The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 22, 1906, Page 11

Gl _ Every Pair of Shoes H SOM OR OVERCOAT ~ you buy of us is direct from Makers to our stock. Guaranteed absolute- ly honest in construction and we will stake our reputation on our goods. * COME AND SEE OUR ALL WOOL SUIT FOR $10 We have the best line of FOOTWEAR, 7pm CLOTHING HOUSE ONE PRICE TO ALL ) We Fit Your Head, Fee he finishing work on the new ho- appears to progress slowly, n Cass county the Socialist ticket wmled 54 votes, while the Prohi- on was 47, ed Smith, a former Bates county ty, orders THE Times to his address ; Glenwood, Cal. Wa klahoma is overwhelmingly Dem- atic, For a new state Oklahoma etarted off all right. ooking over the returns the Re- blicans will have to conclude Mis- uri is a Democratic state. The tirst real appearance of win ter uck Butlerearly Monday morning the shape of a genuinesleet storm. he postottice department at hington has not reported a lo- ition for the new postoffice building Clinton. J. B. Rice, Democratic chairman of pund, a practical and successful mer, favored us pleasantly on Sat- May. a Ludwick, who is spending the nter in California, orders his paper nged from Los Angeles to Pasa- ‘nr old friend DeWitt McDaniel, a ecessful farmer of Summit town- ip, called Saturday aud favored us a business way. he constitutional amendment ving cities and towns power to bonds for roads and improve- his carried. ‘The officers are still at work in an deavor to locate and capture the Mo., a few days ago. George Gould, is making an inspec- pn of the Missouri Pacific railroad, d spent an hour or so at Nevada brother of Judge Phillips and ly secretary of the state of he Missouri poultry show to be i who robbed the bank at Walk-| He carried St. Clair by one vote and Mre. J. C. VanNuys, of Osawa- tomie, Kan., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Elmer B. Silvers, All candidates should file state- ments of campaign contributions with the county clerk, the defeated candidates as well as those who were elected. And Missouri has returned to the Democratic fold and the Republicans are nowina rangle and are not sparing words to denounce Niedring haus and his management of the campaign. Too much wheat in tho elevator of Colborn Brothers at Groveland, Kan- sas, caused the building to collapse, The elevator people were unable to ship the wheat on account of a scar city of cars. A track four miles long and one mile wide wae swept clean by prarie fire which raged near Tulsa, I. Ty., Saturday. Several buildings were burned and many hundred dol- lars damage to crops was done. With one county to hear from, Hoch defeated Harrie, the Demo- cratic candidate for governor of Kansas, by a plurality of 1,939. Two years ago Hoch defeated his Democratic opponent by 66,000. The Ross hotel {sa thing of the past. George Frank, who has been conducting this hotel for several years, served hia last meal Saturday night, blew out the lights, closed the doors and quit the business. Judge DeArmond carried every county in the district but one, Dade. Cedar by two. Cedar, St. Clair and Dade are normally republican coun- ties by from four to five hundred. Miss Tim Hannah arrived in the city the last of the week fora visit with old friends and schoolmates. She had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Edward DeArmond, in San Fran- cisco, and atopped over on her way home to Auburn, N. Y. deputiesin Rich Hill and other prom- {nent and convenient places in tke The'Good Clothes Store. The Good Shoe Store t, Form and Purse. CCR LOPES OOD COLD DSD GHD OOTODEGEION COODOGORE OD) HH) H. G. Cook left for Centerville, Towa, for his mother, who will spend the winter here with his family. Mrs. Chas. E. Robinson left the firet of the week to join her husband in Kansas City, where he {s carpenter- ing. A box supper will be given at the Passaic school house Wednesday, Nov. 28. Proceeds forlibrary books. Everyone cordially invited. Invitations are out for a military ball at the Armory on Thanksgiving evening, Nov. 29th. Thefnvitations announce dancing and cards, Dr. T. C. Boulware went to St, Joseph the last of the week for a few days’ visit with her son, Joha, who is attending school there. In accordance with custom Gov, Folk has fesued his proclamation setting aside Thursday, Nov. 29th, as a day of Thanksgiving. The city council, at its last meet- ing, ordered the streets posted and houses numbered, preparatory to free delivery, which we are very con- fident of securing in a short time. Mejor