Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-05-12

meeting at Belleview, Mo-, the fret
Wednesday in next month, June LIST.
Meeting will begin at 7:30 P. NJ. All
e~x-service men are invited to attend.
ROLAND HILL, Post Historian.
The exhibit OF Live Stock in connec-
ton withe Live Stock Show to be held
In Ironton Thursday, May 18th, will be
made in the vacant lots south of the
Lopez store, at 1880 P. M. Lectures
delivered at the same time. Motion
pictures aud lantern slides at the
Academy Theatre, $3.50 P. M.
1t is said that some local parties adj
vised Auditor Hickman that land
values in Iron county could be raised
30 per cent and then not be overas-
sessed. Evidently, the State Board
did not have a very high regard for
the veraeity or judgment on their in
formants for q reduction to Is per
cent increase was ordered.
Edward Wendell Post, No. ga, A. L.,
held its regular meeting in It's hall in
Ironton, "Wednesday evening, May 4.
Roll Call s:l5; fourteen members
present. One new member initiated,
Robert Mckee, Of Ironton. The ev-
ening was very interesting and an en-
joyable time was had by all.
ROLAND HILL, Post Historian.
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses the past
week:
Edgar Paul Holt and Emma Francis
Russ of ST. Louis.
G. w. Lewis of Kansas City and
Mabel Adkins of L%esterville.
Augustus Orrick and Mabel May
Keenan, of Graniteville.
David @. Bailey of Piedmont and
Marjorie M. Kendall of Ironton.
Pennington News: "The stock Of
the Pennington store of the Home
Industrial Transportation Company
was sold at public auction on Tuesday
morning to Gay & Kindell, of Ironton,
for $1,000. The cash register was sold
separately and was bid in by the Ma
tional Cash Register Company for
$40. Messrs. Gay & Kindell moved
the stock to their Ironton store the
next day.
Mrs. D. q. Shelton, formerly OF this
county but more recently of st. Louis,
writes the editor Of the death of her
son-in law, L. s. Wyer, At his home
in Findlay, Ohio, April 9th. The de-
ceased and Miss Mae Sutton we're
united in marriage about six months
ago. Iron county friends of the wild
ow learn of her bereavement with
sorrow. Mr.. and Mrs. Shelton will
make their home with their daughter
IN Findlay for the present.
Two Ford cars collided on the road
between Ironton and Pilot Knob,
north of the wagon bridge, shortly
after dark last Saturday evening. One
OF the ara was driven by Roy Schrum
of Granite vile and the other car was
from Flat River. One Of the oc-
cupants of the G~raniteville a was
quite badly skinned. Both cars were
considerably damaged. 1t is said that
the accident was occasioned by the
Fiat River car having but one head
light.
The Pennington Times states that
the ladies of the Iron Mountain Club
of Iron Mountain are preparing to
send out quite anumber of invitations
to a Charity Dance, which will be Civ
en- ct the club house at that place on
the evening of May goth. The price
for the evenings entertainm ent which
is being prepared, including refresh
ments, will be % to the gentlemen,
which includes their company. The
proceeds will be devoted to local
charity and the promoters anticipate
a large attendance.
A big band of Gypsies, about fifty
of 'em-king, queen, princes, prin.
cesses, bob -tail-with 9
lot emaciated stock and dilapidatet
vehicles, pulled in here last Wednes-
day and went into camp just west Of
town. We walked down there Sun
day afternoon and saw only two tenti
up. Probably the pickin's were toe
slim here to maintain the whole pack
so many Of them had apparently NOV
ed on. Whatever else may be said o
Gypsies, they are economic scientists
and have long since solved the prob
lem OF how to get a living without
work.-Potosi Journal.
The community picnic 4th of july
on Arcadia Assembly grounds for the
benefit of the Methodist Assembly
promises to be n Of the biggest oc-
cssions of the kind. Mrs. Lena Finni.
more, assisted by numerous neighbors
has accepted the management Of the
dinner. Miss Irene Marshall andMrs
Edgar Fletcher have charge Of thu