Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-09-18

lean Lana q M1nln company as =
Tciyi engineer, has resigned his posi-
ton to accept similar place with the
new railroad at Bismarck.
For SALE single buggy and har-
ness; 1 Oliver Chill plow, No. 10; l
spring tooth harrow; / hand corn
grinder / hand corn planter; 8 York
shire. hogs; one dozen White Rock
Hens and Cock. II. L. NELSON, n
mile north of Pilot Knob.
1t is stated that the post Office in
spector who was sent to investi gate
the proposition made an adverse re-
port on the establishment of a post
office in this county at Kaolin. An
other effort will be made, however,
to have the office established.
Mrs. Mamie Walker has succeeded
Fred Bond as assistant cashier of the
Bank of Ironton. Mr.. Bond has ac-
cepted the position of cashier of the
Bank of Irondale. Mr.. @. A. Eaton,
former cashier of the Irondale Bank,
has been appointed Bank Examiner.
Tim McCabe, the young base ball
pitcher from Graniteville, has signed
with the st. Louis Browns for the en-
suing year. Barney Petty, the vet
eran ball player from Pennington,
who has had McCabe in hand for sew
aral weeks past, ~pronounces him a
most promising ''youngster."
For RENT OR SALE-A six-room
cottage, with seven acres of ground,
all fenced. Fruit, good water and a
fine barn. Location at the foot Of
Shepherd Mountain and only three
blocks from the courthouse. Furni-
ture will be sold very cheap.
MRS. II. w. KIRCHNER.
The Presbyterian Missionary Pro-
gram for Wednesday, October s., 1918:
Hostess, Mrs. Mckee; Devotional,
Mrs. Feary; Business-Roll Gall
Gods Promises; emissions Among
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Brown; Mu-
sic, Miss Gay; Foreign Topic, Phil
ipine Islands; Short Paper, "General
information on Conditions in Phili-
pines" Mrs. McKee,; Discussion;
Hymn. .
We hear that Miss May Wemp,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Wemp,
former residents of Ironton, wat
united in marriage at Shreveport
Louisiana, on Friday last, September
10, 1918. We are not informed as tc
the bridegroom's name, but under
stand that he is a prosperous young
business man, recently appointed
postmaster of Natchitoches, the
Louisiana town where the Wemps have
resided for a number of years past.
A young man by the name Of Alb
bot, from Goodwater, in the west enc
Of the county was brought to town las
Wednesday, the intention being tt
send him to an asylum. An investi.
/, CATION revealed that Abbot had re-
Gently had a severe spell of typhoid
fever and since then his mind hat
!, been affected. 1t was determined t.
send Abbot back home for a while
and then, later on, if there was no i'm
,lprovement, arrange to place him il
the asylum.
Recorder Hawkins has issued tn
!, following marriage licenses sine Q GU
last report:
, Ernest L. Peck and Gladys Lucill
: Myers of Ironton.
Jno. Vance and Avarrah Lashley c
Madison county.
! Jos. F. Hill and Ora Wilkinson o
! Goodwater.
Kelley Wilson of Warren's Stor
and Lily Bell of Edgehill.
Jack Tally of Vulcan and Grac
Morris of Wayne county.
S. M. Dulaney and Bertha Shrum {
Graniteville.
=. VIM. Pratt and Ruth Boswell of Al
Q cadia.
@ Earl Bean of Caledonia and Lucill
Farmer of Mann.
q The United States government he
instituted suit against the Illinois 81
q Ry. Co. for $4,000 for working i
employees overtime in connectic
with the moving of the Ringing Bro
show when it visited Flat River lal
: September. The show visited Popli
Bluff the next day after it was at FL
. River, but the Illinois Southern an
81 Iron Mountain railway compani'
i were so slow in moving the train th'
the afternoon performance could M
be given. The show company sue
the railway companies for not delive
ing its trains on time and now th
government is suing the Illino
Southern for working its crews owe
2 time in trying to deliver the sho
trains. We reckon the railway con
pany thinks 'It's be damned If you {
ID and be damned if you don't.-Farn
40 ington News.
10 We don't say this in spirit of en'
or spite, but just to show how col
80 gress wastes the revenues by opel
20 ing the "pork barrel" Up at De sot
a city Of perhaps 5000 people, Il
s. government is preparing to erect
f. p~ostofice bulldog to cost $50, 0C
g. There is in all the town not anoth
" Lo. o1;4oa thot ooct nm