Iron County register., 1899-10-26

RI The following is from "Wednesday
Globe Democrat: 81 M. Morris,
merchant and lumber dealer, of De-
. Arc, Mo-, who came to the city t.
spend Sunday with his daughter, whit
attends school at Mexico, Mo-, re
turned to his home yesterday. Mr.
Morris says there is great activity in
the lumber business in Iron county,
and hundreds of thousands of feet OF
lumber are being shipped out every
month. The car factories of St. Louis
and st. Charles take nearly all the
hardwood lumber they can get, while
the railroads, which are doing an i'm
mense amount of reconstruction work,
are buying ties more extensively than
for several years. Our firm shipped
over 1000 900 feet of lumber last
month, said he. and still the demand
seems TO increase. The lumbermen
buy either the timber or the land,
whichever suits their convenience. In
the latter case many of them expect to
prospect for mineral as soon as the
timber is cut away"
w. t. O'Neal, collector of the rev.
enue, calls the attention of the taxpay-
ers of Iron county to the following
amendment of section 1905, r. S. of
| Missouri, which was passed at the last
| session of the Legislature: when
ever any collector of the revenue in
the State fails or refuses to collect the
penalty provided for in this section
| 0605) on State and county taxes, it
shall be the duty of the State Auditor
and County Clerk to charge such col
| lectors with the amount of interest due
thereon as shown by the returns of the
county clerk, and such collector shall
| be liable to the penalties as provided
for in section 1886" Under section
| 1905 the collector is now compelled .'to
collect and account for an additional
| tax OF one per cent. per month upon
all taxes collected by him after the
frs: day of January, and in computing
said additional tax on property frac-
| tional part of month shall be counted
as a whole month" The collector has
no choice in the premises, and of
course, will follow the law. So pay
your state and county taxes before
January 1st If you want to avoid the
payment of penalty.
Reynolds County Outlook: "Atty's
g. A. Leavitt and Meador & Meador on
last Tuesday, Oct. II, filed suit in the
circuit court wherein Henry NJ. Gitt of
Washington, d. c., is plaintiff and
Reynolds county is defendant. Gitt,
by his attorneys, sues the county for
S583.35 and interest on same from the
~
would make $107.S9 and for 5000 dam
ages, which makes in the aggregate
1922. 1t seems that during the
civil war there was company of Union
soldiers stationed at this place and that
they occupied the court house and
grounds belonging thereto and during
that time the court house was destroyed
by fire. The county put in claim
against the government for $2,233.33
damages. Gitt claims that in 1880 he
made a contract with Z. ID. Brawley,
then Presiding Judge of the county
court, whereby he was to receive 25
per cent of said amount. in the event
that he was successful in getting the
account allowed. In 1896 the claim
was allowed, but through whose efforts
We CduuOl SdNs OuL luo TSCOTOS III GuG
county clerks Office do not show that
Reynolds county ever made contract
with anybody whereby they were to
receive % per cent, nor does it show
that anyone WAS ever given authority
to act for the county in that case, ex-
cept in 1896. r. l. January, then
Prosecuting Attorney. was given pow
er of Attorney to draw said money af-
ter the claim was allowed. The county
court at different times has offered to
pay Mr.. Gitt ten per cent, but he
would not accept it. The case will be
tried at the next regular November
term of our circuit court"
The most pleasurable occasion the
writer has known for years was that
experienced last Tuesday evening at |
the Arcadia College. In accordance |
with promise long since given to an |
invitation from Father Wernert, on |
that evening the string band in its |
best bib and tucker rode over to the |
College. We found Father Wernert |
awaiting US, and were by him escorted |
into the recreation hall where were
seated about one hundred auditors
the good Sisters, their fair pupils and |
a few invited guests: critical but, |
happily for US, complaisant gather
ing. After presentation, we took place |
upon the stage and made our humble
effort toward the entertainment of the /
evening, rendering a couple of simple |
selections from rather restricted |
repertoire. These were followed by a
piano duet, beautifully rendered. and
then a vocal song and chorus by the |
young ladies of the school which filled |
the large hall with concordant sound |
and gave exquisite pleasure to all /
present. Then again the band respond
ed and again followed another four
hand selection on the piano, brilliantly |
executed, and an old-time song, made
for all time, containing in its rhythmic
measures the heave and swell of the
sea, tn e lullaby of the softly surging |
waves. 1t was rendered with taste |
and feeling, calling forth deserved ap-
plause. The band then gave it's clos
ing numbers. The college orchestra of
Eve young ladies' took their places upon /
the stage and proved their skill, their |
taste, and the perfectness of their in
itruction in the divine art. This con-
cluded the evenings informal pro-
gramme. To US the hour of closing |
came all too soon, for it marked the |
passing forever of one of the rare
hours in life upon which memory may |
dwell with unalloyed pleasure.
Vban tho oosaS apa,nst WiIl;ono |