The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 20, 1908, Page 8

New Goods for Fall are all about in and we are showing a fine line of Furniture, Rugs. Oil Cloth, Cork Carpets, Matting, Lace Curtains, Portiers and Couch Covers. It will be our purpose to conduct—for the present at least Special Sales Each Week Last week it was Extension Tables, this week it will be High Grade Rocking Chairs: $19.00 17.50 $25.00 chairs for 22.50 chairs for 20,00 chairs for 15,00 16.00 chairs for 12,00 12.00 chairs for 8.50 10.00 chairs for 7.50 9.00 chairs for 6.75 Remember our premium and handsome picture, A. H. CULVER Furniture Co. HEADQUARTERS FOR GOOD FURNITURE, Harness, Buggies, Wagons We have just unloaded another car of ‘1908 Fall Style’’ Say- ers & Scovill, and Columbia Buggies, and are now prepared to show you the LATEST in Auto Phaeton Seat, Bike Gear Buggies, Carriages, Spring Wagons, etc. Our stock is complete in detail, and there is nota thing in the vehicle line from carts to farm wagons, but what we can please you in, and if you want good, reliable vehicles that have been tested and proven first class in every particular, with OUR GUARANTEE and our cash prices, be sure and call on us. Remember we are the SOLE AGENTS for the Old Reliable Milburn Farm Wagon. In Harness and Saddlery we are also the recognized leaders of the Southwest, making everything from the very best Oak Tanned Leather by the finest workmen, We have some elegant Ladies’ Astride Saddles, and special style Kentucky Men's Saddles, as well as a large stock of Cow- boy Steel Fork Saddles. * We sell Buggy Tops, Cushions, Top Repairing of all kinds. Tents and Tarpaulins for sale or rent. Genuine Red Rope and Rubber Roofing. Best roof paint sold, axle grease, buggy paints, etc. We make a special price on No, 2 Road Scrapers—$5.50. Bring in your old buggy and harness and trade for new. We have second hand buggies and harness for sale. McFarland & Sons Dashes, etc and do Buggy caw. ABss FOR BLACKLEGOIDS Easy to use aS Try HESS STOCK REMEDY, ABSORBANT LINAMENT, STOCK DIP, ETC. Two registered druggists to fill your prescriptions. Cc. W. HESS, Butler, Missouri, James R Angle, of Butler anda son of our townsman, John Angie, says the Case County Democrat, was defeated in the recent primary elec- tion for the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Bates county. He takes hie defeat in a philosophical manner, and says that all he lacked of land- ing the nomination was votes. Jim fe @ cheerful loser and there are no sore sputs on his back. He will vote and work for hie successful compet- itor, William Bullock, of Adrian, and no man will give the entire ticket more cheerfal eupport. Carl Norflees and Miss Lula Ray were united {n marriage at the home of she bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Ray, Wonday evening, August 17sh, Rev. Vivion officlating. The bride fsa charming young lady of attractive personality and a general favorite among her associates. The «room fs a successful young business man connected with his father, J, K Norflves in the grocery business. He bad prepared a home for bis bride on Ft. Scott street where they began hansekeeping at once. The W. C. T. UC. medal contest held at Summit Center Thursday evening, the winner being Mies Fay Reynolds, who reetted, “The Ninety and aolne.” The contestante were: Perey Titus, Nanole Barnett, Anna Miller, Saliy Chaney, Fay Reynolds and Dode Holland. The judges were Miss Edna Buckley, of Joplin, Rev. Vivion and Supertntendent Burke, of Butler. Rev. Vivion presented the medal; toeach of the defeated con testants he gave a aliver star A large audience was present and 6 very Interesting time reported, T B Fager and family returned home the last of the week after a six weeks’ trip shrough Northern Illi vols, Southera Wisconsin and Minne- sota, Mr Pager owns land fn each ofthese states He says the sections of IiMnots and Wiseonsin he visited have splendid crops {a oats and barley, wud the corn prospects are very floe. In Minnesota the crops weredrowned out. He said wherever he went he found Democrats enthue- astic, and thoroughly tmbued with the idea thas Mr. Bryan will be elect- ed, Frank Koontz, Rich Hill's popular grocery salesman, is proudly exhib ising a fine tmported solld gold swies watch which be wonin a contest among the traveling saleamen of the Kaveas City Wholesale Grocery Co., of which Mr Koontz ts one. The company effered the watch as a prize for the saleaman selling a certain amount of goods jn a given timeand Mr. Koontz was the winner, The watch strikea the houre, and quarter houre as well. Itisa beauty.