Frank H. Crowell, manager of the Scully interests in Bates coun- ty, lectured at Hume, before the Farmers’ Institute, on Tuesday, his subject being “Landlords and Ten- ants.” J.A. Trimble is moving his drug ssore from the west side, to his new location, corner room in the new Fraternal Inn building. He will have one of the handsomest rooms and best locations in the city. Jas. 8. Combs, ex-chairman of the Democratic Central Committee, and one of the prominent young farmers and successfal echool teachers of northeast Bates, was a pleasant call- er on Saturday and favored us with renewal. Mrs. Ella Kennett, who was a gen- eral favorite with our older citizens, when she conducted a millinery buel- ness in Butler, now living in Kansas City, has never lost interest in the doings of our people, and sends re- newal for Tax Tims. W. G. Shafer, one of the managers of the Carpenter-Shafer Company, and Major F. H. Crowell, a stock- holder, went to St. Louis last Thure- day to purchase machinery for the local packing “house that company intends adding to ite other enter prises. Bishop J.J. Tigart, of the Metho- dist church, South, -is dangerously eickat Tulea, Indian Ter., from get- ,| ting a amalt-piece of a chicken bone ra fast in his'throat. The bone was ex- * tracted, but it left his throat in such 'w lacerated condition as to cause Windsor township, Henry cuunty,| “Bud” Jeffries, formerly in the proved herself to be the banner Democratic township of Henry coun- ty in the recent election, and as an saloon, business in this city, died at Elk City, Okla., last Friday. J. 0. Bristow writes to have his Change in Hotel Lessee. Owing to bad health Mr. Forbes was compelled to relinquish his lease appreciation of their fidelity to the | mailchanged from Burdett to Belpre, | OB" se hot! now nearing com- Democratic ticket Mr. Parks, chair- | man of the county central commit tee, presented the township Friday with a beautiful silk flag made in St. Louis. The executive committee of the Photographers Association of Mis- sour, recently changed theawarding of the committee on Class C. work, exhibited at the state convention, held at Exe lsior Springs in June, and awarded first pz: tn that class toR L Liddil, photographer of this elty, instead of » cond prize, as an nounced at the time. The prizeisa handeome gold med). Molv rly merchants be ve organized @ protective association That means dead beats will have to pay thelr debte or credit. will ever after be refused them Once a man’s nane zoes on the city “dead beat” books his credit to buy goods is gone. The merchant don’t refuse credit, but the person who buys must pay and there {s nothing wrong about that. Chas. Fisk has accepted the posl- tion of Leader of the Knights of Pythias band, of Kansas City, and will close out his music bust- ness in Butler by the firat of the year, when he will move to that city, Until that time he will make weekly visits to practice, Mr. Fisk isa band leader of rare ability, a fine musician and that band {s fortunate in securing his services. We are sorry to see Republican leaders quarreling among themselves over who ie responsible for their de- feat in Missourl. They can smoothe their uifferences and console them. selves that none of them are at fault. The people of Missourt didit, and they will continue to do 1t for many years to come, so long as the Democratic party proves true to the great trusts she has so faithfully administered for the past thirty years. The first time within the history of the state a milllonatre will be @ mem- ber of the state senate, Col. Thomas Conner, of Joplin, is the member. Col. Conneris @ Democrat. For years Jasper county has been represented in the state senate by a Republican, aud at the last election the county wens Republican by 500 to 800, but Col. Conner pulled through with a majority of over 350 votes. Col. Conner made his money in Jasper county mining. Lately he built a half. million dollar hotel at Joplin. A sensational dispatch from Walk- er, Vernon Co., Mo., states that the robbers who blew the safe of the bank on Monday before, escaping with nearly $2,000, returned on Fri- day night to complete the job, clean- ed the safe of about $2,000 more and set fire to the buildings and destroy- ed between thirty and forty thousand dollars in property. It was after- wards discovered that the fire was of different origin and: the robbery theory @ fabrication. A fire in the little town of Walker, Mo. on the M K. & T. railroad Sat- urday, destroyed the principal part of the