The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-08-17


have returned home from visit with
relatives in Warrensburg.
, The Hills Cash Store stock has
t been sold by the Hargadine McKittrick
Co. to Payne & Co., of Nevada, who
will close out the stock here.
Mrs. Jennie Fitzgerald, accompa-
MED by Miss Inez Voris returned to
Kansas City Saturday after a visit
with the family Of Sidney Voris,
south of this city.
Clinton had her worst scare in
many years when her saloons were
closed all day last Monday pending
the decision of the county court in
the matter of renewing: licenses.
The class of 1911 of the Butler High
School enjoyed a delightful lawn
party and reunion at the home of j.
A. Silvers in this city Tuesday night.
The class consisted of 81 members.
Mrs. Thos. Stout of Bartlesville,
Ok, who is under treatment at APP
pleton City for rheumatism of the OPP
tic nerve visited with her parents Mr..
and Mrs. j. S. Brown Sunday and
Monday.
P. A. Orear has resigned his posi-
ton with the Fraternal Inn barber
shop and will take charge of the work
on the new high school building.
Jim Brewer will succeed him in the
barber shop.
W. A. Shealey, of Belpre, Kansas,
formerly of Towner, Colorado, who
has been visiting at the home of his
father, Joseph Shealey of Adrian, and
other relatives, visited in Butler Fri
day and favored us pleasantly.
Our old friend Squire j. w. Darby
of Foster, who for several weeks has
been in Colorado Springs, writes us
that ne is coming home at once. The
Squire also says that he has been in
very poor health for the past two
: weeks.
f. f. Ward accompanied DR.. Mar
tin to Kansas City Thursday, where
he went to consult a specialist as to
his physical ailments. Ed has been
under the weather. for some time
past and his many friends hope that
he will soon be on the road to we'll
vile. --Merwin Clipper.
f. d. Baker of near Rich Hill,
transacted business in the county
seat the last of the week and made us
a most pleasant call. Mr. Baker dur
ing the past year has been the Bates
county representative of a large pub
fishing houses for whom he made
good, and is now considering an at
tractive proposition made by an art
company of Chicago.
Mrs. Ina C. Landlord, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. p. A. Bruce, remem-
bered that her papa had birthday
and that it always came in on the Sd
of August, she led in getting up
surprise on her papa, calling to her
assistance some of Mr. Bruce's
friends and near neighbors, who JOY
fully and abundantly helped make it
success. Adrian Journal.
| Harry Brown, of Hudson township,
had the misfortune of having his
house with all Of its contents, de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday Of last
week. There was no one at home
and it will never be known how the
fire started. The house was Il new
one, having been built only about
five years; was a five room house,
insured in the Prairie City Insurance
Co. While money cannot replace
what Mr.. Brown lost the insurance
will help to rebuild. The neiyhbors
on Thursday kindly helped to make
clothing for the family.
w. B. Tyler of east of this city, one
of Bates county's old settlers and an
old time friend of The Times, was
county seat visitor the first of the
week and made us a most pleasant
call, and informed us that ThoS. Cud-
dyback, formerly resident of this
county, who had been visiting at his
home, had returned to his home near
Bucyrus, Kansas. He told us num-
Der of other things which he advised
us not to publish, and we are going
to take his advise, because "Uncle
Billy" is still youngster, in spite Of
his years, and we are not going to