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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-16
Official Range and Sale of Clocks in New York
Stocks.
Sales.

poico' SlOcRS.
100 Advance Rumclcy. com.
100 Advance Rumcicy. pId.
.. 100 A.!is- Chalmers
900 lS-ChalnIcrS, pfd.
200 Alaska Gold.
100 Amer. Beet Sugar. com
I,aOO american Can.
American Can, pfd.
i'aoo AMER. Car and foun.
700 icrican Cotton oil.
400 Ani. iii"c and Lea. com.
i.Jvu Am. Hid" and l.c;I.. pfd
"pp America nl.inS"cd OIL.
?op american LOCOMOTIVES
amer. Locomotive. pfd
1000 Ar!crican Smelling
800 amer. steel s'UUndricS
400 american Sugar.
300 Amer. Tel. and Tel. Co.
Amer. Tobacco, com.
100 Amer. Tobacco. pfd.
800 Nm. Writing Paper, pfd
100 American Iinc. ..
800 .tfaconda Copper.
100 NtchiSpn
10" = .iaEt4. Coast Line
y g. l.. OF Ct. I;alto)
l.No0 baltimore and ONO.
200 Bethlehem steel. E.
300 !'rth. steel 81 pfd.
! 10000 i;:tlowin Locomotive.
100 Bate Copper and Zinc. ..
500 Canadian Pacific.
goo California Petroleum.
coo Central Leather. com
eco chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago Great Western.
chi. Great West, pfd :.
$500 tiii., Mil. and St Paul. :.
100 CHi., X. !. and T.. com
chi. l.. |. aud T.. 80 pr.
nj. X. !. aud l.. - or.
Zoo tri chile Steel Cor. com
zoo Colorado Fuel and Iron.
200 Columbia Gas.
LEO" Corn Products, COIN E.
! l,Iou D,Stillers
200 Dome Mines
l.ioD LI!". LIST pfd. -. :.
General Electric.
700 Goodrich. com. .........
100 Great Northern. pfd.
1900 Great North ore C,fs. 4.
100 Illinois Central
100 interborO-Cous.. com.
900 iiIs piration Copper.
$500 Int. M.r. Mar, com
ZOO Int Mer. Mar. pfd
la.20O Int. Paper. com. .....
200 Int. Paper, pr. tStamped)
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
AT THE THEATRES.
Program for the Week Conlnlencin&
Today.

At the New Theatre today, Thurs
day, March goth, Pauline rFrederick
funny Sennett c o m e dy IT
Sleuths," and the interesting Cur
dent Events.
At the New Theatre Friday and
Saturday. March 21st and 22nd, the
popular favoriteI VIM. S. Hart In
riddle GaWne"
) At the Idle Hour Friday, March !:,Ic
21st, Fatty Arbuckle in The
Sheriff, and Monroe Salisbury in
THAT Devil Bateese.
At the Idle Hour Theatre Satur-
day, March 22nd, Monroe Salisbury
in That Devil Batsee' and Bray,
At the New Theatre Monday,
March oath, Madge Kennedy in "A
Perfect Lady" and Pathe Comedy.
At the New Theatre Tueaday,,
March 25th, Constance Talmadge In
The Shuttle" and the big Screen
Telegram.
At .the New Theatre Wednesday.
March 26th, Alice Brady in Her
Great Chance" and the interesting
Holmes TraVelOgue
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
FIRE AT SCHOOL ilUUsf
South School Building Had Narrow
Escape Yesterday. Pupils All
Marched Out III Good Order.

