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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17
Orphan Ridge.

Lee Butts and wife, of north OF
Leon, spent Sunday with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Butts.
Roscoe Oney and wife and Harl
Williamson and wife spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Zeke Merryman.
Amos Brazelton moved Monday
to their old home and will make this
their future home.
c. e. Leahy and w. H. Jones call
ed on the Barlean boys Sunday.
A. J. Butts took a load Of corn
to Leon Friday.
George Leahy and Miss Edith
Parsons we're out buggyriding Fri
day evening.
earn husking is the order Of the
day and everybody is trying to see
who can shuck the most corn in a
day. W. H. Barlean and 4. J.
Butts are still in the lead.
Gus Briggaman and daughter, Miss
Iva, of Leon, called on A. J. Piper
Sunday.
John Barlean commenced husking
corn for E. Merryman Monday.
George Stephens, wife and son
Otto, spent Sunday at the Jones
home.
Miss Hazel Hatfield spent Thurs
day night with Miss Daisy Merry
man.
The republicans elected all of
their township ticket in Eden town
ship except assessor. David Robson,
the democratic candidate for this Of
fee being elected by small MAORI
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17

Clyde Merrill has rented the
Fletcher Keller farm for next year.
Don Hacker has moved on the
James Howell farm and will farm
it next year.
Frank A. CARRIER and Del Howell
visited at J. L. CAREERS home last
Sunday,
The Declamatory contest for Gen.
Ter township, will be held at Crown
Chapel next Friday evening.
We understand that Ernest and
Milo Goodman, have. became home
sick in the west and are going to
return to Leon.
VIM. Stiles has finished his corn
gathering for this year.
On account of the pastor. Mrs.
Flora, being sick there was no
preaching at Crown Chapel last Sun
day.
The signal service crew of the e..
B. G @. railroad company have in
stall ed an automatic switch at
Crown. This will be a great con-
venience to the trainmen.
We understand that Vern Kier
has again rented the c. A. Carrithers
farm and will remain with US. We
are glad Of that, for be is a good
citizen. s.
There will be services at Crown
Chapel in two weeks from last Sun
day at eleven o'clock. A special
invitation is extended to all to be
there. s.. u. !
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17
Kills Her Foe Of 20 Years.

The most merciless enemy ]
had for 90 years." declares Mrs.
James Duncan, Of Haynesville, Me-,
was Dyspepsia. suffered intense
ly after eating or drinking and could
scarcely sleep. After many remedies
had failed and several doctors gave
me up, tried Electric Bitters,
which cured me completely. Now
1 can eat anything. l am 70 years
old and am overjoyed to get my
health and strength back again. p"
For Indigestion, Loss Of Appetite,
Kidney Trouble, Lame Back, Fe-
male Complaints, Its unequaled.
Only soc at VanWerden & Kopp's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17
Original Notice.

In the District Court of Iowa, in
and for Decatur county, January term
1911.
C. P. Shaffner, Plaintiff,
vs..
Wilson Shaffner, Defendant.
To Wilson Shaffner:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the Clerk
of the District court of the above
named county and state, a petition Of
c. P. Shaffner claiming that Wilson
Shaffner, the defendant, has absent
ed himself from Decatur county and
the state of Iowa, and concealed his
whereabouts from his family, rela-
tives and friends. That he has been
absent and his whereabouts un-
known for a period of about twenty
Ave years. The plaintiff believes de-
PENDANT, Wilson Shaffner dead. That
he has property in Decatur county,
Iowa. That Wilson Shaffner was
never married. That his only heirs
are his mother, or his brothers and
sisters and children of deceased sic
ter. Plaintiff asks that Wilson Shaft
ner be declared legally dead. and that
S. Varga be appointed administrator
OF the estate OF Wilson Shanner as
though he were known to be dead.
Now unless you appear thereto and
defend on or before noon OF the Sec
oad day of the next term Of said court
to be held at Leon, in said county,
commencing on the 18th day Of Jan
uary. 1911. default will be entered
against you and judgment rendered
thereon in accordance with the pray
er of said petition.
c. w. Hoffman,
6-St Attorney for Plaintiff
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17
Sunday with Erema and lone Wool

