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et 29th to 31st. spent several days in St. Louis last anaua! Lone Jack picnic will | ¥eek- beld August 16th. John Hancock is home from War- Mey. J. W. Hudeburg lost a fine | Teneburg, where he has been attend- Lwateb last week. ing commercial college. <d Wheat has started off at 70c}] Charles Frank and wile, of Chicago, hel in this market. are visiting his parents, Mr. and hay is Coming to town and a: Hirt Frank, at the Ross y is extra good, ! r There is little or no improvement berries bring 15c a gallon plume 10c in the Butler market. in the condition of Mr. Evilstzer, and the family are apprehensive for his Wm. B. Tyler is visiting her recovery it S orkg re. Fanny Billings Hall, The unfon church services for next Sunday night will be held in M. E. Josephine Smith, of Adrian, | Church South. ve ber slater, Mrs. Georye Andy Shane fs putting the finish. ‘ ing touches toa handsome new dwell- d Kendall came down trom St.| ing on the Heath loton Ft. Scott and spentthe 4th with rela-| street. - and friends. Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Cannon return- . John A. Bell, Butler's success: | ed Sunday from a two weeks’ stay at opath physician, favored us| EiDorado Springs. They report a Atially. delightful vacation. . Silas W. Dooley went to Kan-| J. R. Greenlee, manager of the Car- ECity on legal business on the! penter & Shafer branch at Coffeyville, b train Wednesday. was over Sunday and spent the day Alma Gailey, of Sterling, Kan., | With his uncle, Jas. R. Angle. in the lust of the week for avis-| Those who desire a catalogue of Mis» Edith Campbell. the Missouri! State Fair, can get one Elizabeth Yostreturned to her | by calling on County Clerk Jno. F. We in Sedalia on Saturday, aftera| Herrell, who has them for free dis- ik’a vielt with her friend Mies Nina | tribution. nock. Mies Daisy Walker entertained the . A. Colyer came in from Ken- | Girls Card Club, atthe country home y the last of the week to see his | Of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. G. He will shortly go west to| Walker, in Lone Oak township, on to ship, Tuesday afternoon. Graves is home trom Jeffer-| Col. M. C. Wetmore and Morton for his vacation. The su-{ Jordon, of St. Louis, sailed trom New eme court has adjourned until| York last week for Europe to join tober lat. William J. Bryan and discuss plans ure, Mary E, White, living ous on for hie reception on his return home. pte \Wo.. 7, was @ pleasant caller The toy pistol and the cannon fire- b Inet of the week and favored us | crackersgot in their work onthe 4th, “« renewal. and over fifty persons wore killed and . Starrett, of Nevada, her son, nearly 4,000 injured {n different parts , and Miss Carrie Dye, of of the country. ar, visited the home of John} Sheep-killing dogs went into the pasture of Kelley & Warnock near Warrensburg the other night, and iy 28 at Pertio Springs, Warrens. | tiledfour sheep outrghtand woond- ¢x, and promises to be largely at- : ded. Van Buren township, in Jackson county, has just paid off the last]: $1,000 bond of a railroad debt that was created in 1871. The railroad |’ was never built, but the debt had to eee be paid. : ke acone ic Dr. and Mrs, J, ‘T Hull, Mr. and cis Bates Lodge No. 180, 1. | Mr8. Cy Walker and children, Jack 0. F. Monday night. "1 Davidson and Miss Lucy Lang, of ‘wid ; Kansas City, left Thursday for a fish- les Walle, 14 years old, isserv-|ing and outing trip to Caplinger fie jail sentence at Sedalla for] mills, in Cedar county. 3 his grandmother, who {s srly"60 years old. The fine barn on the farm of W. D. Carpenter, near Knob Noster, was ze. E, G. Phelps, after a pleasant | struck by lightning and destroyed it with her brother, W. 0. Jack- by fire the other day. The contents a, returned to her home 1a Selma, | of the barn, 500 bushels of corn and 4a, the first of the week. 12 tons of hay, also burned. de vote at Appleton City was hetfcally unanimous in favor of . i Baptist Assembly will open @. Democratic primary election {fe Fifteenth Congressional dis- nominated Thomas Hackney, Mies Jennie Donovan returned the . first of the week from a visit to her $40,000 ts bonds to build en sister, Mrs. Ed. Powell, near Grin- Runt and powerplant for the nell, Kansas. She reporte the crop i prospects there not so bright. They ‘he logs of the Higginsville Flour- | have had less rain than usual. $29,000 insurance. The mill ie