A fire which started in a pile of
waste paper in the basement OF the
south school building, with lot Of
sweeping compound close by, caus-
ed pretty good scare about $3.50
o'clock yesterday morning, and many
patents rushed to the scene when it
became known there was. q fire at
the little ones being trampled and
injured, but happily this was avert
ed by the cool headedness of one of
the pupils, Delbert Scull, SON of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Scull, who is a
pupil in Miss Grogan's room. The
lad had been sent to the basement
on an errand, and seeing the smoke
calmly went to the fire drill bell and
rang it, instead Of crying fire" as
the fire drill bell rang. even the
teachers did not know but what it
was one of their regular fire drills,
SO the pupils were quickly and quiet
ly marched out and all were OUT
side before any of them knew there
was a fire in the building. After
ringing the fire drill bell Delbert
went to the phone and called up CEN
tral and told them there was a fire,
rolling out the victrola. That lad
deserves a medal. Had he not ex-
ercised presence of mind there
might have been panic among the
children >and as is frequently the
case many injured in mad rush to
get out of the building. The school
building was not damaged much,
some timbers being charred and
some damage by smoke, but had it
ing would no doubt have been de-
Sfrnvo6 f. T. 70.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
Singing Boy Scouts Made Good.

The trio of Leon Boy Scouts,
known as the Singing Boy Scouts,
composed of William and Jack Fer
rem and Donald McGinnis, returned
yesterday evening from two weeks
engagement with a lyceum bureau,
during which they appeared at
towns in Missouri, Iowa and South
Dakota, and everywhere they made
best thing on the lecture program
in every town they visited. The
scouts we're accompanied bv their
trainer, Rev. T. F. Campbell and
Miss Freda Ferren pianist, who also
time, as while away Rev. Campbell
was called to Ohio by the death of
his brother, rejoining them at Chero-
kee, Iowa, last Saturday. The boys
they were shown many favors in in ev-
cry town they visited, and 1t was a
splendid outing for them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
New Court Cases.

Porter Moore VS.. Andrew Woods
ct, al Action is to quiet title to
real estate. Varga & Son. attorneys
for plaintiff.
A. NJ. Anderson vs. Jennie b An
derson. Action is for divorce. The
parties were married at Lamont,
Sept; ~, 1914, and lived together
until March II, 1919. Plaintiff al
leges his wife is exceptionally strong
physically and that she has abused
him, striking and choking him and
unjustly accused him Of infdelity.
Both parties had been married be-
fore, plaintiff having four children
and defendant one child when they
were married and one child, boy
two years old, has. been born to
them. Plaintiff asks fer decree of
divorce andf the custody of i their
child. McGinnis & McGinnis at
torneys for plaintiff. n
Van Vert State Bank VS.. ]. A.
Bohall and Mrs. Gussie Bohall.
Suit is. on Sa.440missOryS note on
which their is due balance of $3.50.
McGinnfs & McGinnis attorneys for
plaintiff
1. j: Dalbey VS.. Lou and T. F.
Williams. Suit is on an account for
$14346. and plaintiff asks that a
mechanics lien on the property OF
defendants be established Varga &
Son attorneys for plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
SEEK MISSING>HEIRS.
Heirs OF Larl1in Mcdaniel Lost Since
1876. Will be Declared Leg
ally Dead.

Almost an entire page of The Re-
porter is occupied this week with
original notices giving notice that
an action. has been commenced to
kin McDanie! declared legally dead.
Mr. Mcdaniel was a bachelor who
died in Decatur county in February,
1915, leaving an estate Of several
thousand dollars. After his death
his nephew, A. T. Weldon, was ap-
pointed administrator of his estate,
and he has worked diligently trying
titled to a share in the estate. The
family had become separated more
than fifty years ago, when part Of
them went west travelling by team,
as there were no railroads in those
days. Mr.. Weldon finally located
several of the heirs in Texas, Mon
tana, and other western states, but
psniei aa Y Eliza. a. oas who ss1ea married. RI mr. John
Summers and left Decatur county
track of. Mrs. Summers died in La
bette county, Kansas, in 1876, leav-
ing three children, and it is these
children or their heirs who are now
being sought in order to close up
mother the children separated, and
no one knows what became of them,
whether any Of them are living or
if dead whether they left any heirs.
The share Of the Mcdaniel estate to
which they are entitled amounts to
about $4,000. On orders of the
court Mr. Weldon as administrator
of the estate has commenced an ac-
ton to have them declared legally
fore the case is called for final hear
ing the court will declare them leg
ally dead and their share of the es-
tate will be divided among the heirs
who have been located, A. T. We'll
don of Davis City, John Weldon, Of
Gainesville, Mo-, Frank Amy Of
Medford, Oregon, John Mcdaniel of
of Bay City, Texas, Andrew McDan-
iel, of Tar River, Oklahoma, and
Permelia Capps, of Byron, Okla
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
An Interesting Meeting,

