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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06
trustees Sale.

Notice 10 hereby given that by virtue
OF that certain deed Of trust Of record,
at page $50 Of Book Al 81 Land Deeds
Of Lefiore county, Mississippi, executed
on the 10Th day OF January, 1909. by j.
&c. Listner, and A. j. Listner, his wife,
to Robert Wilson, trustee, to secure the
payment ~ obligations to the Lefore
Building and Loan Association, and on
which payment the grantors have made
default, and which trust deed has been
assigned to j. r. Anderson; and request
having been made to me to foreclose said
instrument, ] will oifer for sale and sell
atpubiic auction TO the biggest and best
bidder, fer cash, At tho front door Of tho
Court Ii0sage In Greenwood, Miss,
within Legal hours, 81 Friday, the both
day 81 December,i 9l0,the following land
lying and being In ~the'county Of Le2ore
and State Of Mississippi, described as
beginning One Hundred and Thirty
Ave feet u35) west Of the southeast cor
ner Of Lot Three, (sl, Block &C. in the
Wilson-Harris Addition In the city Of
Greenwood, running thence east along
the south boundary line Of said Lot
Three 49,, parallel with Bell avenue, to
the southeast corner Of said lot, thence
One Hundred and Forty ll40) feet north
on the line Of the eastern boundary Of
said Lot Three, thence One Hundred
and Thirty. five (f85) feet west, thence
One Hundred and Forty (l40D feet south
10 the point Of beginning all Of said
land being in Section 10, Township 10
Range l, East, with tho privileges and
appurtsnances thereto belonging,
Tho title is believed 70 BIO good, but
/ will sell and convey only such title as
is vested in the Trustee under said in
strnment.
Witness my hand this, this End day Of
December, 1910. ROBERT WILSON,
Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06
STATE HAS
LOTS OF CASH.
obligations Cared for Earlier Than
Usual.

There is moro money In the State
Treasury now than for a long time, In
fact, 1t has been several years since the
Treasury held as much as 100000 al
this season, but today the agures will
exceed that bya good deal.
State Treasurer Edwards has In hand,
or will have as soon as the checks
reach him, about $4,000. This too, ID
the face Of the fact that the pension
warrants are all paid and most Of the
obligations Of the State up to the pres
ent have been met.
The State usually has a large out
standing indebtedness about this time
Of the year, waiting for the sheriffs to
make tax settlements In January, bnt
with the high price OF cotton, the sale
Of the bonds and the rush OF the prop
erty owners to pay their taxes early
has brought the State through a Hnan.
clal crisis that some thought, for a time
would require an extra session Of the
legislature to solve.
Gov. Noel, from tho first, said there
would be 40 need Of calling the Legis-
lat1rc together. He had figured out
just how he would pilot the ship Of
state through the crisis, and it came
out just az he said 1t would. lie said
the bonds would be disposed OF by JAN
uary l, which would relieve the strain,
and that the sale OF the States cotton
and other products would help ont. The
cotton, because OF the generally high
prices, was sold to good advantage,
while the cotton seed brought in more
revenues this year thanin any previous
year. This money has been turned into
the State Treasury to meet the pension
warrants and other obligations, while
the proceeds from tho sale Of bonds
have been paid out to meet expendi-
lures for the various State institutions,
which leaves the ~treasury in excellent
shape.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06
Notice to Contractors.

Notice Is hereby given that on the
first Monday in January, 1911, there
will be lot to tho lowest bidder, by the
Clerk Of tho Board OF Supervisors 81
Leflorc county, Mississippi, the follow
ing contract work, to-wit:
For repairing bridge over Blue Lake
at Berclair,
For iron bridge over Yazoo river at
Roebuek Landing,
For protection work above and below
iron bridges at Ashwood aud Shell
BluiI ferries,
For iron bridge at or ear French
Bond Ferry on Yazoo river.
For bridge oyor drainage ditch on
Greenwood and Sidon road.
For sealed bids for contracts for the
county and it's different notices, such
as proceedings and notices ofthe board,
notices given BY any county officer for
which the county pays, stationery aud
blanks for all of tho county oillces-in
fact, all 81 the printing for the county
that IL done by u local printing
offices.
Bidders must give bond equal to the
amount VI their bid for the faithful
performance Of their contract.
Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Witness my hand and seal this, the
7th day of December, 1910.
9. w. CROCKETT, Clerk.
BY B. p. CHATHAM, ID. 9.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06

onicial Paper Of Lehore County and Of
the City Of Greenwood.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06
Saves Two lives.

