The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 19, 1906, Page 7

—— A large number of Butler Elks se-} David J. Pearce, formerly a sub- } companied Deputy District Exalted | stantial citizen of our county, now of Ruler 8. R. Nelson to Rich Hill Fri-} Dawson, Ind. Ter., sends us remit- WE day evening and assisted fo institut- | tance for renewal. Another Lot of ing the new lodge at that place. J : The new lodge starts off undér very Fasc dai ee . The Beautiful flattering auspices with over filty| 44 ang prosperous siace of inte menaiare. . township, Vernon county. He was y Gray and Cream FIT The Record says: “Now if one or|65 pears of aye and left a wife and two more Democratic candidates | six children. oe (whom we could name) would only withdraw, we believe the Republican county ticket will win.” Of course THE there is always a great big IF be- tween the prediction and realization of such a Republican dream. From the material to choose from the Our old friend Sam W. Price, of 3 D G d Hollywood, California, writes us that ca ress 00 S, he and his good wife expect to visit | CN = in old Bates this summer. Their yp» Mixed effects, checks, many friends in this county will be seloleed to weloouse them back. indistinct plaids, in i ARD pee ges “cy - no _ ae Dr. E. G. Zey and family returned ry ; those tasty styles so ake an old time Democratic} jges week trom Berlin, Germany, Vy | majorities are sure to materialize in| where he took’ a post gabuahe much used now. They Bates county this fall. Goeree in medicine the last winter, come in serges. Mohairs, They were accompanied home by } i . Panamas, and range in Mise Helen Bennett, who spent the ; ai price from 25¢ to $2.00 last two years in Parle studying music and voice culture. yard. Come and see them. T. K. Lisle and J. A. Patterson have withdrawn as candidates before the Democratic primary as candi- ds, 10 d up. dates for Recorder and Circuit Clerk tag! = ae pie $a P whi r respectively, Both have made excel: Wide Madras cloth for shirt waists and shirts lent officials and would have been 10c yard up. did: had th tauieet-tanet oe Zemphyr Ginghams 8 1-3c, 10c, 12 1-2c, Our old trlend J. A. Warford ot the many new patterns. Altona neighborhood, drop in on us for a few minutes Pas ang He Cheviot shirtings 8 1-3c and 10c, and his wife had been called to town Tried and true qualities. by arumor that Mrs. Ed. Powell, living in Kaneas had died euddenly. $ i li Slr ano ot oun aaah ts tea Specially good in be — muslins that {t was a mistake, While here 1 1-2¢ and 8 1-3e he favored use with renewal, and also mn renewed for his father, Mitchell War- New Petticoats, extra well made stitching very ee oii dies alas close, all seams double, Sateen 98¢ to $3.00. rs. je, widow of the late " ® " 2 Sam H. Weddle, one of the most| @ Pres De Soie, rustle like silk $1.75 to $3.50. successful fruit growersin the county, Howard A. Gass, editor of the Mis- souri School Journal, at Jefferson City, was in Butler Thursday last seeing the Democrats in the interest of his candidacy for State Superin- tendent of Schools, Mr. Gass has been a leading educator of our State for mapy years and understands.the workings of the public schooleystem as well as any man In the state, and would make a stroog man on the ticket. Tax Tives ashacoldgese pleasant call. Mrs. Selph Shepherd was seriously hurt {n a runaway about half past 8 o'clock last evening. Just how the accident occured was not known to our informent, but Mrs. Shepherd 10 FIT, and the clothes we sell please the most fastidious. SWELL eee STYLES IN GREY, BLUE OR FANCIES, with the “earmarks”’ of the city tailor. was on her way to town from the ) TEN TO TWENTY DOLLARS northwestern limite. Her horse be- 4 came unmunagable, and she was thrown from the vehicle with the re BOYS AND YOUNG MEN sult. that both arms were broken. Dr. Delamater reduced the fractures, SEVEN FIFTY UP and it ts believed the lady will make @ prompt recovery.—Rich Hill Re. New white waistings, soft mercerized quali- Our shoes for men excell any line in the view 16th. was @ pleasant caller on Monday. county, Every pair direct FROM THE FAC- Captain Vance Johnson, of Gen- roe yoy prospect for an abun- ties, dainty patterns from 15¢ and 50c. ‘ : jant frult crop has not been better SREAEE TORY TO US and we guarantee them. eral Clark’s staff, returned from} | 41, season for prsggy Arges —= Springfield on Tuesday. He reports <== the feeling towards the negro as very We Want Your Trai, dicts a big crop of small fruite as well as peaches and apples but she anh, , itter. H the ti Bae | The The oe Pree han ol pg Aig added that the peach crop is alwaye| \ Good CLOTHING HOUSE Good '| pressed the opinton that quiet would | "certain until they are matured. Eggs taken same as cash. | Cloth Sho be maintained only while the militia] The county court received an invi- ad | e rematned, and that the negroes had|tation from the county court of Ladies Home Journal Patterns, 10 to Lic. Store. THE-RIGHT Way. | Store. to leave Springfield. Captain Jobn-|Boone county to attend a state \ son sayshe doesn’t look for any | meeting of county jugdes to be held outbreak so long as the troops are} at Columbia on Saturday, May 5th kept there, but he fears further}1906, This meeting was called for trouble when they are withdrawn. | the purpose of devisingsome method of keeping up and improving the