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STANDARD OIL COMPANY (lmcorporated) affords a Chas. McMullen, of Rich Hill, lefts) A Missourl traveling man asked a ' With his famtly for Henrietta, Okla | pretty hotel waitress if she had frog homa, where they will reside in the logs. ‘No, sir” she sald, “bus I have future. ree ve three big brothers.”” Then the drum- hag wi Yo = rst sg nye | mer ordered ham and eggs.—Dallas her parents, Mr.and Mra. R G. Hart News. wv well, Sa eT ee | Supt. Burke, Frank Allen and F. j One of the younger members of the | M. Kinney were selected as a com- ' “cullud”’ set attempted to doa loop-| mittee to euperintend the solicit- the-loop stunt with a bicycle on the | !ng of $375 for a summer play school south elde of the equare Tuesday 4nd to consider the employment of afternoon. Ashe lit upon his head, Mr. and Mre, Chas. Bushnell at a no damage was done except to the sum of not more than §100 per street and his wheel. month for both. ——-——-—————_. Rev. O E Vivion requested the use Miss Zula, the daughter of Mr. and | of the Webster school campus for Mre. H. Smith, and one of the mem- | sennie courts, Granted; but courts bers of the Harrisonville graduating | not to be exclusive class, was painfully injured on the! —_——_—_——__. school grounds last week by being) Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup struck in the face by the wire handle | does not constipate, but on the oth- | attached to the heavy ball used fn | er hand its laxative principles gently hammer throwing. |move the bowels, Children lke it. Sold by C. W. Hess. ->-— Passaic. Brought over from last week. Our Sunday School seems to be do- ing very well. Thehave decided to have Children’s Day the second Sun- Gop, day in June. The Busy Bee class met at the eburch on Sunday afternoon. Miss Headquarters Grand Army of | the Republic. Kansas City, Mo., April 4, 1908 eral Orders No. 5 MEMORIAL DAY. Il Saturday, May 30, 1908, will Vesti Rice is the president. Each be fittingly observed by she com- member wears a little badge of a Bee, an organization gotten up in our Sunday School by the teacher of this class for the purpose of doing something for the upbullding of the class and Sunday School, so we trust they will be successful in their work and always be busy in doing some thing good. There was not any league on Sun- day night on account of bad weath- er, Onour next meeting night all are invited to come and heip us in this great work, for all good people ought to be Interested in this good work, And what a vast amount o! good, they could accomplish it they would only come and do it. Will you come and do 18? Asa Roster was doing a good work on Saturday morning dragging our roads. Ifall would go and do like wise, we might have our roads tn bet ter shape. Corn is looking fine, but some are re-planting, and some are not quite through plowing and planting, but they are getting anxious to get through. Oate are looking fine {n most places, and we notice some are head 1g out quite early, Our pastor returned home from Ms. Zion on the noon train Monday. My friend, do you take-your coun- v paper? No, Well, why not take HE Ties and get the news of your county? The editor will be glad to send you his paper for a year. Go {n and see bim the next time you are in Butler on the south side and have his paper make you {ts weekly visits. [vis only a dollar and watch him smile, a8 he gets to look on one more dollars of our dad. Dixie Sharp took dinner with Char- lea Zwablens Sunday, and did not get away until Monday morning on account of the rain. Miss Cathaline Church stayed all night with Miss Mamie Packer on Sunday night. Misses Gladys Wilcox and Nottle Smiser were the guests of Miss Verna Brummett for dinner on Sunday. Miss Anna Clendening had the pleasure of entertaining eix of her Sunday School class pupils for din- ner Sabbath. Wheat ts beginning to head out; will not be very long, until we hear the rattle of the binder. Harvest will be here before the farmers are ready for it, but time and tide watts for no man. Mr. and Mrs. Callahan went to vis- it his brother and wife, who live at Johnstown. We believe they are