAN CLOTHING HOUSE. e have made arrangements with the managenent of Convention Hall, Give Tickets Free to our Customers he total vote cast for . and admission to one izes’ FLANNEL ooo SUITS 500 CLOTHES ooo HAVE BEEN £200 O00 Won PER CENT, oo, STRAW HATS 000, HALF PRICE, now on | deposit with the National Bank of Commerce, i: All prizes are to be paid by Conven-, QUR 8 % ONE TICKET with every purchase of $5,00 CASH. Some good ewes for sale. See | Jas, N. SHARP, \ Loans on Ist ond 2nd a, 38-1t RK. F. D. No. 4, Butler, Mo. | ONE TICKET with every purchase of | $6. 00 CASH. Will loan on chattel mortgage, G. I, Lynch, over Mo. State Bank 35tf. The premium list of the Rich Hill Mrs. Geo. W. Leonbe fa Missouri Pa }slon was caused by an fill the tank wiiile one ‘of thet | were lighted While other lare—either 8 of the country | drouth, the farmers h the midst of harves | best wheat crops re are right in one of the the history of} the county, not to mention the tields jof ure aU to 7 orn which promise mom sushels To the acre, J.J. MeWissick, aiter — mex tothe jtended absence, has rety | Kissick was stri n with pari Ivsis, effected He dis now a to | his left side be improved some [be sbout without eruteh or eane > Booker Powell, of whom yg seriously sick, wet >to state this week, ism nd is able eh] ) be up and jimproved and wet about t ouse an ie ard, will be good news to his many f in all ints of the county, Osenr Po Sisson ond Miss Boland were united in marriage at Springfield, Mo., the Lith inst. The groom is the « | Mrs. J. H. Sisson, wasa member of Co, Band went to war against Spein. He now holds the position of headwaiter in Gus, Bennert’s restaurant at Springfield, of this city, and R. T. Walls’ store at Richards, Vernon county, was robbed of S100 worth of clothing, shoes and jewelry Wednesday night of Inst week. A part of the stolen articles were found under the depot at Richards next morning, The robber got inte the store by brenking a large plate glass window in the front of the store. ering from tleed or feity. Tr will be remembered fm Me- | "s made mention last week | Sarah By] t son of Mr, and) 13 Silkolines, | wt , | In the Price on Many ap Dd Sd LLLP LPO SPS SHS OSLO LOOSE FRAY REDUCTIONS ee Lines this Month at ie | s H | Si | M | & In order to reduce Stock Before Inveicing. i] a. | i Wash Dress Goods, quali ‘ other goods eut to | Striped Linens, i = | & es Zephyr Ginghams, juality for “oo FY S4e quality for | Mohair Skirtings, | v for i Corsets, ng | € An assorted lot of 81.00 tor 7 be x k A Ladies Vests, h a Several splendid 250 qualities for 1 a other WRUERRAN aT 12 stye ce, 4 in) ' b ‘ Mens Shirts, \ 2 A lot of Se shirts for 35 hg iy Art Denims, . PM 25e quality for 12 Mi te lis is the thind tine this store has been robbed. Those in attendance at the St. Joseph convention from — Bates county were, RK. B. White, of Hume: W. F. Tygard, Harve Jobn- son, (. C. McGinnis and Prof. Bar- rett, of Osage; Jos. Whipple, Pleas- ant Gap: Geo. V. Boswell, West Point;8. W. Dooley, Gen, H.C. Clark, Congressman DeArmond and J. D. Allen, of Butler. While stacking hay on the farm of J. W. Sayers, about 10 miles north- west of Linneus, Mo., Friday last, Walden Jacobs and Owen Stevenson, who were on the stack werestruck by lightning and Jacobs was instantly killed. Stevenson was severely shock- i Carpets, Speciail low prices on all this lit ualities foray Me EY We have a lot of remnants whieh will do for ¥ ry small rooms, halls, ete.; on whieh you can § save much money, Bring measure of your 4 i room with you, 4 i Curtains, y l Yt A lot of odd lots of lace curtains at great y ry reduction to cl COME AND SI H i 4 : McKIBBENS, : H | 4 # Order from your grocer is as good as cash. § n country or town property. G, I. yneh, over Mo. State Bank. 35- Mrg. Chas. Scott is visiting rela- | | The steel furniture for the vaultsat tf the court house has arrived and is, has been issued. being put in place. rrrrrrettr Tree ret tr rrr rt Fair, to be held August 12th to 15th, ed and it was feared he would not re-| = cover. A thunder storm was ap- Ex county treasurer A. B, Owen Lightning destroyed a tine barn on : proaching and the bolt came almost} Th. BE. Bowdry’s farm in Clear Creek | ivefat Bloomfield, Lowa. ) The wheat, oats, hay and flax 8, let the whistles blow and bells {crops of this county will bring in g three times a day. They put life | thousands of dollars. a town. Our esteemed young friend F.S8 Prof. A. L. Reid, of Columbia, has | Stephenson, of Kearney, Mo., willac en employed principal of the Hume | cept thanks for a renewal of his sub- | public schools. scription. ~ Mayor Crowell is cutting the see-| It is expected that the county offir- ond crop of alfalfa from his farm i in | | ers will take possession of the vew | Lone Oak township. | } court house