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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-12-27

Humorist-Ive just written fifteen
jokes on the man who doesn't adrcr
tse
Poet-That's wrong. You shouldn't
jest about the deau.-Cincinnati En-
qurer
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-12-27

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind Bleeding. rroruding Plies. Drug
gsts are authorised TO refund money If PA7D
OINTMENT fails to cure in to II days SOC.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-28
RAILROADS AFTER
SOUTHERN TRAFFIC
Unusual Activity Around Column
bus. Ga, Including Building
of New Lines.

COLUMBUS. CA. october Whit
railroad coup is being planned by The
railroad magnates ~ tL, Ses-h is a
question that is heinr asll-i b- ar the
business men OF this section. who are
overwhelmed with the sudden railroad
development from this city south 20 tre
Glit ~ Mexico. That a through line TO
t1e COLI is u,i1g sought hy SOM. o.. tae
roads % tho North. is supposed ~ be-
certain. from Tho fact that three new
lines 20 the Gulf are now ir course OF
construction
The Central ~ Georgia. with line
irom mis- city 20 Chattanooga. Tenn. 10y
way of Atlanta. also runs south 90 Anda-
llsia, Ala. city hut 70 miles from tho
QUIZ s. company has been formed here
% build a road to Pensacola. tne nearest
Gulf port VITA this lire en- the hands
~ the Central. Q viii have llra ff. Do
tre Guf 20 Chattanooga THE CONNIE. = -
link between the Central terminus at
Greenviie and Newman. Ga. is NOW
nearing completion.
The Atlantic Coast Line which runs 20
Albany. Ca SIS reaching ntf for the
Georgia. Flor da and Al--awa. which
road now has "a corps ~ Eretrs sur
vey'0g an extension f~ow Frrlh-r- 20
columbus. The o F 6 A. w~irh IS cone
t-r' ea hv 7. W"Hawe. rho Sara--" d.
capitalist. ROW extends frnw Cuttns-t
to Carrahe,le. Fla.
An entirely new u-- c-am S. Andrews
Bay Fla. 20 Columbus is being h-..t.
under -re name ~ Pho 3 -rair-.ar. '-o-
mrhus ana - Andrews Paw Railroad.
MANY believe This roa. is N..rr It
... interests ~ the rew Atlanta AID Ei--
-.irgham TN. cna--er--- Recently - the
Arr.eton and columbus Railroad. from
Columbus go Roanoke. Ala. leads many
,al~ BELIEF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-28
Virginia.

Alexandria Na--Sewerage System-It
is reported that the city w'n expend s2o-
49, in 1900 for improvements 20 sewerage
system. Address tho Mayor
ApQalachia. Va - Water Works Clear
Creek Water Company. r j. Prescott
- Big stone Gap. Va. president has
secured franchise 20 install water works:
supply 20 te secured .n stone Mountain
from what Us known as Ben's Rranrh
ElarkShure va. he Operating Plant
Virginia Polvt'of nic Institute fe reported
to Install ele't-ton refrig-ratue and
two-ton .ce p.ar' a. p)wer-hogse. % cone
Isolated room ~ Ga, 1inlng-nau. crcau.-
ery and cellars.
Bristol Ea. 8lttl.rg Works -Holston
Bottung Conn -.iy mas been Incorporated
wiki au authorized pital stock OF Sl1p.,
a. ID Peters president. D %. Burns.
Nice-pres 'dent and p. A. Goodwyn sec
rotary
pauy has h..1 organized by W g.
Mathews s. C. Ford. Of C7ifton Forge.
80 Us johnson. Of a Anderson. 20 opcr-
ate tic ice plant % Smith g. Snead re-
Gently purchased. Later. IL is stated the
company proposes Installing new plant
Cumberland. Manufacturing Char
tered. t4,at .-.4nd Manufacturing Com
pany. Ulta an authorized capital stock
~ go DN g. = Sanderson. pf Asahy. Va
is PRESIDENT David Stewart. secretary
and o. G ppin treasuror. both o.
Cumberland
East I.adrori. Va-Sewcrage system -
Contract f.r me construction OF sewer
a-e -rs'.m f.r which $500 is available.
has n-.r PARTIALLY let 70 g.. Marley. %
Roanoke Ns.
flo.i. Va Flour Mills -BuTalo Roller
Mills mas been incorporated with 5000
capital stock J. + Hurd is president
and IS Scott secretary.
H0nake~ Publishing Chartered
Park,r-Grecue Corporation. with 5000
capital stock. George A. Parker 81 Jer-
soy clty n. J.. IL president. vs.. O..
Greene. ~ brooklyn, y Z. secretary
treasurer w J. Wiseman rs local agent.
Lebanon. va Road improvements -
ku-srl county will Issue bonds for MAX
irE improvements in county roads r g..
Fletcher clerk board OF supervisors.
llrar. "a annery 1t IS proposed to
establish 81 aiming factory. and a COM
mitte- wl hs appointed 20 arrange for
necessary buildings. etc. Southern Con-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-28