CASTORIA. sincaeitieaiemasestite Boars the The Kind You Have Always Bought | An Eeklmo will devour greedily / Signature Cpt |‘wenty pounds of meat a day. A t & le | Russian Tartar will eat in twenty-| both down with typhold fever. They four hours forty pounds. Captain ;Cochrane mentions a Tartar who }consumed in that time the hind quarters ofa large ox, twenty pounds of fat and proportionate quantity Wing Hop, a Chinese gardener liv ‘ ing near Fresno, Calitornia, has out Burbanked Burbank by Inventing an | odorless onfon. This onion has all the qualities of the ordinary vegeta ble with none of the odor. Dear Mr. Wing, won’t you please come down | of melted butter for drink. Three of to Bates county? | his tribe—the Yakut!—think nothing Secretary Metcalf has detatled Ad- | of polishing off a reindeer at & meal. miral Robley D. Evans, late Com-|—Ex. mander {n Chief of the Atlantic fleet ee ee to duty with the General Board of} A man from Atlanta was showing the navy, which has to do with the to some friends what looked Iike a preparation of plans for naval cam-| pig cigar wrapped in tinfoil. He Reign Png pee AR took it outofa breast pocket, and August {¢ 18 probable that he will be | !t looked for all the world like one of detailed for “special duty” with the| these expensive smokers, “I got this board. | down In Atlanta,” he sald. “It muss DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are|have been a good cigar to bring it gmall,safe, sure and gentle little pills. up all this way,” remarked one of Sold by C. W. Hess. \the group. “Is isn’’ acigar,” said have our sympathy, and we trust they may soon be up again. he two Misses Gragg are attend. ing the summer school at Adrian. May success attend their efforts. The third quarterly conference for Pasgnic circuit will convene at Mt. Zion church the filth Sunday in May The Presiding Elder, Rev. W. G Beasley, will be’ with us and preach for us on Sunday night and hold the quarterly conference on Monday morning. All have a cordial invita- tion to attend the services. The pas tor will preach in the morning —A. C. Clendening, P. C. CABSBTORIA. sara the The Kind You Have Always Bought toms Cjfhtdu (Theda Real Estate Transfers. WARRANTY DEEDS. rr | Henry Frieze, slong about the time | the traveler. He peeled off the tin-| James E Huddelaon to —Suean of Good Friday, planted his pota \toll and displayed a clgar-shaped toes. Aa they failed tocome up, he! bottle filled with whieky. “You concluded a few days ago to re-| know Georgia’s prohibition now,” lant. Upon stirring the soll he)s, sig —K. C. Star ound that almost every seed had ppb ices - sprouted, but instead of coming up throah the earth and making atop had grown a new potato on the end ofeach sprout. Mr, Frieze left some CASTORIA of them at this office which are now For Infants and Children, onexbibition. He may get a patent | The Kind You Have Always Bought on hie new varlety of topless tubers —Hume Telephone. Bears the Cnplitzu casToRntra. Signature of Bears the - The Kind You Have Always Bought Columbia Herald: The business ¢ lo man whois dolnga business equal While in Carroll county Sunday the| to that of a yearago ts doinga editor had an opportunity tolookat phenomenal business, because laet the drainage system fn the Missourl| year was phenomenal in all respects. bottoms which 1s composed of one| Basiness in most lines robably main ditch and a number of laterals | ?78!7¢ p While this system 1s not as large ae|doesn’s quite reach the bigh water that being dug in this cqunty, {tis a| mark, butit {se very good and 1s probably ahead of what was being + eucceas. Landin the drained strict is worth from $150 to $250) gone two years ago. The recent flurry did not make the deep impres- r acre, and ie very eimilar * > 5 we BS By flee sion on the business affairs of the country which the pantie of 1893 did, ne man we talked to in Ray county in the bottom district has a large because the earller panic wae preced- ed by many years of bad crops and tract which has been in wheat for a number of years. He saye he has av ae ee wae, therefore, of a very serious na- ture. on this land for a number of years — “ Take Scot?f’s Emulsion. K . Itcontains Cod Liver Oiland Hypop! 