Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27

viii be nothing doing in the very near
future. The owners, however, are
not to be blamed for the pulling of the
pumps, for they have been paying out
about S25, 900 a year since the mines
closed down keeping the water pump
ed out, and this is only a matter of
economy with them, if they do not
intend to operate the plant.-Freder-
icktown TRIBUNE.
like boys and girls and want lhem
to shave a good time" while they are
boys and girls, for l know the time is
not very far off when life will be Sc
rious and earnest for them. But there
are various kinds of good times, and
some of them are not conducive to
the physical and mental welfare of
boys and girls. The average boy of
seven to fourteen thinks he is having
a good time when running the streets
at night, and maybe he is, but it is
not the right sort of good time--not
the kind that is devoid OF danger to
his well being. In this town I ee,too
often, youngsters Of seven and eight
years, long after what should be their
bed time, romping, shouting, and
sometimes quarreling on the street.
This should not be, and would not be
were the home government always
equal to its requirements. 1t is mat
ter that ought to be looked after by
the parent in time, lest he lose the
respect which obedience instils in the
child, and trouble and regret come
of it.
News reached here Monday morn
ing Of the death Of Charlotte, the six
lteen-year-old daughter of Rev. O. M.
Gray at their home at Palmyra, Mo-,
Sunday morning, from the accidental
discharge of q shot gun. The parti-
culars of the awful accident are about
as follows: There had been consider
able trouble from chicken thieves and
Rev. Gray had been keeping a loaded
gun in his room in anticipation of a
visit from the m~arauders. Sunday
morning Charlotte in doing the house,
hold chores, started to carry the gun
downstairs. In some name she
slipped and fell in such a manner as
to discharge the gun, the whole load
taking effect producing death almost
instantly. Charlotte was very popu-
lar among the younger students of
the school and the news of her death
will be a great shock to them, as also
to the hundreds of friends of the fam
lily. Rev. Gray WAS president of Marvin
College here for ten years and is well
known all over this section of the
state. Upon his retirement from the
leadership of the school here some
time oyera year ago, he with his
family moved to the suburbs of Pal
myra for a complete rest. The family
is Frustrated over the accident
!, Fredericktown Democrat-News.
Pennington News: "Another con-
troversy between the mining compa-
MES of the st. Francois county lead
district and their employees seems
, likely as the result of developments Of
the past week. A committee repre-
! senting the various local unions of the
Western Federation of Miners in this
l district have called on company off
: Gals in an effort to get a renewal of
the wage scale agreement, or con
tract, which was adopted last year fol-
lowing a strike by the employees for
higher wages. According to the
chairman OF the mining unions COM
committee, the companies have thus
far refused to meet the committee or
discuss the wage agreement in any
l respect. A few weeks ago each Of the
t companies of the district posted a no
| tice that the present wage scale would
Z continue in effect. The notice, how
ever, contained no information as to
the period of time the scale would
n continue. A member of the miners
committee stated to the News that
: their organization was seeking the
renewal Of the wage contract, as the
+ men felt that they should have some
f ldefnite assurance of how long the
, present scale would continue in effect.
b The wage contract a adopted last
year after a stubbornly fought strike.
The State Board of Arbitration and
Mediation figured prominently in the
Q settlement of the controversy. We
understand the organization has tax
en- the matter up with the board again
and that it is likely to be in the dis
trict in the near future"
: A week or so ago Sheriff Blue learn
that at a picnic given at Doyle in the
! west endo Of the county on August sth
! ~bootleggers did a iourishing business
4 and that whiskey was dispensed witt
4 a free hand at $3.50 aquart. Another
4 picnic was advertised for the samt
. place last Saturday. Mr.. Blue though
he would go out and have some fur
himself. So he HE'D to the west enc
q and arrived at the picnic groundi
: early Saturday morning. But HI
4 kept himself in hiding until a youni
man by the name of Fred Woods wa
caught in the act of selling the booze