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93."n(o. 1. BELFAST^AINE, THURSDAY, JAffUARYlT 1921. ~ FiVE^TFiNT^
^ity Government
- meeting of the Belfast city
„.as held Monday Evening,
,,-ntt presiding: Alderman
[Vuneilmen Higgins, patter
' nd Staples absent.
1 j accounts was read aud
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. 8 50
. ' 795
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. 188 64
r, oat'B. 315 17
Scholars. 194 00
.113,498 70
, ; the city marshal and
and the trial balance of
r were read and placed
on street lights were
; me on the petition of
ml others for a light on
. e on highways was au
ract with A. S Heal for
,ige over Little River near
■ r works dam for $150.10,
, .lune under the direction
.eamnnUee.
.use on highways wjf au
I mime with Cyr Brothers, if
temporary foot walk across
■ -„.ge, while work on the same
r- of the Belfast & Moose
iroad Company were rec
ipt the proposal of the
Maine Central Railroad,
i, :y extension at the same
thirty-six thousand doi
n' party having the right
ttension on six months’
William E. Kotman who
: lie home of Mrs. William
dosing their cottage at
left recently for a month’s
k. before going to South
, for the remainder of
[Winter
The Supreme Judicial Court
Justice Charles J. Dunn of Orono Pre
siding.
The January term of the Supreme
Judicial Court for Waldo County con
vened in the Court House at 10 a. m.
Tuesday with tne following officers and
jurors in attendance:
Judge, Charles J. Dunn; stenographer,
Fred L. Hayden; chaplain. Rev. Charles
W. Martin, Belfast; clerk, James H.
CMley, Belfast; sheriff, Frank A. Little
field of Monroe; county attorney, R. I.
Morse, Belfast; messenger, Willis B
Fletcher, Belfast; crier, deputy sheriff
Silas E. Bowler, Palermo; officer in
charge of the grand jury, deputy sheriff
Charles H. Littlefield, Monroe; of first
iraverse jury, deputy sheriff Charles H.
Walker, Swanville; of second traverse
jury, deputy sheriff Willard M. Berry,
Stock ion Springs.
THE Grand JURY. George A. Warren
of Islesboro, foreman; Ralph Hayford of
Belfast clerk; J. A. Adams, Unity; F. C.
Brown, Morrill; George G. Gilley, Thorn
dike; W. G. Edmonds, Burnham; Mott C.
Feruald, Troy; George Hall, Brooks; C.
K. Harriman, Prospect; A. C. Jones, Pa
lermo; Frank W. Johnson, Freedom;
H. Libbey, Winterport; Henry Littlelield,
Stockton Springs; E. L. Morse, Belmont;
C. R. Nelson, Liberty; James H. Peavey,
Lincolnville; Clarence A. Paul, Belfast;
R. S. Robertson, Swanville; George H.
Staples, Frankfort; Arthur G. Stewart,
Montville; Frank Studiey, Searsport;
Clarence O. Woodbury, Northport; Free
man G. Wooster, Searsmorit.
First Traverse Jury. George H.
Clement, Winterport, foreman; W. H.
Amsden, Jr., Jackson; Willard B. Cates,
Monroe; Emery Clement. Belmont; Ar
thur Harrison, Stockton Springs; Ralph
Heald, Searsmout; Frank Ladd, Isles
boio; Archie Merrithew, Searsporl; M. W.
Roberts, Brooks; L. S. Russ, Lincoln
ville; L. N. Simmons, Waldo; Charles
W. Wood, Burnham.
Second Traverse Jury. O. W.
Ripley, Montville, foreman; E. S. Bow
ker, Belfast; S. E. Bowen, Belfast; Ar
thur C. Clark, Prospect; Roscoe F. Clem
ent, Winterport; Alfred H Ellis, Bellast;
Clarence Grillin, Northport; F. L. Phil
brick, Thorndike; James Stevens, Sears
port; E. M. Turner, Palermo; Willard
Whittaker, Liberty; F. J. Webb, Swan
ville.
SupernuMARIES. W. F. Patterson,
Belfast; Charles Bellows, Freedom.
