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‘THE DAYLIGHT STORE.” We are showing a very large eassortment of | Summer Shirts Which we just received for hot weather trade 50c to $2.00 New Things also in Neckwear. COME TO US FOR Shoes and Oxfords Tans, Patents or Plain Buckle, Button or Lace--also WORK SHOES Of the best money can buy. All solid leather-- no cut off vamps. e . CLOTHING HOUSE th American Building--The Center of Town. Ederheimer, Stein & Co MAKERS A Watch Free With Knee Pant Suits $2 or Over. Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Ali MeCracken was in from Spruce | 7 unbleached muslin at 5c yd— Sam’l Levy Merc. Co. Mrs H. A. Morgan of Duenweg, | Missouri ts visiting friends and-reta- Squire J. W. Darby was over from | tives in the clty. Foster Monday on business. —Mrs, Mrs George Herrell of Adrian was j,mily of W. WwW x $10-00 sults at $7.50—Sam'l Levy entertained by friends and relatives amily of Wesley Warnock. Mere. Co. in this clty, the first of the week, bh biled. gist ot Maaton, Mc., ete | ey, eet W. J. Bard was a business visitor to the couaty seat on Monday. John Rossen, Jr., Butler’s expert publishe plasterer, favored us substantially. ilk Mrs Geo. L. Smith and Miss Mar- @"S. we _ atScperyd—Sam'l Levy vel Lloyd haye gone to Chandler, ere. CO, Rey. Vivion attended the Mintsters fw weeks. _ Annual Institute at Fayette, Mo, last week. Sam’l Levy Merc. Co. Citizens of Galiatin, Missourl, have \frs. W,E Walton senrned the subscribed $1,500 toward buying @ jast of the week from a two week’s town clock. { | lose! We lose!’” All styles {n Ladies oxtords—Sam’! Denver, Col. Levy Mere. Co. returned home Saturday night from’ gratulations. a visit to relatives and friends in. Kansas City. +, C.K Guinn, of Adrian, was a bus!- ™ ness visitor to the county seat the —first-of the week. ' Warrensburg has been raf sing oc -eupation taxes to meet the loca option deficlency. Clark Wix, charged by the Kansas | yjoinity in 27 ey Prof. W. W. Kenoly, princtpal of City Police with the murder of John TS eT ene 4%) the colored schools, called and favor- er te released on @ $10,000 | ed us with renewal. ORE SURG: $2 00 white walsts at $1 25 each— Sam’l Levy Mere. Co. B4 you buy, get our prices on! Sunday, June 21st. © clothing, hats and shoes.—Blac' Arnold Clothing Co. } yd.—Sam’l Levy Mere. Co. ‘taffeta silk Speclal 85c¢ yd—Sam’l Chic Mrs. George Harlan came up from’ Levy Merc. Co. a Otterville the last of the week to vis and. Mrs. J. €. Clark — | _Roger-Walden, the little son of Mr. oo ee ” | and Mrs. S. D. Walden, who has been | day morning. 8. G. Adame, of the Virginia nelgh-! sick with typhold for some time, is | borhood, collector for Charlotte! reported convalescing. ownship, wasin the city Monday. | Girt Wantep—For general house | Republican National Meyer, east side square 38 | ness at the county seat. Sam Barr left Rich Hill Friday New shirts, ties and underwear in {our clothing dept—Sam’l Levy Merc. Co. J. W. Watnright, Sergeant Com- | ARE THE ONLY HARNESS MAKERS IN THE TOWN. ager, Major Frank H. Crowell. Everything Strictly First-class. | Saddles, Sole Leather Tree Saddles, Vancouver Barracks, Wash. oe . ore oye Bridles, Halters, Col: | Dr. Harriet “Crysler, uate of | friends in the county. T! pani iret oe |The American School of Osteopathy, | formerly lived in Spruce township: Just received a large assortment Kirksville, Mo., has opened an office of Lap Dusters and Fly Nets. Pow- at 808 North Main street. er's Cotton Collars for sore necks, Deer Skin Pads, Bickmore and Ger- man Gall Cure, Scott’s Arabian | Paste, Harness Oil, Johnson and jig campuign for County Judge. ¥ Mica Axle Grease, Baum's Castor- ine, Buggy Paint, Wire Horse Muz- Our old friend Frank Oldaker drop- zles for corn plowing, Sheep Bells, > bag nog Heong bape ay ee | Calf Weaners. Tents, Paulins and hs for shirsy on Wis soul 4 Wagon Sheets for sale or rent, tall to app late such old friends. Wagon Sun Shades. We have some special prices in| , be began tee, eine ot ee Road Scrapers. See the scraper we snus tase ago, ie to be sell for $5.50; sold elsewhere for’ ownere can secure satiafactory terms $6.50. , with