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— CHRISTMAS 1S COOMING ! CABLE & GROVES. Are here with the finest line of Candies and Nuts to be found in the city. Don’t make the children sick by eating cheap candy, but buy the best pure candy made by Loose-Wiles Candy Co. and for sale by us. IF you want something nice {fo CUTLERY for presents, we have it. You will find our prices as low as Groceries. *he lowest. Our stock is always complete. Ask for what you want. We have the best 20c coffee sold over Coffee. in any counter. PICKIES ot all kinds Heinz’ complete line. Get our prices on nallsand build- Hardware. ersiariware We are always on the market for all Prod uce. kinds of prodace at the highest mar- ket price. Cash or Trade. Don’t forget the place, 2 doors south of BIG NEW HOTEL. CABLE & GROVES. Phoue 13, BUTLER, MO. ‘icoenoees — : Xmas Slippers WE ARE SHOWING A NICE LINE OF GIVE US A LOOK. POFFENBARER & EDWARDS, One Price to all. SOHO OSE’: “SODSHCNEOOSHON OT? LOYAL TO FRIENDS. “Weare alraid that the Butler Ke- publican has got Lon V. and E. W. Stephens confounded. The former gentlemen served one term asx gov- ernor and showed his utter inca- pacity. It is not likely that he will ever try for another office, Tie lat ter gentleman is from Columbia, where he has one of the most exten- sive printing offices in the state. He is an honorable, consciertious, chris- Ata largely attended c »nvention, iutious were adopted petitioning the ‘ounty court to call a special elec: tion forthe purpose of voting on @ ‘ourt house proposi The plan mostfavored wasfor direct taxation, the building to cost between $75, 000 and $100,000, —$—$—$—$<—$<—<—_———— The Kansas City Star says that Walter Williams of the Columbia Uereld used to have a high pitched voice poorly adapted to public speak- ing. Since his siege of typhold fever Mr. Williams’ voice has become satrong, deep andrich, all that was speeded to make him a charming pub" old school—and the Butler Times and the Osceola Democrat could and would render him heerty support. fice as E. W. Stephens the usual ma- jority of 35,000 will be rolled up.” a i ile apeaker. latter part of the above article from j —_—_—_— the Osceola Democrat, that refers to } The case of Sam B. Cook, ex-Secre-| Rd, Stephens, but we beg to differ ‘ ary of otate, against the Globe| with the writer in his estimate of Lon. —We- have repeatedly affirmed Yibel, tried in the Chariton county court last week, resulted in the jury { giving Mr. Cook a verdict tor $158,- 080—$75,000 actual and $75,000 punitive damages. ‘Richard Hanlon, a St. Louts Po- lice commissioner appointed by Gov. ernor Dockery, sent his resignation to Governor Folk Monday with o Jengthy caustic letter in which he ‘accused the governor of insincerity, of building up a political machine and using the police department to ‘turther his political ambition. Gov- vernor Folk says that after carefully reading Mr. Hanlon’s communice- tion if he thinks it warrants an an awer he will make a full reply. pee eee oemniatianaamenmnenmman canna Washington, Dec. 4—Thirty seed deslers have cent President Roose- can always be placed. velt a petition protesting against Homeppetteraeesece disapproving the present practice The petition asks that only the {n- tert of the original act authorizing ‘eoed distribution be the future policy. “This intent, the petition says, was s¢hat the seeds should be, obtained place -‘trom remote corners of théearth and Ju taking do ae ll tian gentleman—a Vemocrat of the So long as the Democratic party of Missouri nominate such men for of- Tar Times can subscribe to the that Lon. V. Stephens made as good a business governor as the State ever had. He did not pretend to Statesmanship, but his administration showed him to be honest and conscientious in the discharge of every trust, and the business interests of the State were ever safeguarded. Another characteristic of Lon.,V. Stephens, developed almost tothe abnormal, was his loyalty and fealty to his friends, while for his enemies he never asked for or gave quarters. Asa re- sult ex-governor Stephens has bitter enemies over the state who never miss an opportunity to give hima dig, on the other hand he has true and loyal friends who are ever ready to speak in hie defense, and among the latter the editor of THz Times the free distribution of seeds by mem- Through ; h j ML Fae bers of Congress and urging him to Be ath ; the Hand. _ Lae cechgeed ie pr a eo ! i in his ari bh on three een ‘ psvnsth aay apyo George, she 18 year old son of Luce | cos at the close of Governor Folk’s leas Ge pcraaaphgatocogered a few miles sonth | half hour address are eimilar to some | om ot Nevada, was victim of an un- Lin one of W. J. Bryan’s speech