The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-02

Rev. E. X. Wolfe and family re-
turned Sunday from an automobile
trip to Dallas. Texas, where they Wis
tied Rev. Wolfe's mother. They COW
cred something over 1900 miles and
enjoyed every minute of the trip, ex-
cept where they found some mighty
bad roads in Texas.
Jefferson City has organized four
companies of home guards. Claude
L. Clark was elected major. Major
Clark has had considerable military
experience, having served for several
years in the National Guard and was
captain of Co. L, Second Regiment,
Vols, during the war with Spain.
| D. c. Chastain, OF this city, and II.
H. Heck of Rich Hill, went down to
Joplin last week and took the prelin,-
mary examination for admission to
the second officers training camp to
be held soon at Fl. Riley. Their pa
pers will be examined by regular
army officers and they>will get their
grades about August TO-. Both gen.
tlemen are. graduates of the Missou-
ri State University and are possessed
of the necessary qualifications to
make first class officers.
| Rev. George Prewitt and family,
who are on an automobile tour
through western Missouri, arrived in
the city Saturday and were the guests
of Judge and Mrs. A. B. Owen over
Sunday. Rev. Prewitt was formerly
| a pastor of the Christian church OF
this city and Sunday he occupied his
old pulpit. They resumed their tour
| Monday morning and after visiting
several towns in the north central
part of the state will return to their
home at Winchester, Illinois.
Prof A. c. Moreland returned Fri
day night from Warrensburg where
he graduated from the State Normal
school. Mr.. Moreland already had a
life certificate from the state super
intendent of schools and the work
that he has been doing at the Normal
was not required of him, but he new
er misses an opportunity to add to
his equipment as a teacher. he
keeps up with everything new in
|. school work and is making one of the
best county superintendent that
. Bates county ever had.
According to press dispatches the
| Missouri Pacific will in the near I'll,
! ture take several trains off their road
This course was recommended some
time ago by the National Council Of
Defense, in order that the rolling
stock might be used to better ad'
vantage for the movement of troop:
and munitions OF war. Among those
to be taken off is the passenger ser
2 |vice on the Interstate. 1t is sup
] posed that passenger coach will b'
attached to the freight train. SO fa
the local Missouri Pacific agent
Claude Plain. informs us that he ha
received no official notice OF an.
such action.
Postmaster Edgar Smiser and wife
4 Of Amsterdam. narrowly escaped
6 very serious accident Sunday evening
: when the automobile in which the,
: were riding skidded and overturned
according to the Amsterdam Enter
. prise. They were passing the hom'
, of a neighbor when Mrs. Smizel
waved her hand at the lady on th'
. porch. Mr.. Smizer turned his heat
, for an instant to see who it wa
when the car skidded into the ditcl
: and overturned. Mrs Smizer tel
: clear except that her feet were caugh
y by the car. Mr.. Smizer was caugh
: by the steering wheel and held unde
: the car. He was badly bruised bu
e none of his hurts were serious.
II Judge w. T: Cole last week move
r from his Harrison street property t
VII place that he owned just across tn
e street west Of the Presbyteria
church. The Judge owns severs
lpieces of property in Butler and las
9 week when Mrs. Carrie Drake an
n daughter, OF Johnstown, came to hir
s and wanted to rent house and non
n OF the houses that were vacant es
n actly suited the ladies, and the Judg
II being a very gallant and accomodat
ling gentleman, moved out of tn
y house that he was occupying and le
g them have that. He rented the ne,
$ house that he recently built on Har
It rison street to Joe Kash, of Deepwat
y ler township, who will move to Butle
soon.
:. L. L. Franklin, colored, who con
It ducts a clothes cleaning establish
It ment on East Ohio street, filled him