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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-16
Written by Ignatius DoDneIly to
James A. Norris
GREAT CURIOSITY NOW
The Brilliant "Sage of Nininger, "
Then in His Prime, Pens a
EaCeti0us MisSiye

Away back in the eighties-to be
more explicit, it was in 1887-tle
Grand Army Of the Republic boys in
Sank Centre held an encampment
here. 1t lasted four days and there
was something doing every minute.
Comrade Jas. a. Norris was Assis-
tant Adjutant General Of the local
Grand Army Post, and as such had in
charge the work of getting speakers
to participate. General" Norris
wrote Ignatius Donnelly, who was
then in his prime and a great attrac-
tion on the lecture platform, to come
to Sank Centre and deliver an address.
Mr.. Donnelly replied in characteristic
vein, accepting the invitation. Mr..
Norris preserves the letter carefully.
The Herald secured the original and
prints it herewith. The illusions to
Gov. Barto, then. alive, and to JOHN
II. Howard are rich and will be ap-
preciated by the public, especially by
those who knew AR. Barto. Mr..
Howard is still alive and able to
speak for himself, and will doubtless
be amused, when he reads The Herald
this week at White Earth, Mimi.
and notes the illusions that Mr..
Donnelly makes to him. Mr. Don
nelly came to Sank Centre OH the oc-
casion referred to above, delivered an
address and made the hit Of the en-
campment. The letter follows:
HASTINGS, MINI, May 25, 1887.
iy Dear Sir: | am honored by
your invitation to come up to
Sank Centre, on the It'll, 9th, 9th
and 10th days of June, and ''bring
my OK and my ass and my man
servant and my maid servant"
with me, and talk to the null
titude. My man servant cam
not be spared from home; and
my wife would object to my bring
ing the maid servant. OK have
none, and l suppose there are as
seS enough in Stearns county,
without my paying interstate
commission charges from this
place. The time was when
''The asses
Had passes
but now they have to adorn their
own homes or pay their fare like
other people; and there is great
braying in the land.
But to see the old soldiers
gathered together, the men who
made history and saved the re-
public, is worth coming to Sank
Centre, and will try to be there.
l cannot say anything that has
not been said hundred times
already, and surely nothing that
would do Justice to the men, the
age, the occasion, or Sank Centre.
For does not Sank Centre con-
tain the genial and Lilliputian
Governor Barto, and the irrepres-
sible John II ward-the best
clerk that ever administered to a
corrupt legislature; and is it not
well worth travelling $50 miles to
meet these two great men; and is
it not worth travelling 500 miles
more to hear A. Barto laugh, or
to see John Howard draw his pay?
These are the things that make
life worth living.
Wishing you four days of upal-
loyed merriment and jollity-a
Z Kentucky barbecue transported to
Minnesota soil something to re-
member when we are old and
toothless,
am,
With great respect,
Very truly yours,
IGNATIUs DONNELLY
Genl. James A. Norris
A. A. Genl., G. r. r.,
Sank Centre. Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-16
HUMOROUS LETTER A GOODLY BUNCH
Graduates of the Sank Centre
High School
OVER THREE HUNDRED
List of Young Men and Women Who
Have Completed Their Course
and Earned Diplomas

