Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-10-18
Des Arc Items.

was out on the Missouri Southern
railroad last week. General Manager
Frederick has a large banner tackled
on both sides of his baggage cars,
with these words, sour boys are now
lighting for U, s. Bring them back
by subscribing to the Liberty Bond
Loan!n MIR. Frederick took Gov.
Gardner in a special car from Leeper
to Bunker and back. He was highly
pleased with the Governors speech.
Mr.. Frederick always has been a
strong Gardner man and voted for
him, notwithstanding he is a Repnb-
lican.
Will Seals, with some of our bust
nees men, motored 10. Piedmont last
Tuesday to hear Gov. Gardner.
attended the Piedmont Fair last
Thursday. must say it was far be-
You'd my expectations. The stock ex-
hibit was not as large as it should have
hibit was fine better than | have
seen at any fair this fall. | was at
Sikeston and the Cape, but saw moth
ing to compare with the Wayne coun-
ty exhibit. The floats in the parade
were splendid, especially in the 18th
grade. The aero-plane drew large
crowds, 80 many farmers children
and others there who had never seen
one before. 1t was a real treat to
them; he turned four times in the air.
1t gave NE an idea of how our avia-
ton soldiers will fly ia foreign lands.
The fair was truly a homecoming.
You saw people there you had not
seen for years. met my friend, ELI
ktotz, who never fails to attend the
fair; also Hon. J. II. Raney. They
tell me that he and o. l.. Munger
both made fine talks to the people. |
think a fair far preferable to a chau.
tauqua the rich mans show
| am in receipt OF a paper from
Mrs. X. A. Garrison, Of Fort Smith,
Arkansas, giving an account OF the
Tooth anniversary Of TT. Smith. 1t
was founded in 1877 and is now quite
a city. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarkson lived
at Annapolis several years and moved
from there to Fort Smith. Mr.. Clark
son was an old comrade of mine; we
fought under the same flag and fol.
lowed Lee and Jackson through many
hard battles. We spent some happy
days together.
Sorry to hear of the death Of A. y.
Williams, formerly of Des Arc and
once judge of our county court. He
Iecently made his home at De Soto
and was the father OF engineer Ed vii.
liams. He and his wife were very
near friends OF ours. He was fatally
injured by falling from a street car Ia
st. Louis a couple of weeks since.
May the Lord comfort and bless his
| wife and children!
Quite a number of Nazarene minis
tiers attended the Assembly at Maiden
last week. The delegates attending
from here were: Mrs. Bertha Steven
son, Mrs. John Reed, Miss Ora Love
lace and Mrs. John Farris.
Mrs. Bessie Lovelace and daughter
from Doniphan spent Sunday here.
q. w Wallis, Ed Schmidt, Alvin
Wallis, Leonard Morris and daughter,
Bernice, attended the fair at Piedmont
last week.
Miss Jessie Huff spent Sunday with
friends at Piedmont.
Oscar Ruble and wife, Il. II. Stew.
son and son, Homer Smoot, and Miss
Ella Johnson were visitors ut the fair
last week.
DR.. N. A.. Frrr and wife we're called
to Piedmont Sunday to see VIM. Farr,
who Is very low. His brother, James,
from B~unceton, Mo-, is ut his bedside.
There is very little hope for his recov-
cry.
Judge l.. l.. Schmidt and wife and
two children started In their "a Mon
day morning to visit their children at
Salem, Mo-, and st. Louis.
Ed Maddox from Hoxle, Arkansas,
Is visiting his mother.
Miss Lora Tolleson spent Sunday
with her parents ut Graniteville.
Jack McEall spent Sunday here with
his family.
John Kelley took his flne horse to
the Piedmont Fair and returned with
two ribbons--a blue and q red.
Mrs. Luther Daniels and children,
Jas. Hing and wife, aud Mrs. II. q.
Harrison and children attended the
fair.
+. NJ. Angel and wife motored from
Piedmont Sunday.
John Howard and H. q. Harrison
we're visitors to the fair Friday.
The revival at tho Baptist church
began Friday night and large crowds
are attending the msetiugs. ISAAC.