Brick Company VIII establish plant for
t.e man fracture 81 common red building
hI rk having capacity u 5000 - 800
hrl 0- p.r day az ten hours II is pro-
posed 60 erect boll,r-roLse. engine lao Use
and farmhouse OF brick and concrete IS
hv feet ~ ry % feet and - hy - feet
respectively. brick machinery house ~
wood. IS ty 80 feet and kiln ~ ~ 80
ts About 10000 VIII he invested in
.-tin2s and equipment. J. =. Carson.
mara-er
,..na.s. y a. Manufacturing Char
tered. ItrreI Nanltact turing Company.
''' ,ti.it- -t"oE. h5 y. D.. Dun iu
Fatett,tile ~ C-Rridge American
.rdse Company lmatn onice New York.
~. D. is reported has contract %
.u.-d -tracK thrce-span bridge over
tre Cape Fear River Cor the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad. CRecerred 20 sep
tenn POD
Fayetteville. y C-sewerare system -
been awarded contract for the coustruc-
''n - sewerage system previously mem
i"n"d u r Horne Is chairman Of the
Iinlr works commission.
iartor.a Laundry IT is reported
'it tle snow FLAKE Laundry. " vi
Morris. manager. VII boz ~--argcd and
rs~ nni improved machinery Unstable ..
T.- Organization % stock company to
Operate same ls said % be- contemplated
Granite Fails y t-LImher Com
raay.- Watauga Lumber Company ha-
t-ru Incorporated with Sin"ooo authorized
ga pifti stock hr ID ~. Warlrk D. "
Russell and " y Starncs
Greensboro ~ -Marchlne shop. ct -
D.. ~ Cote. B. a. SILVER and others have
Incorporated tie Monarch Heating *
Radiatire Company with $1,000 author
tz.I capital stock t. manufacture and ne
stall heating apparatus and operate gen
oral machine shop.
Greenrluo. " C-sewerage system and
|.rra % To- r. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-28
MISSISSIPPI GIRL
VIEW HELEN KELLER
Congenitally Blind and Deaf and
Dumb. She Makes Remark
able Progress.
WAS HELPLESS SEVEN YEARS
Lay in Cradle All That Time and
Did Not Know Uses Of Her
Hands and Feet.

