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OVERCOAT, | This is a special drive | and will prove a winner | We want every young man in Bates county to | see our special young mens $10 Suit and Overcoat They are made by the best Clothing Makers in America. Our Guarantee Goes with them. WALK-OVER SHOES in greatest variety we have ever shown and our prices and quality are same as always. PATENT try LEATHERS 24.00 LEATHER $3.50 The The Good Good Clothes | Shoe Store. THE RIGHT WAY, Store. | Bring your eggs to us, we take} Eggs taken the same as cash. m in exchange for goods same as | 42 56, Mokinnexe, cash. 44tf San’ Levy & Co, Kansas City on business last week. Mare, Phaeton and harness for Je, call at this office. Mens pants from 98e up. Hill’s ‘ash Store. ness, W. H. Ison, a successful young larmer south east of Butler, was ajand a watermelon leasant caller and favored us sub ntially. Get our prices on blankets. (iood nee per pair 45¢ at Hill’s Cash Store. The Butler High School ball team defeated the Simpson Blues Satur- day by a score of 9 to 0. Fair. there, Poffenbarger made arrangements to opena branch | office. store in Adrian about the first of ‘October. The Jewish New Year is next Sat-| Hill's Cash Store. urday, Sept 30th, which our Jewish r home in ElDorado Springs on | 8nd adjoining counties. riday, after a pleasant visit to Mre. 7. Rellore. can be made for the money. - 1 t prices, New dress goods at lowest prices, | ae Ne ne {ll’s Cash Store. rs. Hilton Combs, of Vinona, pate No. 1. home the last of this week. 95 adies buy a pair of Peters $2.25 ress shoes and get the style and alue ofa $3 shoe at Hill’s Cash tore. Fall Festivities, Kansas City, Mo. —$2.15 round trip. Tickets sold Oct. 1st to 7th; final return-limts Oct. 9th. J. F. Geicer, Agent. Peters shoes are the best. We sell ‘them; childrens good shoes, all solid sather throughout only 50c, Hill’s h Store. in Butler. College is larger than ever before Its graduates alwaye secure nd Lamar teame last Sun- Eycareoon was 18 to 0 in favor utler. It youwant to buy o ood four 0 d lot on West Fs. ~ Rms Po J. 1. DUNN, Butler, structions the best. ounty court met Monday as 6 in the old Laclede hotel building in of ay on merchants | Butler. nse, which been raised by the d of equalization. fell from Mildred Poffenbarger : bicr Mond: an Poicy co teacture ot both bones of lower left arm. W. B. Tyler spent three days in Squire O M. Burkhart, of Pleasant Gap township, was a pleasant caller on Tuesday, while in Butler on busi- A pumpkin weighing 110 pounds weighing 85 pounds were exhibited at the Adrian Miss Boulware left for California the first of the week to visit relatives ;and look after property interests If you want to buy a good home on Ohio street, two blocks from the public square, city water, fine well & Edwards have | and barn at a bargain, cail at this Tollet soaps 15¢ per box, 2 boxes 25c. Extra values at the price, at 7 President of the Fair Association, ‘opulation will appropriately ob-|m 4° Lisle, was buay Monday morn. e. ing extending the courtesies of his Mrs. Edmonfa Elgin returned to | association to the editors of Bates Mens work shoes from $1 up. Dress shoes from $1.25 up. The best that Hill’s Miss Norma Day returned from a nsas, is visiting at the home of three weeks stay in Colorado and lar carrieron | Kansas City. Miss Frankie Lisle, —e who accompanied her, is expected Both Mrs. M. Burkelo and daugh- ter, Miss Lizzie, are ill with typhoid fever. Miss L'zzie {s a teacher in the public schools. These are the only two cases of typhoid reported so far My stock is now in and is full of all the best. The markets offer and the best part the prices are amazingly low Come and see, Miss N, Evans, 48-26 The Chillicothe, Mo., Commercial The result of the ballgamebetween | +18 tts President, Allen Moore, has made the prices low and the in- Judge Bradley in the circuit court at Harrisonville Monday, denied the writ of mandamus of C. W. Boswell The Rich Hill drill has struck an-' | Other gas flow, this time at a depth | Of 160 feet. It is inthesame vicinity as the first well and equally as goed. | The Review adds that ff this kind of | thing is kept up we will have gas to} burn. | Wm. A. Searfus, a prominent farm- er living four miles south of Butler, | was kicked by a colt Sunday and for & time feared he was seriously in- jured. The blow struck near the |heartand he was rendered grop gy | for awhile, J. L. Richardson brought hog to Butler Friday