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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-15

Yet when the appointment was made
it was made at the urgent request of
U. S. Marshal Nick Reed, who had
feathered his own nest and was in
sisting that his republican friends be
taken care of. The Wade-Reed-Rey
holds gang who are so honest and
honorable had assured the demo-
cratic local organization that their
endorsements would be considered
in making democratic appointments
in Decatur county, and if the local
endorsements were secured by can
didate that the state organization
would also endorse them. Yet in the
case of the appointment of post
master at Leon the local organiza-
tons protests against the appoint
ment of a republican fell on deaf
ears. The appointment had been
promised by Nick Reed to republic
can and he proceeded to deliver the
goods, for it is well known fact
that state chairman Reynolds is
merely Nick Reeds man Friday,
ready to answer his every beck and
call, and when Reed told him to en-
dorse Mrs. Smith, he did so, knowing
he was committing an act of which
he was personally ashamed, and that
in so doing he was proving false to
the democrats of his district who Sc
lected him to represent them on the
state committee He has not repre-
sened the democrats of this district
and if he had any sense of honor he
would resign as state chairman and
district committeeman. He has lost
the confidence and respect of the
democrats, by his acts and deserves
the condemnation which is being
heaped upon him all over the dis
trict But there is one thing sure
and that is that Reynolds will never
again be permitted to represent the
democrats of the eighth district. The
democrats Of this district are loyal
democrats, true to their party and
principles, and they will never sub
nit again to have a man like Rey-
nolds represent them. OF course,
democratic editors who have been ap-
pointed postmasters feel in duty
bound to defend the men who pre-
scented them with good Offices but
the rank and file of the party are
getting mighty tired of the gang
which has controlled the state organ
ization, and there is going to be
housekeeping at the next state con-
vention, good and proper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-15

1t is hoped that Judge Wade, as
United States district judge, will not
have to take on so much dignity that
his stock of jokes will have to be dis
carded. They are too good to lose.
The Judge is the subject of envy by
number of Iowa orators and near
orators. When they spring real
funny story, something just out for
the first time, they invariably have
it remarked that Judge Wade has al
ready told it.-Iowa City Republican.
And onewhich he will probably tell
will be how he put one over on the
democrats of Decatur county, by hav-.
ing a republican appointed postmas-
ter of Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-15
NO CAUSE FOR WORRY.

The winter wheat crop to be har-
vested this season was estimated by
the bureau of agriculture at 619,-
100000 bushels. 1t may be more or
less than that amount, according to
developments in the weather; the
chances are as good in one direction
as in the other
July wheat sold last week at $1.23
and if that price is maintained till
the harvest, the winter wheat crop
of this country will be worth approx
mately $761, 000,370,00O.
1t would puzzle the worst calamity
bowler on earth to find anything to
worry about in that prospect.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-15
GETTING AT THE KERNEL.

Clifford Thorne may be something
of an eccentric 1t takes an eccentric
to be as good in his statistical line as
is Thorne But the Iowa railroad
commissioner certainly knows how
to deliver the punch when he is go
ing after the railroads. When he first
made his appearance in Des Moines
as an attorney against railroads, the
corporation lawyers put their hands
before their faces and grinned.
Thorne doesn't cut a very imposing
figure. Strange to say, some of the
keenest men the world has known
couldn't come within mile of TAX
ing the BOBBY prize at third class
beauty show
But after the then almost un-
known lawyer had unwound a few
reams of facts and figures which he
had stored away in his queer shaped
head and, for.Which he did not re-
quire scrap 0f paper, the railroad
attorneys sat straighter in their
chairs and their smiles turned to
frowns. Mr.. Thorne's has been one
Of the most conspicuous figures at
The railroad rate hearing in Chicago,
and his mind likewise has been one
of the most notable The other day
he said to the interstate commerce
commissions:
I'VE are perfectly willing to pay
the people these gentlemen represent
an adequate return for their invest
ment, such adequate return to in
clude a reasonable surplus for tiding
them over lean years, but we are alb
solutely unwilling to build their prop
critics for them and then pay re-
turn on what we build
1t would have taken the railroads
legal representatives three hours to
say the same thing, or similar thing
about any other subject. Thorne had
it all summed up in a few words,
which is his usual way. And it was
as simple and easy to understand as
it was brief He didn't even glance
from the head Of the nail. He hit it
hard and drove it in. He gave voice
to what the people of Iowa think.
They are willing to let the railroads
make money, but they want them to
make it on their own investments,
not on Iowa capital, which has no
stock to show for it's expenditure
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-15
Every bank in Decatur county deposits their money
in a NATIONAL BANK. If a National Bank is good
place for bank to deposit it good place for ndi
vidual to deposit.

