The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-02-17
Johnnie On the VIM.

Will PROBABLY AuJOuTu HSAt S1tuf0ay
All Of the important cases have beer
disposed of and the docket practical
/ ly cleared
i John Starr, of Lone Oak, was III
town Saturday. John informed "
that he was staying home pretty close
this winter and this was his first visit
to the county seat in three months.
! Harry E. Barton, one of the pro-
lgressive farmers Of the Virginia
neighborhood, was in the city one day
this week. Mr.. Barton owns 4 fine
| farm south OF the village Of Virginia.
DR.. c. A. Lusk and r. w. Barton
lattended the good roads meeting ..
Jefferson City last week and had 4
fine time.
| John Hall, OF Sand Springs. Okla,
formerly of the Pleasant Gap neigh
borhood who has been visiting here
for the past two weeks has returned
home
VIM. A. Lceper, of Pleasant Gap,
was county seat visitor one dav
hits week and came in a lumbe:
wagon having discarded his gasoline
wagon for the present.
| N. ID. Cummings, SOHSSlOT Va 0uilI-
NIT township, is now busy closing up
his tax books for the term and has
made good collection and will re.
turn but few delinquents.
Mrs. Chas. Jones, formerly of this
city, now of Kansas City, spent sew
cral days here last week VISITING
friends and looking after her proper
ty interests.
Chas. R. Bowman will occupy one
of the new offices in the Farmers
Bank building and Charley will now
put on style and will have first class
real estate office.
Henry Dickbrader of Hudso
township, who has been serving on
the petit jury returned home Friday.
MIR. Dickbrader is one of the leading
farmers OF southeast Bates county /
and very clever gentleman.
James $. Brown, OF south Mt I
Pleasant, was busy last week drag
ging the roads and putting them III
.:rst class condition.
Judge j. w. McFadden Of Virginia
was in the city last Saturday. The
Judge is now living in retirement and
Just taking life easy.
c. f.. Icyle, cashier of the Bank OF |
Rockville attended court here las:
week. MIR. Heylc is one of the lead
ing citizens of Rockville and a fine
business man and a splendid citizen.
Judge t. G.. Lockard made visls
to the county seat few days ago.
The judge is stopping with his son
this winter and just taking life as 1t
comes.
Our old friend John Guyant celc-
brated his Soth birthday one day last
week. We have known Uncle John
for many years and wish him many
more such anniversaries.
Ike Fowler, of Shawnee, was in
own last Monday and informed his
friends that it was his Goth birthday
md was feeling just like young man
II thirty. Ike is a pioneer citizen of
Bates county and is fine fellow.
He is widower, but they say fair
widow from out of town has attract
ID his attention for some time. We
noticed him all dressed up with his
nustachc waxed at the ends and Ae
BOXED really like society leader and .
We wish you good luck, Ike, any way.
The M. w. A. Camp and Royal
|eighbors had big Valentine social
.st Monday night. 1t was grand a
Hair and large crowd was presct.r II
he sale OF boxes was quite interest y
IL and it would be real funny to tell $;
ho each gentleman had for a part h
er, but we will not reveal any Sc CT
rets. n
We met Mr.. Peeler, manager OF the
for I ,,,,,hor Co,n,,,,,u 1act ,,,aal, nd RI
,und him to be an old Saline county A
oy. He came from fine family and 9
C knew his parents in years gone tt
y. He will make good man for The W
osition. q jt
The Loyal Sons Bible Class had a y
he meeting at the Christian Church
st Sunday, also the Sunday school !,
ad total enrolment of 257, which la
as very good. CT
Quite number of Butler people at W
.ndcd the Roster Automobile trial at W
'evada Wednesday. We don't know c
,st how it terminated. Mr.. Roster J.
as lost the two cases here in the cir Of
nit court. d
Among the lawyers from a distance J.
tending court this term were Hon. Y
). A. Parks and son, James, of Gin ia
IN; H. w. Timmons, of Lamar; M. tt
;. January, H. M. Poague and Lee "
wing, of Nevada; J. w. Miller, of tt
.Ppleton City, and Allen Glenn, of
Jacksonville. g
Ed Corlett has been elected a new s.
lember of the board of directors of a!
lie Charlotte Telephone Company v
nd will make good one, r.
We see that our friend Congress. "
ian w. o. Atkeson is still enjoying W
lie sights of the Georgia coast. We X
xpcct to read of him being in WASH c
lgton in few weeks. We are ex- Al
Getting one of those long letters with lo'
congress frank i'll the right hand m
orner Of the envelope where the NJ
amp should be and the name w. o. II:
.tkeson, M. c., appearing thereon, OF
hen ne gets settled down in the cap W
al, OF
Sid Hamilton denutv II G Mo- 10