Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-12-19

in office, was based largely upon
the disclosure made by the Bond
and Audit Company which audit
ed the books of the various officers
of Dunklin county, in 1910; that
J. S. Mare, IN employee of the
audit company, had charge OF
that part of theinvestigation which
investigated the books of Collector
Douglass, and that though three
s~ubpoenas have been issued to get
Mare here, with checks enclosed
for his expenses, that the sub
poenas have been returned with
the statement that Mare could not
be found. Mr.. Bradley says he can
not proceed to the trial in this
case without Witness Mare, and
he sees no likelihood of getting him
here, so he and the counsel as
ISOLATED with him ask that Ease
mo. 266, at page II of the docket)
be nollied, which was done"
Circuit court convened in add
journed session Monday morning,
Judge w. N. Evans, of West
Plains, presiding, for the purpose
of trying the parties charged with
raping Mrs. Lily Mullane near
Annapolis, this county, on October
10th. Immediately on the as
sembling of court counsel for de-
Tense asked for a severance that
each of the eight defendants might
be tried separately. The sever
ance was granted and the states
attorneys elected to try the case
against VIM. Brewer. Thirty
seven qualified jurors we're secured
Monday and the three additional
jurors necessary were empaneled
Tuesday morning. Court then adj
journed until Wednesday morn
ing in order for the attorneys to
have the time to make their chal
lenges. The state has ten chal.
lenges and the defense eighteen.
Mrs. Mullane Is here but her hus-
band is gone-no one seems to
know where. The jury will be an
nounced when court convenes
Wednesday morning and the in
PRODUCTION of evidence will at once
begin. There are more than seven
ty witnesses in the case and the
trial will occupy most of the week.
like the picture show. There,
for an hour, one shuffles off his
mortal Government and lives in
a world devoid of the everyday
worries of life, at the cheap and
easy rate of ten cents per. There I
meet and exchange greetings with
friends whose presence treasures
me of the righteousness of mig be-
ing an auditor-or, rather, locker
on. The shows given in the
Academy of Music this winter
relieve the monotony of the town,
and are, morally and instructively,
commendable. But there is one
Objectionable attendant: the ir-
ritating, disconcerting activity of
many of the youngsters occupy
ing the front rows, to say nothing
Of a few callow, would-b be "smart"
youths of an age that ought to
warrant better behavior. Last
Saturday night, all my folks be-
ing in st. Louis, and time hanging
heavy on my hands, | went to see
the pictures. They were good,
and l always-when permitted by
surroundingsAenjoy the song "be-
tween acts" But it was not 80
that night. During the short wait
upon the beginning Of the show,
the youngsters in front girls, as
we'll as boys-were disagreeably
vivacious, and when the song
came on it was rendered at times
unintelligible by talking, shuffling
of the feet, and even whistIing-
some of the older boys lending
aid to the disturbance. Such as
this is intolerable, and parents
should Q to 1t that it cease. No,
I am not grumpy. I like to see
children enjoy themselves in their
oxuberance of life; but there is a
time Cor all things, and a little
restraint of their animal spirits at
suitable season will but give zest
to their play and ''fun'' at another
time. l hope the annoyance COM
planned of may be presently
abated.