Among the out-of-town attorneys were
C. W. Hussey, Waterville; Judge Ellery
Bowden, Winterport; J. H. Montgomery,
Camden.
Both juries were organized and excused
until Friday morning as Judge Dunn left
Wednesday noon for Augusta, where he
was to remain over Thursday at the in
augural of Gov. Frederick H. Parkhurst.
Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday fore
FRIDAY and SATURDAY SPECIALS
FLOUR $1.50 Vacr
Quaker 7n°
Rolled Oatsjy ‘S'
BROOMS 68c. Each
oked Shoulders22?b
erry’s Market
_ _
noon judge Dunn was busy with divorce
cases, etc.
The grand jury reported at noon Tues
day. One indictment was found against
Herbert F. Jackson, Montville, a cider
case.
Assigned Coses
L. L. Rogers, Troy, vs. Hairy Brown,
, et al., Brooks. Dunton & Morse; Buz
zell.
Tewksbury Dodge vs. Roderick W.
Pendletou. Brown; Ritchie.
Ira B. Schuman vs Melvin Thompson.
Brown; Buzzell.
Willard Toothaker vs. H. J. Toby.
Leigh and Ritchie, Toby pro se.
Morris, Mann & Reilley vs. J. H.
Wardwell. Ritchie; Buzzell.
Jesse L. Staples vs. W. H. Arnold.
Ritchie; Buzzell.
Helen Curtis vs. George Peavey.
Ritchie; Buzzell.
Fred T. Parker vs. Chas. F. Drake.
Ritchie; Buzzell.
Wolf, Fording Co. vs. J. H. Ward
well. Brown; Buzzell.
Hartman Furniture Co. et al., vs. Em
j ma M. Brackett. Brown; Ritchie.
NELLIE M. ROBERTSON
Nellie Mae, wife of Daniel I. Robert
son, died Saturday morning, January
1st, at the Waldo County Hospital, where
Dec. 19th she gave birth to a daughter,
Nina Estelle. Her age was 28 years and
four months and she was born in North
Searsport, the daughter of Wilson N
1 and Elizabeth (Eaton) Dow. Her brief
life was bright and happy as she was be
loved by all who knew her. Mr. and
Mrs. Robertson came to Belfast last
spring and bought the Fernald house on
Salmond street. Her illness was brief
and is known gs a most fatal one to
medical science -as she had two periods
of total unconsciousness, both appearing
without an apparent reason and passed
away very quietly. Her life was near
ly all spent in North Searsport, where
she was a member of Granite Grange.
Her husband, little daughter, one sister,
Mrs. Mabel Kingsbury of Stillwater, two
brothers, Lester Dow of Prospect and
I Chester Dow of Searsport, survive her.
| The funeral was held at the residence of
! Mr. Robertson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
j Charles E. Robertson, Congress street,
at 10 a. m. Monday, Rev. Arthur E.
I Wilson of the Unitarian church ofliciat
; ing. The bearers were her brothers and
| Messrs. James C. Robertson and Wilford
| E. Coombs.
—
MRS. ABBIE S. COFFIN
The remains of Mrs. Abbie S. Coffin,
who died in West Somerville, Mass., Dec.
28th, were brought to Belfast and the
funeral took place at the residence of
Mrs. Sarah E Stewart, Friday. The in
terment will be in the Simmons ceme
tery. Rev. Charles W. Martin of the
Methodist church officiated. Her age
was about 85 years. She lived in Bel
mont in her youth and her maiden name
was Moody. Her married life was spent
in Belfast and she had many friends here
who remember her with respect and love
i From here she went to Lowell, Mass.,
where she was employed in the textile
mills. Later in life she became a nurse
and companion to several friends in their
declining years and the last of her useful
life was spent in West Someiville. Many
beautiful flowers were sent here with the
remains showing the love of friends in
her declining years.
LADD-HARVEY.
Hiram Ladd and Ida Harvey, both of
East Belfast, were married at the resi
dence of the groom January 4th at 3 p.
m., Rev. Mahlon E. Curtis officiating.
