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The Greatest Line of Good Clothes Every shown the people of Bates county. $5 to $20 $5 to $22 Suits, Overcoats BOYS CLOTHES $2.00 up. We are the people for good SHOES For MEN and BOYS. If you want to buy @ good home on Ohio street, two blocks from the public equare, city water, fine well _ barn at a bargain, call at this office. Good = CLOTHING HOUSE _g Good } Clothes | Shoe Store. | THE RIGHT WAY, | Store. ‘Bring your eggs to us, we take in exchange for goods same as ph. 44.f Sam's Levy & Co. Double Blankets 25c a pair. | McK bbens. lare, Phaeton and harness for @, call at this office. Mrs. Newt Henry and Miss Laura Henry of Kansas City are visiting Mrs. J. R. Morrison and Mrs. 0. £. Renick. The widest and the best shirting at the lowest price in town, 8% and 10c at Hill’s Cash Store, In the game of ball between the Butler and Mound City teams on Sunday, the home team won by 4 score of 14 to 1. Mens pants from 98c up. Hill’s Cash Store. O. D. Austin was in St. Loufs for a aw days on & business and pleasure rip. H. C. Wyatt has gonefor a month’s 7igit to his old home in Millfield, Ihio, lew dress goods at lowest prices, ’s Cash Store. mer E. Voris lets Munday for tana, where he expects to make jfuture home. There will be an excursion over the Emporia trom Mound City to Busler on account of our Fair tomorrow. A big crowd is expected. A complete line of colors and checks in staple apron ginghams only 5c at Hill’s Cash Store. Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Reed, of Iowa, visited the family of Dr. T. W. Arnold last week. Dra Reed and Arnold were schoolmates, Toilet soaps 15c per box, 2 boxes 25c. Extra values at the price, at Hill’s Cash Store. Mr. and Mrs. Q. O. Reynolds, of Elghart, were visitors to our Fair on Wednesday. We acknowledge a Pleasant call from Mr. Reynolds. Jobn Carpenter called and renewed for bis father, Abe Carpenter, at Watseka, Ilis, Abe Carpenter visited his son and many old friends this fail. Peters shoes are the best. We sell, them; children’s good shoes, all solid leather throughout, only 50c, Hill’s Cash Store. Tuesday and Wednesday the town was full to overflowing and to-day and to-morrow even promises better. Who said Butler couldn’t have a Faki? : The rain Monday night came just in time, cooled the atmosphere set- tled the dust and was the one thing needed to complete arrangements for the Fair. Nate Hart, who had been with a party of deaf mutes ona hun re are mighty few people in county who will not visit the at least one day. fine shower Monday night laid just for the opening of the fair lay morning. fies buy a pair of Peters $2 25 shoes and get the style and e of a $2 shoe at Hill’s Cash ' he Gus Wyard is-visiting at the j of hersister, Mrs. J. P. McCuan. * hey live in St. Louis. . Butler is having all shorts of fun | als week. The big wild west show, | \erry-go-round theater, etc. /Pfesident T.K. Lisle of the Fair tion wasa busy man Tuee- orning starting the fuir off. Genevieve Chilis returned the of the week from a two weeke’ isit to Miss Edith Lindsey at Ft. , Crumley, a rustling young ci West Point, was apicusant and had his name enrolled for Midge Denton on Saturday excused ? jury until October 16th, the being compelled to be in Henry inty this week. + trom $1.25 op. The best that pehad for the money, Hill's for trip and taking in the sights of the|They are both proving fine young David Duffield, an oldtime resident and well known citizen of Rich Hill,! was totally consumed by fire at! about 4:30 o’clock yesterday morn-| ing.—Review 9th. The banks and trust companies are closing their doors at noon dur- ing the fair. The stores close at noon yesterday and to-day. The barber shops in the city every day from noon until five o’clock. Our esteemed young friend Albert Jenkins was a pleasant caller Satur- day and favored us. He is one of Bates county’s bright teachers and is teaching the Passaic schools this winter with the very best of satisfac- tion. James M. Shelton last week was painfully injured about the back by being thrown from his buggy by a runaway. He was on his way to Johnstown and something broke about the harness which caused the horse to run away and smash things