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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
New Court Cases.

William Lee VS.. Polk Beasley. The
plaintiff is a grain buyer at Davis
City, and sues the defendant for
$o,OVv damages, claiming he has
been injured in that sum by reason
of defendant telling various parties
that he would cheat them by not CIV
ing them fair weights for grain sold
to him. Sharp & Parrish attorneys
for plaintiff.
James A. Gallagher vs.. Belle
Dunn ct al. The parties are the
heirs of James Gallagher, who died
March 1, 1907, owning at the time
lots 1 and 2, block %, town of
Weldon. Plaintiff asks that the
property be sold and the proceeds
divided among the legal heirs. s..
H. Amos, attorney for plaintiff.
j. H. Warrington VS.. G. G. Tabler
Suit is brought on a promissory note
amounting to $26O.95. S. H. Amos,
attorney for plaintiff.
Perry M. Worden ct. al. VS.. Luther
A. Worden ct. al. The parties are
the heirs of Silas Worden, who died
Oct. 23, 1911, and ask that his real
estate be sold and the proceeds
divided among the heirs. John w.
Harvey & Son, attorneys for plain
tiff.
Iowa State Bank of Mt. Ayr VS..
M. Bronson. Suit is brought to FORE
close mortgage given to secure
notes amounting to $175.00. Fuller
& Fuller, attorneys for plaintiff.
Mary l.. Dobson VS.. Elbert Dobson.
Plaintiff and defendant were married
in Decatur county, Iowa, June 2,
1909, and lived together until Dec.
80, 49,. Plaintiff asks for de-
cree of divorce on the grounds that
her husband has failed to provide
for her support She also asks for
the custody of their baby daughter
and temporary alimony of $l00, and
permanent alimony of $1,000. A. P.
Olsen, attorney for plaintiff.
J. N. Brown VS.. w. c. Allen and
wife. Suit is brought to foreclose a
mortgage given to secure a note of
$3.50, A. P. Olsen, attorney for
plaintiff.
c. w. Reeder VS.. Adams Express
Co. Suit is brought for $3.50, the
va1ue of Black Orpington chicken,
BLACK Victor" which was killed in
transit between Chicago and Leon.
A. P. Olsen, attorney for plaintiff.
Huldah Emley VS.. Perry Emley,
A. R. SWitZer, adm, garnishee, is an
action to recover on a judgment in
favor of plaintiff and against Perry
Emley. V. r. McGinnis, attorney for
plaintiff.
II Huldah Emley VS.. Perry Emley.
Samuel Poland, ADM, garnishee, is a
action to the one above. v.
r. McGinnis, attorney for plaintiff.
Stephen Varga, adm, VS.. J. W.
Pierce ct. al Suit is on claim
against the estate of Gilruth Pierce,
plaintiff asking that transfer of
property to defendants be set aside
and the property made subject to
plaintiffs judgment. G. w. Hoffman
and Sharp & Parrish, attorneys for
plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
twenty-five YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
of a Century AGO.

Josiah L. Engle and Miss Nora
Eek, of Lineville, were married in
Leon by Rev. Nye.
Trains No. 1 and 2 on the Narrow
Gauge were discontinued, leaving
but one train each way a day.
j. o. Hamilton returned from
from Kansas and bought back his
barber shop from Charley Mills.
The case of State VS.. Pugsley was
commenced in the district court.
The Leon Dramatic Co. went to
Davis City and presented Joshua
Whitcomb to big audience.
1t was pretty cold weather, SO de-
grees below zero being reported from
Des Moines, and there were no ther-
mometers in Leon which registered
low enough to record how cold it
was.
A series of revival meetings were
in progress at the opera house con-
Quoted by Evangelist Dean.
The Reporter editor started to
Chicago to buy a new press and type
for The Reporter.
Postmaster E. X Pitman was pre-
pairing to put in the first patent
mail boxes in the postoffice.
Charley Mills and Frank Lorey
purchased the restaurant owned by
Layton & Avery.
DR.. H. C. Van Werden returned
from Carlton, Neb., and reported
that the daughter of J. w. Beavers
was improving.
The Decatur County Fair Associa-
ton held it's annual meeting and
elected F. S. Gardner president, D.
G.. Sears vice president, R. W. Nc
Conn secretary, and L. P. Sigler
treasurer. AS directors Sam Meter,
of Garden Grove, G. w. Shoemaker,
of Grand River, Spencer Akers, of
Decatur City, Judge Kelley, of Leon,
and Miles Wasson, of Lineville, were
chosen.
Johnnie Hogue, of Leon, was con-
ducting a holiness revival meeting
at the Funktown school house.
The town of Grand River had
coal famine because of trouble be-
tween the M. I. & N. and H. & S.
railroads over hauling coal.
A daughter was born to DR.. and
Mrs. Springsteen, of Decatur City,
and DR.. refused to set up the cigars
because the new baby wasn't a boy.
Hogs were worth 1915 to $500.
The residence of DR.. Nose Daniels,
at Terre Haute, was partially de-
stroyed by fire. r.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Good Roads Meeting Postponed.

