The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 7, 1904, Page 9

+ RETESET Rt Sa OE WEE 5 Spee SEEEEEE_EoSeEEU2oeo2oe9 WGREAT REDUCTION - IN PRICE OF ull AND | Vg go aoe io eley ela ooo} $99 a lvercuals OF BROKEN LOTS (AEs A ce 5) @* UNDERWEAR, | FOOTWEAR, GAPS AND GLOVES, ALSO CUT TO CLOSE OUT. THE ies, | AMERICAN CLOTHING HOUSE. Men and Boys Outfitters. One Low GOOD SHOE STORE. GOOD CLOTHES ~{§ STORE. rice to all. Es’ Telephone No. 37. Boys $1.00 sweaters for 75c at Me- Kibbens White quilts on sale at McKibbens.| Our valued friend Cas. H, Rains, Bargains in ladies skirtsat McKib- | WHo owns a fine place adjoining But tips. ler on the southeast, was a pleasant caller on Tuesday and had his sub- D. L. Scrivner has his paper chang- scription eet up a yaar. from Butler, route No. 6, to : : G. W. Buxton, of Kansas City, for . _ |mnerly a prominent citizen of Bates de and fascinators, half price | county, indicates his continued inter- McKibbens. Jest in our people by sending remit- NTED, at once, a good cook at | tance for renewal. county jail. Apply to ? Charles R ‘Rauford, one of our old ’ | Mrs. Jon T. SMITH | ogy petronéaiid best friends, observes mnants of carpetsat McKibbens. | his annual custom Ly renewing to 1905. Mr Radford is an old settler i . > i Pur esteemed friend S. E Jones, a) *V" : : and a prominent tan in Butes coun- i minent farmer of Charlotte, was & prot leasant caller and favored us with ; WY #Uatrs lor many years, enewal. Remnants wool dress goods at ring sale bargains at Mckib- | Mckibbens. | Onur old friend J. J. Cameron, who ’ | . oy Wilcox dropped in to see us| has been a constant reader of Tur Saturday and had his paper | Times for twenty five years, dropped ged from Oakwood, Kansas, to, in and reuewed on Monday. Mr. 3 Summit, Mo | Cameron is an old settler and ahigh- » Mo. : ly esteemed e.tizen of our county. rant Gander, a prominent young er of this county, was a pleasant rand had his name enrolled for TIMES. Mrs. Chas. Hedges and Mrs. Sam Heavy cotton flannel for Se Walls entertained a large number of icKibbens. lady friends at a reception at the r ” ; Hedges home on Ohio street last ohn Jennings, 8 prominent farmer Thursday afternoon. Elegant re p Water and good friend Of treshments were served and the Ties, favored us with remit-| posts report a delightful time. lor renewal. Black underskirts on sale at Me- Kibbens, ‘ i P 39e Fleeced underwear—mens—for did bargains in table linens 25e at McKibbens. conga G. C. Moss, an old settler and Edith Reed (nee Bartley) Who| prominent tarmer of Homer town- been visiting her parents during | ship, was in the city trading on Mon- holidays, returned to her home| day, We acknowledge a pleasant Joseph, Monday. call and reuewal. Mr. Moss recently Shoe bargains on sale at sold his fine farm and will give pos McKibbens. | session this spring. Tiwes acknowledges a remit- $3.00 pants for $1.95 1 for renewal from Mrs. Alice $2 50 pants for $1.65 , of Vancouver, B. U., formerlya $2 00 pants for $1 45 citizen of Bates county. $1.50 pants for 95c Lace curtains and portiers reduced at McKibbens. f Robert L. Braden, of Homer, was at McKibbene. a pleasant caller while in the tity the Miss Mollie Watkins, who is at-|jast of the week. He reported the tending school at Harrisonville, was | jeath and funeral of his neighbor, J. at home to spend the holidays with | p, Stillwell, at Mulberry. Mr. Still- kine. moved to Mulberry 23-years go, He dies Topsy hose, fleeced 18c| was highly respected by all his neigh- fia 12\c, at McKibben. bors. i $1.75 guaranteed black taffeta silk 36 inches wide this month $1.39 per yd at McKibbens Col. James N. Sharp says he can bear testimony to the truthfulness of the white quail story told by Jim Culver in last week’s Times. Col. Sharp says he lived near Mr. Culver in Hudson township aad often saw the white quails. Next. Our old friend L. Bateman sends us remittance for renewal and orders his address changed from St. Paul to Combs, Ark. He saya the weather so far has been very fine. He hasa fine fish pond and invites his old Bates county friends to visit him and enjoy the sport. George W. Speer, who is living with his brother, Charles Speer, and attending school at Caldwell, Kan., spent the holidays witn his father, uncle Jimmie Speer, near Johnstown, He was a pleasant caller the last of the week and renewed for his brother Charles. Charley Moore was a pleasant call- eron Monday. He will bea candi date before the next Democratic econ vention for-sheriff- He is a strong man, has been an active Democrat all his life, is well known throuphout the county aud will make astrong race, Miss Mabel Porter, who fs attend- ing Central Business College at Sedalia, was home with her mother, Mrs. Josephine Porter, returning on last Sunday. Her sister, who grad- uated at that school, is occupying a position with a wholesale house in St. Louis. The remuins of George Hannah, who died at Burlington, Kansas, were brought to