Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-11-17

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School last Thursday, in which he dis
cussed the postal service and the
bearing of the general public toward
the humauizing process inaugurated
by the Postmaster General. The
students were shown how they might
assist the service to function Efficient
ly and speedily by addressing letters
and parcels plainly; by using good
stationery; by wrapping parcels
securely, and the necessity for early
mailing was made plain. BY stating
the magnitude of the business an idea
was given of the many ways in which
the public was served, but Mr.. Reese
made it very clear that good service
depended as much on the mailing
public ss it did upon the postal m
ployees. We predict that an i'm
provement will be noted, especially
in the preparation of parcels for mail
ing. We believe that too many peo-
pie fail to realize the advantages of
using the mails freely, and a very lit
tie investigation will show that more
service can be obtained at a smaller
cost in this manner than in any other.
MIR. Reese and his assistant, Miss
Polk, are always ready and willing to
explain the details and to assist pat
rons in any way.
The trial of William Hayes, charged
with murder, was concluded last Sat
urday morning with the jury's return
of 'guilty, !" and assessing his punish
ment with imprisonment for life.
The procuring of a jury, hearing Of
testimony and the arguments of coun-
sci was concluded Friday at II o'clock
A. M, and the jury after twenty two
hours elaboration, returned it's YER
dict as stated above. There wax no
difference of opinion as to the de-
fendant's guilt, and the question of
punishment-life sentence or death
by hanging-was that upon which
they halted. His being under age and
having acted under his fathers direc-
ton told sufficiently in his favor to
save him from the gallows. Andrew
Deck of H~erculaneum was shot and
killed on the night of February IA,
and the Jefferson county grand jury,
after an exhaustive examination, in
dicted eight persons as being impli-
Gated in the murder: Ernest Hayes,
with his three sons, James, Eugene
and William, James Seward, and Jesse,
Otto and Elvie Thomas. Seward and
Eugene Hayes we're tried in Jefferson
county, convicted and sentenced to
hang. Ernest and William Hayes
took a change of to Iron coun-
ty. Ernest was tried at the October
term, was found guilty, and is now
under sentence of death. Appeal in
all these cases is taken to the supreme
court, and a year or longer will elapse
before the end is reached. The de-
tails of the crime which brings these
men face-to-face with death were
given in the REGISTER of the goth
and it is unnecessary to repeat them
here.
After all these years, it seems, it is
still difficult for the north and the
south to harmonize. The folio wing,
from the Poplar Bluff Republican tells
of a lawsuit resulting from the merg-
ing into the organization of the NJ. E.
Church and the M. E. Church, South,
in that town: TUESDAY Circuit Judge
Almon Ing decided the case of the
Methodist Episcopal Church vs.. the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
and its trustees in favor of the de-
PENDANTS. The trial of the case was
begun the 3rd day of November, 1921,
and has attracted more or less atten-
tion because the local Methodist
church is probably the largest in mem
bership, seven hundred twenty-nine,
in the local field and because the en-
tire board of trustees of the Methodist
church and the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, were charged with
fraud in the petition filed by plaintiff
against the church, with practically
no division whatever in the member
j ship Of the local Methodist Church,
the suit having been instituted by out
l side influences. In his opinion Judge
s Ing found that the Methodist Church,
. South, in good faith and for a fail
/ consideration purchased the church
: property September 8, 1918, and since
j that time practically the entire mem
bership of both churches have united,
] and the proof further showed thai
= there had been a net increase of al
least two hundred members since the
: reuniting of the two branches O
Methodism in this city. There wa
|, never any difference in the articles o
!, faith of the two branches of thu
e Methodist church and the opinion 81
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