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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Atlanta Club Is Host
To Visiting Elevens

University Of Georgia and Univer-
sity Of Virginia men resident in At
lanta or visiting for the football game
Saturday have been Invited to make
their headquarters at the University
Club, on Peachtree street Members
Of both teams will be at the club dur
ing Saturday morning, the Virginia
men coming from their headquarters
at the Hotel Ansley and the Georgia
mon from the Georgian Terrace.
Invitations to make the club head
quarters have been sent out by Thorn
as Whipple Connally, the club secre-
tary.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Police Stampeded by
Snakes in Suit Case

ALTOONA, PA, Oct. 81 Finding a
leather travelling bag at Twelfth ave.
nue. and sixteenth street, Patroman
Sherlock took 1t to the Central Police
Station. But he and Desk Sergeant
Cherry made a rush for the exits when
It was opened and a half dozen rattle
snakes emerged. The bag and the
snakes were finally consigned to one
Of the big furnaces at city Hall.
The snakes' owner is unknown today
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
NEW TURN To
SAVE KINGS
SLA AVER
Court Admits Confession Over
Protest Of Prisoners Counsel.
County Treasurer Recitss It.

GRAYS, Oct. 24.--When the trial of
Nick Wilburn, charged with the muir
der of James King, was resumed this
morning, a marked change In the po-
sition of the defense was predicted.
Attorney John r, Cooper suggested
that he would probably plead self
defense for his client, bringing out
ais feature in Wilburn's own story.
The first witnesses summoned by the
defense were some of the men who
testifed yesterday for the State.
A stubborn effort was made by the
defense yesterday afternoon to keep
from the jury the confession made by
Wilburn on the night of his arrest,
while he was being hurried through
the woods to Macon to escape mob
violence last December. 1t was ar
sued by Attorney Cooper that the
confession was wrung from the de-
PENDANT by threats and intimidatio
Judge Park allowed the confession to
20 to the jury, as it was related by
County Treasurer Etheridge.
Confession to Ethsridse.
Mr.. Etheridge said:
When Nick offered to make his
confession l asked him II what he had
10 say was voluntary and he told me
It was of his own free will, and that
he had been wanting to tell It all day.
| offered him no inducement or hope
Of reward.
He told us that Mrs. King was the
ause of it all. / asked him how.
and he repeated that in March. 1912,
Mrs. King called him into the kitchen
and threw her arms around his neck
and Rugged and kissed him, and from
that time on they became intimate.
Later, she wanted him to Kill her
husband, he said. wilbur told US
that Mrs. King had suggested that he
either put poison in some whisky or
shoot him some time while he was out
hunting Wilburn said that on tho
day of the killing he went to the
house, and finding Mrs. King there,
asked where Mr.. King was. and Mrs.
King told him her husband had gone
to the woods to shoot birds. WiIburn
said he replied, Now Is my time and.
said he, Mrs. King replied, Tt 10 up
TO YOU
Finds King in Woods.
'Wilburn said he followed King
INTO the woods, finally locating him
by his shooting. When met up with
MIN and began talking with him, Mr..
King handed me his gun, and walked
away a few feet wilbur said. and
taking his gun pointed 1t half cir
Gle, remarking that believed I could
XIII some birds, when Mr.. King looked
around at me | had the gun on line
with him and fired Mr.. King stag
sefed backward. and said. Nick, don't
go mat again then he walked a few
leet and fell dead I followed him
ana placed the gun by the body"
When cross examined. Mr.. Ether
'ose said he did not tell Wilburn that
a mob was pursuing him. He said
wa after Wilburn confessed he crieo
eIu begged them to not let them (the
mon break his neck.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Worst Boys in US.
Are Found in Toledo,
Erie and Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE,, Oct. "a. Milwaukee
boys are third worst in the country"
said Jack Robbins, of the National Big
Brothers Association, at a meeting OF
the philanthropists to-day. Toledo boys
are the worst In the country, accord
ing to Robbins, and Erie. Pa, boys the
next
Mr. Robbins interviewed hfty-th
boys. His report follows:
Smoking cigarettes, Al; smoking a
pipe. 4; chewing tobacco. /; do not use
tobacco. Z; play pool when they have
money; II play cards; go to the pic.
ture shows; 20 use leisure hours read
ing; s are interested In baseball and
AZ are interested in prize fghting.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Farmer and Son Held
As Counterfeiters

