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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Threshermen Held Big Meeting.

last Saturday afternoon for a few
minutes, and at first thought an
old time democratic county conven-
tion was in session, but it was only
the threshermen of Decatur county.
of county food administrator w. H.
Shields, number of farmers also be-
ing present. The entire afternoon
was profitably spent in discussing
threshing matters, and arrange
ments were completed to insure saw
county. The .threshers are a live
patriotic bunch, and are willing to
do anything the government may ask
of them to save and conserve grain.
In Decatur county there are over
sixty threshing machine owners and
all but two of them were present at
the meeting Saturday, and one of the
other matters discussed was that of
prices, and they agreed upon uni
form price for Decatur county for
this seasons work, the prices adopt
ed being a cents per bushel for oats,
cents per bushel for wheat, 80
other grains and seeds accordingly.
The owners all agreed to these prices
and anyone found cutting prices will
have to pull his machine in. Ar
rangements will be made so that
when a machine starts it will clean
UP everything in that section and no
grain must be allowed to spoil on ac-
count of not being threshed.
Before adjournment the following
resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Threshermen
of Decatur county declare ourselves
to be patriotic citizens, and we
pledge ourselves to do our utmost
to comply with the rules and regula-
tions in doing the threshing of this
county properly and we'll, and in a
manner to save the greatest extent of
all the grain for the use of our allies
and ourselves, and in every way pos
sible to do our full part toward help
ing win the war.
The meeting was one we'll worth
the time spent in attending, for. it
brought a closer understanding be-
tween the machine owners, and
troubles and conditions surrounding
their work were thoroughly discuss
ed. When the machines start this
year the work will be pushed to the
limit. Among other things it was
the sense of the meeting that the
farmers should provide extra pitch
ers around the machine in order to
have a steady feed which is necessary
in order to save all the grain. This
extra help will save more than
enough grain to nav for the help.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
U. S. Merchant Marine to Lead tho
World.

On July 4th the Atlantic and Pa
splash that will be felt around the
world.
On that day fifty-five new ships
largely of the 5000 ton type will
dependence by water festival of
magnificent proportions. The break
of the water carafes on the bows, the
swift rush of steel and wood and con-
crete down the waiting ways and the
plunging Of half hundred prOws
into the welcoming oceans will cele-
brate the republics independence in
of the surely coming, greatest mer-
chant marine in the world.
the shipping board-to celebrate
the republics 142nd birthday in this
splendid way. Four weeks ago the
suggestion was communicated to the
ship yards throughout the nation.
at the suggestion. Ships scheduled
for August and September were re-
marked for July and every energy
in shipdom was concentrated for pa
tr!otic speed.
The 1sethlelem Shipbuilding Com
list with ten ships. The American
shipbuilding Company with four
yards will follow with four ships.
The south sails into the procession
from Tampa and Mobile and Savan-
nah and Brunswick and Texas. 1t
will be historic procession of the
future masters of the sea.
be the happiest of American evangels
in the triumphant realization of the.
dream upon which they have ex-
pended patient years of time and
brains and money.
Z The American merchant marine
and navy grew to it's zenith after the
Napoleonic wars, which left us the
the world. The folly of the paciffsts
of 1850 and 1860 and the vigor Of
the confederate raiders of 81 to '65
reduced our navy to a minimum and
permitted the civil war to last for
four bloody years. If the pacifists
of that day had been throttled, 9
federal blockade could have starved
within six months.
One of the compensatiOns of this
frightful war will be the upbuilding
of the American navy to magnificent
and compelling strength and re-es-
tabiishment of the American mer-
chant marine as the foremost in the
world
The shipping board has added l.
900 900 tons Of new construction to
American shipping in. the last ten
months. We have also added lis
German and Austrian vessels with a
deadweight tonnage of 73O,176. We
have added since our war with Ger
many began 100000 tons of ship
ping.
Our program calls for the build
ing of 1856 passenger-cargo-refrig-
orator shins NV With nnd an aggregate ton
tracting for 200 wooden barges, 50
concrete barges, 100 concrete oil
barges, $50 steel, wood and con-
crete tugs of 1000 horse power for
ocean and harbor service tonnage
of $50, 200.
We have 245 commandeered ves-
sells from foreign and domestic own
ers, averaging 1000 tons each-1,-
715, 900 tons.
This is q grand toal of 2,1Q1 yes-
with an aggregate deadweight tom
mage of 14,715,0OO.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Caught Another Booze Car.

