Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-12-05

i along with the names and excuses of those
i who have gone back on their pledges.
i This is the itea referred to:
Pursuant to a call of the Executive Com
mittee, public meeting was held at ths
courthouse on last Thursday night to hear :
report of the transactions of the Committed
during the past year. The most importan,
of the proceedings was the reading of the
Treasurer's report by Mr.. Val Schlesinger,
showing that 89, 000istill remained unpaid on
subscription and lots, on many of which
nothing at all had been paid. After the mat
| ter had been discussed from various stand
points by number of speakers, commit
tee consisting of Messrs. D. L. Glaves, E.
H. Day and John Dali was appointed to see
the delinquent subscribers and secure either
their subscription or their notes. The meef-
ing then adjourned.
| We rejoice to see that the revival
which the brethren at Fredericktown
have recently enjoyed is bearing fruit
of character to please every lover of
truth and justice. But for it the fore
going statements might never have
been made, and the public kept in the
dark as to the true inwardness of the
u dhohOt1OAS Uy WAlCu GAdt
secured the Conference School. We
regard the articles above quoted as a
vindication of the REGISTER, and like
wise an apology for having accused it
of misrepresenting Fredericktown and
the Marvin Collegiate Institute. In
the light of the facts brought to the
surface, the statement that there was
a genuine guaranteed subscription of
twenty-five thousand dollars, "as well
worth that sum as one silver dollar is
worth another" was made in a Pick
wickian sense by Fredericktown's rep
resentative; that the REGISTERS state.
ment that the location of the Confer
ence school at that place was procured
by fraud and Misrepresentation was
true. If the Democrat will continue
in well-doing and make a clean breast
of the whole matter, our confidence in
the work of grace going on over there
will be still further increased. Many
of the subscriptions were to be paid in
work. The public is anxious to know
how many of these gentlemen were
permitted to satisfy their liability
with labor at one dollar and half per
day. when the same labor could have
been procured in the market for one
dollar per day? How many, if any.
perches of rock were expensed against
the building fund, at $3.50 a perch,
the market price being one dollarP
How much of a debt is now hanging
over the unfinished barracks that good
breeding require should be denOmi-
mated school building? How many
feet have the rooms been reduced in
height from the plans presented to the
Conferences? How much money has
SO far been in good faith expended up
on the building, and how much of this
was the product of the lottery? How
much came from the circus annex, and
how much was realized from the chain
the ladies forged? What was the ex-
act value of the guaranteed fund pre-
sented to conference-if any such fund
existed? How many of the ''influen-
tial" brethren, if any, were to be re-
warded for their influence in locating
the school at that place with snug cor
ner or other lots, free of charge. in
the contemplated addition to that city?
How much was expended in log-rolling
with Conference. if anything? Let the
impulse to tell the truth have it's way,
and permit all the facts to come out!
The REGISTER undertook to procure
from the truly good editor of the Dem
ocrat confession of the facts, but
gave that up long ago, rightly believing
that nothing but the fullness of grace
would ever work such a miracle. The
result has proved that We were right
in our conclusions. We feel that our
efforts for the spiritual welfare of the
people of that community. though not
fully appreciated, have not been with
out results. We warned them against
the lottery business in the most friend
ly spirit, only to be treated with con-
tumely. We cautioned its ladies
against the proposed chain as an in
vention of the devil, only to receive
derision. We gave qualified assent
to the show business, in certain mar
row limits, only to be treated with 81
lent contempt. We have been accused
of being intimate with the devil. when |
we have only been keeping an eye on
his doings, as live newspaper man
should. in order to warn those without
guile against his wicked wiles. While
we regard the above quoted articles as
being an ample vindlcation of the
REGISTER, we do think the Farm
ington Times is entitled to more COM
plete apology.
Geo. W. Jenkins, editor of the Santa