The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 3, 1903, Page 8

LEGG’S CARRIAGE SHOP... and repairs SETS TIRE COLD as can be done. Southeast Corner Square, {ron bl 1) | riages and Wagons. We can please you. everything on Buggies, Car- Our work is as good LEGG CARRIAGE SHOP. jock, pact tht Coal! Abundance of coal at Hunt’s bank in Hudson township. 41-tf Coal! Many dealers predict that owing to overproduction anthracite coal will drop to $5 a ton. The veterans of the Army of the Philippines have assembled at St. Paul for their annul reunion. Joe March, ex county surveyor and bridge commissioner, favored us on Wednesday. Joeis being talked of as | a candidate for Representative next time. J. KR. Post, a prominent farmer of | Mingo, with his two boys, Lester and | Forrest, were in to see the show on Wednesday, favored us pleasantly and had his dates set ahead, Mr. (. © ‘Wilson, of Butler, was united in marriage to Mrs. Mattie Allison, Blairstown,} at the residence of his brother, 205 N. Carter street, at 3 p.m. Sunday, by Rev. J. Russell Crawford, pastor of the C. P. church, —Ciinton Democrat. Alva Brown, who has been down | at his father’s Jas. Brown's for five weeks with typhoid fever, is reported | | better. He was taken sick in Kan- sas City, where he holds a position. Mrs. Jno. Francisco and children, who had been here the guests of Mesdames A. J and Bettie Harrison and C.D. Middleton departed for her | home at Butler accompanied by her | mother, Mrs. Henry, who has been | attending the assembly.—Warrens- burg Star. County Court | Proceedings. County court met in called session last week, when the following pro- ceedings were had: Ordered that patent issue to R. G. West, assignee of Ceci! D. BallE YE lot 8 of N E \ sec2 10 acres. J. H. Becker, appointed Justice of the Peace of Mt. Pleasant township, vice D. V. Brown, dee’d. Albert Boyer, tried for insanity, the evidence not being sufficient to send to asylum, be was discharged, Clerk ordered to receive bids for winter supply of coal. The following names were drawn 39-33, containing | to serve as petit jurors for the Octo- ber term circuit court: Mingo, Percy Cowgill; Grand River, Jas. Ogden; Deer Creek, Wm. Morri son; Kast Boone, A. M. Frazee; West Boone, Lee Stewart; West Point, Thos Gilbert; Elkhart, Jno. Page: Mound, Jas, N. Sharp: Shawnee, F, |M. Taylor; Spruce, Bart O'Neal; Deep Water, Art L. Gflmore; Sam- mit, T. L. Fisk; Mt, Pleasant, Jim Srown; Charlotte, 8. 1. Harper; Ho- mer, John Morrow; Walnut, Elmer | Laughlin; New Home, T. H. Tilson: | Lone Oak, Wm. Carroll; Pleasant Gap, M. Fox; Hudson, Emmett | Hook; Roekville, Clark Richie; Prairie, W. H. Maltbie; Osage, Ed Crabb; Howard, J. K. Dickerson. W. C. Hedden, better known as | “Gabe” the versatile writer for the | Rich Hill Review, was up to attend | the meeting of the officers of the old 1| settlers association on Tuesbay and stayed over for the show. We ac kuowledge a pleasant call. Tuesday night the store of W. 5. Mudd & Co. was broken into and} about $100 worth of silk and $3 in? nickele, penfies and dimes were stolen. They are supposed to be an | organized band of thieves and are | headed south.—Drexel Star. Uncle George Miers was a pleasant caller on Wednesday. He had sale bills struck for George Miers, Jr, at his place northwest of Virginia, on Thursday,September 17th. George, Jr., goes to Kansas City. Uncle George Miers and his wife will proba- bly return to West Virginia. oe F. I. Teeter requests us to eay that the funeral sermon of C. N. Teeter, which had been announced at the time of burial would be preached later, by the minister selected by Mr. Teeter before his death, has been in- definitely postponed owing to that minister's absence in the east. L. 8. Keirsey, Ballard’s popular merchant, was in show day. with his three pretty daughters, Lillie, Ruby and Pearl. We acknowledged a pleasant call. Mr. Keirsey said that Arthur Ashbury, who has been down with typhoid fever, and who had fone through a severe surgical oper- ation, is improving, and strong hopes are entertained of his recoveey. The seventy-eighth birthday din- ner at Jas. H. Beckett’s in honor of Mrs. Beckett’s was 4 pleasant affair. S:xty werein attendance. Enough dinner was prepared for as many more, on Aug. 20th. Also uncle Josh Dickerson’s seventy-seventh birth- day dinner was given as agurprise to him. About forty were present, and all expressed themeelves as having a jolly time and went away as ull as ticke on the 3rd. NELs, eng PK ong i easeeetey