The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-03-04

Mrs. Clark haI many
ir,rnu> i'll ,i,is city. where She had
visited several times.
Alex Sndcr. until recently editor II
a rapcr at hnonNile. Missouri, was
III the city last week visiting his par
ents, Mir. AMI Mrs. Ed Snider lie
paper on which Mr.. Snidcr has uech
Pc changed ownership ana
lie has accc~tri a position with the
american Press Association, WITH
heaounar,rr, at Chicago.
John Wright, township assessor
has sold his trooper y in ths >onsh-
east part ri rDM. t. Mr.. Dewitt, &c |
il,,v lives ~, tho Smith pace, ;ust
cast ul the city. MIR. Wright Will
move t. Idaho some time i'll the near
future. Fat Conner, OF summit |
township. Ina, purchased the Smith
place and will take possession a. soon
as Mr.. Dewitt moves to the home that
he has purchased
r Saturday night the High School
basket ball team defeated the team
from Central High School, OF Kansas
City, by score of 10 to 20. 1T was
a hard fought game all OF the way, II!
fact the boys put everything thu, had
into it and in their zeal to win got
rather rough and committed several
fouls. Two 1T the Butler players and
one from Kansas City we're removed
iron the game Tor this reason.
a. b. Burlington, OF the northeast
part ri the county was in the city
s,aturdF. and when asked the occasion
for the big smile that he was wearing
said that line girl baby had tax ken
I'D her abode at his house Tuesday
r.orning The young lady has been
named Louise Sims. His daughter,
Miss Naomi. who has been seriously
il, with the pneumonia has SO tar
recovered as 90 be out OF danger.
Mrs. john Randall, aged about ~
years. died very suddenly at o CLOCK
! this Thursday morning, February 20,
1920, at her home two and one hal.
miles east ui Foster, this county.
/ She had been i'll for only about ten
DAYS, but wa, believed to be better
the day preceding her death SUI
yiviny are the husband and family,
also al sister. Mrs, Jim Bell, jr.. OF the
country northWest-Rich Hill Re-
, view.
Saturdr wa> perhaps the busiest
day that the Butler merchants haze
| bad ior some time. The weather was
| i,ne. The roads leading to town were
in splendid condition and the peon!le
took ADVANTAGE OF both and came III
4, nd tn
| friends. Ever store was filled with
buyers and it taxed the sales force
of most OF tic stores to wait on the
people who had money to spend and
wanted to sped it,
There have hccn two changes III
the automobile repair shops i'll But
Ter in the last week. Roy Barthol"'
'"new. Frank ityslcson and Fred lads
nave purchased the repair department
OF the Rcd Ea.i Garage and will t'n-
tinue the repair shop at the old ca
ton Ralph Thomas and Neltn:cr
Jenkins have established repair
shop in the Sccse block in the rorrl
formerly occupied by the Butter
Motor Company.
Son and VIII. Charters well known
hog men OF this county appeared III
the list OF buyers at the /. +. Iysan
& Son Poland China hog sale at
Harrisonvllc last week. Mr.. Char
tcrs bought two sows out OF Buste:
(;iantcss for $3.50 and Celia Prospect
.,rd. for $I,s The Bakers paid 81 70
for Beauty Mastodon and So25 'or
Liberty Maid 4,h. These gentlemen
;re always or the lookout Tor good
stock to add to their herds. with
are among the best and most widely
known i'll the gate.
A house oil South Thompson street
occupied bq {. ". Cooper and owned
by Mrs. ]. d. Stewart was ELI Iicly
DESTROYED by fire Saturday night.
Owing to the distance to the nearest
fire plug the fire department. "h;cn
responded promptly to the alarm
could do but little and the building
was a total loss. Sunday afternoon
the fire department was called to
South Mechaui: street where a blaze
had started on the roof OF the hCuSc
occupied by Mrs. Ryan. but the fire
was extingui>hcd by the rHighbori
before much damage had been done
Tuesday the following committee
from the Ohio street NJ. L. church o'
this city went to Rich Hill to invest,
gate the property of the Rich Hill
church: w. I. Cole. II. 6. Lie,!.,i.
Terry Bourqui:,. A. {. Stuckcy. ) W.
Davis and Rev. II. a. Mitchell. -!hy
NJ L. church. South. OF this city some
time ago consolidated with the Ohio
street church. and the NJ. L. church
at Rich Hill consolidated with the
NJ. Z. church. South. 1t is the ihtem-
ton to sell the property of the n; Z
church and parsonage OF the Rieh
Hill Methodist church and apply the
proceeds to tie church i'll this city
The M. l.. church. South, property III
Butler will be sold and the proceeds
turned over to the Rich Hill church.
t. End of High Prices Near!