The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-11-02

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: C. Star radio station. These en-
tertainments will be given at .
, O. clock every Sunday Afternoon
and no doubt will become popu
, lar and be we'll attended.
l Ed S. Austin, secretary of thu
; State Highway Commission
spent Sunday and Monday in the
! city. Ed has a good position and
informs us that Bates county will
soon have a system of good high
ways.
We regret to record the death
of our old friend, w. H. Brown
ing, which occurred at Adrian
last Friday night. Funeral SER
vices were held Sunday. conduct.
ed by H. O. Maxey and interment
in Crescent Hill cemetery.
DR.. j. j. Martin and wife OF
Rich Hill celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary last Friday.
DR.. Martin is a prominent minis
ter of the NJ. E. church and Il
veteran Of the Civil War.
Roy Wilcox and Eggleson and
Eads treated the members of the
Butler Fire Department at the
West Side restaurant Friday
night. They attended the picture
show afterward.
Rolla Brooks has purchased
the Rawleigh Medicine outfit OF
j. L. Craft and will continue the
business. We wish Rolla much
success in his new enterprise. -
Mrs. Josephine Hughes is very
sick at her home on South Full
ton street and little hopes are en-
tertained for her recovery.
This is the last week of the
1922 campaign and in few days
the campaign will close and be-
come matter of history. We
believe the candidates of all par
ties and their workers will be
glad that it will soon be over as
most of them commenced early |
and will welcome the closing
next Tuesday and the result will
be accepted gracefully whoever
the successful candidates may be
and the people as a whole will
abide by the majority. The cam
paign has created little excite
ment outside of the contest for
u. $. Senator and nearly all of
the fight has been centered Oh
this office. The various candi-
dates for other offices have
waged a friendly contest and all
conducted their campaign on the
highest principles Of right and
justice and have treated each 9TH
cr fairly. There has beene no
charges or counter charges and
it looks like a clean campaign.
This is what is should always be
in every election. If any candi-
date has any shortcomings, the
people will find it out for them
selves and will express their APP
prevail or disapproval at the elec
ton. In the next issue OF The.
Times the result will be fully
known and we may have few
comments to make on the same.
We suppose that there is not
a citizen of our beautiful little
city RENDERS that Butler has just
passed the fiftieth year of its eX-
istence as an incorporated town
and city. This is a fact. In the
fall of 1872 the town of Butler {
was incorporated with the fol- {
lowing trustees. Henry Mercy
holds, G. w. Evans, VIM. E.
Walton, Albert Harper and w.
5. Boggs. j. L.. Church was
Clerk and j, X. Brugler attor- S
ney. Mr.. McReynolds vas
chairman Of the board and acted
as Mayor. All of the above
named gentlemen are now dead
except Mr.. Walton. On October :
10Th, 1854, Butler was officially :
plated as a town by r. l.. Dun
can and Van Buren, VanDyke.
Butler was incorporated as 9
fourth class city April 7, 1879, Q
with VIM. Page Mayor. The al $
lermen were Vim. E. Walton, j. 4
=. Pace, G. w. Patterson and
John A. Devinney. Marshall, j.
:. Bybee; treasurer, F. H. Ty- !
gard; collector, j. e. Clark
Jerk, 7. w. Silvers. Butler was
as a third class city in I
he spring of 1890 and j. l.. Pace I
vas the first mayor under the )
lew act. p. S. Dickerson, mar I
;hal: W. w. Graves city clerk
md attorney. .