The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 21, 1905, Page 3

| The Butler Weekly Times. qeotecicara IGS SOW elgyi(2 MAKE YOUR CH We can meet your Christmas ™ . wants. We have the disposition and the bright new goods to please every buyer who is seeking ap- priate Christmas present for old or young. ; COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF \ That our choice attractions for the holiday trade are thoroughly up | with the times in variety, novelty 5 and good quality, combined with 4 the fairest and most reasonable |; prices. We have genuine new at- / tractions which you will pro- nounce JUST THE THING and we want you to know it. COME AND SEE THEM. The Best Place to Buy. Each $5.00 purchase entitles you to a ticket in our diamond ring contest. Bear this in mind when buying your Holiday goods. ERIE W. NICKELL, JEWELRY. TNEINE J. HE. WILLIAMS’ Is the place to get your Oranges, Candies, Nuts, Bananas, Cran- berries, Raisins, Currants, Citron, Figs, Lemons, Buckwheat Flour, Maple Syrup and everything kept by a first class grocery house. Remember we are headquarters for Xmas Candies, Oranges etc. Be sure to come and see us. We have the prices and goods. Just received another car of that Kansas Seal and Emporia Flour and still selling at the same old prices reg: rdless of the price re- gardless of the price of wheat. Bought low and selling same way. We will call your at- tention again to our coffees. We claim to be Headquarters for Coffee, If you have never tried our 15-17 1-2 and 20c come in and let us sell you some. Remember, we bandle Barb Wire, Hog Fence, Bran, Shorts, Salt, Machine Oils, Stove pipe, atid a general stock of Farmers Hardware, ‘We keep our salt in warehoure, always dry. When needing salt, come to see us. INE. WANT YOUR sis "es: Chickens, Eggs, te toes, etc. When you come to towz, drive up to our toreand TRY US. J. E. WILLIAMS. . RISTMA A MERRY ONE eee 3 BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905. | | EIS} : : PEE EE SESE Tb, dndirdiaididfaara ge, em, ~s#s2*22e7 7 v2 2 2 = Oe a a, a NO-8 Called Session County Court. County court met in called session Platte County Road Plan. Benton Gabbert in Platte City Landmark. We have tried all the laws ground |on Monday when the following pro- out at Jefferson City, and at last ar hig — the \ haveresurrected the old contract law sion, $312'50" — ——" and have been trying it this year,) J H Sharp, Ass’t Engineer, $210 giving to contractors from 40 to 50) ates Smith, Treasurer Commis- miles, The plan doesnot meet public |sion, for camp and other expenses, approval, and theroads giveeloquent 300: ; testimony thereto. They reported work to be progress: No road law will | ing nicely and that they would proba- pel, through personal interest, a per- They are camped near Papinville. Additional business besides theem- sonal charge of the road throughout . anelling of the jury. the year. One day’s care and 364)" O,Goreq by the court that the as- days of neglect won’t make g00d| segment of lot 25, blk 7, Merwin, roads, however good the one day’s|Mo., be reduced from $225 to $25 same being erroneously assessed work was done. ah whe We people of Pl ty can, by Connell was allowed $27.28 people of Platte county can, by by the court for assessing West making a different application of the} Roone township. law, devise a better law than the sages at Jefferson City in their log- rolling procedure will ever give us. Thecounty court can let these con- tracts for the mile or 100 miles, by letting the contract to farmers for half a mile or more, running along: side their tarms, They will be per soually interested, will use the King drag at the right time, keep loose rocks out of the road, fill up the mud holes, pick out the stones and give us the best roads we ever had for the same money now given to contrac- tora, who have too many miles to = Fleetwood Thomas was allowed his bill of $26 for tiling at the jail, This tiling was done under order of the city to the court to remove nuisance oveurring at that place. Ordered by the court that the as- sessment of DL Lee on personal property in Grand River township be reduced from $1,755 to $1,075 same being erroneously assessed. PRTIT JURY, ;: HM Hudson, Mingo; R H Hizer, Deer Creek; Oscar Askew, East Boone; W R Owens, Grand River; W P Con- nell, West Boone; WR Lewis, West Point; R L Scott, Elkhart; J F Gregg, Mound; J G Cantrell, Shaw- nee; W A Howard, Spruce; J W Me- Cormick, Deep Water; B P Powell, Summit; J Heisson, Mt Pleasant; L S Paddock, Charlotte; Robt Braden, Homer; C FE. West, Walnut; T M Livingood, New Howe; W. M. Rice, Lone Oak; Ed Moore, Pleasant Gap; Emmett Hook, Hudson; J C Laugh- lin, Rockville; Chas Fix, Prairie; Bob Kerr, Osage; W B Wayts, Howard. look after, This is the old Swiss law. Peru Items. We hear that John Cameron has sold his property in Butler and will move to his farm in our neighbor- hood. We are glad to have such men as Cameron move in our neigh- borhood. We did notsay in our last items that Frank Blankenbaker and family had moved to Idaho. Jobn Dillon and family leave this week for Okla., to make that their home. We are sorry to see them go. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Crago are here from New Mexico visiting her sister,Mrs. A. M. Thomas for a short time. A pleasant time was enjoyed at Peru oyster supper Saturday night. Pr 8 $37.72,vlaced so thechurch will have a new organ. Miss Titeworth was the guest of Miss Bertha Thomas over Sunday. A number of young folks gathered at the home of C. M. Thomas and had their pictures taken by Mrs. Lucy Wishard. Rev. W. F. Baker filled his regular appointment Sunday night. Preach. ing every fires Sunday atlla. m. and the third Sunday at night. Uncie ABB, Virginia Items. Wm. McKibbin, tax collector for the township, will be at Virginla two days on Friday tn each month and every Saturday in Butler. Some of our Reputlican ladies are wearing aprons made out of ban- danna handkerchief. The man of Ohio will be honored by them. He was a good Democrat. Elder Ishmel will preach thé fourth Sunday. Elder Cook, of Pleasant Hill, will — Thursday at the Christian hurch. All members are requested to be present. Debate at Nestlerode’s school house Friday night. (Question: “Something about the Philippine.” We expect there will be something said that when the Americans took possession of the island, there were three saloons in a short time. There were four hundred Amerivan saloons | Aaronexpects to be present and hear whatissaid about how the Americans oppressed their poor people thst had bought many years for their freedom There was a large debate at the Forbes school house last Thursday night. Miss Molly Watkin {s teach- ing there this winter. Question: “Signs of the time indicate a down- fall of this nation. ‘The talk hinged mostly on the drinking of the nation thata ration that drink toexc.s cannot last long Great preparations are being made for Christmas doings, but few pieces select to show the children how many thousand children are deprived of Christmas on account of the drink traftic. AARON, Woman Teacher Kills Ohio Street M. E. Church. A Christmas sermon by the pastor and special music at 11 o'clock. At 7:30 p. m. the following pro- gram will be rendered: Happy Greeting. by choir. Prayer, by the Pastor. Recitation, by Jennett and Jose- phine Shafer. Vocal Duet, by Beth and Mildred Lillibridge. Recitation, Emma Wells. Instrumental Duet, Meda Denton and Ruth Barker. Cornet Duet, C. C. Catterlin and L M. Deffenbaugh. Violin and Plano Duet, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Herrell. Cornet Solo, The Holy City, by C. C. Catterlin. Piano Solo, Mrs. Emma Rains. Recitation, Grace Shafer. a Negro Assailant. ol egg og —- Logan, W. Va. Dee. 18.—Herman Cornet Dust, C. C. Catterlin and L,| Nolan, negro, was shot and killed M. Deffenbaugh. by ie Doky Wilkingon, a young ( ; » |achool tzacher. Choir, “There is room for Thee. The shooting nh a ie , i way — tl —_ woodland near rpont rgan , | she Guyandotte river, Pile Mo ° Appreciat - Mise Wilkinson was walking to her From the London Tit-Bita. school and was overtaken by the ne- An amusing story is told of Mr. . Pierpont Morgan, pAs is one of the * Fle made otvenae 4 Soeeeet test art collectors in the world. to kill her when Mi \kinson drew gree a pistol and eenta bullet through He was standing in front of a picture} his brain. ' in an exhibition when a well dressed 4... girl on ae toa farm woman asked him @ question as to| house and told her story. ; ‘ lying in the the subject and the artist. Mr. Mor-| _ The negro s body after lying gan chatted freely on the matter and road several houre was thrown by then left the gallery. Soon after- citizens into Guyandotte rver. The girl has not yet been arrested wards the lady said to the proprie- tor of the exhibition: and indications are that she willjnot be. Mies Wilkineon is 20 years old. “J have been much interested in what the man has told me. Hemust’ Girls Excel the Boys. be an art critic, I think, and as art of the Missouri State University last The proprietor replied: “My dear highest grad Mr. Morgan. | fresand the other third. Thenames . teend me the check,” said Mr. Mor gan, | 7 City: Two of the five studente elected to éritics don’t make a fortune I ehould | the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Itke to send bim thie check. week are girls. These five have the es in a class ofalxty sev- madam, that wae Mr. Pierpont Mor-|en containing twenty-six ge and gan,” and later he told the incident | thirty-one boys. Ove gir ranked {n order of rank are as follows: Maud “I wish you had allowed her to Williams, West “ W. A. Hurwits, “49 would have been the first money Meo Anderson, Columbia, and Thad ever made out of my hobby.” Alexander, Paris. THEY MUST GO CLEAN SWEEP. THE PRICES NAMED WILL DO THE WORK. 50 inch tine black Cona Boa S148 at 90 inch fine Cona Boa 3.98 at $2.48 H.00 at 5.48 90 inch light gray flat Boa 60 inch flat martin scarf satin lined 5.50 at 6 50 60 inch fine beaver scarf satin lined N00 at 7.50 56 inch fine Isabella fox round scar Oat 7 100 inch tine Isabella fox trimmed with mink heads and taile a beauty 30.00 at 25.00 Fine flat mink boa satin lined trimmed with tails and chinelle 35,00 at 25.01 Big Isabella fox boa 18.50 at 15,00 All $5.00 and $6.00 Fur Muffs at $3.50 $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 silk mufllers at T5c and $1.00 | | $1.50 and $1.75 silk mufllers flat at 85 | $2.50 fine black brocaded skirt at 2.00 $5.50 plaid skirt at 2.50 $3.75 fine silk finished brilliantine at 3 $3.00 fancy checked skirt | é All $5.00 Skirts at $4.00 Misses Long Cloaks 6 to 12 years $3.00 long cloak for Misses at 4.98 Misses long cloak at 7.98 Misses long coat at $1.00 3.50 4.00 Few 14 and 16 sizes close at 6.50 Ladies Jackets. All $5.00 Jackets at $3.00 All 4.00 Jackets at 2.00 All 3.50 Jackets at 1.50 All $8 and $10 Jackets at 5.00 Bring us your Produce it will buy goods in any part of our house. saesneie inorrosenssensneed This Merry Season _ will be all the merrier if you take time to pay a visit to our store. You will find an amaz- ingly attractive assortment of features here. Everything you have been desiring along this line and many new things that will prove decidedly alluring to the discriminating purchaser- You will find nothing but Christ- mas cheer and good will here x whether you come to buy or just to look around! AH. CULVER FURNITURE CO, sieves. us iia 43