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ne men arene rene Ree a Andependent Prices A Few Prices that will Interest You: 10 Ibs sible syrup, or one gallon, for... ¥wallon syrup.... Lat, large elze........... 1 lb oysters, 3 cans for R Just received 50 boxes es crackers, by the box, Ib.... Vantla wafers at, Ib... re ‘1b Cuptd brand tomatocs, Dodson & Prown’s be& grade, can...10¢ 12-q%. granite pails, 8 coats, waranted ail firets, only 40c each, tor one week, Gallon peeled peaches, ready for table ure, can............. Old Country eoap 6 bars for E > Clariette soap, 7 bars for. ccc © SUK soap, 7 bars for ......... Swift Pride soap, 7 bars tor , Sunny Monday soap, 6 bars for Dry salt meat at, !b... Best grade ham at, lb. Breakfast bacon, regular 20¢ kind, ‘tb Can corn, + cans BP a bacustahiiaanioscninimnaninmadbnan une If you want nalls, come around. We still sell them at 34>, down to 6.D BORE BEGGS CIAL FAO BE, 1D i. csss0.nyccicccassessscccssacennsesiisasnsacasaeocrvanesis 10¢ Northern Pearl table potatoes ab, BU. 90¢ Calland get our prices before you do your trading Yours, Norfleet é Ream. Indepent Grocery and Hardware Store, BUTLER, MO. | | | | Phone 144 ) White Front » West Side Square t g ot S INO RR LPALPDLDLP PR PRDPPPLDPL2 LP PPPPLEPIPPPLPPPILA APA RI alan Prion titins ~A enpa Men and Women WHO KNOW THE Real Value of Shoes UPHOLD OUR SHOES AS THE BEST THEY CAN FIND ANYWHERE. Such well-know brands as THE ULTRA SHOES AND OXFORDS, “AMERICAN LADY SHOE,”’ OXFORDS, For Ladies. KING QUALITY SHOES AND OXFORDS, AMERICAN GENTLEMEN SHOES AND OXFORDS, For Men, Cannot be beat for style, comfort and wear. SHORT AGRICUL- TURAL COURSE. Bates County Boy Writes of the Benefits to be Derived. Roy Baker, the young son of J. H. Baker of Pleasant Gap, who captur- | ed the fires prize, offered by the Mis-' |souri State Bank, of a short term in| | the Missouri Agricultural Collere, at | Columbia, in the boy’s corn contest! at the county fair last fall, writes the | following letter of acknowledgement | to that bank: Burer, Mo, Feb, 2, 1908 Mo. Stare Bank, BuTLER, Mo. | Dear Sire: I will write in regard | to the trip which! took toColumbia, | which was of great interest to me. I want you tosknow how I enjoyed is. | I was well pleased with what! saw and | learned very much aboutfarm- ing and stock raising. I think the} premium which you gave was wellj worth working tor. The firsts on the program was) “What we are here for,” by S. M. Jordan of the board of agriculture. Next was a lesson on the uses of the score card {in selecting seed corn or for show by M. F. Miller, They had us toscore corn and testand ex amine the germ, Next, judging corn direct, by H. D. Hughes, The next lesson was on fruit and plants, They taught us to prune, graft and bud trees, by J.C. Whitten. Next judg- ing of fat calves, by Prof. F. B. Mun ford, There was a lesson on feeding fine stock, by Prof. King. There wero lessons in testing and uelug separa- tors and {in butter making tn dairy laboratories; fuspection of dairy) barns, silos aud milking machine: ;| practice judging dairy cows and live atock Thanking you for the bevefit which Lhave-received,-and-hoptng that H may attend a longer course and | wishing the college success, | am Yours Respectfully, Roy C, Baker PUBLIC SALE. 11 horses and mules, I will sell at publle auction at the MeMullens Feed Yard Butler, Missourl, on Saturday, February 15,1908, at 1 o’clock p m. the following described horses and mules: 8 bead of mules 3 and 4 years old this spring, broke to work and well matched teams with good bone, tine size and good style. 1 gelding driy- {ng horse + years old, 1 driving mare 3 years old, 1 all purpose farm mare of good welght and size, Farmers, thisis @ ood class of atock.’