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The gold leaf., 1910-09-22
The Act of a Fool.
Durham Sun


a man who engages in a political
campaign as q speaker is usually
prepared for the fool question sure to
be asked by some self-important ass
who hangs about the stand, or plat
form, from which the speaker ad-
dresses his audience. 1t is part of
the preparation every speaker must
make in order to prevent being
caught unawares.
Usually the question asked Is of a
political nature easy for almost any
Intelligent man to make quick reply
to, to the discontinue of the uues-
toner, but in the case of that social
ed socialist (crank would be a better
name) at Fargo who asked Colonel
Roosevelt who paid the expense of
the special train the ex-president was
using in his travels, the question
took an unusual form and the reply
OF the Colonel that the question was
lmpertinent was Just one.
No sane thinking man would SUD-
pose that public money was being
used to defray the expense of Mr.
ROosevelt's jaunt as that would mean
an exposure that most daring men
would hesitate to face. 1t was. and
is nobody's business who is paving
MIR. Roosevelt's expenses so long as
those expenses are not paid from
public moneys. II the trip of Mr..
Roosevelt is merely an advertising
dodge OF the Outlook magazine that
is matter for the magazine to look
after, not for cranks to BOTHER their
fool heads about.
Mr.. Roosevelt answered more fully
than he was called upon to do and
showed much cooler head in treat
ing the fellow impertinence than he
has generally been credited with.
Theodore Roosevelt has not vet
announced himself as a candidatefor
any public office and until he has we
do not propose to pass Judgment
upon his qualities for that office.
tie has as much right to campaion
Tor what he believes to be for the
good OF the general public as has Mr..
Bryan to go on lecturing tours or to
speak before legislative bodies while
not q candidate for office and he has
a perfect right to go about his cam
palgn in the way he thinks best, II
Is nooody's business who foots the
OIL unless the paying is done from
the public purse.
The gold leaf., 1910-09-22

Tickling or dry Coughs will quickly loosen
when using DR.. Shoop's Cough Remedy
And it is so thoroughly harmless. that Dr.
Shoop tells mothers to use nothing else, even
for very young babies. The wholesome green
leaves and tender stems OF lung healing
mountainous shrub give the curative proper
ties to DR.. Shnop's Cough Remedy. 1t calms
the cough, and heals the sensitive bronchial
membranes. No opium, no chloroform
nothing harsh used to iniure or suppress.
Demand Dr. Shops. Accept no other.
Sold at The Paragon, II. E. Thrower, Pro-
prietor.
The gold leaf., 1910-09-22
NOTICE.

I HAVE THIS DAY QUALIFIED AS 4D-
L minstrator, C. t. a., of the estate of the
late W. w. Reavis, before the Clerk of the Su-
perior Court of Vance County, and this is to
notify all persons holding claims against the
said estate to present them to me on or be-
fore the 23rd day of August, 1911, or this
notice will be plead in bar of the recovery
thereof
Persons indebted to the said estate are re-
quested to make immediate settlement.
This the 23rd day of August, 1910.
THOMAS J. HASKINS,
Administrator C. t. a. of the estate of W.
". Reavis deceased
A.C. ZoLLICoF Err Attorney.
The gold leaf., 1910-09-22
Contributed.

1.-The faithful will be better salts
fed and will eat out of the Morehead-
Butler hand as soon as they find out
that they will have a bigger cam
paign fund than was ever spent be-
fore in the hope of making North
Carolina Observation-Disclosures
Star
The gold leaf., 1910-09-22
A Man OF Iron Nerve.

IndumitabIe will and tremendous energy
are never found where stomach Liver. Kid
neys and Bowels are out of order. Ii YOU
want these qualities and the success they
bring. Use DR.. Kings New Life Pills. the
matchless regulators. for keen brain and
strong body 25c at Melville Dorsey's drug
store.
The gold leaf., 1910-09-22
Ii Saved His Leg.

