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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-29
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Which Would Hurt the Peo-
pie and Not Help
Them.

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writing from chIckaeaw, okla,
Mr.. Jo1n G.. schuster, who describes
himself as a laborfng man with /.
Fsr3IiHy dependent upon his dairy
earnings. has addressed q letter 20
William Jennings Bryan propoundlne
the following question:
s4VVhat particular policy WIZ you
pl,rsue II elected that VIII insure
NOR. men work and better wages
than they now have
| srbat is a perfectly fair question
r. has, undoubtedly occurred to tens
Of thousands of other tnteItge11t
American worlzfngmen, to whom q
frank reply from AlG: y. ~, W. ~ X.
be heartily welcome. But II must pc
remembered that Mr.. Bryan Is an e'S-
tceedfnglv busy man nowadays ana
ms little time for trivial matters OF
detail such as his correspondents
seeks, In view, therefore. OF the
great demands upon his time. It may
he that Mr.. Bryan will be unable TO
giye the information desired. But
II Mr.. Tsryan.s record affords any as
srroDce as to his future performs
apc. 81 may be-. stated for Mr. ShuS-
ter's enlightenment that In the event
of his election to the presidency.
Mr.. Bryan would re-enact the
wflson-Gorman tariff of 1894. when
sent the price of whate down to 90
cents per htIshel, closed hundreds OF
mills and factories. and, according to
Mr. ISrysn's friend. Samuel Gompers
drove more than 100000 American
wage earners into idleness, hunger
and misery.
Mr. Bryan would enforce the free
coinage of silver, thus compelling the
laboring man to accept a 5O-cent dol
lar in payment for his toll. Mr.. Bry-
nm has declared that the gold dollar
is a dishonest dollar. that itbuys too
much and that it's purchasing power
must be reduced in order to bring
prices down.
Mr. Bryan would compel the gov
eminent to buy all the railroads, thus
adding $I,OOO.OOO.OO0 to the public
debt. the interest on which would
have to be met by the taxpayers. His
plan would place 100000 railway
employs on the government payrolls
whose salaries would have to be met
by taxing the people.
Mr. Bryan would compel the gov
eminent to guarantee bank deposits.
The cost of maintaining fund to
provide that guarantee would increase
the expense of banking business. and
the banks would charge the increase
to those who have to borrow money
for business purposes. The scheme
would protect those who have bank
deposits at the expense of those who
have none.
These are the particular policies
that Mr.. Bryan would employ to IN
sure more work and better wages for
the laboring man. Mr.. Shuster and
other honest workfngmen should
consider them carefully. They mean
free trade. which means cheap men
and Industrial paralysis. They mean
free silver. which means low prices
and a dishonest dollar to cheat the
workingrnan They mean an increase
in the interest bearing debt of the
country. and that means increased
taxation
1t is respectfully submitted that
Mr. Bryan himself could not give a
clearer explanation of his policies to
help the workingman than is given
here.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

TuERHTA
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SURPRISE PARTY
Is Given Mrs. Mary Banks in Honor
of Her Bir'thdny.

At the home OF Mrs. Mary Banks,
991 West Pike street, a surprise par
ty was given in honor of her fifty
eighth birthday. by her daughters,
Mrs. Mary E. Richards and Mrs.
Maria Roam. Those present We're:
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Barket, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Banks, Mrs. Clemens,
Mrs. Eva Banks. Mrs. Davis and
daughter. Mrs. Keener. Miss Grace
Keener, Mrs. Fisher, Mr.. Roam, Mr..
Banks, Mr. Harry Banks and Miss
Bradford. OF Huntington. AT late
hour delightful refreshments We're
served. after which they all depart
ed wishing Mrs. Banks many more
happy birthdays and declaring her a
delightful hostess.
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H1oO REVyARD. 500.