on the r fortunate accident ou *hankegiving. pehonrc abet sett 3 gal? orta, ashot gun fromite| Ase matter of fact, those words) te: ead : ier = an ‘ it wae discharged, she load go-| when spoken were exectly the same inginto George’s hand. It wasneces- ‘and were expressly used : sary to amputate bis thumb andtwo/ tion, the governor PARTY ORGANIZATION. State Teachers’ Association. We disagree with the Rich Hill Eo ; the manner and date fornominating | glad ifevery teacher in Batescounty county officers. We can,see.no good | could attend this meeting. reason for precipitating a catftPatgn within the party nearly a year before the election, when in doing 80 every precedent in the past quarter ota century is violated. Unless there are special'y strong reasons amotinting to the prevention of a party crisis, no radical steps should be taken that couldin any manner be con- atrued into schemes or trickery where- by one candidate or set ofcandidates are to reep an advantage in the pri- marics “We ‘horongbly agree with the En- terprise tbat there fs mach work the committee can and sbould doin the way of organization. Early io the pring we urged the importance ofa complete and correct poll of the county to put the party workers in| ¢he school year. touch with the voters. While some} Besides this, the trip will bea pleas- work has-been donein thatdirection, | ant outing. Railroads give ‘a one- we are sorry to say that it has not} fareratefor the round tripand hotels been complete and satisfactory.Phe| give reduced prices. Every teacher’ Chairman sent out @ request somé] who can possibly do so ought to at- time since to the committeemen to}tend. I shall hope to meet u large perform that party work, Some cf) number of Bates county teachers at the committeemen realized the great! the State Capital during the } viday importance to the party orgauiz+|wek Begin now to make ncrange- tion and promptly polled their town: | ments to attend. A. L. Ives. ships and reported to the Chairman ~ay Others havetailed to grarp thesitua tion and repeated urgings have fail-!} 1¢ does beat the world how jealous ed to move them in the matter.| we ailare, We are always ready to Chairman Combs has the authority, | jgmp out and praie eome fellow who where a committeeman fails and re lig engaged in eomething that doesn’t tuses to perform the duties required | prog, our path. He is a crackerjack of him to appoint another man in |i ho ig working in another field. But thas township for that purpose and) the moment he gets over into our he would be thoroughly justified in} tong yard we begin to knock him. doing 7 ; , All of us are too much stuck on our This is one campaign in Bates) ives, The lawyer thinks he knows county when the Democratic party | iiore than the fellow who ison the can not afford tomake mistakes, | (ther side. When the other fellow either fn the selection of candidates sting him he lays it all on the justice. orthe manner of their nomination. | who, some Iticw. bekih-our Wine None but the best men must be n0mM-| vith g young lady me aiuans ony: inated, the ticket equitably distrib-| 414 goes beat the dickens mba tonls uted over the county, and abarmon: | shogg girle will make of themselves,’)y ious and concentrated effort made Mhere ie a business that would teat for its success, when we can expect) standard Oil profits if it could be the old time Democratic majorities. worked, Just buy menforwhatthey Tue Democratic committee is ex- aoa. wth and wall aectoe wink pected vo be largely instrumental in they think they are worth —Osborne bringing about these results and the (Kan.) Farmer. members will be beld responsible by she party for the manner in which they execute their trusts. Adrian Notes. From the Journal, Every teacher who expects to suc- ceed if his profession must make adequate preparation for the work. True, this preparation requires an expenditure of money; bat the teach- ers must spend some of his wages for growths and improvement, in order that his pupile “shall drink from a living fountain.” One meana of improvement is at- tendance at teachers’ meetings. At theState Association we comeincon- tact with the brizhtest minds and the beat pedagogical thought. No teacher can attend without profit; and certainly one who attends with that in view wilf gother many good things and suffi-ient inspiration to carry him throug. the remainder-of The old mill has been torr down and the court is now asked to hold an inquest over the remains to in- quire us to cause, ete, Albert Argenbright and family moved last Thursday to thelr new home four miles east of Butler. They will be followed by the best wishes of a host of friends in this part of the country. Baptist Church of this city voted last