Friday, 19 Sep 1913--Geo. Harris had a very narrow escape from being run over by a Katy freight last Friday. He was on his way to mine No. 11 and was walking on the railroad, and mistook a freight train coming up behind him for a train on the Alton switch which parallels the Katy to the mine. Hearing some one yelling to him, he glanced back and barely had time to jump from the track as the train, which was making about 25 miles an hour, shot by. Mr. Harris says that but for the fireman yelling to him he would have been run down, as he was so sure the train was on the switch that he never thought of looking back. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--Dr. G. M. Nichols has been confined to his bed for the past week, suffering from the gun shot in his right knee, received some ten years or more ago. The doctor has had more or less trouble with the limb ever since the injury, and has about made up his mind that amputation will be the only permanent cure. A few days ago the limb began to swell and pain him almost beyond endurance, and running sores above and below the knee developed. Wednesday the limb was operated on by Drs. Burkhalter and Winn, and Cuppidge of Moberly. They found it in very bad condition, and removed a great deal of pus and some affected bone. The doctor has since been getting along nicely and it is not believed amputations will be necessary in the immediate future. His many friends join the NEWS in the hope for his speedy and permanent recovery. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--HIGH SCHOOL DOWN TOWN--Owing to the fact that the enrollment of the Higbee public school is greater than ever before, and the High School pupils twice the number of last year, the board has rented the third floor of B. F. Andrews' building, which will be used by the High School until the completion of the new school building, which will be about January 1. The change gives the pupils in the grades more room, but they are still too crowded for the best results. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--A big crowd had a good laugh at Tyre Burton's expense one day last week. Business being slow at the post office, he took a spin up and down Division street on Carl Buckley's motorcycle, which was at Cave's shop for repairs. On the return trip the machine refused to stop when Tyre tried to shut the power off, and as he passed the crowd he called most manfully, "Stop her! Stop her!" He managed to turn and stopped the car in front of the blacksmith shop, and joined in the laugh at his cry for help. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--UNCLE DAN PALMATARY DEAD--Daniel Palmatary, familiarly known as Uncle Dan, died at his home near Myers, on the 17th, after an illness of several days, aged 82 years. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Geo. Rennolds. Mr. Palmatary was a good man and in his death Howard county has lost an exemplary citizen. Funeral services were conducted Thursday by Eld. E. Y. Keiter and interment made in New Hope cemetery. (Family members should take special note of this one, because the printed records for Howard County Cemeteries gives his death year as 1912. Whether the error was in the reading by those who printed the records, or by the stonecarver, is not known to me, but it is obviously an error, since the paper printed this obit in 1913). Friday, 19 Sep 1913--An electric light wire burned in two in front of S. E. Marrs' resident Wednesday night and that part of town was in darkness. The wire fell on the pavement and was stepped on by Dan Rice, Jr, who received a good shaking up. He reported the matter at once and all who live in that part of town were notified to take the opposite side of the street. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES--The Higbee High School has moved into new quarters where there is plenty of room and work can begin in earnest. the enrollment is seventy-two, one-half being transient pupils. This makes the high school self-supporting. Some of the high schools, in the neighboring towns, which have enrollment of more than one hundred, have fewer transient students than are found in the Higbee school. This fact should make the people of Higbee proud of their high school. J. E. Markland, Supt. Friday, 19 Sep 1913-- A REAL WASHINGTON LETTER--Perhaps the only letter in George Washington's own handwriting in this part of the country is owned by N. W. Leonard. The letter was written by the Great General March 24, 1776. It is a letter of commendation to Captain Leonard who was a member of the church at Woodstock. The letter is written upon parchment, and is a model of neatness and punctuation, as well as diction. The letter fell to Mr. Leonard as an heirloom and he prizes it very highly. Mr. Leonard, also, has a letter written in 1799 by Alexander Hamilton directing a Captain Leonard, an ancestor of N. W. Leonard, to Albany for military work. This letter, too, is a model of diction, and shows well how carefully people wrote before the advent of typewriters. It was written at the instructions of the secretary of war.--Fayette Advertiser. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--Joe B. Jones was in St. Louis the first of the week buying stock and fixtures for his saloon, which he will open about Oct 1st. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--The Juvenile Band, more familiarly known as the Knot Heads, after a rest of several weeks, is again on deck, and practices two nights a week. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--Wm. Rankin who has been in Colorado Springs since leaving here several weeks ago, orders his paper sent to Butte, Montana, to which place he has moved. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--E. J. Turner's barber shop and pool hall will be ready for business Saturday morning. Will Reed, one of the best barbers in this section, and who has been with J. E. Smith for several years, will be in charge of the first chair. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--We printed bills this week for Miller Robb, who will sell a small lot of personal property at his farm south of town tomorrow, the 20th, a list of which can be seen elsewhere. Mr. Robb will move to town, and will occupy the Bronson Richards property which he recently purchased. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--J. J. Bradley was here from Moberly yesterday on his way home from a visit with his sister, Mrs. Mary E. Stark, of near Yates. He informed us that she had rented her farm and would move to Moberly. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--Uncle John Dry, a well known citizen of Madison, and extensively known in this county, dropped dead one day last week, aged 80 years. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--Joe Jones is here from Iowa and will assist his brother, Thos, in the restaurant. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--John W. Pollard, a prominent citizens of Sturgeon, died at his home in that place on the 17th, aged 61 years. Interment was made at Roanoke. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--Lee Robb, who with his wife stole a lot of clothing from Emmett Rob of near town several weeks ago after the latter had taken them into his home and found employment for Lee, was given two years in the pen at Circuit Court at Moberly Saturday. Mrs. Robb, who, with baby of less than a year old, has been in jail with her husband since the robbery, was sent to her parents in Oklahoma. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--Wm. Poteat, one of Huntsville's best known citizens, died at his home in that place Friday of last week, aged 77 years. He was born in North Carolina, but had lived in this county practically all his life. Friday, 19 Sep 1913--Mrs. Emma Wineteer, of Moberly, committed suicide Monday by shooting herself in the mouth with a revolver. She was a sufferer from melancholia. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.