80 it to tak easy to digest. _ peel as ho Herd oe Se inching Rich Hill Tribune. Because is exhausted and your system Ig It builds up and strengthens your entire system. Rucker lote 83 & 84 Adrian$800. C W MeMallen to Ruth 4 McMul- len lots 3 & 4 blk 4 Town Cos 1st ad to Rich Hill $2C. Geo P Huckeby to D R Lowry. lot 5 blk 98 Town Cos 1st add to Rich Hill $25. : Gwin Van Metre to D R Lowry lot 6 blk 98 Town Cos let add to Rich Hill $20. Geo Lobensteln to G P Wyatt lot in sec 23 Mt Pleasant twp in the city of Butler $500. Thos J Smithto AH Kipt 3004 sec 4 & 5 Pleasant Gap $9000. Heirs of Nancy M Leffler to J G | rades of the (irand Army of the Re- public as Memorial Day. Children of the public schools, as far as possible, under the direction of their teachers or school officlals, and all patriotic people and patriotic organizations are Invited to participate in the cere- monies of the day. i If]. The address of President Abraham Lincoln, at Getsysburg, November 19, 1863, shall be read at all Memorial Day exercises under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic. IV. Posts situated upon the oceans, lakes, rivers and streams will, wherever possible, join with the auxiliary corps and allied organiza- tions in the beautiful, “Memortal Service to the Sailor Soldier Dead,” promulgated {on General Order No. 9, April 6. 1904, by Mra Sarah J. Win- ans, national president Women’s Re- lief Corps, and which memorial ser- vice will be found on pages 323 4 of the journal of the Woman’s Rellef Corps, and on page3 8 9 of the 38th national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, both held at Boston, Mass., in 1004. V. Post commanders will, in thelr respective communities, arrange for posts to attend divine services on the Sunday preceeding Memorial Day. FLAG DAY, VI. By the rules and regulations all members of the Grand Army of the Republic are directed to observe June 14 as Flag Day. In 1908 June 14 occurs on Sunday. While I can not conceive that the display of the Stars and Stripes, the emblem of “that righteousness which exalteth anation,”’ could {n any way be re- warded as a desecration of the Sab- bath, still, out of deference for the opinions of those who may possibly think otherwise, 1 request that the ene observe Saturday, the 3th. By order of Charles G. Burton, Commander-in-Chief.Jere F. Dew, Adjutant General. There are forty-five widows, old mulds and young girls in this dis- trict of marriageable age, and they are all right too; forty-two old bach- elors, widowers and honest hearted hopeful youths who want to marry; they are all right too. One justice of the peace and four ministers, two doctors in our town and several va- cant houses; {¢ does look like some- thing ought to be done to stir them up.—Hume Telephone. Mr. Coburn’s recipe for alfalfa greens was not Included in the An. thony Republican’s cook book, go it {egiven here: “For a family of five, select two medium sized stacks of sixth cutting alfalfa, cut in the dark ofthe moon, from which all stems, leaves and cockroaches have been re. moved. Place in a buttered wash- tub and stir until thoroughly tired, sprinkle lightly with kerosene and let stand indefinitely. When con- venient boll in a weak lye over aslow fire for a week, stirring in kaftircorn- meal until the desired consietency is obtained. A teaspoonful of Castoria may be added for flavoring. Serve coldin army camp kettles with syrup desorghum. This {s esteemed asa rare delicacy, and is a skin food that has no equal.’”’—K. C. Star. When your food seems-to nauseate take Kodol. Take Kodol now and until you know yuu are right again. There isn’t any doubt about what it will do and you will find the truth of thisstatement verified after you have used Kodol for a few weeks. Itis sold here by C. W. Hoss. The Questions were Pertinent. From the New York Times, Heinrich Conried, the retising man- ager of the Metropolitan opera house, said at a recent dinner in New York: “Yes, in that crisis I madea mis- take, as queer a mistake as one, that was made last week by a friend of Claunch lote135 & 136 Town Co8|mine, Lutheran clergyman. 