Mr. Ladd is employed by Herbert Black,
Lincolnville avenue. Their many friends
extend congratulations and best wishes.
I OR eighteen years the preferred stock of the
PmxJ)r?Per^ ls now the Central Maine
'lWer Company has paid dividends.
SwJJjSfidividend was mailed to stock
'le -le^or^ °t the company on dividends and
.C. through its long existence, combined
its present strong financial position, is fair
insurance of the future payment of dividends.
h a security as Central Maine Power Company
nvestors ^re^errec Stock appeals to conservative
you are one, why not place your order—direct
or through any employee.
! he price $107.50 a share-the yield 6 1-2 percent
net.
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Central Maine Power Company
ini which the Penobscot Bay Electric Company is a part)
| AUGUSTA, MAINE.
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THE CHURCHES
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North Congregational Church.
Rev. A. C. Elliott, pastor; parsonage, 26
High street; telephone, 157-4. Morning
worship at 10.45. Church school at noon.
Men’s Forum at 12.15. Stereopticon lec
ture at 7.30. Mid week devotional ser
vice Thursday at 7.30 p. m
Next Sunday morning there will be a
reception of new members, after which
the sacrament of the Lord’s. Supper will
be observed. It is to be hoped all mem
bers of the church will make a special
effort to be present. Sermon by the pas
tor, subject, “Restoring the Wasted
Years.” Come and let us review the
past together, and see whether it has
meant gain or loss, success or failure, to
us, and learning the lessons the past can
teach us, find inspiration to face the fu
ture.
l he Men s Forum will be addressed by
the Hon. C. W. Wescott, Mayor of Belfast,
sub.ect, “The Other Fellow’s Point of
View.” Our mayor is always an in
teresting speaker, and has things to say
which are worth hearing. The men of
the city are cordially invited to attend.
The “Better America” series of picture
talks. On a Sunday night in Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, a great preacher was
telling his audience some of the things
which Americans had to live for. It was
not a sermon, not a lecture in the ordi
nary sense, but a simple, straight-forward
talk—first defining the vision Lincoln had
seen of a great America, and closing with
a portrayal of the tremendous earnestness
and idealism of our Roosevelt. Through
it ran stories about people—Watt, the
mechanic, Burbank, Edison, Harriman,
Kipling, Bell, Carnegie, Rodin, Caruso—
who had found the will within them
selves to do big, things for others and for
America. The audience sat spellbound.
Here was a new thing, a picture-talk in
which the stereopticon flashed out a series
of vivid, stirring reasons for Better and
stronger effort to make each individual’s
life more worth wnile.
The whole address was dignified, yet
simple; spectacular, yet sincere; earnest,
yet in no sense the usual type of propa
ganda. Tlie speaker, Dr. Newell Dwight
Hillis—one of the foremost men on the
American lecture platform today—knew
his subject, tor months he had studied,
travelled, written, talked with others, to
perfect a new method of presenting an
educational entertainment which would
build a loftier understanding of real
Americanism. At last he had found it.
But it was too good a thing to be con
fined to Brooklyn, and the people of Bel
fast have the opportunity of hearing
these splendid talks given in the Congre
gational church on Sunday evenings.
They are the kind of talks that grip and
make one want to hear more. Next Sun
day evening the subject will be, "The
Loyal Classes Who Build the State and
Enemies Who Undermine It.” Commu
nity singing led by Mr. Bert L. Davis.
Song books provided. Admission free.
Everybody welcome. Collection to de
ffay expenses.
The annual parish supper and meeting
of the society will he held on Thursday
evening. Supper will be served at six
o’clock, and the business meeting will be
held after supper. It is expected every
member of the parish will be present.
First Parish (Unitarian) CHURCH.
Rev. A. E. Wilson, minis.?r. Preaching
service at 10.45 a. m., subject of sermon,
“The New Age.” Church school at noon.
All cordially invited to worship at this
church.
The First baptist Church. Rev.
George C. Sauer, pastor; residence, 13
Cedar; telephone, 123-11. The services
of worship 10.45 and 7.30. Bible school
at 12 o’clock. Christian Endeavor at
6.30 Thursday at 7.30 the mid-week
service.
