The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-01-19
interest and wondered w
author. Recently | saw ~
in a Kansas City paper With~x 4

were born in Saline county, MissUhii
and moved to Bates county fit!
seven years ago.
This interested me as [ was Dor
and reared near Arrow Rock on tn
Saline county line and moved I
Bates county fifty-two years ago.
My mother was born and lived he
first fifty years within a mile of m
birthplace Her father settled ther
in 1873 and lived among the Indian
eight years before Missouri becam
a state
l formerly owned the Butte
Times.
Forty years ago Mr.. Dempse
Newsomc borrowed one hundre
dollars of ME and started tn
Times He did the writing. Bol
Peach set the type. Afterward
Peach was cadet at West Poin
Military Academy for-two years Blu
finally became preacher in thu
Episcopal church.
| Charlie Mcfarland bought thu
Times and edited and published i,
| for several years. when he developed
consumption and died in Colorado.
He was my brother-in-law and &c
aid him financially so he could go to
Colorado he persuaded me to buy the
paper. Afterwards | sold to Mr.. 7.
D. Allen.
have lived in Bates county fifty
one years, but you resided there mt
ty.seVen years.
We have seen many changes.
mem Bates county was big prairie
with rev houses on the streams.
Papinsvillc had the only bridge.
W men rivers anc creeks were nigh, to
cross we could wade. SWIM, or wait
Tor 10" water
Very ieW OF the people that lived
N Bates county ility-two wears ago
are alive now. Jenkins, ticavilin,
NewSomc and tierrell. my memory
says. only are Lett.
Yours truly.
VIM, t. Walton.
We visited on, Of our old friends
and neighbor>, Isaac Kelley and fam
lily, last Friday afternoon and had a
most enjoyable visit.
We had the pleasure OF visiting one
OF our old pioneer friends last Fri
day afternoon in the person Of Mrs.
R. G. Hartwell, who makes her home
with her daug hter. Mrs. J. b. Duvall,
on West Fl Scott street. We have
known the Hartwell family ever since
they came 10 Butler in 1860. We
were mere about one year ahead OF
them. We lived on K. G. Hartwelrs
farm. Aow owned by T, J. Berryhill
Tor nearly ten years and during all OF
that TIME our business relations with
Mr. flartwell were very pleasant and
and not an unkind word |
was ever exchanged between MS Mr.. |
Iartweli was in real estate business |!
lcre AID through hi, efforts many
people from a distance located here
and purchased farms, many Of whom. !
n their descendants, now own the
property In 1908 Mr.. Iiartwell con
tlbilted all article 10 the little Red !
3ook History OF Bates County,
which we will reproduce. The article
cad as follows:
~. G.. IIAkTN ELI.
The writer landed in Butler Apfiii
9Th, 1860. in company with Capt +.
,. henry Judge Weaver, Charley
,io-ris and George Barley. The
hcrifl john Atkison and I. y Myers
.ho was filling the office, pf county
lcrk. circuit clerk and recorder were
hen building each oi them offices
N the public square. having just
roycd the records from Pleasant
iap to Butler
There was a daily stage from
'lca,ant Hill to- IT. Scott and \. II.
.amb was stage agent. At that time
here was not IA exceed honsand
coplc in the county and not dwell
lg house in Butler. hut there were .
lew in course OF erection. The at ,
,rneys at that time we're: VIM.
age. David McCauehcy. c. C. Bas-
EFT, E. F. Boxley. from ctears and
Iorton and Christian. |
I. W Cullar, Dave Forbes and Ben
ihite had stores on very small 4
ale with about sbirt-tail iuII of
oods and barrel c.f whiskey. bur I
n not cctain tina, ALI of them had
Re ttrrl n ttt,1yz, { f: 7r 1T I'M,
|,ane at that time had opcned I'm a
loon. That summer | w Hannah
I'd Smith c. Mintburn pu, no a two
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