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Smyrna times., 1902-05-28
&. a. R. DECORATION DAY ExuRclsEs.
General W. S. Hancock Post Will Decorate the
Graves OF Fallen Comrades on Friday.

George W Tilghman, past COM
mander of General w. S. Hancock
Post No. %, q. A. r. of this town. has
given notice to all old soldiers of this
town and vicinity to meet at the post
room FRIDAY morning next at o'clock
to form in line and pay their annual
floral tribute to the fallen dead of the
war Of the Rebellion by decorating
their graves. Every i, ,r brings its
changes il the ranks of Post %. and
there are but few years more perbaps
for our local comrades to pay their re-
spect to the memory of those who fell
IN their country's service. 1t is there
lore important that as many old sold
lers who can, whether they be members
OF the post or not, be present and take
part IN these memorial services
On Sunday afternoon last, the Post
some eighteen strong, attended divine
worship at Severson's NJ. L. Church
near town, and were gwen splendid
sermon by the Smyrna Circuit pastor.
the Rev. G. L. Hardesty. The latter
preached from the text as found in the
third and fourth verses of second
Timothy: "Thou therefore endure
hardness, as good soldier of Jesus
Christ. The sermon has been highly
commended by all who heard it.
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ORIGINAL NOTICE,

ONlIlNAL NO1lCGa
In the district court of Decatur county, Iowa,
August term, 1909.
frankie Stearns. plaintiff, against VIM. S.
Stearns, defendant.
70 sad defendant:
the 3lst day Of July, A. ID. 1912, there will be
on file in the office of the clerk of the district
court OF Decatur county,, Iowa, the petition of
the plaintiff aforesaid, praying for the parti-
ton and sale of lots seven and eight G. and y
block ten (lU) of the original town of Lamont.
Iowa. Also the west one.halff}l Of lot twelve
(l2) block two () Ferguson's first addition to
the tow OF Lamont, Iowa. SAID proper
ties above described belonging to the estates
! of s. A. Slearns and A. H.. Stearns, deceased.
And alleging that plaintiff and defendant are
real estate first above described and that the
plaintiff is entitled TO an undivided one.thrd
and the defendant to an undivided two.Ihirds
of the real estate last above described and de.
handing Judgment confirming shares OF
+! plaintiff and defendant in each OF said prop,
critics as above stated and praying that par.
titlon thereof be made or if the same eanno
be equita bly, divided, then that a sale be or,
dered and a division of the proceeds made be;
tween plaintiff and defendant according to
their respective shares and that q statutory
torney and for general equitable relief and
! for costs. See petition.
You are also notified that unless you appear
thereto and defend before noon Of The second
day OF the term of said district court Of Deca
tur county, Iowa, to be held on the 25th day Of
August, A.. d 1908. a default will be entered
against you and Judgment rendered thereon
WI MCGINNls.
lbs Attorney for plaintin.
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Miss Alice Bells returned Friday from
q months visit at Bonaparte with her
sister, Mrs. w. A. Afford. She also visited
friends 1T Eddyville and Abba.
J.E. Brown and son Waldo drove down
from Charlton Tuesday and will spend a
few days looking after the harvest ut Mr..
Browns farm southwest of town.
Miss Mary Ray Accompanied by her
niece Miss Hulda Ray went to Charlton
Tuesday for a short visit before going to
Kansas City to trim for the fall millinery
trade.
Mrs. George Brown and daughter Miss
Matte, of Chicago, came last Thursday for
a visit of several weeks at the home of
Capt. j. D. Brown and other relatives in
this county.
Mrs. w. A. Hunt returned to her home
at Burlington Saturday after a pleasant
visit with her sisters, Mrs. j. w, Harvey,
Mrs. Len Hamilton and other relatives in
this vicinity.
Constable Bert Warner had official bus
mess at Clearfield Monday and became
entangled in a law suit oyer a collection.
Bert handled his own case with all the
skill of an old lawyer.
Capt. j. d. Brown, John L~edgerwood,
w. H. Frost, j. e. Bruner, p. A. Silsbee
and Dan Anderson were passengers for
Des Moines Monday to attend the repub-
lican state convention.
t-
Mark M. Shaw and wife were visiting
Leon friends last Saturday while returning
from a visit with relatives at Pleasanton.
MI. Shaw is at the head of q prosperous
bank at Valeria, Iowa.
DR.. d. r. Dudley and wife returned Sat-
urday from Garden Grove where they
finished packing their household goods.
DR.. Dudley will leave next week for
Chicago where he will locate.
Miss Fora Sharp of Galesburg, came last
Saturday morning for a visit with A.
F. Collins and family. She left Monday
for Leon. where she will visit before
returning home.-Mt. Ayr Record.
DR.. j. P. Hunt, of Mt. Pleasant, who
. farm five miles southwest of Leon,
spent q couple Of days here the first of the
week locking after the farm, and is more
than pleased with the prospects for q
bountiful crop.
Marion F. stookey, Robert and ]. R.
Bowsher, G. O. Dye, 8. w. Kehler.
Sam L. barrow, v. F. Arney, and
wife were among those who went to Des
Moines Tuesday to attend the republican
state convention.
DR.. O. schenck and wife, Of Riverton,
Neb., came last Friday to visit his brother,
T. H. Schenck in this city and relatives at
Decatur. DR.. Schenck is an old Third
Iowa veteran, and il well known by many
of the old citizens.
j. r. Bowsher returned Tuesday morning
from . five weeks stay with his wife at
Hot Springs, 8. D., where Mrs. Bowsher
Is taking baths for rheumatism. Up to q
week ago she was greatly improved but
was again attacked md has decided to re-
main'another month. Her mother, Mrs,
j. Csrmean, leaves tomorrow for Hot
Springs to be with her. MI. and Mrs.
Bowsher spent a week at Deadwood also.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
Why We Don't Roast.

