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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
Our Secretaries Abroad.

Up to half 4 dozen years ago no cabi-
net officer had ever left the United
.St"tcS during mis- term of office. Per-
haps there was no unwritten law for
bidding such journey on the part of
the cabinet officer as there has always
been forhidding the President to leave
the country during his term Of office.
but tn" custom that cabinet officers
should remain strictly at home was 50
well established that no one thought
of breaking it. Under President
Roosevelt the policy has been entered
upon of using the members of the cahi-
net who are the official advisors and
personal representatives of the PreSi-
dent as special ENJOYS to foreign nations
to bring these foreign nations into closer
relations and a better understanding
with orr own country. This policy has
tain t. be followed in the future. just
as certain other precedentS which PreSi-
dent Roosevelt has ruthlcssly smashed
to good purpose will never again be
followed by his successors.
With Secretary Taft at Toxic and
Secretary Root at the City of Mexico,
the administration is giving the world
a most impressive illustration of its
policy of peace and good will. Both
a. or
10 prevent misunderstanding and To
adjust differences with two powers
with which the United States has held
intimate relations since the day that
they first began to be factors in the
civilized world. Neither Secretary
Tart nor Secretary Root is new to the
business on hand. Both of them, dur
ing their terms of office, have visited
foreign lands and performed delicate
missions with rare skill and success.
Both are men of extraordinary ability
and their pr"scnc" in foreign capitals
adds much to the prestige of the nted
State: as Il world power. and increases:
feel for the government at Washington.
Much is expected of Secretary Taft'S
visit to japan. and judging from the
cordial reception given him by the Of
fetal representatives of the Japanese
government and by the people general
ly. the highest expectations will be
realized. Secretary Root has Il less dc Ii
cate mission in MeXicn. but it l. to he
hoped that while there he Will be able
To set in motion mutual action by Next
co and this country to end the turmoil,
misrulc, plumber and massacre which
has - long prevailed periodically in
Central America under the guisc of
revolution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
An Unheeded MESSAGE.

I'VE must encourage our merchant
marine We must have more ships.
They must be under The American flag.
built and manned and owned 10y Amcri-
cans. These will not only be profitabl"
in commercial sense: they will be
messengers of peace and amity where
ever they go
Thes" words are from the last public
utterance of the late President Mckin
ley. the speech delivered at the Pan
American Exposition in Buffalo on the
day before he was assassinateI They
arc Il part of William Mckinley'S fare
We'll message tn the American peopl..
and they are recalled at this time in
connection With the elaborate exercises
dedirating the great monument erected
To his memory by the American people
That message still remains lmheede,l
although the need OF needing il is even
greater noW than when the words were
spoken. This Plea for the encourage
merit pf or merchant marine. he ii re-
n",ubrr,l. was made by man who
came from the interior Of he continent.
ih' >"..tl"l Who's" persistent ,,,.oSitinn
has rendered ;utiic the efforts Of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
A Neglected Augusta Author.

In his weekly contribution to the
Christian Register Edward Everett
Hale speaks in high praise of the novel
Margaret" written by the late Rev.
Sylvester Judd of Augusta. This ad-
mirable story is now. alas, forgotten"
remarks Dr. Hale. and however great
our respect for the memory of the tai
ented young author and our local pride
Halc's observation is not to be dis
ruted. 1t is recalled that James Rus
Sell Lowell thought highly of this Au-
susta novel in his time and that it's
first chapter found a place in the old
school readers of many years ago.
But neither the critics nor the read
ers of the present day know Sylvester
Judd or the story Of margaret" Mr..
Judd was the pastor of the Unitarian
society of Augusta from his ordina-
ton, October l, 1910. to his death, Jan.
&c, 1862 Besides margaret" he wrote
dIlotncT mover, IllCIdIu E-uIlty,
which is also rich in Augusta scenes
and characters He also wrote a vol
ume of religious essays called "Philo"
ana i volume on "The Church" They
arc good literature and of course are
of especial interest to Augusta people
and yet it is probable that there are
very few people now living in this city
who ever saw the books or read them.
Soma OF them, if not all, are accessible
III the Stat. and Lithgow libraries in
this city, as we'll as in several private
libraries and a revival of interest in
them would be Il good thing for the
city's reading public. During the last
years Of his residence in this city Mr..
Judd lived in the house on Arsenal
street where his sister still resides. 1t
is interesting to note in this connection
that Mr.. J,lld's grandson. DR.. Sylves-
ter Judd Beach of Boston. is about to
come To this city and locate here for
the practic of medicine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

