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i anges . (ate =D get Pe Ae, a Farmers Bank Directors’ Meeting. Missouri Pacific Excursions. The Directors of the FarmersBank| St. Louis, Mo—Tickets on sale g of Bates county held their regular June 15th and 16th limited for re mi-annual i Monday, turn June 22nd. Rate $10.35round|& romeo — on Monday, turn June 22n cy ro! Z Two Good Years. trip. George W. Newberry, who hasfor} Baltimore, M. D.—Tickets on sale/% eight years served in the capacity of July 17 and 18 limited for return; Assistant Cashier, was elected Cashier \ leaving Baltimore July 25th. Rate to fill the wacancy caused by the) one fare plus $2.00 round trip. resignation of Mr. E.D. Kipp. Mr.| Sedalia, Mo., State Fair.—Tickets Newberry is a Bates county boy, son | on sale Aug. 16 to 21 limited return of ex-Senator John B. Newberry. He | Aug. 24th. One fare round trip. is a thorough banker, having follow-| Second Class Colonist one way ed that occupation for the past ten | tickets to the west aiid southwest at years, and has the confidence and| very low rates. Tickets on saleJune esteem of the public. The Farmers} 2 and 16, July 7 and 21, Aug. 4 and Bank was fortunate to have so effi-/ 18, Sept. 1 and 15. cient 8 man in line for promotion. Detroit, Mich.—Tickets onsale July The Bank was found to be in first-| 14 and 15 limited for return July 20. class condition, and the earnings of | Rate one fare plus $2.00 for round the same were disposed of as follows: | trip. ..$8,029.92} Fourth of July.—Rates to points 4,257.15 | within 200 miles at rate of one fare ————— | plus 50 cents for round trip. Except BUTLER, MO, May 19, 1903, To our Friends: Tim gos on and with It life, w: scarcely realize how tast it goes until we stop to count the mile posts backward, we count backward and to-day we complete our and years busi- ness in Butler, Mo, MANY THANKS TO YOU We have had a decided Increase over our last year’s business. Our customers have been faithful and new ones constantly coming. We are preparing to do more business this com- ing year, we want to see you real soon and assure you that we will strive to serve you with the best of drugs and medicines, THE BEST AND MOST CONVENIENT Kitchen Cabinet on Earth. Truly - to pointe where one fare and one-third FOR SALE BY A dividend of four per cent was de-| makes lees rate in which case lowest GOUGH & HESS, clared; five hundred dollars added to| rates will be used. No tickets sold Pho eee win abel ths Pein, surplus; the bank building was reduc- ed to $429.98; and $500.00 was set aside for taxes. The full Board of Directors, com- posed of well-known business men and financiers of our town and coun- ty, was present: E. A. Bennett, A. L. McBride, Judge Clark Wix, Joseph M. McKibben, 0. A. Heinlein, J. J. McKee, E. D. Kipp, W. B. Tyler, J. W: Choate, Geo. W. Newberry and W. F. Duvall. Assesssor's Meeting. for leas than 50 cents. Dates of sale July 8 and 4 limited July 7. Rich Hill, Mo., Spring Carnival.— Tickets on sale June Ist to 6th limited return June 8th. Rate 50c round trip. Jefferson City, Mo., Teachers Asso- ciation.—Tickets on sale June 22 and 23 limited return June 27. Rateone fare plus 5@ ¢ ntsround trip. H. B. Saanks, Agt. “CAPTAIN” the new drink at our Fountain only. Butler Cash Department Store, Bim Be Vin Bo Bie Bin Bw Vin Be Ben Bin in Ve Bn B BD Be Bn Bn Bie Bm Biv Be B. F. JETER, President Roosevelt’s naval policy is five new battleships a year. In times of peace prepare for war, ap- pears to be the tendency of the times. The St. Louis Republic on Satur- day printed a group picture of the senior class in literature at Hardin College. Among the pretty faces is Attorney at Law and Justice, Office over H. H, Nichols, East side square, Butler, Mo, aie MISSOURI STATE BANK, We heard it and jotted it d BUTLER, MISSOURI. ® and jo lown, What happened in and out of town. CASH CAPITAL - - $55,000, In pursuance of an order of the county court the township assessors easily discernable that of Miss Anna | of Bates county met in joint session| A postal card received from Wm. Surplus Funds and Profits, i, 9,820. Aan or er ag: yer bene pel a po on peagers ee ee ae Established A. D. 1880, ing daughter of Hon. Thos, J.Sm' une 2nd, 1903, and among other of this city. * proceedings agreed on the following | Sunday, Children’s Day exercise will Total Deposits April 15, 1903, $234,264.35, ‘ zany s Receives deposits, loans money, wakes collections and does We notice feoin ihe Madden basis for Queseeng: Real estate, 40 Petre 9 pay re: — ay a general banking business, @ solicit the business of mer- Wyo.) E ea thak Attn Taukie percent of its actual cash value. All bday Sm, All are invited. chants, farmers, stock dealers, and the public generally, (Wyo.) Enterprise that Miss Lukie| onal property at 40 percent of| Elder Coffee will preach at the promising them absolute security for deposits and every pos- Bradley has been re-employed as tha anteal bank walk: except hogs, at Christian church the first Sunday in| ° sible accomodation consistent with safe banking rules, + * Always have money to loan. re anies £ ‘fting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. of the public schools of that town, |*~ 4 : Road meeti t J. W. McFadden’ Dr, T. C. Boulware J. R. Jenkins, ig Frank M. Voris A i 4 pounds, and money, bonds, notes, oad meeting & - McFadden 6 Banh ed oe ’ * . - ~ ~ Miss Lukie stood high as a teacher etc., at 60 per cent cash value hall Saturday, June 6th, at 3 0’clock John Deerwester A. B, Owen, Wm. E. Walton ti KR E | in Bates county before going to Wy- : ae sasha ‘ De, J. M. Ohrlsty G. B, Radford Dr. NL, Whipple [oe yer y going Y"| The following assessors were pres-|P: m- All are invited to come and C. H. Dutcher Geo, L, Swith T J, Wright, It will-always be subject to your ane ent: Mingo, W. I. Yates; Grand Riv- talk about the good roads. : oo — * hy heiaten be ll A check, andyou will be relieved of all) Rich Hill, Mo., May 29.—Continued |@" Aaron Argenbright; East Boone, ba — me tee Th beg Rone RPP PPAR RAL RABPIARL RAPPER PPRIPIPARARPLPIPR care as to its safety, hoavy raine fell here again to-day ©: F. Cook; West Boone, ML. Gage; Prise: Charlotte township had o horse whipping last week in which Miss VanBuskirk, an estimable lady, and Everett Crooks living in that township.” Neither one of the par- ties live in Charlotte township. Crooks lives 24 miles from thecorner BATES NATIONAL BANK and nearly all night with prospects Elkhart, J. E. Romine; Mound, J. 8. for more to-night. The farmers in| Ktinn; Summit, Y. E. Winn; New some localities are cultivating their] Home, Glen Miller; Lone Oak, H. J. aS land under two or three inches of| equa; Pleasant Gap, F. 8 Wolfe; Children’s day at the Christian| water. Many farmers have already | Hudson, A. H. Deweese; Mt. Pleas- church next Sunday, an interesting | given up hopes of getting in a crop| ®t, Ralph Hartwell. F OOOO OOCSOOGS OOOOH Iwan Tr Your old Iron and all Kinds of Junk: will be glad to have your business, H There being nothing further the| °fthe township and Miss VanBuskirk t : program. this season. meeting, adjourned. Y.E. Wixy, |/ives 3 miles. When such things are Also am buying Wool, Hides, new and Mrs. J. P. Edwards and Mrs. M.8.) Chas, F, Busche, the reform Re-|Joun 8. Krixy, Chairman, | Called up, they ought to give the old Feathers. be BaP oe Tat 9 jutler, Horn have issned cards for a recep- publican ex-state senator of St. Secretary. people due credit. They did not tell Don’ Forget I handle pure Anthracite, Arkansas Anthracite and Semi Anthracite and soft coal. x J. M. SALLEE. West Ohio Street. 31-3m K2DO0OO00000OSO0000 00000 OO where some of the parties are now that had a hand in that trouble whether in Kansas or Oklahoma. Some of the good people are com- plaining about the rain that we will not have any corn this year. We should not complain of what the God of Heaven allots to us, but make use of the means which we have. Luther Juda has a new buggy, and : net sina as soon as the road gets good, the Deepwater Items. The St. Louis Post Dispatch pro- family will be a “sailing.” The farmers are disappointed about | Poses to run a series of articles from What about the wedding. If it| planting corn on account of big rain. | @ staff