An thought I'd lose my leg" writes u
\ Swcuson. of Watertown. Wis Ten
years oi ezcma, that II doctors could not
cure, had at last laid me up. Then Bucklen 5
Arnca Salve cured it, sound and we'll" In
iaillabie Tor Skin EruPtions, Burns. Scalds,
Ints and Piles 25r at Melville Dorsey =
drug stOrr
The gold leaf., 1910-09-22

or stimulate the Heart and Kidnevs IT,
Is Is all wrong! A weak stomach means veal
stomach nerves, always And this is also
true true oil the Heart and Kidneys. The veal
nerves are instead crying out for help, This
explains why DR.. Shoop's Restorative
Kidney ailments The Restora+iro aohnL iuu
ont for the actual cause of these ailmantsU
the failing inside nerves" ANYWAY tes+
the Restorative 4S hours. 1t won't cnrs 90
soon as that, but you will surely know RI AZ
help is coming. Sold at The Paragon. Fl
E. Thrower, Proprietor. '"' IL
The gold leaf., 1910-09-22

The Government, it is reported,
doesn want any more lady stenog-
raphers. Whether the wives of the
department heads are jealous or not
has not been made Whining
ton Dispatch.
The gold leaf., 1910-09-22

A bad two-dollar bill is reported to
be in circulation. So far as our ex-
perience and observation go, the cir
culatiOn of bills of any denomination
is bad down here.-Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot
The gold leaf., 1910-09-22

Maj, William A. Graham. the State
commissioners OF Agriculture, saws it
Is very certain that the corn crop in
North Carolina this year will be the
largest ever grown.
The gold leaf., 1910-09-22

Per gal.
Rye Whiskey Old Velvet 4 years old. 90
Mountain Rye years old................ 275
Kentucky Belle Rye 8 years old............ 800
Echo Spring Rye 8 years old......... 800
Silver Brook Rye years old........... 400
Mountain Spring Rye Xxx 4 years old. 80
Log Cabin Rye 3 years old.................. 275
Mountain Spring Rye xx................... 275
Excelsior Rye years old.................... 2.75
Golden Crown Rye 3 years old........ 300
Professor Jones Rye. ......... ..... So. .... $50
Apple Brandy Home Made s years old 4 So
Baltimore Apple Brandy years old. 300
Ginger Brandy..................... ......... $50
Peach Brandy 10 years DID,. ............ 100
Peach and Honey .... ....-............... ... so
y. B. gallon corn whiskey and Jug F-O
Barrelled Goods.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04

IF Capt. Jorge Nelken Y. Valid
I berg, erstwhile Of Argentina, pre-
tended American, typical soldier OF
fortune and one of the few men who
ever succeeded in selling a gold brick
to one Of the nations most prominent
men, does no return to Washington
within the next sixty days, he Is likely
to lose his alleged American citizen
ship and be denied the protection of
the American flag.
Captain Waldberg flourished in
washington IL years ago, during the
Spanish-American war, and a few
years later, at the Pan-American expo
sition. The captain came to Wash
ington with a long military record.
Having been BORN in Argentina, he has
lived in half a dozen South American
countries and been engaged In as
many revolutions In the cause of lib
erty. Exiled, when unsuccessful, he
dropped into New York n day and
organized q company of Greek fruit
vendors, whom he took to Athens,
TONED the Greek army and fought In
the Graeco-Turkish war.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04

VI1ASHINGTON.-An obscure chap
W ter. 1t has long lain unread in
American annals. in spite of the in
terest that surrounds it. But now
that the United States has come to
take an active hand in the govern
ment of Liberia, it is natural that the
founding OF that old half-American,
half African-negro state should attract
our interest. Founded back in 1920
as a home for the freed slaves from
this country, Liberia became a repub-
lie in 1847. Today its population num-
bers some 60, 900 Liberians along the
coast, while 1000, 900 negroes run wild
In the interior. No white man can &C
.Quire citizenship or own property.
: BY an arrangement with bankers in
this country, France and Germany and
with the approval of Liberia and the
European powers, a loan of 81, 900, 900
Is to be floated by u government to
the end Of setting straight Liberian
finances and assisting the country to
establish itself upon a firmer basis.
The United States will have control
OF the little states financial, military
and agricultural departments and will
administer the republics relations.
The popular accounts of the found
ing Of Liberia credit the achievement
somewhat vaguely to the American
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04

