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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18

our minds.
fIhad been a reasonable being, l
should never have fallen In love with
Miss Galbraith. It was an illogical
proceeding, because it made my presi-
dency of the Bachelors club, which
l had formed three years before, ex-
tremely uncertain-or, at least, 1T
seemed to make it uncertain.
Nothing was more desirable than
my club. We had every comfort, in
addition to good fellowship; and the
fact that we we're all members did not
preclude US from the society of wom-
en-. Indeed, it gave zest to that so
ciety, for it seemed to surround US
with an additional safeguard.
Miss Galbraith's father had left her
several millions She owned the
building in which our club was quar-
tered. The agent had called on me
only three weeks before Christmas to
tell me that we must either sign an
other three years lease, or vacate on
the list of January. There were
twenty-five of US, and we had already
agreed-it was in the constitution
that the club should be Immediately
disbanded If any member got mar
ried. We all knew Miss Galbraith,
and we were all in love with her; but
as yet no man had been sufficiently
disloyal-or successful break the
spell.
caught Fenson, our vice-president,
calling on Miss Galbraith one night;
and afterward, in the club rooms. we
had it out. E
Look here, old man." I said, 1T
/ seems to me that you are taking
chances. OF course, you don't care
about the money: but you cant play
around fire. Why, the future OF this
club depends on your keeping away
from that xirl! &
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18

Its a shame, fellows, for able-bodied
men like you to annoy a young girl
like that"
felt so sympathetic about 1t, In
deed, that the next afternoon l called
on Miss Galbraith to learn the facts.
rs it true" l asked, that the fell
lows in my crowd come around here
constantly? I suppose it must be so,
as l meet them here all the time.
That's the reason why came this
afternoon" added softly. "The even
ings are too crowded"
The dear girl looked tired.
yes, it is true" she replied. you
know that twenty-five young men, con-
stantly succeeding one another, are
rather trying" 49,
It's wearing on you, isn't it," said.
"Dreadfully. l am going away"
experienced a sudden shock OF
pain. II r..
"Oh, don't say that!" exclaimed.
'I'll do something about it. I'll make
them pass a resolution that they
aren't to call so often-say, one man a
week during the year. Anything to-
keep you here!"
"Oh, I'm only going away for
Christmas!" she said, 'just for rest.
Dear old New York! / hate to leave
| it at this season, but l know how it
will be. They never could keep away,
and shall break down II don't get
| a few days OF.
The thought made me boil.
by Jove!" / exclaimed. This is z
pretty mess, isn't It! Here's : bach.
elors' club. sworn to remain single,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18
Fl Cooke

The Electric Fireless Cooker that OPP
crates from any lamp socket and
does all the cooking for a family Of
seven or eight.
Costs no more TO operate than a
Hotpoint Iron.
Simply put cold food in the oven,
set the automatic control, and
turn on the current that's all.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18
Famous Hotpoint Iron

No other iron Of any kind has the
advantages that the Hotpoint Electr
Iron offer syou. No other iron will
save you SO much time and energy
and money-wi! do so much to
tighten your work. 1t makes iron
ing pleasure.
In an instant the iron begins to
heat, and in couple of minutes you
can begin your work. From that
time on you can iron steadily, no
matter how heavy the work. No
running back and forth. No lifting
a heavy iron-simply tip it up on
the attached Stand-nO effort.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18
and all of us working nights to 60
back on ourselves and to bother the

and all Of us working nights to 60
back on ourselves and to bother the
life out of you. We're actually driving
you away from town at the best time
Of the year. It's shame!"
Never mind" she said softly. II
need a change, anyway. / am going
to open up my country place, and have
a real country Christmas" She looked
at me appeaiingly. How would you
like to run down there for the holi-
days?"
Her words went through me like
an electric shock So I was the chos-
en- one! l had suspected it for some
time.
DO you really mean it?' I asked
could see even then the magnifi-
cent stretches of country surrounding
her beautiful estate, and the stately
mansion in the center. Everything
was there that the mind or heart could
wish, and l was to be lord OF 1t ALL
Not that I cared for the money! felt
that she knew that.
"Certainly mean it. You can run
down the day before and stay over for
few days. My aunt will chaperon
us. Now, you must 60, as have some
business to attend to-
1t seemed too good to be true. For
the next week went about as one in
dream. Luck was with me, even to
the elements, for the day before
Christmas dawned unclouded, and
gave me the opportunity to run my
car down to Miss Galbraith's instead
of taking the train, which I detest.
1t was only a seventy-mile run.,I ar
rived at six o'clock. AS stepped into
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18
Su&&estions-
The Copeman Automatic Electric Cook Stove

