The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-06
Buy your goods OF the boys.
You sure will save money.
Black & Sons.

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been stealing the flowers from the
graves in the Greenlawn cemetery
and Saturday beautiful wreath was
stolen fro mthe grave of the son OF
A. c. Gate.
| On Saturday evening, February /,
Mr.. and Mrs. Us seH., OF Summit
township, celebrated their twenty
fifth wedding anniversary. Their
tneighbors were invited in to assist
in the celebration to help eat up the
good things that had been prepared
for the occasion.
Only few choice Toms and Hens
left. Want to close out by Feb. goth.
Mrs. r. R. Ricketts,. Adrian, Mo. K
F. ID. No. /. Phone 22I2 Altoona
line. I6-3t
J. +. Daniels. 70 years old. died
Wednes day, Jan. go, 1919, at his
home in Howard township. Of the
infirmities OF old age. He is SUR
vived by wife and two children.
Funeral services from the home at
2 O'Clock Thursday. Burial in the
Hume cemetery.--Rich Hill Review
Spring is almost here and now we
are in position to oil your harness
and repair them. We are oiling at
the old price. SI.oo per set. satisfac-
ton guaranteed. Have them re-
paired and oiled before the rush.
WeMott & Major.
Harness and Hardware Store.
Miss Lena Jenne died at her home
near Adrian, Wednesday evening of
last week of pneumonia, following an
attack of the Influenza Miss Jenne's
twin sister. Amelia. died of the same
disease December l. The Misses
Jenne We're sisters of Mrs. VIM.
Petty, OF this city.
l.ieut.-Col. George De.Armond and
Mrs. DeArmond arrived Sunday
from " ashington on visit to his
mother. Mrs. Alice DeArmond and
brother, James \. DeArmond. Col
De.\rmond returned about two
weeks ago from active service with
the aviation section in France.
Capt. George Caruthcrs. who ar
rived about a week ago to spend a
few DAYS with home folks. expects
TO leave THURSDAY Tor Camp Mad -
worth. South Carolina. Capt. |
Caru,hers had recently returned
from overseas duty where he COM
manded all anti-ar craft machine gun
The barn belonging to NJ. !.
,,,i1ac c,,,%i, nf |
was totally destroyed by fire Thurs
day January 80. The principal loss
was on a quantity of hay and 400
bushels OF corn and $50 bushels OF
pats which We're destroyed with til"
barn. Mr. flovey estimates his loss
At about 1000, with 5000 insurance.
Fer thc-f first time in three months
Hon. Jas. \. Sharp was a Butler Wis
tor Saturday and dropped into The
Times office to talk over the politi
al situation. the peace conference |
md other matters that are now oc
,upying the public mind. The Col
'nel is mighty busy man these
lays feeding cattle and keeping the
lffairs OF his farm going.
Falling rock and slate from the
oof OF the Frankenfied mine one
nile south OF Foster, about ten miles
northwest. this. Friday, morning. Sc
erel" injured a miner named Lock-
art. his legs being broken and sus-
aiming body bruises, according to
he report received here Drs. w.
|. and {. J. Allen. were summoned
D attend the injured man.-Rich
ill Review.
Uric MCGOWAN. manager OF the
.ogan- Moore lumber yards at Kit
arson, Colorado, spent few days
l this city the last of the week
netting old friends. This is Mr..
lcCowans first visit to his old
ONE in II years and naturally he
oted many changes not only in the
ity itself, but also many of his old
-iends have left Butler since he
allied it home.
The Caruthers farm, just west Of
own, that J. +. Bedinger purchase.
bout week ago, has again changed
ands. MIR. Bedmger had planned
, erect a modern bungalow on the
lace and make it one OF the most {;
D-to-datc country homes in this
art of the country. but he received +
lch a flattering offer for it from
arties from Maryville that he let t II
0 and will look elsewhere for a
ONE.
Sunday morning about I:3o. fire of i
lknown origin destroyed large
arm in the rear of the Barrows S
aiding, OH Walnut street, Rich {
i'll, says the Daily Review. In the
arn was stored 100 bales of hay, 300 v
lies of straw, some lumber and a
her property. The loss on build t
g and contents was about 5000 {
it'll $625 insurance. The barn of
erman Loeb, adjoining, was also
.stroyed. q
Rich Hill is have another coal I
inc. The Review says that the \
ees Coal company is completing Il
ork on an extensive scale on I0o- e,
OF shaft that they recently sunk on ii
e McComb property two and half "
lies south OF that town. Beside s.
e McComb land the company has O
, eod the Henry Miller I'm acre a,