The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 13, 1909, Page 4

re The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week. I. D. ALLEN, Ed'sor and Prop Butered at the postoffice of Butler, M geews d-class mal! matter. ‘The death of ex Senator William | Stewart in Washington City, dis-} closed the fact that inetead of being ®@ auillionaire, as has always been repated, he owned lees than $1,500 ia personal property, no real estate and that he owed about $25,000. ee ‘The “Old Guard” has no deficient revenues to apologize for. They found the state $22,000,000 in debt and paid it off, and at the same time reduced taxation from 50 cents to17 _,Oll Inspector for that city under “ writing and go to Europe to broad- — jen his education with travel. He George Creel, late editor of the Kansas City Independent and Ccal Governor Folk’s administration, will give up newspaper and magazine will devote his life to literary work. He sald to a Star reportes: “‘I shall travel leleurely all over Europe, writ- ing when I like. I have orders for three plays now and I have theekele- tone of several novels in my mind.” | After visiting England, Paris and | Berlin he will get away from the beaten paths and see the peasant lile of Russia, Germany, France, Spain | and Italy, and then he will go up the} Nile. He expects to be at least two years on his travels. cents on the $100. The only charge made against the “Old Guard” was that they paid out the money when 1s was due without waiting fora lot of red tape. It was never charged that the money wasn’t there.— Osceola Democrat. i The condition now before the American people {s wheat 61.25 per baeshel and flour $1 80 per sack with no wheat to speak of in the hands of the producer and no flour in his cheat, The “gamblers” of the board ot trade are responsible for the {n- ated prices and the common jeople ure the sufferers, As soon as the farmer gets the growing wheat crop ready for the market the “gamblers” will slip the price back to about 75 or 80 cents per bushel, says an Ex- change. i John H. Atwood, the brilllant Democratic orator and profound lawyer of Kansas, has moved to Mia- sourl and associated himself with distinguished Kansas City lawyers. ‘Tee law firm is now Reed, Atwood, Yates, Mastin & Harvey. Atwood hae for years been the leading Demo- crat of the Sunflower State, and Mis- sourl {8 fortunate in securing him. James A. Reed and Ed. E, Yates are recognized as the peers of any law- yers {nthe west, and Reed, like At- wood, ts noted for his oratortcal abilities, Hepresentative of Johnson county, Wallace Crossley, fa his Warrens- burg Star, thus announces himeelf oa the Hadley posing: “1 have set my face squarely against the tend- eacy of this administration toward extravagance and {%s almost insane desire to Impose tax burdens upon she people. In this regard Governor Hadicy’s administration will go down in history as & worthy eucces- sor $0 those of his party which forty years ago, by notorlous extrava- saoce, plunged Missourtin to debt, of which she was finally Yelfave@ by suc- ceeding Democratic administra- sion,” James H. Boyle and his wife, Helen, were convicted in the Mercer, Penn- sylranta, court for kidnapping Billy Whitla and were given the heaviest peaalties the laws of that state al- low, Boyle was sentenced to the pent- tentlary for life and his wife for 25 years. To further rebuke the crime the judge imposed upon her a fine of $5,000 and the costs of the prosecu- ‘ton. After sentence Boyle gave out & written statement that the crime ‘wae planned by the boy’s uncle, a brother of Mrs. Whitla, who had ‘been detected in the crime of murder by Boyle several years ago and was ‘saamable to further meet the black- vamailiog demands made upon him ‘EXfs story 1s diecredited. ——_————— aa At the close of each legielative ses- ‘wtox efforts are made to boom mem- “bersior higher offices by enthustastic drtends-whe are pleased by the rec- ords made, or by politiclans who heave profitei or hope to profit by ‘helt favorite’s promotion. This leg- felature {s no exception and the booming has. begun. First Senator -WansgeW, Humphrey, President pro tem of the Senate, Je boomed for the Tented States Senate to succeed ‘Warner. Wallace Crossley, repre- sentative from Johnson county and editor of the Warrensburg Star, is “boomed for governor. This is only @ etarter. Who comes next? The compiimente must be passed, ascom- @limente ts about all the average leg- ‘igiator gots out of It. A farmer saye:—“If you bore a quarter-inch holein the heart ofa frult tree, or