ALEXANDRIA. LA, Oct. 24.-Phil
Cooke. an aged farmer, and his son
have been arrested by Federal author
tiles on charge OF counterfeiting
Plates OF Ave. ten and twenty dollar
notes were found buried In potato
patch and samples of the alleged coun-
terfeit money were taken from their
home.
The Government agents said that the
farmer sent his son to Berlin in order
to learn engraving.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
browns in Cistern
Under Her Kitchen

CHARLESTON, Oct. e4.-Mrs.
Mary McInery, So years old. was
found drowned in, cistern under her
kitchen by her son and daughter, who
missed her at bedtime
Upon investigation they discovered
broken place in the kitchen floor,
and further search revealed the dead
body in the water. seven feet deep.
A trapdoor gave way under her
weight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Mrs. Russell Gives
$4,000 to Hospital

YONKERS. oct. 24.-Mrs Frederick
Russell, of Russell Harbor, Long Island.
subscribed $1,000, it is announced to-
day, TO the fund for the proposed an
mex to st. Joseph's Hospital.
The fund was started with gift of
$4,000 from Alexander s. Cochran.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Alimony Denied to
Home Town Halter

JERSEY CITY, n. j., Octfi "a
Because she did not like the town of
Vulcanite. N. j., where her husband
had decided to live, Mrs. Agnes Kei-
Ter applied to the court here to COM
pei her husband to give her alimony.
Her application was refused.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Judges Women by
Powder on Faces

NEWARK. n. j., Oct 24.--Henry
G. P1att, a detective In the tenderloin
section here, says he judges the
character OF women by the amount
Of powder on their faces.
TOO much powder on woman's
face indicates lack Of morals" he
says.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Genevieve Clark
Wars on the Tango

WASHINGTON. Oct. 23.-Mlss Gene
We've Champ Clark daughter of Speaker
Clark, has declared against the tango
and other modern dances
81 do not wish to critlcise those who
dance the so-called modern dances. but
am not going TO dance them." she
said
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Ex-Vice President
tairbanks'W Wife Dies

!, IN ANNAPOLIS, IND, Oct. "a
~rs. Charles Warren Fairbanks, wife
~ n. tne former Vice President Of the
United States, died here to-day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
"Faithful Unto Death

Faithful Unto Death is the most
appropriate title of Vitagraph fea-
ture picture that is to be shown next
Saturday both matinee and night at
the Idle Hour theatre. 1t tells the
story of Sepoy uprising in India.
Colonel Maxim and his family live in
India. He takes short journey On
an elephant with his servant, Gulsh
Khan. The servant IS taken i'll. The
colonel dismounts from his elephant
and places the servant thereon and
then urges the big beast back home
where the servant is cared for by the
colonel's family. A Sepoy rebellion
breaks out and the inmates or the
British post are massacred. Some
of the natives tell the colonels SER
want of their victory and he learns
that they will attack the home OF
his master. The servant informs the
family and tells them what to do. He
then takes their jewels in a small
bag while the family take refuge IL
the attic. He then joins the native
band, which insists ON entering the
house of the colonel and finally do so
setting fire to the building after leaV-
ing. Then elephants belonging to
the Colonel effect a thrilling rescue
of the family from the burning house.
The colonel attaches note to the
ear of one of the beasts and sends
it away to the garrison to notify the
soldiers of their predicament. The
servant returns, helps the family es-
cape to a temple and is holding the
door against a native attack as the
soldiers arrive and win the day. The
matinee Saturday afternoon starts
at O'Clock promptly and the same
show is given as at night Three
shows will be given Saturday even
ing at 1880, $50 and $50. Usual
prices of admission
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
Rural Carriers Met at Lamont.

The Decatur county rural carriers
association met at the Coliseum, La.
moni, last Saturday, it being Wash
ington's birthday and a legal holl-
day, so they were all off duty. There
were nineteen carriers in attendance
at the meeting and the boys had
splendid meeting and fine time,
being we'll entertained while they
were in the city.
The meeting was called to order
at 10 o'clock with vice president
Fred Sumption presiding. Matters
of general interest were discussed,
addresses being made by carriers c..
r. Turner, of Leon, Charley Morey,
of Pleasanton, and F. p. Allen, OF
Leon. Postmaster Dan Anderson, of
Lamont, attended the meeting and
made an address which highly pleas
ed the carrier boys. He told them
among other things that the compen-,
sation paid the rural carrier was not
adequate in view of the work they
performed and that the time was'
coming when they would receive pay
in proportion to other government
employees.
Dinner was served the carriers il
the basement of the Coliseum by
the ladies of the l.. d. S. church,,
and they were guests of postmaster
Anderson at a matinee in the after,
noon. ... -st. ..-.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
Snow and Hot Lead Don't Mix.

