The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-15

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Mrs. J. L.. Mckinley and daughter,
Miss Mary, and son, Raymond, OF
Pleasant Gap, were county seat visit
ors Monday and the Times was COM
plimentcd by a call from the ladies.
Miss Mary taught successful term
at the Bcver school last year and has
been rc-employed for the coming
term.
Born to MIR. and Mrs. J. X. Baum,
of north of town, Wednesday even
ing of last week, fine ten pound boy.
Things seem to be coming Jakc's
way. On Tuesday, after hard tight
he was elected Republican committee
man from Mt. Pleasant township, but
all that was forgotten when the boy,
the first enc, arrived.
Sam Graves, son OF Judge and Mrs.
w. ". Graves, came Saturday morn
ing from Jefferson City for visit at
the home OF his uncle, J. +. cndwick.
Sam is Y years old and expects the
war to last long enough for him to
get in it. lis brother. Captain Lud-
wick Graves. is now on duty with the
United states troop, in France.
William p. Barlow, OF Nch Hi,
was a county seat visitor Monday,
Mr.. Barlow was for many years en-
gagged in the nursery business at ken
Hill and made a speciality i'll growing
catalpa trees and the streets OF Klcn
Hill are now ornamcnted with these
trees. Mr. Barlow expects to donate
several ui thcst trees to the COURT
house yard this fall.
Glen ,luloney. who is drilling a
we'll ON the c. \. Allen place, Just
north ut town, was caller at TINS
office ore day the last OF the week:
He think, that there is plenty OF
water under that part OF the country
and that he will soon have a S"oa
we'll on Mr.. Aliens farm \ good
well i, Utmost invaluable ,urh sea-
sons as Tie present one.
In = letter enclosing a remittance
| for a renewal OF her suhscrlptioh'
Mrs. !. \. Kerns. OF Grymoh. okla-
|h,,na saws that She has been away
from Bates county for eighteen years,
and during that time many OF hcr olo
friend, have moved away and new
ones taken their places. but stiil she
dom, want to do without The Times
and orders it to keep coming.
The advertising car OF the M w.
Barnes animal circus. which shows III
Butler Thursday. August -. WAS III
town the last OF the week and tue
dead walls. fences and barns III the
vicinity ni Butler are sporting Dig
|n;cturcs OF icrocious lions, perform
ing seals, big elephants and all the
other wild and curious beasts that 60
to make M, a first class animal show
Alvin Reed. son of W. {. Reed, OF
this county. who has enlisted III the
navy, was last Wednesday called 10
Mare island navy yard for ,tra'nins,
as an apprentice seaman. The navy
seems to be very popular with hatcs
county boys. and deservcdly SO, as a
member OF the navy get, all sorts OF
,nu,rtuuitics to see the world and AZ
the same time to do his bit Tor his
country.
George kcrscy. who, at the last
meeting OF the city council resigned
his position as carctakcr OF the ire
department headquarters and driver
OF the fire department wagon iei'
the last of the week for Kansas oity
where nc has accepted position
with the Richards 4 Conover hard
ware company. His family will stay
IN Butler until he has found a suitable
home for them in Kansas City
1ohn Specr last week sold his Tine
iarm a few miles north OF town N
less Moles, who will take possession
about the first of December. Mr.. and
Mrs. Spcer expect to go to Caliiorh'a
where they may concl'de to locate
The. land has been in the possession
of the family OF Mrs. Speer for more
than 80 years this being the th'rd
transfer since the land was granted
by the Federal government to gent.
leman for services rendered. He sold
the land for S per acre ana ME
Moles paid Mr. Speer So1 per acre.
Among the new readers OF nc
Times this week is T. F. Parker, VINO
lives south of Spruce. Mr.. farkef
came near being native son OF the
Emerald Isle. He was born few
months after his parents moved to
this country and settled in Kansas
where they lived a short time and
then returned to Ireland. AS soon
as Mr.. Parker was old enough ne
came to America, where he has since
resided. He is a thorough American
but says in some ways Ireland has II
on the United States, particularly as