1st add to Adrian $800. Crescent Hill Cemetery Asso to Alexander Leffler lot 110 blk 3 Cres- cent Hill Cemetery $12. Thomas E Williams to James E Convers lot 6 blk 17 Town of e Sprague $25. Emma C Hickman to Mayme J. Hickman 64 ft east side lot 2 blk 2 Williams 1et add to Butler $2500. A young man in a large city, when *\he becomes lonesome and weary of standing around on the corners, usually drifts into a saloon where he is always welcome and those {n there will acquaint themselves with him and engage in conversation. Then the church wonders why so many young men coming from the country to the city go astray. They never invite his acquatntance, and several hundrea church members may have joetled against him in the busy throng. If he were to hunt a church | q where there-were services and enter, more than likely not one would speak ito him, Why then do they hunta ‘place where strangers are sociable? —Ex. ; The clergyman had advertised for a butler, and the next morning alter breakfast a well dressed, clean shav- en young man in black was ushered into his study. “Name, please?’ sald the clergy- an. “ ‘Hilary Arbuthnot, sir.’ “Age?” “ ‘Twenty-eight.’ “ ‘What work have you been accus- tomed to?’ “ 7 am a lawyer, sir.’ “The clergyman started. This was odd. However, ashe knew, many were called in the law, few chosen. “ ‘But,’ he said, ‘do you under- stand the conduct of a household? “In @ general way, yes,’ murmur. ed the applicant. Obituary. Death with all its attendant, sor- row and bereavement has again cast its shadow on our community and taken from us one of our dear little boys. He was loved by all who knew him. Little Earl was 11 years, 9 months and 10 days. Weep not that tlower was plucked so soon. can only prepare our lives to meet him “in the sweet beyond.” Little Earl was a long patient sufferer, but | after the trials and sufferings for the period of several years the cold gray finger of death gently rapped at hia| door May 13, 190s. Entered {n and pressed his brow to sleep. “Asleep tn Jesus, blessed sleep. From which none ever wake to weep.”” We cannot call him back to ue; we | No: 2 |The Missour! Pacific Time Table at Butler Station. CURRECTED TIME TABLE, SOUTH BOUND, . 20 Joplin & Southwest mail & Ex 5:05 a . 207 K.C.& Joplin mail & Express 12:36 p Do a. & Nevada mall & Exprese9:i8 p 1 Local freight 1:18 ORTH BOUND, No. 26 Kansas City and St. Louie Ex.7:'0am No. 23 Kansas City mail and Exprese }2:38 p m No. 210 Kansas City limited mail llwpm LOCAL FREIGHT * Local Freignt 11:55 Kansas Clty stock 3:35 INTERSTATE DIVISION, WEST ROUND. No, 741 Local freight and Pas mixed 2a8T ROUND, Local freight and Pas mixed ar5:00 pm . 713 Sunday Passenger 8:00am No. Tid Sunday Passenger, arrives 12:30 p @ E. C, Vawpenvoont, Agent. Home Seekers Excursion. To points in Alabama, \Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Uieorgta, Idaho, 20am No. 7 | Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mext- }co, Mississipp!, Montana, \Nebraska, | Nevada, New Mextco, {Oklahoma, The long watches of the nights are | Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, over, and he fs gone; gone from his| Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, earthly home; one from the soctety | Wisconsin, Wyoming. On all fires of those he loved: gone to live with the dear ones “over yonder” and with the angels. and stormy without but within there was a holy quiet only disturbed by the heavy breathing of a dying boy and the sobs of weeping parents and loved ones. We watched by his side many days and nights, We hoped and prayed the death might stay his hand and leave him with us. But death halted not in his onward march, and with ruthless tread crush- | ed our hearts, and laid hold on the one we loved. Morning dawned, but little Earl did not look upon the sunshine Friends passed {n and out, but he saw them not. He wasshrouded for the grave, but saw not his white apparel. We drew back the curtain to look upon the calm and quiet face, but he did not notice us. We called bust he would not answer; we wept bitter tears of grief, but he heeded not our sorrow. Then the cottin came and friendly hands lifted