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From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <>
Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Higbee News, Friday, 6 Feb 1914
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:26:58 -0600


Friday, 6 Feb 1914--DEATH OF AN ITALIAN--Richard Piccollotto died in the
Woodland hospital at 7:30 Wednesday evening. He was born in Italy and was
about 30
years of age. His only relative in the United States is a brother who lives
in Texas, who
could not come to the funeral, so his former associates, from Higbee, came
to Moberly
today and Rev. P. J. Carney conducted the funeral in St. John's Catholic
church at 3
o'clock this afternoon. Burial in St. Mary's cemetery. He was employed as
a coal miner
at Higbee. He died of Bright's disease--Moberly Democrat, Jan 30.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--DEATH OF MISS EULA MAY REYNOLDS--The home of Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Reynolds of southeast of town was made desolate Monday, Feb 2,
1914, by
the entrance of Death for the second time within a little over a year,
claiming as his
victim this time their daughter, Miss Eula May, who passed peacefully to the
great
beyond at 1:30 p.m. on the above date.
She had been in poor health for a year and since the death of a sister
thirteen
months ago, had been gradually failing, and alarmingly so for the past few
weeks. the
immediate cause of her death was anemia, aggravated, no doubt, by grief for
her sister,
to whose death she never became reconciled.
Thursday of last week she took suddenly worse and had to take to her bed.
Despite all that could be done by medical skill and the love of devoted
parents and a
loving sister, who ministered to her every want day and night, she continued
to grow
worse until she passed peacefully to rest.
Funeral services were held at New Hope on Tuesday by Eld. E. Y. Keiter.
The
large assemblage, which the church would not hold by half, spoke most
eloquently of the
esteem in which she was held, and measured far more than words the sympathy
of friends
and neighbors for the heart broken parents and sister.
May He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb bring peace to these
troubled
hearts, and may they find sweet consolation in the fact that she was
prepared to die, and
realizing that Death had called was not afraid to go.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--FOR HOWARD COUNTY CLERK--It is with a great deal of
pleasure that we present this week, in our announcement column, to our
Howard county
readers, the name of I. T. St. Clair, who is a candidate for the office of
county clerk of the
"mother of counties."
Mr. St. Clair is the son of Ed. S. St. Clair, and like his father, is a
democrat of the
old school--all wool and a yard wide. he was born near Myers, Howard
county, where he
has spent most of his life, and for the past eighteen years of which he has
spent teaching
in the schools of the county. No man, unless he be a first class teacher,
could hope to go
on teaching in the same schools year after year as Mr. St. Clair has done
and is doing. He
is looked upon as one of Howard's most progressive and thorough teachers,
and there can
be no doubt as to his ability to fill the office to which he aspires.
He is not only known as a teacher in the county, but is as well known in
the
councils of his party, having been a member of the county central committee
eight years,
serving four years as chairman of that important body and during his
incumbency
rendered a good account of his stewardship, being untiring in his efforts in
his party's
behalf.
His past efforts for party success, his wide acquaintance throughout the
county
and an engaging personality should make him a most formidable candidate, and
those
who know him best say that the man who beats him will be it.
Mr. St. Clair will make a thorough canvass of the county and asks the
voters to
give his claims the consideration to which they are entitled and promises to
abide
cheerfully by the will of the majority as expressed in the August primary.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--FROM NEAR MYERS--Mrs. Jeff Dougherty who recently went
to
Eldorado Springs is reported no better.
Geo. Dougherty and wife of Jefferson, Tex, are visiting relatives in this
vicinity.
