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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-13
ACHAUTAUQUA
4TH OF JULY
Redwood Falls to Offer the
Biggest and Best Amuse-
ment Program.
Chautauqua to Open July Sd.
with Senator Dolliver
the Eloquent.

The Chautauqua project referred
to in this paper last week is no longer
an uncertainty. The proposition
involved an expression of confidence
and lot of hustling, and enough of
the latter was done last week to get
the contract sinched " for splen.
did ten-days' program of eloquence,
music and sport.
The fireworks are to be touched
off the day before the fourth, by
the Incompatible Senator Dolliver,
with royal music by the Royal Hun
garian orchestra. That many peo-
pie will drive many miles to hear
this combination is safe prophecy.
The program for the 4th will be
announced later, but astrong music
al attraction has been engaged the
Midland Jubilee Singers and Man
ager Holiday is pledged to secure
an orator of national reputation as a
fit attraction for our nations birth
day. With the full cooperation of
citizens and Chautauqua company,
Redwood Falls is due to make the
eagle go up in the air at the next
4th as it has never scared before.
Other attractions for the week
following the 4th include Rev. FIR.
Nugent Sunday. Howe and Hite-
Monroe moving picture companies,
the Imperial Entertainers, LABEL
Fox Concert Co.. Smith & Gorton,
Colonial SaXophone Quartette, Nor
tons Band and orchestra and other
strong musical combinations. Ora
tors of note already engaged include
Hon. Walter M. Chandler, Rev. Sam
Small, Elliott A. Boyl, Hon. j. G.
Camp, DR.. Eugene May or G. A.
Gearhart. Then there will be Den
ton C. Crowl, impersonator, the Jap
Pamahasiaka and the Indian Shungo-
paw (magician.)
No better scheme for family va
cation could be suggested than ter
days of tent life along the wooded
shores of the Redwood or Ramsey
with good lectures or musical enter
tainments. or both, every Afternoon
and evening. Tents can be rented al
reasonable rates, and the price Of
tickets for thetwenty entertainments
is only two dollars, transferable fol
any or all entertainments. Watch
for further announcements.
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RenyiIIe County Touched.

Two travelling swindlers worked
the country around Morton last
week, getting many subscribers to
the Daily Tribune, together with a
monthly magazine (the regular rate
for the Tribune alone being $4 and
$6) at 81 for the combination. There
are always people credulous enough
to bite hook baited with an alleged
bargain, and now a lot Of Renvllle
farmers have discovered that these
alleged agents did not represent the
Tribune at all. The Tribune people
are hot on the trail of their bogus
representatives and may bring them
to justice. But the people that bit
on their offer will probably get moth
ing more than the valuable exper-
fence.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-13
School Officers at Wabasso.

Remember the meeting,lof school
officers, Thursday Of next week.
State Supt. Olson will deliver the
principal address, County Attorney
Owens will define thei.legal powers
and duties of school boards, A. P.
Henderson will talk on the relation
Of trustee and teacher, and Albert
Emerson will suggest ways in which
school directors may improve their
schools. A large attendance is
expected at Wabasso, May 4th.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-13
Ditch Contracts Let.

The county board let the work for
ditch No. 10 yesterday afternoon,
Jerry Sherwood of Litchfeld being
the successful bidder for the open
work, at the low cost Of GAS cents
per cubic yard. The thing contract,
comprising over &c miles, was let to
Morgan & Wilcox of St. Cloud and
Sherwood of Litchfield at $22, 485.
The surveyors estimate for this
work was 10 cents per cubic yard
for open work, and $24,154 for the
thing.
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Mrs. Mary f. Cur lis.

