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Briggs recently sold a wagon load of A most interesting meeting of the timothy seed from this year’s crop Bates County Medical Association was seed to a Minneapolis buyer for Thursday afternoon, August 31. $8,000. ; The features of the meeting were Briggs, who is a retired merchant, | Clinics held by Dr. H. E. Pearse of coming here from Colorado two years | Kansas City, and Dr. A. W. McAllis- ago, has just finished harvesting 700 ter of Kansas City, the former per- acres of timothy, which will net him | forming an operatiqn for club foot, approximately $30,000. and the latter an operation upon an The J. A. Swenson Company ship- eye. ped a carload of timothy seed, for' A number of interesting papers which it received $10,000. | were read and discussions were had Ears = i a upon various topics. The meeting : ; .,, | Was well attended. Three ladies’ rings, one set with | a ruby, another with opal and the other | Sheep for Sale. with large pearl. Lost some where | 30 high grade Shropshire ewes and in or near Butler. Reward. |2 thoroughbred Oxford bucks, extra Butler, Mo., R. R. No. 7. | good. W. M. Hardinger, 45tf Tel. No. 9 on Line 4. - Box 118. |42 tf R. F. D. 6, Butler, Mo. California and West Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 | | ——sby an Outsider, = Cc. P. A. TO HOLD PUBLIC SPEAKING Open Session of Central Protective As- sociation Saturday Evening, September 9th. An event to which the public is looking forward with interest will be the open session of the Central Pro- tective Association which will be held at the court house in this city Satur- day, September 9, 1911 at 7:30 o’clock p. m. The object of this open session will be to bring the public in closer touch with the Association and to outline the work and methods of the organi- zation. ’ This end will be accomplished by | addresses before the meeting by speakers who will present a concise | intelligent summary of the work and the organization. The general public is invited to attend, and every citizen of the County should weleome and take advantage of this opportunity fo’ learn more of this excellent organiza- tion which has done much for the ad- vancement of Bates county, Refreshments will be served to the members of the Association and their | families at the hall of the Knights and | Ladies of Security immediately after the speaking. Forced to Leave Home. | Every year a large number of poor | sufferers, whose lungs are sore -and| racked with coughs, are urged to go} to another climate. But this is costly | and not always sure. There’sa_ bet-| ter way. Let Dr. King’s New Dis-| covery cure you at home. “It cured me of lung trouble,’’ writes W. R. Nelson, of Calamine, Ark., ‘when all | else failed and I gained 47 pounds in| weight. Its sure the king of all cough and lung cures.”” Thousands owe their lives and health to it. It’s positively guaranteed for coughs, coldf, la gripe, asthma, croup—all throat and lung troubles. 50c and, $1.00. Trial bottle free at F. T.} Clay’s. The Bates County Teachers’ and | Patrons’ Meeting as Seen l Buy More Market Horses Direct’ From the Farmers Than Any Man in the World. 4 The Bates County Teachers’ and Patrons’ Meeting was a success so far | as the teachers were concerned, but, the patrons were rather conspicuous | for their absence. Bates county is, rapidly coming to the front in the; educational world. It gertainly was gratifying and encouraging to see the large number of teachers who had at- tended the summer school at War- rensburg. These are the teachers who are going to improve conditions Status of State Treasury. Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 31.