county roads, made necessary by the recent decision of the supreme court, — invalidating the 15 cents extra road| Prices like we are making this week Hurt in Runaway. tax. set the ball rolling and keep thegoods Wilechinn We Os leeiaoh: aaa Jesse W. Sharp, the oldest ploneer | Sing fastér and faster. ri = daughter Mise Bessie were driving settler of Henry county, {s dead. Mr. till the best are gone, = - y au on Uihe Ceres nk Sheneten eee Sharp was born on the 24th day of | #et See hat chaies. Eis sis ing the horse became frightened at a November, 1825, in Kentucky. Short | Jewelry Co. bicycle and renaway. One wheel ran ly after his birth his parents moved! Thejeading makers arerepresented | off the culvert infront of A. H. Cul- to Missouri, und in the spring of|in our line of cut glass and hand- | ver’s reetdence and,threw Mrs. Jack- 1828 settled in Henry county, four paint china, umbrellas and parasols, | son to the ground. She bravely. held miles north of Clinton, where Mr. etc. The opportunities to save dur-|to the lines forsome distance until Shark has resided continuously ever ling ghese two weeks are greater than | they were jerked from her hands, since. He was an ardent Democrat) a4 any time during the year.—Lllis& |The horse ran up Ogio street to and 4 most highly respected citizen. | Gaing Jewelry Co. : Radtord’s barn, through the barn, Our venerable friend L. Warren brushing several horses and buggies called and paid his respects to THE Times office Friday. Uncle Laben said he passed his ninety-second mile post the 4th day of this month and was now on his road for his ninety- third a but was beginning to We Fit Your Form, Head, Feet and Purse. P0000 FEOOOSENODOS DOPOEEFEDOOG 100 00ERROROOEN O00 DU PROTET SOD ED A delegate to the Commercial Clubs and newspaper editorsconven- tion, in session in St. Louis on Mon- day, offered @ resolution endorsing the action of Governor Folk in his efforts to suppress the rioting at Springfield. B. B. Paddock, ex May- or of Ft. Worth, Texas, said: ‘‘Mr Chairman, I move to table that reso- lution. The people of Springfield did just exactly right. They ought to do more like it. Whenever a brute lays his hands on a woman, whether he be white or biack they can’t make the firetoo hot to suit me. This Springfield matter is purely a local question.” The motion to table carried almost unanimously. C. E. Robbins, deputy sheriff at Amorett, brought Walter Penny to Butler Sunday and lodged him in jail to await his preliminary trial ona charge of cutting W. R. Wilson. The cutting wae done in the billiard hall, at Amorett. The two quarrelled and Penny claims that Wilson hit him with 4 billiard cue, when he used bis knife, infflicting four wounds on Wil- son, two of which, one in the head and onein theshoulder, are quite serious. Penny was in trouble once before on a similar charge and had forfeited his bond by failing to ap- pear for trial, and that charge is Best 10c shirting at McKibbens. Cannon- Weiner Elevator Com ny s receiving corn. -tt John Pyle is building an addition o his residence. New white wash belts 15¢ up—Mc- Cibbens. Dr. Hedges has taken charge of the otel at Amsterdam. O. C. Johnson, of Elkhart, has his jame enrolled for Tx ETimes. Ladies new styles {n Oxfords —Mc- Kibbens. The citizens of St Clair county will vote the first of May on the propo- sition to build a new court house at Osceola. The estimate now {s that about 5,000 houses have been partly or entirely destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Postmaster Clark Wix attended the Republican congressional com- mittee meeting held at Eldorado Springs one day last week. Company B. was taken to Spring- field Sunday nighton a special train. The engine and coach of the Inter- State being used as far as Lamar. More new gray dress goods at Mc- Kibbens. Perry Black, of Elkhart, was a pleasant caller the last of the week. A letter from George Wheaton an- 1ounces their safe arrival in Los Angeles, California. County court was in session the first of the week wrestling with the township organization problem. The court appointed the Justices of the Peace, constables and road over- seers, selecting as far as possible ae elected at the last township election and certified up to theCoun- ty Clerk. and rap around the block and struck a tree fn the Henry yard, where Mies Jackson was thrown violently to the ground. She suffered an impact fracture of the cheek bone but says | that Was obtained by striking a post while the horse was going through the driveway ofthe barn Mrs. Jack- Our old friend W. P. Sevier, one of | was considerably bruised, but re- Summit’s old and protoloent citizens | ceived no serious injury. Dr. Lock- was a pleasant caller on Saturday. | woud took Miss Jackson tu Kansas He was seeking information about ! City Friday to consult Dr. Fulton, the ex-Confederate reunion at New | but he did not consider an operation Orleans this spring, which heexpects | necessary, and the young lady 1s to attend. J.V. Snodgrass ie the | getting along as well as could be ex- only other ex-Confederate that we | pected. - have heard ofeo far, who has poel-| The Eldorado Springs Sun says W. w have on hand & lot of goed and that he was getting more and more feeble as the weeks rolled by. Uncle Laben {s one of Bates county’s very best citizens, and Tue Times hopes to see him remain with us for Many more years. Henry