The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-16

i Ladies $500 white skirts on sale
S2.e8, Walker -McKibben.
Our good friend George Daniels, of
south of town was pleasant caller
. at this office Monday and like most
OF. the farmers of this part of the
country he is in jubilant mood over
the prospects of the fine crops this
year.
i Wendell Atkeson and Ivan Ray,
members of the headquarters COM
pany of the first brigade, national
guard, received orders Saturday to
report to brigade headquarters, at
Nevada for duty. The boys left Sun
day. .
John Cooper, son of Mrs. John
Voris, of Summit township, who for
several years has been in the auto
mobile business in Pennsylvania, has
enlisted in the auto truck service OF
the army and been sent to southern
camp for training.
Fadeless work shirts soc. Buy 4
half dozen at Black & Sons.
Len Shubert, former deputy county
treasurer, who left here several
months ago for Montana, was shak'
ing hands with old Butler friends the
first of the week. Mr.. Shubert will
drive back to Montana in his Dodge,
which he left here last spring.
Relatives in this city received a
telegram Saturday announcing the
birth of a daughter, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Walton Allen at Pasadena, Califor-
MIA. The newcomer has been named
Cora Catherine Allen, in honor of
Mrs. w. E. Walton and Mrs. F. H.
Crowell.
Hon. J. N. Sharp was in town Fri
day night and took the evening train
south. His health has not been OF
the best for some time and he may
conclude to visit his old home in
Tennessee and take rest among the
scenes of his youth, in the hopes that
he may be benefited.
Mrs. T. NJ. Bottoms and daughter,
Miss Fannie, are visiting Arrel Bot
toms, near Bigheart. Oklahoma
letter from them the first of the
week states that crops in that part
of the country are looking as if they
have had more rain than Bates coun-
ty has been blessed with.
Richard w. Vail, OF the Welton
Jewelry Company, received orders
Tuesday evening to report for a
course. of instruction at the officers
Framing camp at Ft. Sheridan. Mr..
Vail took his preliminary examina-
ton some time ago and had about
given up hope OF being called.
w. +. Duvall and F. NJ. Campbell
have each purchased Hudson Super
Six touring cars. They are fine look
ing cars and are said to be able to get
over the ground just little bit fast
er than any cars in this part OF the
country. Wilcox Brothers are the
Butler agents of the Super-Sixes
! Letters from the boys of the quar-
termaster corps. who left here last
week for Nevada, where they took
the physical examination, say that
they all passed and were sent to Fl.
Sill, Oklahoma, where they now are.
They are enjoying the best OF health
and so far like army life very much.
Misses Josephine and jeanette
Shafer. who have been visiting their
aunt, Mrs. T. w. Arnold and DR..
Arinold, left the first of the week for
Kansas City, where they are the
guests of their sister, Mrs. Robert
Aycock, after which they will return
to their home at Lawrence, Kansas.
Relatives in this city received
word the first of the week that J..
w. Wainwright, who was appointed
second lieutenant in the y. :.
i
army about a month ago, and or
dered to the training camp at Ft.
Benjamin Harrison, had been pro.
NOTED to first lieutenant and ordered
to some post in the west.
Dewitt c. Chastain, OF this city,
and H. H. Heck of Rich Hill have
been notified of their appointment to
the officers training camp at Fl.
Sheridan, near Chicago, Illinois, and
expect to receive orders to report
some time the last of the week. They
took the preliminary examination at
Joplin about two weeks ago. t
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Moore, Mr..
and Mrs. Bud Nevins, of Kansas
City and Mrs. F. L. Hannah, OF
Oakland. California, who were mo-
toring from Kansas City to the
Ozarks, spent from Friday until