The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-19
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On the Wing .-
James Hussey and family. Of Mer-
win, spent one day last week at the
bedside of Mrs. Cyrus Nestlerode.
who is very sick.
Sunny Jim says that if you don't
like his articles, don't read them and
then you won't know much. knew
him when we were both boys togeth-
er, but If he don't let up on the min
listers and the women l am going to
stop my paper.
When you want a good price for
your beef see L. S. Paddock. He don't
kill unless they are round and fat.
We have a fat COW weighing about
1000 pounds for sale.
Mr. Allen the stock buyer, from
near Elkhart, WIS calling ca the
farmers of Charlotte one day last
week.
l understand that real estate is to
be assessed at full value next year.
lit seems to me that we will soon
have a rsme to single tax to make up
tie deiicit.."'
Grant Garner helped R. P. c. Jen-
son on his new house one day the
first Of the week.
Gus Hruner is the sole owner of the
6Goodnjan coal mine and keeps a sup.
Es!Gsls salee Fo0d coal o" hands at all
All Of the soldier Boys want to get
home by Christmas, but 1t will be i'm
possihtv to demobilize them and give
lthGm u honorable discharge for ,
! NV W. II: Dur.t hssI i timber loot Il, !. |.
result of the hard floof Ia the easose
where he is clerking. He finds being
on his feet all day on a hard floor
Quite different from following aplow.
When Sunday comes he lays down
and rests his feet SO that he will be
ready for Monday.
Ike Dawson says that he has $4,000
in the bank and don't drink or use
tobacco.
If you want big bronze turkeys for
stock don't fail to seen c. S. Nestle
rode, 2 1-2 miles west of Passaic.
Jas .Pahlman, the Amsterdam bank
er, is home helping his folks set up
winter and summers supply Of wood.
As the. .pnhlic gatherings are pro-
hibited wS will have no Christmas
trees to gladden. the hearts of the lit
tie ones.
Merchant Bedwell, the Virginia
merchant, is the high man on the tur-
KEYS and has good merchandise to
trade for them and all kinds OF pro-
duee or will pay the cash If it IS
wanted.
Mrs. Carrie Henderson has plenty
of coal with six feet of dirt to move
and wants some good diggers to help
uncover it.
Willy L. Smith, of Paola. Kansas,
is at the bedside of his sister, Mrs.
Cyrus Nestlerode, who is very sick
with the influenza. He was dis
charged at Camp Funston Sunday
morning and Monday afternoon ar
rived to help care for his sister.
Sunday Charley Vcrmillion sent
to Amoret for DR.. Smith, DR.: Smith
was over in Kansas and so ne sent
|for Dr. Chastain. He was busy and
could not come until Monday. DR..
Smith got home that day and he came
too, so Charley had two doctors. He
has the influenza.
Four are down with the influenza
At Uncle Bob McCalls.
A bunch Of wolves created lot OF
excitement on Bones Fork Sunday
morning. An attempt was made to
bet them but they got away.
Douglass Browning and family
spent Sunday with Judge Hedger.
Grant Garner with the assistance
of his sister raised 20 turkeys this
wear. He sold them in Butler for $500
and said that he made more off Of
his poultry than he did off the farm
according to the capital invested.
Lawrence Wheeler came out from
Butler one day last week and tuned
pianos for George Ruble and Carrie
Henderson. He is blind and his SIS
ter goes with him to drive the car.
Lawrence .Lockridge smokes dried
mullen leaves to keep from having the
influenza. So far it has worked all
right.
striction for autoists using the public
highway ~ q speedway. A couple OF
them came near getting me last week
As it was they ran me into = ditch
by the roadside. -.
S, G. Adams tax collector will
meet you in Virginia one day out OF
each week to give you your tax re-
ceipt. Don't put it off too long. as
after the first of the year a penalty
wifi be charged
G. c. Moore and Abraham Zinn
out buggy riding Monday. Mr.. linn
has had terrible tussle with pneu-
monia and we are glad to see him