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It so happened that the forty- 3 Pei sixth birthday of Mr. John H. at Bai ik : i Day came on Sunday the 18th a e nh ke - Miiday of July, 1915, and therefore Hit also happened ‘that his guod ND” : ; ‘ Bae! wife planned to give him a ‘‘sur- Hprise.”? So a few of the neigh- The Walton. Trust Company - ; i bors were taken into her confi- idence and gathered at their This' Week. Give us Your (ASSOCIAT, E INSTITUTIONS fim ipleasant home on said date to , ~~ Mf assist in the ‘‘surprisin’.’? Along : Order Early. As rendered to the State Bank Commissioner at close of fgg “ith this came the refreshments he a Characteristic of such occasions, business June 23, 1915. 2 ‘ meiand it might aptly be stated that FORD BUYERS GETTING $50.00 EACH : : other and various surprises put ue BOES R eke ‘i ¢ ital S oo 5 an mein. bik a as ae me The Bard Moto Conibany of Detroit is now maning final Money Loaned. $837. 057.23 ap ital Stock:......... $305,000. Be) eram advanced. he first, o preparations for the distribution of something like 15 million = Tix ey 5a) : ul e BE ooypes. . ww, a a EN oes dollars to people who have bought Ford cars during the past % Overdrafts.......:..... 4,524.61 Surplus and Undi- : Be ete ese ane he pe year.. There will be 300,000 checks of $50 each, and they 3 = Real Estate Furni- vided Profits...... 171,645.56 [M¥)'° the “Beneficiary under Md will be mailed to people in all parts of the world. Thirty : x B, * D its : 4 587 26 8 ef will’ *—the man of the house -— stenographers are now at work on this great task, which Z = ture and Fixtures 52,373.48 eposits...:........% Bs 1262.4) Ma Tie next one caught this writer! will be finished about August 16. Only the orginial buyers ‘yl “3 Cash and Sight Exchange 169,952.72 $1,063,908.04 Mis his eyes surveyed the vast and | ii See eRe: ree EO de a ih hake any Cane ar . . ; : : mi varied amount of good things to checks will come to Bates county, as the result of the work : $1,063,908.04 cut—as one guest put it when in done by the local agents of the Ford Company, Norfleet & ZI ic ; ; . wy ae Ream. ; A said, ‘‘you put me in the mind oF Total resources OVEr B...........6 6 cece cece ee eee eee Million Dollars aN tania anarees A Pe nen t Capital, Surplus and Profits nearly a.. .Half Million Dollars 2 Mens Per en fa Se | : Deposits more than........cssescscsisice Halt Million Dollars * ii just prior to his ingtnious'| A Good Harvest for You at Norfleet & Reams. The best service in every department, with confidence of the public *skidoo’ up ‘Sleepy Hollow Read this Ad. and Jot Down What in its management accounts for the remarkable and the shaft was so admir ably | You Want. aimed that T didn’t hace the | ‘cheek’? to deny it, for on that) eventful Sunday morning (ard) wondered what in the worid was} going to become of us—.we were | idrowned out, no corn, ne wheat, mine oats, ‘‘plenty of nothing,’’| but water, so that when my little Gallon Nectar Syrup Gallon K. C. Brand Syrup. Gallon Pallace Brand Syrup........ = Gallon Congress White Syrup............. 0... .ccccccecceeeeeees 40c Gallon Apples.............. 25c Can Apples... ee Gallon Pie Peaches........ 25c Can Pumpkin....... 3 for 25c Gallon Peeled Peaches....35c Can Baked Beans...3 for 25c Gallon Cherries, Pitted....85c Can Apple Butter....10c each growth of this institution. SERVICE AND SAFETY FOR YOU “The Old Reliable.” ; ; jgirlie told me of our being hon-}| Gation Red Raspberries...60c Can Sweet Potatoes. 2 for 25c TERRIBLE TRAGEDY Woman is oo to Seattle Solomon Wilkerson Dead. pre d ve a ana e of the ee | Gallon Blackberries. ...... 50c Post Toasties..®..... 2 for 25c ; Bosc / + Bench, ue A (1 naturally had_my misgivings.!] Gallon Apricots....... a No. 2 Oats 13 for 25c | Solomon Wilkerson died at! jy... 7" ' a : James Mingus, Whose Wife Had! | \fiss Reah ‘Whitehead, 25/his home, 2 maillba west of Bur- ae ope fy at pele ite H sah poriatoes 3 tor 28 ee a nk - 5 - a : FY ij 7 | ’ bt 4 | surprise ; yhe: St ew | : Ll veer aie er grat or Cc uffe hel Sie sorry or ic Left Him, Kills Her, Her joents old, is Peas s first lea ae Saturday morning, July | It was out in the yard under the|] “Can Tomatoes.......3 for 25c Cream of Wheat.....2 for 25c Mother, and Then Him. Wee justice as well BS One .0 the| 10th, 1915, aged-61 years, 3 shade trees and was long andj{ Can Hominy ...4 for 25c Puffed Corn..... 2 for 25c Li self, near Wagoner. first women on the’ Pacific coast | months and 17 days. jdeop and) wide, it may havej{ Can Krait............ 