Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-27
Des Arc Items.

Since writing last we have lost
two of our best neighbors: Ben.
Stevenson, brother of Wesley Ste
venson. He was a good man and
a friend to everybody. John Ru-
BILE died on Friday and was buried
Saturday. He leaves a wife, two
sons and one daughter-the wife
of Charles Shaver. Both of these
men died with pneumonia.
The saw mills are not doing
much. The roads are impossible.
The tie business is still boom
ing. That is about all the trade
our merchants have. Some of the
saw mills are cutting sycamore
ties. They get the timber out
of the creek bottoms. Several of
the mill men bought a car of a
corn, 1t was shipped from below
Piedmont and cost 60 cents a bush
ell here.
Rev, Walter Strother is holding
a meeting at Hiram and Bounds
Creek Churches. He will be gone
several weeks.
A beer saloon, it is reported,
will start here the first of March.
The Holiness people will make it
hot for them, as they are a terrible
temperance people. They will
watch every move they make in
order to get an Indictment. | am
sorry, for it will tempt our boys
and we "a live without it.
Judge Alcorn is moving his mill
from Funk's Branch to his farm,
near Vulcan. | am afraid it is a
bad move for the Judge.
John Crowley will settle up the
estate of John Ruble.
A party from Illinois has bought
the Clarke farm, south of Des Arc.
l don't know the names.
7. P. Fitz aud wife spent Sun
day at Piedmont.
Judge Lucy was here Monday
looking after ties and lumber
w. j. Fits son, Carl, is much
better. 1t was thought he had scar
let fever; but if he had it was in a
mild form. No other cases at this
writing. 1t is thought he caught
it on the train.
DR.. Farr will build a drug store
in town soon, near the post office.
tits reported that G. L. Steven
son of Brunot has sold his stock
of goods to VIM. Chiffon, son of j.
G.. Chiffon. Mr.. Stevenson will
retire from business and look aft
er his farms. He is the biggest
land owner in this section.
E. w. Graves went to the city
Monday.
Ed Smith and wife of Greenville
stopped off here Sunday to visit
with his sister, Mrs. Newt Settle.
They went on to st. Louis Mon
day.
Miss Gertie Fitzpatrick. accom-
panied by the Misses Schmidt,
spent Sunday at her home in
Belleview.
T. P. Fitz and wife are visiting
their daughter, Mrs. G. L. Will
Hams, aU EI6QmOnG.
Arthur Schmidt, Alvin Wallis
and Sam Fitz spent Sunday at
Middlebrook.
Miss Roxie Kinder visited rela-
tives at Bismarck Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zell Lewis from
Upalika are visiting relatives here.
Carl Fitz, who has been seriously
ill with scarlet fever, is impro wing
slowly.
Horace Morris and family have
returned from Doniphan.
Carwitt Myers was home from
Piedmont Sunday.
Bill Haefner was down from
!, Hogan last week to see his aunt,
Mrs. John Keathley, who has been
seriously ill. She is some better
at this writing.
MI. Wynn was up from Pied
mont last week putting up some
new stones at the cemetery.
Gene Fitz spent Sunday in
Piedmont.
The school children gave an
entertainment last Friday night to
commemorate Washington's Birth
day. The programme was as fol-
lows:
Salutatory-Joe Brawley.
| America-School.
Recitation, A Playmate-Kathren
Lovelace.
Recitation, A Neutrality-suspicious.
Myers.
i, Recitation, Something Better--Es-
| Their Myers.
Flag Song and Drill-Boys anc
Girls.
Recit'n, Breeches-Sammie Love
Recitation, My Picture Bessi,
! Martin.
! Song, Sweet Adeline-The Misses
Schmidt.
Dialogue, Which Will He Marry?I
Recitation, A Trade-Claude Nor
: ris.
1 Recitation, I Know Something
Sammie Love.