Iron County register., 1916-08-03
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

Has it been hot enough for you?
Isn't it time for the watermelon?
Read the advertisement .of Marvin
College.
Teachers examinations Friday and
Saturday.
Ironton district votes on the high
school bonds next Monday.
The local dealers disposed of about
six tons of ice last Saturday.
About as quiet a primary election
as was ever held in the county,
The Assembly on Arcadia Heights
convenes next Tuesday, August 8th.
The ice man has had harvest the
past few weeks and has had to keep
hustling.
The wheat thresher is in the land.
The yield is very small and the quail
ity not of the best.
Recorder Hawkins Tuesday issued
marriage license to James F. Giles
and Jewell Keith of Redmondville.
For SaleeTwo fine Jacks, one Stall
lion, four work mules; priced to move
at once. M. D. BLANToN & Bros.
Louis Miller of Arcadia was last
week awarded the contract for build
ing fine residence in Sikeston, Mo.
Smith Golf from Belgrade was in
town Tuesday. He says they will be-
gin making hubs again in the near
future.
Fletcher g. Barger have been made
local agents for the Ford automobiles.
A shipment of eight cars will be re-
ceived in few days.
Mrs. L. B. Carr is having her resi-
dence on Main street raised and a new
foundation built under it. Jacob
Dinger is doing the work.
K. E. Gunton was home from Lead
wood Tuesday to cast his vote in the
primary election. He reports that
there is still lots of work in the lead
country.
On July 18th Dent county voted on
the proposition to bond the county in
the sum of 100000 for road purposes.
The proposition carried by vote OF
1442 to 532.
Hicks calls for plenty of rain be-
tween August 1st and 4th. Let us
hope we will get our share. There
were good rains south and east of US
Monday night.
Rev. B. H. Bibb, formerly pastor
OF the local Baptist church, has NOV
ed to Arcadia and will represent the
Baptist Old Folks Home in the field
Wayne County Journal.
Mrs. D. E. Fletcher of Arcadia this
morning received telegram from hel
brother, Roy Snyder, in Jefferson
City, announcing the death of his two
year old baby Tuesday night.
B. P. Burnham returned Sunday
from Ellington, in Reynolds county
where he spent week at the bedside
of his father, whose condition, We are
sorry to hear, is most critical.
w. j. Lee has moved one of his. hut
facto from Bee Fork to Mountain
View, Arkansas. Mr.. Lee contem
plates removing his residence from
Arcadia to Kirkwood, we are told.
On two or three occasions the pas
week we have had unusual electric
storms with every indication for
down-pour of rain, but the rains came
not. Truly, all signs fail in dry
weather.
Hon. o. L. Munger was in Irontor
Sunday on his return from Belgrade
where he delivered speech at thu
picnic the day before. He went tt
Munger that day and closed the cam
paign at Lesterville Monday night.
C.J. Tual of Ironton, who has the
contract for building the new Chris
tian church, began work on the new
structure last Tuesday morning. Thi
will be the finest church in any towl
of twelve hundred inhabitants in th'
state. Piedmont Banner.
Our old friend, J. T. Blanton, 0
Flatwoods was in town Tuesday t
vote at the primary election. Thi
was Mr.. Blanton's first visit to Iron
ton since the election in November
1914. His many friends will regret tt
hear that his health has not been th
best
We have had the hottest weather il
years the past week. Thursday, Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday the ther-
mometer registered 80 degrees an
Monday climbed to 1O1. The night
/, have been exceedingly warm and un
comfortable as ever known in tn
valley. And it is dry, dry, very dry.
w. w. Nall, clerk of the Unite
States District Court, st. Louis, mo
tored to the valley last Thursday wit
two OF his sons, Frank and Lester
While they were here the REGIsTE
family was treated to a ride in MI
Nall's fine Cadillac car. They return
ed to St. Louis Saturday, having en-
joyed their outing hugely.
For SALE My farm, half mile eaf
OF the railway station at Chloride
containing 80 acres-60 acres in cult
vation, and remainder in good timber