The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 25, 1904, Page 8

Specials, 500. yards of day and the various committees nec- essary to perfect arrangements for Old Settlers Picnic. The officers of the Old Settlers As- | and decided to hold the eighth an- nual meeting of that association in the court house yard in Butler, on Wednesday, September 28th. Charles Dixon was selected as marshal of the sociation of Bates county, held a. meeting last week with other citizens | SeCovToescosesenseecese INE IC “OOROSE SEES STYLISH FALL SUITS ——FOR—— Men, Boys and Childrens a I A PA ‘ af LORE res for PE EE Cae cee ce bcc i ced Ly Hamburg Embroideries and Insertions 10c, 12 l-2c, 15c qualities C YARD. Choice New Patterns Now being shown in LACES, SPECIAL VALUES AT 5c yard. McKIBBENS. PE PU Dae r B. F. RICHARDS Has purchased theentire stock of Picture Frames, Mouldings, and pictures from Lee Culver, and will frame pictures, cut mats and do a general picture fram-— ing business. South side the square, one door west Bazar, “ BUTLER, MO. 009000; —$—$<— COAL.—Threshing coal 7 cents at Hunt’s bank in Hudson township. 39-8t Mrs. J. B. Howell, of Cripple Creek, Col., through our gentlemanly and efficent county clerk Jno. F. Herrell, favors us with renewal. CB BO8L600-00-0 900 0° 1004000000 i World's Fair Visitors. Neatly furnished, pleasant rooms, | 50e to $1.00 per day; special rates to parties; modern conveniences. H. T. Suose, Prop’r, 434t 2814 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. Harrisonville, Mo., Aug. 20—A stranger, giving the name of James Strain and calling Springfield his home, attempted suicide at this place last night by shooting himself through the head. Prompt medical attention was given, but no hopes are entertained for his recovery. III health is assigned as the cause for the act. ‘ The postottice at Lamont, Pettis county was burglarized Friday night. Two dollars in money was taken and every letter in the office was torn Conductor Abell, who has been open and scattered on the floor. visiting friends in Butler, left for his |The bank at that place was also home in Wichita, Kansas, Monday. | entered and a revolver taken. Mra. He took with him a fine bird dog. The county are holding @ reunion at Lake Park in Nevada, to-day. Con- gressman DeArmond will address them. Jennie Green’s millinery store was ex confederates of Vernon | burglarized the same night. An attempt was made either Sat- urday or Sunday night to rob the safe in the office of the Wyatt & Son lumber yard on Ohiostreet, this city. A pathetic feature of the encamp | Entrance to the office was effected ments of the Grand Army of the Re- | through a back window of the office. public is that thelineof march stead |The combination of the safe had ily shortens every year. Before many | been tampered with but the robbers years the number of marchers will be | failed to open it. Thesafe contained cut dowg to a mere handful.—Ex. We were complimented by a pleas- ant call from Isaac Ellington, com-|-and fined $5 each in police court on mitteemsa from Pleasant Gap town-|the charge of peddling, appealed Ellington reports the | their cases to the circult court and party in splendid fighting trim in his | will test the peddlers license ordi- township, with all the boys enthusi-| nance, The men were soliciting the ebip.. Mr. astic for the whole ticket. The nine year old son of Christo- pher Ohlendorf, a farmer residing ten miles gouth of Boonvile, played with a double barreled shotgun Thureday night. It was discharged | |... killing his six year old brother and | "°° seriously wounding his 12 year old: brother.—Ex. Advertising is one good, to build a town. Live extend and increase their trade train for Butler, where he went to i ben have the mad stone applied to sev- t8 | eral bites and scratches he received It is not known positively whether repel pete ny te about $300 in money and checks. ' The six men arrested in Nevada, enlargement of pictures and claim that ander the interstate commerce law they are exempt from license the same as traveling salesmen for whole sale mercantile houses, as they were not peddlers, but solicitors for busi- Saturday’s Rich Hill Review says that Roy Campbell took the noon apsptgn. [oer -r ny Aettann for the old settlers. The program look. Lee CuLvER, | $1.25, $1.50, $1.68 and $1 oCTasion Were old fashioned picnic is planned in| connection with the meeting and it will be a most enjoyable occasion will be published when prepared. How to get a nice, new $750 Cot- GCSISHSOOESCS OO9OSSECSECE tage for only $50. Address N H.Cruce, Banker, 41-46 ElDorado Springs, Mo. Come everybody and hear Bryan next Monday. Judge G. C. Miller is seeing the sights at the World’s Fair this week. Miss Ina Mount, of St, Louis, fs in