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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
Postum TrOt.

Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Worden and
son, Loris, and Mrs. Laura Worden,
of Tryon, Neb., spent Monday after
noon at Arthur Worden's.
Ralph LAWS and others helped A
Worden saw wood Monday afternoon.
Lloyd Smith was calling at j. ].
Smiths Monday.
J. j. Smith was a business caller
at Weldon Monday afternoon.
Fred and Claude Worden were
business callers in Weldon Monday.
Mrs. Lloyd Smith was a business
caller in Weldon Monday afternoon
Lois Smith spent Monday after
noon with George Worden.
Miss Mabel Meacham was calling
at F. Worden's Tuesday evening.
George Warner jr. moved down
near Davis City Wednesday.
Gertrude and Nellie Davis were
calling on their brother, r. X. Davis
wednesday afternoon.
George Worden was calling on
Mrs. F. Worden, Wednesday after
noon.
Those spending Wednesday even
ing at Charley Meacham's were f.
Worden and wife, Lloyd Hensley
and Ira Worden
Ralph Davis and Ina Fronk at
tended church in Weldon Wednes
day night.
This neighborhood was visited
with another heavy rain Thursday.
Little Maxeen Hicks has been sick
the past few days with the grippe
Dan Evans and family attended
church in Weldon Wednesday night.
Dave Owens, wife and two child
rem were calling at Dan Evans
Thursday.
Miss Gertrude Davis was calling
on Mrs. Lloyd Smith Friday after
noon
Lloyd Hensley spent Friday night
at E. E. Tansey's, in Weldon.
Charley and Byron Hacker helped
C. D. Worden with his work Friday.
Harry Hicks returned home from
Osceola Saturday.
Quite a number from this neigh
borhood went to Weldon Saturday.
Mrs. Vern Hicks and Plat Hicks
went to Osceola Saturday for an
over Sunday visit with the latter's
mother.
Misses Gertrude and Nellie Davis
spent Saturday night at R. K. Davis.
Little George Worden is counted
on the sick list at this writing.
Ina Fronk spent Saturday night
with Mrs. Glen Smith.
Byron Hacker was a business call
err down near Leroy Sunday morning.
R. E. Ball and family, and Mrs.
Laura Worden spent Sunday at c..
D. Worden's.
Maurice Pollard returned to his
home, near Leroy, Sunday evening
Harry Worden.
Ira Worden spent Sunday after
after spending few days with
noon at Charley Hackers.
Ralph Davis and Ina Fronk at
tended church in Weldon Sunday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Worden and
son, Newman, spent Sunday after
noon at Arthur Worden's.
Miss Lissie Worden spent Sunday
at Willie Warren's.
Loyal Golf spent Sunday at Chas.
Worden's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
DELAYED CORRESPONDENCE
High Point.

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cox, Of New
Virginia, came to Garden Grove to
attend the Williams sale and Wis.,
tied Sunday at the Will Roberts
home.
Those having the measles this
week are the Mendenhall boys, Mi
nor's boys, Mrs. Ross Fulton and
children, Fanny Chase, Bertha and
Ira Smith.
Jim Skinner and Miss Verda Lane
visited Saturday and Sunday with
Orren and Ethel Skinner.
The community was greatly
shocked when they heard of Will
kendall's death at his home in Tex
as. The remains were shipped to
Garden Grove Sunday and taken to
the home of Marshall Skinner. Fun
eral was held Monday afternoon at
High Point. The family have the
deepest sympathy of the whole COM
munity.
Mrs. Clifford Sells, of Kansas,
came Saturday to attend the funeral
Of her father, Will Kendall.
Mrs. E. G. Monroe, of Leon, spent
few days last week with her friend,
Mrs. C. P. Brant.
Miss Iva Hinebaugh went to Leon
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cronin, Mrs.
Jack Roberts and Will Roberts were
called to Woodland, Iowa. to see their
sister, Mrs. Edd Fortune, who is
dangerously sick
Frank Cronin moved last week
to a farm near Weldon, We are sor-
ry to lose them but wish them sue
cess in their new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Bumgarner
and daughter, Marie, visited Sunday
at the Fred Wooley home
Nose Trauple and family, Frank
Warrington and family spent Sun
day with G.. P. Beavers
Mr.. and Mrs. Orren Skinner Wis
tied Sunday at the Marshall Skinner
home
Word has been received here that
Ralph Baker is seriously sick at his
home in Colorado. His many
friends hope to hear of an early re-
covery. Mr.. Baker was former
resident of this vicinity.
Moving seems to be the order Of
the day. Jack Roberts moved to
his farm he bought of Frank Cronin.
Wilson Keller's moves to the Dug
hoberts farm and Bert Kentner on
the Joe Warrington farm.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
Decatur X. f.. ID. No. ,.