Butler on Tuesday and interred in Oak Hill cemetery. He was formerly & citizen of Bates county, brother of Captain John W, Hannah, and owned a farm north- west of Butler, He moved to Kan- sas ten or twelve years ago. | M. Smith was in from eastern Bates on Tuesday meeting his many frienda, Mr. Sinith wassecond in the race for recorder last time and was defeated by a close margin, He un- hesitatingly took off his coat for Mr, Lisle and worked hard for the sue- vess of the whole ticket. Such Dem- ocrate are deserving of recognition and party favors, Estes Sent was in from Mingo on Monday and complimented us pleas- antly. Mr Smith made a very cred- itable race for county treasurer four years ago, was defeated by W. T. Johnson and gracefully conceded Mr. Johnson his second term of two years without opposition. He will again ask the nomination of the party and no truer Democrat or better man walks the earth. We learn that a little girl of Mr. ind Mrs. Geo, Hilifvitz, met with the misfortune of having an eve knocked The child was engaged in pliy with other chil- dren at the time, and a stone or peb- ble, thrown by some one of them, struek her in theeye wfth the result stated. The injury is very painful and the child is suffering a great leal.—KRich Hill Review. out aday or two ago. Judge Graves was the recipient last week of eight wild geese from a uorshern lake region, sent by achick- en fancier friend of the Judge's. They were fine specimens, had been domos- tieated, but the precaution had been taken to clip their wings. Cireuit Clerk Patterson took part of them to his home, and Judge Graves sent two pairs to a fowl fancier in the southern portion of the state The Judge thinks they can be domesti- cated and raised profitably. The little restaurant, across from the depot, owned by Mrs. Jennie Foster, and occupied by W. F. Lee and family, was burned on Saturday morning at 5 o'clock. The fire caught from a stove in the kitchen So rapidly did it burn that the fam ily, consisting of wife and two chil dren, were compelled to jump from an upstairs window, where they were sleeping, in their night clothing Nothing was saved. The fire depart- ment arrived in time to save the surrounding buildings. The following officers were elected last Sunday by the Elizabeth chapel Sunday school for the ensuing year: Superiutendent, T. B. Stephens; as- sistant superintendent, Mr. Pontius; secretary, Miss Vircie Smizer; assist- ant secretary and treasurer, Miss Vineta Allison. Wekindly solicit your attendance and aid in the Master’s her parent, Mr. and Mrs. B. F.Wat-| well was seventy odd years old,! work. There will be a good fire at ten o’clock every Sunday morning. Sunday school begins promptly at | 10:30. Love-Sick Girl Attempts Suicide The Nevada Mail of Monday pub- lishes the following sensational inter- view from a Batescounty c!tizen: “From F E Eads, of Spruce, Bates county, who was in Nevada to-day! on buriuess, the Maii learned of an attempted suicide of a mostexcellent ! ;young lady at Johnstown. Bates | county on Friday, New Year's even ‘ing. The young lady epoken of was | | Miss Susie Allison, who shot herself jwith a No 22 Winchesterrifl, about jTo’clock, She nimed at her heart, but the ball struck a rib, and took a} gian ing course, and imbedded itself | in her side.’ The doctor succeeded in extracting the bullet and it is now believed she will recover. The cause of the young lady's attempy upon} her life, itis alleged, was due toa love affair, The young lady is highly respected and popular, and the news of the affair was received with deep regret by frieuds, She is about 20 ye irs of age and well connected,” A telephone messnge to Tne Tiwes gives the young lady’s name as Ettie Allison. The attempt at suicide was made on Now Year's worning, The boy in the case Was Jesse Coleman, The young lidy is reported out «tf danger. Sheis«! a nervous, excita ble disposition, All tho parties are highly connected and no particular | ‘very indignant” over Attorney Gen- | blame or censure is attached to any one, eo far as we can learn, Judge Graves is holding court for Judge Timmons this week, Make Room For best line of Fine Footwear that was ever shown in Bates To Do This we will make it to your interest to buy what you need to carry you through the winter from us, ONE PRICE TO ALL. Poffeobarger & Edwards, Mr. Ziegler and his attorneys are | Darkey Beats the Chilhowee Sow's | Time Almost a Year. eral Crow's brief, and they declare it | is “an insult to New York.” Ibis re: | markable, too, that the Missouri News, is the owner of a sow that boodlers all feel keenly that “Mis: | brought home thirty-five pige in sourt is being slandered” by the pros- eleven months and twenty-elght W. P. Pollock, says the Chilhowee Frank Jewott, son of P. J. Jowett | ecution of themselves, The boodlers ‘days. Quite a ;rolifie swine. The of Summit township, was a pleasant caller on Wedoesluy and renewed for his father, W. A. McElroy, an old and