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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19
Davis City.

Mr.. and Mrs. +. McHarness and VIM
Post and wife attended the Cox anC
Post wedding here last Wednesday.
John Allen and wife of Bethany juno
ton, visited friends in our city last Sat.
urday and Sunday.
Elder Stehbins of Lamont attended
| the PostCox wedding here last We'd
nesday.
Grissom Grimes left last Wednesday
for position on the g. B. q @. near
Ottumwa as station agent.
w. II. Cox of Bethany and Miss Leaf
Post of this city we're married last'Wed
nesday evening They left on the Thurs
day train for Bethany. The gooc
wishes of many friends 60 with them.
| A. M. Severe returned from Chicago
last week where he went to buy his
stock of spring clothing.
| Mrs. S. E. Adams returned from a
visit with friends at Bethany and Al
bany last Wednesday.
Il. ii. Hartshorn has bought j, N
Gates place on Davis st. and is rebuild
ing and repairing it for home resi-
dence.
Charley Henderson left for a trip in
Nebraska last week. He goes with a
view of locating if he finds a suitable To-
cation.
Sam Leachman was Temporarily assist
ing Frank Freeman in the barber shop
last week.
Arthur Nascar of Lamont came Mon
day to assist in the Freeman barber
shop.
Considerable real estate in city prop
erty has been changing hands this
spring.
H. L. Shoemaker has bought two
cottages on Clark ST., of the Robinson
estate,
Mr. Willis sold his home residence to
Mrs. Milt Lindsey and bought the house
and lot on East St., known as the
Jacobs property. j. D. Hullinger also
bought property in the south part Of
town and Carter Scott bought Shelton's
house and lot in the west part of our
city.
The L. D. s. protracted meeting
closed last Sunday evening. Ed. F. B.
Blair occupied the pulpit last Sunday
morning and evening and Ed. White
during the week before.
Mr.. and Mrs. RUDE Martz came in
from their wedding tour last Saturday.
Mr.. Martz left Sunday to resume his
position on the G. B. & @. railroad and
Mrs. MartZ will remain here few days.
They will reside in Charlton as soon as
their home is ready.
Mrs. Jennie Ordway is on the sick
list.
The little girl of VIM. Mitchell, who
was so dangerously ill is now better and
thought to be out of danger.
Miss Kate Cartwright of High Point
cams Saturday for g visit with relatives.
Plyme Harrison, former Davis City
boy came Saturday for visit with his
mother, Mrs. ]. j. Post.
Frank Lepoint made trip to Council
Bluffs the past week.
A. M. Severe visited with his sister,
Mrs. Lou Siltz of Lamont the past
week.
Grissom Grimes returned from Tyrone
last Saturday.
Miss Ola Fent left for Linevllle last
Monday where she goes to assist Mrs. j
M. Sinner in hes millinery store.
All Up-to-date Housekeepers
use Russ Bleaching Blue. 1t makes clothes
clean and sweet as when new All grocers. 27.4
l am now ready to grind corn, corn
meal and chop feed, either for cash or
toll at my poultry house On east side of
square.
14tf r. M Errpp
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19
Ireland.

Mesdames Emma Osborn and Jessie
Smith visited with Mrs. g. NJ. Shankle
last Friday II
Squire Bryson and wife spent Sunday
with Isaac Marrick.
Miss Nellie Grogan spent the past
week with her aunt, Mrs. s. 1. Grogan
Cleo Bryson called at 1. E. Evans
last Monday.
near Woodland are moving to the Mud.
gett place.
Mike Grogan and wife took supp er al
l. e. Marrick's Saturday evening.
Mrs. Jim Flynn had business in Leon
Saturday.
John Hayden purchased thirteen head
Of cattle at S. 7. Massey's sale.
Kate and Ella Grogan have broken up
housekeeping and will make their home
at their sisters, Mrs. M. Griffin.
A couple of families in this neighbor
hood have been disturbed by what they
supposed to be wild animal making
the night hideous by its cries. They
kept their trouble to themselves until
last Thursday evening, when the neigh.
borhood was alarmed. Doc. Newlin and
his hounds were employed and sport
loving crowd, numbering about twenty
four men and boys, started on general
hunt. All was excitement for while,
each bravo trying to see who could ven
ture nearest to the thicket where the
supposed animal was located. In the
course of an hour or so the report of &
gun was heard and there lay poor
boot owl. The crowd Immediately dis.
persed and that was the last heard of
the wild animal. M
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19
1t Will Surprise You-Try If

1t is the medicine above all others for
catarrh and is worth its weight in gold
Ely's Cream Balm does all that is
claimed for it.-B. w. Sperry, Hartford
Conn.
My son was afflicted with catarrh.
He used Ely's Cream Balm and the dis.
agreeable catarrh all left him.. C.
Olmstead, Arcola, ILL.,
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at SO cts.
or mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc Warren
ST., New York.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19
Weldon.

