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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
ORIGINAL NOTICE,

ORIGINAL NOTICE.
In the District Court OF Decatur County,
Iowa, January lerm A. D. 1909.
e. r. Jackson, plaintiff,
against
W. e. Peters. Mrs. w. e. Peters. unknown
heirs of w. e. and Mrs. w. E. Peters, g.
L. Catlin Mrs. G.. L. Catlin, unknown heirs
Mrs. T. W. Rogers and unknown heirs OF
Mr.. and MIST. w. Rogers. defendants.
To said defendants:
You are hereby notified that on or before
the 3Oth dav Of November, A. d. 1901, there
will DO on file in tho ONCE OF tho clerk of the
District court of Decatur county, Iowa. tho
petition of the plaintiff aforesaid. claiming OF
you that she is the owner in fee simple of the
following described real estate; lots and
in bleek I. LETTERS Addition 10 the Incorporat.
ed town Of Leon. Decatur county, Iowa; that
to said property but that their deed to the
want Of said deed creates q cloud on plaintiffs
tiAle to said real estate. That the residence
Of said parties, their heirs, executors or as.
signs Is unknown to this plaintiff; plaintiff
asks that her title be established again st the
claims OF the defendants; that the defendants
be barred and forever estopped from having
or claiming any right or title adverse to plain
tiff in and to said premises and that the title
be quieted in plaintiff For full particulars
see petition.
You ara also notified that unless you appear
thereto and defend before noon of the second
day of the term OF said District court of De
catur county. 10 be held on the Goth day OF
January. A. D. 1909, q default will be entered
against you and judgment rendered thereon.
| Is IA LEWIS b. JACKSON.
Attorney for plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
4 isn't the Cooks Fault,
1t isn't. your Grocer's Fault

that the bulk coffee you just
purchased turns out to be differ
entfrom the sssame kind" bought
before. Coffee purchased in
bulk is sure to vary.
The sealed package in which
LION COFFEE is sold insures
uniform flavor and strength. 1t
also keeps the coffee fresh and
insures absolute purity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
Real Estate Transfers.

From Dec. 9TH to Dec. 18th, 1901.
Annie H. q. Brown to 9. L. Coin 80
acres in Morgan........ ............... 44O
r. M. Hamilton to VIM. @. Wild 80
acres in Hamilton. ..................... $50
Samuel Beaver to e. g. and Estella
Stewart 100 acres in Burrell 49,. 1850
T. NJ. Hamilton to j. McF Hamilton
10 acres in Hamilton $500. ........ 100
John E. Davis to David A. jackson 80
acres in High Point....... ............ 1000
Sarah Robinson to Burton Farver, 50
acres In Morgan. ............ ...,....... 1880
Eliz. B. Bootman to @. E. Foreman,
lot in Lamont. Observation-Disclosures. $50
Thos. A. Rutherford to e. o. Lovett
SO acres in Hig b Point........ ..... 2,475
Jas. 8. Clark to E. D. B iggs lot in
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. ........... 400
John Bedell to 81. Q. Forbes 40 acres
In Bloomington .......................... 1000
Isaac Weber to Emma Glazsbrook
40 cores in Richland.. ....... ........ 1000
q. H. Derry to Vim. Perry lot in La
moni ....... ........ ....... ............... 100
Chas. ]. Komers to j. o. Danielson
lot In Lamont. ........... ........ 49,. LOO
o. B. Thomas to NJ. J. Patterson lots
in Van Wcrt.............. ...... ......... 1,40O
Harry Hatcher to M. D. McKim 121
acres in Fayet te.................. ...... 1850
FRANCIS VARGA & Son.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
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This signature is on every beg Of the genuine
Laxative Breno- QaMaiae rabbit.
tho remedy that ea,ees . eosA Ia enc day
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-12-19
FRANCIS vARaA & Son.

English SPAWN Liniment removes all ard,
Soft or Calioused Lumps and Blemishes from
horses. Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints,
sweeney, Ring Bone. Stiles, Sprains. ali
Swollen Throats. Coughs. etc. Save $50 by
use of one bottle. Warranted the most Won
derful Blemsh Cure ever known. Sold by W.
U. Stempel & Co. Druggists, Leon, Iowa.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
The BIBLE AND THE NEGRO.