A very interesting meeting was
held in the library assembly room
in Leon on the afternoon of the 1th::
The meeting was in the nature of
a general conference where the
representatives Of the Chamber ct
The Farmers Union met according
to previous arrangements to discuss
the feasibility of forming county
organization.
The mseting was called to order
and Ralph McGinnis was chosen
chairman and H. L. McClaran, Of
Davis City, secretary. Mr.. -: r: +:
the state board Of directors of the
Farmers Union, was called upon to
open the discussion and notwith-
standing the fact that he was some
what handicapped by not knowing
fully the steps that had been taken
at a former meeting or the full pur-
pose Of the present meeting, re-
purpose and power Of the Farmers
Union; its accomplishments and
ideals in such a manner that every
member was put at his ease and by
his candid manner and convincing
arguments won the confidence and
respect of all Ind the way was OPEN
ed for other speakers who followed
anu SeNcIdl sYCIy lHIClVStih6 Ioi ~
were given. Mr.. McClaran speak,
ing for the Commercial Club and
Mr.. McGinnis for the Chamber of
Commerce with several spirited
talks notable among which was one
by John CARRIER of Weldon, and Mr..
Wilson of Morgan township. The
meeting failed to effect permanent
organization but the establishment
of a clearing house received more
careful consideration and after some
discussion committee of four from
each body was appointed to. formu-
late constitution and bylaws for
the establishment and control OF
same Their work to be submitted
to their respective bodies for their
acceptance or rejection.
The writer feels that if nothing
should come from this meeting that
could be called permanent, still the
move was great success, for the
man behind the counter and the
man from the furrow have rubbed
shoulders, each have taken the 9TH
ers measure and sensed his power
and we eaInestly hope and believe q
better understanding and a more
friendly spirit will prevail because
of this general conference meeting.
Contributed,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
HARRY LfMLfY HOME
Was Severely Wounded Oct. 22d IN
ArQonne Forest, and Picked up
for Dead, but is far trQm~it.

Harry Lemley, who was severely
wounded in the Argonne forest in
France on Oct. .22nd, arrived Tues
day morning from the hospital at
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, having been
granted "a five, day leave Of absences.
When word was received last Satur-
day by his parents that Harry had
father left Immediately to visit him,
and found Harry in much better
shape than he expected, and brought
him home to visit his mother and
other relatives for a few days, after
which he will return to the hospital
for further treatment.
Harry was probably the worst
wounded Decatur county soldier who
lives to tell the story of his enco9n-
ter with the Huns, and he has had a
large experience, having gone over
the top many times, and escaped in
jury until just few days before
the armistice was signed. He was
in the first consignment of Decatur
county boys who reported at Camp
Dodge, and after a stay of several
months was sent oversees. going g
on the ocean, the transport going
away up around Greenland to avoid
German submarines From England
he went to France, and was soon up
on the firing line, sleeping on No
Mans land the first night he reach.
ed the front. Being member of
the band, the members of which act
ed as stretcher bearers on the front,
placed him under fire many times,
and he, witnessed some awful sights,
but escaped injury until the morn
ing Of October 22nd, when while in
line for breakfast a big Hun shell
exploded right among his company,
and piece of explosive shrapne!
struck him on the helmet with such
force that it was broken and his
skull was fractured, big hole be-
picked up for dead, but life was dis
and after receiving attention
at first aid field hospital he was
finally sent to base hospital No AZ.
He was unconscious for days after
being injured, regaining conscious
ness while in an ambulance on the
way to the base hospital. It was
necessary to remove the fractured
bones in his forehead, and his right
had excellent treatment by. the best
surgeons, and his arm and leg are
rapidly getting in. shape again. He
will return to the hospital at Fort
Sheridan for further treatment,
where the surgeons will grow new
bone to fill the cavity in his fore
head.
His recovery is little short Of a
miracle, but his general health IS
promise him he will be finally re-
leased in as good condition as when
he entered the SERVICE barring the
scars on his head. \
Harrys many friends in Leon are
mighty glad to see him back again.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
Farm Bureau.

