Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-03-10

ordinary and if you go to hear him
you are certain to be highly edited.
He will talk mostly of his recent visit
to Europe. He should be greeted
with a large audience.
Edward Wendell Post, No. 64,Amer-
lean Legion, held its regular meeting
on Wednesday evening, March I'd, 10
members being present. Three new
members were received: Carl Gross,
Luther L. White and VIM. Stone. Re-
freshments were served and an a
ioyable evening was spent by ell.
ROLAND HILL,
Post Historian.
A damage suit was tried in Circuit
Court Thursday in which the Iron
Mountain Mining Go. were the de-
PENDANTS and the trustees OF the es-
tate of Ollie Mayberry the PLAINTIFF.
Mayberry, a resident Of Doe Run. was
killed last summer By some falling
rock while OF work at Iron Mountain.
The trustees were given a judgment
| of So, OOO.-Bismarck Gazette.
In this Issue Of the REGISTER will be
found the announcement OF Ted Dill
lon as . candidate for Marshal Of the
City of Ironton. subject to-the action
of the voters at the city election to be
held Tuesday, April 9th. MI. Dillon
is a worthy young man and promises
the voters that should they honor
him with the office he seeks he.will at
all times be found discharging his du-
ties to the very best OF his ability.
A passenger coach on train 80, local
passenger, leaving Poplar Bluff at
II: 20 each day for st. Louis, caught
fire Monday when the train was near
ing Hogan. The quick work of the
train crew In cutting the car off from
the rest Of the train and taking 1t back
to Arcadia where there was a water
hose prevented the probable loss of
the entire coach.-Poplar Bluff Re-
publican.
Our old friend, r. I. January of
Centerville, was . caller last Saturday
afternoon. He ana Mrs. January
were on their way to Belleview to
visit their son, DR.. January. They
drove from Centerville here In a few
minutes more than two hours. Mr..
January, we are glad to say, holds his
own remarkably WE'LL He is past
seventy years of age, but is just about
as spry as he was thirty orforty years
ago.
Post Office Inspector Halliday ar
rived in Ironton last Wednesday and
that afternoon took to st. Louis E. d.
Gisser, charged with burning the let
ter pouch and its contents thrown
from train No. Z at the Ironton sta
ton Tuesday morning of last week.
1t is said that Gisser made a written
confession to the inspector. He said
there we're many checks in the mail
burned up but said there were no
Liberty bonds in the pouch.
The Music Faculty Of Marvin Col
lege will give a Concert at the Acade-
my of Music Friday night, March Is,
s O'Clock. The same numbers rem
dered on the tour Of Southeast Mis-
souri, during the holiday week will be
given-a program that called forth
most enthusiastic praise from every
town they visited. The concert is
given under the auspices OF the Iron
ton Epworth League. Admission, 81
and 15c.
Elsewhere will be found an article
taken from the De Soto Press telling
/. of the shooting Of a negro by the
name of Cantrell. This is the same
. Cantrell, it is understood, that II
charged with violation of the loca
option law in this county, his cast
having been continued from term t.
; term because OF some prosecution
!, against him In jefferson county. III
is charged in this county under thu
name OF Elmer Cantrell but it is sale
he is the same party that figured Il
7 the De Soto shooting and whom TIT
Press refers to as Jack Cantrell.
have nothing but good to say o
the presentation of "Princess Chrys
anthemum" at the Academy Of Must,
: last Friday evening and / know m.
. commencing words are echoed b.
. every member of the big audience as
sembled that evening. am too wis
to go into particulars-to point ou'
this number and that on the pro
. gram-for l might be guilty OF SONS
= unforgivable oversight, It wa al
2 good and I enjoyed it. There was n
lapse or hitch from start to finish
The songs, the choruses and the act
Q ing-from the eldest miss to the littl
Q tots en- masque-with the peculia
dressing Of the stage, took me for on
Z all too-short hour into Fairyland