Friday, 3 Mar 1916--HUNTSVILLE LAWYERS SCRAP--City Attorney B. Earl Cowherd and Norman Johnson, a lawyer, engaged in a fistic battle about 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Cowherd was going north on Depot street when he met Johnson. They came to blows immediately. Geo. Mayo who was near separated them as soon as possible and friends of each led them away. Cowherd's face was covered with blood, while Johnson was unhurt except for a bruise on the hand. Cowherd's injuries were not at first considered serious, and he was up town Thursday. Early this morning, Friday, upon the advice of his physician he went to Moberly to take treatment in a hospital. Johnson pleaded guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace before police Judge Sandison and paid a fine of $1 and costs. The two lawyers have not been on friendly terms for some time. the immediate cause of the fight was a case that came up before Justice M. A. Finnell here Wednesday. Johnston was attorney for the plaintiff in the suit and Cowherd represented the defendant's side. When the former made objection to a motion made by Cowherd, the latter is said to have made an utterance which led to an attempt on the part of Johnston to hit Cowherd. Justice Finnell made them desist.--Huntsville Times. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--MURDERED BY ASSASSIN--The following article, giving the particulars of the killing of Warner C. Smith, a brother of E. R. Smith, prescription clerk at Winn's pharmacy, is taken from the Boonville Advertiser. It is about as cold-blooded a murder as we ever read of: The sad news was received here Monday of last week, in a telegram, of the death of Warner C. Smith, son of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Smith of High street, this city. The message conveyed the sad fact that Warner had been murdered by an assassin. The facts as gathered from a newspaper published at Maxwell, California, are about as follows: About 4:30 o'clock on Monday morning, February 15, Warner was aroused from his slumbers by the appearance of a man at his bed-room door and saying he wanted something from the store in which Warner was working as an accountant. The store is at Germantown, California. Smith had not key to the store at the time, having returned from a visit with his uncle, Benjamin Smith, at Maxwell, on Sunday. The assassin forced Smith to call his fellow clerk with whom he was lodging, and the bandit forced them to the store to open it. On the inside he gave the order for them to open the safe. This was done at the point of a revolver in the hand of the bandit. The outer door of the safe was opened but the key to the inside door could not be found. At it was getting near daylight, the bandit forced the two young men to walk up the railroad track for about one mile or more and there deliberately shot Warner Smith to death. The other clerk escaped but received two slight wounds from the pistol in the hands of the assassin. The young man, Jensen, ran back to Germantown and gave the alarm. A posse of men started in pursuit of the bandit and captured him, and he was lodged in jail. The remains of Smith were taken to Maxwell and after funeral services in the Catholic church, were interred there. Warner Smith was 31 years of age. He graduated from the Boonville high school in 1902. His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, and sister, Miss Bernice, live in Boonville, and a brother, Elmer, at Higbee. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--RUCKER ITEMS--Miss Rosa Foulks, a pretty and accomplished young lady of Rucker, and Edmond Chapman, an industrious young farmer of near Higbee were united in marriage at Moberly Friday, Feb 25. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--Born, on Feb. 29, to L. McElhaney and wife, a daughter. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--Carlos Williams left the first of the week for Detroit, where he has employment in Ford's big plant. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--J. H. Sunderland of Inola, Ok, and J. E. Sunderland of Macon, attended the funeral of their brother, Amos, here Tuesday. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--Will S. Walton spent the week in St. Louis buying new spring goods. He was accompanied by his little daughter, Virginia, and had her fitted with glasses by a specialist. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--Burley Wheeler, who recently moved to Colorado, orders his paper sent to Hugo, where he has decided to locate. He says the weather out there is fine, and that he has seen no mud since leaving Missouri. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--We printed bills this week for Chas. Ketchum who will sell a lot of personal property at his farm south of town on the 10th, a list of which can be found elsewhere. Mr. Ketchum, who has been in poor health for some time, will move to Colorado. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--CHAPMAN-FOWLKS--Mr. Edmond Chapman and Miss Rosa Fowlks, two popular young people of the vicinity, were married at Moberly on Feb 25. The NEWS joins others in congratulations and best wishes. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--Frank Shaefer who works at the Walton mine, discovered on quitting work yesterday that his gold watch and chain, which he had left in the wash room when he went to work, was gone, and reported his loss to Marshal Williams. the latter phoned to the Moberly authorities and in about an hour the watch was found in a pawn shop, having been pawned by Frank Roady, a stranger, who had been at work at the mine but a few days. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--Geo McGill left Sunday for Mineral, Kansas, in response to a message stating that his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jane Russell, was seriously ill and not expected to live. A letter from Mr. McGill received by his daughter, Mrs. Fred Race, yesterday, stated that Mrs. Russell was no better and that she was gradually sinking. This will be sad news to Mrs. Russell's old Higbee friends and all join the NEWS in the hope that she will be spared to her children. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--THREE KILLED BY TRAIN--Miss Hilda Reynolds Formerly of Higbee One of Three Killed by Train in Oklahoma Wednesday--The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Reynolds, formerly of this place, were shocked beyond measure when a message was received Wednesday by Mr. Reynolds' father-in-law, David Robb, stating that his daughter, Miss Hilda, had been killed and two other of his children badly hurt when a train crashed into a wagon which was conveying a lot of school children to their homes. It was at first reported that the two who were injured were fatally hurt, but this proved to be untrue, we are pleased to state. We have been unable to get any particulars of the sad affair save the following, taken from the Kansas City Journal: "Three persons were killed and four others injured near Inola, Ok, today when a southbound Iron Mountain train crashed into a wagon, carrying fifteen school children, hurling the wagon and children into the right of way. "The dead are: J. J. Stiles, 60 years old, driver of the wagon; Hilda Reynolds, 17, and Doma Cummings, 16. "The injured are; Lora Cummings, 18, injured internally, seriously; Ray Lowther, 7; Rubey Rennolds, 11, and Thelma Reynolds, 8, all badly bruised. "The train stopped and all were rushed to the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf hospital at Muskogee. Stiles died before the train had gone two miles and Doma Cummins died on the train near Wagoner." "The party was in a covered wagon driven by Stiles, who held the contract for transporting the country children of the consolidated school." The body will arrive today at 1:40 over the Alton and taken to the home of Miller Robb. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church at 2 o'clock Saturday by the Rev. L. M. White of Fayette. Interment will be made in Tucker cemetery by the side of a sister, Miss Bertha, who died in April, 1913. The deepest sympathy of all goes out to the bereaved family. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--W. H. Magruder of east of town, who shipped his household effects to Texas about the first of the year, is now back to the old home, his goods having arrived here several days ago. We saw Mr. Magruder in town Monday and he said he was only back on a visit--think he was only joking, and no doubt the visit will be prolonged the remainder of his life. Any way the Herald will join with all the people of the community in extending the glad hand of welcome to Mr. Magruder to come back and be one of us again--Armstrong Herald. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--AMOS SUNDERLAND DEAD--Amos Sunderland, one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of this community, died at the home of his son, David M., west of town Sunday, March 27, at 5 p.m., following an illness of several months. Mr. Sunderland, who was 61 years old, was born in Macon county, but had resided in this immediate vicinity since early manhood and was well and favorably known to all. He is survived by his widow, two sons and three daughters, two sisters, eight brothers and two half brothers, besides a wide circle of friends. Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Ararat Baptist church, of which deceased had long been a member, by Rev. Notley Magruder, and interment made in Old Log Chapel cemetery. The NEWS joins the community in condolence to the bereaved ones. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--Uncle Joel Yates of the Yates vicinity, who is about 77 years old, is the oldest person we know of in this section to have the mumps during the present epidemic. He had them 60 years ago, when but one side of his face was affected, as is the case this time. Friday, 3 Mar 1916--ADKISSON-STEVENSON--Alvin Louie Adkisson, of Sturgeon, and Miss Edith Belle Stevenson, of Higbee, came to Moberly today and were granted a marriage license by Circuit Clerk A. R. Marshall. They were married a short time later by Judge Everett Hamilton at his office in the court house. They will make their future home in Sturgeon, to which place they went on one of the afternoon trains--Moberly Monitor. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.