Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-21

large panes of glass in the front OF
the Office of the Iron County Realty
Company. AS some one played
the same ~dastardly trick on the
REGISTER some three years ago,
we can understand just how one
feels to be treated that way. 1t is
to be hoped that the offender will
be apprehended and punished.
The Brown Shoe Company OF
st. Louis is thinking of building a
factory at Poplar Bluff. The Ro-
berts, johnson & Rand Shoe Com
pany recently established a factory
at Cape Girardeau, the citizens OF
that town putting up a bonus of
STE, 900. If the health of the oper-
atives is considered, the Valley
would be a much more desirable
site for such a factory than either
Poplar Bluff or the Cape.
Our county clerk, Mr.. Jos. A.
Reyburn, formerly travelling rep
resentative for the Peters Shoe
Company, of st. Louis, recently
addressed a letter to that corpora
ton asking that they consider the
Valley as a site for the new factory
they propose building. The To-
cation of such an institution here
would certainly be a big thing for
this community. Our people
should take the matter in hand.
A couple of girls in North st.
Louis r going to give a ball to
secure funds to help Bill Spaugh
prosecute his appeal in the United
States Supreme Court. We do not
suppose that it ever occurred to
these young ladies to get up a fund
for the benefit of the wife, who
was made a widow, and children,
who were rendered fatherless, by
the vicious and cruel murder for
which Spaugh has been sentenced
to hang.
1t is said that a good many years
ago, when the railroad rate was
reduced from four cents to three
cents per mile, that the railroad
companies made the same sort of
a kick that they are making now,
and prophesied most direful re-
suits in case the reduction was
made. But the rate was reduced
and the railroads prospered as
they had never done before. Per-
haps, the reduction to two cents
will have just as happy an ending.
Mrs. May Summers, wife of E.
w. Summers, died from lockjaw
at the family home, west of IRON
ton, at an early hour Wednesday
morning. Last Saturday Mrs.
Summers ran a rusty nail into her
foot. The wound was not con-
sidered a serious one at the time,
and no great attention was paid
thereto. Monday, however, tetanus
developed, from which the I'M
fortunate woman was unable to
secure relief. A. husband and two
little girls are robbed of wife and
mother by her demise. To them
the REGISTER tenders assurance of
profound sympathy in their great
sorrow. The funeral occurs from
the Baptist church to-day Thurs
day. at $3.50 o'clock, and interment
will take place in the K. P. ceme-
terry.
The circuit court was occupied
on Friday and Saturday last with
the case of the State VS.. Russell
Carr, the defendant being charged
with felonious assault. The evil
dence brought up against him was
entirely circumstantial, and after
having been out only a short time
Saturday afternoon the jury
brought in a vereict of not guilty.
1t will be remembered by our
readers that a young school teach
9" named James T. Mcdonald was
shot in the back from amush, at
Caledonia, on the night of Janu-
ary 18th, with a shotgun and
seriously injured. Young Carr
was charged with having done the
shooting, the motive alleged being
jealousy. He is to be congratu-
lated upon successfully refuting
this chargein court.-Potosi Journal.
The followingis reproduced from
Sundays Post-D Dispatch: ga dance
will be given on the night of March
Both at Social Turner Hall, Thir-
teenth and Monroe streets, for the
purpose Of raising money to fight
an appeal to the Supreme Court
for Bill Spaugh, sentenced to be
hanged April 26th. Recently
Spaugh made public a plea asking
for funds to help him save his life.
The dance was arranged by Mrs.
Maggie Stephan of 1404 Monroe
street and Miss Lily Patterson OF
1920 Monroe street. They came to
the POST Dispatch Office to tell their
reasons for wanting to save
Spaugh's life. we read about
the case very carefully Miss Pat
terson said, 'and we don't think it
was just that he should be sent
enced to death. Then, after the
sentence was passed, we saw that
his sister was driven insane. That
made us feel awfully sorry for him.
L.went out to- see her at the asylum.
She is getting along we'll now, and
| think her mind will come back.
But it won't if her brother is
hanged. That's why we want to
save him. We haven't much
money ourselves, and that's why
we got up the dance.'"
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