Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13

to Q. c. Lashley, Irouton, Mo.
Sheriff Gregory and Constable Mar
shall went out to Black River Tuesday
q arrested John Thomlinson. who Il
charged with seduction. ThomIinsor
is a married nan about thirty-fy,
years of age. Unless he gives bono
he will remain in Jail until the mex
term of Circuit Court.
C. s. Russell last Thursday brought
to the REGISTER Office a terrapin which
he had that day found on which was
notched the figures ss1S75." There
were some initials On the she'll but
they could o be made out. After
putting anc.ner date on the terrapir
MIR. Russell released il.
Louis Miller of Arcadia is in St.
Louis this week negotiating with the
railroad people to secure control oil
the hotel grounds in Arcadia. If he
is successful MIR. Miller will build a
large and modern hotel On the premis-
es-one that will be a credit to the
Valley. 1t is to be hoped hat his
mission will not be in vain.
Representatives from the various
Modern Woodmen Camps in Southeast
Missouri held a meeting at Frederick
town, Saturday, June 1, 1901. A
Southeast association was organized
and the following officers elected: j..
f. Anthony, Fredericktown, President;
A. Rucker. Pennington. Vice-Presi-
dent; Il. F. Williams, Jackson, Secre-
tary; e. G. Whitworth, Ironton. Cor
responding Secretary; J.. S. Dalton,
New Madrid, Treasurer. The first
celebration will be held at Pennington,
September 13, 1901.
Among the incidents of K. P. day
here vas the marriage of Mr.. Fred
Henson and Miss May Henrich-both
of Bonne Terre. The bride wore the
K. P. colors, the groom and his best
man were of the Uniform Rank in full
dress, and the minister-Rev. Hum
phreys, of Fort Hill Church-was dec
Grated with a K. P. reception badge
and ribbon. 1t was a K. 2. affair ex-
clusively, and the REGISTER knows it
that many a dav will pass ere the eel
ebration will be abliterated from the
nOuOEY VI dL 1SdSL GWO Vi OOE NI5IbOES.
May they live long and happily.
There is considerable evidence to be
had that the Belmont branch of the
Iron Mountain road will soon be used
very extensively by the Cotton Belt
company for Its through trains to st.
Louis. The Cotton Belt has two corps
of surveyors now at work below Delta
locating a direct route for a line
through to Memphis. If this line
should be built. all through trains
from St. Louis to Memphis and the
Southeast will pass over the Belmont
branch to Delta. The Cotton Belt
company is now using the branch for
of it's fast trains each way every
day to the South.-Farmtngton NeWs.
The pastor of st. Paul's Church an
nounces that it is the intention to keep
up the Wednesday evening services
during the summer at 7:45, these not
being omitted except on due notice.
Next Wednesday evening an account
will be given of the late convention in
st. Louis, it being designed to consid-
er subjects on week nights that could
not be included in the regular Sunday
preaching, such as reasons for the de-
cline of the Episcopal Church in some
parts of Missouri, the meaning of rit-
ualism, the proposed change of name,
etc. Friday morning service which is
one of intercession will continue at 10.
A gentleman by the name of Spence
from Bonnie Terre spent several days
of last week in Ironton with a view OF
establishing a local telephone system
in the Valley. His idea is to have the
system take in Ir~onton, Arcadia and
Pilot Knob, and connect with the local
system in St. Francois county. Mr..
Spence wants to organize a local stock
company. with a capital stock of about
$4,000 to establish the system, but
says if he Is not successful in that ef-
fort, he will put up all the money him
self. There is no question but what a
telephone system Is badly needed here.
ern inventions and We hope the wires
will soo be strung.
The pastor of the Presbyterian
church is making arrangements to hold
a '0OSpS1 ASSOu1piy uSEO CulS 20 W
Aug. z. The day meetings will be
given to Bible study and conferences
on the problems of Christian work.
The night meetings will be ~evangelis-
tic. Rev. Chester Birch, the musical
evangelist, has been engaged to o n
duct this feature of the work during
the second week, August II. Rev.
A. j. Cheatham. Potosi; Rev. G.. F.
Ayers, Phi. D., Poplar Bluff; Rev. r.
W. Mason, De Soto; Rev. A. P. George,
y. D., and w. Fl. Herrick, st. Louis,
and others have been engaged to speak
upon the various subjects to come be-
fore the Assembly. Still other speak
ers of tote are to be secured. Two
days of the second week are to be CIV
en- to the County Sunday School Con-
vention," during which prominent
State Sunday School workers will
speak. The meetings will probably
be held in a tent. A cordial invitation
is extended to all ministers and mem
bers of all denominations in this and
neighboriug communities to come and
assist in all the meetings. The whole
public is also very cordially invited to
attend the meetings-especially those
at night. Further announcement will
be made later.
The precincts of Middle Ironton
were exercised last Monday over the