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Dial KENNEBEC JOURNAL
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ESTABLISHED 1825
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also the local news published herein.
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dispatches herein are also reserved.
Wednesday, May 18, 1921.
TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY
Headers of the Journal may recall
its position when prices were rising
and complaints were made that those
in trade were asking high prices re
gardless of the original cost of the
article. In brief, it was that they
had as much moral right to get the
prevailing market price of the article
regardless of what it cost as one had
to sell real estate at the current mar
ket regardless of what he paid for
it; but, when the market turned, as
it ■would in time, the dealer should
he a good sportsman and take his
loss; that if wise, he would prepare
for this and would expeet that part
of those profits taken on the rise
would be dropped on the decline.
From what we can learn this has
not generally been done. The com
plaints do not appear to be confined
to any particular locality: they are
reported from all parts of the coun
try. We believe that some earnest
effort has been made to do this, but
it has been neither contagious nor
general. One result, a natural one,
is that buyers not only have waited
in expectancy of a drop but also
have lost confidence in the prices at
which goods have been offered.
Hence, also, the consumers’ strike.
The retailer has bought lightly in ex
pectation of a drop and the consumer
has shown the same reluctance to
buy of the retailer. Instead of tak
ing his loss, making his prices con
form to the actual value and using
every endeavor to convince the con
sumer that his effort was genuine
and thus stimulate buying, the re
tailer too often has expended his en
ergy in keeping the prices up. In
this way confidence has been injured,
the innocent suffer along with the
others, merchandise is not moving as
it should and business slows down.
The foreign demand has lessened.
On May 8th, for instance, the
quantity of food that $100 wou^d buy
in this countiy could not be bought
in Italy for less than $375.85 on ac;
count of the rate of exchange on that
date. If the dealers in this country
are ask.ng prieps such that the public
is led to believe are exorbitant and
confidence is destroyed instead of
being encouraged, it needs no wizard
to foresee a crash coming unless a
remedy may be found. Merely sup
posing will not do this, but it will do
no harm to suppose what would have
happened had all the dealers fol
lowed the market down as readily as
they followed it up. They were not
slow to tell the purchaser all about
the rise in prices, but are they show
ing the same zeal with respect to the
dropping jirices? The buyers are
quick to suspect this, too suspicious
in some instances, possibly, and
doubt has become a big factor in the
entire business situation, and doubt
under such circumstances is capable
ot much mischief.
Somehow, and before real lasting
improvement can come, that doubt
must be eliminated in large degree.
Do we not need, right now, wise
propaganda, not to keep prices up
but to show that they arc reasonable,
a demonstration of ability to put
prices where they belong and prove
it to the consumer? There is so
much to be done, once the country
gets started!
Daniel Willard, president of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, seems
convinced and honest In his state
ment that "private ownership of
' railroads in the United States can
not continue if railroad operating
coats, when fair return on capital is
considered, continue to exceed reve
nues,” and yet he insists that private
ownership through the last nine
months of 1920 and to date has jus
tified itself over government owner
ship by its record-breaking move
ment of freight. The pruning knife
must then be applied to expenses
somewhere.
Shown six years ago to thousands
of Boston people, “The Birth of a Na
tion” has now been barred from all
Hub theatres by the Municipal Board
of Censors, on account of a protest by
the colored citizens of that city, who
allege that the picture is but part of
Southern propaganda of nation-wide
extent designed to stimulate the pop
ularity of the Klu Klux Klan idea.
That may be so but we don’t think
the Klu Klux idea could ever gain
much headway in New England.
Is Germany going to surprise ev
erybody by showing a fixed deter
mination to carry out all. the coun
try's engagements under the uncon
ditional acceptance of the Allies’ ul
timatum?—Boston Globe.
If she shows it, she certainly will
surprise everyone, even herself.
RE8ULT8 RATHER THAN CON
VENIENCE
Occasionally one is moved to won
derment that the common variety of
wisdom, or common sense, isn’t more
widely distributed. But, after all, it
may not be so much the fault of dis
tribution as it Is of application.
One may easily understand why those
engaged in the repairing of our high
ways might prefer to do it in better
weather. Nevertheless the fact re
mains that for certain kinds of re
pairs the fair weather is not the best,
though otherwise more acceptable.
One coming from Portland in the
pelting rain of last Friday had op
portunity to appreciate the effective
ness of shovelfuls of earth thrown
into the holes, of the split-log drag
pulled over the gravelled stretches by
a truck, while the rain fell.
On some sections the caretakers
were doing remarkably effective
work in this way. And one
would not require an unduly stretched
imagination to comprehend some of
the good results which might be ac
complished if split-log drags were
hauled by truckd over our gravelled
toads when conditions were most fa
vorable to the road rather than to
the operator.
