Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-04-21
From Holiness College.

Ed. Register-Everything in our
town seems prosperous. The
school is doing we'll and all seem
to be satisfied. Work is plentiful.
In fact, you can't get men to do
the work here and at Des Arc
there is quite a lot of improvement,
and every man is employed. Since
last September there have been
nine dwellings, two stores and a
barber shop built here on College
Hill. Rev. Kistler, our college
president, will have his founda-
ton put in this week and the car
penters will soon begin work on
his residence. Mr.. Buxton is
building a new six.room house on
his lots and several others will
build soon. | sold several lots
for the school last week, during
the revival meeting. l gave the
trustees a strip of land $50 feet by
GAS feet. When laid off in town
lots there were "a lots, 50xt40 with
20 foot alleys and 80 foot streets.
These lots are selling for S75
corners and $50 insides, and the
proceeds go towards paying off
our school debts. We are getting
our campus up in very good shape
and have one 14-room building
and one Groom building with
chapel hall, 24x40. Buildings are
furnished and this property is the
property of the Holiness people in
Southeast Missouri decided to a
board of trustees of nine sancti-
fed men who have control of same.
We have a charter from the state
and anyone wanting to educate
their children in a good religious
school will do well to investigate
the Des Arc College. We have
several school teachers here taking
a special normal course. Our
President, R. P. Kistler, has an A..
B. B. D. degree and is doing fine
work. We have employed him
for next year. Our Indebtedness
is about $1,000 on improvements
but we r expecting the lots to
pay the most of this debt.
We have just closed a great re-
vival meeting. Rev. Bud Robin
son, the great evangelist, was with
us ten days and did some wonder
full preaching and many souls
found God, either in pardon or
cleansing, and a great good done.
People were here from far and
near Our large camp shed was
packed full of people the last Sun
day of the meeting and an invita-
ton for members for the church
was given and twenty came for
ward and united with the Pente-
costal church OF the Nazerenes.
We now have over 100 members
and any of them will pray in pub
lie, not a n uses tobacco or be-
longs to a secret society. Read
Ephesians 4, 1927. God is bless
ing US abundantly, our services
are always we'll attended in Des
Arc. Our Sunday School some
times numbers 40. The singing
is the best | ever heard. OF course
/ haven't heard quite all the
singers in the land, but we have
real wide-awake services and
preaching every Sunday at II A..
M, and Sunday evening at 1880 in
our church at Des Arc. The 18th
of May quite a number of US start
out in meetings. | will have my
wife and daughter and a number
of students f1om the school and a
large gospel tent. l can't fill half
the calls we have for meetings.
| want the editor and every
reader of the REGISTER who can
to come to our Commencement
Exercises at the close of the school
about May 18th. Will give an
nouncement later. In the next six
months we expect to have twenty
new houses on College Hill. Mrs.
Wesley Stevenson, the mother of
VIM. Stevenson, our county Judge,
has bought a nice lot here and
will build a nice home soon.
REV. w. w. STRoTHER,
Sec'y of Board.