possession of the property OF The h
dan, who instead Of being competent
to manage his own affairs. ~ certified
by Kelley to the Indian bureau. h
in fact over rs years of age. Of feeble
mind, unable to lllk in any language
but the Sioux, and totally incapable Of
managing his own affairs. and Eth .
ward Of the government. Tho oOm-
plant demands that Debell and COur.
tiss, and the other parties to The o.
tense, who secured possession 81 the
property afterward, he required - re-
store the land or pay the sum Of 49,.
900, which the government claims -
a reasonable price for the land
The other complaints al have De-
bell and Courts as star defendants.
but the other defendants differ. =
each instance. however, the Indians
from whom the land vas obtained.
was aged, ignorant, mentally and
physically weak, and unable g IN
derstand English. Clown Woman was
deprived Of q half section Of lan6 m
der circumstances similar to the High
Star case; Big Old Woman lost . quar-
ter section, and Yellow Hair . ham
section. The remaining cases, which
are not brought up at the present
hearing, are similar to those cited.
It is estimated that at least 500, oOe
worth Of land has been secured BY the
alleged con~spirators, under ciTcum-
stances similar to the High Star easo.
The causes at present are all cis
suits. It is presumed that upoA the
result Of the civil suits depends Ne
prosecution that may follow later.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04
Puzzlers for the New Customs Court

ness at Washington. already has many
cases that will cause the public to
laugh. One of the first questions for
it to decide is whether the hen is q
bird. Orpithologists would unhesitat-
ingly declare she is, but the new
court is not composed of such men.
Eth? What is the odds? Wait a min
ute, and you will see how 1t concerns
every housekeeper. If the court can
be induced to decide that the hen is
a bird. down will go the price Of eggs,
for the present tariff bar makes every
importer Of edible eggs pay five cents
a dozen for all he brings into the
country. Birds eggs r on the free
list.
Another nut to crack: Is an auto
mobile a household effect? Patriotic
Americans returning from motoring in
Europe will be pleased to have the
court say It is. Under such a deci-
sion they could take e with them q
few real household goods. set up light
housekeeping for a while, buy q
French automobile, and then return
to this country and do it all for less
than the amount Of duty on a high.
priced automobile made in Europe.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04

IF A HEN is not a bird. why is a
i pair of rubber boots an article of
wooden wearing apparel? Funny ques-
ton, is it not? There r many 9TH
ers, but this n is enough to show
how Uncle Sam is puzzled at times to
properly classify imported articles so
that the correct rate Of customs du-
ties may be levied and collected. In
the above case, it is simply because
the highest customs authority of the
land held that as the boots had Innings
in which there was an appreciable
quantity of wool they should bear the
rate prescribed for wooden apparel.
That same highest authority decided
that frogs legs are dutiable as poul-
try.
The customs court, a new judicial
body that is just getting down to bust
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04
Sues Postmaster for Damages

Plankinton-A ease with some IN
usual features has been instituted
in the state circuit court here. the
plaintiff being T. NJ. L. Wilson, VII lie
the defendant is William Sprick, post
master at Stickney. Wilson seeks to
recover damages from the postmaster
basing his action o. the ground that
through the neglect of the postmaster
a registered letter containing funds
which he (Wilson) intended to pur-
chase q half section of farm land was
not delivered to him until some time
after it reached the Stickney postofice
the delay resulting in his Icing un-
able to purchase the land at the price
agreed upon II 1t was pa for at q
certain time. Upon the expiration OF
this period the price of the land was
advanced 81 per acre, the half section
being sold at this advance. Wilson de-
mands a judgment against the pos, =
mast for this difference in the price
of the land. After considerable spar
ring at the present term OF circuit
court, the trial of the case was con.
tinued until the next term.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04
Credit Due Foreign Health Officers

and the penalties which attach to all
attempts to evade them put effective
repressive weapons into the hands Of
these officials, SO that no attempts are
made to escape from compulsory COM
pliance and securing q clean bill Of
health at the point Of departure and
ports of call. A vessel that starts
from a port with no appearance of In
fictitious diseases among her crew or
passengers, and which is again sub
jected to rigorous examination on her
arrival at any American port, stands
little chance Of bringing any infected
passengers past the several inspectors.
AS there is no way OF measuring
what might happen If this force were
not employed, its members do not al
ways receive the full amount of credit
to which their unremitting care and
attention entitle them. They stand
among the many preventive forces
which the country utilizes to safe
guard the people and to whom the
debt Of the nation Is greater than tbs
public IL In the habit Of acknowledg.
ing.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04
Reports on Health

