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Ghe Butler EEN TREN yt 2 SCORER Nae are eckly Tinies. State Histor; i ety, " win sf i ata ee ee VOL. XXX, BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST, 13 1908. NO, 42 OFFICIAL VOTE OF BATES COUNTY PRIMARY, AUGUST 4, 1908. Virginia. Passaic. «| 28) 42) 68) gy) 13) 10} 8} 35) 36) 28) a 8) 6 16) yg) 9 26) 98) 87) 97] 15) 18} 23) 41) gs! a1! ty 1) o 10} 13) 87/30] 18 9 38} 5) 8} 4 9} 3) 10) 5] 6 26) 93) 87) 97] 18) | | 18) 31) 60) 27) 28) 25) 18) 51) 44] 18) 26) 28) 88) 27) 15) 11) 9) 40) go} 16 A 2} 1, 0) a} Oo 16} 88) 49) 87) 24 0} 4) 1) gf 8 12) 4) 21) 10) 6) . 96) 23) 87) 27) 15) For State Treasurer— | James MM... ~ | 43} 49/124) 75) 55) 26] 23) 88) 97] 15 43) 50/126) 75) 55) 13) 10) 44) 19) 7) | to 21] 3) 7 8) 16) 42) 13) 10) 3) 5) 8) 16) 3} 25] 19) 29) gy) 20 1) 6 15) 9) 7 No tl oo “| 5} 4 13} 8} Vi} 8) 80) 13} 8) A roe O} G) 138) 8) 4) Wm. W. Wilder....r........) 6} 7) 81) a) 8) For Judge of Supreme Court | | Waller W. Graves ..d 29) 43) 95) 66} 41) Nat M Shelton... 13} 2} Bl} 8} 10 16) Wy 49) 19) 2 3} 4] 10) 2) 2 ohn G. Park... r..... -| 4 7) any For Judge K. U. Court of Ap | James Ellison... d........... | 43) 50/126) 70] 54 Areh B. Davis... r | 19) 16) 47) Is) 9 Edwin C. Meserveyor....| 5) 4) 28) 7 5) David A. DeArmond. ..d..... | 48} 4/123) 73) 54 William ©, Atkeson.r 23) 4) 25) 4) 8 John R. Hales ....r Ay Aa} 85) al} 8) For Representative— i | Lawrence M. Griffith .d....| 16] 10] 52} 19) 80) John J, Mareh......d. 6) 28) 43) 31) 11) James 'N, Shi ; #1) 11! 19) 23} ai! 5) 3) 32) 1s} 5 20) iz! 42 6} 9 1 18) 38} 20] 33) 41 83, 75] 61) Is 25) 28) 88) 2i| 15 | | ... | 43. 50/136! «| 28) 23) 88) 2 | mt je Wl 4 | $2) 89122) 26) 23) 89) 27 eeurer— | ‘, Samael L. Coleman....d......| 23, 12) 24) Yanoy.C. Combs......4 2 Un Thomas W. Fisk... d 2) 8! 8 H.W. Havely....d o 1 J, Emmet Hook .. } Harry W Jenki ef TU] 4) 28) John Alfred Rogers...d.../} 2) 0! 3) @. W. 8tith dg... ot wee Charles Arthur Lane _r......) 9° 6 90 William W Park... r 15, 14, 41) Por Surveyor— | John H. Etter..... d. Robert E. Johngon..... William A, Searfus.. r.... | 26) 93) 87 For Pablic Administrator— |_| | Jobn C. Hayes......d......9.... | 48) 50/12 Frank Alien. : i For Coroner— a) Charles A. Lusk ....d 43 Wm. A. Robinson....r. Peoples Party—William Dillon 16 Additional County Court Notes. Dramshop license granted to El- gert Bros. Dramehop license granted to A. C. Teft. ALAR Bla|a(SiEIE 1s Fie : a): (TIT ; ‘1312 : if 35 | 51 an a 7 i 7 16) 1 f) 2 6 rt 7) 50) 2) 1 a 27] 18) 24)113) 25) 1 5} 16) 1 20 28) 1 W . 4) 17) "| 4 9) 18) 2 9 1 5 23) 33] 1 ig}te BY 6 5 1 3} 22 7 9 t) 2 9) a0 8 47) sa] 26) 34] 27] 18) Britt) 23) 16) 21} 99] 23) 16] 29) 19 36] 12 39 i) 3 43/13/1327 42) Is 43) 34) 27] 1 24/113} a is ry) 9 7 oly by 25) 17) 1 Voy yd 1 3 $1} 40} 23) 23} 49} 32 26/1 33 1 ya ad 2 ‘ 5} 15] 8) 4] 6) 7 u | 43) 2) 20) a4] 27] 18 4113) 9 bas 64) 62] 43) 88} ey) 64 62)228]201) @5) 63] 54) 33) 48) 36) 26) 84] 27] 18! 33 67} 2. 18) tu 88] 69) 64 62/228]199) 65) 83] 54) 33) 22) 26] 13) 16) 11) 10) uy 39) 167 18) 3} 12} 16] 5 7 a 13) 19) 18) 88) 16 24)105] 32) 25] 5] 22, 13) 6 4) 4) 8) 5) 16) 85) 38} 14) 10) 197 86] 85] 11) 7] 18) 30) 10} 45) 43) 18) a8) 17) 4 ft) 1 5} 2) ot 7) is) at) 6) Bf ae 1) vo 1) ol oF} o 3} 3} of of dd 1 7] a 2 gi 3} 18) 1] 5 5) 7 23} 9 12) 18] 9 10} 48) 43) 18) 39) 1s)! nh} 313) 1) 8 5} 18) 10] 8} 6) 28 RQ ly) 7 8} 5 4} 85} 29) 21) 10) Wg 58 86] $0) 51] fal 43}194/165! 