The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-08-30
New fall skirts, Walker-McKibben

New fall skirts, Walker McKibben.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Baker, Mrs. j..
+. Isley, of Rich Hill and Miss Leta
Bush, Of Sprague, motored over to
Holden Sunday. Mr.. Baker returned
that evening. The ladies are spend
ing the week with Mrs. l.. Maloney,
Mrs. Isley's sister.
First Lieutenant J. w. Wainwright
of the regular army, who has been
spending the last two weeks in this
city visiting his brother, Tom Vain
wright, and other relatives, left SAT-
urday for Camp Sherman, Ohio,
where he has been assigned to duty
with the Ohio troops.
Two cars loaded with hay were
burned in the Rich Hill yards Friday
night. The hay was being shipped
from Sheldon and Boston to Kansas
City and was valued at about $500.
The loss on the cars will be about
$4,000 or $4,000, says the Rich Hill
Review.
Extra good school hose, Walker
McKibben.
Deputy Postmaster Elmer Camp
bell and Mrs. Campbell and Miss
Mamie Campbell returned the last OF
the week from an extended automo-
bile tour through the east. They
made the trip in their Ford and re-
port a very pleasant trip. They were
gone 4 month. - -
The colored churches of Butler are
holding union revival this week.
Very interesting services are held
each day in an arbor erected for that
purpose, The white pastors. of the
various city churches have been help
ing their colored brothers out by oc-
cupying the pulpit occasionally.
Scott Wilson, of Bolton, was
among those commissioned lieu-
tenant at the Fl. Riley officers train
ing school. Lieutenant Wilson trav-
els for a large dry goods house and
has many friends in Butler who hope
that he will come out of the war with
| at least a brigadier generals commits
sion. ~
Gentry Walton has sold his bunga-
low on High street to ]. S. Taylor,
of Shawnee township, who will move
to Butler in order that his two daugh-
tiers may have the benefit of the But
Ter High School. Ira Rockhold who
has occupying the property, will
move to the Horn cottage on North
Havana street.
c. H. Burgess, who recently came
here to take charge of the Walton
Trust Co. loan business, resigned in
favor Of John O. Burson. who has
represented that company in Barton
county, Mo-, and Crawford county.
Kas. He is very pleasant gentle
man and thorough business man,
and we gladly welcome him to Gin
ton.-Clinton Eye.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Allen and
daughter, Jean, spent the latter part
| of the week in Jefferson City with
Mr.. Aliens parents, Mr.. and Mrs. }.
D. Allen. MI. Aliens two brothers.
William H., and Jacob w.; who hold
commissions in the officers reserve.
| left the first of the week for r..
Riley, Kansas, to take their places IN
The ne,v National army.
The Times good friend Col. J.
Harlan Porter, the auctioneer who
gets the high dollar" was in the city
Saturday and called At this office.
Col. Porter is one of the greatest be-
levers in high grade cattle in Bates
county. About q year ago he start
ed in a small way in the Holstein
| Freisian cattle business and now -
of the opinion that that is about the
only way to make money that there
is. :
Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Barton, OF
Houston, Texas county, arrived the
last Of the week to spend few days
with Bates county relatives. They
tleft Houston some. time ago and
travelled overhead to Kansas where
they viaited reiatives and left their
| car while they u,aAe brief visit to
Bates eounay fol1s. They expect to
llease sosth Missouri ind ere on the
|leolrnut - = loeaeisa. They are
mlghey 1ine peop1e -and would be