Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-11-16

of the st. Louis Compress Co., and
has a responsible and lucrative posi-
tIon.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee last week telegraphed local
leaders to watch closely, the counting
of the ballots, that, "with a square
deal and a fair count, Lamm will be
our next Governor" o. words to that
effect. To any one familiar with the
methods that obtained in Iron county
when the Republicans had control
their present day solicitude for a free
ballot and honest count is always
amusing. Perhaps it is recollection
of the rascality resorted to in the days
they had the power that makes them
so suspious now.
There were 30residents of Iron coun-
| ty, absent from home on election day,
who sent their ballots by mail to the
| county court. Most of them came
from st. Louis and the counting was
done by the county court Saturday.
Nine of the votes were thrown out
because of irregularities; of the 81
votes counted 20 were Democratic and
but one Republican. The one lonely
| Republican vote came from an elector
from Bixby precinct. The twenty
Democratic votes were from the fol-
lowing precincts: Annapolis, 2;
Dunn's, 1; Ironton, 5; Ghermanville,
9; Belleview, 2; Pilot Knob; L.
There was a variation of GA degrees
in the thermometer from Sunday loon
to Tuesday morning. Sunday started
as a day in spring, the air balmy and
sun warm. After noon the sky al
overcast, a chilling wind blew from
the north, and the mercury contract
ed. Monday dawned cold and damp,
with more or less rain all day, and in
the evening came first snow and sleet
of the season. The night grew bitter
and the thermometer went down to
ten degrees. Tuesday night the low
point was 9 degrees. With two ex-
ceptions Mr.. Delano says this is the
coolest weather we have had in No
vember in eighteen years.
Circuit court was in session Thurs
day Friday and Saturday of last week.
The jury was discharged Saturday,
The Robbins divorce case, here from
Madison county on a change of venue,
which was expected to be vigorously
contested, was settled out of court.
There were more than thirty Witness
es here from Madison county. There
was no court Monday, Judge bearing
holding an adjourned term in Wash
ington county. He was back here
Tuesday had court that day and there
will be a short session this <Wednes-
day. morning, after which adjourn
ment will be taken to December 9th.
The docket, with the disposition of
the cases, will be printed week.
That was a cruel joke some one
played on Harry Bingham, of Pilot
Knob, the Republican candidate for
Judge of the county court-Southerr
District-last Thursday evening
Shortly after dark in the evening
named bingham was summoned tc
the phone and told that he had beer
elected, and wa wanted at Republi-
can headquarters in Ironton at once.
Bingham did not even wait to lock
his store, but hurried away, saying to
himself, all along the road, "Wilsor
and I are elected" Imagine his dis
appointment and CONSERVATION OF
reaching Ironton, to be told he was
victim of a cruel joke; that the ma
jority against him was almost brnta
in it's proportions.
The Ironton School board las
Thursday awarded the contract fol
building the new high school to ]. HI
BOUCHER, of Sikeston, Mo-, for S12,
465. Other bids received were: Mar
tin Bros, Sikeston, $12,723; G. ]
Tual, Ironton, $14, 562; Louis Miller
Arcadia, $14, 19O. rs; M. s. McCarty
l st. Louis, $12,375. The last named
bid, it will be observed, was the low
est of the lot, but, in making his bid
MIR. McCarty proposed to substitute
the brick partitions in the building
called for by the specifications, will
frame. The board did not deem thi
advisable, and accordingly awarde
+ the contract to Mr.. BOUCHER. TIL
' foundation will probably be built thi
8 fall, and the building proper rushe'
r to completion in the early spring.
Gee, the local bunch of Republican
| is sore, sick, and out of humor ovel
r the result of the National election
b They act very much as if they though
the Democrats just had no right tt
win. We hear of one young nan VIII
9 attended the Republican jubilatio
held when the early returns were be
Q ing received Tuesday night, who jim
gled a stray dollar or two in hi
: pocket, stuck his thumb in his vest
assumed an air of much importanc
/ and self satisfaction, strutted abou
4 the room, and announced: swell
I've won a pile of money on this cleo
: tion. II you need a contribution t
r help defray campaign expenses I al
willing to help" But he hasn't bee
v seen since Tuesday night, and tn
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