Iron County register., 1921-09-08

and Monday, and sleeping quarters
were at premium for a couple of
nights. Whenever a holiday comes
at the weekend we are always assur-
ed of big lot of visitors from st.
Louis.
DR.. o. @. January of BelleYiew was
in Ironton Tue sday. The DIR. and
Mrs. January will leave Sunday fol-
Mount Vernon, Mo-, where Mrs. Janu.
ary, who has been in poor health for
some time, will spend several months
in the State Sanitarium. We hope to
announce an early Improvement in
her condition.
The Ironton schools opened Mon
day with a total enrolment of 269
The enrolment in the various schools
was as follows: high school, 76; first
grade, 21;. second grade, 20; third
grade, IL; fourth grade, 10; fifth
grade, II; sixth grade, 16; seventh
grade, 15; eighth grade, 20; Arcadia
81; Dunbar, 81.
Chas. Harris was convicted in the
circuit court in Washington county
last week of robbing the Bank of Cal
edonia in August, 1920, and was given
sentence of thirty years in the pen
itentiary. An accomplice of Harris
has never been identified nor appre-
hended. The amonnt taken in ihe
robbery was $2S9O.
The ball game between the Arcadia
Valley and Bismarck mines at Fletch-
er's field Monday afternoon terminal
ed in wrangle in the last half of the
eighth inning, the score at that time
being to 8 in favor of the home
team. Bismarck was evidently very
anxious not to finish the game. 1t
was raining, too.
Misses Maria and Sarissa Carter and
Malcolm returned to their home in
Louisville, Kentucky, last week, after
spending the summer with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. W.
Andrews. Miss Victoria will remain
here a couple of weeks longer and
then 60 to st. Louis to attend Wash
ington University.
The Standard Oil Company pro-
poses to put in two tanks, with
capacity of 10000 gallons each, and
an oil house, near the Ironton sta
tion. The company expects to ex-
pend about $15, 900 and will have the
work finished in about sixty days
Mr.. Albert Collins has lately beer
made local agent of the STANDARD
Company.
G. W. Buford went to Rutledge
Mo-, last Friday evening to attend 9
reunion of the Bufords. There were
1872 descendants of the Bufords regis
tered, but this is not all of the family
Mr.. Buford stated that they were able
to trace the Buford ancestors back tt
the tenth century, although they only
have the correct history of the family
from the sixteenth century.-Bis'
mark Gazette.
Rev. and Mrs. L. FL. Davis of Ar
cadia spent Monday and Tuesday
night as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. M
White. They are storing their furni'
ture and making preparations for re-
naming there the coming winter with
their daughter, Mrs. Jessie Board.
man, who has charge of the Teachers
Training Department in the Irontor
high school this year.-Frede ricktowr
Democrat News.
The drills of the National Leat
Company which have been at worl
in the Annapolis-Des Arc vicinity TO
the past two months have been takel
back to the Lead Belt. While no an
nouncement has been made the i'm
preston seems to be that no lead il
paying quantities was discovered
This is disappointment to our peo
pie who had great hopes that SOM
valuable deposite would be discover
ed. In all fifteen holes were drilled
varying from $50 to 600 feet.
Flat River correspondence Farm
fington News: "Mrs. B. j. Blackwell
and two children, of Pittsburg, Penn.
who were called to Bismack som
three months ago on account of tn
illness of her father, r. Q. Love, an,
have since been there, spent from
Saturday till Monday here with he
sister, Mrs J. M. Webb, and they wit
Mr.. Webb visited their father in tn
Bonne Terre Hospital last Sunday
Mr.. Love is not as we'll as he was las
week.
Married-At the Fort Hill Parse
mage, Saturday, September 8, 1921
Mr.S.lA. Ketcherside, of Chloride, AM
Miss Stella Anderson, of Irondale
Rev. J. W. Mckinney officiating. MI
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