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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21
MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM.
! !

In obedience to general order from
Department Head Quarters:
The members of the Post will
assemble at Post Room at a. M, and
all old soldiers are most cordially in
vited to join us and proceed by team
to Oak Lawn, there to decorate the
graves of our fellow comrades.
We extend a cordial invitation to all
Civic and Fraternal societies, the pub.
lie and parochial schools and the public
to help us to perpetuate the memories
of our fallen heros and the cause fol
which they died.
The parade will form as follows:
Drum Corps
Memorial Post in Uniform.
Old Soldiers.
w. X. C. No. 16i.
S.ofV.
Floral Brigade in charge of w. R.C.
Civic and Fraternal Societies.
The Schools.
Citizens.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21
An Open Challenge.

Beecher Moore, recent socialist can
didate for governor of Minnesota, will
speak on the streets of Cresco, Iowa,
May 20, 1909, afternoon and evening.
Mr.. Moore offers to give half of his
time to anyone who wishes to defend
capitalism and criticise socialism. A
courteous discussion, wholly without
bitterness is proposed. If this chal-
lenge is not accepted, Mr.. Moore will
speak on socialism.
BY SOCIALIST COMMITTEE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21
Thanks for the Watch.

l am greatly pleased with the elegant
gold watch furnished and engraved by
P. A. Clemmer which was awarded me
in the Plain Dealer voting contest, and
desire to thank all the friends who
assisted me to win this fine prize, and
ask for their continued help as mean
to win the piano if possible.
GERTRUDE HAUBRICK.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21
The SWEETEST
The SWEETEST

And most up-to-date Line
of Umbrellas and Parasols,
all new and the very latest
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21
EPERNON.

The French Percheron Stallion EPER-
NON will be found at DIR. Buttons
Barn, during the season of 1909.
LEE BLooMENRADER, Groom.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21
Pony Stallion.

will keep my Shetland Stallion for
service during the entire season at my
farm east of Cresco. S. A. SUTTON.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21

Constantia Gage Mae Mitchell
Mrs. Beechinor (Lord Bapchild's aunt
Grace Niles
Pamela beechinoor Marie Lee
Catherine, Lady Bapchild Lord hap
child's motherl Ida Kline
Mrs Bostock
Mrs Pawsey Nett'e oreeaioVe
Miss Dodd r:,.
Trendell iiille Brown
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21
GRADUATION EXERCISES.

Music Orchestra
Double Quartette
Good Bye, Sweet Day"
Vim. Patterson, X. A. Morton, Mrs. c.
c. O'Malley, Mrs. E. H. Allen, Miss
Edith Webster, Miss Winifred
Barker, c. c. Burgess. w.
E. Haven.
Invocation Rev. w. r. Hill
Violin Solo Miss Lillian St. John
Lecture
"The Mission of Our Public Schools"
Professor c. P. CoLGRovE, Iowa State
Teachers College.
Vocal Solo "For All Eternity"
Mrs. c. c. O'Malley.
Presentation of the Class
Supt. E. c. Roberts
Presentation of Diplomas
President William Kellow
Violin Solo Miss Ruth Connolly
Music Orchestra
GRADUATES.
LELLIs l.. LOWRY, President
NETTlE l.. BREEDLovE.
TILLlE E. BROWN.
JAMES L. CARMAN.
MERLE E. EATON.
MARIE A. LEE.
GpAcE N,IEs
BENJAMIN NJ. SMITH
IDA KLINE.
MAE E. MITCHELL.
ARTHUR NJ. SMITH.
]. LENoRE SwENsoN.
BERT o. THOMPSON.
Class Flowers-Crab Apple Blossoms.
Class Colors-Cherry and Cream.
Class Motto" Nothing Without Labor. y
CLASS PLAY.
THE MANEUVERS OF JANE.
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Lord Bapchild Lellis l.. Lowry
Jervis Punshon, his uncle Arthur Smith
George Langton Bert Thompson
Mr.. Nangle Merle Eator
Prebendary Bostock Ben Smitl
Mr.. Pawsey Iauas rar.,
IJane Nangle Lenore Swensol
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21
CLASS DAY.