The long and painful illness Of
Mrs. Mary E. Curtis of this city
came to an end Sunday evening last,
when death kindly released her. As
many of our readers are aware, Mrs.
Curtis developed symptoms Of an in
durable malady about year ago,
and for many months she has await
ed her final victory over her trials,
with patience born of an unfalter-
ing spiritual faith. She has been
tenderly ministered to during that
that time by her only daughter, as
sisted by a faithful nurse and at in
tervals by her mother, Mrs. Dennis
of st. Paul.
The funeral was held from the
family residence on Wyoming street
yesterday afternoon, Rev. R. F.
Chambers, her pastor, conducting
a brief service, members Of the
Presbyterian choir assisting with
appropriate music.
Mary Elizabeth Wilson was born
Feb. 10th. 1861, in Stockholm, St.
Lawrence county, N. Y. At Is she
came to St. Paul, this state, with
her parents, and in the autumn of
1880 was united in marriage with
James Monroe Curtis. With her
husband and daughter she removed
to farm near Wood Lake in 1888,
and three years latter removed to
this city. on account Of the failing
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-13
Rural Out for Business

ED. GAZETTE. Believing that the
people Of the County are interested
in any mutual concern that has for
its object the betterment Of pub
lie improvement, we wish through
the columns of this paper to show
our attitude to the people, in regard
to the extension and construction Of
new lines.
Do not get the idea that the
Redwood County Rural Telephone
Company is a thing of the past, and
has ceased to strive in extending
and developing itself. We are
ambitious to become County Tele-
phone Co. in every sense of the erm,
branching and extending our lines
to every resident in the county and
tributary country. The past two or
three wet years have been hindran-
ces in the construction of new lines,
but with the return of favorable
seasons we are determined to keep
pace with the country in this line
of Improvement.
This Company is ready to build
new lines to any community where
the number of phones would war
rant such extension. There must
be ten or more phones on each line,
and about three phones to every
two miles. This Company being
mutual one, each new line must be
paid for by the people to whom the
line is built to reach, and for this
purpose stock is sold at $4,000 per
share. The approximate cost Of
first class line, metallic circuit. is
about $500 per mile. Our rates are
S1.00 per month for stockholders,
and $1.25 for non stockholders. If
any community wishing a telephone
line, will make such known to any
one of the directors or business man.
ager, we would be glad to take the
matter up with you.
DONALD STEWART, Manager.
| May 9. 1908.
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health Of Mr.. Curtis, who died here
a few months after the removal.
Mrs. Curtis has been a member of
the Presbyterian church Of this city
since her arrival here, and her re-
ligious convictions have been her
mainstay during her long illness.
She is survived by her mother and
stepfather. Mr.. and Mrs. H. B..
Dennis Of St. Paul, and by Miss
Ruby Curtis, her daughter, Of this
CITY.
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Annual Picnic.

The Old Settlers Association Of
Willow Lake and Shutdown will hold
their annual meeting and picnic at
the Ernest Wandry place, Section
Is, Shutdown, Redwood Co. June
18th, 1908. JOHN j. RYAN. Sec.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-13

The Monsoon Chattwood entertain
ment. at the M. E. church Friday
night. will be q library benefit.
Make it q good one.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-13

Lawn mowers sharpened, so to go
cents, reasonable rates for repairing.
Also second hand mowers for sale.
Geo. WEIGH, at Jos. Muehlbauer's
shop. 38-4t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-13

The wrestling event at the opera
house last Wednesday night resulted
in a draw as to Vaughn and the
younger Potts, after a prolonged
tussle. In the match between Nc
Kenzie and Jimmie Potts, the latter
was declared the victor, after two
falls, the time occupied being about
IL minutes for each fall.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-13

The Monsoon hatwood program is
praised wherever it has been given,
NJ. E. church, Friday, May Is.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-05-13
SEVENTEEN WILL
BE GRADUATED
Only Two Boys Have Stayed
in This Glass to Claim
Their Reward
The Plucky Girls of Neighbor
Towns are Almost the
Whole Show.

