Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
His Sacred Obligations.

Again apologizing to the public
for devoting space to a needless
refutation of self-evident falsehood
l reproduce several excerpts from
the Rev. Dr.'s last weeks paper. |
omit special reference now to the
auditings of the county's books,
except to say that the only full,
fair and honest investigation in
behalf of the people has proven a
roorback to him and his following.
The audit instituted and prosecut-
ed in the interest of the Audit and
Bond Co., now under a $40, 900
damage suit because of a former
alleged false and libelous report,
Preserve for special consideration.
/ crave the patience of the reader
until the full truth is known. The
wait will not be a long one.
The REGISTER long ago showed
tie disposition of the War Debt
Fund-to whom paid, what for,
and the several amounts-in an
itemized statement. Did the Rev.
DR.. publish that statement? Not
on your life! He simply ducked
it and went on lying.
No, | was not an enthusiastic
admirer of the Murdock- Crumb
scheme, nor of the Land Congress
made to play second-fiddle to it.
That l was "sparing in praise"
OF the Arcadia Heights, or ''dubi-
Gus" of its success, is a statement
right worthy the Rev. DR.. giving it
u~tterance.
AS to the Arcadia Country Club,
I wa dubious" concerning it, as
l would be regarding any project
of which the Rev. DR.. was part and
parcel. Happily, his connection
with it is now minimized by the
presence of projectors possessing
ability and integrity, and conf
dence in its ultimate success is re-
placing a general doubt, born OF
former flimflams and graftings and
swindles. More than forty years
ago | suggested and advocated the
building of q lake at the Shut In
long before either the Rev. DR..
or his paper knew or cared for the
Arcadia Valley. The readers of
the REGIsTER-and some of them
have been on it's subscription list
over thirty years-know whether
it has ever stood against any hon.
est effort for progress. | have lived
here fifty-five years; here from
my boyhood have been expended
my best efforts; all my modest
substance is here; my dead sleep
over yonder beneath the naples,
and beside them my bones shall
be laid. Outside this beautiful
valley | have no vested interest,
and these surroundings are my
world, endeared to me by ties I'M
numbered. Yet here newly comes
a wandering, loud-mouthed, hyp-
ocritical swashbuckler and con-
scienceless pretender, with every
thing to gain and nothing to lose,
and presumes to call in question
my righteous concern for the well
fare of Iron county! He set things
Alright? He standing for righteous
uplift? God help the community
in need of the Rev. Dr.'s saving
grace!
Now to the excerpts. l begin
with this:
SIN all this discussion we have
been free from any personal abuse
of the editor of the REGISTER and
the officials"
No; you only tried to create the
impression that the officials were
dishonest and that the REGISTER
stood by them in their populations.
But "abuse"-no, no!
"That we ever deceived any one
regarding this country is as false
as the REGISTERS methods are
base-the Ham letter to the con-
trary Notwithstanding"
To comment upon this bald as
sertion would be like unto painting
the lily or gliding refined gold. !
award the brass medal to the Rev.
DR.. From the days of Ananias
down, history quotes nothing to
rival the Immediately foregoing
paragraph.
"We still hold true to obligations
strong as life and death and re-
strain ourselves even at the cost of
thought afraid or timid."
Sand had the editor of the REG
IsTER been as bold as he appears
bad and openly assaulted the char
acter of a innocent young girl in
stead Of hiding behind the sigma
ture OF a woman who is more to be
pitied than condemned, he would
have found not a few men in this
community who would have SPAR
ed him the punishment due his
kind only upon the grounds Of his
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