On account of the storm and drift
ed condition of the roads the dis.
cussion of the question of forming
a county good roads association was
not taken up at the meeting of the
Leon Commercial Club last Friday
night, as the Decatur City boosters
telephoned it would be impossible
for them to drive over to the meet
ing and asking that another date be-,
fixed. The good roads advocates 6f
Lamont also telephoned to count
them in, as on account of no trains,
running they could not get to LeoH.s
So the meeting was postponed until
Wednesday evening of next week.
Jan. II, at which time it is hoped
there will be good attendance from
all parts of the county. $%#
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
of State Convention Has
Not Been Selected.

Chairman N. F. Reed, of the Dem
ocratic State Committee was in Gen.
terville on Monday, leaving Monday
evening for his home in Ottumwa
Mr.. Reed, who has business interests
in Centerville said that his visit had
no political significance, says the
Centerville Journal.
On being questioned about the re-
port that Hearst money was back of
the campaign being made for Champ
Clark in Iowa, Mr.. Reed denied all
knowledge of such state of affairs.
temporary chairman for the state
convention had not been settled by
any means and would not be settled
Until the meeting of the state COM
mittee, the date Of which itself has
not been fixed. Chairman Reed was
of the opinion that the state conven-
tion would not be called earlier than
April and possibly not until May
He said that there was a possibil-
ity of a presidential primary being
arranged for, but that was question
that could not be decided before the
meeting of the state committee.
1nasmuch as the temporary chair
manship has not been settled in favor
of Mike Healy as has been charged,
the friends of the Hon. V. r. McGin-
mis- will take renewed courage to
make the fight in his behalf. OF
course the two members of the state
committee from the respective dis
tricts of the two candidates are each
lined up for the candidate from his
own district, DR.. John W. Reynolds,
of Creston, is the member of the
committee from the eighth district,
which is the home district of Mr..
McGinnis and Jack Dalton, editor of
the Manson Democrat, of Manson, is
the member for the tenth district in
which Mr.. Healy resides. With
chairman Reed neutral, as he claims
to be, there is no doubt that the
friends of McGinnis will make a
strong fight for his selection.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Many Kind Words.

.i'~ The Reporter editor feels highly
fattered over the many compliment
ary notices published in nearly every
paper in southern Iowa, speaking of
the completion of our twenty-five
years as editor of The Reporter. We
would like to republish them, but
our modesty forbids, neither have we
the space to spare as it would take
several full pages of the paper to
print them all. We thank our
brothers of the press for their felici-
tations and hope we will remain in
charge of The Reporter until they
have all rounded out the same term
of years on their respective papers
so that we may reciprocate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Hard Work Getting the News.

YOU may think it is snap getting
out a paper this week, but the man
who hustles for news on The Re-
porter doesn't. With the mercury
hung up away down below zero all
week, with only an occasional train
running, and no one going or coming
who can avoid it, news items are
mighty scarce. And on account of
the rural mail carriers not being
able to get over their routes because
of the snow drifts, even our newsy
letters from our correspondents in
many cases are missing this week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Mrs. Martha Fletcher Died in. Okla
hOma. $l

The remains of Mrs. Martha
Fletcher, for many years resident
of Decatur county, were brought to.
Leon last Wednesday night from
Claremont, Oklahoma, and Inferred
in the Leon cemetery on Thursday
forenoon. Mrs. Fletcher was 81
years and days of age. She died
at the home of her daughter In
Claremont, where she had made her
home for several years, on Dec. S1st,
just as the old year went out. She
was the mother of VIM. F. Fletcher.
the we'll known farmer living east OF
Leon. We regret that we have no:
data for suitable obituary of this
estimable old. lady.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
DENIES nf is CRAvfNS
But Missouri Convict is to be Tried
in Oklahoma for Murder ."m-
mitted by Cravens Years Ago.

