(Kathy's notes: Although the paper should have been dated Friday, 28 May 1920, they made an error and printed it Friday, 29 May 1920.) Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--The many Higbee friends of Miss Flossie Burton, who has been living at Columbia for the past year, where she has a good position in one of that city's best photograph galleries, in which line of work she is an expert, will be pained to learn that she broke her right hip in a fall down stairs one day this week, her fall resulting from her ankle turning. She was taken at once to a hospital, and has since been doing nicely. As a child Miss Burton suffered more than her share of misfortune from broken bones, having broken arms or limbs a half dozen times or more. The present break makes the second time her hip has been broken. Her many friends join the NEWS in the hope that she will suffer no more such misfortunes. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--JAS. H. HARGIS DEAD--Jas. H. Hargis, a former well known citizen of this vicinity died at the home of his son Thomas C. Hargis, in Prescot, Iowa, on Thurday, May 20, 1920 from the infirmities of age, aged 81 years. The body was brought to Higbee Sunday and interment made in Mt. Pleasant Howard county, cemetery, funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. E. Cropp of New Franklin. Mr. Hargis was born in Howard county in 1839, and was married in about 1860 to Miss Rebecca Ancell, who, with the two children, Thomas C. and Mary Frances--born to them, survives. He also leaves ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and four sisters. Mr. Hargis fought through the Civil War on the Union side, losing an arm in battle. He had been a member of the Christian church for many years, and in 1903 moved with his family to Canton, Mo., in order to educate his son for the ministry. He was a good man in every sense of the word and had the respect of all who knew him. The NEWS joins other old friends in condolence to the aged widow and the children. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--EARL LESSLEY NEAR DEATH--Earl Lessley, son of Mrs. Nettie Lessley, of St. Louis, is lying at the point of death, we learn, from tuberculosis, in a sanitarium in Cincinnati, Ohio, in which city he has been working for the past few months. Earl is the son of A. J. Lessley, deceased, than whom a better or more popular man ever lived--here or anywhere else. Following his death some twenty-seven years ago the family moved to St. Louis where they have since resided. May, a brother of Earl, and the baby of the family, was killed on the battle field of France. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--Miss Bethel Goin is visiting relatives in Springfield, Ill. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--Mrs. Robert Hursman and her children returned to their home in Marissa, Ill after a two weeks visit with Higbee relatives. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--Mr. and Mrs. George Atkins of Wyoming are the guest of Mr. Atkins father, Y. L. Atkins, and other relatives and friends in this vicinity. It is Mr. Atkins' first visit back to Missouri in thirty-two years. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--Mrs. Thos. Beasley returned to her home in St. Elmo, Tenn., Tuesday after a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Wm. Compton, whom she had not seen in over twenty years. She was accompanied home by her mother, Mrs. Katherine Clare, who is in her 90th year, and who made her home with Mrs. Compton for the past year or more. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--MRS. S. G. ANDREWS DEAD--Mrs. S. G. Andrews, who had been suffering from tuberculosis for several months, died at her home near Sharon church Sunday, May 23. Funeral services were conducted Monday by Rev. M. L. Hughes of Wellsville, Kan., at Myers Chapel, where interment was made. Mrs. Andrews was 29 years old and was the only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Will Bayse of Howard county. She is survived by her husband and one brother. A more extended notice will be given next week. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--MRS. JAS. ROBB DEAD--Mrs. Jas. Robb died at her home near Sharon church Saturday, May 22, from puerperal convulsions. An extended notice will be found elsewhere in this issue. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--Mrs. Wm. Gilvin of Ft. Worth, Texas, arrived Wednesday to be with her father, John Williams, who has been critically ill for the past week, and whose recovery is not hoped for. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--DAVID WILLIAMS DEAD--The people of Higbee were greatly shocked, and especially those who had seen and talked with him that morning, to learn about 1 o'clock that David Williams was dead at the home of his son, Morgan, in the south part of town, death resulting from acute indigestion and heart failure, with which he was suddenly seized. There was no one at home at the time except the children and Mrs. Jas. Ballantine, who had stepped in for a moment in passing, and she at one phoned for Dr. C. F. Burkhalter, who reached Mr. Williams just as he drew his last breath. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow at 2 p.m. by Rev. E. L. Rutledge, pastor of the Methodist church, and interment made in the city cemetery by the side of his wife, who died in 1895. David Williams was born in Wales in 1841 and came to this country with his parents, who located in Ohio, when he was 8 years old, and in which state he grew to manhood. He was married in that state in 1865 to Miss Nellie Dawson, and a few years later moved to Iowa. They were the parents of seven children, five of whom died in one month from diphtheria in an epidemic that swept their section of Iowa in 1884, and which carried off 366 children inside of 60 days. He moved to Higbee about 30 years ago and had resided here most of the time since, making his home for the past few years with his sons, Robert and Morgan. Mr. Williams was a veteran of the Civil War in which he saw some of the hardest possible fighting. He enlisted in Co. G. 8th Ohio Volunteers at Coshocton, Ohio, on February 7, 1862. His regiment joined McClellan's army in the Peninsular campaign and after its close his regiment was transferred to the west, after which he took part in the following battles: Siege of Corinth, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, siege of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Big Shanty, Siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro. He was also with Sherman in his famous march to the sea. He was honorably discharged at Beaufort, SC, on June 14, 1865. The NEWS joins other friends in condolence to the bereaved. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--Mrs. Ernest Bryant, who has been an invalid for the past 11 years, was taken to Kansas City Wednesday by Mr. Bryant and placed in St. Joseph's hospital under the care of a specialist in the hope that she could be restored to health. Mrs. Bryant has indeed been a great sufferer, not having been able to leave her home a half dozen times in all these years, the last two of which she has scarcely set foot outside her home, and her many friends join the NEWS in the prayer for her early and full recovery. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--Mr. and Mrs. John Watkins, on their way from Kansas, where they have resided for the past ten years or more, to Taylorville, Ill., where they will make their home, stopped off Saturday for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. Richard Jones, and to renew acquaintance with their host of Higbee friends, leaving yesterday for Taylorville. Mr. Watkins informed us that men by the hundreds were leaving the Kansas mining fields on account of Gov. Allen's industrial court law. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--C. R. Lewis received notice from the War Department that the body of his son, Herbert, who died in France, almost immediately after his regiment landed, had been disinterred and that he would be notified of its arrival. The body will be shipped from New York to Martin & Mahan at Moberly, and interment will be made at Fairview. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--VIOLIN 190 YEARS OLD--Ernest Mobley, who lives near Fayette, has shown us a violin made in 1730, hence has passed its 190th anniversary. Its tone is sweet as the tones of a fiddle can be and he doubtless has an instrument that would be worth a great deal in the coin of the realm were it to fall into the right hands. The name of Joseph Klos is in the violin. Mr. Mobley knows nothing of its history. It had changed hands several times and he was made a present of it by Mr. Watt Hitt when he found a buyer for his farm.--Fayette Leader. Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--OBITUARY--The messenger of death with his relentless hand took from us our dear sister, Susie Williams Robb, on Saturday evening, May 22, 1920. The deceased was born March 22, 1895. She was married to James Robb November 5, 1919. She leaves to mourn her loss a bereaved husband, father and mother and five sisters and brothers, namely, Nannie Mason, John Williams, Jessie Markland, Willella and Walter Williams, besides a host of relatives and friends. No one can realize our sorrow unless he has had a like experience. The funeral services for our dear sister were conducted Sunday at Sharon church by Rev. Bell Green, and the remains were tenderly laid to rest by the side of our dear brother in the Sharon cemetery. The house was crowded with sympathizing friends and relatives who assembled to pay the last sad tribute of respect. The home is left in tears and sorrow, but the family have the promise of Him who said, "What I do thou knowest not, but thou shalt know hereafter." (poem follows). Friday 29 May 1920, Vol 34, No 6--MRS. H. S. NEWBY DEAD--Mrs. H. S. Newby of Mt. Airy died at her home Monday after a long illness and was buried at Huntsville Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Newby belonged to a prominent family and was well known in this county. She leaves, besides her husband, a daughter and son.--Moberly Monitor-Index. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.