C. White ; ublishes a card to the public in the Republican-Press, io which he hands Postmaster Wix some “body jolts.” He charges that “on them { in send order and will sell them ate bargain. All guaranteed. —Ellis & Gains Jewelry Co. Ex-Presiding Judge of the county court Sam West was a pleasant call- er on Tuesday and favored us. Judge West is one of Bates county’s early settlers and substantial citizens. of Mr. elioway is Sane pe a nost inviting appearance. E. and W, shirts 50c and $1.00— icKibbens. John McCandless leaves with his amily this week for Greeley, Col., to make their future home. -,Geo. T. Briden and wile, of Olivia, lows, are visiting his mother. They J. F. Dillon orders Taz Tnses to Eni d, Okla., where he went, with his bably be herefor three weeks. t him. he used his influence with his brother re a fa mily thie spring. He writes that eisai G. A.R’s and with Senator Warner|*!vely announced his intention of at-| . Qyerkrom, u young man about Uncle Bill Burris, an old settler and | « wheat looks fine, plenty ofrainand| Dr. £. N. Whipple, the sage and and wrote innumerable letters, for| ding this reunion. 25 yeare of age and postmaster at pabstantial citizen of Prairie town- ship, was in Butler on business Tuea- day. _ J. W.and J.8. Warnock are get- out printed matter for their ino premlum stallion Road Chief and Sp asepepiraad ‘Glexecke plow. shoes guaranteed best—Me-Kibbens. few farmers are coming to town pices ves sane at um san te all doing well.” Mrs. W. H. Martz, in company with her sister, Mrs. John McCandless, called on Saturday. Mrs. Martz will shortly leave for Linn county, to pay @ visit to her old home. ‘Second ‘Lieutenant Arthur Duvall returned from Springfield Monday night and reports every thing quiet, with the civil officers in complete control, backed up by the State militia. philosopher of Pleasant Gap, calle to mind the fact, that just 40 years this April 1st, he arrived at Pleas- ant Gap, then the county seat of Bates, recently moved there from Papinsville. The next day himself and two other men, with the entire records and county paraphernalia, were taken, or moved in a farm wag- on to the cross roads called Butler. The doctor is an encylopedia of so- cial and political economy, more in- teresting and profitable to listen to Pleasant View, Cedar county, at- tempted suicide the other day by taking crude carbolic acid. When the rural mail carrier arrived at the Office, he found the door locked. On being opened the young man was found lying on the floor. Physicians were summoned, and it was thought he would recover. Jt is said the young man had been drinking heavy for several days previous to taking the drug. which he paid the postage, in Mr. Wix’s interest on the distinct promise that he was to be the chief deputy postmaster, and that Mr. Wix had turned him down without justifica- tion orcause thereby doing him great {ojary and humiliating him, in the eyes of his comrades, to whom he had confided his expected promotion C. P. Catron resigned his position as cashier of the Adrian Stat» Bank and, we understand, it is hisintention A notice of the death of M. M. Tucker, taken from the Nevada Mail will be found on another page of this issue. Mr. Tucker was one of the early settlers of Bates county, and was for years an influentialand pub- lic spirited citizen of Altona. He lo- cated at ElDorado Springs a few yedrs ago for the health of himself and wife.’ Mr. Tucker was seventy- two years old and had he lived until this fall, would have celebrated their their belated crops. many _—|*to goto Arkansas and take charge} golden wedding. He suffered a para- James Davie, a colored man, who ia Our young friend 0. B.8 vpep baihenlagaad on of bank recently established ina|lytic stroke several months ago, | was probably the oldest person in feorge E. McKistick, and Mies |wasa pleasant caller the last of the new town. Mr. Catron {sa practical|from the effects of which {¢ was | this part of the state, died on Sutur- day morning after being confined to his bed three months. Deceased was born in Lynchburg, Va., and in slav- ery time was the property of the late Henry Hibler, in whose family he had been for a long time and who be- lieved as near as he could ascertain that Davis was born in 1798; and therefore he was approximately 108 week and ordered his paper changed Unquestionably the sentiment for| banker of years experience, having from Oakland, Ills., where he has been | township organization largely pro- been cashier of the Merwin bank for livingeouth- ‘attending echool, to Kansas City,| dominates’ in Bates county. Still|several years before accepting a j where he has secured a position. - ~ |thoughtfal men fn every township|similar position with the Adrian who has been housed, will seriously consider the source of |State Bank. He was born and rals- nears tes aie Sepeemeation’s p- edin Bates county and is popular court hae| with our people, who wish him well.| under the auspices of the Mason, of : sD oF sacAUid of Paget vanoveded n0- canoe of she which” order he was an old and Tevenue was hardly acre mph esta scestend prominent member. He leaves a thought he was slowly recovering, when he suffered a second stroke last week, which resulted in his death. Mr. Tucker left an estate valued at about $25,000, besides an $8,000 insurance policy. He was buried aside, out a side door on the alley ~ a