3 for 25c Shreaded wheat... 2 for 25c . to hold a judicial position, She} Mr. Wilkerson, was born 4n| ‘ouned’?? but T didn’t hear it.| One of the most terrible trage-/-holds a law degree from the| Indiana, March 23rd, 1854; he | Canes fon the public) at any| dies in the history of Cedar/University of Washington, has|came to Missouri about thirty-|,..1.. it was loaded down with| County occurred in the little vil-|sered as a deputy | prosecuting | five years ago and located in the} ,,,, array of luxuries enough to; lage of Wagoner, ten miles west attorney and has just defeated | Burdett neighborhood where he jake it “groan.” I was busy] inne last Moaday. even-| 02° of the most popular judges resided until his death, Mr.jjiiking at the seene—smil | of Stockton, la Wen § in Seattle in a hard fought city) Wilkerson had been in failing );,...., gale attire, spirits of fun, ing at which time James Mingus| ejection. Her work in the prose- | health for several years and his} ,.., and repartee—and to save shot his young wife, her mother |cuting attorney’s office was her|death was not unexpected. He} ;;,;, paula Aaileseorepitntion| Wizard Triangular Mops regular $1.50 only 25c Including bottle polish. HARDWARE Double Harpoon Hay Forks only $1, Hay Forks from 60c to 75c Axes, Shovels, Scoops, Rakes, Hoes, Handles of all kinds. Hard- ware of atl kinds. Get our prices before you buy. FRUIT : and. himself. chief recommendation. for her|was a good citizen in every re-|; os Poeun een | ‘ ‘ Win , in the ‘‘groaning’’ business, [| ; ; Monday evening Mingus went|new position. That, coupled | spect and was held in high es-|,j0nt in all justice, say that, sll Oranges, Bananas, Lemons, finest you ever saw. to the home of his mother-in-| with the fact that the women'|teem by all who knew him. pal probability, it did groan, but Yours, law and called for his wife, from /of Seattle desired a representa-| He is survived by his’ widow the thundering “of the-artillery of whom he had been separated, for| tive among the justices, won injand four children. The children Ri tgamenie fusillade incident to’ the object, it is reported of seek-| the election. are Mrs. Hamp Bradford, of} +), assault on its treasures were ing to bring about a reconcilia-; The position carries vith it a|Kansas City, Mrs. Guy Warren, overpowering especially the fur. " tion, whereupon a sharp '‘collo-/salary of $3,000°a year and in-|Frank and. William Wilkerson, | fous onslaught led by the heroes quy ensued between him and his|volves the handling ‘of about/all of the Burdett neighborhood.|\¢ the occasion—Thomas Arthur ~wife’s mother, Mrs. Wagoner./6,000 civil and criminal cases} Funeral services for Mr. Wil- O'Day and Webb Shelby—on Norfleet é Ream The Only Independent Grocery, Bakery and Hardware Store. i Mingus becoming greatly en-| annually. i : kerson were held from the Bur- Hae ACALE aT Phones, 144 and 49. Garage 35 i raged suddenly drew a on dett church Sunday afternoon oe ee eae ae ae oe West Side Square : BUTLER, MO.. and fired five shots into the F at's camer eng he and were conducted by the Rev. Sarat Feea ac iE WAS Be! body of the unfortunate woman,| Frank Guard Ordered Home. W. S. Courtney, of Adrian. Bur- ore eae ctaae) but ab killing her. During this time jal was in Burdett. cemetery.— | A Sa Site ay FS s 1 his wife came to the door and he| Atlanta, Ga, July 14.—Re-| Adrian Journal. wasn't fair. Another -big swr-/pwo GIRLS SOLD FOR $700. this day sold to John P, Webb then opened fire on her. .The/|ports that a mob would attempt : prise for all of us was the a of Bates County and State of first slot took effect in her|to take Leo M. Frank, serving a ae amout of pickles it took to satis: /Gurious Old Record Shows Price Missouri, two girls, one by the face, but a second bullet passing| life sentence for Mary Phagan’s| W"e™t Declares NOY, fy the craving appetite of Mr.) for gound Slaves in 1864. name of Patsy and one by through her head resulted in her{murder, from the State prison Needs 2000 Aircraft. George Ruddell. Mr. Ruddell Recorder of Deeds Chas. E. the name of Charlotte, for the death farm at Milledgeville and lynch| Washington, July 14.