The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-27

4 IOs"' ~ pei CeHt OIL. ATd'iS.
Seth Deems, a substantial farmer
Of route 7 was in the latter part Of
the week and made us pleasant
Calf.
Grab it now. Wall paper 20 per
cent off till March 10th. Travis
Judge w. w. Denney, Of Thayer,
Mo-, one of the many old time
friends OF The Times favors us with
| renewal this week
You must buy wall paper before
Marsh 10th to get 20 per cent off at
| Mrs. Melissa Cooper and son,
| Howard. arrived from Kansas City
the last OF the week and are visiting
at the home of Mrs. Coopers daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ed Hawley.
Il 4 A. ]. Wright of Kirk, Colorado, in
/ renewing for The Times reminds us
that while he has been away from the
county twenty-five years he can't get
along without the paper.
High grade bluegrass, white
clover. timothy, red clover, alsike
clover. sweet clover. red top, alfalfa,
inillet. kaffir corn, rape, sudan grass,
onion sets. at ID. O. Deacon's.
Captain Geo. L. Caruthers, who
lately returned from France, where
he served with an anti-aircrait ma
chine gun battalion has received an
honorable discharge and returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Stubblefield,
who have been visiting at the home
j of MIR. Stubbleiield's sister, Mrs. w.
w. Henry. left Monday for Parker,
South Dakota, where they expect to
make their future home.
II Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Flesher, came
up from Lamar one day the first of
the week to visit their daughter, Mrs.
Ed Ray. and meet their many old
friends. The Fleshers were residents
of Butler many years ago. MI Flesh
ler being engaged in the mercantile
. business in Butler in an early day.
II Have purchased from the govern
ment at Washington large quantity
OF war garden books to distribute
S free to my customers. Contains di-
r rectionS for planting all kinds OF
seeds. hot beds. insects and how to
destroy them. how to keep vegetables
over wi1,trr-Free- for the asking at
my store. ID. O. Deacon.
II. q. MaNcy, representative OF
Bates county, has returned from St.
Louis. where he delivered an address
n OH matters pertaining to legislation
: before the Missouri Clothiers' con-
vention Mr. Maxey's subject was
TIA nation and there can be no
II doubt but that he handled it in d sat
k isfactnry manner. He is one OF the
new members OF the House that is
making quite a Capit"l
: News Jefferson CityD
Don't let the war critics make you
believe that all OF the 35th and S9th
S division were killed i'll France. The
II truth is the losses of the Ist. End
: ord with the marines attached, Goth
and l.nd or Rainbow were much
greater. There is no discounting the
., bravery of any of our gallant boys
: they all fought like heroes and most
OF them are coming back. Gov. Allen
= of Kansas to the contrary notwith-
!. standing, News.
5 Among the bright. clean and cap
able members of the house this SEES
sion is the Hon. H.-O. Maxey. OF
q Bates County. He is one OF the in
iluential minority members. He is
intellectual, fine speaker and a Gull
tured. christian gentleman. Mr..
$ MaNey is one OF the prominent lay
= men OF the Christian church in thi,
J. state lie and Kelly Pool make a
i great team, both of them are power
for good in any community.-Demo-
, crat-Leader U'ayette, Mo-
II am selling seed peas and beans at
SOC quart or 25c pint. which is about
y SIC per pound The mail order
houses seem all to have a fixed pric,
= of SOC and 6oc per pound and as a
: quart weighs about pound and 10
a ounces it means Soc and Csc per
q quart am selling Red Wetters-
field onion seed at zoe ounce: Prize
Taker at ,5c ounce; red and white
. Globe at 3oc and Crystal White WAY
J. ,<OC ounce. GU SliOuIu lICIuuS this
i last in your order. 1t is very mild
5 and nearly as early as sets.
y d. O. Deacon.
- Thursday OF last week a. Hender,
ii son. who operates a coal mine north
y west OF town went to Rich Hill and
l. returned on the late train that night
4. with supply OF dynamite, fuse and
l. powder which he intended to use i'll
his mine. While waiting for the
:, train to pull out he laid the bag
Ii down on the walk at the north end OF
;. the depot and in few minutes when
y he went back to pick it up he found
1t that some one had beaten him to it.
- The officers were at once notified
and a search for the sneak thieves
:: commenced and the following morn
Y ing the sack with its contents was
{ found in an alley near the Washing
;, ton school. 1t was evident that as
, soon as the thieves found the dan
:, gerous nature of their plumber they
. disposed OF it as soon as possible.