The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 25, 1911, Page 2

BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS By Supt. P. M. Allison. All the schools in the county are closed except Ovid, just north of Rich Hill. The school house burned here and they were compelled to build be- fore they could proceed with the school. This term will close in June. | Of the 159 rural graduates 46 se- lected Adrian asa choice of schools | to attend, 38 selected Butler, 36 Rich Hill, 12 Hume and 6 Foster. The scholarships have not been awarded | be ordered through this office or “a rect from the studio, Ihad the pleasure of attending the commencement of the Rich Hill High School last Wednesday night. Theit exercises were very interesting and each one acquited themselves well. They gavea play ‘‘The Merchant of | Venice,” paraphrased to apply to this next week to vote on questions | school work. The students get out an annual that is a credit to any high school and this isthe best one in the history of the school. The students do this work and at an expense of about $250 this “Hume 4 levy for'school purposes recen i only six votes were cast against the measure. They are now ina to make their school better than ev before and we are all glad to hear of their success. Two special elections will be held for school betterment. One to build a new house and the other to forma consolidated district. I shall. be pleased to hear of the new building proposition carrying if all conparned can be satisfied. to the Bates county boy or girl fifteen: years of age or under who writes and compose the best essay on At the present time twelve district clerks are short on estimates and eight have not sent in their enumera- tion lists. Why they should notdo this is more than most of us can guess. Should they lose their revenue they, lam sure, would feel very bad about it and yet it would not take them more. that 15 or 20 minutes to get these ready and mail them in. Most of the ones that are in show an in- crease in the levies of last year. . This ||' indicates that they are going to have better schools than before. yet on account of some of the pupils | year. 1 acknowledge the receiving a not making achoice until the 20th| jcomplimentary copy which I prize this having been an oversight on their | yery highly. The people of Rich Hill part. | realize they have the besthigh school 140 were in attendance at the ex- | they have ever had and the board has ercises and all were well pleased with | retained every teacher.and most of the showing they made. Mr. Green'them with an increase in salary. gave us a very interesting and in-| | They hope to make next year better structive talk. We are pleased to say | ‘than this. One very interesting thing that we got a very good picture and about the Alumni is the number of and they are on sale nowat Stewart’s students from the school who are at- Studio at 50 cents each. These can tending the State University. “Why Has the Peoples Bank of Butler Succeeded” Five dollars ($5) to the one having the second best; three dollars ($3), third; two dollars ($2), fourth; one dollar ($1), fifth. The essays must not contain over three hundred words, be enclosed in a sealed envelope together with a seperate sheet of paper bearing the name of the writer, and left at the bank not later than July 1st, 1911. They willbe passed on by disinterested persons. The essays of those receiving the prizes will be printed in the news- papers published in Butler. In addition to the above offer we have decided to give ten dollars ($10) to the Bates county boy or girl fifteen years or under who grows the !argest watermelon; five dollars ($5) to the one who grows the next largest; three dollars ($3), third largest; two dollars ($2), fourth largest; one dollar ($1) fifth largest. The watermelons grown for the contest. must be delivered not later than September 1, 1911, at a place designated by the bank. Several will get the money we are offering. Try to be one the number. Saved Child From Death. “After our child had suffered from | severe bronchial troubles fora year,”’ wrote Mrs. G. T. Richardson, of Richardson’s Mills, Ala., ‘‘we feared | it had consumption. It had a bad) cough all the time. We tried many , remedies without avail, and doctor’s medicine seemed as useless. Finally | we tried Dr. King’s New Discovery, and are pleased to say that one bottle | effected a complete cure, and our'|' child is again strong and healthy.’’ For coughs, colds, hoarsness, la-, grippe, asthma, croup and sore lungs, | | its the most infallible remedy that’s “WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY” “aie \ falaitlss \ i tee 3 a . ; \ < made. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial : : ae reer a Guests g vee free. Guaranteed by F. T. Pp E O Pp L E S B A N K The farmer and his wife were about to sit Give toa Sante cold supper when they saw some old friends driving ef Real Estate Transfers. | WI Walbridge to Agnes O Antill ‘60 a, sec 2, Hudson $3660. Rachael V Park to W W Park 80 a, sec 17, Charlotte $5200. ets | -Z Pees to Rachael V Park 80a, sec Patriotic Days. 12, West Point $4000. Under Grand Army arrangements | WR Kegerreis to S E Lewellyn the following public services will be | |58 a, sec 5 and 6, New Home $1000, | held: Edgar B Lodman to Ray Taylor; The Memorial Sermon will be de- | tract, sect 3 New Home $1.00. jlivered by Rev. J. R. Lamb at the | T R Simpson to Daisy S Mahan lots | | Presbyterian church on Sunday morn- | 73 and 74, Adrian $1.00. ing at 11 o’clock, May 28th. | E P Griffith to J T Mahoney} 40 a,| Presbyterian choir will furnish the | | $3000. music. {feta ree to R. Steiner tract|_ The old soldiers will meet at Post | i sec 14, Rockville $400. Headquarters at 10:30 o’clock, and JW Park to W W Park 40 a, sec| March to the church. 117, Charlotte $2200. Decoration Day on Tuesday May ; Martha J Brayton to K C Southern : Ry Co 16 40-100 a, sec 5, Walnut $820. 