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J. K. and E. H. Rosier have post-} Dr. J. W. Choate and family visited poned their sale for the second time, | relatives and friends at Harrison- owing to bad weather. This time ville last week. the dateis fixedforMonday,January) joo, W. Johnsonand wile of Wash- 8th 1906. See advertisement in an- ington, are visiting Mrs. Jobnson’s other colama. father, Uncle Dick Andrews, of Spruce Thestore building at Ballard, own-|¢ »wnehip They were citizens of this ed and occupied by Clabe Stuckey | county about twenty-five years ago. witha geveral stock, was burned last Friday night. The building was erected by Mr. Stuckey about one yearsgo. Some insurance. R. M. White, corresponding secre- tary, announces that the next an nual winter meeting of the Missouri Press Association will be held at the Laclede hotel in St. Louis Thuredey and Friday, February Sand 9. There will be no formal excursion. Miss Flora Graham, one of the leading teachers in the publicechools at Harrisonville, has resigned her po sition te enter on a matrimonial voyage. The announcementis made, raya the News, that ehe is shortly to warry L. D. Wright, of Knoxville, Towa. AT McKIBBENS We are Pricing CLOAKS and FURS We didn’t just reduce prices on sugar alone. The merchants of But- ler seem to think they are meeting our prices. Call and see and decide| & tor yourself —Norfleet & Ream Inde- pendent Grocery. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Kemp, of Hig. gins, Texas, vivited the family of J. M. Patty last week. Mrs Kemp is| = the grand daughter of Mr. Patty.|¢ Mr. Kem), ie in the land business, He left for home the first of the week. | { Henry Wise, one of Bates county's big farmers and popular citizans, was {on the ciry Monday. He had just re- turned from a bunting trip to his nativestate, Texas, where hoannual- ly goes in quest of game and,to visit relatives, old friends and look over familiar scenes of his boyhood days. Chas R. Radford observed his an- nualcustom ofa quarter ofacentury, by calling on the tirat day of the year and renewing. He sold his residence} | property on Ohio street last week to Doug. Walden. He and his wife will take @ western trip as svon as the weather will permis in the spring. Says an exchange—In 1892 Hiram Northup died in Kaneas City, Kas., leaving an «state valued at $500, 000 Since then the heirs have been in litigation and when theestate was divided a few days ago there was nothing left except a few vacant lots and $100 in money. At Garden City Cass county, Sun. day nightTom Woolery wasstabbed twice witha knife and badly hurt. One wound isin the neck and the other in the etomach. Jim Lewis Very Much Lower Other Bargains in Odds and Ends. Come and See Them 3 Mre. Nettie Ely has purchaeed a half interest in the Bazar, on the south side of the square, She will was arrested accused of the crime,|serve out her present contract with The trouble originated overa crap) the school board as teacher in the game and a plain drink. primary department. Mra, Ely has taughe in our school for a long term of years with the very best of satis- factivn. The nicest, most useful and orna- mental New Year present to be pre- sented to Butler is the new and im- posing Fraternai hotel on the north west corner of the square, thefounda ux 1906 A PROSPEROUS YEAR||FOR YOU AND FOR US. Sam 8, Spear, wife and daughter Goldie, and father, Uncle Jimmy tion of whieh, with a few more days| Spears, of Johnstown, returned the otpleasant weather will becompleted | laet of the week from a visit to Cald- by the masons. well, Kaneas. Uncle Jimmy has two sons and three daughters living near that place, all doing well. Fit, Fashion§and Durability, three virtues of our Clothes and Shoes. The ys The CLOTHING HOUSE Good Shoe 1 THE RIGHT WAY, Store.