Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-05

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made with the Sligo railroad, giving
a direct line from Iron Mountain to
Sligo.
Recorder Hawkins issued the follow
ing marriage licenses the past week:
Francis e. Metcalf and Lille M.
Burns of Goodwater.
j. d. Blackwell of College Station,
Texas, and Lucy Salome Love of
Edgehill, Mo.
Roscoe Long and Gertrude Reed of
Minimum.
Gordon Turner and Ada Sumpter of
Bixby.
Wednesdays st. Louis Republic:
"Stock of the par value of $164,800, a
note for S25, 900 and other securities,
the values of which were not given,
were sold at the Courthouse yesterday
at auction for $4,000. The securities
were pledged by John E. Franklin,
former president of the Bankers
Trust Company, now in the hands of
a receiver, to the National Bank of
Commerce Of st. Louis, to secure a
loan, the amount of which was not
stated. The collateral included 1,148
| shares of stock of the Bankers Trust
| Company and 800 shares of the Tyler
Land and Lumber Company, of the
par value of 800 a share. The
securities were bid in for the National
Bank of Commerce, by its attorney,
George L. Edwards"
Following are a few of the wheat
crops threshed up to this time at
| Caledonia: w. J. Dent, 1000 bushels;
@. Hockingheimer, 2,4S0; on the Judge
Hess farm, 2,400 bushels; WE. Mitch
ell, 1887 bushels; DIR. G.. H. Eversole,
1865 bushels; JIG. Smith, 1900 bushels;
Henry Fisher, 1900 bushels. Near
Irondale, j. M. Jamison & Son, 2046
bushels; @. w. Sloan, 1880 bushels
Potosi Journal.
H. R. Taylor and some fifteen or
twenty ''river hogs" from this place
and Lesterville departed for West
Fork POST Office last Monday morn
ing, where they will start a drive of
ties down West Fork. Owing to the
low stage of water it will likely require
from four to six weeks time to land
them at Clearwater. There will be
about one hundred thousand ties in
the drive.-Centerville Outlook.
Automobiles in st. Francois county
have been sending over here asking
people of the valley to contribute to a
fund for repairing a road in Jefferson
county. Inasmuch as Mr.. Fl. B.
Krenning, of st. Louis, one of our
valley residents, has already raised a
fund of 81, 900 to be expended on the
betterment of this particular road, it
does not seem that any more money
should be looked for from over here.
Chas. j. Tesreau, the base ball pitch
er with the New York Giants, came
down from st. Louis Sunday night
and drove out to the ST. Francis river
to spend a few hours with his mother.
His phenomenal success in the base
ball world hasn't tturned his head''
one bit; he's the same genial, affable
Charley as of old. Mr.. Tesreau tells
us that he and Mrs. Tesreau will prob
ably spend most of the coming winter
in Ironton.
The county court Monday leased
the county farm for a period of three
years from March next to W. I.
Keathley at an annual rental of $3.50;
Mr.. Keathley was also awarded the
care of the paupers for the same peri
cd at the rate of $500 per month each
The only other bid before the 3our
was that of W. Anderson, who offered
5000 a year for the farm and wanted
ST. 80 a month for the care of the pau
pers. Mr.. Keathley. has had charge
| re 41a fo y,No tho nact tupn yTnorc mr.
has proven a capable man.
The big union tent revival which
Burke and Hobbs, evangelists, are
conducting at lockwood IS stirring
this pretty little mining city of the
hills as it was never moved before
1t is reported that great throngs are
attending the services and that scorer
are being converted to the Christ life
by the messages of Steve Burke
whose sermons have a peculiar power
in causing men and women to turf
from their ways of sin. A chorus o
200 voices add great inspiration to the
services.-Farmington News.
1t is the intention Of the editor o
the Press to attend the Baptist en-
campment at Arcadia next week. W.
understand that the management ha
arranged for some Of the best talen
known to speak upon this occasion
There will be quite a delegation from
De Soto who will enjoy this splendid
annual convention. Let us get in the
proper frame of mind to enjoy thil
Isplendid opportunity. Another yea,
may record us as having passed to thu
other shore, from whose bourne n,
traveller returns.-De Soto Press.
Our old friend Joe Reyburn hat
business in De Soto the latter part o
last week. He is deputy collector o
internal revenue, and one thing i
/, certain, when he strikes town no ont
knows his business except those will
/ whom he deals,-and that's not all
! no better selection could have beel
! made. He is a simon-pure Democrat
|. competent, and will bring credit Il
the revenue department. Joe read
the Press and says it is a ''humdinger.
All right, Joe; we will take the ski
| off when you get wrong. But we hav,
, no fears about you.-De Soto Press.
Mrs. John Burford and Mrs. O. H
Wolter went to the Methodist Assem-
7 bly, at Arcadia last week, Mrs. Burforv
combining the Assembly and a visit t.
: the family Of Rev. N. B. Henry, 0
: vice versa. They returned this week
. and report a great time at the Assem-
bly,. Two thousand people were pres
: ent last Sunday. Bishop Hendrick
. preached to the congregation, and il
the afternoon a glorious love-feas
took place. There were 1400 peopl
? ; registered, of whom 900 we're from on
: of the town and immediate vicinity
! People from Helena, Ark, and a.
! along the line we're present.-Jacksoi
= Cash-Book.
I Referring to the item in last week.
REGIsTET, referring TO the reporte