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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-31
PAYING $2.51 FIRE TAX.
Losses Per Capita in this Country.
Says Secretary Fisher.

New York, May 24.-Walter L.
Fisher, the new. secretary Of the in
terror, delivered his first public Off
cial speech here today at the meeting
Of the National Fire Protection AS
sociation. Secretary Fishers subject
was Fire Waste and lis Remedy"
He declared that the National gov
ernment was trying to reduce this
loss by requiring tire-proof materia
in the construction of its buildings
and making experiments to ascertain
the best material to use. Neglect of
these precautions, he said, was mainly
the fault Of municipalities. Govern
ment statistics he asserted, showed
that the annual fire loss was one-half
the value of the new buildings erect
ed during the year.
IF the Government" said Secre-
tary Fisher, Should suddenly lay an
annual tax Of $2.51 on every man,
woman and child in the United States.
on a promise to spend the money for
some useful purpose, that promise
would not avail against the storm Of
protest which would be aroused
Nevertheless. a tax, which in the ag-
gregate amounts to that is being paid
by the people Of this country. 1t is
expended not in productive enter
prise, but in death and destruction,
and an even larger sum is annually
expended upon fire protection and
insurance premiums. Not only is this
property loss paid by our people, but
in addition annually 1900 persons
We up their lives and nearly 5000
are injured in fires.
THE National Government is pro-
ceeding to minimize possibilities Of
fire in the national forests the ma
tional parks and the Indian reserva-
tions by more effective regulations
among them, regulations to check the
starting of blazes by sparks from
locomotive smOkestacks."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-31
DO Ghosts Haunt SV3

No, never. Its foolish to fear d
fancied evil. when there are real and
deadly perils to guard against In
Swanps and marshes ,bayous, and
lowands. These are the malaria
germs that caus. ague. chills and
fever. weakness. aches In the bones
and muscles and may induce deadly
typhoid. But Electric Btters de-
stroy3 and casts out these vicious
germs from the blood. Three bot
ties drove all the malaria from my
system" wrote VIM. FrstwelI of
Lucama, n. c.. "and I've had fine
health ever since Use this safe.
sure remedy only. soc at Sibert's
Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-31

Foley Kidney Pills take hold OF
your system and help you to rid
yourself of your dragging backache.
dull headache, nervousness, impaired
eyesight, and OF all the ills resulting
from the impaired action OF your
kidneys and bladder Remember It
Is Foley Pills that do this.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-31
TO BUY FAIR BUILDING.
Committee Visits Greensboro on
State Fair Business

State Fair Business
Columbia May 24.-Messrs Rich
ard !. Manning, II. Il. Hamer, Jr., and
@. a. Guignard, a committee from
the state Fair Society. left Columbia
this afternoon for Greensboro to in
spect an exposition building at that
place which has been offered for sale
To the Fair Society 1t has been sug-
gested that this building could be re-
moved to Columbia at small cost, and
that 1t would meet the need OF the
State Fair as we'll as the Corn Expo-
sition for commodious housing. The
committee on this and other plans
for building TO replace the structure
burned during the last State Fair.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-31

that there are now 1926 patients at
the Asylum and that in three DAYS Of
last week % new patients were ad-
mitted. In two days fifteen came
i'm.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-31

Sick headach@ results VI &C.
disordered cond ton of the stomach,
and can be cured by the use of
Chamberain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Try it. For sale by all drug
gists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-05-31
for soreness of the muscles
whether induced bY violent exercisa
3d. -tf--I&W.

or injury, Chamberiain's Llniment is
excellent. This li;i!ment is also high
Y> esteemed for the relief It affords
N cases Of rheumatism. Sold by all
druggists.
The evening times., 1911-07-08
silver SERVICE AND BAT7lESH|P
MODEL FOR THE. GRAND FORKS FAIR
paly That Will Attract Unusual Attention Navy De-
= partmsnt VIII Send odacer to Explain Details

Final decision to have the model Of
the United States battleship North
Dakota. together with the silver SER
vice, shown at the state fair was
reached this morning. Friday night
I! Secretary B. F. Brockhoff of the sill
yer service commission received a
telegram from Senator A. j. Gronna
stating that the navy department was
willing to send the model for the oc-
casion. This morning Col. Brock
! HON and Col. w. H. McGraw consid-
cred the terms Of the offer and wir-
ed an acceptance.
The navy department will not only
1 furnish . model Of this magnificent
.battleship but will also detail an Of
dcer to explain the construction.
The silver service which will be
presented to the battleship by the
people of the state is q splendid gift
iof forty-three pieces and contains
$50 pounds Of silver. The design
of the service was. selected after con-
sidering a large number. It is very
beautiful and emblematic of the
Flickertail state.
The evening times., 1911-07-08
A BAD HAIL STORM
EXPERIENCED At
CRYSTAL
Farm Implements Destroyed,
Trees and Telephone Poles
Blown Down