The statement is often made to a
newspaper reporter, "Why don't you
roast so and so, or haven't you got the
courage" just how little an ordinary
man knows about the newspaper basi-
ness is shown in An expression Of that
sort. 1t doesn't require half as much
courage to roast a man for some faneied
misstep asst does to refrain from it.
Anyone can fill the paper with abuse Of
people and things, and the opportunity
is presented every day to find fault with
some public enterprise or condition, but
the test Of . newspaper mans usefulness
to the community comes in those things
he refrains from doing. Many au'articie
has beenSwritten on spur of 'the moment
and then destroyed after mature reisc-
tion;in nine cases out of ten it took more
courage to- destroy it than it did to
write it. Amy newspaper that is con-
tinually finding fault with everybody
and everything soon loses its influence
with the public and with its readers. and
when it does find fault it is taken
as a matter of course and no attention is
paid 10 its grumblings. But the CON.
sentative journal that only finds fault
when there is really an abuse to be
corrected is the one to which some at
tention is paid. Its criticisms are not
taken as the vaporatings of an idle,
mind, but are accepted as the conclus-
ions of q mature judgment. A
newspaper can no more be successful as
the medium of expressing the person
al spite of the publisher, than man
could run any other business on the
personal spite work plan. A paper
should be diligent in discovering the
facts, and when the OCCASION warrants
should be uncompromising in its stand
for justice, and the facts should mot be
sought from the warped and biased
Judgment of one side of the case. ANY
paper is liable to make mistakes in
forming conclusions, but its mistakes
will be cheerfully %condoned, il it shows
an honest effort to do justice whenever
1T finds it is in the wrong. 10 build uI
an argument on premises that are
known to be wrong, is building a house
on shifting sands, and where the founda
ton is not secure the structure. cannot
last.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31

