The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 14, 1904, Page 1

y¢ = DBuller i Famous Confederate Comman- ; ) der Passes Peacefully Away | Surrounded by His Family. } LAST OF THE “OLD GUARD.” ; Body Will be Shipped To-Day to Kirk- wood, Suburb of Atlanta, Ga., for loterment at His Old Home. Miami, Fla., Jan. 9.—General John B. Gordon diea at 10:05 to-night. He was unconscious for some time peacefully and quietly. Geseral Gordon’s remains will be shipped to his home at Kirkwood, ing here at 8 o'clock. bedside to the last. \ Lastr oF THE OLD Guarp \Lieutant John Brown Gordon, call May, E Lee as his best commander, was © the last of the great leaders of the great forces of the Confederacy. He was born in Upson County, Georgia, ou February 6, 1882, an with his pative etate. + uated from the University of Georgia in 1852, and admitted to the bar in # 1858. He devi ted himeelf to various i enterprises and at the outbreak o the Civil War he waa engaged in de- veloping the coal interests m north- ern Georgia. He raised a company fof soldiers known as “The R:ccoon " Rovghs” and joined the Confederate :‘\) Army. From Captain to Lieutant General his advance was rapid, for be wax a ; natural leader and he had the facu!- ty of inspiring those under bis com- mand with enthusiasm. He was » shortly afterwards made a Major ' aud later promoted to the Coloneicy . of the regiment. The first serious engagement in BABY'S ECZEMA Top of Head Covered with Scales Which Peeled off Taking Hair wih Then. CURED BY CUTICURA How Six Years OW with Thi Hair and Clean Scalp. Care Permaneat “My baby was about six weeks old when the top of her head became cov- it. It would soon form again and be as bad es before. I tried several things then went to the doctor. He said prescribed an Eg 5 Z & 2 & H s A i i i : 3 8 4 ! | [ j E i i : i E | ry E u i iH if H | jw out BS e8 iH fy f E ie | $ e 3 z - : : i HH B tr did | two year o} -}+-tpaid-when-due, horse was shot under him as he was leading a charge. FIVE TIMES WOUNDED. | His bravery and dashing cor- duct attracted attention at the bat-| tles of Melvern Hill and Boonsboro | and at the field of Sharpsburg. The, battle of Sharpsburg was followed by a disastrous retreat, and only few of the right wing escaped. Gep-) eral Gordon was five times wounded | yet he refused to leave the field. He was removed to Winchester, where for two months he lingered between life and death. JUDGE GRAVES TO TRY BUTLER. before the end and passed away | (ne of the St Louis Bribery Cases to Come up at Fulton Next Month Jefferson City, Jan 10 —It was an- Atlanta, Ga.. to-morrow night, leav-|/nounced here to-day that Judge Warwick Hough of the eighth circuit M General Gordon’s family was at/court in St. Louis had “declined to try the “Ed” Butler bribery case, which is set for February at Fulton, and that Judge W. W. Graves at fed by the South “The Knightly Gor- Butler had been substituted, The »,” celebrated in Confederate an-|°48¢ Was originally set in the late " Judge Hockaday’s court. Alexan- pala as “The man of the Twelfth of and hailed by General Robert der H. Waller, who succeeded Judge Hockaday at the latter’s death, dis- qualitied himself, however; because he had been one of the attorneys for Butler in the trial at Columbia. He q asked Judge Hongh to try the care b his life—ulways—had— been identified nd-he was expected to hear it. His He was grad- declination came as a surprise at thia time. Judge Graves is considered the fore- most authority on criminal law in ¢|the state, He has never been revers- ed by the supreme court on a crimin- alcase tried before him. He tried the Farris, Matthews, and other cases resulting from the legislative voodling. The charge on which But- ler is to be tried is the one fo which heis charged with paying $47,500 to secure votes of nineteen members of the house of delegates Tor their votes on the lighting bill. The money it is declared, was distributed at the home of Julius Lehman, $2,500 to each of the nineteen men. The cuse has been tried several times. Saved From Terribe Death. The family of Mrs. M-L. Bobbit, of Bargertou, Tenn , saw her dying and were powerless to save her, The most ekillful .physicians and every remedy used, failed, while cousump Lion was slowly but surely taking her jife. Io this terrible hour Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption turn ed despair into joy. The first bottle brought immediate relief and its con- tinued use completely cured her. It’s the most certain cure in the world for all throat and lung troubles. Guar anteed bottles 50c and $1.00 Trial hottles freeat H L. Tucker’s Drug Store. Public Sale. I will sell at my place, 5% miles northeast of Butler, on Tuesday, January 26th, 1904, the following property: 11 head of . ~ ered with thick scales, which would | horses and mules, consisting of 1 peel and come off, taking the hair with | gpan driving and saddle horses, 1 family horse, 1 good brood mare 8 years old, 2 two year old mules, 3 oint- | yearling mules, 2 spring mule colis; 47 head of cattle, consisting of 25 co head of yearling steers, 9 milk