Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-09-04

Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
We've certainly had a hot summer,
the crops r looking fairly well. We
had a good ain this A. NJ"
The Pilot Knob and Fredericktown
ball teams crossed bats in Fletcher's
field Sunday afternoon, quite 8 large
crowd witnessing the contest. The
home nine won by a score of Z to 8.
The Pilot Knob team seems almost
invincible. Out of twenty games
played this season the team has lost
three-one with Des Arc, N with
G%raniteville, and one with Flat River,
and one tie game with Des Arc, 5 to 5,
game. called in the seventh inning.
Is there another club in Southeast
Missouri with such 8 record? If there
is we would like to hear from it.
An unusually severe electric storm
visited the valley last Wednesday
night and telephone and light wires
suffered considerably. The light meter
in ]. M. Whitworth's store was burned
out and the wires burned and fell from
their fasteniBgs. 1t lie remarkable
that the building was not set on fire.
The damage done was not ascertained
until the next morning. Mr.. VIM. h.
Whitworth sleeps up stairs but the
caper cut by the electricity did not
disturb him or awaken him from his
slumbers. Various telephone and
light wires YER reported out of COM
mission next morning. For two nights
following there were no lights on the
streets.
The following appeared in Satur-
days Republic from Arcadia, Mo-,
under date of August 29th: "Should
there be any who doubt the ability of
the present-day Methodist clergy to
uphold the 'sbest traditions" of the
profession, particularly as to chicken
eating, he should study the report of
P. A..Price, himself a member of
the Methodist Church and chosen
"keeper Of account" at the recent
Methodist Assembly at Arcadia. The
receipts Of the boarding hall during
the assembly were $4,000, while the
expenditures for provisions were
so, 200. The last Sunday of the SEES
sion, instead of being a day of fasting,
was a day Of feasting, and "a fine, fat
and full-grown chickens were slain.
And what is more, all were consum-
| ed.u
Readers of the REGISTER will re-
call an item that appeared in this pa
per a few weeks since telling Of Mr..
VIM. Depew finding q terrapin on his
farm, east Of town, with the initials
ga. w, RI carved thereon. After
making inquiry the conclusion was
arrived at that the letters had been
cut IN the terrapin, by Albert Will
liam Russell, son Of the late VIM. Rus
sell who removed to Texas more thar
forty years ago. Mr.. Depew last
week received a letter from Padgitt
Bros. 90, wholesale saddlery, Dallas
Texas, reading as follows:
Dear Sir-Mr. Albert w. Russell,
who has been with our firm for the
last forty. years, was showing me q
write-up in the IRON COUNTY REGIS
TER, in regard to the terrapin he cut
his initials on in 1875.
This is a very interesting story, anG
if you have the terrapin, we would
like to have him sent to us by ex.
press SO we could exhibit him st our
State Fair. We will have Mr.. Russell
to identify the terrapin as the n he
cut his initials on. If you do not wanl
to let us have him, we would appreci'
ate the loan Of him.
Mr.. Depew has again found the ter
rapin since the receipt OF the fore
going letter and Will send it to Texai
by express to-day.