The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-10
Spring Packard shoes for men,
$3.50. $500, $3.50, Walker McKib-.
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mers Bank OF Walnut, OF Foster,
spent Wednesday in the county seat.
Judge w. T. Cole returned home
Tuesday from Colony. Kansas,
where he was called on account of
the death of his sister, Mrs. Alice
Sims.
DR.. Shadbourne and Harry Wyatt
went to Kansas City Saturday to
make application for admission to the
Officers Reserve Corps Training
Camp.
Born, on Thursday evening, May 3,
1917, to Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Major of
Kansas City, a daughter. Mrs. Nay
lor is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Aft Weyer.
Gordon auto seat covers, can be
washed with soap and water, We
Mott & Major. 2oI2t
Mrs. o. f. Groves, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Alice Nayler
in Kansas City and her parents in
this city returned Saturday to her
home at Burdette.
The new steel flag staff which will
be erected at the northeast corner of
the court house yard has arrived.
The pole which measures sixty feet
in length is in four sections. 1t will
be anchored in cement.
Among those attending the meet
ing for the French Commission at
Kansas City Sunday were: Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Cook, Wesley Denton,
DR.. ]. w. Choatc, Otto Sunderwirth,
R. w. Vail and Poul Shelton.
Warren Duvall of Kansas City is
here visiting homefolks. Mr.. Duvall
has made application and passed the
examination for the Officers Reserve
Corps Training Camp at Fl. Riley
and is daily expecting orders TO re-
port for duty.
The w. c. T. U. will observe
Mothers Day, with short program.
after Sunday school, at the Chris
tian church of Virginia, May IS. All
are cordially invited Special invita-
ton for White Ribbon recruits.
Bring the babies.
Friends in this city have received
the announcement of the marriage Of
Miss. Nellie Evans and Mr.. Charles
II. Taylor at Fort Worth, Texas, on
Wednesday, April IS. Mrs. Taylor
was for number of years engaged in
the millinery business here with her
sister, Miss Mary Evans. ,. w.. .
Teddy, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Claud Keele, won the handsome
little red toy automobile offered by
the Fisk Opera House to the young
ster receiving the most votes lin a
contest which closed Saturday night.
Teddy and his friends worked hard
during the contest and the little fcl-
low we'll deserved his prize,
J. R. Jenkins, president of the Peo-
pies Bank of this city, was notified
Monday morning of the death of his
brother, William H. jenkins, at Os-
kaloosa, Kansas, Sunday, May 8.
William II. Jenkins was born in Mel
son county, Virginia, and moved to
Missouri, locating in Henry county.
In 1861 he went to Kansas, locating
in Oskaloosa, where he has since
made his home. Funeral services
were held at Oskaloosa Tuesday at
ternoon.
Subscribers of the Butler-Rich Hill
telephone exchange at Rich Hill re-
ceived notice Monday from +. M.
Campbell. owner, that the company
has filed a rate schedule with the
public service commission of Mis-
souri,, effective June I, 1917, which
makes the Rich Hill business rate
$2.2s per month. This is an advance
of rs cents per month over the old
rate. The company gives as the rea-
son for this advance the extraordi-
nary expense in handling this service
for the year past. hence petition to
grant the relief asked-Rich Hill Re-
view
The Union Service at the Christian
church last Sunday evening in honor
of Company B was largely attended.
all the ministers in town participat-
ing. The Boy Scouts as we'll as
Company. B attended. A big union
choir sang inspiring songs and Rev.
Wolfe preached most appropriate
sermon. The meeting was presided
over by Rev. c. A. Waters of =. the
Ohio street M. E. church, the invoca-
ton was delivered by Rev. J. w.
Alexander of the Baptist church and
the scripture reading by Rev. George
R. Scroggs of the Presbyterian
church