A severe hail storm broke in the
vicinity Of Crystal early this morn
ing, considerable damage being done
to the corn and other crops. After
the hail heavy wind storm came
up and number of small buildings
were blown down. Twenty-seven
telephone poles along the Great Nor
thern right of way were blown down
near st. Thomas.
A large number of trees were blown
down and several farm Implements
standing in the fields were wrecked
The exact amount of damage done
has not yet been estimated.
More or less hail fell in the region
of Devils Lake Friday night ,and
early this morning, some damage
being done to the crops but 1t will
not be heavy.
Rains were general south Of Lang
don on the Hannah branch of the
Great Northern but they did not ex-
tend north of that city.
A severe electrical storm was ex-
perienced lat Edmore during the
night. Two horses. the property of
Milton Crary, were killed by light
ming,
The evening times., 1911-07-08

The main decorative feature is the
buffalo head which is engraved on
each piece Of the service. a very In
teresting incident in the selection Of
the design was the substitution Of
q steam plow instead of the one horse
plow which had originally been
placed in the design. This was to
portray the modern progress Of the
farming in this state.
The combined attraction Of the
battleship model and the silver SER
vice will be one Of the biggest fea-
lures Of the state fair and will at
tract q great many people. This will
be the only opportunity for the pub
lie to see this state offering as the
service will be sent back to the fac
tory after the fair.
The committee in charge will have
to pay the cost Of shipping the bat
tleship model land otheN EXPENSES
connected with the exhibit.
Although the silver service is now
completed the ceremony Of present
ing 1t will be delayed until some time
In October.
The evening times., 1911-07-08
CHINESE LIKE
ENGLISH PLAN

Pekin, July. When the national
assembly meets again in October, with
the promise of complete parliament
to be called in three years, a big
struggle is looked for in respect to
the powers of the cabinet.
The commission that studied the
constitutional systems of the west
has recommended that the German
and japanese model should be adopt
ed, that is, the Chinese ruler should
have the right of appointment and re-
moval Of ministers, who should be
directly responsible to the throne.
But the native papers are agitating
for the English model to be adopted,
making parliament supreme in the
selection of and control over the
cabinet. Present indications are that
that national assembly will back up
this idea, on the ground that without
that control over the ministry psrli-
ament will be liable to be crippled
Chaos Slowly Subsiding
There is no doubt, at any rate, that
the administration of China is slowly
but surely emerging from chaos. Up
to 8. month ago the duties of min
listers were extremely vague, their
authority was limited and their in
terest rambled over the whole field in
a way that enabled them to evade
responsibility if anything went
wrong. That was what led to so
much criticism in the first session
Of the national assembly.
A start was made with the new or
der of things when the recent opium
agreement with England was ap-
proved. That document was signed
by the prime minister, Prince Ching,
and his associates, Ma Tung and Hsi
Shih Chang, as we'll as by Tson CHA
Ii, acting as minister of foreign at
fairs, in the absence Of LANG Tun
Yen in America.
Hereafter, according to the con-
stitution concerning the new cabinet,
laws, imperial rescripts and imper-
ial edicts having reference to state
affairs shall be countersigned by the
minister Of state II they concern all
departments In general and by the
prime ministers II they Affect one
The evening times., 1911-07-08