| The engine of the saw mill owned dy James Veatch, of Moundville, Mo , exploded Friday, says the Schell] £.C, Vandervoort aud his young City News, and instantly killed Rot-| son, Donald, spent Saturday anu ert Wilson, un employee, and badly | Sunday in Butler meeting old friends injured James Veatch the proprietor, | and looking after property interests. one of his legs being mangled suthat) Mr, Vandervoort was formerly Mo. amputation was necessary. Pac. sgentat this place, now he When your neighbor’s children act holds # similar position with the M- smart, they need a spanking, but|\. aud T. at Joplin. when yours do, it only shows their . spirit a cuteness. It’s not only o J. P. Edwards was host to the fire boys at an oyster supper at the irmnes fo whan cs & gored, Endres Cafe on Monday evening. one lot ladies $20.00 cloaks $15.00 one lot ladies 20,00 cloaks 12.50 one lot ladies 15.00 cloaks 11.00 one lot ladies 1500 cloaks 10.00 one lot ladies 12.50 cloaks 8.00 ° SioaaA- ja SPA dete AtEae Canron- Welver Elevator 7 ny | We take eggs in exchange for dry fi hi ‘ ‘ Sapppetving corn. tt | goods, shoes and clothing. Wheve'e & Ginnt Githonace s cheese Twenty-three were present and they one lot ladies 10.00 cloaks; 8.00 Mare, Phaeton and harness for | 44 tt. Run's, Lave & Co, [tid locengutin thoast, Itzos don't thorouglily enjoyed the feast and 7 sale, call at this office. _ | Who made sugar 20 Ibs for $1.00? me wd cca ig school teacher. | sinoke. Mr. Edwards thus showed one lot ladies 9.00 cloaks 7.00 Abe Shetrone, of Weir, Kansas, fs |—Norfleet & Ream Independent Gro- i his sppreciatiou of vhe efforts of the : aa @ new eubecriber. cery. Mrs. Nancy McClure, aged 65yeare,| boys in aaving his home from the one lot ladies 7.50 cloaks 5.00 fell elxty feet into an abandoned mine | 4a mes two weeks ugo. at Neck City, northeast of Joplin, last week and was {nstantly killed. Judge William Cole called and had Mrs. MeClure lived at Galena, Mo., his dates set ahead to 1907. Said be had taken THE Times for more \ Get prices at Norfleet & Ream In-| Mr. and Mrs. Silas Levy went to one lot ladizs 12.50 rain coats 10.00 dependent Grocery before you buy. Helena, Ark., to be present at the Mre. M C. Finl Elk Cit marriage of J. C, Meyer, brother of vee ee Y>! Mire, Levy, which takes place in that one Jot ladies 10 00 rain coats 7.50 Idaho, sends us remittance for re-| |; and was en route from the depot to . coe £ ny nor iene i x city to-day. the Kaien’ ef bor ion; Bd: Motions, |r a quarter ola century and a one odd lot rain coats 4 G0 The annual meeting of the stock-| when thi ident occurred. pected tu take it as long as he lived. — - A : \ when the accident oc 13 $5. i\ The Salvation Army of Kansas! holders of the Bates National Bank Such encouragement to the publisher one lot Misses $5.00 cloaks 4.00 City fed 5,000 hungry people on will be held in the directors room of| . 14® Bama of Harve J ONNESD Of trom. ao substantial a citizen makes one lek Misses 4 Otlieloakes 2.50 va Christmas day. the bank building Tuesday January rig ghikes be yo _ him fee! “chesty” aod is certainly ie . M. Smith, of Deep Water; Silas " ‘“ “ae cee a NS Several of the Butler mercbante | 2 W. Dooley, liane: Seen appreciated. one Jot Misses 4 00 cloaks 3.00 y\ were busy last week invoicing their) Frank E. Bratton, formerly a pop.| Angle, of Mt. Pleasant; Jos H.| Sb«riff Moses B Morris informs k of goods. ular citizen of Bates, fur several] Groves, Mt. Pleasant, can befound}U3 thut he will not bea caudidate Furs Reduced. $15.00 fur scarfs $10.00 $12 50 fur scarfs $10.00 $10.00 fur scarfs $ 8 00 $ 7 50 fur scarfs $ 5.00 $ 7 50 fur scarfs $ 6.09 $ 6 50 fur scarfs.$ 5 00 $ 5.00 fur scarfs $ 3.48 years a resident of Stafford, Kansas, | in our announcement columns, Tue|for re nowinatiou, He expects to remembers us with remittance tor] qiyes will make editorially mention | ebgage in other pursuits more to his y renewal, of each announcement during the] likivg and hus a flattering offer open May the New Year be one of peace There will beno meeting of Bates | PTowtess of the campaign. to him whenever heis ina Dosition and prosperity to every reader of to accept it. It is Mr. Morris’ inten- the booming Ti sot am SEES: 9.0.2. aaah Baw tion to fill out his present term. He ming Ties. day night, because of the shutting Ms : A large uumber of influential Dem- | down of the light plant. na ease @ his an pra Ocrate were ofa the committee | _ who reduced the prices in Butler, exeellent shape. so you can bay groceries cheaper in Superintendent of our public Mrs. Fred Cobb called and had| Butler than Passaic.