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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13
Sees Mother Grow Young.

at would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began to use Electric Bitter, Z"
writes Mrs. w. l.. Gilpatrickls of Dan
forth, Me. although past 70 she
seems really to be growing younger
again. She suffered untold misery from
dyspepsia for 20 years. At last she
could neither eat, drink or sleep. Doc
tors gave her up and all remedies failed
till Electric Bitters worked such Won
ders for her health. /" They invigor-
ate all vital organs, cure Liver and
Kidney troubles, induce sleep, impart
strength and appetite. Only SOC at P.
A. Clemmers. T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13

Early in the morning his dead body
was found near Valley Junction, bull.
let through his head and his two auto
matte revolvers and rifle nearby. He
had cheated the law and the pursuing
posses by suicide.
During the night hundreds of men
were on his trail and in one instance
he passed through posse, but the
officers dare not try to take him by
force for fear that the woman and
baby would be killed in the ensuing
fight.
Il think my tears and pleadlngs dur
ing the night for the life of baby saved
my own life," said Mrs. Littlepage,
but my experience has ruined my
health"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13

w. H. Cooper & Son of Ottumwa and
had made home for her widowed
mother.
Her journey to Abba with Diltz was
for the purpose of collecting a debt.
In her handbag we're two revolvers.
her own, present from Diltz last
winter, and his revolver, which she
was carrying for him. 1t was his re-
volver she used to end her unhappy
existence.
Diltz had planned to leave soon for
the west to secure new position and
it is thought that she feared she
would never see him again, and there
fore preferred death IS loveless life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13

-HE crack of a revolver, scream
and Miss Emilyn Kester of OF
tumwa fell dying In the rest
room at the Abba court house,
shot through the heart by her own
hand.
No one knows why this beautiful
woman of thirty should have taken
her own life, unless it was because of
d lovers quarrel with Clarence W..
Diltz, assistant engineer OF the city
of Ottumwa. who was with her and to
whom she had told her friends she OK
pected to be married in year.
Miss Kester was born in Abba, of a
prominent family. The last year she
had been employed as bookkeeper for
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13

oII4NTIItxtI D. y. bCIJII.
tinction and medal of honor as q
captain. His scouts were known as
BELLS Suicide Club" and he took
these fearless men everywhere. He
won various volunteer promotions and
finally was made chief of staff when a
brigadier general in the regular estab-
lishment. Later he was given the 9th
er star.
General Bell will be in Des Moines
with his staff and review the assem-
bled troops of all, branches of the SER
vice on downtown street This will
be on the first day of the tournament
and will be the official start.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13
WORK ON BIG COLISEUM
Tower Erected to Handle Big Blocks

Tower Erected to Handle Big Blocks
of Concrete at Des Moines.
A tower ninety-six feet tall has
been erected of heavy timbers on the
river bank at Des Moines and will be
used in the construction of the NAM
moth coliseum which will be erected
to house big conventions. national
horse and stock shows and other huge
entertainments.
This big tower, with its swinging
arm. will be one of the notable sights
in the capital city until the structure
is completed. Iowa politicians expect
to make fight for one of the next ma
tional conventions, now that they have
a place in the state to hold it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13

IN RUGGED baby close and thought
Of my dead parents, shot down
by the husband at my side, as
rode with him all night and
begged for my life and the life of my
baby" And then Mrs. Cal Littlepage of
Valley Junction broke into tears and
told of the most shocking tragedy in
central Iowa in recent years.
Cal Littlepage, Tennessee noun
taineer, came to Iowa few years ago
and married the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Jamison, living on farm
near Bonneville. Because he treated
her cruelty she secured divorce and
the custody of their little child.
After making threats that he would
cause trouble unless she returned to
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate of John Crawford, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, That the subscriber
has been duly appointed Administrator to
abe Estate of John Crawford late of
Cresco, In the County of Howard,
State of Iowa, deceased, interstate, and has
taken upon himself that trust by giving
demands upon the Estate of said deceased
are required TO exhibit the. same; and
persons indebted to the said Estate are called
upon to make payment to
FRANK era WORD,
Administrator.
Dated July B. 1909. 1913
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13
GENERAL ). +. BELL COMING

Head of the Army viii Review Troops
at Big Tournament at Des Moines.
Major General James Franklin Bell,
chief of staff of the United States
army, will be in Des Moines in Sep
TENDER to review the 5000 regular
troops which will participate in the
tournament at the state fair grounds.
General Bell won his spurs in the
Philippines. Going there at the open
ing Of the instruction, he won dis
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13
A Night Riders Raid.

