Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-08-28

from harrington IN an automoDlle
Monday morning. The latter boarded
the noon train for. Poplar Bluff. The
former returned to Pennington in the
afternoon.
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses the past
week:
w. D. Crocker of Belleview and Ell
tie Tedder of Brule.
Walter s.. Mayberry and Ida Dennis
of Goodwater.
We had a short call Monday morn
ing from u good friend, DIR. Summa,
who is spending the month at his
beautiful summer home in the valley.
The DR.. is always an entertaining and
instructive conversationalist and we
enjoy his visits very much.
Mr.. Scullen and a friend of st. Louis
passed through here Saturday morn
ing in his five thousand dollar carri-
age top automobile. 1t was the finest
car we have ever seen in De Soto.
They we're going to Arcadia for a two
days. outing.-De Soto Press.
Sundays st. Louis Globe Demo-
GRAFT: "John Roubidoux, of Ironton,
Mo-, reported to the police that when
he went to Nineteenth and Chestnut
streets early yesterday to meet a
friend he was knocked down by a
negro highwayman and robbed of a
watch and 3d."
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Trauernicht
and daughter, Frieda, attended the
Commencement exercises of the
State Normal at Cape Girardeau last
Friday night when their daughter,
Miss Louise Tr%auernicht, and nephew,
Marvin Leggett, of Bismarck, gradu-
ated.-Farmington News.
Elsewhere we print from Tuesdays
Globe Democrat an account of the
death of Bill Spaugh in the Missouri
penitentiary on Monday last. That
paper states the remains will be
brought Ironton for interment. This
is an error. A letter received from
Jefferson City advises us that the
body was shipped to Salem.
Chairman O. B. Dysart and Secre-
tary HI. 7. Childers of the State Medi-
alton and Arbitration Board, who have
been in the lead belt the past week
endeavoring to settle the difficulties
with the striking miners and the leac
companies, made an automobile trip
to Ironton Saturday. Mr.. J.C. Wat
son of Pennington accompanied them
Sometime after midnight Sunday
we were awakened from our slumbert
by the vigorous ringing Of our tele'
phone bell. We finally awakened
sufficiently to get to the phone anc
this is what we heard: "Hello. This
is Jones. A fine big boy just arrived
at our house. All WE'LL" We con.
graduate the happy parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Thos. D. Jones.
DIR. Geo. Schwarz, of Edwardsville
ILL.,, wife and son, r stopping at the
Valley Inn. They left home Monday
morning and motored through, stay
ing at De Soto that night, and reach
ing the valley Tuesday evening. The.
had a fine run, although in one in
stance a little loss of time resulted
from installing the way. DR.. S. il
well pleased with conditions here.
That interesting serial story, "Tht
Stolen Singer which has been run
ming on the inside pages of the.REGIs
TER for several months past, conclude
next week. In our issue of Septem
Der 18th we will begin the publication
of another serial, "Fran." 1t is
great story, replete with interes
from start to finish. A tale of a liol
tanner and a choir singer. Don't mis-
"Fran.n
J. H. Stutzman, who has been max
ing his home on what is known as tn,
Elgan place, west of town, for tn
past two years, will 60 to East St
) Louis, Ills, next month, having trad
ed his farm here for property there
Mr.. Stutzman tells us thatth presen
; owner of the farm is E. M. Martin
credit man with the Grand Leader, 81
Louis, and he contemplates extensiv
improvements on the place next yeal
A. Mckenzie departed Saturday TO
Rockford, Ill, to spend a week in thu
t plant of the Thebes Piano Company
{ which he represents on the road. MI
Mckenzie has developed into a sue
cessful piano salesman. His presen
vacation, which includes the paymen
, of all his expenses, with salary con
tinuous, was a recognition from hi
firm of a sales record he made recent
ly in competition with a large humble
of other salesmen.-Piedmont Ban
ner.
! Last Thursday afternoon, about4:3
o'clock, the tabernacle of the Baptit
Assembly on Arcadia Heights wa
struck by lightning. One Of the larg
> posts supporting the roof was hurle
d a distance Of a hundred feet; two Q
three other posts were badly shatter
! ed, and then the lightning followed
gas pipe, used in the lighting service
to the real of the tabernacle and sc
fire to the structure. Some workme
t on the hill, however, e~xtinguishe