Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06

Wy A1OuOy u1ls D. we uILW OAtlt,
seems to think that in case the
county had gone ''dry," the
"wets" had a trap ready set to
catch the unwary and unsophisti-
Gated anti-saloonists. Ihave new
er; before heard of such a scheme,
and am not inclined to discuss
possible might -beens. The
certified, plain and undisputed
facts are that the county went
"wet" and some of the anti
saloonists refuse to abide the de-
cision of the question they were
so insistent in submitting to the
people at a public cost of over
5000. That is all there is to the
whole matter, and further discus
sion thereof would be "fat, stale
and Improbable" Therefore, as
far as the REGISTER is concerned,
the incident is closed.
The primary election in Iron
county was quiet. At the Ironton
precinct the Democrats polled
about two-thirds of their vote
while the Republicans did not poll
more than a third of a vote.
There was a fair vote through
out the county. The race between
Ball and Cowherd for Governor is
close. There will probably not
be more than twenty-five votes
difference in the county. Cowherd
is forty-six ahead with four or five
precincts to hear from. Simmons
for Lieutenant Governor, Graves
for Supreme Judge, Bradley for
Auditor and Bland for Court of
Appeals Judge will carry the
county by small m~ajorities. The
race between Lovelace and Burn
ham is very close and will require
the official count to determine the
result. Lovelace is about fifty
votes in the lead with the west end
precincts yet to hear from.
Charles Brawley of near Red
ford was in town a few hours yes
terday and paid the Outlook a visit.
Mr.. Brawley told us that Rev. w.
w. Strother closed one of the most
successful series of meetings ever
held at Redford on last Sunday
There were sixty CONVEX
sions during the ten days Rev.
Strother spent in the meeting, and
Mr.. Brawley says much good was
accomplished. Our informant says
Rev. Strother and his band of as
sistants will visit Redford again
sometime in September for the
purpose of holding another series
of meetings and uniting the diff
ferent denominations 80 that they
will all work together as a unit.
In the meantime the people of
Redford and surrounding territory
will erect a large shed or taberna-
Gle in which the meetings will be
held. From what we have been
told this was a glorious meeting.
We would have published the
names of the converts had we been
able to secure them.-ReynoIds Out
look.
There is, or rather there used to
be, a "frenzied inancier" in Pied
mont. Least, we Judge so, from
the following, taken from the last
issue of the Piedmont Banner:
"David E. Lovelace, a young man
who has been a resident of Pied
mont for several months, being
proprietor of the pool room here
for a portion of that time, has dis
appeared, leaving behind him
notes to the aggregate of $1,000 OF
more which are said to be forgeries,
1t is stated that Lovelace after his
departure wrote a letter from New
York to a relative at Brunot say
ing that he was leaving the coun-
try for Paris, France, and that the
reason would develop later. 1t
seems that he had secured money
on two notes presented at the Iron
County Bank of Ironton, and that
he offered a third note for $500,
signed DR.. N. A. Farr and Walter
Fitz, of Des Arc. The suspicious
of the bank officials being aroused
they declined the note and wrote
to the Des Arc persons whose
names were signed as securities
1t developed that this note and the
two upon which Lovelace had al
ready realized, were forgeries,
The Banner has been able to dis.
cover the existence of various 9th
or notes, which the supposed sign
ers assert are forgeries. The list
80 far obtained is as follows: Ir
the Bank of Iron County, Ironton
security,C @. L. Stevenson's note fol
1920. Pronounced a forgery
Same bank, note for 800 signed DR.
@. H. Jones. Pronounced a forg-
cry. Note for $500, at Citizens
Bank, Greenville, dated July 8.
1908, signed, George Creath; D. E
Lovelace and B. A. Shepley, secur'
tiles. Pronounced to be forgery
Note for $500 in Wayne County
Bank, Greenville, dated July 8
1908, purporting to be made by B
A. Shepley to D. E. Lovelace, with
Geo. Creath, Jno. W. Young ant
j. G.. Chiffon, securities. Pro
nounced a forgery. Note held by
Jno. w. Young, Piedmont, mad
June 8, for $3.50, Marvin Stokele.
to D. L. Lovelace, secured by Mrs
A. j. and Joe Stokeley. Pronounc,
ed a forgery. Note for $500 helt
by Jno. w. Young, dated Feb. Is
1908, supposed to be made by D
F. Stevenson to Lovelace, secured
! by O. G. Morris and G. w. Wallis
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