up. Prof. A. C. Phillips, Superintendent of the Lexington public schools and vice Presidens of the State Teachers Association, has announced his can- didacy for State Superintendent of Public Schools to succeed W. T. Car- ington. Orson B. Bebee, a prominent farm- er four miles from Rich Hill, died on the 20th of September, of cancer of the stomach. He was 68 years, 4 months and 24 days old. He lefta wife and five children. He had lived in this county for seven years. Judge Denton ordered several at- tachments for jurors who did not show up promptly on the morning set last week, Later they all showed up before the sheriff reached them and the explanation of their tardiness be- ing satisfactory the attachments were diemtssed. With a County Fair, a Wild West Show and a tiozatre, besides a num- ber of smaller side attractions, But- ler is sure going the limit this week. Its been so long since we tried to go the gaits thas we want to show the world that we haven't forgotten how. Rev. and Mrs. H. James Crockett, Mrs. A. O. Welton, Mra. May Smith, Mrs. J. O. McMullen attended the seventh district convention of the Christian church at Nevada, last week. Rev. Crockett was re-elected president. The next meeting will be held ut Appleton City. The Butler band has members so young that when in Kansas City Tuesday the truant officer could hardly keep his hands ff of them.— Kansas City Star. Those referred to in our band were Roy Norfleet, Walton Allon and Chauncey Dunlap, all under 14 years of age, but splendid musicians. James M. Shelton, living near Johnstown, through the courtesy of Jake Sweger, favored us with samples of the finest pears we have seen {n years. They were of the Kelfer variety, one of them measured 15 inches around one way and 12 inches the other. Mr. Shelton has a fine young orchard of the choicest varie- ties of fruits, which has just begun to bear. Uncle Geurge Riffls staggered into our office under four immense earg of corn which were grown by J. D. Koger, on hie fine farm near Aaron. The corn was of the African gourd and strawberry variety, measured thirteen inches long and eight inches around, One or two ears of such corn is about all a horse would want to tackle. When Rev. Morgan, formerly of Sprague, was here attending the M. E, Church, South, conference, he show- eithe American Cluthing House a pair of Walk-over shoes, which he purchased from that firm two years ago and which he had worn during his 18 months tour of the Holy land. They showed little effect of the hard usage they had been sul jected to, and Mr. Cook traded him a new pair of Walk-over shoes for them and has them displayed in his show window. Paul Levy, nephew of Judge Sam Levy, a clerk and stockholder in the Sam Levy Mercantile Company, went before Judge Denton last week and was given his final naturalization papers, making him a full fiedged American citizen. Paul and his younger brother Julius were born in Germany and came direct to Butler afew years ago and accepted poasl- tions in their uncle’s store and be- came members of his household. business men and will bean honor to The grocers store and residence of TF eeeeettinck Mien dite 29037750 Beautiful New Cloaks — | McKIBBEN We are showing the choicest stock of Cloaks in Gi Bates County. Each wrap is made up carefuliy, Sponged and shrunk and is guaranteed to give satisfaction. We only sell at one price, you are sure to get good value. We do not send Cloaks out on approval, so each garment is new. Come and see them, you will be more than pleased. $5.00 up 5.00 up 2.00 up 75 up We are showing lots of FURS now Priced from 98c up. Ladies Wraps Misses Wraps } Childrens Wraps Infants Wraps | We sell Ladies Home Journal Patterns The Most Stylish Designs 10 and 15c. | | | We Take Eggs Same as Cash. McKIBBENS. ; | | | | ; | ) | A communication trom Kansas | City “jollying” the band boys, is re- | fused publication because unaccom- | panied by writer’s name. Prof. Ben. KE. Parker, President of the Warrensburg Commercial Col- lege, was visitor in Butler on Wed- nesday meeting his many friends among whom he spent his boyhood and young manhood. He {s meeting with great success in his school and we are told, bus an enrollment al- ready this year of over one