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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Too Thin.

The greatest curiosity | ever came
across in the course of a long expe-
renee" said the first broker, is a
man who comes into our office every
day, watches the ticker like a hawk
for five hours. and pays cash for
everything he buys"
81 can beat that by a mile," replied
the second broker. "A man came into
our place a while ago and started to
trade actively in Reading and Union
on a five-point margin. He had $4,000
when he began. In six months he
had $4,000. Then do you know what
he did? He put his money into first
mortgage bonds-and quit
The first broker looked almost
dazed. II hate to do it, he muir
INJURED. "but I've just got to. You're
a liar!"-Puck.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Acme Of Laziness.


A story Is told of a man who held
the Kansas record for laziness. AS he
was too lazy to do anything at all, his
%neighbors finally decided to bury him
alive. They laid him in the bottom Of
the wagon and started for the cemc-
derry. On the way they were met by
a man who asked what they were
doing with that man.
He won't work, and he has nothing
to eat, SO we are taking him to the
cemetery to bury him alive" was the
reply.
Touched with pity, the stranger
said:
Friends, I have a sack OF ri
here that he is welcome to-"
Hearing this. the lazy man raised
his head long enough to inquire:
rs 1t shelled?'
mo, 1t isn't, but"
Drive on" interrupted the doomed
man, as his head disappeared from
view.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
counterfelter Gets stiff Sentence.

William Fink. a Brooklyn. n. Y. dealer
in drugs, was sentenced by the New York
ment in the penltentlary at hard labor.
for -four months. The charge was u
terfeiting the trademark for Carriers Lit
tie Liver Pills, in violation of the penal
law.
The Carter Medicine Company detected
the counterfeit before any quantity Of the
spurious goods had been placed upon tho
market. In sentencing Fink. Judge Deuel.
laid special stress upon the injury done TO
the public when a remedy so well known
as Carriers little Liver Pills is COUNTER
feited and put on the market: He i'm
posed the sentence not only as the prop
er punishment Of Fink himself. but in or
der to deter others from the commission
OF like frauds I'm the future.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Mixed the Orders.

A local doctor once sen his man
with a box of pills TO a patient, and a
hamper containing six live pullets to
be left at the house of a friend. Tn
luckily the messenger bungled over
his errand, and took the hamper to
the patient and the pills to his mas
ter's friend. Imagine the c%onsterna
ton of the patient on receiving along
with the fowls the following prescrip
ton:
1.-TWO of these to be swallowed
every half hour"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Can't Always Tell.

There never yet has been a rose
Which did not bea a thorn;
The darkest night will often end
In very brightest morn
The nightshade is a pretty thing
Which grows beside our path;
And yet, for all its beauty, II
A deadly poison hath.
An ivy clings to some old oak
Out In a forest, grand,
And yet we do not dare to touch
That ivy with our hand.
The citron Is a homely thing,
And anything but sweet,
Yet, when it's properly prepared,
Is very good to eat.
A lilac, though it could not nod,
Would surely smell as sweet,
An eel gets into restaurants
Although he has no feet.
A mole can see just how to dig,
And do IL without eyes;
Nc chance of heaven can we see
For birds of paradise.
This world is such a queer old place,
We cannot now II all.
The ice man and the coal man rise
BY spring or early fall.
A chicken often executes
A fu~ll-fiedged turkey-trot.
And now and then a mule will give
A horse laugh. like as not.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
BRAID Is WIDELY USED,

Wide military braid never goes out
Of fashion, and this year it enjoys
greater favor than ever for trimming
either cloth dresses or suits or for fur
coats. There are no end of tricks which
may be played with it. 1t will serve
to cover the mark Of turned down hens
when lengthening a skirt of ones own
or that of a growing daughter. Sleeves
may be changed from elbow length to
wrist length by using a band of wide
braid or two bands of the narrower
width at h point where the old sleeve
ends, provided. of course, hat the
frock already has braid as it's trim
ming.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

These sleeves are fitted close. and
generally fasten with loops and tiny
satin or crochet buttons.
Flat collars and pointed hoods on
tailormade coats are in very good style
when made of military braid, I'M Is ex.
cellent combined with almost any ma
terial, serge or cheviot. ratine or cloth
satin or velvet.
One seldom sees it in cheap models
and 1t has therefore a distinction al
its OWE In white it is lovely for white
skating suits or used on some of the
white ratine motor coats and If added
to a shabby gown it has a splendid
way of f~reshening up the whole cos
tune.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Romance of the Rail-.

