The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-20

Save your cabbage with "Slue
Shot. at ?. o. Deacon's.
Misses Mabel and Edna Swartz
fcame down from Kansas City last
week to visit with Butler friends.
Gentry Walton. who represents the
Walton Trust company at Chillicothe
was business visitor to this city las,
week.
Mrs. Alice Allen, of Seattle, Wash
ington, is the guest of ner sister,
Mrs. J. B. Armstrong, at her home
on North Main street.
Ed Dillon, secretary and treasurer
OF the Red Arrow Oil & Gas COM
pany, was down from Kansas City
the last of the week and spent a few
days with relatives and friends.
General Crowder's work or fight
order has already made itself felt in
Rich Hill. One pool hall has closed
for lack of patronage. 1t is likely that
pool halls all over the country will
soon begin to notice a very great fall
ing off i'll their patronage
The government has advanced
wheat again. bushel stored will pay
the rent on stack cover for one week
and more, WeMott & Major.
Mr.. ard Mrs. George Kersey and
daughter, Christine, returned the last
of the week from Okmulgee, Okla
homa, where they had been visiting
at the home of Mrs. Kersey's mother,
Mrs. Helen kersey. Jackson Wright,
who lives in Oklahoma, returned witt,
them and is visiting his brother, John
Wright.
Ed Grout of Tulsa, Oklahoma, ar
rived the last of the week and spent
until Monday night with home folks
in Butler He has a fine position as
assistant cashier of the NJ. K: & T.
freight office at Tulsa. He is in
class IA of the selective draft and ex-
poets to be called into service in the
near future
Our first shipment of fly nets have
been sold. Another stock now on
hand. Prices right, WeMott &
Major.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. CLANCY and
little son, Jack, motored down from
Kansas City last woke and spent
few days at the home of Mrs. Chan
ey's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Stone. Mr.. and Mrs. CLANCY re-
turned to Kansas City Sunday, but
Master Jack is remaining for long
or visit with his grandparents.
Eugene Arnold, who recently grad
uated at the Kansas City dental col
lege, arrived last week to spend few
days with Butler relatives. Eugene
had been to Jefferson City, where he
before the state board of
dental examiners and took the exam
iiation for certificate to practice in
the state and no doubt he will be a
full Pledged dentist as soon as he
hears from the examination.
We insure your grain now. Phone
US, 1877.
,5-2t Choate & Son.
The body of Charles LOOMS, who |
lied at the county jail about week |
ago, after he had been found wander
ng around the farm of D. Mcdaniel,
| few miles, east of town in a de-
nented condition was buried in Oak
Hill cemetery Friday afternoon at the
Expense of the county. The officials
yot in communication with his fam
ly at Osceola, but they said that they
we're entirely unable to do anything
bout the funeral and asked that the
ounty bury him.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Bell and
Alma and Wilma, who
ave been making an overland trip
Trough a part of Kansas and who
topped off for few days visit with
riends and relatives in and near But
er resumed their trip Friday after
DON. From Butler they went to Ne
ada where they made a short stop
nth relatives and then proceeded to
heir home at Paul's Valley, Okla
oma, where Mr.. Bell is engaged in
he abstract business and is doing
'ell.
The grain must be saved this year,
D protect your grain and hay by go
e to WeMott & Majors and renting
stack cover. -,
Thursday morning of last week as .
[rs. ]. E. Thompson and daughter, i
[iss Annabelle, were driving along /
le north side of the square the tap v
me off OF one of the front wheels c
the rig in which they were riding. r
he horse became frightened and t
arted to run and Mrs. Thompson, v
no had been thrown partly over the +
lshboard, could not control it. Be- c
re the horse could be stopped both 4
RI ThonnSoo and Mics Annahe1Ie