Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-09-20

ence to securing dates, but none OF
them have closed a deal as yet.
Plans are maturing for the big
horse show, to be given on the
Newman farm, west of Ironton,
Tuesday, October 9th. Program
and particulars will be given next
week.
BoRN-To MI. and Mrs. B. P.
Durham, Belleview, Mo-, Friday,
September IA, 1905, a boy, All
are doing we'll and Judge and Mrs.
Meyer are as proud grandparents
as there are in the county.
Harry Hagan, the youngest
hypnotist in America, will hold
forth at the Odd Fellows Hall,
Annapolis, three nights, commence
ing Monday, September Oath. Adj
mission, twenty-five cents.
VIM. Rieke says that the pota-
toes in his garden this fall are so
large that he can hardly get them
out of the ground. He says he is
going to bring some OF them to the
office to prove his assertion.
LosT-On Knob street, between
the Ironton Manufacturing Co.'s
mill and the north end of town,
about two weeks ago, a dark sack
coat, dark brown striped. Finder
will please return to this Office.
Mrs. Andrews had the misfor-
tune one day last week to fall
on a barbed wire fence and quite
seriously cut one of her hands.
She has suffered considerably, but
is getting along very nicely now.
All the members of Sylvan Re-
bekah Lodge, No. 1876, are urged
to be present at the next meeting,
Friday, September 21st. Lunch
will be served after lodge.
MRS. H. o. DAVIS, N. G..
Thos. P. Fitz and wife, of Des
Arc, drove through Ironton Mon
day morning"o on their way home
from Pennington, where they had
spent the week previous with rel
atives and seeing the horse show.
DR.. Peterson, of st. Louis, who
has the affair in hand, says that
the attendance at the Pilot Knob
reunion Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday of next week, promises
to be larger than it was last year.
DR.. Geo. Eversole of Caledonia
was in town Friday, and again
Tuesday, accompanied by w. w.
Gibson. They we're here in the
interest of extending the telephone
line to Observation-Disclosures Ban
ner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Downey en-
tertained a few of their friends
Monday evening, in honor of the
fifth anniversary of their wedding.
Supper was served at Z o'clock,
and all present spent a most en-
JoyoolO CfOliluSs
Rev. Sitton left yesterday for the
annual conference, which is held
in Poplar Bluff this year. The
affairs of Fort Hill Church are said
to be in very fine shape, and the
general opinion is that Mr.. Sitton
will be returned to the charge for
another year.
The preliminary examination Of
Prescia Blanks, the negro girl who
shot Robert McGill at Pilot Knob
on September Sd, occupied the
time of Squire Fairchild's court
last Thursday. The defendant
was held without bail to the o.
tober term of circuit court.
Geo. L. Moore, who has for sew
eral years been agent for the M,
K. & T. Railroad at Hillsboro,
Texas, was recently made General
Freight Agent at Dennison, Texas,
This is quite a promotion and we
are glad to hear that George is
steadily climbing the ladder.
To Hon. John w. Bergman, Of
st. Louis, we are indebted for a
memorial pamphlet of his late
father, Rev. Jerome Causin Berry
man. The publication consists Of
extracts from newspapers and
friends OF Father Bergman, writ
ten at the time of his demise.
AS we have stated before and fire..
quently, we do not believe in per-
sonality in the pulpit, but we are
grateful to Bro. Sitton for two
reasons: Proud that so great and
good a man as he should conde-
scend to notice SO vile a reprobate,
and pleased that he always puts
us in such good company.
1t would be interesting to know
just how much money the Repub.
lican State Central COMMITTEE
furnishes the local patriots of Iror
county in their effort to get a ma.
jority here. A fellow who started
a Republican paper here severa.
years ago, just for the campaign
told that he got several hundred
dollars.
Mrs. Woodside and Miss Bessie
Gillian are in st. Louis this week
getting the new ideas in fall ant
winter millinery. When they re.
turn to Ironton the ladies may res
assured that they will bring witt
them all the novelties of the sea.
son. Full particulars and an
nouncement of opening day vii
be made later.
VIM. L. Blackman, many years
ago a resident OF Ironton, died a
his home in st. Louis, Saturday
| Ga~ta,,o har 9th oonl fnkfu.fhr 70.