Music High School Orchestra
Invocation Rev. H. ]. Hinman
Class History Nettie L. Breedlove
~. S. Grant" Arthur NJ. Smith
Historic Quebec" Tiilie E. Brown
Music college Songs"
High School Double Quartette.
The Turkish Crisis" Ben M. Smith
"The Far Vest Marie A. Lee
Piano Solo "Grande Fantasie de
Concert" Winnie Ryan.
"Toussaint L'Ouverture" Ida Kline
"The Trip of the Fleet
James L. Carman
Music with Hearts of Hope"
High School Double Quartette.
Class Prophecy Grace Niles
Farewell to the School Merle E. Eaton
Music High School Orchestra
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21
AFTERNOON EXERCISES.

Drum Corps.
Memorial Post No. GIG, w. X. C. No. 1854, S.
fV., Civic and Fraternal Societies, Public
and Parochial Schools will meet at Post Hall
at 1880 p. m., march to the Court House park
where the Floral Brigade will decorate the
Soldiers Monument. From there the pro-
cession VIII march TO the NJ. E. church
where the usual Memorial Day exercises Will
begin.
Music by Drum Corps.
Song by Male Quartette.
Prayers by Rev. Burgess.
Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
by Mrs. Lois PEGGY.
Song by Male Quartette.
Memorial Address by Hon. f. Il. Howard
Song by Male Quartette.
Benediction.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-21

The attention of all our citizens is
respectfully called to the following
resolution passed by the 10Th annual
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic:
Resolved: That Memorial Day is the
choicest in the calendar of the Grand
Army of the Republic, day of sweet
remembrances dear to every loyal
heart, and any violation of its sacred
ness by making it day of frivolity
and amusement such as characterizes
the Fourth of July, should be treated
as an indignity to our comrades who
died that this country might live.
Comrade N. S. Durgin, having been
appointed marshal, will be obeyed and
respected accordingly.
On Sunday, May %, 1909, Memorial
Post No. PIG and all old soldiers and
w. r. C. No. 164 will meet at Post
Hall at 2 O'Clock p. m. and march to
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
Judge VIM. R. Allen and the
Federal Judgeship.
Mt. Olive Tribune.

Mt. Olive Tribune.
A correspondent of the Goldsboro
argus suggests the name of one Of
Wayne county's most distinguished
citizens. Judge William X. Allen. for
the United States judgeship of Eas-
tern North Carolina, made vacant by
the death of Judge Purnell. The
suggestion is n very happy one, and
we are at once pleased to add our
cordial endorsement. From the
standpoint of character and judicial
ability, no member of the Superior
Court bench of the State stands
higher than Judge Allen. His career
is a credit to his home county and
the State at large. and no man is
better fitted to adorn this high Of
fee than he. 1t has been intimated
that President Taft will decline to
reappoint Seawell, and that he will
very probably select a man whose
qualities and attainments ARE in
keeping with this responsible and
digniiied position. ignoring largely
the political feature in the appoint
ment. If this prediction is verified.
President Taft has in Judge Allen a
man who is pre-eminently qualified
for the position. and one that would
be satisfactory to the legal fraternity
OF the State as we'll as to the best
element of both political parties
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
Courts North and South.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
Ii il "a hard thing to say. but the
facts se-m to justify if-that iii New
York iuries ara selected to render JUS
tice. while in some parts of the South
they are selected with a view to
acquittiDg the accused. In New
York City, last week, a man who
killed another by way yofcollecting an
alleged debt. was given Is years in
the penitentiary. At the same time,
the perpetrator OF u brutal murder
in South Carolina was sent TO prison
for two years. There is n difference.
too, in the court procedure In New
York the argument tn the jury is
limited to one speech for the defense
and one for the prosecution. Ii il
the custom in the South for both de-
fen-e and prosecution to put out
drag nets for lawyers aud have "A
speech from all of them. Virginia il
one Southern State where escape
from the penalty of the law is not so
easy, though her record was not long
ago broken in one notable instance.
North Carolina IL not SO much under
criticism. but there must be great
improvement liz the courts OF sonie
other Southern States before We
could champion them.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
The Practical Way of Looking at
the Matter
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.

