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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

Editor ,Gilbe1tsen and son Cecil
came down from Glenturn Saturday,
the latter to have some dental work
done.
A. C.. Dayton. a prominent Glen.
burn businessman, and former sheriff
Of Renville county, was married to
Miss Tecla Carlson, q charming young
woman from that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Clifford OF
Mohall. celebrated their golden wed.
ding anniversary.
John Backes, aged u years. sher-
woo,i's oldest resident, died last week.
The remains were inferred at Nc
hail.
s. II. Sleeper of Mohall reports
the theft Of 200 bushels Of wheat from,
one Of his farms southwest Of sher-'
wood.
Ed Richer Of Larimore, oficiai
jokester Of the state press associa-
ton, has been slandered. Someone
reported that he refused to go 70 the
firemen's dance at Devils Lake be.
cause they wouldn't let him dance
the worm wiggle" and the "fum.
blesome fro]ic''. Ed Richter isn't
that kind Of duck. II he chcce to
+; give any fancy exhibitions, he'd do
+, It, even II the authorities wouldn't
give their consent, tho he might have
to resort to shooting irons. Who
ever started that report about Ed
Richter is envious Of his digger" and
movements.
Jack Charmley until recently cdr
tor Of the Mott Spotlight, Is Ill OF
pneumonia at Bismarck.
H. f. Russell, . Bottineau county
farmer. sold IL last springs pigs,
the other day for $40.
The Deering State bank and the
Farmers State bank have consolidat.
ed.
Mrs. Jacob Painter and children
and Mrs. Ward Johnston were over.
come by coal gas at Lansford.
Several Of the state papers have
been running that 'eYaak" advertise
ment. These people are considered
unsatisfactory by reliable advertis
ing concerns and It Is possible that
the publishers may be strng again.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27
NOISES OF PICKING.
nidssus Din Raised BY the vsndsrs
That Thronn the Streets.

VnoS UrOUo SOo SSVOSS0s
An analysis Of the street noises Of
Peking has been made by the CORE
spOndent Of II western American news.
paper and ought to be useful when the
anti-n0 crusade reaches the orient.
The great cause of confusion he finds
il the various street vendors. ench OF
whom IL armed with a noise producing
instrument by which he proclaims his
trade.
The barber has two prongs of steel
through which he draws spike and
thus makes Il loud whir. The seller of
sweetmeats holds IN his right hand two
brass cups which he jangles together.
The buyer of old clothes taps small
drum with bit of tarred bamboo, get
ting by this combination plunk. PUNK
that attracts trade. The man who has
wicker baskets to sell beats half
gourd with drumstick, the clothes
seller swings a drum which has two
bits Of metal attached to 1t by strings.
the toy dealer strikes brass gong Of
q peculiarly penetrating tone. the knife
grinder claps three blocks Of iron to-
gether, aud the seller of charcoal an
nounces his coming by repeated tap.
tap on block Of wood.
The Waterman manages to introduce
Q little variety. He Is armed with
wooden drum. which he taps In differ
ent measures to mark the different
hours of the night The sound Of his
drum. however. carries no jcertaia A.
surance. On the night when Peh1g
was looted you would not have knswn
from him that anything was wroaE.
In the intervals Of the rille Ore the
sound Of his drum rose undismayed.
signaling in superb nonchalancs the
exciting hours.
The fact is that he IL not on duty TO
catch thieves or even to scare them OF,
AZ are some of the Japanese watchmen.
His function is nobler. The sound Of
his drum frightens away the spirits q
evil. without whose presence no self
respecting thief can hope to pull Of ~
successful job
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

The cost Of shipping wheat to Min
neapolis and Duluth Is approximate
~ nine cents per hushel. There Is
not farmer in this county that would
not do what he could to cut this cost
In two for he feels that the saving
would come hack to him. But, It u
neured, 1t costs quite % much on
the average to haul his produce to
the local market and nearly half Of
this could be saved by building bet
ter roads. Should not every farmer
he an enthusiastic booster for good
roads?
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

The press association has had =
short but remarkable history. 10
1910, there were only 7e members;
In 1911, there were 1S1 members;
during 1911 there was . gain Of "a
members making the enrolment Jan
uary 23, 1912, 257. At the recent
meeting in wahpeton. the record,
showed a total Of 81 members.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27
SCARLET FEVER.