The juvenile psychic, Thelma Wells,
is baffling the bean-fed by her ex
traordinary powers, so intensely de
veloped that she, blindfolded and face
to the wall, can repeat the words
which her father is writing, at the
exact time that he is conceiving and
inscribing his sentences. Governor
Cox is said to have had a “mind-read-,
ing” interview with her, the results of
which were not made public. It’s safe
to assume that 99 per cent of us
couldn’t approach such a certainty of
the exposure of "innermost thoughts”
without some qualms of apprehen
sion.
Government economy consists in
spending the money the way Con
gress says instead of the way the
bureau chiefs wish. — Washington
I’ost.
And the bureau chiefs know more
about the needs as seen through bu
reaucratic lenses, while Congress
knows more about those who pay the
taxes—and those who manipulate pol
itics in the Congressional districts.
It sounds good, that announcement
from Washington that our govern
ment proposes to look around the
world and notify any and all con
cerned that monopolistic methods in
handling petroleum concessions will
not be tolerated, when working to the
disadvantage of Americans.
Watch the demand for talcum pow
der increase. An extract manufac
turer says the only man he ever knew
to drink lemon extract and survive,
lined his mouth and throat with tal
cum powder before taking the first
swallow. Why didn't he try soap?
German Patriots Form Corporation
to Enlighten World About Germany.
—Headline. But what sort of Ger
mans were those who have been en
lightening the world about Germany
for several years past?
Never mind just now any designs
that France may have, beyond the
absolute design of making Germany
step up and settle, as the Allies told
• I
her she must.
Here’s hoping that the New Eng
land States Council has started on
the solution of the agricultural, in- J
dustrial and other problems that now
confront us.
There are two kinds of men. Those
who seldom lie and those who pre
tend to understand the Einstein theo
ry—Baltimore Sun. Two of "all men
are liars.”
Do you believe ithe government
statement that wholesale prices are
43 1-2 per cent, lower than a year
ago?
Massachusetts seems to be the only
New England state that is soon likely
to experience the joy of reduced elec
tric road fares.
Canada seems to have as much dif
ficulty in keeping her dynamite
locked up as Uncle Sam has with his
whiskey.
If a tax of fifty per cent won’t keep
German goods out of England the
need of repairs in our revenue laws
requires no discussion.
“Pace powder to match the gown"
in advertised; but why not the
hosiery?
It is conceded that farmers are
generally thrifty, but they don’t
“take” to daylight saving.
Admitting there are spots in the
sun, what about the early vegetables?
Not hearing much about the Keeley
cure these days. *
Poland might retaliate by telling
Lloyd George how to govern Ireland.
CASTOFflA
For infante and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
CAPT. JOHN FISHER
Says It Was A Lucky
Breeze For Him
Well Known Commander of Portland
Harbor Steamers Declares Tanlac
Has Completely Overcome His
Troubles
"I can attend to my duties as easi
ly, and enjoy it just as well, as I
could years ago when I was a young
man and just getting to life on the
sea," said Captain John Fisher, 27
Vine St., Portland, in relating his ex
perience with Tanlac, recently. Cap
tain Fisher w'ent to sea in early boy
hood, and Portland has been his home
port ever since. For many years now
he has been commanding harbor
steamers, and is one of the most
widely known and popular captains
of his home port.
‘It certainly was a lucky breeze
that brought Tanlac in my direction.
About a year and a half ago I had
grippe and pneumonia, and it left me :
in such a weak and run down condi
tion I felt no good all the time. My
appetite was so poor I couldn’t build
up any strength. I had considerable
rheumatism all through my body, and
was suffering from constipation,
which had bothered me for years.
"Well, I thought 1 was going sure,
for I was then over eighty years of
age and couldn’t see how I was going
to weather the storm much longer.
But I kept hearing so much about
Tanlac I started taking it, and it cer
tainly did put a reef in the sails of
my troubles and headed me straight
away from the shoals. I took six
bottles, and found myself enjoying
life just as well as I did when a
youngster. It rigged up my appetite
in first class condition, got all those
rheumatic pains out of my system,
and even relieved me of constipation.
Since then I’ve been hitting it up at
regular speed straight ahead, feeling
good all the time. You can write it
in your log, Tanlac is a fine medi
cine.”
Tanlac is sold in Augusta by John
Coughlin; in Weeks’ Mills by J. A.
Merrill; in West Washington by Wal
ter F. I^urdick; in China by Bailey
Bros.; in Albion by L. F. Gannon and
Libby Bros.; in North Wayne by W.
L. Morrill; in Palermo by H. W.
Worthing; and by the leading drug
gist in every city and town.—Adv.
Maine Gossip
True Bine
Take a tip from Nature
When you’re feelin’ blue—
Things are sort o’ cheerless.
Nothing seems to do.
When the ocean's calmest,
_When the sky is clear.
When the breezes whisper
Of the waking year,
In her happiest moments—
Think of Nature’s hue;
Even birds of token
Fly on wings of blue.
_ —D. M. P.
