Friday, 18 Oct 1912--C. J. W. Jones of near Roanoke last week sold his farm of 230 acres to C. E. Yancey for $17,-259, or $55 per acre. Mr. Jones will move to southeast Missouri, where he owns a large tract of land. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Chester Rose, of Moberly, aged 32 years, was killed by a fall of rock in the Kimberly mine at 5 o'clock Saturday evening. He is survived by his wife and an adopted daughter, and his parents, who reside in Oklahoma. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER--Sunday, Oct 13, 1912, was a day long to be remembered by all who had the pleasure of being at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rennolds, when their children surprised her with a big dinner to celebrate her 52nd birthday. At an early hour the guests began arriving to share the pleasure of the day. At the noon hour a bountiful dinner, such as only the farm homes can boast, was served. this feast is worthy of honorable mention, displaying the skill of the worthy children in its preparation. Mrs. Rennolds received many handsome and useful presents. After a pleasant afternoon all departed wishing her many more such pleasant events. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dougherty and three daughters: Mr. and Mrs. Bud Holtzclaw and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rennolds and son, Mr. Joe Perkins, Miss Sue Wilson, Miss Mary A. Rennolds, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hitt, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rennolds and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Holtzclaw and daughter. A GUEST. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Kemper Amen, a farmer living near Hallsville, Boone county, was found dead on a farm near there Tuesday with a bullet in his head. He is supposed to have committed suicide, as he had asked a neighbor to meet him at the spot where his body was found. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Judge b. S. Head, of Moberly, well known throughout the county, celebrated his 86th birthday Tuesday. He was born in Virginia in 1826 and came to this state at an early age with an uncle who founded the town of Roanoke and who was the first county judge of Howard county. Judge Head is the oldest graduate of the University of Missouri now living in the state. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Walter Lowe, a Moberly boy, had his right foot badly mangled and will probably lose it, as a result of hopping trains Sunday. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Mrs. Julia S. Barnes of Ideal, Texas, returned home Friday after an extended visit with her brother, W. M. Burton, and other relatives and friends. Mrs. Barnes was a former citizen of this community, moving to Texas with her husband, the late Dow Barnes, some twenty years ago. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Ben L. Edwards and wife left Sunday for Walsenburg, Colo, in response to a message stating that Mrs. Edwards' brother, W. W. Mattocks was lying at the point of death from typhoid fever. We received the following card, dated the 15th, from Mr. Edwards yesterday: "We got here last eve too late to write in regard to Will. We found a slight improvement, but he is still a very sick man. His temperature is gradually going down." Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Henry Owens and wife of Moberly were here Satuday, the guests of Joe Hackward and family. Mr. Owens is an old Higbee boy and has a host of friends here who are always delighted to see him. At the recent primary Mr. Owens was nominated for constable at Moberly by the narrow margin of one vote. The third man in the race is contesting the election, but the chances are that Mr. Owens will win out. The place is a much more desirable one than most people imagine, paying $2000 and over annually. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Born, in Moberly on the 10th, to Morris E. Moore and wife, a daughter. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Born, on the 11th to Ervin Barron and wife, a son. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Born, at Elliott, on the 15th, to L. Cable and wife a son. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Geo. McGill returned yesterday from a visit with his son, James, in Stoddard county. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--J. W. Shafer sold his residence in the south part of town last week to Ira Kirby for $1150. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Mrs. Jas M. Stark and daughters, Misses Ollie, Josephine and Louella, of near Yates were here shopping Monday. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Thos. Lessley of Chariton county is the guest of his brother, Joseph Lessley. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Mrs. H. M. Loomis and children of Hannibal are the guests of her sister, Mrs. John Riley, of near town. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Mrs. Frank Williams of Sedalia and Mrs. Mary Leebrick of Newton, Kansas, are visiting their brother, J. W. Humphrey. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Mrs. Fred Cook of Moberly returned home Wednesday after a visit with her parents, Samuel Riley and wife of near Yates. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Through the kindness of his mother, Mrs. John M. Evans, Mathew Evans of Springfield, Ill, will read the NEWS for a year. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Nathaniel Morris, one of Howard county's venerable and most highly respected citizens, was a pleasant and substantial caller at the NEWS office Saturday. He is now in his 82nd year, and says that he doesn't remember a year when crops were as bountiful as they are this year. Mr. Morris has spent all of his life on the farm, making a regular hand until about four years ago, when rheumatism put a stop to his activity. But for that he would get around better than most men at 60. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--AGAINST SINGLE TAX--B. F. Andrews Issues Statement Denying That He Favors the Measure--Higbee, Mo, Oct 15, 1912. As I have had numbers of persons ask me how I stood on the single tax question, stating that they had heard I favored it, it becomes a duty I owe myself to make a public statement respecting the matter. In regard to it I will say that at no time since the question has been an issue has anyone heard me utter one sentence that would indicate that I in any way favored it, and further will say that there is not one single man in the state that is more opposed to it than myself, as I think it, from a financial point of view, one of the worst measures that ever came before an intelligent public for their deliberation and decision. From the number of times that I have been approached on the question, I am led to believe that some one has manufactured one out of whole cloth and that others keep it going to do me a personal injury. I am led to think, as I have always stood for my honest convictions regardless of popular sentiment, that unscrupulous persons take advantage of this to injure me. If I thought the single tax was a right measure, which I do not, then I would favor it if every other man in the state was against me. But I do not favor it at all, and if I get to the polls will certainly vote against it. With the brief statement I hope everyone will be satisfied respecting my views on the Single Tax question. B. F. Andrews. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE--Hiram Land is limping this week as a result of an experience Monday that would have turned some men's hair gray and frightened others to death. With Bert Enochs and others he was at the mine at Renick taking out some scales and other things for removal to the mines here, when he dropped a hammer, which he prized very highly, down the main shaft. As the engine had been dismantled there was no way of getting down in the mine except through the air shaft, which they descended, Mr. Enochs taking the lead. They had not proceeded far when they came to a wide crack in the floor which Mr. Enochs easily stepped across. Mr. Land could not see so well and stepped squarely into the crack. As he shot down, thinking he was bound for China or perhaps a place where they don't use coal, he stuck out his arms which caught on either side of the crack and prevented his further descent. Then after a mighty scramble he got out but not only after tearing a finger nail or two loose. In the fall he struck his knee, injuring it quite painfully. They were on the first level, the crack being caused by a cave-in of the old works below, a distance of twenty feet or more. It was, perhaps a closer call than he thought, for if the crack extended to the old works he might have landed in several feet of water or wedged so tightly that the black damp would have killed him before he could have been rescued. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--Will Burke's dray team ran away Friday morning of last week and did a few stunts that they could never do again and do as little damage. they became frightened near the C. &. A. depot while the wagon was being loaded and came down the street on a dead run, turning west at the band stand. At M. Murphy's corner they turned south and ran for a block of two, turning east again then back into Randolph street, again turning at the band stand. On the second lap they got only as far as Cleeton's drug store when they turned down the alley through which they ran to the south part of town then turned east again and came back up Randolph street for the third time. They were pretty winded, but were still going some when they crossed the C. &. A. tracks where they were swung onto by J. D. Wilcox, who was dragged through the mud to the Randolph Hotel before he could stop them. An examination revealed the fact that not the least damage had been done horses, harness or wagon. The latter, however, had lost all the freight it contained, a box being dropped here and there along the route. On the first trip the wagon was thrown against one of the iron awning posts in front of W. F. Jones' store which was jerked out of the cement walk as if it had been a match sticking in the mud. Friday, 18 Oct 1912--At the Rucker street fair last Saturday, a horse hitched to a cart and driven by John Davis of Sturgeon, ran away and plunged into the crowd, knocking people right and left, but fortunately injuring no one very seriously. Mrs. J. H. Mobley, daughter of W. R. Feland of this place, and the little son of Irvin Smith were the worst hurt, both being bruised and scratched quite severely. Mr. Davis got one of his legs caught in one of the cart wheels and was dragged quite a distance, but fortunately escaped with a few scratches. Kathy Bowlin