Neither my sister nor myself might
DO living today, IL it had not been for
pr. Kings New Discovery writes A, ID.
Mcdonald Of Fayetteville, N. c. R. b. D.
No, 8, 'for we both had frightful coughs
that no other remedy could help. We
were told my sister had consumption
She was very weak and had n~ightsweats
but your wonderful medicine complete
ly cured as both. It's the best lever
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$500. Guaranteed by all Druggists.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06
WORKING FOR THE
STATES WELFARE
Gov. Noel Is Putting IN Splendid Ef-
forts to Promote Prosperity.

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06

by tho assessors and supervisors a
some COMMITTEES where values have been
reduced so as to cut down the States
income from taxes.
But in the face OF all this, Gov. Noel's
administration is q business success,
and when no has thoroughly instiEed
system In all tho institutions he will
have set a mark that means the saving
OF thousands Of dollars annually TO the
State.
Among the things that have been
done under his administration is the
general movement, aided by the FEEDER
al Government, to eradicate the cattle
tick In Mississippi, This alone means
thousands Of dollars q year to cattle
r%aisers, and makes the development Of
this industry possible.
He has secured a soil survey Of the
State, which will be Invaluable to the
farmers in dlgersiflcation, and with the
progress Of this survey farmers are
looking more to corn, wheat, cattle and
hogs than would have been the case,
even with the boil weeyil pushing them
to the wall.
He recommended the enactment OF
tn 9 law for the State Normal College,
an institution at which tho teachers
for the public schoolsof Mississippi will
be trained In the art OF teaching. He
recommended the agricultural high
school act, which places a school to
teach practical farming within reach Of
every child In the State, and at practi-
cally no cost.
He recommended q State Board Of
equalization aud II this bill had been
enacted, II Is possible that, within a
few years, the farmers Of the State
would not have been paying more than
one-half the taxes on their lands as at
the present time. At the sam time, 4
system Of taxation would have been
worked ont that would have given the
State sufficient yer to meet all ex-
penditures.
Governor Noel has studied conditions
at home and compared them with those
OF other States, and has tried in sug-
costing new laws, to get the best for
the people Of his own State. Being q
practical man, az we'll as a lawyer, he
has followed litigation In which the
State has boon interested, advising and
suggesting, and has recovered more
money for the State for violations OF the
laws than any other Governor.
He recovered from the Federal Gov
eminent, in land claims, over $50, 900 In
the first two years OF his administra-
ton, In addition TO which he had more
more than 100000 acres Of land restor-
ed the public domain, worth over So
000, 900.
The Governors administration has
been q success In more ways than one,
but thero are still many things he
would like to nee done. He would like
to see q Constitutional Convention for
one thing, and believes IL ia only q ques-
tion Of time till the Legislature will
call one
He believes that a Constitutional
Convention In tho place to ramadynaaAy
OF bhe existing evils, and, for this rea.
son, favors IL. He does not believe the
state can progress as rapidly az 1t
should under the present organic law,
which does not at the time and condi-
lions as 1t should, and will favor any
movement that looks toward progress
and greater prosperity.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06
Greenwood. Miss. Friday, Jan. 6. 1911.