The Copeman Automatic Electric Cook Stove-the stove
of the Twentieth in science to the WIRE
less telegraph the acceptance the auomobilehas to
stay and will broaden the activities of the home and light
proved the health of nation wireless has added the
safety of the travel etc. The last and final step in the
development of this modern method Of cooking the appca
ton of the Automatic Control FEATURE improvement that
has eliminated oneha the labor and drudge of cooking
The Copeman Automatic Electric Cook StoOe The only
market possessing this economical hne-sauing abor-sauing feature
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18
A CHRISTMAS STORY

~SN ~ SPENT a happy
:: ! !:
<>,$W. s Christmas eve
:/(IIn9.., N At blithesome
/ MVVYlSH IN Ennedale,
VlL~EZ/NAW. " And sitting by the
" II VIZ I'M IN coy hearth,
| II ~MVVy listened to this
NJ III TX tale.
~ Old Thomas told
I it 49, he had
~(IS Some seventy
V1N years or so,
T%= - And over many
(%ASO lands had
been
: A roamer to and fro.
when l was but boy" he said,
There dwelt not far from here
A woman young in widowhood-
! Her name was Helen We're.
Zone child she had-a little boy
! l scarcely need to say
He was her only earthly JOY,
! Her comfort night and day.
loft would she stroke his golden hair
And sigh, and say. 'Ah, me
On, weary. weary was the day
Thy father went to SEAL
One day he to his mother said
I long so much to be
A sailor, as my father was,
And sail the wide, wide sea-
she gave consent, although her heart
Was bound up in her son
1T may be better for US both
0 Lord, Thy will be done.
'"'You won't forget me, my dear boy,
When far away, know,
So with my blessing and my prayers,
Go, my own Willie CO.
Ten long, long years then rolled away,
And sorely Helen pined;
No letter from her son had come,
, No news of any kind"
Here Thomas poked the fire, and
made
The flames leap high and clear
'Now I must shift the scene," he said,
"And tell of Willie We're:
when Willie left his mothers home
He shipped on board the Tyne
And all went happily and we'll
Until they crossed the line.
"Then on them burst furious storm
That fiercer grew each day,
Until upon a lonely isle
The ship was cast away.
"And when the raging storm drew Oh,
Its work of havoc done,
OF all the crew but one survived,
And Willie was that one.
FOR two long years he strained his
gaze
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18
Fl St0y0

is a magic charm in the Kitchen
Just touch a button--and presto
the heat is there, in all Willingness
to do your bidding. Almost that
quickly, too
You have to chop no kindlin5,
split no wood, fill no coal-hod. hunt
no matches nor poison the air with
sickening gas fumes.
Electricity is the magic and El
StOvo the charm.
Heats Quickly, Stays Hot:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18

w. " ny, l LOU
some sense of hon
or about it myself;
but when l saw
you going, I made
up my mind that
l might as well 60,
too"
That's the way
you fellows all
reason" I said hot
ly. why, during
the week, the en-
tire club is around
at M iss al
braith's! The 9th
err hit W e
couldn't get aQuo-
rum to discuss the
renewal of our
lease. At any mo-
ment some men,
Der may get her"
I said this with
out much fear. l
had reason toA be-
lieve that if the
club was dlSband-
ed, it wouldn't be
anybody's fault but
my own.
"She's bothered
to DEATH" l added.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18
Christmas Proverbs.

Christmas Proverbs.
Santa Claus makes the heart grow
fonder.
A fair exchange is no Christmas
gift.
The kissed girl doesn't dread the
mistletoe.
One.half the world doesn't know
how the other half spends Christ
mas. .-.s
A pretty girl needs no mistletoe.
A Christmas present in the stocking
is worth two in the store window
Woman's Home Companion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18

the hall, I noticed
an unusual COM
motion. Suddenly,
from behind a pill
lar, a form sprang
forth. It was that
of Fenson.
Hello, old man.
All the boys are
here!"
THE boys!" l
exclaimed. What
the deuce do you
mean :!
At that instant I
gazed around me.
The hall was piled
with merchandise,
like q warehouse.
Boxes Of candy Of
every conceivable
shape mounted to
the ceiling like a
pyramid. A mass of
the latest holiday
books tow ere d
aloft on the other
side, and in the
center were flow
ers, ranged In geo.
metrical masses.
Her sChri s TIM a $
gifts. :.
: I cried again, as,
corners Of the es-
/ issued. one By one o! e!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18