NOTICE OF APPLICATION o PERM1t.
In tho district court OF Decatur county.
Iowa, August term, A. D., 1902.
In the matter Of the application of H. G..
Bone a registered pharmacist for a permit to
buy, keep and sell Intoxicating liquor.
NOTICE.
To whom it may,concern:
Notice is hereby given that the application
of the undersigned H.. G. Bone a registered
pharmacist No. 3l79 doing business under the
firm name Of H. G. Bone, OF Grand River. in
county OF Decatur. state OF Iowa, praying for
liquors on lot IA, in block 12, Grend River, in
county OF Decatur, state Of Iowa, will be on
court of said county. on or before the 10Th day
Of August, 1902, and that said cause will come
on for hearing in said court at the August
term OF said court, TO be begun and held at
Leon. Iowa., on the 25th day Of August, 1909.
81 II. G. BONE, Applicant
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
II CHURCHES.

Rev. w. II. Ilsley, pastor of the Leon
Presbyterian church, has been granted a
months vacation, which he will spend
at st. Louis and with relatives in ILL
nois, leaving last Monday.
Rev. Thomas Dyall, of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, at one time pastor OF the Baptist
church in this city, was an over Sunday
visitor at the home of r. E. Dye, and
occupied the pulpit at the Baptist
church Sunday.
The services at the Christian church,
both morning and evening. will continue
through the summer months. We vel
come all to worship with us. The sub.
jects for next Sunday'sservjces are 'The
Good of Sacrifice" and some Thing
Thou Lackest."-H. II. HuBBELL, Pas.
tor.
Services in the M. +. Church next
Sunday will be as follows: Sunday
School and Epworth League at usual
hours. Miss Alice A. Evans, a returned
missionary from India, will occupy the
pulpit both morning and evening at the
regular hours for preaching. Miss Alice
A. Evans is an unusually interesting
speaker and will give pleasure to all
who hear her. Let everybody come to
the services. A thank offering will be
received for the Women's Foreign Mis-.
sionary Society.
Elder A. E. Hatch, advent district
pastor, will preach the coming week as
follows:
Saturday night, August 2, and Sunday,
August 3, at the A. g. church in Wood.
land.
Monday evening, August 4, at the res
idence of Clabe Moore in Lineville.
Tuesday evening, August 4, at Hickory
school house near Lineville.
Wednesday evening, August s, at New
Zion Church.
The years work in this district is
drawing to a close and a large attend
ance is requested at these meetings.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
ORIGINAL NOTICE,

In the district court of the state of Iowa, In
and tor Decatur county, August term, 1909.
John Perkins VS.. Mary Perkins,
To Said Defendants:
You are hereby notified that on or before the
18th day Of August. A. D., 1909. there will be
on file in the Office of the clerk of the district
court of the state of Iowa, in and for Decatur
county, the petition of John Perkins claiming
of YOU u divorce from the bonds of matrimony
on the grounds OF desertlon and adultery with
petition.
And that unless you appear thereto and de-
fend before noon ofthe second day of the next
August term, 1902, of said court, to commence
and be held at Leon, Decatur county, Iowa,
on the 25th day of August, 1902, default will be
entered against you and a judgment and de-
cree rendered thereon as prayed for in said
petition with costs.
JOIN PERKINS, Plaintiff.
20 BY g. TAYLOR WRIGHT, Attorney.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31

In the District Court OF Decatur County,
Iowa, August term, A. d. 1909.
John w. TOney, plaintiff
against
Rosa b. Toney, defendant.
To'Said Defendant:
You are hereby notified that on or before the,
lAth day OF August. A. D. 1907, there will be on
Court OF Decatur County Iowa, the petition, Of
the plaintiff Aforesaid, claiming Of you adj
vorce and asking that the bonds of matrimony
now existing between you be dissolved and that
plaintiff be restored to all the rights, benefits
and! immnnittes Of an unmarried person on the
ground OF the cruel and inhuman in
which you have treated plaintiff and that de-
fendant since marriage has become an habit
ual user Of morphine and is under its influence.
q part OF the time. For full particulars see
petition.
You are also notified that unless you ap.
pear thereto and defend before noon of the
second day OF the term of said District Court
of Decatur County, to be held on the 25th day
Of August, A. D., 1902. a default will be enter.
ed against you and judgment rendered thereon,
HOFFMAN g. JACKSON,
4S4t Attorneys for piainti1.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
b. SIX Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease
cured in six hours by New Great South
American Kidney Cure" 1t is a great sur.
prise on account OF it's exceeding promptness
in male or female. Relieves retention Of
water almost Immediately. II you want quick
relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold wv
g. Stempel 4 Co. Druggists, Leon. Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
homeseekers' Excursions.