at the farm Of w. NJ. Ashbach just
north of Davis City on "Wednesday
Of. last week. The purpose of the
meeting was on the. care and hand
ling OF beSs aAd honey VIII III t2., ~
State Apiarist office. Many, good
onstrated at> this meeting, but owing
to the bad roads not many were
present.
MI. Satterley from the field agent
in marketing will be with us next
Saturday, March 22nd, for the puc-
pose of formulating some plan for
the cooperative ; marketing Rg.,S Of sbthe the
and wool grower in the county should
be present. Meeting, called to order
at 100 O'Clock p. m.
Especial attention is being called
to the fact that your fruit tree prunA
ing should be delayed no longer.
Get busy now. Dc, not put It on;
to - BE I held % on the 27th and 2sth.
At this school we will lendeavor to
demonstrate to you the several ad,
justments of tractor carburetOrs and
all other parts that get out of< com.
mission in, the ordinary course OF
usage. This meeting will be under
the direct supervision OF -ffOl. JoHH
s. Glass from the engineering de
partment and a specialist in his line.
If you want to learn all about your
tractor do not fail to- attend this
school # will be free to you.
Would like to have more men to
try out some experimental plots on
soy beans, potatoes, barley, alfalfa,
corr oats etc 1T Xil Wr;te S1st You or
telephone for the bulletin giving
full instructions and price. of seed
required. Prices for seed range
from Is cents for corn to 800 for
l. " bushels of potatoes. Nothing
and as all seed will be
pure it will be we'll worth your
while. Let us know your wishes.
Samnle Of every variety of soy
beans usually grown in Iowa can be
seen at the county agents office;
seed oats or barley let us know and
we can secure you good seed at from
rs cents to 81 fcr oats and 30 cents
to 81 for barley.
Don't forget the sheep meeting on
Saturday, March 22nd, at O'Clock
in the court rOOQm IS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
Former Decatur County Girl Makes
- Good.

Mrs. Chas. Oral Wheeler, of Clar-
india, Iowa, formerly Miss Jessie
Dar iels, of Davis City, Iowa, has
certainly won an honor which few
people hold. Mrs. Wheeler has be-
come a gifted author; also song
writer, which it is needless to say
brings much praise. Her work ia
first-class. Her last MS: entitled
,"Just Newspaper Boy, has Won
ID the hearts of lovers of good
stories place never to be forgot
ten and shows plainly that she has
an abundance of interesting ideas
and the ability to conceive pleasing
Incidents. Mrs. Wheeler has ~
ranged to place upon the market
four stories per month for which
she receives $25 per story In addl7.
ton to this she also compOses tMo
songs and poems each month
which sens for so each. Her sony
entitled my Little Blue Eyed Sle
needs no INTRODUCTION. 1t 10 Of the
best. Every linz is full Of wit anek
pep, sure cure for the blues, IN
other words cloudy day CHASE.
Mrs. Wheeler was born and ratoo0
in old Decatur county and etiA ranA1
as one of her fairest daughtoK1.l
Her child-like manners and sunny
smiles has endeared her to all A1&
her many friends will be pleased -
learn Of her success, % she certal1IE
deserves the position she now holds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
Uncle Sammy Band Gave Concert
Sunday

One of the Uncle Sammy Minstrel
Bands who are touring the country
after being mustered out of service,
spent Sunday in Leon, being en-
route from Gainesville to New
Hampton, Mo-, and as there we're no
u trains running sunday o on na;,sS account 1t
remain in Leon until Monday morn
ing. They gave an open air concert
in the band stand Sunday afternoon
at o'clock, which was enjoyed by
a large crowd, and very liberal
collection was taken up fof the
band Sunday evening the band
members were entertained at a
and they gave couple of hours
program Of excellent music. Ar
rangements will probably be made
for their appearance in their /mins-
trel show in this city at later date.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
An Evening Of Music.