C. W. Dougherty has been elected road overseer in the Baldridge district.
The infant son of Lawrence Hern of Moberly died Tuesday night. Interment
was
made at New Hope.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--The Busy Bee Club met with Mrs. C. F. Burkhalter
Thursday
afternoon. When our work was finished we were treated to some sweet music
by her
accomplished daughters, Misses Frances, Toinette, Lucile and Evelyn. We
were served
delicious refreshments consisting of salads, olives, pickles, sandwiches,
chocolate, cake,
cherries and mints. We departed to meet with Mrs. W. D. Burke on Feb 12. A
GUEST.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--W. Hall Bagby, who has been with Dinwiddie & Burkhalter
for
several months as prescription clerk, resigned the first of the week and is
succeeded by
Thos. Warford, who is fresh from a school of pharmacy in St. Louis, and who
is now a
registered pharmacist. We are not advised as to Mr. Bagby's intentions, but
presume he
will not be idle long, as he has been in the drug business for the past
twenty years or
more, either for himself or some one else as clerk, and does not know what
it is to be
idle. Mr. Bagby and family have made many friends while here, and the
people of
Higbee will give them up with regret if they decide to locate elsewhere.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--Born, on the 4th, to Ed Coons and wife, a daughter.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--Born on the 4th, to W. F. Cleeton and wife, daughter.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--Mrs. Hiram Hugheston, mother of Mrs. Thos. Jones of this
place,
died at home in Centerville, Ia, on Jan 31, after a lingering illness, aged
60 years. Mr.
Jones and wife were with her when she died.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--Mildred, the baby daughter of Robert Williams and wife,
aged a little
over a year, died yesterday afternoon after an illness of a week or more
from whooping
cough and pneumonia. We could learn nothing as to the funeral arrangements.
The
bereft parents have the sympathy of all.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--Alton engine 606, pulling train No. 23, with engineer J.
H. Julian at
the throttle, blew out a stud bolt in the boiler head near the furnace door
while passing
Rider at 3 o'clock last Sunday morning, scalding Mr. Julian quite badly. He
also had his
left knee and shoulder quite badly bruised in jumping from the engine. Dr.
T. H.
Dinwiddie, local surgeon at this place, was called and accompanied Mr.
Julian to Slater,
dressing his injuries on the train. It will be several weeks before the
later can resume
work. D. Byers, the fireman, was not injured.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--While Henry Davis and family were at church Sunday night
their
house in the west part of town was discovered on fire, it being first seen
by Robert Harris,
who was passing, and a discovery just like it was probably never made
before. The house
sets quite high off the ground, and Mr. Harris noticed sparks falling from
the floor to the
ground quite a distance under the house. He gave the alarm and Mr. Davis
was sent for,
while neighbors fought the fire. They extinguished in a short time, but not
until about
everything in the house, including bedding and wearing apparel, was almost
totally
ruined. The fire was evidently caused from sparks falling from the pipe
where it entered
the chimney, as the floor directly underneath had a large hold burned in it.
The house
was so filled with smoke the fire could not be located until the smoke began
to clear, and
those fighting the fire dashed buckets of water into every room in the
house. Results
were as disastrous to Mr. Davis as if the house had burned. He carried
sufficient
insurance to cover the loss. The house, belonging to M. J. Embree, was not
greatly
damaged, and was insured.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--MRS. MARY A RENFRO DEAD--Mrs. Mary A. Renfro, whose
serious illness was noted in our last issue, died at the home of her
son-in-law, M.
Murphy, early Friday morning January 30, 1914, of general debility after
many weeks of
illness.
Mrs. Renfro, whose maiden name was Donohue, was born in Virginia May 29,
1825, and was therefore in her 89th year. She was an only child and was
married on Jan
28, 1843, to Moses J. Renfro, who died in July, 1876, at Aubert, Mo. They
were the
parents of but one child, Mrs. Martha Murphy, who has been dead many years.
Following the death of her husband she moved to Higbee in about 1884 and
had
since made her home with Mr. Murphy. And it was a home in all the word
implies, for
she was given every care and attention, especially in her infirmities kept
her pretty much
at home. She was a kind, good hearted woman and when able to be about was
generally
to be found at the bedside of some sick friend or acquaintance, and always
had a kind
word for all.
She was a consecrated member of the Christian church with which she united
when quite young and whose services she always attended when she was able.
Funeral services were held Saturday at the Christian church by Eld. Chas.
Swift of
Centralia, and the large concourse of sorrowing friends present spoke most
eloquently of
the esteem in which she was held, and it was the common wish of all that
when their
time should come to go that they might be as well prepared and as willing to
go.
