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<ecenieememeames: * Norfleet & Ream “THE INDEPENDENT GROCERS cA, Have Just Received and now have on Sale f 4 Potatoes [Sa NE CAR EACH OF eee Floui Salt We have four varieties of the best NORTHERN SEED POTATOES The local combine is doing much talking, but they are not hurting our businss, as the big crowds constantly filling our store attest. The people are ‘‘catching on’”’ and are pleased with our new cash plan. We are paying cash for our goods and can therefore offer lower prices on all lines. “Seeing is believing.” You come and see, and then you will not be tdmpted to pat- ronize a mail order house. Norfleet & Ream, INDEPENDENT GROCERS. oe VCILDILDIALADAE ILIA Aa IS IH ABS CSACOSASAIAPLLAAPAAGCLSAALAALAGAd ISAL APA As West Side Square, - - Butler, Missouri. exhibition at Wolfe City fell from his wr January 15th, 1906, at 2:30 o'clock, | Hawkins was a clerk in theSecretary | before, and remained in that exposed | Eve Fry decd Juo C Hayes admr. give Mr. Brown great pain and by | ,aioou at that place this hecnasd after an {Illness of seven weeks, aged | of State’s office during the incum-|conditionthroughout the night. Barker MV deed Sue C Hayes ater. the time the physician arrived strong | . sistance of 2.000 fot, and wap tne j 73 years, 8 months and 26 days — bency of both Lésueur and Cook, and 2ud, Tuesday, February 13th. symptoms of tetanus had developed. stantly killed. ! , ; he| The question, ‘Ist Ever Right to! cy Bevington decd 8G Bevington admr. «|The proper antidote, however, was v : i Adrian Journal. is coneequently widely known by the es i f tell a Lie,” was discussed by John D, | Charlotte Keeble decd Jas G Keeble admr. administered and -yesterday Mr politicians over the state. Rockefeller Jr’s, Sund School | Hush M Galley deod Maggie A Gailey ex. J v Trustee's Sale. 3 H. A. Clark, of Route 1, Butler, is oc! er dre. Sunday (00! | FL Tucker decd Jennie W Tucker ex. Brown’s condition was reported in the city ona visit to Judge Allen} The Clinton Democrat 1s opposed class, and decided that {t was never | Benton Calvert decd J W Jamison admr. much improved, but he will in all] paynereet Yellin S. Robinson and od Hensal K ¢ Wright and family. Mr. Clark and to the horsewhipping of editors by |juetifiable under any circumstance. | 3rd day, Wednesday, February 14th probability havea very sore hand ene. ery Yili, 1001, it recorded in ae. Judge Wright originally settled on | “‘etreet walkers,” aided and abetted | “One in the witness char,” sald Mr.|p 1 arington deod @ W Newberry and 4 B | for come time.—Appleton Journal. | !7, Misseurt, in beok No, 172, as, con the same farm in Summit township, | by constable and justice of the peace. | Rockefeller, “who swears to tell the) Hdrington admrs. Ipdina Gesnlbed noel tale Ghee and beloe and Mr. Clark still retains the old | The Democrat, which {s always right farm. He {a an intelligent, energetic | upon every public proposition, is em- {nently correct in this latter position taken against thugs, male or female, gentleman.—R. A. Review. The Butler Post Office scramble has reached the last stages and the suapenseis awful. None of thecandi- official or unofficial.—Nevada Post. postmaster.—Adrian Journal. set for trial Monday was continued Washington. by Judge Silvers owing to inclement nounced later. with the A. H. Culver FuraitureCom- | ent pany and accepted a position with a co furniture and undertaking company | waive at Monett, Mo. Ed. Culver {is & | pay every cent of the steady, reliable young man, thor-| age covering his term. oughly understands the furniture business and the compasy that se- cured his services ig fortunate, . No, Dr. Allen hae not yet announe- ed for coroner, and the indications are, he is going to yield the field to Dr. Renick. However, there are candidates in plenty from Osage without Dr. Allen—thatis, candidates for the nomination. How many there will be for election, after this preliminary skirmieh is over, remains - to be seen.—Review. «a Make Your Grocer Give You Guaranteed Cream of Tartar ing Powder Farmers Bank Complimented. Elmer B. Silvers was among the | successful applicants for admittance | The Jetter of Secretary of State to |... the bar, before the State Board of | the Farmers Bank commenting upon | @yaminers, in Jefferson City last the report of State Bank Examiner | week, These examinations are held Wade, which we publish, is a strong| yodera new law and are the first endorsement of this institution and |. ,or held in the state. Of the twen- ite method of conducting a safe and ty-two applicants, eighteen were suc- conservative business. The letter is} .setul, The great majority of the as follows: applicants came from St. Louis and State of Missogri. Kansas City. Tae Toxes congratu- Departanent of State, lates Mr. Silvers apon his success and City of Jefferson. are glad to learn he will remain.in John E. Swanger, Butler to practice bis profession. He Secretary of State. studied in the law office of his father, W. C Irwin, Hon. T. W. Silvers and will be aaso- Chief Clerk. Choice Floor Coverings. For every room in the house. You will be sure to find just what you are looking for, if you examine our large collec- tion of handsome carpets. ciated in the practice. MISREPRESENTED. - Presideat, Farmers Bank, Batler, Missouri. We, the undersigned, owe it ae Dear Sin:—I am pleased to note|U!