Friday, 9 Oct 1914--JOHN W. SPURLING--John W. Spurling, brief mention of whose death was made in our last issue, was born near Clark on March 30, 1835, and died October 1, 1914. Funeral services were conducted at the home on the 2nd by Rev. I. M. Turnage and interment made at Mt. Vernon. The deceased was one of eleven children, but one of whom, Jas. Spurling, of near Clark, survives. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Gibson in 1855, and who died in 1872, leaving eight children, viz., Henry Spurling, Mexico, Mrs. Sallie Jones, Clark, W. G., deceased, James R., Centralia, Mrs. Anna Ridgway, deceased, Mrs. Ella Edwards, Moberly, Mrs. Cora Edwards, Ashland. In 1873 he was married to Miss Minerva Lawrence, who with the nine children born to them, survives him. The children are Mrs. Minnie Bradley, Clark, John S., Higbee, Mrs. Melie White, Mrs. Gertie Smith, Edward, Rufus, Clarence, Orley, and Miss Ollie, all of Clark. Besides seventeen children of his own, he reared two orphans from infancy. He joined the Baptist church at an early age and was a faithful member and consistent Christian, and served the Perche church as deacon for many years. He will be missed as a kind and honorable friend and a loving and indulgent husband and father. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--S. M. Hirsch received a telegram Wednesday from his sister-in-law, Miss Mina Levi, informing him of her safe arrival in New York. She will reach St. Louis today, Friday, where she will spend a day or two before coming home. She has been in Germany for the past year, visiting her mother, and sailed from Holland on Sept 26. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Mrs. Robert Childers returned to her home in Marshfield Saturday, after an extended visit with her parents, T. D. Williams and wife. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Born, on the 8th, to D. W. Thomas and wife, a son. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Born, on the 8th, to John A. Kirby and wife, a daughter. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Frank and George Maddox of Rosco, NM, were called here this week by the illness of their mother, Mrs. Katherine Maddox. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Mrs. R. L. Hines suffered a slight stroke of paralysis Saturday, her right side and speech being partially affected. She was a great deal better yesterday, we are pleased to state. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Caleb Edwards of Moberly is the guest of his son, Ben L., and wife. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Roy Richards of Gillispie, Ill, is the guest of his parents, Jas. Richards and wife. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Mrs. Georgia Middleton, who is teaching at Novinger, was called home Saturday by the illness of her mother, Mrs. R. L. Hines. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Will Longdon, who is at work in Springfield Ill, is at home on a visit. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Uncle Joe Lessly spent the week with his daughter, Mrs. Adam Ham, of near Slater. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--A CLOSE CALL--T. H. Walton and wife and J. W. Bottoms of this place, and H. C. Houtz and wife of Kansas City had a very narrow escape from death in an automobile accident near Kansas City Wednesday evening of last week, and that all should escape with their lives and no broken bones is a little short of remarkable. Mr. and Mrs. Walton and Mr. Bottoms had gone to the city in the latter's car to attend the grand lodges of the Masonic and Eastern Star orders and were stopping with Mr. and Mrs. Houtz. Wednesday the party went to Leavenworth on a pleasure trip and it was on their return that the accident happened. Mr. Bottoms was driving the car at about a 15 or 18 mile an hour clip and did not notice, until too late to stop, that the road ahead, where a turn was made, had a big slant in it, one side being some three feet higher than the other. As the car was going too fast to take the turn, the inevitable thing happened and the car turned over. Mr. Walton, who was in the front seat and on the high side of the car, was thrown about twenty feet, as was Mr. Houtz, who was on the same side of the car in the rear seat. They were both thrown over a barbed wire fence, Mr. Houtz clearing it, but Mr. Walton's feet catching in the top of it. The car came to a stop directly over them, being held by an immense fence post made from a telegraph pole. Mr. Walton had his left wrist sprained, and his clothing badly torn. Mr. Houtz's clothing was equally damaged but he escaped with a few bruises and scratches. Mrs. Houtz escaped without a single scratch. Mrs. Walton was by far the worse hurt and sustained injuries from which she will be weeks in recovering. She was thrown about fifteen feet and landed in a pile of tin cans and other rubbish by the side of the road. The tendons in her left forearm were torn loose at the elbow and her right shoulder dislocated. She was badly cut about the face and nose, and her lower lip lacerated, her teeth being driven through it to the skin. Although she was conscious, and was able to walk to a farm house close by, she was totally blind for about half an hour, her sight not returning until she had been in the house about fifteen minutes. Mr. Bottoms escaped with a few cuts about the face and a slight injury to one of his knees. As soon as a doctor, who had been summoned from the farm house, had given the injured emergency treatment, Mr. Bottoms returned to the scene of the accident to see what shape his car was in. When it was again placed on its wheels the only visible damage was a broken wind shield and two or three badly bent fenders. As it was almost half a mile to a car line and no one felt like walking, Mr. Bottoms gave the crank a turn, but not with any hope that the engines would respond, when all were delighted to find that the car ran as well as ever. They returned to the city in the car, where the injuries of al were more thoroughly examined. Mr. and Mrs. Walton came home the next day, the latter missing the pleasure of attending the Star grand chapter. Mr. Bottoms did not return until Saturday, being too sore to undertake the trip sooner. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--The parties who left here a week ago last Sunday for a fishing trip to the Ozarks, are back, one car getting in Friday night and the other one Sunday night. Owing to high water they did not catch as many fish as they expected, but managed to keep the frying pan reasonably full. They report a most delightful trip, but a very hard one, and enough experiences to fill a book. the car to get in Sunday, driven by Caleb Lynch, had rather had luck, wearing out its brakes before Linn Creek was reached. As the car contained five passengers and part of the camping outfit, it shot down some of the almost perpendicular hills with the speed of a fast mail train making up time. After the first hill had been descended at risk of life and limb the boys awoke to the fact that something would have to be done if they expected to reach home alive, when one of the party hit on the idea of attaching a tree to the rear axle, the bunch riding the tree while Caleb held the car in the road. As some of the trees were six inches in diameter and with the added weight of those who rode it barely held the car back, the steepness of the hills can be imagined. It was great sport as well as hard work, but was not without danger, as several times the boys were thrown off the improvised drag, but without any damage except a few bruises and torn clothing. They are all in for the trip next year but want fewer in the party, as half of them were kept busy cooking all the time. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Mrs. Ed Laight received a letter the first of the week from Mrs. Wm. Mason of Fayette stating that the latter's husband had just received a letter from England informing him of the death of his father. Deceased, it will be remembered, was a citizen of Higbee for a short time, returning to England about two years ago. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--Mrs. John Mooney will sell a lot of personal property at her home south of town on the 13th. See list in this issue. We learn that Mrs. Mooney is thinking of making her home in Iowa with her son. Friday, 9 Oct 1914--James Murphy, Moberly's oldest citizen died at his home in that city Wednesday of last week, aged 94 years. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.