1t was in a Pullman car. The mar
who travelled for gents furnishings
had succeeded in working up a con
versation with the lonesome-lookine
young woman. He leaned over heI
and breathed in her ear:
Peaches, I'm taking a little trip tc
New York. Don't you want to &C
along?"
Sir" she said, angrily. you are go
ing too far"
But she didn't object to accompany
ing him as far as Schenectady.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Her Idea of a Chicken Farm.

Every little actress in New York has
a Long Island chicken farm. a we'll
known leading lady recently decided to
follow the way Of her sisters. She
secured a lease on a good bit of prop
erty and then sought out a reputable
poulterer.
Il want" she said firmly, "a; thou.
sand hens and"-less firmly--"a, thou.
sand ROSTERS"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

When a woman says she believes
every word her husband tells her, it's
dollars to doughnuts that the honey
moon is still in its infancy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
II You Are a Trifie Sensitive

About the size of your shoes, you can
wear a size smaller by shaking Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder, into them.
Just the thing for Dancing Parties and for
Breaking in New Shoes. Sample Free.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

UnreaIized IdyI Of a King.
King Arthur had just invented the
round table.
Can you invent a bureau that a
mans wife will let him have W
drawers Off" We asked
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

etableC and
Sanative Wash have
done me. ] live on a
mandhaveworke
very hard. / am
f~orty-fve e a old,
and am the mother
of thirteen children.
Many people think
it strange that l an,
not broken dow
with hard work and
tha cara of INV fam-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
A Mean inslnuation.

Maude-I've something to tell you.
I'm engaged to Jack.
Ethel am not surprised. Jack
never could say NO"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Bears the
Talented.

"Dubsley would have a brilliant ca
reer on the stage"
"Why do you think so?"
HE can wiggle his ears and imi
tate a cow to perfection"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Indications

Indications.
Don't tell me hat girl Is used to
the best society"
What makes you think she isn't?"
why. II you notice, she is polite
to everybody she meets"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

The woman who cares for a clean,
wholesome mouth, and sweet breath,
will find Paxtine Antiseptic a JOY for
evar. At druggists, 25c a box.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Stinqy Thing.

Stingy Thing.
She-Oh, / have no. doubt you love
me; but your love lacks the supreme
observation-disclosures.
He-What makes you say that?
She-You admit 1t. You want me
for yourself alone, you say.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Constipation causes and asgravates many
serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favor.
lite family laxative.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

TO CURE A COLI IN ONE DAY
Take BROMO Quinlne Tablets
Druggists refund money II 1t fails to cure. Il. W
GROVES signature Ia on each box. Csc.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Platonic friendship and perpetual
motion are all right theoretically, but
they refuse to work.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

FARMS FOR RENT OR SALE ON CROP
payments. j. MULIIALL. Sioux City. la.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

The simple life is best. Let your only
medicine be Garfield Tea, the pure and
proven remedy. All druggists.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Even if a man does know his own
mind he may not have cause to be
proud Of his acquaintance.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Mrs. wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
i~eething, softens the gums, reduces innamma
ton, ailays pain. cures wind collie, 25c u bottle
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

To D%yspeptics: Others have found a
steady course of Garfield Tea a pleasant
means of regaining health. Why not you?
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

Most human maladies arise from wrong
dieting. Garfield Tea gives immediate relief.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
A Cruel Thrust.

He-Old age has nc terrors for me
Shelf needn't have If it's true
that brainy men live long.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A woman's idea of heaven is a place
where every day is a bargain day.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A woman's mind is like a bed-it
must be made up occasionally.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

It's the contrariness Of her sex that
Induces a woman to agree with a man
lust when he doesn't want her to.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
MOTHER OF
LARGE FAMILY
Tells How She Keeps Her
Health - Happiness For
Those Who Take
Her Advice.

S~cottville, Mich want to tell you
how much good Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Important &c Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and SURE remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

PILES CURED IN @ TO II DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO
MENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind.
bleeding or Protruding Piles In q To Ia days. SOC.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Awful.

is my hat on straight"
mo. One eye shows."-Life.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

A man never forgives his enemie!
until he wishes them prosperity.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
Browns Bronchial Troches

Give relief In Bronchitis and Asthma. No opiates.
Sample free. JOHN I. BROWN a Son. Boston, Mass.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

NATURES TRUTH REVEALED EY AS-
TROLOGY-Send blrthdAte aud la Geafs silver -
SCHOOL OF AsTaoI0iY. nsSA- "a. Eotsc. lssSc
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14

SIOUX CITY pro. CO., no. 41-fst2-
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-14
THE NEW FRENCH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
THERAP1ON SssSss ss. ~sss