hundred. D. A. Braden, former superintend- ent of the Butler municipal light plant, now connected with the Kan- sas Clty Electrical Supply Companr, wasin Butler the last of the week | W. K. Royce, a long time merchant , Visiting friends. of Rich Hill, has sold bis stock of goods to H. H. Stewart, of Crocker, Mo. Mr. Stewart isa Presbyterian An exchange boastingly says: | Missouri has twenty-three state ir - | i stitutions; itnever had ageneral crop and has a family of twelve children, i « “a failure; itis the leading clover etate ay 8 at The Review failed to state his poli | in the union; it has more stock farms tics, but it isto be hoped he is a | than any other state; it has thelarz- Democrat. est acreage of blue grass of any state; it has the largest permanent school fundin the United S:ates; it raises one-tenth of all the corn raised {nthe | world; it produces 80 per cent of all | the zinc mined in the world; it has | one-third more apple trees than any | other state, its farm land has ad vanced 40 per cent in the lust four | years; it has tho largest yield of cot ton per acre of any state in the un- fon; it has the lowest rate of taxation of any state. The Citizens Law and Order League metat the court house Mondayeven- ing and elected the following offic: re: President, G. C. Miller; 1st Vice-Pres , John Speer; 2nd V_ Pres., Jesae Smith; 8rd V. Pres , Bert Allen; 4th V.-Pree , W. Holloway; Secretary, Rox Hein- | lein; Treasurer, Wesley Denton. On motion the following resolution was adopted: “Resolved, that we ap- prove the action of Mayor Owen in refusing to grant the saloons the privilege of remaining open nineteen hours per day during Fair week, in- stead of eighteen, and that we disap- prove the action of the city council in granting said privilege ” W. N. Porch, of Berlin, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, was a pleasant calleron Monday. He is firm inthe belief that that is the coming country. He said when he firsts went there several years ago Professor Behring 8 announcement | many people were of the impression to the Internation | Tuberculosis | that it was good for raising only | Congrees in Paris of a cure for con-|sage bush, cowboys, coyutes and sumption has aroused the widest in-| drout!.s, but he had never witnesseo terest and a wealthy New Yorker |aecrop failure and they raise every- Gratt, the black pacing staillon of Mr. O. Spencer, this city, won the| 2:14 class pace of the $1,000 at Lex- ington, Ky.,Saturday in the presence of 10,000 people, and lowered his mark to 2:05 1 3. There were seven starters in the race, Harold Brooks being the favorite, but Graté did not allow him to have a heat.—Rich Hili Review. KUH. NATHAN & FISCHER CO. BIG DOINGS GOING ON FAIR WEEK AT JOE MEYERS See the low prices he is making on MENS, BOYS AND, CHILDRENS SUITS AND OVERCOATS Lowest Price Clothrig House in Bates Cuuniy O90 ~o0. Mrs. Eury Tuttle, died at her home in West Butler, Sunday afternoon, at the advanced age of 90 years, af- ter a protracted illness of two years. She came to Bates county in 1880 and lived for awhile in Lose Oak township. Funeral services were conducted from the family home Monday afternoon by Rev. Barker and interment was made in Ouk Hill cemetery. Judge J. T. Armentrout favored us pleasantly while in the city Tuesday attending the session of the C. P. A. Judge Armentrout was primaryily respoasiblefor the selection of Butler as this years meeting place he having placed Butler in nomination aud earnestly aud successfully wdvocated her cause. Judge Armentrout is a leading cit'z-n of northwest Bates, a genial, whole-sguled gentleman and « Democrat from away-back. | bas announced that he will pay the | thing they do in this section with the Gor Reliable Goeds. Professor $50,000 ithe willannounce | addition of cotton, which {fs their at once his treatment to the world, | principal crop. Mr. Porch certainly JOE MEYER and not withhold itforayear. The | looke like it isa healthy climate, as ' only qaalification he makes is that| he is the picture of health, and says The Clothier. the treatment must first be pro-|his wife nouced succeseful by a competent | good committee of Physicians, daughter both enjoy th and are well pleased with the cpuntry.