City Banks pay Country Banks interest their daily
balance The Country Bank don't like to join the Federal
Reserve System and lose this interest They not will
inc to make this sacrifice the interest of sound banking
The system of re -depostng from one bank to anoth
er has built up topheavy credits without sufficient
This has caused financial disturbances every fall
known as the crop moving season. This is nothing
more than the Country Banks drawing down their city
balances which the city banks have loaned out and such
loans must be called, making money The Federal
Reserve Bank don pay interest and hold the cash
without loss
The evil system Of pyramiding deposits has grown
in bank we're established Several banks being operated
by the same people and in many occupying
the This evil brought out strongly in
the investigation of the money trust.
Under the Federal law every member bank must keep
it's in cash in the Federal Reserve Bank Book
credit in other banks not be counted as cash.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-15

The appointment of Mrs. Smith as
postmistress at Leon has been an
nounced. It has caused much fric-
ton that will require time to heal,
but President Wilson does not like
to ignore the state organization in
such matters. Ollie Hull ought to
have asked for the appointment for
himself and that would have obviat-
ed all the strife.-Albia News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-15
THE SKY WAS LURID.

The first lightning of the year, Wis
ible in this country, was on Easter
night. It was in the southeast and
it may have been just Ollie Hull
saying things about the Leon post
office appointments interset News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-15

''The political party that includes
in its platform next year plank de-
manding state regulation of private
banks and kindred institutions will
be doing real service" declares the
Dubuque Times Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-15
Cash Reserves!

Under the Federal Reserve Act
latter So months) all member banks
must keep their cash reserve in their
o1vn safe or in the Federal Reserve
Bank of their district
The banks in reserve cities fought this provision Of
the law and still fighting it, it means the transerof
large deposits from their banks to the Federal Reserve
Banks Country bank accounts make about half the
deposits held by City Banks OF course loss of this
business loss to them It is not strange that
these City Banks trying to discourage Country Banks
and keep them from entering the Federal System.
You will please notice that none Of the City Banks
have fit to surrender their National Charters and
take out State Charters.
Why don't they do this? Because they know that
practically every Country Bank keeps their surplus cash
on deposit with City National Bank and that the
try banker does not try to deceive himself in selecting his
bank and therefore selects National Bank, believing
that the National Bank offers him better security and 9th
er advantages.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-15
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The true northerner., 1915-12-17
AS In Country Places.

Christmas in the country places
There you see the rosy faces,
There the joy-the world entrancin',
Joy that sets the world a-dancin'l
Fine and free the life blood races
Christmas in the country places
Glad enough to hear IL hummin';
Waited long TO see II comm:
Knows the place where we're a-stayin' (;
Fine to spend a holiday in!
There is where amazin' grace is
Christmas in the country places.
City has the good time, too,
Yet the country calls to you;
There il is you want to roam
In the frosty fields OF Home"
Hearty hardshakes. friendly faces
Christmas in the country places
Pile the ample oak logs higheri
Room for one more at the fire
Same old tales of long ago
Tell 'em, for we love 'em sol
All lfe's trouble JOY effaces-
Christmas in the country places
Atlanta Constitution.
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
Born TO Starve.

Many years ago an American natu
ralist. Dana. discovered on the surface
" the sea n little animal OF so singu-
lar character that he named It "mon-
Strilla." It is a small crustacean akin
to the cyclops so common i'm ponds
But, while the latter are furnished
with all that is necessary to capture
and digest their food the monstrilla
has neither apparatus for seizing prey
nor any digestive tube 1t is richly
provided with muscles. nervous sys-
tenn and organs Of sense. 1t lacks only
what is necessary to prolong life by
allmentation. The monstrilla is doom
ed, therefore. to natural death.-Ex.
change
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
The Two Spruce Trees.

Upon a mountain, side by side.
Two friendly spruces stood.
And one was tall and filled with pride
The monarch of the wood
The other was a lowly tree,
Not more than six feet high,
And other spruces laughed to see
Its struggle toward the sky
The monarch from his dizzy height
Would shout, why don't you growi"
Alas, tempest came one night
And laid that monarch low.
While by and by a woodsman came.
Who whistles merrily,
And gave the little spruce a name
And called 1t christmas Tree"
And bore IL 10 a house OF light,
Where, gaudily arrayed.
The spruce became royal sight
BY children's eyes surveyed
And Christmas Joy II brought to all,
And as the hours went by
Twas glad for having grown so small
And was content TO die
New York Herald
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
THE BEFANA.

The little folk of the Italian set.
tlement have their Santa Claus.
though there is in fact no Santa
for the children of Italy, who
have instead their Befana bring
to them presents on Epiphany.
twelve days after Christmas. The
Befana reminds them Of the visit
OF the Magi TO the stable where
the Holy Child was born. The
Befana and Santa Claus are
much alike. Both are coming
from the north at night to the
children who behave we'll. and
both have u predilection for
stockings, which they ill with
gifts Of various kinds, from a
cheap box of candies to an ex-
pensive doll or toy. Once here
the Italians readily accept and
adopt the American custom and
change their Befana for the San
Ia, thus anticipating the date of
the mysterious appearance of the
gifts. Consequently the gift stores
are visited now by thousands of
Italians, many of whom spend
lavishly if they can afford it.
Many Italian families. especial.
ly those who have been here for
several years and are well ac-
qWintcd With American customs,
HAY" tA" Christmas trees. some
OF tin rlng artiStically put up
ami l'i'l .ly decorated with rich
gifts IT, HE italian quarters OF
Ancr'c'ln rlties and towns many
ltaliah tnerS are seen going
through pr streets to buy trees
for then nildren
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
Balm Of Gilead.

