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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-10-21

Use Dahnke-W Walker Milling Co. Jer-
sey Cream Flour, home product, and
guaranteed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13
A REPUBLICAN CRISIS.

Western voters will be glad to
know that President Taft and his adj
visors have decided that the repub-
lican party must stand or fall in the
coming congressional election &C
cording as it has fulfilled the pledges
made in the presidential campaign
by enacting them into law
Notwithstanding the presidents
approval of Senator Aldrich and the
Aldrich-Taft tariff, the western mind
is satisfied that the pledge which
brought Judge Taft most of his west
tariff.
The insurgency of western con-
gressmen against the Aldrich tariff
bill was inspired by the attitude of
western voters who voted for Taft
because he had promised them tariff
reduction, but who will vote against
his candidates for congress this fall
because the promise has not been
carried out.
President Taft's action in with
holding patronage from congressman
who refused to betray their con-
.;tituents and accept the yoke of east
ern mill bosses and captains of fl
nance makes the issue strikingly
clear The revolt of western voters
against Aldrichism and all that it
signifies will surprise him, but he
can blame no one but those whose
advice has blinded him to facts and
whose anxiety to serve the eastern
trusts exceeds their regards for Mr..
Taft or the republican party.-Chi-
cago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13
CHANGE IN BALLOTS.
Marked Innovation in Names at the
Coming Primary Election.
An innovation will mark I'll

An innovation will mark the pre-
pairing of the primary ballots at the
coming state and county primary to
be held in the summer as a result of
the operation of the new Peterson
Lee law In other words the names
of the candidates will not appear al
alphabetically on the ballots at the
primary this year. The new statute
requires the names of the candidates
to be shown alphabetically only in
the county showing the highest num-
Der of votes at the last general cleo
ton.
The county showing second high
est takes the ticket prepared for the
first and transfers the first name to
the bottom of the ticket, leaving the
second name to appear first. This
order is followed through all the
counties in turn.
While the matter is somewhat in
tricate, it removes the possibility of
a candidate who chances to have his
name begin with CA. securing the
results as the men who, having no
choice, often vote for the first name
on the ticket.
oecfeLdIS ol 0ldIe hayward mas
prepared the list of counties in order
as their total vote places them, it has
been certified to the counties and they
in turn will have to prepare their
local tickets in the same manner, ar
ranging the highest city, town and
township in order. Secretary Hay
ward has received the lists from the
printer and will send them out to the
county auditors soon.
The following is the order of the
first ten counties of both the republi-
cans and democrats. On the republi-
can list Decatur stands in 65th place,
having cast 2,079 votes for governor,
and on the democratic list Decatur
has 43rd place, having cast 1,771
votes for governor:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13
STARTLING CRIME STATISTICS.

Do you know our criminals cost us
S3,500,O0O a day, asks Hugh C.
Weir in the World Today.
Do you know that 100000 persons
whom the law never touches-are
engaged in the systematic pursuit of
crime as a business,
IS. Do you know that the American
piclSpockets are as thoroughly Or
ganized as any trades union?
!, Do you know that the pickpockets
of New York retain the permanent
services of one of the best known
criminal lawyers of the United States
to look after their 'tinterests?"
Do you know that there is GER
tain wealthy resident of New York
who owes his income to the fees of
prominent criminals, who pay him
to travel up and down the country as
fixer" between them and the po-
lice?
Do you know that during the past
ten years the tramp burglars of this
country have almost doubled?
There are four and half times as
many murders for every million of
twenty years ago?
i he SlS ldCC dDOuI IL dll Is
that the rest of the world does not
share these statistics. Our increased
wickedness is confined to our own
borders. In the march of civiliza-
ton, as applied to the protection of
public life and public property, we
have fallen woefully behind. We
may lead the globe in many things.
We assuredly lead it in crime. In 95
per cent of the homicides of Ger
many the guilty person is brought to
justice. In Spain the number of con-
victions is IS per cent of the total
number of crimes. In France, it is
81 per cent; in Italy, II per cent; in
England, SO per cent. Do these
facts-when offset against our two
convictions in every hundred MUIR
ders-explain why our lawlessness is
increasing; why we have more homi-
cides every year than Italy, Austria,
France, Belgium, England, Ireland,
Scotland, Spain, Hungary, Holland
and Germany combined?
These are not theories. They are
facts.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13
NV york cone ressman he