The worst night riders are calomel,
croton oil or aloes pills. They raid your
bed to rob you of rest Not SO with
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. They never
distrese or inconvenience, but always
cleanss the system, curing colds, Head
ache, Constipation, Malaria, Csc at p.
A. Clemmer's. T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-07-13

Reggy-Yeas, WEAKLY, while l was
in New York spent much of my time
In the subway and the river tunnels.
Big bores always interest me, you
know.
Peggy (glancing at clock -Well-
er-big bores don't interest me.
What She Didn't Tell.
She never told her love
Twas time to go.
But father, from above.
Soon let him know.
Detroit Free Press.
Not Educated.
why don't you have Balder in your
Shakespeare clasp"
"He's no good. Why. he can't even
aing or dance!"-New York Herald
,.-------~- $500
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02

by the ticks, so that the existence Of the
infesed cattle is best with continuous
suffering, and this of course also tends
to keep them in poor condition.
The shrinkagc in the milk produc-
ton of COW harboring many ticks will
average one quart day, and the loss oc-
casioned thereby at cents quart for the
$4,000 ticky dairy cattle out of more than
100000 below the quarantine line would
amount to $26,aso a day. Constituting
900 milking days for each COW to the year
would make the loss from this cause ST.
$4,000 per annum.
Full information as to how to get rid
of the ticks, including directions for the
preparation of dips and sprays, the ar
angement of pastures, ETC., may be obtained
free upon application to the Bureau of
Animal Industry, Deparmen of Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. C.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02
WHY PAPER KEEPS COMING.


We were asked this week by a deIin-
qucnt subscriber why we kept on sending
the paper after the subscription had ex-
pired. Every weekly newspaper in towns
of this size are forced to do this Should
we stop subscriptions when the time cx-
pircs, nine times out Of ten the subscriber
would give US calling down" for
insinuating that his credit was not good.
Rat'.er than cast reflection on the honesty
of subscriber to pay small debt, it is
next to necessity for a home paper 10
continue sending the paper afer the time
has expired. II is not necessary for the
city dailies or wceklics to follow this
rule, as their subscribers live at a dis
lance and are not personal friends a. is
the case with majority of our subscribe
ers. Our subscribers should deem il IN
honor to know that we do rot doubt their
integrity and continue to send them the
paper after time has expired. Should any
desire their paper discontinued, they should
notify Us md remit 70 date If they hare
not already done -.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02
FAILURE.

Among Mr.. Carnegie's innumerable
Scotch stories is one about caddie of ST.
Andrews, says the ST. Louis Globe Demo-
crat:
This caddie's wife-so Mr.. Carnegie's
story runs-was much troubled by her hus-
bands loose way of life. He could never
make a good day on the links but he
must end it with a wet night at the
tavern. So, to cure him, the woman lay
in wait on the road one evening, dressed
in a white sheet.
When her husband appeared, she rose
from behind hedge, an awful figure,
with outstretched arms.
"Who the dell are your" asked the
incorporate caddie.
"I'm auld Nick" said the finger, in a
hollow voice.
"Gie's shake o. yer hand, them" said
the tipsy caddie. I'm married to a
sister O. yours. She'll be waitin' for US
up at the hoose, an nae doubt, she'll
make we welcome"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02
WHAT MR.. SMITH HAS DONE.

