The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-08
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W. A. Norton, Of Homer t6Wnehip
was . Butler visitor Sat,ir N
Ed S. Austin Of JsftsfsoiI & Cit,
spent Sunday III Butler With sela.
tives ad friends. lssEy Nm u
Remember the Old ScttIsssli picnic
Wednesday, September I4til Hill Be
sure to attend. Il NJ Il
w. A. Wyse, Of Grand River town
ship has moved to Adrian where he
will reside in hte future. n
Miss Leta Rockhold, III Eikhart,
has returned from several ldays visit
to Kansas City with her sister. Mrs.
Cowan.
S. G. Adams and Judge y. s. Pad
dock of Charlotte was seen here .
few days ago. X Ne sSssS
The Pleasant Gap Fair will ~ held
September 18th and roth and wv wish
them a good attendance. n
Carl X. Miller, of Lone Oak was
in the city few days ago and in
formed us he, was one Of the old set
tiers, having come here in l64.
c. F. and Ed Christopher and fam
lilies of Elkhart were here asfew days
ago on business.
Philip Banner has sold his resi-
dence on Olive street to G. III. Rains
for $4,000. Mr.. Banner will leave
but is not decided as to location.
Miss Blanche McCook has resigned
her position as secretary in the Farm
Bureau office and will go'to Kansas
City. Miss Gladys Stanley will take
her place.
a. B. Edrington of Spruce township
was visitor here this week.
Matt Simpson is building new
house on his farm Valley View, near
Cortland. Matt expects to keep up
with the procession of the progress
sive farmers of the county.
Ed Corlett has nearly completed
his new house in Charlotte township
and he sure has fine country home.
A. A. Miller of the Falcon farm
was injured in runaway last week
and his left knee was dislocated. He
is now on the road to recovery.
Several of the leading farmers
around Adrian attended the State
Farm Club meeting at Springfield last
week.
Miss Genevieve Uhl and Magdaline
Till of Loban, Ohio, are visiting Mrs.
Miller at the Falcon farm in Elkhart
township.
Burley Sears of California is visit
ing relatives in Adrian. He was one
of the crew of the Tuscania which
was sunk during the war while EN-
route to France.
]. A. Fitch has taken charge of the
Southern Hotel and will run a first
class hostelry He ran the Terrell
House at Harrisonville for several
years.
Representative Geo. A. Sunderwirth
of Prairie City was Butler visitor
Sunday.
The county teachers had their meet
ing last Friday, but was postponed
Oh account of bad weather. Il. 4
w. G. Dillon has moved to DuAer
and will orcupy the Trent property
ON South Mechanic street. He will
teach at Cortland this fall and win
ter.
The recent heavy rains put the rail.
roads out of commission and we had
no train. service from early Friday
morning to Saturday noon This has
been the longest time we had been
without mail for many years. Il
Mrs. Nancy Higgins went to Kin
caid, Kansas, Monday on a visit to
relatives. VA
R. James Thomas went to Barton
County this week to look after some
real estate matters. +.
Squire F. M. Taylor, of Altoona was {
in few days this week on business
and visiting old friends.
The rain Sunday spoiled the base II
ball game between Pleasanton and
Butler. Only one inning was played. II
B. F. Potter of Sprague was ~ the Il
city Monday looking after soma legal II
business.
The county court. is in session fhisl
week and the petit jury for the Oc-i.
tober term will be drawn at this ses- /,
sion.