Commenting on the news ^letter
sent out from the department of hor
ticulture of the University of Maine,
in advising Maine orchardists that
choice Maine fruit should be in great
demand next fall, because of the seri
ous damage to orchards of the
South and Middle West by the March
freeze, C. P. Close, pomologist of the
United States Department of Agri
culture. has written Prof. H. P.
Sweetser as follows: "You are fortu
nate in Maine to have had no injury
to your fruit buds. The conditions
are pitiable in many states, from the
Pocky Mountains to the Atlantic. It
is almost an entire clean-up on tree
fruits for scores of miles in every
direction from Washington.”
Those Path autoists who were
obliged to pass the night in the
woods as they were returning from
Rockland, must have found a marked
contrast between the “hot sands" of
the East and the mire of the Wool
wich detour. Had the Kennebec been
bridged at Bath, it would not have
prevented their being stalled in the
mud, but they would not have been
held up for $32 for an extra trip of
the ferry boat. Another reason for a
bridge at Bath has been added to the
long list.—Lincoln County News.
Logs will be shooting over the falls
at Lewiston this week according to ar
rangements now being made by a
crew from the Brown Lumber Co. of
Berlin, N. if. The logs were started
at Houghton and driven down the
SWift river, arriving two miles below
RumfOrd at Gilbcrtville, where they
will be held until the Lewiston booms
are ready. The latter part of August
should see the entire drive in Lewis
ton, according to information received.
This is to be a $100,000 Job.
The health officer of Auburn has
found it necessary to issue orders to
close the Golden Rule ! Mission to
lodgers until the place is put in
proper shape. He said: “Conditions
at the mission were not sanitary. I
made several suggestions which were
not heeded and this morning, seem
ingly, the time had come to act. I am
determined to have the place cleaned
up.”
Popham Beach starts the summer
visitor season with a genuine sensa
tion—a case of kidnapping. Mrs. John
Drews, whose husband Is of Danville.
111., has a case of non-support against
him in the Bath municipal court.
Drews has a petition in the Sagada
hoc probate court for the custody of
his 2-year-old son Eugene. Mrs.
Drews and son have been living with
her father. Leroy Myers, keeper of
the light at the old fort. Drews has
had the privilege of seeing the child
daily. On Sunday, a boat manned by
a colored man, is said to have ran up
to the shore and Drews boarded it
with the boy and made for the other
shore, where an auto was in waiting.
Chase was made by motor boat, but he
escaped.
Chief Field of the Lewiston police
department went out in plain clothes
and mounted on a motorcycle last Sun
day rode along Main street, the Greene
road and Lisbon road and reported
that “something has come over them.
I find automobiles are. being driven
much slower than is usual.”
The Auburn T building will be com
pleted by Dec. 1 next, is the announce
ment, making it a phristmas present.
Editorial Comment
But the Demon Hee the Tanks
(Washington Post)
Why don’t the drys use tanks in the
war against the demon?
If Looking for a Fall.
(The No. American)
When forbidden fruit hangs too
high there is such a thing as pulling
yourself up by your bootlegs.
Watching and Swallowing.
(Birmingham Age-Herald)
Australia is watching prohibition in
America. Incidentally, a great many
Americans are doing likewise.
What About the Raisin Market?
(Albany Journal)
Somebody ought to proclaim an
obey-the-law day. Possibly it might
get some people into the habit
Home Roost after 50 Years
(Albany Journal)
Just fifty years have elapsed since
Germany made Prance pay the price
of peace.
Nor Cut by a Tailor
(Boston Transcript)
Along with the report that Trotzky
is ill comes the statement that he has
the best surgical advice possible. It
is to be observed that he appealed to
the hated bourgeoisie, and did not call
on the man who formerly amputated
the grass on a hospital lawn.
Moses’s Bold Stand
(Concord Monitor)
There never was a more emphatic
demonstration that United States
Senator George H. Moses has the
courage of his convictions and the
added courage to embody those con
victions in forceful language than
was given in his speech on the emer
gency tariff bill. His arraignment of
that measure was ruthless, yet his
criticisms, merciless though they
were, were from beginning to end,
constructive. He evidenced concern
for the welfare of his country and of
his party and spoke words of warning
that Americans and Republicans will
be wise if they heed.
Mr. Moses is not the only man, who
while wishing for the establishment
of a prosperous American dye indus
try, does not believe there is any ne
cessity for legislation that will create
a new monopoly. He is not the only
American who resents some of the
methods employed by the dye inter
ests in securing what they want. He
is not alone in scenting in some of
the provisions of the emergency tariff
bill a greater danger than can ever
come from German trade competition.
En Bloc in the Senate
(Springfield Republican)
T suggest that we do not use the
words ‘‘Republican" or “Democratic”
in discussing the tariff in the future.
—Senator Borah in the emergency
tariff debate.
The senator might have broadened
the application of his suggestion. Re
cent developments in Congress point
significantly to a breaking down of
party lines by reason of the estab
lishment of newly-defined groups
based on seetional or economic inter
ests.