The Epscopalians seem To have en-
tered upon an era Of cathedral build
ing. and the CathedralS of St John
the Divine in New York and of Saints
Peter and Paul in Washington promise
to be among the most elaborate and
imposing ecclesiastical structures of
our continent. Work upon the former
was begun some time ago while the
cornerstone of the latter has just been
laid. Progress upon them will be
slow. for great cathedrals are not built
with the speed that accompanies the
erection Of modern business blocks.
En$t" Episccpalans. too. are looking
forward to a similar grand cathedral
and 50, eral large requests have been
made toward this end, but the actual
beginning of such work there is still
in the future.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

William Randolph Hearst is taking
the field again for the organization of
sl,rcS the country will be Il great factor
in the 1905 presidential campaign.
Whereas il was noticeable at first that
this movement attracted many mlstak-
On hut wcll-meaninG enthusiasts. it is
now to be observed that the enthusiasm
in an state or city over the League is
exactly in proportion to the amount OF
money which Hearst puts into circula-
ton there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Glory Of the Gridiron.
portland EXprCss.)

cortland EXprCSS.)
The glad football season is here.
From now until Thanksgiving these
will indeed be joyous days all over tie
land. al hen Il 24O pound hide covered
mountain Of flesh arrives in cole &c he
is hailed with more joy than the dis
covtry of a new comet would bring
10 an astronomer Nothing can bring
more real joy in the halls of learning
than when tho varsity team bucks
through the scrub and High School
teams. \ black and blue thumb nail
on the left hand of the star center
causes more .OrrOWful comment than
would the wreck of the Bar HarbOr
flyer. And when an old-timc alumni
star expresses the opinion that the
team "hoiS good the college boys cup
of happiness is indeed running over.
The report nf Il learned professor after
years o! scientific research for til"
germs Of cancer would not attract half
the attention that this expert opinion"
does. Later on somebody else can Oc-
cupE the center of the stage but not
until the ill-American. ;ll-Eastcr all
Western, ill-NOrth Pole, all-South
Pole football teams have determined
who is the best Teller"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
i'll the future.

The trunk railroad lines are now SAID
to BIZ carrying unusually large cargo"s
of tramps on the brake beams ana III
the empty box cars. These travellers
arc all headed toward the great cities
and it is a migration which never fails
to come around with each autumn.
Very few of these hoboes are seen up
here i'll this corner Of the Union. for
this section does not have a friendly
welcome for them and is somewhat off
their main line of travel. but through
the middle states and the Mississippi
valley there are thousands of them
lazy. worthless specimens Of humanity
whose only exhibition Of energy is in
lodging the opportunities for work
which CONSTANT! II e them an every
hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
SOMERSET
PALMYRA.

Mr. and Mrs. Forest Cook of Oakland
were in town Saturday and Sunday visit
ing friends in Newport and Palmyra and
attending Palmyra Grange fair last Sat
,Irday.
The NJ. G. +. Club met with Mrs. Iona
Lanpher last Wednesday afternoon and
evening. About 81 were present in the
evening and the following program was
given: Song and music by the chorus:
paper entitled the NJ. G. Il. Gossip. writ
ten by the different members and read by
Mrs. Iona Lanpher, which contained
many local hits and was much enjoyed
by all: readings by Belle Foley and Flos-
sic Leavitt: stories by a. J. Russell.
Thomas Pigclow and j c. Miliett: songs
by Thomas Eigelow. The program was
interspersed by selections on the gram
ophone by John Turner. then fishing
contest was the last on the program,
which created a great deal of merriment
The next meeting will be with Mrs Carrie
Parkman on Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Miss May Higgins of Oakland was Wis
iting friends in this vicinity last week.
returning home Monday morning.
A dance was held Friday evening at
Palmyra Towr hall, bqt very few at
tended.
TIL" entertainment given at Palmyra
Grange hail tn" last evening of the fair
Was well attended. considering the rainy
evening. IT is reported that about $27 was
taken at the door for tickets
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
PERSONAL NOTES.