The case Of eleven-y year old Maud Scott
promises to rival that OF Helen Keller IN
interest. This child is said to be the only
congenitally blind and deaf person whose
education has been undertaken.
One extraordinary part OF the story is
that UP 10 the time she was seven years
old Maud Scott had lived entirely In a
cradle made for her use. Not thing had
been done to teach her the merest be-
ginnings OF normal existence.
She did not know that she could stand
or sit or walk. When she was taken to
the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
at Jackson. Miss. even prominent edu-
Gators pronounced the case hopeless
Like Helen Keller. little Maud Scott
found a teacher who was willing to devote
herself even to a seemingly hopeless task
The teacher vas Mrs NJ. A. Bodkin
The first task undertaken. says the New
orleans Times Democrat TO teach
her the use OF her lower and upper limbs.
She was lifted from the cradle and held IN
"a standing posture. and after days II
patient perseverance, to the darkness Of
Mauds mind there came its first light.
She was taught that these legs and feet
were TO stand and walk ON. and that the
standing posture was proper. and the
custom Of other people in the world
1t was then evidenced 10 her mind that
the cradle she had occupied for seven
years WAS TO be used In future only for
rest Tutoring the Nttle arms and hands
was the next undertaking. 1t was made.
clear 90 Maud that her arms and hands
We're given her not merely TO boz wavered
i'm darkness from a cradle 4 bah was
placed In the hand. Maud's fingers were
pressed about it
She was given the object to handle dav
AFTER day. and finally she became ac-
f-ainte1 with IT, She was familiar with
the shape and size. and when il had one
day been changed 20 one slightly different
ln proportions, the little girl noted the
difference IN her facial expression
TINS was the first evidence OF the work.
inSS ~ H. mind Of this henishtei child
Before this dime AZ intervals Maud had
telt Ler Ups pressed open hy some oval
pointed object and food vas pat into he-
mouth That was all sire knew ot eating.
Size had no idea % the necessity ~ tf.s
process. and II certain tastes pleased her.
there was M method OF communicating
Tie fact THAI they might Doc repeated
Y she might become hungry before sery-
iaE time. there was nothing to do but
wait
Mrs Bodk.n acquainteG Maud With the
PROCESS - feeding herself Almost FOR
endless days, me pupil a. table Des de-
tHe teacher. spoon was pressed into her
.rn1. -ne fingers We're ciosly pressed
about ft. and a motion % conveying =
- m platter 20 mouth was repeated.
-.e u nd finally grasTet some meaning
'. al ttis she came 70 know that wlen
s-e was seated az table and a spoon was
f.aoed 'n her hand there was before rer
O. feel herself
WIN these things conveyed 70 tile mind
10 t..s little deaf. dumb and blind chNd
f.c next thing Mrs. Bndktr undertook was
means OF Wo-d comm unication betucer,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-28
NEW ENTERPRISES IN
VIRGINIA AND CAROLINA
From the manufacturers Record.

Strlctf0n f'o-,,ra,,,- ia -.--......t.-
terprtse
Iynchburg. Va-T..r,tsr pint v,
uams & McKelthan r,,r,he- ,-lr,,...,
main Offices hrise Buidins ta,. ,.L.r
over and will operate under on. rfar.-.
ment the following. Williams A. No
Keithan Lumber Company Lumber =
c., Apex Lumber Company X Hamlet.
\ c. Palmetto Lumber Company. ~
McBee, ). c.. Chatham Lumber Conn
pany. 81 Durham S. o.; the Charlotte.
Monroe and Columbia Railway. operatI.-
-l-mie road between McRee and J.f-
ferson. :. O., and the Durham and Sult.
Carolina Railway. operating IL 3i-ur.
road between Durham. y g. and Bone
SAL The company has a. capital stn. B.
81 N.N".1p and. besides trc large uIrn-
ner ~ sawmills in North ana South.
Carolina. owns between $3.50 and -e,Y
acres ~ timber land. Ernest Williams.
90 Lynchburg Is president and treasurer.
Manchester. Va Electric Light Plant.
The construction OF electric light plant
is being considered. Address the Mayor.
Norfolk. Na-Ste.! Bridges. Board or
control VIII recommend 10 the city Coun-
cd that an appropriation of $4,000 h.
made for Tie construction az three steel
bridges. replacing wooden ones across
canal near Dcnny's Station one at Van
Wyck or Gordon Farm and one across
dam Address George W. Wright. chief
engineer Of the Water Department.
Norfolk. Va Electrical Construction
and Supplies Atlantic Fi.etrl. Cornranv
has beon incorno-afal with $50 ono ,.r-
itaI stock fo engage g., electrical .or-
str,,ction and s,lr-,i, buelr.s. walter
TFitt 10 nreside,t. n a. C;orftaot- ,.f...-
,.r.sidart ana ~ y -,--v.r ..,.-,,..,,.-
f,o...,,r.~. ,ef, 90 rrt, .
,(.,.,
$50. ', ~ ''-'- 7i'''' ''''''' "'
800 i'''i'''l 'i
'-'7 ~ .'''S'" '.o'' acres "i 'h-
" J." 'l's an" i'''i"n ''Nh'ifS. 90
,''' '"i1e'ip".'e beginning operations bee
"'N' rPI4ue-
'"' -'l+.l reported th"t
ia "'''l ana associates. "f knoxville.
mi INA oluI"Dus' Onto. have pur-
'" acres or coal land on Biz
o"" il'i. ana arrangements VIII be made
"I once i'i dcNelopmeut
H''ll'ha-. Ea--oak Extract Plant
amer l'tih oak Lumber Company. it iS r,-
: ported has purchased site on which ~
erect extract plant
Richmond Na-I-and Improvoro,nt
, 'oe" ,'' Improvement Company has
stock "a 1fUl.- S''g" ,'pi'ai
president. ~ a. S,,fr, ,'-l.' ~
Va ,-fce-nrosf1o,t. ,f,c,-, ,,,, q" '''7
Ri.hn,ond sn.~et.,r, and - q ~.
4f......1.. BE ."t4'tt.if w
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-28

