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= ae —itizen-of-A ppleton-City—died at nonths-ago for treatment, ae | - year. Enterprise. ; after a funeral service in ort Hughes and W. J. Bryan is going to support Wilson, but you have to support your own family, and if you desire to do this and do it well and at the same time be economical you had better not pay someone to come and take your grocery order but just Phone 77 where you can get 3th good Beans for .......25c 3 cans good Hominy for .25c 3 cans good Gorn for......25c 3 cans good Peas for -25c 3 cans Gooseberries for...25c 3 cans Baked Beans for 25c 3 Jars of Mustard ......... 25c 41b good dried Peaches for 25c 41» good Rice for.......... 3i Lima Beans for.. 3 cans good Krautfor..... 3 can good Pumkin for...25c 3 cans good Blackberries 25c 3 bottles good Catsup for .25c | And when you want fresh pineapples, cante- lopes, tomatoes, cucumbers, bananas, oranges, lemons, you will always find them at GOSNELL’S GROCERY, their Phone is 77 where you get the best coffee ever sold for 30 cents, anda handsome dish with every package; the store where they keep everything so fresh and clean and Pay you the highest cash price for eggs, THAT'S Gosnell’s Grocery "PHONE No. 77 Butler, Mo. —_—_—_————— SHORT STORIES (sideration for the farm was ¥24,000. James Harrison, of But- ler, represented Mr. Gloyd, and J, or ahaa 2 ad from! Duke of this itv, represented ur ax . 1Mrs, Preston —Adrian Journal, Appleton City is to have a) Fourth of July celebration this Mrs, Sophia Stone, 68 years old, died at a hospital in Kansas City Thursday evening, June 15, 1916, Capt. Dan Gilson, a prominent Where she had been taken six his home in that city Wednesday | Stone sustained a fall on the side- of last week, walk in this city and the injuries pee e | received is said to have caused her E. Q. Walker returned W ednes- | death. She is survived by six day from Hewett, Oklauoma, with | grown children. Her husband \_8 bride, whom he married June 1.! died here some ten months ago.— | they went to the Walker home at! pj.4 Hill Review, Ballard.—Adrian Journal. | . Z Geo, Cable, of the A-C Merean- found. aead. Seodagt atvermees tile Co., who is at present located | near the kitehen door of his home, in Butler, where he is closing out | tive miles northwest of Merwin, a stock of goods, spent Sunday | where he resided alone. . From the with his family in this city.— Cass | position he was found in it is sup- County News. 4 iposed his death was the result of John Priestly shipped a fine! Howet hile ia had been dead Yearling Galloway bull to Charles) #out twenty-four hours. The re- Fyke at Fairfield, Iowa, one day | mains were shipped to Lee’s Sum- last week. Bates county is hold- | mit src and pared heside ing her own in the stock line.— | his Wite. Merwin san, Amoret Leader. Mrs. El The Methodist Sunday Schoo} | home at Creighton) aoe will celebrate the Fourth of July | night of last week, age 73 years, with a Sunday school pienic at the | She was in her usual health until Bell grove northeast of town, A/ODly a few hours before _her| good program and musie by the | death. Funeral services, conduct- Amsterdam —band.—Amsterdam | ¢d by Rev. U. T. Cheek, were held at the home Saturday afternoon and burial made at the Pemberton} received cemetery in’ Johnson county, be- | A_ telephone report Wednesday morning said that| side the body of her husband, | Louis Humble, residing. one and| Squire Harris, who died about 15 one-half miles south of ‘Horton,| years azo —Urieh Herald. lost twenty head of cattle by high | water in the Marmaton bottoms} Monday night, June 12.—Metz|Captain Wood Was ‘Killed in Times, Action.’ At a meeting held Friday night | Official, notice of the death of | to ensider the street fair question! Captain Stanley Willis Wood of it was voted to hold a three days/| Kansas City while serving in the fair in the early fall. John Karr| British army, was received Sat- was elected president; Malta| urday morning by Mrs. Edward E Jackson, vice president ;, Harry | RK. Holmes, 3655 Penn street in Karr, secretary and Sterling| Kansas City. The message was Stewart, treasurer.—Drexel Star. xs the ‘Officer in charge,’’ ; ‘ ttawa, Canada, and stated that | ; Geo, Ellis and family. of Colum- Captain Wood ‘had been official. bia, spent a few days the _ bast | jy reported killed in action.’’ week visiting relatives and friends ” The message did not state where iu: this vicinity. Mr. Ellis was cit-| death overtook the young Kansas culating among friends in this city | Citvan, Mrs. R. W. Wood, Cap- while on their visit. He is editor] tain Wood's mother; lives in Kan- of the Missouri Farmer, one of sas City. Missouri’s best farm journals,— Captain Wood was 29 years old. Appleton City Journal. He resigned from the United Mrs. M. A. Rowe, whe has been on army to join the Canadian niaking an extended visit with her| forces. sister, Mrs. A. Norbury, departed| The young officer's body cannot for her home in England, Wednes-| be removed to this country until “day. She will embark from New /| 4fter the war. York in the S. S. Califcrnia and will make the journey in about ten days, After all, we are not so : far away from the war zone.—} Vancouver, B.C, June 17.— Border Telephone. George Wint , former J. W. Carroll who for thirty) Pitcher in the Pacifie Coast league years resided on a farm just east| #8 Private today in the Two Hun- of Rockville, and abcut two years ig srheritag. — a ago nfoved to El Dorado. died in} °° 3 ‘ that city Wednesday noon. The — im — to win the hand tlemains were brought here Thurs- jouer * ae cigar sales- requested _ Joined the Army to Get Girl. . Wi E. chureh, pr«sided over . aa Harris died at her| Thursday | Lcounty officials, had an engage- | political opponent at the court- BATES COUNTY PRESS ASSOCIATION, Interesting Meeti E County Editors Held in This City Friday, A-eailled meeting of the recently 0 d_ Bates County Press: A: | sociation was held -in thig. city | Friday of last week. At a former meeting a committee was appoint- led to prepare a constitution and i by-laws. They reported, at this | meeting and the report was unani- |mously adopted. The rise in'the price of paper was discussed and several sug- gestions were offered to meet the | was taken at this time, but it:v | the opinion of the publishers pres ;compelled to raise the price of , their output in order to meet the | increased price of paper, | The officers of the association jare J. E. Dowell, of the Adrian | Journal, president; Lewis Moore, | | of the Hume Telephone, secretary | Sterdam Enterprise, treasurer, |a meeting each quarter, the next | one to be held in Rich Hill some time this fall, at a date to be sv-| |lected later, but probably in Aug- {ust during the meeting of the. | Chautauqua. | Those present were: ©, A. Chambers of- the Republican Press; Lewis Moore, of the Hume Telephone; C, W, Ellis, of the Am- ‘oret Leader; E. E. Bean, of the |Rich Hill Review; J. E. Dowell of ithe Adrian Journal; Mr. and Mrs, {Frank Pattee and Miss Cheshire, jof the Amsterdam Enterprise; W. 10. Atkeson, of the Bates County |Record; and Sam W. Davis and 'H. H. Henry, of the Bates Coun- ity Democrat, | Huntsville, Ala., June 17.—Two |companies of the Alabama Na- jtional Guard were sent here to- {night from neighboring towns to | protect several persons arrested after the body of Judge W. T. | Lawler of the Madison County |Probate Court, had been found | today in a pool of water near here, |One report tonight: said the men arrested had been removed to oth- jer cities, The-sheriff refused to | give the names of his prisoners, of the Bates changed conditions but no action | lent that they would finally he| Lincoln, Nebraska | | | | your Company. A spect. | | REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS | Milton Hall to T. H. Hall 5 acres {section 1 Hudson $1.00, F. D. Gill to James Sylvester lot 7 block F Worland $100.00. = Sarah M. Dickinson to B. F. Hainline lots 9 and 10 block 4 | and Mrs. Frank Pattee, of the Am- | Sprague $35.00, J. 8. Gloyd to Sarah A. Preston | The association decided to hold | 370 acres sections 13 and 14 Grand River $20,000.00. E. C. Aylor to Emma Howard 22 acres section 12 Osage $1.00. John S. Ogg et al to B. F, Walls 80 acres section 34 Mound 46,- 000.00, = Granville T. Robinson to H. W. Sinnard part block 16 Walton’s addition to Rich Hill $650,00. Geo. B. Carver to H. M. Klumpp lots 3 and 4 block 7 Connelly’s ad- dition to Rich Hill $1.00. Annie S. Lusk to Etta Lepp part lot 1 block-10 William’s addition to Butler $750.00. A. Blaker to T. P. Satterwhite lot 8 block 18 Sprague $20.00, J. P. Gross to 8. P. Wilson lots 12 to 17 block 18 Sprague $50.00. A. Blaker to S. P. Wilson part Killed A Dry Candidate. | blocks 17 and 18, all block 23 and |} part block 20 Sprague $150.00, L. M. Raney to 8. P. Wilson part blocks 27 and 28 Sprague $125.00. \ W. L. Hibbs to Mary C. Wilson part block 17 Sprague $1.00. T. F. Wilson et al to 8. P. Wil- son 80 acres section 7 Howard and part block 16 and 17 Sprague $1.00. J. W. Stephens to Martha E. Stephens lot 29 Adrian $1.00. Daniel Keley to F. R. Shumaa 330 acres section 6 Walnut $1.00. | Judge Lawler had just been re- nominated on a ‘‘dry”’ ticket after a bitter political fight. News of the finding of his body with two bullet holes in the heart and the | skull crushed caused a crowd to leather about the court house square, and while most of the people had gone to their homes to- night, excitement still was high. The three or four men arrested were described as men prominent jin the community, Other arrests, lit was said, would be made, Judge Lawler, according to Malinda L. Baker to Joseph Walberg 30 acres section 34 Hom er $1.00, 15 Candidates Out for Governor of Missouri. Fifteen Missourians are running for Governor. Seven of those are on the Democratic ticket, four on the Republican tickét, and one each on the Progressive, Socialist, Socialist Labor and the Prohibi- tion tickets. Following is a list of the men ment Wednesday night to meet a house. A German Air Hero Killed. London, _ June 17.