Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-04-14


the county court and q considerable
number Of interested citizens. The
gratifying feature of the whole thing
was the fact that every bid was under
the engineers estimate, indicating
that the decrease in the price of
materials and the lower wage scale
have been recognized by the con-
tractors. -Fredericktown Democrat
News.
Globe Democrau Evangelist "Big
Bill'' Tetley, who is attracting many
to his revival meetings at the Scrugg's
Memorial church, Cook and Spring
avenues, last night urged his hearers
to '.give Christ a square DEAL" "Whst
1t Means to Be a Christian" was his
subject, "You csn propaganda any
kind of propaganda II you can find a
'propagoose' he said. "Some folks
nowadays want to get religion through
their liver and lungs, but / still believe
in the heart and head method. Put
ting a man in a church, will no more
make him a Christian than putting
him in a livery stable will make him
a horse or putting him in a garage
will make him q Ford.n
Ford Haggerty and Miss Velma Fac
Sutherland were united in marriage
at the M. e. Parsonage by Rev.
Whitwsm Wednesday, March 23d.
Miss Sutherland's home has been in
Missouri. She is q high school gradu-
ate and q graduate of the Nurse train
ing course of Washington University
of st. Louis. She is a sister of Mrs
John White. Mr.. Haggerty is well
known here. He was born and raised
in this community, is a K. @. FL. 8.
alumnus and q graduate of Z. S. A. G..
and has q friend in every acquaint-
ance. They will live on the home
farm southwest of Greensburg.-
Greensburg (Kansas) Progressive.
Recorder Hawkins has issued the
following marriage licenses since our
last report:
Elmer Crocker OF Pilot Knob and
Lizzie Miner OF Bixby.
Ernest Robbs of Roselle and Mrs.
Myrtle Ottander of Fredericktown.
Nick Simonoff and Rosa Banks of
Granite City, Ills.
John P. Walsh and Margaretha Hes
sion of st. Louis.
John Gorski and May Gallagher Of
st. Louis.
Olayborne Orrick and Minnie Grim
mer of Graniteville.
Lonzo Akers and Bertha Renee
hansen of Shepard.
G. A. Smith and Dewey Merriman
of Flat River.
William Meyer and Minnie Zude of
Pilot Knob.
Thos. Johnson of Bismarck and
Blanche Midget of Goodwater.
Pennington Times: "While no
direct positive information has as
yet reached Pennington from Hamil-
ton, Canada, regarding the provisions
of the will of the late Mrs. Jennie
Bisby regarding the construction of
the proposed Long Memorial in this
city, on which deceased had apparent
ly set her heart, and even before her
death bids had been called for, infor-
nation has reached this city that suit
able provision for such structure APP
pears in the will. In this event actual
work of construction may be expect
ed to commence as soon as the
executors have taken necessary ac-
tion, the money becomes available
and the contract has been awarded.
When the capsheaf has been placed
on this proposed splendid building |,
will be a splendid and enduring, me
mortal to the Long family"
Poplar Bluff Citizen Democrat;
doubling the population OF South
east Missouri in ten years was sug-
gested as a proper slogan for the dis
trict in an address by ALLEN N. Hin
chey Of the Southeast Missouri Teach
ers' College at Cape Girardeau at the
Thursday luncheon session of the
Chamber of Commerce. Enthusiast
ically he lauded the advantages Of
this community in which he stated hs
lived forty years ago, once being yare
master here and having various Other
rail positions. He urged the i'm
portance of this community becom'
ing interested in dairyiDg as had beer
the case in Cape Girardeau County
converting struggling rural com
munities into very prosperous ones
He s~trenuously urged and pointed
out the virtues Of the Southeast Mis-
souri, Agricultural Bureau of this ant
the other seven Southeast Missouri
counties. He said, 81 hope Butte,
County will do her fun duty: not jus
get by. 1t means too much not t,
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