/. Nightwatch Frank Smith has a
long nose and Wednesday night he
smelled booze car as it left Davis
City, SO he secured car with Leo
Benefiel as driver and drifted down
in that direction. Sure enough pref
ty soon along came flivver which
refused to stop, so they had to run
it down, taking few shots at it to
emphasize the demand of the min
ion of the law. While they were
fleeing the occupants of the flivver
were trying to throw away their car
go of booze and it was scattered
along the road, most of fifty pints
being broken. The two occupants
of the car gave their names as H. F.
Corday and J. H. Goodell, of Jasper
county, who had been to st. Joe af-
ter a cargo of wet goods. Judge
Fuller, of Mt. Ayr, was in town
Thursday evening and they express
ed a desire to plead guilty, SO court
was called and they were fined 500
each and costs, the court ordering
that no mitimus issue If $50 Of the
fine of each and the costs we're paid
within three days. AS they had evil
IDENTIFY spent all their money for the
booze, they hooked their car to raise
the amount each had to pay $83,
paid it to clerk Officer and departed
Friday morning on the train for
their homes, minus booze, -flivver
and cash.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Bob Scott Likes England.

: Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Scott have re-
ceived their first letter from their
son Corporal Bob Scott of the goth
Trench Mortar Battery who recently
arrived in England on his way to
France He writes they laid in the
harbor two days before unloading,
and he did not get bit seasick on
the way over. Says he saw one sub
marine but there was no danger at
all the way the transports are guard
ed. The weather is warm in England
and he writes he is seeing some
grand sights over there but they have
queer railroads as compared with
those in the United States. He says
the sun comes up and goes down in
the same place over, there, 1t getting
light at $3.50 in the morning and
does not get dark until 10 o'clock at
night. He says he is feeling fine,
and for his folks not to worry for
they have a long. spell Of training
before them before they will get into
real service in France.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Turned Over Four Times Down 45
Foot Embankment.

Attorney Ed H. Sharp while driv-
ing to Mt. Ayr Wednesday to attend
court, had a remarkable accident
with his new Ford Sedan. He. was
the line in Ringgold county and when
driving over a big fill, something
went wrong with the steering appar-
atus or the driver, and suddenly the
sedan went over the bank and rolled
to the bottom, distance Of As feet,
and finally resting on its side. Mr..
Sharp opened the door and stepped
out and surveyed his trip, wondering
how it all happened. and that he es-
capped without injury aside from a
severe cut on his arm by broken glass
from one of the doors. The car was
brought to Leon and Estes e Co. soon
had It ready fir use again, the biggest
damage being a broken wheel, and a
hole broken in the top.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Vocational Training for Disabled
Soldiers and Sailors.

Congress has just passed the bill
providing fund of 100000 for
vocation rehabilitation and return to
civil employment Of soldiers and
this law disabled soldier will be
given such training at the expense of
the government as will make him an
Independent and self-suppOrting citi-
zen No matter what his injury,
there will be something he can do if
promptly and scientifically trained.
The soldier himself selects his occu-
of vocational experts. During the
time he is taking this training he
will receive the same pay he would it
in the service and his family allow
ance will also be paid by the govern
ment. The government also provides
place for the injured man in civil
employment at the completion of his
course of training.
All the nations now engaged In
the present war have made provision
for this training. With the benefit
of the experience of other. countries,
it is believed the American plan
adopted will be as efficient and bene-
h6oat la az one ap per as cent Of e. the e soders
engaged are likely to be subjects for
such training. For every million
men we have at the front, ten
thousand each year will be subject
to the provisions of the law.
1t is a matter of pride to the peo-
pie of the Eighth district.. that Judge
Towner, our representative in con-
gress, as the ranking member of the
minority of the committee has had
charge of this most important legis-
lation In the preliminary work un-
Gertaken at the Instance of the cabi--
net, in the hearings, in the drafting
of the bill, during the committee de-
and in the debate on the
floor Of the house, Judge Towner
took an active part. Among the war
measures presented by the Admins
tration, none has been more general
ly approved and praised. This is evil
denced by the fact that after a rath-
er prolonged and critical debate in
both the senate and house on the
bill, it was finally passed by a
unanimous vote of both houses.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Quarter
OF Century AGO.