IEe passing week has seen the
thfrtieth anniversary of the organiza-
ton Of one of the most widely known
singing societies in the northwest, the
Bjarne chorus of Grand Forks. AS
a token of the regard the members
hold for their leader, County Judge
L. K. Hassell has been presented with
a beautifully engraved silver loving
cup, standing eighteen inches high.
L. K. Hassell is the only one of the
charter members of the organization
living in Grand Forks at the present
time, and one of the three living char
ter members, and his fidelity, interest
and untiring work with the singing
society have won recognition among
the present members.
The loving cup which was present.
ed to him is Of the finest. On the
tablets between the three handles is
engraved the following: "In memory
of the thirtieth anniversary of the
Bjarne chorus, to L. K. Hassell for
continuous service, July 3, 1SS1-1911. ]"
On the third tablet are engraved the
names of the present members.
Some of the Organizers.
This male chorus was organized
tnlrty years ago last Monday under
the name of the Norwegian Singing
society with nearly twenty active
members. The first books of the So
clety are long ago lost but among the
members are remembered: o. A. Moe,
). D. Wurschmidt, l.. K. Hassell, H.
A. Moe. Bersvend Johnson, P. ]. Bye,
.. 9. Langseth, Gullik Peterson, S.
.. Leen, o. Brodtkorb, o. Hexom and
Anton Peterson.
The name was shortly after the or
ganization changed to the ,"Bjarne
chorus" in memory Of Bjarne Herjulf-
son, who on a voyage from Norway
over Iceland to Greenland is said to
have drifted out of his way and to
have been the first white man who
saw the eastern coast of what is now
the United States. 1t was Barnes
story told to Left Erickson after final
ly arriving in Greenland that prompt
ed the latter's subsequent voyages to
the New England coast.
An Uninterrupted Member.
The first musical director was H.
N. Fremstad, who acted as such off
and on during the eighties. M. Solum
was director in 1898 and 1899, and
j. Schefstad most of the time be-
tween the years 1902 and 1908. L.
K. Hassell has filled the vacancies
during all these years and is the di-
rector now, besides having been an
active member without interruption
from the day of organization to the
present time. The membership has
varied from quartet to around twen-
ty, the present membership being the
following: John Lunseth, K H. John
son, and Christ Hanson, who have
been members for q number of years
G. s. Bredenbeck, Christ Running
John Anderson, Hans Langmyhr, Gun
mar Running. Oscar B. Anderson and
l.. X. Hassell.
OF prominent members who have
belonged during these many years
may be mentioned: DR.. P. Thoen
Consul Robert S. S. Berg. Consul Otto
H. Boyesen, j. F.. Brandt, l.. H
Sannes. j. j. Stampen, 1. A. Berg, c.
o. Steberg, H. Rostad, Oscar c.. Taug-
Dol, August Sagen, John M. Tarang
Peter Standal. Hans Urtes, X. A
Sather and j. w. Jackson. Gunnar
Hoest of Leeds, N. D.. and H. A. Moe
of Churchs Ferry. N. D., the latter OF
whom is charter member and the
former q member since 1884,, are still
The evening times., 1911-07-08
MITCHELL IN FAVOR
OF The ENGLISH
LABOR Law
Denounces Failure Of United
States to Enact Fellow
Workmen Measure

N. G. Abbott Of the university ex-
tension bureau returned today from
a trip to Fargo and Valley City On
Thursday he addressed the Cass coun-
ty teachers institute at the agricul-
tural college and on Friday he spoke
before the Valley City normal sum
mer school.
While at Valley City Mr.. Abbott
had the pleasure Of taking in two Of
the best features of the chautauqua.
On Friday afternoon he heard John
Mitchell, former president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America and
later prominent in the National Civic
league.
Mr.. Mitchell spoke on Industrial
accidents. He compared conditions
In this country and abroad and show
ed that accidents were three times .as
frequent in this country as abroad.
The speaker said that the United
States is the only civilized country in
which contributory negligence and the
fellow employe doctrine are allowed
to give the employer immunity for
industrial accidents.
Mr.. Mitchell urged a law similar to
the one In England making the en-
ployers absolutely liable for acci-
dents. This, he urged, would not only
protect the injured employees, but
would greatly reduce the number of
accidents. "A striking point made by
the speaker was that making the en-
ployers liable would be cheaper for
that employer. In case Of an ,acci-
dent at present, a law suit generally
results and the money which should
be used for the benefit of the injured
man or of his family is spent in pay
ing judges and lawyers to conduct
the suit.
Mr.. Mitchell is very plain citizen
and makes no pretense at oratory, but
he has a very forceful personality
and he throws his whole being into
his talk.
The evening times., 1911-07-08
Had National Affiliation.