The readers OF this paper VIII be
pleased to learn. that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has.
been able to cure in all It's stages, and
that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease. requires constt-
tutional treatment. Halls Cotarrh Cure
is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces or the
systenn. thereby destroying the founda-
tion of the disease. and giving the pa
tIent strength by building up the consd-
tuition and assisting nature in doing It's
work The proprietors have so much
that 1t fails to cure Send for list OF
faith in it's curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
testimonials. Address:
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Take Halls Family Pills for conStIpa-
F. J. CHENEY & CT. Toledo. o.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

doid Msaal Flour is best for pqstr r:.,o,
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THE LEADER--Dress Better and Pay Less Is5
rHoRN Ar L1rTLEToN

The Republican state COMMITTEES
will send Senator A. K. Thorn to Lit
Teton. rock-rfbbed Democratic
stronghold. to be the sole speaker at
a political meeting there tomorrow
night Senator Thorn Will make
some inroads on Democracy there as
he is an effective speaker and has the
facts and figures of the state on the
tip of his tongue.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

Itching piles provoke profanity,
but profanity won't cure them.
Doan's Ointment cures itching,
bleeding or protruding piles after
years Of suffering. At any drug
store.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

Stops earache in two minutes:
toothache or pain OF burn or scald
in FIVE minutes; hoarseuess, one
hour: muscleache, two hours; sore
throat, twelve hours-Dr. Thomas
Electric OIL. monarch over pain.
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BAl.ruMoREaO Ono
RAILROAD.
Schedule effective May II. 1908
CLARESBURG. ". va.

Schedule effective May II. 1908
CnARESBURG. W. va.
Daily. Daily except Sunday.
Sunday only.
MAIN LINE, EASTBOOND.
Cumberland, Washington, Baltimore
Philadelphia and New York, depNr
$3.50 am, "6:40 pm: 1885 pm.
Arrive "l2:63 am. 0:56 am. "G'0t
MAIN LINE. WEsTBOUND.
ParkeTsburg. Cincinnati, Lou!svtlIs
and st. Louis, depart lass am
an .9;59 $40 eT, 1 S;Gs BE- pm aFv'V'
ParEersburs Accom-, depart "7:29
am. daily except Sunday: Sunday
only $50 D. m. Arrive " 1920 m.
1920 pm. Sunday only $3.50 pm:
W. VA. g PITTS, NORTaBOUSD.
ConneIlsville and PittsbuEg, depart
Fairmont and Morgontown, depart
x6:16 am, 1895 am.
". va. g PITTS, SOUTHBOUNp.
Weston. depart, x6:00 am $1,000 IA
x11:30 am. x4:16 pm. Arrive xS:bb
am, z9:40 am, x8:16 pm. $500 pm
e,ckens. depart $500 am. x4:1G pm
Arrive 1856 am, x7:O6 pm.
Richwood and intermediate points, dc
part x6:00 am, x11:3O am. Arrive
x3:16 am, x7:06 pm.
Webster Springs, depart x11:SO am
Arrive X2:16 pm.
WEST VA. SHORT LIME.
New NGartinsvIlls and wheeling Ac
Arrive x11:26 am. 1880 pm.
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NIARTINsBURG, Oct. 29-Davld
voorhees,; a we'll known Baltimore &
Ohio railroad man Is dead Mt his
home in Darkesville after long ILL
ness,
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Francis NJ Davis returned las eve
ming from Tatrmont.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
Kraft Clothing Co. Convention.

Speaking of the Kraft Clothing Co.'s
convention held at Des Moines last week,
the Des Moines Capital of Wednesday
says:
Mr.. Mahin, VINO was formerly with
the Utica clothiers of this city, is now
representing the well-known firm of
Walcoff & Company, of New York city
and showing very swell line of wear
ing apparel for youths and children at
the Wellington hotel. Clothiers from
three different states are here looking
over the line and purchasing their fall
stock.
The most prominent among the cloth
iers buying the line is the Kraft Cloth
ing company, of Fort Madison, Iowa.
George Kraft, the general manager is
abroad at the present time, but the
managers of his twelve different stores
located in Iowa, Missouri and Illinois
are here making the necessary purchas-
es. These managers are as follows: G. r.
Kraft, Glenwood, Iowa; Charles West,
Seymour, Iowa; 1. N. Beard, Osceola,
Iowa; Charles O'Dell, Mt. Carroll, ILL.,;
Elver O'Dell. Brooklyn, Iowa; Jerry No
land, Brookfield, Mo-; Hyatt Barnhill,
Creston, Iowa; Fred Stringfellow, Platts-
mouth, Neb.; Joe Misbach, Algona, Iowa;
R. G. Fry. Fairfield, Iowa; NJ. F. Grimes,
Leon, Iowa; L. L. Miller, Fort Madison,
Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
We Don't Like 1t,

