The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-23

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Sam /. Coleman made ] INV day.
trip 10 Fayetteville, AK, I'M week.
n Hon. Wallace Crossley. ex-l ieut..
l Coy, was In the, city one day last
Ilweek, having been to Rich Hul.
| Boyd Kershner and wife Of Elk
hart were county seat visitors . few
days ago.
DR.. c. C. Rhodes and son Uhlan,
made a few days trip, to Cole Camp
and Warsaw last week. /,
We met our old friend Amos H.
Lloyd OF Foster here this week.
Amos is one Of the old timers Of the
town and was one of the first settlers
there.
Claude Norwood and John Hukel
visited Amoret one day this week.
Homer Christopher, son OF Geo. H..
Christopher of Elkhart township,
who was hurt several days ago is
rapidly improving.
G. l.. Vandoren and wife 81 Pom
tiac, Ills, are here visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Chas. L. Fisk They
formerly resided in northwest Mt.
Pleasant on the old Lollar farm.
We are glad to note that onr old
friend ]. B. Rice of Mound township
is back from the hospital and Is i'm
proving rapidly and will soon be
well, which will be good news to his
many friends.
They are going to bvuild a
new band stand in the south
east corner of the court yard and the
old one will be torn down. 1t will be
of the latest style and it will be a
good meeting place for the prophets
and sages to discuss their great Ques-
tons this summer.
The Farmers Bank of Passaic has
adorned its walls with the pictures of
three of our most prominent citizens:
VIM. E. Walton ]. R. Jenkins and M.
L. Wolfe. They are nice likenesses OF
these gentlemen and attract good
deal of notice.
James Thomas of Lone Oak town
ship who has been spending the win
ter in Winter Haven, Fla, has re-
turned but will go back this faA.=He
has purchased home there.
Adrian has voted a new high school
building and this is good move for
the little city of the border and will
be good advertisement for the
town.
James S. Williams is spending a
few days here with his parents, Post
master and Mrs. J. E. Williams. He
has been a tutor at the State Uni
versity for the past year in geology
He. will spend the summer in Colo
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logical party and then return as
teacher this fall. This speaks mighty
we'll for Mr.. Williams.
The Kansas City Chamber Of Com
merce will be in our city next Friday |
afternoon. The citizens hae promised
them nice entertainment and good
crowd will be present.
Judge A. B. Owen spent few days |
in Kansas City last week on business.
VIM. Rankin is visiting in Kansas
City this week and will visit some of
the neighboring cities before his re-
turn.
Miss Rachel Tingle, the popular
milliner has gone to Princeton, Ind,
on a visit to her folks and will be
gone for about a month.
The Odd Fellows memorial SER
vices were held last Sunday after
noon and large crowd was present
and good program rendered.
Miss Annabelle Thompson has re-
turned from Fayetteville, Ark, where
she has been teaching in the State
University. She will spend the sum-
mer with her parents, Capt and Mrs.
]. E. Thompson.
We had the pleasure Of meeting
our old friend James K. Simpson OF
Deepwater in the city few days ago.
We have known Jim for long time
and he is one of our best citizens.
He is enjoying good health and still
looks after his fine farm and says he
is not going to move to town or re-
tire, but just going to stay right on
the farm. Mighty sensible thing TO-
do.
A wedding of unusual interest oc-
CURED in Kansas City on Wednes-
day, June 18th, 1921, in which MI.
Chas. Richardson and Miss Goldie
Killian were the contracting parties.
This was q elimination of veryI
strange romance. Last winter very
pretty young lady was sentenced By
the Federal Court at Kansas City, for
forging a money order, to the Bates
county Jail for six months. About
six weeks sfter that Charles Richard
son was sentenced by the same court
for parcel post theft for six months. |
These people became acquainted and
soon a friendship was started and
then ripehed into love. Miss Killian
was discharged the latter part of
April and Richardson was dis
charged June 18th and went back TO
Kansas City. Last Thursday Deputy
Sheriff Bert Bradley received an an
nouncement of their marriage which
occurred at Kansas City June Isth.
They will reside there. This is a
sure enough romance and the only |
one of its kind is this section of the i
country. We recently wrote about