Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-09-16
Des Arc Items.

We are having summer in good
style.
Our Holiness Camp Meeting..closed
to-day Sunday. Quite a crowd at
tended from Sabula, Annapolis, Pied
mont and Brunot. Also Mrs. Geo. w.
Scoggins from Glover. There were
several converts and some redeemed.
The Holiness College starts next
Monday; public school also starts
next Monday, September 18th, under
the management of Prof. Mckee and
his assistant, one of the best in
structors in Southeast Missouri. He
has taught several terms here.
| was down on the Belmont Branch
last week. Business has improved
wonderfully down in that section.
| was also through Pennington and
the Lead Belt. Business is certainly
good there. I was up at I%rondale;
that is a hourishing little town. Sat
urday I was at Sabula. @. L. Collins
has his hotel completed and the
painter is doing some fine work on
the inside.
While at Annapolis, Mr.. Groffman,
a land owner there from the East,
showed me an old paper, the New
York Herald, published April 18th,
1865, the day after Lincoln was assassi-
mated. 1t certainly was full of excit-
ing news. 1t spoke pretty rough
about the rebel, Jeff Davis.
| was sitting on the porch of the
hotel in Charleston last week. I was
humming an old war song, "Let me
kiss him for his mother" sang by q
young southern girl. A nan remark
ed s'that is the first time Ihave heard
that song since the war; I asked
him, "What war were you in and
what side were you on?" He said he
"belonged to the 9Th Louisiana Regi-
ment, under Col. McCleve, who was
promoted to a General, and killed
at Gettysburg, and we spent our first
around Yorktown with Southalps
Battery" | told him I was on that
Battery. He came to me and took
my hand and remarked, II was with
you but did not know you" He told
me he was Col. Phillips and lived near
Maiden, Mo, and owns a plantation
there. l was more than glad to meet
this brave and gallant soldier. /
learned afterwards that he was very
wealthy. While talking about the
war, / want to say to the old Con-
federate soldiers that there will be
only one more payment of 1872 which
will be paid about the 1st of October.
That takes all of the $780, 900 appro-
priated by our last Legislature. There
were were 1904 pensioners on the roll
and several died since. A few more
years and we will pass over the river,
May God help us to be ready for the
bugle sound, is the prayer of THos.
P. FITz,;,Co. I, 9th Va, Cav.
Mrs. Bette Heath and three children
who have been visiting relatives here,
have returned to their home at Elvins,
Chas. Chiffon, wife and two child
rem, have been visiting the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Chiffon, the
past week.
Ed. Reed has gone to Belleview
where he has been employed to teach
school.
MI. and Mrs. Alb Talen are the proud
parents of a boy babe.
MI. and Mrs. Perry Reed are re-
ceiving congratulations over the
arrival OF q baby girl.
Mrs. Stella Northcutt and two
children, from East st. Louis, are
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.
l.. Schmidt.
Miss Ellie Kamholtz of G~raniteville
is attending the camp meeting at this
place
Prof. Flannery, of Wisconsin, has
como to take charge of the college
here.
Barney Ruble, son of Henry and
May Ruble, who moved from Brunot
to Taskee a few months ago, died
yesterday and will be brought bach
here for burial to-day.
Mrs. John Reed has been called
to Illinois to the bedside Of her
sick mother.
Mrs. NJ. 7. Coppage of S~teelville
State Organizer for the W. O. 7. U.
was here Thursday last and organized
a society taking in about ten mem
bers.
Grandma Farris from Black River
Is here attending the Holiness Camp
Meeting.
The funeral OF Mrs. Oh Stevenson
was largely attended at the Tabernacle
Sunday afternoon. Funeral service
conducted by Rev. Seal. The bereavet
have the sympathy Of the entir'
community. ISAAC.