Numerous cases Of scarlet fever are
reported in Divide county, there being
several at Crosby. Scarlet fever is
also reported at Tasker, several Of
VIM. Verzatt's children being i'll.
The greatest precautions are being ia.
ken, hut more cases are expected to
develop before the disease is con.
trolled.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

North Dakota (half), Minnesota
(half), Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas. Lou.
isiana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Oklahoma. Montana. Colorado
(half).
(2)-Florida, the state Of same.
(3)- Oregon, country out of which
the following states formed: oregon.
Washington, Idaho, California, Utah.
Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, New Mex
leo (third).
(4)-Texas, the state by that name.
New Mexico (twothirds). Colorado,
(half).
Party Lives.
Both the Democratic and Republic
an parties have seen the following II
political parties placed in the junk
pile, viz:
Wing, Liberty, Freesoil. Know
Nothing. American, Constitutional
Union, Equal Rights, Union Labor.
Industrial Reform, Middle Of the
Road, Peoples and Greenback.
The Wing party, according to his
tory and a comparison Of the plat
forms is the forefather of the Repub-
lican party. All the other factions
appear to he the mother Of the pres
ent Socialist party.
The Democratic party can boast Of
having among its presidents the ~.
thors Of both the Declaration OF IN
dependence and U. 8. Constitution
Jefferson and Madison, whose efforts
are SO geared in the principles Of our
government that the party which
grew out Of the constructions on the
administrative features Of our polit.
ical institutions, has become safe
guard to the ship Of state.
The Republican party can pride Il
self on the fact that its first and
greatest president was Abraham Lin
coin. whose spirit Of honesty, fairness
ana simplicity Of noble character
should inspire all Americans to speaa
Of him as one Of our greatest men
In emancipating the negro from ala
very Lincoln reached the climax Of
his greatness. But the Republican
party effaced all honor due It as {
party when they took an ex-slavt
without experience. education, mora
training or refinement and placed hin
above the political judement Of thei,
own wives, daughters. sisters AMI
mothers, by placing the ballot In hi'
hands.
The Democratic party II not with
out its political infldels. Bnt thank
to an unwavering generalship, tina
their absence Is moro noticeable tina,
their presence.
GEORGE T. McMURRAY,
nerthold, N. D.
p. ;S.-Don't forget that the dia
crepancy between the uncontrolle'
buying and selling prices Of the II,
mers is the dumping sround Of tn
tariff burden.
i Ger. T. M.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27
COLUMBUS DOCTOR DIES
FROM SCARLET FEVER

DR.. Blanchard. q prominent physic-
Ian from Columbus, N. D.. died Feb.
10 from scarlet fever from which be
was ill but four days. He was a.
years OF age and leaves a wife. The
doctor was a graduate Of McGill uni.
1ersity and stood high in his profess
sion.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

Minot merchants are proving every
day that they can compete with the
catalog houses, and even give the Gus
toners better deal by trading right
at home. One of our business hous
es has gotten ont several Thousand
catalogs quoting nrices, which are as
low or lower than the cata]og house
prices, with better goods and less
freight rates. Merchants can head
of most Of the trade that has been
going out of town If they so at it in
telligently. The right kind Of ad
vertising will do wonders.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

A Bottineav businessman adver.
tises that he has engaged J. n.
Blades to collect his Ellis, but It is
presumed that Mr.. Blades will cut
none of them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

First Neighbor- Have you heard tell
e them newfangled trial marriages!
Second Neighbour don't see notllin'
newfangled about EN-. Mines been a
trial to me for the last twenty years n n,
Judge,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

The hunter had but little luck.
For he was out to shoot buck.
He shot a farmers oW instead.
Worth fifty bucks, farmer said.
wv. hington Herald.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

There was young fellow from Ma
On whom the girls looked with disde-
To get him wife
He's tried all his life,
And still he is looking In We.
Fun Magazine
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