51] 89! 59 24 f) 7] 6} 16) 10) 20) 31) St) la) 3 8 28) 26] 12) 20) 20) 6 13) 59) 58} 0 6 2 6) oO} 4 3} 16) 7 a) N y 8) 7 3} 24) as 5 1 | 64) 6s] 43) 88} 69) 64) y 33) 81) 17} 22}-20} aay 14) 14) 15) 16) 2] 1} 6} 8 | 64) 67} 43) 86) 67) 64) i} 65) G2} 83: 25) 90] 18} 20) 19) 13} 69) 40) 26) 18) 12 2) 13) 10) 12) 18) 6 21) 6) 36) \y 3 24) 12] 10) 2a) 16} 24) } 88} 17) an} 48) ds! + 4) 5) of 81) 15) 24] 71) 67] 27] is] 24 12 2] 28) 15] 20) 24] 47) 22] 93) 1). 1 AGF 9} 12) 16) 16) +7 80) 3] 32] 8) 29) 2a) 9) 14} Lo} 46} 20) 18! 10 57} 66} 16) 25) 33) 11] 2 104] 53 + ' 7} 12} 27) Lo} 26) 54 87] I 48} 83} 26) 34] 27] 13} 4] 5 64) 2 4) 34 3s 13] 444 20 19) 3 26 ga] 20 10) 60) G4) 41/110) {196} 86} 53] 81) 82 27) 18} 14) 58) ) 95) 90) 67) 24 Ay) 19) 48) 27) 38 | 23) 29} 80) 19 45} 20) 12) 7) 2 22) 29) 12 26) 13} 14 50] 2 5a) 69) 25) 18 8} 37] 80) 96 18] 3} 10) a] i} a] 3 a} 4] al a} 3] 2] Qi id) 4 3) 0} OF 0} OF OF of 42 1 13} 2) 3) 1 9 4) 7 34] 6] 0} 2 o} of o oO 4) 5} 0) 2 16} 39) 12) 1} 1) Oo 2 To 4 8} 9} 414 3} 20) 6 19) 3 4 $8} 10) a) 0) 44) 35} 15, | 40) 32] 81) 68) 88/150) 125" 44) 29] 51) 17 25| 29] 9] 87) 24) 71) 65) 16) 20) 30 16) 2i| 1s} 14) 55] 24/125] 95, 61) 67] 25, 18 63) 63] 41/110) bulees|ios 61] 53} 89) 34 27) Is} 14) 55 28115 95| 50) 65] 25. 18) pe 84/111] 64}229) 199) 66) 7, 34 ai as 14) 55) 24/115) 95] 52) 67] 25) 17 E-6 The election passed off quietly last FOL; 27s i3 | sIelE El HE = | | Last tall there were 87 dry vote and |..." : PPS iLih § |7 wet, this time over one hundred IW.P eae vw LE ig|s HE [votes and 3 votes called for dry.| ° O yore a tga Sage os i ol] (Si Quite a change in less than a year, | /*0ré from Chicago, Ill. His brother ce}! PTL | Walter Wolfe returned home Sat-|®"4 eo aoa gid baggy it; " _|expec! remain for a few days. |! ; { pg sedan der 7 oe They = a visit to Butler on Tuee- -|_|_||2_] 0. M. Drysdale’s goods. He reporte | ™orntng. J sal ct anhusa sug{ 00% looktog well in that anton. ‘ ee heme were we E 0) | ae a Dow Wolfe came home from Kan-|“8Y8- She has been out to her sis- x. ol sas City Saturday and left Sabbath ter’s a few days assisting her with br) 86, So} g9]1879, evening for Butler and Monday her work during the hay harvest 2) ai) 20] 441 48) 19) 13) 7%) | morning back to Kansas City. Charles Fulk lets our place on Mon~ 29 ad 3 H % Grant Park’ day for North Dakota to work in the 27} 2a) 7] SA) 1) 17) 26) S28) gg ° mat tae Gaegaiene of harvest field. We did not k how ‘ a a alae 14 is Englewood, Kan., were visiting kin- ; east poem Oe 1 sal 73] 98) oi] oplis77| | folks fm Park Town Tuesday. jong he expected to remain away. | iW al sal salsa! James Park spent the latter part We hope he will have a safe journey, ' BY 49) olll8| 35) 341888) 4751 of the week at Warrensburg, return. |°0d return eafely home agatn. : al rol aal aol sol va aol of exo} | MB home Saturday with his steter, oo oe who has been ev Be eS Pes re Mise Elste, and another fellow’s sis-|"°TY sick for some time, paenea i ol’ ol el ol at a ae ter, who has been attending school away on Tuesday