Rev. George Mitchell filled the pulpit
at the M. &. church Sunday evening.
Y. w. Short, OF AAlerton, was in town
Monday on business.
Jim Eddy went to Chicago Tuesday
with a car load of horses
l.. l.. Showers went on horseback the
last few days on account of the mud.
Roy Barnett, of Leroy, was in town
Tuesday.
Our school election was held Monday,
j. w. Eddy and l.. &. Jamison being
elected directors.
p. A. Woods, of Osceola, was in town
last week
John Boseman, of Murray, was in
town Thursday buying horses.
Frank Thomas came home Thursday
to make few days visit.
Ear! and Ira Worden returned We'd
nesday from Nebraska.
John Wallace went to Osceola on bust.
ness Tuesday,
AL Meter returned from Des Moines
Wednesday.
Willie Mitchell is working at the Allen
Hotel.
We understand that Walter Fairbank,
in his way to Decatur, let tramp ride
in the car and was robbed by him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19
WORKING Overtime

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless, little workers-Dr. Kings New
Lite Pills. Millions are always at work
night and day, curing Indigestion, bill.
lousness, constipation, SICK head ache
and all stomach, liver and bowel troub.
les. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only
25c. at L. VanWerden's drug store.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19
Very.Low Rates.

To points in Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington. Oregon, British Columbia, Utah
and Colorado, in effect daily from Feb.
ruary Is TO April 3Oth, via. Chicago
Great Western Railway. For full par
ticulars apply to any Chicago Great
Western Agent, or J.. p. Elmer, g. p.
A.. Chicago I'll. 24.l3t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19
Ii Saved His Leo.

P. A. Danforth of LAGRANGE, Ca,
suffered for six month with frightful
running sore on his leg; but writes
that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly
cured it in five days. For ulcers,
wounds, piles, it's the best salve in the
world. Cure guaranteed. Only rs
cents. Sold by l.. VanWerden,y drug
,gist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19
Pneumonia Follows a Cold

but never follows the use OF Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t stops the cough,
heals and strengthens the lungs and
affords perfect security from an attack
at pneumonia. Refuse substitutes. L..
| VanWerden
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19

Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels as
fine bred birds as you can find, especial
ly for breeding purposes. Also some
choice young P oland- China sows.
l8tls BERT WooDARD.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19

Great spring tonic. Drives out all
impurities. Makes the blood rich.
Fills you with warm, tinkling life. A
spring blessing is Rocky Mountain Tea.
35 cents. w. G. Stempel q Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19

To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
&. W. Groves signature is on each box 25c,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19
Many School Children are sickly

Mother Gray s Sweet Powders for children
used by Mother Gray, nurse IN Children's
Home, New York, break up colds in "a hours,
cure Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Trou-
bes, Teething Disorders, and Destroy Worms.
AT all druggists, CSC. Sample mailed FREE
Address Allen ). Olmsted. LEROY n Y p. Ct
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19

Lagrippe coughs yield quickly to the
wonderful curative qualities of Foley's
Honey and Tar. l.. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19
Russ Bleaching Blue
Burr Oak Ridge.

should be in every home. ASK your grocer for
it and take no substitute. 10c a package. 27-4
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19

For Oklahoma realty write or call on
9. B. Jordan, Enid, O. 7. formerly of
Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-03-19

All Up-to-date Housekeepers
use Russ Bleaching Blue. 1t makes clothes
clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. 27.4
l am now ready to grind corn, corn
meal and chop feed, either for cash or
toll at my poultry house On east side of
square.
14tf. J. l.. M ETIER.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01
COMPETITION Is THE THING.

