Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-10-21

Inc requiring llck6te 10
be shown before a passenger
boards a train, as at the present
time the trainmen are receiving
many complaints from the officials
urging more strict enforcement.
When the order was issued about
a year ago the public registered
much complaint at having to
show tickets and it has been with
much difficulty that the public has
been handled in this matter.-Pop-
lar Bluff Republican.
find the following from "Uncle
Isaac in the Republic of the 14th
inst: "The Mayors were not the
only guests of st. Louis who en-
joyed the centennial. All of South
east Missouri shared the pleasure.
The 1oat in the military parade
representing the Camp of General
Sterling Price looked fine. 1t re-
minded me of war times, and
when | saw that dear Confederate
flag and heard the band play
"Dixie" | felt like jumping in
among them. THOMAS P. FITz.
Des Arc, Mo-, Oct. IA, 1909.
A very enjoyable meeting of the
Missionary Society, was that held
last Wednesday afternoon. The
principal feature of the pro-
gramme, was the report of the
Presbyterial Meeting at Cornwall,
given by the delegate, Mrs. L. A.
Mckee. So full was the report,
and so wildly rendered that, as
one remarked, 'sto hear it was
almost like being there" An in
teresting paper on The Work of a
City Mission. in Ottumwa, Iowa,
was read by Mrs. Stinson. SUBJ
scriptions were received for the
Home Mission Prayer Calendar
and Foreign Mission Year Book
for 1910, each but ten cents, yet
full Of interesting and helpful in
formation. Adjourned to meet the
third Wednesday in November.
The village of Caledonia, about
eighteen miles north of Ironton, in
Washington county, vas visited
by a most disastrous fire last Sun
day night. The flames originated
in the store of the Oldest merchant
in the town, Mr., S. McSpaden's,
and were quickly communicated
to adjoining buildings. In all
four business houses, three res
licences, and the M. E. Church
we're destroyed, with a loss of
about 500, 900 and but little insur-
ance. 1t is not probable that many
of the structures will be rebuilt
and the blow to the town is a
serious one. Caledonia is an old,
old town and some of the burned
structures were built early in the
last century. Several people in
the valley saw that the skies in the
north we're bright Sunday night
about eleven o'clock, but did not
know the cause thereof until the
next morning when the news OF
the Caledonia fire was telephoned
from Belleview.
Fred A. Twomey arrived home
Saturday evening from Oklahoma
where he spent the past six
months. Fred has been conduct
or on a street car in Oklahoma
City and says that it is unques-
tionably a great country-second
only to Missouri. He says that
the failure of the Columbia Trust
Company in that city a few weeks
ago certainly exempli6ed that the
bank guaranty law is all that its
promoters claim for it. Fred says
that although the trust company
closed more than two weeks ago
all the depositors have not called
for their money, fully one-fourth
Of them having failed SO far to put
in appearance. In strange con-
trast with what happens when
there is a bank failure in a state
where there is no guaranty law,
and depositors are breaking their
necks, scrambling over each other
so as to be the first at the teller's
window. Mr.. Twomey will prob
ably be in Ironton the most of the
winter.
The Davis Crossing Lumber
Company Of st. Francois county
has fled suit in the circuit court
against ex-Constable Geo. w.
Marshall and the sureties on his
official bond, VIM. HI. Whitworth,
j. E. Grandhomme and III. R. Hol-
land. About a year and a half
ago Mr.. Marshall, who was then
constable of Arcadia township,
levied On and sold a saw mill OUT
fit belonging to the plaintiff, on an
execution from the Justices court.
The plaintiff now claims that the
proceedings we're illegal in that
summons was notproperly served.
The papers were served on j..
j. Raltey, who claimed to be and
was generally regarded as the
comyany's agent here. Plaintiff
denies that he was their authorized
agent; the claim is also made that
the property was sold for much
less than it was worth. The debt
on which the execution was issued
was something less than $500.
The property brought about 5000.
The balance is still in the con-
stables hand, the company refus-
ing to take the money from him.
The Iron County Teachers AS
ISOLATION convenes Thursday this
week, and will be in session three
days. It is expected that a full at
tendance will be on hand and that
the proceedings will have more
than the usual interest. Tho pro-