The Worcester spy., 1899-08-21
THE Ring DIVIDED.
Grafton School Question is
Waxing Very
Bitter.

Grafton, Aug. 20-For the first time
in years the ring, so-called, is divided
against itself, and all are up and ready
for the special indignation meeting to
be held in the town hall Monday eve
ming.
The exclusive in this mornings Spy
gave the citizens the exact position of
the towns school committee, and as
result the sales were increased over 40
per cent. AS has been before stated,
the committee was entirely ignored,
hguratively speaking, on the question
of new schools, and, feeling sore on the
subject, determined to regain its lost
laurels. Many think the injunction
mad its origin with them, but no mem
eer of the committee is committai-a
faint smile and the recollection of the
open circulars is all that is coming to
an 1nquisitive body on that point.
What effect the injunction will have
on the town meeting is simply matter
OF conjecture. Whether resource to
the courts will be to the advantage or
disadvantage of the faction in opposition
to the North street site is a question.
AS matters now stand, everything is
left to the discretion of the voters pres
ent tomorrow evening.
Ii the majority of the voters then de-
eide to locate the new high school on
the Carpenter site, North street, the
afair will have reached it's climax, and
surely but gradually the minority will
Withdraw in favor of the majority.
But If the opposite is true, the town
will stand in a fair way to use the
S1S,SO0 appropriation for numerous
things, and it is hard telling how the
affair can be Strengthened out. All
though the circulars, regarded as q
secondary issue to the injunction, are
looked upon in favorable light by
some, they are despised by others.
The friends of the site committee ex-
press no concern of the outcome, be-
cause they claim that If the school
committee, ETC., throw down the MEM
bers of the site committee 1t will be
hard work in the future to secure rep
resentative men to serve on a commit
tee for any purpose. AS the conrro-
versy now stands, the site committee
is practically powerless, owing to the
injunction; they are also affected some
what by that catchy feeling on Uneasy
street. The opponents of the North
street site are happy and hope for ulti-
mate victory, no matter how long the
time.
Alexander Pelky is entertaining at
MS George Hill home an old friend in
the person Of George Coburn Of Lowell
James Cole, recent guest of rela-
tives on Chestnut hill, has returned to
his home in Milford
Today was another scorcher, and the
towns inhabitants sought any and all
secluded but shady haunts. The high
est temperature registered during the
day was 80 degrees.
Stanley H. Holmes and family leave
tomorrow for Westfeld, where he will
assume his duties as superintendent of
public schools.
Miss Charlotte Wood is the guest of
relatives in Whitinsville.
Henry L. Patrick of Hopedale paid a
visit to Grafton relatives today
J. ]. Flynn, ]. " Grey, William Pow
ers, ]. B. Nugent, K. I. Nugent of Wor-
cester and N. A. Keefe of Boston were
guests at Hotel Kirby today.
Miss Isabelle White has returned
from visit with relatives in Brook
field and Worcester
Weekly meetings of the B. Y. P. U.
and Christian Endeayor societies were
held here tonight.