One of the things Of which the
Sank Centre high school is justly
proud is its graduates. Thirty classes
have gone forth from the school and
the members are all doing credit to
themselves and their Alma Mater.
The first class graduated in 1881 and
consisted of five members, one of
whom is dead. j. f. Cooper and NJ
c. Kelsey, city clerk and city attor-
ney respectively, Of Sank Centre, were
members of this class. Many other
members have risen to positions Of
influence and have in all cases reflect
ed honor upon the institution which
g,ye them their sheepskins. The
umni have an association which
holds regular meetings each year
about commencement time. The Of
I. ficer for the present year are: B. f.
Dubois, president; Nellie Hansen,
secretary; Edna A. Brown, treasurer.
In connection with the annual meet
ing is the alumni banquet, an affair
of much Importance, especially to the
class of the year. Following is COM
plete list of graduates, compiled
by class from the secretary's records.
In the case of the lady graduates the
maiden names are given in some
(places, and in Others their names after
marriage. Those familiar with the
person will be able to recognize each
one. The list:
1881
3'szsss Apseld, J.tF. Cooper, Cassius
E. Fish dead, NJ. G. Kelsey, frankie
Wilkins
Mrs. Carrie Baldwin, Fl. P. Howard,
Eta Lewis dead, Mrs. James Van
Dyke.
| Mrs. Geo. Fish, Lewis Lofgren, Mrs.
Geo. Martin, Mrs. Frank Mohs, Mrs.
Minnie Mullen, Mrs. G. F. Sawyer,
w. C. Tubbs.
H. w. Bishop, Mrs. Harry Faville,
B. l. DeGroat, Henry Johnson, Lettie
L. Rice.
Mrs. Lucy J. Budd Orphy NJ. Hall,
Mrs. J. w. Ward.
Virginia L. Buck, Mrs. Lettie
Field, L. Belle Gates, Alice Hosmer,
Mrs. Henry Johnson, J. H. Johnson,
Mrs. Hugh Watt, H. D. Whiteield,
| w. W. Harmon.
1887
Mrs. P. B. Hanson dead, August
Lofgren, Hannah Petit, w. A. Sim
onton, Lizzie M. TAFT.
1883
w. A. Barto, A. ]. Capser, Mrs. c.
M. Clark, A. w. Dimond, Lydia NJ.
Howard Mrs. VIM. Peregren, Mrs. E.
A. Richards, Clara L. Stiles.
Mrs. Ella Carr, Eva. NJ. Davis, Mrs.
D. Eardman, Mrs. Helmer Hilsdale.
1890
May L. Hoffman, Anna L. Oren-
dorf dead, Clara V. Richards, Mrs.
HI. L. ST. Clair, Fannie M. Tillotson,
H. E. Tobey, H. B. Tubbs.
J. G.. Barnard, Julia A. Hitter, E.
NJ. johnson, w. w. Huntley, May
Johnson, dead; Evelyn A. Keene, r.
w. Nickerson, F. w. Sprague, Julia
B. Tubbs, Kate w. Wagner.
1892
Mamie Batchelder, Mrs. III. w.
Bishop, Maud S. Childs, Rosa q. Coop
er, III. N. Knott, Kittie L. Norris,
!
Ruth l.. Norris, d. w. Reid, Mrs. d.
w. Reid, Leta M. White.
1898
! Parry Bixby, Mary e. Buchanan,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-16

rupted and attentive hearing. In
deed, the only demonstration which
could have been characterized as I'M
seenly was made against Mr.. Nc
KenZie, who spoke against the bill,
with ut excuse. When he cited the
history of nations to show that the
peoples who INDUCED most freely in
the use of intoxicants were the most
enterprising, and inferred from that
that their progress was to be attri
buted to their drinking habits, and
when he quoted scripture and the
Savior himself as favoring the use of
wine which maketh the heart glad,
some of the audience showed their
disapproval by Kissing. At this the
speaker interposed the threat that if
there were any more Misses or cat
calls he would clear the galleries.
The debate indicated, in the opinion
of those who favor the measure, that
the state is far from seeing the last
of the county option agitation. There
were those who predicted at it's close
that the next republican state plat
form would contain plank in favor
of county option. On the other hand,
it's opponents are confident that tenn
perance agitation in tits particular
form is practically killed by the
cousty option LIPS defeat. However
this may be, the speeches in favor of
county option were not couched in
the terms of men who were advocat-
ING lost cause. They, indeed, pro-
claimed that the defeat of the present
bill would not settle the question.
and that it would never be settled
until it is settled ''right''-that is,
their way. The circumstance, per
haps, was not without significance
that the address, on al hands admit
ted to be the most clear, concise and
able exposition of the county option
cause, was made by Mr.. Burnquist.
one of the representatives from St.
Paul, the very hotbed of opposition
to legislation of this character. Mr..
Burnquist is, besides, from the dis
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-16

