The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-12-07

vator business with his brother,
George Groves.
j. S. Blizzard and wife are WIS.,
iting in Kansas City this week.
Posey Askew, Of East Boone
township is building an addition
to his country home.
! Floyd Richards, residing near
Adrian visited j. w. Richard nj
La Cygne, Kansas, last week.
Ray Hough, of Mingo, was ac-
cidentally shot through the arm
a few days ago, but not seriously.
j. H. Haney and wife, of
Sprague have returned from
fvlsit to Colorado.
Mrs. Eugene Wilson, of Bull,
Idaho, is visiting relatives near
Rich Hill.
Judge Frank Fix, Of Rich Hill,
attended the meeting OF the
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
companies at Neosho last week.
Mrs. Bessie Davis of Nebraska
is visiting her brother, c.. M.
I7eedy of Rich Hill. This is their
first meeting in % years.
Rev. w. S. Bayne pastor of the
Baptist church at Rich Hill has
resigned and will leave for an
other field.
Prof. Chas. A. Lee has selected
Prof. A. C. Moreland as his chief
clerk and w. G. Dillon as statis-
tician.
/ Mr. Ransom Kline of Adrian
and Miss Irene M. Neu of this
city were united in marriage Sat
urday afternoon by Judge B. F.
Jcter at his office on the east
side They will make their home
| in Adrian.
+. r. Booi, Of Amsterdam, was
a county seat visitor Monday.
j. S. Franklin, of Hume, spent
a few days in the city this week.
Wesley Denton has been MAX
ing some interior improvements
in his residence on West Ft. Scotr
street.
i We regret to hear of the death
of our old friend Daniel Cressap
which occurred at his home
southwest of Rich Hill Saturday.
Funeral services We're held Mon
day afternoon and burial in
Grcenlawn cemetery.
Since the papers have men
toned the mineral we'll on the
Isaac Kelley place here he has
had a great number Of visitors
and some from a distance. We
believe that Mr.. Kelley has a
good mineral we'll and if adver-
tlscd would have many patrons
and could be made into, health
resort
Squire w. +. Hemstreet today
is quietly celebrating his S9th
birthday anniversary. The
, Squire was born in Schenectady,
n. Y. Dee. 7th, 1888 and has
lived in Bates county for nearly
fifty years. He has been justice
Of the peace and police judge for
many years. Not many men OF
that age can be active in bust
ness affairs.
j. W. Barton has opened new
grocery store at Amoret. Amo-
ret now has four grocery stores
and Mr.. Barton has been for some
time buying cream and eggs and
running feed mill This will
make him good business and
keep him busy.
DR.. c. F.. Powers went hunting
in Homer township Thanksgiving
Day. He did not report all the
game he killed., but suppose 1t
was goodly number. While
there he was guest at the Rowe
and Mitchell homes,
Rue Davis, of Chicago, is in
the city visiting at the home OF
his sister, Mrs. y. IL. jenkins.
Mr.. Davis once resided here but
has been gone for nearly forty
years. |;
Ernest Brayton, the lineman OF
the Amorct Telephone Co., sui
fered badly injured foot last
week while working on the phone
line. None of the bones were
broken and he will soon be able
to be out again.
The Blue Jay coal mine at
Worland has opened up for bus
mess after week S lay off. II
Direct primaries were strongly
Endorsed in the last election in all
states where the voters had a
chance to express themselves. BY