—Rich Hilt Review. Jobn W. Rook & Sons, the well- known and expert stone masons and concrete workers. have just complet- ed a concrete porch for the editor of THE Ties, the first one of the kind planned and bulls fo Butler. It fe one hundred fest around, eight and ten feet wide, built of concrete blocks faced with Carthage atone sand, with heavy concrete block pillars, anda balustrade of cement made froma special deelgned pattern, topped with Carthage stone, caps and rail. Mr. Rook ta eapectally proud of this plece of work and invites those who are intsraeted to fnepect it. The por ,|ticos over same were planned and built by A. J. Wyer, contractor and builder, who originally built the houee several yeare ago. Caseenna Stomach Tablets are be- coming var gone It you should have trouble in flading them at your druggist’s, write the Cassenna Medi- ame Jerico Springs, Mo. J.D. Crow, of Bates county, Mo., predicts a big cutting down fn cattle feeding in that county next winter. He ie confident the reduction will be one of the largest ever made, with perhaps the exception of the dry year 7 yeare ago. Mr. Crow thinke the corn- prices will be the cause of thie cutting down. “In Bates coun- ty,” he eald, “we are predicting halt crop, and a falling off of fully one -halt in cattle feeding. Rent: ere and the small feeders will hardly take hold. Farmers will crib their corn and look {t over several times before feeding !t to cattle, unless the fatcattle market takes an upturn. We have harvested a bumper hay crop. A considerable amount of hay fe shipped from that covgty.. Hay has been bringing paying prices for ,eeveral years, and thie has induced 8 | jand, “good many farmers Itving near the Tats. It was a oe but it | The Rockville Bocster is i latest effort to fill the newspaper needs in that town. That there is arecogniz-| ed need is demonstrated by themany efforts to fill it. Vol. 1 No. 1 of Boos-| ter has a salutatory, ag all } boosters should have at the begif,| ning. In this it is very modest in its promises as the following extract will show: “I have not come for the purpose of reforming thiscommunity either politically, religiously or mor- ally. It does very well as it is and I recognize the right of everyone to his own opinions., Besides there are a few things along those lines which | don’t know.” The Booster has al best wishes. | The Democratics vote of the state | gives Ball 84,356, Cowherd 96,231, a plurality for Cowherd of 11,875 Graves 157,845, Shelton 75,060, » | majority tor Graves of 82,785. The! full state ticket nominated being: For Governor, Cowherd; Lieut.-Gov Paloter; Auditor, Gordon; Treasur- er, Cowgill; Secretary of State, Roach; Attorney-Gen , Major; Rall toad Com’r, Knott; Supreme Judge, | Gravee; St. Louts Court of Appeals, | Bland; K. ©, Appeals, Ellison, The | aggregate of the votes caat for the! Democratic candidates for Governor | vas 245,978, as against 159,524 for Hadley, the Republican candi- date for the eame office, | Hon. Geo. B. Ellis, secretary of the | State Board of Agricluture, who was | here on Friday to attend the farmer boys encampment and school of in- struction, was @ pleasant caller at our office. Mr. Ellis has done a won- derful work for the cause of educat | ing the farmers of the state during | his tnacumbency in office. He fe a strong man, fs untiring in his efforts and has kept his department fully abreast with the advancement in practical and sclentific farming as It effects every section of our state His monthly reports are prepared with great care from stuttstics gath ered from every county and contain valuable information to the farmers. Mr. Ellis has made good in every | position he was ever tried and will | be heard of further in the history of | our etate, | | The Kateas City Star ts authority | for the statement in a lengthy pub: | lished article that the Vantrees | heirs are about to come Into @ vast} forsuae, which {s deposited in cash | (sha sounds good) tn the Maryland | State Treasury, asa proceed from sale of property owned by the great-great-great-grandfather (that | sounds natural) he mention of | the fact that lawyers are buey un- raveling the skein and only afew more proofs needed to establish the clatme, opevs up the whole toserlous suspicion. There are few large fami- lies of any prominence in the United States that have not had this allur ing batt held out to them to fee some scalawag lawyers. We advise claim- a@nte(?) to these vaet estates to turn the lawyer’s correspondence over to the federal authurittes. Governor Haskell Files Suit for Libel. Gathrie, Okla., Aug. 17.