The Southern Tobacco Journal does not
like the advice to farmers to quit growing
tobacco and says Competition is the
thing and the more we have of it the bet
ter it will be- That's the stuff. No
body ever heard about an over-supply of
tobacco in days when there was competi-
ton between factories. The way to en-
courage competition is for merchants
farmers and all consumers to use tobacco
manufactured by Independent concerns,
having no connection with the trust
Make them strong by giving them large
patronage and they will become competi-
tors on the warehouse floors with the
trust-the essential thing to secure nat
ural good prices to tobacco growers.
The trust has destroyed the natural OPP
erations of the law of supply and de-
mand The report of the Committee to
the American Bar Association prescribes
the remedy for such trusts. Pending its
adoption, the thing for all opponents of
the Tobacco trust is to buy their tobacco
from concerns not responsible for the
slump in the price of tobacco and thus
help to get competition
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01
WAR ON WHIsKEY TRAFFIC.
Serious Injury at Spencer Death by scarlet
Fever.

Especial to News and ObserYer)
Salisbury, N. c., Aug. 31.-It is an
nounced that Rev Sam Jones and Rev.
George Stewart will hold series OF meet
ings in Salisbury beginning about Sep
tcmber 18th continuing ten days or more.
The special object of the meeting, it is
learned, will be to wage war against
the saloons and whiskey business in Sal
isbury and Rowan county. This is the
only county in this judicial district which
at the present time permits the Whiskey
traffic to be carried on and it is the
avowed purpose of the temperance people
to destroy the business this year.
William Overman, the young son Of
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Overman, of this
city, died Friday from the effects OF
scarlet fever. The funeral was attended
by large number of persons on Satur-
day.
William Loftin, an employee at the
Spencer shops, was seriously hurt Satur-
day by the stroke of jack lever which
he received on the head. He has been
unconscious most of the time since the
accident but j is thought will recover.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01
SKIN And BLOOD
.PURIFIcAT|ON
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and ResOlyent
Cleanse the Skin, Scalp
and Blood
Of TOrturing, Disfiguring HUI
mours with Loss of Hair
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS

Thousands of the worlds best peo-
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speedy cure by the use of Cuticura Re-
solvent, Ointment and Soap in the most
torturing and disfguring of itching,
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Thousands of tired, fretted moth
ers, of skin-tortured and disfgured
babies, of all ages and conditions,
have certified to almost miraculous
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the best medical skill had failed to re-
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Cuticura Treatment is local and con-
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affected surfaces with Cuticura Soap
and hot water to cleanse the skin OF
crusts and scales and soften the thick
ened cuticle, dry without nara ruoDlng,
and apply Cuticura Ointment freely to
allay itching, irritation and lnflamma-
ton, and soothe and heal, and lastly
take Cuticura Resolvent to cool and
cleanse the blood, and put every 1unc-
ton in a state of healthy activity.
More great cures Of simple, scrofu-
lous and hereditary humours are daily
made by Cuticura remedies than by all
other blood and skin remedies COM
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01

from reading an article in yesterday 5
News and Observer that the tax rate in
Raleigh was $40 on the. hundred dollars
worth of property. Stumbling up against
these uncomtortlng and heat-producng
figures | sat down with the thermometer
96 In the shade. and held a little discus
sion with myself l first discussed with
myself the question of the increased as
sessment. Remembering that l paid less
than two years ago one thousand dollars
more for the property involved than the
assessors had valued it at, ! naturally
concluded that if the judgment Of the as
SCISSORS was at fault my own judgment
was, even more so, for l backed my judg
ment with good, hard dollars and valued
1t higher than they did then. When l
considered the proposition from its legal
aspect and remembered that the assessors
were sworn to assess property at its true
value IN money, | very naturally conclud-
ed that If there had been any doubt in
the situation | had been given the benefit
of the doubt.
Then / discussed for a moment with
myself the rate of taxation. l recalled
the time when Raleigh had no electric
lights, no sanitary department, wasn't
maintaining a sewerage system, no graded
or paved streets, no water works for
fire protection worth naming, no graded
schools, but little police protection and
that of a rather shady hue and then I
remembered that for every proposition to
inaugurate these public conveniences AMI
necessities 1 had not only voted but WORK.
ed, and thereby necessarily increased the
tax rate on myself, and then when I
thought again and remembered that I
was enjoying the benefits of all these
things, l just said to myself, "You have
got no business kicking, SO shut up"
And 1 then and there shut up.
f. B. ARENDELL.
Raleigh, N c., Aug. 81, 1908.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01
MR. BAILEY ENDORSED.
He is Thanked for His Article on Assessment
ofProperty in Raleigh.