We didn't know We had Is many
first class butter makers in tho coun-
try, until we saw the exhibit At the
fair last week. Great big tine rolls
and Jars Of butter, almost perfect in
every detail. There's little poor
butter any more. People have learn.
ed how to make 1t and make it right.
Merchants have discouraged the mar.
keting Of butter ut only for axle
grease. Where can you live better
than right here in North Dakota
with her abundance of good butter.
perfect bread aud fresh eggs. Rec.
tors isn't in it with the majority Of
our North Dakota farm homes.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

why are those Indians SO serious
a1d quiet?'
ut is necessary to their mode OF
dfe. Men who spend so much time IN
canoes don't dare be otherwise. -
Washington Star.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

He ought to have little crown
To prove that he Is truly great
The while his wife was out OF town
He didn't break a single plate.
Houston Post.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

Gabe-Do you follow the races!
eteve-I guess SO. | can't get ahead
Il them. New York American.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

Miss Vain-All the men declared l
was the prettiest girl in the room.
Miss Nipper-Were you at . stag
paFty ?-New York Times.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27
comFoR1ED THE LADIES.
A Marshal Of France Who Was nsee,
Gallant and q Dandy.

A Marshal Of France Who Wss Noeo,
Gallant and . Dandy.
Blaise de Montluc was a soldier and
q marshal Of France who fought
through half the sixteenth century.
Like true Gascon, as he was. h. add
ed to his great physical qualities eeur-
age, high spirits and unquenchable
sayety.
In the Italian wars Blalse de Mont
luc commanded the defense of Sienna
during q prolonged siege. When the
town was reduced to few ounces OF
bread daily Blaise was overcome With
sickness and had himself carried about
In q chair muttled up in furs.
But perceiving that the Inhabitants.
especially the women, were thus rem
dered apprehensive of their fate should
he die"-so runs an excerpt from De
Nontluc's Commentaries called
for pair of crimson velvet breeches
laid over with gold lace. very finely
cut, for they were made at time
when he was forsooth in love- He put
on doublet of the same and shirt
Of crimson silk and gold twist, then
butt collar over which he put his arms.
very finely gilt"
He was ut that time wearing gray
and white lin honor Of fair lady to
whom he was servant when he had
leisure" So he put on hat of gray
silk with gray silver hatband and .
plume Of heron's feathers set with sil-
YER spangies.
He also put on short cassock Of
gFay velvet garnished with ''nttls
plates Of silver at two fingers distance
from one another and lined With cloth
ef silver, all open between the plates"
Then be rubbed bis face with Greek
wine till be brought . little color iAto
his cheeks and drank small drquSht
With q little bit Of bread.
"He then looked at himself n tie
glass. strutted before bis omcsRs,
though he had not the strength 20 hill
Q chicken. and rode through the town
. tic great comfort Of al beholdRs."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-02-27

Everything 10 going up.
All we eat or wear.
It's costing more to feed the pnp
Life is full Of care.
still hope hasn't been quite killed.
Why sit in despair?
Il continues cheap to build
Castles In the air.
Chicago Record-HeraA.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
Ministers Protest
Memorial to Busch

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26.-The Mayor
and City Council to-day received
protest from the Evangelical AL
lance, representing all Protestant
pastors of St Louis, against placing
a monument to the memory of Adolf
plus Busch in one of the city parks
The resolution reads:
I'VE most emphatically protest
against the erection of any monu-
ment or statue of any man who was
engaged in the extension Of the brew
cry business throughout the world,
in any park or public ground in our
city"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
Society Mans Wife
Aiding His Defense

SAVANNAH. Nov. &C. w. Phillips,
the Jackson, Miss, society man who is
being tried in the Superior Court here
for embezzlement will know his fate by
tonight The case will go to the jury
some time this afternoon
Phillips pretty young wife occupies a
seat by him in the court and directs the
work of counsel He is being prose-
cuted by an insurance company with
which he worked.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
Boy Rivalry for Girl Leads to Shooting
US. Holds Importer;
Millions Involved

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.--Carl Thai
helm, president of the importing firm
of C. Thalheim & Co., was arrested
here by Government agents. He
is accused Of undertaking imports
Of feathers, artificial flowers and
straw braids from France.
The government authorities believe
the frauds will amount into the mil
lions, claiming evidence that they
have amounted to s25O,000 within the
last two years alone. Thalheim was
held in $4,000 bail, the highest ever
fixed in a case of this kind.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
Columbus Planning
Atlanta Road Link

