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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-07-25
Orphan Ridge

Mrs. J. w. Weidner called on Mrs
A. Fulton Sunday.
C. A. Hatfield was on the ridge
last week looking after his interests
Mrs. Lon Fulton and daughter, Mrs
Suel Shaw, had business at Leon
Wednesday.
c. E. Leahy called on the Barlear
boys Sunday.
Several from these parts attended
the band concert at Leon Saturday
evening.
Miss Hazel Hatfield returned to he1
home at Leon Saturday after weeks
visit with her friend Miss Bessie
Butts.
Fred Jones and family spent Sun.
day at the George Stephens home
w. D. Smith spent Sunday at the
home of his father, John Smith, near
Blockley.
Lee Davis called on John Fitch
Sunday.
Ed Campbell, of the Irish Colony
and Frank Pickens, of near Davis
City, spent Sunday with the Barlean
boys.
Lon Fulton and wife spent Sunday
at the home of his brother, A. J
Fulton.
A. j. Piper, w. A. Rock and Harve
Piper and family spent Sunday af-
ternoon at George Stephens.
Only two weeks more until the
Leon Chautauqua. Let everybody
attend. 1t will be worth going miles
to see.
Hiram Hatfield, of Leon, was haul
ing hay from the Fred Smith farm
Monday, for C. A. Hatfield, of Leon.
A much needed rain fell here Sat-
urday night which will sta-t every
things to growing again.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-07-25
THE LEON REPORTER, THURSDAY, JULY q, 1912,
Lonesome Ridge

MICS Olive Evans, of Leon, visited
her sister Mrs. w. G. Blakesley the
latter part of the week.
Miss Alice Flynn accompanied by
Mrs. John Flynn and son were Leon
callers Thursday.
Mrs. Frank Hickman assisted Mrs.
Frank Chastain cook fer threshers
Wednesday.
Misses Margaret Atkins and Minnie
Evans called on Mrs. Walter Blakes-
ley Wednesday.
Mesdames Frank and K. Hickman
called on Mrs. Pat Flynn Tuesday
evening. .-....
Mrs. Tade Griffin was the guest Of
Mrs Willie Walton Thursday.
Ed Griffin delivered hogs at Leon
Monday.
Marion Evans helped his brother
Lige thresh Monday He was &C
companied by his family.
Mrs. Ed Spencer visited at hel
brother Walters Friday.
Mike Griffin was LEON caller or
Friday.
Miss Vesta Evans returned to hel
home Saturday after helping Mrs
Wayne Cannon the past two weeks
Tade Griffin and family spent
,, Sunday at Pat Manoney's.
Misses Minnie and Vesta Evans
called on their grandma Mrs. E. A
Lille Sunday afternoon. Theil
sister Ethel returned with them.
lack Mcdaniel and Jesse Maynard
were trying the good roads Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milan Sanger spent
Saturday night and Sunday at w. G
Blakes!y's.
Mr.. J. +. Bruny spent Sunday al
E. J. Evans.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-07-25
Jack Oak.

Will Bruner and son, and Arthur
and Amos Martin hauled hogs tt
Decatur Tuesday for George Gil
christ.
Wade Martin helped AL Gardner
with his hay this week.
Willie Sans has been having g
serious time with his foot. He went
to Davis City to see DR.. Wales about
it Saturday.
Arthur and Amos Martin helped
Lennie Cox with his hay this week
July 18th was S. l.. Cox's birth
day, he being 81 years old. He cele
brated by driving the horse to the
hay fork. He received several nice
post cards.
Mrs. Will Bruner, Rosa and Ro1la
visited her daughter, Mrs. Ray
Young, Tuesday.
DR.. Wales was called to see little
Rolla Bruner Friday night. He was
very sick but is better at this writ
ing.
Mrs. Perry Bruner, Mrs. GiTcfrist
and Mrs. Ed Martin spent Friday
night helping to care for Rolla Brun-
er.
Will Shelton is helping Ora Black
with his harvest.
Mrs. Warren Sans called on Mrs.
Levi Virden Saturday morning.
Everyone is busy harvesting.
Threshing has commenced, Coving-
ton, Art Scott and Ray Young having
threshed wheat.
Lizzie and MadaIine Martin called
at Matteson's Thursday afternoon.
Rosa Bruner helped her sister,
Mrs. Ray Young, cook for threshers
Friday.
Hazel Martin spent Wednesday
night with Ethel Umphress.
Mrs. Quigley called at C. H. Mat
teson's Saturday.
Mrs. Ed Martin and sons, and Ar
thur Martin and sisters spent Sun
day at Charles Matteson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Shelton visited
over Sunday at Decatur.
Ralph and Frank Roberts called
on the Tenney boys Sunday.
Mrs. Quigley and Miss Goldie Sly
visited Saturday night at Adam
Zika'S
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-07-25
What Makes q Woman?

