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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-05

program was carried out except for
that the South Richmond merchant
was asked 10 meet the alleged swlhdler
at the corner of Twelfth ard Hull
streets with the envelope the same
night. when the mystery would be
mystery no longer. Mir. Kahn went
to the appointed corner. and stood there.
for an hour TO fiji his appointment.
When finally the fortune teller did not
put in an appearance Mr.. Kahn visited
police headquarters and reported his
less, after discovering that the envelore
contained only paper, investigator BY
The police led to discovery that the for
tune teller had left the city.
His photograph was mailed to the
different police departments Of nearly
every city In the United states. No
success met with the efforts OF the
local department to locate tho alleged
criminal.
Southern People Easy.
About two years age. woman
walked into police headquarters Eere.
She was directed to the Office OF Chief
OF Police Werner. She walked in. and
taking a look around the room. finally
allowed her eyes tu settle upcn the
chief Then she told hcr story She
was walking down the board walk at
Atlantic City several days before and
she overheard ~ conversation between
Morris and a man with whom ne was
walking. Morris told of how easy
Southern people were to fool The
woman gave her address AZ rhiiade
phia. and stated that she had come
all the way from that city in trder
to do what she considered her duty.
to inform he police OF the wherea bouts
Of the criminal
With this information in hand the
han Tf,,Et 10, ft.F~, IA
badly wanted man lie skipped cut OF
Atlantic City and WIZ. not hear,i from
until his arrest IN Baltimore two days
ago, II is uuders.e o6 that Norris
has made known his Intention Ia fight
reauisition and II is highly probable
that Detective Sergeant Kellam VIII be
detained In Baltimore for several days
awaiting the outcome Of court pro-
ceediugs In the matter.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-05
NEGRO HORSE THIEF
CAUGHT BY POLICE

Petersburg. Dec. lem Johnson,
alias Joan Brown. charged with the
theft OF horse and buggy last
March at Victoria. Lunenburg Coun-
ty. is in the custody of the local po-
lice. Through the vigilance Of Chief
Of Police Ragiand, Johnson was To-
Gated on a farm in Dinwiddie County
about four miles from tsae city, where
he was employed as a laborer. and
upon being arrested. plead guilty to
the charge and q larceny charge COM
mitted in Blackstone
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-05
Mrs. Susie X. Wells.

Petersburg. Dec. 4.--Mrs. Susie r.
Wells, widow of r. Samuel Wells,
died at the Petersburg Hospital AT
las o'clock this morning, following
an Illness of six weeks
Mrs Wells had spent her entire
life in this city. with the exception
of short period, during which she
had resided with her only surviving
daughter. Mrs. p. NJ. Kilmartin, the
wife of the Mayor of Waverly. She
is also survived by one sister, Mrs
James Wheadon. of this city. The
funeral will be conducted from Grace
Episcopal Church at IL o'clock to-
morrow. and interment will be made
in Blandford Cemetery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-05
The Weather

For Virginia Rain Saturday and
sunday; strong casterly
" iuds
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-05

ton and applause in the National
Convention when the state President
of Virginia, with the numerous dele
gates from the different sections of
the State@marched TO the rostrunt.
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NIttNt lt'I IT NY - Rthtit WIN f'N
side AS POSTMASTER at the banquet
Thursday night Secretary of Com
merce William g. Redtield. President
Laura Drake Gill, of Woman's Col
leee Sewanee. Tenn; Samuel Comp
ers and Royal Meeker. United states
Commissioner of Labor Statistics, will
be among the speakers.
Friday viii be the big day of tho
convention The morning session in
Jefferson auditorium VIII be for ais
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
A lucky Fall.

E. E. Bell, senior proprietor of the
Rexall drug store in this city, had a
mighty narrow escape from being
killed last Friday. He had gone to
the second story of their store after
some medicine for a customer and
was STOPPING down to fill the bottle
close to the elevator shaft. AS he
Strengthened up he put his hand on
a pile of writing tablets and they
slipped from under him and he fell
over backwards into the open shaft.
AS he was falling he instinctively
threw his hands up and as he did so
he caught the cable of the elevator,
and held on like grim death and slid
down to the first floor, escaping with
no serious injuries, but there was
quite a streak burned on his neck by
the cable and his hands were burned
also, but he is not kicking any, for
his escape from death or serious in
jury was little less than miraculous.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Methodist Church Notes.