COLUMBUS. Nov. ga large num-
Der Of good roads enthusiasts, including
the president and other officials OF the
Columbus Muscogee County Pine Noun
tain Good Roads Association, went to
Waverly Hall yesterday to confer with
citizens Of that town on the proposed
highway between Columbus and Warm
Springs, to connect with the road to
Atlanta.
All of the fund necessary 10 construct
+he highway has not been raised.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
Chinese Smuggling
King Is Arrested

NEW YORK, Nov 2G.-Harry White.
alias Ming Foon, millionaire chief Of the
Chinese smuggling ring. was arrested
here by Inspector Wiley, of the De
partment of Justice after a search Of
three years. White, who is q halfb breed
Chinese. directed the operations Of the
syndicate that has for many years
smuEgled Cinnamon into the United
States and amassed wealth in that
manner
He was betrayed to secret service
agents by his wife.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
Athens Abbatoir
Declared Unfit

The Agricultural Department, through
the office of DR.. Bahnsen, has finished
it's investigations into the slaughter
house situation in and near Athens. AS
a result, the department has condemned
sweepingly the present houses supplying
the Clarke County markets. and unless
conditions are remedied Immediately
rigid prosecutions against owners will
be inaugurated.
Conditions attaching to slaughter
houses in and near Athens have been
found to be in many ways violative Of
the State sanitary laws and regulations.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
| LAYS j. s.
Gj(JARL)S()N
L: AV|NG3
PRISON
Released Man UphoIds Haw-
thorne'S Charges-Says Club
bling Killed One Prisoner.

81 haven't any personal
grudge to satisfy; | haven t even
any complaint TO make of the
manner in which [ vas treated,
but | am talking for those men
back there who are being made
to suffer the fortunes of hell I"
Harry Orburn, just released from
the Atlanta Federal Prison after
serving nineteen months and six days
Of a two-year sentence, uttered this
explanation at the conclusion of his
interview with The Georgian, in which
he merCilessly pictured conditions at
the penitentiary as brutal and re
voting and the administration as
woefully inefficient.
One convict went raving mad from
the treatment he had received a.
the hands of a guard, and others
had been cruelty beaten, orburn said
His tale finished, Orburn boarded a
train for New York From there he
will go to Auburn, Maine, his old
home, where he will resume his for
mer vocation as an evangelist. He
was sentenced from Portland, Maine,
on the charge of making false aftida-
Wits to obtain pension money.
Sees Error of His Way.
Although Orhurn's offense was in
the nature of a technical violation OF
the law, he was free in admitting be
fore starting back home that he had
erred
I'm going to live 1t down, though"
he declared firmly. "My uncle and |
both fought in the war. Both of us
were entitled to pensions. was
getting the limit to which / was emit
tied under the law, but / used his
name to get more I didn't realize
the gravity of the offense. AS
viewed it, ! was not defrauding the
Government Of anything which il
should not pay. l can see it differ
emily now"
The convict-evangelis derided the
stories of kindly treatment of the
prisoners.
They're lies" he said; Ties, all of
them"
Men Ciubbed, He Says.
Men have been dubbed over the
head by guards simply because they
said they couldn't eat the horrible
food that was set before them. With
my own eyes have seen that.
"A niger, because he got in a
petty row with another convict, was
stretched stiff by blow from one on
the guards. Then he was given fif-
teen days in the dungeon to boot
The convicts at the prison almost
to a man believe that the prisoner
known as Dummy died as the result
Of a blow with which a guard felled
him
so there isn't g hole at the pris-
on? Just let us give you the names
of a fow men who have been in the
dungeon. and who have been trussed
to the door by the manacles on their
wrists. They know there's a hole
there. and they will tell about it
quickly enough when their time is
up or when an impartial investiss-
Hon is started.
There's q young lad at the prison
now who was beaten over the head
by q club, and he has had Ats ever
since, That is the kind of humane
treatment they get out there.
AN investigation by a man or a
body of men who have no personal in
terest i'm Warden Meyer or any OF
the attaches is the only kind OF an
investigation that will do any good
When this sort OF a probe is started
Witnesses in droVes viii be found
who viii testify as TO the actual con-
ditions there" D.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
Foreman Run Down
By Freight Engine

