Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-01-13

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pathy.
Burk & Hobbs arrived Wednesday
night and began the meeting at the
Methodist Church and had a very
good attendance for the first night.
We are organizing a choir of a hun
dFed voices and are laying plans to
build a tabernacle in a few days.
Festus News.
Do you want a good time? Then
come to the Apron and Necktie Social
Thursday night, at the home of j. R.
Baldwin. The ladies will please bring
apron and necktie to match and lunch
for two. No admission fee is to be
taken as the neckiies are to be sold.
Everybody come.
At the annual meet of the stock
holders of the Belleview Valley Bank
last Wednesday the old board was re-
elected and the same officers chosen
for the ensuing year. We are glad to
hear that, all things considered, the
business of the institution has been
very satisfactory the past year.
Collector B. P. Burnham is certainly
demonstrating the fact that the peo-
pie of Iron county made no mistake
when they elected him to that office.
He is proving one of the very best
Collectors the county ever had. He
collects the taxes without fear, favor
or affection. Absolutely right and
proper.
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses the past
week:
Edward Moss and Josie Farris of
Annapolis.
John G.. McMurtrey of Rolf, Ne
braska, and Lucy Dickey of Brule.
Chas. Weigel and Irene Clancy of
st. Louis.
Ralph Collins, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. W. Collins, of Ironton, is now en-
ployed as time-keeper for the Mine
La Motto Mining Company at Mine
La Motto, Mo. Ralph is a worthy
boy and we are sure will "make
good" He is grateful to the many
Ironton friends who recommended
him SO highly.
County Treasurer Thos. D. Jones
will be prepared to cash all outstand-
ing county warrants, Friday, January
14th. There is more than enough
money on hand to pay off all the
warrants outstanding, we are told. A
most satisfactory showing. Mr..
Bnrnham's collections for December
are said to be the biggest and best
ever.
Rosentreter's fine black team ran
away again last Friday morning.
Frank had driven them to Bellevue W.
While Frank and the drummer were
in n of the stores the horses broke
loose from where they were tied and
ran four miles on the road to Brule
before they were stopped. The bug
gy was badly damaged, but the horses
were not hurt.
W. are very much pleased, indeed,
to learn of the continued improve
ment in the condition of Mrs. Sadie
Fletcher, of. Arcadia, who is now with
her daughter, Mrs. r. E. Wilkinson,
in Alton, Ills. II the improvement
continues Mrs. Fletcher hopes 500 to
be able to pay a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Barton Way sawyer, in Seattle,
Washington, which she has contem-
plated for some time past.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. M.
Ssitz, 18th and Hebert streets, st.
Louis, Mo-, Wednesday, December
10th, 1915, a bouncing 8 Id. baby girl!
Bill now struts around proud as a pea
cock and is handing out Havana Spe-
Gals to his many friends. William is
conducting a prosperous grocery bus
mess at the above named address and
invites his Iron county friends to pay
him a visit when in st. Louis.
From the lockwood correspondence
in last weeks Pennington News
"Jesse O'Neal was seriously injured
Sunday evening when the Ford truck
which he was driving was wrecked.
Mr.. O'Neal and others, whose names
we did not learn, we're driving to-
ward Desloge, and on making a curve
in the road the car was overturned
throwing them all out and bruisine
Mr.. O'Neal about the head and back
He was taken to his home in a critica
condition, but his physician thinks he
will recover.n
Pennington Times; "Prosecutinl
Attorney Davis has filed information
against Lon Florence, the young
druggist of Desloge, for selling intoxi
cants in violation Of the local option
law. 1t appears that he has been
for some time s%uspicioned O.
selling liquor and some parties de-
cided to smoke him out. They fur
nished the money and got VIM
Buckston to go to the drug store tC
buy the liquor. This was on Deem
Der oath, and he brought two quartz
of whiskey and paid for it. Then s
p. Motherhood and Spurgeon Ditcl
gave the information to Pr~naenntinp