Interment was made in the city cemetery.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--John Smith, who was being held in the city jail pending
the arrival of
an officer from Oklahoma, thought he would test the strength of the cells
Tuesday
morning by trying to kick a hole in the steel lattice work, but after
kicking until he was
tired gave up the idea of demolishing them and in a fit of anger picked up a
small stick of
some kind that happened to be lying in his cell and pushed the stovepipe,
which runs over
the cells, out of place. Another punch and he disjointed the pipe and the
room began to
fill with thick smoke, well loaded with gas. But for the passing of some
one a few
moments later Smith would have likely been with the angels in a short time.
thinking the
city hall was on fire the man gave the alarm and when Mayor Guerin and
Marshal Cain
broke in the door at the foot of the stairs leading to the basement, they
were almost
overcome by the smoke, it being almost thick enough to cut with knife.
They managed
to get to the windows and open them and the room was clear of smoke in a few
minutes.
Smith made no further attempt to batter down the cells and was meek as a
lamb when the
officer came for him, but was taken away handcuffed, the Oklahoma officers
considering
him a dangerous pill.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--Through the kindness of Mrs. John Rankin her aunt, Mrs.
Lizzie
Lowrance, of Krebs, Ok, will read THE NEWS for a year.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--FATAL ACCIDENT AT ELLIOTT--Robert Barryman Instantly
Killed Sunday by Falling Cage--An accident which resulted in the death of
Robert
Barryman and the serious injury of Thomas Armstrong, occurred at Elliott
Sunday at 1
o'clock.
Barryman, who ran the electric motor in the mine, had spent the morning
repairing the electric feed wire which ran down the side of the shaft, using
the north cage
to do so. He finished this work at about 10:30 and as the cage on the south
was to be
repaired he notified the engineer, John Edwards, that he was through with
the cage, and
the latter placed the south cage where it would be most convenient for those
at work on
it, which left the north cage about fifteen feet from the bottom. In order
to prevent an
accident, Edwards set the brake on the engine, and as a further precaution
put a block of
wood under the brake.
After the noon hour Barryman went down in the mine by way of the airshaft
stairway to make the wire connections below, when he found the feed wire,
owing to a
kink in it, about four inches short.
At work in the sump, an excavation some three or four feet deep under the
cage
landing at the bottom of the shaft, were Thos. Owens and Thos. Armstrong,
who were
cleaning the sump out. Remarking to them that he would climb up a shaft a
short
distance and pull the kink out of the wire, Barryman started up, climbing
the bunting, an
had gone but about ten feet when the cage directly over him fell with a
crash, burying
the three in the sump. Barryman was instantly killed, his head being
crushed. Armstrong
had his jaw broken and was otherwise injured, but not fatally. Owens was
not hurt, aside
from a few bruises, but that he and Armstrong were not instantly killed is
almost a
miracle. On the under side of the cage are heavy beams, on either side,
which extend
below the floor of the cage perhaps three feet. The men were in the center
of the sump,
the beams barely missing them as the cage struck the landing.
Another workman standing near gave the alarm and the cage was raised, when
Owens lifted Barryman and Armstrong out and then climbed out himself.
Just what caused the accident may never be known, but it is presumed that
when
some timbers were taken off the south cage the north one was made so much
heavier that
it overcome the brake.
Barryman was 25 years of age, and is survived by his wife and one child.
Interment was made at Moberly Wednesday.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--MUCH GOOD ACCOMPLISHED AND 55 ADDED TO CHURCH
ROLL--The meeting which had been in progress at the Christian church for the
past
month closed Thursday night of last week, the last night's interest being
fully up to that
of any preceding night, although there were but three additions at the last
service.
The meeting drew larger crowds and the interest was maintained better, we
believe, than any meeting held here in the past ten years, and its success
is not to be
measured alone by the number to unite with the church, although in that
respect, also, the
meeting eclipsed any held here in a long time, there being a total of
fifty-five.
