The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 3, 1908, Page 2

That New Kansas Tax Law. | | Topeka, Aug. 28 —When the Kan = — leas tex law wae strengthened and }more machinery created to enforce it, she chief purpose was to ges all of PE PLE’S | the property on the tax rolls fortax- j ation. A year ago mortgages valued at $4. 382 864 were reported for tax r jation. This year the total of mort- BAN K wages listed is $47,609,807, mor shan ten times the amount of a year ago The proportion is even greater F i in the money aud credit, fora year Just What its Name Indicates. ces cabana ee Ge ed for taxes was $5..66,660, while Start right by opening an account with this year the total is $70,982,532 this bank, It is clean, strong and managed by Phese figures correspond — very experienced and conservative men, men who closely with the figures given out by have been tried for years in ol ere of anyon the banks as to the deposttson hand and trust. With it are connected many of our rane peseal people which as we all well know ‘a — March Wprasroel yong is the best index to the strength and permanen- showed botal deposits ol $76.7 6, cy of any institution, You are offered absolute 45742 March 31 of this year and safety for your deposits and the deserving March 1, the money and credits list borrower is accommodated, ed for taxation by the people of the It makes no difference if your business state wae nearly 71 million dollars is small it will be appreciated and given care- The Kansas tax commission com- ful attention by the People’s Bank, Butler, Mo, piled she figures of the different articles making up personal property Come and Get Acquainted with Us. in the state which had been listed for saxation this year, The total value of the personal property In the state J. R. JENKINS, President. which had been listed for taxation Gy As LANE, “ = cenicent, this year, The total volue of the per MASE T: DANTON, Caanint: sonal property te $474,191,255 A year ago the total value of all prop- —|———__—_____.. erty, railroad, corporation, real estate and personal, listed fur tax ation was only a milifon dollars | more than the personal property valuation of thts year, The railroad property alone tn 1908 almost equals the total value of all property tn} Kansas & year ago it wae listed for taxes, : | Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they can-| not reach the diseased portion of the | ear. There is only one way to cure | deafness, and thatis by constitu. tional remedies. Deafness is caused | by an inflamed condition of the mu | cous Hoing of the Eustachian Tube When this tubs fs inflamed you have @ rombi{ng sound or imperfect hear | ing, and.when {¢{s entirely closed, Deafness {e the reault, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to ite normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed for | ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which fe nothing but an | {inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circa Ball Bearings —in bicycles, sew- ing machines, all sorts of run-easy mechanism—Why not in the Gardner Ball-Bearing Typebar Joint L.C Smith & Bros. Typewriter “ALL the writing ALWAYS in sight” we said. Then we did it. Others TRIED TO, but we | ly. | was glad, as she would never come| KILLS SON’S WIFE WITH INDIAN CLUB. “Best Deed | Ever Did,” lowan, 70, Says—She Won't Cause Trouble Now.” Fort Dodge, Is., Aug —“‘ls’s the best deed I ever did in my Ife and | don’t regres ts. hey can do what shey hk» with me now,” remarked J M_ Brown, aged 70, of Hanson, alter killing bis handsome daughter in-law with an [odfan club in ber fine home Mr and Mrs. J. M. Brown, father | and mother of George G. Brown nave made their home with the sop for severa! years. Their relations, with the daughter-in-law have al- ways brea stormy. The mother-in- law was kicked downstairs years ago and the old woman {s etl! in bed as a result, + George Brown fs at presentat Colo rado Springs, dying of consump lon, He {8 prosperous and owne the best business block and the finest | home In the elty, | An argument started between the | old ‘man and his daughter-in-law. | “When George comes home, Ijshink we'll pull out,” he remarked. THREATENED MOTHER IN LAW- “Allright, bus I'll kill the old wo- man by that time,” she retorted. | She started to go to the room | where the old lady was {n bed, and Brown evidently thought she intend- ed carrying out her threat. He went to an adjoining room, got a large! Indian club and started