The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 10, 1907, Page 7

Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Shafer delight | Our prices on rugs and carpete— i fully entersained a large party of! Walker—-McKibbens. First One a Corker. friends at cards on Saturday even- ing, at their commodious home on! Ohio street. High Five was played. | Delicious refreshments were served. Robt. A. Hollenbeck bas succeeded Cy. M. Walker, as traveling salesman for Ely-Walker Company, of St. Louis. Mr. Hollenbeck bears the reputation of being a splendid sales- man, and the company can be con- gratulated on securing his services. | WINTER COMING A LITTLE LATE Will Make You Suffer the More Without a heavy | Hon. Lawrence M. Griffith intro- R. W. Walton, of Richards was in| duced House bill No. 18. An Act“‘to/| Butler the first of the week lookiig|Prohibit Unfair Commercial Dis-| after business matters and greeting| crimination Between Different Sec- old friends. tions, Communities, or Unfair re : = petition, and Providing Penalties Bae gogo veaglhe obra Therefor.” The billis aimed at trusts | and corporations reducing theircom- | J. W. Walton,a prominent real/ modities in one section or locality to | AND SAVE SOME MONEY estate andloan man, of Hubart, | kill off competition, while selling in | spent Sunday with Wm. E. Walton/ other sections at higher rates. If not fa the city. aimed directly at the standard oll, it | READ THIS AD MENS’ A Cards were received by friends in} Now black silky—'Valker-McKib- fits thatcase. It provides thedrastic | Heavy Suits q this city announcing the marriage} pong, penalties of not less than $500 nor | vik IN of B. J. Spencer and Miss Hope : 3 more than $5,000 fine. This bill is | $3.50 Dp Haleerson, at Siloam Springs on Judge and Mrs. W. T. Kemper, of bgure getting at the root of the evil | Eee || (°° 2) 19°. Mr. Spencer held a| Prairie, were up Monday to do some | and is commented on favorably by YOUTHS SUITS trading and spent the night asgueets| the metropolitan press. position with the Carpenter-Shafer We Have the Largest Stock to company and {s now in the poultry of Recorder snd Mes, I. M. Smith. - ae $3.00 - business at that place. Odd lot of $100 to $175 shoes,| Ex Prosecuting Attorney Bruce | ‘ Select From and Are Continuing Drilling has ceased on the big. well ag siz-8 us50'—Walker—\cKib- oi al nie ” BOYS’ SUITS. for the Krieger-Klump Ice and Beer} °©°*- . maireaaPoread, $2.00 our Great Co’s. new cold storage plant, says} Mre. M.G@ Kendall, after spending — D. 6. Chastatne, in Judge | the Rich Hill Review. The well is}the holidays with her parents, Col. oe oe CHILDRENS SUITS REMODELING SALE 762 feet deep and itis believed anjand Mrs. Silas W. Dooley, returned] A.W. Thierbach was in Monday eR OD abundant quantity of good, whole-| vo her home in St. Louts the first of] and had bills printed for the sale of $1.00 1] some water has been reached. the week. personal effects, on Thureday, Jan- So You Can Buy Now At While skating ona pond near Bel-| The deadly toy pistol was the|U@ty 17th, at his place four and one Mens’ Overcoats ton, Cass county, afew days ago,|cause of the death of five boys at half miles north east of Butler. Mr. $3.50 | Ben McNutt, aged 11 years, and] Paducah, Ky, eince Chriesmas. In berg ne has — fossa nl 4 ‘ Clyde Willis aged 14 went through|every case lockjaw resulted f ‘ates fora number of years, 1s an 2 5 PER CENT LESS “ foo and ee drowned, fake aan in the eed es industrious, progressive citizen and Youths Overcoats | Cope, the third boy, ran toa house} aire RG. Trickett, wile of conduc- {t fs to be regretted that he fs leav- $3.00 5 THAN OUR REGULAR PLAIN near by and gave the alarm and the]... Trickots, is visiting her mother, ing the county. Boys’ Overcoats | FIGURE PRICES bodies of the boys were 00D FrecoV-| rg 4. E. Settle and sleter, M.T.| Dr. 8. D. Meredith, of Carthage, | ? ered. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Trickett are|Mo, who was shot by Arthur San- $2.50 ‘Two families living in the bottome| making thelr home {n Pueblo, Col. |derson a short time ago, died trom : OUR STOCK OF near Athol, a section between this We had the pl ' “ his wound Friday. Sanderson who Childrens Overcoats ‘ city and Rich Hill, afflicted with mg Pe Mayfield, who te flies had been released was immediately $1.75 Ge; AND RUBBER FOOTWEAR smallpox have been quarantined by een : re-arrested on @ warrant charging F LT order of Dr. Boulware, secretary of eee po re — 10) murder in the first degree. Sander- THE GREAT | TS SS TS the county board of health. The bs city for hg pages anuary. son said, “My God! lam sorry tor ' : families are in destitute circum-|~° pier with the highest recom-| thas, I have been hoping and pray- Is of the Best Quality and Our Line of stances and during their