Following the JUNIOR reception
to the graduating class last Satur-
day evening, an account of which
will be found in another place, we
obtained a list of the graduating
class of 1908, together with the out
line plan for the exercises connected
with graduation.
The baccalaureate sermon this
year will be heard at the Christian
church. Pastor Nicholson having ac-
cepted the invitation of the class to
preach to them on Sunday evening,
May Oath. Undoubtedly the other
congregations of the city will join
as usual in making this union SER
vice.
The commencement exercises will
also be observed at the Christian
church, on the evening of Friday,
May 10Th, the full program to be
announced latter. The following is
the list of graduates:
Edgar Aiken Inez Marvin
Vean Baldwin Fife Mcdaniel
Edith Burmeister Delsie Phinney
Frank Evans Leila Rogers
Florence Garner Vesta Small
Olga Grabow Edna Stewart
Elizabeth Hannah Ella Weeks Z
Mabel Henderson Maud Whittet
Ella Lindeman
1t will be noticed that out of the
II members of the class, only four
members on the list can be claimed
as residents of the city, although
the valedictorian, Miss Maud Whit
tet, lives SO near the city that we
are inclined to claim her as Red
wood Falls girl in spite of her actual
residence in Delhi township. Miss
Edith Burmeister Of this city is the
salutatorian. which helps some in
saving our local representation from
total eclipse.
The class statistics show that the
out-of-town graduates outnumber
the city pupils three to one, and it
has been demonstrated before that
the best material in our high school
is apt to come to us in that way.
The school patrons welcome these
ambitious pupils from other towns
and expect much honor from their
future lives and achievements.
At the request Of the graduating
class, the board has authorized them
to sell tickets for seats at the church
on graduation night, to defray ne
cessary expenses of rent, programs,
etc.. any surplus to be turned into
the class treasury, for fund which
will ultimately be expended for the
benefit of the high school. The
price Of tickets will be ten cents on
~, seats to be drawn the same as
for the lecture entertainments.
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12
HE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS
OBSERVATIONS OF PASSING EVENTS.


HERE is much to be present enthusiasm
tor educational development throughout
the South but who
and customs and systems of a former
e lear that IN some the schools of
ecng certain training which held
cessors IN school work highly
opment OF every school boy We refer
time defamation and the study the speler In
former times patrons of the cold field frequently listen
ed to the ardent by the awkward boy
heretrom received faith in the boys future which, ex
pressed to him lifted horizon could have come into his
view from no other This faith
utur and expressed for him. has often been the guiding
to high and noble aainmens for counys distinguished
who from obscury by their own
linked with the hope that of faith inspired
effort at simple defamation So far
goes the primary and higher schools Of the
carded the old custom Of having boys declam Let be
stored and let book bag be supplied with copy
sters Blue Back Speler and the declamatons
and the 'Bue Back we'll learned will again be stimuous to
the development of great powers otherwise might re-
main latent.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12

we read. The mind is not active, it
is not held accountable for every
thing which comes to it, but it is al
lowed just to glace at scores Of items
within a few minutes, without feel
ing held persistently to any one
thought.
Great readers and great thinkers
try to keep out of the city as much
as possible. They long for the quiet
hours of the country, where they
can think and read without distrac-
ton or interruption.
Of course there are hundreds and
thousands Of people with persistent
and determined purpose sufficient to
enable them to read and study sys-
tematically in the midst of the most
distracting and demoralizing sur
roundings Of city life; but, on the
other hand, we shall find that g large
part Of the great thinking Of the
world is done in the country, or at
least in the suburbs of cities.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12
Hold Your Tobacco.

Wilson G'imcs.l

We approached a prominent to-
bacconist this morning who is in a
position to know and informed him
that we had heard that the large to-
bacco buyers had found it difficult
to handle this crop of tobacco be-
cause Of the rapidity with which it
had been marketed.
He replied that this was true and
that instead of selling what the buyers
had expected would most likely be
sold by January /, had already come
on the market.
To use the words Of the gentle
man, Eve have handled in ninety
days four million pounds of tobacco,
and | don't hardly see how we done
it. 1t has taxed our capacity to the
utmost"
We believe it would be a good idea
for the farmers, in view of the above
to sell less freely, in order to give
the buyers a chance to get straight.
The heavy weight Of receipts is
sufficient to bring about a bearish
feeling, and this feeling should not
be accentuated by the pressure of
tobacco to sell on the part of the
farmers, who have learned this les
son by the way in which they slowly
marketed their cotton few years
ago, thus enabling the trade to slow
ly assimilate it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12
Her GEl Way.