AMI Mr. Dennis tho other. is counoatcd
with Bisir * CO. John SHELTON Wiln.Nns
mode protest against james 4. Blair.
Thomas +. Ryan and T. Jefferson
Coolidge. Jr., the remaining directors. Tho
nominations Y the voting trustees Will
be tn'mitted 70 the meeting OF stock
holders November Sth for their action.
This stockholders meeting promises TO
prove lively one.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad wifi
he prepared 70 handle with expedition and
safety the heavy passenger travel inci-
dent To the jamestown Exposition. BY
next spring the entire Peninsula divi-
sion, from this city 10 Newport News.
will he doUble-tracked. thus sCording
both speed and safety I'm the movement Of
trains. The company already has two
tracks from this city TO Clifton Forge, in
tho James River division and the main
limo Thus 70 may be said without eN-
aggcration that the entire line from Cliff
ton Force 90 tho sea win consist ~
two tracks. Tho Chesapeake and Ohio
IS expecting tho delivery Of thirty new
coaches. thorouChfare. chair and parlor
cars before the exposition.
President George " stevens and SUI
porintondent Of TRANSPORTATION g. c.
Walker. who have been spending several
DAYS iu t1o coal fields. were az Charles
ton Yesterday AR Stevens is expected
home early next week. General Manager
Doyle is DO Chicago attending the meet
ms of the American Railway Associa-
tio1.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad suf-
r, .ed considerable falling-of i'm its
coal traffic hv reason 81 tho recent freshet
'7 fho James River. which necossitatod n
suspension OF traffic for several DAYS on
tho James River division. it's coal line
This falling on VIII Doe fully made up
soon. however. by Increased haulings The
demand for coal is not nearly So great
now aS during June. which was "a record
breaking month fo~ coal Cummings
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-28
North Carolina

Aeh"vile. y. C.-Ncncering Factory.
10 iS reported that the Pittsburg dal
southern Veneer Manufacturing COM
p"nA is iuNostieating with 81 view to
l"rHung Siso~u veneer factory
Charlotte, y. C.-Brck Works Carson
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-30

