The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-11
Odd pants at Black & Sons.

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will supply the stcam.,
Stand behind the boys at the front
but not too far behind.
Don't forget the Red Cross picnic
at the Hcrrell school house Friday
| night, July rs. Come out and help a
good catisc along.
One 1910 and one 1917 Ford tour
ing car. one 1917 Chevrolet, one 1916
Maxwell, all in fine mechanical con-
diton,
39-It* Jefferson Highway Garage.
MIR. and Mrs. T. A. Hardin, Frank
Hardin. Miss Kate Hardin and Hugh
Hardin were among the Butler folks
that motorcd to Kansas City the
Fourth and spent the ..ay in one Of
the parks.
Cool underwear, Black & Sons.
b. T. Richards left the first of the
week lor Lcavcnworth, Kansas, where
he has secured a position in the fac
tory OF the Alternately furniture COM
pany. Basil Culver, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. a. II. Culver, of this city, is
manager OF the factory
Hobcrt Leo Dcerwester, OF Shaw
nee, and John d. Seelinger and Will
lam H. Wright of Summit township
enlisted in the U. S. Navy Tuesday.
The young men will enter the navy
with the rating of seaman, end class.
Buy IL dozen Dress Shirts and
throw away your coats, Black &
Sons
J. +. Willard returned Monday
from Lacrosse, Kansas, where he had
spent week with his mother, Mrs.
Jennie Graham. Like others who
have been to Kansas lately, he reports
q big wheat crop but other crops
short
We J. Bullock, president of the Red
Oil < Gas Company, returned last
week from Nowata, Oklahoma, where
he had been making arrangements for
the sale OF gas from one of the wells
of his company. He reports that the
future OF the company is looking bet
ter all the time.
Closing out our Oxfords. Get
yours, Black g. Sons.
Cass County Democrat:-Miss
Retia kcrrens. the daughter of For
rest J. kcrrcns of this city, who is at
tending the summer session OF the
State Normal School at Warrensburg,
Mo, ~arrivcd in this city Wednesday
evening to spend the Fourth of July
with relatives here.
\. @. Wclton, manager of the Star
Lumber Company, Chas. Miller and
son, Ross, motorcd over to Wells
vile. Kansas. the first of the week on
a business trip. Mr.. Wclton says that
the wheat fields i'll that part of Kan
sas LOOKS very good, but that they
are like Bates county, needing rain
very badly FOR the corn, hay and pas
lures.
Try our Fiber suit case. Looks like
leather. wears like leather, Black &
Sons.
Rev. j. I. Pritchett, presiding elder
Of the Nevada district OF the NJ. Il.
South. preached at the Butler
;hurch Sunday morning. Since the
Rev. Starkey left to engage in the
army y. NJ. c. A. work the church |
mas been without regular pastor and !
Rev. Pritchctt breaches there every
Sunday he can spare from his other
work.
The locomotive pulling the Inter-
state train set several pastures afire
.long the road Thursday OF last
week, and that night was taken to
Nevada for all overhauling and did
lot get. back until nearly noon the
text day, consequently the train left
'utler about six hours late Friday.
The grass along the right of way and
II the pastures along the road are
% dry now that small spark starts
conflagration.
Two Vernon county boys have CIV
n their lives for their country. Lieut.
Linton Ferry OF Sheldon, was killed
n an airplane accident at Lake
,harles, La. training camp, accord
ng to message received Thursday.
uly 4. 1918. by his parents, Mr.. and
hrs. Dan Ferry. The body was to
rive at Sheldon Saturday. J. T.
)umars, of Nevada. has been notified
hat his son. U. S. marine, had been
filed in action in France.-Rich Hill
review. <
FL Dorado Springs News:-Ira {
iced, the. Farm Help Specialist, ,
hose official headquarters are at /,
Columbia. came in Sunday to visit his
amily. In conversation with Mr..
,eed, he Informed us that he had just {
eceived letter from the Washington a
ffice instructing him to send in
opies OF both state law and town
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