GREAT SUCCESS, CURES Ptlt&. khukEt. &[ADxtGB b&
EASES, CHRONIC ULCERS. sKN KaUFytouX- xSrkE2f EEL
Send address envelope tr FR9H bsntw< % Dr.. - CtvS
MED. co, HAyERsTocK BDy HAMpsTxAD. LSxptS. rEd
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-26
To Vote on Constitutional
Amendment October Third

Seven constitutional amendments
are to be voted on in Georgia this
year-four III October and three ia
November. Those to be voted on in
October are
Increasing the borrowing power Of
the governor from 5000, 900 to $500
900. This bill passed in the summer
Of 1911.
Advancing the time for CORPORA
ions to pay their taxes from Deem
Der to September. This was also pas
ted in 1911.
Exempaing farm products from
for one year.
The amendments to be voted on IN
November, having passed the legisla,
ture this summer loo late to be sub
mitted in October, are as follows.
An act creating the county o
Wheeler.
Allowing judges to issue charters
during vacation.
To permit the levy Of taxes fol
high scool purposes.
1t is said that the necessary publ
cation Of these several amendment'
in the newspapers Of each congress
sional district will practically ex
haust the contingent.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-26
Teachers Must Sign Pledge When
Hired Not to Marry During Tern

Wilkesbara, Pa, Sept. 12.-Be-
fore successful applicants for posi-
tions in Hazelton townships schools
are permitted to start work they
must submit in writing a promise
that they will not fall victims to
Cupid's darts during the nine mon
tbs school term.
Some of the teachers who refused
to furnish the written promise have
been informed that their services
will not be required.
1t is understood that the new
rule has delayed few mid-winter
weddings. The school board made
the remand to prevent scarcity to
teachers after the terms was under
way Fix.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-26
The RaGtime Muse.
COST OF LIVING.

Father lived in cottage of brick
And heated that cottage by tireplaces
The light was little oil lamp with awick
We pumped the water to wash our faces
| live in a fiat with electric hight,
Steam heat-all modern appurtenances
Piano and such things are mine by right
I'm 'manin moderate circumstances.
Father would seldom go to show;
To church he rode in the family surrey
| keep an auto-thus one must go
To keep abreast of this age Of hurry.
Father raised most of his kitchen truck,
And he kept pigs and a COW and
chickens;
Such stuff buy, and it's nip and tuck
To meet the bills-they cost like the
dickens
We had new clothes just twice 4 year,
And paid heed to. comfort and not to
fashion;
A hint OF that now and I'm called
near
Economy throws my wife in a passion
Two thousand year had father then,
Spared some for saving and some for
giving.
But / can scarcely make out with ten
Because of the higher cost oflivlng.
Elk.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-26

yided with portable telephone set
which can be connected to the line
at any point, so that in case Of
emergency the conductor can i'm
mediately get in touch with head
qunters.
The sections Of road already equip
ped extend from Columbus, Ca, to
Birmingham. Ala. and from Macon
to Atlanta. The present installa-
ton will cover the division extend
ing from Macon to Columbus
branching off at Fort Valley and go
ing from there to Albany, Ga, a
total distance Of approximately 1870
miles. This leayer only one section
of the main line not equipped for
telephone train dispatching-the
division from Macon to Savannah
but plans are already being made
for this installation.
Seventeen way stations will be
| furni.hed with selector sets and a
complete line Of copper wire and
pole hne hardware will be supplied
| by the Western Electric Company.
The many advantages accruing
from the use o. the telephone in
stead Of the telegraph for the dis
patching of trains, alone were res
ponsible for it's adoption. The
telephone, in the first place, is
quicker. It has been observed that
the ring of the bell will insure a
prompt answer, and for this pur-
pose large, so-caIled extension
5ells are used, which can be heard
several hundred feet away. In the
four years that the telephone has
been used for dispatching, not q
railroad accident has been laid to its
! door, so that it may be said to be
! as safe as, if not safer than, the tele-
graph. Furthermore, it has been
made possible to increase the length
of a division handled by one dis
patcher by as much as so per cent.
The telephone making possible,
as it does, direct personal cOmmun-
ication by word Of mouth between
the dispatcher and the men under
him, has the effect Of a warm, hearty
handclasp every time it is used. A
spoken sentence, even when an or
der, is infinitely more inspiring and
impressive than succession of cold
and formal dots and dashes. and il
is this feature as much as any other
which has made for the success Of
the telephone as an improyer of dis
cipline and increaser of efficiency
on railroad systems.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-26
MOrmOns in Mexican War.