Sunday with Erema and lone Wool
man.
l. N. Beavers, T. J. Mitchell and
lone Woolman were guests Friday
afternoon of Mr.. and Mrs. r. d.
Lockwood.
Several of the young folks from
here attended the stock company
theatre at Lineville Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Lentz spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. ". 7.
Lane
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17
Burr Oak Ridge:

Meetings at Eden are progressing
nicely, there having been six addi-
tons to the church. -
Miss Eta Lewis Of Leon spent a
few days last week in this vicinity
the guest of Mrs. Chas. Chastain
and Miss LAME Meek.
H. E. Horney and family were
Sunday visitors at e. J. Horney's.
Mrs. w. H. McCalla returned from
an extended visit at Tama, Iowa,
where she had been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Edwin Turner, and
will spend a week with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Chas Chastain.
Prof. Voelker and wife of Leon
were the guests Of VIM. Hazlet and
family Sunday.
Roy Chastain joined jeff Fulton's
road gang Monday and will assist in
making better roads in Decatur
county.
l.. jenkins and family of Leon
took dinner at Frank Chastain' s
Sunday.
John McCalla and wife, also Mrs.
Edgington and daughter, Ruth were
very pleasant visitors at Chas.
Chastain's Sunday.
Merit Cozard and family, John Nc
Gala and wife, also Jasper Record
and family were callers at Bid
Frost's Sunday.
Miss Mary Edgington was the
guest of Miss Lolita Vanderpool Sun
day.
Marion Evans is suffering from a
badly mashed foot which will dis
able him from getting around very
lively.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17
Notice of Appointment of Admins
:. traitor.

In the District Court of the State
of Iowa, in and for Decatur county.
In the matter of the estate of
Josiah Kirk, deceased. !.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrator OF the
estate of Josiah Kirk, late yof De-
catur county Iowa, deceased. All
persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or his estate will make
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against said de-
ceased or his estate will present
them In manner and form as By law
required, for allowance and pay
nentment. 3 s,ss@:.-. ...,..s,+ II :. i
Dated this 10th day Of November;
A. D.. 1910. se., sz .ss.rssis
R..T,.MASON, ~
last Almtnistrator 81 laid estats.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17

Harsh physics, react, weaken the
bowels. cause chronic constipation.
.Doaa's Regulets operate easily. tone
the stomach cure constipation: 25c.t
Ask your druggist TOR them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17
Original Notice.

In the District Court OF the state
of Iowa, in and for Decatur county.
January term, A. D., 1911.
Simmons & Co., Plaintiff
vs..
Fay May ct AL, Defendants.
To Fay May.
petition of plaintiff and amendments
thereto in the above entitled cause,
is filed in the Office of the Clerk Of
the District Court of the State of
Iowa, in and for Decatur county,
claiming of you the sum of Four
Hundred Thirty-Nine dollars as
money Justly due from you and in
terest thereon at eight per cent,
from the LIST day of February, A.
D.. 1910, being the amount due
plaintiff on your note for $439.1O
given February l, 1910, and asks
that the chattel mortgage given to
secure said note be foreclosed and
the property sold and for costs and
such other relief as may be Just
and equitable.
That writ of attachment was is
sued in the case and the Farmers
State Bank of Lamont, Iowa, gar
nisheed as supposed debtor of
yours. and if it answers that it woes
you anything, then plaintiff asks
that said debt be ordered paid to
satisfy plaintiffs claim sued on
herein. And that unless you ap-
pear thereto and defend before noon
of the second day of the January
term, A., D. 1911, of said. court,
which will commence at Leon on the
18th day of January, A. D., 1911.
default will be entered against you
and judgment and decree rendered
thereon.
v. r. McGinnis and d. NJ. Stay
maker,
10-4t Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17

The Local editor had business at
the county seat Saturday. While
there we found the metropolis in. a
fiourishing condition. Main street
is being torn up and sewer pipes
laid, and all the business men that
we met seemed to be experiencing
a full measure of prosperity, and
everyone we talked to boosted Leon.
River Local.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17

In the District Court of Iowa, in
and for Decatur county, January term
1911.
c. p. Shaffner, Plaintiff,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-11-17