A communication in to-day's paper on
the Bible and the negro is worthy of Sc
rious consideration. It is none of our
business whether or not the negro race
Is cursed. It is very certain that the
great and good God has not commanded
the people of Virginia to execute curse
upon the black man If we so to the BIZ
Bile for guidance, we shall find only in
functions to brotherly love and kindness
and. charity-'against these there is no
law"
chc government Of Virginia may treat
the negroes as an accused race, and
try to hold them in bondage and deny to
them the opportunity to improve their
condition, but there will be found no war
rant Of Scripture for such treatment Not
a bit Of it, and we thank God for the
glorious fact.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
PENsI0N,dRABBlNG.

We print elsewhere a communication
from correspondent at Marion, Va,
in which pathetic plea is made in be-
rate soldiers. Our correspondent cannot
be more willing than we to make ample
provision for all destitute Confederate
veterans. He says that no true Confed-
crate soldier will countenance fraud or
pension-grabbing. In this we also agree
with him. But there are those who pre-
tend that they were true Confederate
soldiers, but pretense is about ALL These
men have been grabbing pensions under
the present law and if the existing law
is continued and the appropriations are
increased, the number OF such pension
grabbers will increase at a double lick.
This has been abundantly demon
strated during the past year or two and
we remind our correspondent of the
statement printed in The Times Of We'd
nesday. from the chairman of the Con-
tolerate Pension Board in one of the
Virginia counties, who expressed the
opinion that at least half the money APP
propriated in his county during the past,
year for pensions went to persons who
were neither needy nor worthy. He is a
Confederate soldier, and he happened to
know the record of great many of these
pretenders and he is so Disguised with
the whole system that he declared his
intention to hand in his resignation and
retire from his disagreeable job He
said that the applications poured in so
thick and fast that at the last meeting
the Board was unable to consider new
applications at all.
We all know what an abuse has sprung
up under the national pension system.
We all know that large part, if not in
deed the greater part, of the pension
money disbursed by the United States
Government goes to unworthy persons.
who have no just claim whatever upon
the Governments bounty. But the PEN
sion-gra bling class has become so power
full that it is a factor in national politics
to be reckoned with, and the Republican
representatives in Congress are afraid to
purge the list and cut down the appro-
priation.
Human nature is much the same the
world over, and if we open the way in
Virginia. there will surely spring up Il
pension grabbing class in this State. 1t
will be an unworthy class, and it will be
! eventually an influential class in our
State politics. It is to guard against this
abuse that The Times and various other
| newspapers in the State of Virginia have
not opposed to any reasonable measure
for the relief of true Confederate sol
diers who are in destitute circumstances
but they arc uncompromisingly opposed
to bounties for pretenders.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29


sho,,1. ''s and who .'droops upon his IKE
saId gazes into spa 1T appears that
HtieS'axe-irlan who froops IS the negro III
#America. The poet inquiries:
Who made him deaf to labor, honest TOLL
"A thing that works not, ever asking aid.
Sullen and changed, akin to sduiless:
brutes?
+ Who cut the tether binding him to law
Whose was the hand that Ioosened self.
$500 control 81
Whose breath that kindled srlothered are.
to fame?
Is this the being God Almighty made
TO serve and honor greater, higher minds
ID plough the fields and gath ~ 11ei Il 4.
store;
TO work and live according to ms i1 il -.
How can you give him back 1dentlty 81
Set him again upon his rishtful plane
Return to him his happy, harmless sohs'
Reset the careless music of It's no 'u'
Reclaim for him the tfelos OF sr1of ris
Sports innocent, inimitalole JOYS
AS a defense of the institution OF slav-
cry, these lines are singularly OUT or toueli
with the century. Nor is atnelr E.i'ous ~
new. It is only that the writer mas mace
IAN old idea POLITICALLY fresh, ingenious
and ingenious. The rIymed plea is FRANK
ly shallow. One writes who has caught
the romance OF a cotton field and moon
light without the reality Of the chain'
who has heard q song Of the reckless,
happy. increased by the moan of the
lash-shrivelled wretched: who has wit
messed the harvest of enforced servituoe
without a thought of the barren fields OF
a humanity unrecognized. Where was the
man with the blue pencil when Mary
wrote of the man with the a1e?-Har-
per's Weekly.
There is a pretty little story as to Gov
ernor Cranes reason for refusing place
in President Rooseve1t's Cabinet. The
reason assigned by the Governor was III
ness in his family and inability to arrange
his affairs on short notice.
It is said the real reason was the IN
willingness of Governor Crane to leave
his mother, who is very DID, and who does
not wish to go to Washington to live
When she was asked if she wanted her
son to become a member of the Cabinet
she said she did not, and that settled IT.
After all, could a dutiful son have done
less? The nonorS Of office are but pau
bles, and not to he compared with
mothers love. Men are too prone to 1or-
get the old folks in tito struggle for place
and power. It is refreshing to read OF an
instance like this, where a man puts his
mothers preference above his own.
Honor thy father and thy mother Is
one of the most beautiful laws ever writ
ten. and it should be so deeply engraved
upon the heart that neither age nor am
btion nor desire for wealth can oolterate
it.-Atlanta Constitution.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
M0NTAGUE'S OPPORTUNITY.