business portion of the town the. origin of the fire is unknown. The fire started in the hardware store of 8. D. Buck and consumed the building, the Bredencamp double building and Hayes building, all brick, together with stocks of goods in each, also lodges over the build- Ings. The loss is eatimated at $30,- 000. Senator W. J. Stone, of Missourt, lost his overcoat for the second time this winter Saturday. The senator wae talking politics in the lobby of the hotel Jefferson, St. Logis, and in the heat of argument wandered away from thechair on which he had laid his coat, and. when he returned {t was gone. ‘Iam constantly los- ing overcoate and umbrellas,” said the Senator. “I feel this loss very much, as the coat wae a good one! would give a suitable reward for its return, but what’s the use of offering areward? It’s a goner, that’s all.” Secretary of State Swanger Friday began making out commissions for the county officers elected in the va- ‘| blood potaon, and the physicians are rious counties in the recent election. It will take uotil-the first of the year official vote on the state ticket will ‘be cast up this week. There aré till five counties and the city of t.. Loula which have not yet made The tabulations of the re- 8 day or two after an. sie says he sowed 500 acresof wheat this fall. plesiva, sud Wr. E. M. Pennell has secured the lease. Mr. and Mrs. Pen- By order of the court, County Mai. | nell were here the last of the week lector Owen has opened out iis «tlie in the county court rooma, it the court house. The tax book been turned over to him, Owen, with a force of deputies, is ac- tively at work making out recelpte ped Preparing to facilitate collec ons. E. A. Snow, son of R. S. Snow, of Northeast Bates, serving on board U. 8. S. Independence at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Valejo, Cal., has been ordered to take the examina- tion for warrant machinist. It {s al- ways gratifying to Bates county citizens to learn of the advancement of her boys. Harris Lisle has resigned his post- tion as deputy Recorder, which he has so efficiently filled for the past four years under his father, T. K. Lisle, to accept the appointment of deputy under county collector Owen. Miss Frankte Lisle has been promot- ed to first deputy in she Recorder’s office. ' Judging by the large advance sale, Miss Courtenay Morgan will be greet- ed by audience worthy of her great production of “A Woman of Mys- tery.”” Good attractions are not so common that we can afford tolgnore them and we are pleased to note the {oterest that has been aroused by the announcement of the appearance here of this one, on Saturday, Nov. 24, 1906. The annual chrysanthemum exhi- bition, Thursday and Friday last, under the auspices of the Ladies Wed- nesday Coterle Club, was well attend- ed and all expressed satisfaction at the splendid display of this lordly fall flower. It was possibly a larger and better collection than An ear. On Friday night the teachers, in attend- ance at the Institute, were the gueate of the merchants at the chrysanthe- mum show snd lunch. Miss Mary Hodktins, who has been suffering with symptoms indicating appendicitis for several weeks, was taken to the St, Joseph’s hospital, at Kansas City, on Sunday morulng to ‘undergo an operation. She was ac- companied by Miss Mary Robards and the family physician, Dr. Zoy. Dr. Zay returned home Monday and sald that Dr. Griffith thought the patient had best rest a few days and become reconciled to her surround- ings before the operation, which will be performed one day this week. Dr. says the patient is in good health otherwise, and he does not appre- hend any serious results. Judge Graves filed his expense ac- count with Secretary of State Swan- ger, as provided by law. It shows that he spent $564.75, of; which $500 was sent to the Democratic statecom- mittee and the remainder went to county committees and for incidental expenses. W. H. Anthony, state senator elect from this the 16th dis- trict, spent $274, as shown by his sworn statement, all of which went to the county committees. E. A. Hardin, & prominent young farmer, liviag southeast of Butler, on Judge G. C. Miller’s farm, hascon- cluded to quit the farm and go to Kansas City, where he expects to en- gage in business. He has ordered sale bills to advertise his stock at a public sale on Dac, Sth. He hasa big lot of good horses, cattle and hogs, besides about 100 tons of timothy hay. Mr. Hardin has the reputation of being an industrious, thrifty young farmer, and we regret