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From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <>
Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Higbee News, Friday, 16 May 1913
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:12:53 -0600


Friday, 16 May 1913--J. C. Rodney, of Huntsville, rural Route 3, is in
search of his 14
year old son, Albert, who has been missing since March 23. The boy when
leaving home
wore light pants, dark coat and leather cap. He has blue eyes and fair
complexion. His
father believes him to be working on some farm near Huntsville, as it is
said he has been
seen here. Any news regarding his whereabouts will be thankfully
received--Huntsville
Herald.

Friday, 16 May 1913--MICHAEL TO ASK PAROLE--As will be seen from a notice
elsewhere, S. L. Michael, father of Fred Michael who shot and killed Elmer
Magruder
here four years ago December 18 last, when he broke jail, will present a
petition to the
State Board of Pardons at its meeting on the 7th day of June, praying for
the release of his
son on parole.
We have not heard of the petition being circulated in this section, and
from the
expressions we hear it would do no good. We believe it would cost a local
man his
standing in the community to circulate such a petition.
No one can blame the father for wanting to get his boy home, but as the
latter was
given only ten years for a crime for which he should have been hung, and
will get out in
three-fourths of that time by good behavior, the senior Michael should drop
the matter.
The people of this town subscribed, and paid, a reward for the capture of
Michael, and if they do not fight the proposed parole good and hard we are
very much
mistaken.
The claim is made for Michael that he has made a model prisoner. Why
shouldn't he? With the numerous methods employed by the prison authorities
for the
control of refractory prisoners, we don't see that it is any special credit
to a prisoner to be
known as a model.
Another claim is a letter to the NEWS (printed elsewhere) from R. E.
Gooding,
who is interested in the matter, is that Michael "has had his lesson." If
the latter regrets
the killing at all, he regretted it as much the next day as he does now, and
the murder
itself was a "lesson."
The NEWS is unalterably and everlastingly opposed to the paroling or
pardoning
of such criminals. Prisons should be reformatories, as Mr. Gooding states,
but they
should also be places of punishment, and unless a man can show that he is
innocent or
has been unjustly sentenced we think he should be made to serve his term in
full.

Friday, 16 May 1913--(Kathy Bowlin's notes: I am breaking with my policy of
printing
poems on this one, because it describes the personality of the woman, and
because it is
signed by her friend). IN MEMORY--To The Memory of My Dear Friend, Mrs. J.
J.
Bradley.
On coming to live in Higbee
Some fifteen years ago,
My dear friend, Mrs. Bradley,
Was first of my new friends to know.

Yes, she was first to call
And her welcome words of cheer
Made me feel I'd found a friend,
One whose friendship seemed sincere.

For years we lived close neighbors--
We were friends and neighbors, too
In sickness, cares or sorrow
She helped to cheer me through.

How could I help but love her,
She was so unselfish and so kind
I always found her just the same
And a better friend I'll never find.

How many times in sickness
She has given her kindly aid--
Even faced a beating storm,
And through the night she stayed.

Oh! how much I missed her
When for her health they moved away
But there came back loving letters
And I felt she had gone to stay.

Three weeks ago--a little more--
We lingered at the gate,
We talked of our joys and sorrows
And of our unknown fate.

She spoke of how she hoped to feel
When death should come, some day
Then once more we said good bye,
And I watched her walk away.

So ended here our friendship sweet;
Such friendships make us better.
How I shall miss this gentle voice
And the kind and loving letter.

On the table lies a little book
She gave me years ago--
A collection of quotations;
Her favorite, marked, I give below:

"the little, sharp vexations, And the briars that catch and fret;
Why not take all to the Helper Who never has failed us yet?
Tell Him about the heartaches, Tell Him the longing, too;
Tell Him the baffled purpose When we scarce knew what to do.
Then leaving all our weakness With the One divinely strong,
Forget that we bore the burden And carry away the song."
Florence W. Burkhalter.

Friday, 16 May 1913--A word of thanks to all my friends and neighbors for
your kindness
to us in our sore affliction. We will never forget you for your help and
sympathy when it
was so much needed. May the Lord prosper each of you is the desire of our
hearts. Call
for any help needed and we will respond to the best of our ability--Rev. Dr.
S. Quick and
wife, Hattie Quick, and Roy Boy Quick.

Friday, 16 May 1913--Ben and Frank Warford of Appolo, Pa, are the guests of
J. K.
Warford and other friends.

Friday, 16 May 1913--Born, on the 9th, to Will S. Walton and wife, a son.

Friday, 16 May 1913--John Bradley, who was called home from the West two
weeks ago
by the death of his mother, was here Tuesday on his way to Yates for a visit
with
relatives. His stay in the west was certainly very beneficial, for he is
apparently as sound
as a new dollar, and never looked healthier or more robust in his life. He
will return to
the West in a short time.

Friday, 16 May 1913--The docket for the June term of court at Moberly
contains 158
cases, 31 of which are for divorce. There are seven criminal cases, 28
damage suits, four
libel suits and one slander suit.

Friday, 16 May 1913--Y. L. Atkins orders his address changed from Chandler
OK to
Powell, WY.

Friday, 16 May 1913--Jas. Bordoli, and Italian miner, was killed by a fall
of rock in mine
No. 12 of the Northern Central Coal Co, at Huntsville Thursday of last week.

Friday, 16 May 1913--Fred Dill, who has been located at Los Angeles, Cal,
for some
time, has moved to Texarkana, Ark, and writes: "Please change my address to
this place,
but keep your pencil in hand, as you may be called on to change it to
Higbee, when the
prodigal son makes a home run."

Friday, 16 May 1913--WILLIAM PALMATARY DEAD--Wm. Palmatary, one of the
best known and highly respected farmers of the Myers vicinity, died at his
ho me
yesterday of heart trouble, aged 71 years, 2 months and 20 days.
Mr. Palmatary had been in poor health for some time, and his death, while
rather
sudden, was not unexpected.
He was united in marriage to Miss Ann Dougherty in 1868, who with eight of
the
ten children born to them, survives.
Mr. Palmatary was a good man and in his death his family and community have
suffered a distinct loss.
Interment will be made today at New Hope.
To the bereft the NEWS extends its warmest sympathy.

Friday, 16 May 1913--Mrs. John McGill and little daughter leave tonight for
New York
where she will be joined by her sister and from which port they will sail
early next week
for Gottenburg, Sweden, for a three months' visit with their aged parents.

Friday, 16 May 1913--Dog tax is now due. All dogs on which taxes are not
paid by May
31st will be shot--W. F. Cain, City Marshal.

Friday, 16 May 1913--The residence of Festus Gun of Huntsville was burned
Wednesday
night of last week, the family barely escaping. Mr. Gun was awakened by the
roof falling
in, and succeeded in waking the rest of the family only by the hardest work.

Friday, 16 May 1913--The school building was not sold on the 9th, as had
been
advertised by the Board, and bids will be asked for again later on. Work on
the new
building will commence at such a late date that the old building will likely
have to be
used up to December. But one bid was received for the old building.

Friday, 16 May 1913--Wm. B. Newby, familiarly known as "Jack," died at his
home near
Huntsville on the 11th, of consumption, aged 37 years.

Kathy Bowlin
Additions, corrections and comments welcome.




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