correspondent, who will travel should happen at Virginia, you will] Dr. Berry, of Johnstown, reports | throughout the entire state of Mis- wish you had been there. AARON. |some sickness at this writing. souri. The stories of human interest Dr. Silas Kash and wife, of Bur-|_, dett, and his mother, Mrs. Mason will be gathered and reproduced by Kash, of Kentucky, are the guest of him in the daily Post Dispatch. This W. L. Kash and family this week. series will be a valuable contribution Evans Stevens and wife, who have , to the history of ourgrandold state. , been visiting their parents for a few The articles will be characterized by a days, left for Warrensburg to attend | £004 literary style, and will not only the three months normal. They will | be highly entertaining, but will con- have positions as teachers in Blair. | tain valuable information. This an- town. nouncement is made now, in order A crowd of people went to North | that the public may arrange to have Deepwater on a fishing excursion one | the daily Post Dispatch served either evening last week. Several fishes | directly, through the mails of by the were gathered. They had a finetime | news agent or carrier. It is recom- but one of the ladies suddenly fell in- | mended that these articles be clipped to the creek, and was soon pulled | #0d arranged in serap book for per- out. manent preservation. tion at the former's fine home this |} ouis, who according to his own ad- reanierinemnemnptenearntenren afternoon, in honor of Mrs. C. H. missions was a master boodler dur- Judge Brown to Speak. Conger, of Columbia, Mo., who is vis- ing his term as state senator, has| Eagle, Lancaster, Ohio. resigned his position as a member of] An event of more than ordinary in- Edwards. the Republican state committee.| terest will be the celebration on Mrs. H. Carter, of Omega, Okla,|Chairman Akins appointed W. H.| Thursday and Friday, June 4th and again remembers us with a renewal, | Hahn to take the place of Busche|and 5th, of the one hundredth anni- and also adds: “to insure us Tue | Until a meeting of the committee is|versary of the organization of what Times, an indispensable article in| teld. Mr. Busche has been an active | is known as the Tent United Presby- our home.” It should be an indig-| Republean reformer, -and according | terian church, one mile east of Colfax pensable article in every household | to his own testimony he was also an | and a half mile south of the pike. {n Bates county. active boodler while serving asa} Hon. D. V. Brown, of Butler, Mo., 2 _ {State legislator. The Globe Demo-| who formerly resided near thechurch The biggest blast ever set off in | crat has little to say of Mr. Busche’s| and is well remembered by the older the state of Missouri was that fired | prominence in legislative boodling.—| members of the congregation, is now near Veramtilles on the Rock Island | Nevada Mail. the guest of ex-Clerk of Court W. B. gradework the other day. Six hund- - Henry on North High street, who red kegs of giant powder were used} A tip from a white prisoner proba: | niso used to be a member of the con- and the explosion tore all oue end of | bly saved the life of sheriff Koch, of gregation. Mr. Brown came here at a large hill into fragments,—Ex. Johnson county, Mo., the other day. this time for the purpose of attend- The scheme to kill the sheriff was ing this centennial event and to de- concocted by Jim Kinman, a negro, liver an address at the opening ses who was held in the jail by the GO¥-!sion in which he will review the his- a the charge of having] tory of the church up to 1860 from that the party in power has robbed rs bed the postoffice at Centerview. | it, organization on June 4, 1903. the U.S. Treasury of enough to pay nf na on =. a re — RigA SAR = wrote” the Republic i yee a bo of prussic 1000 Western Ce eset" acid and a piece of an iron bar. The} LEE CULVER SELLS negro had arran to throw the . Friday evening, Glen, the little son | acid in the — face, when he musical merchandise, strings and re- of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Briggs, resid: | opened the door of the cage and then ws pecan pom rte er ae * ing east of town, was kicked in the| strikehim with the iron. The sheriff siesisseerediétn Setar en face by a vicious horse. Several ‘on receiving the tip made a search of in Butler. Gasoline A Puzzle Worth Having. Dr. G. G, Green, of Woodbury, New Jersey, whose advertisement appears in our paper regularly, will mail to any one sending a two cent stamp to pay postage, one of his new G r+ man Syrup aid August Flower Puz- ales, made of wood and glass. It amuses and perplexes young and old. Although very difficult, it can be mastered. Mention this paper. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don’t Know it. How To Find Ont. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a Disclosures .are coming thick and fast in the P. O. Department, but the half has not yet been told. Whenall is made public, the people will find sedimen - | Strawberries, cake and teeth were loosened and his face bad-| the negro’s cell and found the acid — aloes, Here de prices ons tling caesten op. wore served oie pee: thes hea = ly lacerated. It was a narrow escape | and i he hi of : unhealthy condi- pera , and iron, as he had been informed by 3 2-burner gasolinestoveseach $1.75 EV? tion of the kid- | the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Dyer. for his life. However, he is recover- | t}e white prisoner. - a ; We are told that Miss Myrtle ing nicely. Glen was severely kicked 58 borner Borum, of Spruce, will go to War- kid- Q ' Telephone. friend in town not far from her home | 3 4-burner $6, $7 and $8. renatieng shes Set. of dune to. ottend the three months summer echool. We are authorized to announce! that Rev; M will preach at the South Methodist. recently. When she returned home| These Quick Meal stoves all have she told the following story: “I was good ovens and are just as good as in the parlor one day with my host-| new, and all warranted. In wood ess and her two littlesons, Willie and | beds I have them from 25c to $7, all George aged respectively 8 and 5{complete. I also sell the best iron years,” she said, “Wi.lie was very | beds in Butler forthe money. Come quiet and good, but George behaved | and see. New guns,a good strong] wish in curin; dere. Ofcourse they are not road) wwinlly, He broke a am orna-| Shooter for $10. Commodes that builders, but they even up the road,| mont, he fretted and cried, he kicked | others ask $3.50 to $5 00for I sell haa pur |, knock off the bumps and level the] yi. mother and cut his finger with a for $1.75 to $250. Gasoline ovens ; chased a fine graphophone, which he | by a horse abouta year ago.—Hume| A young woman visited a married | 4 3-burner quick meal $4 to Thursday's Sedalia Capitol says: “Some of the roads out on my route look like race tracks,” said R. F. D. Carrier, Dave Overstreet, to a Capitol man Wednesday. ‘‘There’s no use taiking. they do work’ won- holes, and that’s ahelp.” fruit knife. Finally my hostess eaid|from 25¢ to $1.00. Other dealers ach sop a head Hon. Geo. B. Ellis, secretary of the | to him: “George, why don’t you; may kick abdut no trade on account Stevens «pentiast Wednes state board of agriculture, in a per-| behave yqurself? Just look at Willie, | of wet weather, they should do as I day night, the guest of John and sonal letter, referring to the King|see what a perfect little gentleman |do, divide the profite with the cus- Addie Allison. dragging aystem, eays: “No work] he is. His good conduct should make! tomer, and keep sawing wood. My of George Shelton Sundar aight that has been done since I have been | you ashamed of yourself. He is a | trade gete better every day bec ree Be } connected with the board has at-| perfect little gentleman while you I make the right ‘kind of prices. tracted greater attention and result. | are a regular little beast.” The good you live in Missouri come in and I ed in more practical good than the Willie sat upright in hischairamiling willeshow you. Singer sewing ma work devoted toroad improvement.” | acquiescence to all the praise then chine as good as new, $4.50. Mr. Ellis kindly remembered us with | said: “George is making a damn fool LEE CULVER, i