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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
VIEW ON PERSONAL LIBERTY
Home Has Its Rights Which Saloon
IL Bound to Respset-Eaeh Man
Is King over Himself. 2

You say, 81 will eat. drink, wear.
5peak, Just what please" But society
says. Nay, friend, you cannot speak
what you please, II will be easy for
you to utter words so blasphemous or
30 UNIT for ears polite that you will
trench on the sharp circle OF the law.
II will be easy for you to appear
among us in such garb, that We shall
hand you over to the courts"
And 30 we come with the question.
What business do you intend to fol.
lowT In your contract with society
It Is important to have an answer TO
this question before we let you in.
i shall start a gambling house"
20, no, you won't, my friend; the
principle of gambling is a principle Of
getting something for nothing, and
would be utterly subyersive Of 30
ciety."
We'll then; | will have a shop to
sell vile literature"
%, no, you won't; we shall inter
fere with your personal liberty just at
that point in the sacred interest Of
childhood and OF home"
Il will set up a tannery, a slaughter
house, a powder mill alongside OF
your houses"
No, you will not; for we will de-
clare them a nuisance on the instant
You may not even build a house OF
such material as you happen to pre-
fer. We legislate on all these matters
in the interest Of the majority
We'll, then; | will start an opium
den"
No, we will have an ordinance
against that whenever you attempt
such an atrocity.'
But il you are 50 hard on me, I will
start saloon instead"
NO, you will not my friend, and
for the self same reason that we will
not tolerate the traffic in opium-pois-
on gathered from poppies-we will not
let you sell the alcohol poison dis
titled from fruits and grains, The
opening of your saloon would be the
/ opening OF Pandora's box. 1t would
light the incendiary's torch, impel the
| random bullet and the perniclous
knife stroke, and descend in heaviest
blows on the gentlest and most limo.
cent among us. Thirty-five per cent
of the insanity, eighty per cent of
pauperism and ninety per cent. OF
crime are caused by strong drink
The personal liberty the dealer really
seeks in his own liberty to enslave
a class. His practice proves too much
against his theory In proportion as
the slavery of the drink appetite en-
chains his patrons are his own re
ceipts increased Ours Is country
where each man is supposed to be
king over one-that one himself-but
when the integers In the problem Of
free government are systematically
converted into ciphers by the effects
of strong drink and the education Of
the saloon, then is the danger wide
spread and appalling The home, too
has its rights which the saloon Il
bound to respect"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
WINE VS.. WATER.

Why does wine dry the mouth? Be
cause the alcohol in it absorbs wa
ter.
Why does water moisten the mouth?
Because the skin takes it in.
Why does wine burn the stomach?
Because the alcohol in it dries up all
the water 1t can find in it.
Why does water cool the stomach?
Because the stomach in doing It's
work gets warmer than the wa
ter
Why does wine tire the heart? Be
cause the alcohol in 1t makes the
heart beat faster.
Why does water help the heart? Be
cause it cools the blood.
Why does wine disease the blood?
Because the alcohol thickens it.
Why does water make the blood
good? 1t washes it.
Why does wine redden the eyes?
1t burns them.
Why does water brighten them? It
rests them.
Why does wine madden the brain?
Because the alcohol in the wine burns
it.
Why does water cool the brain. Be
cause it keeps the blood cool which
flows to the brain.
Why does wine maye thirst? Be
cause the alcohol in 1t dries every
part of the body.
Why does wine make thirst? Be-
cause it gives what every part of the
body needs.
Why is wine costly? Because 1t is
difficult to make, and because men
who sell 1t want to grow rich fast.
Why Is water free? Because 1t is
the gift of God.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish 10
propose marriage and finds tho house in
sisat excitement over tho attempted sui
elos or nor sister Katharine Kent starts
a. investigation and finds that Hugh
Srandall gultor for Katharine who had
peen forbidden the house by General Far
gish. had talked with Katharine over the
selephone Just before she shot herself.
a torn piece OF yellow paper Ia found,
az sight OF which General Parrish II
stricken with paralysis. Kent discovers
that Crandail has left town hurriedly.
Andrew Elser an aged banker commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope Is
found In Elssr's room. Post Office In
spector Davis, Kents friend. takes up
the case Kent Il convinced that Gran
CAL Is at the bottom Of the mystery
hatharine's strange cutlery puzzles the
detectives Kent and Davis search Gran
dalIs room and hnd an address Lock
BOX u, Ardway, NJ J. Kent goes to Ard
way TO investigate mad becomes suspi-
eious OF a Henry Cook" woman
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
HAVE YOU TRIED THlS7
Simple Prescription Said to Work
Wonders for rheumatism.