tBy Anna Burnham Bryant)
When Polly goes into the parlor to
play,
She never minds what the little notes
say,
Nor peeps at a music-book.
Il play by ear" says the little dear
when some Of US think the music's
queer),
So why should | need to
look?"
When Polly goes into the kitchen to
cook,
She never looks at cookery-book
Nor 4 sigr Of recipe;
It's a dot of this and dab of that,
And a twirl of the wrist and pinch
and a pat
cook by hand" says she.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12
NUMBER As.
The Leaves.
By Marion Couthouy Smith,

(By Marion Couthouy SMITH
In the smoky, sultry haze,
In the mild mid-autumn weather,
The leaves are gathering, circling,
dancing, dropping down together.
They fall with subtle sound,
With dry, soft, fairy clamor;
They flash like flakes of yellow light
in the yelled sun S dreamy glamour.
They drop around my feet,
They run and whirl and flutter;
Everywhere is their ghostly flight,
and the signing song they utter.
Their song is as old as Time,
Old as the dream of dying;
1t bears the moan Of death-struck
Life, and the call OF Hope replying.
And the flame of their golden hue
Is lit with the old-time fire
That shines on the somber brows of
Death, drawing the souls desire.
This is the fall, the sigh
Sad as the grave, yet tender,
Telling of life that is whirled along
in helpless, strange surrender.
This is the flight, the song,-
This is the autumn's story
The frost, and the fame, and the
fiickering hope, that points to an
unknown glory.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12

kodol contains the same digestive
Juices that are found in an ordinary
healthy stomach, and there is, there
fore, no question but what any form Of
stomach trouble, Indigestion or Ner-
vous Dyspepsia, will yield readily, yet
naturally, to a short treatment Of Ko-
dol. Try it today on our guarantee.
Take it for little while, as that is all
you will need to take. Kodol digests
what you eat and makes the stomach
sweet. 1t is sold by E. T. Whitehead
IL Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12
Buying a Paper.


Arthur T. Hadley, LII. D. in Youths Cou1panion.I
1t is, unfortunately, the case that
the newspapers are chiefly run for
the benefit of the latter class. A
man of this sort buys a newspaper
that tells him things that he likes;
he refuses to buy a newspaper which
tells him things that he does not
like, even though they may be true.
But it is not possible for country
to be Well-governed unless the peo-
pie who do the reading are in the
habit Of weighing evidence. If they
shut their eyes to all facts except
those that they like, the government
will be at the mercy Of passion and
prejudice.
If every boy can understand that
it is a political duty to give to the
public business of the country the
same kind Of treatment that a sue
cessful man gives his nrivatn huci-
ness, and to adapt his conduct To The
facts instead of trying to adapt the
facts to his conduct, our public busi-
ness will quickly be brought up to
the same level as our best private
business. And there is no way in
which this can be done so surely as
by beginning at the bottom and read
ing newspapers in that spirit.
We may apply this spirit not only
to the news columns, but to the edi-
torial. The boy who wants to have
the country well governed should
demand of the editor that he give
him more logic and less rhetoric than
he does at present. What passes as
a well-written editorial to-day is US
ually one which is so constructed as
to excite the feelings of the reader.
This is rhetoric. The result Of rhe-
toric is that a man gets into such a
mental state that he is ready to act
without knowing fully what he is do
ing.
There is another type Of editorial
which does not arouse the readers
feelings so much or give such pleas
ure and assurance Of what he ought
to do, but which enables him to find
out what the facts really mean.
This is logic. The man who is gov
erned by logic will not hit nearly so
many blows as the man who is gov
erned by rhetoric; but those which
he does hit will tell.
Rhetoric produces a vast exercise
of power with very little result.
Logic is what really gets things done
in the way the people intend. The
boy or man who is governed by rhe-
toric becomes the tool of somebody
else. The boy or man who is gov
erned by logic is a force to be reck-
oned with on his account, A nation
composed of such men is irresistible.
Which of these things are the boys
of to-day getting ready to demand
from the newspapers Of tomorrow?
Upon the answer to this question the
future Of America very largely de-
pends. . If we answer it wrongly,
we shall be at the mercy Of circum-
stances. If we answer it rightly, we
shall be able to control them.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12

