Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-11

Inc cOunty's books are being
audited. Last Thursday the coun-
ty court rescinded its order made
a month ago to employ the firm of
Haskins & Sells, ST. Louis. That
order called for two certified ac-
countants and an Immediate aud
iting, the accountants to be paid
at the rate of SIS a day, each. Mr..
Finlay Wharton, Superintendent
of the said firm, upon notification
came here, and said that he had
but one unemployed accountant
then and the work could not be
begun for a week or two. He also
stated that his services would be
charged for at the rate of S25 a
day for such time as he might
give his personal attention to the
matter. He then returned to the
city and nothing further was heard
from him up to the regular term
of county court last week. The
county clerk by order of the court
wrote Mr.. w. asking immediate
reply by phone and letter. No
answer being returned the court
rescinded it's original order and
made a new one employing
Messrs. J.. P. Foard of Poplar
Bluff and VIM. r. Edgar, Jr., OF
Ironton, and Monday morning they
began the work. For this they
each will receive $40 per day. AS
Mr.. Foard is a Republican, the
Rev. Fuller and his satellites can
not plausibly assert that the end
aimed at is a whitewash; but
whatever the result, it will be con-
elusive to all fair-minded citizens.
The city of Poplar Bluff was
triumphant in the biggest legal
battle yet when a jury in the case
OF William Smith against a num-
Der of Poplar Bluff citizens at Iron
ton Wednesday afternoon return
ed a verdict for $50, a sum less
than his lawyer fee. Smith was
suing John w. Bergman, ex-
Mayor, F. H. Buschmann, w. A.
Holcomb, j. A. Brandon, A. j.
Young, and H. E. Kernek, mem
bers of the council, for SIS, 00O
damages for refusal to grant him
a saloon license for q place in the
Airdome building. The building
being under condemnation by the
city the council declined to issue
the license, but they were forced
to when served with a writ of
mandamus by the Springfield
Court Of Appeals. The city suf-
fered many adverse rulings by the
court but City Counsellor Sam M.
Phillips and associate counsel Ed.
L. Arlington made a hard fight.
The evidence showed that Smiths
lawyer, E. A. Green, received $500
for his services in the Smith Ii
cense suit and that a brief and
other expenses totalled S35. This
was the testimony of Smith and
Green, but several lawyers were
placed on the stand to show that
this was an exorbitant fee. When
the jury returned a verdict it was
S115 for lawyers fee and S35 for
brief and other expense. While
this was a great victory for the
city officials the suit will be APP
pealed and fought to a finish by
the observation-disclosures Bluff Re-
publican.
Henry Rapp, aged about 55
years, a we'll known citizen of Flat
River, who has been i'll with liver
trouble and other complications
for several weeks, attempted sui
eide at his home in Crawley bot
tom, on Tuesday afternoon by
slashing his throat with a razor.
Mr.. Rapp was recently brought
home from a st. Louis hospi tai,
where he had been several weeks
for treatment and since learning
that the doctors and relatives had
but little hopes for his recovery he
has been in a very Respondent
mood and at times his mind has
been affected. Tuesday afternoon
he asked his nephew Joseph Rapp,
to shave him, which he was pre-
pairing to do. Mr.. Rapp told his
nephew to bring him two razors
and he would show him which one
he generally used. The nephew
brought the razors to him and
started away from tha hedaida
saying that he would get the mug
and a piece Of paper. MI. Rapp
picked up a razor and slashed his
throat on the left side and said to