The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 17, 1907, Page 6

ESA ker et ee DURING OUR | Pre-Inventory Sale WE OFFER 2,000 YARDS OF NEW EMBRIDERY AND LACES 5,000 Dozen Pearal Buttons, Regular 10c Grade At A Per Dezen They are Bargains, Come and see them. : : : : : ‘elie: Rosie ©. E. Rimer, a farmer living on the Attorney DeWitt C. Chastatn was in Lamar Monday aud Tuesday tY-| Judge Merritt farm near Calhoun, fog « law suit Henry county, was found dead in Deputy county clerk 5. 'T, Broad: | his barn lot by his son Tuesday. He dus has been confined to his home| had gone to the lot after eating din- 4 with illness for the past week, ner toshuck corn and was found about 4 o'clock when the boy re- turned from echool, Deceased was 55 years of age and of late had com- plained a great deal of stomach ' trouble. The Home for the Feeble Minded at Marahall, Mo, suffered constder- | able damage by fire Friday from a | gasoline exploston In the laundry room, Lida Burker, aged 17, one of the fumates was badly burned. Hon. tawiaoe Mf GHitth; elected | to represent Bates county, in the | Legislature, fs making good, just as | the Telephone predicted. Thursday he introduced a measure, which, ff it passes, will put an end to the graft as practiced by large corporations in squeezing out the small, indepen- Chief Jnatiee Gantt of the supreme court is threatened with an attack ~ of pneumonia and is confined to his room. Mrs. Burgess, wife of Judge J. 1, Nurgess of the supreme court, who bad been ill for several days is no better and the Judge rematne at <A NET AED 80 her bedside. dent industries from our State. It Henry Watson, colored, better | is @ timely act, and will nodoubt be- known as “Uucle Henry,” beyond come & law. The provision is being thoroughly discussed by the metro- politan press, and will, {n time, be- come familiar to very resident in Missourl.—Hume Telephone. doubt the oldest man in the state, says the Leader, died in Harrison- ville afew daysago. His age, 120 years, is recorded from the date he was sold to Robert A. Brown, a good many years before the war. George Alsbach who recently sold his place north of town, made a trip the last of the week to the old Johy Brown place, inst overin Kansas, at Spy mound, with a view of buy- ing. Mr. Alsbach says the old house A negro woman cook stole a Kan- sas City doctor’s dinner and gets 3 years in tho penitentiary. A bank teller robbed hisemployers of $9,000 Pa eS i and gets 2 years. These two inel- dents make Kansas City justice ap- pear decidedly cross-eyed.—Nevada Post. Geo. Stough, the man, who drills gas wells and manufactures glase- ware, had a lively tuseel with the { morning M. K. & T. flyer at unton station and the flyer proved to be one proposition too strenuous for Mr. Stough. He jumped on the rear ofa Pullman coach but could not hold on and after swinging around ina very dangerous poettion he fell, striking the side of his head and suf- fered painful bruises..—Saturday’s Nevada Mail. E. J. Cline, editor of the Monitor at Republic, Green county, Mo., took unto himeelf a new wife last week, in Shane, of Springfield, and begs the indulgence of his readers if hie paper was notup to thestandard, ashe had been unable to get down to plain ordinary newspaper work. We can sympathize with him, {t has been many years since we were similarly afflicted but the fond memory still SSR AMEE A. Fagen oom cite rsa ES bulls by John Brown, away up on the side of the mound, at the intersec- tion of two immense ledges of rock, is well preserved. It is built in the form of a fort and a spring of water comes out of the side of the mound directly beneath the floor. George says it isa picturesque and roman- tic old place but almost too weired and lonesome to suit hiin . | Mrs. Anna A. Van Benhtusen Dead. Rich Hill Review. Mrs. Anna A. Van Benthusen died at herhome near Adrian Sunday morning about 6 o’clock, of nervous prostration, aged 72 years. Deceased was the mother of Prof. Coas. Van Benthusen, principal of the East End school. The remains arrived in this city at noon and burial was made in Green Lawn Cemetery, after a short ser- vice at the grave conducted by Rev. Ryan of the Walnut St. M.E church. New Elk Quarters. At the regular meeting of the Elk’s Lodge last Thureday evening the question of new quarters coming up, the members voted to accept the proposition of H. G. Cook to lease the third story of his building, for- merly the Ross Hotel, north east corner of the square. The whole story will be used for Elk quarters. It will be remodeled into alodge roum, two parlors, & reception