The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-12-13
Terre Haute.

Jacob Miller and son delivered corn
to Mrs. Nan Logan last week.
Henry Turpen and VIM. Kimbell were
in these parts Monday transacting bust
ness with j. G. Norman.
j. II. Springer went to Decatur City
Monday.
Harry Cartwright had business in
Davis City last Monday.
Mrs. Sadie Pryor, of near Blythdale,
Mo-, came Monday to visit with her
mother, Mrs. NJ. Odell.
A. Y. Houdosheldt went to Davis City
one day last week.
Joker slauter is helping John Nc.
Culley pick corn this week. He also
shucked one load for Ora Black.
G. p. Shaffner called on G. e. Crevel,
ing one day last week.
Literary and debating every Thurs
day night at the Terre Haute school
house.
Sam Miller, our champion rifle sh, t
was showing the boys how shooting is
done Saturday evening at the Davis City
shooting gallery.
Little Marie, the infant daughter of
Otto and Pearl Quick, died Friday even
ing about 0 o'clock and was buried Sat
urday afternoon at O'clock in the
Terre Haute cemetery. She had been
i'll abo, two weeks with pneumonia.
John Springer and Ned Miller we're
Ian o nj callers last Friday.
John McCulley and Isaac Robbins at
tended the show at Davis City Saturday.
Charlie Axes, of Leon, was in these
parts couple of days last week buying
horses.
S. M. McGahuey and wife had busi-
ness in Leon Saturday.
Winfield Cash, of the Bowsher &
Bowsher firm at Leon, had business in
Terre Haute Sunday.
Lincoln Mcdowell, who lives west of
here, has contracted bad case of heart
trouble, but we think with the proper
treatment of one of our school ma'am's
Lincoln will pull through.
Daniel Myers and Thomas Sutherlin
were in these parts Sunday.
A few words to the correspondent
from Decatur City to the Davis City
llariat and Miss Bessie Kiting who seen
to be on the anxious seat: Now broth
ers you can hardly imagine how CRATE
full was to read your letter in the
Lariat entitled ION the anxious seat
beg to give you a word of warning.
realize that you occupy to some extent
the position of leader among certain
class Of citizens. Now brother cores
pondents you must not allow yourselves
to become proud and overbearing, you
must not use your positions like the
minister or ministers of the Gospel III
writing funny things to yellow journal
to tickle the ears of the wicked and un-
godly. You should recollect that
Proverbs II II reads, "He that speaketh
truth showeth forth righteousness"
Now brothers the trouble with you fell
lows is this, We don't like to take the
verdict OF the people on the court house
deal when majority of the people said
by their vote we will build the court
house at Leon where it rightly belongs
and always did. Now brothers expect
you no doubt regret the way you and
Bessie kiting have tried to poison the
minds of the voters of Decatur county
against Leon having the court house, in
your letters to the Lariat. You have
been writing in such spiri5, brothers,
| that If you had had enough followers
you would have moved the court house
in kentucky style from Leon to Deca-
tur City. Now brothers as long as you
maintain such spirit you are far from
the paths OF success as ministers of the
Gospel. Now brothers do not aim to
ask you to Quit your mode of writing,
for then you would say was trying to
use graft on you to influence you. Now
brothers hope you both will use that
little gray matter you have in those
craniums of yours to make better men
out of yourselves as ministers of the
Gospel and all questions of religions and
morals and show yourselves to be men
OF sound minds and bodies. Now broth
ers write me what you think about this;
take your time for it l will read it all.
And you are at liberty to show it to
your father, Gus finch, of the Lariat,
and get his approval and have him help
you to write the same, for likely his D.
proval would be necessary for your min
isterial success.