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Remember Black & Arnold Clothing Co. All over embroideries 43¢ to $1.25 —Hill’s Cash Store. A co-operative creamery project te being discussed at Metz, Mo. Get our prices before you bay— Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Mra. Charley Maddox {s epending @ few weeks as ElDorado Springs A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barnhardt on last Sunday. Mies Edna Buckley, of Joplin, ts visiting her aunt, Mra, Ed. Snider. Joe Meyer went to St. Loute Sat- urday night to spend a few days on the market. Mercertsed colored table inen 25c, 29¢, 39¢, 48c, 58c—Hill’s Cash Store J. W. Jamison headed a large Rich Hill delegation Stone Monday. The monster 14 ton boiler for the Rich Hill city pumping plant is be ing {netalled this week. Mrs. E. 8. Austin and twochildren, of Jefferson City, are visiting the family of O. D. Austin Emory Duncan came up from Cot- ter, Ark., fora few days’ visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Dun- can. : Supt. L. F. Robinson, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Luctle, left Monday morning to spend the week on Mr. Robinson’s farm near this elty WanTED.—A good gtrl for general house work, good wages, apply to Joe Meyer, East Side Square. 40 t! Miss Cloe Ellis, of Webb City, who had been visiting Mrs. J. M. Christy for several days, left Monday for Odesea, Mo., tor a visit with rela-| tives and friends. Joe Groves, of Adrian, was in But ler the last of the week and favored us pleasantly. Joe was an ardent Ball admirer and did much to orga- nize the north part of the county in| and neighbors about Foster remem | Berry. We, acknowledge a very his candidate’s tnterest. ber him very kindly. ‘ pleasant call and favors. Ladies’ Tailor-Made Suits and Tailor-Made Skirts to hear Senator) THE DAYLICET STORE -New Fall Styles for ARE NOW BEING SHOWN IN Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothing HIGH GRADE PANTS As well as SHIRTS we and STETSON HATS ‘and NECKWEAR SHOE YOU TOO WITH ONLY SOLID LEATHER Every Shoe you buy of us is Guaranteed to give Satjsfaction. CLOTHING HOUSE American Building--The Center of Town. | T. W, Fisk has rented the Trimble square and will open out an exclu: | | aive ehoe store about September let. | Da. C Miz was in from New Home | | township on Monday to hear Sen. | |ator Stone and to eettle with the! county court as trustee of his town- | ship. Elmer B. Silvers, an ardent admir | /er and supporter of Senator Stone, | |went to Harrisonville on Monday | morning to meet the Senator and re- | | turned with him to Butler. Cassenna Stomach Tablets are be- | ‘coming very popular If you should | | have trouble in finding them at your | druggist’s, write the Cassenna Med!- cine Company, Jerico Springs, Mo 40-tf } | Jobn B. Adatr came in Monday for | | @ few days’ visit with his family and friends. He {fs traveling through the Panhandle country for the Kansas City Oil Co., with headquarters at) EiReno, Okla. Little Mise Bertha Fergason, the 12 year old daughter of J. W. Fer-| gerson of Vernon county, was thrown | \from a horse Monday morning and | |dragged some distance Her right) arm wae broken and her shoulder displaced. Miss Frances Cox of Kansas City, is the guest of the Misses Sheppard }of Rich Hill, Miss Cox has excep- | sional music talent and lately com- posed “The Tickler,” which {1 the/| rage now in Kansas (ity, and only | last week was arranged fora band {and popularized by the famous | Banda Rossa at Electric Park. | Our old friend T. J. Wilson writes | us from South Park, Wash., to re new. He reminds us that he began, taking Tae Times directly after the present editor took charge and has | been a continuous subscriber since, about twenty-four years. He writes; that the big fleet has come and gone} and that the next big attraction will’ be the Fair, from June to October, 1909. Mr, Wilson’ i FALL STYLES IN Dorado Springs. W. J Morrison was a pleasant caller the last of the week and tavor- ed vs substantlally, | | Mrs, C. A. Denton and