The Reporter thinks it has kick
coming and we do not hesitate to make
1T known. This paper as well as the
Leon Journal has always been very lib
eral in it's treatment of the public
schools, and for the past school year
both papers have given the schools a
column in each paper which was edited
by the schools, without charge. Yet
in the face of this the graduating class
of this year has seen fit to place their
order for commencement invitations and
programs with Chicago mail order
house without giving either of the Leon
papers even chance to submit samples
or quote prices, and we will guarantee
that the class paid more for their pro-
grams than the identical ones could be
purchased for right here at home. If
the class could buy better programs or
at cheaper price from a mail order
house we would not say a word, but
when they adopt Sears Roebuck meth
ods for our public schools we think it is
time to register a kick. We presume
that the class will expect the Leon
papers to write up their graduating
exercises at considerable trouble and
expense, and at the same time if the
papars followed the example set by the
class in buying their programs they
would tell the class to have their com
mencement written up and published
by the Chicago mail order house. Again
we say we don't like it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
people,.
Good HOPE.

F. W. Fierce and wife, of Van Vert,
spent Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Downey.
John Barger and wife, of Weldon, and
Walter Lewis, of Leroy, were guests Of
j. N. Barger's Sunday.
Henry Hoadley, of GAINESVILLE, Mo-,
visited Saturday and Sunday with his
son Ralph and family.
Ed McGahuey, wife and three sons
spent Sunday with W. II. Wise and wife.
Mrs. r. D. Hoadley had business in
Osceola Saturday.
F. S. Plotts and family, Jap Barger
and family called at Charley Imhoff's
Sunday evening.
Harrison Devore visited SATURDAY.
night with his cousin, Earl Wise.
Frank Binning and family spent Sun
day with George Redman and family.
Elba Wills, nellie Wise and Nicholena
Rasmussen took dinner with Oliver,
Tressa and Esther McGahuey Sunday.
Thomas Wills and family went to
Grand River Tuesday where they will
make their future home.
James Downey, wife and daughter
Eddis spent Sunday with the latter's
sister, Mrs. McCrosky, of Greenbay.
Holger and Nicholena Rasmussen
called on Earl and Nellie Wise Thursday
evening
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE.
West Bradney.

VIM. Waller and wife visited Sunday
in Decatur at the home of his father.
Uncle Tommy Waller.
L. A. Warner attended the dance at
James Hulls Friday night and reports a
fine time.
Claudio Butcher, of Terre Haute, visit
ed with the Mullin boys Saturday and
Sunday, returning home Monday.
Pete Parker and Rolla Chastain at
tended the party Thursday night.
George Lowe was helping John Beth
ards move to Leon last week,
S. P. Wiley, of High Point township,
our member of the board, had business
in Garden Grove Saturday.
J. r. Perdew had business in Leon
Saturday.
Lloyd and Clair Snyder attended the
Lyric in Leon Saturday night.
VIM. Cartwright jr. had business in
Garden Grove Saturday.
VIM. Mullins and G. Butcher were in
Garden Grove Sunday. We wonder
what the attraction was.
J. B. Snyder became of age Sunday
being 49 years old. The people who
took dinner with him on the occasion
were A. Chambers and wife, Mr.. ElwelI
and wife, Mr.. Palmer and wife, ]. W.
Mullin and wife and several young
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
Presbyterian Notes.

The Easter bazaar will be held by the
ladies this week, April 18th, in the P.
E. o. hall, afternoon and evening. Free
entertainment in the evening.
Elder Gates and the pastor are in at
tendance this week at Presbytery in
Russell. Rev. w. E. Kunz will remain
over Thursday evening for the installa-
tion services of Rev. S. A. Soxe over
the Presbyterian church at Russell,
Rev. Kunz giving the charge to the
pastor.
Next Sunday morning the pastor will
give an illustrated chalk talk to the
young people of the congregation. All
parents are requested to bring the chill
dren. Sunday evening the choir will
give an Easter Praise service instead of
the regular sermon. Short talks by the
pastor upon the history of some we'll
known hymns.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
PENCE FAMILY REUNION
Five Brothers Separated for Forty
Years, Held a Joyful Reunion
at Boise, Idaho.