the city visiting relatives and friends, Thos. J. Smith has returned from a two weeks’ visit with relatives and friends at his old home in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Mrs. J, B, Armstrongand daughter Helen, and Mrs, Alice Allen are spending the week in Kansas City visiting friends. The Knights and Ladies of Security will have a Japanese tea at their lodge rooms, east side square, to- night, All are invited. It you want to hear the greatest orator to-day before the American people, come to Butler next Monday. A cordial invitation is extended to everybody. Butler Hose Co. No. 2 has chal- lenged No. 1 to cross bats in a game of base ball, and a match has been arranged for September 4th. We have no doubt ft will be a great game, Mrs. J. H. Frizelle, who has been spending several months with her daughter, Mrs, Harry Piggott, in Helena, Mont., returned home the first of the week. The new band stand on the south- east corner of the square is substan- tially built, with a shingle roof. The business men on that corner are to be congratulated on. their enterprise. R. N. Clarey, floor Walkerin Peck’s big depariment store in Kansas City, and his wife are guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. L, Fox. Mr. Clarey was in business in Butler 14 or 15 years ago, Mrs. J.C. Clark, who has been a great sufferer from rhematism for several months, was able to go to El Dorado Springs the first of the week, where her many friends hope she will entirely recover. Mrs. Whitman, nee Miss Dola Haines, and little daughter, who have been visiting Mrs. John C. Hayes and other friends in Butler left yesterday for Nevada and willgo from there to her home in Roswell, New Mexico. Our old friend Mitchell Warford, of Spruce township, through the courtesy of George Price, favored us with renewal. Mr. Warford is one of Bates county’s old settlers and an appreciated friend of Tue Times. Ihave bought an interest in a fur- niture store at Joplin and will until the 10th of Septembersell everything in my stove and furniture line, both new and second hand at cost. Good heating and cook stoves from $1 ,to| p) $8 each; bedsteads from 25c to $2 each, all complete, I have over fifty second hand wood and coal heating stoves bought cheap. Come and South Side Square. BUY YOUR Schaal Shoes Hill's bath Store, ~ Best Values in Town at § Jas. H. Smith Sued for $10,000 Damages. — Monday’s Nevada Post says that Charles B. Bryant filed suit for $10,- 000 damages against James H. Smith, with Circuit Clerk Huff, Mon- day. Bryant’s petition alleges that while clerking in Smith’s grocery store, de- fendant spoke in a defamatory and malicious manner of him in the pres- ence of Jacob Eichinger, by saying: “You have $3 20 of my money, you will giveit up or sleep in jail to- night,” thus imputing to him the erime of embezzlement, It is also alleged that defendent in the presence of Henry M. Young and Thos. Thornton, stated that plain- tiff was embezzling his money. Hence the suit is filed for $10,000 damage to character. kp,—Jas, H. Smith is the son of J. W. Smith, {s an old Butler boy and was & prosperous merchant here. How to get a nice, new $750 Cot- tage for $50. Address, N. H. Cruce, Banker, 41 46 ElDorado Springs, Mo. Butler public schools will open on Monday, September 5th, Examina tions of new and irregular students for classification will be held ‘Thurs- day and Friday afternoons, Septem- ber 1st and 2nd. Teachers meeting will be held Saturday afternoon. Seed wheat to be had at Cannon & Weiner’s Elevator. Mr. and Mrs. ©. I. West and son, of Martinsville, Ind., visited Capt. and Mrs V. L. Johnson for several days the first of the week. They are look- ing over the country with a view of locating. They were friends of Capt. aud Mra, Johnson when they were at the Sanitarium at Martinsville. Seed Rye to be had at Cannon & Weiner’s Elevator. Through the courtesy of William Frank Keyser, secretary Missouri Bankers Association, we are in: re- ceipt of the preceedings of the 14th annual convention of that associa- tion held in 8t. Louis, May 24, 25 and 26,1904. Itis neatly printed, bound in cloth and profusely fillus- trated with pictures of the officers and the principal World’s Fair build- ings. It is made a World’s Fair souvenir edition. How to get a nice, new $750 Cot- tage for only $50. Address N.H.Cruce, Banker, ElDorado Springs, Mo. , black negro was: discovered ne in the rear room of the west side barber shop at closin; time late Saturday night. He didn’t wait for a formal introduction, and was a stranger to Mr. Cameron. He may be the party who has of late made several ineffectual attempts to commit robbery. He may become ben much acquainted with our peo- ore the final cards are played. 