General Joseph L. Stoppelbein, editor
Of the Spartanburg Is. CO Truth, has
nade a valuable suggestion in connection
with the Charleston Exposition, as we
learn from the News and Courier. It is
that the Governor of the State appoint
Ave public-spirited men from each of the
counties to meet at the Exposition in
Charleston for the purpose of organizing
'"The State Board Of Trade which will
be charged with the consideration Of all
matters relating to the industrial, COM
mcrcial and manufacturing upbuildng of
South Carolina, the encouragement of
home enterprises. the adjustment of local
conditions to the necessities of outside
competition, the establishment OF pur-
chasing agency through which the mcr-
chants Of the interior might operate, the
removal of determinations against which
It is almost impossible for our merchants
and manufacturers to prevail, and the
adoption Of such policies as will make
the people work together for the public
good.
We commend this suggestion to Cover
nor-elect Montague, who proposes. as We
understand. to exert himself in behalf of
material development in Virginia. Mr..
Montague is young man OF push and
enterprise. He has the gift of oratory
He has the power to enthuse men who
listen to the music Of his voice. We
would like to see him travel about the
State and make addresses here and
there on the subject OF good roads and
trade organizations and industrial pro-
eress. He is Just the sort of man to do
this sort of work, and if he will only
undertake it VIC believe that the people
win e~~~~Arate heartily with him and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
CAPITOL. NEWS
AND GOSSIP
Governor Tyler Commutes Sen
tence-0ther Cap
toll News.

The Capitol and Library buildings pre-
sented rather deserted Appearances yes
terday. The day was q dull one all round
and little of public interest transplred-
Governor Tyler was away at the launch
ing of the Missouri, ana many Oh tle
olner Site officers were SUN OUT Oh lAs
ci.v an their Christmas vacations.
t,ovaruor tyler mas co,nmuted the sen
.oo. IF F. ". Farmer. convicted IN
nickanson county in April. 1897, OF muir
dor in the second degree and sentences
~ eighteen years in the penitentlary-
TIVE term was reduced by His Excel
torc,, to II wears He was 10th TO aAe
The matter I'D. but upon examination OK
tho napers he found that there We're eA
tanratine circumstances sufficient 10
warrant his action. ,
This win make q considerable oilHef-
ence in a. long term in prison.
senator e. = Cromwell, OF Norfolk
county. ami delegate John Whitehead, Ok
Norfolk city members CT TIE ehrGiiins
committees Of the two branches VI quo
TaqisIat1,re, will return here tomorrow
~ comniet, their work. and prepare the
remaining bills Tor the signature OF
His ExceIIeucy, the Governor.
The bill in relation 70 the cnarter OF
.ra Mount Rogers and Eastern r. r.. Is
one of chose Yet not signed ana .hefa
are n Great many private Ellis to be dis
The work will be completed by the Com
,nfttce bv Tuesday, so that all the bills
NAV be signed by the outgoing E-ecu-
tive
Assistant Clerk J. N. Brenanan. OF
Shenandoah was busy at tho capitol
yesterday sending out requests to various
ooiIntv and city officers for statistics for
msa bv the convention. Some OF the
of.cers are being requested a second
time. they not having replied at first
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29


