Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-07-27

The following special to the
Globe Democrat, dated Lake Vii.
lage, Ark, July 10Th, is of loca.
interest, and records the untimely
death of an estimable man anc
former citizen of this county. Hi
father, John Cole, was the frs
sheriff of Iron county. He was
elected in 1858 and reelected il
1860. He died during the war. H
G. Cole lived here until a few
years ago. Says the special: "H
c. Cole, a deputy sheriff of Chicot
county, who was shot by a negro
named John Williams near Kill
bourne, La, July 18th, died here
at 1 o'clock to-day. Cole was a
bookkeeper on Frank Strong's
Bayou Macon plantation. Will
liams used a shotgun, the load
striking Cole in the knee, shatter-
ing the bone several inches above
and below. The negro escaped
and has not been captured. Cole
was brought to Lake Village
yesterday morning and his leg was
amputated about six inches above
the right knee. He never recovered
from the shock, and died at 1 P. M.
to-day. Cole was from Poplar
Bluff, Mo-, and a member of q
prominent family of that place."
Ever see a lot of men who had il
in for a fellow and didn't know
why? Ever hear fellows curse and
berate some man who had made a
success of what he undertook
while they were tinkering at the
same job they monkeyed with
fifteen years hence? Ever see
some men who gloried in another's
success and sacrificed, if needs be,
some personal ambition to crafty
a friends aspirations? Ever see
some big hearted man take a
struggler by the hand and say, 81
am glad to see you succeed?
Ever see any of those things? OF
course you have. You see them
every day. There are dozens OF
people who will greet you with a
smile and stab you in the back
because you attend to your bust
ness and succeed. Whether they
can do as we'll or not there are al
ways plenty of them whose jealous
spirit makes it hard for them to
see another win. They fight you
for nc other reason than to tear you
down. If you have a reputation
that is gilt edged they will support
a self-confessed scoundrel and
dead beat rather than recognize
your commendable qualities. In
short, no one has hit the mark any
closer than Shakespeare when he
said: "You have enemies who
know not why they are, but like
the village cur, bark because their
fellows do."-Er.
Mr.. James E. Kerlagon, one of
our old and most highly respected
citizens, died at his home near
French Village Saturday night,
July Is, 1905, aged 80 years, 7
months and 81 days. MI. Kerla-
gon was born at Fredericktown
November 24,..1S24. In his younger
days he lived successfully in Ste.
Genevieve county, Galena, ILL.,,
Jefferson and Washington coun-
ties. He was married September
IL, 1850, to Miss Mary Anne Pal
mer of Belleview, who died April
%, 1895, after a congenial COM
partnership of forty-five years.
To them were born thirteen chill
dren, eleven of whom survive to
mourn the loss of a good father
and mother and to do honor to
their name. They are DR.. G. G.
Kerlagon of Belleview, Iron coun-
ty; Mrs. Missouri Aubuchon, of
near French Village; D. B. Kerla-
gon, of Pennington; Mrs. Sarah
Wilson, now residing with her
husband in Texas; Zeno Kerlagon,
of Hazel Run; Mrs. Martha Thur
man, of Ste. Genevieve county
Mrs. Cora Thurman, of Bonnie
Terre; Mrs. Catherine Morris, OF
Marion township; Mrs. Tenie Au-
buchon, of Bonne Terre; Emmett
Kerlagon, of Thurman; and Mrs.
Clara Stigall, of Bonnie Terre.
MI. Kerlagon removed to st. Fran
co.'s county in October, 1855, on to
the farm where he died on the 18th.
He was a man of most congenial
and friendly disposition, upright
and honorable in all his dealings
with his fellowmen, ever observing
the golden rule of doing unto
others as he would have them dc
to him, and was a consistent
Christian and member of the Bap-
fist church. In a ripe old age,
leaving behind him the heritage
of a good character and a life well
spent, he fell asleep in the faith
and hope of the more glorious life
that lies just beyond the veil that
separates the temporal from the
eternal and spiritual. The funeral
took place from the home last
Monday, Rev. Wood, pastor of the
Southern Methodist Pennington
circuit, conducting the services,
and his body was laid to rest il
the family cemetery.-Farmingto,
Times.
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