trict in which is located the largest
brewery in the state, owned by COM
pany the name of whose president
has become a household word through
out Minnesota because it epitomizes
the source of the opposition to so
called sumptuary legislation.
A tonnage tax bill has made it's APP
pearance in the house. 1t is very
near Identical with the tonnage tax
bill of two years ago introduced by
Mr.. Bjorge, which subsequently passed
both houses and was vetoed by Cover
nor Johnson. Briefly stated it pro-
vides that iron properties shall be as
sessed as are other properties for local
and county purposes, and that, in
addition, a tax shall be levied on
every ton of ore mined for state pur-
poses. The present bill was intro
duced by Messrs. Frankson of Fill
more county, J. n. Johnson Of Candy
and Moriarity of Scott county. Mr..
Bjorge helped to make the few
changes in it's text.
The prospects of the passage of the
bill at this session are not good. Its
late introduction is against it. So is
the feeling among the friends of reap
portionment that the purpose of it's
presentation at this time is to use it
as club to defeat proper redistri-
button of the legislative districts of
the state. Besides, many of the con-
sentative members of the house think
the present time inopportune for the
consideration of tonnage tax bill.
1t is pointed out that the constitu-
tional amendment proposed by Mr.
Dunn levying 1-mill tax for good
roads purposes will add largely to the
taxes paid by the iron interests. 1t
is not improbable besides that at the
present session the house will favor
the bill increasing the gross earnings
tax on railroads. The range roads
in proportion to mileage, pay much
more towards this then roads located
elsewhere and this tax comes indirect
ly out of the golfers of the steel trust.
Why, it is asked, complicate matters
and endanger the passage of the re-
apportionment bill, the gross earnings
tax bill and the good roads bill by
counting the opposition in which the
attempt to force the passage of
tonnage tax bill at this time would
certainly result? OF course these
matters do not touch the principle of
the bill, but they are practical objec-
lions against taking up the matter at
Continued on Page
Newport daily independent., 1911-12-22
Ill!y holidays.

|
buy one of the new ones selling
at from So to 81 at Rogers
Hardware Company. 21b7
3, due here at 5:25 p. m. will be
run in two sections until after
the first Of the year.
Postoffice Inspector S. 0.
Wynne and wife left last night
for Phoenixville, Penn. to spend
the holidays.
Rogers 1847 silverware in
knives, forks, spoons etc. A
nice selection at low prices at
Rogers Hardware Company.
21b7
To accommodate the rush of
holiday excursionists South and
West, Passenger Train No.
Miss Rosalind Mcdonald has
returned from a visit to Mrs. W.
F. Ball at Batesville.
We have only 25 ladies tailor
made suits that sold from S12.-
SO to $4,000 and will be sold at
half price for one week.-Bow-
| ems Cash Store. 22d6w1
Prof. Ernest F. Mckenzie left
on No 3 this AFTERNOON for his
home at Dardanelle to spend the
holidays vacation.
100 pairs of blankets worth
from $500 to $500 a pair at 60
cents on the dollar. One week
only.-Bowen's Cash Store.
22d6w1
EllWood Neal has returned
from Searcy, where he has made
a short visit to his grandmother,
Mrs. Kittie Neal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Ton
ney of Swifton were doing holi-
day shopping in our city this
morning.
For nice dressed chickens,
turkeys, gees and ducks, also
fine oysters phone 297 Peoples
Meat Market. Delivered any
where in town. 1Sd9t
w. T. Meyer and Cromwell
West of Diaz were in the city to-
day en- route to Little Rock to
spend the Christmas holidays.
The display in Bach's show
window is certainly worth going
to see. 22b6.
Mrs. Susan Lester is seriously
ill with pneumonia and Mrs.
Martha Ellen, trained nurse
arrived today to nurse her.
Chatting dishes from SIS to $40
and good ones too. See the dis
play in Rogers Hardware Com
panv window. 21b7
Miss Willie Overton Minor
will spend part of Christmas
week with the Misses Ferguson
at Augusta.
Air guns, pop guns, rifles and
shot guns for the boys and
young men, who love outdoor
sport. See these good holiday
gifts at Rogers Hardware Com
pany. 2lbI
Miss Corinne Mosby will
leave on No. 3 for Little Rock
to visit Miss Mae Kline during
Christmas week. u
j. NJ. Shipp who hes been olaI
several weeks trir
southern part ot
the city today n
Mr.. Shipp was
vision superb
district of tho
co Co., an Id
! L: 81 49,.
Newport daily independent., 1911-12-22

