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an TE na RES RE I SSNS RRS SEAT TS - Prenton i Holiday Presents, NoMa Nhe i) We are showing Sensible things. Black dress goods 25c yard up. Colored dress goods 25e yard up. Skirtings 25e yard up. Black silks 50¢ vard up. Colored silks 500 yard up. Slik waistings 59¢ yard up. Flannel waisting: yard up. - i<j Printed thinnels Tye yard up, ‘Table lnens heavy 25e yard up. ‘Towels, extra value L0e up, fede) Fine crashes 10¢ yard up ee Napkins 500 dozen up. = j Blankets 45e pair up. Comforts $1.00 up. Underwear 20c up, Slippers—men and ladies $1.00 up, Ladies fine shoes 81.50, ASS SSE) {i Mens fine shoes $2.00 up, Mens shirts 500 up eee! 7 Shoes—childs 50c up, a We have, of course, many more articles than AT Mens ties 10c up. Mens muftlers 50c up. Mens suspenders 10e pair up. Mens pants 82.00 up. Mens and boys sweaters 50¢ up. Mens hats $1.00 up Mens and boys gloves and mittens 5 25e up. Handkerehiefs le up. Kid gloves $1.00 and 1.50, Kid mittens 25e up. Knit mittens 15e up. Cashmere gloves L5e up, Golf loves 25e up, Cashmere hose 25¢ up. Fleeced hose 15¢ up. Chatelaine bags 25¢ up, Purses Se up. Wrist bags 25¢ up. McKIBBENS._ store full of goods suitable for HOLIDAY GIFTS, Beautiful things, Things which will be appreciated by the one who receives them. Belts 25c up. Fascinators?20¢ up. Opera shawls 75c up. Dresser searfs 50c up. lable seftrfs 50¢ up. Doileys linen 20¢ up. Cushion tape 5c up, Stamped linens 2Ve up. Baby capsl25e up, Neck ribbons 10¢ up. Room size rugs $7.50 up. Smaller rugs $1.00 up, Portiers $2.50 pair up. Lace curtains Se pair up. Carpeting 25e yard up. Matting 12\¢ up. Window shades 25¢ up. Trunks $2.00 up, Valises and telescopes 5c up, we mention here and have marked our offerings for the | A Prize Worth Hustling For. | Butte, Mont., Dee. 8.—A son wag; | born to the wife of W. A. Clark, Jr, }last night, winning the million dollar i gift which Senator W. A. Clark offer- ed to his sons and daughters a year ago for the first grandson presented | tohim. His youngest daughter, Mrs. Morris, in New York, recently gave birth to a daughter. Senator Clark, who is in Paris, has been ne-| tified by cable of the arrival of the prize winner. Died in a Santa Fe Wreck. Bucklin, Mo., Dee. 8.—The Califor- nia Limited on the Santa Fe, No. 3, was wrecked between Marceiiue and Rothville to-day. Engineer Samuel Wise of Argentine, Kas., and the fire- man were killed. The wreck is a bad one and many passengers are believ- ed to have been injured. Surveyors at Work East of Here. The surveying corps of the new Rock Island road, lately the St. Louis and Colorado line of the Santa Fe, are at work about eight miles east of Rich Hill, running preliminary lines for the above named road's southwestern branch, It will be re- membered the old St. Louis and Colorado’s line ran through Rich} Hill. How near the old line of sur- vey the present one will be located is as yeta matter of speculation.—Rich Hill Review. REV. T. C. PUCKETT. A Letter From Hon, D, A.DeArmond on His Candidacy for Chaplain. Washington, D. C., Dee, 4 1902. Farm Loans At very low rates. No delay, Money ready. Any land owner wanting to borrow will find it to his advantage !l and get our rates. Tue Warton Trust ComPany, Butler, M tor Notice ol Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given to.all creditors and ait others interested in the estate of Ann Shier, deceased, that I, D. V. Brown, administrator de bonis non said estate, intend to make final settlement thereof, at the next term ef the Bates county prohate nourt, ty, estate of Missouri, to be hel the 9th day of Feby. 1903. D. VV. BROWN 6-4t? Administrator, de bonis new, Notice of Final Settlement. Notice te hereby given to all tora. and all others Interested tn the eatate Of David Har- low deceased, that Tl, D V Brown, public ad- ministrator in charge of aaid estate.’ intend to make final settlement thereof, at the next term of the Bates Connty Probate court. te Rater conhty, state of Missonrl, to he held at *, Miesourt, on the 9th dav of Febraary, DV RROWN, 6 at Admimatrater. Notice of Final Settlement. Notice ia hereby given to all creditors and others intereated In the estate of Alevander & Clark, deceased. that T, John MeKee, aA. | miniatrator, of said estate, tntend to make final settiem term of the Rates eannty Probate oourt, in Rates connty, atate of Miaaourt, to he hold at Ratlar, Missourt, on the sh dav of Feb: A 1. 1948 JOHN. Mek Bott Administra Order of Publication, STATE OF Peet oe County of Bates, tof Bares county, Mitsonrl, aber ith, 1692 ce Miller, * Now v comes the plainti® herein by her attorne WO Jackson. and files her petition and affidavit alleging among orher things thar defendant George Miller la note residents of the state of Missouri; Wherennon itisordered by the nadersiened clark in vaca- tion that defendant be noti by publication that plaintiff has commenced a suit agalnat him * in this court, theobject and general natare of which is to obtain a decree from thia court dt- vorcing plaintiff from the bonds of matrimony entered into by and between plaintiff and de- In the Cireuit Co In vacation, Dec | fendant on the gronnda that defendant hae heen guilty of such conduct aa to constitute hima vagrant, in thia being an able-hodied married man, he has failed to snpnort his wite and family; plaintiff further asks that her name be changed to that of Edyth Strange, her mal- den name, and that unless the said defendant be and = appear at this court, at the next term thereof, to be begun and bolden at the court house, In the city of Butler, in said county, on the 16th day of February next, and on or before the tiret IEEE Slee eeaeeeee PSS SSSSSSSSS5 SS ooo 5Eareeee) 2 \ituess my hand and the eealg [a va ‘ ‘ A . , : ‘ . + y r i y Concern: day of said te oa! eo pat 4 holiday trade at the lowest possible mare, So that you will not pay a big profit on Christmas goods, To Whom it May UShiern: Tate seid Cane thet caterretal ba takes te A ‘ 1 understand that friends of the confessed and judgment will be rendered se- } ' > at, » rh} * . . ‘ core y {ce Init can buy them at the low prices for which we are known for good goods, Rev. T. C. Puckett, at present pastor | TTR surther ordered that a copy hereat (5 = " ‘ of the M. B. Chureh, South, in Butler, Regen hed according to law, in the ‘NoTLeN ay e : re a » tye \ ry ly newsnape inted 3 Come and see us. We want your trade. Ratow county wit aak thal te telenaulere abies ein mae whee Gl A i deal : a weeka sucerssively, the Inst. Insertion to he at cH ejected Chaplain of the Missouri | least tite 8 before the first day of the nex 7} ‘ term af th purt. A.B, LIT DWICR, fe C Qoy House of Representatives, and res) A true ean: of the reeart, Cireniy CY i) - BETLER WEEKLY. TIMES: | J.D, ALLEN, Enprrov \ ee 1. D. Atian & Co., Proprietors. | -~ — | took place fromthe family-residence Production is a very strong specialty TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: | The Weekry Times, published eyery | Thursday, wil) be sent to any address tery, Butler, Samuel T. Duncanwas corn and farming utensils ofall kinds ge pald, for $1.00, { The protracted meeting at the union 9 children were born, 7 of| Wednesday Dec. 17th. See hand bills | First Presbyterian Church continues whom are living, 5 girls and 2 boys. | for further particulars, this week, die MeCluskey,_a—inpst excellent: and interesting speaker, pwellis assisted by George (. Ro Wagner, republican ' candidate the short term in con: @! ; ‘ ; ‘ : 4 peourt at he press f Lou inst James Community in which he resided dresser, table, little dishes and boy | bermnearthe town of Butler 28 years OUT Of {| holden nt the ress from St. Louis, against Jame: It) eb : : ' i“ ioll.: ej 1e om j F ago. | in said , on the loth dav of (-Oreary It Tieiensk anal whe wid coll, and | will keep them just aslong 8&0 