¥ to ourselves but to the pu business as shown by Mr. Wade’s re-| sion, The item was to the effect that port of his recent examination of|we had refused to furnish a local your bank house with sugar becwuse they had The absence of loans to officersand eae pyro yee By A... directors and the small amount of] own a sack of this sugar and that it past due paper are features entitled | belonged to a Kansas City wholesale to special mention. house, We do not even sell the sugar Very traly youre —merely store and deliver for them, soar Re ie it is sold by their travelers who give oan E Swaneue orders on us for theeeugar., This Secretary of State. | local house did not buy sugar from Feacea] W Teoi rs them nor anything .else, but they Our old friend J. W. Lewis, accom-| .omotimes borrowed sugar from us panied.by his son-in-law, Mr. Berry,| which we loaned them just for ac- called while in Butler the last of the} comodatiou. When the wholesale week. Mr. Lewis is an old and in.| house discovered that we were loan- fluential citizen of West Point town- ing their sugar, they ordered ue not hf to let them have any more, as they Ship. were buying no other goods from Judge W. W. Graves receives, it ts] them. and this was four weeks before sald, $3,500 salary from the Missouri the local house broke thelr agree- " 7 ment. The fish story we know noth- : 3 cape , Pacific Ry. He has one side of at J. W. Wainwright, with Co. M. let ly every tmportant case and in 1905! the same man thoy mention withont | U, S$, Intantry, at Fort Porter, But- January 18, 1906, E. A Bennett, Esq., Quality First As Ever Fine Wiltons, Velvets, Ingrain, Etc. And a very complete assortment of Mattings, Linoleums and Oil Cloths. Short ends of carpets and mattings at big reduction in price. A. H. Culver Furniture Go. Headquarters for Good Furniture. Is the 15 cent Road Tax Valid? Catherine Hess died at the home of| A. L. Hawkins, representing the her son, Edward, two miles north-|Grabam Paper Company, of St. west of Adrian, Monday morning, | Louis, was a caller on Tuesday. Mr. ing about as we bought our fishfrom is said to have inade $8,000 in cash,/an7 thought of who else he would in 1906 he begins with more cases sell. We write the above because we were the 80 called local sugar house than he can attend to in person. He} ryferred to and because it has been has the cream of the Salmon & Sal-|falsely used as an advertising club. mon bank busfuess in Henry county. | As far as this firm is concerned every The fellows who thought they had|tub shallstand on {te own bottom and we propose to meet all prices on injured him in 1904 were his friends. any line we eell, and do business {o —Appleton City Tribune, our own way down on our old cor- ner. Mrs. Francis Gillette, widow of the late Dr. Gillette, a pioneer physician of Rich Hill, was found at her home in that city on last Friday, lying on tho floorin an unconscious condition. She had been missed about her home and on investigation by a neighbor the doors were found locked. The February, 1906, Term. city marshal broke open the door : and found the lady unconeclous and| 18t day, Monday, February 12th. 4 James G Scott decd C P Catron admr. life nearly extinct. It is believed she PEAGaas H caalle dak © C Suse bamer samt: Deacon Bros & Co , Dealers Hardware, Groeorles, Buggies, Wag- ons and Impletnents Probate Court Settlement Docket falo, N. Y., writing to his niece, Miss Pearl Wainwright, says: “We leave here the 30th of this month for the Philippines. We go by the transport Kilpatrick It is a good boat but slow. We will stop at Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Singapore and sev- eral other places enroute. It will take about two months to make the trip. Have Tae Times changed to Manila, P. I.” Mr. N. D. Brown, a wellknown and highly esteemed farmer of Hudeon township, met with an accident Mon- day that has since been causing him much pain. In the performance of his work about the place Mr. Brown stuck arusty nallinto the palm of hie right hand to a great depth. The wound immediately began to Sunday’s St. Louis Republic states that railroad company in North Missouri {s contesting the 15 cent tax that has been levied in this state for several years for special The contention uf this company is that the law is to the constitution of thé" States and that no law , paseed by the state letslat. force the collection of the spedlal tax. The cage has been submitted to the supreme court of the state and ‘a de- cision is expected soon. An American Fell 2,000 Feet. ‘Fort