The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-08-04
Johnnie on the Wing.

Horton of Hume were county seat
visitors last week.
Cal Pierce, prominent banker Of
Maryville, Mo-, visited here ut week
L. B. Baskerville and T. D. Day Of
Deepwater township were in the city
last Saturday on business.
lack Patterson. of Kansas City,
spent few days at Nyhart visiting
his parents.
w. H. Gotten and wife attended the
Christian church basket dinner here
last Sunday.
Rev. H. A. Mitchell and family have
returned from a weeks visit to E!
Dorado Springs.
w. G. Wood, Of Papinsville, was in
the city one day this week.
G. P. Wyatt and wife and daughter
and Mrs. J. E. Williams and daugh-
ter, Martha, left Friday overland for
a months visit to Colorado.
Era Rose of Joplin visited Butler a
few days ago. He formerly lived
near Old Mulberry and this was is
first visit back in thirty years.
E. H. Brown and wife of Maryvilc
are visiting at the home Of J. M.
Miller southwest OF the city.
Mrs. Florence H. Fisk IS visiting
relatives and friends in Carroll Coun-
ty, Mo.
We are sorry to hear OF the serious
illness of our old friend Ike Ellis.
His son, Charles, of LaRue, Ohio, is
here visiting him.
Jesse Goodenough Of Foster, is quite
seriously sick at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. VIM. Stuffing, in West
Butler. He is 81 years OF age and
very feeble.
Squire w. F. Hemstreet returned
from his vacation Sunday last and re-
ports a fine visit but it was little
too warm.
The Butler base ball club went to
Clinton Sunday and crossed bats
with the Clinton team and won by a
score of 4 to o.
John B. Rice, of Passaic comes to
the city every day for medical treat
ment. He is steadily improving and
hopes to soon recover.
A. Fl. Harvey, cashier of the Farm
ers Bank at .Urich, was county seat
visitor last week on legal business.
w. G. Dillson will teach at Nyhart
this fall and Wick Ray will teach in
district in Walnut. township.
The first home grown watermelons
came to town last Saturday. I. J.
Shobe residing in the south part OF
the city delivered the melons and says
that he has over 200 vines and fine
prospect for big melon crop.
The State Fair begins Saturday and
quite number of Bates county folks
will attend. 1t will be tine show
and everyone should attend.
A card from James S. Williams
states that he is at Needles, Calf,
travelling overland to Los Angeles
with a geological surveying party.
He reports a fine trip and will return
about Sept. Ist.
Our good friend, Uncle Tom Hines
informs us that he' will be 70 years
old August 18th and we will have
the boys around the court yard to give
him q reception.
The writer has been visiting for the
past two weeks. We stayed nearly
week at the home of Gus Bruner i'll
Elkhart and then visited Tom BruneI
in Deepwater nearly week and now
the Southern, having secured a suite
there for the present:
+. H. Brown and wife and Mrs.
Daisy Crawford and daughter of An
drew county, Mo. are visiting atsthe
home of J. NJ. Miller, residing west of
the Trip school house.
Chas. Ours, former resident OF
Summit township, now resident OF
Galloway County, is visiting friello,
and relatives here.
Miss Vera Benedict, deputy record
er, left Sunday for an extended visit
to New York and other eastern points
and will be absent for a month.
Uncle Lewis Eichler, of Mound
township, was circulating among the
citizensjof the-county seat Monday.
T. Dan Embree of Summit spent a
few days in the city this week on busi-
ness. go
Wesley Badgctt, of Howard town.
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