which tipped the beam at 665 pounds and brought $38.25. The hog wae three years old and made {ts biggest growth the last year. Mr. Richardson lives east of Butler. Wm. Osborne, of Charlotte, was a pleasant caller the last of the week. Mr. Osborne came to this county from Texas twenty-four years ago. He was origtnully from Virginia. He has lived in many different states, but says old Bates is good enough tor him, J. T. Baker, of Pleasant Gap, favored us with a business call on Saturday. He is on a Rich Hill rural route and says he has been without rail for the past week owing to high water. The Sor boys are among our best citizens, Word was received in Butler the last of the week that D. L. Stevens had been killed in Oklahoma and his wife badly injured, by belng run over by anengine, No further particul: rs have been obtained. Mr. Stevers owns a good farm southeast of Bus- lerand moved to Oklahoma not long ayo. A. Z. Shrum, charged with man- slaughter in the degree for causing the death of Miss Ollle King atSchell City, was given a preliminary hear ing before Justice Ensley at that place and released on a bond for $2,900 to Insure his appearance at the October term of the Vernon coun- ty circult court. A “Citizens Law and Order League” was organized at the Baptist churel Sunday afternoon last. The objet of the organization, as expressed by resolution, is the suppressfon of the saloon and its attendant evils, to: gethor with other Sunday desecra- tlons and violations of law. The Welton Lake ts beoomlag quite famous as a fishing resort and many good catches are reported. Mon- day’s Kansas City ‘I'lmes says that J. M. Clark and William Shuff, of thatcity, putin five daya at the But- lerlake and canght 38 bass, the larg- est a three pounder. Superintendent of schools Ives has prepared a very interesting program for the Bates County Teachers Asso elation, to be held in the court room in Butler, Novgmber 3rd, 4th and Sth, 196 The copy is now in the hands of the printer and the pro grams will be sent out tothe teach is the first of the week, The Nelson Company, builders of the septic tank,accepted the council's proposition to pay $2,800, the amount the city paid for the tank+, and to pay the costs and attorney’s fees, amounting {In all to $3,065, and sent a draft for that amount. The city will now have to extend the sewer to the river, which will prob ably be done at an early date. R. L. Braden was 4 pleasant caller on Saturday. Mr. Braden is one of the early settlers, an old line Demo crat and was always {x fluential in his party’s support. His name is prominently mentioned as @ candi date for county c'erk and he is not going out of the way to deny the soft impeachment. He {s worthy and well qu: fged and would credit ably fill any county office to which the people would elect him. Two weeks from today our fair will be in full swing and {fthe weather is as propitious as it 1s this week th. crowd will be the largest ever us sembled in Bates county on asimilar occasion, and the people will not be disappointed, for everything adver- tised and enumerated in the cata- logue will be exhibited and every contract fulfilled. If we are not greatly disappointed the people of Bates county will be proud of this old fashioned fair at the county seat, Uncle Laben Warren, of Cornland, called to see us the last of the week. Uncle Laben bears the distinction of being the only Mexican War veteran living in Bates county, all the others having passed to the great bey: He bears his extreme age remark- ably well, being still i * in spirit and physically active. e has a fund of reminences of those stirring times and delights In fighting over the battles of his country. He expects to move his family to Butler this fall. The drainage,commissioners’ camp located on the Patterson bottom. between Nyhart and Marvel bridge. Commissioner Smith was in Butler Friday aud sald that several morn- ings they could have killed ducks from their tent door. On Thursday, by the . Smith and Assistant Engineer, J.