A New York congressman has
made an admission which most peo-
pie will applaud, though they may
not always think just that way when
it comes to vote. The congressman
aforesaid says that ten years is as
long as any man ought to serve in
congress, for after that many years
he gets tied up in SO many ways and
with so many things that are not
what the people in his district con-
slider proper that he fails to be of
any benefit to the people who elected
him. A new man in congress looks
at things from a different angle than
does one who has become acquainted
with all the ropes and runways that
infest the national capital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13
RACE SUICIDE In THE COMMON
WEALTH OF IOWA,
School Census of the Hawleye State
Shows Quite big Decrease this
Year

Has so-called race suicide taken
hold in Iowa, or are the school CEN
sus enumerators derelict in their
duty?
The school population of Iowa is
on the decline. The count last made
shows a failing off of over 5000
from the one the year before.
In accordance with the law which
requires that the superintendent of
public instruction shall file with the
auditor of state before the first of
each year list of the children of
school age in each county, Superin-
tendent John F. Riggs has filed his
annual report on this subject 1t
shows:
Persons of school age,
males ......... 345, 1913
Persons of school age,
females 33S, 623
Total. ....... 6S4,746
Excess of males. 1900
The total for 1909 reported was
5,119 less than for the previous
year. This is the smallest enumera-
ton since 1892. In 1892 there were
6S7,150 school children reported,
and the number increased up to 1900
when the report showed 731,154,
which is $4,000 more than the count
at this time.
Of the males reported 17v,277 re-
side in the city, town and village cor
porations, and 1856 in rural dis
tricts. Ofsthe females reported 1885,
S97 live in town and 161,726 in the
country. 1t will be thus seen that the
boys thrive best in the country and
the girls in town.
The total enrolment this year was
SIS, 446, or a little more than three
fourths of the total enumeration.
The average attendance at school
was 361,S05, which is less than SO
per cent of the number of school age
There are in Iowa 361, 419 persons
of the ages from Z to 14-the ages
of compulsory education.
The average monthly cost for tut
ton for each pupil in attendance was
$2.54 and this is on account of teach
ers' salaries only.
The teachers of the state were
paid during the year $S,0O4,345.69,
and the total costs of schools includ-
ing all expenditures was $12,7O2,-
229.10.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13

The detailed report of the secre-
tary of agriculture for the year
1909 shows Iowa second of the states
in corn crop. Illinois being first
Iowa's crop of corn is, however, g.
$780, 900 bushels greater than in
1908, according to the government
report The acreage of corn in Illi-
nois this year was 100000 and
in Iowa 100000. The 1909 crop of
corn in Illinois is estimated at 800,
10000 bushels and in Iowa is put
at 2S9, 100000 bushels. Missouri is
third in corn crop, but is nearly 49,
00e, 900 bushels behind Iowa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13
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
Thomas P. Mcconnell deceased.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrator of the
estate of Thomas P. Mcconnell, late
of Decatur 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
deceased or his estate will present
them in manner and form as by law
required, for allowance and payment.
Dated this 8th day Of January,
A. D. 1910.
M. A.. Johnston.
21-3t Administrator.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13

Thirty-seven thousand Oklahoma
women have signed a petition for
suffrage. That portion of our popu-
latioa who regard Cleveland, Ohio,
as the far west will note with aston
ishment that there are that many
Women in Oklahoma.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13

This state is paying out large
sum every year for the luxury of bad
roads," says the Boone News-Repub-
lican. st is a losing proposition
Money that is lost on account of the
present condition of the roads would
line the highways with gold. 1t is
simply astonishing that a civilized
country will continue to suffer this
great loss and make no effort to i'm
prove conditions"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13

During the long, dreary winter
months mothers become tired, worn
out, can't eat, sleep or work. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea is the
greatest blessing for mothers. Makes
them happy, healthy and strong. w.
G. Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13