Last week this section of the coun-
try was visited by the most destruc-
tive storm which has occurred for
some time. The wind blew sixty to
seventy. miles an hour and rain fell
in torrents. The storm came from
line was the hardest. Southeast of
Leon barns were unroofed and out
buildings blown down. Growing
crops we're flattened to the ground
by the force of the wind and rain.
Near the state line trees were twisted
off and blown over, barns blown down
and houses unroofed and moved off
the storm is reported to have been a
great deal worse, much stock being
killed by falling trees.
Marriage licenses issued the past
week were:
John Waterman 25 to Angie Cur
Geo: H. Allen 20 to Margaret ASH
burn 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. 2: Horner and
baby returned from Chicago Monday
here they attended the Worlds
Fair.
visiting with relatives in Leon for
home at Goodland, Kansas, yester-
day.
Mrs. J. P. Peters and daughters,
Marie and Hazel, of Akron, Iowa,
came yesterday for a visit with her
mother, Mrs. Thomas Teale and 9TH
er relatives here.
A parachute frightened the horse
which Thomas Pugh was riding near
Weldon on Tuesday Of last week, the
lad being thrown to the ground and
his arm broken.
Major J. L. Young returned home
Friday from Denver. His children
saw something they never saw before
on the return Of their father, and
that was his chin. The Major has
been sporting very heavy beard for
the past thirty years which lie sacri-
feed just before starting home. He
says his beard has been a good invest
ment, as it has saved him $3.50 in
barber bills and neckWear.
Charles Anderson, one of the men
employed in taking out the bridges
along the 60" met with quite an ac-
cident last Saturday while working
near Leon. Ln some way he let an
axe slip which he was using, striking
him on the ankle and inflicting a ter
rible cash. He was brought to Leon,
and left Monday for his home at OF
tumWa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Mrs. S. G. Penniwell Died Sunday
Morning.

Mrs. S. C. Penniwell, who has
been in failing health for. many
months, passed away at the home OF
her neice, Mrs. B. D.. Snyder, in Ok
lahoma City oo1dsf oklshoma Hwo svaaay Weahy
ago in company with Mr.. Penniwell
and their daughter, Mrs Will F.
Lindsey Mrs. Penniwell went to
Oklahoma City for visit. For a
week after her arrival she seemed
to improve, but relapse came and
she gradually grew weaker. Her re,
mains accompanied by her husband
and daughter, arrived in Leon Mon
day evening. Funeral services were
held yesterday afternoon at o'clock
at the M. e. Church.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
YOU CAN SHOOT FIREWORKS.
Government Does Not Say It's UnpA-
triOtic to Celebrate This Way.

Some seemed to have gained the
impression that they would not be
shooting fireworks. This is mis-
take, as one of our local merchants
has shown us. Neither is it un-
patriotic for you will not be using
powder which would otherwise go
into ammunition for the soldiers. No
explosives are used in the manufac-
ture of fireworks which are needed
by the government.
You can buy firecrackers, spark
lers, serpents, terpedoes, ETC., which
do not cost over ten cents pack
age. sIf you want to shoot some that
cost more than that amount you must
get license which you can secure at
the court house for the sum of twen-
ty-fve cents.
So have all the fun you want.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
County Agent Deal Gone to War.