We have mailed statements
this week TO all Of our delinquent
subscribers outside Of Greenwood
and insist upon a prompt response
to same. These accounts are
small but they aggregate nearly
$4,000. We need this money TO
meet obligations, and viii appre
ciate the favor Of immediate re-
mittances.
GILLESPIE e SON.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06

sus.os'er'or $3.50 as yslels AOsASei
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06

Fourth Judicial District:
District Attorney
#. Il. M0RTIME
NJ. b. GRACE.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06

Messrs. Dalton McBee, Herman and
Mortar Levy, Art Jordan, of Licking
ton, and Claude Cox Of Tchnla, all came
up with abevy of pretty girls from Lex
ington last Friday evening to enjoy the
Elks New Year Ball that night.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06

Subscribers not receiving their paper
promptly will please notify the Office.
Changes in address should be reported
promptly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-01-06

Obituaries, Tributes Of Respect and
Cards ri Thanks in this paper will BIO
eaArgod for ~ the rate Of 8 cents a line
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16

Don't that sound good? Well it is
possible and very probable. At the
regular meeting of the council last
Friday evening it was decided to
circulate petition among the
voters of the community, calling an
election for the purpose of voting
bonds to build water works sys-
tenn for fire protection, primarily.
The plan is to build a steel water
tower about eighty feet high that
will hold several thousand gallons
of water and lay water main up
Main street and make connections
as needed. The estimated cost OF
the system proposed will be i'll the
neighborhood of $2500 or $4,000.
There have been so many disas-
trous fires in so many of the nearby
towns this winter that it makes one
wonder if we won't be next, and it
is very possible, with nothing what
ever to fight fire with. How many
thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty has been burned up in the
town that any kind of fire protec-
ton would have saved. We have
mentioned conditions in regard to
this matter numerous times and are
pleased that we have council at
last that will take some action. We
believe that the majority OF the
people are in favor of the PROPOSE
ton and will be glad of the chance
to do something to boost the enter
prise along.
Don't be a knocker but when the
petition is presented for the calling
Of the election sign it and when the
time comes to vote. vote YES. We
have the best little town in this part
of the state and if you don't want
to see it burned up some day, do
your duty.-Garden Grove Express.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Walters-Hardinger,

Mr.. Clark E. Walters, of Alton.
and Miss Henrietta Hardinger, of
Davis City, were married at the home
of the brides sister, Mrs. Fred Ep-
perley, in this city, at 1890 Tues
day, the ceremony being performed
in the presence of a number of rel
atives and friends, by Rev. E. NJ.
Hoff, pastor of the NJ. E. church.
= The house was beautifully deco
rated for the occasion, and after
the ceremony a wedding repast was
served. The bride is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Hardinger, Of
Davis City, and is beautiful and
charming young lady. The groom is
an energetic young man, who is. we'll
spoken Of by all who know him, the
son of prominent citizens of Alton.
The happy young couple will visit
with relatives in this vicinity and
Alton for about ten days and will
then go to Walnut Grove, Mimi,
where they will make their home on
a farm.
Among the out of town guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. J. 3. Hardinger
and daughter, Coral, of Davis City,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Hardinger, Mrs.
M. v. Leason, Misses Ogal and Hazel
Touet, Leila Bernard, and Josie Van
dali, of Osceola; Mr.. and Mrs. w.
S. Walters, daughter Eva and sons
Jesse, Glen and Floyd, Mrs. L. W.
Allison and daughter, of Alton; Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Brown. of Murray
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Streets Are Dangerous.

2 The streets in Leon on which the
sewerss we're put in last fall are in a
dangerous condition and all persons
should avoid driving over the
trenches whenever possible. When
the sewers were put in the ground
was very dry and the dirt did not
settle, and there has been no rains
since to amount to anything until
this week. The rain Monday has
caused many of the trenches to
cave, in and make great holes. In
many places the dirt in the trenches
has settled down, leaving thin crust
over the top, and this crust is liable
to break through at any time when
a team is driven over it. The city
authorities can do nothing to fix the
streets until the weather settles,
and all they can do is to place warn
ing lights at the dangerous places.
Let everybody be little careful un-
til the trenches settle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Electric Lights.

AS will be. seen in another article
in this issue, Humeston is becoming
interested in the electric light ques-
tion again, proposing to buy current
of Leon. We had this matter STIR
red up here some little time ago
and believe without doubt that
the majority of the people would
like to have electric lights here. If
current is bought from the Leon
plant it would be much better for
the two towns to go together in
building the line to carry the cur
rent. 1t was the original intention
that the Leon company would build
the line but owing to other develop
ment work they have undertaken
they do not feel able at the present
time to do so and the towns would
have to build and own their own
line. 1t would be much better for
us if Humeston would put in a
plant and we buy current from there
since the distance is but half as
far as to Leon making the line cost
much less. If Humeston could be
guaranteed the sale of certain
amount Of current to us she might
consider the matter.-Garden Grove
express
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Popular Pastor Retained.