NOriOiK NlrgInlan-Pllot.
The Boston Transcript figures
out that the total cost of our naval
exploit WAS twenty millions of dollars.
But iS that fair way of putting the
case? Only the excess over the sum
which would have been expended on
the same ships if engaged in rou,in
service should be charged to the vOy-
age around the world; and that
method of calculating would, we are
sure, make an exhibit far from extra
VACANT considering the results ac-
complished. If the trip had done
nothing more than to bring our
authorities to a realizing sense of
what is lacking to perfect the naval
establishment of the country, the
trip was, in our Judgment, fully
worth every cent it actually cost.
Taking into account the educational
result to officers and men, the inn
pulse given to the esprit of the entire
organization, and the impression
prndured on the peoples visited. we
believe that a large balance should
be passed to the right side of the
ledger. In nearly all directions the
Roosevelt administration leaves Il
record of wastpful extravagance: but
we should not be the less ready on
that account to credit him with those
exceptional instances whore he has
| secured for Uncle Sam the worth of
his money
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
Mistake Of Abolishing the Canteen.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
The imme1i"te and general result
of the abolition of the canteen was
the upspringing OF low dives and
grOggeries in the neighborhood of
army posts The good but unprac-
tical people responsible for the aboli-
ton of the canteen now recognize the
euormitv of the resultant evil and
are seeking to remedy it by securing
State lawsprohibiting saloons within
two miles of any army post. In SO
doing they show themselves as un-
practical as ever. Prohibition of the
licensed dive in the neighborhoud of
army posts will have no other effect
than to create blind tigers and Illicit
groggeries. and to make bad condi-
tions worse. The New York World
points out the best and only effective
solution Ct the problem when it saws:
The simple and honest way to kill
the curse is to restore the canteen.
Dives cannot live in unwholesome
competition with the carefully reg
ulated post refreshment places" The
chief trouble with temperance refor-
mers is that they persist in flying in
the face of all human nature and all
human experience.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
The New Route to Cincinnati.
Charlotte Chronicle.

Charlotte Chronicle
The johnson City Times SAYS:
THAT IL big steel mill may bp built
at some convenient point on the line
of the new Carolina. Clinchfirld &
Ohio Railroad; that n passenger ser
vice may be inaugurated from John
son City. Tenn, through Charlotte
to Wilmington. and that a through
passenger and Pullman service from
Chicago. over the new line to the
South will be- instituted-these are
just a few of the important develop
ments that are being talked of in
railroad circles as the building of the
new c., {. & 0. connection is pushed
on toward the seacoast." We are
promised the through Pullman ser
vice within a month and we believe
the promise is to be fulfilled. The C..
c. & o. people will not experiment
with local trains, but the first venture
will be a fully equipped Pullman
train which will, of course. carry day
coaches This new line will be almost
a straight shoot from Charlotte to
Cincinnati and will considerably
shorten the time to that city and
other Western points. 1t will, nc
doubt. develop into one OF the most
important trunk lines in the country
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25

Just big handsome magazine 1Ox1J
inches with from forty to sixty pages each
month. You'll want to read every line too.
in each issue because they are full of human
interest. You have sentiment in your choice
OF this Magazine also because il W as founded
by Joel Chandler Harris. and will be kept
clean. sweet and " wholesome always.
Julian Harris eldest son of Joel Chandler
Harris Is editor. and you viii like the snap
and ginger Of the Magazine, and its features
unlike any other. A widely appealing Maga-
zine from every viewpoint. Astounding in the
best OF everything-stnrirs, articles, iilustra-
tons. home department, fashions. poems,
wit and humor comprehensive science and
powerful editorials
Think OF this most liberal OF offers are
authorized to maxi Write to UNCLE Re-
MUs's-THE HOME MAGAZINE. Atlanta, Ga.
saying you saw the offer in this paper, TO
send their Magazine three months on trial.
II at the end OF three months you do not
want il longer you pay nothing, and the
publication is stopped; but If satisfied you
send them $1.00, paying for the Magazine
received and for nine months more When
you are ready to pay they have some splendid
premiums with dollar subscriptions
Address now.
UNCLE REArs's-THE HONE MAGAZINE,
Atlanta, Ga.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
What Might Have Been.

II Locke Craig were Governor and
the antitrust bill had t,ean defeated
like il was last week. there would be-
various and sundry iuitmations
that he had sold out To the American
Tobacco Company,-Iexington Dis
patch.
They would have said be Was but
working the will OF lis owners-it
being charged in the pre-conv.ntion
canvass that Mr.. Craig belonged to
the trusts and was the candidate oI
monopolies, while his principal OPP
ponent was the only genuine friend ol
the "pee-pul. ."-Statesvilie Land
mark.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
Whiskey and Other Things.
Norfolk Tirginian-Pilot.