A peculiar situation confronts the
officials of Oklahoma. A man VINO
claims he is Charles Maust, taken
from the Missouri penitentiary, is
charged with being Ben Cravens, the
notorious Oklahoma outlaw and is to
be tried for a murder committed by
him.
A news dispatch from Oklahoma
City, last Friday, tells the following:
Charles Maust, the convict brought
here from the Missouri penltentlary
and identified as Ben Cravens, the
notorious Oklahoma outlaw, made
the first statement of his identity to-
day and denies that he is Cravens.
Maust has issued a written state
ment in which he says he has wife
and two children in North Dakota.
He says he was employed as farm
hand twelve miles north of Mound
City, Mo-, at the time he is alleged
to have stolen horses the night be-
fore election in November, 1906. He
says he could have proved by Turner
Allen of Quitman, Mo-, and John
Miller, of Craig, Mo-, and the wives
of both of these men that he was
twelve miles north of Mound City,
Mo-, the night he is alleged to have
stolen the horses, but was not al
lowed to summon these witnesses
when tried before Judge Alonzo
Burnes at Savannah, in 1908. He
was found guilty and given four
years.
Although the prisoner declares
that he will be able to. prove his
identity as Charles Maust, he has
been identified by many persons OF
Oklahoma as Ben Cravens. He Will
be tried on the charge of murder IN
the federal court at Guthrie in a
ch tina Princotnn Post
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Leon Hospital Enlarges.

The Leon hospital which was
opened some months ago in the west
wing of the second story of the north
side hotel building, has found it nec-
essary to secure additional room and
has leased the north wing of the
building, so that they now occupy
the entire west and north wings,
having twelve rooms. The patron
age of the hospital is growing stead
lily as the people begin to realize the
comforts and conveniences Of hos
pital treatment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Putting Up Ice.

J. M. Caster commenced work
Tuesday morning putting up his ice
crop and has large force of men at
work at the lake cutting the ice and
filing the ice house. The ice is
about twelve inches thick and of ex-
ceIlent quality. Mr.. Caster has the
ice house and. lake equipped with
electric lights and is working two
forces, day and night. He expects
to put up considerable more ice this
year than any previous year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Death of Harvey ID. Richardson.

Mr.. Harvey D. Richardson, one OF
the oldest and best known citizens of
Decatur county, died at his home in
Woodland Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock, after a long illness, having
been confined to his bed for over two
years. He was between 80 and 80
years of age. Funeral services will
be held at the M. E. church in Wood
land on Thursday morning at 10
o'clock, interment being in the Leon
cemetery. A fitting obituary of this
good old man will be published next
week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Mrs. Watson Cain Died Wednesday
: Morning.

Mrs. Watson Cain died at her
home in north Leon Wednesday
morning at Z o'clock, her death fol-.
lowing an illness with pneumonia.
Mrs. Cain was "A years, z months
and 20 days of age. Arrangements
for the funeral had not been made
at the time The Reporter went to
press. n. ~ L
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
What the Thermometer Showed.

The past week has been one of the
coldest recorded in Iowa for many
years. The government thermometer
kept in this city by Morris Gardner,
shows the following as the registra-
ton during the past week:
Thursday-7 below, ~.
Friday-15 below.
Saturday-19 below. H.
Sunday-26 below.
Monday6 below. E.
Tuesday-6 below. 4
t7 Wednesday-1O below. "
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Rev. W.. S. Hooker is Seriously III.

Friends in this county of Rev.
W.. s. Hooker, a former presiding
elder of the M. e. church, and at
one time, some thirty years ago the
pastor of the M. q. church at Deca-
tur City, will be panied to learn that
he is critically i'll at the home of his
SON at Blanchard, Iowa, and that
but slight hopes are entertained for
.his, recovery. Il .s I
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-01-11
Marriage Licenses.

Rollie R. Craig, Saline, Mo-. .... 81
Mona G. Still, Leon q
Frederick w. Jones, Decatur I. 21
Z. Ruth, Durell. Leon Il. !. 4. e
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
M. {. S. CHURCH CONFERENCE APPOINT
MENTS.

