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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-26
Presbyterian Church Notes.

Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Preach
ing service IL o'clock a. m. and 1880
y. m. At the close of the morning
service congregational meeting will
consider extending call to a pastor.
A full attendance is desired. 1&
The choir will have special music
both morning and evening. Their ev-
ening concerts are fine.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-26
Save the Hogs.

Use Council Bluffs Remedy,
strictly pure medicine. Knocks. out
the worms, prevents congestion and
fever. Saves one-third of the grain.
Get our booklet and method of treat
ing hogs. For sale by Frank Mar
shall, Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-26
Brethren Church.
morning

Preaching next Sunday morning
at 1900 by F. A. CARRIER.
Sunday school as usual at o a. M
Prayer meeting at 1880 Thurs
day evening.
A cordial welcome is extended to
all to attend these services.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-26
viii Buy Horses.

am in the market to buy your
good fat horses, and will be at Leon
every Saturday. The goods ones are
the kind I want to buy, and 'WonId
like to buy several teams sc good
steel greys. G, IA. ~.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-26
Union Chapel.

There will be preaching at Union
Chapel (Shy church) next Sunday
at eleven o'clock, and good turnout
is desired as it is time to talk up
the Sunday school for the season.
Everybody who is interested should
come.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-26
Special Candy Sale.

We will have on sale Saturday Of
this week the famous Barr candy
nut up In attractive pound boxes at
the special Saturday only price Of
2sc 8 box. Bell & Robinson, the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-26

The relatives desire to extend their
sincere thanks to those who so kind
~ assisted them in caring for and in
the burial Of Hettie Elizabeth Smith
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-26

Remenber our harness bargains.
80 & US BoNshern,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-26

That was a dandy little shower
Tuesday evening, and 1t was accom-
panied by some pretty sharp light
nin1. A few days Of warm weather
viii bring the grass on in good shape.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06

The telephone has played an import
ant part in this war and most orders
from headquarters of the armies III
the field have been sent by it. It
is really the first test of the telephone
has had and without it the war would
have been conducted much differently.
This photograph shows a Belgian sold
Ter in the field sending word of move
ments of German troops to head
quarters.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06

My Dear Miss Cobb:
1t was an unexpected pleasure to
me that you found it possible to re
turn to the Brookfield Summer School
for third season of piano study. The
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06
MISS ELIZABETH c. COBB
WILL return TO AMERICAS
From Summer School at
BrOOkfiGId, Conn.

Musical circles of Americas and the
many friends. personally, of Miss
Elizabeth c. Cobb will welcome her
early return from the Brookfeld
Comm Summer School of Singing,
where, during several months, this
talented young woman has been fur
Their perfecting herself along lines
musical, giving particular attention
this year to voice, which she will teach
in her school in this city.
This is Miss Cobb's third summer at
this celebrated school Of musical in
struction and she bears with her to
her. home the high testimonials of
James Francis Cook, editor of the
musical journal "Etude" and of her
instructors.
The following letters to Miss Cobb
will greatly interest her friends and
are reproduced in full;
Herbert WILDER Greene,
7O1 Carnegie Hall, New York,
and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06

work you have accomplished this year,
and for which the seed was laid be-
fore, will, l am certain, prove of thu
greatest value to you in your ambi-
tious teaching plan.
I know of no one better qualified,
artistically and temperamentally, to
develop a school on broad lines, and
hope that the splendid success you
had last season may be intensified in
the years to come.
Cordially yours,
GAIA AARUP GREENE.
Miss Elizabeth C. Cobb,
Americas, Ga.
Miss Elizabeth c. Cobb has written
repeatedly for The Etude, and her ar
ticles have been accepted because they
have been practical and direct, indi-
eating that she thinks to a purpose,
and that she is altogether sincere in
her desire to produce the best results
for her pupils.
JAMES FRANCIS COOKE,
Editor of The Etude.
school on Monday, Sept 2Sth, at her
home on Lee street. advt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06