.Come and see them sell. The stock willbe atthe Feed Yard the day before the sale. Terms oF SaLe:—Six to twelve months will be given on note with approved security drawing 6 per cent. Interest from date, or 2 per cent. discount for cash. No property to be removed until termes of sale are complied with. NUCKOLS BROS. >. E. Robbins, Auctioneer. AKILLING AT APPLETON CITY an additional saving The expert operators, each working upon but a single style, become wonderfully deft, and the cost of making is thus, in reality, surpris- ingly small. more than the cost of bare materials. ; at 98c has a “V’-shaped neck and three-quarter sleeves. The yoke fs finished with four rows of | , English Torchon Insertion and With clusters ot | flounce finished with a cluster of fine tucks and fine tucks. The neck and cuffs are edged to | | edged with elx inches of Eyelets Embroidery. } match the 1asertion. match this garment eleewhereatso emall a cost. | Price, 98c. ° prices, some as inexpensive as 50c each, and really excellent garments, even at that small price, 98e, $1.25, $1.49 and up. DRAWERS. CORSET. COVERS. a —he-wittbe-worth-the-white-for-you to com> You witrworter how we van afford to do it, | | pare the various qualities we offer and to eee ff but whatever you may think, we still do offer you can make the garments youreelf for the corset covers at ridiculous figures This Natn- | | areas surprisingly {nex- | pensive, | same figure we ask. that the Muslin Drawers which we offer at 49> | are far beyond your expectations | two rows of English Torchon Lace insertion and | are edged to match. The Undermuslin Sale A Great Success. [* WAS well that we made such ample prepara- tions for this Undermuslin Sale. Our purchases were not only very large, but the range of styles and prices was most complete. Already we have disposed of a very large quantity of goods, and it has given us no little pleasure to hear the compli- ments of the many ladies who have made purchas- es at this store during the past two weeks. The undermuslins we offer are really wonderfui values. ' Their low prices are due to the fact that the mak- ers buy almost incredible quantities of cloth direct from the mills, at very close figures. The cutters are able to utilize every inch of this cloth, effecting The fact is that our prices to you on all these garments is but little For instance: GOWNS. SKIRTS. Here {is a beautiful Muslin Skirt trimmed with Eyelet Embroidery. It has @ nineteen-inch Ths nice o Muslin Gown which we are nantes | Such a skirt is really worth much more than we ask Price $1 69. | And we offer other skirts, all styles, some in You will find 1% hard to | Additional Gowns at correspondingly low | | Lace ag some !n Embroldery effects at 50c,75c, You will flad for examp! ' sook Corset Cover has four rows of French Cluny Lace insertion, alternated with four rows of | beading threaded with baby ribbon. The neck | and armholes ate finished to match, and alto- | Resher this little garment will prove delighttully | ———-) satisfactory to you, “HILL'S CASH STORE == " THE STORE FOR BARGAINS. They have | Others of our offertngs EGGS SAME AS CASH. Osage Claims Saloon Revenue. | Review. Judge A. D. Hyde pew in town this | morning on his way ler, where he had been attending | county court. tories, court would allow about one-half of the saloon license revenue contribut- ed by Rich Hill to revert to the trust- ees of Osage township for road !m- provement, the balance to beapplied to the bridge east of town. Chas. Perry, township trustee, Judge Dave Reese, a member of the board, and other leading citizens have been con- tending that all of it should revert to this township. Kellogg Home “From California. | F. E. Kellogg, who isin town to | day, says the R Ric the past two months fn Calitornia, arriving home in Kansas City | Wm. Fraze Dead, | Nevada Post, jot the funeral. | The deceased had only been sick a |short time. He has been in the em- Willlam M. Fraze, a well known! ploy of the Missourf Pacific for 21 Missouri Pacifie conductor, lately of tes At = br Irs bg he iy ads ran on the Pacific from Neva- iit an Whine eae do Weta, with henqunrters i |the latter city. Mr. Fraze leaves a — : ae coe wa it and two sons, Clyde Fraze and will be buried in Deepwood cemetery | pr sew oye and n _ BUGAHO tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock,” M ae pbk ee ident The Masons and the Brotherhood of Lea dla anid ih Railroad Conductors will have charge | * Totes had o yun on. the home from But- | lo reply tointerroga he stated that he belleved the! WE WANT YOUR TRADE Just listen & moment and you'll hear thisad. fairly