Iron County register., 1921-10-20

18th day of July is in progress in the
Wayne circuit court at Greenville
this week.
Rev. Q. E. Calvert, former pastor
of the Piedmont Baptist church, has
resigned as pastor of the Baptist
church at Paris, Missouri, and will
locate at Humansville. Piedmont
Journal Banner.
Many of the witnesses from Jeffer-
SON county in attendance on court
last week made the trip in automo-
biles. There is no discounting the
fact that the automobile is a factor in
affairs of the country today.
Mrs. R. F. Johnson and little daugh-
ter and Mrs. Lovelace OF Ironton
We're guests of Mr.. and Mrs. O. H.
Lucy from Monday until Thursday.
On Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. Lucy and
their guests motored to st. Louis for
the day Bismarck Gazette
E. H. Seitz returned to Piedmont
Saturday from two weeks vacation
which he spent at Niagara Falls and
Buffalo, N. Y. He was recently ap-
pointed Missouri Pacific agent here
and will assume his new duties next
Monday. y.-Piedmont Journal Banner.
Our venerable friend, Mr.. F. Kaths
of Pilot Knob, will celebrate the S7th
anniversary of his birth Saturday,
October 22d. He is remarkably ac-
tive and we'll preserved for one of
his age and can get about much bet
ter than many men a score of years
younger.
The time of the year has arrived
when you can prove that the fellow
who has been saying the last several
months that your taxes would be no
more this year than they were last is
liar If you don't know this to be a
fact call on the Collector. He will
quickly convince you.
Elvins correspondence in Flat Riv-
er News: "Mrs. Henry Janke of
Pilot Knob spent part of the week
here visiting her husband, who came
here two or three weeks ago and
secured employment with the Doe
Run Lead Company. She is the house
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Janke."
Seven would-be postmasters took
the examination held recently in
Poplar Bluff for the Greenville post
Office. Evidently the ''faithful' are
getting hungry and are weary of
waiting, waiting, waiting. The Green
vile job pays $1400 a year and it is
announced that the Democratic in
cumbent is tired and wants rest,
The girls basket ball team of the
Ironton Grammar School and the
girls team from the Pilot Knob school
will play basket ball at the Ironton
court Friday afternoon at $3.50. The
boys team from the Grammar School
and the Pilot Knob boys will meet at
the same time and place. Admission,
10 cents.
The REGISTER had very pleasant
call Monday afternoon from Mr.. and
Mrs. A. W. Lambert. Mr.. Lambert is
vice. president of the Grand Avenue
Bank, st. Louis, and recently pur-
chased the Carson bungalow, south of
Arcadia. Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert are
now domiciled in their new home and
expect to spend much of their timein
the valley.
Pennington News: GO. W. Morris
and daughter, Virginia, went to st.
Louis the first of the week where the
latter will be under care of specialists
for while. 1t is possible she may
have to undergo another operation.
Virginia is one of Farmington's most
popular young girls and many friends
here trust che may soon return entire
ly recovered"
the REGISTER had short call Sun
day morning from Mrs. A. w. Harri-
son, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. w. O..
Patton, of Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Har-
rison, with her husband, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Mum and son motored
here from the Cape to spend few
hours in the valley. There can be no
harm in an old man, almost four score,
remarking that Mrs. Harrison is
most charming and attractive young
woman.
Attorney A. T. Brewster left Sum
day for Little Rock, Ark, where be
is employed as one of the attorneys
in group of tax cases, the proceed
ings being in the nature Of injunction
suits to prevent the forced collection
of drainage taxes--on the plea that
the land affected was government
land. The amount involved is said to
be considerable and we'll worth con-
esting in court. Poplar Bluff Re-
publican.