ey Vi next, aud gM OF betes the Ate ame beaten 6.200 votes, is contesting Mr, Sutler’s seat. Most men beaten as bad as Mr. Wagner would give up in seg engaged a team representing that he Lovingly, | for Bates count When he was 17 What would be moreappreciated | county of Bates, Bors grace: formerly lived in Pleasant Gap town- | Al Hancarn, | Fears old, he became official eonrt pablished at teast a Charles J. Denney, another of the ship, and wished to go down there | z . | St. Louis boodlers, was convicted mm appropriation — bill, 39,000,000, passed the iy without a word of The pe carrying House Satur debate, The funeral of Samuel ‘T. Duncan y, and the remains in Oak Hill ceme- at Nyhart Saturds were laid to res born in Coshocton county, Ohio, Dee. 27, 1847, was married to Lera . Bulter March 12, 1870, to this All were present at his death except Bert, who resides iCalifornia. The deceased came to Missouri in 1880 He was a most excellent citizen joved the friendship of t 1 entire A day or so ago a man giving his name as Tom Nuckle, culled at R. H. | ways alld candy, nuts, bananas and , Wentilied with public work, At the ity, and | oranges. Don't disappint me, Radford’s livery barn, this to colleet some outstanding — ae- counts, Among the musi comedies ‘on ;the road one never tires of seeing | Peck’s Bad Boy, coming. to the But. | (ler Opera House easily takes the lead. Accompanying the farcial program. A publie sale of horses, cattle, hay, ; | will be held at my new barn on the! farm known as the Alf Miller place four miles southeast of Butler, on | A. A. Mint Deak OLp Sanra:—I amalittle girl and five years old, and I would like to clerk will be $3,000 a year, isa native have many things—piano, bed, as theo will keep. Of course, vou u!- | ers. i shang langiecieianansaateanae L. B. STARKE MADE PROBATE CLERK Appointee to Office Paying $3,000 a Year is a Graduate of St. Louis Law School. Post Dispatch, Dee. s. Probate Judge Thomas B. Crews has appointed as chief clerk in his of- fice L. B, Starke, now private secre tary to dlarry B. Hawes, president of the Board of Police Commission- Mr. Starke, whose salary as chief of Bates county, Missourf. He was From his boyhood he has been age of 13 he wis | George Washington Wrote It. | stenovrapler for the Twenty-ninth | judicial district, composed of Bates, garding him as a most excellent gen- puty cireuit clerk | of the tleman, and an able, devoted faith ful and successful minister of the gospel, in every way qualified for and deserving of the office mentioned and confident that if chosen he will be attentive to his duties aud courteous and agreeable to all, | beg to com- mend him to the favorable consider ation of the meinbers whose votes will determine the selection, and to express the earnest hope that Bro, Puckett may he called to the House Chaplainey. Very Respectfully Davi A, DeArmond Kmas Books For Latest and iioet popular books thana year’s subscription to some good magazine or paper, by whieh | | Bentonand Se. Clair counties. At 19 jyou would be remembered each week | [seat] circuit court of Bates “county 6th day of December, 1902. Orit AB, LUDWIC Civewlt Olerk. Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURL, ¢ County of Bates, 4 In the circuit court of Bates county, Macourt, November term, 1002 Townley Metal & Hardware Company, plaintiffa, ve CU Bart lettand SJ Kling, partners doing bustiess ware the name of Bartlett & Kling, defend. ants, 88. Order of Publication, Now on this Novemb: plaintiff herein by its vlark, and having heretofore fi its petition and affida’ alleging, among other Gaings that detendants, C L bartlettand 8 J Rkng are not residents of the state of Missouri: and now ask for order of publication for id non-reat- dent d-fendante Whereupon it i6 ordered tin term time that defendants by publication that piasiatitt bas commenenta suit against them in thie court, the object and general nature of witch is te obtair » judgmentaguinst the defendans for the situ of three thousand + dollars $i 100) and based ona cor la’ eantract entered © to between defendants and Bros. the terms of which de‘rndants stand ted toeaid Looney Bros for ma- ished and work do UHAt asl ral said term, answer or plead to the poten Ue tion to be at teast fi nfore she Aree Cay of seid next Februnry term af thie court A.B. LU WICK, Cireert Cierte. A true-copy from the record. Witnest [ssaL} my hand art seal of the circuit court Saturday and sentenced to the peni Instead of going to Pleas-} Boston, Dec. 6.