Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-02-15
Des Arc Items.

Last Sunday, February 4th, can be
put down as a wintery day. left my
home to meet No. % for Bismark-I
only hit the high places to the depot.
| spent the night at Bismarck and
took. the local frei ght for Fredrlck-
town and Charleston. Monday was
also a cold day. The wind around
Charleston and Sikeston blew the
wheat out of the ground, the soil being
very sandy. In some places the soil
was bare.
var in one Of the big Touring mills
at Oran. The Scott County Milling Go.
has four large -four mills; the capacity
for all.of the mills, 1900 barrels. Their
men were loading II Car the day ! was
there for Oran, with 800 barrels for
B~lytheville, Ark. They are shipping
wooden barrels.
Invent from there to the Lead Belt.
Everything there is in a whirl: it is
the busiest place | know Of. | went
from there to Bismarck. Lucy & Lucy
are doing a nice business, also Hunter
| Merchandise Co. They carry an up
todate stock of good. ] did not meet
with DR.. Eaton; understand he is re.
covering. ! am certainly glad the
good Lord has restored him to health
again.
Saturday | was at Sabula and
Annapolis. G. L. Collins is to build an
uptodate store house. He says he will
put in an uptodate store, with all the
modern fixtures, and will turn it over
to his children. One of his daughters
is an uptodate sales lady. While at
Annapolis l called on Chas. Bolch,
Guss Funk and Add Reese, the mer-
chants. They are full of business
Two handle factories and lots of ties
coming in. They have one advantage
over Des Arc; they have no country
stores to compete with. At Des Are
Brunot, Cold Water and Lodi stores
get o big share Of the trade, Des Arc
has three tis buyers: John Reed
Perry Reed and Mr.. Hill. They ge'
an average of a car a day. John Reed
has bought ties long; is a good inspec
tor, also his son..
dimes composed on getting LETT at
Leeper and Williamsviile.
Tuesday night | went to Leeper,
Thinking to catch the train,
Tie Hotel failed to call me, | got left
again.
Next morning I caught the Local,
To catch the Frisco train,
The Local was four hours late,
And | got left again.
Oar Sunday Schools are well at
tended. We had fine music Sunday
with Miss Lena Stevenson at III,
organ. Our little folks certainly ca
sing as well as the grown folks.
good program was rendered at tb'
young peoples meeting Surnay nigh
by the juniors. They take Il grea
. deal of interest in the meetings. Tn
Seniors will have a program mex
Sunday night. Miss Katheryn Love
lace, leader.
Jas. G. Shelton and Fred Farr ship
ped Il a of hogs last week.
/ Our merchants are getting in thei
!. new spring goods.
Frank Pauiis, from Coldwater, wa
in town Sunday. He brought hi
sister in to take the train for Fredal
icktown where she is attending schoo
f Mrs. 7. l.. Morris went to Pledmou
: Saturday to visit her daughter, Eunlc,
Il who is very sick.
Mrs. j. II. Stevenson went to keer
@ err Thursday to visit her sisters.
Miss Mary Belle Huff and Maste
Q Paul Hughes spent Sunday with tn
formers parents at Chloride.
It Mrs. Chas. Williams went to Iror
d ton Friday on business.
Miss Myrtle Lovelace and Miss Lea
o Wallis returned to Bismarck Monda
to school.
j., Miss Ora Lovelace and Edna Fal
:" are recovering from an attack Of tn
h measles.
II Mrs. Wesley Stevenson and MIR
Il John keathly, who have been yer
(. sick, are improving.
D., Oscar King, our mail carrier, h'
% rented the house which Rev. Seboa,
!, bought Of Mrs. Chas. Williams al
d moved his family there.
Mrs. John Harris was a Piedmo
n, visitor last week.
h DR.. j.. W. Dickey has gone to A
IT napolis and Sabula. He will retul
n. here the 18th. ISAAC.