morning about 2 aa i oy 3) 8) 29 32) shore. o'clock, He will be missed from our el 80} 79) ts, 1a9Po1| sa} 59)2450 Migs Verna Cook of Kansas City ts mides. The family and relatives | 82} 36] 79) Ws} 92) 71] 86) 61) 28,1389 visiting Miss Icy Jenkins. have our sympathy as well as the | w we 29) 70} saul sl 81 249 = Judge McFadden was in Butler community's. te funeral was from Sul ¢| 19 8 Is i4| 450] “| Monday to hear Stone. the church {n Passate. An obituary | als 14) 68| 89] 30] 81 S71] 178] Geo. Cope of New Home vistted his] ill be published nex week. Hi A ae 8 es grandma, Mrs. Peter Crooks, and| The Ladies Ald furnished lunch at 2 yoo 8 3) Sul Jullus Heckadon Sabbath. the sale of J. L. Dickloson on Wed- 3) F O33) 9 F| 163, Mr. and Mra W. W. Park are|!esday. We trust that they were 3 c x ’ 1 7 210 grandparents. Mr. and Mre. Thom successful in their undertaking. ahead ae Constable hada fine looking girl Rev. Clendening preached his fare- ij 2 te" ]come to thetr house last Tuesday. | ¥el! sermon Sunday for this confer. 13) 3) $8) s07 Grandpa has not been well since, |e year. His conterence meets the i) 20) 1y) 878 Grandma says, “grandpa cheer up, 2dof September at Warrensburg He 8 91 27 me 1s is a pretty Iissle girl and weshould | "88 at Mt. Vernon school house tn Ti U1} 300 rejotce over our first grandchild. the ofternoon, He took dinner at sr} naleass Thomas Hockett was kept busy |: 8 Rice = 7 is oe u|sharpening plows Saturday. He Mrs. Clendentng and children were | the guestes of Mr. and Mrs, Silas 43} 3/1154 «42| Works at his old stand on Wednes- : os 3 2| 201 17/ 81 day and Saturday,of each week. Mr. | wk Sunday for dinner. 2) 0 8) | Hockett says he enjoys living in the] J#mes N. Sharp and. his two daughters, Mary and Prue, are vis- {ting at Appleton City for a few days. Miss Dixte Sharp, who has been at tending the summer Normal, {s home country, he says he can lay down !n the shade ofa big apple trep these hot days and the big ripe apples will 102) fall’close to him. | 620) 59 | O38 61 85) 39, 499) sa fs 28) yg] De. Smith reports Mrs, Dan Smith again. She came home last Friday. i sla on the sick list, alsoCharley Warner. She has a school for this winter. We | 9] 29 Miss Elida Witherspoon hae been | *U8* that she will be as successful ne preaching at the Crook school house | *® bas been in the past. 313 Asa Roster and family were visit- and willcontinue till Friday night : and then goes to Mulberry to hold ing Sasurday and Sunday, returning meetings. Miss Wetherspoon {8 op- home Monday afternoon. We did posed to the saloon. It all people not learn where they were visiting. were tke her there would beno sa-| Hada light shower on Tuesday loon, and how can the church can |™0Fning. ALPHA s11| Work for the saloon here when they sig | K0w shereis no saloon fn that lovely : : P country which they are working for| Miss Fartce King is spending aev- and want to go to. eral months with relatives In Colo- ‘It fs reported that W. 0. Atkeson | tado. and Mr. Funk were out in Charlotte} Mrs. Martin who has been vistting Township last Lord’s Day inquireing | ®¢ the Sparr home, has returied to Amsterdam. Socialist Party—Wm. R. Garver 26 Amoret. Prot. Bradley of Spruce visited at the Wallace home last week. Wm. Speakes left