Friday, 18 Apr 1913--May Burton writes from Council Bluffs, Ia; "Kindly change my address back to 152 W. Washington Ave. The family is home and the fruit farm sold. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--Dr. O. M. Long, formerly of Harrisburg but now of Columbia, has just been indicted on 36 separate counts for writing illegal whisky prescriptions. Several indictments were also returned against two other Columbia doctors for the same offense. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--Miss Lillian Bradley of Moberly was the guest of Higbee friends during the week. She informed us that her brother, John, who is in the west for his health, is steadily improving and now weighs 160 pounds. This is certainly good news to John's many Higbee friends. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--Thos. Warford, who is attending a school of pharmacy in St. Louis, is at home for the summer. He will graduate in another year. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--R. A. Reynolds and wife returned to their home in Inola, Okla, Monday. Mr. Reynolds informed us that oil and gas wells are being put down all around him, and that much gas is being struck. He has leased the oil rights on his farm to a big company and they will soon begin prospecting. In the event oil is struck, Mr. Reynolds will receive as his share one-eighth of all the oil produced--sufficient to make him a rich man. Here's hoping that every well put down will prove a bigger gusher than the last and that R. A. will soon have money to throw at the birds. He says that he is coming back to old Higbee, but don't know when. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--Jasper Hersman is nursing a sore hand, having fallen Sunday and dislocated two of his fingers. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--S. M. Naylor, formerly of the Myers neighborhood, died at the home of his son-in-law, Dan Price, in Fayette, on the 15th, aged about 80 years. He is survived by two sons and three daughters. Interment was made at Mt. Gilead. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--Chas. Miles this week purchased a 20-horse power Buick auto. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--M. T. GRIFFITH SERIOUSLY ILL--The NEWS regrets very much to have to report his week the serious illness of M. T. Griffith at his home northwest of town. He has not been well for a year or more and several months ago underwent an operation for the removal of a lot of his right cheek bone, which had become diseased. He rallied nicely from the operation and had since been improving until a week ago when he complained of feeling bad. Thinking it was nothing serious, he did not call in a doctor for several days. Monday he was stricken with paralysis, his lower limbs only affected. He suffers tortures from pains in his stomach which are gradually creeping higher, and unless a change for the better comes soon he can live but a short time. At the hour of going to press he was not better. His many friends will be pained to learn of his condition and all join the NEWS in the hope that he may be spared to them. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--SPURLING APPOINTED--President Wilson on Tuesday sent a list of 78 appointments to the senate for confirmation and among them was that of May W. Spurling to be postmaster at Higbee. As the appointment was not made immediately following Mr. Rucker's recommendation two weeks ago, it was believed by some that a fight was being put up against Mr. Spurling and that this appointment was being held up. So far as we know, Rucker's letter to the other applicants settled the matter. We presume that Mr. Spurling's commission will be forwarded to him at once, when he will take charge. Here's wishing May all the glory and long green to be got out of the office. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--The NEWS makes it's most humble apology to Miss Elizabeth Hudson, a member of the Higbee High School graduating class of 1913, for getting her name wrong last week when it gave the names of the graduates underneath their picture. We gave her name as Duncan. As we had the name correctly on the program, it was no killing matter, but the circumstance recalls the saying of Solomon, we believe it was, "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and then have his name spelled wrong in the newspapers?" Friday, 18 Apr 1913--John M. Rennolds and Thos. F. Howard of Fayette have been sued for $15,000 damages by Wm. Wingfield of that place because they circulated a petition asking the county court to refuse him a pool hall license. O. S. Barton of Fayette and Frank Farris of Crawford county are his attorneys. Mr. Rennolds is a brother of G. R. of this place and is well known here. Friday, 18 Apr 1913--GEO. E. DOUGHERTY DEAD--George E. Dougherty, who removed from near Myers to Moberly two or three years ago, died at his home in that city on Tuesday, April 15, 1913, aged 58 years. He is survived by his wife, three sons--Roma, of Moberly, Frank of near this place, and Ernest, of Ft. Worthy, Tex; two daughters--Mrs. J. H. Penn of Clifton, Ariz, and Miss Mollie Dougherty of Moberly. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. John T. Dougherty, four sisters--Mrs. Bettie Harrison, Moberly; Mesdames J. W. Franklin, J. D. Mobley and W. A. Hitt, and one brother, John M. Dougherty, all of Howard county. Mr. Dougherty had been an invalid for years, but never complained of his lot. In his death his family has lost a devoted husband and father and the community a most exemplary citizen. The body was brought to Higbee yesterday morning and interment made in New Hope cemetery, Howard county. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.