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ENE RBOB BBO §=—He Voted For 18 Presidents. Okiahoma City, Ok., Dec._—One of the few men of the nasion who have voted for as many as eighteen preel ieutial candidates in successton fs Charles Votaw, of Oxford, Kan., who} is in Oklahoma City visiting bis son, | Watson Votaw, an employee at the e Western Uafon telegraph office. | Cut This Out Bi Votaw’s firet vote oo cast for William Henry Harrison, when he was just beyond the mark of his ma- jority, and his last vote was for Wil- liam H. Taft. He was born Septem- ber 8, 1819. He was beyond theage | limit for service In the Civil War. his money will be refunded if “But I did not always get my he is not satisfied with results. man,” he sald {n relating some of the nie most striking of his reminiscences, “Lwent up Salt River with Henry Clay in 44, and I stayed with J. P. Hale in '52, when the old Free Soil party was thriving.” Votaw was born {in Ohio and was reared principally in Indiana. He moved to Oxford, Kan., twenty-six Years ago ing drugs. Guaranty. This is to Certify that has purchased one dollar pack- age of our catarrh remedy on our personal guarantee that forming drugs. That is as fair and square as you can ask for, DON’T HAVE CATARRH when you can get a deal like this. Bring this to CLAYS Prescription Druggist. * What yon bay We Stand by. Phone No. 4 De BSS SB 5S PHS Pio PO PSO Home Seekers Excursion. CASTORIA. Beare the The Kind You Have Always Bought at fe Letter From Kansas. ater To polntsin Alabama, Arizona Arkansas, Colorado, fieorgia,tdabo, In sending us remittance for re | We have 70 acres yet to gather and Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mext jowalso Tie Ties, C.J. Sehooley, | this corn is better than that on the so, Misatsstppl, Montana, Nebroska I gave $7,000 for this place of of Wellsfturd, Kunsas writes us as} 140 Vent New e lahoma q Nay ~aae - ae 3 a) ere haiti /320 acres aud have refused an offer yon, South De u, Tennessee, ’ r epee - Texas, (sali, Virginfa, Washington, “Toe whent fe looking fine, We hadi of $12 000 for tt. Kansas ts eure Wisconsin, Wyoming. On all first 200 acres In wheat and. threshed |comtng to the front as a great coun ind shird Tuesdays ofeach month 9.932 bushels. Had 215 acres in| try for farming. Clarence, my son, bial — glee Le corn, and 140 of this haa been gath-|and his wife are here from Butler, dave ft etl yy at at eal eee coed. Ot'slils we shelled 4,610 bushels }and tell me there has been quite a B.C. Vaspervoort ast week, worth 50 cants per bushel, change ip our old nelghborhood.” | And then Brother Schooloy rubs tt ‘In by asking it we have our bearings || | yet and tells us how good hoe has felt {since November the 3rd. } — | CASTORIA. Beare tho The Kind You Have Aiways Bought ki | | Bignatare er WM hiehid A Dangerous Operation is the removal of the appendix by a surgeon. No one who takes Dr King’s New Lite Pills is ever subject ed to this frightful ordesl. They work so quietly you don’t fee) them They cure constipation, headache, billiousness and malaria, 25¢ at Frank T Clay’s drug store. PEOPLE’S BANK Just What its Name Indicates. — Start right by opening an account with this bank, It is clean, strong and managed by experienced and conservative men, men who have been tried for years in positions of honor and trust. With it are connected many of our best home people which as we all well know is the best index to the strength and permanen- cy of any institution, You are offered absolute safety for your deposits and the deserving borrower is accommodated, It makes no difference if your business is small it will be appreciated and given care- ful attention by the People's Bank, Butler, Mo, James Berry lost a jack in a rather pecullar manner, says the Middlo- town Chips. In his breeding barn he had two of these animals in adjoin- ing apartments, and, !¢ has always been their one burning desire to get at each other and have a finish fight. Between the two solid box stalls of the jacks there was an open hole about one foot equare, nine feet from the ground. On the night named, in @ desperate effort to get to its oppo- nent, one of the jacks jumped up and thrust {ts head through this hole Its nose caught against the upper part and {ts jaw the lower, and there it was found dangling the next morn- ing, {te hind feet a foot or more from the ground, and as dead as @ mack- erel and a doornall both combined. Come and Get Acquainted with Us. J. R. JENKINS, President. C. A. LANE, Vice-President. WESLEY DENTON, Cashier. {s quite @ 'oss to Mr. Berry. The jack war—iike the war of ballote—ts i now over. { Kodol {s made of natural digestive juices found tn a healthy stomach, and it digests all food completely. y {OA APPS PARP RS OAAEY PL S LPOERLPA ESB EAL Pld The Walton Trust Co | guaranteed to give relief in any case of stomach trouble. Sold by C. W. Hess. Some of the Democratic newspa- pers of Missouri refer to Wm. Joel Stone asthe Cardinal Richelieu of Missour!. The old Cardinal was a fighter but you remember when he died the people expressed by bonfires thelr joy for his death. Should Stone die there would be no such bonfires buils When Stone is gone Missouri will lose one of her most distinguish- ea Democrats. There will be sorrow ee Butler, Missouri $55,000.00 $72,000.00. Capital, - - : : Surplus Fund and Profits : Always haz cash on hand reaty to loan on Farme in Bates, Vernon, Barton, Cedar, Dade and Polk counties, Missourl, on five or seven years time at low rates of inter- est with Iberal terms of payment. We have s complete set of title Abstract Books that we keep up with the records dally, Will furnieh certified Abstracts of Title to any tract of land or town lot In Bates county. Fees reasonable, race. He will be re-elected by the general assembly in joint session in in the United States senate until his death.—Sturgeon Leader. Wilt issue certificates of Time Deposits payable in etx or twelve months time, bearing interest, fer any idle money you may have on hand. en nN nnn S| weak stomach, sour stomach, gas on the stomach, etc., is guaranteed to give prompt relief from any form of stomach trouble. It will cure your dyspepsia. Sold by C. W. Hess. Take DeWitt’s Kidney and Blad- der Pills. They are antiseptic and soothe the pain quickly. Insist upon DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pilis. Cc. BE. ROBBINS, THE SUCCESSFUL AUCTIONEER. Sales made anywhere. Live stock and farm sales a specialty. Am better prepared than ever to. make your sale. Having made 110 succesetul sales the past season, amounting $145,048 67 worth of property. Am a member of the International and vice-president of the Mo. State Auctioneers Association. Reasonable terms for high class up-to-date service. Send for free circular and how to ar- range for and advertise a public sale. Call on or address me at Amoret, Mo. Phone No. 36. Wire me at my éxpense. Cc. E. ROBBINS. Nearly everybody knows DeWitt’s Little Warly Risers are the best pills made. They are small, pleasant, sure Little Liver pills. Sold by C. W. Hees. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrap stops the cough and drives the cul from the La Children like it, Sold by C. W. Hess. 46-tf The animal was valued at $700, and Kodol {s pleasant to take, and is) not gladness at his departure. With | the odds to fightin the lute cam-| paign he made a moet remarkable | January, 1909, and he will remain | Kodol for Dyspepsia, indigestion, | Regular size 50c. Sold here by C. W. | Hess. acnsnsinennnnceecenaiet iis ae aaaea l’’s a Good Sound Common Sense To use medicines only of KNOWN COMPOSITION, and which contain neither alcohol nor habit-form- It is foolish—often dangerous to do otherwise. many of the most successful, conscientious physicians, follow this judicious course of action. . The leading medical authorities, of all schools of medicine, endorse the ingredients composing Dr. Pierce’s medicines. These are plainly printed on ets Fe and attested under oath. secrecy; an open publicity, square-deal policy is followe by Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription THE ONE REMEDY for woman’s ailments, sold by druggists, devised and gotten up by a regularly graduated physician of vast experience in treating woman’s peculiar diseases and carefully adapted to work in harmony with her delicate organization, by an experienced and skilled specialist in her maladies. THE ONE REMEDY for woman's ailments, sold by druggists, which contains neither alcohol (which to most women is the rankest poison) or other injurious or habit- We have a profound desire to avoid all offense to the most delicate sensitiveness of modest women, for whom we entertain the most sincere \ respect and admiration. We shall not, therefore, particularize here concerning the symptoms and peculiar ailments incident to the sex for which Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription has for more than 40 years proven such a boon, We cannot, however, do a better service to the afflicted of the gentler sex than to refer them to Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, a great family doctor. book of 1000 pages, bound in cloth and given away gratis, or sent, post-paid, on receipt of 31 one-cent stamps—to cover cost of mailing on/y, ailments and matters about which every woman, whether young or old, single or married, should know, but which their. sense of delicacy makes them hesitate to ask even the family physician about, are made plain in this great book. Write for it. Address: Wortp’s Dispensary Mevicat Association, R. V. Pierce, M. D., President. 663 Main Street. Buffalo, N. ¥. Policy The most intelligent people, and here’s no the makers. THE ONE REMEDY for women, the composition of which is so perfect and good that Its makers are not afraid to print its every ingredient, in plain English on its outside bottleewrapper, and attest the correctness of the same under oath. All the delicate — SON THE WAY HONE ATLANTIC BATTLESHIP FLEET TC LEAVE MANILA TUESDAY ON RETURN VOYAGE. SAILING ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED Wil! Get Under Way at 8 o’Clock Tuesday Morning—Preparations for the Home-Bound Voyage Being Rushed—Will Be Home February 22—Stop at Colombo, Ceylon, First N O--The Atlantic bat Vhieh left) Hampton the sixteenth day of last D Will sail from Manila on the latte uf of its world-encireling voy tge on December 1, Rear Admiral Sperry Sunday issued his sailing or ders which call for the fleet to get under way promptly at eight o'clock Tuesday morning. Rough weather and the recent heavy rains have greatly delayed the work of getting the fleets ready to sail for home, Preparations for sailing are now being hurried and coal, provisions, stores and supplies are being rushed to the ships as rapid: ly as possible. With their homeward bound pen- bant streaming, the 16 battleships af- ter clearfhg Manila bay will head for Colombo, Ceylon, where they are due in two weeks. They will stay there | six days and then proceed to Suez, without stopping. They are due at the southern entrance of the Suez canal January 5, and after leaving Port Said, at the northern entrance, where coal is to be taken on board, the vessels of Admiral Sperry's com-, mand will divide into squadrons and make a series of calls at various Medi- terranean ports. In this manner the American ships will show at Athens, Tripoli, Ville Franche, | Marseilles, | Genoa, Leghorn, Malta, Naples and | Algiers, According to the present) schedule the entire fleet will assemble | at Gibraltar during the first week of} February and on February 6 it will leave Gibraltar for either Hampton Roads or New York, The question of | the final port in America has not yet! been definitely decided. The vessels | are due in Hampton Roads or New] York February 22. When the fleet reaches the United States it will have traversed since De- cember 16, 1907, when it left Hamp- ton Roads, a distance of 42,227 miles.+ Hadley at Kansan Banquet? | Topeka, Kan., Nov. 30.—At a meet ing of the executive committee of the Kansas Day club, steps were taken to | have Govy.