The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 19, 1905, Page 7

SYLISH Fa SUITS The Greatest Line of Good Clothes Every shown the people of Bates eounty. Suits, : : Overcoats $5 to $20 $5 to $22 BOYS CLOTHES $2.00 up. We are the people for good SHOES For MEN and BOYS. The | Good Clothes Store. THE RIGHT WAY. yy | The CLOTHING HOUSE Good Shoe Store. p in exchange for goods same as 44-tf Saw’ Levy & Co. Mare, Phaeton and harness for le, call at this office. Miss Wheat Atkeson went to Neva Monday to enter Cotty college. 4 Mrs. M. Levy, of St. Louis, is visit- Dg her daughter, Mra. Sam Levy. “ Remember J. E. Williamssells barb ‘wire and hog fence, 4 Weeley Reece, of Kansas City, is @he guest of Judge and Mrs. Sam est. ig Probibitionists of Springfield, Mo., ek to revive the local option law of 87. ‘Brown Walton and wife were up pm Oklahoma to visit relatives and ike in the Fair. ‘hree Missour! persons were among e eighteen injured in a train wreck ar Pueblo, Colo. Prof. G. A. Knight, teacher at the ‘aggart school house, was a pleas- int caller and renewed. Joe Medley and Miss Florence Mc- ‘adden were married by Squire rank Jeter on Saturday. Miss Frankie Lisle, the popular eputy recorder under her father, is cx at home with malaria fever. J. C. Biggs, cashier of the Hume nk, was a visitor, the first time in utler he said for five years. W. A. McElroy called on Saturday nd renewed tor his som C. J. Mc lroy, who holds a good position at nver. Miss Anna Smith sends renewal om Kansas City and says THE MES coming {s like weekly visite of d friend. urgeon Rixey will operate imme- tely nr on President P--sevelt ould a moequito bite him during Southern trip. Moses J. Martin returned to home in Webb City on Sunday visiting her mother, Mrs. W. F. for several weeks. Roxy, the celebrated little saddle who won the blue ribbon in ‘saddle events on Thursday, Bring your eggs to us, we take Bring your chickens, eggs, butter ete., to J. E. Willams. Col. 8. W. Dooley was in Clinton the last of the week on legal business. Hon. Thos, W. Silvers was in Neva da last week looking after law busi- ness. Come to J. E. Williams and try a sack of Kansas Seal and Empire flour. Circuft court is in session this week, the jurors are here and the justice mill {s grinding. If you want to buy a good home on Ohio street, two blocks from the public square, city water, fine well and barn at a bargain, call at this office. Hon. Wm. F. Tygard, President of the Rich Hill Bank, was in Butler on Tuesday on business before the cir- cuit court. Mrs. Joe Meyer, Mrs. Jno, Arm- strong and Mrs. Alice Allen are tak- ing in the horse show at Kansas City this week. The Butler Band, which served the music at the Butler fair yesterday, is one of the finest in the country.— Review, 13th. Misses Fay Holloway and Hazel Haire returned to their homes in Nevada after spending Fair week the guests of Mrs. Mains. Our old friend H. Lafever, a promi- nent farmer of Homer township, was & pleasant caller, while in to attend the Fair, and favored us with re- newal. Dim Davis, who has been visiting his parents, Mr. aad Mrs. J. R. Davis, for several days, returned to Madi- son, Kan., Wednesday. George Alsbach was a pleasant caller on Saturday and had THe Times sent to Jake Weiner, at Wal- nut, Kan., where Mr. Alsbach visited him fur a iw days. G. B. Boswell, editor of the Marbal Falls Texas Messenger, spent several James W. Hughes, who has been! jin Oklahoma for some time returned |to Bates last week and had his Pa | per changed back to Ballard. We acknowledge a pleasant call and wel-| come him back to God’s country. R. L Graves, traveling for a whole- sale firm of Kansas City, was shak- ing hands with his old friends in But- ler the first of the week. Bob was formerly in the harness business in this city. We are glad to learn he is doing well and making money. G.C. Summers, of Ballard, was a pleasant caller on Monday and fa- vored us with renewal. Mr. Sum- mers owns Mountain Boy, a fine all purpose horse which he was groom- ing for the fair when he sprained one of his legs in the stable, which prevent his entrance. Oliver Adair went to Webb City Saturday night and spent Sunday with his sister, Mre. Frank Jones, who fs very feeble and not expected to live. She is tq the youngest and Only sister of John and Oliver Adair, the other two having died in the past few years, The livery barn of Scranton & Wick at Urich, Mo., was consumed by fire last week, and ten horses were burned to death, besides a number of vehicles and # large amount of grain destroyed. The loss was estimated at from $1,200 to $1,500 with $600 insurance, Captain Holly P. Nickell was down from Lee’s Summit to attend our Fair and shake hauds with his old friends. There are mighty few old settlers in Bates county that hasn’s a personal acquaintance with Holly Nickell, who was a prominent figure in our county for many years. Among the splendid horses shown at our fair the gray buggy team of M. A. Carroll, and the bay buggy team of