hall, billiard and card 100m,cloak room, kitchen and stock room, lighted by electricty and heat- ed by steam. It will be fitted up in elegant style and be very desirable quarters for the members anda de- lighttul place to entertain visitors. Attorney General Hadley brought sult last week to oust coal mining companies owned by the Mo. Pac. Railroad from doing business in the state. One of these companies, the Rich Hill Coal Mining Co., {8 capital- ized at $500,000. At the time of the increase to that amount from $250,000, Jan. 12 1885, the share- holders were: Jay Gould, trustee, 125 shares; James A. Hill, 56; E. H. Brown, 334; M. 8. Cowles, 314; A. 8. Martin, 54; W. E. Jones, 8; G. W. Cole, 3; A. H. Calif, 2% F. J. Ty gard, 5%. Other companies mentioned {n General Hadley’s report are the Kansas-Missouri Elevator Co., The American Refrigerator Transit Co., The Western Coal and Mining Co. Ballard Notes. Will Pitt and family of Kansas City, visited his parents {n Ballard last week. Ora Doyle has moved his famfly fn the Morelan property. Walter Hendrickson had a sale of his personal effects Saturday. He will move his family to Aurora, Mo., their future home Miss Sallie Moshier has returned from a visit to Kansas City. Mr. Pitt {s having a blacksmith shop builéon Mr. Hurt’s property on North Main Street. / : We hear Ballard is to have a grist mill in the near future. Rev. P. H. Taylor, missionary of Butler Association, will preach at Fair View church on Sunday, Jan- uary 20th, morning and evening and the meeting will be continued if the weather will permit. R. G. Andrews celebrated his nine- ty first birthday January 10th. As has been customary for several years a number of neighbors and friends spent the day withhim. Mr. Andrews has been a citizen of Bates county many years and enjoys the distinc- tion of being the oldest person in this neighborhood. Heishaleand hearty and has many friends who hope he may live to celebrate many more birthdays. Here is a minister who appreciates the editor, At @ recent edftortal| Committes Acts Fa- convention he offered the following vorabl ’ toast: “To save an editor from ¥ Upon Griffith's starvation, take his paper and pay| Anti-Discrimination Bill. , for ft promptly. To save him from 1 , Advertise in his paper Mberally. To save him from despair, send himevery item of: news which you can get hold. To save him trom send {tin asearly as possible. To save him from mistakes, bury Dead people are the only people wlio never make mistakes . Call For County Warrants, | 'aw may be revoked. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 15.—The Committee on Criminal Jurisprud- ence acted favorably on the bill of cense oi the company violating the An unfavorable report will be giv- lingers. For many weeks to come Among Our Subscribers. Jno. C. Hayes orders Tae Tries to Leon Samuels, at San Francisco, Cal., for the next year. Our young friend A. B. Crow has his paper changed from Sedalia, where he was attending school, to Okarche, Okla., where he has accept- ed a position. A. Crigler, a substantial farmer on Butler No. 6, favored us with a re newal. Dr. Victor J. Cumpton, of Pleasant Gap, called and had his dates set ahead. Dixle L. Haggard, of ElDorado Springs, called while in Butler last}. week and had his dates set ahead. J. H. Bateman, of Purdy, Mo., sends remittance for renewal. John D. Woody, one of our wealthy farmers and influential citizens on route No. 5, favored us pleasantly and renewed. M. L. Embree, of Douglas, Okla., who is spending a vacation with his son, Cireult Clerk T. D. Embree, fa- vored us pleasantly and renewed. H. Rhine, an old Bates county boy, sends remittance from olden City, Mo., for renewal. Our good friend William Woods is always prompt to the day in bis re- newals and has the figures set into 1908, Our old friend George Alsbach dropped in to renew and had his triend Jake Weiner’s dates set ahead. The latter is at Walnut, Kan. Frank E. Bratton, a former Bates county boy, at Stafford, Kan., sends rem{ttance for renewal. J. H. Sacre, one of Bates county’s early settlers and a long time friend and patron of THe Times, favors us with renewal. Prof. C. A. Burke, popular superin- tendent of our public schools, called and had his dates set ahead. J. H. Flesher sends remittance for renewal from Garber, Okla., and de- sires to be remembered to his old Bates county friends. Abe Shetrone, of Scammon, Kan., will stay with us another year. M.J. Martin, of Webb City, through he kindness of W. M. Arnold, re- mombers us with renewal. An Offer That Was Declined. Thomas Dixon, Jr. author of “The Clansman,” last winter offered to contribute ten thousand dollars from the profits of the play to Tus- kegee Institute if Booker T. Wash- {ngton would come forward and prove that he was personally op- posed to the social equality of the white and colored races. The offer {s still standing. The mulatto pres!