The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-13
Democrats Look ASkanCe at
Present Agitation Over LeiCeS
ter's Finances Lest 1t Is All a
Political Move
MEETING DEC. %
LIKELY TO BE WARM
SeIectmen Stand Ready to Show
That They Are Not to Blame
For Towns IndebtneSS---W. C.
T. U. Will Celebrate Twenty
Fifth Anniversary

Leicester, Dec. y. - The present
Beard of Selectmen and the Democrats
believe that the special town meeting
Tuesday night grew out of an effort on
the part of some Of the politicians to
create a sensation and to cause trouble,
with the idea of defeating the present
town government at the polls at the
March town meeting.
From the remarks current about town
today, it looks as if there would be hot
time at the next meeting, Dec. 70. 1t mas
been intimated that the present selectmen
are the cause of the debt, or the cause of
the towns predicament. The present
board, it is said, is ready to prove that
this is not true, and is ready to show that
many of the bills were not contracted
during the present municipal year. The
Democrats feel that efforts to overthrow
the Democratic party in the town Will
prove fruitless. They will band them
selves together and they promise to bring
out a strong Democratic ticket for the
next election Whether this ticket will
include the present town officers has not
been announced. 1t is generally conceded,
however, that the present Board of Sc
lectmen and other town officers elected
by the Democratic party last year will be
placed in nomination again.
Today The Spy reporter asked some of
the selectmen if they would be candi-
dates for the office at the town meeting
next March They said that they thought
that it was too early in the campaign to
announce their intentions.
Whatever the feeling of the Republican
party is towards the present Board of
Selectmen. the Democratic party has not
a complaint to make, so a prominent
Democrat told The Spy reporter.
With the agitation of political matters
comes the grave question: "Will the
fpp IiCapGa p1. np-IipnOSp2''
So far nothing has been done by any of
the temperance organizations towards
bringing out a nO-license vote.
It was said today that the w. C. r. L.
would take an active part in the cam
paign Last year the influence of the
temperance workers was extended to the
public schools, so that it reached finally
the home of every man in town who had
a child attending school. Leicester has
voted no-license for many years, and
there is little doubt but that it will do so
this year.
With the town in it's present condition
financially. there is little hope that the
new schoOlhouse so badly needed in Cher
ry Valley win be built for some time.
January Il will be big day for the
w c. n. U. of Leicester, as on that day
the society will celebrate its 18th ami
versary. The Leicester division began
with 40 charter members. Today the
Leicester DIVISION mas over OU ultHDGIS.
On the same day the union will hold the
annual meeting and annual election of Of
ficers. The program of the exercises has
not yet been announced The present Of
ficers are: Mrs. Myra Taylor, president;
Mrs Katherine Fuller. secretary, and
Mrs. Mary Jordan, treasurer.
john Barry and Joseph Bombard will
play the fifth match game of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Society's handicap pool
tournament Friday night.
William Dorsey, Sr., is visiting in Ok
ford
Some one caused the report to be cir
culated about town the other day that
there was "A siver-tail fox living in the
woods near Cherry Valley. AS a result
all the hunters in town have been busy
trying to locate the animal. Robert Ash
worth and William Boyd were in the
woods Wednesday and Thursday, but did
not get on the track of the fox.
Fishermen cut holes in the ice on
Smith Pond, Cherry Valley, Thursday
near the place where the children skate,
There have always been fish holes cut in
the ice. but fishermen hitherto have been
careful to cut the holes at the lower end
of the pond where there is no danger
that the skaters will fall into the water
The Young people are very indignant. An
effort viii be made to have the men re-
move their tackle to the lower part OF
the pond.
The Crescent basketball team of Mill
bury will play the Leicester Academy
basketball team in the academy gym
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The school children of all grades are
practicing special Christmas music.
Mrs. Mary Baker, an old resident OF
Leicester. died in Ashburnham yester-
day.