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County Democrat. CENTRAL MISSOURI FARMING, MINING, REAL ESTATE, RAILROAD AND GENERAL NEWS. IgEVifiNTH Year. Versailles, Mo.. Friday Morning, March. 83, 1906. No. 12 Morgan Wall Paper! Wall Paper! Now is the tima to begin to think about papering that room of yours, and don't forget that I have the latest styles in Wall Paper that are out for this season and the largest stock that has ever bpen shown in Versailles and the prices are the lowest to be had. XTwIo iSHk 4tHiB .BPaBr KNKtfSIIBrl GARDEN TOOLS. It is now time to begin to get your Garden Tools ready to make your garden. When you get ready for them I have the best garden tools manufactured and I have the best prices to be had. W Handle tHe Bst Bicycle That is on the market. Boys and girls when you want a Bicycle come in and look at our line and tret our prices. Wc carry the only line of Bicycle Supplies to be had in the city anything in this line you may desire at our store. BICYCLES You can get FISHING JTACKL-E We have this Year added to our Line ol Goods A fine line of Fishing Tackle, anything the fisherman may desire in this line. And don't forget that we carry anything you may desire in the Stove line, Hard ware, Tin and Granite Ware, Window Shades, a fine liric of Paint Brushes and Artists' Supplies, Carpet Sweepers, and anything you may ask for in the tool line. Wc have the best line of Cutlery and Table Ware in the city. We also have the latest style of Washing Ma chines that are out, a full line of the best Lawn Mowers to be had. E. i Piatt & Thornburgh P Paint Company's WEARING BODY PAINT And high class Colors, Varnishsv Brushes and Oils. For Sale by Ua. M. DUFF. H. K. ENLOE, RESIDENT DENTIST. 1 Olllc Thorn I 74. Rldtnrt 'Phone 89. J THE BanK of Versailles VERSAILLES, MO. Hi is fa a State Bank.- conducted i n accordance with lit Banking Iawt of the State of Ntjmiiri. The State doa moU guarantee an v deponitori nuainftt loM. ueither ( doe the National Government KuarnteivuMttr8-,iigaipiit UnuK nor stand guard over their teposita in National banks Roth Slate and National Govern menu make examinations as to f solvency, and to ee that the Hank ing Laws are iwing compnea wmi. This Bank tenders to its custom f em' nil accommodations consistent with safe Rankinc: and we solicit 1 deposits on the ground of the pru dence ot its management, ami our ability to pay our depositors on demand, in evidence of which we invite attention to our large Sur- I plus and strong cash reserve: Condition ok thk Bank Makch 6th, 1906. Capital fully paid ud, MO.OOO.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, SaO.S40.00 Cash and Slant Ex- . chande. at. 848.00 Loans, ... fS4.S4l.03 Depoalta, - 204.S44.9S We further protect our depos itors by carrying ample insurance against Burglary and Robbery. Business Solicited . LOCAL NEWS. m m 'm m Oh I what a tiresome March this has been. All Wool Sweaters at the "Famous" for $1.00. Private money to loan by Chas 'Kavanaugh. If you want a Sewing Machine go to the Famous. Spring Opening at the Millinary Bazar, March 30 and 31. Give us spring, even if wc do have to contend with spring poets. The ground hog had better steer clear of this locality, or he'll be hide kts. The equinoctial change last Sunday evening was a bliiardous snow storm. Some winter goods on hands yet for men and boys at a bargain. Famous. Mrs. Jennie Brhcoe departed Tues day for a visit with relatives in Colorado. (Jeo. Krauts is placing a 45-foot canvas awning in front of the opera bouse block. . Mrs. E. L. Harris of Sweet Springs, Mo., is here this week, the guest of her sister Mrs. Frank Gwynn. Martin Monsees, father of Assessor Fred Monsees, died last Saturday at his home on Richland. He was buried Monday. Och, are you hurt? Then trade where you will be treated right and you. will stop squealing. ' -j - Mason & Price. Sam Wilson departed Tuesday af ternoon for Oklahoma, where he went to enter upon a plat of land taken up in the new country. Mrs. Arch. Callison and little son departed Tuesday for Walter, Okla homa, where tkey will reside in the future. W. K. Maynard of Kingman, Kas., father of Mrs. J. 11. Lumpec was here last Sunday in attendance at John Lumpee's funeral. J. G. Briggs left Tuesday for a trip to Canada. He will visit his son who resides in Alberta, and will combine business with pleasure. Remember, the Spring Opening of reliable millinery at Mrs. Mounts' Bazar, is Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31. It will be to your inter est to wait for it. Belcher's Comedians were at the opera house three nights this week, and they are the finest company that have been here this season. They went from here to Kldon. There will be an Illustrated Lec ture at the Presbyterian church Fri day "March 23rd, at 8 o'clock p. m., on "The Slums of the Great Cities." For the benefit of the church. Dress Goods, Wash Fabrics, Laces, F.mbroderies, Ginghams, Corsets, Hosiery, Trunks, Valises, &c, in endless variety at Cari. W. Bir.RSACii, On the Corner. The St. Louis court of appeals has rendered a decision that hunters are not required to take out a license to hunt in their own counties. This is a IJittle tough on the hunters who have already paid for their license. County Commissioner Wray Wittcn will hold the rtgular examination for teachers' certificates in this city to day amUomorrow. All who intend to teach should be present at this ex amination, as it is the last to be held until June 22 and 23. The sessions will cover the usual branches.. A big line of gloves for men and bovs at the "Famous." Gilson's stock of canned goods is the best the market affords. A number of pneumonia cases afc reported in this vicinity, and the disease appears to be more stubborn than usual this season. The millinery opening of Mrs. . W. Boles last week was the most beautiful and correct line of millinery ever presented in Morgan County. You can find a fine assortment of California fruit, both canned and evaporated at W. N. Gilson's. H. C. Iglehart, the Marble Man, moved his family here from Cole Camp last week and occupies tne Padgett property in the north part of town. Our line of Shoes and Slippers is second to none. We can prove this to you. Cari. W. Bikksach, On the Corner. Shell Bark Hickory Cough and Lung Specific is all the go these sickly times. Ar Boles' Drug Store. S. B. Livingston of Sedalia, arrive! here last Sunday, stopping over night with home folks and Monday trans acted business in Kldon. He return ed to Sedalia Tuesday. Mrs. Cathrinc Helmig, aged lb years, died at her home in Hinkcn neighborhood last Sunday. She was buried Tuesday at the Lutheran cemetery in that vicinity. The lamily of W. H. Poyle, thr furniture man, arrived here Wednes day from Shelbina. Mr. Doyle went there the first of the week to make arrangements for their coming. Mrs. Olive A. Child. Manager1 of the Bazar, says she purchased het stock of spring millinery at the Kan sas City and St. Louis markets fresh from the Fast; that there is nothing stale in her stock, but all is strict) new and up-to-date. If you want rty liable goods, nt reliable prices, conic to the Bazar. We advertise nothing only what is reliable. Our Lace Sale is a success ladies know a good tiling when they see it. We are of fering t6 lot for a few more days only. Come quick, be fore the best are gone. K CARL W. BIERSACH on the Corner. BE. 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