Ae@N@~se-Ns@s@s@
This has boon wrr known 10 the
best doctors Tor years a. the quickest
and most reliable euro obtainable for
rheumatism and baCkaChp. IL has been
published hero Cor several winters and
hundreds or the worst cases cured hy
II IN n short time "Frnm your drug.
Rst get one ounce u Turls compound
un original scaled pHCkuEc) aud one
ounce of syrup ~ SJrsaparilla com
pound. Take these two ingredients
home and put them into a half pint or
good whiakey. Shake tho bottle 6a
take tablespoonful before each misa
and az bedtime" Results come thl
first day m your druggist does moi
have Toris Compound IN stock he will
get Il IN few hours from HIS whole.
sale house. Don't be Influenced 10 take
some patent medicine instead Of this
Insist on having the genuine ToriH
compound In the original, one-ounce
sealed, yellow package Published by the
Globe Pharmaceutical Laboratories Of
Chicago
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
All Saloons Bad"

You cant bar the bad" saloon
That would mean that all saloons
must be closed. The good saloon we
hear about is the same as a good
devil The idea is absurd in the ex-
IRENE. License and regulations"
don't stop drunkenness-not in any
single instance. The saloon is a law
less institution in every case, and It
broods more lawlessness, suffering,
want and national debauchery than
any other force known to history
Rev. Father Ward Of De roit.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
Can't Walk strainht.

The Northwestern Christian Advo
cate speaks straight to the point in
the following utterance:
I'VE have known of many influen-
tial laymen and some ministers "un-
der the influence of liquor" who new
er took a drink Hows that? They
were afraid to speak out against the
saloon or to vote the institution out
of their midst because of some promi-
nent brewer or politician. Such peo-
pie are very much under the infiu-
ence, so much so they can't walk in
a straight path
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
Whale Boat Catches Shark

struck the monster at the first Shot
After a terrific fight to hold the strua
Cling sea animal it was hauled aboard
and cut up, the steamer resuming her
search for the larger mammals.
officers of the Tees declare that this
shark was the largest they had ever
seen. 1t was Of the species commoA
to the Pacific coast, but not quite %
far north-Vancouve Sun.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
Wilson's Constructive Mind.

Governor Wilson is Strengthening
himself in public opinion by demon.
strating that he has a constructive
mind. The trouble in the past has
been that everybody realized that con.
ditions ought to be remedied, but no
one has undertaken to attack the
problem with definite recommends.
tioR. Even Mr. Roosevelt, with all
his mental activity, lacks the power
to grasp details which Mr.. Wilson has
displayed. Whether the latter's sug
gestions are the true solution, and
whether they can be embodied into
a practical and effective law, is a
question which can only be deter
mined by experience. In the mean.
time, the country will commend the
new president for the zeal as we'll as
the wisdom which he has displayed,
and which is an earnest that he will
bring to the discharge of his duties a
determination to accomplish some.
thing toward solving the most com
pick problem Of the times.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
Whit She Mnant.

80 you think | smoke too much!
he asked. just TO keep up a converse.
ton that seemed to be languishing.
Not at all" she answered. not
very skilfully concealng a yawn.
You said you thought So"
Pardon me. | don't think you are
smoking too much"
Didn't you say that I'd die II /
didn't cut II down."
"Yes-thats what | said"
II took him a long time TO get II.
and then he was quite angry.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26

AS live in coke country and have
much dirt to contend with, and thai
save much work by putting all dishel
not in constant use into paper bau
leaving out one to put on top as a sam
pie, says a correspondent Of the Pa
torial Review. This plan saves waAh
ing when extra dishes are needed.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
Surely a Good Cook.

Mrs. Champ Clark was engaging a
new cook The applicant, a nice.
looking woman, made a fine impress
sion on Mrs. Clark After the usual
preliminary questions, the speakers
wife asked:
Can you really cook7"
Can l cook" exclaimed the appli-
cant Il should say can cook"
But are you a good cook?"
Am l a good cook" echoed the
woman. Il go to mass every morn
ing. The Sunday Magazine.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26

corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are a tonic to the stomach, liver and
nerves. They invigorate instead Of weaken.
they enrich the blood instead of impover-
ishing II; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put into
it. Price IS cents. All Druggists.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
CONSTIPATION

Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are unlike all 9th
er la1atives or cathar
tics. They coax the
liver into activity by
gentle methods, they
do not scour they do
not grippe they do not
weaken: but they do
start all the secretions
of the liver and stom-
ach in a way that soon
puts these organs in a
healthy condition and
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26

II every day we can feel, If only fol
moment, the citation Of being aliva,
the realization of being our best
selves, of filing our destined scope
and trend, you may be sure that W
are succeeding.-Bliss Carman.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
viii Not Be Repeated

High tariff Democrats" ruined tn,
administration Of Grover Cleveland
They will not be allowed to repea
their work on the administration O.
Woodrow Wilson.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
TlIden's Good EXAMPLE.

l depended on ideas as a polltica
force, more literally, and less or
party patronage, than anybody els,
has done. Yet l held my ascendancy
in the Democratic masses Of thf
state.-Samuel ]. Tilden.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
A Good Defense.

