Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--A LETTER FROM DAVID SHARP--Schweich, Germany, Feb. 26--Dear Scott: Have just finished reading a copy of the NEWS of January 30th, so thought I would drop you a few lines. With the exception of a sore jaw, a broken nose and a busted lip, obtained in boxing a few nights ago, I am feeling fine. We are having a number of entertainments, consisting of boxing, wresting and comedy acts. The regiment is divided and a series of boxing bouts are being staged to decide the championship of the two towns. Some great times we are having. The YMCA gives us a show now and then. They gave us one yesterday which was enjoyed immensely, and in which we had a chance to see three American women. The latter was a treat within itself. I suppose you have heard of the 89th football team. They play tomorrow at Coblenz to decide the championship of the Army of Occupation. So far, they have won every game played. Have just heard some news as to our sailing date. One of our officers who has been in Treir said we would not leave here before the 20th of May, at the earliest possible date. Well, I suppose I can stand it, although I hate to awful bad. It is not half so bad to stay here now as it was five months ago while we were in France. The people are very hard pressed for food. They have plenty, such as it is, which is always potatoes and kraut. Once in a great while they have soup, and they can get meat once a week and for one meal only. The butchers kill on Thursdays and early Friday morning the people line up before the door like hungry soldiers before the door of a mess hall. Germany is a very pretty country and has a fine climate. Don't believe it has been below zero this winter. It has been raining all this week, but we have no mud to contend with. Every little town has paved streets and the roads are macadamized. Since moving to this town I have seen quite a bit of Germany. I have had no trouble getting a pass and I have sure taken advantage of it. It costs us nothing to ride the trains or street cards, but hotel bills come pretty high. The people do not like to see us ride the trains or cars and the conductors try to collect sometimes, but they are out of luck. We pay no attention to them, and if they insist all one has to do is to look like he is going to kill a Dutchman and they sure beat it. I see there are lots of boys being mustered out of the service. I sure wish I could be one of them. But I guess I should be satisfied, as I now have a good place to sleep and get three square meals a day, which is something I didn't get while on the front. Now that it is over with, I think I would be better off at home. "Well, it is supper time, so I will close." Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--J. B. WINN DEAD--Jas. B. Winn, one of Howard county's oldest and best known citizens, died at his home south of town on Sunday night, March 23, after an illness of about two weeks from kidney trouble. Mr. Winn was born in Howard county on December 8, 1841, and was married to Miss Mary Naylor on May 31, 1867, and who preceded him to the great beyond about two years ago. They were the parents of five children, two of whom died in infancy. The surviving children are Warner, John and William Winn. He also leaves nine grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren, one brother, John Winn, and one sister, Mrs. Octavo Fisher. Funeral services were held Tuesday at New Hope, where interment was made. Mr. Winn was a conscientious Christian gentleman and in his death the community has sustained an irreparable loss. The sympathy of all goes to the bereft. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--Mrs. Dora Dyre and daughter, Mrs. Jas. Dougherty, returned the first of the week from a visit with Kansas City relatives. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--Mrs. E. G. Owens and little daughter, Mary Evelyn, of Moberly, are the guest of Higbee friends. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--Mrs. Ola Bradley, we learn, this week secured a divorce from her husband, Aubrey Bradley, and was given back her name, Ola Williams. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--Geo. Kelso, who received his discharge from the Navy some time ago, came in from Wyoming Sunday for short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kelso. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--Mrs. Elizabeth O'Donnell was called to St. Louis Monday by the death of her son-in-law, Elmer Brooks, who died that day from pneumonia following an attack of the flu. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--Mr. and Mrs. James Ballentine moved to their farm near Renick Tuesday. The farm was purchased this week. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--John Ballentine who has been stationed at Camp McArthur came home Tuesday having received a honorable discharge. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--Glen Walker, who has been in the Navy for the past year, and stationed at Great Lakes, Ill., is now on the battleship New Mexico, and orders his address changed to that address, care postmaster at New York. He expects to take a trip to China and also to France before he again sees any of his old friends. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--R. G. Duncan, we learn, received a letter this week from his son Carl, informing him that he would sail for the good old USA on March 10, and if he was not detained beyond that date he would be at home in a short time. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--Roy Adams and Fred Alexander, of Moberly, who were tried at Marshall last week on the charge of having bribed a state witness in the Miami bank robbery case, tried at Marshall several weeks ago, each plead guilty and were fined $100 and costs. The case against the bank robber was retried and he was given 15 years. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--HAWKINS-REESE--One of the prettiest home weddings to occur in Higbee in a long time was that of Mr. H. D. Hawkins of Marshall and Mrs. Lizzie L. Reese, which occurred at the home of the latter at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 26, the Rev. L. F. Shook pastor of the Marshall Methodist church, officiating. The wedding was a very quiet affair, only the immediate relatives of the bride and a few of her closest and oldest neighbors being present. The attendants were Mr. William Reese, a son of the bride, and Miss Julia Edwards, the party marching into the room to the strains of the wedding march played by Miss Pearl Forsythe, and preceded by Little Miss Ruth Richards, ring bearer. The latter also sang most beautifully a song appropriate to the occasion. Immediately following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins boarded the east bound Alton train for Chicago and other points east. Following their return they will make their home in Marshall. The bride is one of Higbee's best and most highly respected ladies, and will be given up by a wide circle of intimate friends and acquaintances with very great regret. The groom is one of Marshall's most substantial citizens and is a gentleman in every sense of the term. The NEWS joins other friends in hearty congratulations and best wishes. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--YATES COUPLE ELOPED--Mr. Chas. N. Robb and Miss Myrtle Craig, two popular young people of the Yates vicinity, objection being made to their marriage on account of the age of the young lady, she being but 16, took matters into their own hands Wednesday and eloped. They had evidently laid their plans in advance, for when Mr. Robb drove up to the Yates high school building, where Miss Craig was a pupil, she got in the car, for a short ride, her chums thought. On finding that their daughter had left the school, Mr. and Mrs. Craig hurried to Higbee, only to find that the young folks had boarded a train, but to where no one knew. They kept the telephone lines busy calling all the surrounding towns, and finally located the runaways in Macon, but not until after they had been married. The happy couple returned home that evening on the south bound train going to the home of Mr. Robb's brother, near Yates. They are two very popular and deserving young people and have the best wishes of a host of friends for a life of unalloyed bliss. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--DOUGHERTY-HAMILTON--Mr. S. E. Dougherty of near Myers and Mrs. Maria J. Hamilton of this place, whose approaching marriage had been rumored for a week or two, went to Fayette Wednesday where they were united in marriage in the parlors of Hotel Howard by Eld. H. A. Brown, the witnesses being J. M. Dougherty of Fayette and Miss Lena Williams of Burton. Mr. Dougherty is one of Howard's finest gentlemen and successful farmers. Mrs. Dougherty, who moved here recently from Renick, is not unknown to Higbee folks, having spent most of her life in this vicinity, being a sister of Wm. and J. N. Cleeton, and is a lady held in the very highest esteem by all who have the pleasure of her acquaintance. They will make their home, we learn, on the farm near Myers. The NEWS joins others in congratulations and best wishes. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--MISS EMMA VINCENT MARRIED--Miss Emma Vincent of this place, who has been in a St. Louis Nurses' Training School for several months, was married in St. Louis yesterday to Mr. Ernest Hartman of that city. They are expected here today for a short visit. The bride is one of Higbee's sweetest young ladies, and her host of friends join the NEWS in best wishes. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--EXPOSED BY HIS WIFE, EX-PRESSMAN ENDS LIFE--Two Wagon loads of Missing Packages Found in Home of Fayette Agent.--Fayette, Mo., March 25--Everett Peacher, who was arrested in Fayette Sunday, on the charge of stealing packages while in transit from the American Express Company in this city, committed suicide at his home yesterday by cutting his throat with a razor, which he had secured in some manner when taken to his home shortly after noon to-day, to identify some of the stolen goods. For the past year the express company had been missing goods from packages, and all efforts to trace the theft failed until Saturday night, when Everett Peacher, the local ex-pressman, quarreled with his wife. Sunday Mrs. Peacher appeared before Circuit Judge A. W. Walker and told him that her husband had been stealing express packages for a year. Peacher was arrested and lodged in jail. When Peacher's premises were searched, over two wagon loads of missing goods were found in his cellar and outbuildings, the value of which was estimated at $3,000. Among the articles found were several gallons of whiskey, a diamond, gold watch, and incubator, two cases of shoes, 200 pairs of silk hose, 150 silk ties, 100 silk shirts and shirtwaists, three suits of clothes, an overcoat, 50 pounds of candy and 1,00 cigars. Peacher leaves a widow and two small children. He had been divorced from his wife, but they were remarried a few years ago. This was the first time he had ever been found guilty of any offense against the law. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--MRS. PORTER NEVINS DEAD--Mrs. Porter Nevins, who moved with her husband to Moberly some months ago, died at their home in that place Monday, following a short illness. She was about forty years old and is survived by her husband and four children, who have the profoundest sympathy of all. Interment was made at Roanoke, her old home. Friday, 28 Mar 1919, Vol 32. No 49--WOMAN DIES AT 91, WAS NEVER OUT OF COUNTY--Mrs. Elizabeth Howard Was Sister-in-Law of Missouri's First Governor. Fayette, Mo., March 23--Mrs. Elizabeth Howard, who was born in Howard county, near Fayette, October 1, 1827, died after a brief illness at the home of her youngest son, Paul Howard, on a farm in Howard county, last Thursday. Funeral services were held at Mt. Gillead Baptist church, of which she had been a member for years. She was a sister-in-law of Benjamin Howard, the first territorial governor of Missouri from 1810 to 1813, the man for whom Howard county was named. He was the son of the Revolutionary hero, and was born in Virginia in 1760. Benjamin Howard was at once time a member of the Kentucky legislature and of Congress from Kentucky. He resigned from Congress to become Governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory, which became Missouri Territory during his administration in 1812. She was the widow of Thomas Howard, who came to this state in the early part of the eighteenth century from Richmond, Ky., settling in Howard county. The husband died twenty years ago. To this union 12 children were born, eight of whom are living in Howard county. They are Mrs. M. E. Allen, who resides with her brother, Paul Howard, near Fayette; Benjamin F. Howard, of Armstrong, Mo; Mrs. Nellie Herndon of New Franklin, Mo.; James Howard, Joseph Howard and Mrs. Dave Briggs, who live on farms in Howard county; Thomas Howard and Joseph Howard, both of Fayette, Mo. Mrs. Howard had never been out of Howard county during her entire life, being a woman who was a great lover of home, caring little for travel. By her death is broken the fifth generation of this Howard family, all of whom reside in the native county of the deceased. She leaves aside from her eight children, 11 grandsons, 10 granddaughters, three great-grandchildren and two treat-great-grandchildren. The home farm, which is owned by Joseph Howard of Fayette, one of the sons of the deceased, has never been deeded but twice, once being the deed issued by the government to the children. Early last fall Mrs. Howard enjoyed splendid health, but received a fall in October from which she never fully recovered. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.