Iron County register., 1911-06-01

"
suddenly Tuesday evening. Her
daughter, Bee, teacher of the Iron
ton colored school, had been out
for the evening, and on returning
home found her mother sitting up
on a sofa, dead.
Judge W.. S. G. Walker took
his daughter, Miss Rose Walker,
to st. Louis Tuesday to have her
eyes fitted by an expert, with
glasses. His niece, Miss John E.
Walker, who spent the past two
seasons here, in the Kennett
schools, went home at the same
time.-Dunklin Democrat.
Work was begun Monday on
the tabernacle to be erected on
"Epworth Among the Hills" The
structural work will be of steel and
the roof of .tiling. The seating
capacity will be about 1900 and
the cost in the neighborhood OF
S3,500. Mr.. Chas. j. Tual is the
contractor. The edifice is to be
completed in time for the opening
of the Assembly, July 18th.
H. M. Blossom, President OF the
Insurance Agency Company, st.
Louis, was in the Valley a few
short hours Tuesday. He came to
attend the meeting of the Busi-
ness Mems League under the mis-
information that it was called for
Tuesday evening. He returned
home on the 1870 train that day,
but will pe on hand Thursday
evening if conditions permit.
hope they may be favorable.
For the occasion of the Golden
Jubilee and Homecoming at
Poplar Bluff, June Sth-10th, round
trip tickets will be sold from Iron
ton for 49, is. Tickets on sale June
7th, 9Th and 9th, with final return
limit June 18th. A special train
will leave De Soto at 6. A. M, June
7th, Sth and 9th, reaching Poplar
Bluff 10:30 o'clock. Returning
will leave Poplar Bluff at9P.M.
G. E. DowNEY, Agent.
In speaking of the recent exam
ination conducted by the state
board of law examiners the Jeffer-
son City NeaUs says: "Another JEFF
ferson City man who passed the
examinations successfully was
Holland R. Polak, stenographer
to Judge G. Brown. Polak, like
Patterson, absorbed his law while
serving as court stenographer in
Southeast Missouri and by read :
ing law in leisure hours. Polak is
a naval veteran of the Spanish
American war and served in
Dewey's squadron which routed
the Spanish fleet at Manila. He
formerly resided at st. Louis and
was engaged for time in roper
torial work"
Mr.. Delano tells US that the
month of May just terminating is
the hottest and driest of which he
has any record in the past thirty
three years. The driest May
heretofore was sometime in the
eighties when the precipitation
was AT of an inch. This year il
has hardly been fourth as much
The prolonged drouth has, o.
course, done much damage. Prob
ably the meadows and oats have
suffered most. The gardens are
badly damaged, too. Since Sun
day there has been much indica-
tion Of rain and that evening there
were good showers north and west
of us. Early Wednesday morn
ing there was barely enough rain
to lay the dust, but the prospects
are that there is more coming.
Let us hope.
The Republic, in it's war reminis-
cences of ''fifty years ago." last
Sunday made reference to the
seizure of lead in Ironton by q
company of Federal troops from
st. Louis. The lead was stored
under the porch of the old Iron.
ton House. A part of it had beer
carried south in wagons before the
troops arrived and arrangements
were made for the removal of the
remainder; but the coming of the
soldiers interfered with the pro.
iect. Disregarding all protests
they seized the lead and shipped
it to the city. Great excitement
attended the event, but no clash o.
arms resulted. AS my venerable
friend, Solomon Brill, used tc
say, quotingan old-time acquaint
ance, "Them was prelarminatine
times and fellow hardly knew
which inrection to go!"
The preliminary examine ton O.
Drew Pitts and his son, Jonas, fol
the killing Of James Butler ant
his daughter, Efie, near Bixby
Mo-, on May 18th, was held before
Squire Rasche Saturday. The ev,
Iidence was about the same as tht
story printed in the REGISTER
Pitts daughter, however, testified
that the trouble began by hel
father ordering her to go out ant
whip the Butler girl. The only
witnesses to the shooting were the
Immediate members of the de.
| fendant's family. John Henry
Chandler and Ike Hetrick were
about three hundred yards away
but could not tell what was sale
by either parties. After hearing
the evidence Squire Rasche helc
Drew Pitts for the grand jury ir
the sum of S2500 in each case
His son, Jonas, was discharged
The case will be presented to the
special grand jury which meets