daughtera,| A. F. Fox, of Butler, {8 a new gub- | building on the west side of the | Misses Medaand Doris are at El | scriber. New views of Butler and vicinity on Post Cards just out—at Smith's. Biggest variety in the city. Mrs. Clara Coonrod entertatned a | Lace curtains at greatly reduced prices at Hill’s Cash Store. | Mr. and Mrs. G.C Lyle epent Sun | day tn Eldorado Springs All linen table linen 50c, Tie and 98c at Hill’s Cash Store. She Mrs. Ab. Guyton and son are visit |irg relatives at Warrensburg. | Joe. Groves and son of Adrian | were Eldorado visitors last week. | Lawns, Batistes and all summer goods at cost—Hill’s Cash Store. | Misses Sadie and Alta Brown visit- jed friends tn Nevada the first of the’ week. | | A. L. McBride of Kansas City was |& business visttor to this city the |last of the week, | | Miss Majorle Morrison of Illinois te {the guest of her aunt, Mra. C. C | Coonrod, of this elty. Only a few more fancy parasols left | at wholesale pricee-Hill’s Cash Store, Miss Loutse Dooley of this city ts the guest of her friend, Miss Moore- | house, at Lexington, Mo. | Mrs. J. W. Jamtson of Rich Hill! spent Saturday morning with the! {family of C. G. Weeks of this city. Miss Lena Cole of Kansas City {s spending a week with her parents, | Mr. and Mra, W. T. Cole, of this clty. New Hine black umbrellas at 08c The management of the Park Ho- New Paint Shop W® have opened out a new paint shop two doors west of Vantrees’ Blacksmith Shop, ground floor. Will use nothing but pure lead and oil, no patent paints. satisfaction guaranteed. Twenty years experience in painting and paper hanging. The very best of Let us figure on your job. Lewis Webb & Co, Prof L. B. Allison, of Weat Fort Scott, was the victim of an accident Wednesday noon, which tho’ proba- bly not'of serfous nature will lay him up some time. Prof Allison had gone to the etable to feed hia horse and was compelled to pass behind a (42) $1.25 and $1 48—Hill’s Cash Store. !cols, when without warning the cols kicked, striking Mr. Allison just Mrs, W. 'I’, Cole and daughter Mise | gelect company of friends on Monday tel as Eldorado Springs, has chang |@bove the knee on the left leg and a week at ElDorado, IM. Smith, wife and three chil dren left Tuesday fora ten days | Marjorie Morrison, of Assumpslon, Kansas, succeeding J. C. Mezzer. | I. Mre. Herman Lewis, of Coffey ville, | | Lena, of Kansas City, are spending |eventug tn honor of her niece, Miss oq hands, B. F. Smith, of Colby, /Custinga amall gash. No bones were broken, Duke W. Stmpson, formerly deputy Mre. L. Parrish and son, Ted, Kansas, vistted her slater, Mra, B, G, {county Recorder under bts brother, | viet with relativesat Emporia, Kan. | left Friday, after a short visit with | Mains, at the home of Mrs, I. N./J-R Simpson, arrived tn Butler the Our old felend A. A Miller, who *he famfltes of Asa Morgan, of this’ Maing in this clty, the first of the last of the week to visit relatives and has been with Tae Tires for a quar. | elty, and Richard Combs, of south week, ter of acentury, remembers us with renewal. | of the city, Tom Keller, of the Simpson & Mrs, Jim. Winsett and son, Hunt er, aftere short visit with friends and | Jas R. Welch, a prominent young | Keller Meat Market, had the misfor- relatives, lefts Sunday morning fora farmer and influential Democratic tune to fall from @ ladder Friday short visit at Rich Hill. From there worker of Summit, favored ue aub- | ®fternoon, while putting {ce into the| they will return to their ‘home in‘ stantially. O. M. Drysdale, of Virginia, depart: | ed with his family last week for! Braymer, Mo., where he will engage ‘n business, Sam B. McFarland, at Avalon, | Cal., where he is prospering, still re- tains bis interest in our people and sends renewal. Jonathan Jackson, of Montrose, is visiting his son, deputy sherlff W. F, Jackson, He has just returned | from an extended visit with other sons at Carthage. Mr. and Mrs J. D Maddy, promi. | nent citizens living narthweet of But- ler, were pleasant callers on THE Times Saturday. Our old