The Presbyterian church was fill
ed to capacity Sunday evening to en-
joy an evening of music presented
by the church choir. The choir sang
several anthems, Francis Cheering
marked talent for one SO young,
Mrs. B. L. Robbins sang solo and
Mrs. Ralph McGinnis sang the solo
part With choir accompaniment Mr..
,Boage, a member of the Uncle Sam
my Minstrel Band, sang several
very fine selections. He has beau
tiful tenor voice and was formerly
tenor soloist with Arthur Pryor 8
Military band. Mr.. w. "A. Price, of
Des Moines, who preached at the
morning service, gave b reading and
also four minute talk. All in all 1t
was splendid program.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
Methodist Church.

Hours of service-Sunday school
at 9:45 and morning worship at IL.
Epworth League at $50 and even
ing service at Z 80. Prayer. meeting
at 8. Mr.. w. F: Howell is leader of
the TR prayer yaa;ns meeting tina this mst week the
home Of Mrs. Hoffman on Wednes-
day to sew carpet rags.
The young women Of the Stand
ard Bearers had some real fun quilt
ing in the church basement Monday
afternoon following school and serv-
ed themselves to supper.
In the Sunday morning service
Missionary Society will be present
and sit in a body and also the
Standard Bearers and Kings Her
aids. The society is celebrat ting the
fiftieth anniversary of it's founding
and the close of the five year jubilee
campaign. Special music by the
choir and the ladies' quartet. Also
singing of the society's hymn by the
ladety lades bA Address tbe pastoS n ehaA And
Thursday evening of next week the
society will give a program In the
church of pantomime,s costumes and
historical sketches telling OF their
work. Fuller program in next
weeks announcements.
'"The Price Mark Special music.
Ladies trio, Misses Abigail Alexan-
der and Fern Estes and Mrs. Hitler:
& The social meeting Of the Guild
in. the church next Tuesday after
noon. An excellent attendance and
pleasant afternoon at the last meet
ing. All ladies are most cordially
invited. Hostesses, Mrs. Hansell,
Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Hoffman and Mrs.
Shields
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Q Quarter
Of q Century Ago.

I Easter Sunday is March 25th,
which is within one day of being the
earliest date it is possible for Easter
to come on.
Frank Pickering on March 18th.
A new bank has been organized at
Garden Grove, to be known as the
Farmers Bank, private bank, the
stockholders being d. & A. B.
Stearns, S. Meter, John Wolverton,
J. P. Jordan and w. M. Wood.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
an E1gsae Masc6 Gur5{yi 95{b Of Franklin township
Our readers will remember that
Gus Pryor attempted to blow off the
top Of the big hill west Of town with
dynamite last summer, but he plac-
ed the explosive too deep in the
ground, but now great cavity has
appeared where the explosion was,
and the ground for number of feet
has seemingly sunk in about eight
blew something to pieces down in
the ground. The road is getting
dangerous about this hole, and it
should be fixed up.
The following marriage licenses
were issued the past week:
Melvin Haskins I23 to Mary Harp
Clinton Ghere ls2 Minnie Free
man 27.
Charles G. Whitecar 80 to Dora A.
Payton 20. e.
it is now DR.. Fred A. Bowman, as
he graduated and received his dinlo-
ma as a full fledged PHYSICIAN at
the Medical University at Louisville,
Kentucky, on March 18th. There
were ZIG students in the graduating
class and DR.. Bowman stood ninth.
Levi Chastain died March 18th,
at the age of 81 years, months and
"a days. He was buried in, the
family burial grounds near his home.
J. r. Bowsher, the gentleman
from Princeton, Mo-, who purchased
Rea's implement store, came to
Leon Monday and will remain here.
Mr.. BoWsher is pleasant gentle
man and great hustler.
R. =. Clark went to Troy, Kansas,
last. Thursday to examine new
engine in a mill at that place with
a view of purchasing one like it for
the Clark mill at this place.
Bert Eiker, of Decatur, was in
Leon Friday on his way home from
Iowa City where he has been attend
ing the State University.
, A merry party was given at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J.. W. Keeler,
Saturday evening for the young
folks, the evening being spent in
dancing. Music was furnished on
the violin by. John Ogden and p. j.
Keeler, and on the organ by Misses
Kate Ogden, Minnie Keeler and Dol
1y STANLEY
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
Court Adjourned Friday.