From recent copy of the Capital
News, published at Boise, Idaho, we
CLEAN the following account of the re-
union of five Pence brothers in that city,
one of whom, William Pence, was for
many years a resident of this county,
but moved to Big Piney, Wyoming, few
years ago:
A happy family reunion was held this
afternoon at the home of Joseph G.
Pence, at which time four brothers. of
Mr.. Pence, namely, jackson Pence, of
Bellingham, WASH, William Pence, of
Big Piney, Wyo., John Pence, of Noun
tain Home, and Arthur Pence, of Hot
Springs, state senator from Owyhee
county, were reunited after being apart
40 years. The occasion will long be re-
memberen as one Of the most pleasant
in the memory of the five brothers.
The fact that they had not been to-
gether for the past 40 years was due
partly to unavoidable circumstances for
after leaving the happy old Pennsyl-
vania home the brothers started for the
great northwest and soon became scat
tered. They are numbered among the
early pioneers of this country and of
that stock which founded empires and
paved the way for the thousands of i'm
migrants who were bound for the wilds
of the unknown west. The first Pence
to enter Idaho was in the early SOS and
since that time they have have been
prominent in this section of the country.
Originally the Fences were of the
Netherlands and branches of the family
crossed the Atlantic ocean before the
revolutionary war and settled with
their countrymen in Pennsylvania where
they thrived and prospered and their
descendants still live.
Peter Pence, great-grandfather of the
five brothers who are now in Boise, was
veteran of the revolutionary war and
had the honor of serving under Wash
ington. He was with his command dur
ing the noted historical battle in which
General Braddock met such disastrous
defeat.
The five brothers present at the re-
union range in age from 60 to N years.
Without exception all are hale and
hearty and expressed themselves as be-
ing absolutely confident of living Is or
20 more years before they are called to
the great beyond. At their reunion
they had the pleasure of discussing old
incidents and bits of history in their
lives still fresh in their memory. All
are greatly pleased with Boise and will
remain here to enjoy the hospitality of
their brother and other relatives.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
Can't Use Their Separators.

Sixty or seventy Ida Grove farmers
have received notice from the United
States circuit court of appeals to the
effect that the so-called Economy cream
separator they had purchased of Sears,
Roebuck & Company, had been declared
an Infringement. and they were restrain
ed from using the separator. The mail
order house has been restrained by the
court from manufacturing and selling
any more of the separators, and they
We're also forced to bring their books
into court and show to whom they had
sold the machines. The users are now
being notified that they must not use
them. The separator was an infringe
ment on Vermont make.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
Knights Templars Will Observe
Easter.

Tripolis Commandery No. 60, K. T. of
this city, will observe Easter Sunday
with special services and ceremonies.
The Knights will assemble at their hall
in full uniform and march to the M. E.
church, where the exercises will be
held at $3.50 o'clock. A special address
will be delivered by Rev. W. E. Kunz,
pastor of the Presbyterian church, and
there will be special music for the oc-
casion, Miss Mayme Sporleder, of La
moni having been secured to sing solo.
1t is expected that number of the
Knights from Mt. Ayr, Lamont, Davis
City, Pleasanton, Garden Grove and
Lineville will be present at these
services, which will be open to the
general public, and cordial invitation
is extended to everybody to attend
the services.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
Leon. What Shall 1t Be?