cows, ‘rom 3 to 7 years old, 4 head of good vearling heifers, 8 bead of calves, 1 ld Durham bull; 20 head of hogs, consisting of 9 brood sows with pig, balance shoats weighing about 150 pounds, 1 two horse wagon, 1 spring wagon, 1 Deer corn planter, bought last spring, 1 Mil- waukee binder, 1 16-inch breaking plow, 1 disk, 1 harrow, 2cultivatore, 20 tons of baled hay in shed, between 200 and 300 bushels of corn in crib, Lrick of threshed timothy hay, 75 tu household and kitchen furniture, ott - er things too numerous to mention. Terms: Under $10 cash, on sume, of $10 and over nine months time will be given,” without interes! tq drat 4 percent trom date. Note to bear anproved security, 6 per cent dis- count for cash. tale to uegin promptly at 10 o'clock. J. L. HERRELL, ll Mil In the History of our Career will be In- pupurated and wil be Ready and beyua Next week, Keen your eyes wide open and do Not Fail to Reap the Bone, WE MEAN BUSINESS FROM THE WORD 00. Sam Levy & Go. bl OF THE ENTIRE Jewelry Stock. co | ee Frank V. Bernhardt, Consisting of Watches, Clocks, Silverware, Chinaware, Ete. Commences Saturday January 16, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m, And to continue a FEW DAYS ONLY at the same. Everything in this entire stock must go and will be sold regardless of cost. Each article will be guaranteed just as represented. Hight elegant presents will be given away FREE at each sale. LADIES ARE ESPECIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND. FRANK BERNHARDT, Jeweler. SINCLAIR & GABRIEL, Auctloneers. Butler, Mo. Don’t Fail to Attend. Everybody Come. : SLSLSLISLSLLSLALSL ISLA VOL. XXVI. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1f, 1904, NO. i “GENERAL GORDON which the Colonel appeared was at Siti: S + jonas : i ; : i | Spruce fea eae 4 Seven Pines, where two-thirds of his | ere ee : . DIES AT MIAMI. roziment were destroyed and bis \ | Mra. Will Shilinger is reported sick with lagrippe Mrs. I. M. Kretzioger left Satwminy for Rockville to be at the bedside of her sister, Josie Hill, who has xen | quite sick for the past week. Chas. Beard was in the vicinity Monday trying to buy cattle Mrs. Ed. Erhart was the goestof her parents last Friday. Mrs Elza Beard and daughter were the guests of Goo. Kret ager and family Saturday. Reported that John Lasiter sid that there was one little mawetale made on the Mistler bridge over Jeep Water, He said it should have teea made a littl higher with -aa-etur- tor at each end, Reported that Jeff Morris wild pot pioue it futu e A. L. Gilucre drove to Mowsr aa last Friday. He and Mr. Stepien- son, of Montrose, ordered a car sowed of cotton reed meal for feeding their cattle, We learn oi the death of Mra, Mews Drennan at her home in Butler ast Saturday. Lon Murphy is reported sik ut this writing with lumbago. Under the leadership of Edgar Smyeer, the Modern Woodmen of Spruceare drilling a newteam, Mach ute his house in the near ) interestis being manifested, and dhey are getting along nie ly, Thez will soon have their new uniform anit axes, and one of the members teNisna that they expect Lo come ot Noo, ing like ten cents It is reported that the Sprase toys will organize a brass band ‘a rhe uear future, Rev, Vo Kretzinger and wit t Galena, Oklahoma, will make & vied in this vicinity soon, Geo, Keetzinger and famuy wl leave for Oklahoma in Febru srs tu live on their claim, A letter received from OR! odenue brings the news that Lete Stloier, formerly of this communit wey il of typhoid fever, His a aval two daughters are also De ” their bed with the same disenee, Mim, Shirley having been sick s.nce let September. | nA Wonderful Nerve. Vins, Isdisplayed by many a mur enol. tog pains of accidental euts, wo 2 bruises, burns, sacalds, sore feo stiff joints. But there's no nee § it. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve vii the pain and cure the tronble. the best Salve on earth for Piles, ti, 25e at H. LL Tucker's Deng Saasre: Ban of Decollette. Rome, Jan. 9.—Low cut gowns are now banned at receptiofis aad other functions attended by vardinais and other prelates. Great excitement has been sassed by the announcement, esperhiiy among the ladies of the diplomatic corps The announcement is ma ev en the authority of @ letter written by the pope to M. Martin D’Antas, she Portuguese ambassador, in whieh the holy father expresses disapprov- al ofthis style ot dress on sueb ov- casions. : " Members of the “Black society, "an organization composed of the faith of the holy see, are very much wrought up over the announcement. A Don’t try cheap cough medi- cines. Get the best, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. What a record it has, sixty years of Cherry Pectoral cures! Ask your doctor if he doesn’t use it for coughs, colds, bronchitis, and all throat and lung troubles. “Thave found that Ayer’s Cherry Pectursl is the best medicine Tean prescribe for beam chitis, influenza, coughs, and hard colds.” M. LopEMaN, M.D., Ithaca. KT. 3.0. AV ER Lowell. owe ‘Bie. S0c., £1.00, All droucists. for Bronchitis Correct any tendency to c ition with small de wot Ayers Pats.