any kind of a tree, that >a tatected with insects, and fill the hole fall of sulphur, then plug up the kote, it will cure blight, make the -‘eree strong and healthy, and in no ~way injure it. Thisis a valuable * boon to fruit growers, as thesulphar -goes through all parte of the tree, ‘being absorbed from the heart, and camake a good, healthy color.” Mingo and North East Bates. Several farmers are through plant ing corn. A much needed rain visited “these parts” last Saturday morning. Everything was needing rain—clods | were getting hard and grase wasget- ting short. The Mayesburg base ball team have received their new goods. They | expect to be ready for playing soon. | Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Snow spent Sun. day at T. R. Staley’s. A number of the neighbors met at Ercell Berry's last Saturday night where they were entertained by mu- sic. On account of the rain the guests departed at an early hour (1:30 o’clock), expreseing themselves | as having spent a delightful evening. Albert Edrington had the misfor- tune to get a mule badly cut on the barbed wire last week. Fayette Snow and Ben Mills placed some horses and mules on pasture last week. We understand that Miss Redford will teach the Fairview School next | year. | Misses McClenney and Menees, teachers of the Creighton school, | visited at Mrs. E, L. McClenny’s last | Saturday and Sunday. They were | entertained by the G, G. C. Saturday evening. | Sunday School has been organized | at the Christian church with the} prospects of a good attendance. The} attendance last Sunday being 46 | Why can’t Mingo Twp. have an 8. 8. | Convention thissummer? Much good | ig sure to be the result. Judge and 8, E. Smith were in But | ler the first of the week. | John Silver, who has the sawmill | on C. V. Twombly’s place, has secur | ed another engine and will soon be| sawing agaln, | Miss Iva Dale closed a successful | term of school at White Oak last} Friday. Mise Dale {s numbered | among Bates county's strongest | rural teachers, Aunt JEMIMA. | Fire in Park Hotel, | Fire was discovered in a third) story room {n the Park Hotel Mon- day night, about 8 o'clock and bad-} Extra Values for May Walker-McKibben’s $1.98 Genuine Heatherbloom Petticoats Well made-~-Black, Brown, Blue for 50c Silk Ginghams and Silk Mulls Soft and high colored plaids and floral designs for... 35¢ yd 50c White Linen Waistings Full yard wide, soft finish, for 12 1-2c Yard Wide Silkolines New designs for curtains, comforts, etc., for........ 10¢ 50c Solid Color Waists Nets 40 inches wide, for.............. aka 35c One lot $10.00 dress skirts reduced to When this store offers you goods as extra good for the price you KNOW it is so. Over forty years of business reputation is behind every sale to make it satisfactory. The Munsing Underwear factory has authorized us to sell the : 75c grade Ladies’ Union Suits for 50c, as they want the trade to have ‘ the best Union Suit for 50c in the country. Special bundle muslin of i fine Sea Island cotton warranted the best value ever offered in mus- \ UR FOR iis ivercssvsiicasacs bsaseneoueeee cantaessens Ladies Pure Linen Handkershiefs for..:...........0seee0s vets Special Value in Umbrellas for...............c ccc ceeeeeeeeee “ Ss 1 .00 Choice Stylish Genuine Tailor-made Suits at..... ...$15.00 and $19.00 Ladies Wash Suits and Dresses, Shirt Waists and Wash Skirts in our Womens Clothing Department. } say * > MAIL ORDERS af « A SPECIALTY To Us Walker-McKibbens, cial $1.48 ovseseees $1.98 ; Send Them *\"° | om 4 4 ft ly damaged two rooms before the fire department got it under control Mr. Beach, the proprietor, with the assistance of his cat, was trying to dislodge a nest of mice, which had Pleasant Valley Items. Preaching last Sunday at Double Branckes well attended. Pleasant Valley will soon know If taken possession of a mattress in an|*he ditch {8 to do the work: The upstairs back room. He concluded | Lyons dredge will get through in one to go downstairs after some traps | 4 jay and night. They lack only 100 and set @ lighted lamp on a chair, | feet at this writing. They will move made her exit a badly frightened ack and do some work for Mr. D. Evilsizer and family returned to feline, It was a very close callfor| their home in Kansas City after'a the old wooden structure, as when | pleasant visit with the familles of J. the fire boys arrived, two roome were | J completely enveloped in flames and . Walker and L. H. Evilaizer. Mrs. George Blankenbaker {s some the fire had broken through theroof | better. She has been moved to her