Iron County register., 1921-09-08

stolen but has not yet been success
full. Cash gives his age as II and
Gibson says he is Is.
The following is reproduced from
last fridays st. Louis Globe Demo-
crat: ''The Sligo furnace at Sligo,
Dent County, Mo-, after being in
operation for forty years, manufac-
turing pig iron, made its last casting
yesterday and quit business, thereby
closing the only industry in the town
of 500 inhabitants, according to dis
patches received yesterday. The
furnace was conducted by the Sligo
Furnace Company, which has offices
In the Syndicate Trust Building. O..
L. Rogers, president, said yesterday
that the location of the furnace was
due to the large am cunt of timber in
that part of Dent County. The tim
ber was the source of charcoal used
in the furnace instead of COKE. With
the cutting away of the existing sup
ply the timber had to be freighted
from such distance that the plant
no longer paid. Most of the product
of the furnace was sold to the Ameri-
can Car and Foundry Company
Those inhabitants of Sligo who plan
to find jobs in other places will be al
lowed by the company to occupy their
homes rent free until they do 80, said
Rogers. The Sligo and Eastern Rail-
road will continue in operation. The
furnace was established in 1880 by
William F. Crawford, who was inter-
ested in the Salem branch of the
Frisco Railroad, connecting Salem
and Cuba"
Burks "Uncle Toms Cabin Sho W."
was in Ironton last Thursday night
The street parade in the afternoon
was anything but re-assuring, but,
Notwithstanding that fact, a packed
tent witnessed the show that night.
The performance, well, words fail US.
We reproduce the following from a
recent issue of the Caruthersville
Argus: "Burk's Uncle Toms Cabin
Company played here Monday night
to a crowd that filed the large tent
completely. The audience was COM
posed of all classes of people, from
the top crust of society to the lowest
strata of the ebony hued descendants
of Ham. We we're there, but the fact
that we were admitted on pass plus
war tax is not to prevent US saying
the show was rotten. We venture
the assertion that any rural school
teacher could get together half dozen
lively stable chambermaids, give them
half dozen rehersals, and beat this
aggregation of fourth rate barnstorm-
ers. 1t got the crowd as we'll as the
cash, Notwithstanding the hard times
and unpaid grocery bills. Barnum
was right when he said tone is born
every minute" If Harriet Beecher
Stowe had been there she would have
regretted having written the story,
although it served its purpose, many
years ago, in molding a sentiment
that resulted in freeing the niggers
and turning loose lot of cattle to be-
come ignorant tools of politi clans.
We did not permit ourself to suffer
through all the painful scenes of the
"drama," but as soon as Eliza made
her escape through the swamp. on
her way to Canada, concluding she
was out of harm's reach and not need
ing our further protection, We sought
the reviving influence CT fresh air.
We meant no disrespect to the man
agement or the "all-star" cast, but
since Eliza was safe why should we
suffer more? Eliza had suffered
enough for both of us and the audience
had suffered solarplexus knockout" "