Three years ago George Smith, pros
porous farmer, three miles west of Semi
nary, Miss, bought the farm known as
the Camden place. The place had been
abandoned for several years and was con-
sidered worn out. MIR. Smith commenced
at once to reclaim the whole farm, con-
sisting of about 100 acres. The first
years crop was very light, owing to the
condition of the ground; but the next
year brought fine crop Mr.. Smith be-
gun by alternating the crops, first cow
peas, next year corn and then cotton, fol-
lowed with oats, and then back to peas
until now he has the farm producing bum
per crops. Mr.. Smith begins very early
in the fall and breaks the land deep with
a two-horse plow, and then allows it to
take the winter freezes. Early in March
he then goes across the beds with a
good cultivator, leaving the land in
fine condition for planting corn, which
he plants early in March. He plants
on the bed so as to keep the grain
from soaking in the ground if there
should be any heavy spring rains. He
then takes heavy section harrow and
drags the bed on top and then plants cot
ton as early as the weather and ground
will permit for sprouting the seed.
Mr.. Smith has a big pen of hogs
which he will butcher as soon as the
weather will suit for saving meat. He
makes about a bale of cotton to the
acres on some of the land that was con-
sidered worn out when he went on the
farm; also from go to 40 bushels of
corn per acre. He then cuts fine
crop of pea vine hay off of the same
land, blowing the pea stubble under, CIV
ing it a coed coat of fertilizer. Mr.
Smith also raises coed sweet potato crop,
mixing from $50 to 400 bushels per acre,
worth IS cents per bushel. He also rails
es large sugar cane crop, yielding from
600 to 900 gallons of the ..::l:st syrup
per acre, for table use. The moIasses
grown here is the finest in the country,
being grown on light sandy loan.
Mr.. Smith has bought his own stock
to cultivate the farm and has bought
other tracts of land near his farm which
he will get ready for use for next year.
He keeps large stock of fine hogs in
his pasture, he raises all his meat at
home md has good lot of mich cows
about his place and plenty of corn, mo-
Eases, meat, lard and sweet potatoes to
run him for next year. He Gays he intends
making 40 bales of cotton and plenty of
corn, meat molasses and potatoes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02
EQUALIZING TAXATION.

One of the most needed laws in this
state, or any other state for that matter,
is one that will equalize taxation, and
the man who can solve this problem
will write his name high on the scroll
of fame. If everybody was perfectly hon.
est, there would be no trouble in finding
a solution for the question, but every one
is not honest, and the tax dodger is to
be found everywhere, among the high and
the low,the rich and the poor. If every
fellow gave in his property alike, whether
for full value, or IS per cent of its
value, taxation could be reduced perhaps
so per cent or more, and as much rev.
enue be collected as is done now.
The first thing necessary is to get some
basis for fixing the values of property,
and then the next thing is to find some
way to compel every one to give in his
property that is taxable, to the assessor
in accordance with this value. This is a
difficult problem, and the man who can
solve it will do a great service to the
state
Political economists universally regard
tax lodging as one of the greatest offenses
against the government, but the individual
who seeks o evade paying his just part
of the taxes does not seem to be impressed
with the fact that his action in crimintl
in such high degree.
It has reached the point that an honest
man, who really wants to do right, hardly
knows how to give in his property.
There is such a small proportion of the
people who assess their holdings at actual
value, that it is hardly expected Of any
one, for the one who does give in his
property as the law says it shall be done,
carries much more than his part of the
burden of taxation.
One of the simplest ways suggested to
force tax payer to give in his property
at full value is to enact law such as is
in effect in New leland, and which bids
fair to solve the long practiced evil of
men envading their just contribution to
the expense of carrying on the government.
The plan is this: The government calls
upon the citizens to make oath to the
value of his possessions, and reserves the
right to take over at any time any prop
erty whatsoever at the valuation placed
upon it by the owenr. After few great
estates had been confiscated by the govern
ment, the whole practice of swearing to
false values came to an end.-Newton
Record.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02

and the debt secured by it have beer
transferred to the Florence Mercantile
Company, corporation Of Florence, Mis-
sissippi, for value. And the said Ida Lee
Therrell and the said Florence Mercantile
Company, by virtue of the authority con-
ferred in the said Deed of Trust, have
appointed D. G. Lowther, as Trustee, to
execute the terms of said Deed of Trust in
place of said B. E. Therrell.
Now, therefore, /, the said d. C. Lowth-
er, substituted Trustee, will, on the Isth
day of December, 1909, between the hours
of 10 o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m. in
accordance with the terms of said Deed of
Trust, sell to the highest bidder for cash,
at public auction, in front of the court house
door,in the town of Brandon, Mississippi, in
said county, all the land and personal
property hereinbefore mentioned. The
right is reserved to reject any and all
bids. / will convey such title only as is
vested in me by the terms of said Deed
of Trust
D. C. LOWTHER, Substitute Trustee.
Mississippi, November IS, 1909.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02
CITATION NOTICE.

