The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-12-23
MISSOURI NOTES

ore MISSOURI NOTES
=. ID DR.. John Jay Rice, - years ola, Tor
!" iifty-one years professor of history
go and economics at Westminster Col
inc legs at Fulton. died of pneumonia at
eek his home there Thursday.
the
,, :, Nick Patito. a grocer in Little
,a. Italy, Kansas City, surrendered
T. ~. Thursday and, according to the
liz tae police, made an oral statement adj
a st hitting he shot and killed George
H. Evans, gangster who WAS slain in a
the resort there the day before.
Ray {. Cunningham and Ben M.
ar, Hogan, the two convicts who es-
the capped from the penitentlary through |
e." the sewer Wednesday, were captured
ian Saturday by the Missouri Pacific sta
her ton agent at Bonnott's Mill, a town
about IL miles east of Jefferson City, !,
ill, according to prison officials
ne; -
ME Union painters OF Moberly have
voted themselves reduction IN wages
e. from 81 1-2 cents All hour to rs cents,
Ol d Sul VI PI PSl NesS' -
all was announced "Wednesday. The rea-
M son given was a desire to aid in re-
ng ducing building costs
al About 200 men will be laid off in
nc the Frisco shops at Springfield De.
'ls cember the 18th. The men are laid
OF off for an indefinite period The
vs. superintendent announced that the
men were being laid off because OF
lull in work in the shops. About 50
men were laid off in the shops at {
nd Springfield the first of the month. q
"A man who pays twelve dollars
te for pair of shoes is to be excused
N, il he concludes it takes six cow hides J.
IL to make them" says the Jackson En- {
e aminer. Cow hides now sell at t
about $2oo hide the price having |,
tie dropped from thirty-seven to five i
I'd cents a pound Evidently, however. II
e. the shoe manufacturers haven't heard II
It. the news.
Il Clinton seems to be in bad with ,
~ the Public Service Commission r.
Some time ago permission was given y
v the light company to increase rates ~
and this week hearing is on to de- y
u
", shall have more money. 1t is "
u. mighty safe bet that the raise will be
q allowed as raising rates seems to be =.
one of the best things the commits
.. sion does >
Nalthall NJ. Moore, 4 Negro wait Il
or who was elected member OF the Il
Missouri house OF representatives -
from St. Louis Saturday told his Re- :,
publican colleagues in session at the '.
Planters hotel that he expected to ac- -
j. ccpt the advice OF friends to sit
quietly and look on" during the PRO-
s. ccedings OF the Fiity-first general as.
* sembly at Jefferson City. !,
W John W. Carroll. p years old, of ::
5 Fairchid, Pa, and Charles lacey. la, '.
OF st. Louis, were given the death )
S, rcnalt, by jury in Franklin County ii
circuit court at Union Thursday az t.
II, tcrnoon. for the murder OF Benjamin a
Schobe, garage owner, at Berger. q
l. who was shot and killed November Il
If 20 last. The punishment of Walter i
S. Shirer, OF Uniontown Pa, third de- n
PENDANT was fixed al life imprison- a
l. Inent.
!. II. Schwctzcr of Springfield was. j
awarded the silver swecpstake cup on W
the five best trays of apples at the t!
Midwest Horticultural Exposition II
&c held at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with b
1t five-tray entry al Missouri pippins, &
= in competition with forty-two entries T.
4 OF all varieties He also won the first 81
s. premium on five plates of delicious +
n apples first on the best general dis a
r. play, and first on the best single plate II
e. of winesaps. besides several other c
o premiums. !
I'll make the 500 record yet. says
Rev. 5. S. Nix according to the
=. Carthage Press. ITS a race with u
~ time but I'm confident | shall win. q
9 It's something to feel proud OF TO;
e know you've made 1000 persons hap 10
J.. Ply. And so far as | know no couple II
have married has ever separated. a
- although name is Nix. Mr.. Nix II
whose term will expire December 81. o
has been county treasurer eight years. II
Being a minister of the gospel, also, Il
Y came in handy and he is ambitious to G.
y make his record OF z73 married pairs u