Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15

When you hear a man sneering
at the local newspaper, because it
is not as big, cheap, and newsy as
the city papers, you can safely
wager that he does not squander
his wealth in assisting to make it
better, and that generally the home
paper has done far more for him
than he has ever done for it. The
man who cannot see the benefit
arising to a town from a local news
paper, hasen't the sense of an
oyster and is about as much value
to a town as a delinquent tax list.
-Danviue Dispatch.
About the biggest frost that has
been lei in this city for many
moons past was the Folk Club
meeting at the courthouse this
afternoon. After advertising the
meeting for a week in the daily Re-
publican and daily Citizen and
parading a boy with a big banner
up and down the principal streets
this forenoon, they managed to get
just twelve of the ''faithful" out
this afternoon. The officers of the
club and newspaper reporters had
to be counted to make the Dozen
Poplar Bluff Republican.
We are in receipt of a catalogue
of the Chillicothe Normal, Pen,
Art, Elocution and Musical Col
lege, under the control and man
agement of Prof. Allen Moore, who
delivered a lecture here last week
while the Iron County Teachers
Association was in session. Prof.
Moore has long been recognized as
one of the most progressive teach
ers in the state and his school has
for many years enjoyed a most
enviable reputation. The attend
ance on the institution is large and
nearly every state in the union is
represented.
Judge bearing in chambers at
De Soto last Monday appointed
James H.. Clark of Ironton and A..
Huff and H. B. Jones of Pilot
Knob commissioners to assess
damages for the Iron Mountain
Company for right-of-way through
their land from the railroad it is
proposed to build from Middle
brook to Sheahan's granite quarry.
James FL. Clark, w. H. Webb and
VIM. Edmonds of Belleview were
appointed commissioners to as
sess damages for the other property
owners. The commissioners will
meet here next Monday to begin
their labors.
The newspaper has a wide field,
and is full of roses and thorns.
When you roast the ungodly the
preacher smiles; when you roast
the preacher the ungodly smiles.
If you roast the saloon the teeto-
taller smiles; if you roast the teeto-
taller, the saloon sets 'em up. If
you swear, you are a wicked man;
if you have an opinion, you get
cussed; if you don't, you are a nom
entity. The preacher knows one
thing, the lawyer and doctor an
other, but the journalist is ex-
pected to know everything. He is
the best and worst man in the COM
munity.-Er.
The DIN. received word this
week, on what we consider good
authority, that on the 18th, the
Cotton Belt trains on the Belmont
branch, would be discontinued and
we would have to depend on the
old freight train service. The
Cotton Belt trains will cross the
river at Gray's Point and enter st.
Louis over the Valley route. We
were also informed that 10 per
cent of the freight business that
now goes over the Belmont branch
will go the other way. Thank the
Lord for this change, if it is so, for
then our merchants may be able to
receive goods from st. Louis inside
of sixty days.-Fredericktown Demo-
crat-NeWs.
The many friends of VIM. Crom-
mer, who seems to have had all
kinds of ''hard luck' lately, will be
sorry to hear hat he is in more
trouble. The following is repro
duced from Wednesdays st. Louis
Republic: "Circuit Judge Kinealy
yesterday fined VIM. Crommer and
his son, William F. Crommer, $50
each and ordered them committed
to Jail for ten days for contempt of
court. The order was only con-
structively carried out to await the
action of the Supreme Court. The
trouble grew out of a deal in which
the Crommers sold land in Wayne
county, Mo-, to the South Missouri
Pine Lumber Co., taking notes
secured by deed of trust on the
property for part of the purchase
price. The lumber company APP
piled for an injunction to restrain
the foreclosure Of the mortgage.
A temporary injunction was
granted. Judge Kinealy dissolved
the injunction and the lumber COM
pany appealed to the Supreme
Court. The Crommers, acting I'M
der legal advice, began an action
in the Wayne County Circuit
Court. The lumber company APP
piled to Judge Kinealy for a cita-
ton for contempt on the ground
that a restraining order was in
force while the matter was pend
ing in the Supreme Court. The
Crommers' attorneys stated that
they would go to Jefferson City
and apply for a writ of habeas
corpus for the release of their
clients"
"The Owls" were rendered a re-