MI. Khoda Chastain, who
has enjoyed a several weeks
visit to her two sons, Cal and
Tom Chasttain, will leave to-
morrow morning for Malvern to
visit relatives. 800,
The city authorities will soon
be insisting on sewerage connec-
lions. See w. R. Written. the
plumber. 2ldtT.
Miss Belle Phillips of the
Batesville High school faculty,
was a guest at the McLain no.
tel last night en- route to Con-
way to visit her parents.
For Sale-livery barn, horses,
rigs and outfit complete.-Adam
Miller, Tuckerman, Ark. 21b1m
Books for boys and books for
girls, also books for grown peo-
pie. Come and make your Sc
lections now while the stock is
complete.-I. D. Price. 14btf
Miss Maud Hoke, charming
young lady of Monticello, who
is a student at Arkansas College
at Batesville, was a guest at the
McLain hotel last night en- route
home for the holidays.
Newport daily independent., 1911-12-22

We oiYer One uund
case Of Catarrh thaA
Catarrh Cure.
We. the undersigned.
for the last Is years. anf
orable In all business ~
able 10 carry out any oboo114
NATIoNAI J.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09
Local Matters.

An election will be held In Ra-
t.fgh March goth 10 allow the peo-
ne 10 vote the question OF commits
ION form Of government
Two men claiming to be OF the
NJ. Tribes OF Israel were In Raleigh
tuesday and left yesterday for Colds
no-o. They are fixing to be lost
again.
The home OF Mr. II. B. Williams,
,,gr miles east OF Raleigh, was de-
s.royed by fire Friday morning about
Z o'clock. The damage amounted to
1880, with insurance on the place
20 tic amount of $3.50.
MI Charles Woodall, Of Raleigh,
uas stabbed in the back by Ruffin
TAYLOR, a negro employe, Saturday
afternoon. While the wound was an
ppIv one It was not a serious one.
Taylor was arrested and placed in
Jail.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09

~ meeting % the Boari OF wake
Commissioners yesterday. the ssnee
of road supervisor. formally held By
". E. Stinson, was declared vacant
and Henry g. Holden. 20 Wake For
est, was elected 10 the once at s AL
AIRY OF $500. Attorney Beckwith
drew up papers ordering Sir. stInson
to turn over all road machinery. etc.
10 Mr.. Holden.
Il seems that Mr.. Josiah William
Bailey had endorsed seven men for
the job. The Raleigh Evening Times
writing on the subject says:
Applications for the ONCE Of su-
peryisor were read from W. Z. ssin-
son. w. L. Wigs, C. L. WoodaIl. ].
r. Jones. w. F. Stewart. r. b. Sea
well. w. +. Smith, A. NJ. Thompson
and the name of Henry Holding was
placed before the Board by Chairman
ID. T. Johnson. The name of j. w.
Bailey appeared on every single ap-
plication, except Mr. Stinson. The
vote showed: Holding. yotes: Stin-
son, 1: w. l.. Wigs, !. and Mr..
Holding was declared elected Thus
paying OF party debts continue, and
one Of the best road men Wake Coun-
~ has ever had has been elected from
Office, and the voters Of Wake County
know why"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09
Governor Appoints Officials for Av-
cry County.