All are agreed that Rev. Kitchen preached as strong sermons as were ever
heard
here from any pulpit, and we are sure much good will result aside from what
is already
evidenced. Many who had not attended church services in a long time were
there every
night, and while numbers of them gave no evidence that they took the word
home to
themselves, we are safe in saying that many of them formed the church-going
habit and
will be seen at all church services from this time forth.
Mrs. Kitchen with her direction of the song service, her personal work and
sermon to women only, proved somewhat of an evangelist herself, and was
complimented highly on her sermon, many saying that she was a better
preacher than her
husband.
They left Friday for the north part of the state where they are engaged in
a similar
meeting, and reports from them are that the meeting promises to be as good
as the one
here. They made many friends while in Higbee, and we understand that it is
the intention
of the church to get them for a big meeting this fall if possible.
Of the additions to the church, 30 were by confession, 20 by letter and
five by
reinstatement, as follows: Messrs. Emmett Rob, Ed Perkins, Arthur Perkins,
Jas
Marshall, Ernest Hitt, j. D. Wilson, Sam Enochs, J. N. Cleeton, T. H.
Hamilton, Grand
Davis, Stant Pitney, J. C. Cain, Francis Barron, I. J. Embree, Wisdom
Burton, Tole
Burton, Rufus Boyd, Roger Kimbrought, Y. L. Atkins, _____Richardson, Thos.
Rees,
Wm. Smith, Ollie Bottoms, Claude Lessly, Cromer Griffith, Thos. Spurling.
Mmes. Carl
Harlow, Ethel Mann, Lilly Perkins, Stant Pitney, Elsie Hitt, _______Devore,
Sam
Enochs, ____Parish, Grant Davis, Thos. Spurling, Orion Lessly, _____Neal,
Ernest
Dinwiddie, Walter Dougherty, Wisdom Burton, Pearl Bradley, Will Lee, Misses
Helen
Tymony, Jennie Robb, Clara Lee, Nettie Sutliff, Marguerite Enochs, Nannie
Enochs,
Georgia Robb, Alberta Andrews ________Greenstreet, Valley Parish, Pearl and
Goldie
Davis.

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--ARRESTED CATTLE THIEF--John Smith Wanted in Oklahoma,
Arrested Here by Constable J. H. Bagby--Saturday last Marshal W. F. Cain
received a
message from the authorities at Tulsa, Ok, to arrest and hold pending the
arrival of an
officer from that place, one John Smith, wanted there for a felony. The
message stated
that he would likely be found at the home of his uncle, W. G. Smith, east of
town, and
contained the further information that Smith was a dangerous man.
The matter was turned over to Constable J. H. Bagby, who went the uncle's
home
where he found his man. Young Smith suspected Bagby's mission and made a
break for
a Winchester rifle. Mr. Bagby was prepared for just such a move, and drew
an automatic
gun, and but for the fact that a shell caught in it as he cocked it we would
have a different
story to tell. The elder Smith, seeing the intention of his nephew picked
up the rifle and
wouldn't let the latter have it. Mr. Bagby, when the man showed resistance,
called for
assistance, when several of Smith's family responded. It took six, we
understand, to
overcome and hog tie him, when he was brought to town and landed in the city
jail. He
refused to state what he was wanted for, and no one was any the wiser until
the arrival,
Wednesday, of F. S. Woodruff, of McAlester, of the state secret service, who
stated that
the prisoner, with an accomplice, had stolen several head of cattle from the
county farm
near Tulsa. The animals were taken one at a time and sold to a packing
company, the
thieves going back for another when their money ran low.
Young Smith is the son of John Smith who lived here a few years ago and
worked
at the livery barn, and is considered a very dangerous man by Tulsa
officers, according to
Mr. Woodruff.
Woodruff not arriving when expected Justice Elgin put a fine of $10 against
Smith for resisting an office, so there would be no getting away until the
arrival of the
Oklahoma officer. Through the efforts of Messrs. Cain and Elgin the
prisoner agreed to
return without a requisition, and for their efforts along this line, as well
as the courtesies
shown him, Mr. Woodruff desires us to express his thanks. He left Wednesday
over the
Katy with his prisoner in handcuffs.

Kathy Bowlin
Additions, corrections, comments welcome.


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