BY a unanimous vote of the church
board and congregation Rev. J. S.
Coffin, has been retained as pastor
of the Christian church for the COM
ing year. During the year just clos
ed Rev. Coffin was employed con-
ditionally as pastor, he agreeing to
devote one half of his time to the
church work, as he had other busi-
ness interests to look after, being
manager of the Cholene Medical Co.,
but he has given up his other busi-
ness and will devote all his time to
church work, being voted handsome
increase in salary During the year
Rev. Coffin has been pastor the
church has enjoyed remarkable
growth, the membership showing a
large increase and is now the largest
in Leon. He is an earnest and en-
ergetic church worker and now that
he is to devote all his time to church
work, great things are being planned
along church work for the coming
year, and the church feels they have
done wisely in retaining him as pas
tor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Omaha Weather Balloon Found Near
DeKalb.

The United States Weather Bu-
reau is conducting a series of inter-
esting weather experiments, to show
the direction and speed of the winds
and condition of the weather, by
means of small balloons to which are
attached delicate instruments for au-
tomatically making the observations.
The balloons are about three feet in
diameter, and one of them which
was sent up at Omaha last Friday
morning came down near the ho'le
of Andy Wilson, just west of DeKalb
about $3.50 o'clock Saturday even
ing. Mr.. Wilson's attention was at
tracted by the barking of mis- dog,
and on going out of the house saw
the balloon which had fallen in bis
hog lot. Attached to the basket,
which contained the instruments was
~ p4acdfd Requesting that the finder
handle the basket carefully and re-
turn it at once to the Weather bureau
at Omaha, and they would send re-
ward of $500 for the trouble in
sending it. Mr.. Wilson expressed the
basket at once
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Icons New Depot.

A new depot has been built at
Leon, Iowa, and the citizens of that
town are to be congratulated. There
is one thing that is absolutely nec-
essary in these needed improve
ments, and that is united effort by
all the business men of town-a
continual never-let-up boost the
kind that don't faint and fall over
in it at the first failure. If the busi-
ness men of Bethany would just
buckle up their belts sufficiently
tight to keep their boosting panta-
looms" from slipping down, and all
push together, it would not be very
long until there would be "some-
thing doing" in the depot line in this
town. If there is any reason why a
town the size of Bethany, and one
that does as much business as it
does, should be obliged to put up
with such a sitting shack as is used
here for depot, we would be
pleased to have some one make that
reason known.-Bethany Republic
can
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
A Birthday Surprise.

Monday, Feb. IA, 1911, being Miss
Lola Shelton's birthday, her Sunday
School class planned very pleasant
surprise for her. The little folks,
whose ages range'from to 9 years,
gathered at her home at $3.50, and
a very pleasant hour was spent in
playing games, after which light re-
freshments were served. The little
ones took their departure leaving
lovely handkerchief shower and.
wishing Miss Lola many more such
happy birthdays.
Those present were, Willard Will
son, Willard Kier, Dorothy Lunbeck,
Don Brewer, Elmer Vanhorn, Willah
Fisher, Olive Blades, Louie Lunbeck,
Faynette Walker, Wilma Creese,
Johnnie Lunbeck, Brown Akers;
Flossie Caldow, George Haven
and Leonard Akers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Kryl Concert Co. Pleased.

