The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27


ter, of Norman, Oklahoma, arrived
in the city the first of the week on a
visit to relatives.
Rev. c. A. Waters, of the Ohio
street NJ. f. church, left Monday for
Joplin, where he is attending the an
nuat conference Of his church.
J. D. Martin, one of The Times
good friends on Route. 4, was in But
Ter Wednesday on business mission
and favored us with pleasant call.
Mike Noonen. of Drexel, was
brought to this city Tuesday evening
by Sheriff Baker and lodged in Jail,
where he is serving twenty day
sentence, under charge of vagrancv
| Mrs. G. NJ. Hargett and daughter,
Miss Helen Louise, and sister,
Miss Alpha Stephens, left Sunday for
Versailles, being called there by the
death OF Mr.. Targets father Mr..
Hargett was already at Versailles.
Mrs Walter Henderson. of Mingo.
Iowa. arrived Sunday for visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Ayers Little Calvin Ayres, the
youngest son OF Mr. and Mrs. Ayres,
who has been quite i'll. is consider.
ably improved.
Mrs. Q. A. Kaune and children,
Helen and Tyler, of I.verette, Wash
lington. arrived the last of the week
for visit with her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. w. T. Tyler. They went TO
Nevada Monday where they will
spend few days with Mrs. kaune's
sister. Mrs. w. A.. Hall.
| Alderman Seese has on exhibition
at his shop on aEst Dakota street, a
few ears of about the best corn that
has been brought to town this sea-
son. The ears are large and well
filled with good. firm corn. Mr..
Seesc says that he has about 10 acres
of corn just like it on his farm north
west of town.
Leila Crouch, daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Leroy Crouch, former residents
of this city, died at Pittsburg, Kan
sas. Sunday, September %, following
an operation for appendicitis. The
remains were brought to this city
and funeral services held at the a.
NJ. f. church Monday afternoon un-
der the auspices of the lodge of the
Eastern Court. .---
The bar docket for the October
term OF the Bates county circuit
court was received from the printer
last week. The docket was printed
in the office of the Rich Hill Review
and is a nice piece of work. There
are liz cases docketed for trial.
Nine divorces. II criminal cases and
the remainder civil suits. In the
criminal cases there are five. for rl"-
lation OF the local option law
Rev. S. ]. Starkey; who was a.
signed to the Butler NJ. +. church,
South, at the meeting of the South
west Missouri conference at Neosho.
last week, arrived Thursday and
preached his first sermon to his new
congregation Sunday morning. Rev
Starkey is a young man OF pleasing
address and made good impression
on those who heard him Sunday
morning ! He has served the church
in Appleton City for the past two
years.
Our good republican friend Oscar
Harris. of the west part OF the coun-
ty was in the city Saturday and
dropped into The Times office for
chat. Mr.. Harris says that Tor the
last Fl years he has missed but aho'it
three issues of The Times. and while
he does not agree with its politics, he
thinks that it is pretty good paper,
notwithstanding. Mr.. Harris was the
republican candidate for county treas
urer at the last election and made a
very creditable race.
One of The Times Oldest and best
friends, T. p. Slower. OF the Altoona
neighborhood, was caller at this of
flee Monday. 1t is friends like MIR.
Slower that makes the newspaper
mans life worth while. He has been
constant reader of this paper Since
its first number and now feels that
he would be lost unless the old stanl-
by showed up every week. Mr.
Slower is one of the best preserved
men OF his age of our acquaintance,
being born in Pettis county 70 years
ago. He came to this county in 1907.
Bates-eeuunty was visited by one
of the heaviest rains Of the season
Tuesday night and Wednesday. 1t
commenced raining about seven
o'clock Tuesday evening and kept it
up pretty much all night and good
part of Wednesday. There was con-
siderable lightning during Tuesday
night. but no damage was done i'll