Balm Of Gilead is costly, for the balm
bush yields only few drops a day in
the tapping season.
The true northerner., 1915-12-17
Unpleasant criticism.

Mrs. De Style exhibiting picture)-
nature Critic-Far from it. it seems.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
QDqata

Wyatt Family Coat Of Arms-Ro-
nance in the Anthony Family-The
Proud Family Of Nev1Ile.-Lucas Is
Derived from Lukc--Som.thl hing
About the American Laphams.
The coat of arms here illustrated be-
longs to the Wyatt family of Sherwell,
County Devon, and Bexley, County Kent,
England. as well as to the American FAM
lily of the name. It Is bazoned thus: Per
fcses. azure and gules a pair Of barna-
Giles argent the ring or. The crest is an
ostrich proper, in the beak of horseshoe
argent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

Cobb, on his recent visit to one of the
German field headquarters. found bulk
tobacco a, scarcity because most of it
had been sent to the men In the trenches
Ito the men in the forward trenches be
1t added--for there they have peculiar
need of anything that will help overcome
the terrible stencil of the unburied things
that have lain for weeks between the fir
ing lines.
In all the authentic pictures of the
war soldiers are seen smoking. One has
now in mind the figure Of tall Belgian
working easily at curved-stem pipe.
Among the French cigarette are as COM
mon as bullets. Tommy Atkins seems
to have brought his pipe along with him
in great numbers. The Germans have a
systematic way of gathering up the to-
bacco in each town invaded and serv-
ing it in rations' to the men.
All this serves four purposes. The
smoking of tobacco offers relief to the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

Answers to Correspondents
To t. p Anthony. who asks for briei
account of the American Anthonys.
The first of the name Anthony in this
country was John Anthony, who came to
New England in the Hercules" He had
five children: his grandson, William, had
il, ten of whom married. His name fire.
cuently appears in the records as An
thoine. John. was a freeman of Ports
mouth, r. J., 1910, and about the same
time corporal in military company, also
deputy and commissioner He left three
SONS and two daughters. His son John
married Frances Wordell, or Wardcll,
first and second, Susanna Albro, and had
u children all told. Frances was daughter
of William wardell, the purchaser, with
Samuel Gorton, of Warwick, r. ].
One branch of the Anthonys Of the
south Travelled back TO England and
picked mp the Earl Of SALISBURY en-
route. Mark Anthony, Virginia settler,
was afterward in Georgia. Joseph, his
son. or grandson, married Elizabeth
Clarke, daughter of Capt. Christopher
Clarke, who was also first in Virginia
Christopher Clarke went to Georgia in
17S5 and tho Anthonys were his compan-
Ions Isabella Hart is said to have been
the name of the wife of Mark Anthony.
Tho Anthonys and Clarkes lived first, as
said, IN Virginia, in Hanover and Henry
counties. also in Now Kent county. Their
homo in Georgia was in Wilkes county.
One of this family. Dr. Milton Anthony,
founded the Medical college of Augusta,
Ca
The coat-of arms is blazoned: Argent:
leopard's head, gules, between two
f1eurches sable.
Crest: A demigoat proper, charged with
. bezant, armed anr TIRED or.
A leopard symbolizes valiant war;
1'ior. who tries hazardous things by force
and courage; launches stand for virtue
and learning. especially for services in
enbassage. The goat denotes a marked
man. who wins victory by policy, or one
who fares hard to be in high employ
honored," n characteristic OF the An.
thongs. some one of the family says,
which crops up all along the line, that
is the fare hard proposition A be-
zant is an old eastern coin, and was
often the charge of a crusader. Argent
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nervous tension of men under continue
Gus fire. 1t serves to pass the days and
nights of lul and dampness in the
trenches. 1t helps assuage the pangs of
hunger when incessant action or swift
marching makes the commissariat tenn
porarily unavailable. And. as aforesaid,
it serves to smother the odor which now
arises from every field and farm and
wood In northern France and Belgium.
No army takes the field these days with
out the tobacco supply being as carefully
planned for as any other.
In our civil war. toward the end, about
all that the Confederate soldiers had
was tobacco. for their own soil yielded H.
And survivors of that struggle tell many
story of pickets'' truce whereby coffee
from the north might pass between the
lines in exchange for tobacco from the
south-to the high satisfaction OF both
parties.
The Lady Nicotine nowadays takes the
place of John Barleycorn In the armies
The tobacco charities are assuming large
proportions.
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SOLDIERS AND THE WEED
Cigarettes. Cigars and Pipe Tobacco
for Battle Men of Europe

Along with aims for the wounded and
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the Detroit News. An American woman
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the comforting weed to the ailies. The
crown prince Of Germany asks that his
people send cigarettes to the men. Irvir
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A CORNER IN ANCESTORS
ny FRANCES cowLEs.
THE WYATT FAMILY
Answers to Correspondents

Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate.)
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8, run down and killed by auto owned
by Kramer Bros.