the convention. In such a situation
the politicians are at liberty to dis
franchise every. voter in Georgia and
elect MIR. Darkhorse. The Georgian
is taught that man is created free and
equal, but he is informed that the
value of his vote varies from infnity
to zero. The Georgian is fattered
when he is told that government is of
the people, by the people and for the
people; but he is urged to support
system that permits rule of the peo-
pie, by the politicians, for the dark
horse.
No indictment is being brought
against the present plan-in the minds
of thousands it already stands convict
ed. 1t is not a question of how LONG
Georgians will SUBMIT; it is ques-
ton of how SOON they will REBEL.
Samson merely has to awake to save
his locks from being shorn. Victory
is at hand if the voters will but show
their smouldering resentment
In closing permit me to say that
childhood training and the opportunity
to hear many of the party's leaders
has made me very enthusiastic Dem
ocrat. So | ascribe myself as
DEMOCRATIC WIT"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06
LO:O5 q. N.

For further information apply 10 y
u. Everett, Local Agent, Amerlcus,
Ca: C. w. Small, Div. Pass. Agto
Savannah, Ca; c. B Ryan, G. P. A,
E1rNclk. Va. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06

The second son of the kaiser is
not so belligerent as Crown Prince
Frederick William, but he is in the
field with the German armies. This
is a photograph of him in the uni
form he wears in war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06
"There Amt No Such Animal

In the interest of a large and grow.
ing class, vital to the humor of the
community, newspapers must stop
talking about a "fool-proof biplane. "
There amt no such animal" and
fools who are not reckless will still
keep their feet on the ground.-Brook.
Ign Eagle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06

Leave Americas for Richland, Co
mmbus, Dawson, Albany and interme-
date points
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06
THE LETTER BOX

Under this head the Times Recorder o be glad publish
letters from readers subjects of interest All articles
be signed and the Times Recorders in se respon
sibIe for nel0s expressed in such communications.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06
Brookfield Center, Conn.
Wednesday
August twelfth,
Nineteen fourteen.
My Dear Miss Cobb:

My Dear Miss Cobb:
1t gives me great pleasure, now that
you are leaving the Brookfeld Summer
School for your teaching season, 10
express my qualification at your show
ing in the normal vocal work during
the session.
You will recall how pleased l was
when you expressed yourself as am
bilious to become a good teacher of
singing, and l feel that your expert
ence here, and the work that you have
done in the classes, justifies me in
fully endorsing you as a safe, careful
and competent teacher of vocal music,
which, of course comprehends place
ment of tone, phrasing, diction and
Interpretation.
Wishing you every success, 1 am
Faithfully yours,
HERBERT WILDER GREENE.
Miss Elizabeth C. Cobb.
60 Carnegie Hall,
New York City.
Aug. 81, 1914. 4
My Dear Miss Cobb:
am writing to wish you all sue
cess in your work this year.
l am particularly glad that you are
taking up voice teaching, for you will
| am sure, approach it not only with
a fine understanding of the purely vo-
cal technique, but will bring to it that
broader musicianship, which is too
often neglected in the study of a
specially. Your plans for ear-train-
ing and sight-singing classes are es-
pecially commendable, and the careful
ana tnorough way IN which you have
pursued your own study of these
branches, convinces me that your pu-
pills will be musicians with a real I'M
derstanding of their art
Very cordially yours,
SARA MESICK.
The Lodges,
Brookfield Center, Conn.
Monday.
August seventeenth,
Nineteen fourteen.
My Dear Miss Cobb:
1t was an unexpected pleasure to
me that you found it possible to re
turn to the Brookfield Summer School
for a third season of piano study. The
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06
Americas BIaCkSmithlDq Co.

