The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-18


Work has started on the paving Of
North Main street. l.. X. Weaker OF
Warrensburg will be superintendent
ard it will make another fine paved
street for our little city.
Mrs. Susan Murray of Denver, Col
orado, is visiting relatives and friends
in the city.
Arthur S. McNay and wife, of Ga
lena, Kansas, visited Editor McNay,
Of the Press last week.
Miss Kathleen Church Of Nevada,
visited at the home Of w. D. Kiersey
last week. Miss Church formerly re-
sided near Passaic. She will teach at
Honolulu this coming year.
Miss Rebecca Shelley, nutrition
worker under the Red Cross, held a
series OF meetings at Amsterdam last
week.
We met our old friend Col. James
n. Sharp OF Mound township in the
city a few days ago. The Col. is
looking pretty we'll and is devetng
all OF his time to farming. He is OBJ
serving the political situation but has
nothing to give out yet,
w. G. Dillon has been elected
teacher OF mathematics in the Junior
high school. Prof. Dillon is all right
and the board made no mistake in his
selection.
Prof. B. L. Taylor has purchased
the Jones cottage on West Fl. Scott
, street, where he has been living for
the past two years.
Judge H. L. Sheppard is painting
his residence on TT. Scott street,
which he recently purchased and add
ing several improvements.
Ivan Warren OF the Warren Motor
Company, spent several days i'll Kan
sas City last week on business.
Mrs. n, D.. McClintic and Miss
Sylvia Vaughan of CORTLAND were
Butler visitors one day this week.
Mrs. !. L. McGaughey and daugh-
ter, Josephine. Of St; Louis, are III the
city wishing at the home Of Mrs.
Dorcas McGaughey,
We met our good friend I: D. En-
bree of Summit III town d few days
ago and he is the samr old Dan and
is very busy farming Just now, Dan
will be our nominee for presiding
Judge and will chase the wolfe in his
hole long before election day next
November.
Miss Bertha McCook, the popular
clerk in the Duvall-Percival Trust
company, was Kansas City visitor
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Rose Clark, who has been d
guest at the Charters home, has lett
Tor her home in Chicago, Ills.
We see that our mayer is warning
all citizens to keep up their chickens
and other fowls and will enforce the
law to the letter. If any fowls be
found on other peoples premises the
pound master Dan Crouch will take
tlren. into custody This is a right
move and we commend the mayor for
taking this stand for law enforce
ment.
The Mondays Evening Club spent
one day last week at the Phars farm
in Lone Oak township enjoying one
OF their annual spring picnics. All
took well filled baskets and sump-
tuors feast was spread. Mrs. Prof
Coe OF Columbia was all out of town
guest. A fine time was enjoyed and
the Pharis farm is an ideal place to
hold a gathering of this kind. Col
J. f. Williams acted as grand mar.
shall of the occasion and saw that
everything was carried out in pertec,
order.
We met orr old neighbor Perry
Black, of Adrian, few days ago and
; Iit is the first time we have seen hin
; since he became a candidate. Perry
lnow has all the candidates qualifica
lions and we believe he will make /;
good safe member of the count,
7 court.
4 Rufus Campbell nearly fatal,
stabbed Fountain Miller ia the soutl
east part Of town last Friday. Camp
bell attempted to escape but wa
lcaught BY Depnty Sheriff Bert Brad