—A letter of George es of Bates county, thie Sd dav of Ge- tentiary for two years on the charge ant Gap, he went to Rich Hill and| Washington written October 29, , be became private secretary to Con-|or month in the year. vat center, 102." A. B. LUDWEOK, o” perjury. This makeseight convie | tried only one | toat escaped punishment. The con vieted are: Emil A. Meysenburg, Ed- , mund Berseh, Edward Butler, Julius | Lehmann, Henry Nicolaus, Harry A. | Faulkuer, Charles J. Denney and) Robert M. Snyder. | tions, and in the ed Consul General Thomas Nast, the noted cartoonist, died Sunday at} Guayaquil, Ecuador, after three days illness from yellow fever. He was appointed Consul General at Guaya- | quil this year, leaving New York for his post July Ist. He was born in Laudau, Bavaria, September 27, 1840, and came with his parents to the United States six years later. As # caricaturinst and vartoonivt he be- came famous. In his message to Congress Presi dent Roosevelt shows a complete back-down from his previous blow and bluster about regulating trusts, He virtually does nothing and says nothing which has real menning to- ward regulating the gigantie cor-! porations which are strangling trade | and-impeverishing the-people.He+ put the team ina livery stable. The next morning he borrowed $5 on the team from the liveryman, and being refused another loan he proceeded to another barn and hired a team to go Roekville, giving his name this time as R.H. Tracy. Instead of going to Rockville he started in another diree- tion. The liveryman became suspi- cious and getting the city marshal went in search of him. He was ar- rested and brought back and Sheriff Smith being notified. investigated the matter and landed him in jail. W. Bruce Looney, a stone mason at work on the new wing being built tothe asylum at Nevada, dropped fifty feet and was instantly killed Friday morning. At the time of the accident Mr. Looney was at work with Frank Keed, finishing the cor- nice work on the new building. By means of ropes they had dropped a ladder over the eaves of the building, and the two men were standing on it | made October 1, when the first, 1,000 Woodmen of America held their an- adjusting the cornice rock, when tie rope attached to the ladder gave way at one end, As the ladderstart- ed to fall, Mr. Reed, who was work- ing near an iron barred window, caught a bar and saved his life Mr. 1775, to his friend Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia, was sold at auction at a collector's sale to-day for $580, the purenaser being a New matter relates to a grant of money | by the Virginia legislature to Wash- ington in reword for his services in the revolution and his refusal of the same. Ten Mililons for Missouri Mules Lathrop, Mo., Dec. 9.—It is stated next 60 days, 70,000 mules will be sent from Lathrop to South Aftica to restock Boer farms in the Trans- vaal, This means that over $10,000,000 of British gold will be put in circula- on good authority that within the ! tion at this point within two months. The contract for this stupendous undertaking is thought to have been mules were sent via Kansas City. Citizens Terror Stricken Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 9.