last week for a | business trip to Fargo, North Da- kota. Fi Clerk authorized to advertise for 1 \ QC Mixa, srustee New Home town- \ehip} ts his sem{-annual settle- ment examined and approved. -Ordered by the court that the re port of A L Ives on the school land this county owns in Camden county be accepted. Further ordered that the land be sold at $5 50 per acre, and A L Ives is héreby appointed as agent to make the sale. Further ordered that he secure certified copy patent to land and have the same r in Camden county. Furth- ordered that he secure abstract to wnweec 14 twp 37 range 27 and w 80 sec 32 twp 87 range 37 in county and patented to Bates E 8. Peigh, sy Nov 20. 1876. fadish. _ White Clover. ath Side Square. St. At DEACON’S sow with your turnip seed Long White Strasburg Radish, China Rose, White China, Black Spanish and White Spanish winter Fresh bulk Spinach seed, fancy Kentucky Blue grass, choice \ Granite, Enameled and Tinware. John Day brand Files and Rasps—these are\ good goods at T have a lot of A grain sacks used once at.20c each. Also ~ gome small drill sacks hold from 1 peck to 4 bushel at 5c each. J.D. DEACON Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred All- men a fine girl. Mrs. A. Malone of Rich Hill ac | companied by her son visited her| mother, Mrs. Will Rogers, last week Misses Vena Biggs, of Hume, and Lona Bradburg, of-Kaneas City, visited their cousins, the Downey | childref, last week. Mesdames McGaugh and Bennett with relatives here. Marriage Licenses. J. F. Lankford, ~ Adrian. Ina C. Bruce, Adrian. Howerd McMurry, Teffa Loyd, * Hume, Naomi L McCall, — Also you can |! \ With Hayden Ray. tor the present committeeman of she | Kansas City. townsbip, Thad Harper. We believe] Mrs. Ike Bennesé ts vielting her T ri the commandment is to do no work| daughter, Mre. Jess, Epperson, at | Adrian. on the Lord’s Day our selves or our | Yale, Oklahoma. | Mise Mary Atkeson, of West Vir-jservants nor mafd servants nor Cleve Strode, Frank Loveland and |ginia, Misses Wheat and Gladys At-|cattle servanten or any kind of ser- Joe Trude lefts overland last week for keson, Nixie McClees and Eulalia| vents. Must the God of our fathers Nebraska Wharton of Butler, vieited Miss|be respected. The man from Rich} Miss Laura Wilson has returned “Mra. Otto Sigler, a bride of sfx| ter attend our religious meetings on | Missouri. months, died of congestive chill at|Sabbath day when you come this} Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Borron are her home 5 miles northeast of Adrian | Way and it will do you good. vieiting at Eldorado Springs. on Tuesday of last week. She was a} alte a number of our farmers are} F.S. Good has returned to his daughter of Albert Swarts. plowing for wheat. From tindica-| home at Richards after 4 short visit Capt. Frost of Macomb, Iilinois,| tions there will be a large acreage | here. departed for home last week, after a | S0wn. visit with his daughter, Mrs. Joa | William Allen got a new plano for Kline of this city. his daughter Mary. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Reeder have re-| We do notknow what to say about Prohibition Party—Herman P, Faris 42 \ egon : h them om be om bmond 7 A Deserved Indorsement. K. C. Post. On the face of the unottictal re- Mr. and Mrs. John Hedger spent} the supreme court is renominated. Dr. F.