to lose him from the county. Ex-Senator Francie M. Cockrell an- nounced most positively that he would not be a candidate for she United States Senate to succeed Sena- tor Stone. He made the announce- ment at his home in Washington when told that such an announce- ment of his fatentions had been pub- Hshed in Missouri, Senator Cockrell is well pleased with his work on the Interstate Commerce Commiselon. His health has not been very good of late, but his indisposition is re- garded as only temporary. Rev. W. E. Carter, Ph. D. an evan” gelist of world wide experience, is conducting @ protracted meeting at the M. E. Church South which fs at- tracting much attention. He is an entertaining preacher, a learned divine and has traveled extensively table pulpit orators of the times. He wasa prominent figure in the Welch revival which swept over Wales, Scotland and England more than a year ago, resulting in the conversion of a multitude, low Wes BO Well phere diacely wr OVer the property, and they ‘ tha they imme- in'o 1 ygotiations entered *|which ended in their securing the lease. Mr. Pennell has been for a number of years proprietor of the New Wind- sor Hotel, in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a practical hotel man, has been in the business all his life and comes with the highest recommendations. He was here yesterday to enter into contract, and complete his arrange- ment about furnishing the hotel, etc, The gentlemen in charge of the work are making every effort to complete it and turn {t over to Mr. Pennell at the earliest possible date. Couuty Judge elect Estes Smith was & pleasant caller at Tae Times office while in the city Saturday. County Clerk elect C. G. Weeks and wife were in Butler the last of the week looking for a house. They want to be moved by the first. The firat genuine snow and sleet storm of the season visited this sec- tion on Monday. It was raw and blustry, and following so close upon the warm pretty weather we have been having was quite severe on the stock that was not well housed and properly cared for, Allen, the rustling land man of Adrian, was in Butler the last of the week .on one of his busy trips. He had just returned from the Pan- handle of Texas, where he soldevery man he took dewn. Ifyou are in- terested in that new country, see him and he will manage to take you on one of the monthly excursions. Mrs. Mary A. Minor died at the home of her son, W. H Deweese, in Summit township, on Thursday morning. Funeral services were con- ducted by Rev. W. F. Baker, and in- terment in Elliot burying ground. Mrs. Minor was an old settler and was hiiwhly regarded in the cuimmun- {ty in which she lived. J. Wes. Goodwin used to say that “He who tuoteth nots his own Buzovo the same shall not be sooted.” We @re excesdingly modest along those lines, bus can not forbear bo express our appreciation of the splendid pa- trovage we are receiving, both luour advertising aud job departments, ‘Thore are wo goou reasous for this, Tue Times has the circulation aud the advertiser gests mure than his money’s worth. Wekeep our job de- partment up to date wisn the newest and latest type faces, and the cus- tomer is assured shat his job will be up-to-date, as good as can be done, and at reasonable prices. Give us your work. We guarantee satisfac- tion. Ballard Items. Last Monday’s storm was the first of the season and made a fellow think of the way be had misappro- priated his summer wages. Tom Lynch went to Adrian Sun- day to mees his wite, who has bven at the bedside of a sick dauguter in Topeka, Kuaosasfor the pus’ two weeks, Miss Bessie Hays is visiting her siswer, Mrs.C, B Hendrix, at present, A number of changes will take place iu our community in the near future. Mrs. M. J. Crow has purchased property in Adrian aad will locate there soon. We are glad to note that Charley Board, of Okmulga, Indian fLerri- tory, has been elected as & mamber of the Constitutional Convensivn of Oklahoma. Charley was raised in Spruce township and is a bright, clean young fellow. The people of his section will never have cause to ret — given him so respoo- all osition. Arch Colson, an old settler of west- ern Henry county, died last Frida, ot paralysis, xX. Notice to Taxpayers. Noticeis hereby given that I willbe at the following places on the dutea specified, for the purpose of collecting Virginia, Charlotte Twp, Dec. 8and4 Elkhart, Elkhart Twp, Dec. 5 and 6, A. B. Owen, 42 Couaty Collector. Sheriff's Saie 1n Partisiou. vs. Nannie J. Carlton. Bates Co. Missouri i: z i # Hl