Made at Hazelhurst Monday Dec.
is, 1912; of lnterert to Greene Coun-
ty folks:
Hattlesburg District, Geo. H..
Thompson, Presiding Elder.
LEAKEsvILLE: L. e. Witcht; Sill
yer Creek, w. B. Alsworth; Luce
dale, F. L. Applewhite; McLain, B..
H. Rawls (returne6; Richton, M. l..
White; Tavlorsville, G. t. Noble;
Magee, E. D. Phillips, and Confer
ence Evangelist D. E, Kelly.
In other Districts Satartia, Fl. j..
Maddox, Bucatunna, S. N. Young,
(returned); Meridian East End, G..
IS. Harmon (returned); Seventh Ave.
%. C. Sewers. Poplar Springs, John
Paul; Vimville, A. S. Byrd, (return-
ed; Bay Springs, w. A. Hays, (4th
year,; Hamberg, G. G. Yeager; Har-
riston, ]. E. Sampley; Natchez, Pearl
ST.. Roy Fl. Klelser; Utica. J. Y.
Bowman; Woodville, W, w. Hopper;
Biloxi, w. L. Linfeld; Brooklyn, j.
j. Golden; Columbia, M. B. Sharbor-
borough; Derby, r. A. Breland sup
ply; Moss Point, w. M. Sullivan.
.Seamen' s Bethel at Gulfport, w. L.
Griffin. Transferred to Los Angeles,
California; Conference, ID. Scarbor-
ough.
President of Miss. Conference
Training School at Montrose, I. J..
O'Nelll.
The new pastor of the Leakesville
charge, Rev. L. E. WIGHT. served
Washington this year, which is a
small town on the Western side Of
the state near Natchez, but by the
way one of the oldest and most his
toric in the state, being at one time
the capital city of Mississippi. We
construe from the last years confer
ence journal that Bro. WIGHT will be
a fourth year man during the con-
ference year of 1913, he being admit
ted in 1910. The people of Leakes-
vile will iook for and welcome his
coming, and their good wishes follow
the retiring pastor, Bro. Alsworth
to his new work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
nor SALE.

All my household Furniture, Pre-
serves, Pickles and Canned Goods.
Apply to
d. w. ALLEN.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

The Board in this matter was
truly very tender hearted, but IL
was exercised in the wrong direction
when we consider the purpose for
which this timber was donated. we
can but believe they were great
deal too good-hearted. If che Board
will consider fully the responsibility
resting upon them in regard to the
education of the growing generation
they would surely guard carefully
the interest thereof. The careless
handling OF the school interest will
in few more years run the schools
down to four or I've month terms a
year which will be great set back
to the school interests. 1t looks
clear to me aud a great many others
that our interest in these 10th sec
tions caused the school fund to fall
short several thousand dollars, and
where has this money gone? Surely
it should have gone to the develop
ment of the minds of the young peo-
pie of Greene County But instead
it has dropped into the Golfers OF
spectators; some of whom have no
interest here, but so far as the mon
ey goes.
The Board of Supervisors of every
county are elected, bonded and
sworn as guardians of each countys
! local interest, and by careful man
agement and economy they can do
their people more good. than any
citizen can do in the Legislature of
Mississippi
Now | close by saying to the Board
that if there is any question present
ed in this letter that unjustly re-
fleets on the honor or stability OF the
Board or any member thereof, show
| 1t to me and [ will surely come out
in the Herald, promptly acknowledg
| ing that | have done the Board
or either member an injustice.
Respectfully,
DAN MCLEOD.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Honor Roll of the [. H. S.

Furnished by the Faculty.
lst. Grade. Gwln Alderman. Louis
Pierce.
End. Grade. Stance Byrd.
3rd. Grade. Louise McInnis, LYDIA
Baxter.
18th. Grade. Boykin Turner, Dew
ey Roberts.
Ssh Grade. Guy McInnis, Vyvian
McRae
9th. Grade. Mildred Housewife.
9Th. Grade. Leo Taylor
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Only one issuance since last pub
lishment:
WHITE.
1902. " William Kittrell to Miss
elizabeth McLain.
None to Colored
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
LOCAL

