The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-22
Johnnie on the Wing.

JOsSAsAAAS va ssSS s's~s0'
James Hawkins, of East Boom
township, was county, seat visitor
Saturday.
Geo. S. Jenkins and family have re
turned from visit to Kansas City.
]. H. Hayes, of Merwin, was in tn,
city few days ago.
w. S. Hurt of Ballard was visitor
here Sunday with his son, Rober
Hurt.
Rev. Laban Anderson Of Windsor
filled his appointment at Blacl
school house last Sunday.
Miss Mayme Culver has com
menced her school at Trip and thi:
is her second term and she is good
teacher.
I. H. Dickinson, the hustling mer-
chant of Spruce, was seen here one
day this week.
James Thomas, of New Home is
spending a few days here visiting at
the home of his son Mark Thomas
and his daughter Mrs. c. c. Swarens.
T. D. Day of Deepwater was in the
city this week on business.
Dynamite" Mathews of the Rich
Hill Enterprise was in the county
seat one day this week on a business
mission.
Squire J. w. Darby is painting his
residence on Dakota street and i'm
proves its looks very much.
Geo. NJ. Lee and wife have re-
turned from Benton County, Ark.
where Mr.. Lee attended the funeral
of his father.
Andy Cummings, of Summit, has
moved to Kansas City where he will
make his future home. We wish
Andy success in his new home.
Jas. G. Keeble is stepping high this
week as a ten pound boy arrived at
his home and James Russell is his
name. ~
E. w. Bishop of Ravenwood, Mo-,
who has been visiting at the home
OF K. F. Allen, has returned to his
Ross O. Miller, of Detroit, Mich.
who has been visiting his parents,
]. NJ. Miller and wife OF southwest
Mt. Pleasant township has returned
home. Mr.. Miller holds a respons-
ible position tin the U. S., Weather
Bureau and the bureau is in charge
of Moran H. Conger, who is cousin
of the late Col. O. D. Austin of this
city.
Claud and Ivan Warren and Cot.
ton Herrell have leased the garage OF
Wilcox Brothers and taken charge
and we wish them success in their
new undertaking.
Chas. S. Ewin, wife and daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Pipes of Kansas City are
visiting friends here. Charley says
that Butler looks little better since
he has left and still calls it home.
Chas. Glenn and wife of Pleasant
Gap were visitors here few days
ago. Charlie is one OF the old timers
of the county and good man.
The Pleasant Gap fair last week
was a success and large crowd at
tended.
The Old Settlers picnic has been
postponed until Oct. 5th on account
of bad weather.
Charlie Scott of Clinton was in the
city last week. 1t was Charles in
tention to attend the Old Settlers
picnic and did not know it was post
poncd.
Chas. Van Ben:husen, of Rich Hill,
a former teacher, was county seat
visitor this week.
Misses Mona Rock and Lizzie
Ross have returned from six weeks
visit to Ontario. Oregon and other
western points. They report very
nice trip.
J.. S. Brown, the watermelon raiser
living south of town has nice
of his patch at the Fox
studio. He has also photo OF
twenty-five big melons in a pile. Mr..
Brown is very successful melon
grower and has furnished a large |
of the melons for the But
Ter market this summer.
We congratulate our young friend
Floyd w. Atkeson, son of our cos
gresham on his appointment as head
of the bureau of animal husbandry |
in the Idaho University at Moscow.
MI. Htkeson IS a worthy young man man
and we predict very bright future
for him.
The case of .Addie Reading and
Clyde Butler was called in Judge B.
F. Jeter's court last Thursday and
was placed on trial and the