Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-11-08

souWas, Dciicblew, Biafiche u veal,
Raymond Shoop, Myra Peck, Bertha
Walton, Ironton, Minnie Crccker,
Emma White, Arcadia, Myrtle Sim
gletoD, Dorothy Kammholz, Sabula,
Robert Miller, Ernest Funk, Annapo-
lis, Frank Russell, Vulcan, Frederick
Brooks, Wiliye Shular, Brunot. The
largest attendance from Iron county
ever enrolled at the Southeast Asso-
citation.
The editor Monday afternoon had a
very pleasant talk of an hour with Mr..
f. II. .Amelung, OF Indianapolis, In.
diana, who has spent a few days Of the
past week with his mother and other
relatives at Pilot Knob. Ed. is one of
the valley boys who have made good
and mighty good, too. For the past
five years he has been in charge Of the
indianapolis office OF the Prudential
Life insurance Company, with a large
force of men uuder him and i'm mense
amount of business to look after.
Within a short time he will celebrate
the twentieth university of his be-
coming associated with the Prudential.
lie always likes to get back to Iron
county occasionally and says it is
much pleasure to keep in touch with
people and affairs in his old home.
Mr.. Amelung returned to indianapolis
Tuesday.
The De Soto Press tells of an acct
dent which recently befell Mr.. Frank
s. Bayiiss, the ST. Louis candy sales
man who formerly resided in IRON
ton: "An automobile owned and driv-
en- BY j. M. Christ, of De Soto, ac-
oompanied by Frank S. Bayliss, of 6749
Clayton avenue, st. Louis, was struck
by an engine on the crossing in the
south part of De Soto, Friday after
noon at 3 O'Clock and both Mr.. Christ
and Mr.. Bayliss were seriously injur-
ed. The condition of the former is
said to be critical. The automobile
was coming west from the east side,
where MIR. Christ had been to make q
delivery of bread. The engine was
one just out of the shops and was be-
ing "hroke in" by running up and
down the yards. Henry Maupin,
foreman Of the round house, was at
the throttle, and general foreman
Robert Hearst was also on the en-
CINE. A box car, on the side track, it
is said, INSTRUCTED a view of the ap-
proaching engine. The injured men
were taken to the Y. M. G. A. emer-
gency hospital and are being treated
by Drs. Farrar and Donnell. Mr.. Ray
liss is a salesman for the Bartlett Can
dy Company Of st. Louis" Mr.. Bay
liss died Sunday at his home in st.
Louis from internal injuries received
in the accident.
The valley boys were very tame in
their Halloween pranks last Wedns-
day. There was a pretty general
soaping of the windows of the stores
situated On Main street, a few gates
were carried from their fastenings,
a sign or two removed. and a few
other displacements of movable OBJ
jects. But there was no destruction
or devastation practjced. A safe and
sane observation, so TO speak. A
marked contrast, we infer, from the
practice followed in our neighboring
city of Pennington, judging from the
following, taken from the last issue
of the Times: Halloween in Farm
ington was marked by an unusual
number Of pranks of a destructive
and dangerous character. Whole sec
tons Of picket fences were stolen and
placed in the street were cars some
times came near striking them. Gates
were also much in e~vidence--in the
streets. Pickets were torn from
fences, and movable property was
carried of, A few competent spank
l1gs are needed to purify the morals
of some of the youngsters who adopt
this way of having fun, and if the
srown-ups indulge in such childish
caprices a little pants warming would
do them good, also. Sane celebrations
OF the night were held all about town,
more generally than usual, and no
doubt the ''spirits" OF some folks got
entirely out of bounds"
We copy from the st. Louis. Times
OF last Wednesday the following ac-
count Of the suit of Kerwin vs.. Kerr
win, as given by that papers special
correspondent, dated lronton, Octo-
Der 81: "Several st. Louisians of
! prominence are parties to an interest
ing suit which is being reviewed and
taken under advisement here in the
Circuit Court, and in which a mother
Is suing a son for her share in q hus-
bands estate. The defendant in the
suit DR.. William Kerwin Of 5972 Won
Versen avenue, st. Louis, son OF Mrs.
Bertha Kerwin, Of Arcadia. An un.
usual feature OF the case is presented
IN DR.. Kerwin's case, in that his sister
married Il. Hunt Stromberg, son Of
Ben r. Stromberg, for two terms
president OF the est. Louis Board OF
II Ednnnfion. and In that ha hlmpaif