confine- ne at a eloquentandforce-}ing that he might get well.” Dr. ment are being cared for at county |" Preacher. Meredith was the Sanderson family Mre. E. Chestnut and daughter,| physician. Sand led him to expense. ehter, | physicla: nderson cal IN FULL BLAST. WALK-OVER 8 1 Buszard, of Davies county Miss Fern, residing near Deerfield,| hts home professionally and the — ame y ’! Vernon county, started on a visit to ‘a physician was shot as he was about to enter the door. Dr, Meredith was Lowest Prices born in Allen county, Ky., in 1869, Ever and bore an excellent reputation, Made to the People. formerly cashier of a bank at Pat tonsburg, Mo., for sixteen years, and a member of a prominent family of Davies county, was found wander {ng about the streets of Nevada, the latter part of last week suffering Pasadena, California, a few daysago. At Kansas City Mrs. Chestnut, who carried her money {n a leather hand- bag, discovered that she had lost the bag containing $248, and had to re- turn home. Are the Best Mens Shoes in the Kingdom of Bates. Grant Barber was brought before the county court on Friday, adjudg- from an unbalanced mind, says the ed insane and ordered sent to the The The Nevada Mall. He was taken before — L. tg on —— re- | Hospital for Insane No. 3, at Neva- the county courtand his people notl-|celved & message trom his rother,| da. Barber has been living in a tent Good CLOTHING HOUSE Good fied. Dr. Arthur Ludwick, of KansasCity,|o1 Grand River for some time, mak- that Mrs. J. H. Fletcher, was lying at the point of death ata hospital in that city. She was suffering with erysipelas and {t had effected the brain. Mrs. Fletcher is the widow of the late J. H. Fletcher, an old settler and well known citizen of eastern Bates. He died in St. Clair county about three years ago and was buried at Osceola. G. A. Latham, who recently came to Butler from Green Valley, Ills., purchased of J. F. Kerens 656 acres of bottom land, near the water works bridge for $2300 per acre. Mr. Latham, in conversation with one of our business men, said he owned @ section of bottom land in Illinois and was at first bitterly opposed to the drainage proposition. It carried over his protest and shortly after it was completed he sold part of that land for $125.00 per acre. He heard o’ our drainage act, came here and invested as above. Bruce Starke, well known to our older cltiz2ns as the eldest son of ex- county clerk R. J. Starke and for years deputy circuit clerk under Jobn C. Hayes, but who has been living in St. Louis for many years, and for the past four years clerk of Probate for thecity of St. Louts, has formed a law partnership with for- mer Probate Judge Thomas B. Crews, under the firm name of Crews & Starke, with offices in the Commercial building, :orner 6sh and Olive streets, St. Louls. Bruce Starke is a worthy young man, who by energy, ability and a dogged de- termination to win over all obstacles, has made his own way in the world. Tue Tres together with his many friends in Bates county {s watching his course with pride and expect him to take high stand in. his profes- elon, fog a living by hunting and fishing. “ He has been acting “queer” for aome The Clothier. time, and while not violent, the wo- man of that neighborhood have been frightened by his strange actions, and {t was thought best to take hin | a {nto custody. J. 8. Taylor brought! As an item showing something of him to Butler Thursday evening. | the importance of the poultry indus- He sald Barber claimed to hear| try in this party of the couatry and volces calling continually, and {t re-| the amount of revenue that fe being quired much persuasion to Induce | put in circulation from this source It him to come into the town onac-|may be stated that during the countof the electric Iights. Hisfath- | Christmas demand for turkeys Miss er, formerly land owner of this} Viola Spencer, one of Bates county's county, is now # patient at the coun- | most excellent young ladies, sold ty farm. He hasa sister ving near | eighteen head of turkeys in Appleton Culver, and a brother owns a farmin | City that averaged twenty and one- Sumit towuship. Graat is abont, third pounds each, for which she re- 35 years old, and has never been ceived twelve cents a pound and net- sound mentally, and {8 growing|ted her $244 4 head.—Appleton worse as he gets older. 