Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-09-28

Mrs. Elisa Schultz was unexpectodl,
called to Kansas City Monday, by
telegram announcing tho death of he
grandson Willie. son OF Geo. NJ. an.
Miilie Palmer. aged 12 years. He die,
Sunday evening ut 9 o'clock. after !,
short Illness, and his unexpected 10
mise Is IL terrible blow TO the family
We, In common with all the people o
this community, sympathize with then
In their bereavement.
In this paper we publish DIR. l.. I
Halls protest against tho removal Of
the college from Caledonia. II his
| premises be correct, his arguments are
unanswerable, and no citizen of the
| Valley would desire to wrong the good
people of Caledonia by wrestling from
them an institution established under
the conditions enumerated. But those
under whose care the school Is main
tanned (the conference) seem to think
that its welfare demands its removal.
They say it has never paid expenses.
but every year it makes a hole to be
filled by appropriation or by private
gift; that an institution which is not a
success can not be Of great benefit to
any community. and that the interests
OF the church demand that the school
be removed and located, if possible, in
some community where natural disad-
vantages will not permanently lie be-
tween 1t and the success necessary to
its usefulness. So far as the citizens
OF Ironton are concerned, they do not
desire to wrong their neighbours; but if
the college IS going to be removed,
they propose to take a hand in secur-
ing its relocation. To this end, we
are striving to convince, by subscrip-
ton and otherwise, the committee hav-
ing the matter in charge, that the
Arcadia Valley is pre-eminently the
place for the school. We do not think
that dollars and cents ought to control
exclusively; and, with fifteen years.
experience behind them, we think the
Conference will agree with us.
Certainly, we need not fear COMPARE
son in natural advantages with any
other locality in the State.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
our citizens was held at the courthouse
last Monday night in the interests of
the Valley towards securing the loca-
ton of the Southern Methodist Con-
ference school for this place. Hon.
w. r. Edgar, chairman, presided, and
after the minutes had been read, the
committee heretofore appointed to
canvass the county for subscriptions
to the cause made a report, showing
that the amount needed, or which had
been proposed, was almost secured.
After short speeches by Rev. w. H.
HORNED, Rev. +. M. Shoush, j. S.
Jordan, Prof. Marbury, and others,
subscriptions were called for, which
resulted in amount, with what been
previously subscribed, to the magnifi-
cent sum total o. $12, 100000, and sew
eral amounts were added after the
meeting closed, with promises of others.
A proposition was made to invite the
next Annual Conference of the S. NJ. E.
Church TO meet at this place. and a
motion to instruct the delegates to said |
Conference to extend such invitation, |
was unanimously carried. Hon. w. |
r. Edgar was chosen to 60 to the West |
Plains Conference to urge our claims, |
and present our natural and other adj |
vantages as a suitable location for said |
school. If earnest effort, honest SUBJ
scriptions, good, beautiful and health
full sites, will have any weight, we shall
certainly succeed. Whether we Sic
coed or not, we must say that those of
our citizens who have taken the lead
in this matter, and all who have SUBJ
scribed, whether four figures or one,
deserve commentator for their efforts
to give to our Valley an institution of
which any community has great and
just reason to feel proud.