Ire largest depot Of farm mpIernent sup
plies ia the world. Every big wholesale
house in the United States. which engages
In the business OF manufacturing tools
for the farmer, has It's branch t#Dallas.
There are twenty-five nine-story buildings
devoted to this trade Dallas lies in the
very heart OF the choicest farming region
of Texas. 1t is the trading point OF the
great black land belt of the northern and
central counties. which contain two-thirds
of the people and three-fourths Of the
wealth of the State.
Chemist Ito poor woman)-''You must
after meals
Patient-.But, sir, I seldom get meals
these ard times"
Chemist passing on to next customer.
Then take it before them The King.
''Now, Johnny" said the Sunday-school.
teacher, you may tell us what a prophet
is.''
WHY replied johnny, .'it's a fellow
that's always looking for q chance to say
L told you so. '"-Philadelrhia Press.
.
..Have YOU ever noticed" said physi-=
clan, "tlle number of young men VINO are
nursing sore ,chns? Some have sweiiinss
on one side only; the majority have ehem
on both sides. Most of them imagine that
their blood is out of order. DO you see
this?' And the man of medicine puileo
a small bulldog pipe out Oh his coas
pocket and placed it in his mouth.
r;<~t,t ctr md "A
where it rests. I turn it to the left, ano
see where it rest. The bowl almost in
yariably comes in contact with the SKIN
Just at the forward bend of the chin, alld
the heat of the lighted tobacco acts ike
poultce, and draws to a head what
ever impurities may be in the vicinity. =
Philadelphia Record.
eyes" said the aristocrat, IT was indig-
nant. and I wrote him that the clandes-
tine marriage of our son to his daughter
was a blot on the family escutcheon,
ana his only reply was to send me an
advertisement of a new brand OF soap
he is just putting on the market.'-Chi-
cago Post.
There isn't a religion or a race that is
not represented in the cosmopolitan popu-
lation of New York, says a correspondent
DR. James B. Neis, of Brooklyn, in an
address before the Archaeological Insti-
tute of America, to-day, said that less
than a month ago. at Il Syrian wedding
in this city, a sheep had been slaughtered
in the street and its blood offered as a
sacrifice to God. This statement was
made after Dr. Curtiss, of Chicago. had
read a paper telling of the sacrifices OF
sheer made at the ceremony of the open
ing of a railroad in Damascus and OF
the laying of the corner stone of new
water works in Jerusalem.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
,,,o, I, torct,cr for tho uppuilsing Sc the

labor together for the upbuiising OF the
State.
The time for such a work is most aus
picious. We have a new generation OF
young men who are looking to the future
rather than to the past, who are putting
aside old habits and old prejudices and and
turning their attention to living aues-.
tons. The State is rich In resources, and
the people of Virginia know better than
ever before what their natural wealth is
worth, and what opportunities there are
for developing it. The sentiment is here
and all that it needs is to be cyrstalized.s
Mr.. Montague can do 1t. and If he Will
address himself heart and soul and mind
10 the task, his administration will be Z
blessing to Virginia and he will have the
gratitude of the people.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
Justice Crutchiield Discharged Willie Taylor
Yesterday

Justice CrutchiieId Discharged Willie Taylor
Yesterday.
On the strength of the evidence Of half
a dozen witnesses that Willie Taylor, the
negro, had accidentally killed James
Robinson on Christmas Day while waving
a pistol in the air, Taylor was discharged
by Justice Crutchfeld in the Police Court
yesterday.
Ella Cole. who apparently killed Frank
Anderson in cold-blood by cutting his
throat, was bound over to the grant
jury The hearing in this case was only
formal. On the advice of Justice Crutch-
field, Ella Cole said nothing.
There developed in court many queer
things in connection with the murder of
Anderson by Ella Cole. The testimony
showed that at tue time. the woman
was hacking Andersons throat with tie
knife he made no sound at all. APP
parentIy he didn't struggle. although 1t
was known he was awake His 1ody
was found just eight inches INSIDE the
door of the room where he was killed,
.howing ,thaA he must have craWied
there after he had been cut. Ella Cole
had stated to a policeman tat she killed
Anderson because he ha,i accused her
to taking his money. This was the
only statement as to her side OF the case
made in court
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
READY.MADE EDITORIALS.

The Chattanooga Times calls attention
to the fact that some Of the Southern
newspapers are using ready-nade edi-
torial matter prepared by Northern syn
dicatcs. The Montgomery Advertiser, in
the same connection, says that some of
these papers, notably the country week
lies, make no pretense Of original matter,
and others fill up their editorial columns
with matter prepared for them by; the
syndicate and which they put into their
columns as if it We're original matter
I'VE frequently find in the editorial col
umns of a State paper adds the Adver-
tiser 'itenls which we would like to clip,
but when we find the same article in half
a dozen papers simultaneously We let it
pass as deserving of no credit to any Of
them
We sincerely hope the Virginia papers
will not patronize this Northern editorial
mill. We read the editorial columns CO
the weekly papers in Virginia with great
interest and profit. The Virginia editors
are men of sense and men of conviction
and men Of courage, and such men are
always interesting when they write or
speak. There is a great power in the
press of Virginia for the reason THAI each
of these editors conducts the editorial
column of his paper for himself ana de-
clares the faith that is in him. It will
be a sad day for Virginia, indeed. IL the
weekly papers Of the State are edited by
a Northern syndicate. May the day neve:
come.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
PERSONAL AND CRITICAL.