How could you, tell that ugly 81
she had a complexion like peaches "a
cream?" mo lie about that | me- a
yellow peaches aud sour srsaA"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
Just to Prove II.

PA, what is undying loves"
That's the kind the gink has who
shoots himself dead when he Is re-
jected"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26

The four Of US fastened to the room
again. To my annoyance l noted that
the rope had been removed from the
rafters, though the woman's outer
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26

The best cure for kleptomania may
be arrest cure.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26

When you have a lawsuit to lose
you can afford to hire cheap law.
yer.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-02-26
Proof.

is Isabel going to q beauty doc
tori"
Cant you tell she is by the way
she is changing countenance?"
The Washington times., 1913-08-02

won't any time saying Walter Johnson ranks with the
pitchers baseball has produced Everybody knows that
think that before his he will have given baseball
pitchers record that will stand for and years. probably for
Johnson pitching marvel and this combined with the
clean life he leads and the intelligence he displays should result
a mark that will be equaled
like bat against Johnson. There's satisfaction in
hitting against hue of such pronounced class When make
hit off Johnson know its well earned and the sound of good
solid off of Walters welcome
music hear during the
hope that sickness and injury will pass up the great pitcher
give the wonderful record for him.
take great pleasure this day congraulatng him for
what he has achieved and his stronger his record
greater and his wonderful physique stands up under the strain
subjected years That's the worst
wish Walter Johnson
~0At~es,~ oa,ex
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
\ New Harvester.

1t seems that the Harvester trust
is about to run up against more
serious obstacle that the Sherman
law. If what is said in the technical
magazines is true, the days OF the
self-binder are numbered There has
been new machine invented and
tried out during the last harvest sea-
son that is as far superior to the
selt-binder as the binder to the old
fashioned cradle The present cost
Of harvesting wheat and threshing it
is about IA cents a bushel. This
machine reduces the cost to 2 cents a
bushel. Its operation requires only
two men and four horses. There is
also very small gasoline engine
that does part Of the work. The
grain is cut, threshed and delivered
in sacks or wagons.
The whole operation is very
simple and there are far less parts to
the machine than there is a self
binder. 1t will do away with the an
nual call for harvest hands and grain
will no longer be lost for the need
of them, for there is never a supply
equal to the demand, although some
thousands of students flock to the
harvest fields every season.
While the machine is simple. it is
hard to describe. There is blower
that blows the heads of the grain
against a toothed cylinder and then
they are carried up by an anger to
another, which completes the thresh-
ing and delivers the clean grain into
sacks or wagons driven alongside.
1t is said that the machine will cut
and thresh twenty-five acres a day,
and costs less than an ordinary self
binder, SO every farmer can have one
and the farmers wife will be reliev-
ed of cooking for vast number of
harvest hands.
There will be no more burning of
straw to the impoverishment of the
land, for it can be plowed under and
enrich it. OF course the benefits
enumerated will come not to the
farmer if this machine gets into the
hands Of a trust-W orldHerald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
WHITE HOUSE TO BE DRY.
President Wilson Will Not Have
Liquor Served.

The Wilson administration will be
dry This expression is used en-.
tirely IN a sense that appeals to the
inner man 1 the nation and not
necessarily to those who look foI
stereotyped methods Of government
1t became known that President
Wilson and his family, all of them
are averse to the use of liquor or
wine in any form. Intoxicating
liquors will have no place in the
White House during the next four
years, unless the presidents views
undergo sharp change.
The premier in the president S
cabinet, Secretary of State Bryan, as
is well known, has been a prohibit
ton advocate for many years On
one occasion Mr. Bryan would have
made it national issue and it was
due to his efforts that the prohibit
ton legislation in Nebraska was put
into effect.
The fact that a large portion Of
the democratic majority in the sem
ate and house is from the south,
where prob lbition is general, makes
certain the fact that there will be
little wine and less wassail than has
been known in Washington for
many years.
There never has been so dry a
prospect in the White House since
the days of President Hayes, when
Mrs. Hayes excluded wines and H.
Quors from the executive mansion
Immediately on becoming it's mistress
and the SidebOard on which The wine
glasses and decanters of that ad-
once were displayed,
now sraces local barrOom.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
A Lover of Candor,

1mpetunious Mani wish you would
be so kind as to loan me IS. I'll pay
you back in few days.
Candid Friend-If you had asked me
for the loan in candid and straight
forward manner I would have lent
you the money. but asking me in the
way you did causes me to distrust
you.
II don't understand you"
"You asked me to be so kind as to
lend you So
Yes"
''If you had been candid you would
have said to me: Be SO stupid, be
such an ignominious ass, such hope
less idiot as to lend me S., and you
might have got II"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
Testing DR.. friedman.