Fifteen senators from the Republi
can West and the Democratic South
formed an ‘‘agricultural bloc” on
Tuesday last, with Senator Kenyon
of Iowa as chairman. The ‘‘bloc” will
have four subcommittees to consider
agricultural measures from a non
partisan standpoint. What is sought
is a combination of the representa
tives of agricultural states whenever
questions affecting agricultural inter
ests are before the Senate. On such
occasions the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties may go hang.
A similar “bloc" of senators and
representatives from the Pacific coast,
the Rocky Mountain and Southwest
ci n States was formed a week earlier
to secure concert of action on all
questions affecting Japanese immi
gration and alien land ownership.
Senator Johnson is the chairman of
this new group, which proposes to
ignore regular party lines.
Senator Borah belongs to both
these groups and it is significant that
the obligation to follow the regular
Republican leadership rests more
lightly upon him than ever in the
past. He refuses to yield his views
to the President’s on the disarmament
question and is preparing to precipi
tate a disarmament debate contrary
to the President’s wishes. It is not
surprising that he should suggest that
divisions on the tariff along party
lines are antiquated.
An "Industrial War.” •
(The Public Ledger)
Let it not be overlooked that the
dead in the Mingo County “civil
warfare” raging along the shores of
the Tug River, that separates West
Virginia and Kentucky, died because
of a union-non-union labor war. The
blasts of rifle fire, killing and wound
ing many citizens and terrorizing
towns, are due to an attempt to
unionize the mines of West Vir
ginia.
We have heard much of “industrial
warfare” latterly. Mingo County can
tell the full and exact meaning of
that phrase. For it is nothing more
nor less than war that 'Is now raging
in the coal fields. It is another at
tempt to “shoot unionism" into the
mining camps and a counter-effort
on the part of the operators to keep
the mines non-union. Union labor
ites in all parts of the country are
shipping provisions lo the unionists
and maintaining them as a hostile
force in a hostile country.
. Tins warfare goes on in spite or
such civil authority as manages to
exist. Such authority is generally
ignored. The handy state boundary
is used to shelter the combatants. It
is an isolated part of the world and
makes its own public opinion for
strictly home consumption. County
officials owe their jobs to voters who
range the hills, smoking rifles in
hand. It will take the full police
powers of the two states concerned
to put an end to the situation. The
state prisons of Kentucky and West
Virginia ought to be yearning for a
few scores of these murderers and
potential murderers who put their
own labor feuds above law and or
der.
But the States may have difficulty
because of the ever-present political
and labor considerations and pres
sures as well as the actual size of
the Job. If so, then Federal arms
{ NO MORE DANDRUFF |
A leading hair dresser says she has
found nothing as good as Parisian
Sage to banish all dandruff and make
the hair wavy, thick and lustrous.
Fletcher's drug store sells it on mosey
back plan.—Adv.
Name
ASPIRIN
“Bayer” on Genuine
Take Aspirin only as told in each |
package of genuine Bayer Tablets of |
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during 21 years, and
proved safe by millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. If you see
the Bayer Cross on tablets, you can
take them without fear for Colds,
Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and
for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists
also sell larger packages. Aspirin is
the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture
of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylica
cid.—Adv.
and a long regime of martial law j
must end a dangerous and impossible
situation. Mingo County needs a
cleaning out of gunmen.
If the States can handle it, so
much the better. It is hard to un
derstand wily both Kentucky and
West Virginia have not sent State
Guardsmen into that district long
ago. The firing has been going on
for days. Is this dilatoriness merely
another .example of the growing
weakness on the part of American
states to shirk their own unpleasant
duties and responsibilities and shift
the burden to the Federal Govern
ment? Mingo County is isolated and
it is hard for State troops to get into
the sector of trouble, but National
Guard units could have been sent.
Light and Airy
Jealous Spouse
Bob's wife'3 cognomen fits her,
It surely was no botch;
Her given name is ‘‘Crystal”
And she's always on the watch.
Suited
Office Manager—I’d like to give you
a job, but there's nothing for you to
do.
Young Applicant—That's just the
kind of a Job I want.
Literally True
Brow ft—That new cook of ours
makes everything out of the cook |
book.
Derby—Then that must have been !
one of the covers I tasted in the pie j
last night.—Widow.
Developing a Passion
Jimmy—Mother's throwing plates
at father.
Jackie—Is she angry with him?
“No, but she's working up to it.”—
London Answers.
Rush to Be Last
First Member—"Wasn't there any
meeting last night ’’
Second Member—"No, the officials
said that the 50th member to enter
the hall would get his dues paid for
six months and everybody held back
trying to be the 50th one to enter the
meeting."—New York Globe .
Ground for Suspicion
“Well, my dear?”
"The cook has issued an ultimatum.”
“What about?"
“She says every time she has an
afternoon off our car is in* the repair
shop and it's beginning to look to her
like a put-up-Job.”—Birmingham Age
Herald.
