The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 12, 1905, Page 6

a * == | CENTRAL PROTECTIVE GROGERIES, CABLE ( CHOVES. URWIRE. ASSOCIATION. Thirtieth Annual Meeting Octo- FAIR! FAIR! FAIR! The Big Bates County Fair will be held at Butler Octo- ber 10th, 1905. * The thirtieth auoual meeting of ber 10,11, 12. and 13. This is for only four days, but we are here ALL the time with a house filled with honest goods, the Central Protective Association, Division of Missouri, Kansas, Ne- and if FAIR dealing counts we expect to aell them. braska and Oklohoma met at the court house in Butler Tuesday morn ing at 10 o’clock. After bearing the reports of officers and committees, adjournment was taken for noon. At one o’clock a parade was formed, headed by the band, with tootmen, horsemen and in carriages, in the order named, by actual count 225 strong. The line of march was around the equare and to the Fair grounds, when they were the guests of the es :ociation for the afternoon. In the evening an interesting pro- gram consisting of addresses, recita- tions, songs and band music, was earried out, and the following officers were elected: President, W. 8. Con- ner, of St. Joseph, Mo.; Vice Presi- Our stock of Fancy and Staple Groceries Just call and see. Groceries. is complete. t - 1 you are not pleased with your Flour anu Feed. tlour, try a sack of our PERFEC- TION. Weare sure it will please you We handle Feed of all kinds and deliver to all parts of the city. It you are thinking of building a barn or Hardware. house, let us figure with you We have several Heaters which areclosing out Stoves. at greatly reduced prices as we have not the room to handle them, If you are needing anything in this line, it will pay you to see our stoves, We want your produce at the highest market price, cash or trade, You will find us two doors south of the big new hotel. CABLE & GROVES. 'A PROPITIOUS OPENING. Over Four Thousand Passed Through Gates First Day, Bates County Fair a Hummer. The attendance at the Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday exceeded by far theexpectation of the manage- ment, and the success of the associa- tion is assured. More than four thousand passed through the gates on Tuesday and Wednesday was a large attendance. Those who came were not disap- pointed for the wildest promises of the management was more than made good. Every Department was completed Phone 13. —— ~ os ~ cepabenanaiiniiiniaiit: | For Sale or Trade. ° 160 acres 5 miles southeast, Summit township, all blue grass——native soil, Seatt etrest Butler. BUTLER, MO. dent, W. H. Mahbattie, Olache, Kan.;| before Tuesday noon, the exhibits Secretary, W. H. Smith, Atchison, | placedand every visitor got run for Kan.; Treasurer, Andy Loughery, | hismoney.” The Agricultural, Horti- Clay county, Mo. Atchison, Kar, |cultural and Art displays are simply wus chosen as the next place of meet- | magnificent and the Live Stock will ing, on the 2nd Tuesday in October, |compare favorably with the State 1906. Fair in quality. Stallions, cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry, all excell in Mr.and Mrs, A. McCracken, of Deep | theirclass, A very high class of horses Water, were pleasant eallers at Tix) are entered in the trotting pacing Times sanctum, while in the city Sat: | and racing ring; the track is in splen- urday. did condition and lovers of fast hors- es will have a treat every day. Nothing objectionable appears on | Those wishing to buy a Farm or City Resident Property should see my list Some choice barjains to offer. j40-tt A. 3. Milhorn, | The Rich Hill Tribune makes the | following unqualified endorsement of tie county court's action in appro- County Bridywe Commissioner Bor- The Mattrass illustrated above will bear the They are first-class. closest investigation. We have sold them for five years. We guar- They are better, cleaner and more wholesome than hair, A.H. CULVER FURNITURE CO. Wooooooooooooocossocooses anteed every one of them. SS SSSSSSSSS9S9S SSSSSSSSSSSSSS5599S 5599 James Crook was at New Sear\ Willee!] either at a bargain, ty fair: “We have been asked what kl smaller property as 5 We think of onr county court appro- taking Smale if » t E Ratene 1 : part payment, 5 priating one hundred dollars to be 3 Ninall payments, long time, jgiven 48 premiums at the County z low interest. | Fair to be held at Butler October 10 3 E, D, KIPP, . he Bryant Bldg. Kansas City, Mo. to 18. PPOOON OOO DD 00000000000 000 000 dorsement.”” Wo take eggs in exchange for dry goods, shoes and clothing. : 44. Sam's Levy & Co. ! \ru For Sace:—£o acresin Deep- i oun hep. 2 seres in orchard and mall freit reat In grass, all tillable. Tra L. Lepwica, Spruce, Mo. had been fractured. At the h ; ie Price $1100, : 49 47° Telegraphy. The most noted T-legraphy Col lege in the weat ts at Chillicothe, Mo. Over 100 persons took this work last year, and every one has a good posi- tion. Shawnee, Oklahoma, where : f