the clty. We are the sole agents for the) genuine Red Rope Paper and Elk & ns te ae Ss rie gen hed Flexo Rubber Roofing—positively| their wheat and clean thelr corn the best sold. See this roofing be- | would bea great blessing right no fore you buy, and get the best. to Bates county. . |C. T. U. published two Iete of Review. on Wednesday distributin, senting Ruth in the grain field. Chambers for the past two weeks, left for home Wednesday. Mise Hatnes leaves shortly for an extended visit so friends {n Oklahoma The fires culttvator ever used fn the vicinity of Drexel, Missouri, sccord- tg to the Star, was brought there trom Springfield, Lilinois, by Jesse B yeuart, thirty-eight years ago. The sevtlers there, like true Missourians, nad to be shown before they would velleve that it would do any work whatever. The Roller Mills of Stockton, Mis- sour, burned, together with about 2000 bushels of wheat in storage, Saturday night of last week. accord- tng to the Eidorado Sua. The pro rey was insured for about $7,000 yhich will not nearly cover the loss. The milis will probably be rebullt. 1,300 persone; 56 towns were de stroyed and many rural district: | storm swept, lt has been a year of uousual disasters, From many} p ints unfavorable crop conditions *|some time ago from ‘of this city, died Wednesday morn- ing after a protracted {llness. The deceased leaves a wife and one say, ‘the latter living in Oklahoma. The deceased leaves a wife and one son, | she laster living in Oklahoma. The’ body was shipped to Kansas City for burial. The family came here ‘ansas City, | and during theirresidence have made many warm friends, who deeply sympathize with them in their be-| | reavement., Charley Dixon put hands Into his! wheat field Monday with the old |fwshioned hand cradles and saved ule crop. He had ten acres of good wheat which he raised for his own | use and he wasn’t taking any chances | walting for the ground to dry so he could get {nto the field with a binder. | Such pluck and energy as that al- ways wins. Ifthe rains keep up a Up to June 1st there had fbeen &| few days longer, many of our farm: | total of forty-two cyclones this year | erg will have to follow Charley's ex- | causing 441 deaths and tojurlng! ample or lose their crops. | Miss Mary E. Haines, of Drexel,) Charles T. Snow, an old gentleman The EiDorado Sun published a who has been she guest of Mrs. J. M. | whose home is {n the southeast part «ood cut of our Congressman with the following comment: “David A. DeArmond, the able and dissingulsh- ed Democrat, who has served the people of this congressional district sv tultifully, honestly and efticlently for the past sixteen years. So uni- versally acceptable ts Mr. DeArmond to his Democratic constituents, that uo one entered she tield againes him for she nomination this year; and so strong ts his hold upon their admira- sion and affections that he willagain be Invincible at the ballot box at the the coming election.” The Scenle Theatre of Appleton Cixy fs no more, The managers, have, Ike the Arab, eflehsly stolen away. Inthe heydey of it’s youth the Scenie theatre blossomed like she flowers {n Springtime, but alas, a frossin theshape of an attach- ment caused {ts to wither and die, and when its lovely petals began to wither it was found that more than one firm had cause to do a little at- saching onthe side and ‘twas then A man coming bere from Rich Hill, | those at the head of the concern de- or known to have visited that town,|clded to seek pastures new and {e under suspicion of our local ofti-|greener. And, according to The Trt- cers, and had better walk circum-' bune, the mourning populace fs held- Services at the Catholic church next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs..J G. Wilbur, of Webb City, - James Snell, of Carthage, returned home Monday, - a'ter a pleasant week's visit with the The Nevada Daily Mall ts to be scoring : ulte an effective “beat” last Friday. author of an exceptlonally beautiful phe two-thirds of a column devoted book on, which {s now betng §o ¢he “town cow” was & peach and ‘ we could almost smell the warm The sporting editor of the Schell Oklahoma, to