- dent of Tuskegee is mum. Mr. Dix- on’s play, which handles the negro problem without gloves and draws valuable lessons from the dreadfal events of Reconstruction, will be seen again in this city at the Butler Opera House, Friday, Jan. 18th 1907. Bates County Medical Society. The regular quarterly meeting of the Bates County Medical Society, held at Dr. Lockwood’s office on last Thursday afternoon, was not well attended by the county membere, owing to the inclement weather and bad condition of the roads. Several interesting papers were read and dis- cussed. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. V. J. Campton; vice-president, Dr. Lyle; secretary and treasurer, Dr. the state society. city on the first Thureday {n April. Mail Carrier Tied Knot. Nevade Mall. Peters School Shoes STAND THE KICKS FIT THE FEET . . AND LOOK WELL Pe You can’t get a stronger combination than that in a school shoe. Ar DBewr If you want value for your money try a pair of Peters School Shoes on our say 80. PP Pw Boys’ - $1.50 to $2.00 Girls’ - $1.25 to $2.00 LP Br We have cheaper School Shoes if you wish to pay less. FP Dm | Hill's Cash Store. John J. Emry, who livessouthwest of Butler, was @ pleasant caller on Monday. Hecame from North Mis- sour! about four years ago and pur- chased a farm in Charlotte, He said he was a neighbor to Judge Estes Smith’s parents, and finer old Mis- sour! people never lived. He said he {3 personally acquainted with Judge Smith, but does not know him so in- timately as the rest of the family, but if he measures up to them, he isa thoroughbred. Judge Smith’s neigh- bors and friends think he has estab- lished a standard that his relatives need not be ashamed of. The Bank of Urich had occasion re cently to order a thousand silver dollars from the sub-treasury at St. Louis and reeeived a bag which show- ed by the tag that it had been in use for nearly twenty-two years. The tag on the inner bag bore this in- scription: “From City National Bank, Cairo, Illinois, by American Express Co. to Bank of Commerce, St. Louis, Mo., Silver, $1,000, Janu- ary 14, 1885.” The dollars were all of the coinage of 1880 to 1884 and * Weare authorized to announce the name o C. M. Leedy, of Osage township, as candidat for Superintendent of Schools of Bates county. subject to the action of the Democratic party. , We are authorized to annomn-e the name o} A. L. Ives, of Mt. Pleasant township, as a can) didate of Superintendent of Schools of Bate: County subject to the action of the Democrat party. oe We picked the following up fro’ an exchange: It you haven’ read { you'll pronounce it worth while “When the gravy’s on the buck wheat and the sausages are hot when the steam {s floating upward from the shining coffee pot, whe the cook stirs up the batter ca has stood the night before, wh little Bob and Clara smack thell lips and cry for more; oh, it’s the a man {Is always feeling near his bes —if there isn’t any trouble with th works beneath his vest—and its ther he ought to humbly thank the Lor for what he’s got—when the gravy on the buckwheat and the sausagé are hot. There’s a fragrance tha comes floating from the pancake and the plate that should nerve man to action—make strong for an fate. There is ioy, there’s inspirs tion inthe smears on Bess’ chit bore no evidence of use in all that ime. The milling was almost per- fect and in piling them up !t was dis- covered that nineteen of these dol- lars, which had but little or no use, were the thickness of twenty which had been in common use.—Urich Herald. and it’s good to see dear Willie 4 he scoops the sausage in; and whe sweeter music is there than the ping, slapping sound that the produces as she stirs the stuff aroun Oh, each precious, loecious mouthf quickly finds the spot, wher Chastain; Dr. Boulware, delegate to Thenext meeting of the society will be held at the Hotel Pennell in this The carrier on rural route No.3 out of Arcadia used to be a minister he marry them. There being no other minister around, and the mat- gravy’s onthe buckwheat and sausages are hot.”’ i Big Reduction | —IN— ? F Carpets and Bed Sprea $1.75 Carpets $1.25 ~-<2cccscecrc rec erc er er eo 2 Oo AM AM Oe 2.00 “ 1.50 a. 1.65 $20. 4 2.25 3.75 Bed Spreads 3.00 2.25 1.50 UrmMitl Ut a