Chancellor James r. Day. of the Sra
Gus" University. hopes shortly to have
n 'oli"E" of Agriculture connected with
that inStt ntion The university row has
SIN colleges.
-\Lbns IL. the Khedive Of Egypt, is
one of the most cultured of Oriental
rulers. aud is thoroughly European in
his tastes and habits He is an expert
ln%ulSt, devntpe of music composer,
q practical agriculturist. something Of a
mechanic. a horseman and a motorist
lie is ready wit and is fond OF n Joke
new poison squad is to he created
nv i)r. Wiley. the chief chemist of the
department of Agriculture, for the pur-
pose OF discriminating the wholesCmeness
Of so called soft drinks" The inquiry
is the result of q request from the War
Del artment for Information regal ding the
inherent varieties of aeratcd drinks that
are sold a army Canteens.
Prof. Thomas A. JagGar. who led the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology s
"NT"dition the past summer to the Aleu-
ton on "Wednesday. This expedition will
greatly enrich the worlds scientific
kn"Wledcc. The two men who accom-
panied Prof. JaSgar were d. r. MYERS.
of Philadelphia. ana II. p. Sweeney. of
StIoudshurg
senator Auguste Calvert for L. wears
member of the French House. and one
of the most noted politicians of France.
who is on a visit to this country for the
study Of economic conditions is in Wash
ingt"n. and saws he is very much i'm
pressed with the native beauty of the
CITY. ani sill further saws: "Of all TIL !
sights seen irfr | regard tho Congress
sional Library rs the most WONDERFUL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

After years Of waiting a young wo-
man admirer of Kipling at last met the
man of the plain Tales YOU she
cried. staring at the author. "You. You
are Rudyard kipling'" Naturally
kipling f"lt embarrassed eyes" he
nurinured modestly. The lady contin-
ned to marvel. Put thought she
finally explained. II thought YOU were
oh. how shall I say it?-sornething
quite. quite different,'' "Oh. I am
\ipling Mastered to tell her in q ver,'
confidential-ton" II am. madam. Only,
Ven see. this * my DAY off,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

The railroads of the United states.
which are usually looked upon as one
If our richest and most powerful inter
est; are now owned by about 4J00bD
100, 900 over half a dozen years ago, it
l.; an Indication that the wealth of the
nation is not going into fewer hands. as
is commonly charged. but is being eN
Ccc,lin@iy we'll distributed. 1t is Il
straw that while the rich are undoubt-
cdlv growing richer. the poor. or at
least the relatively poor. are also grow
ing richer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

Cuban insurgents are different than
they used to he, as is indicated by the
report that the insurgents now being
chased about in the Santiago province
by the local police pay cash for their
groceries and arms at the country
stores. As one commentator re-
marks: "InSurgcntS paying cash must
taiiSt who is onGh"ad"d enough to
seek to remove storckcepers' objections
IL class heretofore ConSpicuouSiy UNI
represented in such movements"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
HINCkLEY,

j. I. Paddock las Il large crop of po-
tat""S and what he cannot con-
Ncnicntly store ut home. he is shipping
To the Boston market from this sta
ti'n.
Ed. Conner is at work FOL Geo. lib
belts.
Geo. ana John .\mcs Of Canaan are
painting the l.. L. Kicker store
Mrs. Fred I,abcock returned to her
nome. SATURDAY.. in R"ckland. Mass.
after visiting at Percy Rickcrs ard
friends in Canaan one week.
Miss Ncttic Bowen and Mrs. Susan
Hall ana grandchildren have returned
to their h"Ec i'll Brooks, after an cx-
tended visit at Walter Halls.
Robert Jcnning has been in this
place the past week with his corn emf
ter and binder and has done exc.l!, #
work
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

Those "Banzais' for Secretary Taft
which are resembling through the
streets of Toxic are very disconcerting
to tlloseAEew York enemies of Presi-
dent Roosevelt VINO are endeaVoring to
work up ii japanese war scare.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

Yes. the price of almost everything is
higher now than it was a dozen years
ago. but nobody has been heard from
who wants to go back to those days of
1924 The dollar had a greater pur-
chasing power than at the present time.
but it WAS an almighty difficult propo-
sitior to get possession of the dollar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

Work has begun on the Cape Cod
canal but not at 4 rate which prom
iScs any great progress. Only about
50 l;borcrS are busy with shpvelS and
70 steam ShOvcls will be used until
rcxt year. This is hardly doing
things on a Panama scale, but then
at Panama.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

\ new design in fancy wall paper
patterns comes from Kansas City: also
way :" utilize Cancelled checks. A firm
has had all its offices paperrd with
old checks. placed neatly edge tC edge
The face figures on the checks vary
from S@".mo to $1,000, and the total for
one room is S. 900 900. As 4 gilt moldnc
runs around tho edges of each check
"a:ic'. lhr general fleet is ratlI- y plea A.
ing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

1t is suggested that Sweden desires
to capture the Americas cup in part
recor1pcnSe for the valuables carried
away by SOUVENIR hunters from the
Swedish warship Fylgia during the re-
cent visit of Prince William to this
country
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