J. A. Elgin are deserving of speci, mention, In thedriving team contest the grays took the blue and thesorrela the red ribbon, Bothhad many admirers. Carroll's gray mare took premiums in special classes. Hon. John W. Jamison, cashier o the Farmers and Manufacturers bank at Rich Hill, was in Butler Tuesday on bueiness before the Pro bate Court and favored us pleasantly. | Mr. Jam{son will head a party of hunters for Taney county the last of this month, who expect to spend two weeks among the turkey and deer of that region. ~ Over at Palmyra they have a “Spinsters’ Matrimontal Club,” whose members obligate themselves to abstain from gossip, flirting, use of slang, and association with young men whouse tobacco. “And by-and- by,” remarks @ Macon philosopher, “they will drop the middle name oi their organization as a svperflulty.” G. G. Yeoman, the official starter for the races, and traveling represen- tative of Spirit of the Wert, a horse paper published at Des Moines, Iowa, was a pleasant caller on THe TIMES Mr. Yeoman owns a large tract of land in Pulaski county and says he expects to make his home in Missouri. He isa good horseman and an ex- pert starter and gave good satisfac- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. 0. Burch, of Papinville were pleasant callers at THE TiMEs office thelast of the week. Mr. Burch fs the manager of the Papinville telephone exchange. He formerly managed the 1300 acre ranch of M. H. Losce, of KansasCity. Mr. Burch says the abandonment of the bridge at Papinville will work a hardship on @ great many people in that vicinity who own land on both aides of the river. Joplin has established a truant school to which semi-incorrigible children of all ages are sent. One of the best rural teachers of Jasper County has been employed to con- trol and teach the school. It will doubtless be @ typical Flat Creek school and will take more than an old fashioned ‘Hoosier School-mas- ter” to manage it. The experiment will be watched with interest. If the experiment proves a success, other cities will do Mkewise, John H. Bowden and wife, of ElDorado Springs, were up to the Fair last week, ar? Mr, B * ->red us pleasdntly. They are old settlers in Bates county, coming here in the early fifties and entered land near days in Butler, visiting his brother, Johnstuwn, where they still own a fine C. W. Boswell. He was formerly q| ‘arm. citizen of Adrian. Art. L, Gilmore and Will Lawson of Deep Water, went te Kansas City Wednesday and spent Thursday at the stockyards. Fi They make their home in El- Dorado because of conveniences there EEESas 9000 ccEEEE e0eetEEEan eee SanaUZESSemanaEZeE eeess SSTSS5e0ee SSSTESeeee 222222 McKIBBENS. LADIES at $7.50, $9.00, $10 00, $12 MISSES at $2.50, $3.00, $3 CHILDRENS at $2.00, $2.50, $3 U0, INFANTS at T5e, $1.00, $1.25, $ LOWEST PRICES FOR GOOD GOODS. Our Sales of Cloaks Has Been so heavy that we Telegraphed a Large Order for More, they will be on Display in our Cloak Department SATURDAY. | Beautiful numbers in Black and Colors. 200, $15 and up to $25 50, 4.00, $5 00 Our New Furs Are All in And are unusually good for the money 98c up to $25.00, STYLE BOOK FREE. $4. 00, $5.00 1.50, $2 00 up We have only only one price, and do not send cloaks out on approval, : G. E. Cable is attending the grand | lodge of Knights of Pythias in Kan- sas City this week The American Clothing Hous spectals won as follows: E. H. Roster® $5 Stet eon hat for best bull) Mr Carroll $4 Walk Over Shoes, Win- ner of suit not yetreported, 5116 Colonel J A. Trades, the ubiquitous cigar man of Kansas City, was visit- ing his patrons, the Butler merchants on Monday, and favored us, Arthur is a moat genial little gentleman and has friends in every town in his terri- tory. William J. Van Auken, a speed maniac, gave the chaufier of & hired automobile the scare of his life in St. Louis Monday, when he force him to race up and down the streets and through the parks, while he helda big pistol to his head as a speed per- suader. The chauffer, by a ruse, in- duced Van Auken to invite two police- men to ride with them, when he was overpowered and driven so the city hospital. C Hagedorn returned from a trip to western Kaneas, where he went to look, with the objact of Investing. — is over. says everything looks pretty we there now, but he suw relicts of towns, as desolate asx Goldwmith’s Deserted Village, which formerly boasted 2,000 population. That country was rettled up avd then de serted, leaving the land in possession of the mortgage holder. He says one advantage he noticed, & man would not have to go to the expense of ownlng waders. Col. James L. Pace, Superinten- dent of the Confederate Home at Higginsville, came down to our Fair on Thursday to meet and shake hands with his many old friends. r Mr.and Mrs. George M. Canterbury were down from Kansas Clty to at- tend the Fair last week, Thos. F. Ginn of Park, Kan., and Miss Susie A. Rogers, were married at the home of the bride’s parentr, Mr. and Mrs, J. O. Rogers, Monday