The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 3, 1903, Page 3

“THE FATHER OF THE BANJO.” Frank B. Converse Made That Instre- | ment Popular Bat Lived to See Its Decline. ee ee ee ee ee ee Cold Weather Goods Superior gem oak, Radiant Home, Radiant home hot blast. FOOD BEATER Hagey King heaters, I. X. L. king heaters, Box stoves. A few cast stoves at your own price. Coal hods, coal shovel, fire pokers, stove boards and stove mats, Cook Stoves and Ranges. Quick meal steel ranges, Superior stzel ranges, Superior cast ranges and Superior cook stoves. Allof the above goods are Always Reliable. We are not trying to establish a ‘Cut Rate Store’. We are not trying to make the big- gest show. Our ambition is to deserve the reputation of being Always Reliable. Our great effort is to make every customer satisfied and pleased with the treatment received at oun store. No matter whether you want Grocer- ies or Hardware, or a Wagon or Buggy. or mere- ly a box of matches we will be glad to serve you promptly, courteously, and willingly, Produce always wanted. Yours truly. G. E. CABLE. North Side Square, Butler, Mo. ee The man who made the banjo pop- ular and who lived to see it decline in favor died the other day in New York city. He was Frank B. Converse, and he was known as “the father of the jo,” says the New York Sun. Mr. Converse was born at Westfield, Mass., in 1837. He came of a musical ie % has written many hymn tunes and an- thems. The family moved to Elmira when Mr. Converse was a boy, and there he was educated. At 16 he left his home to become a musician. He drifted into a minstrel company, traveled over the country and appeared later in London with Pony Moore and the Christy com- pany. It was as a performer on the banjo that Mr. Converse was known princi- pally, and he composed for the instru- ment and wrote for it. He continued to teach the instrument after he retired from the stage a quarter of a century ago, and most of the noted old-time players were his pupils. The banjo was a very simple contri- “ance when he began to use it in his ninstrel turns, and he did much to de- velop it into what it is to-day. Mr. Converse’s widow is Harriet Maxwell Converse, the author, lectur- er and authority on Indian lore. The decline of the banjo followed soon after the public interest in min- strel performances began to decrease. It is rarely heard on the stage now, even In vaudeville performances, and even the coilege clubs have lost their old enthusiasm for tt. Now it is not even used to tie ribbons on. WOMEN GOOD WORKERS. Many Drive Wagons Over Lonely Ra- ral Mail Routes—Hold Other Post- tions in Postal Service, SISSSLISSACISLSLALPDLIDIBDMA GSAS DALI ASAD ADA Ye The largest number of women em- ployes in any line of work are employed tn the United States postal service. 3ome of the highest salaried women in the world are employed thus. More than one-third of them are past middle age, and many are past 70 years, says the Chicago Tribune. Many of the women are mail wagon drivers, having long and lonesome trips in uninhabited parts of the country. In a AA AoA att ddd, New Plan For Recruiting. Fort Riley, Kan. Nov. 28.—The war department is to commence a systematic canvass of the country for desirable recruits, Tue greater part of the applicants in the past year were not up to the standard y Physically and many organiz sitions are below their authorized strength. All posts in the United States are to eend out small recruiting parties to % cover the country within a certain * radius, especially the rural districta, where the service is little understood. At present the organizitions in the Philippines are about the only ones that are keeping up to the full etrength. The high standard of physical excellence in applicants is rural free delivery. Nearly all the experts in the dead letter office are women. They have to perform tasks which to the average per- son would seem impossible. It is their duty to take charge of the 6,000 pieces of mail which go astray every year, and they must see that these waifs get to their proper destinations, if possible, and if not they are returned to the senders. Many of the rural post offices are filled by women. The reasons why a large number of these rural post offices are in- trusted to women are not hard to find. The work is usually light and is such as 4 to be maintained. can be handled by a woman. It is the ae THANKSGIVING APPROACHES general opinion that women in such po- To Cure a Cold ip One Day. and time records the end of Autumn. ps ecg siven the best work to the Take Laxative Bromo Quinine } Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure E. W. Grove’s signature is on each box, 2c. GREATEST CHEESE MARKET. Alkmaar, Holland, Holds World's Record in Quantity of Cheese Shipped to Other Points, Your check book is often a record of your financial condition. Every proper facility at your dis- posal is offered for your banking business by the BATES NATIONAL BANK, the oldest bank and the only nation- al bank in Bates county. } A Missouri Hall of Fame. “a Columbia, Mo., Nov. 28.