-¢lect Herbert S. Hadley of Missouri deliver the annual address at | ‘the banquet of Kansas Republicans January 29—Kansas day. Mr. Hadley is a native Kansan and a graduate of Kansas university. The other speak- | ers for the banquet are: Native Kane san toast, O. W. Brown, Lenexa; O. C. Hull, Eldorado; B. H. Grigsby, Cha- |nute; J. U. Brown, Hutchinson; W. D, Vance, Belleville; Dr. J. D. Dykles Lebanon, will deliver the president’s address, The New York Senatorship. Hot Springs, Va., Nov, 30.—Timothy |L, Woodruff, chairman of the New | York Republican state committee, Sun- | day eliminated himself from the sen- jatorial race in favor of Secretary of State Elihu Root. This action was taken after a protracted conference with President-elect Taft and was fellowed by statements from both Messrs. Taft and Woodruff. Aside from these statements, each of which concedes the election of Mr. Root to succeed Senator Platt on January 19 | next, no details of the conference were | made known, Gave the Votes to Graves. Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 30.—Acting upon the advice of Attorney General S. B. Haskins of Olathe | | COL. C. F. BEARD, Auctioneer Member of the State Auctloneer’s Association, also have twelve years of successful experience, Is now ready so make dates for your B-¥ Pablo Sales Tete thoroughly acquainted with the farmers and stockimen of the Cais county, and ts better prepared than ever to give you complete satisfaction. He ts shoroughly familiar with the values of your asock when put up at auction, and will get for you tho highest price possible. His record fs the high dollar and a square deal for both the seller and buyer His termsare reasonable —see him before claiming dates, and ask for {natructions as to pre- paring for sud advertising & Public Sale. Have lHceense. Can give WRITE, WIRE OR TELEHPONE Cc. FE". Beard, Butler, Missouri. a: THE MISSOURI STATE BANK BUTLER, MO. Capital, Surplus and Profits $70,500.00 After twenty-eight years of faithful service as a bank we ask a continuance of the patronage heretofore enjoyed, promising absolute safety for your deposits and accommodation that any good bank could offer. Always has money to oan, any reference 5-tf DIRECTORS: Wm. M, Hardinger, C. H. Dutcher, A. B, Owen, Dr. T. C, Boulware, R, B, Campbell, John Deerwester, Wm. E, Walton. Wm, B. Tyler, Frank M. Voris, J.B. Walton. OTHER STOCKHOLDERS: Wiley Adams, Lulu Brown, H. B. Chelf, Dr, J, M. Christy, John M. Courtney Frank Deerwester, D, A. DeArmond, John Deerwester, Dr, J. Everingham, Wm. M. Hardinger, Sam Leyy, Mary B, Miller, A. A. Miller, John T. Piggot, J. K, Roster, J. W. Reisner, John Steele, John E, Shutt, Kate A, Tucker, Wm, W. Trigg, C. R. Turner, Dr. W. E. Tucker, Max Weiner, Dr. NL. Whipple, H. C. Wyatt, W.C. Walden, Edith Walton, Susie Willlams and James M, White. Under State Supervision and often Examined by State Bank Examiner. . WE WANT YOUR PATRONAGE, FARMERS BANK We are protected against robbery by insurance and our LABGE CORLISS SAFE, guaranteed by the manufacturer to be Burglar Proof. DIRECTORS, Ciark Wix, J.J. McKer, Frank Houuanp, J. W. Cuoare, 0. A, Hemurn, W. F. Douva. E, A. BENNETT, Homer Dvvat., F. N. DRENNAN, WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. fi / J. J. McKEE, Vice-Pres, HOMER DUVALL, Asst. Cashier. nap: SE RR pau emma E, A. BENNETT, Pres. W. F. DUVALL, Cashier, CASH CAPITAL, $50,000. Farmers Bank Building, Butler, Miseourt. FARM LOANS. Weave 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 bodke and will furnish abstracts to any Real Estate in Bates County and examine and perfect titles to same. INVESTMENTS. We will loan your idle Hadley, the secretary of state Satur- day evening counted the 30 disputed votes in Dunklin county for Judge W. W. Graves, Demécratic candidate for judge of the supreme court. money for you, eecuring 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. OOO LO SLIPPED LID ELA DLA: DUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST oy