The service of worship Sunday morn
ing includes special numbers by the
chorus choir and solo by Mr. Paquette.
The pastor’s sermon theme is “The
Kaleidoscopic Jesus.” Text: “And he
appeared in another form,” Mark 16:12.
At the evening service, the male quar
tette, made up of Mr. Robertson, Mr.
Cilley, Mr. Faquette and Mr. Sauer will
sing in public for the first time, though
several of the members have had extend
ed experience in male quartette singing.
Among their numbers are “The Wayside
Cross” by Parmer, and “Just Outside
the Gate” by Achley. The chorus and
orchestra will also assist. The pastor’s
sermon theme is: “Shall we Heed the |
Preachers who are Saying the World is
Soon Coming to an End?” What does i
the Bible say? the public is cordially
invited to be present.
Thursday, Jan. 6th, mid-week service.
Theme: The Baptist Forward Movement
Program.
Friday evening in the vestry, promptly
at 7 o’clock, the rehearsal of the chorus
choir.
Methodist Church. People’s Meth
odist Church, Re^v. Charles W. Martin,
pastor; parsonage', No. 7 Court St.; tele
phone, 213.11. Sunday morning preach
ing, 10.45; Sunday school, 12 m. Evening
service at 7.30. Prayer meeting this,
Thursday, evening at 7 30.
The regular services will be held at the
Universalist church Sunday with ser
mon at 10.45 a. m. by Rev. William
Vaughan. The choir will have a special
musical program. The Sunday school
will meet at noon.
Services at Mason’s Mills church will
be held Sunday at 2 p.m. with preaching,
followed by the Sunday school.
SILAS D. BROWINE
Silas D. Browne, a former resident of
Belfast, but later of Hough’s .-leek, Mass.,
died recently at the residen of his son,
Walter E. Browne of Hou . s Neck, at
the age of 87 years. He as ill only
about 24 hours. He matr d Amanda
iJbdge, a sister of the late anley Dodge
of Belfast and Plymouth, Mass. For
some years they lived at Citypoint and
later came here, where he conducted a
livery stable. Besides his son he leaves
two daughters, Mrs. A. S. Burns of
Plymouth, and Mrs. Everett E. Nason;
also five grandchildren. The interment
will be in Belfast in the spring.
WILLIAM LESTER McKINNEY
William Lester, aged 3 years and 6
months, the son of Willis S. and Edna
(Miller) McKinney, died Dec. 31st at 25
Miller street, where the family had been
living for the past month. The parents
came here from their home in Lincoln
ville to be near-medical assistance as the
little boy had been suffering with en
largement of the liver and with valvular
heart trouble. His parents, and one lit
tle sister, Erma, survive. The funeral
was held Sunday at 1 p. m., Rev. George
C. Sauer of the Baptist church officiat
ing. The remains were placed in the re
ceiving tomb and later will be interred
in Lincolnville.
PERSONAL.
Ralph L. Cooper left Saturday for a
short visit in Boston.
Miss Jane Coombs has been at home a
few days from Camden,
Herbert H. Stevens left Monday on a
business trip to Boston.
Mrs. J. W. Burgess has returned from
a. visit in Boston and vicinity.
Mrs. Horace J. Morton of Belmont
was in Belfast Tuesday calling on friends.
Mrs. Nellie Whitten has returned to
Camden after having spent a few days
in Belfast.
Miss Hannah Holmes of Ellsworth is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Thomas B.
Dinsmore.
John F. Rogers returned home Satur
day after short visits in Miami and Jack
sonville, Fla.
Miss Ava Whitney of Dexter is in
Belfast the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Thomas Gannon.
Judge Ellery Bowden of the Waldo
County Probate Court was in Ellsworth
Tuesday attending Court.
M. G. Mawhinney, local manager of
the Machias Pejepscot Paper Co., was iu
Belfast Tuesday on business.
Kenney A. Burgess returned Monday
to Boston, after spending a week with
his mother, Mrs. Albert C. Burgess.