W.G. Dillon, @ prominent cltizon of) 7 a teg great pleasure in ty i. Mound, — 4 while in the city j mending him to the citizens the last of the week. OE Gilat ee ST aS several days the last of the week {0 | tleman. Kansans City on business. Mrs. J. D. Hill and daughters have returned from Kansas City, where they have been visiting relatives and friends. Frank “MeBlroy, & substantial tirier of Charlotte, was @ biggest cora crop the state hi made, Butler never does things by halves; a knowledge o} that fact is why peo- ple have confidence in gur Falr aud come from far and near. R. Davis Radford and A. T. Keen, popular eltizens of Deep Water town- asant callers while in —Republic. EES De SAREE RT EF ship, were ple the city on Monday. Drs. Boulware and Lockwood at- tended the meeting of the John T. Hodyen Medical Society at Nevada lust Toursday. Mrs Moses J. Martin, of Webb City, is visiting her mother, Mre. W F. Hemetreet. On Thuraday last Mr. and Mrs. Hemstreet gave a din- ner in honor of Mrs. Martin. With their guinea quailand guinea prairie chicken, hotels and restau- rants do not exactly make ducks and drakes of the game law —Post- Diapateh The Okiahoma whisky made from watermelons, pumpkins and toma- toes intoxicates quickly. What we must beware of at all times is liquid v geiarianism —Post Dispatch. show is at the Fair Groun succeed to consult him. last spring and was capture meut # jury of honest Henry g-ts to them. Judge F. M. Steele was a pleasant caller and renewed for his son, J H Steele, at Kansas City. The Judge fa bearing his years lightly and en- joying better health, than forawhile He is ove of the county’s oldest and highly respected citizens. The Appleton City Journal says: “Butler ia composed of an enterpris- as people of our own county, of this kind the thoughtful fora good time this week, havea fatr that will be an honor to premiums have been offered and sue: | t Night room twostory frame | | dwelling, large lot, west Fert | priating money to encourage acoun- All such actions of our Coun- ty Court have our unqualified en- Dr. John Martin, a young physician of Jefferson City, was assaulted by a negro during the Veiled Prophet's parade in St. Louis last week and died at the city hospital Saturday. An autopsy developed that his skull Dr. Martin’s injuries were at firet diagnosed as being slight. No effort was made at the time of the assault by the pulice to arrest the negro. W. A. Epbland, former cashier of the Foster bank and for years alead- ing citizen In that section of Bates county, orders his paper changed to moved his family. While regretting to lose him from this county, Tas ccountry, as an able, honorable, fair County Clerk John F. Herrell spent | dealing business man and clever gen- Missouri corn is all safe from frost and the early sown fall wheat is al- ready showing above ground. In spite of damage by the September storm we shall probably have the Missouri can feed and clothe one caller and favored us sub- some millions of artisans and factory Santtally operatives as cheaply as it can be done anywhere else in the world, and before very long she will be doing it. Harry Morgan, better known to our people as “Hopper,” who hes been traveling the past season asad vance agent for Spencer & Black Wil! West Show, came in Sunday. His week, having obtained a concession from the Association. “Hopper” for muny years hus beea w political power iu Butler, and it was absolute. ly necessary for those who desired to Toe Henry county grand jary in- dicted Jesse Oukes, the former super- intendent of the Urich schools, who eloped with a filteen year old pupil fornia. lt is said the girl is deeply infatuated with Oakes and will refuse to testi’y against him and o. that ground he bases his hopes of escape from the penitentiary. In our judg- farmers will give bim the limit if it The town fs full of strangers as well effort is being made te see that all are properly care! fur, On occasions will overlook any little inconven iences, so long as th» necessaries of life are obtainable. Everyone is out ‘and we hope nothing will transpire to ruffle lot of people, and they expect to | the feelings or cause any one toleave ue® 7 with tad Impeision. oth town, f the county. Good | The keys of our city are turned over|s eS tes i ptr Maca wal ie visitors and ge Brahe’ seasons very much alike. Theclimate ren condemned the old Papinville bridge over the Marias des Cygnes river oo last Saturday. the ground. It is a high grade county fair, as the projectors intend- ed it should be, and the management Braco Steele was a pleasant caller | oan be congratulated on the success: and favored us with renewal. Bruce}, beginning of what promises to be has been putting in a large number |, hair tor the whole of Butes county of mighty fine cement sidewalks this |, yeara to come, summer and fall, Next week we will publish the pre- Ludwick Graves, oldest son of} miume and awards. Judge and Mrs. W. W. Graves, ar- rived home from a visit to thefamily F of his uncle, Gus Ludwick, at Flor- Millinery Notice. ence, Colorado, on Mondy evening. I have just returned from Kansas Mrs. J. Fisher fell down stairs at| City with my new stock of millinery her home on Mill street on Tuesday |@0d invite the ladies to call and in- morning and was seriously injured, | pect the same. perhaps internally. She was picked Miss DaLLiz Harpert, up unconscious and medical aidsum- Johnstown, Mo. moned. ospital 50-1¢* Mra. Addie Yost and daughter, Miss Elizabeth, of Sedalia, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. 