Norfolk Tirginian-Pilot.
Having kicked out rum shops. dis
tilleries and bucket shops. the people
of Tennessee can devote their whole
time to ide.-Philadelphia In
quirer.
John Barlpvcorn is far from being
persona non grata in sanity Penn
sylvania, yet a large element of the
population find leisure to pursue
their favorite pastime of grating.
Curtailment of the liquor traffic may
not abolish crime. but it surely does
not tend to encourage the passions
which lead to homicide. Neither
does conservatism in dealing with
social problems grant to a COM
munity exemption from addiction to
stealing.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
"Shall the Solid South be Shat
tered?"

Under the above caption the March
number of Uncle Remus' 's-The Home
Magazine, carries an article that will
attract more than usual attention
and interest 1t is an editorial writ
ten by Julian Harris, the editor, in
which the writer makes some re-
markablp, not TO say sensational,
statements concerning political con-
ditiOns in the South. He declares
that the educational clause in the dis
franchisement laws passed by certain
Southern States holds the negro vote
in check only temporarily. He AS
sprts that in a few short y. ars the
negro will have hurdlpd this obstacle,
while the un-ambitiOus and ease-lov-
ing lower class of whites will remain
ignorant, thus proving Il great bur-
den to the South.
Mr.. Harris voices the opinion that
until the "Solid South" is broken
politically, that section of fthecOuntry
will not receive it's just dues at the
hands of cit her of the old parties. He
says that although the South now
gives the Democratic nominee his Ell
tire electoral vote, it has no voice in
the nomination AMI but feeble voice
i'll the councils of the party to which
it is bound, hand and foot. Mr.. Har-
ris advises every conscientious Dem
Ocrat TO vote his convictions. but he
sees relief and benefit to the South
only when local campaigns are fought
ont on party issues and are not made
merely struggles between candidates
OF one party and marked by villifica
tion and character attacks. He also
suggests one of two remedies-eithel
the South must control Democracy
or split. Coming from Southern
man this editorial is calculated tC
stir things up in the South.
The best known pills and the best pill.
made are DeWitts Little Early Rsers. They
are small, easy to take gentle and certain
and are sold by all druggists.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
The Badge OF Honesty

Is on every wrapper of Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery because a full
list of the ingredients composing it is
printed there in plain English. Forty
years OF experience has proven its superior
worth as n blood purifier and invigorat-
ing tonic for the cure of stomach disorders
and all liver ills. 1t builds up the run
down system as no other tonic can in
which alcohol is used. The active medic
inal principles of native roots such as
Golden Seal and Queens root, Stone and
Mandrake root, Bloodroot and Black
Cherry bark are extracted and preserved
by the use OF chemically pure, triple
refined glyccrnc. Send to DR.. K. V. Pierce
at Buffalo, y. Y, for free booklet which
quotes extracts from wcllrecOgnized med
ical authorities such rs DrS. Bartholow,
King. Scuddcr, Coe, Ellingwood and .
host of otheys, showing that these roots
can be dOrtnded upon for their curative
action il all weak states Of the stomach,
accompanied by indigestion or dyspepsia
US well S iJAll bilious or liver complaints
and in nTwasting diseases" where thero
is loSSfl%fiesh and gradual running down
of tO<Strength and system.
The "Golden Medical Discovery makes
rich, pure blood and so invigorates and
regmlateS the Stomach. liver aud bowels,
an. through them.-Ihc whole system.
Thus all skin affections, blotcheS, pimpleS
and eruptionS as well as ScrofulouS swell
lingS and old open running sores or ulcers
are cured and healed. In treating old
running sores, or ulcers, it is well to in
81" their healing to apply to them DR..
fIcrce'S All-IIealing Salye. fyour drug
gist don't happen to have this Salve in
stock, send fiftyfour cents in postage
stamps To DR.. r. V. Pierce Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute. Buffalo. n Y, and
large box of the vAll-Healing Salve "
WI reach you by return post
lou can afford To accept secret nos
Tuin as substitute for this nom alcoholic
medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION, not
even though the, urgent dealer may
thereby make little bigger profit.
llr. Pierce'S Pleasant Pellets rerulate
and nvigorate stomach, liver and bowels
Sugar-coated, tiny granuleS, easy to take
as candy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
And Has It Come to This.
Raleigh Times.

