The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-03-06

Will mold joint sale of live StocE
and farm implements at the Lane
place, IL mile south of Butler on
Saturday, March 8.
| A. w. Shay, 6 miles southeast oa
the city on the Jefferson Highway. is
preparing to hold a sale of live stock
farm implements and feed on Tues.
day, March nth.
II V. ". Walker, administrator OF
the estate of J. S. Walker, is advertis-
ing public sale of live stock and i'm
plements. the property of the estate
to be held Friday, March 7. The list
includes cattle, horses and mules
hogs and some timothy hay.
| Mrs. D. c. Chastain left Sunday for
4 New York city to meet her husband
Lieut.. d. c. Chastain, who was ex-
pected to arrive Wednesday from
France, where he has served for the
past year as all instructor in the big
artillery school at Saumur.
Mrs. Blanche Reavis and daughter
Miss Nadine, returned Sunday from
Fl. Scott, Kansas, where Miss Nadine
bad underwent severe surgical op-
Grafton. She is still very weak, but
is progressing rapidly towards COM
plete recovery.
Mr.. John II. Garner and Miss
Goldie B. White, both OF Rich Hill,
were united in marriage at the office
Of the recorder of deeds in the court
house, Thursday afternoon of last
week. Justice of the Peace B. f.
Jeter performing the ceremony.
Loren +. Edwards and Miss
Theresa \. Mead, two popular young
folks of this city, were united in mar
riage Sunday evening at the home OF
Rev. J. w. Alexander, of the Baptist
church. They left that night for
Kansas City on a short honeymoon
trip. They will make Butler their
home.
Otis Andrews, who has sold his
fine farm. 3 I-2 miles southwest OF
this city is preparing to hold clos
ing out sale on Thursday. March 49,.
"a head of live stock will be offered
for sale, including 7 head of horses, 4
head of cattle and "A head of fine
Shropshire sheep. A line of farm inn
plements and some hay and grain
will also be sold.
c. B. Robinson. of Joplin, arrived
the last of the week to visit at the
homes of Claude Major and Chas.
Miller. Mr. Robinson was black
smith and wagon maker in Butler in
the early days and for many years
conducted shop on the southeast
corner Of Lyon and East Dakota
streets.
Mrs. Jeff Taylor returned from
Kansas City last Thursday, where
she had been with her daughter. Miss
| Jennie May. who has been very seri-
ously i'll for some time. We are
pleased to announce that the young
lady is doing nicely and now seems
in a fair way to permanent recovery.
Adrian Journal.
The w. H. Hupp & Son paint shop
twas moved the first of the week from
the location that it has long occupied
on North Delaware street just north
of the NJ. f. Church, South, to the
room on the west side of the square
lately occupied by T. w. Fisk. The
Fisk store will move to the Edwards
nuildin~ on the north side as soop as
the improvements on the building,
now under way, are completed.
A three days university agricul-
tural extension course was held at
Rich Hill last week, and was taken
advantage OF by large number of
farmers and those interested in ag
ricultural pursuits. The course was
conducted by Prof. w. b. killman,
on soils and l.. Z. McGinnis, on ami
NAL husbandry. Both gentlemen
were members of the faculty OF the
Missouri State Agricultural college.
B. F. Barnett is making prepare
-tieHs fer a public sale Of live stock
farm implements and household
goods to be held on ursday, March
Goth. Judges OF cattle claim that Mr..
Barnett has one of the finest herds
o. Jersey cattle in southwest Mis-
souri, and he informs us that his herd
will be offered at his sale. A full list
of his offering will be found in these
columns next week.
About March first is usually con-
sidered moving day and this year
was no exception to the rule and it
is doubtful if there ever was SO much |
changing around in Butler and the
TERRITORY as there was |
this year. A great deal of town
property has changed hands during
the past winter which necessitated
changing of homes
among the town folks, and in some
localities in the country practically
every farm has been sold and will be
occupied by new corners to Bates
county the coming year. IS wagons
oaded with furniture were counted !
On one of the lesser travelled streets
If Butler within few hours one day
asst week.
Some time ago Miss Helen
3raden, Of this city. took the civil
ervice examination for clerk and
in the government SER
ice and one day the last of the week
eceived word from the civil service
'oard that she had PASSED with a