County farm bureau agent T. M.
Deal last Saturday placed his resig-
nation with the board of directors,
and left Sunday for Fort Monroe,
Virginia, where he will take a course
Of training in the coast artillery SER
vice, and expects e soon to be IN
France. IA the meeting OF the dl-
rectors Saturday county auditor
Walter Osborn was rendered the po-
sition as county agent, and has the
matter under advisement. His term
as county auditor does not expire
until January 1st. and he would
have to resign % county auditor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Tried to Steal New Auto.

w. A. Curry. of south Leon, con.
siders himself pretty lucky man,
and the fact that he did not lose his
new Overland auto Sunday night is
due to the fact that the car is equip
ped with a new kind of switch lock
with which the thieves were not IA,
miliar Mr.. Curry was awakened
Sunday night about ! O'Clock by the
noise of a car starting, and arose
just in time to see two men leaving
from in front of his garage, the
doors of which were open and he
thought they had stolen his new car.
Upon investigation he found the lock
On the garage door had been Mth 1rofea bf
evidently the men did not know how
to unlock the switch and could not
start the car. He Immediately phon-
ed to Sheriff Fulton, who saw car
going north few minutes later, and
he followed them for seven or eight
miles but his car was not fast enough
and all traces were lost of them;
Billy is trying to buy a fierce bull
dog which he will place in his garage
and loaded shot gun awaits the
next fellows who come around his
place after night
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Charles Knapp Dead.

Tuesday evening, Charles Knapp,
one of the old residents of this COM
munity, and who has been in failing
health for some time, passed away at
his home in this city. The funeral
services will be held at the house
this Thursday morning at ten O'Clock.
Grove Express.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Has AZ Acres Of Corn PlOwed -Four
Times.

Leo Hoffman who is operating the
C. w. Hoffman farm Just north of
Leon, has in a little over As acres
Of corn this year, and last Friday
he finished blowing it for the fourth
other farmer in Decatur county with
as much corn plowed four times. The
stand Is practically perfect and there
never was better prospect for good
corn on the Hoffman farm
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
For Sale.

have for sale the residence prop
erty adjoining Harvey Park on the
east, known as the Charley Gardner
home. 1t consists of two acres of
ground, with modern house, 3S for
est trees from L inches to 3 feet In
fruit. Anyone who wants an ideal
home will do well to look this prop
c. S. Guilford, Guardian
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Another Ford Stolen.

Fay Proudfoot, of near Weldon,
had new Ford touring cor stolen
in Des Moines last Friday night. He
had purchased 1t Just short time
unable to learn whether it had yet
been located
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
Marriage Licenses.

Fayette C. Dorsey, Garden Grove 4 9
Ruth M. Bethards, Garden Grove s
M. Raymond Cox, Leon .....-----.......19 8
Wilda w. Jones, Garden Grove--..15 =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-06-27
County Meeting of Grocers.

County food administrator W. H.
Shields held big meeting OF the
grocers, bakers and butchers of De
catur county in this city Tuesday
evening, about fifty being present; A
of the Presbyterian church in the
church basement at 8 o'clock, and
they demonstrated that an edible
and substantial banquet can be serv-
ed without beef, pork or wheat flour,
and they were highly complimented
by the visitors on their banquet
e. fhe Hui Is0IS as President Wsls Of the Leon
Chamber of Commerce, and on be.
Lamont, responded. Mr.. oliver
Longueville, an attorney from Du-
buque, who is giving all OF his time
to the government and is exception
ally well posted On al OF tha me s,1e fales es
food products, gave splendid and
Instructive talk which cleared up
many matters which have been both
ering retailers, and Mr.. w. d. Nc
Elroy, of Ottumwa, in charge OF the
distribution of sugar in Iowa. gave
useful information in regard to su-
gar selling. These gentlemen @ were
tions and the. retailers now are
pretty we'll informed. 1t was decid-
ed by a unanimous vote that the
matter of county organization or
Perfected, PC and each town in the coun-
ty will be asked to send a represen-
tatiye to Leon on next Tuesday even
ing to arrange plans for the organii-
zation. A new plan whereby maxi
mum prices for staples are to be fix,
ed by a local board of arbiters will
shortly be put in effect, which will
protect both retailer and consumer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
 ID BE ORGANIZED Plans Will Be Completed at Dinner Tonight at the
 Tutwiler

