Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-17

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Mo-, has a good roads organiza-
tion-The Concord Township Road
improvement Association, with
Jas. P. Ward, President; DR.. j. P.
Yeargain, Secretary; j. G. O'Neal,
Treasurer; Claude A. Eaton,
Chairman of Finance Committee,
and a Vice. President from each
school district in the township.
This is the first organization of its
kind in the county, and the good
results from it have already been
manifested. The road to the st.
Francois County line has been
surveyed, toward Frankclay, and
connection with the Arcadia Auto
Highway, is only a matter of a
few weeks.
There was a reunion of the Luz
cas- family at the home of j. M.
Lucas, Goodwater, Mo-, Sunday,
October 6, 1919. Those present
were the families of Charles and
Preston Lucas, of Brazil, w. D.
Bay and family, of Bixby, and
w. A. Lucas and wife, of Los An
geles, California, who have been
spending the summer in Maine,
and are now visiting in Goodwa-
ter on their return trip. Several
neighbors and friends were also
present, making twenty mine in
all. The day was a delightful
one, full of sunshine and sociabil-
Iity. At the noon hour Mrs. Lucas
invited her guests to partake of a
bountiful spread. When all had
Toasted the party gathered about
the grounds, and sang hymns,
songs, and told stories, until it
came time to say good bye. All
enjoyed the day and expressed the
wish that they might live to meet
again in the near future.
The Democratic candidates for
county Offices and other speakers
will address the citizens of Iron
county at the following times and
places:
Polk School House, Friday, Oc-
tober IS, 7:3O p. M.
Chloride, Saturday, October 10,
1880 P. M.
Sabula, Saturday, October 10,
1880 P. M.
Minimum School, Monday, Oc-
tober 81, 7:30 P. M.
Vulcan, Tuesday, October %.
2:30 P. M,
King School, Tuesday, October
%, 1880 P. M.
Annapolis, Wednesday, Octo-
Der %, 2:3O P. NJ.
Des Are, Wednesday, October
l23, 1880 P. M.
sawyer's, Thursday, October "a.
2:30 P. NJ.
Imboden School, Thursday, Oe-
tober "a, 7:3O P. M.
Bells School, Friday, October
25, 10 A. M.
Shipp School, Fri day, October
rs, 1880 P. M.
Everybody is cordially invited
to attend these meetings.
This is from McGinty's paper Of
last week:
sit is said that VIM. Blue, Demo
cratic candidate for Sheriff of IroI
County, has abandoned the con-
test and gone to work in st. Louis
1t is rather an odd thing for q
candidate to do, and we do no
vouch for the authenticity of the
rumor, but we do believe he can.
not win against his Republican
opponent, Hayes R. Summers
who creates a favorable impress
everywhere"
Who s'said" it? And if 20,
we're not willing to s'vouch for itl
authenticity why did you publish
the ssrumor''? If such a "rumor'
came to your ears, did you not be
lieve it to be false? If you didn't
how childish and unsophisticatet
you must be! But it is q fai.
sample of the "clean politics. the
Enterprise stands for and has stood
for since its first issue: anything
no matter how reprehensible, Il
further the cause of the power be-
hind it. Mr.. Blue is in the race IL
its finish, and his opponent, al
well as ,McGinty, will realize this
fact to their sorrow when the ideI
Of November come around.
The big HThomas Flyer" auto.
mobile, formerly owned by Ger
aid Parsons, of Bonnie Terre
which was burned near Iror
Mountain on Friday night, Aug.
ust Is, 1911, and which was subse.
quently purchased and rebuilt BIZ
the Lead Belt Motor Company
burned q second time, three mile!
out of Cape Girardeau about nine
o'clock on last Friday night
Oliver Edwards left Farmingtor
in the car for Cape Girardeau or
last Friday afternoon, expecting
to sell the machine there. He hac
trouble with it when near Liberty
vile and returned home. The
machine was gotten in shape
again and the trip resumed, bul
more trouble Was encountered,
The engine stopped when Oliver
had gotten within about three
miles Of the Cape. He got out and
started to raise the hood, when the
flames burst out and in q moment
the car was on fire. He ierlred of