41-46 Damages for $7,500. John Encoe, a merchant of Stock- ton has filed suit A. J, Jack: son, assistant cashier of the Com- mercial Bank in that city, askipg for dam: tothe amount of $7,500 on a charge of alienating his wile’s affections. T, L. Nelson has been retained for - a ie ea, oo wy} C. po rca and W. KH. Fulke for the defense. All the parties to the suit are prominent citizens and many friends who greatly the | ; institution of this suit and oo of sorrow and remorse mill inevitably reins B. F. Richards wants all the old feathere in Bates county. South side mY one door west of Bazar, 2 tt Butler, Mo. Excursion Rates, Special one way’ rate to California, points San Francisco, Los Angeles, and various other points also to Portland, Oregon, Seattleand north- east points, on sale Sept, 15th to Oct. 15th, very low rates. Rich Hill fair Aug. 29th, to Sept. 8rd. Ticket on sale Aug. 28 to Sept. 2, good return to Sept. 3. Round trip 50c. Coach excursion to St. Louis, Mo., and return, every Tuesday and Thursday ofeach week during the months of August and September, rate of $5.85 for round trip; good seven days from date of sale. Harrisonville tair, tickets sold Sept. 5 to 9, good return Sept. 10, $1.15 round trip. E, C. VANDERVOORT, J, O, MeMullin, sole owner and pro- prietor of the Gailey feed yard solicits your patronage. Your teams will got the best feed, the best well water, the best stalls, the best care, prices right, eatisfaction assured. Next to Carpenter & Shafer’s. *41-4t, Ballard Items. The recent rains made everyone feel glad, especially farmers. We are now assured of a fair corn crop and the ground {s in excellent condition for fall plowing. 0.C. Rogers returned to Kansas City last week, after spending a few weeks visiting his daughter Fern and other relatives, . W. W. Crow returned last Thurs- day from Warrensburg, where he has been attending the summer school. He will go the first of next month to Chariton county where he has ac- cepted a position in one of the schools. M. A. Richardson, of Butler, spent Sunday with his parents. The strike has not effected the Ballard butchers. They are still kill- ing a beef Friday of each week. Mrs. Olinger, of Fresno, Cal, has been visiting at J. B.'Hayes’ the last few days. J. H. Crow and Mr. Campbell, of Kansas City, spent a few days last w.ck with the former’s mother. Mr. Holmes and daughter, of Ind!- ana were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Richardson a few days. A number from this neighborhood attended the picnic at Spruce Satur- day and report 4 good time. Mr. and Mrs. G. Y. Hendrix spent Sunday with their daughter, Mre. J. UP | B. Barker. C. oa Virginia Items. We heard it and jotted it down, What happened in and out of town. Mrs. Wm, Smith left last week to visit her two daughters at California, Mo. Clate Wolfe and two sons returned “ from the World’s Fair Friday night. Will Hughes got home Sabbath. Wm. Martin and G. M. Garner are talking of going to the fair soon. Elder Sharp preached last Sabbath, Asa Culver and Thomas Legg passed over the Parktown grade Subbath about noon. It was thought they were going to organize a Sab- } bath school at the Fickells school house, Republicans have had quarters at B. F. Jenkins’ blacksmith shop. We called a few minutes oneday. Jud Wolfe and W. W. Park were talkin about Sam Cook and Allen being on’ the ticket with Folk. We heard nothing about Ed. Butler helping the Republicans, or the big brewer they had ontheirticket, We did not learn if Filley’s speech before the club in St. Louis, was read and dis- cussed in the blacksmith shop or not. From Kansas City Star, Aug. 9th: “But we will not vote for an unholy alliance which would mean the per- petuation of evils combatted by this club for so many years. We com- menced the fight on corruption three years before Folk secured a convic- tion, and for us to indorse the candi- date of the Butler-Phelps-Kerens- Dickey combination would be to violate the very motto of this club. lu 1870 Cagl Schurz said, we not only want the platform, but the man on it whose record is a guaranteefor the he future. The Republican party” with tie representative of this unholy alliance is worse than the Democratic party. Lam against Walbridge be- cause he ignored the Filley election law of 1895 and appointed the Dem- ocrat, Saunders on the board of election commissioners, ignoring his oath of office and his duty to his party.” Wm. Arbogast, of Knobnoster,and | Gordon Wallace, of Kansas City,* were in Virginia last Saturday. Mr. Berry, shoe man, of McKibben store, passed over the Parktown grade last Saturday. He spoke in praise of the work and thought! would be well if all the roads w worked as well. Miss Kate Durret called to see’ | Aeron and wife Monday. 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