Jay Robb. of Osceola, came Sat
urday for few days visit with his
sister, Mrs. Jennie Norman.
Abe Miller spent Saturday night
with his sister, Mrs. Nellie Williams.
Mrs. ]. X. Norman visited We'd
nesday with Mrs. Belle Oiler.
Earl Sutherlin is visiting a few
days with relatives and friends in
Missouri
Mrs. Estella Baker and children
spent Sunday with Mrs. Vera Nc
Ghauey.
Elmer Phipps, of Kansas, is Wis
iting his brother, James Phipps.
Mrs. T. A. Sutherlin and Katie
DoboZy and Mrs. Vera McGahuey Wis
tied Tuesday with Mrs. Maggie Fork
ner.
O. E. Black and family called on
Jake Miller and family Sunday.
Sam Shaffner stopped off for a
few days visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. P. Shaffner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
lO2 Head of Cattle.

Consisting of II extra good mich cows some
with calf by side and some will be fresh soon
some good Jerseys among them. SO extra good
early calves m ostly steers the big end of them
weighing about 600 pounds. All we'll bred
Short Horn, Herefords and Aberdeen Angus
high grade Short Horn yearling bulls, full bloc
ling bull.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
Burr Oak Ridge.

Sunday was strong reminder
that winter was not over.
Mrs. Price, of Gentry, Ark, was
visiting her sister, Mrs. VIM. Hazlet
the past week.
John Osborne went to Illinois the
past week, in view of moving to that
state.
Mr.. Cohen, of Des Moines, was
looking after his farm in this vicin-
ity last week.
Merit Cozad received word that
his mother was dangerously i'll.
Mrs. Jessie Osborne departed for
Riverside, where she goes to join
her husband.
Clarence Rumley went to Pleas
anton on business, and will also visit
at Emmett Daugherty's.
. We understand Mr.. Finkbone has
rented the Arnold farm. ..-
Frank Chastain has sold a num-
Der OF fine chickens the past month.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23

Miss Eta Hines was visiting her
aunt, Miss Katie Dobozy Saturday
night and Sunday.
Charles Waters, of near Van Vert,
was visiting at T. r. Roberts Sun
day night and attended the sale at
Charley Deemer's Monday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23

Derby.
Sunday, Feb. 18th being Sprigg
Smiths birthday, his friends and
neighbors planned a very pleasant
surprise on him Saturday evening.
Refreshments of oysters, pickles,
crackers, pears, two kinds of cake
were served. All returned home at
a late hour wishing Sprigg many
more such birthdays.
Mrs. Dolph Konklin gave a china
shower at her home Saturday after
noon in honor of her sister, Miss
Verda Lane, who is to be married
this week to Mr.. James Skinner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
High Point.

Mr.. and Mrs. Keller, of Ackworth,
Iowa, returned home Saturday after
spending week at the home of their
son, Wilson.
T Mrs. Ben Woolley and children
and Mrs. Frank. Cronin spent We'd
nesday at John Cronin's. -, =
John Hinebaugh purchased the
Lewis Trauples farm. We under
stand Mr.. Traupleg has rented the
farm Of Mr.. Hinebaugh for this year.
/ Mrs: G. F. Brant visited Saturday
night with ~ q. Brant and wife at
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
Woodland.