4 A G Metzler to Gus Trussell lot 2, blk 13, Foster $50. E L Martin to W D Yates lot 10, blk 25, Amoret $25. Annie E McKena to W E Jones 147 a, secs 4 and 34, Lone Oak and Mt. Pleasant $1.00. T BToddto JM Wright 4 1-2 a, {sec 4, Mound{$2250. Ella Copeland to Ralph Jones pt blk 75, Rich Hill $125. R L Murray to Agnes M Hicks tract sec 8, Howard $600. BUTLER, MISSOURI The FREE Sewing Machine This ‘‘different” machine, this ‘‘superior’” machine, this perfect master piece—the machine of your imagination which you sighed for every time the thread slipped around the spool pin of your old ma- chine and broke, every time-its shuttle wore out, every time.ite stitch: slipped, every time its needle broke, every time your back became weary and your feet became tired, this machine with its 32 fault- removing inventions we now offer to you at your own terms as low as, 00 A Week The price is so low that we promised Mr..Wm. C. Free, the inventor of this 20th Century machine that we would never publish it. You are accustomed to paying 80 much more for machines which ne Not near so that it will be hard for for you to realize that the lower priced E ‘sews faster, runs lighter, is more breadier lasts longer and makes a more perfect stitch than the highest priced machine on the market. To appreciate the price you must first come to our store and see the quality. Then as an evidence of the implicit faith we have in The ourselves, we want you to give it a 30 DAYS TRIAL — cope own home. Sew on it. Test it on all sorts of material. en if after 30 days you are not entirely satisfied—if are not absolute! convinced that it is the ioe machine you have ever sewed athe most corarian| —the most up-to-date—and at its low price, the biggest bargain you ever made— return the machine to us and we will refund all you have paid on it so that the trial will not cost. you one cent. We make this offer because we know that when you notive for $0 days how ornamental its Deantifal “Prench Leg design, its golden oak finish and its dustiess japanaing ave, ‘When yoo find out how convenient it is— .. towards the house. Pipi ET «yt The good wife was equal to the ccesion thank to her New Perfection Oil Cook-stove. She had it lit in a moment, and her guests hardly were seated on the porch before a hearty hot meal was ready for the table— sausages and eggs and long rashers of streaky bacon, and rolls just crisped in the oven and. fresh coffee—and the hostess herself as cool and neat as if she had not been near the kitchen. - She never could have managed it with an old-fashioned range. | The New Perfection is the quickest, most convenient and best cooker on the market. jpMade with 1, 2 ad 3 burners lurquowe pee ravon ise ame racks, etc. here; or write for de- ee to the mearest agency "Guia Oil Company (Incorporated) All old soldiers will meet at Post | Headquarters at 9:30 o’clock of that | day, and march to parade grounds on | Main street, east of the Court House, | where the procession will be formed, | preparatory to marching to the cem- | etery grounds, at 10 o’clock a. m. The following orders will be pre- | served: 1, Children with flags and flowers ! in front. Mrs. Ed. Smith in charge. | 2. Music by the Band. 8. Firing squad. 4. Allold soldiers, Federal, Con- federates, Spanish War, etc., march- ing side by side. 5. Fraternal orders, under their own order of arrangement. 6. . Citizens in carriages or on foot. Thomas Wainright, Marshal. oo cores ease araMaenase ANSE 2 Now why are you reading this? You said you would not read an “ad."’ This looks like real money. That’s the reason, $650 for $297 And in a way it is the real money, because it rep- resents a thing of value— represents it at a lower fig- ure than you can ever get it at again. Een A en Township Assessors Meet. a: The Bates County Assessors Asso- ciation, composed of the assessors of the various townships of Bates county Se ne livered by pr Rev. W. i. Rose at the Methodist church North, on the afternoon of Decoration Day, May 30th at 2:30 o’clock and to which every body is invited. Music furnished by 'the choir of that church. Come, young and old, and strew the graves of the dead with, flowers, and hear the Memorial Address in the afternoon, and so enjoya well spent May 20, 1911, President H. 0. Maxey presiding. Officers were elected as follows: President, O. D. Jennings, of Foster; Secretary, A. B, Stone, of Rich Hill. Interesting and instructive talks re- garding the financial condition of the county were: made by Judges of the County Court, Campbell, Wolfe and Fix: of these splendid 88-note In- terior Player Pianos in your vicinity so we can tell your friends where they can see one of them. Some one is going to get this ‘‘Cut Down” bargain. The one who does get it will be mighty proud of it. If there is anything in the market that is as good, it must be “ANOTHER ONE: JUST LIKE-IT.””- That is what we think of the quality of this splendid Player Piano. The make, the tone and the Rates of assessment were fixed as | 489- John Steele, bow when the maching is closed. the drawe-s —bow the 8 sets of Ball Bearings make itso light price cannot be beat. follows after some discussion: Real Post C fader rasbeyaarceradtiat: OAR enfant eS la . : A —bow wi raise le lo- ines Write for terms and particulars. Estate and all mixed property 33 1-3) p, 17, Holcomb, S64 maticaly—ihe drawers ualock andthe bel tow the Retsil Movement makea 1+ taste per iy and money notes, etc., 55| “Adjutant. * tow tea ouch on be improved Hea Latch Haplest Kaved Bobbie Machines Bost Pi per cen! IME TR See BPO sa elinstce. : : —and how juline 9 scent Ot lait dtpectemen be M. A. Darroch Piano Co. || Neatly every township in the coun- Cheap Money. wie IS Fn Bante Se Pfaeake Sana, met © We are not in.the Farm Loan busi- at feta you a pointer; Lowest rates on ty was represented, and great inter- est in the meeting was manifested by ness, “ can all present. ~ |where to Uniform Barred; aa Likely. Tucson, Ariz, May 17.—Captain Dept. E4, Archer Ave. & Halsted St., Chicago, III. A. H. CULVER, Butler, Missouri Notice to Breeders be I have the best bunch of pure bred Percher- }} on Stallions—more size and quality. j These young stallions will be allowed to ‘serve a& limited number of mares for the public |} sacha the season of 1911.