The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 4, 1904, Page 5

OSPR OMIT SODMMNENIIES 5 LOSE > DOO BONOOS OF COO SE SBOE AN “and de : in every walk of life will findthat we have : : : |. JUST THE SHOE that is suitable for their use Little Mise Alice Smith - Satur. 7, (poems (LLL LLLLLLLLLLLLSLSLLLLSLLLLSSL IL, McKIBBENS. to reladivea, : WE ARE OFFERING SOME O o part of the county and a young man} competent in every particular, will} take the place ef Mr. Johnson as} surveyor and bridge commissioner of this connty. Jesse W. Taylor, traveling repre- sentative for Geo. D. Barnard & Co., erritory as the state o Texas, visited his family and many friends here a few days last week. SPLENDID BARGAINS Lafe Ingram, son of M. C. Ingram, living near West Plains, Mo., had his right hand torn éff and other- wise badly injured by the premature explosion of dynamite, which he was throwing into North Fork river. A large number of people were in Butler on Monday expecting the Kratz case to go to trial. They were greatly disappointed when it was ‘Summer wash goods reduced. learned that Kratz was too sick to come and had made application for It is a pleasure to & continuance. HAVE A FIT that is comfortable and dressy in a We were complimented with a very pleasant call from I. N. Smith, of Deepwater, on last Monday. Mr. Smith says the boys in his township are enthusiastic over the state ticket and think it thestrongest that could have been nominated. Stephen and Forrest Roddy, 12 and 14 years of age, of Centralia, Mo., will go to the St. Louis fair in August in an ox cart drawn by two C000 SHOE Come and see us. Lace curtains reduced. Mattings reduced. McKIBBENS. IN EACH DEPARTMENT. Ladies low cut shoes reduced. A VOM We want your trade. oxen which they broke two yearsago, | * when the animals were calves. They expect to be on the road two weeks, The carpenters will begin work at the fair grounds at once, making re- pairs. Six thousand square feet of new root will be put on the barns and stalls, new floor in the grand stand and much work to render the build ings safe andcomfortable.—Rich Hill Review. On the occasion of his 13th birth- day Kenneth Berry entertained a large number of his playmates and friends at the home of his parents Friday evening. Refreshments were served and the little folke had a good time. Kenneth was the recipient of some nice presents. Our young friend W. D. Rich, of Deep Water township, was a pleas- ant caller while in the city on Tues day and favored us substantially. a8 WALK-OVER. If you will give us a chaiice we will convince you that this is Burglare blew the safe of Walker Bros. Dry Goods Uo., at Witchita, Kan,, Saturday night and secured about $150. The members of the firm are brothers of Dan and Cy Walker of this city. County treasurer W, T, Johnson, who has been spending a couple of months in Texas for his health re- turned home Tuesday. He reports @ pleasant time and that his health has been greatly benefitted. “THE GOOD SHOE STOR AMERICA Our old friend Conrad Bowman, who has been visiting friends in Ohio, West Virginia and Peunsylvania the past year, has returned home and favored us pleasantly on Tuesday. He says crops are good, not eo much rain as we have had here. CLOTHING HOUSE. J. H. Murley,a brakeman on the M. K. & T, railroad, who had just fallen heir to $30,000, was killed at South McAlester, I. T. Saturday, by being knocked from his car and fall- ing under the wheels. He had an- nounced his intention to quit the P. S. Oxfords at Cut Prices. ERE ea RN Se A burglar entered the drug store of Frank T. Clay Saturday night and secured $22 00 in money. En- Sic kles welded, ‘first class, ait, a ‘Legg repairs buggy sor. 38-46 ° road August Ist. ~ - ‘ Clark Boxley, of Paola, Kans., yeahs Loge Carriage Shop. ieee ; trance wus gaiued through a rear | spent Sunday in the city. Johanna I. Best, of Nyhart isa| A8@ representative on our county | window by means of a ladder. Thos. \ new subscriber to Tae Trtes. court from the southern district} Wiliams, the negro janitor was ar- Comty court is in session this week with all members present. Mrs. E. €. Neal, of Knob Noster, Mo., te visiting Miss Nell Evans. Miss Edna Buckley, of Joplin, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ed. Snyder. There are six presidential candi- | dates in the field. Can you name them? Claude Freeman, of LaHarpe, Kas., is visiting friends and relatives in the city. Mies Elnora Tucker, of Oklahoma | City, is visiting her mother and sis- | ters in Butler. Mre. C. R. Gaines and children are Will Laney will make @ progressive and economical member, and the south district was certainly