In assuming the duties of the chief
executive Office of Leon, the question
arises, what laws shall be enforced, and
what laws shall be ignored? What laws
do the people of Leon want enforced,
and what laws do they want white
washed? There is a law to protect your
wife and daughter from the lecherous
desires of mans depravity, and law
requiring respectful observance of the
Sabbath day.
There is a law to punish the man who
gives way to his appetite and gets
drunk, or disturbs the peace, and law
to punish the man who buys, sells and
makes contracts on Sunday. There is a
law to punish the man who sells whiskey
on the streets or in the back alleys, and
there is law to punish the man who
unreasonably drives or pulls his horse,
or cruelty treats his animals. There is
a law to punish the men who shoot
craps, and a law to punish any person
who plays at any game for money or
other property of value. There is law
to punish the man who leaves the bodies
of dead animals exposed to decay, and a
law against allowing minors in billiard
halls or pool rooms. There is law
against carrying concealed weapons,
and also law against carrying fire
arms, shooting or hunting on Sunday.
There is law against throwing refuse
trash, garbage and filth in the streets
or back alleys, and also q law against
selling to or buying liquor for any per-
son who becomes intoxicated. We might
multiply these citations indefinitely,
but these will be sufficient to call at
tention to the wide range of subjects
our law making powers have thought
wise to cover with penal regulations.
Most of them are wise, some of them
seem otherwise. All are of equal bind
ing force and all should be obeyed, or
repealed. They should be obeyed, not
through fear Of arrest and punishment,
but from sentiment of loyalty to our
country, and a feeling of self-respect.
The man who obeys the laws from fear
of punishment is not desirable citizen.
We want our people to have that high
sense of manhood, and womanhood that
will inspire pride in home, pride in
our schools, a pride in the welfare and
good name of our city.
The city officials ask it as a special
favor that every individual member of
society, be he old, middle age or young,
should appoint himself committee Of
one to see that their part of our city is
clean and the laws fully obeyed. In
this way we will have happier home
life, cleaner city, better Leon, and
greater Leon. S. A. GATES, Mayor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
RAPED .STANDPATTfRS'
Judge S. f. Prouty, of Des Moines,
Exposed Many Political Secrets
in His Speech M0ndayNight.

There was good sized audience at
the opera house Monday evening to hear
Judge S. r. Prouty, one of the leading
progressive republicans of the state.
The Leon High School band furnished
music for the occasion, and the speaker
was introduced by DR.. B. L. Eiker, as
the fighter from the Seventh district.
Judge Prouty talked for two solid
hours, but held the attention of his
hearers throughout his speech. He is a
vigorous and very pleasant speaker,
and although he did not enter into a
discussion of the political issues of the
year, he did make a great exposure of
the methods Of the standpatters of
Iowa, who were shown to be the SUBJ
servient tools of the railroads and cor
porations, and had for years allowed
the railroad influences to dictate the
nominations for state and legislative
officials. Judge Prouty has been a
prominent member of the republican
party of Iowa, and has been on the in
side. He did not make idle assertions,
but used openly the names of the rail-
road bosses who had control of the re-
publican party in this state, and told of
specific instances where they had die
tated the nominations, even to the
judges of the supreme court. He showed
how for years the railroad influences
by means of passes and other favors
had been able to control the republican
party in Iowa, and that they had con-
tributed hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to carry out their purposes, stat
ing that in the last campaign the
railroads had spent over 100000 trying
to defeat the nomination of Governor
Cummins. He raped the standpatters
from start to finish and made many
broad statements which he backed up
with the statement that he was finan-
cially responsible, and if the parties he
mentioned thought he was libelling
them they had their recourse. He par
ticularly paid his respects to ]. W.
Blythe, the Burlington boss, and the
greater number of his hearers knew
from personal experience that what he
said about Blythe controlling the!party
was absolutely true. At the close Of
his speech many persons congratulated
Judge Prouty on his speech and the
cause of the progressive republicans
certainly received great boost as the
result of his speech.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
Clean Up.

A great many property owners in
Leon have already made the annual
cleanup around their property, but in
some parts of town there are places
which badly need cleaning up. Great
progress was made last year in beauti-
flying Leon, and the good work should
continue this year with renewed energy.
Take day off or hire man and rake
up all the dead grass, weeds, ashes and
rubbish in the streets or alleys adjacent
to your property, and see how much
better and more homelike the place will
SEEM
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
License to Wed.

DR.. o. E. Macy, of Pleasanton, was
taken to a hospital in St. Joe last week
to be operated upon. A few days be-
fore he injured his arm while repairing
his automobile and blood poison set in
and spread at such rapid rate that it
was feared he, would lose his arm, but
the latest word received from st. Joe, is
that he is getting along as we'll could be
expected, and the physicians in charge of
his case hope to avoid amputation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-04-16
in THE LOCAL FIELD
Items of Local Interest Picked Up
in Leon by our Reporter Dur
Ing the Past Week.

The two Peniston boys, Thomas and
Charles, have purchased the shoe store
owned by Lloyd Conrey, and the invoice
is now being made, and they will take
possession today. The new proprietors
are both first-class shoe men, having
had years of experience in the repair
business in this city. They will still
continue their repair shop in connec-
tion with the shoe store and will no
doubt do splendid business. The bust
ness will be conducted under the firm
name of Pension Bros.