ANOTHER great battle of ballots has fought
lean people The result of this contest expressed
wh., U, jority of the votes which cast for
Mr. Taft for President; and while disap-
poinments fareaching the of Democratic
party intense those dsappontments should
of the and material prosperity
The great Southern section of this Union voted soy
Bryan and that the election people the
hinder the rghtfu development of the wonderful
this great section of country The Wilmington Star in timely
sensible editorial the saying
South should do thngs Lay aside all political differences
and unite all in the purpose make the South
greater section than already is Discussing this
of the duty of the Southern people the Star says he
other thing for the people of the South do that the
excitement political campaign has
all their attention what section
much needsunted action and activity in industrial and
mercal development of section They should turn from
out all and Republicans
they all want the South and This
brought only by united action Then let
pie put politics the development of section
this yield iota in their allegiance
to their party when the time to divide political
ons but don't divide matters which the
material interests just they divided po
cal questions
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12
FoGEYen rs Well as Men
Are Made Miserable bv
Kidney Trouble.

<idney trouble preys upon the mind, dis.
RACES and lessons ambition; beauty vieo,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12

day always stopping time for lntemperate po
tica enthusiasm Whether wisely unwisey with reason
~ without reason men get into sort OF
viii Inc fdfnefS pO double quck'' political in
which thew are personally indirectly interested for
others of things which depeno
HIGHEST and 1t is sometimes said that law
ar rn nocs and that follow their lead but mat
fact many become much interested and devote
as much time political issues at hand as any other class
of neop Perhaps campaign which has just closed elicit
ed the interest the farmers much as any campaign Since
tho Civil War Because of the farmers have to great
dee lost sight of the Importance of maintaining and
bodno in tact great and useful organzaon te
r Cotton Association. Except in agricultural Journals 1or
+ fovy weeks the press of the country has had little 10
bon the Importance of united purposes amongst the ar
70 maintain good prices cotton and to raise the price,
1o +o q forre which will justify them IN making coon
~ money nroduct their farms Now that the electon
i+onoant somewhat forgotten, will the farmers come
l. turn to their own, and once more unite ther
+a ond enerpies perfectng such organization do "
Cor them the returns their cotton crop 10 "nc 'heS
:+, entitled From it's organization IN l9oo lHE 0oN
r, has believed the Southern Cotton ASsocla'loi
- ., columns time and again we have enoeaVoreu W "
-, .h oat advantages that grow out OF 'he ofsanA'
e4 70 the South the millions OF dollars "hlch we
~ hoon realized in good prices for COTTON through 'i0
:a,once of this movement we uusO 'n'0 A"ie
effect anu W. 1onoer indifference, lose the advantage WHICH
w WI - ' ha already gained in this work, ou' WI ~ Will
they naVe I their organization still more eHec'l'e "
they do it3
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12

Torturing eczema spreads its burn
ing area every day. Doan's Ointment
quickly stops its sreading, instantly re
lieves the itching, cures it permanently.
At any drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12

DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
are uneaualed in cases Of weak back,
backache, Inflammation of the bladder,
rheumatic pains, and all urinary dis
orders. They are antiseptic and act
promptly. Don't delay, for delays are
dangerous. Get DeWitt's Kidney and
Blad der Pills. Sold by E. I. White
head d. Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12

Kennedys Laxative Cough Syrup
not only heals irritation and allays in
hammation, thereby stopping the
cough, but it moves the bowels gently
and in that way drives the cold from
the system. Contains no opiatcs. 1t
is pleasant to take, and children cspeci-
ally like the taste, so nearly like maple
sugar. Scld by +. 7. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-11-12

and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of orde-
or diseased.
Kidney trouble haf
become so prevalen
that it IS not uncommo-
Ior a child to be borr
afflicted with weak kid.
neys. If the child URN.
T..