Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-05-09


| MISSOURI NEWS II
William Woods to Be o~verhauled.
Fulton.-William Woods college
gill be o~verhauled. The improve
nents have begun. DR.. W, s. Woods
{ San Diego, Cal, formerly of Kan
as City, and a benefactor of the col
eye, has guaranteed the cost, which
will aggregate about $4,000. New !
'lumbing and decorations are inelud-
ID. Rev. Joseph L. Garvin, NJ. A.,
lew president, arrived from Seattle,
Wash, with his family and assumed
lis duties.
Methodist Societies Merge.
Jackson.-More than 100 delegates
o the joint conference of the Wom-
ms Home Missionary society and the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society
the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, combined the two organizations
by unanimous vote. The new joint
organization of the two missionary So
is to be known as the Wom
ans Missionary Society of the M. =.
Church, South.
Blame Women and Pies.
Jefferson City.-Contending that the
women improperly influenced the yot-
ers by feeding them on pies, sand
wiches and coffee, j. w. Halliburton
asked the supreme court of Missouri
to declare invalid the local option
in Jasper county, In which
the county, outside of Joplin, voted
dry.
Sunday SchooIers in Dry Fight.
Montgomery City.-The Montgom-
cry County Sunday School association
has decided to hold its annual meet
ing in Jonesburg the first week in
August. The association is back OF
the proposed local option fight in this
county, which will involve this city in
a battle with the rest of the county.
Ban Put on Book Farmers.
Columbia.-No student will be grad
uated in agriculture by the University
of Missouri hereafter unless he has
spent two summer vacations working
on a farm. This rule will be effect
i've next fall, and is aimed at eliminat-
ing the book farmer, who can not
hitch a horse.
Special Certificate to Teachers.
Jefferson City.~-William P. Evans,
state superintendent Of public schools
announced that he will issue special
certificates to teachers Of the Teach
ers' college of st. Louis, which VIII
be in force until they are appointed
upon the teaching staff in st. Louis.
Packers Hearing Postponed.
Jefferson City.-The prosecution
against the Hammond Packing com
pany and the st. Louis Dressed Beef
and Provision company, was laid e
for hearing before Special Commits
sioner Judge Daniel Dillon of st.
Louis, May %. ,
Standard Oil Begs for Life.
Jefferson City.-The Standard Oil
company of Indiana, which was ousted
from Missouri and fined $4,000 by
the Missouri supreme court, filed a
motion for a modification of the iudg-
uent permitting the company to con-
tinue business in Missouri upon the
sayment of the fine and costs.
State Treasury Statement.
Jefferson City.-There was a bal
snce in the state treasury at the close
If business April 80 of $4,28S. 3S9.37.
The receipts for the month of April
we're $1,000, 57O.16 and the disburse-
uents during the same period amount
I'd to $461, 10000.
PAYS $500 Debt After rs Years.
Webb City.-From Elwood, Ind,
N1onzo Webb, a conscience-stricken
sarber, arrived here to pay $500 he
Awned twenty-five years to Arthur
Shaw, whom he found in poverty.
Webb was recently converted.
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Montgomery City Students Win.
montgomery City.-Montgomery City
xfgh school, represented by Douglas
cameron and Ottmer Penn won a de-
nate with Centralia high school in
Montgomery. Centralia's representa-!
tives were Raymond Cox and Arthur
Sames.
Bali Breaks Boys Neck.
Rolla.--During a ball game at Ar
Yington Dewey Loughridge, Is years
old, son Of Alza Loughridge, threw a
ball, striking his little brother, Edgar,
5 years old, on the back of the head,
breaking his neck and causing instant
death.
Vote $4,000 for Court House.
Chillicothe.-Returns from the ru-
sal precincts indicate the proposition
to erect a 500, 900 court house In Elm
Park has carried, The persecution
carried in Chillicothe. sixteen to orS.
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Chambers Among Horses.
Colnmbia.-Glanders have broks~s