The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-10-17
Scarlet fever has made it's appear
Ance in Lamar, Mo.

ScarieS FEVER mas IAdue It's appear
Ance in Lamar, Mo.
Rev. Pickett will hold services at
Sunday.
At the opera house Friday night of
next week, The Splendid Opera Mid
night in China Town"
Good work is being accomplished
in a revival meeting at Altoona, over
twenty persons being converted
The growing wheat crop in Bates
county never looked better. The
acreage planted is the largest in sew
eral years.
Old jack frost put in his appear
ance in earnest Sunday night, and
Monday morning the ground was
white.
j. b. Van Patten, prominent and
successful business man of Amoret,
was in the city the first of the week
and favored us with a pleasant call
and renewal.
Eugene Wilcox, well-known stock
buyer was found dead in his pasture
near his home at Windsor, Mo. the
other day. where he had gone to
look after some stock. Death was
due to heart disease
David Bell, a farmer living near
OskaloOsa, Iowa, met with a peculiar
accident a few days ago. His gun
was accidentally discharged, the
bullet struck his purse, passed
through his hip, carrying a silver
quarter and dime and nickel with it.
He died from the wound.
W. L. Richardson, of Severy,
Greenwood Co., Kan, made us a
pleasant call on Monday and sub
scribed for THE TINES He lived for
twenty-on years in the northwest
part of Bates county, where he sold
out a year ago, and moved to Kan
sas. He said crops We're better there
than here, that wheat was very good
and large acreage was sown this
fall.
Our esteemed young friend o. J
Radford called and favored US with
a renewal. He has accepted a posi-
ton with Smith Bros, in their cash
grocery and meat market He is
the youngest son OfCharles Radford,
of our city, is an honest, sober and
Industrious young man and this firm
is to be congratulated on securing
his services.
Col. r. B. Speed, editor OF the Ne
vada Mail. one OF the best known
and strongest editors in the state,
was in Butler on Thursday after
noon to witness the laying of the
.Orner stone to the new court house,
and complimented our sanctum. Dick
Speed is brOad-minded, whoIe-sOul- |
ID gentleman. true and loyal to his
trends, faithful to his party and
,redit TO the newspaper profession.
Ex Circuit clerk Stewart Atchison |
avOred Us with a pleasant call and |
Stewart owns one of the |
inest farms in Summit township on |
which he Is living. He was very
efficient county officer and by his |
kindly and courteous treatment and |
ways he endeared |
himself to the people of Bates county, |
Who had business in the circuit court. |
he lacks only one thing to make life |
and some good Bates |
county girl will be cenferring great |
blessing upon him by convincing him
IF the error of his ways.
W. Fl. Ewin orders his paper chang
d from Spruce to Tuskegee Ind |
Ter, near which place his brother
Bob Ewin is located We assume |
rom this that he has located there |
There never were two better BOYS
han Bob and Billy Ewin. honest and |
lpright in all their transactions, 10y
Il to their friends. Industrious and
rugal in their habits, they possessed
he esteem and confidence OF all their
leighbors, and their loss is deeply
cit in that community and by the
democratic party, of which organiza-
ion they we're active and effective
workers.. THE TINES wishes them
ealth, wealth and prosperity.
WASTED-Fifty white coal miners.