Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-31

''Any letter for me?n The big hearted
postmaster, affecting ignorance, passed,
one by one, through the pile of matter
whose initial letter was hers, and,
after scrutinizing the last, responded
reluctantly, "None to-day" with a
look that conveyed to her eyes, shope
for tomorrow" With a sigh she de-
parted, and her lingering step bore
her away to another day of misery and
disappointment. Let her 90 her way!
1t is the way Of the world, and a hard
world it is. Yet it has for every sink
ing heart its ".hope for tomorrow"
which God gives to all his creatures.
Neither poverty nor crime can deprive
them of its blessing; even despair
halts at its threshold and sinks away
abashed. "Hope for Tomorrow" let
us all and every one.
There are very few boys In this
town who are not addicted to the
vicious cigarette habit. As one passes
along the street he meets little fellows
from nine to fourteen years old with
the white tubes in their mouths and
their persons enveloped in the foul
odor Of burning paper and putrid to-
bacco. In some instances the con-
scious smoker seeks to hide his mis-
demeanor from the approaching pedes-
trian of maturer years, but in others
the youngster assumes Indifference, il
he has it not, and boldly puffs his
nauseous reekings into the faces Of all
he meets. How it is that parents do
not know of this habit of their hope
fuls is singular, for surely their per-
sons cannot wholly be rid of the OBJ
noxious smell when the usual meal
calls them home. A warm appllca-
ton of birch to the other end of the
culprit is said to be an excellent cura-
tive-a sort of dry Kelley Cure; but
| am no believer in the law of force,
and believe there are other and better
methods adaptative to the greater
number of cases. But let each father
determine that for himself; only, he
ought to put his parental tariff so
heavily on the cigarette trade that the
dealer would find it fat, stale and un-
profitable. AS for the callow youth
of eighteen and twenty, let him go his
way, praying that he may find the end
thereof at an early period in life.
Judge William Carter died at 5
o'clock Tuesday evening at the home
of his son-in-law, DR.. M. A. Bliss, in
St. Louis, aged 70 years. Judge Carter
had been in failing health for a year
or more, and for some months has been
under treatment in St. Louis. Judge
Carter was born in 1880 in what is now
Carter county, Mo-, (the county having
been named for his father), and was
the fifth son of Zimri and Clementine
Chiffon Carter. His grandfather, who
was a native of Virginia, immigrated
to Missouri from South Carolina in
1903. Judge Carter graduated from
Arcadia College in 1858, and then
commenced the study of law, gradu-
ating from the Louisville (Ky.) Law
School in 1866. He located at Potosi
for the practice of his profession, and
remained there until 1862, when he
removed to St. Francois county, where
he has since lived. In 1864 he was
elected Judge of the Twentieth Ju-
dicial Circuit and reelected in 1868,
serving until 1874. In the latter year
he was elected to represent St. Fran
co.'s county in the Twenty-eight Cen
eral Assembly, of which body he was
chairman of the judiciary committee
and a member of the ways and means
committee. Since that time he has
devoted himself to the practice of law,
and was recognized as one Of the lead
ing and ablest members of Missouri
bar. In March, 1862, Judge Carter
was married to Miss Maria McElvaine,
daughter of Col. Jesse H. McElvaine,
and to them we're born seven children:
Capt. j. Mel. Carter of the United
States Army, VIM. F., Clementine c.
(now Mrs. Bliss, Thomas B., Charles
E. (deceased), Edwin H. and Miss
Grace Carter. Mrs. Carter died about
two years ago. Judge Carter was one
of our most honored citizens, and
although his death was not unexpected,
1t is most sincerely regretted by our
people, and their sympathy goes out
to his children in their sorrow over
the death of their distinguished father,
and to his brother, Hon. F. M. Carter
of this place. The remains arrived at
Pennington Wednesday evening, and
the funeral took place Thursday after.
noon.-Farmingtom Times.