The menace to democratic peace in
volved in the designs of William X.
Hearst on the New York governorship
is a condition, and not a theory. 1t is
the point around which the politics OF
the Empire state. and to no small ex-
tent calculations regarding national
politics, are now revolving. Murphy,
the Tammany leader, Judge Parker
and Colonel Bryan himself having al
most simultaneously betrayed how par
amount they regard II at this juncture.
But Mr.. Bryan manifests much more
nervousness than Judge Parker over
the Hearst peril. taking especial pains
through transatlantic signals to en-
phasize his invincible determination
upon his return to "act entirely inde-
pendently of any local party troubles
in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
and other states in which he intends
to speak," and mot to take sides for
or against the governorship canvass
of w. r. Hearst" Beyond all ques-
ton, IL he should secure the nomina-
ton for governor, carrying with II
seizure of the party organization, and
specifically II by any means he should
be elected. Hearst would at once be-
come a portentous factor in the ma
tional situation which otherwise gives
promise of budding charmingly for the
Nebraska statesman. And all accounts
agree that the Hearst movement, now
coming to a head in New York, is really
formidable and that it will require
the positive. combined and uncom-
promising opposition of the more sub
stantial democratic elements through
out the state to defeat it.
But Judge Parker, unembarrassed
now by the restraints that bind pres
idential aspirant, meets the situation
squarely and throws down the gauntlet
4 to the threatening Hearst crusade,
calling all genuine democrats to ag-
gressive war against it. An arduous
struggle thus is impending and may
| be expected to be at its hottest about
the time Colonel Bryan lands. 1t is
furthermore typical of what may hap
pen in a good many other states. II
it is his notion to hold aloof from the
play of antagonistic forces struggling
for mastery within the party. it may
easily happen that the perfume of re.
ception bouquets may ere long wane
in its stern realization Of things.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-30
ONE MUNICIPAL FAILURE.
City COunciI Has Proven Itself That
for its Function.

Philadelphia Press.
when Galveston, Tex. was wiped on
the face Of the earth by a storn-driveu
food Of water from the Gulf Of Mexico the
problem Of reconstruction presented itself.
To facilitate the great work ahead Of her
she got rid OF that municipal encum-
brsnce and dead weight. her city council
The city was intrusted TO the government
Of four commissioners, with such crafty
ing results that the city Of Houston, Tex,
has concluded TO adopt the same system.
Without waiting for a tidal wave to
wipe its municipal council out OF existence
Houston has abolished it and adopted gov
eminent by commission. Memphis for
many years dispensed with the conven-
tional machinery Of city government. and
thrived under its unique organization Of a
taxing district. The city Of Washington
is the model OF all these efforts. 1t has
proven that a city can get along ex-
ceedingly well without having a popularity
elected council to misgovern and harass Il.
Popular government in this country has
n single demonstrated failure charged
against it, and that is city councils, alder
men or by whatever name the body chosen
TO legislate for the city is called. 1t is
everywhere a standing obstruction to good
municipal government The municipal
legislature is a source of constant com
plant and frequent scandal in almost
every city. occasionally it is reformed,
but to keep it reformed requires a con-
tinulty Of effort and interest that voters
are not equal to.
Galveston was convinced that in her
extremity a city council would be an UNI
endurable nuisance. so it was wiped out.
Houston adjudged 1t a nuisance at any
time, and has decided TO do without It
hereafter. Southerners are conservative in
spirit, but there are men OF force in these
Texas cities who do not scruple to abol-
ish an ancient institution in municipal gov
eminent when convinced that It is inef-
tcient obstructive, dilatory, unintelligent
and often mercenary and corrupt.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-30

hearts. We have Just had a striking
example where the interests of Omaha
and OF the railroads we're not identical
and where Omaha has had to tight for
its rights.
II is to be hoped that the response
made by our business men in this in
stance is not to be exceptional. but
that the signs of emancipation from
railroad influence may prove real and
lasting The Commercial club and the
Grain exchange should cooperate with
the railroads in anything and every
thing that promises mutual benefit, but
they should also be free to hight
against the railroads without entang-
ling alliances whenever the railroads
undertake to give Omaha the worst of
it as against its rival cities.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-30
personal NOTES.