To the Editor: AS one of those who
feel deeply aggrieved In the matter of
over valuation of property, and as we
deem it out of place to make another
statement other than the one made be-
fore the County Board of Equalization,
speaking as one of the oldest merchants
o. our city actively engaged IN business,
we have this to say, that this present
assessment is the only instance IN all
our past history in which l have felt
oppressed and overburdened by excessive
taxation accompanied by high tax rate
assessment. Speaking for myself l feel
that l am under great obligations to
Mr.. ]. W. Bailey for the manly, bold
business like way in which he treats
this very serious question, to wit: that
of an ordinary business proposition which
is that the tax valuation of a piece Of
property shall bear a just and fair
proportion to its earning capacity, this
is all l asked at the hands of the board
am aware the law as 1T stands Is Ill
defined and misleading. Law Is reason,
and l know from present experience 1t
never was contemplated that L should
be taxed upon the home l live IN so
that it will yield only 3A per cent on the
tax value, while the fact stands on the
statutory laws of our State that per
cent is the legal rate OF interest. Mr..
Bailey as set forth In your issue OF the
26th, has clearly defined the position of
the large and respectable body OF over
burdened tax payers of our city. If our
honorable legislators had listened to the
Governor in his message to that body.
as also the words of wisdom contained in
the reports and suggestions of that hon
orable body the TAX Commissioners of
North Carolina the whole matter would
have been set at rest. But one says it
is law and ought to be remedied at the
HOLLIS. We answer We can't see why
this law should in its strict observance
be made to prejudice the other hundred
and zone laws now standing on our statue
books, which are honored as much in the
breach as in the observance. Taxation
that is felt to be oppressive is not in
keeping with the spirit of our age. Grant
that this high tax rate and value may be
for good and wise purposes, so long as it
is felt to be oppressive, it matters not
whether it may be for the maintenance
of great armies or whether it be for the
promotion of objects that may in them
selves seem wise and good.
The incidence of taxation is one of the
vexing questions of today, it has been so
in all ages, but is nearer of solution to-
day than it ever has been before in the
worlds history. Justice Miller l hope
has for all time settled this question
The strong point in Mr.. Bailey's article
is the application of the law that what
ever the yielding power of his property
may be for income, that in this we have
the true workable basis for taxation and
valuation.
j. NJ. NOME.
Raleigh. N. c., Aug. 81.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01
Marvellous Cures Made by
Mrs, Joe Persons
Remedy.
Dear Mrs. Joe Person:

Dear Mrs. Joe Person:
| want to tell what Mrs. Joe Persons
Remedy has done for my family. About
four years ago our son was taken with
white swelling in his left leg, between
the knee and ankle. He suffered a great
deal and his leg discharged very freely
Nothing did him any good. When 1T had
been running about six months, we had
three doctors to come and perform an
operation. They split his leg to the bone
from just below the knee nearly to the
instep a split six inches long. Then they
sCraped the bone and cut away all de-
cayed flesh. In a few months that cut
healed up, but the two holes came back
in the same places, and discharged just
like they did before the leg was cut.
This continued about year and a half,
when we began to use a s9lve that healed
his leg. Last May, twelve months ago,
it broke out again in the same place, and
the doctor decided to take him to the
hospital, when Mrs. Joe Person came to
see me. She advised me to give him her
Remedy and use her Wash and not to
have his leg cut again. l followed her
directions carefully, and in three months
his leg was entirely we'll Now he is just
dS wen anu healthy lOOhluS DIS siG Can Dc.
can't say enough for Mrs. Persons
Remedy. 1t is the best medicine / have
ever taken and I have taken much. L
gave the Remedy to my little daughter
for throat trouble. She had had it for
five years and now she is well. 1t cured
my youngest child of catarrh in he head.
Now, l want to tell you how it helped
me. | have been almost an invalid Tor
ten years, not able to sit up all day much
of the time. l had weak heart and
weak stomach, constipated bowels, and
every other i'll you could imagine. l was
so easy to take cold I had to stay in the
house all winter, would have a terrible
cough that some winters would last me
three months. l was sure | had cOnsump-
ton. Since I have been taking Mrs Per-
sons Remedy, / have only had very
slight cold twice 1 feel so much better
and hope to continue to improve. l reck-
on l have taken and given to my chill
dren fifty bottles of the Remedy. My
house is never clear of it. I believe the
Lord is with her in her work. She has,
with His help, cured so many poor SUI
fering ones. / hope the Lord will con-
tinue to bless her and her patients.
MRS. V. l.. STEPHENS.
Dunn, N. c., June s, 1903.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01

