The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-08-29

overbid in cash
21-tf Yours for business,
CARPENTER & SHAFER MFG Co.
The lockwood hotel at Nevada
was closed Tuesday on suit for
rent, money and possession OF the
property.
DR.. Porter, Of Port Arthur, Texas,
arrived in the city the first of the
week on a visit to his daughter, Mrs.
c. A Allen.
Robert L. Braden, one OF Bates
cOunty's most prominent and pro-
greseive democrats, favored Us with
a pleasant call the last of the week.
President Mckinley has annOunc-
ed by proclamation that the greatest
worlds fair ever seen will open i'll St.
Louis in 1908, and has invited the
world to take part in the commem-
grafton of the Louisiana Purchase.
Santa Fe, y. NJ, Aug. 24.-GOv-
ernor Otero to-day appointed A. +.
Page of Roswell a commissioner to
the South Carolina Interstate and
West Indian exposition, at Charles
ton, S. e.
Our people will remember Mr.. Page
as former prominent farmer of
Hudson township.
1t is now learned that Fighting
Bob Evans is a Democrat. All the
fighters in the Spanish-American war
were Democrats, Schley, Dewey Hob
son and Joe Wheeler. No wonder
the administration finds fault SO
easily with them. Mexico Intelli-
gencer.
&. L. Wyatt, manager and one of
the proprietors of the Wyatt Lum-
Der Co, of this city, favored us sub
stantially the last OF the week. Pratt
Wyatt is one of our best and most
successful business men, was raised
in our city and commands the conf
dence and esteem of our people.
Capt. Dillon & Son, two of Bates
county's successful farmers, threshed
% acres of wheat this week that aver
aged % bushels per acre The straw
also is quite valuable this year. Par
ties who were fortune enough to have
a crop OF wheat this year are finding
it quite profitable.-Adrian journal.
j. +. Herrell, of Adrian, and j. W.
Barnhart, of Shenandoah, Iowa,
were in the city together Saturday
and paid their respects to THE TINES.
Mr. Barnhart recently purchased the
North farm, east of Butler, from Mr.
Herrell, agent, and will move to this
county next spring. He comes with
the highest recommendations and
we welcome him to our county
Madison, Kan, Index, 23:-ROllO
Flesher, who has been clerking for
{. f. DeMalOrie the past two years,
left here Monday for Muskogee. Ind
Ter, where he has been offered a
lucrative position in a large drug
store Rollo has made many warm
friends in this town who will sincere
~ regret the departure of himselfand
his estimable wife May success al
ways attend him.
Joplin Globe: Men will rent or
build costly warerooms, put in a
heavy stock, hire clerks, continue to
meet all Of the expenses of the bust
ness, but it never occurs to them to
advertise, and yet if the people do
not come all their efforts are in vain.
Before goods can be sold people must
be gotten to the store. and before the
people will come to the store they
must be told of the attractions there.
1t is q plain proposition, and the
wonder of it is that there are men in
the country who refuse to see it. :
Kansas City Times: Another
substantial advance in the price OF
hogs in this market yesterday car
ried the top TO a point not before
reached this year and to the highest
point recorded in August since 1888.
In August of 1883 the top was SO. 40
on three days, while S6.1O was ex-
ceeded every day in the month. In
August, 1883, the top price reached
$3.50 and there are those who pre-
diet that within one year this figure
will be reached again Prices are
now 40 and 80 cents above the ex-
treme low point at the beginning OF
the present month, when the decline