Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-02-14

QIHA IL ny lllO COunly COulO, 1SSb
week, to serve at the April term of
circuit court:
II. w. Lucy. c. w. Jones.
John Lloyd. Pearl Hill.
Nose Long. George Swaringim.
w. ]. Russell, Fred Patton.
Flynn Chiffon. w, A, Meyer.
John Chiffon. S. E. Buford.
w. P. Copeland. Joseph Middleton.
L. L. Sutton. John Mckinney.
John Reel. J. w. Thompson.
Anton Roehry. E. B. Dutton.
Sam Thompson. Henry Crocker.
John r. Stoner. !. w. Stiicklin,
Services at M. E. church Sunday
morning, subject, "Three Essent-
ials to Successful Christian Life,
viz: knowledge, Love and Obed-
ience." The forces Of the various
churches will be concentrated in
the union temperance mass meet
ing at the M. E. church Sunday
evening at 1880. The program will
consist of readings, Rotations,
music and talks from the pastors
and people. Every one has a
special invitation to attend the
service. A. j. MAY.
This from Wednesdays Globe
Democrat: "Virginia G. Raney of
3649 Laclede avenue yesterday
filed suit for divorce from George
w. Raney, whom she married Oc-
tober II, 1905. They separated
February s, 1907. She is middle
aged and wealthy. Raney is much
younger. She recites that she
gave her husband a good home
and spending money; that her
husband, Notwithstanding this,
spoke harshly to her upon oc-
casions. Mrs. Raney owns a large
farm in Canada, a tract Of land in
Monroe county and property at
Ir%onton, Mo-"
Frank G. Delano, now spending
his second year in the National
Military School at West Point,
was in Ironton Monday, having
made the trip here to settle with
his guardian, DR.. Auerswald Of
De Soto, in the probate court,
frank attained his majority
February l0th.) The young mans
many friends here are proud tc
know that he is making a good
record at West Point, and promises
to graduate with honors in a couple
more years, when he will be 6
commissioned officer in the United
States Army. He returned tc
West Point Tuesday, but expects
to spend a vacation in the Valley
this summer.
The following road ~overseerG
were appointed for the various
districts throughout the county By
the county court last week: Thos
Chiffon, road district No. /; VIM
Fakes, district 2; Jos. Sillinger
district 8; Dick Lloyd, district 4
John Ruble, district 5; Vincen
Jordan, district 6; Ewd. Hollo'
man, district Z; John Signer. dis
trict s; Thos. Blauton, district 9
VIM. Depew, district 10; j. A
Raglan, district H.: VIM. Hart, dis,
trict IL; French Thurman, districi
10; VIM, Blue, district IA; Chas
Edmonds, district Is; j. III. Camp
bell, district 16; John Russell, dis
trict II; VIM. Thompson, distric
IS; Paecal Buford, district 10
Biler atcicklin, district 20; Ed
Westerman, district I'll; j. M
Shrum, district %; Henry Valner
district 20; F. M. Mayberry, dis
trict "a.
Do the persons clamoring for
High School in this district know
that if one is provided for th.
whites another must be established
for the colored children? Are thy
Taxpayers willing to bear TIL
burden Of the fad?-for fad it is
pure and simple. Much better re
suits can be obtained by improv
ling the schools we have than b,
piling on them a lot Of flubdubber,
in the name Of higher education
| believe that not one pupil in
hundred graduates" possessed o
! the learning the common school i
intended to impart, and that thor
oughness in the three R'sis a wan
much more grieyous than the fill
grees Of a jaw-breaking curricu
lum. Al High School cannot max