Inc neaVy rains OF the past week
have done vast amount of good for
this part of the country, as water
was getting scarce for stock and
other purposes.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. M. Emmack, who
own restaurant and barber shop, at
Pleasanton, came Sunday for a short
visit at the John A. Adair home.
Mrs. and Mrs. D. D. Bethards and
Orville Brown and family were
guests at the Jasper Bethards home,
week ago Sunday.
A number from here attended the
Lewis Trauple sale near High Point,
Wednesday. Our tOWnsmen, Bright
and Cox, served lunch.
Owing to the roads being very
muddy Erie l.. Beavers went to Gar
den Grove Tuesday and met sales
man, and purchased new spring
goods for his store at this place.
Novia Adair has been quite sick
the past two weeks with tonsilitis,
but is able to be up again.
NOVA S. Beavers went to Kansas
City, Mo-, to attend the auto show,
returning home Friday. He spent
one day in St. Joseph, Mo-, with his
old time friend. Harrison S. For
grave.
Mrs. Vivian Lockwood and Mrs.
Elma Beavers and two children were
guests Wednesday at the J. w. King
home.
C. p. Beavers, from near Leon,
was looking after business matters
in this vicinity last Wednesday.
Chas. D. and Mart Newlin and J..
Lockwood jr attended Oscar Ellis
sale, near the Pioneer school house,
Wednesday.
| G. M. Jennings, Jasper Bethards
| and 1rl Beavers were transacting
business at Lineville Friday.
Friends here received word the
| past week, of the birth of little
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Talbot Hartman,
Mrs. Hartman are both we'll known
former residents of this place and
| their many friends are extending
their congratulations and wishing
the little one will grow up to be as
popular as his father.
The trustees met Saturday and
let the roadwork for the east half
of the township, to S. R. Harness.
who did the work last year in a very
satisfactory manner.
Owing to the rain storm Friday
night, there was no meeting of the
Woman lodge, but there will be
meeting Friday night, Feb. "a, and
all members are requested to be
present.
Erema and lone Woolman spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Erie L.
Beavers.
Moving will soon be the order of
the day, and a number of families
are looking for place to move.
Elmer Bay, who resided miles
southeast of Lineville, died early
measles and will be buried at 2 p. m.
this (Monday) morning from the
Tuesday at Clio. Mr. Bay formerly
lived miles east of here and was
highly respected citizen and the
many friends of the family in this
vicinity extend their deepest sympa-
thy to the bereft family.
Ed Patton was a Leon caller Sat
urday.
C. D. Newlin and c. p. Browning
attended a sale. near Leon, Tuesday.
Miss Nora Rains went Tuesday
FL q short visit w;:r Mr.. anu NJ.
Carl Rains, south OF town.
=. u. French's sale, last Wet,nes-
Gay, was well attended and the stuff
sold brought good prices. Riley
Buchanan, Of Leon, was the auc-
|tioneer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
Pleasant Valley.

Several of the neighbors attended
the sale at Charley Deemer's Mon
day.
Julia Virden is working for Mrs
Art Scott
Mrs. T. R. Roberts and daughter
Blanche, were Leon visitors Satur.
day.
Frank Roberts is working for Mr.
Cresswell
Levi Virden is working for T. A
Sutherlin.
Beatrice Christofel was visiting
with her mother one day last week
She returned to Leon Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-02-23
Washington Once Gave tn

to three doctors; was kept in bed for
five weeks. Blood poison from a spid-
er's bite caused large, deep sores to
cover his leg. The doctors failed,
then "Bucklen's Arnica Salve COM
pletely cured me-" writes John Wash
ington, of Bosqueville, Tex. For &C.
zema, boils, burns and piles it's SUI
preme. Csc. at Van Werden & Kopp's.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13
DEVASTATING CHINA

the present time. Rebellions have
arisen in not less than three different
quarters. Reports received state
that in the province Of Kanzu 20
600 Mohammedans are threatening
Sing Flu. The Canton authorities are
worried by terrorists, and reports
also have been received that Chinese
troops in Tibet have been defeated
with a loss of 600 men and have re-
tired into Lhassa. The Monaghan
princes and religious heads are unit
ing against the Chinese development
and colonization schemes and are
reported to have appealed to Russia
for protection. The people of the
province of Szechuan have arisen in
protest against the railway projects,
chiefly the Szechuan-Hankow pro-
ject. At present the troops are main
tanning order, but the situation
hinges on their remaining loyal.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13
Our Dry Goods and Notion Department.

Like unto the falling leaves of Fall respIendant Of
veou coor shades patterns decreed by the eaders Dress
will there Suting Sosetts Silks
Mohar Gnghams Percaes Fancy Hair Ornaments Barrete
Combs Genuine Leather Hand Bags Collars and Jabo endless
prouson and at prices within reach of everybody.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13
DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED.
Mr.. 7. A. Bass Badly Hurt by Mr..
G. K. Hammer.


Last Friday dispute regarding
rent arose between Messrs. T. A.
Bass and C. E. Hammer in the black
smith shop of the latter, and re-
suited in a dangerous wound on the
head of Mr.. Bass. The blow is said
to have been inflicted with heavy
iron rasp welded by Mr.. Hammer.
Mr.. Bass was rendered uncon-
scious for several hours, and for a
time it was feared the wound would
prove fatal. At last reports he was
much improved, and his recovery
seems assured.
Mr.. Hammer was arrested on a
warrant sworn out by Mr.. J. ]. Bass,
brother of the injured man, and car
ried before Judge Jones. His bond
was assessed at 5000 and signed by
three citizens. Next day they asked
to be released, and Mr.. Hammer was
placed in jail. Monday his father
and another gentleman from Terrell
county made bond and set him at
liberty.
Mr.. Bass is county treasurer and
one of the most popular men in the
county. His many friends will re-
joice to know that he is on the road
to recovery. -Cuthbert Leader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13

