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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-02-05
s. WEDNESDAY,
METHOD OF HANDLING BILLS.

For the first time in many years
there is growing tendency to handle
bills without reference. This is un-
Usual and dangerous.
The inheritance tax bill is one Of
the early propositions to be considered.
1t is not having a bed-of-roses time,
as it did last year.
The outlook is that the Rembert bill
to allow judges So per day while en-
gagged in circuit work for expenses
will pass. =
The per cent bills are in trouble,
with unfavorable reports
The committee to investigate DR..
Mitchell and the Peabody fund matter
has selected Mr.. Francis H. Weston,
chairman, and Mr.. Nicholson, secre-
tary. The committee will meet this
afternoon.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-02-05
"A Misleading Title"

Tampa Times.
The National Corn exposition that
was opened at Columbia, S. c., on last
Monday and is now i'll session, should
have been given a broader title. 1t
covers great deal more than corn,
relating to all agricu' tural products of
the country. Its broad and general
design is the betterment Of the sgricul-
ture of the country of all kinds and in
all parts.
1t is presumed that the name "Corn
Exposition" was given to the affair
by reason of the prominence and im-
portance of corn as an agricultural
product and its general diffusion
throughout all sections of our terri
tory.
This is the fifth annual corn exposi-
ticn, the first having been held at
Chicago, the second and third at
Omaha, and the fourth at Columbus,
O. This is the first time that it has
come South, and it is gratifying to
know that the people of South Caro-
lima and of her capital, Columbia, are
acquitting themselves with credit in
the manner IN which they are taking
care of it and in the interest the far.
mers are exhibiting in it's success.
These exhibitions are educational in
the highest degree. They not only
teach the farmers the best methods Of
making their farms remunerative by
imparting to each other varying ex-
periences as to the best processes of
cultivating the soil. but they are also
showing them how to make the homes
of the farmers wives and families
more comfortable and more attractive.
Another feature that is given prom
inence at these expositions is the work
of the government for the farmers, in
making the farm more desirable
place to live and farming more prof
fitable as business. A fact of which
the South may be proud is, that the
record foi corn production per acre is
borne by an acre in South Carolina
and it was grown by boy, a native of
the same State.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-02-05

A mean, stuffy cold. with hoarse
"heezy breathing is just the kind that
runs into bronchitis or pneumonia
Don't trifie with such serious condi-
tons but take Folev's Honey and Tar
Compound promptly. Quick and ben
eficisl results are just What you can
expect from this great medicine. It
1t soothes aGd heals he infamed air
passages. 1t stops the hoarse rackine
cough. Harmon Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-02-05
j. L. Hopkins.

This dry goods man has become
very popular in Columbia and we are
glad that many Of our people Of Lex
ington have found him out, giving him
liberal share Of patronage. His stock
is all new and fresh, we'll selected and
his prices are always lowest. Ycu will
find many bargains here you cannot
find elsewhere. Go and see him.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-02-05

If the bill safely runs the gauntlet
of the Legislature the people Of Lex
ington will be given an opportunity in
May of voting lack the dispersary If
they 50 desire.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-02-05
City Hotel, Columbia.

If you wish to feel home-like and
enjoy the comforts 0! life, plenty to
eat and good rooms and bsds, neyar
forget the City Hotel. Mrs. L, r
kaminer, when You are in Colum bia.
Prices moderate.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-02-05
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

Nothing has yet been done on the
matter of compulsory education. There
are several bills pending. particularly
that of Senator Hall, which provides
a general scheme, and those pulsory
education.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-02-05
STATE WAREHOUSE BILL.

One of the important propositions
that will come up during the coming
week will be what is known as the
State warehouse bill. This is sequel
to the warehouse bill of last year,
which the Supreme court held to be
unconstitutional on account of the
States credit being involved.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Long Distance Tourists.

