Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-10

he was operated on but the sur
geons concluded that his dondi-
lion was such that he could not be
benefited.
Lawyer w. S. c. Walker will
be Dunklin county's candidate for
circuit Judge, regardless of who
may ask for the position. Dunk
lin county is entitled to the honor
and should have it. Mr.. Walker
is qualified from every standpoint
of view.-Malden Merit.
There has been a decrease of
nearly fifty per cent. of the colored
children of school age in the Iron
ton, Arcadia and Pilot Knob school
districts in the past ten years.
The three districts now have forty
colored children of school age.
Ten years ago there were rs.
c. w. Tetwiler and daughters
moved into their new home on
Rancho Avenue Wednesday. Mrs.
Tetwiler will quit the hospital at
Riverside Saturday and join them.
She gives evidence of soon being
in better health than she has en-
joyed for years.-Colton (CGI.) IN
formation.
A tent meeting will be held In
der the auspices of the M. E.
Church, South, Arcadia, near the
hotel, the latter part of July. DR..
Irl R. Hicks, the great weather
prophet, will lecture. DR.. G. G.
Woods, DR.. Wainwright, a noted
missionary, and other, distinguish
ed characters will be present.
The hub factory at this place
has cut out and is packed for
shipment. 1t is not definitely
known where it will be located,
but the report is that a deal is on
with the Mo. Lbr. & M. Co., for a
large quantity of hub timber in
Shannon county, and if it goes
through the factory will be located
on Horse Hollow.-Ellington Pr8ss.
Atty. j. F. Green, formerly
Judge of this judicial circuit, was a
pleasant caller at this Office We'd
nesday of last week while here in
attendance at court. Judge Green
made a splendid record while on
the bench and has a large num-
Der of friends in this county who
would like to see him hold his
high position again.-CenterUille
Outlook.
Mrs. Mahala Rust, wife of Mr.. G..
G. Rust, died at the family home,
west of town, Saturday, June, 9Th,
at the age of rs years. Deceased
was the mother of eleven children,
only two of whom survive her.
The remains were inferred in the
K. P. cemetery Sunday afternoon.
The bereaved husband and son
have the sympathy of their neigh
bors in their sorrow.
Unless it be De Soto there isn't
a station on the railroad between
st. Louis and Poplar Bluff that
does anything like the passenger
business that Ironton does. This,
too, in face of the fact that the
Arcadia station is only one mile
south and Middlebrook four miles
north. 1t is truly remarkable the
number of people that get on and
off the trains at Ironton.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Logan, of
Belleview, were in Ironton Tues
day, and honored the REG
lister sanctum with their presence
for a few minutes. | am always
pleased to meet them and this call
was no exception to the rule, x
cepting that it was more than usu-
ally interesting in discourse. More
may hereafter be said of the sub
ject matter of conversation.
Because of the addition now
being built to the Ironton school
building it will be impossible to
hold the June examinations there
in and Commissioner Burnham
asks us to tell the teachers and all
others interested therein that the
examinations will be held in the
public school building, Arcadia,
June 18th and 26th. The notice
and order of subjects is printed
elsewhere in this paper.
The following is from a recent
number Of the st. Louis Herald and
Presbyter: "Madison, Ill.-Rev. j..
G. Reynolds was installed pastor
of this church on May 6. With
the exception of two years spent
at Ir%onton, Mo-, Mr.. Reynolds has
spent his entire ministry in this
church, beginning here in 1893 as
a local evangelist. This church
occupies a field Of great promise.
The membership at present is one
hundred and ten, with a Sabbath
school membership Of two hundred
and twenty-five. One class is
composed of Bulgarian men, and
the lesson is taught in the Bull
garian language. Another class
is composed entirely of children
Of foreign speaking people"
Mr.. Matthias Rapp, father of
Henry Rapp, died at the latter's
home in this city last Tuesday
evening at eight o'clock of senile
debility. Mr.. Rapp was 81 years
of age, and up to a short time
before his death was quite active
for his years, frequently going to
Pennington and other places
alone. He shaved himself two
days befor his death. For many
years he has made his home with
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