Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-10-11

SssSes, paopSsst iofuicEil Uclouscu ~
the late Mary T.. Hughes. For par
tcn!ars enquire of i. l.. Newman,
Ir~onton, Mo-, or Jas. G.. Newman, at
Gay & Kindell's store, Ironton, No.
Il. p. Crow last Friday purchased
from Mrs. Theresa Norman, of St.
Louis, the residence just east Of the
city limits and three acres of land ad-
joining, in which he has been making
his home for a number of years past.
The consideration named in the deed
is sl40O.
There has been delay in surveying
the proposed State Highway from Ar
cadia south because the county court
"a not find a surveyor. 1t was
thought a week ago the services of
Surveyor Mickey of Butler county had
been secured, but he afterwards in.
formed the court he could not come.
Another friend advises us that the
"Roll of Honor"--boys from Iron
county in the service OF Uncle Sam,-
as recently published, is not yet COM
plete. He calls attention TO the fact
that the name of Capt. Frank G..
Delano, now in Panama, and Roy
Calvert in Hawaii, were not in the
list furnished US. -
Deputy Sheriff Bowles of Reynolds
county arrived in Ironton Sunday aft
ernoon having in custody Dan War
rem, Luther Huitt and Carlos Laxton
charged with murder and whose cases
will come up for trial at the Reynolds
circuit court. The killing with which
these men are charged occurred at
Bunker several years since.
Mr.. Fl. A. Nall, of jefferson City,
has received an appointment as dep
uty internal revenue collector under
Il. M. HARDER internal revenue collec.
tor for the Western District Of Mis-
souri,, at Kansas City. The salary at.
tached to the place is $500 a year
aud we are advised Mr.. Nails head
quarters will be at Seaalia. We con
graduate him.
Leggette's Shows, after spending O
week in I%ronton, "broke camp" las
Saturday night and shipped for Pied
mont next day to spend fair week
there. The business done here is sale
to have been very satisfactory to the
show people. The proprietor is a
clever man and seems to be absolute.
ly son the square," The tent thai
harbored the dancing girls of '49'
was easily the most popular spot or
the carnival grounds and the merry.
making, by young and old, went gaily
on until the midnight hour.
The following is from last week'sD D.
Soto Republicans 1--WE hear on pref
| ty good authority that the govern
ment is establishing a war munition
plant at the st. Joseph Lead Com
pany's works in Herculaneum, ant
that the manufacturing Of ammunition
will start there in the very near fnt'
ure. If a munitions plant is put in op
Grafton ut Hercuianeum the saloon
in that town and in Crystal City ant
Festus will probably be closed, as tn
Federal law prohibits n saloon within
six miles of a plant of this kind"
The Iron County Chapter, American
Red Cross, has a committee at worl
on plans for a Halloween Party to b.
held at the Academy of Music Monda,
evening, October 20, the proceeds tt
be applied to the purchase of material
to he made into hospital garments
etc, for our soldiers. This is q worth,
cause and should be literally sup
ported by all our people. the Com
mittee is composed of the following
all of whom donate their service
freely: Mrs. +. P, AXE, Mrs. l.. r
%Stanforth, Miss M. Gratiot, Miss Ann
Kaths. Mr.. VIM. Trauernicht MI
Kirchner, Mr.. Mckinney, Mr.. J. G
Newman.
A marriage license was issued in 81
Louis last Friday to VIM. Depew G
Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Nellie De
pew of Graniteville, Mo. These ar
Iron county people who once betor
embarked on the matrimonial sea
but, after a short term Of welded life
separated, the wife securing a divorc
in the Iron county circuit court, wit
the custody OF her little girl, sever,
years since. The REGISTER %sincerel
hopes that Mr.. and Mrs. Depew, new
ly weds, will find the sea smooth an
placid this time and that many year
Of true happiness are before then
Mrs. Depew recently resigned as pr
mary to acher in Pilot Knob school.
To Mrs. j. II. Roblee of "Brie
Patch" Arcadia, the Baptist Ladies
Aid Society and its invited guests ar
greatly indebted for the very pleasar
afternoon spent at her lovely countr
home last Thursday. While twas
regular meeting Of tho Aid Societ
with it's usual proceedings, yet a fes
tive air ~pervaded the spacious an
l%uxuriantly furnished pariors. In du
time the twenty eight guests were II
vited to the dining room where dc