Two big Locomobiles from Los
Angeles, California, passed through
Leon last Thursday at noon. The
party consisted of w. A. MoorhOuse,
wife and son William, Mrs. A. Fox
and Mr.. Elmer Marney, all of Los
Angeles They left Los Angeles on
May 18th and had travelled by easy
stages, taking in all the notable
places of interest along the Santa
Fe trail, and were travelling over
the Cannon Ball Trail from Kansas
City to Leon, then to Des Moines
over the Interstate Highway, from
which place they will go to Chicago
having picked this route as the most
direct one. From Chicago, they will
motor to Montreal and Quebec, Can
ada, and then to Bridgeport, Conn,
from which city their cars will be
shipped back to Los Angeles. They
expect to reach Los Angeles again
the latter part of October. In con-
yersation with them they spoke in
glowing words of the Cannon Ball
Trail from Trenton, Mo-, to Leon,
and said it was the best road they
had travelled over, although they had
no kick coming on the balance of the
roads all the way through.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Made Night Hideous.

Monday night crowd of young
men who should have been better
employed, made night hideous for
all the people Of Leon. They start
ed in firing big fire crackers early
in the evening and kept it up until
long after midnight, to the disgust
of everybody except the fellows who
We're causing the trouble. The city
council was in session and Mayor
Foxworthy instructed NightWatch
Wood to stop the shooting, but one
man is powerless when a crowd OF
fellows could scatter around and
watch his approach, so that he
could not locate any one who was
actually shooting the fire crackers.
Their prank caused a big loss too,
for when a cracker was thrown in
;Stl.s new front Of -Stempel & Cher
rington's drug store, about midnight,
some fellow who was standing in the
doorway jumped to get away from it
and struck one of the big plate glass
windows and broke it, but so far
his identity is not known as the
gang were all protecting each other.
An investigation is on foot however,
and some one may yet have to settle
for the fun. ,--fri
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
THE new COURT CASES
Three Petitions are Filled by Wives
Asking for DEGREES of Divorce.
All Want Alim0n].

D. Moran VS.. Virne Chapman.
Suit is brought on promissory note
for $156.20, dated July IT, 1903.
Sharp & Parrish, attorneys for plain
tiff.
Eliza E. Woodard VS.. G. H. Wood
ard. Plaintiff brings suit for d.
vorce. They were married in NO
vember, 1912, and lived together
until June 18, 1918. The plaintiff
alleges that since their marriage de-
fendant has become addicted to
habitual drunkenness, and has COM
mitted adultery. That he has cursed
her and failed to support her and
ordered her to leave his home. She
asks for a decree of divorce, tcmpor-
ary alimony of $3.50, and permanent
alimony of $2,5OO. Sharp & Par
IRISH. attorneys for plaintiff.
Julia Heathman VS.. Harlan An
drew ct al. The parties are the
heirs of Jesse E. Andrew and plain
tiff asks that the shares OF the heirs
be confirmed and the real estate sold
and the proceeds divided among the
heirs. G.. w. Hoffman, attorney for
plaintiff.
Lena Adair vs., Leonard G. Adair.
The parties were married at Paw
huska, Oklahoma, Feb. 3, 1913, and
lived together until June II, 1913.
Both had been married before and
plaintiff had six children, and plain
tiff alleges that defendant agreed to
become father to her children and
to provide for three of them. Two
of the children, twin boys eleven
years old, did not come to live with
them until April Is, 1913, and she
alleges her husband abused them so
that she had to send the boys to an
other home. She alleges he has
beaten the children and cursed her
accusing her of misconduct. She
asks for a decree of divorce, tenn
porary alimony of $500 and perma-
nent alimony of $1,000. V. R. Nc
Ginnis, attorney for plaintiff.
w. F. Briner VS.. w. A. Ramsey.
Suit is brought to foreclose a real
estate mortgage given to secure a
note for $1,000. Francis Varga, at
torney for plaintiff.
Mary A. Cation VS.. Isaac Cation.
The parties were married at Davis
City on August "a, 1889, and lived
together until June 2, 1913: In her
petition for divorce plaintiff alleges
that defendant has been guilty OF
adultery with Myrtle Zimmerman,
and has refused to desist in his con-,
duct, and has cursed and abused
plaintiff, so that her peace and hap
piness has been destroyed. Defend.
ant is possessed of real and personal
property worth at least $4,000 and
plaintiff asks for a decree of divorce
and $500 temporary alimony and
5000 permanent alimony. V. R.
McGinnis, attorney for plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
A Generous Grandfather.