friend J. R. Forsythe, a| former citizen of thia county, now Jiviog at Luffenholtz, California, sends remittance for renewal. W. H. Charters, of Despwater, breeder of thoroughbred Poland China hogs, left last week for Ne- braska to attend a series of sales. W.C. Berry, a prominent young farmer of West Boone, wae in the elty Monday settling with the Pro- refelgerator. In falling his right arm caught upon a nall and was badly mangled, and a large cake of {ce allghting upon him crippled his right hand, The following young people are in camp for the week at Ft. Scott cross. ing: Misses Prudence Trimble, Maud Jenkins, Lela Clark and Nellie Doug- \lass; Messrs. Joe Radford, Ernest Vantrees’ Wesley Black and Herbert Smart. Mrs. Ed. 8. Clark and Mrs. J. A. Trimble are acting as chaper ones. Robert Burch, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. ©. C. Burch, of Kansas City, died at the home of his grand- mother, Mra. P. E. Husted, Satur- day, August 1, 1908, after an {Illness of two week. He leaves his parents, 4 brother and numerous other rela tives to mourn thelr loss.—Amster- dam Enterprise. J. H. Burke, aged about 75 years, dropped dead of heart failure at bis bome on East Dakota street at six o'clock last Friday evening. Three children and bis wife survive him. Two sons, Charley, of near Cornland, and Albert, of Bazar, Kansas, and a daughter in Illinois. The remains Higgtns, Texas. | Mra. W.H. Allen of Rich Hill lets! Tuesday noon for San Augustine,| Texas, for a three week's visit with! her daughter, Mrs, J. H. Broocka, |She wae accomparted by Mise! Kugerta Broocks. Dr. C. L. Gates a prominent physt-| }cian of Jerico, Missourl, was found | dead by the roadside near that place, | Monday of last week. Is was found | that his horee had become unmen- ‘ageable, and Jn leaping from the | buggy, he struck upon his head. Dr. Powers left Monday for Joplin with Mre. Shoemaker and daughter. Miss Shoemaker will be placed {na | hospital and operated on for appen- | dicttis, As wegoto press we learn | she withstood the ordeal and ts im- proving nicely,—Amoret Post. Frank Cooper, colored, who is be- |!o8 held in the Audrain county jall |at Mexico, Mo., on @ charge of petit larceny, has writtena letter to Judge ' Barnett of the circuit court, urking that he be given & two years peni {tentlary sentence, in order that he jmay have the opportunity to cure | himeelf of the drink habit. He ap. _pears to be an educated negro. friends. Many of his old time friends did not recognize him; even his brother, Jas. R, had to take the second look and then did not recog nize him untll Duke lnughed. He has been Hvlog io Calffornia the moss of the time since leaving here, swenty- one years ago He will probably be in the county for some thme Tue Times was pleasantly complt mented by calls from KR. E. and O. P Sisson, who were here bo attend the funeral of their father, R. E. Sisson is an expert Nneotype operator with the G. Lowis Publishing Company, of University City ©. P. Sisson ts with the Springfield Republican. Both of the boys are married and the latter has thres children. Thee young men were born «nd raised fn Butler and both started tn the print- ing business tn the local oftices of this city. A Butler mancame to this city Tuesday searching fora fine bird dog which. was stolen from him wt that place Monday night when the elreus came frou that place here With Constable WoT. Fredrich he went to the show grounds Tuesday afternoon and fond she dog tled +o the wheel of ashow wagon. The of- ficer and the man took the dog and brought him totown Is was tm- poselble to fiad the man who clatmed to own she dog aud the coustable left word that the man who had been posing as the owner could secure Have been put on display in our Cloak and Suit Department. They have the style and finish so necessary in this kind of a garment, and come in the leading shades for this fall and winter, as Blacks, Blues, Browns. The prices are moderate for the qualities offered. Suits ranging in price from $15.00 to $25.00, and skirts from $3.98 