The February term of the district
court was adjourned Friday and
Judge Evans returned to his home
at Corydon. More cases We're dis
posed of during this term OF court
than for many terms.
The case OF T. A. Jackson VS.. De-
tatur county, which was tried to q
jury was given to the jury Thursday
afternoon at 3 O'Clock, and they re-
turned a verdict Friday morning at
8 o'clock, awarding Mr.. Jackson the
sum Of $445 as damages to his farm
cutoff on the Waubonsie trail east
of Leon. The appraisers had origin
ally awarded him $3.50 which had
been rendered him by the board OF
supervisors, and the verdict of the
jury was for SIS less than the award
case this would throw the costs IN
like $500 on the plaintiff, but a
special statute provides that in such
cases the court shall determine as to
who shall pay the costs. A motion
was filed BY the plaintiff for new
trial, and Judge Evans granted time
.tion, and will not, determine as to
who pays the costs until after he
passes on this motion.
The following cases were d1spos-
ed of since our report last week:
LAW AND EQUITY
H. F. Mcdonald ct al. vs., Thomas
Smith ct al. Settled and dismissed.S
plaintiff and defendant each to pay
one-half the costs.
Sada NJ. Pease ct al. VS.. Roscoe A..
Scott Final report of referees show
ing full sii distribution approved pproy p.so,
I&F $s %NF nco vA0
ton to dismiss for want Of jurisdic-
tion is overrU2ed .a.
N. l.. Chase VS.. Tullis. Bros. Set
tied and dismissed.
D. G. Thurlow VS.. Joanna r: Cop,
pock. On application A.stC. Baker
appointed as Temporary guardian
with ooild q y, 49, ara near,ng .a,rn,ol on
set for hearing on Anril 21st.
PROBATE
Estate of b. D.,,DeKalb. Annual
report approved.
Estate of John c. Stockton. Final
report approved, administrators dis
Estate of S. N. Lundergreen. On
hearing administrator ordered to In
ventory money and credits.
Estate of Nelson Swanson. On
application of administrator, Geo.
Burchett, Todd /Ackerley and James.
McGraw appointed appraisers to ap-.
praise all property of estate.
Guardianship of w. H. Frost.
Final report. Of guardian approved.
Guardianship Of Esther Brown.
Substituted final report as to Esther
Brown approved. Continued as to.
Estate of VIM. r. Cash. On appli-
cation Winfield Cash and Isabelle
G.. Taylor appointed administrators
with bond Of $ goo, uaA..n
Temporary guardian authorized to
pay money to j. l.. Heaton.
Estates of Wilson Summers, John
Summers, Julia Ann Summers ct al.
On application and showing notice
ordered published as to- the admins
tration Of estates of absentees.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20
A Big March Rain.

One of the heaviest rain storms
of March was that of last Saturday,
and Sunday all the rivers and creeks
were out of banks, and many bridges
and culverts were washed out. There
were no trains Sunday on the Chari-
ton branch, the water on the bot
toms this side of Charlton being
three feet over the tracks, and down
at Albany, Mo-, the rivers were so
high that for several days trains
could not pass, the passengers being
transferred. The rain simply>fell in
sheets, but it did good job Of pack
ing the roads down hard, and now
with dragging and grading we will
soon have some passable roads
again