Friday, 15 Aug 1913--COUNTY COURT ISSUES GOOD ROADS PROCLAMATION--Whereas, It has been made to appear to the County Court of Randolph County Missouri, that the Honorable Elliott W. Major, Governor of the State of Missouri has by proclamation set aside August 20th and 21st as days for work upon the public highways of this state, and Whereas, In pursuance to said proclamation he has called upon the male citizens of this State to spend said two days at labor upon the public roads of the state, and Whereas, This court is in hearty sympathy with any and all efforts to better the conditions of the arteries of business and pleasure in this and all counties of the state; therefore be it Resolved, By this court that on said two days, so proclaimed by His Excellency, the governor of this state, all male citizens of Randolph county are requested and urged to in obedience to said proclamation spend the said two days at labor on the public highways of the county and Resolved further, That it is recommended that any and all work so far as possible be done under the supervision of the several road overseers of the county and that all county and road district machinery be and is so far as possible, at the command of the volunteer army of road workers on these days, and be it further Resolved, That those of the male citizens of the county who cannot from business or other causes respond to said call, be and are requested to make such contributions as they desire, to be remitted to H. Clay Yeakey, Huntsville, Mo, to be used later by the order of this court to assist weak road districts, in the purchase of machinery. Resolved further, That the members of the volunteer army are requested to hold a mass meeting in each road district on Saturday, August 16, 1913, or sooner, to outline and plan the work to be done, appoint superintendents to oversee the work and if from any cause the date heretofore set does not suit the convenience of the workers they select, other dates for the work. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--John Barnes, who runs a crossroads store at Newcomer, Chariton county, shot and killed A. L. Daniels, a customer, Monday, in a quarrel over an account. Daniels attacked Barnes with a hammer, and the latter shot in self defense. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Thos. Jennings went to Moberly Saturday and asked for a warrant for the arrest of city marshal Cain, complaining that the latter had assaulted him. Prosecuting Attorney Jeffries came down and investigated the matter and decided that Jennings had no case. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Chas. Pattrick, who has been pitching for the Blues, left Wednesday for Keokuk, Ia, where he will finish out the season with the Keokuk Association team if he can make good. He will receive a salary of $100 a month if he can deliver the goods and will be signed up for the next season at double the salary. His Higbee friends are hoping he will make good, for he is not only a good ball player, but a fine young man. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Thos. Towles, wife and sons, Bert and Arthur, Thos. Jenkins, wife and sons, John and Raymond, David Evans, wife and son, Ben, and Will Towles, of Windsor, attended the funeral of David Jenkins at Bevier Monday. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--John Dooley, while at work at the Block mine, Monday, had his right leg broken and his ankle thrown out of place by a fall of rock, and will be laid up for several weeks. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Henry Bloomfield, one of Moberly's best known citizens, died rather unexpectedly at his home in that city on the 8th, aged 63 years. he had been a resident of Moberly for forty-two years. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--W. F. Jones is the latest to join the ranks of automobile owners, having purchased a new car this week. He recently came through a railroad wreck with minor damages, which perhaps nerved him up to tackle an auto. It isn't likely, however, that he will do much joy riding. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--In a Wabash passenger wreck at Millard early Wednesday morning, engineer John Morrison, of Moberly, was killed, and several mail clerks and passengers slightly hurt. An extra freight had taken siding for the passenger and the switch had been left open by brakeman Armstrong, who was making his third trip. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--TELLS OF GRASSHOPPERS--John Brown recently returned from Kansas and has some great grasshopper tales to tell. He says the little pests covered about 200 square miles of territory so thickly as to cause immense damage to the farm crops. Some farmers lost their entire crops, the hoppers tripping off everything but the tassel. Mr. Brown had 100 acres of alfalfa that made 10 tons the first cutting. The next cutting which should have been the equal of the first, he cut only 40 tons and lays the loss of the 60 tons to the pests. A neighbor invented a means of catching and destroying them. He made a trough which he filled with a solution of kerosene and mounted it on wheels. Above it he put a long sheet of tin several feet wide. A horse was hitched to either end like a long tom rake and the machine driven about the hay field. The horses would scare up the hoppers, which would fly against the tin and drop into the kerosene, which killed them in a few minutes. Mr. Brown says the man thus caught over four bushels of hoppers at one round of a 20-acre alfalfa patch. He stated that the hoppers have not been such a pest since 1896. They seem to come periodically like the locusts--Shelbina Democrat. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--PERIL IN PATENT MEDICINES--By giving patent medicines to their babies when they are ill instead of consulting a physician, mothers endanger the lives of their little ones, declared Mrs. Margaret B. Simon of the Child Welfare Association at the mothers' clinic held at the Cohocksink Neighborhood House. Mrs. Simon told the mothers that the great proportion of alcohol and narcotic drugs in many patent medicines and the small medical properties they contain render them not merely valueless, but an actual menace to the lives of the babies. Many drug fiends, Mrs. Simon said, could trace their downfall directly to the patent medicines which were administered to them in childhood. She declared that parents who pride themselves on being staunch temperance advocates, but persist in giving their children patent medicines, are laying the foundation of intemperance for them in after life--Philadelphia North American. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--J. K. Warford, who has been visiting relatives in Oklahoma for the past three weeks, returned home yesterday. His son, Will, who accompanied him, returned last Friday. Mr. Warford think Oklahoma a beautiful country, but says the drought has destroyed the crops and that one judging the country now is apt to undervalue it. In returning home he came through southern Kansas, and saw no crops until he neared Kansas City. His health was greatly benefited by the trip. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Born, on the 11th, to Arthur Welcher and wife, a son. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Miss Eura Newman returned Friday from a visit with her sister, Mrs. E. J. Thompson of near Slater. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Johnathan Andrews of Parsons, Kansas, is the guest of his brother, B. F. Andrews, and family. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Mrs. Florence Oldham and daughter, Ruth, of Oklahoma City, Okla, visited W. R. Pattrick and wife Sunday. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Chas. ("Bitsy") Green, who has been playing with the Blues all summer, left Monday for his home in Marissa, Ill, to remain. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--A. C. Morris, of near Elliott, fell off a wagon Thursday of last week and had his collar bone broken. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--A CLOSE CALL--Fred Ongley, chief engineer for the Walton Coal Co, had a very narrow escape from death Wednesday. He was working about the shaker screen and was oiling some cups on the main shaft, when his clothing was caught by a key on the latter. Mr. Ongley braced himself as best he could and grabbed hold of an over-head timber, holding on until he was stripped of every particle of his clothing, except his shoes. His only injuries were a bruise on the legs and a swollen lip, having bitten the latter, it is presumed, in the terrible strain he was under. The first anyone knew of the accident was when Mr. Ongley appeared in the boiler room clad only in an oil coat which had been hanging near the screen, and asked G. D. Wright to go the engine room after his clothing. Mr. Ongley was alone at the time of the accident and if he called for help his cry was drowned by the noise of the machinery. It is a mystery to all how he escaped with his life. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Mrs. A. F. Hayden of Hannibal, was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Terrill, during the week. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Willard Brundege and wife were called to St. Louis Wednesday by the death of Wm. Lowe, a relative. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--J. W. Neal and Wes Wilson were before Police Judge Elgin Monday charged with fighting and disturbing the peace Saturday night. The former drew a fine of $2.50 and costs and the latter $5.00 and costs. Harry Huntley and Roy Warren were also arrested for interfering when deputy marshall O. L. Farris attempted to arrest the first named. Huntley was fined $10 and costs, while Warren jumped a $5.00 bond. Blackford Adams was also charged with interfering but entered a plea of not guilty. the case came up before a jury Wednesday, Mr. Adams being represented by J. W. Wight and the city by W. P. Cave. The defendant was found guilty and his fine placed at $10 and costs. He will appeal the case to the circuit court. Mr. Farris was unarmed when he made the arrest, and some of the big crowd which soon gathered, seemed to take advantage of the fact, one man drawing a knife and threatening to take his life, while another threw two bricks at him, one of which struck him a glancing blow on the shoulder and the other knocked his hat off. Other arrests, we learn, will be made. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Wm. Wallace and Bob Hulett had the contract to bale several stacks of old hay for A. W. Evans on the farm of Henry Shifflet out south of town. Friday they found a hornet's nest in one of the stacks and after getting the nest on the pitch fork and carrying it a short distance from the stack, set it on fire. A gust of wind sent the blazing straw into the stack and soon it was destroyed and Mr. Wallace came near losing his baler which was near the stack.--Armstrong Herald. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Mrs. Theo. K. Guntley of Spokane, Wash, is the guest of her parents, L. A. Hulett and wife, being called home by the serious illness of Mr. Hulett. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Hawk Phelps died at the home of his son-in-law, X. M. O 'Bryan, near Yates, on the 13th, aged 73 years. He is survived by six daughters and one son. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Such drunken brawls as were pulled off in the vicinity of H. C. Eubanks' saloon last Saturday night would be a disgrace to any community, and a few more such affairs will mean that the town will go dry three to one at the next local option election. The authorities have the hearty approval of all good citizens in their determination to put an end to such disgraceful affairs. And the surest and quickest way to accomplish such a result would be for Mayor Guerin to issue orders for the arrest of every man seen drunk on the streets, no matter who he is or where he hails from, and then see to it that his orders are carried out to the letter. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--A BEVIER MURDER--The mangled remains of David Jenkins, of Bevier, were found on the railroad track near his home Sunday morning. Thos. Towles of this place, an uncle of the deceased, who attended the funeral, informs us that there is no doubt but that it was a plain case of murder, as a big pool of blood was found at a pair of scales on a switch at least fifty yards from where the body was found. The engineer of the train which struck the body, we learn, stated that he saw Jenkins lying in the track but could not stop the train. He was of the opinion, from the position the body was lying between the rails where a switch intersected the main line, that it had been placed there. he was further convinced of the fact by the body being cold when the train crew reached it. Several men are under suspicion, we learn, one of whom is a negro who was heard to threaten Jenkins a day or two before, but so far no arrests have been made. Deceased was known to many here, and was a son of the late David Jenkins of Huntsville. He was 38 years of age and is survived by his mother, four brothers and two sisters. Friday, 15 Aug 1913--Dr. R. W. Blakey, who was a citizen of Higbee for a year or so, died in Fayette on the 12th, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Garrett Morehead, aged about 75 years. He is survived by two sons and three daughters. Interment was made at Roanoke. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.