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

ts@eA HS NOuHty OTy Alliance Will meet
~ the Ohio street M. f. church Sat-
turday afternoon at three o'clock.
Chas. Miller went down to Joplin
Sunday and spent the day with his
Imother, Mrs, c. E. Robinson.
r. A. Black received telegram
Monday announcing that his son,
lSergt. Major Bruce Black, was in the
base hosnital at Camp Macarthur,
Texas, suffering from a mild attack
fp Spanish influenza.
Genuine Potato Onions. enormous
fmultipliers, yellow skin, mild white
flesh, big as prize takers. Plant Nov
ut, dig July 1st, get start this year
No onion so sure, none SO product
five. Don't put this off, be prepared.
Nov on sale at D. 0. Deacon's, South
|Sde.
TT. K. Stout, who has been SPEND
ling few days with his wife, who is
visiting at the home OF her parents,
EMr. and Mrs. J. S. Brown, south of
1.-THE city, left the first of the week for
kansas City. From there he will re-
turn to his home at Bartlesville, Ok
lahoma.
Senator Conway P. Elder, of
ISt. Louis, spoke to small audience
1t the Republican headquarters in the
Electric Theater Friday afternoon.
Senator Elder filled the appointment
Iof Selden P. Spencer, who was pre-
fyented coming to Butler bv business
lcall to Washington City.
Butler relatives of Ross Jones, son
Iof ]. Ed Jones, of Kansas City, who
lis with the headquarters company of
the 354th regiment of the 8otffs divis-
Lion, now on duty in France, received
word Wednesday that he had been
severely wounded during an action
about two weeks ago.
L. {. Stonebraker, secretary OF the
Rich Hill school board, has received
| q telegram saying that Prof. Jahr,
1.-THE newly elected principal of the
schools of that city is i'll with Span
ish influenza in New York City, and
the date of his reporting-is on that ac-
count postponed, says the Review.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Wheelbarger, of
Rich Hill, last week received a tele-
gram from Paris announcing that
their son. Herman Wheelbarger, was
alive and we'll Young Wkeelbarger
was in the hard fighting around St.
Quentin and the telegram was sent
to save his parents any uneasiness.
Gilbert Baker, son of Sheriff and
Mrs. ]. w. Baker, left the last of the
week for Seattle, Washington, where
he will work in the government ship
yards. The young man has not yet
arrived at the age for selective draft
Registration, but he wanted to do his
bit to help win the war, SO he will
help build ships.
/ A negro soldier from the States
was fearfully sick and fearfully scared
lall the time he was on ship board.
Finally he blurted out to one OF his
companions, "Dey amt gwine to
cotch me on dis heah wattah again.
Is gwine to writ ma wife she's gotta
git anutha man. From now on, ! is a
foreign niggah." ss :.
w. p. Miller, of Summit township,
has purchased the Woody place in
the south part of the city and will
make it his home. Mr.. Miller has for
the past few years conducted large
farm, but owing to the fact that ms
son will. in the near future be called
into the army. he has concluded to
retire and move to Butler.
Vance M. johnson arrived Monday
morning from Bisbee, Arizona, and
spent the day with his brother, V. l..
Johnson, and shaking hands with his
old friends. Mr.. Johnson is chairman
of the board of supervisors of Co.
chise county, Arizona, and had come
east to dispose of 100000 worth OF
road bonds of that county,
DR.. Z. K. Arnold, who graduated at
the Kansas City dental college last
fall, has opened an office for the prac-
tice of his profession at Amoret. DR..
Arnold spent his vacations and some
of the time since his graduation in the
office of DR.. +. w. arnold, in this
city, and thus gained some very valu-
able practical experience.
L. Blair Walton, son of Paul Wal
ton, of southeast of town, and Miss
Oval L. Kinion, of this city, were
united in marriage at the parsonage
of the Ohio street M. E. church, Sat
urday evening at 500 o'clock by the
Rev. A. J. Cutrell. Mr.. Walton ex-
poets to go into the army soon, as he
is in the next call for selective service
men.
]. M Spurlock, who lives two miles
west of Virginia, was in town Mon
Jay making arrangements for a big
sale that he will have at his place
Wednesday, October 20. Mr.. Spur
lock has concluded to sell his person
al property and move to Kansas,
where he expects to reside in the fu-
ture. Bates county regrets to lose
men like Mr.. Spurlock, but perhaps
he will conclude to return after ne
has had little experience with the
Jayhawker country.
The fine barn on the farm of Mrs.
S. j. Newton in Summit township,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday
evenings If last week. In the barn