One hundred and twenty pounds,
more or less, of bone and muscle
don't make a woman. It's good
foundation. Put into it health and
strength and she may rule a king
dom. But that's just what Electric
Bitters give her. Thousands bless
them for overcoming fainting and
dizzy spells and for dispelling weak
ness, nervousness, backache and
tired, listless, worn out feeling.
Electric Bitters have done me a
world of good" writes Eliza Pool,
Deputy, Okla, "and I thank you,
with all my heart, for making such a
good medicine" Only soc. Guar
anteed by Bell & Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-07-25
81 had been given
up to die by three
of our best doctors,

I could not stand it to be on my
feet and I was so swelled in the
abdomen l could hardly breathe.
But thanks to DR.. Miles Heart
Remedy and Nervine I am able to
be about the streets, 4 walking sd-
vertisement of the curative qusl-
itiss Of your remedies, although l
am 70 years DID,"
JOHN R. COCHRAN,
Lewistown, III.
Better than any statement we
could make regarding the value Of
DR.. Miles Heart Remedy
are these words. of Mr.. Cochran.
He speaks from experience, the
highest possible source Of kaovl'
edge. If you have any OF the
signs of q weak heart, such -
pain in the left shoulder or ssm,
fainting and hungry spells, shole
ness of breath, smothering spella.
futtering or palpitation OF the heart,
you need
Dr.. Miles, Heart nemsdS
which for over twenty years has
been recognized a. he bet prepar
rstion of its kind TO Be had.
s6ld under guarantee assuring ~
return Of the price OF the first bottle 0lS
falls 70 beneftt. At ALL oaQo0lS96
MILEe MEDICAL 90, alDsAasA ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-07-25
The Choice of a Husband

is too important matter for a
woman to be handicapped by weak
ness, bad blood or foul breath.
Avoid these kiII-hopes by taking DR..
Kings New Life Pills. New
strength, fine complexion, pure
breath, cheerful spirits that
win mcr-fo1low their use. Easy,
safe, sure, Csc. Bell & Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-07-25

For any itchiness of the skin, for
skin rashes, chap, pimples, ETC., try
Doan's Ointment. so cents at all
drug stores.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-07-25

We guarantee our cement blocks
the best and cheapest on the market.
Leon Cement and Brick Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-07-25

81 suffered habitually from consti-
nation. Doan's Regulets relieved
and strengthened the bowels so that
they have been regular ever SINCE
e. Davis, Grocer, Sulphur Springs,
Texas.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22
insane AaYsuma.

The great Greek physicians had de-.
voted much attention to insanity, and
some OF their precepts anticipated
modern discoveries, but no lunatlc asy-
lum appears to have existed in an,
iiquity Ia the, first period of the
monastic life q refuge is said to have
been opened FOR the insane at Jerusa-
lem, but this appears to have been a
solitary Instance, arising from Ell
Eencies OF a single class, and 1t may
be said that no Iunatlc asylum ex-
listed in Christian Europe until about
the time of the Afteeuth century
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22
Rsst Exercise.

The best kind or exercise Ia the
kind that makes you forget youoars
sxercising--in other words. play. says
q physician. It's good schemeaato
have some more or less streuuons
game for d ilobby-goIf or bowling or
tennis or archery that ap-
peals to you and affords exercise with
interest But this Is not saying that
systematic exercise is not a good
thing, too.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22
New England Romance.

