The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-07-28
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Mound township, were county seat
visitors Saturday. N .sSt.f
| Clarence Howe and family ots$ I'm
sterdaR were Butler visitors last
Sunday. s ss &
! Fred Williams and wife spent Sum
day in FL Dorado Syringe. 4
Postmaster Williams and wife
spent a few days in Kansas City last
week.
! Foster will have a Chautauqda be-
ginning Aug. 4 and continuing three
days. We hope it will be success.
The Butler Choral Club will give a
Chautauqua the latter part Of August
and we hope it will be patronized IS ii
| is certainly assisting a worthy cause.
| L. l.. Shelton has purchased the
Fred Lefker property on North Me-
chanic street for $4,000.
Miss Agnes Ward has gone to Fl.
Scott, Kansas, on two weeks visit
to relatives and friends.
Mrs. Belle Sackett, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. John Rock.
and Mrs. Chas. Miller, has returned
to her home in Kansas City.
Recorder Chas. E. Fortune has
gone to HOLSTER to join his family
who are spending their vacation
among the Ozark hills.
Roy Cope has sold his s. acre farm
at Athol to F. Ahlfeld for 100000.
| John Williams. of Kentucky, who
has been visiting at the home Of Rev.
T. c. Brammer has returned homo.
He was brother of Mrs. Brammer.
Miss Burney Rice, of Warrens-
burg is in the city visiting at the
home of Mrs. Julia Gaines. She for
merly taught in the high school, but
is now teaching IN Butte, Montana.
The new Christian church at
Sprague was dedicated last Sunday
by Rev. John Jones of Springfield,
Mo. A large crowd was present.
The Christian church at Butler will
have basket dinner next Sunday on
the church lawn. All the churches in
the county are invited to attend.
Miss Nadine Holloway has gone to
Scdalia, where she will represent
Bates County as Maid Of Honor at
the State Fair Centennial.
Lyman Hensiey visited Mrs. Kelly
at Amoret last week. Mrs. Kelley Is
sister of Cole Younger and u past
90 years of age. She is still hale and
hearty and likes to talk of old times.
Squire w. F. Hemstreet has de-
cided to take a vacation and last Fri
day left for Kansas City to visit his
children. He will be gone about ten
days.
Simpson Walker, while working on
the ditch bridge on the east road to
Rich Hill ran a nail throuh his foot
causing him much pain. He will be
out in few days.
Everett Drysdale has received no.
tice that he had been appointed one
of the Centennial Commissioners for
Bates County His duties will be to
boost the State Fair and we suppose
the Governor made good selection,
hut Everett says he sen: 20 mileage
book or complimentary ticket 20
the fair.
Bert Bradley and wife spent Srn-
day at Sprague attending the church
dedication ami visiting at his father s
home.
Walter S. Arnold, of Kansas City,
is spending few days in the city Wis
ting relatives and friends. Mr.. Arm
old was for many years in the t1cth-
ing business here and is now conect-
ed with the Blankinship Clothing
Company, of Kansas City.
The Union services in the court
house yard last Sunday were we'll at
tended and large crowd was present.
Rev. Biser delivered the discourse.
The Choral Club rendered fine pro-
gram. Everyone should attend these
meetings. II
Lansing Brothers. of the Athol
ranch shipped car load OF. hogs to
the Kansas City market this week.
The swimming pool has been
closed up for the past few days on &C
count of net having auy water The !
pumps at the station are out of com
mission and no water can be supplied
until fixed.
The statement of the twenty banks
and trust companies in Bates County
as recently published show total de-
posts of $4.863,472.67 and total re-
sources of $6,848, 1888. This is sure
a splendid showing for the county at
this this tiE,as-ef- the -3yseae-aad- especially
as this is a dull year. Bates is
pretty good county in which to live
and in our opinion there is no better
place.
The Loyal Sons class had a good
meeting last Sunday and the teacher.
H. o. Maxey, made good address.
The music was excellent.
Our old friend Joe T. Smith, of FL
Dorado Springs is spending a few
days in the city He is looking fine
and he says that the water agrees
with him. He reports big time ct
the picnic held there last week.
Mrs. c. c. Rhodes and son, Uhlan,
have gone to Boulder. Colo, to spend
the summer. 1900
Squire Darby Is able to be up and