Pierre-Dr. O. n. Hoyt, state ST.
p~erintendent of the board Of health,
has issued to II IT OF
gress at Washington, a rerort Tor
the month Of September, containing
statistics in regard to the contagious
diseases prevalent in South Dakota.
All counties with the exception OF
Douglas, Harding and Trip have re-
ported to DR.. Hoyt showing altogether
Is deaths from scarlet fever, diph-
liberia. measles, smallpox and infantile
paralysis. There were Il cases OF
scarlet fever, with two deaths result
ing; IS cases of diphtheria, with two
deaths; two cases of measles; seven
cases of smallpox. and rs cases of in
fantile paralysis, of which IL proved
fatal. This is the first time tina the
congressional librarian has request
ed this report, but in the future re-
ports will be sent in monthly from all
states in the union.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04

r EW persons realize to what extent
the welfare of this nation is pre-
served by the splendid service of the
medical forces which are stationed
at all the danger ports abroad to pre-
vent the Introduction of plaques and
Ipestilences into this country through
shipping agencies. This force of pub
lie health officers is well equipped.
Moreover, in all places the work of
these trained experts is further sup
plemented by the efforts of the con-
sular officers. In places that are too
small to support a trained force, but
are quite large enough to transmit dis
ease by emigration, the consular OH
GERS do splendid work unaided.
The stringent laws of quarantine
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04
GOOD ROADS A q
Permanent Organization Adopts This
Title At Aberdeen Meeting

Aberdeen-The good roads conven-
tion adjourned this evening, after hay
'ng formed a permanent organization
under the title of the So tn Dakota
Good Roads league. elected officers.
and appointed a committee which was
charged to draft a good roads law.
which will be presented to the next
session of the legislature.
The following are the officers Of the
new society: A. e. Chambe lain OF
Brookings, president; e. v. Issenhuth
of Redfield, wee president; e. X. Ma
Their OF Mitchell. secretary-treasurer
A vice president was selected from
each county.
The convention was very success
ful. and at the closing hours it was
though that much good had been done
and that . movement had been started
which will mean the finest roads pcs.
sible for the state inside Of . few
years.
The closing hours Of the convention
were marked by greatly increased In
terest on the part Of the delegates, a
we'll as the large number of local peo.
pie, together with q large number O
farmers from Brown and the sur
rounding counties.
One of the most interesting pats o
the program was a letter. written by
James ]. Hill, read at the Afternoon
session. Mr.. Hill took up the rro"o
sition of making good roads, expla n
ed what has been done thus far II
other states and points out that Soutf
Dakota had nog "a task in maxim:
good roads, insomuch as all the ma
terials are at hand. and that the worl
would not be near SO hard as 1t Is II
other places. where all materials mus
be imported. He also pointed out TIT
great saving it would be to the farm
ers. IL conditions were such as to en-
able them to haul q third more pro
duce to market with every trip.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04
Uncle Sam Has New Ward in Liberia

Colonization society, of which Henry
Clay was president. There 10 . less
known chapter of that perilous enter
prise which attributes the martyrdom
OF Z life in this effort to open q new
world to the slaves to Rev. Samuel
Bacon. an American minister Of ths
Episcopal church.
By act Of congress. on March :.
1919, the president vas empowered to
create an agency in Africa for the
purpose Of providing an asylum for
such Africans as should be liberated
by our ships Of war from vessels
seized for violation of the Law sup
pressing the traffic in slaves. 10
The government decided to send out
the ship Of wal Cyane and the trans
port Elizabeth with mechanics and la
borers under two agents for the pur-
pose Of breaking ground for the re-
ception Of liberated slaves. On Janu-
airy 8, 1920, having previously been in
the service of the colonization society.
Bacon received from President Mon
o the commission making him thu
head of the proposed expedition.
A species of African fever appeared
among the members Of the little band
of settlers. Soon rs of the party were
brought down with it. Breaking un-
der the labors he had assumed Bacon
presently discovered symptoms Of the
malady In himself. The remedies
administered were of NO avail and he
died.
Bankson and others Of the party
survived. The founding of tho colony
went forward. But on the sacrifice OF
3acOn's life Liberia was built.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04
Soldier of Fortune May Lose Rights

