The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30

| Alex Cameron left the first OF the
week on a short business trip to
Springfield.
Overalls and khaki pants $I.25,
work shirts Csc, Black.A Sons.
| Miss Amanda Garrett, of Kansas
City, is visiting her friend, Miss Kate
Hardin, near Butler.
New fall shoes, hats, caps. We
want to sell you, Black & Sons.
School teachers should buy ken
yon Raincoats," they are guaranteed.
$500 up, Walker Nc Kibben.
The Kansas City police got busy
one afternoon this week and arrested
Io8 motorists who. were running
without a license.
The Trench Model mems new fall
suits. See us before buying Black
& Sons.
Barnett Adair, who has been spend
ing some time in Butler at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Duvall, left
Saturday for his home at Columbia.
Mrs. G.. Reynolds and little daugh-
tiers, of Lection, Missouri, are visiting
at the home of Mrs. Reynolds par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Asbury, southwest
of town.
Our prices on work clothes still
low. Call and be convinced. Black
& Sons Clio. Co.
Lee Hardinger went to Kansas
City Sunday and Tuesday returned
with his wife, who underwent sur
gical operation at the Christian hos
pital about two weeks ago.
Keep coming in, Black & Sons. If
The annual reunion of the Clinton
district of the Re-organized church
of Latter Day Saints is being held in
East Park. Rich Hill. The meeting
commenced Friday, the 24th.
| J. !. Richardson. general manager
of the Red Arrow Oil and Gas Com
pany. of Kansas City and Nowata,
Oklahoma, was in the city Tuesday
and Wednesd in the interest OF his
company.
Stetson hats, Black & Sons. 43-tt
Miss Dottie Owen. of Warrens-
burg, is a guest at the home OF her
uncle, Judge A. B. Owen and Mrs.
Owen. She is attending the teach
ers institute and will teach in Bates
county the coming winter.
7. A. Trimble left Tuesday for
Kress, Texas, where he will spend a
few weeks with c. N. Mcfarland on
the big Mcfarland ranch. Jess says
he will be full fledged COW puncher
before he has been in Texas a week
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gench and
daughter, Miss Selma, and Miss Ma
omi Johnson returned the first Of the
week from an automobile trip to
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where they
visited at the home of Miss Johnson S
brother, Clyde Johnson.
Judge Allen Southern, of the Jack
son county circuit court, spent Mon
day night in this city at the home OF
his cousin, Dr. and Mrs. T. w. Arm
old. The Judge and family were re-
turning from motor tour IN the
south part of the state and stopped
off for a brief visit with his Butler
relatives.
Merlin Fields, who enlisted in the
navy lasr April, arrived in the city
Tuesday on brief furlough which
he will spend with his parents in the
west part of the county. He is a
member of the crew of the battle
shin Connecticut and it is probable
that he will see foreign service in
short time.
| J. w. Taylor of Loveland. Colo
RADIO, was in the city the first of the
week. Mr.. Taylor is looking tor a
place to locate and may conclude to
come to Bates county. He says that
Colorado is all right, but that he does
not like to depend on irrigation, as
sometimes you get water and some
times you don't.
Monday morning James Hurt, the
carpenter got up and went to the de-
pot to meet a friend who was going
through on the early morning train
On his return he found the room IN
flames. 1t is supposed that a lamp
which he left burning had exploded.
The fire department was. called and
soon had the fire put out, but not be-
fore some valuable carpenter tools
had been destroyed. The damage t"
the house was small.
Tuesday evening the Red Cross Of
/ Charlotte towushio gave a supper for