Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-07

and subject to a manufacturers
license of 5000 per year and a tax
of 1Oc a pound if butter contains
t6 per cent o. more moisture
Potosi Journal.
Circuit Court is still in session.
The proceedings the past week
were: State VS.. John Novalk,
disturbing the peace; trial by jury
and fine of 81; State VS.. Chas.
Cox; plea of guilty to common
assault and sentence of sixty days
in Jail; Mike Hughes was found
guilty of larcency from a dwelling
and sentenced to three months in
Jail, acquitted of one charge of
burglary and larcency; State vs..
VIM. Borders, arson, continued;
State VS.. VIM. Brewer, Buck Sum-
mers, Jake Brewer, Sam Kemper,
Fred. Kemper, Walter Colyott,
Chas. Colyott and Fred Slusher,
gambling, plea of guilty and each
fined S25 and costs; State VS.. R.
w. Gay, selling liquor without
license, plea of guilty and fine of
500 and costs; State VS.. Henry
and VIM. Schleuter, passed until
November 7th; State VS.. Dave
Worley, continued. Tuesday the
trial of Preschia Blanks, colored,
for the murder of Robert McGill
was commenced. The case will
probably be given to the jury this
Wednesday, afternoon.
When the county court was con-
sidering the petition of j. A. Ker-
win for saloon license at GRANTEE
vile Monday afternoon, presiding
Judge Buford, made the statement
that he very much doubted the
wisdom and righteousness of the
action of the court at the adjourned
term in October when 1t ruled that
in future all saloon petitions must
have the signatures of two-thirds
of the Taxpayers of the township
or town wherein the saloon was to
be located. The Judge further re-
marked that all his life he had
believed in and advocated that the
majority should rule, and he hard
ly felt justified in departing from
this fair and ime-honored custom
now. The REGISTER looks at the
matter very much as Judge Buford
does, and we think that the courts
action, more especially at that
particulart time, was i'll -advised and
unfair. A majority of the voters
of the county had just expressed
themselves as in favor of license
and the court cannot justify itself
in thwarting the will of the major
ity.
Mr.. j. w. Dean, superintendent
of the Iron Mountain railroad with
headquarters at De Soto, was in
this city this week calling on our
people and getting acquainted
with the country. He made this
Office a pleasant call. MI. Dean
seems to be the man that the Iron
Mountain railroad has long need
ed, some one who will meet the
people half way. He assured the
Democrats Neaus that any complaint
by shippers that was made to him
would receive attention. Mr.,
Dean is a most excellent railroad
man and his genial personality
will do more towards healing the
breach that now exists between thu
people along the line OF the Iror
Mountain railroad and the man
agement of the road, than any
thing else that the company coulc
possibly have done. There il
nothing of the I-own-th -worlt
air about MI. Dean, he is simply
a plain, straightforward business
man. Mr.. Dean will always fine
; a welcome when he calls on tn
people of Fredericktown, some
thing no other employee of the An
, Egel Maker has received, outsid
! the local agent, for many months
-FredericktoaUn News.
! Last Saturday evening jury il
the circuit court returned a verdic
, finding Anderson Rust not guilt,
T of the murder Of Douglas New
man. The hearing of evidence il
, the trial commenced Monda,
8 afternoon at one o'clock and wa
completed the following day a
r noon. The story of the tragedy j
fresh in the minds of our readers
lion the morning of August 21s
last Rust and Newman drove ives
s of town on a squirrel hunting ex
. petition. Nothing more was hear
Of them until Friday evening whe
/ the horse they had driven wa
found on the road a couple {
. miles west of Ironton. Then
was learned that Rust had returne
to town about noon "Wednesday
t hidden his family goodbye an
said he was going south. A scare
6 was started for Newman and hi
decomposed body was found in a
abandoned road, three miles wei
j. Of town Saturday morning. A
examination revealed that a bullt
: entering his back and passing OF
y the chest had caused death. Ru'
J went on the stand in his own be
{ half, His story was: he and New
= man after hunting for some tim
had gotten in the buggy and star
2 ed home. A flock Of wild turkey
crossed the road just in front
y. them. They hurriedly hitched Il
= horse and started into the wood
u going in opposite directions. Aft
y going a short distance Rust sa
y probably fifty feet away what
= took to be a turkey. He fired h