Ed Bell and Art Martindale had a
little experience one day last week
which has convinced them that it is
not good thing to try and mix
snow and hot lead. Mr.. Martindale
was doing some plumbing at the Bell
& Robinson building and Mr.. Bell
was watching the work. Art had
laid lead ladle down in the snow
and without thinking picked it up
and put it in the pot containing the
melted lead. And say, there was
something "didding," for the way
the lead exploded and flew over
them was caution, both of them be-
ing quite severely burned on the face
and Mr. Martindale was burned
about the eyes, but no serious conse-
quences will follow. But you can
bet your fife that neither of them
will ever put snow in hot lead again.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
Will HAVE CnAUTAUQUA
Contract Signed with Jones Chau-
tauqua System for a Chautau-
qua latter Part of August.

The Leon Chautauqua Association
after several months OF negotiating
with various Chautauqua Systems,
has finally contracted with the Jones
Chautauqua System, of Perry, Iowa,
to put on a weeks Chautauqua at
Leon, the latter part OF August,
which is a much better date than
we have had any previous year, as
by that time the farmers will be
through with their harvesting and
can attend. A very good contract
was made by the local association,
and the price of the season tickets
will be Sl.5O instead OF $500 as was
charged last year. .. ,
The Jones Chautauqua System,
while strangers to us have been en-
gagged in Chautauqua work for sever
al years and last year put on over
two hundred ChautauQuas and VIII
have a larger circuit this year. AS
to the program the System agrees to
submit the entire program to the loc-
al committee for their approval at
as early a date as it can be made
up, and the manager, G. Durant
Jones, has promised that Leon Will
have the best Chautauqua this year
that was ever given in our city.
We are indeed pleased to an
nounce definitely that Leon will have
a Chautauqua for this year. We be-
lieve in Chautauquas They are a
good thing for the people and conc
munity, affording good, moral, whole
some and refining entertainment at
a nominal price which is within the
reach of all. All that will be ncces-
sary for the people OF Leon and De-
catur county to do in the matter is
to become Chautauqua boosters. we
don't want to hear from any knock
ers. Let everybody boost and talk
Chautauqua and he ready to enjoy
a week Of entertainment and instruc-
tion when the ChautauQua is held
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
r. U. McCFystal Locates i'm Des
MOiHes.

1t is with regret that we announce
that Mr.. T. II. McCrystaa, the prOmi-
nent farmer and real estate dealer
OF Decatur City, has decided to move
with his family to Des Moines. MT.
McCrystal recently sold his extensive
home farm north of Decatur City,
and after Investigating several loca-
tions finally decided to mowe to Des
Moines in order to give his children
educational advantages, and has pur~
chased a fine residence at 3117 Sixtn
Avenue, and the family will move to
Des Moines the coming week. Mr..
McCrystal Will engage in the real
estate business in Des Moines, hav-
ing secured an Office in the Clarp
block and he will devote all OF his
time to the real estate business,
handling his own properties and 9TH
ers. During their residence in Decd-
tur county the McCrystal Family
made many friends who are sorry in
deed to see them leave. Mr.. McCryh-
tai is a hustler in the real estate
business and has negotiated quite a
large number of big sales. s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
Des Moines Holds the Record.

Des Moines has been carrying Oh
a Strenuous advertising campaign TO
attract people to that city. their ad
rertising setting forth the many ad-
III fsasges Sof living ..in the biggest
city ii. Iowa. But according to the
report published iast Friday in q
Des Moines daily paper, more than
cne third of the citizens Of Des
Moines died during the past year.
The item says that IAN average Of
100 deaths day occurred in Des
Moines in 1912, so shows the report
of James Morgan, city health stat
istician. The report was asked for by
Mayor Hanna
There was 366 days in 1912 and
an average of 100 deaths day
would mean total of $4,000 deaths
during the year The undertakers
of Des Moines must have been kept
pretty busy, for if these figures are
correct, considerable more than one
third of the total population Of Des
Moines died during 1912.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
". III. BroHson's Sale Was a Cracker
Jack.