Perhaps the people hardest hit bS
the revolution have been the Nor
mons. President Diaz was always
anxious to get as many farmers m
to Mexico as possible = farmers
who would break up big haciendas
into small farms and till them after
the American way. Dozens OF Nor
mon settlements were established in
many sections Of Mexico. Travel
Ing along the Vera Cruz and 18th
mus railway one crosses broad
prairies with here and there settle
lements Of Mormon farners-men
who have transformed idle soil into
wealth producing plantations. The
same has been in northern Mexico.
These people went down there, tax
inc their all with them, and establ-
ishing farming districts and rural
towns which remind one OF prosper
Gus sections in Iowa or ILLINOIS.
None Of the things one sees IN those
states wore wanting to tell the story
of thrift, energy and prosperity; ~
come Of the towns we're three-story
school buildings, built according to
the best standard in the United
States. Their schools had as extern
siye courses Of study and as good
teachers as those in this country =
Atlanta Constitution.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-26
BagIey Orchard Has Been Cleared
Away.

When the torch is applied tomor-
row to the hundreds of huge piles OF
dried and withered trees cut down
iii the Bagley orchard neor Ameri-
Gus the final curtain will have fallen
on the destruction Of one Ct the lar
gest and finest peach groves in the
world.
The last one Of the trees was cut
down the past week and piled up in
long rows to be burned when thor
ougly dry. The torch will be applied
in day or two, when nothing but
blackened stumps will aemain to
mark the site Of the once magnifi-
cent orchard. Believing that corn
and cotton can be produced more
proftably tnan peaches, the present
owner Of the Bagley farm, Mr.. J. D.
Whittle, has cut down all Of the
trees and in future will raise other
crops there.
The Bagley orchard was reputed
to be the largest peach orchard in
existence. II was planted with great
care by Mr.. II. G. Bagley, and was
one of the show places Of south
Georgia. 1t contained all Of the
choice varieties Of peaches, both for
the table and for shipping and many
hundreds Of carloads have been ship
ped to northern markets.
The.Central railroads traverses the
orchard for more than mile, and
in the springttme when the trees
were laden with blossoms, and later
when the boughs hung low with
luscious fruit, it was the admiration
of thousands whoviewed its beauties
from the train windows, or went out
in cars from Americas to see the big
orchard. Divested of its beauty, it
is now but a hlsokonen waste, given
up to other purposes. Americas
Times-Recorder.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-26
The Central Of Georgia Adds To
Its Telephone Train Dispatch
ing System.

Nothing succeeds like success"
is an old adage, but that it still
holds good is evidenced by the fact
that the Central of Georgia has re-
Gently placed another order the third
within a year with the Western
Electric Company, the largest manu-
facturers of telephone apparatus in
the world, for equipment to be used
in extending their system of dis
patching trains by telephone.
The type of equipment to be in
stalled makes use of the Western
Electric telephone apparatus, which
has become the standard for over
80 per cent. of the telephone-usin
railroads in the U. S. The "selec-
tor which is used fer signalling.
is an instrument, as its name inn
plies, so designed that when pro-
perly adjusted it win respond only
to certain electrical signals or inn
pulses which are regulated by the
train dispatcher. The latter can,
therefore, signal any one of the way
stations at which these solicitors are
located without signalling any of the
others on the same hne. In addi-
ton to the way station equipment,
there viii be telephones to the NUM-
Der Of Il installed in booths at sid
ings. while each train viii be pre-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-26
II. L. L0NG 9R. LONs
LONG & SON
AttoFnsys-st-Law.
LEESBURG, GEORGIA.
How's ThisP

We offer S1O0 Reward for any case OF
Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. F. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, @.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
u. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
ieye him perfectly honorable in all bust
ness transactions and financially able TO
carry out any obligations made by his
arm. WAIDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
eous surfaces ofthe system. Testimonials
sent free. Price zoe per bottle. Sold by
all druggists. Take Halls Family Pills
Tor constipation,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-26
| STATE LEVY $500
| COUNTY 1900
Total $500
IVItFI VI %
A true extract from the nj
the Board. This the 3rd d;
1912. JAMES MO
Clerk Board Commrs. 4
Lee County,
GEORGIA, Lee County.

BY virtue Of an order
Court of Ordinary Of Lee
will be sold at public outci
first Tuesday in October NJ
at the Court House door
County between the legal
sale the tract of land in sal
described as follows:- One
in the town of SmithviIle,I
J n said County beginning al
east of the Methodist Chuf
i Whitaker street and rum
along said street one hun6
sixty eight feet and on the
long cemetery one hundred
ty six feet being BOUNDED
west by The MeLIlOQlSU vi
/ on the south by Whitaker
the east by the lot forneril
by Mrs. x. H. Cochran an.
north by Cemetery Streetan
erected thereon a five rool|
dwelling. Terms of s.
Mrs. T. M. Undd
Mrs. Florrie Bel
Executrs. Est. Mrs. Ke
Cochran Decd.
September 4th, 1912.