Miss Izora Duncan of Islesboro was in
Belfast Saturday on her way to
North Newport, where she will teach
school.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Turner returned
Saturday to their home in Allst; n, Mass.,
after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Bernes
O. Norton.
Miss Dorothy Babbidge of Islesboro, a
student at Simmons College, spent a few
days with her aunt, Mrs. C. A. Paul, the
past week.
lion. Elton H. Lewis left Tuesday for
Augusta to attend Gov. F. H. Parkhurst’s
inaugural and will also go to Boothbay
on business.
Edward Evans, Waldo County Register
of Deeds, was in Augusta Thursday at
tending a meeting of the State Water
Commission.
Miss Louise R. Clement left Wednes
day for a four weeks’ pleasure trip in
cluding visits in Boston, New York and
C.onnecticut.
. Miss Sadie Bowen, a student at Bliss
College, Lewiston, was the guest of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowen,
over the holidays.
Mrs. E. P. Crie of Rockland has been
the recent guest of Mis. H. L. Wood
cock. Mrs. Woodcock left Monday to
spen l a few weeks with Mrs. Crie in
Rockland.
Rev. Alfred C, Elliott of the North
Church was in Lewiston over Sunday
and Prof. Jordan of the Bangor Theo
logical School occupied his pulpit for
him morning and evening.
Mrs. Sumner C. Pattee, a pupil in
Madam Odiorne’s normal training course
in dancing, left Friday for Bangor to at
tend the New Year’s ball given by Madam
Odiorne for her dancing pupils in City
Hall.
Miss Melvina V. Parker was called
home last week from Boston, where she
was spending a part of her vacation from
the Bangor High school, on account of
the critical illness of her mother, Mrs.
Harriet S. Parker.
PERSONAL
Capt. Edward Hichborn of Stockton
Springs was a recent visitor in Belfast
while on his way home. His sister, Miss
Emma Hichborn of this city, is also
spending a short vacation at her home in
Stockton Springs.
Miss Pearl Chase of Brooks, well
known in Belfast, where she has fre
quently visited her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. A. K. Fletcher, recently left
for Circle, Mont., where she will teach
in the public schools.
Dr. and Mrs. George E. Morgan, who
have been living at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Harry L. Kilgore, for
some time, left recently for Portland,
where they will spend the winter with
their son, Rollin K. Morgan.
Capt. O. A. Wade of this city arrived
home Saturday for a few months’ vaca
tion. He is the oldest captain in the ser
vice of the Hartford and New Haven
Transportation Co., who run 40 barges.
He has been very successful, having
commanded the company’s best barges.
Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Philbrick of the
Normal School at Castine were visitors
in this city last week returning from
Manchester, N. H., where they were the
holiday guests of Dr. and Mrs. John
Holmes. While in this city they were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waldo
Brown.
Mrs. C. Chipman Pineo and children,
Katherine D. and C. Chipman, Jr., will
leave Saturday for New York, joining
Mr. Pineo who has been located there.
Mr. Pineo is superintendent of the South
American banks of the Royal Bank of
Canada and on Jan. 8th they will sail on
the S. S. Vasari of the Lamport & Holt
Line for Rio de Janeiro. Mr. Pineo will
make a tour of Brazil, Argentina and
Uruguay, where there are branches of the
company and will be accompanied by his
family. They expect to return to Maine
early in the summer.
Capt. John E. Billings, who has been
in Belfast for nine months, associated in
the furniture business with his brother
in-law, H. E. McDonald, will leave April
1st for Delhi, N. Y., where he will be
superintendent of the estate of Sen. Peter
Gerry of New York. Capt. Billings came
here with his wife last April and bought
the Marden house on Elm street. He
formerly commanded Sen. Gerry's pleas
ure yacht, “Owera,” until he had trouble
with his eyes, so gave up the work to
come here. Both Capt. Billings and his
charming wife have made many friends
who regret their return to New York,
but also congratulate them on the flat
tering offer presented the genial captain.
SOITH MONTVILLE.
Mrs. Clarence M. Howes is on the sick
list.