on the trail of the daughter in-law. | Her body was found lying across the doorway of the room occupied by bedridden Mrs. Brown. No one) witnessed the killing, but invalld Mrs. Brown was found with the bed. clothes over her head, crying bitter | Brown senior was next seen walk- ing down the street, where he calmly remarked to an acquaintance that he had killed his daughter-In-law and | between him and his wife again. He! was arrested soon after, CASTORIA For Infants and Children, | lars, free. F. J. CHANEY & CO., Toledo, 0 Sold by Druggists, 7ic. } Take Hall’s Family Pills for con. | stipation. Farmers Kept a Bank Open. St. Joseph, Mo., August —The un- | usual scene of farmers acting as| bankers wasenacted at Rushville. | Four “yeggmen” attempted Wednes. | day morning to rob the Rushville State bank and succeeded only in| blowing the door in such a fix that) {t could not be opened atall. They | later robbed the Rushville postoffice | of $100. Yesterday morning the of | ficers of the bank secured a safe ex-| pert to break open the door, but the work of doing this took all day. To order that the bank would not! have to. shut down farmers who were depositors brought all the avallable| DID. Work? Dothey! Use- ful here as in any other machinery. Send for the Book. Also have one of our demonstrators SHOW you. No expense to either method, L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co. 812 Delaware St., Kansas City, Mo. a aa ] ‘ the DAILY ST. 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The REPUBLIC has organized a special etaff of political writers and they willfarnish accurate and compre- hensive reporte of all the political evente of the year. No aubecriptions are accepted for a shorter term than one year. Make remittance to THE BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES. Take ad- vantage of the offer at once; it can’t be beat anywhere. BPBOSeeeeeeeeesweeswoeae 6 is oldand so much benefitfrom Electric Bitters, that 1 feel it’s my duty to tell those who need a tonie and strei medicine about it. In my mother’s case a marked gain in flush has re- amet, hee hae — overcome, and she ie steadily gro ag er.” Electric Bitters quickly pees I stomach, liver and kidney com eeey under guarantee at rank T. Clay’s drag store. 50c. Freak Calf is Like Turtle. Eldora, Ia., Aug. 31.—At thehome of William Cockburn, ‘in Cherokee county, there has been born a freak calf. stead of being of hair, is of hard shell, like that of a mud turtle. It is ee ee ee ee eee j ( i i f j 4 § f f ) ) i § ) a a SA | | Signature of cash they could scrape up. Savings | o | Columbia State, pe! Dress | yolitting the farmer. was very feeble, is deriving | 49 covering of the body, in. | The Kind You Have Always Bought eet: eh Ultdex St. Louis Men at Gas Well, Thenew gas well brought in a week | or 80 ago on the Cheverton ranch, | weet of town, by the local company, | makes it appear like Rich Hill te really in the gas bels. This is by far! the beet well ever produced in this’ section, and not only members of the company, but all citizens as well, | are greatly encouraged. The drillers have juet finished casing the well, | and “the lid 18 on” good and tight | |{n @ speculative way. |would promote speculation on the! of a girl etanding near him. i | The pressure can not be turned op/ and off at will. L. M. Griffith, on: f| the promoters, tells us that eeveral | St Louis men visited the well, and’ when the gas was released and a| mtch applied, expressed great sur. | prise at the volume. The well is at | tracting considerable outside atten- | tion, and things are beginning to look pretty good for those interest: d. CASTORIA. | Boars the The Kind You Have Always Bought a aad : The Democrats Will Help the Farmer, | | | | | | | | | The President has become wonder- solicitous, all ofa sudden, about Doesn’t the President think 1s would help the farmer to get his farm implements per cent cheaper, his clothes 30 per centcheaper, and most of ‘his food supplies 20 per cent cheaper? But the President loves the trusts and protected interests better than the farmer. He has let them fatten enorm off the American con- sumer, and the farmer is a very consumer It is too late for Mr. Roosevelt to talk about uplifting the farmer. The Democratic party has been assigned that job. SCABTORIA. Bears the The Kind You Have Bought a Led, @ Mob Whips Insolent Negro. Palestine, Tex., Aug.