Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-03-28
From Near Arcadia Heights.

Since my last letter to the REGISTER,
nothing of particular interest has
traDspired in this locality.
1t is reported that Mr.. Hendley +,
who removed to Flat River not long
ago, will remove back to his farm near
here, and will farm this year. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Hendley
last spring purchased the Pearl Hill
farm, two miles east of Ironton.
1t has been reported that John
Rosentreter has leased the Twomey
farm and will farm the coming year.
We are glad to see ga ba%ck-to-the-
farm" movement, for it certainly will
mean much in these days OF "food-con-
se%rvation," when prices of all food
stuffs are continually going skyward.
We notice that T.. l.. Huff, of north
RoseIle, has purchased IN automobile.
Mr.. HUFF owns a farm, adjoining the
writer's farm, near Rcselle, and We
are glad to note that automobiles are
being sold to the farmers of that
locality; for every sale Of an automo-
bile in a locality has much to do with
the improvement of the roads in that
locality; and the improvement OF the
roads will always enchance the value
OF the real estate. AT the present
time, money invested in land is one
Of the safest investments.
While on the train two or three
weeks ago. met my young friend,
Ernest Funk, son Of Ed. Funk, who
lives on a farm west of Annapolis,
Ernest informed me that he was on
his way to Cape Girardeau, where he
expected to enter school, which will
make seven terms he has attended
that school. He taught the school in
his home district the past school year,
and from what we have heard con-
corning the school, he is a good
teacher, and gave satisfaction. We
understand that he will return home
in June, and teach school again the
coming school year.
Jno. 7. Patterson last Friday closed
an eight months term of school at
Vulcan, and returned to his home
sar the "Heights." He says that
the people at Vulcan are very kind
and hospitable, and never intention
ally show any disrespect to those who
come into their community.
I noticed a statement some two or
three weeks ago that Bone Melton
had been killed by a train g a Pied
mont. Having talked to different
persons concerning that statement, it
IL very evident to the writer that he
was killed and then put on the rail-
road, in order to keep down suspicion
of murder. Melton was seen to
get off No. 8, the early morning
train, at Piedmont, and that was
the last eel Of him by his friends,
until his body, having been run over
by a train, was found a short distance
north of the depot at Piedmont. His
His watch was stopped at 8 A. NJ, in
dicating that he had been killed not
later than that. A bruise, found or
the back of his head, in which the
blood was dark or blue, indicates
definitely that he had been struck on
the head with a club or a rock, and
afterwards put on the railroad; for
had he been Killed instantly the blood
in the wound would not have been
80 badly discolored.
This ia two or three men that have
been killed at Piedmont, under similar
circumstances, l have been informed
A few years ago a maj & do not now
recall his nancy was killed there, and
the parties who killed him intended
to put his body on the railroad tracks
but through excitement or other
cause, they put it on the switch track
and Of course the train failed to ''ge,
him" as they evidently had planned.
1t is said Mr.. Melton's pocket-booh
was found about fifty yards south OF
where his body was found, and thai
not n cent of money WAS In 1t. Blu
when nc left home, the day before
for Poplar Bluff, it ID certain that he
had something over 800 with him
This, Of course, probably accounts fol
the murder. There should be made {
vigorous effort to %apprehend the
parties who killed Mr.. Melton, ano
there doubtless will be-.
We feel it is u duty to say a few
words concerning n worthy Count,
superintendent OF Schools, In as mucl
a. our business relations with hin
during the past year have been 81
very pleasant. During the last thirty
Ave years. experience as teacher If
the public schools Of this state, an
most Of the time in Iron county, l
has never been our lot to find q NOR
conscientious sympathetic schoo
commissioner, or County Superintend
emit than our present incumbent, 6
W.. Hanson, who appears to Away
look at school matters from q prope
angle. He probably learned Gas man
OF us did) In studying geometry tina
the straight line between two points
always the shortest line. Kind, liberia