Commencing next Sunday the hour
for evening service will be thirty
minutes later. This will bring Ep-
| worth League at 700 and the
preaching service at 500 o'clock.
The choir has been singing some
stirring anthems which have added
much to the church services. Re-
hearsal this evening at 1880.
April 9Th and 10, Thursday and
Friday, the District Convention of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety meets in the Leon NJ. E. church.
Many delegates are expected. There
will be out-of-town speakers. All
are invited to this convention. Plan
to attend these various sessions.
DR.. A. A. Thompson, our district
superintendent, will be here tomor-
irow evening (Friday) for the 3rd
Quarterly conference which will be
fheld in the church at 1880. Let the
heads of departments please come
with reports to present.
The Sunday school has made a
good advance in average attendance
during the past quarter. Next Sun
day is Missionary Day in the school.
The hour is 9:45. And Easter will
soon be here! The barrels and en-
velopes are to be returned at that
time Is yours growing heavier?
Regular services next Sunday.
Guy j. Fansher, Pastor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
New Court Cases.

w. A. Alexander vs.. c. B. & q. r.
r. Co. Plaintiff secured a Judgment
before Justice A. r. Warford on a
claim for goods damaged in transit
amounting to $42.35 and from this
judgment defendant appeals to the
district court. Y. r. McGinnis, at
torney for plaintiff.
Arthur Forbes VS.. C. B. & Q. r. r.
Plaintiff secured a judgment for
$3.50 before Justice A. r. Warf0rd
for loss of box of hats and caps.
and from this judgment defendant
appeals to the district court. Will
J. Springer, attorney for plaintiff,
V. r. McGinnis, attorney for defend
ant.
Nellie Dorm VS.. Arthur E. Dorm.
The parties were married at Leon,
Iowa, Dec II, 1895, and plaintiff
asks for a decree of divorce, alleging
that on Dec. 8, 1911, her husband
deserted her and has since absented
himself. Varga & Son, attorney for
plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Talking Moving Pictures at Idle
Hour Theatre Today.

The first talking moving pictures
will be shown at the popular Idle
Hour theatre today, it being spec
ial attraction for this day only. BY
an ingenius arranged machine hid
den behind the screen the words OF
the play are spoken as the pictures
are shown. 1t is decided novelty
and has only been seen in the larger
cities. In order that all may have
a chance to see the talking pictures
a special matinee will be given at
3 o'clock this afternoon, and the reg
ular shows will be given this evening.
On account Of requiring special ma
chine and special operator there is
slight advance in the prices, which
will be 10 and 20 cents. Don't miss
seeing the talking pictures. On next
Monday and Tuesday evenings spec
ial films showing scenes at the Iowa
State Fair will be shown.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Laws Violated by Highway officers.

Township trustees shall receive:
for each days service necessarily en-
gagged in official business, to be paid
out Of the county treasury, two dol.
lars each.
In looking over the reports OF
township trustees for the year 1913
it is seen that trustees have paid
out township road funds to them
selves for committee work and spec
ial meetings. From the above this is
seen to be in open violation of the
law. This money is needed on the
roads of the various townships. This
amount averages about $4,000 in
each township examined. This means
nearly 100000 illegally spent in
the average county on this one item
alone
Code, section 468-a, makes illegal
the furnishing of labor to the coun-
ty or township by supervisor or
trustee. These reports show many
violations of this part of the law.
This practice has been prohibited
by statute for fifteen years and for
more than sixty years it has been un-
lawful to pay the trustees compensa-
ton from township funds. These are
some of the leaks that the new law
aims to stop. BY turning over road
and bridge work to a superintendent
who must o. K all bills before the
clerk or auditor can draw warrants,
the funds can be kept in use where
they belong.
1t never looked right for a town
ship officer to pay himself with pub
lie money 1t would seem that if
the county pays him for work actual
ly done and he takes good care of his
private business he will not need to
vote himself any of the funds in his
care.-Service Bulletin Iowa State
Highway Commission.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Some Old Tax Receipts.

