The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-20

seed wheat and seed rye tor sale.
48-2o-3t Butler Roller Mills.
Hamilton Herrell returned the las
! of the week from several week.
visit with his daughters in Nebraska.
Mrs. Caroline Morrison, who ha.
been quite sick for the last ten day:
at her. home on South Broadway, is
reported some better.
Tom Newton came down from
Kansas City and spent few days the
last of the week at the home of his
mother east of town.
Arriving daily, new fall suits, shoes,
hats, caps, Black G. Sons.
Mr. and Mrs.-F. l.. Scribner, of
Nevada, spent few days the last of
the week visiting at the home of Mr..
Scribner's brother, o. ]. Scribner.
Lewis Barker and Ed Orear, MEM
bers OF Company B, spent Monday i'll
this city with home folks. The boys
look as though army life agreed will,
them.
Virgil Rhoades, prominent young
farmer of Mingo township, was a
county seat visitor Saturday and
dropped into The Times office for
chat.
j. F.. Nickel. one of Dcepwater's
most. progressive and up-toalate
farmers. was county seat visitor
Monday and made a pleasant call at
this office.
Miss Leila Short. who has for some
time been with the Bazaar on the
south side of the square, has accept
ed position with the Sam Levy
Mercantile company
It's your business we want. We
appreciate it, Black & Sons.
Miss Mary Braden, who is teach
err in the kensington public school
in Kansas City, spent Saturday and
Sunday in this city with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Braden.
Mrs. Stella Knowles and sister,
Miss frankie Borum, returned the
first OF the week from Fl. Scots,
Kansas, where they had been spend
ing few days with relatives and
friends.
DR.. and Mrs. Foster and son, Walt
err, returned from Kansas City Friday
where Walter had been in a hospital,
where he underwent an operation for
the removal of his tonsils in the
hopes that his health, which has not
been of the best for some time,
would be improved.
Norma, the 10 months old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Thomas,
died at the family home in Pleasant
Gap township, Wednesday afternoon
of last week of acute indigestion.
Funeral services were conducted at
the home Thursday Afternoon and in
terment made in the Rogers Gene
terry.
Last Saturda VIM. Asbury sold the
Eagle Cafe to Frank Mabbott. Mr..
Mabbott took charge the first of the
week. Mr. Asbury had been doing
| nice business while he had charge
If the Cafe, but on account of having
% seek different climate for his '
vife's health he was forced to SELL |
Western Enterprise
@. J. Scribner. who sells Indiana ,
,ilos, came in off the road the last |
If the week and spent few days get ,
ing acquainted with home folks. !
Business is so good in his line this |
ear that he has little time for laying ,
IF. Every month his firm gives a d
rize to the agent selling the most t
ilos. and so far this year MIR. Scrib- \
er has won four of these prizes. i
The Brundage carnival, which was
o come to Butler for week under
he auspices of the fire department.,
ave notified Fire Chief Gordinier
hat it will be impossible to fill their
ate on account of the difficulty they
re having with the railroads over r
ars to transport them. They have o
everal cars of their own, but must r
epend on the railroads for part OF +"
lie. cars, and as the roads are using =,
lost of the rolling stock for govern ~
tent purposes it is uncertain when fo
icy can get cars, SO they called the II,
utler engagement off,
H. O. Maxey and Chas. Fisk mo- in
red over to Appleton City Monday
I'd that night took part in the big d:
atriotic demonstration in honor OF is
re soldiers from Bates. St. Clair pl
I'd Henry counties. The affair was m
I'D in Appleton City's beautiful m
lrk and was attended by an immense NJ
owd of relatives and friends of the w
,ys who are soon to go to Fl. Riley
i'd become part of the National
my. Besides the speaking there
H.. A.