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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

We heag 1t SAID tina, there viii be an
election called % the near future to deci-
dc itthe city Of Letsburg shall vote bond
IN other words mortgage the own for 90
years 10 come. Pile heavy taxes ON the
property therein, driie away investor,
who would come among us, A few short
months ago the town had money and
was out Of debt It's Illegal to make a
acw debt without a vote OF the people.
Then why the necessity 10 issue bonds.
we are from MISSOURI and must he shown
If we issued bonds we could not take L.
gal 0ond money to pay illegal debts,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

We believe that there should be county
repositories provided by law and til At the
deposits should pay reasonable ia,etest
ike The state deposits. Its nothing bus
fair 70 the people It is their right AVID
privilege It will help to reduce their
heavy taxes. We are for the peoples
b aeft FIRST Of all,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

We received an offer tbs week Of l6c
per quart for all the figs we could deliver
IN Atlanta. Seems i would pay 10 plant
seyer1l acres in them, and that this ia
greatly in advance 81 cotton.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

They have found a TWO headed snake
ap ~ a northern state Wonder if the
IA prohibition will produce the same
Kind.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

We arise once ote to remark ttat
Ha'ue tor value the amount Of taxes paid
on lards in Lee make about the highest
tax rate III Georgia
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

They have gotten the Coffin trust now.
the only thing We have any consolation
IN 1t ia the act that we can't be goused
by them oulselve, and Won't come about
IL when we are dead.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

The people OF the ants, when Atlanta
goes dry OF course viii hunt up every Old
deserted house and list i;as empty, ana
Jay thai tic want Of whisky caused IT,
The truth Of the matter is tnat there are
probably over a thousand houses IN ATT
lanta vacant now. You can see them ON
every street with the signs fox rent, but
this is nc sign Of The wreck and ruin Of II
lanta, it is q sign at progress Of the rapid
s. read Of the town, the building UP q
The suburbs they arc building al oyer
the hills adm the yalleys faster than th'
people can settle down in then, new and
better localities cali Tor one family, it.
house is vacant unul another one can
rent and come IL. Hence with town
like Atlanta there viii always be vacant
houses. When there are none il is d
sign Of a dead town, and Atlanta is very
much alive.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19
rDone Like Rich Folks ID

The man 7 serve has lands and gold
Confoand his ugly mug,
Wh,n he giis drunk bits meyer told
But I gifts in thelag
The cop he serbs him nome to bed
An says hes sick aRn,
BIZ, me-hc whacks NE on the bead,
But mc-~he runs nae ln.
Coufound them all, their courts and law
I've cussed them black and blue
I'm working out term because
done like rich folks do.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

Ne would rather be ruled by King
than a ring.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-19

Batesvine, Ala, July II, 1901.
7 an using Wine Of 4urdui aad TheG-
ford's Black Draught and I feel like q
different woman already. Several la
dies hero Keep the medicines IN their
homesall tae time. / have three girls
and biey are using it with mo.
Mrs.. KATE BROWDEp
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

might enjoy their liberties, both civil and religi-
Gus, and transmit them To their posterity. Now,
II we should give them up, can our children rise
up and call US blessed? Let us all be of one heart
and stand fast in the liberties wherewith Christ
has made us Free and may He, Of His Infinite mer
cy grant us deliverance out OF our troubles"
The passion for liberty was so hallowed that,
in land remarkable for piety, Il father in his
last hour would call his sons about his death bed
and charge them, as they valued his blessing, I'd
love freedom more than life. But while we mort
aize the shadows are dispensing and the stars are
fading and the red-coats are rushing upon tho
patriots, thirteen to one, with loaded muskets, the
last argument Of kings, the incarnation OF des1
potism, the instrument of tyranny, about to peri
petrate of the foulest deeds that stain thd
English name. There under the fading stars, on
Lexington common, stands patriotism confronting
despotism, the hope of the world for freedom.
Major Pitcairn rode in front of the grenadiers
and to the minute men called out "Dsperse ye
Williams, ye rebels dispense; lay down your arms
Why don't you lay down your arms nddisperse?'l
One says: 1.-THE main part Of the country men
stood motionless witnesses against agression}
too few to resist, too brave to fly" Another says
that Captain Parker their leader, ordered them
to dispense and thai they we're dispensing when
Major Pitcairn with an oath, cried out . Fret
The red-coats commenced light and harmless
fusilade which soon became heavy, close and
deadly discharge of musketry Thus was fired the
first deliberate shot of a long and bloody war,
such that every fatality was murder. When the
smoke of the firing cleared away there lay notion
less upon the ground under the fading stars of
Lexington common eight patriots who loved lib
erty better than life-The Old Continental.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

nurtured and strengthened by generations of train
ing in self-government and the intelligent discus
sion Of public affairs. Their martial spirit had
been stimulated and their military knowledge
augmented by colonial wars in which they had
shared on behalf of the mother country, and the
management of successful expeditions had given
them the confidence of experience and success.
They were not seeking to dismember the Brit
ish Empire by achieving independence While
such astute leaders Samuel Adams and Benja-
min Franklin seem to have foreseen sucha result,
there is unimpeachable evidence that such was not
the expectation or desire OF the people. Jefferson
said, Before the nineteenth OF April 1775, /
heard q whisper OF disposition to sepa-
rate from Great Britain" BY negative action,
which in modern phrase might be called " boycott
ting they had nullified the stamp act and tho
tax on tea. The recent tyrannical course of par
lament and the king in annulling the charter OF
Massachusetts and overthrowing their cherished
institutions, the growth of a century, with the
ruin of Boston by blockade with General Gage
in command holding in his hand the lives OF the
people, they pronounced unconstitutional, usur-
patious and no law, and they resolved to nullify
these measures though their enforcement should
be attempted by the kings troops.
1t worthy of thought whether their loyalty
to King George was not more nominal than real,
so suddenly was the tide OF allegiance snapped
asunder by the clash of arms--was not habit of
mind rather than living bond of union. On
the other hand they had been taught, at their
mothers knee, to love liberty They had grown
up breathing atmosphere of devotion to their
rights and liberties Along with their religious
devotion they we're devotees of liberty. When lib
erty and royalty come into competition but one
result must follow liberty must dominate the ir
souls and royalty become an out-cast. Then they
would stand revealed to themselves. The time was
at hand. Said William Prescott to the men of
Boston: +" We Think If We submit 10 these regua-
tons all is gone. Our forefathers passed the vast
Atlantic, spent their blood and treasure that they
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
Making History In The Morning Twilight

The date is April 49, 1875. The place is Lex
ington common. The shadows Of the night are
lingering and so are the fading stars From elev-
en- O'Clock swifthorsemen, aroused by Paul Revere
had been giving the alarm
= Through every~Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folks to be up and to arms"
The ringing of alarm bells in each steeple,
taken up by others far and near called the people
to arms and had appraised the British regulars
that their precautions to surprise had been
in vain The stroke of two in the morning fell
upon the ears of one hundred and forty patriots
assembled under arms upon Lexington common
ready to dispute the passage of the regulars
marching to seize the stores at Concord. They
we're dismissed to assemble at the ringing of the
alarm bell.
From midnight until the morning hours the
red coats, the light infantry and the grenadiers
had marched with steps quickened by the sound
of the alarm bells that reached their ears with
omnous clatter. Not yet had been Withdrawn the
sable curtain of night; not yet had Aurora risen
blushing from the saffron couch Of Tithonus in
the east; not yet had Phoebus entered in his fiery
chariot on his durnal course across the sky when
at the sound of the alarm bell some sixty patri-
OTIS reassembed on the Lexington common, reso-
Lutte to await the soldiers of King George. Under
the fading stars of a night of turmoil and anxiety
this little band of patriots was brought face to
face with thirteen times their own number OF red
coats This handful of men in battle array, with
something of military formation, in the vanish
ing shadows and under the fading stars Lex
ington common with the courage to oppose the
troops of their king, were not malefactors who
sought to break any law or disturb the establish
ed order of society. Massachusetts was no Botany
Bay filled with transported criminals or their de-
scendants. They were the best products of centu-
ries of British civilization improved by century
and half of development in the new world 10
which they had fed to secure religious and civil
freedom. Their innate love of freedom had been
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
An Obituary