In the District Court OF the state
of Iowa, in and for Decatur county.
January term, A. D., 1911.
Simmons & Co., Plaintiff
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
COSTA RIGA APPEALS
TO UNITED STATES

Washington, July S-Costa Rica has
formally appealed to the United States TO
obtain its acqrlescence in the re-opening
Of the arbitration protocol relating to its
boundary dispute with Panama, which
was signed in this city some months ago
as result of the meditation Of the Unit
ed States, which had been sought by
Panama and Costa Rica.
The state department promptly declined
to give Its sympathy to these proposals
as 1t was convinced of the justice of
the protocol as signed by the two re-
publics Il. a statement issued at the
department today 1t was stated that the
failure of Costa Rica to ratify the p1oto-
col would be most regretable."
In further explanation the statement
contains this significant language: The
area affected by the boundary dispute
contains important American interests.
III this troublesome question should In
definitely remain open it might at some
future time become necessary for the
United States itself to define the lin -
.of the Republic OF Panama whose safety
1t guards by treaty"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
ITALIANS AGAIN
ATTACK BAPTISTS

Rome, July 3.--James P. Stuart of
st. Louis, sent to Italy by the Amer
lean Board of Baptist Missions to in
vestigate the Baptist missions and who,
with a number of other church workers
was attacked by a mob at Avellino at
the time Of the earthquake early In
June. has sent message from that dis
trict that the protection promised by
the Italian government has not been
Forthcoming. After being escorted out
of Avellino by a guard of 200 soldiers,
Mr.. stuart proceeded to Rome and had
a conference with Premier, Luzzatti.
The premier urged upon him the advis-
ability of remaining away from the
district until calm was restored there,
and also the necessity of avoiding any
retaliatory measures. He promised in
return that the American missionaries
would be amply protected. In his dis
patch received here today Mr. Stua rt
says:
Notwithstanding the promise of the
government to grant protection after
my arrival In that region. a fanaticnl
crowd attacked the Baptist mission
aries, wounding several of them with
stones. A detachment of soldiers re-
stored order temporarily"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
IS THINKING
OVER RECENT DEFEAT IN
THE POLITICAL ARENA

expected to have an important bearing
upon the fall campaign in New York
state, has not been disclosed. Mr. Girls
com said before he went up Sycamore
Hill that he would not breathe a word
of what Colonel Roosevelt and he had to
say, and the colonel today was equally
reticent. He let 1t be known, however, that
the real object of the conference was to
diagnose what he considers the ills of re-
publicanism In the state.
The prescription has not been written
and will not be, in all probability, until
after several other specialists have been
summoned in consultation. The most i'm
portant of the consultations will be that
between Colonel Roosevelt and Governor
Hughes, when the discussion of re-
publican candidate for the governors sue
ccssor will receive careful consideration.
1t is regarded as sure : that Colonel
Roosevelt will have gu deal to say
about that most perplexk y .uestion.
Colonel Roosevelt we-A d. church this
morning with Mrs. Rls y elt.
The children stayedss Sie. The remain
der Of the day Co.'s Roosevelt spent
amid the pastors ssnes of Sycamore
Hill. Today he arsS oS1ced that he will not
be able to atts - he Ira ans-Missssippi
congress at sgc eSitonio. Tex, next No
vember. r.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
AVIATOR KILLED
WHILE FLYING

Bethany Plains, Rheims, France, July g.
The opening of the second aviation meet
ing today on the historic field Of Bethany
was marked by fatal accident Oviator
Wachter being killed. Wachter was the
first of the contestants to appear for prac-
tice this morning. In his Antoinette mon
oplane he battled along with the gale
amid the enthusiasm of the spectators
until the rain compelled him to make
descent. He resumed his flights in the
afternoon and was flying magnifcently
when suddenly an explosion was heard.
The wings of the machine doubled up and
the monoplane dropped to the earth with
lightning speed. The aviator was killed In
stantly In full view of the spectators,
among whom were his wife and little
daughter.
The accident is attributed to the break
ing of the wire stays.
The prospects for the meeting, which
will continue until July 10. are excellent.
Seventy-two machines are entered in the
races representing l3 types of machines.
The prizes amount to $4,000 Americans
secured the best prizes last year at the
first international meeting here, but this
year there were NJ Americans enetred up
to yesterday. II was at Rheims that
Glenn H. Curtiss won the international
cup. flying ~. AZ miles in 13 minutes and
Is 3-5 seconds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
TWO NEGRO MURDERERS PAY
PENALTY FOR CRIME AT THE
HANDS OF DETERMINED MOB