GAINESVILLE, Nov. 26.-L g.
Murray, extra gang foreman for the
Gainesville Midland Railway on the
work of broadening the gauge be-
tween Belmont and Monroe, was
killed by freight engine at Belmont
when he stepped out of the way Of
regular train directly in front of the
freight engine,
Murray leaves a wife and three
children at Dothan, Ala. He was so
years Of age.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
Girl Hangs Herself,
Fearing tuberculosis

KNOXVILLE, Nov 26.-Fearing tu-
berculosis following u serious attack Of
typhoid, Miss Margaret Weaver, of An
Jacksonville, hanged herself to the branch
Of an apple tree. Previously she tried
unsuccessfulIy to end her life by strik-
ing herself in the head with an AK.
Spinal meningitis followed the hanging,
causing death.
Miss Weaver was a popular student
Of Clinton High School
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
% Fires in Day Bring
Warning From Chief

Five fires at the same time and rs
alarms during the day kept the Atlanta
Fire Department on the jump Tues.
Gay. The number of calls broke all
records
Eight of the fires were caused BY
the burning of dry grass in front yards,
which has served 10 bring forth
strong u rotect from Chief Cummings
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26
EEF|NGH|CH
As POISON
IS FOUND
DR.. Everhart's Report Stirs the
Jeff Davis County People
Against Bridegroom,

DIR. Edgar Everhart's startling re-
port that enough strychnine had been
found in the flour and biscuits ana
lyzed by him to accomplish a whole
sale murder was submitted to the
Jeff Davis County officials Wednes-
day.
The high feeling that had followed
the mysterious illness of members of
hurst, and the subsequent arrest of
Patrick Ursery, prominent young
man who only short time before
had married the daughter Of Ross,
instantly was revived and the case
again became the subject on every
tongue
Ursery is in Jail in Appling County.
In the face of the accusations of at
tempted murder and the sensational
discovery of large quantities Of
strychnine in the food eaten by the
Ross family. Ursery continued his
steadfast declarations OF innocence
on Wednesday
Ross and members of his family
were taken suddenly Ill after eating
some biscuits a short time after the
wedding of his daughter and young
Ursery. Suspicious circumstances
caused the arrest of Ursery. He was
said to have bought some strychnine
a few days before, explaining that
the possums were eating his chick
ems.
Affidavits Prepared.
Affidavits also are said to have
been prepared charging that he was
acting in a peculiar manner about
a sack of flour in the Ross home.
The prosecuting officials of JEFF Da-
Wis County are greatly wrought up
over what they regard as an attempt
at wholesale poisoning, and are de-
termined to develop a strong case
against the suspected young man.
The first step will be in authorizing
a further analysis of the flour from
which the biscuits were made in an
effort to ascertain just the quantity
of strychnine there. The quantita-
tive analysis will require several days,
and will not be undertaken by DR..
Everhart until definite word is re-
ceived from Hazlehurt.
DR.. w. NJ Girtman. of Hazlehurst,
brought the biscuits and flour to At
lanta Tuesday and returned with DR..
Everhart's report in the evening. He
said before leaving that he would take
up with the officials the matter of
authorizing a cumulative analysis.
Stands by Husband.
This step will be taken to forestall
the defense that a small amount of
the poison might accidentally have
been spilled in the sack If quanti-
ties are found mixed throughout the
upper portion of the sack of -four it
will dispose of the contention that the
poison was there by accident, in the
belief of DR.. Girtman and his asso-
ciates
The young Mr. Ursery, a bride of
only short time, presents an unusual
feature in the alleged crime. Torn
between affection for her parents and
loyalty for her young husband, she
thus far has stood faithfully by Ur-
sery and has declared her firm be-
lief in his innocence. She angrily re-
SCENTS the charge that Ursery tried to
poison the whole family so as to in
hnrit their rnrnnnrt,.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26

CONVICTS BEATEN INTO INSANITY, HE CHARGE
TURKEY FEAST WILL COST ATLANTA
HOMES LESS THIS THANKSGIVING

This Thanksgiving finds have
easco las sar beef
n are 81 yloweras arue
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-26

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