Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29


Sam Tetley, Of Pennington and W. P.
Olarkson Of st. Louis, attended the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Clark-Gay Manufacturing Com
pany at Little Rock, Arkansas, last
Wednesday. After the meeting Judge
Gay spent a couple of days at Hot
Springs, returning home Sunday.
Mr.. E. M. Logan will remain there a
week.
Mother Liguori, a nun in Ursuline
Convent, Arcadia, for more than
thirty years, died Wednesday morning,
January 22d, and was inferred in the
Convent Cemetery the succeeding Fri
day. She had attained the age of
about Sc years, and had been a Sister
of the o. s. U. for thirty five years.
She was born in Troy, Lincoln county,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Wright, and was christened Anna.
After life's ftful fever, she sleeps the
sleep of the just, her memory hallow-
ed by the love of all who knew her.
Mrs. Sallie f. Boules, Grand Lee
turer Order Of the Eastern Star of
Missouri, visited Ironton Chapter, No.
349, o. E. s., Saturday afternoon and
evening. A large number of members
were present at these meetings and
all feel greatly benefited by Mrs.
Boules' visit. A supper was given
after Chapter meeting, by the mem
bers of the Ironton Chapter, to the
visiting members. Those present from
out of town were: Mrs. Mollie Eaton,
Mrs. May Baldwin, Bismarck; Miss
Hobbs, Bonnie Terre; Mr.. Underiner,
Fredericktown; Miss Hester Hudson
and Mrs. Bartell, of st. Genevieve.
This was a School of Instruction.
The next meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Society of the Presby-
terian Church will be Wednesday,
February 18th, with the following
program:
Devotional-Mrs. Damron; Subject,
Faith.
Business.
Roll Call-Scripture verses on Faith:
Three minute talks on the Needs of
the American Indians.
LIST. Physicially-Mrs. Fred Kin
dell, Sr.
I'd. Morally-Mrs. Mckee.
Sd. Spiritually-Mrs. Mitchell.
Solo-Victrola.
Paper on Korea-Mrs. Francis.
Prayer.
Hymn.
Hostess-Mrs. Brown.
The Missouri Pacifc-Iron Mountain
has placed an order with the Baldwin
Locomotive Works of Philadelphia
for twenty-five huge locomotives
They will be of the Mikado type and
will be used in freight service. In
every detail these engines will repre-
sent the latest effort in locomotive
construction. The light weight of the
, engine and tender will be 311,90O
pounds, and when in working condi
ton and ready for service the total
, weight will run close to 400 900 pounds
, The weight on the drivers will be
2O9, 1000 pounds and the locomotives
) will have a tractive force of 5O,16(
pounds. The specifications call for
cylinders ~ inches by 80 inches, and
the boiler pressure requirement is 17C
! pounds to the square inch. The tota.
length of the engines will be rs feet
AZ inches, and they will IL
. feet 81 inches from the rail to the tor
: of the smoke stack. They will be
equipped with Schmidt superheaters
a recent invention for increasing the
power of steam, and will also have
electric headlights and electric cat
J lights. The railroad expects to re-
ceive the first of the engines by the
10Th of February.
Last Wednesday the sheriff O.
;, Butler County broughta negro prison
: er here and consigned him to the carr
of Sheriff Blue for safekeeping. The
negro called himself Sam Green bu
the authorities said his real name
is Otis Shafer. He had been arrested
in the city of Poplar Bluff Monday
Q night, charged with having assaulted
. and outraged a white woman on the
Q evening of that day. The lady, about
fifty six years old, was in her hom'
u alone when a negro came in, LOCKED
: the door behind him, drew a revolve
and threatened her with instant dealt
q if she made an outcry. He then &C
. complished his awful deed. AS he wa
leaving the premises the victim
10 sons, who had been out hunting, wer'
n approaching at a little distance. Hear
ing their mothers cries and seeing tn
1t negro running, they fred at him, Blu
II the guns being loaded with bird shot
g he escaped without hurt. The official
of were notified and a thorough searcI
ot for the criminal was begun. DurinI
rs the night S~hafer-or "Green'-wa
taken into custody, and placed in jail
Next morning the woman positivel
identified him, out of a number Q
negro prisoners. Threats of lynchin
D. caused the authorities to remove hin
to the Iron County jail. He was take
back to Poplar Bluff Monday to ap