Fox, and after picking him up and find
ing him mortally wounded. they went
to Charleston and notified Sheriff Cup.
Bloodh ounds were put on the trail and
the negroes captured in barn about
three miles from the scene of the mur-
der. They were brought to Charleston
and locked up.
Fox died shortly after he had identi-
fled the negroes, and this morning
farmers began arriving in town.
Alarmed by threats of lynching.
Sheriff Culp appealed to Gov. Hadley
for assistance and swore in a number
of deputies. The sheriff and his men
were powerless to check the mob.
The men rushed in on the frightened
negroes in the jail and took them out
side. One negro was hanged in the
jail yard after he confessed his guilt
The other negro was hurried into an
automobile and taken to the spot where
he had hid the revolver with which
Fox was shot.
He was then carried back to the
crossing of the Iron Mountain roads
and hanged to pole before a large
crowd who had gathered and who
shouted their approval of the lynching
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04

Oyster Bay, N. Y, July 3.-Colonel
Roosevelts preliminary survey of the
field of battle has been completed Like
a good general he has nothing to say of
what his plans will be. There is any
amount of speculation, some of 1t so con-
crete as to take form in confident asser-
tions, but II the colonel himself Is to be
believed when he speaks of his own cam
paign, the enemy will hear from him
when their first gun is fired and not be-
fore.
Oyster Bay learned today that Lloyd c.
Griscom, president of the New York re-
publican county committee, did not stay
over night on Sycamore Hill, as had been
expected, but that he hurried to town
under cover of darkness late last night,
taking DR.. Albert Shaw with him. Be-
fore he left he was able to give Colonel
Roosevelt a first hand account of lust
how the colonel was beaten last week at
Albany
Mr.. Griscom was in Albany In person
and the colonel tonight covered all the
maneuvers that led up to the route of
the Roosevelt-Hughes followers In the
night for the district primary In both
houses of the legislature.
The report of that conference, which Is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
NEGRO SPIRITED
AWAY BY A MOB

Dothan. July 3-Henry Mckinney, a
negro, eighteen years, has been dis
posed of at the hands of a mob of Co
lumbia citizens, according to Sheriff T.
W. Butler, of Houston county, who re-
turned tonight from that place. The
negro's fate is unknown, although he
is popularity supposed to have been
lynched.
According to Sheriff Butler, the me-
gro made an alleged confession to hav-
ing entered the room of Miss Har-
rison with criminal intent. He was
caught soon afterwards and placed in
jail. mob of fifty men is said to
have stormed the Jail, secured the pri-
soner and to have carried him toward
the Chattahoochee river. Nothing has
been heard or seen of him since.
Sheriff Butler declares that he was
summoned early Saturday morning to
bring bloodh ounds to Columbia to trace
a negro. Upon his arrival he was to
he was not needed. After returning to
Dothan, a second call came for help,
and he appealed for troops. Orders
we're issued to Captain J. c. Morris of
Company F, First Regiment at Dothan,
to be ready for saryice Upon his Sec
ond arrival at Columbia Sheriff Butler
was told that the jail had been stormed
and that the prisoner. with a rope
around his neck, had been led toward
the river. At the river bank the
sheriff claims to have found parts of
the negro's clothing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
JEWELRY FRAUD
CASES COMING UP