The big stock sale of W. H. Bron-
son AZ miles west of Decatur City
en- last Friday, was a cracker jack,
notwithstanding the storm of that
day, and the sale amounted to about
$4,000. There was an immense
crowd in attendance at the sale for
Mr.. Bronson believes in advertising,
having good bills, sale cards and
liberal newspaper advertising, carry
ing his adv. for two weeks before
the sale, and the advertising made
him good many dollars at the sale.
Prices realized at this sale were top
notch ones and Mr.. Bronson is feel
ing mighty good over the success of
his sale. We understand that. c. L.
Boord was one of the heavy buyers,
buying about $4,000 worth of cattle
alone at the sale.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
Good Roads Expert tn
Speak in Leon.

Congressman rowller has annOunc-
led the dates for the meetings to be
held in the Eighth district at which
NJ. o. Aldridge, the government good
roads expert will speak, and in the
list of meetings Leon is scheduled
for an afternoon meeting on Friday,
March 7th, and an evening meeting
will be held at Lamont the same day.
Mr.. Aldridge is a practical good
roads builder and will illustrate his
lecture with a number of stereopti-
con views. Every man in Decatur
county who is interested in i'm
proving our public roads, and
this includes every man in the
county, should arrange to attend one
of these meetings. Congressman
Towner will accompany Mr.. Aldridge
en- his tour over the district. We
are unable this week to give further
details of the meeting, but will do so
in next weeks paper. But in the
meantime don't forget the date, Fri
day afternoon, March 7tb, and make
arrangements so that you can be in
Leon on that date.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
Death from Spinal Meningitis.

James, the ten year old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. John P. Rumley, living four
miles southeast of Leon on the farm
owned by A. H. Teale, died Saturday
evening from that dread disease,
spinal meningitis The lad was tax
en- with the disease four days before
his death and in short time became
unconscious, remaining in this con-
dition until his death. On account
of the nature of the disease the fun
eral was private, interment being in
the Shy cemetery northwest of Leon
on Sunday. While there is always
danger of an epidemic from this dis
ease, as it is very contagious, in this
case the child was at once isolated,
and every precaution has been taken
in the case by the attending physician
and it is not thought there will be
any other cases in the family
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
Exchange National Bank of Leon has
Only One in Decatur County.

The Exchange National Bank OF
Leon has recently installed new
and up-to-date Burroughs adding and
statement machine, which is the very
latest machine made for bank work,
and is the only ono of the kind IN
Decatur county. The new machine is
a wonder and is especially convenient
in making out customers statements,
as the dating, listing Vi checks aH'i
othA1 items an. addi As are all done
on the machine 1t viii save the
bank officials a great deal OF work
and enable them to get out their
statements promptly and in suca
shape as will be appreciated by their
customers. Drop in at the bank and
tEey will be pleased to show the na'
1naci.lne to you and explain its III
tricate workings. T.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
Geo. p. Bellows Killed in Auto Ac-
cident.

Col. Geo. P. Bellows, the we'll
known live stock auctioneer of Mary
vile, Mo-, who is known by many of
the live stock breeders of Decatur
county, was killed in an auto acci-
dent three miles south of Maryville
week ago last Monday. Mr.. Bel
lows left home alone in his auto to
drive to his farm near Maryville, and
when found was dead, having been
crushed to death under the steering
wheel Of his car which had turned
over. Marks in the road indicate
that short distance from where he
met his death his car had left the
road and he could apparently not get
it back, and crashed into small
bridge which spanned a ditch and
the car turned over and rolled to the
bottom Of the ditch. Mr.. Bellows
was about fifty years of age and is
survived by his wife and one son.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
How is This for Legislation?