Cabel Powers has been convicted three
times. In the two first trials he had
lawyers to defend him and received
sentence only for life Imprisonment. In
the last trial, which terminated Satur-
day, he was his own lawyer and made a
was convicted and sentenced to be hung.
Another case of where a man who ap-
pears for himself has fool for a client.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01
PLAYS HAVOC W1TH THAT IDEA.

PLAYS HAVOC WITH THAT IDEA.
Springfield Republican.
1t is certainly most significant deliv-
erance There has prevailed an impress
sion that the American bar had been re
tanned by the great corporations This
report will play havoc with that i'm
preston.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01
LOT AT AUCTION.

By virtue of decree of the Superior
COURT Of Wake County, we viii sell at
auction at the Court House door, at Raj
elgh, at IL M, on the LIST Monday, 7th day
of September, 1903, one lot, being lot No.
80, the Willard lots, fronting 20 feet on
Boylan street and running back 1877 feet
TO the line of Mrs. Florence Tucker.
Terms: IA cash, balance January list,
1904, with interest
WALTER CLARK,
w. w. ASHE,
S. A. ASHE,.
Comm issioners.
FRANK STRoNACH, Auctid neer.
7-2913O-d.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01
Spirit of the Press.
COMPULSORY VACCINATION.

COMPULSORY VACCINATION.
Charlotte News.
Dr. R. H. Lewis, of the State Board Of
Health, says that with the advent of
colder weather we may expect the worst
epidemic yet of smallpox in North Caro-
lima Would it not be well for all the
schools TO reject any child who cannot
show a certificate of successful vaccina-
ton within two years? If that is not
done some of the schools are going to be
broken up, certain.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-01
THE IRREPREssIBLE ISSUE.

The Springfield Republican is right
when it says that the trust issue is as
''irrepressible as was that of slavery y
and it truly adds that mo party in opposi-
ton can make the slightest Roadway
which fails TO take it up and attempt to
deal with it in practicable and specific
form" The recent talk of hope for
Democratic success by the nomination of
some man favored by Morgan and Rookie
teller is as wild and silly as was the
hope of Wing success in 1856 when it at.
tempted to play with the abolitionists in
the North and the slave-owners in the
South.
The trust issue is irrepressible. The
Republican party is committed TO the
trusts because tariff favoritism breathed
the breath of life into most of them and
its senator's. who control the party, are
attorneys and officers of these lawless
combinations. Mr.. Roosevelt plunges a
little and muddies the water but the
trusts know he will be with them in any
crisis
What will the Democratic party do?
There are powerful influences at work to
attitude on the trust question. If the
trust magnates could nominate Roosevelt
and Democrat with trust leanings,
they would then be certain of both
l. l..
fund, and go to Europe for the summer,
Indifferent as to the result.
The extraordinary deliverance on trusts
at the American Bar Association points
the way for Democratic success if the
party is wise enough to follow substan-
tally the lines therein marked out. OF
that paper the Springfield Republican
says ct will arrest the attention of the
whole country and produce a profound
impression for it is the most noteworthy
deliverance against capitalistic combina-
tions, coming from what may properly
be described as ultra-conservative sources,
that has yet appeared
In 1904 the trust issue is irrepressible.
II the Democrats in their national con-
vention speak out in as clear and wise
and radical a manner as the committee
of the American Bar Association they
will measure up to their opportunity and
their duty If they fail, ''help and deliv-
erance will come from another quarter, "
but the Democratic party will be as I'M
wise as the Wing party was in 1852 and
1856 1t will not die, as that party did,
for it is, as Vance said Immortal" but
it will fail to be the agency that must
supplant combinations with the old life
of competition in trade