or gentleman on in this county and ge boa terr.tory for well and favorabi: ag ye . . cas! ioe. paid each Monday by from headquarters. Ex- gg Fo ergy position per event td Chicego, I 44 18 | Money for the Boys. Col. H. Mitchell, of Neveda, has just received adraft from the Nation al government for $4,210.75 for distribution among the officers and men of the Second Regiment Nation- Guard of Missouri, and checks are now being sent out to to them This is in full pay for the National | Guard, while in camp atCamp Dam- ;eron, at Lake Contrary, near St. Joseph. It is the first money ever received by our State troops, irom the gen- eral government, for service of this kind, and will prove a great stim- ulus to the boys, for proficiency in service, This payment was made tan sper A 0 ongress whi Q our state troops subject to ol ot the general Government and thus putting them upon a basis with the regular army. The last appropriation from the State was also the largest made to our State troope, and it will enable them to keep up a@ stronger and much better organization.—Nevada Mail. An Odd College Exhibit. Columbia, Mo., Aug. 31.—Thesum- mer school students of the manual training department of the Missouri university are preparing a uniqueex- hibit for the St. Louis World’s Fair. It is a house and outbuildings con- structed solely by students and com- posed entirely of materials manufac- tured by them at the university. The house and outbuildings will bein miniature, none of them over six feet in height, but each will be up todate, and the residence will be furnished with every modern convenience, in- cluding electric lights and water pipes. Every shingle on the roof and every brick in the house has been manufactured at the university by 7] ANNOUNCEMENT. Butler Public Schools. School begins Monday, Sept. 7th, at 9 a. m. Classifications of the schools will be materially promoted, ifeach pupil is present at the first j session. Examinations for classification will be held at the High School rooms on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 3rd and 4th, beginning-at 1:30 p m. All non-resident pupils and pupils not regularly classified in this school should present themselves for ex- amination at the time mentioned above. Provision will be made also for the examination of any pupil not regu- larly promoted at the close of the last term but desiring promotion at this time. A meeting of all the teachers is re quested for Saturday, Sept. 5th, 1:30 at the High School rooms. Very truly, H C. Ricuwonp, Supt. Matthews Trial Nov. 16. Jefierson City, Mo., August 31.— The Matthews bribery case was set tor November 16 at the regular term ofthe Cole county circuit court, His attorneys would not consent to try it at this term and Crow gave in, al- though he was ready. John Booth, of Union, has been retained for Mat- thews. The motion for arrest of judgment in Sullivan case was overruled by Judge Timmons and an appeal granted to the Kansas City court of appeals. Senator Sullivan was recently con- victed of soliciting a bribe of $4,500 from Whitney Layton, the alum baking powder man, for his own vote and the vote of two other senators on the alum bill. MRS, JULIA-C. JONES, Died, at her home in Rich Hill, August 25th, Mrs. Julia ©, wife of J. Ed. Jones. Services were held in that city on Thursday morning, 26th and the remains were brought to Butler and interred in Oak Hill cemetery by the side of his mother and sister. Julia Clementine Cox was born inCooper county, February Sth, 1868. She moved with her parents to Bethlehem, Iowa, where she received her schooling. They moved to Lee’s Summit, Mo., and then to Virginia, Bates county. She was united in marriage to Mr. Jones at_Foster, Sept. 18th, 1892. To this union two children were born, Juanita, 10 years, and Edward Ross, S years, who are left to mourna mother’s love. She was a consistent member of the ME, church for 14 years, belonged to the order of Royal Neighbors of America. She was a loving wife and mother, a most ex- cellent lady and had many friends who deeply sympathize with the hus- band and orphans. Ho! for Kansas! Special Excursion Sept. 15th. Now is the time to go. The real estate firm of Atkinson & Atkeson has arranged a special excursion to Grainfield, Kan., tor Sept. 15. This is the time to go out and see that prosperous country and get chen good land. Cost, nominal. I will be in Adrian Sept. 10, Rich Hill Sept. 11, and Butler Sept. 12, to talk up the excursion and shall be glad to see all interested and‘give full par- ticulars. E B. Arxryson, The Kansas Landman. Ballard Items. Protracted meeting closed at Fair- view Monday night. A meeting is now in progress at Walnut Grove. Mrs. Milford Richardson and little daughter, Eula, of San Francisco, Cal., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. 