-Bates of Kansas City visit-|Satorday and Sabbath with Cap.|The renomination {s.a deserved in- ed his parents here last week. Nickells and family at Lee’s Summit, | dorsement of a conscientious jurist Percy Spangler has returned to his} Mo. We are eorry to learn from| of signal ability. COWHERD WINS BY 13,190 Returns Reported From all But One of the 114 Counties. All but one of the 114 counties if Missour! have made returns, offictal or unofficial, on the result of the vote cast for the Democratic guber- natorlal nominee. With only Texas county, which fs not on the State’s railroad map, to hear from, the re- turne give Cowherd 03,408 votes, Ball 79,808, Wallace 43913, Staple 16,478 and Hadley 114.260, Ib isexpecied that otticlal figures will be made public by Secretary of State Swanger durtog the week. Up to to-day elghty-four counties had reported to the Secretary of State, but the sealed packets were not opened fn advance of the receipt of she entire vote, The otticlal count {n the City of St. Louls had not reached Secretary Swanger Tuesday night. There seems to be no doubt of the nomination of Willlam R Painter, editor of Carrollton Democrat, as Lieutenant Governor, or of the nom- {nation of Cornellua Roach for See- retary of State, but the offictal tig- ures will be necessary to determine whether Gordon or Bradley has been nominated for State Auditor, Knots {s practically conceeded to have been nominated for Ratlroad and Ware- house Commissioner over Bronaugh. On the Republican side N, T, Gen- try, candidate for Attorney General against former Congressman Frank B Fulkerson, of St. Joseph, conced- ed his defeat and wired his congrat- ulations to Mr. Fulkerson. © Por Railroad and Warehouse Commis- sioner none here doubt that W. W. Wilder has @ lead that cannot be overcome by his closest opponent, Amos Colman, of De Soto, House Cleaning Day, In Bulletin No. 1. Fourth Sertes, just fssued by County Superintendent Ives, he calls attention to the fact that schools of Bates county will soon open for the fall and makes a recommendation in regard to the “house cleaning day.”’ The Superin- tendent says: “Believing that our boys and girls should be housed in clean and cheerlul school butldings, that school grounds should be neat and attractive, and that all out buildings should be clean and sant- tary, lappolntand proclaim Wed- nesday, August 26th, as house clean- ing day for all schools of Bates coun- ty. Il recommend and urgently re- quest-thas school boards, patrons and teachers assemble at thelr re spective school houses at 9 o’clock on that day, with such tools, {mple- ments and other articles as may be necessary in putting she school build- ings and grounds in good condition, ready for the opening of achool Sep- tember 7th. And I further recom- mend thatschool boards take the initiative {n making such local ar- rangements as may be necessary in carrying out the purpose above set forth.” have returned to thelr home at) turned troman overland trip through | the wedding south east of Virginia.| surns, Justice Waller W. Graves of| Congressional Com. Meeting. Gentry, Arkaneas, after a short visit! the Ozarke. Special to Tae Times. Clinson, Mo., Aug. 11, '08.