Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-03


English language. Rev. II. c. Hart
ing, Pastor of the Lutheran Church OF
Pilot Knob, will preach. The slogan
Of the Lutheran Church lie: The Bible,
the whole Bible, and nothing but the
Bible.
The remains of Ben Dunn, aged %
years, who died In Flat River Wed.
nesday, were inferred in the ceme-
terry at Emile Chapel, on Carver
Creek, last Friday afternoon. The
deceased was an Iron countylboy born
and reared, a son OF r. A. Dunn, OF
Sabula, but has been working in the
lead mines for ZONE time past. His
death was occasioned by pneumonia.
A widow, formerly Miss Zadie Lewis,
and two small children survive him.
The 5ereaved have much sympathy in
their affection.
James J. Sutton, who lives near
Annapolis, was arraigned in circuit
court Tuesday on the charge OF hav.
ing assaulted one of his nephews,
Perry Sutton, with a club one day last
week. Sutton is an old man bu' a
frequent offender and has often been
in court on a similar charge. The de-
PENDANT offered a plea of guilty, and
On the suggestion of the Prose cutting
Attorney, Judge bearing let him off
with a sentence of thirty days in Jail,
at the same time intimatlng that If he
was in court again he might expect a
sentence much more severe.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Blue and their
sons, George and W. H.,while auto
mobile riding Sunday morning
about 1880 O'Clock had a mishap
that might have been attended by
most disastrous results. They were
driving south, approaching the wagon
bridge owe Knob creek, between
Ironton and Pilot Knob. AS they got
we'll up on the approach a quick turn
of the steering wheel caused the car
to topple over, and car and occupants
were hurled over the embankment
and fell several feet into the water in
abe creek. The water was three feet
or more, and had the car fallen on top
of the occupants they would more
than likely have been drowned be-
fore they could have been extricated.
Fortunately, though, they were able
to get ont without assistance. Aside
from a few scratches the men were
not hurt, but Mrs. Blue was quite bad
ly bruised. 1t is hoped, though, the
injuries are not serious. The car was
damaged considerably.
Circuit court IL still in session. Va
rious matters have been disposed of the
past week. A jury was empanaled
Tuesday to try the case of Letha Cay
, niger vs. the Sligo Furnace Co. and
, Sligo g. Eastern Railway. This is a
suit for $500 damages for personal
, injuries alleged to have been received
by plaintiff in attempting to board one
of defendants trains at Bixby in De.
;, cember, 1915. Tuesday afternoon wal
q spent in hearing a portion of the evi.
8 dence and the trial will probably las
!, throughout Wednesday. G. P. Dam.
q ron, Of Frederiektown, and Chas. M
Hay, Of st. Louis, are representing
the plaintiff. Edgar & Edgar, of Iron
ton, and MIR. Gentry, of st. Louis. ar
defending. Court will probably be il
Q session most of the week. The dock
' ct, with the disposition of the cases
. will be printed in our next issue. One
day last week a jury brought in a yer
dict for 5000 in favor OF u. Michalor
Of Hogan against the railroad for dam
ages for property destroyed by fire.
There were probably fifty Farming
& ton people in attendance on circui
court last Saturday when the case o.
w. G. Fisher vs.. the City of Farming
ton, brought here from st. Francoi
y county on a change OF venue, was be
, ing tried. This was a suit brought tt
' annul the local option election held Il
the City of Pennington in January
'r 1915, because Of alleged irregularitie
q in the conduct of the election. TIL
IS evidence submitted was amazing an
most confusing. One Of the irregu
re ~iarities in the conduct OF the electio'
Re alleged by the plaintiff, was the fail
'e ure to supply voting booths in th
B. polling places. Several witnesse
m were introduced who declared pos
lively there were no booths in til
20 polling places; the defense had Jul
as many witnesses, or more, VIII
at swore just as positively that bootl
IN were duly installed in all of the votin
places. Another allegation made wa
cd that paper shoe boxes were used
w ballot boxes. The plaintiff introduce
,g several witnesses to s%ubstantiate tn
be charge; the defense had an abur
+. dance of evidence to prove that me
al ballot boxes, with locks, were pre-
On vidsd and used In the election. Mo-
tn contradictory statements were new
ch heard in the trial of a cause in o,
n. court room. The "city Of schools al
at churches" has some people who o.
he woeiully deficient in memory or II