8S. Keirsey, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Castor, of Carthage, old friends of the Teeter family, are visiting here. Weare glad to hear that Arthur Asbury is better, and hopes are en- tertained for his recovery. Misses Myrtle and Lulu Warford attended the fair and visited rela- tives in Holden last week. Mr.and Mre Stuckey, of Butler, spent Sunday with her parente, Mr. and Mrs. Gartin. students. The furniture willbemade| A little daughter arrived at Bob at the university and the material Young’s one day last week. _ manufactpred at the eameplace. The| Mrs. Huff and children, of Inde- rugs and carpets are to be woven on pendence, 4 re vieiting her mother, looms at the university by the stu- Mrs. Sle. dente of the manual tralaing depart. Clarence Teeter left last week for ment. The house and barn have al Nebraska, where he has relatives. ready been completed. Pea We Now Display the Latest Styles in The celebrated K N & I F Clothes are equal to the Best Tailored Suits made. JOE. MEYER, The Clothier. Attention, Mexican Veterans. The 25th annual reunion of the Mexican War Veteran Association of Missouri will be held in Jefferson City, Cole county, Mo , on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 9thand 10th, 1903, All veterans of the war are invited. Hon. W. D. Shackelford, M. C., will deliver the aunual address. We are assured by the local committee of a hearty welcome and pleasant enter- tainment on the part of the citizens, W. R. Samuel, 1st Vice President. James Martin, Secretary. M. W. A. Picnic. Prairie City Camp, No. 4994, Mod- ern Woodmen of America held their annual pienie Saturday at Sunder- wirth’s grove. The picnic was large- ly attended and a complete success in every particular, B, F Jeter, clerk of Butler Camp No, 2458, and Prof. G A. Theilman, of Appleton City, delivered addresses which were well received. The Prairie City Band furnished mu-ic for the occasion. Everybody who had the pleasure to attend the picnic were well pleased and spoke in the highest terms of the Prairie City Woodmen for their un- tiring ¢ {forts in its behalt GARDEN SEED FALL SOWING TURNIPS, PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE. Sow turnips_now for good keepers. Radish, sow with your turnips Fall and winter, ong W hi e a8 g China Rose or winter, Long black Spanish, Long white Spanish, Spinach. Sow now for spring use in drills a foot a part, when plants are well up thin them to three inches apart in the rows and you will have the earliest greens in the spring. We have the best, the Bloomsbale Savoy leaved. Top winter Onion Sets. Set these out right now for use early in the spring, we have the genuine Red winter top sets. Deacon Bros, & Co, Hardware And Grocery Hos School IN ENDLESS VARIETY OF PRICES TO PLEASE YOUR PURSE. BOYS KNEE PANT SUITS $1.00 to BOYS LONG PANT SUITS $2.00 to FALL SUITS. Seventh Annual Meeting ——OF OLD SETTLERS’ ASSOCIATION OF BATES GOUNTY, MO. WILL BE HELD AT THE GOURT HOUSE PARK, IN BUTLER, ON ¢ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1903. REMEMBER that all persons who have resided in Bates County continuously for 25 years are entitled to membership in our Assoctation, and may become members by giving their names to the Secretary for enrollment. the day of our uted . aed cost you acting, Proukam, Music by Band calling meeting to- gether, Morning exercises promptly at 9 o'clock, Invocation by Rev, W. F, Jones. Song by Choir and Glee Club, Welcome Address by Mayor, G. B. Hickman, Responses by members of Society. A special choir, composed of some of the best voices in our city, will furnish music during the exercises, Song by Old Men’s Quartette. Dinner. will commence AFTERNOON, Meet at 1:30 sharp. Music by Band, Song by Old Choir, Short talks. Music and songs by Professor Bing Crouch’s Minstrels. Election of Officers for ensuing year. Selection of place of 8th annual meet: | ing. Awarding of prizes, Persons competing for any of the prizes must make entry for the same with the Secretary. No persons who have been awarded prizes heretofore will be eligible to compete again. To the white man present who has re- sided in Bates county for longest period, —A Fine Hat. To the white woman