highly respected citizen of Bates county, was @ pleasant caller the last of the week aud renewed for Miss Minnie E Hendrickson, at Hagerman, New Mexico. John Willis, a sturdy yo ung farm- er of Prairie township, of a sturdy race that were foremost in settling our county, was in the city on Wed- nesday, called and favored us with renewal. Mrs, William Requa, of Nevada, and Mra. Lacaff, of Beaumont, Tex., visited relatives in the county and the family of Judge Steele in Butler last week, returning home Saturday. Dr. Viesor J. Cumpton, of Pleaa- ant Gap, was a pleasant caller on Wednesday and renewed. He informs us that he hasasaw mill in opera- tion 14 miles west of Pleasant Gap and can supply all needing native lumber, James L. Culbertson, of [lls., is visiting hia son L ©. Culbertson of Summit township. Tnueompany with his son, Mr. Culbertson was a pleas- ant caller Monday, He was formerly a citizen of this county and an icflu- ential Democratic worker, but. left here wbout 20 years ago. Many of the off ciizns readily recognized him. Moses Morris, our efficient marshal, informs us that he has con- cluded to tuake the race for the Dem- veratic nomination for sherwii Mr. Morris has a clean Demccratic rec aed, has made one of the best iar shals Butler ever bad, is uniformly j He will uoquestion- ‘ourteous to all, is well known a very po) ably figur n that race. Mr. Hawes Praises Me. DeArmond, St. Louis Republic, 5 “Mr. DeArmond, [ wish to tell you that I think your father is the great eet manin Missouri to-day. 1 think he has more ability than any other man in Missouri. If he were to de cide to enter the race for Governor to-morrow I would be for him. What is more, I would urge all candidate to be for him. The speaker was Harry B. Hawer, candidate for Governor. He was holding the hand and looking straight into the eyes of James A. DeArmond, of Butler, son of Con- gressman David A. DeArmond. Columbia Men To Be Indicted? Celumbia, Mo., Jan. 3.—Several United States secret service men spent the greater part of last week in Columbia investigating alleged fraud in the selection of the postoffice site in Columbia. The case has been in- vestigated by the United States grand jury in Hannibal. There are rumors of indictments at an early date. W. F. Switzler is in receipt of a let- ter from the Treasury department in Washington which says that owing to a defect inthe title to the land on which it is to be built, the construe- tion of the United States poatoftice building will be indefinitely delayed. their lawyers and their sympathizers News asks if anyone can beat it—and need to be impressed with the pro- tell the truth Willthe News make found truth that they are not the aftidavit to its statement?—Windsor state.—K. C. Star, Review, The above is a pretty fairstory but we can beat it about eleven montha and twenty eight days: Au old darkey residing in the 3 shady north end of Cli ton onea } brought home twenty-six hens {n one | j night. The beauty of our story is, DR. H. M. CANNON, Dentist, BUTLER, - MISSOURI, Will be in Adrian every Tues- day and Friday prepared to do all kinds of dental work. mi | Bryan Institutes Suit Against Mrs. | the records in police court’ bear out | the statement—Clinton Tribune, Riseelabeidenaiinieaiaiaiiai Bennet’. New Haven, Conn., December 31.— | Asuitin the form of akupplementary © preeseding in the Bennett will ease | wes instituted to-day by counsel for |Win. J. Bryan, as executor, against Extremely | Mrs Bennett and other legatees of , PLS Bennett. The snit ie brought Low for the purpose of having the supe- rior court pass upon the validity of Prices certuin paragraphs in the will ‘Lhese includes the bequest of $50,- in 000 to Mr. Bryan through a sealed letter to Mra, Bennett, and three be. quests of £10000 each in trua! to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan for distribution among educational institutions. 5 ‘A Childrens y “MAGNET BRAND” Depart- ment. Our entire stock of Boys heavy weight knee pants Will be sold regardless | ¥ gia pe I Oh, | Don’t forget the old man | with the fish on his back. | For nearly thirty years he caning UD d C has been traveling around the | world, and is still traveling, j bringing health and comfort wherever he goes. To the consumptive he brings the strength and flesh he so much needs. To all weak and sickly children he gives rich and strengthening food. To thin and pale persons he gives new firm flesh and rich red blood. Children who first saw the old man with the fish are now grown up and have children of their own. He stands for Scott’s Emul- sion of pure cod liver oil—a delightful food and a natural tonic for chiidren, for old folks and for all who need flesh and strength. SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemis 409-415 P. 1St ‘ork. Scere RS ee Toe cere sae I Bc. ‘and $1.00} aii druggiste. > of profit during our MENS SUITS BOYS SUITS — and Se OVERCOATS All go during this sale JOE MEYER The Cothier. i