8. F. Warnock. Misses Mary and Martha Ballew, of Henry County graced our sarc- tum on Wednesday morning and 1e- Miases Christopher and Pearson, of newed for their father, George M. Harrisonville, are being entertained Ballew. The young ladies accom-| 41) k b; Besse panied by their brother John, came serena — over to visit sheir cousin, Mrs. J.M.| M-T. Duncan returned. the last of Moore andattend theFair. Monday|the week froma business and pleas they visited their old home in Deep|¥re trip to West Virginia, his native Water townehip, Bates County. state. County clerk Herrell issued 102 hunters license {n September. He has now issued a total of 271 license, which means $271.00 to the state he bas recom: of that I. J. Concklin, proprietor of the Bazar on the South Side, purchased the James McKibben business house, just vacated by the McKibben Mer- cantile Company, on the north side sroaaury. of the square, paying $6500 therefor.| Misses Besse Cable and Nelle Walton Mr. Concklin owns the building he is} gave adance atthe Armory Hall now doing business in, but he needs | on Tuesday night, which was well at- more room and for that reason will|tended by the young folks and a de- move his Bazar to his new purchase|!ightful time reported. Refreshments on the north side. were served, besides punch with wa Mra ST. Mudd ts very low at her fers throughout the evening. home near Burdett and is notexpect-} Word isreoeived here that Grandpa edto recover. She has reached a ripe Abell died in Colorado Springs, Col.. old age, having pussed-the four scora|Saturday, of old age. He lived for mark. She is the mother of Chelt} many years {n this city, and it issald and Billy Mudd. She and her hus | expressed a desire to visit here befure band, Uncle Steyhen Mudd, are old|he died, but his health would not citizens of Bates county, and their) permit him to take the long trip. lives have been such that they are|He was very desirous of rounding honored and respected by the people|0it his 90th year, and on his birth- of that section and all who know|day was stricken with his last sick- them. D288, as ever de this Frank Smith and wife wereup from| The abstract of the tax books, re- Rich Hill to attend the Fair Tuesday | cently completed by Deputy county and Wednesday and meet their many | clerk George Herrell, shows the total old friends. Mr. Smith remembered | assessed valuation of the county, in- the printer, ae is his annual custom. |e uding railroad, telegraph and tele- He owns a fine farm in west of the] phone to be $10,130,634 99, witha Hill, is enjoying excellent health and | total tax of $144,626 73. Thereare says he doesn’t Lave to lay awake of |265 merchants, whose assessment is nights devising means to collect old| $276,092 with a tax of $4,907.41. bills, as was the case when he was! Tuere are 537,982 acres, assessed at one of our successful merchants, $5,606,347 and 7,369 town lots vel- ued at $1,098,108. Bates is a wealthy and populous county. in Cali- county) Mr. and Mre. Green B. Parkercame in from their nome in Butler County, Kansas. to attend our fair and visit old friends and neighbors We acknowledge a pleasant call Wednes- day morning. Mr. Parker wae for many years one of Bates County’s prominent citizens and influential Democrats. He subscribed for the first number of Tux Ties twenty: | estneatrality before thenominations seven yearsugo and has been atriend |The crop of candidates promises to and patron of itever sincé and had|be ono par with our corn crop this his dateseet ahead to1908. He said| year, exceedingly prolific, which dem- they are well pleased with their new/ onstrates that Democrats are not home in Kansas, that the soil is very | badly ecared over the repeated Re- ‘similar to that in Bates and the| publican boasts of victory next year. ‘this {s always the year for the cortainly agrese: with bi Republicans to wis ) ‘4 county. Tue Times has no preference as br- tween Demucratic candidates for nominations. We are always glad to mention the fact of anygood Dim ocrat’s candidacy, but will not ex: press a preference, and will continue asin the past to observe the strict Every visitor ;-a. Virginia Items. 