A Desirable Home for Sale. daughters, Mrs. Mary Jenkins. Ed. Storke has gone to Cass coun- Having purchased the Ben Moore] ¢y on a visit to his sisters. residence in Butler, I now offer for Mrs. W. RB. Jackson is some better. Homer Duvall to W P Duvall & | wife pt sec 22 Mt Pleasant twp $1. W P Duvall & wife to Homer Du- vall pt sec 22 Mt Pleasant twp $1. Robert Pearson to Joseph Donel- son NW SE & 8k SW NE set 25 New Home twp $800. \ Jno Puck to William Wears lots 194 & 195 Rich Hill Town Co’s 5th add $700. Cyrus Shobe and wife to A Saile- bary & wife lot 2 blk 34 Sperry’sadd to Rich Hill $450. Here are some figufés from a lum ber camp up in Greenwood which gives an idea as to the appetite of husky woodsmen: There are 36 men in this The regular May meeting of this camp will be held next Saturday, May 15th, at 2 p. m. {n the county clerk’s office. This will be the last chance for members to get enrolled for this national encampment. Joun R. Forp, Com’r. R.S. Catron, Adjt. crew, and the cook reports that he makes each day 300 large biscuits, 150 doughnuts, 36 pies, bakes six quarts of dry beans, with potatoes, vegetables, etc., in proportion. A large beef is sale my residence situated one block|ghe ig looking fora visit from her| eaten every five days. north of the public square. The| sister, Mrs. Smith, of Texas and house fronts south and east, is two| brother in Arizona. stories high, with good basement James Greenlee was hauling corn and concrete floors. The house con-| from James Thomas’ Monday. tains twelve rooms—double parlors, aitting room, dining room, break- fast room, library, ki » pantry Some of our people are replanting and some plowing corn. The rain and halle, with hard wood floors| was a great help. throughout the first story. The sec- ond story containe five dressing room, halls and bath room fitted with hot and cold water. The Charley Starr was hunting a team, FOOMS, | ag he sold hisspan of mules for $450. They are doing some good road entire building has electric lighte, | work. and {s heated with hot water recent- The ditch is almost full of water ly put in ata cost of $1,000. New| and fish bobbing around like rubber barn and buggy house. The lot con- tains one acre. Price $6.000. Want $2,000 down, balance long time and balls. : A heavy frost, almost like a young low interest. Wa. E. Wanton. |800W. Prow Boy. Anniversary, Real Estate Transfers. Saturday, May 15, begins our 2nd WARRANTY DEEDS. year’s business. You havemade our! E B Silvers & wife to Mary Dubach trade beyond our expectations. We|NW (160.4) sec 35 Pleasant Gap thank you. With your help we ex-|twp $12,000. pect to double our business this year. FC Williams to Lewis Staker 28 a We invite you to keep right on|sec 2 Walnut twp $300. acoming in. Black & Arnold Clothing Co. | E¥ SEX sec 88 Deer Creek twp $900.’ news that Peary has got there? ED Allen & Wile to G W Irick pt Ss George Presbury Rowell of New York, prominent for many years in the newspaper advertising business, died a few days ago. He began the publication of the American Newspa per Directory in 1869. This publica- tion made accessible for the first time to every one a complete list of news- papers. In 1888 he established Print- er’s Ink, a weekly publication. _ People .who are objecting to the high tax rate this year will be inter- ested to learn of Sturminster Marshall in Dorsetshire, England, where they almost never have any taxes. The total municipal expenditure last year was £3 158, of which £2 was for painting the village Muypole. year a half-penny tax is to be levied, just so the town won't seem ddd. The latest word from Command Peary represents that intrepid er well up toward the polar sea his good ship Roosevelt and for a good chance to make 2 af toward the pole itself. All were well and the conditions favorable. Who knows but the next gale thet sweeps from the frozen north will the Marmaduke Camp 615 U.C.V.|} = Native Lumber for Sale. of native lumber ut my residence, 10 miles southeast of Butler,‘Mo. Your business {s solicited. Address Rich Hill, Mo., R. F. D. No. 5. Phone, Rich Hill Happy Hill No. 1. 28.26 During his absence the cat turned | Arthur Weir to A Stainsbury & over the lamp, and_on-his return-the} ; 78 Ade 0) ORAS SLES EESEA ELL whole room was ablaze and pussy | Weeks before they finally leave. Rich Hill $450, - GIPIGIA A lam prepared to furnish all kinds Geo. F. Morcan. THE BIG SALE GOES ON We have decided to continue our sale for one more day, Saturday, May 15 you can still get a $15 watch for 50c. Geo, W. Ellis Jew'l'y Co BUTLER, MO.