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the year. play of this ware straight glass—in fact we have shown in Butler. When in need of Birthday Gifts call on us. Phone 64 ton’s’it has added prestige. : pay the recipient a delicate compliment. WELTON JEWELRY 60, Butler, Mo. Will be Here Soon Beautiful Glassware In a few days we will have that beautiful glassware with its wonderful inlays in sterling silver in a myriad of intricate, delicate and dainty designs, which is justly popular at this time of These little houshold conveniences— when dainty and ornamental—always have a hold on the feminine heart. We will have a dis- from New York that will be well worth your inspection. We have a full line of solid silver and cut the largest line ever or Wedding Gifts If your gift is in a box labeled “Wel- In that way you East side sar. Free PHO TO Free I will photograph free of charge every person over 65 years of age on OLD SETTLER’S DAY Wednesday, Oct. 9 Each person to receive one photo which will be finished and mounted in the best manner possible, For the BEST in PHOTOS of all Kinds See ‘STEwaRyD’ North Side Square, Butler, Mo. VIRGINIA. | Enterprise Cornet Band. cordially invited to attend. Everyone A short Ben Vermillion has purchased 4' program will be given, also, music new wagon to haul his big ears of by the band, corn to the crib. The Jundy brothers are building a new house on the farm they have rented of Sculley. Bailey Beckett and son, of Passaic, are the carpen- ters. Mrs. S. E. Jones’ new house is| The girls are especial- ly invited to come and bring pies. Program to begin at 8:30. Mrs. James Cuzick left Monday to attend the State Fair and visit her daughter, Mrs. Meda Williamson at Windsor, Mo. Miss Annie Bard has been employ- progressing nicely. Will Norman and | ed to teach the Black school; east of Will Gorley, of Butler, are the car-| | Butler, at $50 per month. She com- penters. /menced Monday. Card of Thanks. Grandpa Hardinger and son, Wil-| We wish to thank our friends and liam and Herman Hill and wife left! neighbors for their courtesies and | Tuesday for Sedalia to attend the fair. kind treatment during the illness and | death of our baby girl. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Williams. Mrs. John Huffman lost, between Grant Hunter and family left Satur- ‘day for Oklahoma where they will ‘make their future home. John Foster left Monday for Se- | her house and Butler, Saturday, Sept. | dalia to see the big show. 23, a silk jacket, black, lined with| blue satin. Mrs. Virgil Jenkins and two chil- Finder please notify her. | dren left Monday to visit her father Mrs. James Fager has pumpkins | near Salem, Mo. for sale. | W. A. McElroy, of Butler, cele-| dings soon. Look out! there will be two wed- One bride is taller than brated his 73rd_birthday at the home | the groom, the other bride and groom | of his daughter, Mrs. Emmett Burke, | are nearly the same height but the Friday. groom will weigh the most pounds. Mrs. Jasper Ison returned from | Thos. Constable of Baker City, Illinois Tuesday of Jast week, where | Oregon, arrived Saturday. Mrs. Cons- she had been visiting for two weeks. \table and children have been visiting The Anti-Single Tax League met at/ her parents, W. W. Park, for some Virginia Friday night. S.G. Adams, who was sent as a delegate to the | time. D. C. Wolf hauled six loads of hogs State League at Jefferson City, made | to Amoret Monday. his report. Hon. Thomas Silvers and DeWitt Chastain of Butler were pres- Mr. and Mrs. Crosswhite and Bob Sproul left Sunday for Sedalia to at- ent and each made a speech against | tend the State Fair. the single land tax. They made it} plain to the voters that it would be! unjust to vote for a tax amendment | like the single tax amendments to be voted on at the coming election. There will be another meeting at Vir- ginia Friday night, Oct. 4th. Every- body come. Vane Walker had his arm broken Thursday, He was having his silo filled and was helping to put the big belt on the fly wheel. There was enough steam to turn the wheel and caught his arm. Mrs. Charley LaFollett is reported as getting along nicely. Emmett Burke tand Scyler Ison are on the complaining list. Mrs. Peter Jundy’s father and daughter and two children of Ofallen, Mo., came Thursday of last week to visit her. Mrs. Howard of Kansas City visited Mrs. B. F. Jenkins and Mrs. George Ruble Snnday. There will be a pie supper at the Enterprise school house Thursday nighn, Oct. 11, proceeds to go to the YOUNG AARON. Dan F. Walters Daniel Fleming Walters, only son of C. R. Walters, editor of the Rich Hill Daily Review and Weekly Mining Review died at the family home (where he was born) last Wednesday morning, a few minutes after one o'clock. He was born October 15, 1888, and died Sept. 25, 1912, being 23 years, 11 months and 10 days of age, or, lacking 20 days of attaining his 24th birthday when he died. Throughout his entire illness he was brave and uncomplaining. Drs. Delamater, Allen and Shafer, Miss Mae Wiggins, a trained nurse, the aunt who chiefly reared him and oth- er relatives all ministered, with skill and affection, to alleviate the suffer- ings that might have been. Special- ists and other physicians were con- sulted, but without avail.