Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--ROY ADAMS ACQUITTED--The case of the State of Missouri against Roy Adams, charged with embezzling $1,300 was tried in circuit court yesterday, and when it went to the jury last night it required but about thirty minutes for that body to return a verdict declaring the defendant innocent of the charge against him. Mr. Adams was arrested several months ago, following charges made by a barber named Vaughn who claimed that he had given a check for $1,300 to Mr. Adams' aunt, Mrs. Williams. The latter claimed that she gave the check to Adams with instructions to get it cashed and to bring the money to her. Witnesses, employees of the bank at Higbee, proved that the check had been cashed by Adams, but Mrs. Williams claimed that he had never brought the money back to her. Adams did not deny this, but claimed the money was given to him in payment for a sum due him from his aunt. The defendant was represented by Attorneys Whitecotton & Wight, while the attorneys for the State were W. P. Cave and Jerry M. Jefferies.--Moberly Monitor. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--The NEWS is issued under great difficulties this week, the office being torn up from one end to the other and type cases piled here and there because of the installation of a typesetting machine. We cant say how long it will be before we have the machine in operation, but hope to be able to set next week's paper with it. If so, it may be that we shall be a little late. When we get thoroughly acquainted with the machine we hope to be able to set the entire paper, and then some, in a day, which will give us three or four days a week to get out on the streets, mingle with people and solicit business. It will be something like beginning life all over again. When we get the machine going we want the general public to come in and see it at work. Without doubt it is one of the world's greatest and most wonderful inventions. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--Ed Liddle, who married a daughter of the late L. Sly of this place and who moved to Iowa several years ago, was arrested here the first of the week upon complaint of Des Moines officials that he was wanted there for deserting his family. He was willing to waive requisition papers, and was turned over to a Des Moines officer Tuesday. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--Roger Warford, who has been living on the Geo. Webb place south of town, has decided to go to Montana where he will take up a claim. He will sell a lot of personal property on the 10th, a list of which can be seen elsewhere. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--E. Ray Holtzclaw, who has been teaching near Jacksonville for the past six months, is at home again, his school having closed Friday. Ray is one of Higbee's most steady and reliable young men as well as studious, and will be heard from some day. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--Thos. Warford and wife of Madison spent Sunday here, the guests of Dr. C. F. Burkhalter and family. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--A SURPRISE PARTY--Last Sunday a number of relatives and neighbors planned a pleasant surprise for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Andrews of the Myers vicinity, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have both been sick this winter, and unable to get out very much, and when the several people arrived at their home at the noon hour with well filled baskets their surprise can only be imagined, as they had been previously informed over the telephone that the crowd were going on a picnic. After spreading the dining table with all the good things Mrs. Andrews always has prepared, the afternoon was most pleasantly spent in music and conversation and at a late hour the guests departed for their homes after repeated request from host and hostess to come again. Those present were Omer Andrews and wife, S. T. Mobley and wife, John F. Andrews and wife, Birch Dougherty and family and Mrs. Anna Atkins of Higbee. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--Mrs. John Little and son, Rankin, spent Saturday and Sunday with Salisbury relatives. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--MRS. CHAS. WHEELER DEAD--Mrs. Chas. Wheeler, who had been in poor health for the past two years, died at her home in this place on Sunday, Feb 25, 1917. Mrs. Wheeler, whose maiden name was Jones, was born near Higbee on April 11, 1852, and was therefore in her 65th year. She was united in marriage to Chas. B. Wheeler in January, 1877. They were the parents of five children, four of whom, with the father, survive, viz: Mrs. Jenkins Williams, Mrs. Nettie Robinson and Milton Wheeler, all of Higbee, and Mrs. S. N. McGarvey of Oklahoma. A son, Charles, died two years ago. She also leaves a niece, Miss Ressie Robb, of Moberly, whom she reared from infancy and whom she loved as her own child. She is also survived by two brothers , Rollie and James Jones. Mrs. Wheeler was a devoted and loving wife and mother and was a devout Christian woman, and had been a member of the Christian church for almost forty years, and in her death the family and the community have suffered an irreparable loss. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. Hendren of Centralia assisted by Eld. Keiter of Moberly. Interment was made in the city cemetery. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--James Rice and family of Marissa, Ill., were called here the first of the week by the illness of Mr. Rice's father, Dan Rice. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--SAM JONES DEAD--Sam Jones, familiarly known to Higbee people as "Sailor Sam," died at his home in Moberly, in which place he had lived for the past six years or more, Thursday of last week, following a short illness. Two brothers, one in San Francisco and the other in Brazil, Ind., survive him. Interment was made in Oakland cemetery. Mr. Jones, who was about 65 years old, was born in Wales, and came to this country when quite a young man, locating in this county where he had since resided almost continuously. He first located at Renick, and here her met Mrs. Wm. Knight to whom he was married when she was convinced that Mr. Knight, who had left home for Moberly a year or so before and had disappeared as completely as if the earth had swallowed him, was dead. Some fifteen or twenty years later, when they were living at Higbee, Mr. Knight returned, and securing a divorce from Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones again married Mr. Knight, who lived but a year or two following his return, and a few years later she was married to H. C. Wilcox, and they are at present residing at or near her old home near Renick. Following her second marriage to Mr. Knight, Mr. Jones boarded with them for several months, then went to Arkansas where he worked in the mines for a year or two, and since his return to this county had visited Higbee but very seldom. "Sailor Sam" had his faults, but he was a good man at heart and was all that a father could be to his step-son, Polie Knight, and was never the same man after the latter's death. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--A FAMILY REUNION--Saturday, February 24, was a day long to be remembered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Baker of near Clark, the occasion being the celebration of Mrs. S. E. Baker's 70th birthday, and was a memorable one, it being the first time in 20 years that all the children were together with the aged mother at the same time. All brought well filled baskets, and a feast fit for a king was spread, to which all did full justice. Those present: Bruner Heathman and family, Armstrong; Dod Baker and family, James Baker and family, Ed Baker and family, Mrs. W. Duffield, all of Higbee; One Spurling and family, Moberly and Geo. Baker, Sioux City, Ia. The day was a very happy one for all and they reluctantly departed at a late hour, each wishing Mrs. Baker many more such birthdays. Friday, 2 March 1917, Vol. 30, No 48--Ott Smiley, of Madison, a blacksmith of over 20 years' experience, has leased the Embree blacksmith shop, formerly run by Thos. Osburn, and is now ready for business. He will move his family here as soon as he can find a house. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.