When your doctor orders you to
stop work it staggers you. Il can't, F"
you say. You know you are weak,
rundown, failing in health, day by
day, but you must work as long as
you can stand. What you need is
Electric Bitters to give tone, strength
and vigor to your system, to prevent
breakdown and build you up. Don't
be weak, sickly or ailing when Elec-
trio Bitters will benefit you from the
first dose. Thousands bless them
for their glorious health and
strength. Try them. Every bottle
is guaranteed to satisfy. Only soc
at Dawson Drug Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13
THOUSANDS LOSE LIVES AND
PROPERTY LOSS is HEAVY.
Cotton and Rice Crops Have Been
Obliterated. Government Also
Has Rebellion on Hands.


PEKIN, China.-The great flood
which is devastating a part of the
Chinese empire extends from Ich-
tang, in the province of Hupeh, to
Shanghai, on the coast, a distance of
about 700 miles. The banks of the
Yang Ste Kiang have been obliter-
ated except in the highlands and
around the walled cities and towns.
So far the loss of life can only be
estimated, but it is believed thous-
ands Of persons have been drowned.
Farm houses and brush huts have
been submerged throughout the en-
lre distance, or are floating down
the river. The loss to foreign prop
erty IS extensive.
Shanghai trade has been seriously
affected and the cotton and rice crops
IN the Yang Ste Kiang valley have
Oeen completely destroyed. The con-
Sequent famine will doubtless be
uore severe than of last year. The
LAO river in Manchuria is also flood
eu Many have been drowned, and
certain.
Inc Chinese government has other
Important matters confronting it at
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13
CASTING BOTTLES INTO OCEAN
The Old Occupation of Captain Alex
ander Simpson for 20 Years.

nc OIu OSSupdNAOAA Va OeApttNAh HAAOA0
ander Simpson for 20 Years.
1t seems a silly occupation, doesn' t
it, just to spend long years casting
bottles into the ocean? Well, it
isn't. So declares Capt. Alexander
Simpson, fellow of the Royal Geo
graphical Society of England, who
has been spending lot of time cast
ing bottles into the water during the
last twenty years. Like bread cast
on the water" Capt. Simpsons bot
ties are coming back. He is interest
ed in the trend of ocean currents
and is proving lot of interesting
things about the way the deep blue
water flows. He says that a number
of bottles tossed overheard near Cape
Horn were picked up long after
wards off the southern coast of Aus
tralia. Another was put into the
ocean at Cape Town and four and a
half years later was picked up on the
Shetland Islands. Capt. Simpson has
put ten thousand bottles to work
since he began this scientific pastime,
and says they are coming back at the
rate of three every week. They come
from all parts of the world, and they
tell stories of long journeys along
currents hitherto uncharted. They
tell also of differing speeds made by
different currents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13
MRS. NANCY WILLIAMS.
A GrandchiId Pays Tribute to the
Memory of a Good Woman.

ACI1OEy VI a NOON w OAA"h'
On Thursday, August II, 1911,
the death angel visited our midst
and took from us our loved grand
mother, Mrs. Nancy Williams. She
was sick just one week with that
dread disease, typhoid fever. All that
could be was done to save her,
but the Lord knoweth best, and He
doeth all things we'll. Grandmother
was a member of the First Baptist
church of Bronwood, in which town
she was laid to rest in the city of
the dead. She was 81 years old.
Grandmother leaves an afflicted
husband and five grown children to
mourn her death and to await the
call for them-Mr w. c. Williams,
Mrs. w. A. Jones, Mrs. Ben Thomp-
son, Mr.. Frank Williams and Mr..
George Williams.
Beautiful and impressive services
were conducted by Rev. John Martin,
and loving hands tenderly laid her
to rest to await the resurrection.
Not now, but in the coming years,
1t may be in the better land,
Well read the meaning of our tears,
And then we'll understand"
LONE WILLIAMS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13
REMARKABLE old PEOPLE
A BAND OF AGED FRIENDS is
BROKEN BY GRIM REAPER.
Residents of Brooks County Com
munity and Each Member More
Than Eighty Years Old.