Governor Kitchin has announced
the appointment of the following Of
icers for the new county of Avery:
Commissioners Ralph Young, OF
Minneapolis; Brown Hughes, OF
Hughes, and J. M. Deaton, of Hall.
Clerk of the Superior Court. L..
Banner, of Montezuma.
Register of Deeds. n. Pritch-
ard, of Elk Park.
Sheffield. S. Loven, of Linvllle.
Treasurer-H. T. Norman, of Elk
Park (present Representative from
Surveyor George G. Love of Mon
teZuma
Coroner-Dr. J. NJ. Hodges, of
Cranberry.
Board of Education-M. w. Clay,
of Montezuma; Roby Lewis, of Sc
ma, and ]. P. Hall, of Plumtree.
Among the officers, according to
agreement, there are men of both po-
litical parties. They will enter into
their duties on March 18th, and will
continue until the general election.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09
Train Ran Into Open Switch at Mid
dleSeX.

Yesterdays News and Observer
gives the following account of little
accident on the Norfolk Southern
near Middlesex Tuesday night:
While leaving Middlesex last even
ing, at It's o'clock, the Norfolk
Southern incoming train, due to
reach Raleigh at o'clock, ran into
an open switch and struck the rear
end of a freight train that was on
the siding. The pilot was knocked
off the passenger engine, and Mail
Clerk J. r. Tally was injured. Upon
reaching Raleigh, he was taken to
Rex Hospital, and the authorities
there stated last night that his right
shoulder was injured, but that 9TH
erwise he did not seem to be hurt.
The fireman, when the crash
came, jumped from his place in the
cab of the passenger engine. 1t was
stated last night that he was not in
jured.
The passenger train was in charge
of Engineer w. A. Richardson and
Conductor John w. Keys, neither OF
whom were injured in the least.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09
Johnston County EIopers Arrested
i'm Raleigh.

A reporter of the News and OBJ
server gives the following account
of an interrupted elopement of a
couple from Johnston County:
While on their way to South
Carolina, where marriage is easy,
and divorce has not become a fad,
A, Maroon, aged 20 and Beatrice
Creech, aged IA, were. detained by
the Raleigh police authorities yes
terday, the two being taken into
custody by Chief Stell and Patrol
man plain Clothes Man" and Part
Detective Wyatt. The young couple
came in on the Norfolk Southern,
and would doubtless have gone on
their way rejoicing had they not
been spotted by Chief Stell, who was
on the job, having received his cue
of the. girls mother.
There being no criminal charge
against Maroon, he was released, but
remained in the city. 1t was stated
last night that he would return home
with the girl and her mother.
The girl was not arrested on any
charge but merely held until the ar
rival of her mother last night, with
whom she will return home.
1t was stated last night that the
young couple tried to get license t6
we'd in Wilson yesterday morning
! but the authorities there refused t.
! grant them. Whether they counted
| on procuring license in Raleigh i.
mot known.
The authorities notified the child
mother yesterday afternoon that sh.
had been located and detained ant
/ the. mother arrived last night AM
i will return home with the child.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09

aIa. L.sla Jo1ez. dAuxassT of Mr.
and Nrx- Z. B. Ioaes. 81 NesE Mar
TN street. and 1r. Hngh Pace. frosn
near Eagle Roek. wko ran away to-
gesher two weeks arc. returned 80
Raleigh Sunday afteTnccn: eut they
acre taken into c~stodr ~ oEosrs
DenaIng and Wyasf and Capt Jack
Eeaaley. who Ser. ~ the station
The man. charged with seduction
and stth carrying concealed weapon.
wag placed IN the station house.
bond being fixed ~ one thousand
dollars The young lady. n the Gus
tody OF Ofhcer Wyatt. was carried 10
her parents. Just across from the
depot.
When the Officer and LADY arrived
at the door, they were met by the
mother OF the girl. who had n poker
in her hand and which she began
using on oficer Denning. who was
in plain clothes. Then appeared the
father Of the girl with knife Ia hand
and made for Officer Wyatt. The
parents had mistaken the oflcer foT
Pace.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09
Schedule In Effect January sosh.