8 Mr. and Mrs. Windell, of Illinots, are visiting thelr two sons—one on the Isaac Park farm and the other onthe Millerfarm. Mrs, Windell is a sister of Mr. Bollinger who was killed in Bates county twenty-two years ago last March. She would like to find where he was buried, as she wants to put up a tombstone to his xrave. Anyone knowing his grave will confer @ great favor by writing to Thomas Hockett, Butler, Mo., Route No. 5. Their son, Osear, took them to see the famous John Brown farm Sunday. J.J. Huck’s son-in law, of Osawa- tomle, Kan., passed through Virginia Monday with his buss to attend the Fair at Butler. He says Mr. and Mrs. Huck are living on the farm by themeelvee; the children are all gone. Mr. Wirt, who has been looking after his land and visiting his son, Charley, will leave Friday morning for his home at Lincoln, Neb. The dance northwest of Virginia Friday night was well attended. Miss Maud Hockett, who used to live at Charley Wolfe’s, was married in Colorado, so says the report, and did well, A Mr. Smith, of Northeast Mis- souri, boughs the Witherspoon farm last week at $20 per acre. Sunday moruing there were many pop bovties foun along the road. Mise Lizzie Foster left last Tuesday fur Fors Scott, Kan., with one of the Satterlee Loys. They were married there aad will live there this winter. ‘There wasa large crowd iu Virginia Saturday night to hear the band, Quite a number of young fclks of the Mount Carmel neighborhood were at the John Browa furm Satur- day. They called at Virginia in the evening aud listened to the band play awhile and stepped lightly around over the porch floor in front 0. the stores. R.v. Baker preached Sunday, morn- ing and nighs. W. W. Park has been on the sick list for several days. Elder Ishmel will preavh the fourth Suuday io this month, morniug and night. Some thiak it is on the 3d; taey tried to make the change, but failed. Preaching on Friday and Saturday nights befure the fourth. ‘Mrs. Whistler, who has beea sick ior sometime, is reported as doing very weil. Mrs. James Cozick had a phone putin the house lust week, su her gditle voice cun be heard over the wire. Mrs. Jack Berry was on the sick list lust week. Coal at six cents » bushel at Mre, A. V. Greeu’s fara, two mil-s north and one half*mile west of Mutberry orone mile west of Peter Morwood’s. Aaion got a load there last week. She has good men at work. Some ot our people have commenc- ed husking cora. | Everybody is expceting to attend the this week, | dae sr tame City unday. Mre. Carrie Henderson, of Okla- homa, is visiting her mother, Mre. Garner, and other relatives. Guy Park is able to be up again aud around the house, Quite a number of C. P. A. of Vir- ginia were in the parade at Butkr Tuesday. Aaron. Frank Akin of Manhattan, Kans., owner of the big Akin ranch on the Marais des Cygnes, is in town, look- ing after his interests. He fs favor- ably impressed with the river im- provement and believes it will work tie expected remedy for disastrous overflows.—Rich Hill Review. A Carnegie Ibrary in Indiana has been closed for lack of support. Doctor 0. B. Hart, son of wealthy real estate dealer, accused of murder- ing girladopted by he and his 15- year-old wife in chicago. Coal. Now is the time to haul your coal. Hunt is prepared to accomodate all comers. Hudson township. ttully, 44-tf C. G. Hunt, ; Appleton City, Mo. / A Warning. Positive warning is hereby given to all parties who trespass upon my premises, known as the Dickey or Green farm, composing about 1,000 acres enclosed by fence. Notices are posted eo all may know. 47 2m* E. C. WEBSTER. Notice to Contractors. At the regular meeting of the cit councily on Thursday, October 19, 1905, the city council of the city of Batler, Missouri, will receive bids for the construction of a sidewalk along the west side of Havannah street and the north side of Fort Scott street, same being along the east and south sides of block nineteen (19), original tows, pow city of Butler, Missouri. Same to be of concrete, laid on a foundation of cinders and to be four feet wide, and in all reepects to con- form to the specifications for walka of the second class contalned in the general ordinances on file at city = office : ‘ontract wil! be let to lowest and best bidder. Council reserves right to rej+ct any and all bids. 5026 J. F. Sara, City Clerk. Notice to Contractors, ° At the regular meeting of the eit council on Thursday, [ibe 19th, 1905, the city council of the city of Butler, Missouri, will receive bids for the construction of a sid-walk a ong the east side of block fifteen (15), Montgomerys second addition, a 8 strip of ground bstween said block fifteen (15) and Couch’s addition to sald city, except 12 fect off the north side thereof, same being alo the’ west side of Havannah -street in the fe yd Butler, Missouri Sald wa'k to be of concrete laid on e foundation of cinders, and to be four fet wide, and in all respecte to conform to the berger eb walks of the e contained in the general ord- nance on file at city clerk's office, | Contract will be let to lowest anc beat bidder. Council reserves: