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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-29
BOndSlllen
Superseded

The personal bondsman is fast
becoming obsolete; the risk to pri-
vate fortune is too great.
The corporate bond is just as rap.
idly supplanting the old form and.
In time, men will marvel that thew
were ever called upon to incur the
danger OF personal suretyship.
In point of safety, convenience and
propriety, there can be no COM
parison between the two; the one
Is Just as weak and perilous as the
other is strong and safe.
The time is near when it will be
thought as reasonable to borrow
the key Of friends safe as TO
borrow his name for surety pur.
poses.
Fidelity, Judicial, License and Con.
tract Bonds promptly furnished.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-29
Ten Years in Bed.

"For ten years l was confined to my
bed with disease Of my Kidneys writes
r. A. Gray, j. P. of Oakville, Ind. cit
was so severe that could not move
part of the time. consulted the very
best medical skill available, but could
get no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure
was recommended to me. 1t has been a
Godsend to me-"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-29
Can't
Miss 1t

So many ailments are
purely nervous affections,
that you can hardly miss
it if you try DR.. Miles
Nervine. It restores nerv-
Gus energy-and through
its invigorating influence
upon the nervous system,
the organs are strengthen
ed. The heart action is
better; digestion improv-
ed, the sluggish condition
overcome, and healthy ac-
tivity re-established.
"Dr; Miles :Nervine1 is is. worth it's
what allied me. i had good physician
but got no relief could not eat.
crazy. One day l picked up paper and
the first thing that met my eyes was
an advertisement of DR.. Miles Nerv-
inc, L concluded to try it and let the
doctor go. and I did SO. After taking
two bottles l could dress myself. Then
l began taking DR.. Miles Heart Cure
and now l can work and go out, and
have told many the benefit | have re-
ceived from these remedies and sew
eral Of them have been cured by it
since. / am tifty-nine years old and
pretty good yet"
ANNA R. PALMER, Lewistown, Pa.
Or. Miles Nervine is sold by your
first bottle will benefit. If it fails, he
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01
Durham. Route 6.

The ground is covered in snow
once more.
Rev. o. w. Tripplett preached
a very able sermon at Bethesda
Saturday afternoon. All were
very sorry he was sick and could
not be with US Sunday. Rev.
w. E. Dunnegan filled his place.
Miss Grizzie Ellis, of near
loves Grove, spent Saturday
night with Miss Era King.
Miss Eula Sherron spent Sat-
urday afternoon with the Misses
0'Briant.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Gates, of
Durham, spent Sunday with s.
W. King and family.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Terrell spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. VI. Sorrell.
Miss Belle Markham spent Mon
day night with Miss Era King.
Misses Leah and May 0'Briant
entertained a large crowd of
their friends Saturday night.
All seemed to enjoy themselves
fine.
T. C. Markham, of Durham,
spent Sunday with his sister,
Miss Belle. E. E. K.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01
Caldwell Items.

Miss Jennie M. Allison has in
her possession a full blown wild
daisy that she gathered on the
18th day of January, which is
rather early for gathering wild
flowers.
J. w. Terry, route l from
Cedar Grove, is very sick with
cold.
Mrs. D. S. Allison has return
ed from a visit to Danville. Va,
and Reidsville, N. c. She visit
ed her son, daughter and friends.
Miss Lille Allison, of Reds
vile, is visiting friends in Or
ange county and will visit Dur
ham before she returns home.
The school at Caldwell, with
Rev. M. c. Arrowood as princi-
pal, continues to grow.
We are glad to know that Miss
Luna Wilson is on the road to re-
covery.
Tom Roberts is reported much
improved this week.
Nelson Wilkerson went out
hunting in our recent snow. He
could track them up all right,
but could not shoot them, so he
returned to the house and Sc
cured his dog.
The writer thinks it is best
not to plant too much tobacco,
but raise grain and stock. | have
sold SITS worth of pigs and pork
this season. | believe in small
crops well worked.
Thomas H. Allison was a visit
or at d. S. Allison's last Monday.
Mr.. Allison is always glad to see
any of his old friends of soldier
days and talk overthe times they
spent together and how they
have come down to old age after
passing through such scenes.
Cow Boy.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01

Rev. NJ. NJ. Mcfarland filled
his regular appointment at New
Bethel Sunday, and there was a
very large crowd out to hear him.
Our people like him very much.
Mrs. Hudgins, who has been
dangerously sick with pneumonia
for the past few days, is reported
as being improved at this writing.
Bob Allen from near Prospect
Hill, visited friends around here
last woek, and they were glad to
have him with them.
| Luther Tilley and Miss Myrtle
Lowe spent some time at John
McBroom's Saturday night.
Miss Willie Gates gave the
young people a dance Friday
night. A good crowd was pres.
ent and all reported having had
a good time.
From the sounds Of the guns
il appears that hunters are TAX
ing in the game during the past
few days.
It is almost time farmers were
preparing to burn plant beds.
Those that. have not will doubt
less have to wait a while now.
Several young men in this com.
munity have bought new Ibuggies
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01
Buffalo News.

We do not enjoy this cold snap
much after having had so much
spring-like weather.
The farmers have quit cutting
and spend their time hunting.
One can hear the reports of the
guns in every direction. Mrs.
Lou Clark was presented with
six birds killed at one shot.
Thanks to the kind donor. She
enjoyed a delicious pie.
Rabbits are like angels Wis.,
it's" you seldom see one. jim
has cleaned them up. He con-
tinues to make trips, poor fellow,
and says that loving the girls is
one of his besetting sins, as it is
wrong to love unless it is return.
ed.
Mr.. Dave Hall, of Creedmoor,
and Miss Bessie Umstead, of Flat
River, spent Saturday and Sum-
day with the writer. Saturday
night quite a crowd of young
people gathered, and all were
treated to some splenpid music,
and several games.
Rev. Mr.. Mcfarland preached
Sunday to a large congregation.
Mr.. Lote Wilson has gotten
over the grip. We are glad tt
see him out. He is so kind and
attentive to the sick he is missed
very much when he gets sick.
He and his wife are visiting or
Little River this week.
Cheerfulness is not always
spontaneous, it is greatly mat
ter of habit, and bears cultivation
One who can contrive to wear
smiling face through a worlC
where there are so many troubled
hearts may unconsciously be
benefator. NJ. K. G.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01

The Register of Deeds has beer
doing good business this week in
the way of issuing marriage
license. Following is a list Of
those securing the papers fol
marriage:
Huly Green, of Wake county
and Miss Lillian wilkins. A.
Brant 0verton, of East Durham
and Miss Pearl J. Terrell. Thu
above are white couples, while
the two following are coloreC
couples: Walter Evans and Liz
zie Clements, Charlie Hedgepeti
and Daisy Patterson.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01

Little Gertrude Jones from
Stem, Granville county, is spend
ing winter with her grandparents
and attending school at Rouge
mont.
Miss Corinne Bowling has re-
turned home after being away
four months teaching in Gran
vile county.
Noah Jeffres killed two fine
porkers last week. The two
weighing 700 pounds. Hog kill
ing is quite the go this cold
weather.
Rev. J. d. Bowen, Of Wake
Forest, is to preach at Red Noun
tain next second Saturday and
Sunday. He is a fine gospel
preacher and has already won
the love and admiration of Red
Mountain folks. They are anx.
ious to secure him as pastUr.
The w. NJ. s. meets Saturday
before the second Sunday, all
members requested to be present,
at Red Mountain Baptist church.
Some of our young men are
especially fond of our teachers.
We are all fond of our teachers
and school. We have one of the
| finest schools in Durham county.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01

Mr.. and Mrs. William Weaver
visited Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Crab.
tree Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Leila Crabtree entertained
a few of her friends Saturday
night. They were as follows:
Misses Bessie Weaver and Efie
Cothran, Messrs. George and
John Glenn, Gattis and Rainey
Bowen, Tommie Cothran and
Thomas Bowen. All had a nice
time.
Boys, why don't you have a
debate like they do at Rouge.
mont?
Mr.. James Mangum is prepar.
ing to do some good farming
this year. M.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01
Notice of Land Sale.

t'ndef and bv virtue of The powers
conferred upon tie 10 deed Of trust
executed on the 32nd da> of %os etnEer.
1909, b. Henri, billiard and "ife. As will
spppas by reference 20 lSJok ii MoFtga.
ges No I7J. pp zeS, Do ~ in the Off =
u tne Register al Decision Wake County,
I viii IN February 9th. lgo7. at O'Clock
~ oiIe: for sale 10 the highest bidder
~ cash Oh the premises. that piece u
t,atcel ii land situated in Wake County
,|Orth Carolina adjoining the lands Of
Zarhfiah Rich. Lacy King aud bis sis
t.-s, ". w. King and others, bounded
a. follows:
Beginning at hickory tree the y. r.
conner u the Land herein described and
fuunig thence West i5o poles 10 stake
su1 pointers: thence South I23 poles aud
conner al a stake and pointers; thence
I - ! & poles to a black gam, thence
With i2j poles TO the BEGINNING. cVu-
taxing 100 acres more Uf less.
This sale j. made by reason Of default
- lie PAYMENT If certain notes refefresi
ty 80 ss5d Heed II trust.
VICTOR :. BRYANT.
Trustee.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01
Woman's Trials.

The bitter trail In a woman's life Il n
BE- ehildless. Who can tell how hard the
struggle may have been ere she learnt %
resign herself b her lonely lot? The ab.
sence oi this link % bind marital life
together. the absence Of this one pledge
~ mutual affection Is q common dgsap-
poIntment Many unfortunate couples
become estranggd thereby. Even II they
do not drift apart, Dne may read the whole
extent Of their disappointment In the eyes
OF such chIldless couple when they rest
on the children Of others. To them the
largest family not seem too numerous.
In many cases 81 barrenness or child.
lessness the obstacle % collaborating Il
easily removed by the cure 81 weakness ON
the part Of the woman. DIR. plerre's Ia
vuTite Prescription has been the means 81
restoring health and frnittulness "a many
. barren woman, 20 the great 10y Of the
household. In other. but TaTe eases, the
obstruction 10 the bearing Of children has
been found n b. 81 surgical character,
but easily removable by painless operative
treatment at the Invalid Hotel and Sur.
gical Institute, Buffalo. y. Y. over which
Dr. Pierce ~ the -FavuTite prescTjntl1ns
fame presldes. In all cases where chill.
dTen are desired aud ara absent, an effort
should be made ~ ind out the real cause,
since u Is generally 10 easily removed BY
proper treatment.
In all the various weaknesses, dispiaee-
ments, prOlapsus, Inflammation and de.
bllitatlng, catarrhal drains and In all
cases OF nervousness and debility, Ur.
Pierces FAyOritn Prescription Il the most
efficient remedy that can possibly b. used,
lt has 10 ~ credit hundreds " thOusauds
OF cures more In fact than any Othai
remedy. put no for sale through druggists,
especially for wuman's use. The IngredI
ents Of hich the #Fayorits Prescription,
ls composed have received the most
positive endorsement from The LEADING
medical writer's on Mnterid MnIlrn IN an
the several schools % practice. AN tho
ingredients are printed IN plnIn Engllsh
on the wrapper enclosing the bottle. 20
that any woman making use II this
famous medicine may know exactly what
she u taking. Dr. Pierce takes M ia.
tents into his full confidence, which ne
can afford 70 do A. the formula after
which the. "FayOrite Prescription 4
made VIII bear the most careful exam
InatIon.
Dr. Plerce's Pleasant Pellets are the
best and safest laxative for women.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01

Miss Jane Perry was united
in marriage to William S. Keith
in the commissioners room at
the court house last Monday
afternoon, Justice Cox officiating.
They went to the court house
together to secure the license,
and when they had secured the
necessary papers repaired to the
commissioners room where the
vows were said.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01
news FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
Items of Interest from Various Places as Viewed and Told
by Those on the Field. Personals.
md their girls are glad.

and their girls are glad.
We are having small attend
ance at school this week on &C.
count of the bad weather.
Watch out, we are listening fol-
the wedding bells at any time
now.
Our mail carrier on route mum
Der 3 looks as if he would like
some fire this cold wea+ her.
M. r.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01

A. V. Satterwhite had the mis-
fortune to strike his head against
a post one day this week while
shifting cars on the east end of
the southern yard. His wounds
were painful, but are not con-
sidered serious.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-02-01
Direct Line to Principal CT
North, East, South and
Southwest.
Schedule effective April IS. 1905.
Trains leave Durham ~ follows:

Schedule effective April IS, zoos.
Trains leave Durham ~ follows:
No. 7sS, daily except Sunday, nj 10
am for Oxford and Henderson. Come
at Henderson with through trains No
aud South composed Of vesiibule
coaches. Pullman drawing room sleep
cars and dining cars.
No. 777 daily except Sunday AZ
pm, mixed train for Henderson.
Trains arrive ut Durham ~ follows:
No. al. daily exceptsunday, a.os
from Henderson aud oxford. Come
at Henderson with trains from poi
North aud South.
No. 27I, daily except Sunday, nj 9
am from Henderson, a mixed train.
For rates. timetables, reservation
any information, address ticket agtTi
S. II. REAMs. Aged
Durham y
{. h. RYAN, G. 7 Y
Portsmouth
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-31
What the Ministry Is.

After much obscurity, brought by
disuuieting theological and ecclesias-
tical conditions of late years, thought
seems to be moving toward a clearer
view of what the ministry is. 1t is
coming to be seen in its relation to
humanity rather than in its relation
to TIE church. Hitherto the minister
has been too much regarded as the Of
fetal and creature of the church. And
Young men with splendid gifts and
glorious aspirations have often halted
at that thought and, suspicious OF
priesthood, have preferred to cast In
their lot with untrammeled humanity.
But when the ministry is seen as, first
of all, a part of the essential life OF
humanity, an answer to a yearning
need in the soul of the world, a
prophets voice uttering for men what
they have not uttered for themselves,
and showing men glory in God that
they have not seen for themselves
then the choice flower of our youth,
having the sense of this vocation born
within them, shall no longer hesitate;
and the prophets of the Highest shall
he multiplied-C. C. Hall in Atlantic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-31
The Ground Hog Sleeps.

The woodchuck's is a curious shift,
case of nature outdoing herself.
Winter spreads far and fast, and
Woodchuck, in order to keep ahead
out of danger, would need wings. But
he wasn't given any. Must he perish
then? Winter spreads far, but does
not go deep-down only about four
feet; and Woodchuck, if he cannot
escape overland, can, perhaps, under
land. So down he goes through the
winter down into a mild and even
temperature, five long feet away-but
as far away from the snow and cold
as Bobolink among the reeds of the
distant Orinoco. Indeed, WOOdchuck's
is a farther journey and even more
wonderful than Bobolink's, for these
five feet carry him beyond the bounds
of time and space into the mysterious
realm of sleep. Of suspended
life, to the very gates of death. That
he will return with Bobolink, that he
will come up alive with the spring
out of this dark way, is very strange
Dallas Sharr in Atlantic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-31

pit to engage in the life insurance
business. Within the last two years a
score have given Up their charges and
gone into the business, and all of them
are earning fair incomes.
One minister explains: Il do not
quit from choice, but from necessity.
1t is not altogether matter of money
consideration, but in consideration of
the higher cost of living. No change
has offered itself that think the sal
airy would justify my accepting" But
it is not every clergyman who is fitted
for secular affairs. The training of
the seminary is not calculated to de-
velop the business instinct. Pastors
generally who are struggling along on
small salaries, and whose congrega-
lions are too poor Or too thrifty to pay
more, will have to wait for a collapse
of inflated prices. And the collapse
will come.-Newark Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-31
very definite OF widespread.

very DEFINITE on widespread.
"Mr. r. Agile pibdin has recently
made some experiments in an endeav-
Or to obtain definite information on
the subject, which experiments he has
described in letter TO the surveyor.
Six days after treatment Of the road
, with a tar preparation, which gave it
a good surface and greatly reduced
the amount of dust, he collected a
sample of washing from the road by
swabbing it with cottonwood to mix
the water and dust in an attempt TO
reproduce the conditions which would
exist during a fine steady shower
when considerable traffic was pass
ing. The mud thus obtained was
mixed with rough road washings from
gully, making a sample as strong
as the strongest of road washings. A
portion of this polluted water was di-
luted to % per cent, and some sickle
backs, tadpoles, goldfish and screech
beetles were placed therein After
twenty four hours all were alive and
healthy except two sticklebacks, which
were dead The strength of the water
was increased to so per cent mix
ture, and more sticklebacks and some
backs all died in twenty-four hours,
but after forty-eight hours all the
others were perfectly uninjured. In
undiluted road washings the fish all
died in one hour. The same fate met
those which were placed in road wash
ings from which the mud had been
strained out Goldfish, sticklebacks,
tadpoles and nevis lived for twenty
four hours in a mixture of one part of
the pure preventive to 5000 parts OF
water; but the goldfish died when the
strength was doubled. In all cases
air was blown through the water at
Intervals, and portions were removed
and poured back through a few feet
of air, to provide aeratiOn. BY intro
ducing some ordinary water bacteria
in the various dilutions of the proven
tive, Mr.. Dibdin found that a rs per
cent solution was not germicidal. He
calculates that if one inch of rainfall
flowing off should remove one-five-
hundredth of the preventive as it is
ordinarily placed upon the road, the
solution would have a strength of
about one in two thousand. He con-
cludes that while his experiments do
not condemn the use of tarry sub
stances on the roads, they indicate the
necessity for investigation"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-31
No Advance In Pastors Salaries.

Prices of necessaries have greatly
increased. Wages have advanced, but
it does not appear that there has been
any increase in the average clerical
salary, which has always been low.
The underRaid minister supports his
family, If he has one, on the same
amount of income which has been re-
duced probably twenty per cent in
purchasing power. Accordingly it
should not excite surprise when min
listers abandon the pulpit to take up
some bread-winning occupation. A de-
spatch from Pittsburg says that pas
tors in that city are forsaking the pun
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-31
SEASONS HIPLEss GOWN GRE
ATEs AWKWARD SITUATION
FOR FOLLOWERSOFFASHION
Shall the Gait Be Changed? But How?
Is the Question-Straght and Mar
row Way Only Can the New Dress
Be Worn-seems impossible to
Wear Petticoats.
1t is to learn to walk.

Any woman who affects the fashion
able garb of this good year 1907, must
perfect some new manner of peram-
bulation. The ones which have served
her in the past will be of less use to
her than a refrigerator would be at
the north pole.
1t will profit her nothing at all that
she has been told in the past that she
walked like a queen" 1t will avail
nothing that she has taken lessons In
Delsarte and Swedish movements
and physical culture, trying thereby
to acquire a graceful carriage. Neither
will it be of any advantage to her
that in the past she has been most
adept at the Grecian bend or the
kangaroo walk. If she would hold her
laurels she must, in truth, mend her
ways.
But how? That is the question. In
other years the fashion has been set
in walks. All that was necessary OF
any woman was that she follow the
general method of contOrtion and
amble along as all the other women
ambled But so far there has arisen
no one with ingenuity enough to per
feet a new walk. That a new walk
| is necessary every one will admit.
What it is to be no one can say.
1t is the "hipless gown" which
makes necessary new walk. If any
one be so skeptical as to think this
statement an exaggeration, let him
I.but take one look at a gown made on
the Paquin model. There will be no
thing left to his synicism. Rather
will he veer toward the belief that
any kind of Iocomotion on the part of
| the wearer of the gown is a physical
| impossibility.
The salespeople who point out with
rapture the alleged beauties and the
unmistakable wonders of the gowns,
say it is not impossible to walk when
wearing one Just how it is accom-
plished with the least degree of dis
comfort and awkwardness, they are
not quite sure; but they are of the
opinion that in some mysterious man
ner it can be done.
1t should be said in eXtenuation Of
those who hold to the belief that
walking is impossible that the gowns
are cut so narrow in the skirt that
some irreverent ones call them the
skin-tight'' dresses. As the author
itative descriptions state, no petit
coats are, or can be, worn with them.
Only such neither garments as are
worn in. the first row of the chorus
can find a place under these skirts.
Various ways of walking are being
considered 1t is generally conceded
that neither to the right nor 10 the
left" attitude must be adopted. IN
he straight and narrow way only. can
the hip1ess gown go. But the details
Of the walk have not been worked
out.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-31
TARRED ROAD POIsONS.
Drainage from Roads So treated
Thought to Poison Fish.

Thought to Poison Fish.
The new tar compounds for laying
dust on roads have met with almost
universal approval. 1t is noted, how
ever, in the Municipal Journal and
Engineer (New York; that in England
a point with reference to their use has
been considered which apparently has
received no discussion in this country.
Says this paper:
Certain fishermen have claimed
that the washings from roads which
have been treated with tar prepara-
lions are as injurious to fish as are
the waste waters from gas plants, the
discharging of which into streams is
forbidden by law 1t was stated that
in one instance bushels OF dead fish
were taken out Of a stream, even the
catfish having been killed, the alleged
cause having been washings from
tarred roads. The matter was con-
sidered to be of such Importance that
the joint conference of road engineers
and road users is to examine into the
subject, although it is admitted that
the allegations have not SO far been