The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 2 Col 5&6 and Pg 3 Col 1--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(Edited by compiler)--A few weeks ago the NEWS published some interesting memoirs of Civil War days, as related to us by Mrs. Bettie Bogie of this city. A few days ago I received quite an interesting letter from Mrs. Eliza Hart Harvey, of Seattle, Wash. I take the liberty of extracting the following from her letter: We read of your talk with Mrs. Bettie Bogie, and of her saying she had a vivid recollection of the excitement created by the battle of Silver Creek, and the one that followed near her parents' home. My husband is a brother of Mrs. Bogie. He says both battles are very clear in his memory, and he distinctly remembers the two men killed. He also remembers a battle between the Union militia and Captain Jackson's men--Confederates. The battle took place near his father's home (Jas. E. Harvey) at Humes' Lake. Jackson captured a number of horses from the militia. He could not use them and did not want the militia to recover them, so he had them killed. Shortly after this battle my husband and his brother, William, were hunting rabbits. The dogs ran a rabbit into a hollow log. When they looked into the log they discovered a small keg of powder. They were much pleased over their find, but that night a Confederate soldier came and got it. My husband very distinctly remembers the Federal soldiers calling Lon Marklin's grandfather, "Levi Marklin" from the house and shooting him, and also when they called Mr. Holtzclaw from his house and shot him. The same soldiers arrested two daughters of Mr. Holtzclaw and sent to a prison in Kansas City. But he says the greatest shock to him and his father's family was when they heard a company of Union soldiers had arrested his uncle, Dr. W. C. Harvey, and banished him to Canada. My husband says nearly every day, when he was a boy, some neighbor would come to his father's house and talk for hours on religion. He would stand by and wonder how anyone could doubt what his father said on religion. He remembers hearing his father tell of a man in his neighborhood (he thinks his name was Enyard) who was called the champion fighter. A champion fighter of another neighborhood heard of Enyard. Although they had never met, this man came over, rode up to Mr. Enyard's house and told him he had come to give him a whipping. He got off his horse, rolled up his sleeves and the battle was on. In a short time Mr. Enyard threw his antagonist over the yard fence. The man scrambled to his feet, bowing to Mr. Enyard, said "Three cheers for the champion," then got on his horse and rode off. Mr. Harvey cannot tell the exact dates of the incidents I have related, but about seventy-two or three years ago, he says. Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciple, or the Christian Church, came to Roanoke to preach. People went from far and near to hear him. Mr. Harvey's father was going to the meeting on horseback. One day he told my husband that he wanted him to have it to say that he had heard Campbell preach, and that he was going to take him behind him on his horse to the meeting. But all my husband remembers is that there were a great many people at the meeting and that the noted minister's hair was as white as snow." Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Helen, Elwood and Edwin Lynch spent last week at their uncle John Lynch's. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--A fine ten pound boy was born to Mrs. Caleb Lynch Thursday morning, June 2. Mother and babe are doing nicely. Sunday several friends and relatives called to see the fine baby and quite a lively controversy was held about naming him. As usual, no permanent decision was made, but the names most favored were: Mitchell Lindbergh and John Earl. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--Owen Asbury and son, Rodney, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Asbury of Harrisburg. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise had as dinner guests Sunday, their grandsons, Lowell and Ralph Hargis; Mr. and Mrs. Roxie Asbury and Mrs. Mike Ridgeway and sons, Hugh and Kenneth. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mrs. Cynthia Lay motored home with her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Winn and family of Clifton Hill Sunday, where she will make an extended visit. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mrs. Wm. Warford is improving so nicely in a Moberly hospital that she is counting the days until she can be brought home, which her family is hoping will be in a very short time. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--SOUTH OF TOWN--Homer Hargis while splitting kindling Sunday morning made an awkward lick, hitting his thumb and severing a piece off the end which hung by only a fragment and which he immediately cut off, going to a doctor later for the injury to be dressed. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Mrs. Alice Straye of Hallsville visited her brother, Jas. Ancell and family last week. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 3 Col 4--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Velva Dougherty visited her cousin, Howard Naylor, a few days the first of the week. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 4 Col 3--Mrs. Albert Brooks and two children, Margaret and Ronald of Richardson, Ill., are the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chapman, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 4 Col 3--W. C. Pitney and family of Braymer are the guests of Higbee relatives and friends. Mr. Pitney has been principal of the school at Braymer for the past three years and has been reemployed for the coming year, which certainly speaks well of his ability as a teacher. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 4 Col 3--EAST OF TOWN--Mrs. G. C. Belzs and little son and daughter of Kansas City returned home Saturday after a week's visit with Mrs. Belzs' mother, Mrs. Chas. Lewis. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 4 Col 3--EAST OF TOWN--Mrs. Etta Harris is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Chism, this week. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 4 Col 6--At the recent meeting of the Rebekah grand lodge Mrs. D. S. Hare of this place was again appointed as Worthy District Deputy for the 33rd district, a position she has held for the past two years. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 5 Col 1--Born, on June 2, to Mrs. Hazel Lynch, a son. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 5 Col 2--Louis Harris went to Kansas City, where he has employment, and not to Kewanee, Ill., as stated. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. Malinda Stevenson of Armstrong was the guest of Higbee relatives Saturday and Sunday. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 5 Col 2--Joe Jones of Independence was the guest of his brothers, Isaac and W. R. Jones, Sunday and Monday. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 5 Col 3--Mrs. Flora Walker of Woodriver, Ill., was called here yesterday by the serious illness of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Ancell. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 8 Col. 3--Eugene, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Floyd, while using an ax in helping build a cyclone cellar Friday, let the ax slip while cutting a log and cut his right foot quite severely, one toe being severed until it hung by a thread of skin. The boy was given prompt attention by Dr. J. W. Winn, and it is believed that the toe can be saved. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 8 Col. 4--Mrs. Thos. Tongate and sons, Billie and Jack, left Saturday for Bakersfield, Calif., where they will make their home, Mr. Tongate having secured employment there. Thursday, 9 June 1927, Vol 41, No. 5, Pg. 8 Col. 4--Mrs. J. W. Brundege and daughter, Mrs. Cleo Lowe, returned to their home in Eureka Saturday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. 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