about the first of the | Mrs. P. L. MeLin, of Holden, gave | month, so says the county court. birth a few days ago to triplets, two | daughters and one son. Miss Kate Durrett, of Lee's Sum- mit, is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Hickman. Thos. L. Harper and wife are visit-| G. W. Clardy, manager farm de- g their sons, Dr. John D, andChar-! partment of the Investors’ Broker- at Trinidad, Colorado. age Co., Kansas City, came down Saturday and spent Sunday with his family. Capt. Ed. 8. Clark, on Col. Mitch. | ‘ell’s staff, and Sergeant Tom Car- | ' ruthers left Monday to attend the | Third Regiment encampment at St. Joseph. TIMES favors @ county fair at judler, and will put its shoulder to heel to help push the enterprise | Miss Anna Whitsitt left Thursday of last week for Chicago, where she will spend two weeks visiting her sis- says he counted thirty-seven wagons loaded with wheat pass his residence | going tothe depot Friday evening, in ‘ the course of a couple of hours time, | to say nothing of the loads of bailed ay. Gen. H.C. Clark left for St. Joseph Saturday to attend the encampment | of the Third Regiment at that place. Mrs. Clark went up Monday and re- |mains with the General during the | encampment. The 13-year-old son of L. E. Bry- an, of Ketterman, who disappeared tmysterionsly about one week ago, has returned home. The boy went from his home to Butler, where he re- mained till he decided to come home. —Nevada Mail. A single bolt of lightning Friday night killed fifteen head of cattle for Charley Wickizer, a farmer, living one mile south of Schell City, Mo. The cattle when killed were standing in a bunch beside a wire fence and not from a clear sky. If the patent pitch fork swindler happens to visit our county and calls on you to sign an agreement to act as his agent for the pitch fork, don’t you do it. claim to be, are rank swindlers and the receipt or contract paper they ask you to sign will turn up later in the hands of an innocent purchaser in the shape of a note against you for, from $50 to $400, the patent fork swindler, The salesmen, as they Beware of The funeral of “Aunt Sallie’ Pat- rick, who died the 17th inst. was buried Friday morning of last week. The funeral took place from her late home and was conducted by Rev. Jones. Death was due to the intirm- ities of old age. Deceased was a sis- ter of the late Mrs. John Atkison |’ and was a highly respected lady. She was a pioneer citizen of this town, came here from her native state, Ohio, more than :35 years ago. township, Vernon county, Friday | night. ‘Tre contents, 16 tons of hay, about 25 bushels of corn and a lot of costly farm machinery was also burned. The Merwin Mirror changed hands last week. While Te Times regrets to lose Editor A. J. Oakes, itextends greetings to the new editor, W.C, Ray, and best wishes for the success of the paper. The Mirror will have no polities. A telagram was received Tuesday morning by Power Bros. from their head miller, J. W. McClure, who, with his wile, is visiting relatives in Daviess county, conveying the sad news of the death of his little daughter. The mother and daughter had gone to Daviess county to visit home folks, and while there, the little one took sick The father was notified by wire Sat- urday evening of the serious condi- | tion of the child and left on thenight | train. The little one died about 11 | o'clock Tuesday morning. She was | Lee Fohnson, republican nominee or Sheriff, has sold his farm west of town. We understand the price paid was $45 per acre. G.B. Wade and wife, of lowa, spent several days in the city last week vis- iting relatives. Mrs. Wade is a sis ter of Col. Wade. The farmers have not been as busy in years, a8 they are right now _gaving ove of the best hay crops ever grown in the county. a Emma, Grace and Jessie amer normal at Warrensburg, re- d home Sunday torning. | Pl. Van Metre, editor of the dard-Herald, and postmasterat V§rrensburg, went violently insane week and was taken to the asy- np at Nevada. he Nebraska law requires that the of the voter in the booth may be A similar law for Missouriand woman suffrage would be certain to | ' would have you believe. out a full vote. ity, who have been attending the | | this congressional district. The net ter, Miss Cora, who is a trained nurse, having graduated from the Post-graduate hospital of that city. A negro, arrested at Rich Hill, was locked in jail Monday evening. Hig suspicious maneuvering, hiding out in corn fields during the day and coming to town at night, led the of- ficers to believe he was not all right and led to his arrest. The negro will be held pending an investigation. County Clerk Broaddus hag receiv- ed the fifty-sixth annual apportion- ment of state sehool moneys as made by the State Superintendent of _Pub- lie