come IN to assist on all large Oc-
casions.
Had National Affiliation.
The society Joined the large United
Scandinavian Singers association ana
attended the festivals at Minneapolis
In 1891 and Chicago in 1898. After
the disruption Of the national organi-
zation the Bjarne chorus has be-
longed to the Northwestern Singers
association and has attended the fes-
tivals at Duluth-Superior in 1898, St
Paul in 1900, Sioux Falls in 1902, La
Crosse in 1906, Minneapolis in 1908
and Siouz Falls in 1910. In 1904 the
boys with the splendid support of the
citizens Of Grand Forks handled the
singing festival in this city to the
utmost satisfaction of the association
and with great credit to themselves.
Echoes from those memorable days
still thunder down the line of parade
in other cities when Barnes magnifi-
cent banner floats by. Hurrah for
Bjarne" and "hurrah for Grand
Forks" is everywhere to be heard and
the boys swell with pride and pleas
ure over having been the humble
means of giving their home city a lift
forward.
Active In General Work.
Delegates from the Bjarne chorus
were present at the organization of
the Red River Valley Singers asso-
citation at Fargo in January 1909 and
the society has taken part in the
Fergus Falls festival in 1909 and the
one just held in Thief River Falls this
year-these local festivals being held
on the alternate years with those of
the larger organization. L. K. Has
sell has been continuously vice
president of the larger association
from 1898 to the present time except
two years Immediately preceding the
Grand Forks festival when he was
elected and acted as president, and
he has also been president of the Red
River Valley Singers association from
it's organization to the recent festival
at Thief River Falls where he posi-
lively declined reelection.
Besides attending these singing
festivals the Bjarne chorus has as
sisted at numberless concerts and
celebrations during these many years,
not only in Grand Forks, but in nearly
every town between Fargo and Graf
ton, Towner and Bemidji and in the
surrounding country districts, and
everywhere the boys have been we'll
received and listened to with pleasure
by appreciative audiences. The pill
grimages of this pioneer organization
have borne fruit in the forming Of
numerous other similar societies in
the northwest and traces of their in
fuence may even be seen in the adop-
ton Of Scandinavian and German
male chorus songs at the university
and colleges in addition to the time
honored American college songs.
The chorus has had many ardent
supporters during it's lifetime, among
whom might especially be mentioned
Consul H. Bendeke and Mesdames
Westeen, Paulsness and Hassell.
Song Dedication.
| To the thirtieth anniversary. July
8, 1911, the we'll known composer
Kr. Wendelborg of Christiania, Nor
way, has specially composed beau
tiful song dedicated to the chorus in
recognition of its pioneer work in the
far west. This song has been printed
and distributed by the chorus to all
the Scandinavian singing societies in
/ the limited States
The evening times., 1911-07-08
BARTHOLOMEW TO CAMP

Col. Fred Bartholomew of the gov
ernor's staff will leave Sunday for
Devils Lake to take part in the mill
tary encampment. Governor Burke
and his staff will conduct grand re-
view OF the troops on July 16.
Col. Bartholomew's fine span of
horses will be sent to Devils Lake to-
night One of these horses will be
for the use of Governor Burke and
the other will be for the use of the
owner.
Col. Bartholomew will be accom-
panied by his wife who will spend
some time visiting in Devils Lake.
The evening times., 1911-07-08

only"
Cabinet Of Ten Members
That is a big advance for China
the hardest country in the world in
which to fix on the real culprit. In
addition to the new cabinet there is
to be a privy council having "im-
portant relation with the cabinet,
but just what that implies is not yet
clear.
In addition to the prime minister
will be ten members of the cabinet:
Minister of finance (Prince Thai Tse-;
foreign minister CLiang Tun Yen) !;
education (Tang Ching Chung; civil
affairs (Prince SUI; justice (Shao
Chang; posts and communications
(Sheng Hsuan Hail; agriculture, in
dustry and commerce prince Pu
Sum; dependencies (Shon Chi /;
army General Yin Chang. and navy
prince Tsai Hsun).
On specified days or on urgent bus
ness they are all to have access to
the throne, but the premier and his
two associate premiers are to be ad-
mitted daily. This cabinet will con-
troll everything except the army and
navy, whose ministers report TO the
throne direct before the cabinet is
consulted.
Europeans in China mostly hesi-
tate to prophesy as to the outcome,
just as they decline to express en-
phatic optimism for the future of the
opium question: For there is plenty
of ground for fear that the increased
growth of opium in Persia has its
cause in China. with countless snug
glers looking for fat industry to
follow.
The evening times., 1911-07-08
Rain |MPR0vEs1HE WEATHER
Day Was Very Oppressive From High
thermometer and Low Ba.
rOmeter-HOttest Night

The thermometer reached maxi
mum at 2:30 this afternoon of eighty
eight degrees. This temperature
coupled with the low barometer, made
the weather very oppressive. The
barometer stood at 2S77 this morning
which is the lowest point reached
since the last week in May.
Last night was the hottest night
so far this year. The minimum was
reached at o'clock this morning
when the thermometer registered 73
The nearest approach to this was on
July l, when the minimum was IL
The rain starting at o'clock today
came as a distinct relief to decid-
edly warm population.
The evening times., 1911-07-08
At GRAND FORKS NEXT YEAR
A. N. Lodmell of Grand Forks Elect,
ed Vice President of State
Association