—Mounted a part of one banker at the expense of his fellows, and that ultimately means at the expense of the deposit: ors. Any proposition as te the amount of the tax to be assessed, based on the present rate of loss, would be erroneous, for the danger of logs of deposits would be increased vastly by the proposed system, so that the percentage of tax would Taft Against Bank Guaranty. Hot Springs, Va, Aug.—In view of | the agitation In the West on thesub- ject of the guarantee of bank depos- its, Mr. Taft was asked fora state ment which would clearly define his views on the question. He replied shat his opinion was set forth tn gpneral terms in his speech of accept- ance and that heregarded the propo. | have to be increased also.” , sition as wrong in princtpleand tm | __ pp ce wae | Posalble in practice. In further ex , a comemass aitca olanation of his attitude on the sub-| inesuntiy relieve you of all the symp-/* ject he dictated the following etate | toms «findigestion Geta bottig<t ‘ment: . it to-day. Isis sold here by T.°W. “The fandamentlal objection tothe | Hess. proposed plan to guarantee deposits | : oho Mines Penal in ccntenit banks is that it ooule be) Killed at a Macon Carnival, an inducement to, and would put a | Macon, Mo., Aug —Henry Ray shot premium on, reckless banking. R» | and almost instantly killed Harry Heved of responsibility to, and fear; Davie in the center of a carnival of the depositors, the tendency would | crowd. Ray sald Davis threatened be toward explofsation, mantpola-| to kill bim. Davie’s body fell across tion and the use of assets of banks a baby carriage and the ball from The plan| Ray's revolver singed the eye lashes ~ FARMERS BANK OF BATES COUNTY. Capital Surpine..... ... oof 80,000 00 araerem 18,000.00 We are protected against robbery by insurance and our LARGE CORLISS SAFE, guaranteed by the manufacturer to be Burglar Proof. t/ DIRECTORS, Cuark Wrx, J.J. McKes, Frank Houuann, J, W. Caoare, O. A. Heme, —W, F, Dovaty. E. A, Bennert, Homer Dvvau, F..N. Drennan, WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS, E, A. BENNETT, Pres, J. J. McKEE, Vice-Pres. W. F. DUVALL, Cashier, HOMER DUVALL, Asst. Cashier. F eeseensnmpeananmanapneocmmmanennemmontne DUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST CO. | CASH CAPITAL, $50,000. Farmers Bank Building, Butier, Missourt. FARM LOANS. We have money to loan on real estate at a low rate of interest with privilege to pay atany time, ABSTRACTS. We havea complete set of abs- tract books and will furnish abstracts to any Real Estate in Bates County and examine and perfect titles to same. INVESTMENTS. We will loan your {dle money for you, securing you reasonable interest on good secur- ity. We pay interest on time deposits. W. F. DUVALL, President. J.B. DUVALL, Vice-Pres. } ARTHUR DUVALL, Treasurer. W. D. YATES, Title Examiner. Cae IS a i | ene The Walton Trust Co! Butler, Missouri Capital, Surplus Fund and Profits $55,000.00 $72,000.00. Always has cash on hand ready to loan on Farms in Bates, Vernon, Barton, Coder, | Dade and Polk counties, Missouri, on five or seven years time st low rates of inter- est with liberal terms of payment, We have a complete set Of title Abstract Books that we keep up with the records dally, Will farnish certified Abstracts of Title to any tract of land or town lot in Bates county. Fees reasonable. Will issue certificates of Time Deposits payable in six or twelve months time, bearing interest, for any idle money’ you may have on hand. ——E—_— ——_— 4 THE safest man {se the man with a bank account. When yourself with a good sound bank, you feel secure an at peace. When you grow OLD ® snug sum in the bank fs an insurance policy inet hard work. . Begin to save while you are ong The rile ; RELIABLE ou establish your mind fs and most — farmers, three miles west of here, J | the owner’s belief that the mother captured 6 negro, strapped him toa Tonk fo the beak 65 5 Sanat with. in jadging > aaah ft wa; cow had been frightened or perhaps| tree and severely whipped him. The! § form afand ep eaneas eae yee A vt any thring, bitten by o turtle in the river which |farmers say the negro insulted a age in the securities of.the bank. The Capital and Surplus of this runs through his farm. white girl. bank form 4 margin of esfety that assures absolute security to shoes The tail of the calf was a perfectly| Other negroes, on learning of this,| § Who intrust their money to us. formed turtle’s tall, being eix inches metand decided on retaliatory mene- g fe. _@ ae gs resembled those of « turtle. feeling te bitter. mie SARS NPE "