n. B.--The following schedule
figures published ~ information only
and are not guaranteed.
Trains leave Raleigh
s:is = H.. daily. Might Express"
Pullman Sleeping Car. for Norfolk.
s:ls a. m. daily. for Wilson. w ash-
ington and Norfolk Parior Car be-
tween New Bern and Norfolk
6:15 9. m. daily. except Sunday.
for New Bern via chocowinity.
500 p. m. daily. except Sunday.
for Washington.
Trains arrive Raleigh
TAO q. m. daiiy-i1:2o q. m.
daily except Sunday. and 500 y. m.
daily.
Trains leave Goldsboro-
1918 D. m. daily. Might Express
Pullman Sleeping Car for Norfolk.
via New Bern.
7:15 a. m. daily. for Beaufort and
Norfolk-Parior Car between. New
Bern and Norfolk.
$3.50 p. m, daily. for New Bern,
Oriental and Beaufort.
For further Information and reser-
walton of Pullman Sleeping Car
space, apply to D. v. Conn, Travel
ing Passenger Agent, Raleigh, N. G.
w. w. CROXTON,
General Passenger Agent.
Norfolk, Va.
w. r. HUDSON,
General Superintendent.
Norfolk. Va.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09

Washington, ID. c.. March 8
Plans of the Post-ofice Department
for the establishment OF a parcels
post system as an experiment, was
defeated to-day when the Senate on
point OF order raised by Senator
Bailey, OF Texas, struck from the
post-office appropriation bill an item
OF $4,000. designed to put into eff
feet the proposed system on April l.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-09
April Jury List for Wake.

The County Commissioners have
drawn the following jury lists for
April term of court:
First Week.-C. H. Stephenson,
Raleigh, j. w. Ray, Raleigh; L. l..
Doub, Marks Creek; B. B. Buffalo,
st. Mary's; L. ]. Pendergrass, Cary;
w. P Powell, Swift Creek; J. c..
Baugh, ST. Matthews; r. c. Patrick,
Buckhorn; ]. R. Norman, Raleigh;
Joseph Tyson, Raleigh; w. B. Afford,
Little River; F.. w. Dickson, Wake
Forest; w. e. Jeffries, Neuse; Fred
Senter, Raleigh; w j. Harper, Wake
Froest; ]. D. Riddick, Neuse; ]. w.
Sanderfort, Neuse; Castor Perry
Barton's Creek; Will Keith, Barton's
Greek; B. E. Lawrence, Buckhorn
E. n. Pool, Raleigh; H. r. Sorrell
Swift Greek; John F. Jones, Holly
Springs
Second Week.-T. II. McNeill, Ra-
leigh; G. w. Newcomb, Raleigh; S
D. Stone, White Oak; J. E. Jones
House Creek; J. G. Chamblee, Little
River; G. w. Ford, Swift Creek; o
q. Ha W dIuS, Holly Springs, j. M
Morgan, Swift Greek; L. w. billiard
House Greek; w. o. Rogers, Wake
Forest; ]. G. Davis, Raleigh; A. R
Coley, st. Matthews; l.. A. Norris
Raleigh; w. M. George, Jr., Littl,
River; A. D. Ross, Oak Grove; o. C
Gulley, Raleigh; J. T. Holt, Raleigh
j. j. Yates, White Oak
Third Week.. E. King, Raleigh
R. H. Carroll, Panther Branch; R. [
Hurst, White Oak; J.. L. Watson
Wake Forest; Will H.Coley, Raleigh
w. A. Simpkins, ST. Matthews; Johl
S. Riddle, Raleigh; J. T. Robertson
Little River; F. III. Briggs, Raleigh
S. c. Fort, Wake Forest; James Rich
ards, Neuse; w. H. Riggsbee, Ra
leigh; j. B.. THEM, Raleigh; J. e
McRearth, Raleigh w. H. Coley, S.
Mary's; W. B. Olive, Holly Surings
John Matthews, Swift Creek; J. v
Meacham, Raleigh.