Succulent Exception
Blimp—Beauty is only skin deep.
Chump—Still, that isn't the beauty
about a sausage.—London Answers.
Editor’s Table
“The Kingdom Hound the Corner,”
a novel by Coningsby Dawson; il
lustrated by W. D. Stevens. Pub
lished by Cosmopolitan Book Cor
poration, New York, 1921. It is Mr.
Dawson's first publication since the
war and we have lost nothing by
waiting. It suits us better than
anything else we have read from his
pen. Each prominent character car
ries a story of its own. The valet,
entering the service as a private, out
strips his former master and becomes
a general, proving his worth and
valor and later also proving his man
hood. The master, returning home,
shattered by the war, has a series of
love experiences in a few short
weeks that would satisfy the most
ardent. To gain an insight into the
characters and feminine qualities of
the girl and the women, you must
read and reread. It is a wonderful
portrayal of the unprecedented ecyi
ditions growing out of the war. Ger
trude Atherton says: “Possibly no
better picture will be made of the
chaotic social and mental conditions
induced by a long war than this book
of Mr. Dawson’s. What is known as
‘values’ are upset, reversed, dis
torted.” It is well worth reading.
Captain Pendleton 93,
Dies in Islesboro Home
Islesboro, Me., May 17—(Special)
—The oldest resident of Islesboro is
dead, Capt. Lorenzo Pendleton, 93
years of age, after a few weeks’ ill
ness. He was born in Islesboro,
Sept. 8, 1827, following the sea in his
youth, captain of a vessel before he
was 20. Retiring at middle age he
has since lived on his farm at Grin
del’s Point where he has done an ex
tensive truck gardening business
supplying many Boston and New
York summer residents during the
season.
On November 6, 1860, he married
Miss Klizabeth Boardman who bore
him 10 children, four of whom died
in childhood. Those surviving him j
are Fred D. Russell, Mrs. Evelyn
Sherman, Mrs. Grace Scoville and
Mrs. Ermina Hall all of Islesboro. '
Several grandchildren and great
grandchildren also survive.
In 1887 he represented his class In
the Legislature. He was a member J
of Island Lodge, F. & A. M„ the last
surviving charter member for many
years. In his 70th year he united
with the Baptist church.
With a remarkable memory, every
faculty alert, he was a most enter
taining conversationalist and beloved
by old and young. - -
Is Our Sagadahoc Co.
Trying to Out-Reno
Reno on Divorces?
Bath, Me., May 17—The Times says:
Sagadahoc, one of the smallest
counties in Maine, bids fair to rival
Reno in divorces granted. Last year
there were 58 couples parted by law
and thus far this year 32 couples have
been separated by due process of law.
At the supreme court which ad
journed Saturday 17 divorces were
granted. No divorce was granted in
the cases of Louie E. Dunn, Wool
wich vs. Arthur W. Dunn, Yarmouth;
Ruth Leavitt, Turner, vs. Harold
Leavitt, Hebron. The case of Sid
ney R. Walsh, against Kate Walsh,
Bath, was continued until the October
term.
The divorces granted follow:
Annie K. Stacy vs. Perley E.'Stacy,
of Bath, cruel and abusive treatment
and adultery. Name of libellant
changed to Annie L. Robinson.
Nora M. Gilbert vs. Francis A. Gil
bert, of Bath, cruel and abusive treat
ment and extreme cruelty. Name of
libellant changed to Nora M. Arse
nault. (■
George E. Umberhind vs. Hattie M.
Umberhind of Bath, utter desertion
continued for three consecutive years
next prior to the filing of the libel.
Melvin H. Savage vs. Belle R. Sav
age of Bath, utter desertion continued
for three consecutive years prior to
the filing of the libel.
Nellie E. Chase vs. James R. Chase
of Bath, gross and confirmed habits of
intoxication from the use of intoxi
cating liquors.
Freeland H. King vs. Atrude M.
King of Bath, utter desertion con- ;
tinued for three consecutive years J
next prior to the filing of the libel. i
Bertha M. Getchell vs. Clarence C.
Getchell, Woodwicli, cruel and abu
sive treatment and extreme cruelty.
Walter L. Richardson vs. Ruby E.
Richardson, Phippsburg, utter deser
tion continued for three consecutive
years next prior to the filing of the
libel.
Mabel A. Neufield vs. Abraham L.
Neufleld of Phippsburg, cruel and
abusive treatment.
Clarice I. Berry vs. Charles R. Ber
ry of Bath, utter desertion for three
consecutive years next prior to the !
filing of the libel. Name of libellant
changed to Clarice I. McNill.
Sarah A. Davidson vs. Harry W.
Davison of Bath, utter desertion con
tinued for three consecutive years
next prior to the filing of the libel.
Name of libellant changed to Sarah
A. Humphrey.
Lila M. Oliver vs. Roland S. Oliver
of Bath, cruel and abusive treatment.