visit relatives fora City News {n writing up a ball game branches out in the following effus- 9 : ry — fon: Otall sad words, Told in the 90 60 black wederskiets of $1 48 , News, The saddest are theee: “We we wad | the Mingo Items fn ; the Urich Herald that our old friend visit to his sister, Mrs. Chandler, at Willis L. Yeates and Miss Kate Board were united {n marriage in Clinton Misses Jessle and Maude Jenkins on Wednesday of last week (Con- Mr. and Mrs. John R. Shepherd, : eines aeeinei —_o! Fay: a 1)'36 In. bleached muslin at Ske day visiting thefamily of N. B. Jeter. ‘Mr. Shepherd is & brother of Mrs. Jeter. This is their tirst trip to this A. A, Abbott and family after a pleasant visit at the home of Circult Clerk T. D. Embree left for their Owing to bad weather the Wood- home in Plainfield, Wis., the first of men memorial services were adjourn- the week. Mr. Abbots had been in ed over from ‘ast Sunday to next Mississippi where he owns a sawmill. OD Austin, editor of the Record $1.25 to $1.50 black guaranteed and Clark Wix, postmaster, left for © on Monday to attend the Convention which opened In that clty on Tues- A heavy wind last Saturday after {noon tore the two 65 fees-smoke | stacks off the ice plant at Nevada? ; ete Neate fey ng hag The engineer of the plant was ine | sownship was over from Fos /ed by a heavy timber falling on him. work. Good wages. Apply to Joe! frag of the week, transacting busl- The damage will amount if abuat | $70 | | We understand that Captain Joc- night for an extended business trip quin Harper has resigned his position C al all to Memphis, Tennesse, and other im-|{n the Farmers Bank, which he has | portant southern points. | acceptably filled for several years, to | accept employment with the Sculley | Mabbott took the saloon fixtures people under the Bates county man-/@nd Mr. Seese the buildings and, Wesley Burnett and two daugh- | pany M., let Reg. U. S. Army, orders be ony big: ¥ 4! tay — in ‘k Saddles, Ladies’ Astride hi from Manila to | Sunday from their home in Santa Steel fork Saddies, Ladies’ Astride his paper changed m Manila to Barbara, Cal , to visit the family of Geo: Price in this clty and other Burnette Hereafter whena Rich Hill man wants to get his name into print the L. S. Paddoek was in Butler on | easiest and quickest way to do so fs : Monday and called at THe TIMES | to eign asaloon petition, and he {s|20W Mre. Will Miers, of Kansas City. \office. He was outin the interest of|/sure to get-“bawled out.’’ The W. pett- j tion signers in Saturday’s Rich Hill John Deerwester, member State Board of Agriculture, was in Butler hand-| the portfolio of Attorney General in | some calendars advertising the state | et at en October ; be! 9 in- clusive. He @ very handsome allt if the | calendar at THE Times office, repre- The business men and citizens of | here last bg genes and Fri-! Merwin are making elaborate prepa-|day mo! rations to celebrate the Glorious|the bri 7 Fourth. Last year they held a cele-j about wh bration which was a marked success | been made. The steel for ¢ made thie | has been laying in the railroad yards were renoreed. Ez. spectly, head up, chest out and toe che cuigaatibess the beeline. Woe unto him if be! The Carpenter-Shafer Company has {should happen to get his legs cross discontinued the practice of blowing|ed, then he would find himeelf tn iis big whistle three times a day be-}durance vile and his pocket-book cause tt had a tendency to scare| depleted by a fine and trimmings. farmere teams on the square, The, We would advise our Rich Hill friends whistle, sounding at 71n the morn. | to bring certificates of good charac- ing, at noon and 6 in the evening| ter with them when they visit the had become a great convenience to | county seat. our people and will be missed, Ed. Eckles, ving south of Peru, |was having & tough time of it last | Suaceeag, trying to harvest his week and sustained a broken leg. “ eat, Hoentered his field with a Mies Gladys and Ovls Groves and | pew binder, but hand's gone far be be — and sister were | replacing Athy wih sa hens tiving, when the horses rau away throwlug out the occupants, Miss nelghbor, and