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 and owners were a wonderful man by the name of 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. It is because of my tremendous admiration for this father and son, that I am transcribing this paper and putting it in a more readable format, so that this work may again be brought to light, to entertain, and teach a whole new generation of the descendants of the inhabitants and neighbors of a little town called "Higbee." 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. I wouldn't want my own possible errors in transcription, blamed on the editors of the 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. When the Higbee Historical Society disbanded, their material was donated to the Randolph County Historical Society and is still available there. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 4 Col 4,5&6--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER--By W. T. Dameron--(Kathy's notes: I will only be taking portions from this because it is quite long and much is just policital commentary.) Among many of our old-time friends from the country who came in to vote Tuesday of last week was Uncle Billy Mason. Uncle Billy is a Democrat from the stump up and a strong supporter of Harry B. Hawes for the U. S. Senate. Uncle Billy is in his 78th year and was born, reared and lived all his life on his farm on which he now resides, about five miles north of Huntsville. Few men, comparatively of Uncle Billy's age, have lived all their life on the same tract of land. Mr. Mason is a well presevered man physically, has never had a serious spell of sickness in his life. In fact, he has never taken a dose of medicine since he was a little boy when down with the measles 65 years ago. That is very remarkable and which few men or women can say. He is a successful farmer and has always been a good liver, but temperate in eating and drinking, but smokes a good cigar. While Uncle Billy never used liquor to excess, he was worried some when Mr. Volstead got in the saddle, but he stands for law enforcement and gets along very well on grape juice, but, like "oodles" of old timers, and "young timers," too, he is favor of moditying Mr. Volstead's speed, or making him get down and walk awhile..............Uncle Thos. J. Bagby, residing three miles east of Mt. Airy, is one of the most active old men we know of. Uncle Tom, as he is called by all who know him, is past 83 years of age and he works every day, almost on his farm. This year he broke the ground, planted and cultivated 20 acres of corn alone, planted and cultivated the nicest garden in his neighborhood and did a lot of other farm work, and at the same time attended to his fine stable horse and jack during the season. He is a son of the late Owen Bagby, one of the good pioneers of the county. He was a gallant soldier in the Confederate army and it was said of him that "he was not afraid of the devil and all of his angels." Uncle Tom is one of the county's best citizens and promises to live many years yet--at least, we hope so.........Mrs. Rebecca Thompson and daughter, Miss Carrie, of Caney, Kansas arrived here Thursday to visit relatives and to look after improvements of the family burying grounds near Mt. Airy. Mrs. Thompson is a daughter of the late Geo. A. Mathis, one of the pioneers of the county, and one of its most prominent farmers and tobacconists in pre-civil war days. For many years he handled leaf tobacco near Mt. Airy, pressing it into hogsheads and shipping it to eastern markets by way of Glasgow, by boat down the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Mrs. Thompson is now 80 years old and is quite active. She is the widow of Jas. B. Thompson., who was quite a prominent man in this county for many years, and noted publisher and editor of newspapers in Huntville, Moberly and in other towns of the state. He died at Lancaster, Mo, many years ago. Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Dr. C. W. Watts, now of Rolla, Mo., are the only two of a large family of children now living. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 1--Wanted--Sewing--Mrs. Jas. Lloyd. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 1--Born, on the 11th, to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Patterson, a daughter. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 1--Jervis Egly of Joliet, Ill., is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Egly. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 1--Mrs. E. J. Thompson of Slater is the guest of her brothers, Ernest and A. E. Newman. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 1--Mrs. J. B. Dougherty of Alton, Ill., is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Egly. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 1--Cal Robb and family moved to Mexico yesterday and where they will locate permanently. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 2--Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar Smith and son, Clyde, spent Sunday with relatives in Marshall. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. N. J. Fowler spent the first of the week in Moberly with her mother, Mrs. S. E. Medcalf. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. Clyde Thornton of Detroit, Mich., is the guest of her uncle, John Hudson, and family. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. Walter Spurling and son are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bogie, of Independence. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 5--From South of Town--Pemberton school opened on the 2nd with Miss Orphia Blaise teacher. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 5--From South of Town--Wilson school opened Monday with fourteen enrolled and with Raymond O'Brian teacher. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 5--From South of Town--Possum College school opened on the 2nd with fifteen enrolled and Miss Irene Hargis teacher. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 5--From South of Town--Franklin Rennolds of Jefferson City motored home Saturday evening to visit his father, J. T. Rennolds, over Sunday. Thursday, 12 Aug 1926, Vol 40 No. 15, pg. 5 Col 6--From South of Town--Mr. and Mrs. Roy White and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Buckler of Columbia came Thursday to visit their mother, Mrs. Joel Douglas, who is very sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Warner Buckler. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.