Worth, Texae,Jan: 2¢4-Lind- say Cooper, an aeronaut of Clarinda, O., traveling witha carnival show Senator Burton stepped inside the dates were rough riders, and Teddy senate chamber on Monday and re- will have no preference on that score, mained just long enough to berecog- Re Allof them are worthy gentlemen, nized by the journal clerk and then bi however, and Butler will have agood retired. That few seconds cost the | government about $1,200, as on the fact that a senator is recorded pres- The case of Forest Nave vs. the| ont atleast once during the session administrator of the N* ve estate, to he {s entitled to his mileage, 40 conte establish a claim of $730, which was), mile each way from Kansas to weather which prevented witnesses| Expert accountants recently dis- from the Merwin neighborhood from | covered a shortage of $77,000, in the attending. The date will be an-| the Kansas State treasury, covering the period of former Treasurer Grimes’ administration and running Ed. Culver has resigned his position | into the ny a r fang pees i . Ex. rer Grimes bas notified Gov- Hoch that he would willingly the statutes of limitation and alleged short was stricken with paralysis the day | tenry V Pentzor decd P H Holeomb ex. $ Caroline Witherspoon decd Eliza Witherspoonex truth and nothing but the truth, has Hoary O Bishop Gadd @ W Rewborsy tame. no right to conceal anything; but, in} J g clark decd Jno C Hayes admr. matters of personal life questions in | Jos A Brashear decd J C Clark & FJ Tygard exe SALESMEN WANTED to look af- ter ourinterest in Bates and adjacent counties. Salary or Commission. situate in th pt Bates and sta Mis- 16 souri. to-wit: “' re gis ining at the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of tion nine (9), 1 rey which you or I alone are interested, | 5**2be™ Hill decd F J Tygard ex. oo Jacpasisaceis ery at ccehuitliot Sah Beta rst , le . oe < sack nom sen Be sinipicieniaestnetcoimaabeant Dr War Be Jobo, of |r aetaeae esac eer ae concealment of those things whic ; Prides 9 ©" | taining in all al ; others have no right to know, but it a aeaden? 4. pore tea Kaneas City, will be conveyance Vr ada in fae te ec must not be deception for the pur-| Elenore Jayne deci Geo D MoNeil ex. atthe Cottage House Tad de of trust; and whereas, Rope pose of deceiving others. IEDM Fle G0 ee eee Oe in Butler Fobruary | imercet theresa, beth of whieh ane nent pest “Coneldering all the phases of the| 5th day, Friday, February 16th. | 2nd and 8rd and at the Hotel in Ad- | “Sumer, a tne request of the legal matter, @ lie is never justifiable. | *rie Nave deod Jesse and Forest Naveadmrs| rian February let. It you need Woue of tak daed os treal Tait pecan Even what we call a ‘lie of necessity’ | 2 Homer decd Caroline K Homer ox. glasses, I can fit you with a pair that | the above deseribed premises at Y’ | Wm A DeLnng deed J W Campbell sdmr. to the highest bidder for aaah, af the {s not justifiable.” Emma A DeLung decd JnoC Hayes admr. | Will be absolutely right, at a reason- | door of t house, ta the city of Butler, Tun Teicen deatee to dieestiocigsta’| eermter apn A Ook Gaeetocanecs. eae eas aaa” pean somney paday, Febuary 0h, 08, | * HE Ties desires to direct especial | Seymour ymourex-!nlar monthly visits to Butler for 5 the hours of nine o’eloek in attention to the announcement of I. | Mains Issee N deod Alice R Mains ex. of cad dve o'elook in the afternoos ot between years and give as references all of the fay, terest and M. Smith, who is seeking the Damo-| Gaardians and Curators Docket. leading citizens. Examination free. cratic homination for Recorder. Mr.| 6th day, Saturday, February 17th. Smith isa native Georgian and Iike| Haskins Lenva L et al minor W T Hoover cur. a loyal patriot followed the fortunes | Mssterson Grace D minor W E Masterson car. of his state in the Lost Cause. His Saeriee Ard pani At agg bes record shows him to have been a/| Ritchie Claud H et al minors H C Ritehie cur. braveand consclentious soldiers, aud | °*7!" Fred M ot al minors M M Carroll ear. when he laid down his arms, the war| “+h day, Monday, Febraary 19th. ceased with him and he set about re: | ¥ood Orvel of at miners Joha B Walter cur. poiring his fortune, Ho came West| Duss watmneed Bieter and located {n Missouri and has been | Lusk Anna 8 minor ) 8 Jenkins ene. one of our most popular and enter ; oe He has always tak- en att active part in politics and was! sh gay, Toseday, Febraary 20th. always « falthfal and consistent Peary bas A bids. Democrat. Hemade a splendid sree toaas Cater © a ete oe. for this nomination four years ago, | “sbert Coell minor ow Ae and when the polis closed, be Ua bon unr Aeroees| found second in the race in & Of] Short Aisle 6 ol minors T 9 Harper cer, fi RodmanGledysot sl minorslsebetiaRedmen car |Gy ‘ Jarred Omar W ot al minors Julie A Jarred car | @ Se ee ee ee a ae + - —— DEALERS IN — Groceries and Hardwi | Bloom Cooper Robert minor Chas H Cooper cur. = Young Neney A ive