President has pardoned Judge | the renomination of a four year term iner, of Oregon, who was convict-| man. He has the reputation of do- Bfperjuring himself to shield for- | ing his public duty as he sees it with ie tor Mitchell in the Oreg:n| out fear or favor. He is a clear t i case. : - | headed, energetic business man. p } MADE FOR YOU. + . - Do. you know what it means to * put your foot into a shoe that feels as though it were made for you and you alorie? . One that seems to become you for the time being, so yes it If you would date of the Rich Hill tairis( Judge and Mrs. W. W. Graves! "A SMALL LIST OF Bargains From the Pre-Inventory Sale, Below we publish only a few culled at random from our various departments. What , > do you think of them? Connot help but credit their being of great money saving value. ~~ Do any of them supply some need you have? Don’t confine your thoughts to the needs 5 of the present—but figure on future needs as well. And if purchance—some of these “hit the spot”—remember that we have a hundred times as many more at our store as enumerated here. Come and see them! Anyway, you can’t begin to understand the economies of this sale without coming. BE HRIOI BOB ses cscscsnassisascccscsensicesscesssses ccvescsscsonssesns 12ke Re ND Pe i ssnssasenscnetcvesscrsncansdtbncaviosscsncosonessesnnes 10¢ 10¢ batistes for. . 8c 15e white goods for.. 20c white goods for 25c white goods for. 80c white goods for.. 35¢ white goods for. a 40¢ white ZOOS LOF........cccseceesesesesesesesesseseseeeeteeneees 25¢e Whie India Linon Dress Lengths. 25c grade 12 yard lengths............cccecssesssesesereeeees $2.25 22c grade 12 yard lengthe. 1.95 Table Linen Patterns 2, 2% and 3 yards. 65c grade for... 75e grade for... 75e polka dot silkst washable for... 75c pongee ellks, washable for. 1 lot $1.25 taffeta Silke fOr... ceeseseeeeseeeseseeees 1 lot $1.25 pean de sole for............ 1 lot 65c yard wide wash silk for. 1 lot $1.00 yard wide wash silks 1 lot 58c taffeta-silk for 1 lot $2.00 woolen dress goods fo 1 lot 1.50 woolen dress gaods 1lot 1.00 woolen dress goods... llot .50 woolen dress goods... 1 lot ladies"15c hose for 12c pair 1 let ldcos and insertions worth up to 10c yard for Se 1 lot 60c dressing Backs fOF............cceeeeeeseteteeneees 450 llot 65c kimonas for..... A8e 1 lot long $1.50 kimonas for 1 lot long $1.75 kimonas for..... 1 lot $1.25 all linen napkins for.. 1 lot 35c table linen for... 1 lot 40¢ table linen for. | 1 lot $1.25 table linen... | $1.25 quilts for... i] i} 1.50 quilts for 1.75 quilts for. 2 25 q tilts for | 2.50 quilts for, 1.25 mere-riz 1.50 werecezed wucersktrts for f H 1.75 mercerized underskirts for. 49 2.00 meres zod underskirts for...... : . 1 lot ladies 15+ hose for sie | 1 lot ladie~ Tou bose tor, . x | 1 int 806 Urewe liven fur. » 22ke | 1 lot 25¢ dress flnen for.. cau $5 00 lace curtain for.. $ 850 lace curtaina for.. 25 matting for. 20 matting for. 15 matting for 9x12 Axminister room rugs extra heavy and fine for. % 4.59 lace curcaius ior.. 3 9 25 leave cursuivs inr.. 2 00 lace curtains for. 5 OO rope portiers for.. | 4.00 rope portiers for. 3 50 rope portivra tor. | 2 50 rope portierstor., | 2,00 rope portiersfor.. H 1 50 repe portiersfor.. 35 matting for. 9x12 Axmintster rugs fine grade for. 8-8x 10-6 extra heavy and fine Axminister..19.50 4-3x10-6 fine quality for... 19.00 brussels rugs H 20.00 9x12 brussels fo | 15 00 brussels rugs... 14.00 brussels rage 6.50 ingrain ruge.. 5 00 ingrain ruge. | 3x6 axininater rugs. 37x54 axminster ruge.. 1 lot $1.25 umbrellas. | 1 lot 2 60 umbrellas. 1 lov 3 00 umbrellas. 1 lot 5.00 and 7.50 d 1 lot 1.00 laprobes Jackson county has justcompleted ‘ quarter mile of rock road to Inde- Lins, #8 Hligatnevilie, Mo., Bun- John McFadden was nominated| pendence in that county and the en atmoted to be 900,000 upon the splendid record he had | work was all done by the chain gang made on the court, notwithstanding | of prisoners. The macadam is twen- — astrong prejudice existed against | ty feet wide and two feet thick. D. Ames, Eeq., fatber of Dr. 8. L. Ames, aged 80 years, 10 monthsand 27 days, was found dead in bed at the residence of his son, Dr. Ames, at Rich Hill, with whom he had been making his home, on the morning of ——— | July 5th. He was on tho streots the at day before during the celebration. The two yourg men who robbed two stores in Archie a short time ago, were captured at Adrian a few days ago