w. S. Chandler brought in to show
us Tuesday three pretty old tax re-
ceipts for taxes he had paid in De-
catur county. One was dated Nov.
20, 1868, for SITS taxes on his per-
sonal property, the receipt being
signed S. C. Thompson, treasurer by
G. B. Jordan deputy. Another was
dated Nov. II, 1884, being for
$1O4.34 for his railroad tax for that
year. The third was dated April
27, 1889, the amount being $I7.9l
in full as taxes on 3l4 acres of land
and his personal property. it being
signed by M. A. Gammill county
treasurer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Rexall Fountain Opening Saturday.

Bell & Robinson, the Rexall drug
gists, will have formal opening of
their fine new soda fountain on Sat
urday of this week, and they extend
cordial invitation to everybody in
Decatur county to call at the store
that day and sample the soft drinks
which will be served from the new
fountain. You can have any drink
you want free and there will be SOU
:yenirs for all. Music will be furnish
ed by an orchestra and the proprie-
tors will leave nothing undone to
make the visit to their store pleas
ure. Remember, the free soda day is
Saturday Of this week ind don't for
get to visit the Rexall drug store
on that day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Lark Bobbitt Died in Chicago
Tuesday.

w. H. Bobbitt received a phone
message from Fred Kirwin, of Des
Moines Tuesday evening, saying that
his brother, Freeland Bobbitt, had
died in Chicago that day. Lark
as he was best known was for many
years a resident of Leon, being a
|cigarmaker by trade, but has re-
sided in Chicago for a number of
years. No particulars of his death
had been received, but it is probable
that his body will arrived in Leon
today for interment here.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Resolution of Respect.

One by one the ripened leaves are
falling We are called to mourn the
loss of comrade A. S. Gardner, mem-
ber of Leon Post No. 251 and our
desire to express to the family OF
Comrade Gardner and the community
our sincere and unfeigned sympathy
and love for this, our deceased COM
rade. We will miss him and his wise
counsel and genuinely hearty hand
clasp, and his neighbors will mourn
his departure. And to his family,
in this our sympathy and our best
wish is hoping that time as the days
and weeks go by will in some meas
ure soften their grief and reconcile
them to their loss.
Committee.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Program of Parents-Teachers Meet
ing to BE Held next Wednesday.

The following is the program of
The Parents-Teachers meeting to be
held at the assembly room Of tho
High School building, Wednesday af-
ternoon, April 8th, at 2:3O p. m.
Exercise, primary pupils from Miss
Crawford's room.
Music, male quartette.
Five minute talks.
l.. What can be done to beautffy
our city with the cooperation of the
school children, Mrs. c. M. Ketcham.
2. What can be done to beautify
our school grounds with the COOP
Grafton of the school children, Mrs.
C. w. Hoffman.
3. What can be done to beautify
our school rooms, Miss Josephine
Cooney.
Question box.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Minors Barber Shop Moved.

Henry Minors barber shop which
las occupied the Sigler room at the
southwest corner of the square for
the past three years, has been moved
to the rooms in the rear of the Ex-
change National Bank, where the
boys are going to be nicely located.
with everything convenient for a
first-class shop. They are good bar
bers, and run a clean shop, with
baths in connection. Don't forget
their new location in the rooms for
merly occupied by Pease & Pease, in
surance agents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
of a Century Ago.