NJ. Nosskoff. a south side (Pittsburg)
barber, last year offered a free haircut to
all boys and girls under Is years, and he
had 1000 children as customers. Tomorrow
he will begin his second annual free cut
Alfred s. Niles, who has just been ap-
pointed to a vacancy on the supreme bench
Of Baltimore city by Governor Warfield,
Is a native of York, Pa and a brother of
H. C. Niles, state chairman Of the Lincoln
party.
Kansas was the first state in the union to
adopt constitutional prohibition and Sena-
tor Benson, the successor of Burton, was
one of the three lawyers in the state senate
in 1881 who framed the first prohibition
law Kansas ever had.
Elihu Root, secretary of war, used to be
golf player. He was one of the founders
OF the Nassau club. He quit playing golf
when he came to Washington and began
riding horseback The president says golf
is a "grandmother's game"
DR.. Lillias Hamilton looked after the
health of the late ameer of Afghanistan,
incidentally writing him up, and now DR..
Alice Van Ingen Winter has been ap-
pointed palace physician by the present
ameer. Her daughter, trained nurse, is
with her at Csbul.
Archbishop Ireland has accepted an ap-
pointment as aide-de-camp on the stan of
Commander-in-C Chief Tanner, and will ride
in his carriage in the Grand Army OF the
Republic parade at Minneapolis on August
To- Archbishop Ireland served in the civil
war as chaplain Of the Fifth Minnesota
regiment.
Accurate tab has been kept on Baron
Rosen, the Russian ambassador. since he
arrived in Washington and nobody ever
saw him without cigaB in his mouth or
in his hand, just ready to put into his
mouth, except when he was at a state
function or dining, and then he always
smokes between courses.
A notable confirmation took place recently
In Dublin at the procathedral. Archbishop
Walsh conferred the sacrament of con-
frmation on nearly 1000 children. The
actual comforting lasted two hours and the
ceremony was concluded by the admins
tering of the temperance pledge and a
strong exhortation TO the children to faith
fully discharge all their religious duties.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-30
A Few Fakes Corrected.

BOmeTOy Nla.D f1eTalQ Nepl.
The Register-Beader likens the campaign
in Nebraska with that of Iowa, that Ne
braska has taken the fever from the
''progressives" Of this state, headed by
Governor Cummins. The Register-Leader
is Just as far of on this as II is in gem
eral. According to this highly enlightened
sheet, Norris Brown is the progressive"
fighting for the United States senstorship,
Is against Edward Rosewater OF The
Omaha Bee, a corporation tool.
Never was a newspaper farther from the
truth or had less foundations for it's sallies.
In the first place Nebraska is not taking
pattern from Iowa upon any of these dues-
tons advocated by Governor Cummins ard
his followers. AS to railway rates, the
proper control of railroads by legislation.
etc, Nebraska has advocated these ques-
tions for thirty-fve years, It might truth
fully be said it has always been a aues-
ton at issue in that state since It has
been a state.
In the second place. Edward Rosewater,
through the columns of The Bee. was the
original champion of that cause. the leader,
persistent and perpetual champion of It.
He has been so. even harshly and arbi-
trarily. And now for this Des Monies
paper, to thus brand an old war horse,
1t is Just a little too much.
Nebraska has advocated the primary Law
for years. 1t is not new there, and copied
from Governor Cummins. Nebraska re-
publicans were advocating a primary Law
while Governor Cummins was a corpora
ton attorney and was elected governor as
such.
The theories of Governor Cummins have
all been spread over Nebraska long years
ago. His tariff ripping policy, free silver
| dogmas, Canadian reciprocity. were all
hashed and rehashed over Nebraska by
Bryan, Allen, Jim Weaver Mary Eller
Lease, Sockless Simpson, the Texas cyclone
and a host OF other populists.
All of these dogmas were ground into
mince meat long ago in Nebraska Gov.
ernor Cummins has just simply picked w
particles from Kansas and Nebraska and
is now trying to make palatable pie oil
them upon which Cummins can ride into
Office That is all.
As to the fight between Brown and Rose
water, we have nothing special here e
say. Both are virtually upon the same
side. Brown is bright young Iowa boy
man, who has done good services for the
state as Nebraska's attorney general. Rose
water has pegged away on the same line
| for thirty-hve years. The corporations
will probably line up between them be.
cause they cannot do better. But the Reg
ister-Ieader better go away back anc
sit down" and not try to palm another
| fake upon the people. Rosewater was al
the helm when the Register-Leader wasn't