1 Cixy Journal. ; Mrs. D. W. Wilson, visiting friends in Butler the last of the week, called at Tae Times office and enrolled for the ensuing year. Mr. and Mrs, Wil son have purchased property in Kan- sas City and expect to make thatclty ‘their permanent home. They have many friends in Butler and Bates county, where they resided for so many years. Weare in receipt of cards announce ing the marriage of Miss Bessie Ella Cooper and Harry F. Teeter, at Holbrook, Nebraska, on Christmas day. The groom is a member of the firm of Teeter & Cooper, general mer- chandise. He was formerly a Bates county boy, son of Frank Teeter, who lived in Spruce township, who moved to Nebraska many years ago. We Fit Your Head, Feet, Form and Purse. Cloaks and furs ata great reduc-| Jobn C. Hayes, Public adminis- tion—Walker-McKibbens. trator of Bates county, was called to Kansas City on business Tuesday afternoon. Cliff Catterlin, has received his new ofl wagon, which ts much lighter than the old one. J.P. Thomas and son Mark H. Thomas, prominent farmers and old O. J. Radford was up from Nevada settlers of Naw Home township, the last of the week for a few days’! were transacting business in Butler visit with relatives and friends. Monday. Clyde Robbins, the popular auc-| Friday’s Rich Hill Review reports tioneer of Amoret, accompanied by | the death of Mrs. Barbara Miller of his wife, was in Butler Saturday. that city, the cause of death being } _ New Munsing Underwear at Walk- | concer of the stomach. She was 65 er—VicKibben’ years old. William SpaughJr., who murdered Miss Bessie Boone, of Clinton, he sheriff of Iron county, will hang daughter of the late attorney gener- pday onless thegovernor interferes, |! of the state, B.G. Boone, has been el John A. Knott-is chairman of the olen Moga Gf GG « tate board of Railway Commiseton- ; ers by the new organization of the Miss Irene, the beautiful little board. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam F, Canterbury, of Kansas City, visited Prominent business men at Adrian | roiatives and friends here several are organising a home company to last cil an eheate tight gloat in tian} A.L. Porter had bills struck at this town. officefor his sale on January 16. He A protracted meeting was started | oxnects to move with his family to at the Ohio street M. E. church Sun- Oklahoma. See his sale aotice in a ¢ and will continue for tw: . owe aa : F $WO/| another column of this issue. : ot Io emangps. a ca Gy ase bir, wun ovr | en ‘xapon a the mang oy Syrpdieggaoal and friends the | thas combination of figures does| $400.00 on that forty last week. So notapply to his store by a big eight. | much for even the prospects of drain- Dixte L. Haggard, of ElDorado| Walter Rice, a worthy young Dem-| 98° x week, Jno. M. Moore favored us pleas antly on Monday. He {aformed us that he expects to again make the race for the Democratic nomination for township assessor. Mr. Moore was elected assessor cf Mt. Pleasant township and served only one year when the rullog of the supreme court abolished his office. He thinks that fact should weigh in his favor inseek- ing @ full term. When E. L. Thomas afew years ago purchased of the R.N. Allen heirs a tract of landin New Home township, he felt aggrieved because they insisted on deeding him forty acres of bottom timber land at the moath of Walnut creek fora nomi- nal consideration. Herealized about Peters School STAND THE KICKS FIT THE FEET .. AND LOOK WELL ee You can’t get a stronger combination than that in a school shoe. If you want value for your money try a pair of Peters School Shoes on our say 80. Ber Bw Boys’ - .$1.50 to $2.00)| Girls’ - $1.25 to $2.00 RP Dm * We have cheaper School Shoes if ‘ you wish to pay less. ' New Law Firm, Probate Judge John A.Silvers and Prosecating Attorney Watt B. Daw- son bave formed a law partnership under the firm name of Silvers & Dawson, with offices on the west side are all more or less effected, though| of the square, over Thrall’s meat weall strenuously deny it, the figures| market. These gentlemen are both “13” have an unlucky eignificance. | good lawyers, well established in the Few like to begin an important work | practice at the bar and the personal or start on a journey on the 18th of| popularity ofeach was fully estab. the month. The old belief that when | lished at the last Democratic primary 18 ait down to a table, one is sure to |andat the general election in No- die an early violent death, is held by | vember. Tt ie & strong law firm and upon to stay with the bank for an- other year. The finance of the bank was reported to be in a satis- factory condition. Among the superstitious, and we when he can buy an elegant pcheap at McFarland &Sons’. | was made in Crescent Hill cemetery. jas City Saturday night, where | and then to think that you will let A been for several weeks in a | that good horse of yours atand with- PR Bm Hill’s Cash Store. : many. We hope that it ie not a bad | we bespeak for it a fall share of busi- ‘@ political machine can-be auip hale inten andis @ barber omen that our ‘tative’s anti- | ness. Neither will permit the private 9,000 beat Stone in thie dp bel gucbondig discrimination bill {e enrolled ns No. | practice to interfere in the least with ees 2 Agave: f, Sepa sat ereeel dati. =