Maurice R. Deering vs. Madelyn C.
Doering, of Bath, cruel and abusive
treatment.
Lillian J. Goodoll, vs. Roy B. Good
ell. West Bath, gross, wanton and I
cruel neglect and refusal to provide
suitable maintenance and support,
though being able to labor and pro
vide for her, the said libellant.
Helen M. Valentine vs. John Valen
tine, Bath, gross, wanton and cruel
neglect and refusal to provide suita
ble maintenance and support though
bring able to labor and provide for
her, the said libellant.
Alice M. Jackson vs. Purcell T.
Jackson, Bath, cruel and abusive
treatment and extreme cruelty. Care
and custody of minor child Herbert
P. Jackson, given to libellant.
Rev. L. W. West has been appoint
ed by the Court as guardian of Ame
lia Tewksbury, daughter of Mark
Tewksbury of 74 Bath street.
Old Landmark
Built in 1807—
Is No More
Belfast. Me., May 17—The old Mc
Crillis house built in East Belfast in
1S07, a landmark for more than a
century, is no more. It was destroyed
on May 8th when the Robbins store i
and dance hall at the end of the low- i
ei bridge and adjoining the old house
were swept by fire.
Standing on the side of Bridge Hill,
the old house with its huge hand
hewn timbers, its first story on the
ground and its basement under the
hill, has long been an object of curi
osity and admiration. It was on the
automobile road between Belfast and
Bangor and tourists never failed to |
notice its quaint old architecture.
It was built in i807, thirteen years
before Maine became a State and has
looked across the harbor for more ;
than a hundred years, seeing many i
a change, witnessing two terrible j
conflagrations. Its builder, James
McCrillis was a man of affairs. He
was many times on the board of se
lectmen before Belfast became a city
and for five consecutive years repre
sented the town in the Legislature.
When the lower bridge was rebuilt
100 years ago, he was one of the
builders. Another thing he did was
to help organize the Baptist church
and he said “My principle motive for
doing this is the religious condition
of the community, which for a new
place is as immoral as most any
place.” Let us hope that could he
return to Belfast today he would And
her improved.
i
Mt. Vernon Couple
Pass 60th Mark
Of Married Life
Mt. Vernon, Me., May 17—Mr. and
Mrs. Sumner Cole pf Mount Vernon
celebrated their 60th wedding anni
versary on Monday, May 16. They
are both natives of this town. M^.
Cold was born in a farmhouse at the
foot of Cobbs Hill on July 24, 1833.
It is a strange coincidence that he
was one of four brothers all of whom
married and lived to celebrate their
golden wedding anniversaries. Mrs.
Cole, formerly Lydia Leighton, was
born Sept. 1, 1841 and passed the
early part of her life in a home near
l-er present one.
-It was on one sunny afternoon,
THE EFFICIENT WOMAN
We hear a great deal nowadays
about the efficiency of women. In
the novels of fifty years ago, who
ever heard a woman praised for her
executive ability, force, and energy,
in the sense that it is used today?
The. frail, delicate, helpless ideal of
womanhood has passed away. How
is it possible to measure up to the
ideals of modern womanhood? In
the first pifece, we must keep our
bodies in the best possible condition.
Thousands of women have suc
ceeded through dally baths, exercise
in the fresh air, and Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound at the
Prat sign of female weakness.—Adv.
Who can Afford to Despise Money?
The only people who can afford to despise
money are those who have it. When you
have enough to go on you can afford to be
indifferent.
This bank exists to help you put your
money affairs in such sound condition that
you need not be worried by them.
4% Interest Paid on Savings Deposits
State Trust Co.
252 Water St., Augusta
m a y16-17-18
Augusta Lodge Directory
AUGUSTA LODGE, NO. 141, F. & A.
M. Special communication Tuesday,
May 17. at 7.30 at Masonic Temple.
Work in E. A. degree. Special com
munication Wednesday evening. May
IS. at 7.30. All sojourning brethien
cordially invited. _, „ ,,
ROY K. SMALL VV. M.
BERT P. STUART, Sec.
ROSE OF SHARON CHAPTER NO.
13, O. E. S. Stated meeting on first
Wednesday of each month at Masonic
Temple. All members sojourning in
X CUllJlt:. A.11 llicuiuviti -
the city are invited to attend.
INEZ G. GETCHELL, W. M.
ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON,
septlm, wed&fritf
Sec.
Odd Fellows Hail
ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 70, I. O. O. F.
Regular meeting Friday evening at 8.
G. S. PEASLEE. N. G.
EDWIN F. WESTON, Sec'y.
JEPHTHA ENCAMPMENT, NO. a
Meetings at 8 P. M. every second
and fourth Tuesday.
HOYT H. AUSTIN, C. P.