Blacksmith and General Repair and
Horseshoeing. Chambliss' Old Ware
ouse. Americas, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-06
Editor Times-Recorder:

So long as a man permits his sense
of fair-dealing, justice and righteous
ness to lie sleeping-just so long
is he satisfied, and even though such
l. man be a sleeping samson, Delilah
may shear him of his locks. Thus it
is that satisfied people are often con-
tented to retain the shadow while they
have the substance taken from them.
In theory the voters of Georgia pos
sess the sovereign power of electing
those who serve them. Georgia's cit
liens believe that the surest way to
make a servant feel responsibility to
the people is to have him elected by
the people, and, when the welfare of
the state is at stake, Georgia needs
responsible servants.
This writer does not know exactly
under what circumstances the county
unit convention election system was
inaugurated. To many it has long
been a mystery why the people of
Georgia submit to a system so fraught
with undemocratic possibilities. At
present it is possible for one candidate
to receive 10000 votes and his oppo-
nent 10000, and yet have a tie in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
WAR SITUATION ID KEEP CONGRESS AT
 WORK ID MARCH 4
Emergency Revenue Bill to Furnish the Republicans Thunder-Enact Riv-
 CTS and HarbOrs Bill

Washington, August 2S.-tSpeciai9-Is comes within the range of possibilities that Congress will continue in session until March f. 19l5 when it must adjourn provided in the constitution. The President can. of course. immediately call an extraordinary session and have the new Congress meet and organize for busi- ness at once. and he will if the occasion demands it.
 The date of the adjournment of the present session seems further away than ever. Congress has not yet completed the antitrust programme of the administra- tion. After this Legislation is finally dis posed of, a revenue bill to fill the defi- ciency in the treasury receipts occasioned by falling off of import duties due to the European war, must be enacted. There is bound to be wrangle over this measure-whatever form it takes--before it becomes a law. The republicans are going to attack it sharply and get as much political profit out of the force of circumstances which have made it neces- sary as possible. Charges have already been made that such measure would not have been necessary had the Payne law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
Letters to the Editor
Importance of Spanish

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: l have read with considerable interest the editorials in yesterdays and today's issues of your paper. ill which under the headings, ''Pan-American Years" and the Importance of Spanish you stir our interest in the ultimate necessity of at least the southern portion of the T. S. A. taking up the study of Spanish The Age-Herald is but again doing it's duty when it takes the lead in sounding timely call to the schools and colleges of the state to realize their opportunity and consequently duty to fit the coming business men for the new fields of ac- tivity that are already opening up for us in South America
 But nothing is said to the business men of the hour. to those who hear the call of opportunity here and now, anG who. because they are on the job at the present moment will largely determine the length of the rope which will bind the South American trade to this state They are scarcely prepared to meet the exigency. for no one will deny that
 the results of language study in thls country hardly ever justify the labor ex- pended by teacher or pupil. But we really do not deserve the censure that is fre- euently heaped upon us by European states. We have not like them, either d scholastic or practical or even a social incentive, owing to our isolation from all foreign nations.
 But with the opening of the Panama canal we suddenly find that almost un- known strangers that were formerly buried in distance, are now next door neighbors, and are inviting us to come over and play with them
 The practical American business man can now see good healthy bush ess req son for studying Spanish, and numbers of them, even to the grey-heads, ali over the south are taking .o it with that same determination and zest that has al- ways made them laugh at ardships, if it means to ''get there"
 For the inforamtion of the business men of Birmingham then, let me say that the Spanish language offers fewer diff culties to the American than any other foreign tongue, has less difficult gram mar. and can be mastered in Il much shorter time than. any other language l know.
 Many of our most common words are oi Spanish origin or Of Latin origin through the Spanish It is more closely modelled after the Latin language than any of the several Romance tongues The study of the Spanish language of fers the only incentive for anguage study that can appeal to the business man, for it is the only language besides English. a Knowledge of which wil' really justify the expenditure of time and money.
 Dare we wait for the younger genera ton" to teach us older heads how to do business in South America. or shall the busy business man of the hour, find a few spare hours week and in a few months time fit himself for the big ex- pansion. the opportunity for which the south and Alabama has been waiting and working? Very respectfully.
 ALLEN G. LOEHR. Birmingham, August 2S, 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
TRADE UNSETTLED IN SOME SECTIONS South and Also Parts. of
 West and Northwest
 Report Activity