evening, Oct. 16, '05, Rev. W. F. Baker officiating. Left on Tuesday for their home in Park, Kan. The State Department of Educa- tion {s doing all it can to strengthen ‘first class small high schools and | ulate with them. © Phere is little pros- pectof establishing a large number | of rural high schools in Missouri. The boys and girls living on the | farms should complete a good com- mon school course in their home cis tricts and then attend the best high school near their homes. Two children have died in Rich Hill the past week, and two similar deaths are reported from Foster, al leged to be the result of diptheria, says the Review. One more case is under suspicion in this town, but the At the first suspicion Of the disease in Rich Hill, our may or, who is himself a physician, or- dered a rigid quarantine, and the city physician and board of health have been making a thorough daily inspection, and the quarantine hus been kept up. We understand the owners and lessees of the bottom timber lands have formed & shot gun quarantine over their nut trees to keep out the nut gatherers and keep in the nute. As a matter of fact and law the nuts belong to the owners of the ground just the same as the corn or any oth- ercrop, but it has been the prevail- Although he has been away for a jing custom for people to go upon number of years the Colonel has not lost interest in Bates county and her people. Uuder Col. Pace’s able man agement the Confederate Home is prospering and the 250 inmates are a happy and contented family. He has made the farm of 320 acres pay a big interest on the investment, he has a fine herd of cattle, lote of hogs, poultry etc., all in fine condition. Superintendent Pace has the happy faculty of managing these old soldiers and visit their farm and old neigh-| with kindness and consideration for bors occasionally. They are a hale| their comfort and happiness and yet and happy old couple and asidefrom/he ie positive and firm where the his rheamatism Mr. Bowden says he | rules and good government of his in- enjoys good health, lands on the commous, and gather nots in season, and property rights have been overlooked without any disposition to violate a law or take what does not belong to them. One thingie true, though, ar -sonought never to go upon another's premises without permission, no matter what his mission. That is a right anda courtesy due the property ownerand does not work any great hardship upon the party desiring the privilege. If such a course was observed, there would be a much better feeling estab Hehed between parties who go out h a oe phy ey , picnicing or hunt- the work of the rural schools, Que | means of doing this 1s to build up| | have the near-by rural schools artie- | Come and see us we want your trade. We Take Eggs Same as Cash. McKIBBENS. Ladies Home Journal Patterns for November are in 10 and 15c. CSET ISTSTS ape rele ceeN DONS TARAS COBO eerie Butler’ s Big Fair, Col. Bob Walters in his Rich Hill Review: Butler's fair is truly named as a big fair. Iv is the largest aud finest country fair that the writer has at- tended In many years—and our coun. ty sent town in its initial endeavor | this year has Rich Hill, Nevada, Ft. Scott and every town we know of in this section (with the possible excep. tion of Carthage) skinned a full mile, | There was a large and maguificent exhibit of horses, cattle and hogs, and the poultry was as fine as is to be scen anywhere, The floral heli, faney needlework and art departments and the agri- }cultural and other displays were simply superb. Rich Hill has had more exciting and much faster races, buteven the racing aud all other entertainments were guod wt Butler, and the crowd was unduubtedly the largest ever gathered together in that town, and the fair throughout the most success- tul enterprise ever attempted by the Butler people. | Joe Whipple was seeing his old friends at the county fair last week. His firm traueferred him from Neosho to Kansus City, and Joe stopped over in Butler for a few days. Mrs. Henry Willard, nee Miss Lutie Caruthers, after several weeks de- lighsfal visit with her parents and many friends, departed on Monday for home in Los Angeles, Cal. It you desire a Common School, Teachers’ or Scientific Course, at- tend the Chillicothe, Mo., Normal. It offers the very best advantages at the lowest rates possible, Chas. M. Barkley received a letter announcing the safe arrival of Mrs. Barckley and her mother, Mrs. J. M. Sallee at Sprivgtield, Kentucky, where they willspend some time visiting relatives aud friends, ‘That is Mrs, Saller,s gir hood home. W. B. Dawson, lawyer, has a bran nee . sein Saad, filetMos2.. morn. ing according to the Rich Hil Tri- bune. He haa to answer same day. The three aays rule wouldn’t apply. The case was too plain to be dismiss- ed and there wereno grounds for postponement or setting fora day later. To demar was of no avail and as for change of venue or of judge that was out of the question. ar friend Daween heomes Miometes py Ite a girl