Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-15

cOnultlon seems TO De general. MT. Z
Delano attributes it to the rather Sc !
we're frosts early in April and the I'M
favorable weather since. The outlook {
for peaches is more encouraging.
Recorder Hawkins has issued the
following marriage licenses since our
last report
Gordon Turner and Bessie Wilson
of Bixby.
Jerry Moore and Annie Wakefield
of Graniteville. |.
Albert Shepherd and Mrs. Ruth
James of Reynolds county.
Adrian Reeves of Poplar Bluff and
Lottie Hawkins of Ironton.
The county court last week deferred
action on the petition of Michael Shea
for saloon license at Germanville until
the August term of court. The law
says that an applicant for saloon Ii
cense must bean assessed tax-pay-
ing c~itizen.n Mr.. Shea has been a
resident of Germanville since the first
of the year. The assessment is made
in June and he has, as yet, had no OPP
~portunity to be assessed.
Mrs. s. E. Jelly entertained the La
dies Social Club, May 9Th, 1913. Fav-
orite quotations, readings and recita-
tons were given in response to roll
call. Mrs. R. P. Grow was awarded
the prize in a contest. A vocal duet
by Mesdames Bishop and Mitchell was
very much enjoyed. The hostess and
assistant hostess, Mrs. Mckee, served
delicious refreshments. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Spencer,
May Goth.
VIM. Trauernicht, A. Roehry and
M. w. D~augherty went to Caledonia
last Wednesday to attend the funer-
al of DR.. Eaton as representatives of
the Masonic order from Ironton.
They report the funeral one of the
largest they aver witnessed and say
it was ample evidence of the esteem
in which the deceased was held by the
people who had known him so many,
many years. Over one hundred mem
! bers of the Masonic order were in at
/ tendance.
Our old friend, Judge j. W. Alcorn,
, is again a resident Of Iron country, be-
r ing now located at Middlebrook,
a where he has a saw mill and store.
He has a contract to cut the timber
of the Smollinger lands, which ex-
;, tend from Middlebrook to Iron Noun
tain. The Judge tells us that there is
, quite a | OF of red oak on the tract.
He has been located at L~esterville in
Reynolds county, for the past year or
: two. We commend him to the people
: of Middlebrook and that section as an
! upright man and mighty good citiz en-
, Two boys, Alfred and Gordon Perry
of Elvins, Mo-, aged sixteen and
thirteen years, respectively, were
brought to Ironton Tuesday evening
by a deputy sheriff from Reynolds
county and lodged in jail on the charge
of stealing a horse from J. H. Price
y Belleview last Friday night. That nigh
some one took the horse from Price,
g place and rode the animal abou
twenty miles into Reynolds county
and turnedi it loose, whereit was founo
a day or so afterwards. The boys
deny that they are guilty and say the!
walked from Elvins to Edge Hill il
Reynolds county, where their brother
in-law lives and where they were ar
N rested.
* On last Tuesday morning, Mrs. e
Of L. Purcell, district deputy of this dis
is trict for the Order of the Eastern Sta
k went to Ironton where a new chapte
was organized Tuesday with Hon. W
h. R. Edgar as worthy patron. Th
- grand patron of the order of the East
= ern Star of Missouri, accompanied b
several other grand officers, were pres
emit to organize and put to going tn
new chapter. Mrs. Henry Evans
worthy matron of the Fredericktow
ls chapter, Mrs. Helen Knowles, Mrs.
]. Pirtle, Mrs. Pauline Simpson, an
Mrs. Jessie Dent Davis, all of this cit
u assisted in the organization of I'll
%Ironton chapter. = F redericktow
Democrat-News.
'rs About two O'Clock last Friday morr
Is ing Mrs. F. Rodach, of Middlebrool
was awakened from her slumbers /
OF some one striking a match in Il
res room. She looked and held a big nj
gro man. The frightened woman sun
ID moned sufficient courage to ask til
ost intruder what he was doing there. 4
of the sound of her voice the negro dar
ty. ed out of the room and disappeared
1st the darkness, An investigation n
he vealed that the frontdoor of the hou
was standing wide open and the neg
tho had doubtless opened it with a Ike
~ Afterwards some one, very likely Il
an same negro, tried to make his way il
80 to another house in the hamlet, b
oro was frightened away before he su
ceeded. 1t Is too bad the culprit W
vas not ~apprehended.
The B. Y. P. U. entertainment 10
Friday evening was well attended,
sp- it deserved to be. Miss Pape's rea
raj ings, or, rather, recitations, wereg GOO
m her negro dialect renderings especi'
inc lyN so. Local talent assisted, M
On. Gladys Bishop with a ~song-whofor
lite hlu raminded me Of her mnther