present who has resided ‘n Bates county for longest per- iod,—A Fine Dress Pattern, To the oldest man in Bates county,— A Fine Rocking Chair. To the oldert wowan in Bates county, —A Fioe Dress Pattern, To the first white male child present Set. To the first white female child present born in Bates county,—A Fine Carving Set. To the first couple married in Bates county present and living together,— Two Rocking Chairs, To the first white male child born in Bates county since the close of the war of the Rebellion and who has resided in Bates county continuously since birth, —A Fine Hat. scounty>= ine-Carving vor Suits $6.00 $12.00 a THE—— s Do not fail to enrolljon Tot the first white female child borvin Bates county siuce the close of the war of the Rebellion and who has resided here continuously since birth, —A Fine Drees Pattern, \ To the oldest man present who served as a soldier in the Federal Army daring | the war of the Rebellion,—A Fine Hat. To the oldest man present who served | as a soldier in the Confederate Army during tne war of the Rebellion,—A Fine Hat. To the oldest colored wan present an actual resident of Bates coun ty, born a | slave,—One Sack of Flour, To the oldest colored woman present an actual resident of Bates county, born a slave,—A Fine Dress Pattern. SPECIAL BY THE ASSOCIATION. To any reputable white couple of Bates county, present and desiring to be united in the Holy Bonds of Wedlock, marriage license, minister’s service, anc an elegant marriage certificate will be furnished free, Old Men’s Foot Race.—150 feet, by meb over 70 years of age. Ist prize $3; 2d 82; 3d 81; 4th epecial by D. Thralls, 10 pounds fresh beef, Sack Race by boys between 12 and 15 years. Prizes 81; 50 cents, 25 cents and special by Joe Meyer one boy's shirt, 50 cents. To lady throwing ball farthest @1. Parties competing for any of the prizes must register their names with the Secretary, who will be found in the basement roome of the court house. Relics of Old Times.—Persone are in- vited to bring in for exhibition on the 9th, avy old or quaint articles, remind - a ers of the ou days of the eee: wth articles and the Society will he ra- sponsible for their safe keeping. Capt. J. A. Devinney, Marshal. Chas. Dixon, Assistant Marshal. The ‘erchants of Butler with their usual liberality have promised a large oumber of special premiums, but they _ have not yet been classified. Come everybody, whether an old set- tler or not ; bring well filled baskete and spend one day in renewing old acquaint- ances ann forming pew ones. Additional particulars may be found on small circulare. — = REAL ESTATK TRANSFERS. B: Warnanty Deeps. From August 27 to Sept. 2 inclusive, Mary J Fenton to Mary E Simpson tract sec 20, E Boone, $!75. Walnat Land & Coal Co to Amanda J Webb lot 9 bik 28, Foster, $10. JP McCuan to Susen MeCnan lots 78 and9 bik 1418 Ad, Rich Hill, $200. CC Lyle to Carpenter Shafer Mfg Co pt lots 1112 and 18 blk 18 W Side Ad, Butler, $125. Geo W Davis toSC Pettus bib 2 Reifs Ad, R Hilt, $50 BS Snyder to Ida A Hoover lots 53 and M4, Adrian, $350, Preston Argenbright to John B Freeman lot 4bik 6 Wms Ad, Butler, $200, Isabelle H Gesnell to M J. Reed lot 1 bik 78, R Hill, 8860, Wm L Hendaickeon to Felix C Henderson 0 Asec4, Spruce $1,500, EA Bennett to E G Zey 80 A sec 35, Char- lotte, 62,600. Herman Steiner to H F Steiner 98 A sec3i, Hudson, 63,500. EC Willard to N M Lester tract sec 22, Mt Pleasant, $100, Wm Helwig to A Steiner 160 A sec 3, Pleasant Gap, $5,190. elo shape Reed 5 A sec 2, Walnut, CB Radford to Mary V Henderson pt lot bik 4 Wms Ad, Butler, $1,000, Rath Bomar to Wm PF Douglas tract sec 31, Pleasant Gap, $2,000. EG Zey to Baltz Lechner 80 A sec 35, Char- lotte, $2,800, H F Stearns toJ 0 Green lot 14 bik 5 W Side Ad, Butler, 625. Paul Bengech toS A Boone tote 2 and $ bik1 Wyatts Ad, Butler, $500. sat B Deck to Wesley Joncs 30 4 see, Hud: son, $75) C E Rains to L G Bevington 80 A sec 3, Pleas ards Fg 4 5 Milihorn toL G@ Bevin, tract see Mt Pleasant, $1. sd = 4 A Whitsitt to T R Simpson lots & anda 87 and 8 Ist Ad, Adrian, $90, J A Cobb to Isaac Warren 80 A sec 10, Lone Oak, ¢2,409, 900 Mis-ouri Miners Out. Kirksvill',Mo ,Sept 1.—All miners in the November district, about nine hundred, quit work this morning * because of no contract. President George Colville says he has not heard from the other mines of the Twenty-fi th district butthinks Now = inger men will stay out uotil a new’ a scale is signed. Colville has lelt to” visit other Missouri camps. 3 4