New York August 2s.-Bradstreets to- morrow will say:
 Trade Is very irregular. verging. in fact toward marked unsettlement in some sections, the south, for instance. and al- though parts of the west and northwest continue to report activity, the general trend is toward conservatism
 '''rhe disposition is to gauge purchases to immediate requirements, for which prompt shipments are requested, and to disregard probable future wants south ern reports are poor, owing to uncertainty about methods for financing the cotton crop. and their development is reflected in the trend of affairs at leading south western markets. where some cancella- tions of orders have been received. If a feasible plan for marketing cotton is de- veloped prompt resumption of business ac- tivity is anticipated.
 "Failures for the week in the United States were 297 against 269 last year: bank clearngs. s2051. .G3o,0O0 decrease of 2l 1 per cent from last year; wheat exports. 9,S976 627 bushels against 7042, lSo last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
MANY TESTIFY AT
 WEBB PRELIMINARY
Trial Will Probably Be Con- cluded Today-Charged
 With BrOOkins Murder

Preliminary trial of Tom Webb. white. and Tuck Cain, colored, charged with the murder of ] W. Brookins. will be concluded this morning by Judge H. E. Abernethy of the court of common pleas. The hearing was commenced yesterday afternoon at o'clock and large mum ber of witnesses are In attendance The two defendants are being tried jointly.
 The state examined about 15 witnesses and there are about the same number for the defense, Tho defendant is seeking to establish an alibi. number of wit nesses testifying that he was at Porter mines al the time of the killing.
 Assistant Solicitor Ed Winston Is con ducting the prosecution and Charles D. Comstocl< the defense. The hearing will be resumed this morning at 10 o'clock and it is understood will be concluded with the examination of three witnesses for the defense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
SOME FRESH STORIES OF
 EUROPES GREAT WAR

and the Mouse and north of Maubeuge, an Anglo-French attack upon the German army of the Mouse, coming south from Brussels, seems to have receded after des- perate and possible indecisive fighting be- cause the sudden and utterly bewildering fall of Namur exposed the French flank on the Sambre to the German advance.
 It is absolutely clear then that in the different fields the French counter of- fensive, so much advertised by French strategsts before and since the war be- gan, has failed utterly. What remains the real problem is whether t has so com pletey demoralized the Trench armies that they will be unable to hold the lines to which they have now been driven. If it does the German advance may reach Paris on schedule time
 As the situation now stands, the French on all their fronts are back on their first permanent line of defenses The east ern army occupies the gap between Epinal and Toul, which has long been prepared to meet the whole German advance into France. The position Is tremendously strong, both naturally ana by reason oi the great forts about 1t which have beer erected in recent years. Unless the arm, has been hopelessly routed. it can stil stand on the defensive. where French engineers and staff had long ago prepared the ground.
 As to the army of tine west, facing the German army of the Moselle the situation is less clear. Between Verdun and Charleville-M -Mezieres, on the south bank of the Mouse, there is an admirable position to defend, with the deep Mouse in front. the verdun forts on the right the forts of Mezieres Givet and the broken country between the Sambre and the Mouse on the left, where junctures with the allied army can be made. But there is no serious obstacle in the way either of forts or mountains. and if the French advance at Neufchateau ended In rout it is exceedingly doubtful fl it could hold victorious Germany army here.
 To the Germans credit now are the conquest of Belgium, and the defeat of the French counter offensive. If the de- feat was rout they may have plenty of time to get to the Paris forts before the Russian advance becomes dangerous enough to compel weakening their west ern armies. It remains to be seen just how complete their success in Lorraine and at Neufchateau was. All else is of secondary importance, even the fall of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
DALLAS WANTS
 PIKE VIA SELMA Keller Makes Brief Stop in Selma on Scouting Trip
 From Mobile