Sunday to employ Rev. Weir to give all his time here. This will give them preaching every Sunday morn- ing and evening. The charch ts amply able to do this and it will help the town. Natural Gas Leaks Cause Two Deaths. \ BUTLER, MO. THE BEST — — sue tater’ weet | Getting Ready terprise in the matter of calling the' ciation will meet in Jefferson City central committee together to name December 27, 28 and 29 1 should be CHRISTMAS eceoeveeeee@ 0 Wei'are slashing prices on all lines of goods ~ at to make room for our “s Holiday = Goods \ | Caps for menand boys 1-3 off regular price. Gloves for men and boys 1-3 off regular price. Some Broken Lots of Mens Fine Hats. Fine tur stock good styles, but we are out of some sizes. The regular price was $1.48, 1 98 and up to 2.98. Ifyou can find your size, you can get a 98 bargain only Cc Best Values in Mens High Grade Pants, This line of pants are made better, look better and fit better than-any line we have ever looked ut and you pay no more than for the ordinary kind. We have them priced to suit every purse 85c, 98, 1.28, 1.48, 1.98, 2.25, 248, 2.98 and 348, It you need anything in the line, it will pay you to look at them. OP SB SA SBSSSeQSFr—sF é Bargains in Rugs. We have just received a lot of ruge, and we find we haven’t room to «splay them, so we have marked them to make a quick sale and get them out of the Way. Jute Rug 24x50 only 39c Jute Rug 36x72 only 73c Brussels Rug 27x58 only 98c Smyrna Rug 294x58 only $1.48 NICE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. PPS BSF SSR BOBeGQwr—e Underwear. The time to buy underwear IS NOW, while you can get a full line of sizes. We positively know that our underwear values are not beaten by anyone, and are for a head of tho average stores. Childrens under- wear from 19 to 25c that are more than worth the money. Ladies two piece suits, fine Egyptian cot- ton, shaped vests full size pante, unsurpassed values price each vests or pants 25c. LR a SE EE A EA @ CATA Childrens Union Suits. There is a great difference in the way they are made. If you get 4 well made garment they are satisfactory otherwise they are not. Our childrens garments can- nat be !mproved upon. Good full sizes shaped like 50c goods gussets, when needed best trimmings and buttons. A-1 in every particular, all sizes 25c Ladies Union Suits. Good full sized garments 25c “Oneita” and other well known brande—the heat that can be produced all sizes up to 9 worth 65¢c Age Our price only ee SEE WO AH Misses and Boys Underwear, _ Iola, Kan., Dec. 4.—' son of James Brown was asphyxiat- ed by natural gas and the father, mother, sister and John Martin, a boarder at the Brown home, are ina critical condition. Brown’s sister went to the home of the family to asslet them in prepar- ing the Thankegiving dinner and found the house locked. Fearing that something was the matter, she had the door broken down. ‘The boy was found dead in his bed and the others were revived only with difii- culty. LIDDIL’S STUDIO. NORTH SIDE SQUARE, XMAS PHOTOGRAPHS Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI, } : County of Bates. * In the Cireuit Court, in Vacation Nov. ead, Plaintiff. Folk Not Plagiarist. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 4.—Gov. Folk can not be accused of plagiar- fem, His addreas at the grave of John.Clay was not prepared before hand, but the published .excerpte were taken from the stenographic notes taken at the time. 15, 1905. of gersoll ta | e qa give ana See be oy to ay 25c we can please you. Ife grade is wanted we can GhOW YAU 5c VAlUCEs Bt.rscsercsscsserssersesesserssseessenes 48¢ Some odds and ends or broken sizes at halt price. ee ee eT a a ee “OUTING FLANNELS. We have sold five times as many yards of outing this fall as last. Why? The reason is plain to us. Price and qnality are the cause, we have been giving real GENUINE BARGAINS 27 inch wide outings. heavy and fine excellent 5¢ dark patterns worth 8%e, only ~ Foll yard wide cream outing heavy fleece—a 10 grand bargain at the price Only..............ssese o C Mill remnants or short lengthe—about 10 yards Oc in ploce worth 12% OD1Y.....ssssssersssssensssersnneerseeeesees EW ee ee, ee Fe Big Bes Ay Ladies Belts. new styles aud worth double the Loy MID ORs ilascalis vebicivcessscepsevesssncceees 25 and 35¢ ‘ou will buy if you see them. A ES SR ER SS New styles in Ladies j and Neckwear, e They are mere beautiful than ever. The most dainty creations REAL HIGH ART. 25, 48 and 75c. PSS S SSS S22 SBewmwwem des We have had so many, after | Around Blankets. come back and buy Fgh gre coca blankets were the best valves, that we are thoroughly cots pus tha ebtce greta hat es one euro yes ca pean evap: puna hoes beg aadne pdehey HILL'S CASH STORE.