Uncle John Moon of this city some
years ago promised his four grand
sons, Walter, Willard, James o. and
Milton Moon, sons Of his son, C. w.
Moon, of Lamont, that if they would
agree not to drink any liquor or use
tobacco until they were twenty-one
years of age, he would give each OF
them a gold watch. The boys have
been faithfully keeping their prom
Use, but none of them are yet OF
age, and it will be several years yet
before the youngest reaches matur-
ity. Recently Uncle John, who is
one of our old veterans who is get
ting pretty we'll along in years, con-
cluded that he might not be here to
fulfill his share of the bargain, so
he quietly placed an order with
jeweler Johnson, of Lamont, for four
gold watches, chains and charms
which he presented to his grandsOns.
The boys all appreciate his gener-
osity and we'll guarantee that they
will keep their promise to their
grandfather, and we'll also promise
that Uncle John is getting a heap
of pleasure out of his part in the
matter too. --
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
L. H. s. ALUMNI.
Enjoyed Fine Banquet and Elected
Officers for Coming Year.

The Alumni Association OF the
Leon High School held their annual
meeting last Wednesday. At the af-
ternoon meeting held at the High
School building Miss Himena Hott-
man was chosed as temporary chair
man, and a permanent constitution
and bylaws adopted A committee
consisting of Mrs. Bessie Moore
Bryant, of Abba, Mrs. Aletha Bur-
nett Redman, of Grand River, Chas.
Housh, of Des Moines, and Miss
Helen Deck, of Leon, was selected
to nominate officers for the ensuing
year. The following are the officers
reported and elected:
President-Miss Himena Hoff-
man.
Vice President-Miss Neva Curry.
Recording Secretary-Miss Flor
ence Coffin.
Corresponding secretary-E. w.
Farquhar.
Treasurer-Miss Olive Gwinn.
Historian-Miss Hazel Moore.
In the evening the Alumni and
their invited guests partook OF fine
banquet which was served in the
dining room of the M. E. church, by
the ladies of the Guild. 1872 plates
being served. Capt. j. D. Brown,
president of the Leon school board
presided as POSTMASTER. Miss Ruth
Farquhar welcomed the class of '13
and Reese .Gittinger responded in
behalf of the class. Good impromptu
talks were also made by Miss Alta
Hart and Mr. S. A. Gates, and the
banquet was thoroughly enjoyed by
all. After the banquet all the ban
queters and many of our citizens at
tended the production of the class
play,"At the End of the Rainbow
which was reproduced by special re-
quest by the class of '13.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Arrested for DESERVING Wife and
Child.

Leo Sneathen, of Pleasanton, was
arrested Sunday by sheriff Lorey on
the, charge of deserting and failing
to support his wife and child. He
has been working at GAINESVILLE for
some time and came across the line
last Sunday to visit his mother.
Sheriff Lorey has been laying for
him and after arresting him brought
him to Leon and he was taken be-
fore Justice J. j. Wall, where an in-
formation had been filed charging
him with deserting his wife and
child. He asked for continuance
of his preliminary hearing until
July 1st, and he was held under
bsads of $500. He claimed he
ssIld Secure bends atsa Rlaasanton,
and he was taken there Monday noon
by the sheriff, but failed to secure
the bond and was brought back to
Leon and placed in jail
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Will Force Railroads to Maintain "a
to 20 Foot Crossings.

Secretary Jas. F. Harvey of the
Leon Commercial Club recently
wrote to the State Highway Com
mission in regard to what policy the
commission would adopt in regard
to compelling the railroads to main
tain the pianking at road crossings.
He has received a letter from H. c..
Beard, a member of the commission
il which he writes that the matter
has been taken up by the commits
sion and they have decided from "a
to 26 feet wide, which will allow
autos or teams to pass on a railroad
crossing the same as on any public
road. At present the railroad cross
ings all over the state are very mar
row, many of them not being over
eight or ten feet wide. 1t will be a
great Improvement when this is
done. :
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
"CHAINS OF AN OATH"
Special Two Reel Feature at Idle
Hour, Tuesday Evening,
july 1St, .m.-,