Most disfguring skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, ETC., are
due to impure blood. Burdock Blood
Bitters is cleansing blood tonic.
Makes you clear-oyed. clear-brained,
clear-skinnad.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13

The long indoor life of winter
makes the blood weak, the system
easily catches cold and disease. IIol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea is the
greatest winter remedy; prevents
colds and disease; keeps you well
all winter. 35 cents, Tea or Tab
lets. w. c.. Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-01-13

The family tree sometimes bears
pretty poor fruit.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20
WOSRE THAN BEING DRUNKARD
"Disgrace for Father to Have Twelve
Children" Says Suffragist.

washington, April l5.-"Ten
years hence to be the father OF 10 or
IL chiidren Will be as much or a
disgrace as being confirmed drunk
ard Is at present, last night declar-
ed Mrs. Lareine Helen Baker, OF Spo-
Kane wash sufraget'e' who will
be heard along original lines or
thought at the convention Of the Ma
tional woman Suffrage Association,
which opened IN this city yesterday.
Her studies or children all over the
world, she said, had convinced her
that mot more than 10 per cent OF
them are chlldren, or love and the
other w per cent are not wanted
Roosevelt, poor, ignorant man.
she con 'lhued, urges large Families,
put tell you II Is qual1ty IN chill
dreh, not quantity. woman suffrage
Will petter chlldren, Tor 1T VIII pro-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure
any case Of kidney and bladder trou-
bic not beyond the reach of medicine.
No medicine can do more. J. w. Bell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20
Child ron CRY
FOR FLETCHER'S
G q 8 r Q RIA
KILLED wOMAN; BURNED BODY
Ninctccn-Irar-Old Boy Has Confess
ed Murder Of Mrs. Allison.

Richmond, Ind, April 15.--A 49,
year-old boy, Charles Revelee, con-
fessed that it was he who beat and
burned to death Mrs. Charles ALI
son at her home near Cambridge
City, according to the statement OF
Chief Of Police German, who arrest
ed Revelee at a hotel in this city.
The night before the murder, Rev
elee says, he slept in the barn on the
Allison farm. In the morning he
watched Allison and his employees
go to field two miles away, and
then he slipped out Of the barn and
into the house.
He knew where Allison and his
wife kept some jewelry and money
and he went directly to this room.
He was gathering up the valuables
when he was caught by Mrs. Allison,
who at once recognized him. Knock
Ing the woman down he crushed her
skull with club, ran to the kitchen
for the Gasoline can, poured oil on
his victims clothing and put a
match to It,
Waiting 10 see the body enveloped
in flames and satisfied that the house
would take fire, Revelee fled from
the place and came to this city.
The alleged confession gave rob-
berry as the motive for the crime and
Revelee says that Mrs. Allison inter-
rupted him while he was searching
for valuables.
Revelee was arrested this, morning
and broke down after few hours
of questioning. The woman's home
was fred following the murder.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20
Poor Old DR.. Cook.

Fairbanks. Alaska, April 17.-The
Fairbanks expedition to Mount Nc
kinley, the tallest peak in North
America, reached the summit April
3, after climb of one month from
the base. No traces Of Dr. Frederick
A. Cooks alleged ascent were found.
The mountains height Is 0,464 feet
The expedition. headed by Thomas
Lloyd. had Dr.. Cooks maps and en-
dcavOred to follow his supposed
route, but utterly failed to verify
any part of his story OF an ascent.
The climbing was fairly easy up
to $4,000 feet, then there is 1000
feet over a steep ice field and q quick
dash to the summit. There are two
peaks of equal height and on one of
these, rock and windswept, the
American flag was planted. The
other peak is snow-covered.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20
TOOK WIFE FROM HUSBAND.
Two Men Arrested on Charge of As
sault and Battery.

