Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-29

tonI 10 Kill. 1nty arc HOW III JAN
The sermon by Presiding Elder
w. r. Mccormack, Sunday night,
at the Methodist church was splen-
did, and a large congregation was
present to enjoy it. Brother Nc
Cormack was not very we'll, but
one could not discern that he was
sick from the good way in which
he delivered the interesting SER
mon. We wish he could come
every Sunday. Regular services
Sunday at the usual hours. Mem
bers should attend services with
out an invitation, but the church
invites the people in general of the
Valley and all the visiting people
of the city. There will be some
thing special in the Sunday school,
so every teacher and pupil of the
school and all visitors be on time,
9:45. Epworth League at 6:45, If
the leaders and officers care enough
about it to attend the services and
help interest the people. Preach
ing at Pilot Knob next Sunday at
300 P. NJ. A. j. MAY.
The following special dated at
Ironton is taken from Sundays
Globe Democrat: "Friday evening,
while returning from the post
Office, B. B. Reagan, proprietor OF
the arcadia ValIey Enterprise, a Re-
publican newspaper published
here, was attacked by Jesse M.
Hawkins, the circuit clerk of Iron
county. Hawkins was sitting on
a porch in front of the Office of the
IRON COUNTY REGISTER, and when
Reagan passed Hawkins attacked
him, knocking him down. By
ISLANDERS say Hawkins kicked
Reagan, and, drawing a riding
whip from under his arm, dashed
him across the head, face and neck,
inflicting several wounds. The
attack is the result of the attack
by the Enterprise of ''the ring"
which has been in control in this
county for forty years. The En-
terprise, editorially, has not at
tackled the members of ''the ring
personally, but has placed before
the public their acts as officials.
After his attack Hawkins ordered
Reagan to omit his name from the
columns of the Enterprise. Reagan
is a man past 70 years of age and
weighs about 1875 pounds, while
Hawkins is about Sc years old and
weighs in the neighborhood of 1866
pounds. No arrest has yet been
made, but Reagan says that he
will employ the best attorney
available in the State for legal
proceedings against Hawkins"
The foregoing bears the ar
marks of one of the liars who are
habituated to filling the columns
of the Enterprise with vituperation
and SANDER. The assertion that
the criticisms of chat sheet were
directed solely to the official
actions of Mr.. Hawkins is wholly
false. For months and months the
Enterprise has been nagging him
with dirty notwithstanding
him up to scorn and contumely,
so far as it could. 1t has lied per-
sistently about the Democratic Of
fcials Of this county, but that has
been passed by. With MI. Haw-
kins it has been altogether differ
ent for months past. The Enter
prise tried to besmirch him as an
official, and, failing in that, it re-
sorted to purely personal abuse,
and kept it up week after week.
Finally, the object of the attacks
concluded that forbearance had
ceased to be a virtue, and he acted
accordingly. For a long time the
gang back of the Enterprise have
been giggling and ohuckling and
facilitating themselves upon the
way Benny has been "prodding
jesse" Well, he prodded once
too often; that is all there is to it,
and the gang are not now chuck
ling and laughing and punching
each other in the ribs in their glee.
/ d~eprecate such an occurrence as
that of last Friday evening, but |
also condemn the uncalled-for and
lying villihcation which led to it.
Last Wednesday morning Doug
lass Newman and Anderson Rust
went squirrel hunting, driving a
horse and buggy. They drove to
the woods adjoining the Hale farm,
about three miles west of Ironton.
Two boys of the Hale family saw
them, as soon as they arrived, in
pursuit of a squirrel, both having
alighted from the buggy and leay-
ing the horse standing unhitched.
The hunters then disappeared
into the woods and the boys saw
no more of them. 1t seems, how
ever, that they returned and
hitched the horse and then re-
sumed their sport. Several shots
were heard afterward, but nothing
more was seen Of either Of the
hunters until about noon wher
Rust came home and told his wife
that he had been caught crap
shooting by the Marshal and mus
get away until after court. I'll
then left, and his Whereabouts are
unknown. Mr.. Newman's rela.
.tives were not uneasy when he die
not return that evening or mex
day, supposing that he and hi
companion had taken a sudden
resolution to drive to Flat River,
trip they had recently talked 0.
taking. On Friday afternoon
however, a son Of Mr.. Mayes, TIL,
liveryman, came into town leading
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