Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-05-27

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in the automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. R. Hall, Of Iron
ton, have the sympathy of the COM
munity in the death of their beautiful
baby girl, Fern Lucille, who died Sat-
urday, May 22d, 1915, at $3.50 O'Clock
P. NJ, aged s months and four days.
The funeral occurred Monday after
noon and interment was made in the
K. P. Cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. George William Nor
ris of Pennington have issued invita-
tons to the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Ethel, and Mr.. Edward Craw-
ford Arnold, Wednesday, June 18th,
1915, at II o'clock at the First Baptist
Church. Miss Morris is a beautiful
and accomplished young lady. May
every happiness be hers!
While VIM. Shular and two of his
sons were repairing IN old building
on the Shular farm on Marble Greek,
eight miles south of Ironton, last Fri
Gay, the structure fell on them and
the two boys were seriously hurt, n
of them sustaining a broken leg and
the other a broken leg and arm. Mr..
Similar acknowledgement injury.
The Ladies' Social Club was enter
tanned Tuesday of last week by Mrs.
R. E. Rudy. In response to roll call
appropriate quotations we're given,
topic being spring. Toe contests were
interesting and social feature delight
full. Delicious refreshments we're
served. Next meeting will be June
EST, 1916, Mrs. VIM. Trauernicht, hos
tess.
Messrs. w. r. Allen, Jr., Geo. p.
Tansey and Rufus Taylor of st. Louis
came to the valley in an automobile
last Friday. Mr.. Kelton E. White
Joined them here, having been to
Doniphan, Mo, on a business trip.
With Messrs. Trauernicht and Roehry
the party spent Saturday at the Iron
Mountain dam and had a jolly time.
Sunday afternoonth they motored home
ward.
There is complaint generally
throughout the state that the wheat
fields have been greatly damaged by
the Hessian fly. Mr.. W. d. Fletcher
tells us that this pest has not as yet
indicated his presence in this imme-
date vicinity, although in the Belle
view country his depredations are no.
ticeable. Mr.. Fletcher says that the
prospect for wheat in the Ironton
neighborhood is the best he ever saw.
Programme of Woman's Missionary
Society of Presbyterian Church, June
9th: Scripture Reading, Mrs. Kindell,
Sr.; Song; Prayer, Mrs. Mitchell;
Roll Call, The Indian; Map Talk, Mrs,
Feary; Reading from Hiawatha, Mrs.
Francis. Paper-"Aboriginal Red
Man." Mrs. Damron; Story of Po-
cahontas-in costume-Louise Dam
ron; Navajo Hunting Song, Mrs,
Francis; An Indian Story, Mrs. Kin
dell, Jr.
Chester j. Prince, formerly cashier
of the Bank of Elvins, but who fol
some time has been located at New
Madrid as cashier of the Commercial
bank there, transacted business in the
Lead Belt this week. On account oil
Mrs. Princes health, they have left
New Madrid and will probably locate
in Illinois. Mrs. Prince is now visit
ing relatives in Wisconsin, in the hope
that the change Of climate may prove
benefcial.-Lead Beld News.
Chas. j. Newman will leave st
Louis next Sunday morning on the K
P. special train for Kansas City, Wherl
he will represent Ironton Lodge, No
ga, at the Grand Lodge Session. Ate
a stay of q couple of days in Kansa
City he will start for the Pacific coas
to visit the exposition at San Fran
cisco and San Diego. Mr.. Newman
expects to be gone about a month
He will spend most of the time witt
his brother, Walter, and family in Sal
Diego.
Mr.. W. T. Gay informs US that by
examining the records he has ascer
tanned that naturalization papers wer'
issued to his father, W. T. Gay, Sr.
October %, 1866, and a record thereo
can be found in Book A, page $50, o
the Iron county records. AS Mr.. Ga,
was but 10 years of age at that time
his father being naturalized also con
ferred the rights of citizenship on hin
and it will not be necessary for him t
further prosecute the application TO
naturalization papers, which he hlet
! with the circuit clerk, April %, 1915.
Sheriff Blue has recently taken int
{ custoday the following named per
sons, against whom indictments wer
found by the grand jury at the Apr
term of circuit court: George We'll
. and WILDER Dyer, of the west end c
the county, carrying concealed weap
7 ons; Eli Gray, Des Arc, hog stealing
Elmer Lloyd andsRobert Fancher, An
napolis, carrying concealed weapons
Dave Morley, Annapolis, distqCbinI
, the peace. All have given bond fo
I their appearance at the October teri
of circuit court, except Fancher, VIII
languishes in Jail.
: At a meeting of the st. Franco
County Civic League, held at tn
Taylor Avenue M. e. church at Fla
River Thursday afternoon a local OPP
ton campaign for st. Francois coun
ty, outside of Pennington, which ha
already voted dry, was launched. ID.
George Steel, pastor of the Bapti!
church at Fiat River, was electe
Q campaign manager, and Rev. A. s
Baldridge, pastor of the Taylc
, Avenue M. d. church, financial agen
!, A fund Of $1,000 with which to run tn
s campaign will be raised. Headquai
4 ters will be in Flat River. Petition
asking for the election will be pre-
scented to the county court when
meets here on June 7th. The electio
n will be asked for July 10th.-FarminI
n ton News.
y Col. R. D. Lewis of st. Louis spel
. several days of last week at "Monnt
Z ain View''-his beautiful valley home
and paid us a pleasant call last Thurs
Q day. Col. Lewis is always o mo
IS genial and affable gentlemen and it
o always a pleasure to have him ca.
He returned to st. Louis next day an
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