—The new members of the Congreastonai Committee, 6th Dist. met here to- Rich Hill, | With hie parents of this city. Rich Hill. | = home in Chicago, after a short vieit| them that our old friend Cap. Nick- ells is not enjoying very good health at present. The Captain has many warm friends around Virginia. Merwin. Missouri’s supreme court rauke|day and organized by the election of with the bess supreme courts of the| Peyton A. Park, chairman; John nation, and Justice Graves’ opinions | Lemar, jr., secretary, and O. L. Hous- have ranked with the best of the Mis-| ley, treasurer. Oh motion duly se-- Rich Hili|__J- 4: Hayes and family spent a] Truman Gil few days last week with relatives in Kansas City. Mre. Wilkeson is spending several weeks in Oregon. ; Wm. Rose and family who have beea gueste at the Witter home, have returned to their home in St. Paul, Minn. : The Merwin Graye were defeated by the Archie ball team Sunday of laag week by a ecore of 13 to 7. A Big Land Deal. Schell City News. si The Hyatt ranch 3% miles south east of this city containing 720 acres and belonging to 8. A. Ingersoll of Galesburg, Ill., was sold last week to G. L. Avery also of Galesburg. The sale was made through our local real estate agente, Johnson Bros. bers has moved the!gouri court. In the prime of life, ripe| onded Will J. Lucas, of St. Clair, and store building that he purchased of | {nexperienceand thoroughly ground-|Joha W. Jamison, of Bates, were M. Dryedale, and Baily Beckett is/ed in the law, big, broad and pa-lelected members of the state com- remodeling {¢ into abarn. The north | ¢riotic, a good Democrat who puts| mittee, A number of counties were east corner of the equare in Virginia | pubiic interest ahead of party {nter-| represented by proxies, Bates being fe vacant now. AARON. | et, Justic Graves has been an !deal| represented by Gen. H. C. Clark tor member of bench and bar, and will| J. E. Willlame. Adrien en Stolen. be fally as strong as a candidate be- ag ea Charles Rexroad had a valuable|fore the whole party as he has been Brought in Wool. mare stolen from-his barn Monday | before bis party. There is 6 long Iife| amsterdam Enterprise. night. He did not discover that the| f signal usefulness before him, and] fli, Hill, of Lyle, Missouri, was animal had been stolen until Tuee-| the Democratic party has done well} in this neighborhood last week buy- day morning and the thief doubtless | #0 give him a second nomination. —_| ing wool of our farmers. Thosethat had several hours the start of his delivered their wool and the amount pursuers. The animal was tracked Big Basket Dinner! follows: W. F. Baird, 1,384; M. W. astarnorth asthe Guteshall farm,|} Don’t forget the big Busket Din-| Warnock, 900; J.C. Barker, 580; S. bat owing to dust could not betrack- | ner at the Boye’ Encampment of the|C. Lewis, 451; A. Traxler, 215; (. A. ed further. * Farmers Bank on Saturday the| Miller, 189; J. Spitzenberger, 156; Later:—The mare was found but/15th. This will be Farmers’ Day,|J. Cottrell, 160; F. M. Axtell, 200: no clue is had to the party who did/and all are invited. Be sure to come] Grant Miller, 300; John Johnson, 92; the stealing. and enjoy the Big Day with the boys. ' King Bros, 289. Total 5,006.