The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-04

its merit. 1t does the work. c. {.
Rhodes.
Mrs. Myrtle Maxey has accepted
the place as teacher for the Patty
school.
We are making special prices on
all Our boys suits. Mothers, bring in
the boy and fit one on him. Black 4
Sons.
J. B. Walton, president of The Wal
ton Trust Co., has returned home
from a business trip to New York
and Boston.
Mothers-Put the little folks III
one OF our unionall play suits and
you'll quit worrying about his clothes
Black & Sons.
Frank Yates and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Yates, of Kansas City, were
called here Sunday by the death OF
their grandfather, J. N. Yates, which
occurred at the home of w. d. Yates
Thursday.
Clinton, Ell Dorado Springs, Ne
VIDA, Fl. Scott and Rich Hill have
organized base bali teams and sew
eral good games have been played.
Does Butler go without ball team
this summer?
The play "Milestones' will be given
by the Senior Class of the Butler
High School at Fisk Opera House
Tuesday and Wednesday May 9 and
10. Reserved seats on sale now at
Owen & McAdoo's Drug Store.
J. D. Crow caught nine young coy
otes on his farm near Merwin last
Saturday morning. The litter was
found in a straw stack and seemed to
be about two weeks old. Mr.. Grow
brought his catch to town and dis
played them and drove on to Butler
with them to collect the state bounty
or the pests. He received So each for
them-Adrian Journal.
John D. Seelinger, we'll known
| young man of this community, and
Miss Effie Cheshire. OF Amoret, were
| united in marriage at Amoret Satur-
day evening by Rev. G. A. Moss
| The contracting parties are well
known here, the room having been
born and raised near this city. The
bride was at one time one Of the
hello" girls with the Butler Tele-
phone exchange.
The play "Milestones" will be given
by the Senior Class of the Butler
High School at Fisk Opera House
Tuesday and Wednesday May..0 and
10. Reserved seats on safe now at
Owen & McAdoo's Drug Store. +,
Chester Green, postmaster, is cir
culating petition to the patrons of
the Hume Post Office to ask that
the Post Office be moved to the
building on the north side OF the
square, now being occupied by the
State Bank. The State Bank is get
ting ready to remodel their building,
recently purchased from w. w.
Franklin, and when same is compet-
ed they will move up OH the corner.
Hume Telephone.
The play "Milestones' will be given
by the Senior Class of the Butler
High School at Fisk Opera House
Tuesday and Wednesday May 9 and
10. Reserved seats on sale now at
Owen & McAdoo's Drug Store.
The cold snap of about two weeks
ago seems to have been severe enough
to have killed the pears in this part
Of the country. Judge l.. S. Paddock,
just southwest of town, has carefully
examined the pear trees on his place
and finds that in almost every case
the buds are blighted and have turned
Il
peaches, plums. and apricots show no
bad effects from the cold.
Work shoes, $I.o5 up at Blacks.
The large new barn on the Clint
Ferry farm burned last Thursday
morning about three o'clock. Nearly
| fifty head of live stock in the barn
suffered death in the fire. The alarm
was given by Bill Fritts who was
passing but too late to save anything
as the barn was just ready to fall in
when he got there. Mr.. Ferry lost
five horses, five cows, four calves,
fourteen brood sows and their pigs.
besides some hay grain and feed and