From Boston comes the story OF a
touching photograph romance. The
manager or store became infatuated
with the soica of a young woman
whose singing he heard reproduced
frequently in the machines, wrote to
her for her pictures, and the acquaint-
ance speedily riDened into marriage.
The bride, by the way. was intending
to study in Paris for grand opera, but
has decided 70 settle down in New
England.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22
Flageed Train With Shirt

Tearing his shirt from his back an
Ohio man tagged train and saved it
from wreck, but H. T. Aston.
Raleigh, N. g.: once prevented a wreck
with Electric Eitsers,' 81 was in a ter.
5ble pligsaa when | began to use
them" hewF1tes. my stomach, head,
back and kidneys we're all badly sf.
fected and my liver was in bad eondi-
ton. but four BOTTLES OF Electric Bit
tiers made me feel like a new man.
A trial will convince you OF their
matchless merit for any stomach, liver
or kidney trouble. Price so cents at
w. A. Sans drug store.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22

A resident of an English city has
made himself . marked man by In
sisting on saying "nought" instead OF
60 VIXEN he calls a telephone mum.
ber having ciphsrs In it. The tele-
pone operator usually eorrects him
when he Gays three double naugiit''
by saying Three double o. The
other night he called up central and
said. Hello" and the girl replied:
"Hell-naught." He accepted msskly
the Hquiet rebuke.." Springfield Re.
publican.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22
What We Are Msds OF.

the average man contains the In
gradients TO make fat for seven bars
of soap, iron for q medium-sized nail,
sugar to fill small bowl. salt to fill
q shaker. lime to whitewash q chicken
coop, phosphorus to make 1900
match tips, magnesium for a dose OF
magnesis, sodium to neutralize a pint
and half of water. potassium to ex-
piode a toy cannon. sulphur to rid a
dog OF fieas and albuminoids to make
case OF eggs.-Amerscsn Wine
Press.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22

In the earlier part OF the nineteenth
century many even OF those who had
been up Alpine peaks themselves de.
nounced the sport. Regarding the as
cent OF Mount Blanc. Murray's Hand
book In the year 1888 stated that "all
who have succeeded have advised no
one to attempt it, and nearly 30
years later noted the remarkable
fact that a large proportion OF those
who have made this ascent have been
persons OF Hnsound mind" Bo
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22

.NothsnK 'NAnnId Bal atnrad IA :

Notnsnk uhOuId be stored in Q damp
condition On account Of mildew,
which il q vegetable: growth. being a
!. kind OF fungus. which quickly spreads.
and 10 very difncult to. remove. To
remove It from GaRnel ether IL best 20
use, For TnildeW on cotton material
damp the part. rub soap thiokly on.
cover with powdered French chalk
and put in the sunshine. and keep re-
@peating the process until the spots
disappear. Z" 's@
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22
TFue CoH1naniona.

There are. some men and women In
whose company we are always at our
best All the best stops In our nat
ure are drawn out by their inter,
course, and we find a music in our
souls never there before.-Rev. Pro.
lessor Henry Drummond.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22
6led While beooratlno Grave,

A painfully sad occurrence took
place recently in he Belfast City
cemetery. when an aged man named
Charles Ktldea. who was engaged In
decorating grave. suddenly became
Ill. fell to the ground, and expired In
q few moments
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22

Europe Withdraw from industry t.
100000 men to make soldiers OF them
They are kept from. one to TIRES
years. What an appalling waste;
how doubly preposterous IL efficiency
can be insured with militia training
New York World.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-22
Perfect Compliment.

We please ourselves that in you we
meet one whose temper was long
since tried in the fire. and made equal
TO all events: man 40 truly in love
with tho greatest future that he can
not be diverted to any iess.-Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25
j. S. Crosby Killed Himself.

St. George, Jan. 19.-News has
reached here that J. S. Crosby, a
highly respectable white man, who
lived at Harleyville, killed himself
yesterday morning about 1880
There was no one in the room at the
time save small boy, who screamed
at the report of the gun, which
brought assistance Immediately. The
facts were hard to obtain, but from
what could be gathered Mr.. Crosby
sat on the edge of the bed, placed
the muzzle of the shotgun to his
heart and with a. fire poker pulled
the trigger, which killed him instant
ly. The entire load of shot penetrat-
ed his left side.
There is no known reason for the
rash act. Mr.. Crosby was considered
to be one of the best citizens of the
county and besides host of friends
to mourn his loss he leaves a wife,
two daughters and two sons. He was
about 55 years of age. He was a
brother-in-law of Mrs. J. A. HERS,
of this place.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25
Farming Implements

full line Gladiator Stalk Cutters Chattanooga
Distributors
Collars Hame
Brdes Haters Pow Lines and
thing the farmer need his farm
various heights which
will be sold bottom prices.
anything the hardware line call and when
of Charge hand
of competitors.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25
Mule Eats Piano.