Raleigh Times.
General Washington, the long
winded Tennesseean who spoke for
two and one-haI days in the defense
of the notorious Coopers only letting
up on the unlucky jury when his.sus-
penders broke, "took the rag of the
bush" when he made it plain to judge
and Jury that the calling OF Colonel
Cooper "Maior" by Senator Carmack
was a deliberate insult and ample
justification for the killing OF the
man who so degraded ''an old-time
gentleman" God save the mark,
Has it come to pass that good old
Southern traditions are to be drag
ged through filth and mire for the
protection of a self-confessed embez-
zler-a man without honor. man
lacking in all those noble qualities
which make the old Southern gentle
man" a synonym for high sense OF
honor, unquestioned courage and
chivalric manhood?
Good words are spoken OF the
Legislature by the press generally.
While few new laws ofimportance were
passed, the body carried out the
wishes OF the people, who made no
demand for new and drastic legis!a-
ton. It was G. conservative body
and the leaders were sale men who
do not fancy row.-Thomasvliie
Charity and Children.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
The Spirit That Makes a Town
Salisbury Post.

SansDuTy fOst
Here ia a Lynchburg dispatch OF
the 10th:
AT a rousing meeting OF Lynehburg
citizens last night chamber OF com
merce was organized and $4,000 ot
stock was subscribed to carry on the
work of advertising greater Lynchburg
As a jobbing center Lynchburg is
now taking front rank Of the cities in
the South. and as shoe manufacturing
center it has no peer outside OF the shoe
makiug towns Of the New England
States"
1t is just this spirit that has made
Lynchbnrg what it is. one OF the leading
cities of the South and the same spirit
will produce similar results in every in
stance. We can name two North Caro-
lima cities that owe their development
and prestige to cooperation and public
spirit. and we can name a hall dozen
others that are at standstil by reason
of lack of these necessary factors.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
Raleigh News and Observer is Civ
ing Away $40, 900.

One OF the most interesting things
that has come to our notice for some
time is the Raleigh News and Obser-
Ver's great $4,000 voting contest.
This contest opened February 8. and
will close April %. The proposition
appeals to us as being mighty clever
and in keeping with 1.-The Old Re-
liable's" reputation for doing big
things on a big scale
For the purpose of increasing its
circulation the News and Observer is
going to gi~ away $40, ,OJOin prizes.
1t has provided what it calls three
grand prizes, a 81. 900 White Steamer
touring car, an $3.50 Ford touring
car and Henry F. Miller $3.50
Grand piano. But in addition to
these three the cold Reliable is
going to give away forty-one other
prizes 1t has divided North Caro-
lima into eight districts and five
prizes must go into each district.
The first prize in this district is a
S40O upright piano, the second,
5000 diamond ring. the third, bank
deposit of 500, the fourth 800
buggy and the fifth, $50 Turkish
rocker. All of these prizes are to be
won in this district, but in addition,
every contestant has a chance at the
three Grand prizes. as fully explained
in the News and Observer.
Votes are being secured in two ways
by clipping the daily b1llots in each
issue of the News and Observer. and
by securing subscriptions, either old
or new. to the paper. Votes are
being issued on all paid in advance
subscriptions. 1t is about the big
gest proposition from newspaper
standpoint that we ever heard of i'm
this sertion of the country. It's
worth the time of any of our readers
to look the matter up ard enter that
contest. There isn't any reason why
two or three, at least. OF those prizes
shouldn't be won right here by some
OF our popular and energetic people.
nla - t.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
Virginia Railroads Permitted to
Charge z IL Cents.


Charlotte Chronicle.
The Virginia railroads that have
been operating for a year or more
under n two-cent fiat rate for passen-
ger traffic, have been given relief by
the State Corporation Commission
and will be permitted to charge a
maximum rate Of 2k cents. the same
rate that prevails in North Carolina
IT has been proved by experience
that the 2-cent rate in these States il
unjust To the railroads and the Fir-
ginia lines haveexercised remarkable
patience under its prolonged opera
tion. OF course, they could not help
themselves, but they refrained from
giving any more trouble than WAS
necessary