Selma August 2S-(Special)-N. S' Keller, state highway engineer reached Selma Thursday afternon shortly after o'clock on the last lap of his last sur vev of the proposed state highway rom Decatur to Mobile. MT. Keller and party was met at orrville about o'clock srhursday afternoon by Probate Judge |. H. Pitts of Lallas county State senator V. B. Atkins. a member of the state hish- way commission: Secretary Morgan Ricn- ards of the Selma Chamber of Commerce and a number of other residents of Selma and escorted to this city.
 After a stop of about an hour in Selma Mir Keller left shortly after o'clock for Montgomery. While in Selma MT K elier stated that the trip from Mobile to this city has been a very pleasant one and that no great difficulties had been encountered Selmians and residents of the central part of the state hope that in his report to the next session or the legislature MT. Keller will recommend the building of the state highway by Selma instead of from Montgomery to Evergreen and Brewton to Mobile.
  The members of the Selma Cotton eN- change will hold their annual meeting at the exchange on Water street Saturaay afternoon at d:30 o'clock. During the course of the meeting the business or the exchange for the current commercial year which closes on August Sl will De closed up. It is expected that the nomi- hating committee will also make it's re- port and that the ticket which is re- ported for officers for the next year Will be voted on at the exchange next Mon ray by the members. There Is littte doubt but J. H. Adams, who has been holding the office of president of the exchange during the past year, will be nominated for that office for the coming year.
 Namur the most amazing circumstance of Iiege. and circumstance likely to arouse doubt as to the strength of all ether fortified towns, including Paris it. self.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
HasaCurefor Pellaera

Parrie Nicholas Laurel. Miss. writes Seems to mo if had not obtained your remedy when I did I would not have lived much longer. I am glad you dis covered this wonderful remedy that will cure Pellagra- When I began talk ing Baughn's Pellagra Remedy my weight was 60 odd pounds; now 1t is 90 odd. I would like to have this pub lished ana sent to sufferers of Pellagra.' ''
 This is published at her request If you suffer from Pellagra or know of anyone who suffers from Pellagra, 1t Is your duty to consult the resourceful Baughn. who has fought and conquered the dreaded malady right in the Pellagra Belt of Alabama
 The symptoms-hands red like sun- burn. skin peeling off sore mouth, the lips, throat and tongue a flaming red. with much mucuous and choking. indt- gestion and nausea. either diarrhea or constipation.
 There Is hope if you have Pallagra. You can be cured by Baughn's Pallagra Remedy. Get big free book on Pallagra. Address American Compromising Co, Box 2014. Jasper. Ala. remembering money is refunded in any case where the remedy fails to cure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
Quiet Wedding In Greensboro

Greensboro. August 2s.--tSpeeial )-Mr. William Wesley Ramey and Miss Augus- ta Stevenson were married at the sesi- dence of the brides mother in Greens boro on the evening of August 26. the Rev. C. A. Cornell. pastor of the Meth odist church. officiating. The house was prettly decorated with flowers and ever greens and presented most attractive appearance.
 MT. and Mrs Ramcy left immediately after the ceremony for Akron, where they took the train for bridal trip to points in Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
THE CROP OUTLOOK
 IN HALE COUNTY

Greensboro. August 2S.-(Special )-The crop prospect the past week has not ma terially changed in Hale county. From all indications it can be said the crop in this county will be little more than hall of last years crop.
 The rains and the boil weevil have caused a very luxurious growth. and the stalks have put on squares rapidly, but only to be destroyed by the boil weev:l as fast as they appear. Their ravages have extended practically over the entire county. No crop has been made this month. The army worm has made its appearance in some sections of the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29
A Great Chase

London Cable to New York Sun: The mother of the wireless operator of the British cruiser Gloucester has received a letter from her son describing the chase of the German cruisers Goeben and Bres- lau. in which the Gloucester participated. The letter said
 "'rhe chase lasted four days and nights, during which our gunner indulged in some 2ong range shots ct the Brcslau. After
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-29

Namur, the most amazing circumstance of Iiege and a circumstance likely to arouse doubt as to the strength of all ether fortified towns including Paris it. self