New Orleans, Jan. 17.-"Mule ate
piano shipped. Send another next
boat" This message was received
by a local piano house from an up
river" purchaser, whose $500 instru-
ment had been forwarded via a Mis-
sissippi river steamboat. In it's usual
pine box the piano was installed on
the lower deck next to lanky, sleep
|ing-looking mule bound for the cotton
fields of the upper bends:
Although provided with plenty of
oats and hay the mule ripped off a
portion of the piano box, disposed OF
six octaves of black and white ivory
keys and ran the chromatic scale up
to &c" in the treble clef. He had
gnawed away the mahogany panels
in front, masticated felt dampers and
hammers by the dozens and complete
" wrecked the melodious ''insides" of
the instrument,
"Steamboat BILL stoking boiler
20 feet away, said the mule must
have had his foot on the soft pedal, y
as he did not hear note. When dis
covered the animal was unconcern-
edly gazing longingly across the river
at grass covered levee. 1t will cost
$3.50 to repair the piano.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25
Lawsuit Proving Costly.

Alton, Mo-, Jan. 1S.-Twenty-hve
cents worth of feed for Mrs. Ella
Sulver voorhees's horse in Alton a
year ago is going to cost somebody
more than 5000 when real, old time
'slawin" match is finished.
A year ago George Loehr says ne
found a horse in his lot and that ne
placed it in his barn and fed 1t. The
horse had strayed from Mrs. Voor-
hees's place and she claimed it.
Loehr asked 25 cents for the feed he
had provided. Mrs. voorhees, refused
to meet the bill and replevined the
horse.
Then the "lawing" commenced
Loehr took the case to a justice
court and thence to the city court
The first hearing ended in a mistria!
last April. The cost, then amounted
to $10S.
The trial has been re-opened in the
city court, and the costs meantime
have crept up close to $500.
Both litigants are firm in their in
tention to fight the matter Ito the
bitter end" and declare they are IN
the thing for the sake of "princlple.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25
WHEN CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE WAS WRONG
A Tragedy That Crimsoned the Annals of Ken
tucky.-The Wrong Man Hanged For
DR.. John P. Sanderson's Murder.

" here he got into fight, invo living
much blood-letting. The negro had,
it was claimed, concealed the gar
ments in the barn till an opportunity
might offer to efface the blood stains.
Hamilton's defense lacked the cor
roboration then deemed necessary.
John Rowan, one of the most cele-
brated of the many famous jurists
whom Kentucky has given the coun-
try, defended Hamilton with master
full skill and ability. The prosecution
was conducted by Solomon G. Sharp,
destined himself to meet, few years
later, with a tragic fate. Thoroughly
convinced of Hamilton's guilt, Sharp
showed him no mercy. Hamilton's
immediate relatives were almost
alone in believing him innocent. He
died protesting his innocence.
The sequel came in 1869, when
General Richard H. Rosseau, of Ken
lucky, then United States minister,
was visited at Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
by Colonel Gibson, rich planter
from near Vicksburg, Miss. Colonel
Gibson informed General Rosseau
that thirty or thirty-fve years before,
a man hanged for murder in eastern
Mississippi, had made on the galloWs'
threshold, a confession, clearing up
the mystery of DR.. Sanderson's death.
The condemned man confessed that
he and companion, both fugitives
from justice, were hiding in the ra-
vine where DR.. Sanderson's body was
subsequently found. Seeing Sander
son approach, they rushed forth,
dragged him from his horse ana
wrenched the pistol from his hand.
They struck him with the pistol,
breaking the hammer, part of which
remained in his head. Having rob-
bed their victim, the murderers con-
cealed his body and fed. They had
heard of Hamilton's execution for the
murder, but maintained an obdurate
silence. One of the guilty men Was'
soon after Hamilton's execution, led
to the scaffold for another murder,
but he kept silent as to his share in
the Kentucky tragedy. The survivor
felt it duty to clear the mystery
Springfield Republican.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25
SALKEHATCHIE CLAIM LOSES.
Unfavorable Report on Proposed
River Improvement.