—Review. It is with regret that we learn extend to. the bereaved father deepest sympathies. ; Mattie Park and Elsie Williams as as-| sistants. By P. M, Allison, Co, Superintendent, Virginia, in New Home township, has an enrollment of 81 and 81 were pres- ent. They have a new blackboard and new desks since I visited them last. Mr. C. C. Swarens is teacher and re- ceives $50 per month. Foster has an enrollment of 97 and90 were present. They have put in quite a bit of equipment and will likely put in more. The work is moving well with Mr. John McCollom as principal and Miss Jennie Miller and Miss Emma Pearlier as assistants. Old Walnut has an enrollment of 37 and 35 were present. They have order- ed new desks and will soon be in better condition for work. Miss Iona Thomp- son is teacher and receives $50 a month, Red Top has a enrollment of 21 and 28 were present. This shcool needs some equipment and some repairs but I am sure they will attend to this. Miss Ethel McBurney is teacher and receives $35 per month. Worland has an enrollment of 387 and 29 were present. Several here are out on account of sickness. They have put in a new blackboard and are getting better results. Miss Edith Black is teacher and receives $42.50 per month. Mt. Zion has an enrollment of 21 and 18 were present. They have put in a new floor and changed the seats, They are having the best school in several years. Miss Winnie Priestly is teacher and receives $40 per month. Green View has an enrollment of 22 and 21 were present. They have a well equipped school due to the efforts of former teachers. Miss Vera McHenry is teacher and receives $45 per month, Amoret has an enrollment of 120 and 111 were present. They have added another room and employed another teacher. The building has been repair- | ed throughout and they are having a fine school with E. W. Stevens as prin- cipal and Mrs. E. W. Stevens, Misses | statement. to $25. Mulberry has an enrollment of 30 and 28 were present. This school has a| heating and ventilating plant and asa result they are doing better work. Miss Inez Beck is teacher and receives $50 per month. Eldorado has an enrollment of 30 and 27 were present. They have painted the inside of the room, repaired the floor and oiled it. Miss Bonnie Wolfe is teacher again and is doing fine work. She receives $40, Johnson has an enrollment of 22 and 20 were present. They need_some equipment. here. Miss Grace Ward is teacher and is making a good effort. She receives $85 per month. Victory has an enrollment of 19 and 19 were present. These pupils are will- ing workers and are todo some work for me when I visit them again. Miss Jessie Coffin is teacher and receives $29 per month. Grand View has an enrollment of 45 and 38 were present. This school won the flag a few years ago and are very proud of it. Mr. Jas. Park is teacher and is doing well for them. He receives $50 per month. Belmont has an enrollment of 12 and 11 were present. They have oiled the floor and are able to have a better school as a result. Miss BerthaCraven is teacher and receives $45 per month. Nyhart has an enrollment of 23 and 22 were present, They have built a new coal house and are going todo oth- er improving. Miss Maggie McCann is teacher and receives $45 per month. Lost Corner has an enrollment of 24 and 15 were present. They have a good house and a good library. Miss Maude Martin is teacher and receives $37.50 per month. Cornland has an enrollment of 44 and 31 were present. They need some im- provement but they will attend to this. Miss Laura Bolin is teacher again and is one of our best teachers. She re- ceives $50 per month. Tripp has an enrollment of 16 and 10 were present. They have a good libra- ry in this school and find it very help- ful. Mr. Victor Wolfe is teacher and while it is his first school he is getting his work well organized. He receives $40 per month. Miss Opal Hereford reports the fol- lowing pupils of Scifers school as spell- ing all the words in a two weeks con- test: Irene and Lorene Ferrell, Grace Fennewald, Edna Bridgeman, Alma and Roland Link, Blanche, Della and Ruth Baker, Lillie Bentlage, Mabel Be- shore and Mary Bridgeman. Almost a Miracle. One of the most startling changes ever were. GOOD CLOTHES - : : M. W. A. Social. Butler Camp No. 2458, Modern Woodmen of America gave ,an ice cream