The Lead Belt News, Flat River, Missouri. Published Friday, July 30, 1920. RECKLESS DRIVERS RUN DOWN AND SERIOUSLY INJURE BOY. Cecil Davis, the 14-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis of Flat River, was painfully injured Sunday night about 10 o'clock when he was knocked down and dragged for some distance by a car driven by Homer Wines of Farmington. The accident happened just in front of the Cozian bakery. Two other "speed merchants," Wayne Howlett of Farmington and Homer Cooper of Flat River, also figured to some extend in this accident. They were driving down Main Street at a terrific rate of speed just before the boy was run down. They lost control of their "Lizzie" and it swerved to one side, bumped over the curbing and sidewalk and came to a stop against the window of the Camouflage Bar. Cooper is reported to have been asleep in the rear seat at the time the car decided to make for the Bar. The Davis ,who was employed at the Cozian Bakery on night shift, saw this accident and started across the street to get a better view. Just as he was in the act of crossing, Wines' car came down the street at a reckless rate of speed and struck him squarely, knocking him down and dragging him for many feet. The boy's collar bone was broken and the entire left side of his body, face, arm and leg, especially, was terribly lacerated and bruised. His condition for a time was decidedly critical, it being feared that he had sustained internal injuries, but it is believed now that this is not the case, and that he will recover unless complications should set up. The three men implicated were arrested and lodged in Farmington Jail. They were tried Monday before Justice Sutherland. Cooper, who was charged with driving a car while intoxicated, was fined $43 including the costs. Both Howlett and Wines were charged with reckless driving. Their fine and costs amounted to $17 each. There is entirely too much speeding on Main street in Flat River, and unless it is stopped sooner or later a serious fatal accident will result. Gasoline and booze or lemon extract will not mix. An example ought to be made of the first man caught driving recklessly.