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

notice that owing to the prevalence Of
the Spanish influenza in the different
training camps, the big contingent
that had been ordered from this coun.
~ to Camp Pike, Arkansas, October
:, would not be sent. The medical
authorities are making good progress
in stamping out the disease and as
soon as the camps are cleared of it
new orders will be issued.
The ladies are certainly doing their
bit these times. In the cities they
are taking the places of the men that
have gone to war, on the street cars,
in the shops and factories and the
women On the farms are keeping
right up with the procession. One of
Bates county's best known ladies was
in the city doing some shopping one
day the first of the week and said that
she has just finished putting in 90
acres of wheat.
Judge w. T. Cole returned Monday
from Kansas City, where he had
spent the last twenty days in hos
pital where he underwent an opera
ton for the removal of one of the
facial nerves. The Judge has been a
great sufferer from a disease Of this
nerve and with its removal he hopes
that his troubles are over. The op-
Grafton was very severe one and he
is still very weak, but is gaining
strength every day.
w. w. Jamison, OF St. Louis, will
again resume his position with the
+. 4 NJ bank here about October 10,
president w. w. Ferguson of the
bank announced this Saturday morn
ing. Wink" Jamison is one OF the
finest accountants nthe state, has
had years of banking experience, and
is son OF cashier Jno. w. Jamison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jamison have legion
of friends who will welcome them
back to the old home town.--Rich
Hill Review.
The Rich Hill school board at Il
meeting held Friday night elected
Prof. Alpa d. jain of New York city
as superintendent of the schools here
Secretary l.. c. Stoncbraker wired
MIR. Jain of the boards action and
his acceptance is expected. The
schools here opened the first of Sep
TENDER with full corps of teachers,
except the superintendent, and have
progressed favorably under the cir
Cumstances with Miss Rratton acting
superintendent-Rich Hill Review.
Frank Dye, 50 years old, retired
farmer and we'll known resident of
Metz, ten miles south OF Rich Hill,
was accidentally killed Friday even
ing OF last week by being thrown
from wagon, the wheels of which
passed over his body, says the Rich
Hill Review. Mr. Dye had taken a
party of Sunday school children to a
vicente roast and in the wagon
were perhaps forty of the young peo-
pie. The tap came off one of the
front wheels, letting the wagon down
and pitching Mr., Dye under the
wheels.
J. b. Lotspeich, J. R. Ford, W., P.
Sewer, w. B. Tyler and H. Fl. Wyse
returned Friday from Tulsa, Okla
homa. where they had been attending
the ex-Confederate annual reunion.
They report fine time but the num-
Der attending grows less and less
with the passing OF the years. A mo-
ton was made and overwhelmingly
defeated to admit the sons of veter-
ans to the order The old boys OBJ
jcctng to anyone except real veter-
ans belonging to the order which will
pass ont OF existence when they have
all responded to the last call.
Mr.. ard Mrs. NJ. J. Gordinier re-
turned Sunday from visit to MIR. and
Mrs. Jack Mcclure at Ash Grove
They made the trip in ilivver and
had no trouble until just the other
side OF Nevada on the way home.
when they had a puncture. They had
a pleasant trip, but Mr.. Gordinier
says that he is not favorably inn
pressed with that part OF the coun-
try. 1t being entirely too rough to
suit him. He reports that Mr.. Nc
Clure and family will move to Park
willie, this state, where he will work
for the same firm that now employs
him.
The first two DAYS OF this week the
fire department responded to two
alarms. Monday evening about 7:3o
they were called to the home of Mrs.
Mary Legg on Ohio street where
fire had broken out on the roof near
the flue. The blaze was soon ex-
with but small loss
which was fully covered by insurance.
Tuesday afternoon an alarm was
turned in from the Joe Meyer home
on North Delaware street where a
defective flue had set fire to the roof.
This fire was not eXtinguished until
there had been considerable loss,
largely from water.
The bar docket for the October
term of the Bates county circuit court |
was delivered to the circuit clerk the
first of the week. The work was
lone in the office of the Rich Hill |
Review and is a neat job of printing
There are no cases of special interest |
set for trial at this term. There are
III cases, most of which are civil
,ases, divorces, correcting titles to
cal estate, with very few criminal
asses. Court was called to meet Dc
ober =. but on account of so many