For next weeks special feature
the Idle Hour theatre has booked
the Vitagraph feature production,
Chains of An OATH" with the ever
popular Edith Story in the leading
role. The big ventilat1ng and osc1l-
ating fans keep the Idle Hour cool
and comfortable even on the hottest
evenings. Three shows will be Civ
en- next Tuesday so that all may SEQ
this masterful production.
The story of the play follows:
Part /.
The life of the Russian peasant
means hard work, with little oppor-
tunity for education, pleasure or re-
finement. Donia, a pretty girl, lives
in the midst of these surroundings.
She hears from one of her country
men, who has returned from Amer1-
ca, of the advantages of that coun-
try, and persuades her father to let
her go to America with her friend.
She packs up and takes leave of her
family and friends. Gregory, to
whom she Is betrothed, more
through that love, is disturbed and
asks her why she is going away when
she is engaged to him. Her father
assures Gregory that she will return
and she promises that, she will. In
confirmation of this promise she
takes an oath to that effect
Donia arrives in America and Sc
cures employment as servant with
family who takes kindly to her
and to whom she becomes much at
tached She attends Night School,
and soon acquires the English lam
guage. Here she meets Ivan, fell
low countryman, who has become
Americanized, very worthy young
man. Ivan falls in love with her
and proposes. Donia cannot hide her
love for him. While talking, she re-
ceives a letter from her father, re-
minding her of her oath and urges
her to return at once to Russia and
marry Gregory. This sudden re-
minder of her oath causes her to
reel. Ivan catches her in his arms
and she tells him of her oath. Brok-
en-hearted, he tries to dissuade her,
but with that stolid, inherent idea
of filiaI duty, she refuses ana re-
turns to Russia. a"
Part II.
After Donia departs Ivan is fran
tic with grief, and he, too, goes to
Russia. He finds her at home and
again declares his love for her.
Gregory witnesses this intense scene
and bcomes furious Donia pleads
with Ivan to leave. her, that she can
not break. her oath. He goes to his
Iod ging in an tagony Of soul and
mind. Gregory follows Ivan with in
tent to kill him. and Donia, suspect
ing his purpose, keeps watch over
him. Gregory, peering through the
door of Ivan's lodgings sees Ivan,
who, in despair, has given up all
hopes of Donia marrying him, about
to take poison, when Gregory dash
es the bottle from his hand. Fear
ing an encounter, Donia rushes in
between them. Gregory tells Ivan
he realizes that Donia does not love
him, confesses he does not love her,
and releases her from her oath. Be-
ing convinced of the sincerity OF
their love, Gregory places Donia's
hand in Ivan's and leaves them alone
in, the ecstacy Of their love.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Fell Under Loaded Wagon.


Marion, the youngest son of M. F.
Grimes, had a narrow escape from
being killed last Thursday. The little
fellow had climbed on a wagon load
ed with cinders which was driven
by Harrison Bowman, and when in
front of Frank Hansell's store, he
slipped off the brake on which he
was riding and the. rear wheels pass
ed over the toes of one foot, mash
ing the ends of them and smashing
the great toe fat. One arm was
also cut some and bruised. He was
picked up and taken to the Leon
hospital where he was given medical
attention and later in the day re-
moved to his home. It was mar
row escape, for had the wheels of
the heavy wagon passed over his
body he would have been crushed to
DEATH
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Diagonal Broke Drag Record.

The town of Diagonal over in
Ringgold county, broke the road
drag record for the state a week ago
last Saturday. They had named a
drag day and a number of prizes
were offered the draggers by the
businessmen of the town, and the
result was that 166 road drags were
registered before noon, and a num-
ber came in after dinner who did
not register. Ringgold county is up
and doing when it comes to making
good roads and they have the best
roads for the entire county of any
county in southern Iowa. Why
wouldn't it be good idea to have q
drag day in Leon?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
A Good Job Of Road Work.

People who travel southeast from
Leon on the Leon and Lineville road
cannot help but notice the great i'm
provement which has been made on
the big sand bank hill just after
leaving Leon. The hill has been cut
down and the grade raised clear to
the{ bridge over Magruder, and a
.bigSfill made east of the top of the
hill, which cuts down this hill 50
that there is an easy grade all the
way and the road has been ,Widened
out so that teams or autos can pass
in safety. This work was done by
county road boss Ed Macy and it
shows that Mr.. Macy thoroughly un-
derstands the art of road making as
a minimum cost, for all of this heavy
work was done at a total cost of
$3.50.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Bought Three New Cadillacs.