+ is a common
mistake to sup
pose that we are
creatures con
trolled by reason.
In reality, we are
the children OF
impulse. Our en-
vironment often
forces us to con-
illusions W hi h
seem to be based
upon reason, but
are due to a null
tiplicity of out
ward sensations
impinging upo n
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18

you're a nice man to talk" said
Fenson. What in the world are you
doing around there? You ought to
set better example"
"Of course, you ought" repeated
Van Olcott, coming up. "Why, had
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18
Across the wide, wide wave,
But never came a friendly ship
To SuccOr or to save.

: Across the wide, wide wave,
But never came friendly ship
To succor or to save.
For two long years his only food
Was shell-fsh from the shore,
And sea-birds' eggs, and leaves, and
The feathery palm-trees bore.
The long third year drew near its
close,
And it was Christmas Day,
Poor Willie sat upon the shore
His thoughts were far away.
"A hand is on his shoulder laid
A loud voice greets his ear
What, mate! who
would have "
): =: :. ;. =: ::
A human being III
here? IN T[LI.
Don't cry, my ~ZzHK</W
man, but come @-GAzfZ
on board, <@SSSTHzM
Delay your thanks (" GSsssZ6iAT
and fuss. <2I/E
We're sailing for N
a land of gold, S5s
so come along sac
WIN u.s. k@
Here TIL O M s
poked the fire, and said:
again shift time and scene
TITS Christmas Eve at Ennerdale,
The wind blows wild and keen.
Poor Helen crouches DER the fire
And shudders at the storm;
The latch is lifted, at the door
There stands manly form.
1--we been a wanderer,' spoke the
man,
On many far-off shore;
I've travelled twenty thousand miles
To look on home once more.
She rose up slowly from her chair,
Her lips no words expressed;
She flung her arms around his neck
And swooned upon his breast
Here Thomas poked the fire, and
turned
His face to hide the tears
That filled his eyes, whene'er he told
The story Of the Veres.
And then he said with trembling
voice
mo words can tell the Joy
OF Helen when she looked again
Upon her long-lost boy.
"They left the poor and humble cot
| That had such sorrows seen,
And dwelt together in one home
Down by old Hazeldean. H..
."Old William We're, whom l knew we'll
Has often said to me-
'Wheneer read my mothers gift
l took with me to sea,
az feel never can forget,
That pious mothers love,
Or ever cease to render thanks
~ God the Losd above" aiE
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13
Sow Oats Early this Year.

1t is not too early to begin plan
ming for getting the oats sowed
early enough this fall. Year af-
ter year oats are sowed during
November or left until February
or March, that might haye been
put in during the latter part OF
Septemt or or during the first half
of October, if the work had been
better planned.
1t is better to SOW oats in cot
ton, either broadcast or in drill
two drills between each row, early
in Ootober than to SOW them next
February. It is always a diff
cult matter for the cotton and
corn farmer to get the oats in ear.
ly enough, but every effort pratt.
cable should be exerted to get
them in before the middle of Oc-
tober and in the northern part Of
those sections where oats are SOW.
ed lin the fall, they should be
sowed by September 15-The
Progressive Farmer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13
How to Preserve Eggs.

During she summer months
eggs are plentiful and fchesp.
Every year I put up q few in the
water glass solution to be used
when the eggs are scarce and high
in price.
I make this solution by mixing
one gallon water.glass with -
gallons Of water previously
brought to the boiling point. The
eggs are placed in stone jars with
the little end turned down, and
enough of the solution poured
over them to thoroughly cover
them.
OF course the eggs are not az
good as fresh laid ones, but for
boiling one can scarcely notice
the difference.
Never put fertile eggs in this
solution Is they will not keep
we'll. Take the males from the
pens before you preserve any eggs.
f. M. Best, in The Progressive
Farmer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13
To the Farmers Of this Section.

The North Carolina Department
of Agriculture will have q limited
number of samples of material
for the inoculation of Crimson
clover, Burr clover, Red clover,
Vetoh and Alfalfa for distribution
this fall.
Any one in this section of the
State who expects to SOW any one
of these crops this fall for the first
time should send in his applioa.
tion at once for enough of this
material to inooulate seed for an
acre. There il no charge for the
material, but each man is reluir.
ed to report results. Applications
must reach us at least a month
before seed are to be sowed.
J. L. BURGESS,
agronomist, Raleigh, N. G .
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13
SALISBURY MANS LUCKY FIND
will Interest Readers Of The Carolina
Watchman.