Lark Bobbitt and James Ellis were
getting ready to start cigar fac
tory in Leon.
Dick Smith had a pet grounding
which went into it's burroW last fall.
On grounding day the little animal
did not make his appearance at all.
But on April 2, he made his appear
ance after an absence Of exactly five
months to day. Dick says either
grounding day is humbug or his
grounding oversight himself.
A jolly party of boys spent last
Sunday out at George Wadsworth s
farm and report having fine time.
Harry, the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. w. Wallace died at the age
or one month and four days.
1t is announced that our fellow
citizen of some years ago, Jake c.
Roberts, of David City, Neb., has
been appointed as Register of a
United State Land Office in the In
dian Territory. Mr.. Roberts was
formerly superintendent of schools
in this county and his many friends
here will rejoice to learn of his ap-
pointment, which he is perfectly COM
petent to fill.
Miss Viola Wasson, of Morgan, Wis
tied over Sunday with friends in
Leon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Pritchard, of
Goshen, Mo-, visited over Sunday at
the home of her parents, Capt. and
Mrs. J.. A. Ray.
Mrs. Florence Kelley received the
pleasant intelligence that her son,
Holly had secured the situation as
stenographer in the Office Of w. G.
Brown, superintendent of the Iowa
division of the c. B. & @. r. R. at
Burlington. This is quite promo
ton for our young friend and we
congratulate him and his good moth
er.
Clyde Creighton, of the force at
the Farmers & Traders Bank, depart
ed for Omaha, Neb., where he had Sc
cured a good position in a bank.
District court was in session with
Judge Henry presiding and w. M.
14yland acting as court reporter.
The honor roll of the fourth grade
of the Leon schools was published,
containing the names of Frank Chas-
tain, Maud Bowman, Jessie Walker,
Nellie Craig, Esther Jackson, Daisy
Penniwell, Willah Schenck, Lee
Kemp.
4 Notice was published in The Re-
porter that petition would be pre-
sented to Governor William LARA
bee asking that the sentence of John
M. Saal be communted from life SEN
tence in the penitentiary to a term
of years.
A special meeting of the Decatur
County Farmers Institute was held,
at which S. P. McNeill presided as
chairman and Robert McCaull acted
as secretary, for the purpose of con-
sidering the binding twine trust. A
committee consisting of Capt. J. D.
Brown, J. w. Keeler and Robert Nc
Caull was appointed to draft reso-
luton in which it was asserted that
the price of binding twine was con-
trolled by the National Cordage AS
sociation, and the members bound
themselves to go back to first prin-
ciples and either bind by hand or
stack their grain rather than pay an
exorbitant price for binding twine.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Surprised Their Parents.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Pease of this
city were the victims of pleasant
surprise on Tuesday of last week, the
occasion being the 45th anniversary
of their marriage. Their children
gathered at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lou Pease, where sumptuous
dinner was prepared and Mr.. and
Mrs. Pease we're invited over to din
ner. They enjoyed dandy good
time, and the occasion was one long
to be remembered.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Big Tax Collections.

Tuesday, the last day Of March
was busy day at the county treas
urer's Office, there being grand
rush to pay taxes before the penalty
was added, and the result was that
all records of collections for single
day. were broken, the receipts being
$27,652.O7. The previous high mark
was three years ago when the collec-
tions we're right at $4,000,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
DR.. woodmansee Has an Assistant.

DR.. J. o. Woodmansee, the we'll
known osteopath of Leon. has found
it necessary to secure an assistant In
order to care for his increasing
patronage, and has secured DR.. H. B.
Hook, a graduate of the A. s. o. at
Kirksville, Mo. DR.. Hook arrived
last week and is very pleasant
young man who has already made
many friends here. He will remain
in Leon at least during the coming
summer,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Former Leon BOY Wins Honors.

Norborne Crowell, former we'll
known Leon boy, won first place in
the home oratorical contest of Drake
University at Des Moines last Friday
evening, and was awarded the Moss
medal. His grafton was entitled,
"The Radical" In addition to being
the best orator in Drake University,
Norborne is also the star tackle on
the Drake football team.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Death Of Mrs. Wesley Baker.

Mrs. Wesley Baker who had been
in failing health for some time, pass
ed away at her home near Koyle
Monday morning. She was buried at
Bethel on Tuesday by the side of her
husband, who died only few months
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Notice!

To the committees from the var
ious clubs, lodges and organizations
that have selected ground or con-
template selecting ground at the
cemetery for floral purposes for the
coming year are especially requested
to meet with the cemetery board at
their April meeting to be held at the
library on April 2, at 1880 p. m.
Eva Rhea, Secretary
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Death of John Petticord.

