The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-09
Johnnie on the Wing.

Ed Moore, OF Pleasant Gap town.
ship and leading farmer, was in the
county seat Saturday on business.
Dick Hurt and wife, Of Kansas
City, spent several days here. LAST
week visiting old friends.
DR.. T. w. Foster and son, Walter,
will leave next Saturday with Chas.
II. Bowman for trip to the Rio
Grande Valley, Texas.
Chas. Graham, of Amsterdam, was
in the city a few days ago. He IS
now running his big farm and getting
aong fine.
DIR. c. A. Lusk, of Virginia, was in
the city Sunday and paid w. w. Park
a visit at his home on Fl. Scott street.
Mesdames w. w. Ferguson, J. II.
Cromwell, Chas. klumpp and daugh-
ter, Eleanor, of Rich Hill, were WIS.,
itors here last Saturday.
John B. Rice, who is at the re-
search hospital in Kansas City, is re-
ported as getting along very nicely
and will soon return home.
Watt B. Dawson has returned
home from Kansas City and is great
ly improved, which will be good
news to his many friends.
James A. Rains, of Lone Oak was
visitor here this week. Mr.. Rains
owns fine farm on the west road
just across the Miami and is a fine
man.
c. A. Bolen, clerk at the post office
and family will leave Saturday for
an overland trip to Pennsylvania on
visit to his parents. He will be
gone until August.
Chas. S. Ewin and family will, in a
short time move to Kansas City to
reside. We regret to lose Charlie as
he is one of the old time citizens.
f. VIM. Lonsnger and c. Paulson will
open up a five and ten cent store on
the west side and J. +. Prewitt will
open a grocery next door, both stores
in the Norfleet building. The west
side is ON boom.
John Deerwester, of Shawnee, and
c. Vantrees, of Butler, have both
raised lemon during the past sea-
son. Mr.. Deerwester raised one
which weighed 70 ounces. Old Bates
can produce almost anything and is
mighty good place in which to re-
side.
The Butler base ball club will now
commence playing the neighboring
towns. The boys have raised the
money and we hope they will have
a good team and win all the games.
We regret to learn of the death OF
Merlin Fields, which occurred at Kan
sas City last Friday His funeral was
held here last Sunday. He had been
sick for nearly a year.
NJ T. C,111,,,,, e
Mo-, has opeSled up cream station
on Chestnut Street in the Van Hall
building. Mr.. Galloway comes we'll
recommended.
J. w. Shriver paid short visit to
4lumansville last week. We heard
that it was fair widow that was
the cause and that he has been going
down that way for some time.
We'll, J. W., we wish you the best OF
good luck.
J. |. Wolfe OF Burlington, Kan, is
in the city visiting his parents, Chas
Wolfe and wife. Mr.. Wolfe is
lawyer, poet and an orator. In last
]. |. can make himself at home in
almost any crowd. He is Bates
product and we are proud Of
him. We always like to meet him.
We arc sorry to hear of the serious
illness OF w. w. Park at his home on
Fl. Scott street. Mr.. Park is O. (
pioneer citizen and splendid good
man. He served on the petit jury at
he last term OF court. His condition
IS serious.
J. +. Rowland and family of Cold
water, Kan, have moved to the city ,
and have purchased the Bickell /
in Bcdingers Addition at
the end OF South Main street.
w. b. Tyler has purchased the .
Brown property on South Mechanic {
street and will move there in few
ays.-Mr-BFewn and his family will /
move to Oregon.
Mr.. Arville Cox and Miss Hazel u. ,
McGuire, both of the Amoret neigh
borhood were married last Saturday !
at the recorders office, Judge B. +. |
letter officiating. These young peo- a
pie will make their home on farm
near Amoret t
Charley Sect OF Clinton spent srv=t
eral days in the city this week visit \
ng his sister, Mrs. Hattie S. Smith. a
MIR. Scott is now employed by The |
Walton Trust Company with offices
It Clinton. a
Circuit Court adjourned last Satur- S
lay and Judge Calvird left for his r
home in Clinton. The court had a $
busy session and much business was v
disposed OF. Three persons were sent
o the penitentiary and several di- q
Iorces granted. lit
-One-ef Il he-largest- settlements
made in a divorce case was made at d
he last term of court. Ina L. Wal
err secured divorce from her hus- 6
,and, Edgar Waller. She receiced s
he residence property in Rich Hill 4
ormerly owned by ]. w. Jamison s
md one of the incest homes in the '
,ity, a new automobile and $4,000 +
IL notes secured by first mortgage {
IN 1912 acres of land in Bates Coun-
". The case was settled out or I
:ourt. a
We had the pleasure Of meeting '
,ne of our old friends the other day !
M bad MT eaer, foe eeyoca1 v,,oo<he i