getting a good start } she tongue snapped, Ed. isa good Sao laoee ay ee nS natured fellow and didn't openly break one of the commandments, bg sai | aes mame aoene - —— = aan pare aman quite discouraging to farmers. e Who wou ave paid well Tora per crab grass in some sections {s taking son who could have done the subject the cern, The ground is so soft thas justice. te ts almost impossible to get into (has. F Hald the wheat fields with binders. The’ getective, who died In Kansas Ciey wheat {s safe so far, is ‘nots hurt by | ast week of pneummonta, was a form: rust and the heads are well filled out. | or e{¢{zan of Bates county, living in A few days sunshine would prove a Woss Boone township. He has been great boone. | on the detective force for some time Memorial services of Bates Lodge = was jog myer eo {n poring xp 1801.0 O. F. will be held at the M., the case of the murder of John Ma- E. church south next Sunday evening 80" against Clark Wix, and contract: June 21th at 8 o'clock, prompt. &4 4 severe cold when he went to Rev. Vivion will preach the Genes Camden Potnt to tdentity Mason’s Rebekahs and Odd Fellows will body, from which he never recovered. meet at their hall at 7 o'clock Martin Haldeman of this clty and and march to the church. All mem- James Haldeman of Drexel are his bers take notice. brothers. In the case of R W. Watt, C. A Since the settlement of the coal Grube, John Shubert, J.N. Kline and strike, the various mine operators Giurden who were arrested, charged = be jhe — eres Hill with working on the Sabbath, Prose. ave been. busily engaged cleaning up | cuting Attorney Dawson refused their mines and in & number of{n- | to file {nformation. Mr Dawson stances taking out of coal has been says that from all the evidence pro- = bir) —— yeti at =, Sal his —? Fw oe ja time of the year {s not heavy, were already engaged in thelr work and for this reason several of our when midnight over took them and mines are still Idle. —Review. | shere was no intentlonal direct viola Mise Gladys Groves, of Drexel, was thrown from a buggy Sunday of last leman, bhe well known _ a — _ | Ira Wiser, a farmer of Summit! Mr —— sald t township, brought his ten year old) «4, son to Butler for medical attention Friday afternoon He was suffering from the effects of a rattle snake bite. The little fellow was reaching under abrush pile for some eggs, when thesnake bit him in the left! hand. His hand and arm were badly awolen and very painful when Dr. Lockwood’s office was reached. hat {6 was not his |intention to use the power of the state to settle personal quarrels and that he does not Intend to allow the | tuXpayers’ money to goto pay the | coats In these kind of cases Since deciding that white children were almost good enough to go to school with those of color, that 1s as long as the whites behave themselves, the Illinois supreme court has decid- ed that the fifteen citizens of Alton | who were members of the school) board who refused to admit the chil- dren of the negro Bibb to the schools, must pay the costs{n the case. The costs amount to $2.- 053.97. Bert Seese has become the sole! proprietor of the business, block on | the south east corner of the square. | The partnership existing between | Seese & Mabbott was disolved; Mr | fill all orders promptly convenience when you need @ repa meat market. He assumes all the | indebtedness and expects tocontinue in the butchers business. Rumor has, it that Mr. Mabbott expects togo to. ElDorado Springs and go into the, saloon business in that town. ' | Wade Hampton Ellis, Atto-ney | General of Ohio, now serving his sec- | ond term, drafter of the Taft-Roose- | velé platform adopted by the Chi-| cago convention this week, is a brother of Mrs. John W. Abernathy, He at one time lived in Butler, stud- fed law in Mr. Abernathy’s office and | was local reporter on THE Daity Times. His old friends here will be glad to note the success which has) attended his efforts, and hope, ff Mr. | Taft te elected that Mr. Ellis will fill We are headquarters for the tors, and {f you want to keep cool his cabinet. | R. F. Aarper, A. D. Hyde and} Estes Smith, Bates County’s County