Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-02-24
Des Arc News.

Des Arc News.
We are having fine weather. Farm
ers are busy building fences, clearing
land, and some blowing.
was out on the Mo. s. r. r. The
mills are all crowded with orders.
Frank Hackworth has lots of orders
for dressed lumber and ties. The
Mo. s. R. R. has been put in fine
shape and is running on time. They
run an extra every day, hauling
lumber, etc.
was also at Elsinore, Taskee, Hem
erickson, and Greenville. The firm
of Harwell & Harwell are doing a fine
business. They had just unIoaded a
10000 ID. car of -four. The Greenville
merchants are laying in their spring
stock. l always like to go to Green
vile. There are some of the best and
most friendly people in Missouri. l
enjoy my trip there and they have one
of the best hotels in Southeast Mis-
souri,. The travelling men will bear me
out in this. 1t is the Arlington. The
Ozark Valley will put on a motor car
which will be a great help to the travel
ing public.
A very interesting program was
given at the NJ. E. church Friday
evening, February IS, by the Ladies
of the w. G. T. U. We give the fol-
lowing numbers rendered:
Song: Loyalty to Christ.
Invocation: r. 1. Stamp.
Song: Save the Boy.
Address: Prof. W. E. Mckee.
Song: Will you come home sober,
Papa? Miss Louise Schmidt.
Play: "The Saloon Must Co." Mrs.
Ruth Schmidt, Miss Florence Schmidt,
Miss Lora Tolleson, Mr.. Leslie Wallis,
Mr.. Jesse Jackson.
Song: Vote as you pray.
Reading: Mrs. E. w. Graves.
Song: ga Saloonless Nation"
Address: Rev. N. S. Taylor.
Song: ''I'll be There"
Reading: Mrs. John Stevenson.
Song: Someone Did a Golden
Deed" by Morris Mckee.
Pantomine: An Angel in a Saloon.
The music for the evening was
furnished by the Orchestra composed
of DR.. E. Whiteside, Ed. Schmidt,
Florence and Louise Schmidt and Mrs.
R. 1. Stamp. Mrs. DIR. N. A. Farr
and Mrs. V. E. Cooper acted as ushers.
The house was beautifully decorated
and the ladies wearing their colors,
elbow and white, marched in a body
into the church, occupying the seats
reserved for them, while Miss Ruby
White played an instrumental selec-
ton. This band of White Ribboners
are doing a grand and noble work in
our town; their influence has already
been felt here. They are still growing
in numbers. May they continue to
grow, and may the Lord bless them
in this work.
Rev. K. P. Foust attended quarterly
conference at Patterson Friday.
W. 7. and J. H. Stevenson were in
st, Louis last week
Fayette Miller and daughter, Miss
Ethel, went to Ironton Wednesday.
Born to VIM. Keathley and wife, a
baby boy.
Miss Ora Lovelace is visiting Mrs.
Gussie Mason at Fredericktown.
Mrs. Chris Poston, from Flat River,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank James.
Mrs. Oliver Douglas and baby, from
st. Louis, are visiting relatives here.
James Maddox spent Sunday in
Ironton.
Rev. K. P. Foust, the odist
minister, who arrived here last week
from Mississippi, preached to a large
congregation on Tuesday night. He
is a fine speaker and the church is
we'll pleased with him. His family
will arrive later.
The Public School will observe
"Washington's Birthday" Tuesday.
They will march in a body at 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon.
Rev. Foust made an interesting ad-
dress to the pupils Monday morning.
Rev. o. S. Taylor filled his regular
appointment here Saturday night,
Sunday and Sunday night. The house
was crowded on Sunday night and
chairs had to be placed in the aisles to
seat the crowd. Our Sunday Schools
are growing in number. Onlast Sun
day 80 were present in the Baptist
Sunday School, 80 IN the Methodist,
and 81 in the Nazarene Sunday School.
Our churches are growing and we
have a band of noble christian work
ers here.
Rev. Flanery has two very sick
children, with d%iphtheria, on College
Hill. ISAAC.
Ladie s' and Misses 1925 and $3.50
Sweaters, genuine German dye, cut