Lexington, S. c., April Id. w.
Starncs, Jr., and Vastine S. n. JEFF
coat, two white men, were arrested
yesterday upon warrant sworn out
by b. J. Jefcoat, charging conspir-
acy and riot and assault with intent
to kill. Starnes is the father-n-law
of Jefcoat and Vastine ,Iefcoat Is the
uncle Of the prosecutor.
The crime is alleged to have been
committed several weeks ago. The
warrant charges tina; the two men
took Eltie Jefcoat, the complainant's
wife, from the house OF J. l.. JEFF
coat, where he and his wife were
spending the night.
Starnes claims that his daughte"
was being roughly treated by her
husband, and, at her request, he took
her home with him.
b. }. Jefcoat killed woman a few
years ago, while she was sitting in
the house with two babies on her
lap, 1t is said. He was tried for the
killing, but was acquitted upon the
ground that the killing was acciden-
tai and on account Of his age, it hav-
ing been claimed that he was only
about fourteen years old.
Both of the defendants have been
released upon bonds of $500.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20
Red Men Adjourn.

Columbia, April 4.--The State con-
vention Of the Red Men, which has
been in session here, adjourned last
night. after an elegant banquet. The
following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Grand Prophet,
j. S. Booth, Chester; Great Sachem,
otto K1ettner. Newberry; Great Sen
ior Sycamore, J. p. Carlisle, Green
Vile; Great Junior Sycamore, j. G..
Long, Union; great Chief of Records,
b. G. Wallace, Sumter; Keeper of
Wampnm, S. NJ. Clarkson. Columbia;
Great Representative, Cole l.. Blease,
Ncwberry; Trustee, II. G.. Summers,
Ncwberry
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20
BOTTLE SEALED UP IN TREE.
Found In Heart Of Maple, Where II
Had Been for Thirty Years.
Council Bluffs Cor Sioux City Jour
nal

Council Bluffs Cor. Sioux City Jour
A pint bottle, filed with rare old
whiskey, the age Of which IS uncer-
tain, has been found here, imbedded
solidly in the heart Of a maple tree,
almost four feet in diameter.
President Graham, of the park
board, concluded that there we're 900
many trees in Bayliss Park, breath
ing spot in the center OF the city, so
the naples that we're planted more
than fifty years ago. when Council
Bluffs was first given a place upon the
Iowa map.
One particular tree that was in the
course OF the new path that was pro-
posed was marked for the sacrifice
The choppers felled this tree. finding
it solid from circumference 10 enter.
Saving the trunk into four-foot
lengths, eight feet from the butt the
saw just missed long-necked black
bottle. Observing it, the choppers
carefully hewed away the wood.
when, to their surprise, they brought
forth, tightly corked, bottle OF one
pint capacity, filled with liquor The
cork was removed and the odOr of
liquor became apparent. 1t was sam
pied by experts, who pronounced ii
whiSkey Of most superior quality.
How the bottle Of whiskey got into
the center Of the huge maple tree is
a mystery that even the oldest set
tier Is unable to solve. At no place
about it was there any cavity, and,
counting the rings Of wood from the
place where the bottle was lodged,
each one Of which represents years
growth of the tree, it must have
been there thirty years. Besides this,
old settlers state that the bottle is of
the type in use from fifty to sixty
years ago. The bottle and contents
have been placed in the public H.
| Drary as a curio.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20
HEARST SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY.
Independence League Now Ready to
Stand with the Party.