—Captain Boelke, the champion German aviator, who received a letter from the emperor recently, compliment- ing him on his success on bringing down French aeroplanes, is be- lieved to have been killed in an aerial combat with the French painted yellow of the type known who also wore a large yellow muffler, was shot down by Ribiere two days ago between the German Up to May 21 Captain Boelke had accounted for eighteen French aeroplanes. A month ago the German air- man was promoted from the rank Emperor William in acknowledge- ment of his achievements. Qne Dead in Johnson County Storm, Warrensburg, Mo., June 15.—, tornado swept over the farm community in Post Oak and Chil- howee townships, one and a half miles north of Warrensburg, thie! © afternoon, The path of the sto: was three miles long. Mrs. J. A. Harding ran from her falling farm residence and y killed in the yard by flying ti ders from the demolished } and French tretiches near Verdun, | Kansas City. of lieutenant to that of captain by| option campaign, won today by ‘}prayer meetings. were held at the’ ‘ler. Children paraded up the fatreet singing. The election jin the dry column. ‘The election ‘will put seven saloons out of busi running for Governor on all the Democrats—John M. Atkinson, Doniphan; John T, Barker, La Plata; Frederick D. Gardner, St. Louis; James A. Houchin, Jeffer- son City; Arthur N. Lindsay, Clin- ton; Wm. R. Painter, Carrolton; Cornelius Roach, Carthage. Republicans—Henry Lamm, Se- dalia; Hugo MeIndoe, Joplin; C. D. Morris, St. Joseph; John -E. Swanger, Sedalia. Progressive—Joseph P. Fron- viator, Roger Ribiere, A Fok tron, Kansas City. aviator, Roger Ribiere. ‘okker Prohibition—Wm. iH. Yount, | to have been piloted by Boelke, | Macon. : Socialist—Wm. J: Adams, Kan- sas-City. | Kansas City, Mo., March 22, 1918 The Old Line Bankers Life Insurance Co., Gentlemen:—Your Mr. Miller handed me to-day a’ paid-up policy for $1,000.00, and check for $421.56, in full settlement of policy No. 3477, on which I paid the first premium March 21,1895. This wasa20-year ane return premium policy, and while at times it seemed Residence... difficult to secure the money to pay the premiums, I feel very glad now that the policy was taken out in The settlement made is satisfactory in every re- Yours truly, ROY C. SHOEMAKER. BEN B. CANTERBURY Is the Bates County Agent. tickets: aT Socialist Labor—Chas. Rogers, Chillicothe Votes Dry by 212 Chillicothe, Mo., June 12.—The dry forces, after a spirited local a majority of 212. F Monday morning daylight churches and when the polls were opened at 6 o’clock the streets were thronged with women work- ot off quietly, not an. arrest Four y ‘ the..city wen our years ago ‘ ; by 19 votes, after four years OLD LINE BANKERS LIFE ANCE COMPANY | of Lincoln, Nebraska | - ; INSUR- Name. Arhount of policy Total premiums.......... '-: . SETTLEMENT Cash paid Mr. Shoemaker......$421.56 And paid-up participating policy 1,000.00 Another Car of Old Wheat This Week : i AND THE PRICE IS CHEAPER THAN IT HAS BEEN ' FOR A YEAR; BETTER BUY YOUR YEAR’S STOCK NOW. TRY A SACK AND YOU WILL USE NOTHING ELSE. Can Salmon, Sood quality No. 3 Can Apples.:............... 5c each No. 2 canned Peas Extra quality . 3 for 25c BOM CORA seectss 3 for 25c ‘'2 ‘ Gooseberries 3 ‘25c “2 * Blackberries. 3 “ 25c “3 >‘ Pumpkin......... ae 3 * 25c ‘“3 * Cherries, white, reg. 35c, only -. 15¢ VB RMBG OMNES 66) fy6csc sass bussssasoesseieou Korea onne 10c ar ee Meas 3 for 25c ‘* 2 Pineapple, regular 15c ‘* 3 Can Sweet Potatoes.. -10c ‘3 * Tomatoes...... 10c ‘* 3 Table Peaches, peeled.. 10c ‘“3Fancy ‘“ in syrup, regu 15c ‘* 3 Pears, only.. a 10c ‘* 3 Kraut 3 for 25c Better buy a case of Syrup now before it advances. ~ It is pare to go higher. Only place in the southwest where you can uy » : 1 Gallon Colored Syrup, extra good qQuality......... 85 1 “White Syrup, extra good quality.....,......40c Loose-Wiles Grackors ae" 70 I, w, Nearly all automobiles. are advancing Don’t put off buying your car : untiltoo late Let us haveyour order for a FORD CAR The only car manufactured that the sun never sets on. 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