The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Dias Griggs, o.
Rockville. have lost two sons in the
war The third one returned home
with an honorable discharge last
week. says the Rockville Review.
Robert Maddox arrived the first OF
the week from Kansas City, being
called here by the death of his sis
ter. Mrs. c. A. Rock, and the illness
OF his mother, Mrs. Charles Maddox
Relatives in this city have received
a cablegram from Lieut. Col. G. w.
DeArmond, on duty with the avia-
ton corps, in France, advising them
not to send any more mail to his adj
dress in France This is taken to
mean that he has been ordered bacl;
to the STATES
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Newton lett
Sunday morning for the Great Lakes
Naval training school. near Chicago
where Mr.. Newton will resume his
duties as head OF the supply de-
partment at the training camp gar
age. They will go to housekeeping
at Waukegan. which is only a short
distance from the school. He ex-
poets to receive discharge in the
near future.
DR.. A. l.. Billings, for many years
the dentist at Hume, has disposed OF
his practice in that town and re-
moved to Wichita. Kansas. says the
Hume Telephone. DR.. Billings will
be succeeded by Dr. f. X. Arnold
who has been at Amsterdam and
A,noret for the past year. DR., Arm
old is thoroughly qualified dents:
and should have more business than
he can attend to at Hume.
H. Fl. Wyse was in town one day
the last of the week and made this
office social and business call. Mr..
Wyse expected to leave the first "i
the week for Texas to spend the win
ter. He intends to do a Consider
able huntinr and anyone who is &C
uuainted with Uncle Henry knows
that he will have a very enjoyable
winter as he is an enthusiastic hunt
CT.
Manuel Hooper. of Shawnee town.
ship, was a Butler visitor Wedne>-
day and dropped into The Times OF,
flee and had his name placed on the
list of the best paper IN
the county Mr.. Hooper moved 10
Bates county for Osceola about al
year ago and so far thinks he has
struck a pretty fine country. He
says tina: wheat is looking good i'll
MS neighborhood and gives promise
Of being a bumper crop.
Some time ago some of the citizens
If Amoret and vicinity contributed
o fund to purchase an artificial
eg for Lonus Gibbs. In due time
he leg arrived, but ON account OF the
of the STUN Mr. Gibbs ha,
)een unable to use it. He made |
rip to Kansas City, to the factory
where the limb was purchased and
ound that he would have to under
70 another operation before it would
,e possible for him to use the leg So
donated him.-Amore.
-eader.
0Ni. diit MIS-. AlduuC EltCt diiu t"'
hildren. Dorothy and James. re-
urned to their home at Norman. Ok
ahoma, last week after an enjoyable
isit in this city with Mr.. Etters
mother, Mrs. ]. H. Etter. Claude
vas formerly printer in this city
nd now has a position in one OF the
argest offices in Oklahoma. He
kinks that Oklahoma is about the
inest state in the Union in spite OF
he wind and sandstorms with which
hat country is afflicted. /
Harley Johnson. who is a bug;er
Or Co. B, later a part of the Iosth
iachine gun Bn.. and who saw ser-
ice with the 35th division in thu
'osges mountains, has returned
ONE. He was the, victim of she'll
hook, as result Of which he lost
he power of speech and spent some
me in hospitals ia France. Septem-
er Izth he returned to this country /,
nd remained in hospital until a
hort time ago. He has partially re-
,vered .his voice and relates some $
'teresting experiences. Is