Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-28


water She took the jug out and
poured the whiskey into the street,
where it would hurt no one, nor
her husbands business"
Genial, jovial, bully good fellow,
Jim Brierton, all the way from AL
ALBANIA, happened into Ironton last
Thursday. Ten years ago he was
our night operator, and a more
competent and obliging one the
Iron Mountain railaoad never had
in its employ. Mr.. B. left this
part of the country about eight
years ago, and associated himself
with the big iron corporations in
the Birmingham district. He has
"made good" and now occupies
the responsible and lucrative posi-
ton Of Assistant to the Vice-Pres-
ident of the Central Iron & Coal
Co., Holt, Alabama. Here's health
and plenty to you, Jim Brierton!
May you live a hundred years!
Mr.. Brierton's brother Jack, quite
we'll known to many of our read
ers is in the employ of the Frisco
railroad in Birmingham. Jim was
in the far west end of the county
Friday and Saturday, in company
with MI. J.. P. Barger, looking aft
er some mineral lands belonging
to his mother. Mr.. Brierton de-
parted Sunday for Festus, where
he will spend a few days before
returning south.
We have more news of Josephus
N. Long, the idol of the Iron coun-
ty "ring busters" The following
is taken from the Howell County Ga
zette of November 18th: "The pre-
liminary trial of j. N. Long, the
Brandsville boomer, who is charg-
ed with grand larceny and false
p~retense, was held in Squire Wes-
colts court in this city Tuesday,
and resulted in the defendant be-
ing held to answer to the charge
in circuit court. Longs trial will
come off at the December term OF
circuit court. With bright hopes
and ambitions J. N. Long came
to Brandsville several months ago
from St. Louis. In st. Louis he
had met w. r. Haight, Secretary
of the Anglo-Swiss Colony Conn
pany, and others interested in the
development of Brandsville, and,
believing Long was the right sort
of man to help boom the town, he
was given a chance to make good.
Long had been at Arcadia, in Iron
county, where he conducted an or
phan's home, and he proposed to
move the institution with it's home
less children, to Brandsville. He
also was going to locate a canning
factory, saw mill and establish
other enterprises to make Brands
Vile take on metropolitan airs. II
certainly looked good to the peo-
pie of Brandsville when Long be-
| gan operations, and many gave
him assistance. The principa-
failing Long had was, he seemed
! short of cash. But he erected a
building for a saw mill, got the
machinery to operate the plant
. and then started on q career tina
: the authorities term 'high finan-
ciering." He bought teams, los
wagons, harness, supplies, and, il
fact, started to erect several houses
. Everything was either mortgaget
or purchased on credit. Whel
$ hard pressed Long gave checks OF
a bank of this city, some OF tn
checks still remaining unpaid. Fl
Q nally the end came. Long had
difficulty with Mr.. Haight. The,
Q ouarreled and hot words passe'
9 between them. Long lost his tenn
: per. Dammit" he shouted, an
seeming to realize that the word
were not becoming a superintend
Q emit of an orphans home, added
Q as he faced Mr.. Haight, "you hav
n made me lose my religion" Lon
was arrested on complaint {
Haight for grand larceny. Haigf
n charges that Long cut logs from
st tract of land to which he had n
title, while, on the other hanC
h Long contends that he had bal
ie gained for the land, on which
r erect his orphans home, and wa
l. clearing away the timber for tn
l. institution, and saving 1t into lun
is Der. Not a dollar had been pal
J. on the land, which is owned b
a, the Anglo Swiss Colony Comps
a, nv, of which Mr.. Haight is secrt
II, tary. When the case was callt
in Squire Wescott's court for
preliminary hearing four attorne,
appeared for the defendant. The
= were Messrs. Van Wormer, Mo
row, Wayland, and William
40 Prosecuting Attorney Bess was a
On os sisted by j. N. Burroughs. Ov
10 thirty witnesses from Brandsvil
~ we're introduced by the defendar
and the prosecution had about III
:" that many in attendance. All di
90 long the case was warmly conte'
'sU ed and after hearing all the ey
,oa dence and the arguments OF the
torneys Squire Wescott decided
bind Long over to circuit cou
~ During the tendency of the ca
- the authorities have been inves
eating Longs career prior to
appearance at Brandsville.
letter from Prosecuting Attorn
to Chas. p. Damron, Of Iron count
ate states that Long recently plead
Sc guilty through his attorney in t
th- Iron county circuit court to-
ew saultinga little girl in his social
lge orphans home at Arcadia. Lo
ct; paid the fine Of $50, but his bono