The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-09-18

to call and pet our rates,
THE WALTON TRUST COMPANY,
Butler Mo.
Judge DeArmonl will speak ut
Amoret at > O'Clock and Virginia at
{ O'Clock p. IN, on next Monday, Sep
temLer 22nd, All the county candi-
dates will be present, and voters OF
all parties are cordially invited to
come out, hear the speaking and
meet the boys,
&c. Braken made rs n pleasant
call and had his dates set ahead
another year. He was an early set
tier OF Bates and can remember when
the land adjoining the present site of
Butler could be bought from 81 to
SO per acre.
Mr.-anl- Mrs-Nscar- Sissnp--at
Springfield, who have been spending
the past week with Mr. Sisson's
mother, left Saturday for Nevada,
where they will spend few days Wis
iting Mrs ) L. Allen, before return.
ing to their home.
Mrs. = + McCoy. aged 30 years,
dindat her home in Cortland Sunday
of consumption. Tie funeral took
place Monday, and the remains were
laid 20 rest in the Morris cemetery
She left husband and several chill
dren to mourn her loss.
Our old friend Henry r. Tilson,
than whom no better fellow lives in
the county. in company with Mrs. ~.
l.. Campbell, n neighbor, rompli-
mented our sanctum, while in the
city on "Wednesday, and Henry fav'
ored us with a renewal. observing his
practice OF over twenty years.
W. L. Duvall, who recently sold his
farm west of town, has purchased
the r.. q Hartwell residence on
equality Hill" W. understand that
. MrlA,ft w.li and seH-ia-lawI BHfeFd
Duvall contemplate building resi-
dencas on the lots Just west of that
place.
The following Butler ladies spent
the day last Friday with Mrs. W J..
Bard at Their pleasant country home
in Homer township: Mrs. F II.
CroweIl, Mrs. Jno. G. HAYES. Mrs. J.
X. Morrison. Mrs A. l.. Mcbride,
Mrs. f. d kipp and Mrs j D Allen.
They report a delightful time and, OF
course. a good dinner.
Mrs e. Grant, accompanied by her
daughter, who rs attending the high
school in this city. gave The TINES Il
call Monday. and Mrs. Grant renew
ed their subscriptions This family
have been esteemed Subscribers for a
number of years, AMI our books
show their name to have never beeI
in arrears.
J l.. Strobe and son. Martin. o.
West Boone. we're pleasant callers or
Saturday. Mr.. Strobe favoring u.
with renewal. He recently sold hi
farm for So per acre and bought
another Just over in Kansas for S2t
per acre. Tie Record says prices o
nnd in Bates county has been KEEP
down by Democratic rule. Here ar,
Jtwofarms only few miles apart, h
soil equal and improvements WORT
about the same. and yet in Bate
county it is worth $40 per acre NOR
thau in Kansas.
This cool weather 80 early in Sci,
temberMill cert.inly have a tendeIir
tn open NJ, tie fall trade with gu
merchants, and they should certain
Ivy t,ikr advantage at the, eeea-ieti 4
gath>r in some of lie rich harvest c
trade in sight. The person who lny
down aud waits Tor the customer O
the plea that Il have been here
long time, andevpryi"dy knows me
without making IN effort ar off-rin
inducements will tird his more uctiy
and livr competitor capturing II,
rich harvest Of trade ia store Tor I |
vile n-wak merchant who IL up Z,
date in ADVERTISING his bargains ~.
inviting the pe"p" tn his plnc. .
bu-inpss through The columns III Tn
TINES, which has the greatest eli
culation by far Of any paper in t!