Those who complain that DR..
Freidmann is watched with undue
suspicion while testing his cure for
tuberculosis 40 not understand the
seriousness of the matter.
tuberculosis is the greatest of hui
man plaques; and likewise one which
has deticd human science with most
success 1t has been studied by
thousands OF men splendidly equip
ped for the work. It's cause, it's
course. it's mode Of passing from vic
tim to victim, all are known; but it's
, cure-unless brought by DR.. Freid-
mann--is not known.
Remedies by scores have been put
upon the market, and reused false
hopes in the breasts of thousands of
sufferers, only to fail at the test.
After all the study and care devoted
to this disease, it IS as true today as
two thousand years ago that there
is no specific cure for tuberculosis.
Surely, the man who claims to
have solved this greatest of medical
mysteries and conquered this dead
Hest of diseases must expect to have
his claim examined with unusual
care. American physicians would be
unworthy of their calling if they did
not subject the friedman cure to
the most severe and searching tests.
If he can pass these tests and
prove that he has cure for tuber-
culosis, then the medical profession
of America will join with the world
in calling his name blessed, and no
one will grudge any reward that may
come to him. ii he fails, then the
scrutiny to which he has been suo-
jected will lessen the harm of that
failure.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
As Taken from the Abstract Office of
Stephen Varga and Reported by
w. A. Poush--FrOm March
18th to March 21st,
1913.

James. Rutter to N. liitchell, I
land joining Pleasanton T..
on the west. ........$ $50
H. C. Kirkwood to T. e.
Lewis, lots in Leroy. 49,. HOO
Ira E. Brown, referee to j. l.. g..
Brown, III acres in Rich
land township. -. . ..... 1852
Ira e. Brown referee to E. P.
Brown, 1877 acres in Rich
land township. .... go. 1O76O
G. e. Davis to Alva Roberts, ..
40 acres in Hamilton town .t
ship. -. 49,. ...,.... lSOO
NJ. E. Tullis to S. H. Little,
suburban land to Decatur
City. o'oV
L. N. McNay to A. NJ. Rob-
erts, 40 acres in High
Point township. -. -.
IS. NJ. Kier to j. H. Main, SO
acres in Decatur township 1850
H. c. Smith referee to Coral
Horner, lots in Lamont. 263
e. P. Brown to Arthur FO-
land, 1877 acres in Rich
land township. ..... .... lOS6O
A. w. Bogue to E. McGahuey,
21a acres n Bloomington
f. McGahuey to T. J. Miller,
$3.50 acres in Blooming
ton township. 49,. ..... $500
Nj. j. Powers to Thomas UNI
phress, lots in Leroy. -. 394
Ira e. Brown referee to R. G.
Brown, SO acres in Rich
land township. 49,. 49,. 273O
John w. Bibby to r. D. May
n
township. ... 'lo0
e. J. Holmes ct al to f. w.
and Maggie Sears, 142
acres in Decatur township 1860 !
B. Guessing to Kemper Grain
Co., 349 acres in Morgan
township. ZbOUO |
N. c. Toney to c. H. Lutz,
200 acres in Grand River
township. IoouO |
Mary E. Peck to H. L. North
rup, 1870 acres in Garden
Grove township. -. $3.50 |
B. E. Gardner to c. B. Dimes,
1G0 acres in High Point
township. IZoVo
J. E. Fierce to II. D. OvertOn,
100 acres in Long Creek
township. -. .... 1910
w. L. SelDy to F. R. Corder,
60 acres in Morgan town.
snip. ...... jbOV
Geo. Virden to w. H. and S.
Bedell, 240 acres in Bur-
rell township. -. ..... 1900
Ira e. Brown referee to G. w.
Brown, 100 acres in Rich
land township. -. 49,. $3.50
James Rutter to James Kin
dred, lots in PleasantOn. 1000
]. O. Moon to n J. Moon,
lots in Leon. -. .... 200
L. r. Shields to G. G. Bart
low, 120 aces in Grand
River township. 49,. l
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27

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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-27

1t is sometimes difficult to teI
whether people are laughing with
you, or at you.