The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 4, 1909, Page 1

Ww nS Tis VOL, X8XI — i}: “Mate F ety, BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 19/9. as first-class goods can be sold. Hardware, Stoves and Ranges, Barb Wire, Nails, Farm Machinery, Wagons, etc. This Represents Style No. 726 of the AMERICAN ROYAL FENCE Don't fail to see our line before buying. We Have a Fine Line of Come in and let us Figure with you. GENCH BROS. We have a large stock of all styles, at prices as low Dr. Smith is kept pretty busy rid ing day ami uight. Joe F. Whinnery reported as ress- jing easy Sabbath night. He fs not gaining any strength yet, his age and the long time he has been sick (is against him. Aaron had varied experiences the other day getting siguers to # peti tlou for the legislators to submit to the people a vote on the whisky ques- tion, G. W. and J. H. Park have a few Duroe Jersey gilts bred for May tar- rowlng for sale. AARON East Lone Oak. Quite & number from this vicinity weot skating on the Christy lake lass Sunday. We hear the ice broke through with a few of the young folks. Mr. Brown {s still In a critical con- dition. He has been sick a little over a week at this writlog. There was preaching last Sunday, both morning and night, by Rev. Whitsets. There will be preaching next Sunday morulng by Rey. Sutor The following were on the sick list last week: Miss Visa Thomas and C. M. Thomas. The severe wind of last week did There will be a ple supper at Pleas- Tharsday night. We hear that there will aleo be one at Mr. and Mrs, Ross Williams are Jama | now at oe 1e to thelr many friends E. Wisherd place. The Lathe tes at Star, which was to be the discusston of consolidation of ;sehools fn Lone Oak township, was Miss Eulolla Dantels and Laverne Virginia. jfrom the soush and drove the dry|over the school house being aire. jconstderablo damage to the tele. ! ' {spell away, | Some of the Virginiattes never ran ao | phone lines, and was also very hard John Foster and his son John went| ‘Thera was a large crowd «#$ John’ fast in thelr Ilves and when they got | on unshelterad stock. to Henry Co. last week to see bis|Sparks’ saleand every thing sold|)to the school house they found ft brother who was sick. When he got! very well «as only the coalin the stove that/ant Valley there he was dead. W. W. Park returned Saturday | #@s burning i D. C, Wolfe lost agood young] trom Quincy, Ill, where he had been Jama Park bought the Httle cars! Black school-house Friday night, horse last week from belong cut on | yistwing his son Guy, w wife and little, that Fred Drysdale use to own, at} the wire fence. | granddaughter, |John Sparky’ sale Monday. or , Dr. Smith reports that two youny |” ‘pho wind storm blew C. W. Wolfe's !8 20w prepared to take the kadles at the | men have come {nto the nelebbor- | win.amill down. | riding. i hood to stay awhile, one at L. L. ike ‘i Elmer Robbing, of east of Butler, | Judys and one at Bollings Bitjah Ison and family, came pa attended the Sparks’ sale Monday. Aaron read ©. H. Morrison's reply |! ee. eee week They will ree “Wo Johnson near Mulberry re-| postponed on account of the storm. to Col. Denning about New Mexic..| rn to old Bates. jnewed for Tue Ties another year | 16 will be next Friday night. ' beingsuch a dry country. ‘There were, Ray Jundy has rented the J. W./ with Aaron Monday of this week. some in Bates county a litsle over a) Park farm on Miami creek Many of the German people areread |Stlvers, of the Star neighborhood, year ago that thought Bates county| There was some excitement in Vir. ers of Tue Times northwest of Vir. | attended church at Peru last Sunday Was a dry county but the rain came|ginia Thursday night of last week | ginta. Great ——EEE bs night. Pussy WiILLow, SECOND WEEK OF THE Factory Cost Sale Of Pofienbarger & Douglass’ Entire Shoe Stock Every “FLORSHEIM” Oxford is stamped on the sole for your pro- tection and is a guar- antee of foot comfort and satisfaction. Selected materials and expert workman- ship are used in the “FLORSHEIM” shoe. Most Styles are $5 00 $5 Values $3 65. Sa All $3.2 Shoes - | $2.65 | This sale will mean | much to you if you | | take advantage of | these great footwear | bargains. THE FAMOUS UEEN QUALITY | Shoe For Women $4.00 Grade . $3.15 3.50 Grade 3.00 Grade — 2.65 2.25 Never again will you be able to secure | such shoes at the | present low prices. | Every pair at Factory Cost. Fixtures for Sale ——————— BUTLER, MO. | Crossett Shoes, $4 Grade $3.15 | Sensational Savings _ RUBBER GOODS Lambertville Boots $5.00 Values $3.75 Candee Snag Proof Boots $4.00 Values $3.25 Business bought and stock placed on sale by Hiram Nichols Shoe Co. “THE HOUSE OF BETTER SHOES.” Cc. EK. Robbins, The Successtful Auctioneer Does the leading Auction business in Southwest Missouri. erty for more than anyone. Is for the fine points of the business, ing Auction schools of the U.S al and President of the Makes more sales than combined, Claim your dates early. Missouri all the Can make you from $200 to $1000 on v« It always pays to have the best, how to arrange for and advertise Can sell your prop- educated Is a graduate otf the leg A member of the Internation- Auctioneers’ Association auctioneers of Bates county our sale Send for Free Circular on 1 sale, Terms reasonable Call on or Address Me at Amoret, Mo. Phone No. 36. C. E. Robbins, No, Heim MAJOR SALMON GOES FREE. A Technicality Saved the Clin- ton Banker From Prison. Jefferson City, Feb, 2.—Major Har- vey W. Salmon, the Clinton banker, probably willnever go to prison, He was under & sentence of three years in the ania tlary for uniaw ful banking, buta technicality has saved him. His case was reversed and remanded by the supreme cours to-day. Lt 1s tinprobable that he will ever be tried agata: Judge Fox gave the decision in favor of Major Sal mon, .\ majority of the cours con curred. The bank of Salmon & Salinon fptl- ed in 1904. The wreck was 6 bad one. Major Salmon and his brother, Dr. Salmon, were the owners of the bank. Cashier Casey, who, it seems, negotiated many of the bad apecula tions and was ason-fnlaw of Dr Salmon, was convicted, sentenced to the penitentiary for five years and {s an inmate cf that institutlon now Dr. Salmon has died since the wreck of the bank, The judgment rendered Major Salmon in the trial court: was reversed because {6 was founded on 4) bad Indictment. A young woman stenographer wers | taken into the pre j sworn to tuke the testimony and af | terwards used as a witness for the | stute ment, which the supreme court holds | should have been dismissed. It is betfeved now that the statute |J° ung Indy of limitation will operate to protect | Major Salmon from further prosecu- ton, Southwest Summit. Beale’ This {nvalidatéd the Indies | Amsterdam Notes, Enterprise M.L Carr leaves tor Fs. Worth Texas, to deli e f drly {nw horses he hi Mise May Bard, of the Virgina neighborhoad, was s guest as the Harry Clark home the latter part of las’ week JV. Thornbragh and fin lety for where he bas « Burlington Railway. Saturday Sterling, Colorad rosttion with the Mrs. T. © Robison was brought back from Kansas City by her son Dr. Wo A. She had beer for s treatinent for rheumatism. The Dr returned to Drexel on the local Mrs. W. A. McBurney lefs Sunday for Princeton, Ulinots, on account of the serious sickness of Mra. J. D Waddell. She was accompanied as faras Ke City by Mr, MeBur ney John Comiford and Mise Grace Mitchell drove to Butler Tuesday and were united {n marriage. Bott are tine young folks and have many friends who jofa us in wishing then happisess Carr entertained at din Mre M.L vera! of her lady ia nay, in honor of Mrs. L | who expec $8 $0 MOVE nds Tues Paddock ith her famifhs s vw latter par’ of the week to shelr farm near Virginia Thebox supper at Mulberry Inst | Saturd iy olght was well attended The boxes bronght $101 afer which & cake Was put up to sell ata ;penny avote for the moe’ popular The recelpte from tt were $47 Mise Laura Clapp won | the prize 80. ‘Merwin Notes. Lipper +.M Nelson was in Monday and The severe wind storm of I'riday i ormed us that he and Bert Glover and Saturday was too bad to com- ment on, when the storm abated. Grandma Brixser {s reported on the sick list Mrs. Ora Ash lefts on Monday for Northern Idaho to join her husband, and expects to make it their home. We were thinking of making garden when the blizzard struck us. Several farmers have beguo epring’s work by starting the plow. Moving season {s here. New neigh- bors are beginning to come In. Miss Ilena Bailey returned to Columbia, Mo., where she will take special work in Home Economies. Don’t forget the pie supper and spelling contest on Friday eve. A new wire {s being put on the tele- phone line to accommodate the peo- le. tw mail carrier, Chas. Grant, {s deserving of a gold medal for carry- {ng mail such a day as last wa Adrian Notes. Journal, A number of road draggers got busy Saturday and the work they did made a great {improvement in the condition of the public highways. The road drag is one of the best means of keeping the roads up and those who use them are public bene- factors. Rev. Smith closed the revival meet- ings at Deer Creek Chapel Saturday night, The meeting proved very suc- ceesful in the number of conversions and accessions to the church. Dur. ing the year there have been 75 con- versions and over 50 accessions to the church, many of them being adults. The Deor Creek class was greatly strengthened as a result of the meeting and the good work is expected to continue to bless the community. but everyone was glad/spake was | had a chicken suake Saturday. The a little over three feet long. Word was recetved here Monday nights of the death of Mrs J. )). Wad dell that evening at 6 o'clock. Mre. Waddell has been suffering with neuritis for the past five months and has been bedfast for four months. She has had a trained nurse and two doctors in attendance all the time, but thelr efforts were of no avail. She wasa@ daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Fleenor and the fam- ‘ly was @ resident of the town for years. There are many here who will regres to hear of her untimely death. Death of John W. Rossen. John W. Rossen departed this Iife at the home of his son, John Rossen, Jr, in Butler on Tuesday morning, afier @ long {ness. He was possibly the oldest man in Butler, if not in Bates county, being in his 92nd year. He was born in Culpepper county Virginia, September 22nd 1817. He came to Missouriin 1866, and to Butler in 1889. He married Mise Margaret Broyles in Virginia [Seven children were born to them, three of whom are living, viz: Jno. W. Rossen and Mrs. H, C. White, of Butler, andw Mrs. A. W. White, of Linn county Kansas. Mr. Rossen united with the Metho- dist church {nearly manhood and lived a consistent christian Iife. He was a firm believer in the principles ofthe Democratic party aid was ever @ loyal member of that political organization. Funeral services were conducted from the M. E. church, South, by the pastor, Rev. Vivion Wednesday after- noon at 2 o’clock, and interment wae made in Oak Hill’ cemetery.