—Growing | out_of ronsational charges made | against the governor {n connection with the Standard Oil suit now pend- ing in the supreme court, Governor Haskell filed suis for libel against O K. Benedict, publisher of the Okla- homa City Times The article which culminated the paper’s attack on the executive con tains this sentence: “What was Haskell dolog at the Coates House, KansasCity, June 16, with President Oneal of the Prairie Oil and Gascom- pany, and at Independence, Kan, on the ~~ hoy ae von he was suppoecd to be in oges?” Haskell veptes being in these places with the Prairie preeident, says he will push the evit to conviction. Puiiing in a Bridge. Amsterdam Fate:p: ‘se. Workuen bave completed -one abutment fur the bildge cross the W!'low Brauch enst of towa and aie now at work on the oppos!.s one. It +-eme good shat this bridgs{s soon to Le omple. 4. It fe one of the moet need fone in the wee 310 pars of the covaiy ead has been in a bad condii'on for several were. This road {s ut by reople from the Boishe:a aid eas'era part of th® county coming to the coal mines of th's nelghborhood. This Bettor Cannet Lose. Omaha, ‘Neb., Arg 17.—Shortly eftcr Bryan's nomination I,C Gall. up, of South Omaha, wired $1,000) so Phi fa and got odde of 4 tot fete Ban i tne ¢!me he *eleg,-a) ort ag Stel terse to ‘ ahipping potate to bale thelr surplus, Pyeend 61.000 weet ing $6 a ton, which fe not bad at the 3. end ofa hay harvest.”—K. C. Daily Drover’s Telegram, Aug 17, 1908. <a Se S Six More Weeks of Hot Weather Make yourself comfortable with some of our thin fabrics now selling at cost. Sunbonnets were 15 and 25c, now. Popular white hose were 25c, now. Batistes, Soizettes and fancy Ginghams* were 25c, now Long brown Silk Gloves, double tipped fingers, were $1.73. Mill ends in Checked Ginesiais,. Turkish Bath Towels............ Huck Towels... en DOMAGK TOWOIN. 00... csi scsccsccnces .10, 15, 19, 25 and 50c each 5, 10, 15, 19, 29c each .. 12, 15, 23, 29, 35c each HILL’S CASH STORE. EGGS TAKEN SAME AS CASH. Regal Shoes Are always in demand with sensible people of good taste, because, everything consider- ed—quality, comfort, fit, style and durabili- ty—they are always the most practical and satisfactory shoe to buy. oo $3.50 $4.00 $5.00 FOR MEN AND WOMEN Hiram Nichols Shoe Company. The House of Better Shoes BUTLER, MO., - - NEVADA, MO. + cee ‘Economy | LY weet es eer ec es ass Fruit Jars The jar you can save any kind of vegetable in._Every can guatanteed. If you lose one | jar we will refynd the money for all your loss. PUR, POP GOBER. ....: ......cccssvecess Quarts, per dozen oe One-half galons........................ ‘ . Buy your Oatmeal in tin cans and you are sure to get bei oe i Le aS PSY PH TS SF LIST A 25c . A tew new articles we have added to our Haraware Dep’t: Hinges of all kinds and sizes, sliding door hinges for the barn you are going to build this fall, locks of all kinds, pad locks, rim locks, mortis locks, pocket knives, sheers, butcher knives, table knives and forks, razors, safety razors, augers, braces and bits both for iron and wood, drawing knives, chisels, squares, levels, sand paper, chalk, chalk lines,’ hammers, hatchets, shingling hatchets, sash cords, sash pulleys, sash locks, corn Knives, files, hay knives, saws, buck saws, cross cut saws, wringers, washing machines, grind stones, wrenches of all de- ’ sciptions, hog rings, hog ringers, hog holders, hog snooters, ma- chine oilers. We have the best line of lanterns in town, anda , thousand other little things in a hardward stock. Come to us for hardware. small one. ' We only ask one profit and that a Yours for business, ‘ Norfleet é Ream Phone 144 TheOnly Independent Grocery and Hardware Store, BUTLER, MO.