G. S. PEASLEE. Scribe.
CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, P. M
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at 8 o'clock
F. M. SFEAR1N, Capt.
A. M. DHUMMOM1>. Clerk,
dtf
R. B. CAPEN REBEKAH LODGE
No. 52, 1. O. U F., meets 2d and 4th
Wednesday evening at 7.30 o’clock.
ELIZABETH JACOBS, N. G.
MINNIE C. NICHOLS, Rec. Sec.
mch26m-w-f.lyr
G. A. R., T H E R EG U LA R M E ETIN G
of Seth Williams Post No. 13, first
Thursday of each month.
GEO. E. GAY. Commander.
WILLIAM McDAVID, Adjutant.
O. O. STETSON. Quartermaster.
CALANTHE LODGE, NO. 52, K. P.
Regular meeting Wednesday evenings.
Meeting commences at 7.30.
PETER BUSH, JR.. C. C.
PERCY E. D. KNOX, K. of R. and S.
mon-tu-wed.tf
KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES
Kennebec Tent No. 15, meets in Mac
cabees hall on the first and third
Tuesdays of each month at 7.30.
HERBERT A. FOLSOM, Com.
\V.\1. E. CROSS, R. K.
mon-wed-sat
AUGUSTA LODGE NO. 964, B.P.O.E.
Regular meetings in the Elks Home,
Winthrop street, the second and
fourths Tliursdays of each month at 8
o’clock.
O. H. BRANN. E. R.
W. G. THOMAS, Sec.
julylO,m-w-th.tf _
KENNEBEC TRIBE NO. 25, IMP. O.
R. M. Regular meeting Friday eve- I
ning, Golden Cross hall at 8 o’clock.
PERLEY T. STEVENS, Sachem.
JAMES A. JONES, Chief of Records.
apr20,mon-wed-fri.lyr
LOMBARD CAMP. 2751. ROYAL
Neighbors of America. Meetings sec
ond and fourth Friday evenings of
each month at G. A. R. hall.
IVA HASKELL. Oracle.
JULIA E. ROBINSON, Rec.
jnl.mon-wed-fri, lyr
AUGUSTA CAMP NO 7400, M. W. A.
Regular meeting second and fourth
Meuday of each month at G. A. R. hall.
W. W. TAYLOR, Consul.
BERT L. NICHOLAS. Clerk,
m-w-f.tf__
KENNEBEC LODGE, NO. 1458,
Loyal Order of Moose, meets in G. A.
R. hall. Water street, first and third
Wednesday evening of each month at
7.30.
GEORGE B. COLFER, Dictator.
W. W. JACKSON. Sec.. 13 Pike St.
U.O.G.C. MORRILL COMMANDERY
No. 320, U. O. G. C. Regular meetings
second and fourth Tuesday evenings
at 7.30 o'clock at Golden Cross hall.
ETHEL V. COLBY. N. C.
W. E. CLOUGH. F. K. R.
m-w-f
May 16, 1861 that this couple went
to Belgrade where at the parsonage
of an uncle of the groom, Elder James
Pearl they were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony. They immedi
ately set up a home on what is now
the Wentworth place, living there
with the exception of one year which
was passed in Massachusetts, until
they came onto the farm they now
occupy fifty-four years ago.
One child came to bless their union
in the eleventh year of their wedded
life, a son, Clarence, who together
with his wife and four children live
with and care for the aged couple.
Mr. Cole is a Mason, having joined
the Vernon Valley Lodge, No. 99 of
this town fifty-three years ago. He
is without exception but one, the
oldest member now living. For for
ty years Mr. Cole used to butcher
and drive a butcher cart about town.
Always kind and obliging, his ever
present smile and proverbial Jokes
were known and remembered by all.
Although 88 years old and for the
past two or three years nearly blind
and helpless he can still sing some of
the old husking songs and the hymns
and is noted for his stories and rem
iniscences. Ten years ago they cel
ebrated their fiftieth anniversary
when all their relatives and many
friends were present, 115, at which
time they were presented $115 besides
many other presents.
Widely known as Uncle Sumner
and Aunt Lydih. they have the respect
and honor of all and all their friends
unite in wishing them many returns
of the day.
JACKMAN
Mrs. Omar Ellis and children of
Rangeley are visiting Mrs. Ellis’
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hender
son.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Flint of Brewer
have been passing a few days with
Mr. and Mrs. I. Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gilbert
passed a few days in Bangor last
week.
W. P. Ordway and parly of Skow
hegan passed through town Friday.
Miss Norma McDonald, who is
teaching school at The Forks, passed
the week-end with her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh McDonald.
Mrs. R. L. Kimball and grandson,
Howard Bass, who have been pass
Business Cards
Fisher & Tiffin
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
William H. Fisher Arthur t, n*.
207 Water Street ’ ^
Augusta, Maine
Telephone i06-R
-
McLEAN, FOGG & SOUTHARD
Counsellors atLa.ro
Ernest L.. McLean Sanford L *0,.