Simon Blanchard McLcran, eldest
son Of William and Betsey b. Melee
ran, was born at Peacham, Vermont,
August 8, 1854, and passed away at
Lincoln, Nebraska, on Saturday April
q, 1907. When he was but four months
old his parents came To Bureau coun-
ty, Illinois, where he lived for twenty
three years. He was married to Sadie
Il. Hooker, OF Peacham, Vermont, on
November s, 1877. Two children have
blessed this union, of nearly thirty
years, Mabel Hollister, OF Stemauer,
Nebraska, and Ray b. McLeran, OF
Louisville, Nebraska, which latter
place has been their home for twenty
two years. Mr.. McLeran, who had
been vigorous man, was injured a
year or two which necessitated an OPP
Grafton from the effects of which he
never recovered. The body brought
here and the funeral services conduct
ed Monday afternoon, from the home
of his father, conducted by Roy. MIR.
Macintosh, of tho Audubon Presby-
terrain church, and the remains were
laid to rest In Maple Grove Cemetery.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
Owen And Garter

a worry pretty home wedding occur
red last evening, April 10, 1907, al the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Carter
when their youngest daughter, Miss
Lola Carter, was given in marriage
to Mr.. Charles G.. Owen, in tho pres
ence of only u few near relatives.
Promptly at eight o'clock and to the
sweet strains Of music played by the
BRIDGE sister, Mrs. Mary Twist, the
bridal couple entered the parIor at
tended by Mr.. Edgar Carter and Miss
Edith Owen, taking their places under
beautiful decorations Of pink and
white where Rev. G.. u. Wendell, OF
the Evangelical church, tied the nup-
tial knot. Congratulations were fol-
lowed by an elaborate wedding sup
per after which the evening was spent
in pleasant conversation and music.
The bride worea dress ofwhite French
lawn and carried boquet of bridal
roses. Both bride and groom are high
ly respected young people Of Melville
township, having grown to man and
womanhood In this county. They will
Immediately commence housekeeping
on the Dick Owen farm, In Melville
township, with the bestwishes Of their
many friends.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
Public Sale

AS / have decided TO go to the old
country will have u Public Sale at my
place, Three Miles North Of Kimball-
ton, One Mile East aud one Mile South
Of Poplar, on
TUESDAY, APRIL Is, 1907,
Commencing at One O'clock, the fol-
lowing property: Four Brood Sows,
three horses and seven cattle,
Two Dozen Chickens, new Moline wag-
on, top buggy, siXteon-iuch stirring
pillow, Intersection lever harrow, new
John Deere edge-drop corn planter,
new Jenny Lind cultiyator, disc, set
good work harness, set single harness
pair new fly nets, 300 bushels of corn,
some timothy hay, household goods
and other articles too numerous to
mention.
TERMS-One years time will be Civ
en- on approved notes with four per
cent interest from date; two per cent
off for cash. LARS ALBERTSEN.
CHRIS G. NELSON, Auctioneer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
Geo. w. Franklin.

Editor in Chief of the Register and
man Of the Homestead, whose articles
smack of the farm and who has the
happy faculty of looking at things
from the farmers standpoint, and the
telling about them in an interesting
way To other farmers. The Register
and Farmer while the equal OF any
dollar farm publication IN the state.
is only fifty cents per year, and may
be had still lower by clubbing with
this paper, both being offered for 81 500
Ask for sample copies at this Office,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
Gard OF Appreciation

Wishing to express my gratitude to
the many friends who so kindly assist
ed me in the piano contest, and not
being able to thank each one person
ally, take this way to show my APP
probation. / am very much pleased
with my piano and find it just as il
was represented. MABEL MCNuTT.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

We have but time and space 10 say
that the Columbian Entertainers at
the NJ. T.. church last evening under
the auspices OF the choir made good
by furnishing q very pleasing enter
tainment to the large audience. The
performers did we'll, the people were
pleased and the choir delighted with
having little more than forty dollars
to add to- their fund.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

John McNutt ana wife returned yes
terday from Council Bluffs whittier
they had gone because of the serious
condition of their daughter Mrs Miles
Kness who was subjected to second
operation last Sunday. They report
her somewhat better.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

Banker Peterson, of Elk Horn, was
in Audubon this morning and made
The Republican force friendly call
Mr.. Peterson is feeling justly jubilant
over the bright prospects for an inter-
urban railway TO their pretty inland
city. Mr.. Peterson informed us that
himself and his partner, Mr.. Peterson,
have let the contract for new bank
building at Kimballton and will bo
ready TO start up business there this
fall
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

