The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-05-12
Johnnie on the Wing.

| Judge Frank FIX, OF klch k1lll
spent last Saturday in the city.
| A. ]. Smith, Adrian's legal light
was enjoying The sights 81 b conn.
| ty seat few days ago.
T. Z. Order, Of Amsterdam spent a
few hours in the county capital one
day this week.
Otis Baker, city postal carrier OF
Rich Hill. was e. Butler visitor last
Thomas P. Crawford, Of FL Dorado
Springs, is visiting relatives and
friends here this week.
Uncle Moses w. Concklin has re-
turned from an extended visit to rel
atives at Salina, Kansas.
Christian iaxey, of West Plains.
is visiting at the homes of A. e.
Earnsberger, who resides on, The old
Woodson Terrell place northwest Of
Butte,
Dennis Thralls, of Joplin, was in
the city few days ago making ar
rangements to bring his goods here
and get a residence in which to re-
side.
John Niggley, of Altoona. was a
visitor to the county seat this weei:.
R. w. .Atkeson. son of our con-
gresham is spending few days here
visiting old friends. He will shortly
join his father at Washington and
will become his secretary.
DR.. &. c. Rhodes, the north side
druggist took the Masonic thirty
third degree at Kansas City last
week.
Hon. Asa Roster is spending some
time travelling over the state in the
interest OF the farmers organization.
Robt. Mccain, OF the Virginia
neighborhood, has moved to his place
just west of the city limits near the
depot.
Squire o. NJ. Burkhart, of Pleas
ant Gap was seen on our streets few
days ago. He is feeling fine, Bit
says we are having too much rain.
&. II. Hall, OF Freeman, Mo-, has
purchased the store OF c. W. Nc
Ahinch at -ircrct and las taken
charge.
The Mulberry Shipping Associa-
ton shipped a car OF mixed cattle to
market this week.
Our old friend, Nelson Altman, has
become Mayor of Amoret and we
are glad to hear of the honor and
know that he will be fully qualified
to 1,s"l.:gt his duties. SO We mist
call him Mayor Altman now.
c. A. Norwood, our county treas
tage on North Main street and wi!
move i'll few days.-It is IA. =:
place and will make Claude and his
family nea: home.
Rev. I. c. Drammer and wifi. and
Rev. l.. w. Keele left Monday for
Chattanooga, Tenn where they will
attend liz National Baptist conven.
ten. Thes will be gone ten days.
Friday of last week was certainly
black Friday for, Recorder of Deeds
Chas. +. Fortune and on that day net
q single instrument of any kind was
filed in his Office. This is something
unusual and only happens between
long intervals.
We met our old friend Doyle S.
West in the city the other day. He
informed us that farming was very
backward in the Wilcox school neigh
borhood and that the rainfall was
very heavy and one could hardly get
any place. He said he expected to
visit Adrian last Sunday but was pre-
vented. We wonder just what he
was visiting Adrian for and on Sum
day at that.
We have noticed our friend J. L.
Craft Of Lone Oak in town quite
frequently of late and the !. other
evening saw him going out ~9ho
street presumably to take the tran,
for some point north, but we found
out that he stopped just this side OF
the depot. Hc' afterwards purchased
tickets at the picture show and not at
the ef,et