Homeseekers' tickets to nearly all
points on sale at low rates by Chicago
Great Western Railway on first and
third Tuesday of each month, June to
October inclusive. For particulars ap.
ply to any Great Western Agent, or
J. P. Elmer, g. P. A., Chicago, I'll. 1920
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
For 30 Days Only.

Big premium with every dozen of
photos at Swesringen's photo gallery.
Call and see,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31

Worth 500 to you TO cure child or aanlt
of incontlnence OF water during sleep.
Antl-Diuretic stops it Immediately. 500
Sold by W. c.. Stempel g. Co, druggists.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
the Ladies

We have the very best values offered in the town in ladies'
vests at Sc, IKE, $40, Zoe, l2Ac, l5c to 35e. Other houses have
the same priced vests as we but they are short in quality. See
ours before you buy. Half price on hemstitched handkerchief IN
sale az Sc.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
FREE
To Kidney Sufferers.
An Opportunity Worthy
of Your Notice.

If you suffer with kidney disease or n
ailment arising from an improper action
of the kidneys or urinary organs, this of
fer we make to the people of Leon should
interest you. In the advancement of med
ical science The kidneys, the organs, of the
greatest Importance to human health,
have not been neglected and in placing
before you such a cure-as Doan's, Kidney
Pills the proprietors recognize how far So
many statements of the makers of similar
preparations have fallen short of their
claims, being convinced that no remedy
for kidney complaint in existence equals
Doan's Kidney Pills for such ailments;
strengthened in these convictions by let
ters that are daily received of the work
they are doing for mankind's benefit, old
backs and young backs are being constant
ly freed from never-ceasing aches, and
many a lame and shattered one, stopped
and contracted, is strengthened, invigor.
ated and infused with new life. With
such a medicine an effort Of this kind can
be made without h%esitancy, for while we
loose the box we give to you, we make g
friend that assists us in the sale of many
others.
FULL BOXES
of Doan's Kidney Pills will be given away
tree to every person Suffering with kidne,
ailments at the undersigned address. FRS
come, first served, and only this chance
offered. For those in the country VIII
cannot call in time a box will be- mailet
upon receipt of &c to pay postage. Re
member this is not a sample box, but
regular size box of Doan's Kidney Pills
which retails at soc. Remember
FREE DISTRIBUTION ONE DAY
ONLY!
Saturday, August 2, from g a. m
to 8 p. m. at L. VanMerden,
druggist, Leon, Iowa.
Sole agents for the United States, Foste
Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
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DisGgurad Skin

Wasted muscles and decaying bones.
What havoc!
scrofula, let alone, is capable of all that,
and more.
It is commonly marked by punches in
the neck, inlammations in the eyes, dys-
pepsia, catarrh, and general debility.
1t is always radically and permanently
o,rad nv
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
WHAT ARE BkRGAINS2

Some merchants would have you believe that shoddy goods
s % at - low price ear are bargains sa1msi put IT. don't IN be deceived by any such
merchandise at the price of cheap shoddy stuff. We carry only
petitors can't match the prices. Come in and see our goods-see
our prices-take them home with you and examine the quality
with your glasses and if you have not got more than your
moneys worth bring them back and get your money.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
How to get a
Watch for 48 Cents