Those having the misfortune to
suffer from backache, urinary dis.
orders. gravel, dropsical dwellings,
rheumatic pains, or other kidney
and bladder disorders, will read
with qualification this enoourag-
ing statement by . Salisbury
man.
S.J. Horton, 208 W. Monroe
Street, Salisbury, N. c., says j:
"For some time my kidneys were
giving me a great deal of trouble.
My back was very weak and lame
and the kidney secretions were too
freequest in passage, causing an
noyance. Doan;s Kidney Pills
cured me and have not had any
kidney complaint since"
The above statement was given
February 2, 1911, and when Mr..
Horton was interviewed on March
2, 1912, he said: "All I said some
time ago recommending Doan's
Kidney Pills was correct. There
is no doubt about Doan's Kidney
Pills being q valuable remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
/ States.
Remember the name-Doans-and
| take no other.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13
How 10 Fight Bedhugs.

He is particularly obnoxious
because he attacks when We are
least able to defend ourselves, can
live and whet his appetite for
warm human blood for 4 year or
more and is 80 flat that Mark
Twain says he "oan hide between
the same layer" 1t is a common
mistake that bats. swallows and
pigeons introduce them into the
house. The variety which infests
them does not attack man.
Wooden beds, carpets which ex-
tend to the wall and cracks in
floors and baseboards afford ex-
cellent shelter. There are many
polsons but the cheapest and best
seems to be the liberal use of gas.
ollne or kerosine, which are not
only cheap and penetrating but
kill the eggs 40 we'll as the bed
bug. They may be applied with
q rag. spray or sewing machine
oil can. A word of caution as to
the inflammability of gasoline is
never superfiuous.-Mrs. w. N.
Hutt, in The Progressive Farmer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13
North Carolina Joins the National High
wars Association.

As the result of action taken at
it's annual convention at More.
head City, North Carolina, the
North Carolina Good Roads As.
sociation has become the North
Carolina Division of the National
Highways Association. This
amalgamation of the state organi.
sation follows closely the ANAL
gamation of the Ohio Good Roads
Federation with the National
Highways Association, which took
place last week.
In connection with the above
it might be observed that it makes
some folks awful tired to look
over some of the illustrated mat.
ter being sent out by the 'good
roads" association. For instance
they hunt the very worst piece of
road that can be found, get =
buggy or wagon mired in 1t just
as badly ss possible, then photo.
graph it as q typical Georgia
road, North Carolina, Tennessee
or some other states highways and
strive to make 1t appear as its
perpetual condition.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13
Value Of Cover Crops.

A few of the valuable feature,
of cover crop may be named al
follows:
l. 1t prevents loss of soil fer
tility by washing. Lands that lii
bare during the winter may lost
moro plant food by teaching thar
is used by the crop that grow
there during the summer.
2. 1t furnishes grzing to stock
at time when food of all kinds
is scarce. II also produces health
and vigor in animals and keeps
up a good flow of milk of dairy
COWS. Any successful system OF
livestock production is largely
dependent upon winter a. we'll az
summer grasing.
3. If We ever esta blish an en-.
during and prosperous agriculture
in the State We shall have to get
humus vegetable or organic mat
ter) into our soils. Growing q
winter cover crop is one Of the ways
of doing this. All farmed lands
should grow at least two crops
per year. a sale crep aud soil
improvement crop whether this is
loft OH ths land or first fed to
stock AID then returned there. A
decline in soil fertility is not al
ways due to . lack of nitrogen,
potash or phosphoric acid. 1t is
often due to the absence of hu.
mus.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13
90 to the Mocksville picnic on
next Thursday, August 18th.
Mothers! Have Your Children Worms

MOtherSI Have Your Children worms
Are they feverish, restless, ner-
vous, irritable, dizzy or constipat.
ed? Do they continually pick
heir nose or grind their teeth?
Have they oramping pains, ire.
gulsr and ravenous appetite3
These are all signs of worms.
Worms not only cause your child
suffering, but stunt its mind and
growth. Give "Klckapoo Worm
Killer" at once. It kills and. re-
moves the worms, improves your
child'sappetite, regulates stomach
and liver and bowels. The symp.
toms disappear and your child is
made happy aud healthy, al
nature intended. All druggists
or by mail 25o. Klckapoo Indian
Medicine Company, Philadelphia,
Pa, st. Louis, Mo.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13
Mr.. DouGH1on CUTTING EXPENSES.
He Is Chairman Of an Important Committee
and Is Kept Quite Busy.