—Forty sticks of dynamite which sewer work- men were thawing by a fire blew up” gressman DeArmond, in which posi- tion he remaine'! two years. NEW CLERK IS A LAWYER. Mr. Starke came to St. Louis eight York man as agent. Its subject | years ago, and has resided here ever | agency duplicated. since. For some years he was in the law department of the Missouri, Kan- sas & Texas Railroad Co. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., and of the St. Louis Law School, having received his diploma from the inst!- tution in 1900. Many prominent members of the St. Louis bar indorsed with their signatures Mr. Starke’s appliciation for the appointment. Congressman DeArmond alao wrote Judge Crews a strong letter of recommendation, M. W. A. Election. Butler Camp No. 2458 Modern nual election Thursday night, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: V. Consul—J. T. Gailey. W. Adviser—A. R. Keeser. E- Banker=C- Vantrees. Subscriptions taken to all, new or renewals, Club prices of any responsible Cireutt Clerk” Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURL County of Bates, In the circuit court of Bates county, Miesurt. November teri, _Sruce Looney geimtitt, A bling, a a ness under the e of Bartiott "Kees, Large variety of magazines al- ways in stock. Noy sIties, Confectionery, Cigars, etc. R. J. Smith, Hotel Ross Building, _North Side Square. THE BATES NATIONAL BANK State Kank of West Point lino s and Ki Bank of Bates County, Mo., defendants. Order of Publication. Now on this 20th day of N je comes the plaintiff hereta by his attorney ay ~~ vers & silvers, and having heretofore filed f Uhings that efendants 1: Barugees se things that efens 21 Barth and State Bank of West Point, ati ; not residents of the state ef Missouri asks for order of publication for satd dent defendants. Whereupon it is the court in term time that said defed notified oy peu that if erat ane ea ec general nat from the defendants, C L Bertie Kling the sum of eighteen hi seven doliaré and ‘ty-seven due the pli if fur labor done farnished in the construction county court house; and that a sinvunting to four thoussnd and dollars heretofore depvsited ann fF a oad 9 x Bates pac jefendante U L Bart when all lsvor dove in the pie é q all ve ed in payment of the clare of alg r id fund be attached, and the ‘arnisheed aud fund held for of pasar’ ® beg th og that said jared @ truster of his claim atoressid ; ona uct mf Sek occas thi deri! Looney dropped to the ground and sea oe Se street near ep ee ae ee i + Tnetantly—ia = ss ry ye ; = ae » Sec . BL Fry. rary, next, aod on 7 na — ind has nothing of couse quence to | a — a: ou meen a| The concussion broke hundreds of | Watchman—C. H. Dickinsheets. ie awe hie token ot ; offer on other questions. Mr Roose- member of the Order of Pyramids | Windows in the adjoining blocks and| Sentry—E. Dixon. . Judgrpent Will be raadaned ° . velt's messaze is short, indefinite} 4 pon Hurr, and held policies nit kno ked a woman down -a flight of | Manager—J. B. Dunlap. AMPLE RESOURCES. Balen ween monet othe oi and ehows outside dictation wnd | $1,000 each in the two latter or. | stairs. No one else was injured, but | Physicians—T. F. Lockwood. we Gheinid lik. receive a mum: printed and published tn Bates county domination. If also shows, Which | tors, Many of our people will re-| the people living in that part of the —T..W. Foster. | gertion to be at least trend has heretofore been freely said, inthe tnember Mr, Looney; the genial con-| city were badly frightened by the ber of new accounts, as we have ex pea < the next February, free unmuzzled press, that the Repub- tractor, who did the cut stone ‘work | sound of the explosion and the crash Loans on Ist and 2nd mortgage cellent facilities for taking good care A. B. LUDW: of the record A true lican party is owned and dominated of the broken glass. | seal of ciréui on the new court house built in But- e on country or town . GL, of the same, and guarantee eaticfar-) 1.0.1) connty, this 3rd by the truste.—Nevada Mail. ler. : The workmen escaped injury. Lyneh, over Mo. State Bank, th ton! ae