Schools for this yeat. The enum- eration of Bates county is given in the report at 9,246, and the uppor- tioument at $11,160.24, which is the |. largest sum paid to any county in amount apportioned for the state is $170,198.13. Don’t you think that is a pretty good showing for a “loot- ed” school fund, as the Republicans ed by his admiring friends, | more than one hundred yards from the house, Prof. N, E. Stephenson and wifear-| a very pretty, bright and interesting rivedin Butler Saturday evening and | child, 5 years of age, and her loss will | will spend 2 month or six weeks with| be a distressing blow to the fond | Mr. Stephenson's parents in Hudson} parents, who have the sincere sym- township. Prof. Stephenson is su-| pathy of Butler friends in their atthe. | perintendent of the public schools at! tton. Stewartsville, Mo., and his work the past year being satisfactory, he was unanimously re-elected for the com- ing year. The Professor has been a reader of Tue Times for many years, The game of baseball that is hurt-! and our thanks are due him for a re- ful and harmful to those who play, | newal. those who patronize the game and thecommunity in general, is the Sun- day ball game. Certainly the morals of boys and young men are not rais- ed in the estimation of good citizens by desecrating the Sabbath day. The merchants acknowledgment that business is quiet is the most cer- tain of all influence which conduce to dull times. When he discontinues his advertising, he says in the moet emphatic way that the present isnot the time to buy and the people take him at his word.—Nevada Post. been notified by Hon. John KR. Green, that the Gartrell cuse hus been set 15, lyv2. Dr. Gartrell was tried at our circuit court, November term, T. Hulen, | 1901, for the murder of D. 1s. Done- gelebrated his seveuty-tirst birthday | gan, a traveling companion, with Saturday last, Mr. Hulen is still ac-| whom he and his son were gompe tive and gets about with the ayility | through the county ina wagon from of aman of50. Only a week or so} Kansas City to the Indian ‘Lerritory. ago he went down to Peasant Gap| The wurder was committed in a de- Payton Park, Henry county's bril-| township and his son-in-law, G. G.|serted cabin in a lonely stretch of liant and able attorney, made by far| Henry, being short of help in the| timber in the west part ofourcounty the best speech of the occasion in! harvest field, took off his coat and] Gartreli was convicted, sentenced by placing the name of Capt. W. (,| stacked 40 acres of fine wheat for Mr, | Judge Graves ta be hanged Peby 13, Bronaugh before the St. Joseph con-| Henry. Mrs. Hulen who has been| secured a stay of execution pending vention. He was given vigorous ap-| visiting in Kansas City, came home! an appeal to the Supreme Court, and plause and was warmly congratulat-' Saturday to be with her husband on ' his anniversary Our esteemed citizen Circuit Clerk, A. B. Ludwick, has | clerk of the supreme court of Missouri, | is contined in ourcounty jailawaiting | | tinal action by that court. County Court adjourned Tuesday at noon Claud Major, who has been quite sick with fever the past four weeks is up again, Tue Times wishes to compliment Mr. Cook, manager of the American Clothing House, for his foresight and good luck in making arrangements with the Kansas City convention hall people, whereby he has been en- abled to give his trade a chance at the valuable prizes offered on a guess at the coming vote of Kar ou governor, With a purchase of $5.00 worth of goods each customer is pre- sent ed with a_ ticket free and also a ticket of admission to one eonven- tion hall concert. The prizes are paid in cash by convention hall com- pany and are from $10,000 down, Call on Mr. Cook for'particulars, and try your luck for the capital prize $10,000 in cash. Besides for your $5.00 you will get value received in merchandise. Masonic Special communication of Butler | Lodge No, 254, A. F. & A. M., Satur- , day night, July 26. Work in the M. iM. Degree. Visiting brothers arecor- | dially invited. H. M. Cannon, | W.M. te Applicable to Bates Also. j The Moberly Democrat raises this jimportant question to the farmer. for hearing before that court October | The Mail reproduces it because it is | as applicable to Vernoncounty farm- ers as it is to the farmers of Rand- olph: ‘Are the farmers going to be as particular about saving all kinds of feed this year_as they were last?” ; They ought to profit: by the lesson learned last year, that nearlyenough goes to waste in plentiful yards to keep at least a large part of thestock on land, Ifall the cheap roughness were preserved this year as was doue last year much of the marketable feed could be disposed of at good fig- Protit by last year’s experience and save everything ures and-be so much saved