—The cor- 3 ridors_of the law building of the University of Missouri «re to be made a ball of fame, containing life-size & portreits of the leading English and Amerivan jurists. Cure will be taken in the selection and the portaits of none but the most eminent jurists: will be admitted. Among those al- y secured are Lord Thurlow. rd Coke and Lord Candon, Story, Mershall, Kent, Shaw and Cooley. Alkmaar is not only the greatest heese market of Holland, but also of the world, says What to Eat. From this ‘own yearty -t6,000,0¢0 pounds of cheese ire sent out, yet the visitor, even on narket Friday, finds no amount of busi- ness commensurate with these figures yoing on in the quiet town of 10,000 in- ‘abitants. The reason is that the cheese is made in the dairies in the country round about Alkmaar, and only brought into town to be shipped away. On market day the peasants from the surrounding country begin to flock into town very early, bringing“with them loads of red and yellow balls of cheese. The high, clumsy carts with long curv- ing tongues, on one side of which the horse is hitched, are quite as picturesque as the peasants themselves in gala at- tire. After unhitching and caring for their horses, unloading the cheese and piling it in an orderly pile in the open square, they wander about visiting with their neighbors, while they wait their turn in the weigh house. Hid Their Child in a Grip, But He Cried, “Me Wants Out.” Davenport, Ia., Nov. 28 —A 6-year old boy packed in a grip was the odd discovery made by Conductor Harry Fox, who has @ run on the Rock Island between Davenport and Omaha. Besides making this discov ery, which was brought about by the youngster’s crying alond, “Me wante out,” the conductor found a 10-year- old girl in an adjoining seat covered with a lot of traveling traps. They had been concealed by their parents to avoid payment of fares. The boy was cuddled up in a huge telescopes when his cries finally brought him to view. Besides these two hidden members of the fumily there were three other youngsters too young to require fare. Southern Ports ‘Are Gaining. Compared with 1901, the exports from North Atlantic ports have de- creased heavily. Boston lost $55,000,- phia, $6,000,000; Baltimore, $25,000,000; Newport News, $7,000,000, and at Nor- folk the loss was nearly $2,000,000. All ports further south gained. The increase at Washington, N. C., was $2,000,000; at Savannah, $8,000,000, and Galveston, $8,000,000. Exports across the Mexican border have increased $5,- 000,000; from Pacific ports, $10,000,000, and from the northern border and lake ports the increase has been $18,000,000. In imports, however, the Atlantic sea- board is increasing its commanding lead. In the year 1903, out of the total imports into the United States of $1,- 025,000,000, 80 per cent. came in through the Atlantic ports. Evolution of the Ax, The ax had its beginning in a pound- ing implement of rough stone. It grad- ually developed into a tool with an edge for hacking and a pole for pounding. Its efficiency was finally increased by the addition of a handle. It has re- mained a combined pounding and cut- up tothe time of the of the doubdle-bitted The Human Lottery “Ah, if only I were beautiful Many a forlorn maid has said this as she into the mirror, It is the one in the lottery of human life which ‘would not refuse, Killed Himself and His Wife. Washington, Nov. 28.—Robert J. Hale, a compositor in the govern- ment printing office, killed his wife and then committed suicide in their home here to-day. It had been as: serted that Hale was responsible for the condition of a young woman, who, it is claimed, died several days ago as the result of an operation iv a sanitarium near here. When he read the announcement in the morn- ing paper of the arrest of a physician accused of causing the girl’s death, he wrote several notes and then went to his wife’s room and kjlled her and In the years 1854 to 1890 the average ee ‘The Kind You Have Always Bought | family. His brother, Charies Converse,| 0" & Healy, announces a Clearing Sale of Pianos. This is owing to the fact that their warerooms are being entirely remodeled. Several hundred splendid instruments are offered great numbers they are employed in the. 000; New York, $24,000,000; Philadel-| @ For Infants and Children, Bears the | ens, Lop/hitden A Piano at « Normal Price, Chicago's largest music huuse, Ly- without reserve until all are sdld In this stock area number of Stein- way and Knabe pianos, and new and second-hand pianos including instru- ments of the following makes: Miller, Mason & Hamlin, Haaleton, McPhail, Sterling, Huntington, Vose, Fischer, Webster, Chickering, ete. In square pianos there are tine-toned instru- ments at $25, $40, $60 and upwards, In upright pianos neat instrumente at $100, $125, $150, $165, $190, $200 and upwards. In Baby Grands some nice specimens at $250 and up- wards. Nearly all of thes pianos were intended to sell for much more than these clearing sale prices. Lyon & Healy will send a list and full par- ticulars upon application, Any