The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-09-23
Johnnie on the Wing.

| The writer mas Oeeu On inc SICK
list for the past week, but now is
liable to be around again.
John Huffman, of Archie, one time
Ian old resident of north Bates, near
Burdett, took in the picnic here this
week.
4 We are glad to see our friend, w.
10. Jackson out again after ten days
sickness. 49, - --& s..
A. Westover Of the western part
lof Bates county took in the big pic
Enic last Monday.
One of the biggest land deals. in
the county was closed few days ago
lin which. c. E. Horton of Hume sold
the N. & S. Land Company OF Cir
ard, Kansas, 44o acres of land two
miles north of Hume for $7542s.oo.
This is coal land and will be de-
veloped.
A. P. Grinsley has purchased the
J. S. Fuller forty south OF Virginia
for 100000.
We noticed our old friend Cyrus
w. Ward few days ago coming in
from the country northwest of town
in an automobile driven by a good
looking young lady, We are going
to keep a lookout for Cy as he is a
gay widower.
The Confederate veterans of Mar
maduke Camp held meeting =. last
Saturday and F. M. Taylor, of AL
iona was elected delegate to the
National Reunion at Houston, Texas,
Oct. E, ? and 8 and B. F. Jeter was
elected to the Sons OF Confederate
Veterans, which meets at the same
place.
We are sorry to hear OF the death
of Mrs Spears, which occurred at the
home of her father, DR.. Lusk, at Vir-
ginia. Funeral services were held
Monday and interment at Johnstowil
Mrs. Mary Widder, of Sweet
Springs, Mo, is here on visit to the
home of O. J. Radford and other
friends. The writer made her a
pleasant call last week as we are old
friends.
Uncle Lewis Echler, of the Pas
sale neighborhood was in Monday at
tending the Old Settlers picnic.
Uncle Lewis is one of the Oldest resi-
dents and lives on the farm he ell
tered in 1855. He is holding his age
remarkably we'll and hopes he can at
tend many more reunions.
We had the pleasure of meeting
Mrs. r. G. Hartwell at, the picnic this
week. She is one of the oldest set
! tiers and we knew her husband, the
late r. G. Hartwell, very we'll and
were old time friends.
The case of L. G. Ruggles vs..
Chas Grape, which was set for hear
ing last Thursday before Squire
Strein of New Home, was postponed
on account of the sickness of w. o..
; Jackson, one of the attorneys in the
. case.
Among the new settlers here TAX
ing in the picnic this week was }.
M. Miller and his two sons and their
families who live on the old Jim Har-
rison place west of Trip school
house. They are mighty fine people
and came from Nodaway county
over year ago. We lived just south
: of them for nearly fifty years and
I know that they have as fine 24o
: acre farm as can be found anywhere.
:. They are perfectly satisfied and we
can we'll be proud of such citizens.
A great crowd attended the bal
e game at Rich Hill last Sunday and
Butler got beat. They will play at
Butler next Sunday and we hope But
Ter will be the winner.
We attended a quiet wedding last
! M onday morning and witnessed the
! marriage of Archie c. Carter, of
Neodesha, Kansas, and Miss Daisy
Burton, of Adrian. Judge B. F. Jeter
performed the ceremony at his office
ON the east side of the square. >
J Nels Altman, of Amoret, was in
Nole h
y quie farming and moved to town he
i. has been, appointed Justice of the
Peace and is filling the bill all right
HE has had one wedding and few
e lcivil cases. Nels will be running fDr
4 presiding judge next.
Il Grant Wolfe, of Mound township,
h was in town last Monday attending
4 the picnic and telling the boys and
: might say to the ladies now that he
T was running for Judge, but we are
d thinking he will find the walls of
e Middleto(w)n almost impregnable on
II the second day of next November
a and that the town is we'll fortified and
K knows no surrender.
e We notice that our old friend
e Frank Pattee and others have pur-
chased the Republican-Press and will
make it Republican paper We are
lafraid that he will have poor luck
i converting the voters of the county
II to his principles.
II Among the visitors we met last
u Monday were Hon. John H. Lucas,
II Congressman c. G Dickinson and
/ Hon. w. H. Meredith, candidate for
\ attorney general on the Democratic
\ ticket. They were we'll received and
/ all made a good impression with the
/ people.
/ We met w. c. Hedden, the YER
satile correspondent of the R;cb Hill
i Review here last Monday. lie has
been correspondent for over thirty