—With being a widower caused me tol iis while raahips lineal edar| ccorsiceeanibre of ecvenl GNune He then picked up the six-{him have not been confirmed by| Orville Wright already: declar- recall some old lore about lovelii. icords in his office the last. dred dollars, to me in hand weeke-old baby and called to a| developments. ing for an American fleet of 2nd pickles, but surely, surely, ty oe the aunaie ‘yal the RECT NAEGE paid. I warrant said girls to man, who witnessed the shoot-| ‘Three companies of State mili-/2000 aeroplanes, Secretary Dan- souldnit uae) Haale oor e a sale of two negro slave girls, be sound and slaves for life. ing, to come and get it, but as|tia held at Macon through -the/jiel’s new Naval Board of Inven- oe ee - ee Batey. and. Clavigtic. (6 AIohaee Tromas H, Douglas. eine Webb he made no attempt to comply |night ready to proceed to Mill-|tion and. Development, on which of Bates County, by, Attest: Marion Miller—a foxy grand- i with-his wishes, he kissed the in-|edgeville to protect Frank, if| Wright and other famous men Pe anaes tay to| Thomas H. Douglas of Jackson +A true copy with the above fant and laid it beside its dead |necessary, today were permitted |are scheduled for places as col- Papa of mature years—who, he|County. Douglas warranted marked ommisions, May 20, D "mother. He. then turned thejto return to their homes. Offi-|leagues of Thomas A. Edison, all appearances, was acting aa both girls to be sound and slaves A. D. 1841. if _weapon. himself and sent _alcials of the State Farm reported |was declared by army and navy %@Y Lotharie and playing the}. iin, a Cleric evidently VeTy deuce with the affections upon ; = i i he E e bullet through his brain, his life-|from Millledgeville that the un-/experts here today BeeueOlddicsumevens ander the I Me t Following is a copy of the ore less body falling across that of|usual quiet prevailed during the|destined to enter from. the very record which is spread upon <A jury in New York last week very eye of the patient and gen- his wife —El Dorado Sun. night... > _{outset on work of the most é rites cates .{page 5 in book ‘‘A Maj’’ declared that Harry Thaw is =s| practical character. 4 be «one ibaa 0 gare epoly “Know all men by these|sane. It is earnestly hoped that The suggestion the Govern- Meiearaniion called him ‘‘hon-| Presents, that J, Thomas Doug- | he will remain in that condition ment could not legally accept unpaid services was not regard- ed very seriously. It. was -re- marked that, as Daniels said, las of the county of Jackson|and give the long suffering pub- and State of Missouri, have jlic a rest. A. A. Seese Meat Market SS Our ’Phone is No. 167 SSS ey.’, This, however, conipletely ‘*squshed’’ his dare-devil spirit, and it was amusing to see how ‘he could ask advice of _whom- quickly he passed from ee soever he pleases.’ It is pre- Pose’ of a recktess blade’’ dicted. Congress will make Mthe that of a meek ~~ cheat new board a regularly and legal. hubby’’ as he took his seat by ly organized body. Mrs. Miller. ‘There were many other Pa: prises and amusing incidents Clark to Aid Suffs. that came under my eagle eye, San Francisco, July 15.— but I must have some. consider- Champ Clark, speaker of the ation for your many gentle read- house of representatives, faced a crs and will say by way of clos: band of suffragists in a hotel ing, that it was a happy occas- lobby here today and pledged ion, well planned and gloriously allegiance to their general executed and I make my bow to cause. Mrs. O’Day, pin Mg preteet de- : ; a ye ‘I expect to see Missouri add-|serves much credit, and trust ; 2s good dried peaches. .15¢ D kit pedi igs — fled to the suffrage states soon|that she may live to give- John : ried mpricas ‘280 : ¥- aes | at aay to. help,””- he Henry another surprise on his : 92nd birthday. ie promised | to write’ them -S later as to whether he would aM pas at | support what is known as the Lightning Killed Two Men. Susan B Anthony amendment as lnk ae ertel wiccee a iin. pommel, ducks and gesse, they eat up the corn and pop corn. We have heard it said that they would get into the crackers and cheese and est in to the flour sacks, but if you don’t like rats and’ don't want to see fats and walt to.go where there are no Fats, Jah 9 66 Cee arnt 708 can vt Am Killing Quite a Lot of Hogs and am trimming my Pork Chops, Pork , - Steak, Shoulders and Hams close therefore am Overstocked ° with LARD for equal suffrage at.the next timioine lek po 3 due HS Pork Steak........... ..ss+..15¢ per pound She. speaker is here to partic. Weath of Jess Walker, 35 years|i] Sausage................ .... .10c per pound in exercises in connection ld, @ a Rede gee Bee Boiling Beef....... ..10c to 12%c per pound._ Bell. - killing much stock _ throughout Beef Loaf.... ........ .--.....15¢ per pound THESE PRICES ARE CASH Kill all our own Hogs and Cattle and they are the best that can be bought. GIVE ME A ‘TRIAL