Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--The many Higbee friends of Roger Bagby of Armstrong are delighted to see him a citizen of Higbee once more, he having accepted a position as prescription clerk at Dr. J. W. Winn's drug store, succeeding E. R. Smith. Mr. Bagby recently passed the examination required by the state board of pharmacy and is now a registered pharmacist. Dr. Winn is to be congratulated on securing the services of such a capable and courteous gentleman as Mr. Bagby, and we trust that latter's stay will be permanent. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--Arthur Snedeker, one of the Alton's telegraph operators at this place, returned Friday of last week from St. Louis where he enlisted as a telegraph operator for service in France, and will likely go with the division of railway men to be sent soon. They so not make any better young men than Arthur Snedeker, and if he is called upon to do any fighting the Germans will find out that he can handle a gun as well as the wires. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--Mrs. Reuben Rennolds of Inola, Okla, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Robb. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--The age limits for applicants for enlistment in the regular army has been raised from 7 to 35 to 18 to 40. (Kathy's notes: This is an obvious typo, unless they truly were enlisting children? I suspect they meant 17.) Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--Mrs. John Rankin and brother, Raymond Edwards, spent Sunday in Columbia with their sister, Miss Mable Edwards. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--Mrs. J. B. Forbis, a sister of Sam Houchin of near this place, died at her home in Clark on Tuesday. She was 70 years of age. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--Wesley Whitten, a 14-year-old Moberly boy, was drowned in Forest Park lake near that city Friday of last week while in swimming. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--REGISTRATION MEN ARE NAMED FOR COUNTY--The following is the list of precincts, together with the registrars which I have selected, for the purpose of supervising the registration of all males in Randolph County, under date of June 5, 1917. Moberly, first ward--A. C. Gladney, Lee Galbreath, E. Y. Keiter; Moberly second ward--Louis Ratliff, W. R. Hall, A. D. Edwards. Moberly third ward--J. F. Curry, George Sparks, Gus J. Ginther. Moberly fourth ward--Phares Weis, W. B. Stone, Swan McDonald. Sugar Creek township--Greene Terrill, Orville Meals. Salt Spring township (Huntsville) first ward--Ezra Sears, Dorsey Burckhart, Jr., Second ward, W. J. Day, W. O. Doyle. Thomas Hill--George Jackson, Terrill Epperly. Darksville--J. D. Rice, Race Campbell. Mt. Carmel--Irvin Ratliff, Elliott Palmer. Jacksonville--O. E. Snow, W. H. Howerton. Cairo--Geo. Baker, Joe Richeson. Levick's Mill--Pless Patton, Orville Newton. Union--J. C. Husell, Hubert Engle. Renick--Will Davis, J. R. Christian. Clark--S. P. Hulen, T. R. Morris. Elliott--Wiley Marshall, Jim Jennings. Higbee--C. C. Hon, J. T. Randolph. Yates--Bert Pitts, Roy Quinn. Roanoke--Leonard Crutchfield, A. H. Hunker. Mt. Airy--Tom Green, Eugene Hurt. Clifton--C. V. Lambert, Caples Matlock. Registration rooms will be selected and made known at later date. I want to thank the public who have so generously volunteered for this work and am only sorry that all the volunteers could not be used. I have understood from various sources that certain individuals between the ages of 21 and 31 have stated that they were not going to register. My advice to them is to register and save unnecessary trouble and notoriety. HENRY T. OWENS, Sheriff. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--J. W. PATTRICK GOES TO FRANCE--Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pattrick received a shock Wednesday from which they have not yet recovered, by a message from their son and only child, J. H. Pattrick, who has been holding a government position in Washington for the past year, informing them that he had enlisted and would sail the next day for France, and is now, presumably, somewhere upon the broad Atlantic. Mr. Pattrick goes to France as the private secretary to the head of the Army Medical Division, and will draw a salary of $1600 and expenses. That the place is one of trust and the greatest responsibility goes without saying, and his having been given the place without "pull" or influence of any kind except his ability and gentlemanly bearing, is indeed an honor and one of which his fond parents should be justly proud. We judge that he will be stationed in Paris, or at a safe distance from the firing line and that about the only danger he will be in will be from U-boats on the trip over, and as the latter seem to be getting what is coming to them here of late, we have no doubt the trip will be a safe one. The NEWS joins his other numerous friends in hearty congratulations on his having secured such an important position and in the hope that he may soon safely return. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--C. W. Williams left Wednesday for Kansas City where he will spend a few days before going to the home of his parents, at King City. He informed us that he would leave about June 1 for Colorado for a short stay and would then go to Montana or Wyoming, but was uncertain as to where he would locate. He made a host of friends while here and ran a jewelry store of which a town many times the size of Higbee could have pointed to with pride, and it is a matter of general regret that he has seen fit to seek a better location, and his numerous friends join the NEWS in the hope that he may yet change his mind and see fit to return to Higbee and again embark to business. But wherever he and Mrs. Williams decide to cast their lot they will carry with them the best wishes of a legion of friends in old Higbee. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--Mrs. Jane Mattox returned the first of the week from New Florence, where she was called Wednesday of last week by the accidental shooting of her grandson, Claude Long. A neighbor of the latter, who thought to rid his shade trees of black birds, armed himself with a shotgun and fired into a bunch of the birds. He evidently aimed lower than he intended, or had his mind on nothing but blackbirds, for the entire load when through a window of the house of Mr. Long, striking the latter in the abdomen, but fortunately penetrating to no vital spot. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--SMITH-BURKHALTER--Mr. C. C. Smith and Miss Toinette Burkhalter sprang a big surprise on their friends last Saturday by motoring to Clifton Hill and getting married, the ceremony being performed by Rev. D. M. Trout, pastor of the Baptist Church. They left the home of the bride that morning, presumably for a short motor ride, and the first intimation that they were married came in a telephone message to the bride's parents. They returned home the next day and left Wednesday for Orrick where they will reside, at least for the summer. The bride is the pretty and accomplished daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Burkhalter whose sunny disposition and amiable manner made her a favorite with all. Mr. Smith comes from one of Ray counties best families, and during his stay in Higbee as superintendent of our schools made many warm friends and proved himself a gentleman in the truest sense of the term, and worthy of the fair prize he won. That their path through life may be full of sunshine and strewn with roses is the sincere wish of The News. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--Mrs. Belle Murphy was made supremely happy the first of the week by the receipt of a letter from her son, Mark, who is secretary for the captain of one of Uncle Sam's battleships, asking her to come to Key West, Florida and spend the summer with him, and will leave today or tomorrow for that place, probably going by way of Chicago to see her other sons, Earl and Paul. Her many friends join the NEWS in the hope that the summer will be as delightful to her as she anticipates. Friday, 25 May 1917, Vol. 31, No 8--Tyre Burton, while engaged in wrecking the old Botts carpenter shop at the rear of his residence Friday of last week, received quite a severe fall, when one of the rafters broke with him. He fell about ten feet, but escaped with no more serious injury than a severe shaking up. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.