— Rich Hill, Thursday, Sept. 7 Amoret, Butler, Saturday, Sept. 9 Bring in Your Good Horses, I Buy Them from 4 to 30 Years Old, from 800 to 1800 Pounds. I Buy the Best that Grow and Pay the Highest Cash Price. I WILL GIVE MORE FOR GOOD HORSES THAN ANYBODY. SHOW ME YOUR GOOD DRAFT HORSES AND CHUNKS Will Buy Branded or Unbranded ; Mules 4 to 8 Years Old---Must Be Fat Don’t Forget the Date as I Come to Buy S. LOWENSTEIN | Bruner Waives SHOW ME YOUR GOOD DRAFT HORSES Friday, Sept. 8 | jfrom C. W. McCormick, of Deepwat- Preliminary Hearing. be Ae gee was arraigned before in our schools. I was sorry that more of these wideawake teachers were not on the program. There is inspiration in the talk of a young man or woman who lives in the present and future and who tells us what he or she is going to do instead of spending three- fourths of the allotted time in remin- iscences of days in the old school house with its wooden benches. We can listen to our parents tell stories of the old days, but when we attend an educational meeting we want some- thing new, or at least, something that has some bearing on present condi- tions. The wide-awake teacher has ne time to waste in squabbling over the 100 per cent method or the rule of three, but is talking on some live n udge B. F. Jeter Tuesday morning. There was a balance in the State! Leslie G. Bruner, the young man Bruner waived his preliminary Treasury at the close of business to- | paptuted a Hot Springs, ‘South Da-|hearing and was bound over to the day of $2,361,129.56. The receipts 0 A y Sheriff W. J. Bullock last circuit court in the sum of $1000, in for the month were $224,994.85 and week, charged with stealing a horse | default of which he was sent to jail. the disbursements $1,741,952.34. The! balance at the close of business July ; 31 was $3,678,787.05. The general revenue fund has a balance at this’ time of $335,381.02. \ During the month the Penitentiary | earned $26,987.39. The game fund has a balance of $8,077.11, and the! good roads fund a balance of $26,-| 214.41. | The surplus money of the State is| held as follows: In Treasurer’s vault, ; $14,967.22; Exchange Bank, Jeffer- | son City, $178,284.26; First National | Bank, Jefferson City, $177,069.20; ; BOYS AND GIRLS OF BATES COUNTY: Don’t Forget subject that we have not been bored with for so many years. As one com- ing to you from outside the county, I National Bank of Commerce, Kansas | City, $89,315.25; German-American That Friday Sept, ] Closes our sippi Valley Trust Company St. Louis O a a pra ahead for the schools of Bates county. $1, 787,801.10. The chief factors for success will be Prof. Allison’s thorough organization and control of the schools, and the No Need to Stop Work. progressiveness of his teachers. And When your doctor. ord ers you to: mark my words, The Bates County stop tl it staggers you. tepoam't’’ | Club will be the nucleus of the for-/you say. You know you are weak, | ward movement. owe a etn in gry Fad Allow me to suggest a few ques-|°¥ Gay, Dut you must work as long 7 ‘i Wie ;.|as you can stand. What you need is! tions for the literary societies to dis- Electric Bitters to give tone, strength cuss this winter. Resolved: and vigor to your system, to prevent | 1. That a law should be passed | breakdown and bui ld you up. Don’t, prohibiting the teaching of high school | be weak, sickly or ailing when Elec- subjects in the rural schools. tric Bitters will benefit you from the 2 Thatit i ticable to build first dose. Thousands bless them for . at it 1s practicable to build | their glorious health and strength. and maintain a Township High School. | Try them. Every bottle is guaranteed 3. That the law compelling attend-|to satisfy. Only 50c at F. T. Clay’s. ance of teachers at educational meet- oem fe ing should also apply to school boards. ‘On the Job, The interesting announcement has A Visitor. Butler Christian Church, |e" made that former Senator : Nelson Aldrich, of Rhode Island, has Sunday, Sept. 10.—Bible School, | purchased a home on the fashionable 9:30; communion and preaching 10:45 | Massachusetts avenue, near Sheridan Sermon, ‘‘In the Second-Mile Coun-|circle, in Washington, and that he try.” Christian Endeavor, 7:00 p. m. intends to make his future home in Evening preaching 8:00 p. m. Ser-|the capitol. The announcement is of mon, ‘‘The Necessary Fruit of Chris-| exceptional interest, inasmuch as the tianity.” tariff Tight in Congress, within the We cordially invite all to these ser-|next two or three years, is to be vices. Wm. M. Mayfield, | fought to a finish. rt Minister. For Sale by Owner. Coming Events. 5 pe Se Good se (oe Hume Stock show, Sept. 21. miles south’ Butler. Agreat; Hume Poultry show, November if sold in'30 E bargain Hee an 19-16. : 1216 W, 22nd Street, | Bates County Fair, Sept. 19-22, ‘Oklahoma City.| Pleasanton Stock Show, Sept. 12-13. 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