Martin Martens, VS.. James Rafftray, ct
al, Chancery Court, Rankin County, Mis-
sissippi.
The State of Mississippi: To James
Rafftray, James Payne. VIM S. Jones,
George Robb, Henry H. Mullins, Solomon
Lombard, Sallie Cox, Elizabeth Ferguson,
Commercial Bank of Natchez, J. D. Puck
EFT, Margaret M. c. Moore, Jno. w.
Robinson, Isaac Myers, VIM. Ragland,
w. L. DeBerry, VIM. E. Ragland, JAS
H. Belt, Cox, Davis and Ware, Mrs. Sa-
vannah Gayden, Mrs. Jno. Tucker, Mrs.
Marian Pickett, D. Pickett, and all per-
sons having or claiming any legal or
equitable interest in or to the following
described land in Rankin County, State of
Mississippi, to-wit:
North east quarter of north east quarter
and north half of north west quarter and
north half of south half of north west
quarter, section 3, township q, range 8;
north half of south half of north east
quarter and north half of north east quar-
ter, section 4, township 4, range 8; north
east quarter of north west quarter and
north half of south east quarter of north
west quarter, section a, township a, range
s.; south east quarter of section SO, town.
ship S, range 8; south half of section "a,
township 5, range 8; west half of south
west quarter, section s., township S, range
8.
You will take notice that Martin Mar
tens has filed suit in the Chancery Court
of Rankin County, Mississippi, to con-
firm and quiet title to all of the above de-
scribed lands, and you and all persons
having or claiming any interest in said
land, are hereby commanded to appear
at the next term of the said court to be
held in the court house, in the town of
Brandon, in said state, on the 4th Monday
in March, 1910, to defend said suit, and
upon failure then and there to appear
and defend said suit a decree will be
entered in favor of said complainant con-
firming his title to said land.
Witness my hand and Seal this 18th day
of November, 1909.
JNO. A. GAYDEN, Chancery Clerk.
Rankin, County, Mississippi.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02
LYING IN LovE-MAKING.


eff all lying during courtship was a
legal reason for the annulment of mar
riages our calendars would be crowded
with cases. The marriage relation is too
sacred to be trifled with in the way
this plaintiff has done and wishes to
do"
Thus Brooklyn magistrate Interestingly
interprets important law.
A wealthy young woman of Long Is
land had met young man on an En-
glish steamer. They became engaged be-
fore the steamer reached Liverpool, and
were married two days later. The young
man had told her that he was a son of
a general in the United States army, and
that he was attorney general of New Jer-
sey. His visiting card seemed to prove it.
When the bride discovered that thehus-
bands ancestry and position was not as
represented, she brought suit to annul the
marriage on the ground of fraud. The
court decided that false representations
as to fortune and social position do not
constitute matrimonial fraud, and that the
defendant might make good husband
without being an attorney general or
having major general for father.
It is natural for one in love to take a
rosy view of things. Ancestry and present
position, as well as future prospects, may
be gorgeously tinted under the spell of
romance and exaltation of spirit that go
with love.
It is even quite common for the
ardent lever to take too rosy view of
the girl herself. He perhaps tells her she
is the most beautiful creature in the world
IA paragon of graces and virtues, the
realization of his lifelong dream of
womanly perfection-perhaps he tells her
all this, and tells it a thousand or more
times, and she does not rebuke or restrain
him.
She knows just as well at the time,
as he will six months after marriage,
that these things are not true, yet she
does not dismiss him for his sweet ly-
ing. 1t depends, it seems, whom it is
that is glorified by the lying.
And it is by no means impossible for
the courted girl herself to do little ly-
ing. A deft little daub of rouge that
takes few years off the visible age of the
cheek would.be an embarrassing incident to
have brought up in court. Yet when a
girl has deceived lover concerning her
self he has better ground for complaint
than she has when he has deceived her
concerning his ancestors.
A girl don't marry mans ancestors.
She doesn't marry his job. She marries
the man himself. And SO long as he
proves to be the same man she married,
the bond holds, even though she had sup
posed his ancestors to be Plantaganets,
when in reality they were Hottentots.
II lying were to be eliminated by the
law from love-nlaking vo..id lie be wsrth
living ?-Scimitar.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02
CATTLE TICKS LESSEN YIELD OF
BEEF AND MILK.