again. We saw him Saturday about
town greeting friends.
7. J. Lucas of State Line had bus
mess in Leakesville Thursday of last
week. He is turpentine operator.
Jim Ayera was down from Sand
rock Wednesday doing some shop
ping and accompanied by his Better
Half.
Three Platt girls from the Upper
East Side were in town Saturday
shopping and having dental work
done.-G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Denmark are
recent arrivals from Richton. Webb
is a son of our Mr.. and Mrs. A. j..
Denmark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Turner have
moved into the new Bearry house,
which is near the Pool residence. Its
neat looking dwelling.
Mr.. and Mrs. .. E. Baird and the
children visited Mrs. Ba4rd's kin at
Betty the fore part of the week, =
the Alb Breland tamily.-G.
Up to Wednesday there seems to
have been very little visible results
of the recent freshet blowing out the
ditch above river bridge.-G.
Our Mr.. A. C. Turner spent the
early part of this week in the Gulf
City buying holiday goods for the
firm of which be is member, viz:
A. G. Turner & Bro. "a.
Rev. E. 7. Breland is leaving late
this week for Florida, in the neigh
borhood of Tallahassee. He says he
may decide to stay down there for
life, but at least for awhile.
T. L. Naples left for the Upper
East Side Wednesday to do repair
work on a stubborn gasoline engine
for the Widow Byrd family, the
young son of Mrs. Byrd coming
down for him.-G.
A good friend to the Herald step
ped in one day this week and inquir-
ed if it was his check that went bo-
gus. No brother, and let US say
right here that that matter has been
cancelled all o. k.
Mrs. Emily Breland who came
down from Meridian several weeks
ago to visit relatives hereabouts and
look round with a view possibly to
moving back into Old Greene, has
been and is still right sick.
Don't forget while celebrating up
on your Christmas presents, that the
Herald one year or fraction thereof
is one of the best presents you can
give to relative or friend raised IN
Greene county, but now residing be-
yond it's boundaries.
Mr.. Fred Amsler presented the
Herald man with three of the largest
and finest looking turnips we have
seen in Old Greene in many a day
last Saturday Floyd his young son
brought them IN. They looked like
the pictures on the seed papers.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brannan, ac-
companied by two or three of the
smaller children, visited relatives in
Leakesville Saturday. His mother
is Churchwell, sister to Messrs.
lobe and Sam Churchwell, as well
as Mesdames A. J. Denmark and
Emily Breland.
The Chancery Court of George
County convened in Lucedale the
fore part of last weeH with Chancel-
lor J. Morgan Stevens of Hattiesburg
presiding. ATTORNEYS going from
Ledkesville to transact business in
that court were: Ell. P. Heidelberg
and E. w. Breland.
AS previously stated the Herald
will not be issued next week. That
is this is the last paper we will get
out in 1912. The next issue to APP
pear will be on Friday January 3,
1918. So we wish all our readers
and friends Happy Christmas and
Prosperous New Year.
Rev. Wesley w. Hill, wife and
children were arrivals last Friday
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

Williams, Ell. E., Betty 10
Mr.. J. L. Mills OF Fruitdale was in
town the front end OF the week. but
hurried away to Moss Point where
he has work that will engage him in
those parts for his principal, Mr..
Bounds until about Christmas. Lang
remembered the Herald as is his
won't on subscription, liquiding two
days ahead of time. He is one of
that specially select company of pune
tual payers. dear to the editorial
heart. No need to send Lang any
notice of any kind as he knows the
day and almost might say the hour
and takes care of it without fail.
The Herald is not bothering any
body just now about Christmas times
for payments upon subscriptions,
lest it inconvenience those who can
presently i'll afford it, but as this is
our last say before the New Year is
ushered in we wish to drop this ar
ticle in as a gentle reminder, that
there are large number OF subscrip-
tions expiring with the calendar
year and we aresexpecting the usual
crop of good renewals and feel thai
our loyal friends are not going to
disappoint us this time.
Mr.. ]. w. Gibson, mechanical
genius for the Herald, will spend the
holiday season with his mother at or
near Lucedale. John is much es-
teemed by the Herald owner as well
as by the people generally of our
town and surroundings, as he is
showing himself to be a young man
endeavoring to build up on the right
kind of foundations.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Advertisement.
HONOR ROLL.

Williams, Geo. W, City. $1.OO
Mills, J. Lang, Fruitdale, Ala. 100
Rayls, A. NJ, State Line LOO
Williams, H. E., Betty 10
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

A letter from Prof J. f. Miller at
Pinoia, Simpson Co., Miss. reveals the
fact that be is having another sue
cessful scholastic term over there as
principal of the high school. Miller
is hustler always and can be de-
pended upon to be hammering away
somewhere.