Washington, Aug. 12.-At the
first regular meeting held by the
newly organized House Committee
on Expenditures in the Depart
ment or Agriculture, of which
Congressman R. L, Dough ton is
chairman. the committee decided
to make a change in the system of
rendering itemized accounts by
the department which means a
saving of approximately $1,000
year.
This is the first of several
changes Chairman Doughton hopes
to bring about to cut down the ex-
penses of the Department of Agri.
culture by eliminating some of
the unnecessary clerical labor, and
thereby increase the amount
available for the instruction and
ala OF she farmers.
Az soon as Mr.. Doughton was
appointed chairman of this com.
mlttee about months ago he set to
work to acquaint himself with the
duties of the committee, and went
over all the old files and doou-
ments on hand. He was soon
struck with the idea that q good
deal of the itemized bookkeeping
prepared by the department. for
examination by the committee
was useless and an unnecessary
expense. He took the matter up
with the Secretary of Agriculture
to gain his opinion and the solio-
tor of the department was also
consulted to see if the change
could be made in accordance with
the law, and both gave favorable
opinion to the chairman.
As the financial records of the
department. are always open for
inspection by the committee or
any member of Congress, the COM
mittee today decided the prspara.
tion of the report was hardly nec-
essary. Hereafter the report will
be made up more intelligently and
less cumbersome with a great saw.
ing in cost.
Mr.. Doughton's committee is
still working without a regular
clerk. Although the new COM
mittees were all named about two
months ago, no provision was
made for paying the salaries to
the committee clerks, and until
such an appropriation is made the
bulk OF the work of the committee
will fall upon A. J. Fletcher, who
has been Mr.. Doughton's secretary
for quite while.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13
The Best Pain Killer.

Bucklen's Arnica Salve when ap.
piled to out, bruise, sprain, burn
or scald, or other injury of the
skin will immedia.ely remove ell
pain. K. E. Chamberlain of
Clinton, Ne, q, says: "It robs cuts
and other injuries of their terrors.
Az healing remedy it, equal
don't exist" Will do good fol
you. Oaly 25a at druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-08-13

MS Willingness to help every
worthy cause. He was . big.
hearted, generous. good-natured
man, and kind to his family when
not under the influence. of liquor,
and numbered his friends In the
county by the core. His neigh.
bors say that to him 10 largely
due the wonderful progress Boone
township has made during the
last two years in road building.
At the time of his desth he was
engaged in rebuilding, at large
expense to himself, q section of
the central highway through Tyro
township, and 1t Is known that he
had planned many other things
for the good of his county.
Mr.. Grub was = man of quick
temper, ready to resent IN affront
and WAS often in trouble. About
nine years ago he shot and killed
his wife's brother, ODE Davis, and
this killing cast = shadow over his
life that he was never able to e.
cape. He and Davis had had .
business Misunderstanding and
both threatened to kill the other.
Grubb "drew frst" and killed
Davis. The case was removed to
Rowan county for trial and Grubb
was found not guilty, his plea
being self defense.
Mr.. Grubb's real estate hold.
ings we're large. No one knows
how much he was worth. He
told . friend in Lexington q short
time ago that he was worth half
. million dollars, hut that he
owed about $l25, 900. He owned
$500 acres of land in Rowan and
Davidson counties, the most of it
being first.class farming land and
. great deal of valuable real 81.
tate in Salisbury, including the
'Grubb Building" Salisbury's
skysorspsr. The home place,
With about 800 acres in it was in
his wifs's name.
The funeral of Grubb was held
at the house Sunday afternoon,
Rev. V. NJ. Swain. of Lexington,
officiating, and the intsrment took
place at the Grubb private ceme-
terry near the home. Those who
were present say the attendance
was unususlly large, probably
5000 people being present. Mrs.
Grubb. however. still suffering
from her brutal treatment, was
unable to attend. She had the
body brought to the door of her
room and viewed 1t before burial.
Grubb was q member of the Sails.
bury Lodge of Elks and the floral
offering by this lodge was conspic.
uous.