Washington, July 3.-The department of
justice expects that a number of in
dictments will be returned during this
week by the grand jury at Montgomery,
Ala, which for nearly a month has been
investigating the so-called 1ewelry and
furniture bankruptcy frauds which had
their ramifications in several of the south
ern states, notably in Alabama. In both
classes of alleged frauds the operations,
according to the officials here, were car
ried on on an extensive scale. In the
jewelry frauds the estimate has been
made that merchants throughout the
country have been victimized to an
amount varying from $500. coo to s., ZOO, 900,
the exact total of which probably never
will be known.
More than 200 witnesses from various
parts of the United States were sum
moned to appear before the grand jury
to give their testimony. The delay in
presenting indictments has. been due to
the great labor involved in the presenta-
ton of the cases. A dozen persons were
arrested in the preliminary proceedings
for conspiracy or for using the mails
with intent to defraud Conviction under
each charge would make the defendants
liable to severe penalties.
District Attorney w. H. Ambrecht of
Mobile has been acting as special assist
ant to the Attorney General in the prose-
cution of the cases at Montgomery
The alleged conspiracies, officials say
is one of the most serious which the
federal government has sought to prose-
cute in years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
Lots OF Time Wasted In
Roll Calls By Congress

ing liquors in the canal zone is 1920 a
year, payable semi-annually, in advance.
In the second half of the present fiscal
year five persons holding licenses dropped
out. leaving 81 licenses in force. The
total amount derived from liquor licenses
during the year was s65,4oo. The total
number Of applications received for the
next fiscal year Is So. 8sa -
Consul Alger of Mazatlan, Mexico,
sounds a note of warning against the
purchase of farms in Mexico as sug-
gested by a food of advertisements in
this country. The consul says:
ANY man not accustomed to the labor,
the climate and the language would be
hopelessly lost when meeting entirely
new and strange conditions, such as act
ually exist Nevertheless, colonization
and land companies are inducing settlers
to realize all they possess In the United
States to take up small farms of from
100 to 200 acres here. assuring them that
they will have comfortable homes and
soon become rtch.' Is
The complete Panama canal appropria-
tions for boil amount to $37, ,s5e, 800
Barring the last fiscal year, they reached
$33 63S, 900.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
STEAMERS LITTLE
HURT IN COLLISION

New York. July 5.-The steamship Baltic
Of the White Star line was In collision
with the German tank steamer Standard,
bound from Philadelphia to Copenhagen
sometime last week while 1900 miles east
of Sandy Hook. Neither ship was seri-
ously injured and both continued their
voyages
The rumor that the Baltic had been in
collision last night leaked out by wire
less in mysterious fashion and immed-
lately began to assume Importance when
1t was impossible to gain conarmation
of the captain or at the company's Of
fees. The rumor grew and gained
strength when the Baltic. which passed
Fire Island inbound at S:55 p M, failed
to appear OF Sandy Hook at the time
she should have been visible, and II was
not until c. w. Thomas, assistant gen.
eral manager Of the International Mer-
camille company, made public a private
message from the captain OF the Balsic
that the truth was known
From the average speed OF the Baltic
under normal circumstances 1t Is esti-
mated that the collision must have oc-
Cured last Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
MORE IRREGULARITIES
IN INSURANCE CASE

Albany, N. Y. July 8-Irresularities
In connection with the management of
the Phenix Insurance Co. of Brooklyn
are again set forth in a report made
to State Superintendent of Insurance
Hotchkiss, by state insurance exam
iners.
1t will be recalled that following dis
coveries of Irregularities in the man.
agement of the company, President
George P. Sheldon was removed from
office last December and later was In
dicted He died before the indictment
could be pressed. The Phenix Insur-
ance company of Brooklyn has since
been merged with the Fidelity Insur-
ance company and the combined COM
panies are now known as the Fidelity
Phenix Fire Insurance Co.. and are do
Ing an active business.
Among the new matters brought out
by the report are: That all. dividends
declared since, at least. the losses in
cident to the San Francisco conflagra-
tion have been declared on erroneous
figures, a condition Of impairment.
rather than Of surplus. having existed
during most of this time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-04
BROWNLOW LYING AT
THE POINT OF DEATH

Johnson City, Tenn. July s.-Con-
gressman Walter P. Brownlow Of the
First congressional district of Tennes-
see, who is critically III at a local hos
pital, shows symptoms of uraemic
poisoning, indicating that he is near
ing death. He was semi conscious
early this evening and. able to take
hourlshment. His attending physicians
gave out statement tonight in which
they state he has been a sufferer from
kidney affection for years, and that
his decline dates from last December.
Not until last Thursday. however, did
his condition become alarming. These
symptoms are becoming SO pronounced,
the physicians state, that he now lies
in semi state.