A cattle tick that has reached the en-
gorged stage weighs about S grains, and
about 1900 such ticks weigh . pound.
As cattle in the tick region often carry
many thousands of these blood sucking pa
rasites, and as each tick during the period
of It's attachment TO an animal draws
considerable more than it, own weight
in blood, it can be seen that these ticks
constitute an enormous drain on the cattle
which they infest. This accounts for the
fact that under such conditions it is inn
possible to fatten cattle even on rich pas
ture and with an abundance Of good feed.
A large part Of the nourishment that
should go toward producing beef and
milk u consumed BY the ticks. In adj
dition q the Ioss Of blood and nourishment
tAere = fh. never eeasing irritstion caused
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02
OF COMMISSIONERS SALE.

In the Chancery court of Rankin coun-
ay, Mississippi.
T. w. Afford VS.. S. P. Barton, ct al
No. I74s.
BY virtue of the authority in a certain
decree rendered in the above styled cause
on the 27th day of September, 1909, being
a day of the fegular September term of
said court, in which decree the under
signed commissioner was appointed to
sell the hereinafter described land and
property towards the satisfaction of GER
tain Indebtedness therein adjudicated to be
due, unless the balance due the complain
ant with interest at the rate of eight
per cent per annum from the date of the
rendition of said decree, should be paid
TO the complainant within thirty days from
that date, I will, on the first Monday of
December, 1909, being the 9th day thereof,
offer and expose for sale and will sell, for
cash, at public outcry, to the highest and
best bidder, during legal hours, at the
front door of the county court house in
Brandon, Mississippi, the following de-
-scribed property situated in the county of
Rankin, and State of Mississippi, and more
particularly described as follows, to-wit:
WfThe south west quarter of south west
I $.arter and the south half of the north
west quarter of south west quarter of
section 81, township S, range east, con-
tanning 60 acres more or less.
The said property is sold is pursuance
of the directions of said decree and the
title to said property is believed to be
good, but Twill convey only SUCH title as
is vested in me as special commissioner.
Witness my signature this the 4th day of
November, 1909.
JNO. A. GAYDEN,
Special Commissioner.
Watkins and Watkins solicitors for COM
plainant, Jackson, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-02
SHERIFFS SALE.


Capital Fertilizer and Manufacturing
Company VS.. A. G. Manning, w. L. Man
ming and K. w. Wiltshire.
By virtue of a writ of execution issued
from the office of the Circuit Clerk, of
the County of Rankin, and in favor of
Capital Fertilizer and Mfg. Co., and
against a. G. Manning, w. L. Manning
and K. w. Wiltshire, for the sum of
$1197s besides the interest thereon
and cost of suit, l have this day levied
upon the following land and property be-
longing to the said Defendant, in the Coun-
ty of Rankin and State of Mississippi, to-
wit:
south west quarter south west quarter
souh of creek, and south east quarter
south west quarter south of branch, sec
ton five, township four, range four east.
Fifty three acres in south east quarter
south of T. creek in section six, township
four, range four; north east quarter north
east quarter and nineteen acres north side
of south east quarter north east quarter,
and ten acres north side of north west
quarter north east quarter and ten acres
north side of north east quarter north west
quarter, section seven, township four, range
four east Seventeen acres north side Of
north east quarter north west quarter and
north west quarter north west quarter,
and nineteen acres south side of south
west quarter north west quarter, section
eight, township four, range four east.
All of which I will offer for sale
to the highest and best bidder for cash
at public outcry in front of the court
house door, at Brandon, Miss, on Mon
dayth- 9th day of December,A. D. 1909,
20 satisfy said execution and judgment and
all costs. ale within legal hours
This 9Th day Of November, A. D. 1899.
c. w. WHITE, Sheriff.