Washington, Jan. 6.-Secretary
of War Stimson sent to congress an
unfavorable report from the army
engineers of the preliminary ex-
animation of the Salkehatchie river
with a view to it's improvement to
Morros Crossing, S. C.. The report of
Capt. E. NJ. Adams, district engineer,
to the effect that nearly two-thirds Of
the 227 miles of the river under con-
sideration is of insufficient capacity
for even canoe navigation, that the
country is sparsely located with lit
tie prospective commerce except a
moderate amount of timber move
ment, and that there is but little
interest manifested in it's improve
ment, and that the stream is un-
worthy of the attention asked, was
concurred in by the division engineer
and Gen. Bixby.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25
BREAKS LONG SILENCE.
Couple Had Not Spoken to Each
Other for Many Years.

For twenty-five years Louis Raser
and his wife lived in the same house
at Mayesville, KY, without speak
ing to each other. Last Sunday
without any apparent reason, the
wife broke the silence by asking her
husband to have cup of coffee. He
replied: Il believe l will
Hardly had he uttered the remark
than he was attacked with heart
trouble and died.
The incident leading to the tragic
climax was not disclosed until Thurs
day, when his will was made public.
The dead man, who was large prop
erty owner, willed everything to his
wife. His body was cremated and
his ashes cast to the wind from the
Cincinnati suspension bridge.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25
KILLED BY HIS OWN GUN.
Distressing Accident with Williams
burg Farmer the Victim.

Kingstree, Jan. 17.-News reached
here this afternoon that James Dean,
a white man of the Hebron neighbor-
hood, in Williamsburg county, had
accidentally shot and killed himself
this morning. It seems that Mr..
Dean and Mr.. R. l.. Mimms had gone
out in the woods to get a load of
wood, Mr.. Dean taking his gun
along. They ran into covey OF
partridges and Mr.. Dean killed two
or three Of them. While coming
back to the wagon, and holding the
gun by the barrel, he attempted to
cross a log, when the hammer of the
gun struck a log and the gun was
discharged, the whole load taking
effect in the neck, and completely
severing the jugular vein. The
wounded man expired almost in
stant
Mr.. Dean originally moved from
Lydia, Darlington county, to John
sonville, in this county, and only
three weeks ago moved to the planta-
tion of Mr.. Mimms. He was good
citizen in every respect and the whole
community has been saddened and
shocked by his untimely death. He
leaves a wife and two children.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25
Victims of the Mine.

A hundred men dead in a coal
mine. Three or four hundred wo-
men and children moaning and wiring
ing their hands at the entrance to the
mine. Scores of workmen down in
the earth, risking their lives to re-
cover the bodies of the hundred. In
vestigation of cause of the explosion.
Publication of some very fine theo-
ries about cause and effect of black
damp. Coroner's inquests. Denun-
citation of corporation greed.
And next day public attention goes
to a backwoods murder case, or the
high-toned elopement of Mr.. John
Doe with Mrs. Richard Roe, or prize
fight in which is involved the hope
of the white race.
Those dead men earned barely a
living. Their families were poorly
housed, poorly fed, poorly clothed,
and the source of that poor living
lies manned and black-dead and USE
less, in the darkness of the mine.
What becomes of the three or four
hundred widwos and orphans? They
are the real tragedy of the mine hor-
ror. Paths of vice are open to the girls
and boys, and the widows stand upon
a cliff, the sides of which are Jagged
rocks, and at the bottom of which is
degraded old age.
Yet how seldom does the miner,
as he goes down in the earth daily to
risk life, consider what will come
to his wife and children if sudden
death, so frequent in mining opera
tions, comes to him! God only knows
what becomes of the living victims
of the mine horror. But it is all hu-
manitys duty to know.-Denver Post
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25
Refuses Text Book Probe.

Columbia, Jan. 1.-THE senate ex-
pressed it's confidence in the State
board of education and vindicated
them of any charges which might
have been made, either by insinuation
or rumor, when it refused last night
to order an investigation into the re-
cent changes in text books and killed
Senator Earle's concurrent resolution
calling for the appointment of an in
vestigation committee for this pur-
pose. Strong defences of the board
and tributes to the high personnel of
it's membership featured the speeches
of the senator's opposed to the pro-
position to appoint an investigating
committee.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-25

The Camilla, Ca, city council has
evolved a new way of enforcing the
prohibition law. The ordinance re-
quires all railroads and express COM
panies to file reports with the city
showing the consignor and the con-
signee in liquor shipments received
by them and the size of the ship
ment. It is further provision that
there shall be published in the Ca
milla Enterprise the names of all
those who receive more than one gal
lon per week.