Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12

on him of the evenings require
ments. In truth, it was a happy
meeting and augured well for the
continued life and usefulness OF
the League.
John Nagel last week sold his
residence on main street, across
from Codding's, to Mrs. John
Schwab. Price, $3.50. Mrs. Schwab
has sold the cottage on Shepherd
street she bought from James M.
Logan a few months ago back to
him, and will make her home in
in the Nagel place. Mr.. Nagel, wife
and SON and daughter will leave
this week for Los Angeles, Cali
~fornia, to make their home in fu-
ture. Mr.. Nagel first landed in
Ironton about twenty-five years
ago and for twenty years was en-
gagged in the butcher BUSINESS.
We wish him and his well where
e'er they may cast their lot.
About a month ago s. A. Nc
Murtrey, who lives near Brule in
this county, saddled up a mare
and wandered over into the lead
belt in st. Francois county on a
horse trading expedition. When
he got in the neighborhood of Ell
wins he was told chat a man there
by the name of Pearl Linn had a
mule he desired to trade. Me-
Murtrey went to the Linn home
but the good man of the house
was absent. But when McMurtrey
stated the object of his visit the
good wife said the absence of her
liege lord made no difference; that
she was about as good horse or
mule trader as he was. McMurtrey
showed his mare, Mrs. Linn
brought out the mule. They
traded; McMurtrey brought the
mule to Iron county and Mrs. Linn
put the mare in the barn. But
when Linn returned home and saw
the mare he was not at all satisfied
with the trade his wife had made.
He made a demand that McMur-
trey give him back his mule and
take the mare again. McMurtrey
refused and now Linn has institut-
ed a suit of replevin in the Iron
county circuit court.
"Judge Gays Audit Acknowl-
edged.
"Jones' Shortage on January
81, 1911, According to his Books
Unchanged. Jones Makes Good
in August Term of Court"
This was the captioned comment
by the Rev. DR.. Swift upon the an
nouncement signed by all three
Judges of the County Court that,
after full and careful and search
ing Investigation, they found
Treasurer Jones just 70 cents
"short." That is, after all the re-
ceipts and expenditures of monies
coming into his hands for over four
years, had been summed up, he,
on September 28, 1911, owed the
county the above named sum.
This, on order of the court, he
paid into the treasury and received
his quittance. But the Rev. DR.. in
his heading to the Courts formal
announcement leaves, and intend
ed to leave, the impression that
Jones had been short, and ''made
good" by paying over the short
age to the county-about $1,000,
according to the Rev. Dr.''s pre-
vious statement, made time and
again. When a custodian OF
monies embezzles and his theft is
discovered, there is only one way
under the sun whereby he can
s'make good" by paying over the
amount he has stolen. The Rev.
DR.. Swift, Pastor in charge of the
First Baptist Church of Ironton,
knows, and the County Court
knows, that Tom Jones, in the
settlement which puts the lie upon
the charges made against him, did
MOI pay n dollar to make his ac-
counts balalce. Ii he had been
"short'' it was the sworn duty of
the Court to make public the
amount of his shortage and to
prosecute him for official malfeas-
ance, even though he 'smade good
on its order. If he had "made
good" the alleged $1,000 shortage
the money would have gone into
the county depositary. The Rev.
Swift knows, and knew when he
penned the libelous heading above
referred to, that no such sum, nor
any other sum, had been deposited
in the Bank of Ironton by Treas
urer Jones for that purpose. But
what is tho profit or need of com
batting such shameless mendacity!
Even the poor excuse that the
Rev. DR.. originally suspected oul
Loficials cannot be urged in his ia
vor now. Mr.. Jones has come Out
without spot or blemish, and il
would have been imperative to an
honest, God-fearing accuser tc
make due acknowledgment. In
stead, in the face of the exonerat-
ing report following, he brazenly
in his heading to that report, con-
veys an opposite conclusion. Do
you blame me, brethren, for find
ing fault with you that you still
retain him as a leader in the Way
of Righteousness? You may say
that as I am Of the world worldly,
unafiliated with the church, 1t il
not my province to NEEDLE with
matters ecclesiastical. I do not
appeal to you as church members,
but as upright citizens having the
welfare Of the community at heart.
Your pastors influence has not
been for its good. He has fulmin-