Friday, 28 Aug 1914--Isaac Jones of this place, and mother, Mrs. R. R. Jones, and son, of Independence, attended the funeral of W. A. Davis at Taylorville, Ill Wednesday. (Note: Mrs. R. R. Jones is aunt to Hannah (Annie) Lloyd, and W. A. Davis is her uncle by marriage) Friday, 28 Aug 1914--John Harriman went to Wellsville Sunday where he caught for the ball team at that place, winning from Gilmore by a score of 5 to 4. Friday, 28 Aug 1914--W. A. DAVIS--The many Higbee friends of W. A. Davis were painfully shocked Tuesday when word came from Taylorville, Ill. that he had died at his home in that city that day of pneumonia. Mr. Davis, familiarly known to his Higbee acquaintances as "Baldy Bill," moved to Taylorville from here some 15 years ago. He was about 65 years of age, and is survived by his wife and several children, to whom the sympathy of all goes out. Friday, 28 Aug 1914--JUDGE JONAS ROBB A SUICIDE--This community was shocked beyond measure last Saturday when the news was phoned to town that Judge Jonas Robb, living three miles northwest of Yates, was dead by his own hand, having shot himself in the head with a revolver at 5 o'clock that morning. He had been in poor health for the past year, and in the past year or two is said to have suffered financial reverses, which is supposed to be the cause of his act. He left no letter or writing of any kind. Mrs. Robb was in Kansas City at the time, visiting at the home of a daughter, where she had been for several days. Friday night, we learn, Mr. Robb sent for John Pitney, a relative and neighbor, to come and spend the night with him as he was not feeling well. Mr. Pitney, we understand, could detect nothing out of the ordinary in Mr. Robb's manner and actions. They retired at the usual hour. About 5 o'clock the next morning Mr. Pitney was awakened by a pistol shot. Hastily dressing he ran out of the house to find out the cause of the shot, and found Mr. Robb lying in the yard near a lilac bush with a pistol in his right hand and a bullet hole in his right temple. From the position of the body and the revolver it is presumed he was lying down when he fired the fatal shot. It is quite likely that he had such action in mind when he asked Mr. Pitney to stay all night with him, as he prepared for the end by taking a bath and changing his clothing just before firing the shot. Although the ball entered the brain, Mr. Robb was not dead when Mr. Pitney reached him, and lived about 45 minutes. In the meantime a large crowd of neighbors had gathered. An inquest was held that afternoon and a verdict of suicide in accordance with the above facts was returned. Funeral services were held Sunday at Sharon by Revs. D. B. Clifton and N. B. Green and the body laid to rest with I. O. O. F. honors, deceased being an honored member of that order, holding his membership at Armstrong. Mr. Robb was born in Howard county in 1864, and is survived by his wife and two children, Lessly Robb and Mrs. Joseph Wright, two brothers and three sisters and his aged mother. He had served the county two terms as judge of the county court, and proved a most popular and efficient servant. He was of a sunny and jovial disposition, was broad minded, big hearted and generous to a fault. In his death not only his family and neighbors, but the county as well, has suffered an irreparable loss. Friday, 28 Aug 1914--Mrs. Henry Angleburger returned to her home in Cleveland, Ohio, Monday, after a visit with her parents, Hiram Land and wife. She was accompanied by her little son, Cecil, who spent the summer here with his grandparents. Friday, 28 Aug 1914--Henry Davis, who was caught under a fall of coal at the Block mine Friday of last week, is improving nicely. He was hurt internally and it was at first through that he was seriously injured. Friday, 28 Aug 1914--Dr. G. M. Nicholas was called to Columbia the first of the week to see his sister, Mrs. W. H. Naylor, who is seriously ill. Friday, 28 Aug 1914--Thos. Green, an aged citizen of the county residing near Mt. Airy, died Monday night from paralysis. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments, welcome.