A large audience attended the con-
cert given by Bohumir Kryl and his
concert company at the opera house
last Thursday evening. and it was a
rare treat for our music lovers. Bo-
humir Kryl has no equal as a cor
net virtuoso. and he has assembled
a we'll balanced company Of artists
for his concert tour. He was COM
PEELED to divide honors with his
daughter, Miss Josephine Kryl, who
is yet but q mere girl, but she has
inherited her fathers musical talent
and as violinist her equal has never
been heard in this city. Miss Marie
Edwads the pianist, became fav-
orite with the audience from the
moment she touched the keys of the
piano, and she was compelled to re-
spond to encores Of each of her num-
bers. Her left hand playing from
Lucia" as arranged by Lescheticky,
was marvellous. From the first num-
ber until the last one the audience
enjoyed the entire program.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
THIRD annual BANQUET
OF The Leon Commercial GLIB will
be Held Next "Wednesday, Bejne
WashlaQton's Birthday.

The third annual banquet of the
Leon Commercial Club will be held
on next Wednesday evening, Feb.
22nd, Washington's birthday, 1t be-
ing the custom of the club to hold
the banquet on some prominent day.
The banquet will be served at the
X. of p hall at o'clock, and will
be served by the ladies OF the Chris
tian church. Plates will be laid for
about ESQ, each member of the club
being entitled to take one lady to
the banquet. The only guests aside
from the club members will probably
be some of the officials of the Bur-
lington railroad, as the magnificent
new depot recently completed in this
city, is one of the results of the Com
mercial Clubs efforts for the gen.
eral good Of Leon. Hon. v. R. Nc
Ginnis will preside as toastmaster
and there will be number of short
responses to toasts by club members.
Following the banquet there will be
a short program and the evening will
be spent in a social manner. The
Commercial Club annual banquet is
looked forward to as the big event
each year, and it is safe to say that
none of the members will be absent
from the banquet. All members who
are in good standing will be entitled
to two tickets without charge. The
tickets can be secured at any time
after Saturday morning by calling at
Stempel & Cherrington' drug store,
and members are requested to Sc
cure their tickets as early as possibly
so arrangements can be made for
seating all.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Wycof-Bryant.

On last Wednesday, Feb~ s, at the
parlors of the Hotel Leon, occurred
the marriage of Mr.. w. E. Wycoff
and Miss Elsie Bryant, both of Grand
River, Elder ]. S. Coffin, pastor of
the Christian church officiating. A
couple of friends of the contracting
parties, Mr.. and Mrs. Chick, also of
Grand River, were the only witness
es. Mr.. and Mrs. Wycoff are highly
respected young peop!" of their COM
munity and start lif. ! journey to-
gether with the best wishes of a
large circle of friends. They will
go to housekeeping for the present
in Grand River.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Has Any One Seen Kelley?.

That is the unique inscription on
a post card photo which we received
the other day from Frank P. Kelley,
of Peoria, Ill.,, several years ago q
compositor in The Reporter Office
and now an expert linotype operator
in a daily Office at Peoria. On the
card appears pictures of Mrs. Kelley
and their three bright children: We
have not seen Kelley for several
years, but the card indicates that he
is raising pretty good family. Mrs.
Kelley will be remembered as Miss
Ethyl Penniwell, daughter of S. T.
Penniwell, of this city, and she was
also compositor in The Reporter
Office for several years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Will Not Change Our Glass.

We have been asked If the fact
that the government census only
gives Leon a population of 1891, will
reduce Leon from city of the Sec
ond class to town. It will not
make any change, as under the laws
of Iowa, the state census is used to
govern all matters of state, county
and city population, and not the
government census. The last state
census taken in 1905, gave Leon a
population of 2027, so that Leon
will still remain a city of the second
class, not withstanding the alleged
government census shows a popula-
tiOn of only 1891.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-16
Another Mexican Veteran.

It seems as if We just can't kill
off all those good old Mexican vet
Grams living in Decatur county. A
few weeks ago We stated that J. c..
Crider, of Garden Grove, was the
only one left living in Decatur coun-
ty. Then we located A. S. Ladd, at
Grand River, and now we find that
there is still another one,; Mr.. J. P.
Fisher, who lives near Lineville, and
who saw some good hard service
fighting for Uncle Sam in his skirm-
iah with Mexico. many years ago.
And still they appear. Since the
above was written we learn that A.
X. Keller, we'll known resident of
Woodland, is also Mexican veteran.
If there are any more in the county
we would like to have their names
reDOrted E,-.ls@' '5& ,i-&!.-