Il. III. Pommer returned home Satur-
day from trip TO Lincoln, North Da-
kota, on business but he was not
pleased with that section as it is not
thickly settled and many who are there
q sod house while their hogs and cat
tie have the other end, with no parti-
ton between. In order to satisfy Mr..
Pommer that he was not lying about
il the hotel keeper drove him out TO
the country to see for himself. At
Aberdeen the hotels we're so crowded
that he had to take one of five beds in
"A room, because of the large number
of men looking for lands in South
Dakota.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

Miss Esther White returned home
Monday from spending the winter with
a brother and sister at Fort Morgan
and Fort Collins, In Colorado. She
was accompanied home by her cousin,
Miss Minnie Robinson. Miss White
Is looking as though that climate
agrees with her remarkably well,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

The following letters remain in the
Office uncalled for. Those asking for
them will please say advertised: s.
Nj. Compton, James G. Fay, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. M. Johnson, Perry Staniield
kristene Larsen.
III. w. WILSON, Postmaster.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

Jesse Hummiston agent of tho
Northwestern, accompanied by his
wife, has gone to Rochester, Mime
sofa to have something of an opera
ton hoping to get relief for q trouble
with one of his legs. They expect to
be absent for about three months. G.,
T.. Anderson of Fairfield fills the
vacancy during bis absence,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

o. b. Train put on his "duckn suit
Tuesday, and with his gun went down
to Lorah expecting to explore that re-
gion for few days in search of game.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

LAKE VIEW loE on from pure wat
er, to residences 30c per hundred; To
business houses, 25c per hundred.
Phone II. li6t. j. $. DENNIS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

Wilson Burnside and wife are home
from their Baltimore trip.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

The Sunday Papers can DO had at
the Matthias building hereafter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

Mrs. DR.. Childs and the two babies
went to Council Bluffs yesterday &c
visit with his people.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

Mrs. Ed Lewis, the daughter in-law
of j, j. Lewis is up from the south
part of the county on visit with rel
atiyes
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

Mr.. Grants subject at the NJ. II.
church Sunday morning will be
"What Is Man? In the evening the
topic will be "a Bad Bargain.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

Milton Grove, of Viola, had one of
his ribs broken the other day by get
ting on the under side of falling
horse.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

Mrs. S. A. McHargue returned from
Des Moines last evening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

ChamherIa;n's Collie, Cholera aud
SHonDcAioino Dinrrhoca Remedy.
Never fails. Buy II now. II may save life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE BOARD
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 1907.
AUDITORS OFFICE, AUDUBON,

IOWA, APRIL l, 1907.
Board of Supervisors met in regu-
lar session. Members present F. d.
Searls, G. M. Ross and M. N. Es-
beck.
On motion Hans J. Petersen was a.
bated taxes on Sl700 for the year 1906
on account OF error in assessing.
Refunds were made as follows:
w S Ordway, tax 1906, on part
Section 20-7S-35 account of
soldier 81 80
Mary Kreamer SI2 10 on tax
1906, on lots 13-l4-15-16-17 and Is in
Smiths Addition to Extra, on
account of Soldiers Widow.
Christina Johnson tax on $500 OF
account of Soldiers Widow.
r E Hamlin, Poll Tax, on account
of nonresident.
L f Klever, tax 1906, on account
error in assessing.
A B Burwell, Dog Tax, on account
error in assessment.
Geo. e. Kellogg 81 90 on account of
error in receipts Oh Jas. Beard and
w H Jay.
The following claims were examined
and, on motion allowed:
Audubon County Journal Pub
fishing Board Proceedings 1884 81
Audubon County Journal sup
plies and printing % 45
Carroll Blank Book Company
supplies 81 &c
j Murray dehorning cattle at
poor 5C
Everett Norton cobs for Jail. s q
Oliver Typewriter Company rib
DOnS- ------------------ w
A G Ross publishing board pro-
ceeding so IS
A G Ross supplies and printing
--.------ -----152 g.
A G Ross printing bar docket % OF
John Reinemund grass seed for
poor farm ----.--------.- 40 6;
John Reinemund merchandise
for jail % Il
Rogers repairing bridge 2 OF
Ella M Stearns postage - 80 ,;
Ella M Stearns freight and ex-
press 2 /;
Ella NJ Stearrs Office expense 2 81
Ella NJ Stearns livery visiting
schools -----------.--.-- u Sc
Chas S White express -------- > ,;
Chas S White postage ------- s >;
Chas S White tolephoning 10000 q
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

