Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06

from the first 800 plants set 10, 900
seeds, which is said to be worth 5 cents
each, or $500. Mr.. Carly has his GIN
seng in-two beds, one 80 feet long by
8 feet wide and the other "a feet
sQuare.-CentreUiue Reformer.
A telephone line between CentrevflIe
and Sabula will be built in the next
few months; a stock company is now
being organized for that purpose with
a capital of 81, O00. 90. divided into 100
shares of $40 e ach. The books we're
opened in CentreviIle on Tuesday of
this week andS 500 of the stock was
Immediately subscribed, and it is said
Lesteryille has taken the other $500.
The company will be organized under
the laws of the State governing tele-
phone companies, with all the powers
and privileges of larger companies,
and the business will be conducted on
the same plan. II is thought by some
that this enterprise will pay a good
dividend the first year and that soon
it will become a paying investment
CemtreUilLe ReJormer.
Last Sunday morning, shortly after
daylight, Fred Whitener. colored, was
found lying in front of the colored
church on Zion Hill in a semi-con-
scious condition, the blood flowing
from a number of wounds on his head
and face. When aroused he managed
to make his way home, only a short
distance, and a surgeon was sent for.
An examination revealed that Whitener
had several deep cuts on his head and
face. and the jaw bone was fractured
in two places. Some of the wounds
had apparently been inflicted by a
knife or razor, and the others by some
blunt instrument The strangest feat
ure in connection with the matter is
that Whitener says he doesn't know
how or by whom he was hurt. The
evening before he had attended band
meeting. Evidently not intending to re-
turn home just then he hid his horn IN
der the church where it vas found the
next morning in good condition. He
says after band meeting he took a few
drinks-but what happened afterwards.
he either does not know or refuses to
tell. Probably the latter. It's either
a game of craps or a oma Proba-
bly, the latter.
The following, from Tuesdays st.
Louis Republic, is in relation to a couple
of prominent Southeast Missourians,
both of whom are known to many of
our readers: Eli Klotz of the Klotz
Lumber Company OF Greenville be-
came engaged in an alteration in the
lobby of the Laclede Hotel yesterday
afternoon with ex-State Senator M. r.
Smith OF Pennington. Klotz knocked
Smith to the floor. Before the combat
ants could get together again specta-
tors interfered. The trouble between
the two grows out of a suit tried. at
Greenvllle before Judge Deering. In
the course of the trial Smith accused
Klotz of talking to the jury while OFF
the witness stand. The Judge was ap-
pealed to and the trouble was smoothed
over, although Smith claims Klotz
threatened to s'see him later" outside
the courtroom. Yesterday Judge Deer
ing was at the Laclede talking TO Smith
when Klotz came along. He spied
Smith for the first time since the Green
vile incident. According to Judge
Deering, Klotz walked up to Smith and
hit him in the face, knocking him to
the floor. The Judge interviewed al
this point and Smith was taken away
by a friend. In speaking of the mat
ter later Klotz expressed regret that
he had been so belligerent. Smith was
not injured except that he was consider
ably Jared from his sudden contact
with the marble thing of the floor"