Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-11

land have resided in CarterVille near
ly forty years. Although rs years
old, the husband still breaches regu-
larly.
While Mrs. Ann King was celebrat-
ing her SD birthday at her home in
Clinton, word was received of the
death of her daughter, Mrs. Nancy E.
Hord of Graham. Mrs. Hord's death
is the first break in five generations.
Mrs. King has sixty-one living de-
scendants.
Prof. ]. T. Ourten, for sixteen years
president of West Plains College, is
dead. He was 72 years old. He came
from Morrisville, where he taught in
the Scarrtt-M louisville College. A
widow and two daughters survive.
S. L. Kies, % years old, cashier in
the Sedalia freight offices of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas, was arrested
recently, charged with a shortage in
his accounts of about 5000 and has
pleaded guilty in a justice court.
Mrs. Theresa Jones, Brookfield's
oldest citizen, died there the other
night. She was SO years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fullerton cele-
brated their fiftieth wedding ami
versary at their home in Chillicothe
recently. Seven of their nine chill
dren were present. They have been
residents at Livingston county for the
last forty-seven years. Mr.. Fullerton
is rs and his wife 70 years old.
Prinn Brooks, said to be the heavi-
est man in the world, is dead at Hig-
bee. Brooks is said to have weighed
81 pounds before he was taken ill
with pneumonia, which caused his
death. For years Brooks had travel
ed with circuses, and had been all
rel the United States.
William Galloway of Waterloo, Ia,
has bought the Midland Manufacture
ing Company plant from the Rankin
interests. Fred NJ. Ashe is retained
as general manager. The buyers will
add fifty men to the force at once.
The plant manufacturers farm imple-
ments and gasoline engines.
Judge John W. Sparks, 81 years old,
formerly a member of the Saline
County Court and also city assessor,
died at Marshall the other morning.
Eva Tooley, Is years old, a student
of the Bohannon District School, won
the Macon County gold medal for be-
ing the best speller in a class of six
teen from all parts of the county.
Each contestant represented a town
ship. There were only three boys in
the line. The match lasted all the
afternoon. Some of the words were
very difficult.
h jitney craze has struck Lex
ington. Raymond Payne ~inaugurated
the movement and is doing a big bust
ness.
With only his head and shoulders
protruding from dirt and rocks that
imprisoned him when a caVein oc-
CURED in a zinc mine where he was
working, Thomas French, 35 years
old, directed a, force Of men who la
bored several hours to rescue him.
He was standing upright in the drift,
with a huge boulder at either side of
his head and his body from shoulders
down covered by the debris. Whether
he survive is problematical. A
physician was lowered into the shaft
and administered to him, but the pres
sure OF rock and dirt was so terrible
it is not believed he can withstand
the ordeal.
At the primary election at Versail-
les to elect a postmaster, P. Fl. Kid
well received sixty-eight votes, being
three more than w. B. Todd, his clos
est competitor. There were thirteen
candidates in the field and 342 votes
cast.
J. B.. Gooding, GS years old is dead
at his home at La Plata. For eight
years he was clerk of Macon county.
He was yice-president of the Bank Of
La Plata.
Fire started in the Catholic Church
at Montgomery just after the congre-
cation assembled for services. The
flames burst through the floor near
the altar as Father Awkward was
about to open the services. The con.
g%regation rushed out, but no one was
injured.
The highest price ever paid for
zinc ore was reached when bids
reached $65, basis of go per cent me-
'talic zinc. That means ores running
6S per cent in metallic zinc brought UP
to $6S a ton.
Charles Wilkey, a farmer living
Gear Palmyra, was recently found
frozen so badly that 1t will probably
result In his death. He has no rela-
tives in this part Of the country and
has been living by himself. He was
taken Ill and became unable to keep
up the fire. When he was found one
leg was frozen and had to be amputa.
ted above the knee. Wilkey Is said
to be worth from 100000 to $4,000.
John G. Crawley, Ss years old, IL
dead at the home Of hts daughter,
Mrs. Theo Woods in KeytesyilIe.