The annual meeting of the state
association of the registers of deeds
came to close at Devils Lake this
afternoon. after a 1ery successful
session. The most important busi-
ness that came up for consideration
was the establishing Of a uniform
system Of fees. to be used in each
county Of the state.
The election of officers was held
this afternoon. H. H. Bergh of Tow
ner was elected president, A. M. LODI
nell of Grand Forks, vice president
and Ben Maylan of Cando, secretary.
Z, It was decided to hold the next
meeting in Grand Forks. The date
for the meeting has not yet been
definitely set.
The evening times., 1911-07-08
COOPER CASE UP
Young Man Charged With Shootine
Farm Foreman to be Tried.

Hillsboro. N. D.. July S.-When the
district court of Trail county is con-
vened next week, the famous McLain
Cooper murder trial will take place.
Cooper. the defendant, is charged
with shooting foreman on one of
his fathers farms near this city, the
dispute between the men, leading to
the shooting, resulting from a clash
as to who was in authority, the elder
Cooper, at the time, being absent
from the state. Since the shooting
the defendant has been under $4,000
bond, furnished by his father.
The evening times., 1911-07-08
MAN CULTIVATED

Ellendale. N. D., July s.-Cultiva-
tion under the sharp teeth Of corn
cultivator, when applied to human
beings, is anything but satisfactory
and Simon Bader Of this place had
opportunity Of becoming cognizant of
that fact when he was run down,
Bader's body was horribly lacerated
and he received one fractured arm in
the accident. being thrown in front
Of the cultivator by team of runa-
way horses.
The evening times., 1911-07-08

The Greek had opened confeo-
tionery stand in tent on DeMers
avenue and having his fruit exposed
he was given two warnings by the
Inspector He failed to comply with
the la wrequiring all food to be COW
cred and protected from dirt and flies
and Mrs. Sprague Immediately served
the Warrant,
The evening times., 1911-07-08
BAD HAIL DAMAGE
WAS DONE TO-DAY
STORM DID DAMAGE.

STORM DID DAMAGE.
Reports were received in the
= city shortly before 4 o'clock to
the effect that there was consid-
cradle damage just north of the
city in the storm at 3 o'clock.
: At 4 o'clock another storm was
threatening over the city.
At the Peter Smith farm just
north Of the fair grounds, heavy
hail was reported by a telephone
message received in the city at
4 o'clock. -
The evening times., 1911-07-08
SERVED HERF|RST WARRANT
City Food Inspector Mrs. r. A.
Sprague Had Greek Arrested for
Violation Of Pure Food Laws.

Mrs. R. A. Sprague who has been
city food inspector for more than a
year served her first warrant yester-
day, arresting Greek for violation
of the pure food laws. He was brought
before Judge Church, fined SIS and his
place of business closed.
The evening times., 1911-07-08
BOARD ELECTS OFFICERS
High School Board Holds Session at
Bismarck and Reflect R. Hey.
ward as Inspector

Richard Hayward returned this
morning from Bismarck where he at
tended the meeting of the state high
school board which was In session
Friday. Mr.. Hayward was reelected
high school inspector Of the state.
The officers selected by the new
board were as follows:
President. H. Worst.
Secretary-E. j. Taylor. a
Exs miner-F. L. McVey.
Under the new law the board con-
sists Of the president Of the univer-
sity. the president of the agricultu-
raj college and the superintendent of
public instruction as ex oficio mem
bers and Of two others selected by
the governor. Those selected were
w. L. Stockwell Of Fargo as nom
school man and w. ]. Alexander Of
iRolla as the superintendent Of a
first class high school.
Besides the appointment of q high
school inspector, the only important
business was making provision for
publishing Mr.. Heyward's annual re-
port.
An important duty of the board
next year will be the distribution of
$12,500 which was appropriated by
the legislature for the support Of five
high schools which will install agri-
cultural courses.
The election Of Mr.. Hayward at an
advance in salary-the salary for the
position hereafter will be 5000 per an
, mum greater than before-is signifl-
cant. It ia fit recognition Of his
splendid capabilities and the excel
lent work that he has been doing in
behalf Of the high schools Of the state
The evening times., 1911-07-08

II an artist has failed to attract
attention in any other way, he might
try reading a book before illustrat-
ing it.