by the marshal of that iitown. A quantity of the goods stol- en was found on thelr person. The boys acknowledged their guilt, and i} | were taken to Harrisonville and lock- od {in jail,’ od. J, McKee was hurt by being knocked down and trampled upon by a ay team, which beattempted in good shape. declares there are none better. he. ‘McKIBBENS. “The calling of a convention in the| Dr. V.J.Compton, a prominent Ex-Superintendent of schools H. building one of the best oneand a/26th Judicial district, virtually | and successful practitioner, of Pleas-| 0. Maxey was up from the Hill Mon- means the nomination of ex-Senator | ant Gap township, was a pleasant | day and had his paper changed to Barry G. Thurman, of Lamar, for\caller on Friday. Dr.Compton has|Spvrague, where they will move Circuit Judge. Judge Johnson, Gov. | built up a large practice and accum-| shortly. Prof. Maxey and his wife Folk’s appointee, made a hard fight | ulated considerable property. Hets/have been engaged to teach the fora district primary and made many | not only a good doctor, but @ loyal| Sprague public schools the coming dire threats of political calamity un- | and influential Democrat and takes | year. less one was ordered, but the State | an active Interest in his party’s suc- s, ¥, ‘Whitest Committee, to which the matter for | cess. arbitration was referred, sat on him G. W. Roberts, wife and three daughters, Misses Echel M., Beulah B., and Norah F., and son Marton and wife, of Colby, Kansas, graced our sanctum the last of the week. Mr. Roberts came to Bates county from Johnson in 1880 and bought a farm in Grand River for $7.50 per acre, which he could readily sell now for. $50 per acre. Mr. Roberts is an influential Democrat, and is justly proud of his handsome wife, pretty daughters and manly son. He ie loyal to his county and state and We were complimented pleasantly by a*visit from W.C. Powell, one of Summit township's early settlers and succesefal farmers. Hoe {s the eldest son of the late Judge Booker Powell. Four weeks ago Mr. Powell @tepped on a rusty nail, in climbing hat the:sole of his shoe and through” his foot. It bled Pry ected it for a fow ‘when the severe pain forced to tor and fora time ‘his foot. He is able to the seventh ot se cares, and where those left in charge ean noteven reach them by mail, and there enjoy wrest and recreation youth and strength of young man- to the capacity to stowaway the O00 Oe. returned from Denver where he went as a delegate from this district to the National convention of the Knights and Ladies of Security. After the con- vention adjourned he visited in that city and Colorado Springs for sever. al weeks. John A. Silvers demonstrated his popularity with the masses when he was nominated to 4 four year office. Judge Silvers made an exceptionally fine record as probate Judge. He is not only learned in the law, but te fair and equitable in his rolings and| %!m Angle was nominated by the looks after the interests of the widow |‘@Tmere. An analysis of his vote and orphan with serupulous care,|*Hows that. He received only 56 He can always be found at his post| °%S out of 605 cast at Rich Hill, of duty, keeps his recorde up to-date| 12 Mt. Pleasant he received 230 out and forces the guardians aud admin- | 0! 542 cast, or a total of 286 votes {strators to account promptly and|!0 Butler and Rich Hill. Hie total to the last cent of thelr trast hold-| ¥98 842, maklog 556 votes he re- inge. Judge Silvers will be reelected ceived from the other townshipe, by an increased majority. The farmers nominated him and they will see that he gets an increas. __W. F. Bill, wite and daughter Clara, |°¢ ™eiority. lott the firet of the week for Colorado} C. G. Weeks, Democratic nominré fora month’s outing. They expect|for County Clerk, was up trom Rich to secures camping outfit and go/ Hill Saturday meetin away upin the mountains, where| Mr. Weeks domcastried Merron solitude reigne, where fishing and/larity at the late Primaries. In his hunting is good, away from business | home township, Osage, he received 581 votes out of 605 cast Dotwith- standing another candidate from that township was running for the same office. Mr. Weeks {s particu- larly popular among the laboring men. He has had much experience {n clerical work and ia thoroughly com petent to perform the duties of the office of county clerk. He will be: that will bring back the bloom of hood, where the appetite is limited