The Young Queen Of Holland, like the
late Queen Victoria. absolutely refuses
to sign any paper which she does not
understsnd If she cannot make out the
meaning of it herself she sends for the
minister from whose department 1T comes
or some other competent official and
asks him to explains it to her
The aftermath of Christmas, as usual,
will consist largely Of pepsin and re-
Observation-Disclosures Times.
singly. In addition to forciblc separa-
ton from his special laborer's job, Mr..
Maclay has had to face a suit for the
payment of a beer bill, for the liGuda-
ton of which he did not have the ready
cash. The publication of grouchy preJu-
dice in the guise Of history appears, at
ter all, not to have been a profitable
neutrality-suspicious. Herald.
And now people who buy their own
Christmas presents will begin to watch
for bargain Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
Senator Frye has love for novels. His
camp at Rangeley Lakes. in Maine, is
stocked with all kinds of fiction, from
the thrilling tale Of Mysterious Mick,
the Irish Detective to the world-fanous
works Of Balzac.
Never lcok a Christmas gift in the price
tag.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Many ate not wisely, but too we'll
Pittsblrg Times.
Joh.. D. Rockefeller is following the
example of Gladstone and ctopping
wood merely as exercise on his road to
health at his country seat in Pocantico
Hills. Mrs. Rockefeller herself looks af-
ter the preparation Of her husbands
meals. The latter can hardly eat a full
meal as yet, for he is suffering consid-
erably from Indigestion Besides his
woodchopping. Mr.. Rockefeller exercises
with dumbbells and in outdoor walking.
We all can do letter than vet we have
done,
And not be a whit the worse;
1t never was loving that emptied the
heart,
Nor giving that emptied the purse.
old Song.
no one in the house is a better au-
thority on fish than Representative Mi
nor, of Wisconsin. He is a disciple of
Izaak Walton, and during the summer
spends much of his time with rod and
line. Mr.. Minor is said to be so expert
with the rod that he can tell the differ
ence between the bite of black bass
and a brook trout. Before coming to
Congress. MIR. Minor was engaged in the
shipping business.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29

Virginia century bonds. once at such q
discount in the market, are now gilt-edge
securities and have proved or great profit.
to purchasers of them in recent years.
Virginia century bonds sold in Richmond
last week at above par, bringing 1003s
This included the ~ per cent. interest
collectible January LIST. There is dis
position among thrifty people to buy
them at this particular season of the year
for the reason that they are non-taXahle
and assessments for taxa ton are made
as February list of each year.-Rock-
bridge County News.
Yet there are those who say that If
mortgages were exempt from taxation
the interest rate in Virginia would not be
lowered
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
NOT A NONRESIDENT.
Mr.. A. II. Meyer Says He is Still Resident
of Richmond.

4 motion was made some days ago in
the Prudential Banking Company case to-
remove Mr. A. II. Meyer as receiver. on
the grounds that ne is a nonresident.
The motion was made returrabie before
Judge Minor yesterday A letter was
received from Mr.. Meyer In answer to the
motion, in which he stated that he was
NOT nonresident. and would he In the
CITY in a few days. The motion was
continued.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
AFTERMATH.

More money is thrown away on the edu-
cation of the human voice than on the
support of government. OF every 1000
voices. one may be listened to without
pain: of every 100000 voices, one may be
listened to with patience; of every 1,oOO.-
Geo voices, one may be listened to with sat
isfaction; of every 100000 voices, one
may be listened to with sensations Of JOY
Tho Vocal Psychologist.
The city of Dallas, Tex, is said to be
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
TRI-WEEKLY SERVICE,

Winter Schedule York River Limo
On and after December 2+th. 1901. daily
service by the York River Line will oe
discontinued. and trl-weekIy service will
ne ted during remainder of the win
FOR months. Leaving Richmond Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays 4:S0 z. NJ. ar
irving Baltimore $50 a. NJ. following
morning. I. W. w tSl . = Il
d p A.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-29
NEW YEAR HOLIDAY RATES
Via Norfolk & Western Railway.

$3.50 round trip to Norfolk: s. round
trip to Lynchburg: corresponding reduc-.
ton to all other points on Norfolk and
Western. On sale December SOth S1ss
1000 AMY at office of Richmond Trans
fer Co; W. Steele. ticket agents. Byrd
Street Station or to John p. Wagner.
Passenger and Ticket Agent, No. SIS East
Main Street.
District Passenger Agent.