Frank E. Southard "
Successors to
Williamson. Burleigh & McL*m
242 Water Street, Augusta, MUu
Telephone 240
BURLEIGH MARTIN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
The First National Bank Butldlai
£23 Water Street, Augusta, Ma,
Telephone 888
Residence 65 Sewall Street
Telephone 842-U.
ROBERT A. CONY
ATTORNEY AND
COUNSELOR AT LAW
Notary Public Justice of the Few
General Law Practioe
Opera House Block, Augusta, Mijp
Telephone 490
CORA M. LEWIS
HAIRS BESSES
All branches of the work, includint
Permanent Hair Waving with Fred
erics machine.
324J WATER ST.. Augusta, Me. J
Telephone 110.
H. S. Williams, mf
CHIROPRACTOR
Palmer Graduate, Lady Attended |
206 Water St., Augusta, Main*
Over E. E. Da via Co,
aprlld6mo Tel. 18-J
E. J. Roberts, D. D. S.
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TELEPHONE CALL 537-W
Railroads and Steamboats
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Eastern Standard Time
Trains Leave Augusta for
Bangor, fl-24 a. m.. {1.50a.m.. t2.3J«.A.
*9.47 a. m.. 12.53 p. m.. §3.12 p. m., 16.40p.a
B. & A. Pts., 11.24a.m., t2.35 a.m.
Bar Harbor. {1.50 a. m. f2.35a.rn.
Bath. t0.14 a. m.. t9.30 a. m.. {10.18 aa,
f4.05p. m.. t6.10p. m., *10.48 p. m.
Belfast 19.47 a. m„ t2.53 p. m.
lioston.T'i.lOa.m., t6.14a.m.. t9.36a.m..|l»‘'
o.m.,t2.46p.m.. {3.34 p.m..t4.05p.m*10.<8p*
Calais, f2.35 a. m.
Dover and Foxcroft, f2.53 p. m.
Gardiner, 13.10a. tn., f6.14 a. m., 19.36 is
{10.18a. til , f2.46 p. m. {3.34 p.m., f4.05p "
}5.15p.m., f6.10 p. m., *10.48 p. m.
Hallow ell, f6.14 a. m., 19.36 a. m.. {10.18s*.
f2.46 p. m., {3.34 p. m.. 14.05 p.m., t5.15p.il,
tfi 10 p. m., *10.48 p. m.
Harmony, t2.53p. m.
Lewiston, 16.14 a. m.. 19.36 a.m.. {1018sa
12.46 p. m., 14.05 p. m.. *10.48 p. m.
New York, {3.34 p.m.. t6.10p. m. .
Portland,S3.10 a.m.. 16.14 a.m., 19.36 a.m..|l&1!
am., 12.46 p.m., {3.34 p.m.. t4.05p.m.,t6.10p.»"
*10.48 p. m. .
Rockland. 16.14 a. m., f9.36 a. m., 14.05pet
Skowhegan, *9.47 a.m., 12.53 p.m.
So. Gardiner, 16.14 a.m., 19.36 a.m., {10118s»>
12.40 p. m.. {3.34 p. m.. 15.15 p. m.. t6.10p-»■
*10.48 p. m.
St. John. 11.24 a. m.
Waterville, fl-24 a. m., {1.50 a. m., 12 35s®
*9.47 a.m.. 11.06 p.m., f2.53 p. m., {3.12
t6.40 p. m.
* Daily. t Daily, except 50011117.
( Sunday only. 1 Daily, except Monday
D C. DOUGLASS, M. L. HARRIS.
5-9-21 V. P. & Gen 1 Mgr. Gen’lPassenger AP
EASTERN STEAMSHIP lltt
Boston and
Portland Line
EXPRESS, PASSENGER **>
FREIGHT SERVICE
STEAMSHIP RANSOM B. mlg
STEAMERS LEAVE BY DAYLIOP
SAVING TIME
PARE 92.16 — STATEROOMS V*
WAR TAX INCLUDED
Leave Portland, Franklin WM*
Tuesday*, Thursdays and Satnisv
at 8 P. M. lor Boston
RETURN: —Leave Boston, C##***!
wnarf, Mondays, Wednesday* *"
Prldays at 6 P. M.
At Boston connection Is made wit®
Metropolitan Line passenger ***
freight steamers for New York ™
Cap* Cod Canal.
H. A. CJUVY. Superintend*#*
- . Franklin Wharf- .
Teh 6600 aprl«“
ing the winter in Brunswick,
turned Saturday. .
Several children in town are *®
fenny from whooping cough.
Miss Marjorie Luxton, 17- R®?
ford High graduate, who will
uate from Farmington Normal ScW*
In June, has been awarded an *>
orary scholarship to Boston Unit*
sity. !
Rheumatism Dangerous
of’
Anyone having the slightest tal»t .
rheumatism should drive it out 0“*^
ly. Rheuma has done it for thoU?TH1.
and should give you
fying results. Mone:
says Fletcher’s drug'
the same s*®’
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