7 B Eddy, lumber and work
making book case 90 "a
FL G Fredericksen, carpenter
work court house -- so
NJ Fulton, medical attendance
poor. claimed So 80 allowed s 90
G w Hoover, disinfectant,
Wheeler family under quar-
antlne w
w r Koob, health physician,
Oakfiel6 township ------- 10 90
j G Newton, health physician,
Greeley towuship---------- 5 90
X M Persing, coal for Mrs. Har-
desty .--.. 5 So
X Nj Persing, coal for M G
Johnson family so
X M Persing, coal for Mrs.
Harrington-------- 80
Shelby county, one-half bridge
on county line ------------- IL 10
On motion board adjourned to meet
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11


The following resolution was offer
ed by M. N. Esbeck, who moved that
it be adopted.
BE 1T RESOLVED, by the Board OF
Supervisors OF Audubon County,
Iowa. That, pursuant to section l475
of the Supplement to the Code, the
Treasurer of Audubon County, Iowa,
be, and he is, hereby authorized, to
deposit, in any bank, or banks doing
business in Audubon County, public
funds in his hands and under his con-
troll in any sum, or sums, not to ex-
coed seventy five thousand dollars, of
which sum not more than Seventy Five
Thousand Dollars shall be deposited
in any one bank. Said deposit to be
made upon the following terms and
conditions, and none other:
Any and all banks receiving such
deposits shall first file, with the Aud
itor of Audubon County, Iowa, a
good and sufficient bond, with approved
sureties, in double the maximum
amount to be deposited in such bank,
conditioned to hold the County Treas.
urer harmless from all loss by reason
of such public money being deposited
in such bank.
Said bond shall be filed with and
approved by the County Treasurer
and the Board OF Supervisors of said
county, before any deposits are made
by said Treasurer Hereunder.
Any bank, or banks, receiving said
deposits shall pay said Audubon
County interest upon said public
funds, so deposited, in said bank at
the rate of not less than two per cent
on daily balances, payable quarterly,
for such sums as may remain on de-
post in excess of Five Hundred Dol
lars ($500). Said funds shall be sub
ject to withdrawal by said County
Treasurer at all times, and be subject
to check by said County Treasurer,
and interest shall be paid on daily
balances on deposit with such banks.
Any bank or banks desiring to re-
ceive public funds under and accord
ing to the terms of this resolution,
shall file with the treasurer of said
County their written acceptance of the
terms of this resolution.
The acceptance of the conditions of
this resolution by the treasurer of
said county, and the filing of the bond
by the bank receiving deposits of pub
lie funds as herein authorized, shall
not in any manner, be construed as
relieving the County Treasurer from
responsibility OF the custody of said
public funds so deposited in banks.
Motion was carried and resolutions
adopted April l, 1907.
F. d. SEARLs, Board OF Sup
GEO. M. Ross, ervisors Audi.
Nh ESBECK, bon County, la.
On motion board adjourned to meet
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

On motion Board adjourned TO meet
again at one p m.
One O'Clock m-Board met pursu-
ant to adjournment.
Recorders report, for quarter end
ing March 81, 1907, was examined and
approved.
Claims were allowed as follows:
Boone Blank Book Company
supplies 40
Chassell and Ferguson supplies
AZ IS
G W Hoover merchandise for
Court House ------------- IL Is
Ann Hewlett rent for John Dan
ner is 90
J O'Brien repairing BRIDGE / so
VIM Northup boarding prison
ers- 6 so
VIM Northup telephoning .---- IS
VIM Northup postage------ 70
LeMars Printing Company sup
plies "a III
Smiths merchandise for John
Danner 81 So
WEIGH Printing Company sup
plleS------ -l55 ~
G E Weston Clerk of Lincoln
Township--- 90
Ed Wood postage 80
Ed Wood express ] %
Ed Wood telephoning- -. go
F Vernilya merchandise, Knee
land-under quarantine----- 80
F Vermilya merchandise for