Ahdh LlShbJ AGdtIS OIus
QUITMAN, Ga.-Mrs. Lavina
Young, who died here yesterday
morning at the age of SO, was one
of a group of very remarkably old
people, neighbors and relatives. She
and her husband, J. E. Young, who
died in 1874, were one of the first
three families who settled here, and
the present site. of Quitman was part
of the Young plantation. The other
two families are those of Judge J. o..
Morton and Mr.. Randolph Ayera.
Judge Morton is hale and hearty
at the age of 81, and his wife is Mrs.
Young's only surviving sister, and is
now Sc; Mrs. Randolph Avera was
Mrs. Young's first cousin, and is now
'83; Mr.. Avera, her husband, is So.
Mrs. Mcintyre, another sister of Mrs.
Young, died last winter at the age
of So.
The three families are neighbors,
and live in the homes they first built
here. 1t has been the custom of this
group of old ladies to spend their
birthdays together for many years
and all of them have enjoyed unusu-
al health and taken an active interest
in life.
Mrs. Young was in many ways a
remarkable woman. After her hus-
bands death she took charge of their
farm and managed it with remark
able success, directing every detail
of its operation and the Kingfsher
plantation, now managed by her son,
Mr.. E. J. Young, is one Of the richest
in the county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13

We hope you will find it convenient to stop i'm
and look us over and we will be pleased to SHOW
whether you buy not.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13

Radiant with Dame Fashions newest and choicest creations for Fall
cordially public COMPLETE
this section Our Mr. Sam Martps just returned from New York and the East
Fashion
English and of al
summary will completeness necessary
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13
"GOD KNOWS MY SIM"
Missouri Methodist Conference Meets
to Find Its Secretary Missing.

Columbia, Members of the
Missouri Methodist Conference de-
parted for their homes today stunned
by the sudden disappearance of the
Rev. H. H. Johnson of Clarence, Mo-.
secretary of the church board of ex-
tension and one of the leading South
ern Methodist ministers in Missouri
He left a note saying:
God knows my sim"
A successor has been elected.
Members of the conference refuse
to discuss the case.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound

still retains it's highest place as the
best household remedy for all coughs
and colds, either for children or the
grown persons. Prevents serious re-
suits from a cold. Take only the
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound and refuse substitutes. Daw-
son Drug Co. and Peoples Drug
Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-09-13

Heavy, impure blood makes mud
dy, pimply complexion, headaches
nausea, indigestion. Thin blood
makes you weak, pale, sickly. Bur
dock Blood Bitters makes the blood
rich, red, pure-restores perfect
health.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-11-09

Many millions Of dollars are spent
annually in retaining land in the
west. Missouri farmers would do
well. many Of them, to spend a little
energy retaining the waste land on
their farms. Pastures grown up in
ragweed are waste land. The strip
Of weed along the fence Is worse than
waste land. In many places on the
average farm, may be found en- op-
portunity to kill out weeds or lrush
and plant something useful Land ia
too expensive to lie idle.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-11-09

Some farmers are harvesting only
the ears of corn and leaving the
stalks standing In many cases these
stalks will be plowed under without
any further attention. This is abso.
lutte waste, and is just as bad as
throwing silver dollars into the river
or lighting a fire with greenbacks.
Corn fodder is valuable feed If it is
properly saved, and those men who
do not save it are not farming az
probably as they might.
1t is easier to keep live stock we'll
than to doctor them afterward. Good
feed and careful, regular handling are
large factors in the health of the ami.
mails.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-11-09
CARE Of FALL LAMBS
SIMILAR TO THAT
FOR OTHER LAMBS.
e. A. Trowbridee. Assistant Profess
sor Of Animal Husbandry,
University of Missouri

The care of fall lambs does not
greatly differ from that of other
lambs. Mother and offspring should
be kept by themselves until the lamb
is strong enough to be turned with
the other ewes and lambs. The oh.
ject is to grow and fatten these
lambs as rapidly as possible for the
winter market, consequently they
should have grain ration as soon
as they will eat. A satisfactory grain
ration consists of oats, corn and, bran,
onc-third each by weight the oats be.
ing crushed and the corn ground.
This should be fed by building lamb
creep in which the grain is placed.
A creep may be made by fastening
UPRIGHT boards six or eight inches
apart, as a partition between two
pens, so as to admit the lambs, but
not the ewes.
While the lambs are on pasture dur.
ing the day they will eat only a
small amount of hay, but as soon az
they are kept up" they will consume
considerable hay. This hay should
always be clean and we'll cured. It
Lest consists of some leguminous
crops. and lambs must not be expect
ed to eat the coarser stems. Both
grain and hay should be changed Ire
uuently Sd that no sour feed is ever
found in the troughs.
Fall lambs should never be left out
Of doors through the cold storms of
early winter if proper gains are ex-
pected. They should be supplied with
all the comforts possible in the way
of water, shelter and attention, and il |
these are given the results will be
and the remuneration |
profitable, !