to $15.00. . Come and see them, we are always glad to show our goods, as we know they are RIGHT. : SATISFACTION. We want your business. ‘° were shipped Sunday to Bazar, Kan- sas, for interment. The twentieth annual convention of the Bates County Sunday School association. convened at the Chris- tian church in this city on Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock to last three days. A very interesting pro- gram fs being carried out. A large number of delegates representing schools from every section of the county {ie in attendance. The abstract of the vote of both the Democratic ‘and Republican parties at the primaries on August 4th, published in this issue, is a true and correct copy of the abstract on file in the county clerk’s office, and is the only correct abstract published eo far in any county paper. Wegive the Democratic and Republican votes in the same table for the sake of convenience in comparing. We invite & careful atudy of thisabstract of the votes. The Bates county farmer boys as guests of the Farmers Bank go into camp in the Thompesan pasture north of town to-day and hold a three days’ encampment. Profeases from the State University will be pregent ahd lecture to the boys on how to judge stock, corn, practical and theoretical faming, etc. The camp- ing grounds have the appearance of a white city of tents. The Farmers Bank has not neglected a feature to make the encampment profitableand pleasant for the boys. There was an enrollment of about 300 Wednee- According to the Schell City News, © F, Morton and wife and Hthel Stacy,@ young girl living with them, | attacked and badly beat up with a ‘club and other weapons Jobn Ottle, a {German who owed them an alleged milk bill of seventy-five cents. The trio was fined $13.80 for disturbing | the peace, and a state’s warrant was then sworn out charging them with assault and battery. They were re- leased on bond. | Judge Frank M. Koontz died at | his home near Richarde Sunday eve |ning, of Bright’s disease, after an illness of several months. The funer- al was held Monday afternoon at the Presbyterian church. Judge Koontz was one of the oldest residents of the /eounty, having located in Richland | township thirty: eight years ago, and | was one of the county’s very best cltizons. He was in his seventy-first year.— Metz Times. Word came Thursday that our old friend and one of the first citizens of Hume, D. H. Bill, died at his home in Denver on the day before, Mr. Hill came to Hume when {¢ was cal)- ed‘Howard, in the fall of 1880, and | built the first store on the site of the Thompson harness shop. He was Hume’s first postmaster and held that office under a Republican ad- ministration, he being a Democrat. He moved to Colorado about fifteen years ago, where he has since resided. Thus, the old timers are answering tothe rollcall of death. In time there will be none left to tell the etory.—Hume Telephone. caltng at the jall, No one called for the dog.— ass County Democrat. The new fire excapos at the pubite school bu'!ding we:e fielshed Satur- day forenoon and equips the br''ld ing so that there should be no difti- culty in emptying any time doring echool hours fn lese thay two m!r- utes. The board has done well the past year to make the 'mprovements that it has and at the sume time to take up $1,000 worth of the school district's bonds. Besides the fire escapes, about $200 worth ofgrnr'* oid walks were laid, a new out house for the boys will be built and all the rooms which are not already sup- plied will be «quipped with slate blackboards. The work of putting up the blackboards willbe carrted on after echool convenes this fall.—Case County Democrat. Mule For Sale. Good yearling mare mule for sale cheap. D. Carson, 41-2" Batler, Mo For Sale: Nice 5-yearold driving horse, bug- gy and harness. $135. Team, wagon and.harness, $150. One pair well broke 3-year-old mules. One saddle pony. One extra good 1200-th horse. One extra milk Cow with calf by side. One low wheel farm wagon. 65 head 3- and 4-year-old steers. McFarland & Sons.