\H. Sharp, were pleasant caller on Tuesday, while in Butler on busi- Mr. Sharp McKIBBENS. NEW CLOAKS VISIT OUR New Cloak Department And See The Showing of New Handsome Wraps. We havejmade an unusual effort to please you this year and our stock is larger and more varied than ever. We guarantee every garment we sell. We only sell at ONE PRICE. We mark them at the lowest possi- ble price. We donot send Cloaks out on approval. Therefore, we have no second hand or soiled Cloaks | 7 : ; | : : : to sell. Every one is new. Come and see them. Ladies Home Journal Patterns 10 to 15c. Ask for style book FREE. : Egos Taken Same as Cash. j a) MicKIBBENS. The old settlers of Bates county | Mrs. Brown is again with usanoth- ; held a) leasant and most successful | er season and will be glad to meet! reunion af Butler last week. Hun-| her many friends and give them the dreds of men aod women paid hom: | advantage of the jatest styles lor fail | age to the men and women who laid | and winter, Miss No Evans) 48 2¢ the foundations and the first courses | of Bates county's prosperity and growth, There is a peculiar interest in old peopl, univerosl tn its preva The annual pienie of the Towa} j society: was held in) Mearlund’s | , : Park on Tuesday, A fine dinner was | lence, andin this connection the Jour lepread and all had a good time. nal would be glad to note the organ- | Speeches were made by Kev. LH. Jas. | ization ofan old settlers’ association, | Crockett, Dr. Allen and lev. Joel | embracing Appleton City and the a : ve surrounding country.—App! Journal. Barker. Those present who bad not eton | already done so signed the roll of jImembership, — Officers were elected The city couneil at its regular, for the ensuing year. | meeting last Thursday evening in- | | definitely postponed action on the! Henry Reinheimer, owner and | natural gas franchise asked for by manager of the Butler and Kick Hil, | E. C. Love, representing the Kansas | telephone exchange,secured marriage | City Oiland Gas Co, That is a very | license from Recorder Lisle on Satur: | neat and peaceful way to effeetually | day, to marry Miss Maud Woed, of | put the proposition to sleep, Mr. Latror, Mo. Mr. Reinheimer wnt to Love proposed to prospect this Kansus City Sunday night and war vicinity for natural gas if the busi-) married in that. city on Monday. 3 men of Butler would raise the money | They left for a tour of the west which | for that purpose. With that end in| willinctude a visit to the Portlanc | | view a meeting was called for last exposition, They will return to night to canvass the situation, We) Butler in about 30 days. go to press too early to learn the re- sult. A wrong impression seems to have | | @ained currency respecting the ad mission charges to the fair grounds Single admissions = for persone, | whether on foot orin vehicle 25 cents | Single horse or team, 25e. Children ! under 10 years free. Old person. | over 75 years freo. Seats fai gran | stand 10 cents. Season tickets | costing $1, admits rig fer; other | wiee the rig costs 25e each time, Al money taken in at the gate goes ti !pay premiums and for the cost of maintaining the fair, No person connected with the management «x | pects to make a dollar out of it, if} the attendance is such as to pay ail | expenses aud the people are pleased, the managers will feel like they are fully repaid for all their labor and worry. A Big Values All Wool Clay Suits $8.00 OPO PPTE SECTS OOS TOTRSIT 0 C089 SERIO 28 OTN PIE OF VORU INT OCT 1 COIORRR OOOO “OO TRT POT HE OO OCOO ROOTED COOP TEEIOSTS SPE SEROOIIO simere Suits $8.50 Fine Black Unfinish- At its last meeting the city council refused a petition to build an eight foot cocrete walk on Chestnut street, for the family~ in the rear of the business block on . in a variety of the north side of the square. The ed Worsted Suits styles,sizesand city ordinance prohibits the putting colors, but all down of wooden walks in that dis at $10.00 “I Clad” trict, so it looks very much like the —_ people who use that street wiil have and good, to walk in the mud during bad values Extra Fine Quality Fancy Worsted Suits at $12.50 Call and see these Suits at weather. It looks like short sighted policy to let a principal street abut ting the square, remain indefinitely in that condition. Tnis council has been wiae tn compelling concrete walks all over the town and they} have been commended fer that action. They should not be swerved now from so commendable a course or play favorities at this late date. Many walks have been thrown out and remain to be put in this fall, a wavering on the part of the council might cause a vast amount of trouble, annoyanee and inconvenience to the JOE MEYER, The Clothier, HILLS CASH STORE Ecos TaKen SAME A8 CASH. public. Treat e property owner alike and no one have cause of complaint. r Double Breasted Cas- ee a ae PRE GeeoeF2EEEBOS$S06 SSS 5S5FE@e@eerT2anz ee u fal : POVOOP OOOO OF PITEOHY re