the, precious little dust into the soft cushioned little bed, The selected hymns were sung: Nearer My God to Thee, Precious Gems. We'll never say goodbye, and Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, after which he was lafd to rest in the Mt. Olive cemetery May 14, 108. Besides parents he leaves two brothers and a little slater to mourn his loss. The community extends to them their most heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement. OnE, Kodolcompletely digests all classes of food. It will get right at the trouble and do the very work {teelf for the stomach. It fs pleasant to take. Sold by C. W. Hess. The Sympathetic Judge. From Judge's Library A certain judge once presiding over acriminal court was famous as one of the most compassionate men who ever had sat on that bench. His softness of heart, however, did not prevent him from dotng his duty as judge In that court. A man who had been convicted of stealing a small amount was brought {nto the court for sentence. Helook- ed very sad and hopeless, and the court was much moved by his con- trite appearance. “Have you ever been sentenced to imprisonment?” the judge asked. “Never! Never!’ exclaimed prisoner, bursting into tears. “Don’t ery, don’t cry,” said the judge, consolingly. “You're going to be now.” Depositors Paid in Hour. Guthrie, Ok., May 25.—Within one hour from the time H. P. Smock, Oklahoma Banking Commissioner, had taken charge of;the [nternation- al Bank, of Colgate, he had author. {ty to pay the depositors. in full, though the bank’s cash‘jand avail- ablefunds in other banks fell $22,000 short of the total amount of de- posits. The Commissioner was enabled to do this under the operation of the new banking law, and this 1s the first time {t has been called into use. Commissioner Smock took charge of the bank for alleged violations of the banking laws, and notified the Banking Board at once. Governor Haskell, president of the Banking Board, immediately authorized the payment of depositors in full, and it ‘ the by ym you carve?’ . ——_______ ae 8. “Washi glaee and silver?’ Evans at the White,House. “ T—er—think so.’ The young| Washington, May 25—Rear Ad- man seemed em! ; . He frown-| miral Evans, looking none & well, ed and blushed. Justthen the clergy- | but that he was as “fitasa man’s wife entered. : id fiddle, called on President Roose- “ ‘Are you married?’ was her first juestion. “That sald the young man, ‘was what I called to see your husband about, \. re ig to know it he can make {t convenient to officiate at ay wedding at noon néxt Thure- The President congratulated admiral on his successful tri with the battle ship fleet to the Pact- fic coast and told him that he had endeavored to secure for him the grade of vice admiral, but bad been and third Tuesdays of each month jas rate of one and one,half fare plus The night wasdark | $2.00 for round trip. Twenty-one days from date of eale Second class colonists rates to Los | Angeles, San Francisco, Santlago and other California points $30.00. | To Portland, Oregon; Tacoma, Se- jattle and other northeast points | $8120. City of Mexteo $34.30. On ‘sale March 1st to April 30th 1908, | E. C. Vanpervoort. JOHN F. HERREL & SON Make a Speciality of Farm Insurance and Real Estate BUTLER,MO, | Office in court house, Diseases of women and Children a Specialty Office The Over Butler Cash Depart- ment Store, Butler, Mo, Office Telephone a0. Honse Telephoneld r DR. E. N. CHASTAIN. I BUTLer, Mo, Office over Bennett-Wheeler Mer, Co, Residence High Street. Office Phone 21%, Residence Phone 195. COOPELOTIOLS AIM AA OOOO OPPO OSSOO SS 00099 SOTOOS8 O00 O08 DR. H. M. CANNON, ; Dentist, ; BUTLER, - MISSOURI. WILL BE IN 3 ADRIAN EVERY FRIDAY, 3 prepared to do all kinds of den- tal work. 004000000000 04400086008 000000 B. F. JETER, Attorney at Law and Justice, Office over H. H, Nichols, East side square, Butler, Mo. DR, J. T. HOLL DENTIST. futrance, same thatiead to Hagetorn’s ‘taiio.north side square. Butler, Mo. T. C. BOULWARE, Physician and Surgeon. Office North Side Square, Butler, Mo. Diseases of women and children @ specialty. 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