Edwin C. Martin was a business caller
in Belfast Thursday.
Miss Ruth Colby is “hello” girl at the
West Appleton Central office for the
present.
Mrs. C. M. Howes returned home
Thursday from Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, where she has been with relatives
for several weeks.
The local WL C. T. U. held an all day
meeting Dec. 31st with their President,
Mrs. Gertrude Colby. Business of im
portance was transacted and quite a lot
of sewing for one of the members ac
complished.
FRANK A. JONES
Frank A. Jones died at his home ic?
I Searsmont Dec. 24th. He was born in
j China about 57 years ago, the son of Mr,
and Mrs. Francis Jones. After graduat
ing from the China Academy he attended
the Commercial College in Rockland. H*
was for a time associated with his father
in China in the stock and butchering
business. From there he moved to Bel
fast, where he engaged in the laundry;
and bakery business, founding what hr.
now the City Bakery. Ten years later
he sold out and moved to Searsmont,
where he has since resided on what is-,
known as the Walls farm. For about
seven years he was superintendent of
the Searsmont schools. In 1903 he wat
elected to the Maine Legislature as £-,
Democrat running 53 votes ahead of his.
ticket in the class and 24 votes in his
own town. In 1893 he married Ora B
Walls, who with one son, Frederick W.
Jones, survives him. Both have attend
ed to his every want in his long illness
as for the past six yea'rs he has been a
great sufferer and was confined to a
wheel chair. Their other son, Francis J..
Jones, died Nov. 11, 1902. He leaves a
sister and a brother, Mrs. Mary Rollins of
Albion and Wilfred E. Jones of Newport,
R. I. Among the flowers at the funeral
were a double pillovv from his wife and
son; a pillow from Mr. and Mrs. F. S,
Walls; sprays from Mr. and Mrs. W, E,.
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Paul, Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. Hemmenway and family; cut
flowers from neighbors and friends.
CAROL L. CARTER
Carol Llewella, the little daughter of"
Eugene W. and Eva H. (Carroll! Carter,,
died at 6.30 a. m. Dec. 31st, at 22 High
street, where the family were passing the
winter. The family moved here from
Springfield, Mass., where the child was.
born, less than a year ago, and lived last
summer at the Jones cottage or, Allyc
shore. The flag at the Peirce school was
at half-mast Friday in honor of the little
girl who oegau her school life last fall
but who had won the love of teacher and
pupils by her sweet ways and bright
mind. She was also a member of the
Methodist Sunday school and had been
one ot the most happy of the children at
the Christmas tree and entertainment
In the latter program she sang and re
cited. Besides her parents, two broth
ers, Eugene and James, survive. The
latter brother, a baby, was her pec anc
received her greatest care and devotion
The funeral was held at her late home
Sunday afternoon with Rev. Charles W
Martin officiating. The bearers were
Karl R. Smalley, Charles A. Swift, Johr.
F. Durham and Granville Hoifses. Tilt
remains were placed in the receiving
tomb in Grove Cemetery.
JOHNSON-YOUNG
Elmer L. Johnson of Lincolnville anc'
Miss Emily A. Young of North Brooks—
ville were married at the Methodist par
sonage in this city at 12 o cloc.v Satur
day, Jan. 1st. Rev. Charles V Martin
officiated with the single ring service.
The groom is a farmer and is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Johnson of Lin
colnville, and his bride is a teacher anc
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. clarence
Young of North Brooksville. They were
attended by Henry R, Condon and 1 raiices
Young, both of Brooksville; also by a sis
ter of the bride, Mrs. Willis A. Johnson,
The bride wore a becoming blue sur anc.’
carried red carnations.
HOWES’
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Reductions that mean a saving of 25, 331 and
50 percent discount from regular prices.
All Suits OAE-HALF Regular Prices
One Lot of Coats OAE-HALF Regular Prices
One Lot of Skirts OAE-HALF Regular Prices
One Lot Dresses OAE-HALF Regular Prices
discount on the balance of our
^^3 stock of Coats, Dresses, Skirts
and .Waists.
You cannot afford to overlook this money saving
opportunity.