Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 1, col 1--FATAL SHOOTING SATURDAY MORNING--Ed Mitchell Shot and Instantly Killed By Mrs. Ina Pipes--Self Defense is Claim.--Ed Mitchell was shot and instantly killed Saturday morning about ten-thirty o'clock by Mrs. Ina Pipes, a widow, at the latter's home ten miles southeast of Fayette. The first word of the affair to reach Fayette was a telephone message which Sheriff Cooper received, telling him to come to the Pipes farm and bring the coroner as there had been serious trouble. Sheriff Cooper, accompanied by the coroner, Dr. T. C. Richards, and Deputy Sheriff R. P. Cooper, left immediately for the scene. When the sheriff's party arrived it was found that Ed Mitchell had been killed and that Mrs. Pipes admitted the shooting but claimed that it was in self defense. The following men were summoned to serve on the coroner's jury: Jno. Smith, Chas. Smith, W. E. Richards, Nev Blakemore, Harry Street and Warren Woods. Mrs. Pipes testified at the inquest and gave an account of the affair. Mitchell for some time had been living on the Pipes farm in a small house near the residence. He had, she claimed, threatened her life at other times and on Friday night she and her thirteen year old daughter had spent most of the night in a corn field because of his threats. Saturday morning he appeared at the house and proceeded to tear up things generally, breaking the dishes and smashing jars of fruit. Mrs. Pipes stated that she and her daughter took refuge in a room in the house and she was able to lock the door. He threw a hand ax through the window and then secured a razor and started to come through the window, telling them, so Mrs. Pipes, testified, that he would kill them. Mrs. Pipes said that she rushed to her trunk and took out a revolver and fired four or five times. Two of the shots took effect, striking Mitchell near the heart. He died instantly. Mrs. Pipes was brought to Fayette and placed in jail. Yesterday morning she was released on a $5,000 bond. Her preliminary hearing will be held Thursday. Mitchell is the second of his family to meet a violent death. His son, May Mitchell, was shot and instantly killed by John Robb about two years ago. Chas. Mitchell, a brother of Ed Mitchell, was severely wounded by Robb in the same affair and later died from the effects of the wounds. Ed Mitchell is survived by his wife and one son, two sisters and three brothers. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon conducted by the Rev. Paul S. Powell. Interment was made in the City Cemetery.--Fayette Advertiser, Sept. 28. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 1, col 1--Back From Hospital--Jacob Schaiffer, who was taken to a Moberly hospital Thursday of last week, was able to return home Tuesday. At his present rate of improvement he will be able to be about as usual in a few days. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 1, col 2--John Talbott Dead--John Talbot, one of Fayette's best known citizens, died at his home in that city Wednesday of last week, following an illness of a year or more, aged 72 years. He is survived by his widow and six children; also two brothers. For almost forty years Mr. Talbot had written insurance for the New York Life, and before his retirement from the work was considered one of the best insurance salesmen in the country. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 1, col 2--Given Two Years In Prison--Alex Morris, a Huntsville negro, who shot and killed Roy Smith, another negro, following a crap game at Huntsville about a year ago, was given two years in prison in circuit court in Fayette last week, the case having been taken to Howard County on a change of venue. The state was represented by prosecuting attorney Stringer, and Tyre Burton, prosecuting attorney of Howard county. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 1, col 2--Kirk Pitney To Have Sale--Kirk Pitney, who has accepted a position with the Higbee Co-operative Association, taking the place of Wm. Knight, will sell a big lot of personal property at the Ben Cook farm southwest of town on the 7th, a list of which can be seen in this issue. Mr. Pitney will move to town immediately following the sale. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 1, col 3--Some Old Letters--Walker Rucker, in going through some old papers and letters of his father's, the late J. E. Rucker, last week, ran across some letters that are indeed curiosities, and which reach back beyond the ken of most men, several bearing the date of 1840. They were letters from a man in Virginia to Walker's grandfather, Capt. Minor Rucker, a captain in the war of 1812. and who settled in this country a few years following that war. Stamps and envelopes were unknown in those days, the sheets of the letters being folded in such a way that they formed their own envelopes, with the address on one side, as well as the amount the person addressed would have to pay the postmaster to get the letter, while on the back were requests to the postmaster to see that the letters were delivered as soon as possible. Despite their age, the letters are in a fine state of preservation and are seemingly not more than three or four years old, while the writing is as legible as if written yesterday. Walker says that among the old letters and papers he has some dated as far back as 1800. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 1, col 3--Celebrated Twentieth Birthday--Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Burke and son, Glen, spent Sunday at New Franklin with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McGlothlin, and the day being Glen's 20th birthday, they gave a big dinner in his honor. It is needless to add that the day proved a very pleasant one for all, and especially for Mr. and Mrs. McGlothlin, as their affection for Glen is almost as great as if he were their own son. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 1, col 3--Mrs. John Lynch Some Better--Mrs. John Lynch, who was taken to a Boonville hospital two weeks ago, and where she underwent a severe surgical operation, was not nearly so well the first of the week, and grave fears as to her recovery were entertained. She was thought to be some better yesterday, we are glad to say. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 1, col 3--Home From Hospital--Miss Claudine Robb, who was operated on, for appendicitis in a Moberly hospital last week, was able to be brought home yesterday, and will be able to be about as usual in a short time. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 1, col 6--Fayette Bank To Be Liquidated--The Farmers & Merchants Bank at Fayette, which closed its doors several months ago, and which, it had been hoped, would be reopened, and arrangements for which had been made with the approval of the State Finance Department, is to be liquidated, C. L. Painter, who had been elected president of the new bank that was to have succeeded the old one, having been named as special deputy to wind up the bank's affairs. Under the reorganization plan, as worked out by the State Finance department, depositors of the old bank were to receive at once on the opening of the reorganized bank, 50 cents on the dollar, and as much later as the bad paper would bring, but a ruling by the attorney general to the effect that the proposed reorganization would not be legal, the plan fell through and the bank was ordered liquidated. Just what the depositors will get now is not known, but it isn't likely that they will get any less than fifty cents on the dollar, unless the expense of liquidation and lawyers' fees eat up all that remains, as has been the case, to a great extent, with several banks that have failed. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 2, col 1&2--A Surprise Birthday Dinner--Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hern and son, Charley were very much surprised Sunday when several of their friends and relatives drove up with well filled baskets of dinner. At twelve o'clock a table was spread with a dinner fit for a king. Those present: Mr. and Mrs. John Avery and daughter, Marjorie; Mrs. Lou Fisher and children; Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Griggs and son, J. P.; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Avery and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cash Avery and daughter, Thelma; Mr. and Mrs. Mart Mead, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hern and sons, Junior and William of Moberly; Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Avery and son Benton, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hern, Mrs. A. E. Campbell and son, Floyd, Mrs. Jake Atkins and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Fisher, Mrs. R. S. Fisher, Misses Mattie Hayden, Marie, Tressie and Hazel Avery; Brooksie Atkins; Messrs. Price Thompson, Dale and Lelle Fisher, glen Kirby, Charley Palmatary, Eugene and Ernest Atkins, Herbert and Aubrey Avery and Earl Griggs. Everyone departed at a late hour, each wishing the hosts many more such happy birthdays. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 2, col 6--Mt. Pleasant Items--Otho Lynch and wife visited his father, Lee Lynch, a few days last week. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 2, col 6--Mt. Pleasant Items--Eula Lyle who was quite painfully hurt in an automobile accident several days ago, is able to be about with the aid of a cane. She suffered a sprained hip in the accident. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 4, col 5--Mrs. Louella Brown was here from Moberly Saturday on business and to tell her friends goodbye, she having decided to move to Duluth, Minn., where she can be with her son, Dr. F. F. Clark, and from which place she returned last week. She has bought property in that city and with her two little granddaughters, will live within a block of Dr. Clark. In the event that the winters should prove too vigorous, and which she fears may prove the case, she will spend them in Florida. She left for Duluth Tuesday and is followed by the best wishes of old friends in Higbee, all of whom hope she will get to visit us occasionally. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 5, col 1--Omar Dougherty returned Monday from a visit with his brother, Charles in Chicago. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 5, col 1--Mrs. I. J. Knieriemen of New Baden, Ill., is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Laight. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 5, col 1--Granville Eubanks left the latter part of last week for Alton, Ill., where he has employment. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 5, col 1--Mrs. Emerson Littlejohn of St. Joseph is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dougherty. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 5, col 1--A marriage license was issued in Moberly Saturday to Wayland Sumpter and Miss Cora Oliver, both of this vicinity. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 5, col 2--A marriage license was issued in Moberly on Tuesday to William Carter and Miss Lucille Murry, both of this place, but we could not learn when the marriage was solemnized, nor by whom. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 5, col 4--T. W. McVay, who has been working in St. Joseph for some time, is at home for a visit with his family. He informs us that his mother, Mrs. Lizzie McVay, who has been in poor health for some time, and who was advised several weeks ago that an operation would be absolutely necessary if her life was to be saved, is doing nicely, being better than she has been in months, with fair prospects that she will soon be as strong as usual, despite the fact that the operation was not performed. This will certainly be good news to Mrs. McVay's host of old friends in old Higbee. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 6, col 5--Mark C. Murphy, on putting on his hip boots one day last week to come down town through the mud and rain, was tickled to the extent that he came very near not getting the second boot on when his three-year-old son, Mark, asked, "Going bootlegging, Daddy?" Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 6, col 6--School Notes--A score of 17-15 surprised the "Tigers" Friday night when Armstrong beat them after a hard-fought game. The "Tigers" team work and fighting power was excellent, and promise to wreck many opponent hopes in the future. The following were the men who played: Virgil Ancell, center; Chester Thomas and John Lloyd, forwards; Virgil Dougherty and Jack Holtzclaw, guards; The subs, Frankie Atkins, and Earl Durnill, each got to play. Friday, 2 Oct. 1925, Vol 39 No. 23, pg. 8, col 6--Russell Items--Charley Ware and Miller Robb were going on a bear hunt. Miller says, "I feel a little afraid, but I'll go with you anyway." They hadn't gone but a short distance until Miller saw a bear coming and split the hill dust back for the house. Charley said, "Never mind, Miller, I'll get him. I'll bring him in dead or alive." The bear kept getting closer and closer and Charley became very nervous and began trembling. He threw his gun upon the ground and started running, with the bear after him. As he came close to the house he gave a loud shout, saying, "Open up, Miller, I'm bringing him in alive!" 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