The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-20


presents. Murray's South Side Furni
> ture Store.
Otis Andrews, who some time age
sold his farm south of town to Fred
Gilbert, las purchased the James
Br0ytes farm, few mites southeast
OF town.
a woman is like tclephone-she
will alway S respond to the ring. We
, ave the rings. Come in. Welton
.Iewelry Co.
DR.. Wright, superintendent of the
Carthage district OF the Methodist
Episcopal chufth, held quarterly con-
ference at the Ohio street Nj. L.
church Saturday evening.
Among the former Butler boys who
are row in the army is Roy Ely,
of Kansas City, who has enlisted in
the ordnance department and is now
in an eastern training camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. n. Starkey, of
West Plains. are expected to arrive
in this city Friday to spend the
! Christmas holidays with their son,
Rev. S. J. Starkcy and family.
A man giving his name as a. G.
Stcifc was arrested in Kansas City
Saturday. He carried a registration
cad which gave Rich Hill as his
. IL,
a, g. Hartley, grand master OF Mis-
! souri, Odd Fellows. came down from
Kansas City Monday and Monday
night held school OF instruction at
tie local lodge room in the Inn build
ing
Lloyd Graves, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Graves, of this city, has enlist
ed in the radio service OF the navy.
Mr.. Graves is an expert telcgraphcr
and will make good as wireless OPP,
orator.
Work on the levy on he big Kern
ranch southeast OF this city, was
stopped by the cold weather of last
week When the levy is Completed it
is expected tat it will protect about
ZOO acres from overflow by the
Marias DIES Cygncs river
VIM. Reagan, 4 ~ year old Rich
Hill boy plead guilty Friday before
.Ius';,r OF the Peace j. T. Baker 70
stealing poultry from the home of
Mrs. Staleup, in that city. says the
Rich Hin Review. He was given Il
stay of-eXecution and parolcd.
Inst received express shipment of
200 fancy silk ties each one packed in
a Christmas Eox and are intended for
&c retailers. ON account of the de-
lay in filling the order we have the
privilege OF selling them at SOC, Black
& Sons
Tuesday morning J. f. Dowell.
chairman of the Deer Creek town
ship Red Cross chapter. telephoned
II. q. Ma>ey, county president, that
S,o5ooo lad been subscribed to the
Red Cross fund by his township.
Deer Creek was only asked to raise
SS,oSS. but like most of the communi
tic~ OF hatcs county the people over
subscribed the fund
Judge G. a. Denton, chairman OF
the Bates county Fuel Administration
has received notice from State Chair
man Wallace Crosslcy. that the order
issued last week by the stiperintend-
cnt OF the Missouri Pacific railroad
that no cars would be furnished to
coal mines that did not have loading
tipplcs. had been rcScindrd and that
cars would be furnished to all mines
alike a. long and as fast as they can
be procured.
Harvey Cone the Rich Hill soldier
who deserted from the army at Camp
Doniphan, and returned to Rich Hill.
where he was arrested by Marshal
BanEson and afterwards escaped, has.
been rccapturcd. Marshal Bankson
was oi the opinion that Cone would
return for the clothes that he left
when he escaped and his guess prov
ed to be a good one, for Monday
evening two mem showed mp and
asked for the clothes. Marshal Bank
son, who was hid nearby followed
them and found Conc in the south
part OF the city. where was again
taken into custody.
Mrs. &. Garner, Of the Virginia
ncishb"rhood. has received word from
her son Corporal G.. {. Terry, 18th
Company Anti-Aircraft battalion.
san Francisco. California, that his
battalion has been ordered to New
y ork and they expect To leave for
France in "A short time. Mrs Garner
has another son in the service. Cor
p"ral W. +. Terry, of the Iooth
Trench Mortar battalion. at Camp
Cody. New Mexico. He too is ex-
pecling orders for active service dali