and cake social at the camp hall Thursday night. A large crowd | was present, an excellent program ; was rendered and the occasion was/| enjoyed by all present. | The Royal Neighbors and the local | orchestra furnished some excellent | music and the camp desires to express | its appreciation for same. After the| program ice cream and cake were! served by the members of the camp! team. The members of the Butler Camp | expect to remain loyal to the order! and there is now no dissatisfaction in their ranks while, on the other hand, the best of good feeling prevails. | Their aim and object now is to put! new life and vigor into the organiza- | tion, not only to make it the largest in point of membership, but finan- | cially the strongest now in existence. Progressives Put County Ticket in Field. The Progressive County Conven- tion held in this city Thursday after- | noon nominated the following county | ticket: Representative, Dr. R. W. | Wilson of Foster; Sheriff, J. M. Mc- Govern; Treasurer, J. O. McMullen; | Judge North District, J. R. Baum; Judge South District, H.-H. Havely of Foster; Coroner, Dr. E. E. Robin- | son of Adrian. | Judge A. D. Nortoni of St. Louis, | Progressive Gubernatorial nominee, | addressed the convention and in an interesting talk removed great chunks of the epidermis of the G. O. P. ele- phant. % Real Estate Transfers. Chas V Twombly to John Rund- Stylepluss Clothes. .. Will save you money. That they are the equal of the best suit you ever bought for $20 ever seen in any man, or acy 3 to W. B. Holsclaw, Clarendon, Tex., was effected years ago in his brother. “He had such a dreadful cough,” he wrights, ‘‘that all our family ‘oon he was going into consumption, but he began to use Dr. King’s New Dis- covery, and was completely cured by ten bottles. Now he is sound and welland weighs 218 pounds. For many years our famil: used this wonderful remedy for coughs and colds with excellent results.” It’s quick, safe, reliable and _eserewete rice 50 cents and.$1.00. Trial bottl free at F. T. Clay’s. One effect of Governor Hadley’s effort to increase the taxes three hundred cent should be an in- ringer of hundred per cent in ber tract secs 8, 17, 18, Min $16000. - sec 16 Elkhart $3000. 28 Prairie $1. Missouri to preach for ‘Single Tax” on the subject of “The Moral Aspect of Taxation.” Wonder if the Single Tax Bishop can explain how he can obey the Golden Rule while trying to rob every farmer in Missouri? Lester Compton to R L Scott 79 a F B Bartlett to Jocob Eley 65a sec W G Brown to Icie L Robinson 100 sec 16, 21 and 20 Hndson $1. JM Christy to Kate Cummings 40! sec 7 Mt Pleasant $900. “Bishop Williams of Detroit came to | ad ee Every Man Can SAVE MONEY HERE _ We want to say to every man in this town and vicinity that we can save him mon- ey. You needn’t take our say-so for this broad Come in and investigate for your- self. If you’ll believe what you see with your own eyes then you'll agree with us that $17 You'll Save $3.00 to $8.00 in Cold Cash and be as well dressed as you Samuel Levy Mercantile Co. GOOD DRY GOODS Old Settler’s Day October 9th. Old Settler’s’ Day will be held in \this city Wednesday, October 9th, in accordance with the decision of a meeting of the Old Settler’s Associa- tion held Wednesday night. Committees were appointed as fol- lows: Finance—D. K. Walker, Paul Levy and H. G. Cook. Program—Dr. T. F. Lockwood, A. : GOOD SHOES H. Culver and Joe Meyer. Entertainment—T. J. Day, Dr. H. M. Cannon and Carl J. Henry. The committee was empowered to appoint sub-committees. Music—J. A. Tackett, A. L. Fox, Roy Mooney, Mrs. Ed Snyder and Mrs. Wm. E. Walton. Speakers—S. W. Dooley, D. C. Chastain and W. E. Walton. Ground, seating, water, etc.—T. L. | Pettys. ° Best by Test manufacturers have imitated and Gives a cleaner, steadier, of fuel—soft or hard coal, stove ever made, A fuel saver, built to last a | You can tell a see it-the name ROUND OAK is other convincin, Forty years! That's a long time for to maintain its lead over all others. proud distinction of the famous, genuine Round Oak Stove Its the stove to which all others are compared—the stove other The genuine ROUND OAK isthe stove about—the one you ought to buy—the one you true regard for comfort and economy. wood or coke—than any other heating ing stove as anyone could wish for. lenuine ROUND OAK STOVE the minute you Call and let us tell you more about it—give reasons is the ideal heating stove for YOUR home. Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co. Telephone 82. BUTLER, MO. torent we will ool second hand heating mere. cog brand for 40 Years a heating stove Yet that is the used the ‘‘Oak”’ part of the name. re always heard ILL buy ityou have more intense heat from any. kind jifetime, and as handsome.a heat- ; on the legs, ou the Round Oak