Washington, April 14.-John Tenn
pie Graves, former candidate for Vice
President on the Independence
League ticket, arrived back in the
Democratic ranks with his party at
the jefferson day dinner here last
night, and amid cheers flung out the
banner OF William Randolph Hearst.
Eugene n. l'oss, the new representa-
tive and recent convert to Democracy
from Massachusetts, was warmly
welcomed.
II required four hours Of good, old
Fashioned Democratic oratory TO ap-
pease the post-prandial appetites Of
the several hundred diners. On the
end of it all came the reading Of the
now famous letter from William Jen- :
nings Bryan. in Brazil. AS the mid
morning hours, it began to look as #
Mr.. Bryan aud his missive had been
quite forgotten.
Mr.. Graves converted the dinner
into a scene Of political enthusiasm
unequaled in the capital in a decade
The sensation was sprung as a
complete surprise, after dozen
Democratic leaders had bitterly ar
raigned the Republican administra-
ton and predicted victory at the polls
in the coming elections.
Pledged to Democracy.
He virtually pledged the 1ndepend-
ents to Democracy, but he declared a
party half Bryan, half Belmont, half
Hearst, and half Ryan" cannot be
harmonious.
Declaring that new leader must
be chosen, he told the diners to aban-
don hybrid Democracy and stand
united against the divided Republi-
can party.
When he arose to speak, immedi-
ately after Senator Gore had made a
stirring attack upon the administra-
ton, he plunged straight into the
subject with a statement that the old
discords must be forgotten.
"The Independence party has been
simply party Of protest against
Dempcratic chickering's" he said.
"But the Independence party stands
for the people and 1t believes the
time has come, with solid front in
the array OF Democracy, to join forces
and fight for the common cause, the
defeat, Of the common enemy"
Democrats Enthusiastic.
When the 700 Democrats caught
the full significance of the message,
they arose in body and the hall was
filed with cheers. Tumultuous ap-
plause lasted for five minutes, and
when 1t had subsided Mr.. Graves
sounded his note of warming against
further discords and bade them heal
the old scars and stand together.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20
FOLEYSTfOH fOH1EY YAn6rAR
ee@pe eEA0 G0ssGh and h0a2o 1ssm6O

The, potato occupies a relatively
more important position in Germany
than In other European countries. 1t
Is not only employed largely for food
conversion into starch and alcohol.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets assist nature in driving all
impurities out Of the6system, insur-
Ing a free and regular condition and
restoring the organs OF the body to
health and strength. Sold by Seneca
Pharmacy. Seneca; L. G.. Martin,
clemson College, S. c..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20

day. Governor PattcrSOn's statement
giving his reasons for the pardon,
however, has added to the bitterness
between the opposing factions. He
is believed to have implied censure
on the prosecution and the courts in
spite Of his declaration that no slight
is meant. 1t can but result in fur
ther dissenSion.
Patterson Guarded by Detectives.
Nashville, Tenn, April l4.-Gov-
ernor Patterson is under close sur
veillance by private detectives. That
an attempt on his life is feared as
the result OF the political agitation
following his pardon Of Col. Cooper
is shown by the careful manner in
which his every step is dogged.
The bond Of Robin j. Cooper, who
was granted new trial by the Su-
preme Court for the death Of En-
Senator Carmack, was to-day reduced
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Governor Patterson gives the fol-
Cooper, and they appear upon the
pardon:
AT the January term, 1909, Of
the criminal court for our county Of
Davidson, d. b. Cooper and Robin
Cooper were found guilty of murder
in the second degree and sentenced
to undergo confinement Of 20 years
each in the State penitentiray, and
the judgment of the lower court has
Just passed in review before the Su-
preme Court Of the State, resulting
In an atfrmance OF the sentence as
to ID. B. Cooper and reversal as to
Robin Cooper. Being thoroughly fa-
mtliar with the record. having read
all the testimony and testified to GER
tain facts within my personal knowl-
edge, it is neither desirable nor nee
essary to delay action for petitions
to be presented asking Executive
clemency.
In my opinion neither Of the de-
PENDANTS Is guilty. and they have not
had fair and impartial trial. hut
were convicted contrary to law and
evidence. The action OF the Supreme
Court in yacating the judgment as to
Robin Cooper leaves the sentence Of
final conviction as to this c0-defend-
ant. The proofs showed that Robin
Cooper killed the deceased and that
d. B. Cooper did not fire a shot.
Without reflection upon the court II
is inconceivablc to my mind and re-
pugnant to every principle of JUS
tice that man should be found
guilty Of murder who was not in a
conspiracy to kill and who, in fact.
did not kill"
This statement has done much to
spread bitterness among the advo-
Gates OF the Coopers and Of Carmack.
1t Is believed that the implied cen
sure on the prosecution and courts
in spite Of the declaration that no
slight Is meant, can but result in fur
thcr dissension Of greater heat than
any developed in the case save by
the actual killing OF Carmack.
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-20
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Although Japan's newest railroad
will have one to fifteen tunnels and
about 800 bridges in It's 1876 miles,
not a steam shovel, pneumatic stone
drill or power pile driver has been
utilized in its construction.