R. E. Mclaughlin of this city and
his brother Walter Mclaughlin, of
Decatur City, went to Des Moines
last Thursday and drove down their
new Cadillac touring cars which
they purchased through the Leon
Auto Co. They were accompanied
by their wives and little daughtera,
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Cozad, Orel Es-
tes and F. S., Stewart, who, drove
R. E. Mclaughlin car to Leon that
evening. A third car was also pur-
chased by their brother-in-law, Cul
Euritt, of Decatur City, which will
be delivered this week. They are
mighty nice cars, equipped right up
to the minute and they will have "a
great deal of pleasure with them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Cannon Ball Trail Made State Road
In Mercer County, Missouri.

The Cannon Ball Trail which runs
south from Leon to Princeton and
Trenton, Missouri, has been named
as one of the official state highways
in Mercer county, and it will be i'm
proved from Princeton to the state
line at Pleasanton, which means that
that part of the trail will be put in
fine condition. Now if the Iowa part
from Leon to Pleasanton is improv-
ed in similar manner, it will be a
peach of a road. '
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
w. H. Golfers Barn at Decatur
Burned.

The big barn on the home place of
w. H. Golfer at Decatur City, was
destroyed by fire Monday morning
about o'clock The origin of the
fire is unknown, coming at this ear
ly morning hour, when no one was
up about the place.. Fortunately
the barn was practically empty,
there being no stock and but little
feed in the barn, as all of the stock
was in pasture and Mr. Golfers i'm
plements and harness were in the
other barns on his big farm. The
barn was big one being 40x74 feet.
Mr.. Golfer carried insurance of
5000 in the Capital & Merchants
Co., of Des Moines. -:.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
A Poor Way to Work the Roads.

There should be some means ad-
opted to prevent the practice OF
plowing up heavy chunks of sod
from along the side of the roads and
piling them in the center of the
road, so that the road is left in an
almost impossible condition We
recently drove over the mile OF
road running east from Aaron
Goodman's north of Leon, to Grown
Chapel and it was almost impossible
to drive car over the road without
damaging the car. If these big
chunks must be piled in the middle
of the road the road workers should
take a disc and cut them up or do
something with them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
State Highway Commissioners and
Engineer Will Inspect Decatur
Sc County Roads This Week.

Member of the state highway COM
mission H. G.. Beard, of Mt. Ayr, has
sent word that he expects to visit
Decatur county in company with one
of the commissions engineers on
Friday or Saturday of this week and
will go over all Of the roads in this
county where contests have been fl
ed with the commission, and there
are several of them. Parties living
along these contested roads should
have them in good condition for in
spectiOn
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Cannon Ball Trail Extended to Des
Moines via Garden Grove and
HumestOn.

The officers of the Cannon Ball
Trail recently made a trip to Garden
Grove, Humeston and Derby and as
sisted a committee from Garden
Grove in locating a new trail from
Leon to Des Moines. It will be a
part of the Cannon Ball Trail and
runs from Leon to Garden Grove,
then to Humeston and Derby and
through Lucar and Liberty Cen
ter, connecting with the Interstate
Highway at Summerset, which it will
follow into Des Moines. 1t will
make splendid road and when put
in shape will rival the Interstate
for Des Moines travel from Leon and
south of here.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Miss Lois Sankey Married at Grand
Junction, Colorado.

Relatives in Leon have received
news of the marriage of Miss Lois
Sankey, daughter of Hon. E. ].
Sankey, of this city, at Grand juno
ton, Colorado, on June 8th, the
lucky groom being Mr. James A.
Lee, an expert machinist Of Poca-
tello, Idaho, in which city the happy
couple will make their home. Miss
Sankey has been a teacher in the
public schools at Grand Junction for
several years, and has a host Of
friends in this city, where she was
born and raised who join us in ex-
tending CONGRATULATIONS for her flu
ture happiness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-06-26
Together for First Time in Eighteen
Years, .~,. ,.-A Sxx@.

Mrs. G. G.. Cline has been enjoy
ing a reunion with her two sisters,
and neice, the first time they have
all been together for eighteen years.
The sisters were Mrs. H. C. Cox and
daughter, Miss Myrna, of Harris
burg, Colorado, and Mrs. George
Kropp, of Memphis, Mo-, and the
neice was Mrs A. E. Allen and chill
dren of Lenox, Iowa. Mrs. Cox de-
parted Friday for her home in Colo
rado, her daughter joining her at
Villisca, where she went the previous
day for days visit with friends.
Mrs. Allen returned home Friday
and Mrs. Kropp is still here.