John Petticord, who resided on c..
F. Wright's farm five miles north
of Leon, died Tuesday morning, his
death being due to heart trouble,
from which he had suffered for some
months and his death was not unex-
pected, as he had been failing rapid
ly for a couple of weeks prior to his
death,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
To the Republican Voters of Deca-
tur County.

1 hereby announce by candidacy
for the republican nomination for
the office of county attorney of De-
catur county, Iowa, subject to the
will of the voters at the republican
primary, and, if nominated, will be
thankful to the voters of the coun-
ty, regardless of politics, for their
support.
John S. Parrish.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
A New Record for Leon.

The first and only car load of steel
galvanized corrugated roofing was
unloaded by Bowsher & Bowsher.
The store which is undergoing re-
building made 1t necessary to unload
in j. r. Bowsher's garage, under his
residence.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
For Sheriff.

hereby announce that / will be
candidate for second term az
sheriff of Decatur county subject to
the will of the voters of the repub-
lican party at the primary election
to be held in June.
F. L. LOrey.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
win Buy Horses.

am in the market to buy your;
good fat horses, and will be 1t Leon
every Saturday. The goods ones are-
the kind / want 70 buy. and would
like to buy several teams of gooA
steel greys. y M 4 AZ kes. fS55
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
For County Auditor.

hereby announce my name az 4
candidate for the Office of Auditor Of
Decatur county, subject to the will
of the republican voters at the pri-
mary election in June
A. w. Stearns.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
For Clerk of the Courts

will be a candidate for re-nomin-
alton for the Office of clerk of the
district court, subject to the decision
Of the democratic voters at the June
primaries.
E. E. Beck.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
For County Treasurer.

! will be a candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for county treasur-
er at the primary election in June.
subject to the decision of the demo-
cratic voters of Decatur county.
John w. Wass0n.
of Center Township.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
For County Attorney.

l hereby announce my candidacy
for nomination on the republican
ticket in the June primary for the
office of county attorney.
VIM. J. Springer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
The City Election.

Notwithstanding there was only
one ticket with tn, exception of the
office of councilman at large at the
city election Monday, there was a
pretty big vote out, there being a
total of 434 votes cast in the three
! wards, and the regular ticket nomi-
nees were all elected For council
men at large G.. M. Axes and E. G..
Monroe were nominated at the city
caucus, and F. NJ. Coder was brought
out as a candidate by petition, his
name appearing alone on the second
ticket which was a big handicap. Mr..
Coder made no effort to be elected,
and was not a candidate for the po-
sition. Many voted against him who
under ordinary circumstances would
have supported him, but were against
the faction which brought him into
the contest
There was a general feeling that
the councilmen on the council should
be returned for another term in or
der to complete the paving contracts
which have been commenced, and the
voters decided they wanted them re-
turned, thus endorsing their admins
tration, the only change being that
Geo. r. Farquhar was nominated to
replace Mayor Foxworthy, and F. A.
Gardner was nominated for ward
councilman in the first ward, council
man Stephen Varga refusing to be
a candidate again on account of his
being one of the owners of the Leon
Electric Co., and there are business
matters between the city and the
Electric Co. which prevented him
from serving as member of the city
council.
There was quite fight made by
certain factors against councilman at
large C. M. Axes, but he came out
of the contest with flying colors. a
big majority of the voters saying
they wanted him to continue to serve
on the council. His majority in the
three wards was 1O8, and in the first
ward, his home ward and also the
home of Mr.. Coder, his opponent, he
was high man, having majority
of 81 over Mr.. Coder.
The new council meets tonight at
which time Maryor Farquhar will
take the oath of Office and we predict
that he will make a dandy good
mayor, for he is just the man for
the place.
The following is the vote of the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Candidates announcements will be
run in this column until the Juno
primary election at the uniform
charge of IS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02

The Park Ordinance carried by a
big majority, the total votes in the
three wards for it being $50, while
q total of only 46 votes were cast
against it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02
Marriage Licenses.

Earl Sutherlin, Decatur ~
EBlanche Hammer, Decatur .s.25.
Alfred %. Cover, Lamont g. q.
Estslle Merrick, Lamont. -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-02

Automobile styen away Ct Bow
lShers'. IS