Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-11-11
Annapolis News.

N0WS is 5CdFC0 JH6 pdSG W00h'
The weather was nice up to yes
to-day. Cool and some rain last
night.
Camp meeting is still holding
out. Will continue all the balance
of this week. Something near
thirty-two conversions.
A great many people attended
court at Ironton last week and
will be this week.
Rev. Aberpathy preached at the
church house in Annapolis Satur-
urday night and Sunday and Sun
day night. Tue congregation was
small owing to the camp meeting
being SO close by.
Mrs. Margaret Talley is in town
this morning.
Chester Stevenson is in town
this morning. He is a whole
souled young man and is teach
ing school at Minimum. He
has been attending court the past
week. The last grand jury found
two bills against him for giving a
boy under the age Of q a small
"dram" Of w~hiskey. He was
"nolle prossed' in one case and
entered a plea of guilty in the
other and was fined $40 and costs
in the other Total fine and costs
S147. so, including lawyers fees.
This is a warning to others and
will prove a lesson to the defend
ant, SO other people may 'look a
little out" hereafter.
Ben Johnson sent to the Bluff
last Wednesday and got a jug Of
benzoine and he and Esquire
Kitchell used about three drinks
of the rat bait, and at dark they
could not have killed rats if they
had eaten them up whole. They
are ashamed of the act for them
selves but would have thanked
the old sister who testified at the
camp meeting to have kept it to
her self as she did not see us and
knew only what she heard. 1t is
not so bad on Ben as he is a young
man, but the Squire is a widower
and looking out for the second
blessing.
Gus Funk is making his old
planer hum to-day dressing lum-
Der.
Some of the boys we're badly
disappointed last Saturday. There
were some three or four one-gallon
jugs ordered Friday, and up to
date the gentlemen from Poplar
Bluff have failed to put in their
appearance. The reason was on
Friday the mail trains both south
and north, failed to get the mail
and it fell to the ground.
Our day agent, Chas. II. Lee
fever, and Elmer Delcore of nights,
keep the railroad business NOV
ing, and no more trouble is looked
for at the Annapolis station as
long as they hold forth here, fol
they are good men in their places,
Jessie Culton is sill holding his
own with the boys at Annapolis
and attending church day and
night.
Mrs. Charlie Ruble was q guest
OF her sister, Hattie Seals, in An
napolis last Saturday.
Dru Lewis, of Williamsville, was
visiting home folks last week. Re
ports good times down there.
John S. Benson was a visitor te
our town three days last week
and visited the camp meeting twc
nights along with Fritz Warncke
John is always welcome to oul
town,or any of his family,as far as
the writer is concerned, and he
told me he would pay us anothel
visit soon.
, Benny Benson Of st. Louis vii
} pay this town a visit in the neal
future. Come on, Ben, you arr
i welcome; there are some fair SCI
! waiting to escort you to church o,
any old place you wish to visit.
Rev. Wallace, who lives a
} Williamsville, is in town to-day
: on his way home from Black Rive
I in the Mann settlement where h,
has been preaching to the peopl'
In that vicinity.