Court, accompanied by E B Borron, | county, bridge commissioner, were large stock of the American and y were viewlng across Willow Branch so much pany ogres has bridge | well as trade forsame. Thanking > Come arfii see us at all times, We understand that John L. Stan- herefor some time but it has been = Wicca fof Seen Rearnancian Gaaare nema” rawr corse! BONNLt-Whee i . ‘tation, now | Mer out to|e en may a rie , in 8t. Louis. Mr. Stanley was | Amsterdam’s csebeetions and she! bridge will be moved a little farther Gigi @& & ler the firet of the week on|can expec ood PHONE nyt + * r from jeouth and lstande,—A' from where it now Bnterpriee. aw. When interviewed The Flood is Over Or at least the worst of it, and we are still doing business at the old stand and can Harvesting Machinery and Twine We have a good stock of McCormick and Milwaukee binders, mowers and rakes on hand and our prices are right the best McCormick twine at 10¢ per pound. We also have the largest stock of machine repairs in Bates county, which is quite & Buggies and Harness We have the best selected stock of Buggies and Harness ia But ler and our prices as low as the lowest. We handle the Velle and Morris Woodhull line of buggies and youcan’t beat them. We also have the largest and best line of Rubber Tired driving wagons and stanbopes in Bates county, and our prices are ‘way down. Will sel you a nice rubber tired Bike Wazon for $50.00. Who can beat it? | Screen Wire, Doors, etc. Weare agents for the Climax Pearl Galvanized Screen Wire which {s the best screen wire made, and will last three times as long us the old style. We also have a large stock of screen doors tn both plain and fancy and our prices are right. Gasoline and Oil Stoves Stoves, and the Perfection Oil Stoves, which are the best made. We also have a full line of the white “enameled lined” Herrick refrigera- Groceries, Hardware, etc. We have the best selected stock of Groceries and Hardware in Bates county, and our prices as low as the lowest. make the best fence on the market. Remember, we buy all kinds of country produce and pay cash as a continuance of same, We are yours truly, {ng the eack, We call attentlon to the financial condition.of the Missourt! State Bank and The Walton Trust Company, of Butler, Mo, as shown in thelr con- solldated statements in this paper. These fnatitations had on hand tn ‘cash and in notes and farm mort wages Seven Hundred and Seven Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Dollars, with total assets aggregat- ing Seven Hundred and Forty-Three Tnousand Six Hundred and Thirty- Two Dollars, The Bank and Trust Company are both old concerns do- ing a large and profitable business, and justly enjoy the contidence of the public generally. A very pathetle accldent occured Monday on the Blue river near In- dependence, when Miss Juantta Ewin and Alfred Buchanan were drowned Disrewarding the high water and the dangers of hidden stumps and snags the young people started out ina canoe, Several bystanders warned them to be careful, bu’ intent upon thelr enjoyment they patd Ifttle heed Near the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ratlway bridge, Miss Ewin was seen to rise up from her postition in the canoe and the next instant had lost her balance and had fallen over board. Young Buchanan tnstantly dived and secured a hoid upon her Making his way back to the canoe he threw his lefe ara over the gun- wale but it turned over and they went down. After a fewstruggles all was quiet ‘The bodies were recover ed close together about an hour aft- er the accident, The young people had grown up from children together and were regarded as lovers. Young Buchanan had just accepted a good position witha Kansas Clty firm and was to have begun work Tues day morning As we go to press we learn that the Miss Ewin mentioned above ts 4 cousin of ex-shertff Chas, Ewin Sporting Goods. Spalding’s Base Ball and Athlesic goods at Smith's sf ‘Just around the corner,’? , We are selling {r real badly. celebrated Quick Meal Gasolfne it will pay you to look us up. We also havea Electric Weid Field Fences which you for past trade, and soliciting ler Merc, Co, NO. 82.