—Norfleet & achools, C. A. Burke, and wife spent > Sima sent to Mra. J. T. Frost, | Ream Independent Grocery. the holidays at Sutherland, visiting Kaneae, _ Mre. R. M. Flesher and Earl Davis, Mrs. B’s relatives and at Warrens- of Madison, Kansas, who have been burg among relatives and friends. spending the past week with their Prot. Burke is making 4 very popular parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Davis, re- superintendeut and has endearea turned home Monday. himself to the teatbers and pupils 3:2. Cameron: called acd tavoied alike, and the schools are prospering thelr connty us with renewal. He recently sold under hie guidance. c his residence. property in Butler to C. E. Robbins, the popular and ef- I ‘Tyrell, an eminent divine of St, | Rd. Miller and will move to his farm ficient auctioneer, of Amoret, was a d nwen de pulpit at the| south of Butler early-in the spriug. pleasant caller on Thursday. He ch every evening this 4 was returning from, J. K. Rotier’s ; nag he had gone td assist incrying the sale, but’ which was postponed on account ofthe unfavorable weath axed er. Mr. Robbins is one of the best times es much os the state tax in rovinvactait. tvuadang moe, | uctionesre in this esction ot the Missourl. Boies meertg iia betager i state and thinks of locating at the - Bhlrley Childe, after an absence ot! sci into the Methodies church Bat. [ont weet he Ors: Asga tiger eagle coed panghapopndion : . Shree years, came home to spend the arday night after the evening’s on-| J+ B. Duvall recently purchased of | Warning jay inRich Hill, mingling in the ‘stomps | holidays with hismother andfriends.| 5 tment and looted the “birth-| Mr. Swarts the old Duvall farm, jast|in barning order. most cordial manner with his many [Bee traveling for an implement) 447 bank” of ite contents, the of Butler, consisting of about| The following Bates county teach-|triends and several relatives. Mr, ‘atthe mise rss tend bas boon vs med. of which ia not known, but} 400'acres in all. This is. one of the| ere atvended the state teachers asso- | Elis has been a resident of Colorado sin Oklahoma, ‘eee thats’ Hine, finest and best improved farms in|cistion at Jefferson City last week: | Springs the past four years and holds ' p county and stood Mr. Duvall|County Superintendent A. L. Ives, P. | a position of trast with a prominent mining company. He ts well Re agra ag ego ec oubraeoe 4 Mattingly, E. M. C. M.) thoroughly agrees with h Fetain his connection with the Per-|Leedy. They report a fine meeting | still devoted to the «tar ohal & Day - |and much good work accomplished. former bone tn Mlssonr,—Review, ~ Jobe Utley called and bad hisname enrolled for the old reliable. ral George O. Davis, a student at tle Appleton City Academy, who lived with his parents, five miles east of that town, was thrown from hi; horse on Sunday, Dec. 24th, and died Christmas day from the effecte of his injuries. He and a companion had ridden into town to attend the Christmas eve celebrations, when the distressing and fatal accident occur- red. He wae 24 years of ageand a young man of very bright promise. The Record pays Recorder Lisle and his deputies the following hand some complimont: “No Recorder of Bates county has ever equaled Mr. Lisle and his assistants iu efficiency and faithful discharge of the duties of the office. He has. been in office three years, during which time the records have always been “up,” and he has never been absent from bis CZABHHe CAAT ESS SAA AANANTS OIIMe ; TEBE AK EGGS JAKEN SAME AS CASH. of Cass county will election March 17¢h Next Sunday night after church} Thos. G. Ellis, who came within the electriclight plant will year half 8 vote of being sheriff of Batcs tor needed repairs The whole plant! oj un¢, ill be overhauled, which it {e eetl- eae fome years since, and who mated will take from ten days to| (98 Slways retuined the good will two weeks. Those who use electric] #14 friendship of all who know him, CestOe on tb nts cc we pape assossed valuation. Nearly four lights had better take this timely | epent Sunday and a portion of Mon- . L/