This is a nice stem wind watch in nice nickel silver case guar
anteed for one year: Anyone buying clothing, hats, or shoes to
the amount ofs3 90 or more can get the watch for 48c. This
ing ne Of ar any II house in the town: We sell you genuine Feirfax Wor-
our S.. so suits for sA.95. We have just received 800 sample fur
hats from the manufacturer and will sell them tor less than halt
81 %. ibis Isl snap; Why pay sl.5o to 80 for a fur hat
when We will sell you the same hat for half the price. This
sounds like boasting but it is the plain fact. SO make US proveit.
We guarantee our price to be lower than any house in the
county on any goods we have in the house.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
Hoods JarsapdriLd

Which expels all humors, cures all erup-
lions, and builds up the whole system,
whether young or old.
Hoods Pills cure liver Ills: the nonirritating and
only cathartic to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31
ORIGINAL NOTICE,

In the District Court of Decatur county.
Iowa, August term, A. d., 1909,
John W., TOney, plaintif
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
VALD0STA is NOW READY
FOR THE STATE FAIR

VALDSTA, Ca, Oct. 11-All Of the ar
engagements for the State Fair. which
opens in this city on the 18th inst. and
runs ten days have been completed, and
the program of attractions surpasses the
program of two years ago.
There win be double the number OF
county displays that were here two years
ago, while the number of individual ex-
hibits will be largely increased. An addi-
tiontal building, four hundred feet in
length and sixty feet wide, base been
erected to accommodate the demand for
space for the agricultural exhibits. The
premiums for the county exhibits aggre-
gate about five thousand dollars and the
rivalry between the fourteen counties that
have entered the contest for these pre-
miums is as lively as it can be-
The live stock exhibits include herds Of
cattle from Benninfers ranch in Pennsyl-
vania, besides several herds from Tennes-
see and Kentucky. Several locks of sheep
are coming from Ohio, while the poultry
exhibit will be unusually fine.
The managers, however. are better
pleased with the outlook in the machinery
department than in any other. Several of
the largest concerns in the country are go
ing to give exhibitions daily with late
improved devices for use upon the farms.
This exhibit will be of unusual interest.
as such a display has not been witnessed
before in this section.
A very strong card for the fair will be
the night attraction. The managers have
already bought five thousand fairy lamps
to be used for decorative illustrations and,
besides these, a contract has been let with
one Of the leading fireworks manufactur-
ers OF New York for pyrotechnic display
every night. This display will be conclud-
ed each evening with performance from
the electric fountain, with a rich musical
program in the Temple of Music.
The ladies who have charge Of the Wo-
mems Department say that they have ev-
erything in perfect shape for the fair and
their department win be complete. This
department is under the control Of the
Federation of Womans clubs of Georgia,
and the committee consists of some of the
most prominent club workers in the state.
A number of the leading officials of the
roads centering here were in the city this
week to talk over the matter Of sched-
ules for the fair. They declared the out
look to be unusually bright and expressed
their willingness to put on the most con-
venient schedules ever operated to or
from this city.
All over South Georgia much interest is
being felt in the fair and it is conceded on
all sides that it will be the greatest show
that the wiregrass section has ever known.
Months of hard work have been devoted
to make II thoroughly representative Of
the great state of Georgia, and especially
worthy of the matchless section along the
lower border.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
SEABOARD TRAINS ARE
HELD UP BY NEED OF COAL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-Dispatches
reaching Washington today from Virginia
state that the Seaboard Air Line rail-
way was unable to move through freight
trains from Portsmouth today on ac-
count of lack of coal.
At other points it is said that there
is only sufficient supply to last a few
days, and a general suspension of traf-
hc along this line seems threatened. A
dispatch from Norfolk says:
Three heavy freight trains which should
have gone south are sidetracked here
with no fires lighted. Coal was taken by
the shifting engine to send a. passenger
train out. The company attempted to
confscate a pile of coal at the old power
house of the Old Dominion railway COM
pany, but as soon as the men began filling
the tender a guard with gun appeared
and threatened to shoot If the coal was
not replaced at once. and this was done.
All trains are now running on slow time
in order to save as much coal as possible.