All that he got out Of that contest
was a little military glory and a wife.
He married a very beautiful daughter
of a professor in the University Of
Athens and returned to America In
time to take up newspaper work at
the outbreak of the Spanish-American
war.
He was able to speak several lam
guages fiuently, and especially Span
ish. There was a great demand for
news from Cuba, and the genius OF
Nelken led him to make translations
from Spanish and Cuban newspapers,
for which he found ready market with
the Washington correspondents. His
success prompted him to fake" when
his news sources became exhausted.
Not long ago the captain turned up
in Constantinople and became involved
in some trouble there which prompted
him to demand the protection OF the
the American flag. He presented his
case at the embassy, and In endeav'
oring to establish the fact that he was
a n~aturalized American citizen. some
disclosures came to light regarding his
papers which led the American charge
to refer the matter to the state de-
partment.
The department In turn made in
quiry at the district court. with the re
suit that an order was issued requiring
him to show cause within sixty days
why his papers should not be car
celed-
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04
Insurance commissioner's Report

P'erre-The annual report Of the
commissioner OF insurance for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1910, kate
ly published. gives comparative TO-
tails Of the business transacted in that
department for the years from 1900 to
1910 inclusive. The total rece' pts Of
the last fiscal year are $~117,077s12, ' 9
$50, 900 greater than the previous year.
In the letter Of transmittal, Commits
sioner Basford recommends an enact-
ment by the legislature to provide 1Of
the creation Of q reserve fund for -
cident, hail and cyclone companies, -
was done BY the last legislature With
regard to mutual IRE insurance COM
panies. He also recommends legisla-
ton to AZ by law the ratio OF the ex-
penses to prem'u UNI receipts simi ar to
the Minnesota statute which likes this
rate at 40 per cent, and provides that
10 per cent OF the premium rece pts
shall be deposited with the state until
a reserve fund shall be created Of not
less than $25, 900. He advises that a
COMMITTEES be created to aid in the NIX
ing OF nre rates, to be composed OF
the commissioner of insurance. the
chief clerk OF the insurance depart
ment and the state auditor
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-04
INDIANS
Federal Government is investigating
Several Cases on Reservation

Several Cases on Reservation
Aberdeen-A hearing is now be-
ing conducted On the Rosebud In
dian reservation In South Dakota
which, IL the allegations of the gov
eminent are corroborated. promises
to reveal q state OF affairs similar
to that brought to light In Okla
homa, the noble red man" Of South
Dakota apparently having been the
victim OF designing whites. even as
his redskin brethren OF the south
we're.
Between fifteen and twenty cases OF
alleged graft by which as many In
dams were deprived of their lands for
q nominal sum have been brought to
light by the investigat on. but only
four Of the cases are brought up at
the present hearing.
The cases at present under consid-
Grafton are civil cases, brought by
United States District ATTORNEY e q
Wagner, in behalf of the government
and it's wards, the Indians who have
been bilked Of their property. In each
Of the four cases K. j. Debell, who
still resides on the reservation. Is the
principal defendant. the others nam
I'd in the complaint being accessories
or Debell at some stage Of the pro-
ceedings. After the hearings, the EVIL
dence in the Ease will be turned over
to the United States circuit court for
the district Of South Dakota.
One compla' mt cites e. J. Debell. W.
G. Courts, w. M. B~utterheld. t1arm
Johnson and John NORTH as offend
ants. It alleges that on February "A,
1908, Edward b. Kelley, Indian Agent
at that time for the United States
government, recommended that a PIT
emit to certain tracs of land In the
reservation be issued to an Indian
named Wicarpi Wankantuva. or
High STAR" under an act approved
March 2. 1889. giving the bu eau OF
Indian affairs the right to Issue { tie
in fee simply to properly qualified In
dams, competent to manage tier own
AFFAIRS. In accordance with the rec
concentration Of the agent. the title t.
the land in question. amounting to
! 638. 80 acres was in due time invested
In High Star.
The next scene In the drama shcwe
e. ]. Debell as notary public certi-
tying 20 a deed purrortirg to Rave
been made out by High Star. convey
ing the land to w. G. Courts for N
alleged consideration Of 81 0o0, The
complaint states that no money was
ever paid over to the representatives
Of the government for the use OF High
Star. or to High Star himself, and th''
the alleged conveyance OF p-orerty
was the result OF collusion be wee
Kelley. Debell and Courts to secure