The following is an official copy
of a resolution introduced in the
House of Representatives at Wash
ington on Feb. 8th, by Congressman
Akin, of New York. 1t was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
and ordered to be printed. 1t is d
freak" bill, but no worse than
some of the bills which have been
passed in congress:
Resolved, That the Secretary OF
Agriculture be, and he is hereby,
authorized and directed to eXpend
not exceeding $1,000 in the purchase
of six high-grade, thoroughbred male
turkey buzzards and ninety-nlne
thoroughbred humming birds, each
to be examined and passed upon by
Doctor A. d. Melvin, Chief OF the
Bureau of Animal Industry, as to
soundness of limb and heart
strength, in order that test may be
made as to the value of the offspring,
be they gnats or fieas, for agricul-
tural purposes, and to report to Con-
gress whether the experiment IS
more valuable to the American
farmer than the one now going on
in this bureau where thousands OF
dollars have been expended in buy
ing zebras in Africa and transport
ing the same to the District OF Col
umbia, where they are Joined in
wedlock to Missouri mules, the Off
spring of which seem to be cross
between a North Dakota jack rabbit
and an Australian Kangaroo. and the
sum of 81 900, Or SO much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby ap-
propriated, out of the contingent
fund of the House, to- carry out the
purposes (fhis resolution.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published q Quarter
of a Century Ago.

The first meeting of the Decatur
County Farmers institute was held
in this city, the meeting extending
over two days. Capt. J. D. Brown
was elected president, S. P. Mcneil,
J. R. Smith and S. H. Coin vice
presidents, J. N. Grayson, w. B. Gill
reath and e. S. Buffum secretaries.
Among the speakers at the meeting
was Hon. L. S. Coffin, of Ft. Dodge,
| who told of his experience in feeding
silage.
W. T. Laughlin and Frank Ellis,
of Mt. Ayr, were visiting in this city.
J. M, Sylvester took charge OF the
hotel at Davis City.
Sam Black, of Decatur City, was
arrested char ged with whipping his
mother. He was tried before Justice
Albaugh, who found him guilty OF
the charge and sentenced him to
serve ten days in the county jail:
Joseph H. Euritt and Mrs. Mary
Reynolds, of Kellerton, were married
in this city by Justice w. Fl. Albaugil
at Browns Hotel.
| On one of those muddy days last
week an inquisitive Leon lady was
standing at her window and saw DR..
Layton come driving wearlly into
town looking like the fag-end OF
hard times; himself, his horses and
his bad weather buggy all spattered
with mud She turned to her hus-
band and exclaimed, Il wish you
would speak to the DR.. and ask him
whether it's boy or a girl
The following marriage licenses
were issued by the county clerk dur
ing the month of February:
| Pliney Lille to Lizzie Dunbar.
A. Briggaman to Ida Hemelrich.
NJ. A. Gammill to Arametta Ham
ilton.
James Fl. Guthrie to Ida Cheering
ton.
Eber J. Smith to Eta J. Rainer.
i Henry Joden to Rachel M. Bass.
Daniel Obannon to Mary F. Wade
S. G. Cogswe1l to Malinda Carroll
john Slaughter to Charlotte Ton
ey.
Leroy J. Johnston to Izarrah kcl-
! ler.
James NJ. Harris to Charlotte Jen-
nings.
VIM. w. Post to Viola Clifton.
| Sol Strong, an old time Decatur
county citizen, now residing in Cali
| fornia, was visiting with relatives
and friends in this county.
| Ignace Hainer had organized
| class Of German students In this city.
News had been received here OF
itle death Of John Danlavey, former
lily Of Spring Valley, and an old time
resident OF Decat'lr county. He diet!
at Glenwood Springs, California, on
Feb. 9th, where he had gone LOT
his health.
The great strike Of the Burlington
engineers was in full sway, and only
stray train or two passed through
Leon during the past week.
Mrs. Helen Rockwell died at the
home of VIM. Gray near Davis City,
after lingering illness. She was
buried at Lamont.
The Kickapoo Indians were here
with medicine show and were SELL
ing everybody large quantities of the
celebrated Indian remedy 'Sagwa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-27
Neil Brown Operated Upon for Ap-
Dendicitis.

Word has been received in Leon
that Neil Brown, son of Mr. ard
Mrs. w. A. Brown, formerly OF this
city, now residing at Lincoln, Neb.,
was operated upon at Tabitha hos
pital in Lincoln week ago last Sun
day for appendicitis. The operation
is reported to have been successful
and Neil is expected to make speedy
recovery. The operation was per
formed by DR.. J. w. Greenman, Of
Lincoln, Neb., formerly of Leon, and
his nurse is Miss Zichy, formerly Of
Garden Grove. Neil is Junior i'll
the Nebraska State University at
Lincoln, and is also associate editor
of the Daily Nebraskan, the college
paper. His many friends in Leon
hope that his recovery may be
speedy and that he can soon return
to his studies and work. 4gr