The Birmingham Automobile club will be organized tonight at the big dinner held in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel at o'clock. Those wishing to at tend are requested to make reservation with Clarence Lloyd, secretary of the Rotary club, 453-4 Brown Marx building, by F o'clock today. There are only ac- commodations for 425 and already a large number of reservations have been made.
 Those unable to attend the dinner but wishing to become a member of this club should send their application to Mfr Lloyd at once. The delegation from the Chattanooga Automobile club, 27 strong, will arrive in Birmingham this After noon and will be met by committee They will be present at the dinner and assist in organizing the club.
 The Chattanooga club has a member ship of more than 1000 and is one of the most progressive organizations of its kind in the south, and the assistance of the delegation from this city is expected to aid the local club materially in it's organization.
 The Chamber of Commerce, the Bir- mingham Civic association, the Rotary, kiwanis and the Civitan clubs are boost ing the automobile club. Indications are that this organization will have the larg- est membership and be one of the strong est of the kind in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
CH|LD'S TONGUE BECOMES COATED
 + CONST|PATED
When cross, feverish and sick give California Syrup
 of Figs''

Children love this fruit laxative,n and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
 A child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is, they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat. sleep or act naturally, breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach ache or diarrhoea.~- Listen, Mother! See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the sys- tenn, and you have a well playful child again.
 Millions of mothers give California Syrup of Figs because it is perfectly harmless; children love it. and it never fails to act on the stomach. liver and bowels
 Ask your druggist foir bottle of Cal ifornia Syrup of Figs,'' which has full directions for babies. children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Beware of commercials sold here. Get the genuii4c. made by California Fig Syrup Company Refuse any other kind \ with contempt-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

$SS0.97 entitled to se2S.17; Commissioner E. J. Hayes received s50eo1, entitled to $329 80; Commissioner W. Y. Atchison re- ceived s443.45, entitled to 17.5o; Com missioner Nose Robinson received SS7S.Sl, entitled to s7z3.s5; Com missioner w. T. Herrod received S1295 50, entitled to s725. 10; Commissioner w. T. Williams received SIPS. 70, should have re- ceived $375; Commissioner s. E. waldrop received s663.74. entitled to sS95 90; Com missioner A. T. Vinson received $205 90; entitled to $94.so.
 In making clear the charges against the commissioners, Examiner Craig says they evidently realized they had erred ii ~charging per diem and mileage and at- tempted to correct the mistake by ratify- ing the overoharges made.
 MT. Craig said: This court (commis- sioners) has so utterly disregarded the law regulating these matters that deem it necessary to quote the law, word for word., Then followed in the report the law which governs commissioners courts of Alabama.
 In commenting on the books of J. Bice, county treasurer, the state examiner said;
 ''I find and regret to report the books of Mir. Bice, county treasurer, very poor ly awkwardly and clumsily kept. but ac- counts correct, so far as they go towards showing the receipts and disbursements of funds received and paid out by him, as entered thereon for the period cov- cred by this examination"
 The report, in detail form. shows that s1704.3o, belonging to the road tax, still is in the hands of the probate judge, which, at his suggestion, was turned over to the county treasurer to be expended as the law directs It is charged that several illegal claims for printing were paid and irregularities of a minor na- ture were discovered, it is charged.
 The books of Probate Judge l.. H, Reynolds were found to be correct, and with proper vouchers for all funds paid out by him.
 The documents were filed with Gov ernor Henderson before August l. and he has carefully studied them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
'IRREGULARITY IN ACCOUNTS CHARGED
 ID CH|LTON MEN
Examiner Craig Finds Com missioners Have Paid Ac- counts in Excess of
 Amounts Due

Montgomery August H.-(Special) Charges of irregularities in the accounts of many public officials of Chiffon coun- ty, criticisms of the method of book keeping and the acceptance of money by the county commissioners that was not que them are contained in sensational report of J. H. Craig, examiner of pub lie accounts, which was made public at the capital. The reports were submitted in July and they are rather lengthy and complicated. First rumors of the report came from Clanton Monday afternoon.
 Charges that the commissioners have made out their own accounts, approved and paid them in excess of the amount due are made in MT. Craig's report The statement gives an itemized account of the illegal charges and payments made contrary to law
 Commissioner w. T. Mahon is charged with receiving $423. .05 when he was en- titled to only $221 .75; Commissioner T. J.. Melling received $465.20, entitled to S2s9. .95; Commissioner W. H. Shaw received