piano not proving entirely satisfac- tory may be returned at their ex- pense, Adress Lyon & Healy, 1 Adams St., Chicago. Distance is no obstacle in taking advantage of this remarkable chance to obtain a piano | : : |CASTORIA (POOSSOOSSEEIEEIEEOCSCSSS Closing: Out Sale I offer my entire stock at sacrifice prices, everything goes, nothing reserved, for I shall quit business and everything must be sold. Now is your opportunity to buy a fine Christmas Present for little money. This sale commences Saturday, Nov. 28th. and continues until the en- tire stock is sold. FRANK BERNHARDT, THE JEWELER. SSA DAADAAESISS SS SAA AA SEDO ELISSAL ISSA SALOON SR SS SAS for in proportion to the saving to be made the freight charges are in- significent. If you do not already know Lyon & Healy by reputation any banker will assure you of their] entire responsibility and record of orty years for honorable dealing. Write at your early convenience so as to avoid disappointment. 16 CABTORIA. Beare the The Kind You Have Always Bought Bignavure ae E & Arthur Pryor and His Trombone Arthur Pryor, who for a dozen years was the trombone player with Sousa, is said te be ableto cover five full octaves on the slide trombone, which is nearly twice the range of the usual player, and enables him to play music that few other trom- bonists would attempt. While he was playing at Manhat- tan beach recently a friend of bis overheard two listeners discussing nis performance, and Pryor laugb- ingly says this is what they say of his playing: “Great, isn’t it?” commented one. “Just think what he could do with an instrument that had more music in it.” “Yes,” said the other; “and just tnink how his neighbors must suffer when he is practicing. I'll bet he ix the most unpopular man in town.” N. Y. Times. Be = tae v Ra 33 a L $100 Reward $100. The readers ot this paper will be pleas ed to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has beer able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is th only positive cure known to the medica traternity. Catarrh being a constitution al disease, requires, a constitutiona veatment. Hall’s Cacarrh Cure is taxer: nternally, acting directly upon the »lood and mucous surtaces of the sys cem, therebv destroying the foundatior. ot the disease, and giying the patien: strength by building up the constitutior and assisting nature in doing its work Che proprietors haye so much faith ir ts curative powers, that they offer One {undred Dollars for any case that i | PPPS AERP PLP LLL LLP APLPL APS i RS CP Le, JULIA MARLOWE _ Shoes ar Ladies. THEY RE RIGHT | Right in Fit Right in Finish, Right in Wear, Right ia Price. ‘‘They’re made on lasts to fit the feet, The women say they look so neat, When one is walking down the street. W. L. DOUGLAS Shoes for Men. Ni choles & iditieg BUTLER, MISSOURI. Cash capital, $ 55,000.00 Surplus fund and profits, 10,143.7 Deposits October 13, 1903, 186,744.29 AY-AY-LS-APCAY.JD-AY.F-SD-AY-AD: P-L YAY Y-AD AAD DREAD. Psd MISSOURI STATE BANK, | a Cash on hand" and‘ in other banks, 66,534.20 Loans, 174,653.70 Total assets, 254,109.02 With twenty-three years successful experience the Missouri State Bank offers its services to the peop e of Bates county promising them absolute safety for their deposits servative management, always our customers every favor that is consistent with sound benk- With careful and con- uve money toloan, We give alls to cure. Send tor list of testimon- i i fa vals. Address F. J. Cuenzy & Co. me co DIRECTORS wes ve Beco ereme. Dr. T.C. Boulware J, R. Jenkins, Frank M. Voris, John Deerwester A. B. Owen, Ww. E. Walton Dr. J. M. Christy C. R. Radford Dr. N. L. Whipple C. H. Dutcher Geo. L. Swith T. J. Wright. Depositors Interest. The business reputation of our directors is a suffi- cient guarantee that the interests of every deposi- tor will be carefully pro- tested. ee DIRECTORS. —oC— W. F.{Duvall, J. M. McKibben . 0. A. Heinidin, E. A. Bennett, Clark Wix, - J. W. Choate, A. L, McBride, W. B. Tyler. J.J. McKee, G. W. Newberry J. R. JENKINS, Cashier. Wm E. Watton, President. pamecicieh Meek, Ue sa Wesley Denton, Clerk and wesemeeper, 2 THE WALTON TRUST CO. OF BUTLER MISSOURI. Capital, $55,000.00, Surplus and Profits . 19,848. 16, Always has ready money on hand to beloaned on tarms in Bates, Vernon, Barton, Cedar and Dade counties, Mo, Very Lowest Rates of Interest. on five yours | time, allowing borrower to pay back part each year if desired. Every land owner wanting a loan should oall and Vy our rates before borrowing of others, Having ou hand a large amount of idle money we are making low rates. We have a ful) and complete abstract of title to every acre of land or town lot in Bates Count: from the U. 8. ge: down to date, that'we keep up with the records di We furnish rellable Abstracts at reasonable prices, Interest Paid on Time Deposits. ——DIREOTORS—— Wu, E. Walton; J a JR. John Deerwester, Wm. W. Trigg, T.C. ee Frank M. Vo: O. H. her, O. R, Radford, Sam Levy, T. J. Wright. FRANK ALLEN, Sxcy, Wu. E. WALTON, Pres, snnnannnnnnsocnnnasconsonnnnned | | | | i