The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-03

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Mr.. Roy Butler, who has been Wis
iting at the T. ]. Prewitt home, re-
turned the last of the week to his
home in Palmer, Nebraska
Mrs. X. r. Deacon, who has been
spending the last few weeks with rel
ativcs and friends at Fon du Lac,
Wisconsin,, has returned home. =.
r. NJ. Ball, of Summit, one of Bates
4 county's substantial citizens, added
his name to the large list of The
Times subscribers, one day the last
Of the week.
Mrs. Ira Hardin and daughter,
| Martha, returned Friday to their
home in Fl. Scott, Kansas, after a
visit with her sister, Mrs. George
Caruthers' west Of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Cannon and
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Smith motored
down to Caplinger Mills, in Cedar
county, and spent from Saturday
evening till Sunday evening at that
resort.
MISS MdpCI NidIk, laughter VI
Capt and Mrs. E. S. Clark, of this
city, will leave October 9 for Annis-
ton, Georgia, where she has been or
dered to report for service as a
nurses aid.
w. +. Cumpton was in the city
Monday wearing a great big smile
When asked the whyfore he said that
II mound soldier arrived at his
home Friday of last week. All parties
doing we'll
VIM. NJ. Scybert, of Amoret, who is
now a member of the fire guard com
pany at Fortress Monroe, Newport
News, Virginia, writes and orders
that The Times be sent to his address
for the next year.
Miss Jessie Ray came down from
Kansas, City Saturday and spent Sun
day in this city at the home OF her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ray.
Miss Jessie is teacher in the Kansas
City public schools.
George w. Manship was down
from Elkhart one day the last OF the
week and wanting to keep posted on
county and political events called at
The Times office and had his name
added to The Times list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Haynes LETT
last week for Kansas City, where they
will make their home in the future.
Mr.. Haynes has been employed for
a long time by the Bennett-Wheeler
mercantile company of this city.
James Wolfe came in from Camp
Funston the first of the week and
spent short furlough with home
folks. Jim is not very much en-
amored with army life, but he looks
as though it agreed with him just the
same.
Rev. w. F. Hill, the newly ap-
pointed pastor of the M. E. church.
South, preached his first sermon to
his congregation Sunday morning.
lie possesses pleasing personality |
and made good impression on his
audience.
Postmaster J. E. Williams Monday
letter from his son, James.
who is at the Great Lakes Naval
Training School, in which he said
that the Spanish influenza, which had
been very prevalent at that camp, was
On the decrease.
5 Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.>Rogers and chill
1ren left the last of the week for
City, where they will in the
future resioe. For the last few years
Mr.. Rogers has been a valued en-
,loyee of the. Duvall and Percival
Trust company. f. A. Hobson
fought their property on Mechanic
street.
The body of Robert Dehr, the Is
son of Adam Dehr, of Rich /.
Hill. waSfound, beside the Missouri
Pacific tracks at Leeds, just this side {
# Kansas City, Monday. The body L
vas identified by Sidney Neptune, OF t,
eich Hill. 1t has not been deter
mined how he came to his death. His I
ather went to Kansas City Tuesday I
nd returned with the hodv which s