asking for it. We know no better way to get it than by giving you ow prices-and-good-qualtty—We always give you e heaped= = ch Hill Review, spent ‘spring styles. We Want your shoe business. “GIVE US A LOOK.” SAMUEL LEVY MERC. CO, Midland Jubilee SINGERS ~—AT— Opera House, Wed., Feb, 19, '08, Southern Melodies, Old Plantation Songs and Music that strikes a re- sponsive cord in all breasts. -:- -:- THIS IS A RARE TREAT DON’T FAIL TO HEAR! Reserved Seats.............0.......000+2..800 NOMI 6 is 6sin. 05:65 pir v'g's's vo 06 vA pros Char Negro Boy Hit His Compan- ion on the Head With a Club. Ed. Sweets, colored, about 16 years of age, killed William Fewell, also colored and about 21 years of age, Sunday morning, at Appleton City. According to the story of bystand- ers, who saw the murder, Fewell was leaning against a post at the depot watching the morning Katy train. Just before the train pulled out Sweets approached him from behind and hit him @ heavy blow on the head with the club. Fewell dropped to the ground and Sweets caught the train that was just pulling out. He was last seen at Montrose and has not been cap- tured. Fewell died about five hours later. The killing is said to have been the result of s quarrel between Fewell ~ one of Sweet’s brothers.—Nevada ‘ost. “Got It and Gone With It.” Cole County Democrat, We are not saying a word against Dave Ball. ‘the people’s candidate,” nor against Col. Jim Whitecotton, “the farmers’ candidate,” nor against Mr. Staples, ‘the German candi date,” nor even against Judge Fort, “the cold-water candidate.” But un- lesa a great change comes to pass in the next few months, the next Gov- ernor of Missour! has already been named, and the first three letters of his name {s William S. Cowherd of Kansas City. The Democrat feele kindly toward everybody in the race, and is not disposed tu knock any- body, but it looks Itke Cowherd hae “got it and gone with it.” And he will make a good governor, too. triend M. ~~ = poak ote = Fw 3 pound can, solid packed tomatoes. 16 e coast clear down {nto old Mex ‘ P co. Kellogg says Mr. and Mrs. Me- —— Lea oe aes dae ator fo Kibben are most delightfally situa-/J/ ° Pound can hominy, 3 cans. = ted. Thefr home {sa bower of beau-|f Gallon applee.................0 85 ty, with palm trees, varied vine Fine table peaches, only.. 20 fruits, oranges, flowers, etc., {n great} Fine table pears, only... 20 ag Ng tng Shy We have a few cases of fine California plums which we want to entranced by the situation that she closeout at 2)3-pound cans, for.. 25 refused to return with her husband 2 pounds of pure maple sugar for 25 and will remain another morth. Fine Imperial tea, per pound 25 Tr an ee Prepared Buckwheat flour, per package.. 10 Real Estate Transfers. Prepared Pancakejflour, per package.. 10 . 2 packages Elijah’s;Manna for.. 25 WARRANTY DEEDS. Harriet 1 Smith to MC Ward 20 Square Deal tobaco, ee peves. = 8 sec 22 East Boone $12,000 y kind o acco fo: . IJ Jenkins to J W Chesier blk 11 2 pounds of fine imported figs for..... 25 Amoret $300. 8 de of fi kk t ounds 4 * Hatsle Borron to J F Thomas 208|) pron nnn oOnine figs for = a sec 16 & 17 New Home $270. Prunes, per pound.............. 05 H T Trowbridge to H F Stockdale|f 3 pounds dried grapes for... 125 “ me. 23 Eaet wi — Sunny Monday soap, 6 bare for. 25 raves to el @ Bec Old Country soap, 6 bars for.... -25 25 LD Reedy 40 — dy 40.0 eec|f feam Laundry soap, 6 bare for.. .25 34 Elkhart’ $1, Diamond C svap, 7 bars for . 25 L.D Reedy 40 WH Reedy 57 6 sec Clipper soap, 10 bars for....... 25 34 Elkhart High patent flour, per 50 pound sack. woe 1,25 oie beinn A a W Reedy 508 sec] We have just received a car load of bran and shorts. Come in : Mary Henne mas J Norbury 404 and get prices. : : sec 31 Walnut : ‘o- war 18 Porter to J W Gench lots 2 to BRING US YOUR PRODUCE. Yours for a Square Deal, uesday. Mr. Kellogg and wife and a brother-in law and his wife have been guests at the home of our old McKibben at Passadena, that) up, pressed-down, overflowing measure of value for every dollar spent in our store. Now, hear our prices talk! and former townsman, Jos. 8 pounds of good coffee for $1.00, ‘| J. E. WILLIAM ‘Independent as Anybody.