fortu- nate in its nomination for this im- portant office. THe Times hopes and expects to see Mr. Laney elected by an increased majority. rested and is being held for trial. The fact that the Republicans have nominated the president of the no- torious Bell telephone monopoly for governor is in keeping with Republi- can policy, says the Jefferson City Tribune. The bigger and bolder the monopoly the better it suits the man- agers of theg.o. p. But getting the votes {s another story. Ed. 8. Austin, of St. Louis, is vieit- ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. D, Austin and other relatives and friends. Church Wort and wife, who have been spending a couple of weeks with friends and relatives at Foster, have returned home, Burglars are getting bold at Clin- ton. Four business houses in the past week have been entered and rob- bed of goods. Mrs. J. M. Keith and Miss Laura Henry, of Kansas City, are visiting their sister, Mrs. O. F. Renick and niece, Mrs. J. R. Morrison. D. L. Kash was a_ pleasant caller on Tuesday. He was in town to at- tend the monthly sale of the Bates County Live Stock Co. Mrs. Willie Hudson, who has been having a pleasant visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Heath, has returned to her home in Texas. The ex-Confederate annual picnic will be held at Lake Park, Nevada, August 25th, and the occasion, says the Mail, promises to be a delightful one. Ina fight at Stotesburg, Vernon county, Verney O'Brien, was badly stabbed in the left side by Chester Raridan, who was taken to jail, says} the Nevada Mail. The members of the Butier Camp Woodmen will meet at their hall to- day at 11 o’clock to arrange for at- tending the log rolling at Rich Hill. The Butler band will accompany the camp. ; W. N. Porch orders hig paper changéd from Berlin to Sayer, Okla. He writes: “beet prospects for good Tue Times congratulates Dr. J. W. Choate, of this clty, on his good for- tune in being one of the fortunates in the drawing of a farm in the Rose- bud reservation. The doctor’s num- ber is 836, and he ought to be able to pick a good farm. He left lues- day to look after his claim. E. M. Phillips and wife, of Amoret, were in Butler the last of the week and favored us pleasantly. Mr. Phillips recently disposed of his business in Amoret and he and his wile left the first of the week for Win- field, Iowa, his old home. They will travel through Minnesota and Wis- cousin before returning to Bates. David Niblett, 63 years old, lost a leg, while working in the Dickey Sewer Pipe works at Deepwater, Henry county, the other day. He was at- tending to some work in the drying pan, when another employee threw the belt and started the machinery not knowing the old man’s danger. Both of Niblett’s feet were crushed, ‘and he may die. Tuesday, August 2nd will long be remembered by Mrs. Ettie Jenkins asa very happy occasion. It being her birthday, she was invited to dinner with her parents, County Clerk Jno. F. and Mrs. Herrell. When she turned over her plate she discovered seventy-five dollars in gold. That she was greatly surprised and pleased oes without saying. Will Rutledge, living near Ketter- man, Vernon county, lost his big barn by fire. Fifty-six tons cf new hay stored in the barn, a wagon and harness and a lot of farm machinery were also destroyed. The barn was set on fire by lightning, and about ten minutes before it was struck Mr. Rutledge had turned his horses on pasture. Mr. Rutledge has been particularly unfo: tunate this season, says the Nevada Post, as he has lost over 20 head of calves and about 50 head of hogs by disease. Girard Wilson died at his home near Madison, Kansas, Friday morn- ing at 4 o'clock. The remains were brought to Foster, his old home, Sunday for interment. Mr. Wilson upto a short time ago resided in southern Bates county, owning the large tract of land on which the New Home Co.’s No. 1 mine is now locat- ed, after the sale of which he moved to Madison, Kansas. It will be re- membered that in the primary elec- spending a week in St. Louis visiting relatives. Robt. J. Lynn, of this county, , Grew claim 1108 in the Rosebud res- ervation. Arthur Morris, of St. Louis, {s spending a few days in town visiting his mother. Mre. €. E. Fraze and little daugh- +. terare visiting relatives and friends | 4m Kansas City. Dr. G. M. Risley, of Kansas City, visited friends and relatives in the eity Saturday and Sunday. ‘Capt. V. L. Johnson and wife are visiting the parents of Mrs. Johnson 4m the east part of the county. All boggy and wagon repairs. tid "Legg Carriage Shop. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hay, who vis- -fted the family of Conductor Wm. Fram, returned to Kansas City Sat- Under the apportionment of state school moneys as made by state su- perintendent of public schools W. T. Carrington, Bates county with an enumeration of 8,907, will receive $11,498.27. Of the enumeration of counties Christian has the smallest number, 91 children, and recelves but $115.05. Livingston and Madi- son have the same, 100 children and receive $126:42. a pa ucla >. Heath, who been laid up for several days th bad cold, 1s able to be out about September 1, About that) datetorthe nomination for Presiding date the farmer will be well up with) Judge of the county court of Bates his work and ready, to entertain the | county on the Democratic ticket, and spellbinders. From every view point| wag defeated by Judge McFadden. the Democrats have put a splendid|tj¢ was a member of the Masonic in the southwestern part of the coun- ty, where he resided for niany yeare, | ho will regret is death, Miss Susie Smith has stern’ from f a pleasant visit with ber friend, Miss Mina Heinlein in Kansas City. We wonder if the biblical injunc- tion that, ‘The last shall be first,” applies to the Mt. Pleasant Republi- can delegation. Miss Mattie Boulware returned home Sunday from a month’s visit to friends in Calloway =ey and at the World’s Fair. W. H. Morris moved his family to Neosho, Mo., the first of the week, where they expect to make their permanent home. “The county court adjourned over Monday out of respect to Mrs, Judy, who was the mother-in-law. of Pre- siding Judge J. W. McFadden. After a pleasant vacation with home folks Clay Broaddus has re turned to his post with the National Harvester company in Kansas City. | Wesley Badgett writes from How- ard township that Democrats down there are euthusiastic for national, state and county tickets; corn pros- pects not so bright. In the case of A. W. Shey vs. Nan- ey A. Floyd, admrx, tried in circuit court Monday and Tuesday, the jury failed to agree. This makes the fourth trial of this case and the costs have already amounted to about $250. The suit was brought to secure the value of a colt which a dog ran into abarbed wire fence and killed. The value of the colt was $30.00. The Republican boys back from the St. Joseph convention are telling a@ good joke at the expense of Bro. Funk, of the Republican-Press. An enterprising individual was taking pictures of unsophisticated delegates with an electric apparatus. Bro. Funk was induced to pose for his picture and a colored brother was stationed at the focus of the camera, The picture was handed to Funk with the explanation that the proof was a little dark, bué would Hghten up. If Bro. Funk will send that pic- ture in with his application for the Butler postoffice, he will have Del. Welton skinned -to death before Roosevelt. The Rich Hill Review says: “Willie Reese, the 13-year-old son of Squire Dave Reese, and a lad about the same age named Williams, whose parents reside at No. 21 mineseveral miles south of Rich Hill, entered Mr. Reese’s house and appropriated about $1,000 and started out to en- joy life. Mrs. Reese saw the boys leaving home and suspecting that something was wrong notified Mr. Reese, who with several other men started in pursuit of the boys. Reeching the railroad track the |- boys boarded a flat car which the switch engine was taking to Ovid. At Ovid they gave the men the dodge by cutting through the corn fields and made their way to Rich Hill. ‘The marshal of that city was noti- fied and succeeded in capturing the Reese boy @ couple of miles south- east of Rich Hill, but the other boy made his eacape. The Reese boy had none of the money when caught. Both boys belong to the best. fami- lies in their section and what tempt- ed them to do as they did is a mye. tery. sists en. Chas. preg of Raame © ity, ‘is visiting the tamily of Walter An- derson, The Adrian Journal reports Ho- mer Owen, hurt in that town by fall- {ing from the stable loft, as being much improved and hopes are now entertained for his complete recovery. Frank Allen expects to occupy his new residence in the north part of the city In about two weeks. Hewill have a handsome home, The house complete will have ten rooms. SACRIFICING PRICES, woeeww $4.00 and $4.50 PANTS Now $3.00. A a $3.00 and $3.50 PANTS Now $2,00. EE SEE ON $2.00 and $2.50 PANTS Now $1.50. CC a $1.50 aud $1.75 PANTS Now $1.00. Mens, Boys and Childrens Light Weight Suits Must go Regardless of PROFIT. JOE iWEYER, The Clothier. W. F. Keyser, secretary of the Mis- , souri State Bankers Association, with headquarters at Sedalia, was visiting friends in Butler the first of the week, Tue Times acknowledges a pleasant call, gaia Rae