As an illustration of how Justice is
sometimes mctcd out by our courts Of
law the case of the buried treasure
fnur1 in New Vineyard serves we'll
FcSSc nden HaCke tt while employed by
Leonard Hackett found some old coin
Of the face value of about 81. 200 and
bullion value of $50 Both the
HackettS. brothers. claimed the coin
and FesScnden finally bought his
brothers claim for $3.50 in good money
ard took all the coin. comprising both
domestic and foreign money But he
no sooner gets what he believes to be a
clear title than two fellow workmcn
with him at the time of the discovery
claim their proportional parts of the
money and enter suit to recover it, OF
tho bullion value of $3.50 FeSSenden
HacEctt had already paid his brother
$3.50: now the Jury mas decided that he
must also pay each of his fellow work
men about S2n0 50 the buried trca sure
which he found and which had I, mar
ket value Of $3.50 he must pay Sli3O
for. In other words he is 5000 and
court expenses worse off than if he had
found nothing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
Friday, October 4, 1907.

1t is very evident that Miss Anna
Jeanes who has given 4 million dollars
to Swarthmore College On condition
that it renounce athletics, was never a
college boy herself.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
SOUTH MT. VERNON.

w. ii. II. Williams has sold his farm
on til" road leading to Mt. Vernon Viii
lagc to his son-in-law Bert Farnham IF
Rome. Mr.. Williams and family will
move 10 Eeadiield Depot where he
owns It fine stand"
Mrs. George White and Mrs. Herbert
Raymond have returned home after
a week III Pennington and vicinity. I
Mir and Mrs. Harry Johnson of Port
land arc guests at Louis Johnson'S
again after Il weeks stay at. Belgrade
Lakes. Augusta. and other points of
interest. -
Mrs John l.. Bean of Mt-Iernon has
been with her sister Mrs. Samuel Brad
Icy for the past week.
This is the last week at the corn can
ming factory and the farmers are rush
ing i'll the last Of the cut.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

ahOuts Of all the pins that disappear
is apt to he revived in view of the an
nnuncement that LII, S3O,GCS of them
We're manufactured in this country IN
1905.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

Prof. David P. Todd, Of Amherst Col
lege. accompanied by his family. who
hav" been in Peru for some time. sailed
from Callao. for New York, September
q, by way Of Panama.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

coast sections to bring about the much
desired revival of American shipping
on the Zig h seas. Now that our foreign
shipping is still even nearer the van
words were uttered at Buffalo, it is
well to recall them for the benefit of
those whose views have not been the
same as were held by the broad-minded
ard far-seeing statesman whose MEM
DRY the nation honOrs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
Oaily kenaebec Journal
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will b taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return OF re-
5ected communications.
Address all communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT. Publishers.
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
NEWS
KENNEBEC.
llTCHFIELD PLAINS.

Apple buyers are securing the ap-
pies in this vicinity 1T $3.50 per barrel
taking all kinds of winter fruit.
WEST FARMINGDALE.
George Norton is reported as being
very iii.
Mrs. II. S. Briggs and little daugh-
tors Of Maple Hill. Auburn. who have
been the guests of relatives on North
street, returned Monday to their home.
Mr.. and Mrs Il. +. Lcavitt of Au-
burn, who have been the guests of
Miss Addie Glldden, are visiting friends
in Gardiner for a few days before re-
turning home.
Frank A. Jones of North street, AN
enployc of the Commonwealth shoe
shop at Gardiner left Saturday for
MOntellc, Mass, where he will pass his
vacation, returning after the Brockton
fair.
CHELSEA.
Rain and plenty of it. Wells and
cisterns are all well supplied with
water for the winter. Potato digging
is at a standstiIl however for awhile.
n" services were held at the chapel
Sunday owing to the severe storm.
Miss Grace Thompson went 10 South
Gardiner last Saturday where she has
an engagement as nurse.
Linwood Haley and Miss Nellie
Mansell OF Phillips have been the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. =. Hayes, Mr.. and Mrs.
f.. Fl. Libby and other relatives of
Miss Mansell's for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. ~ NJ Hemcnway very
pleasantly entertained party of young
people IN honor of their guest, Mrs. 5.
L. Downing of Somcrvilie, Mass. at
their pleasant home Friday evening.
The time was delightfully."- passed in
listening to some fine monograph Sc
lcrtions. Light refreshments were
scr'-ed and the occasion was altogether
a most enjoyable one. Among the
guests were Thomas Harrington. Miss
Bernice Mapleton Adams. Nile Y.
Costello Edith Kelley Wilcox, Irving
Il. Packard Frances A. Woodward. of
the "Hospital force" at Togus also
Mrs Annie A. Libby and Percy A.
Libby of Togus.
G. +. Page has secured employment
as fireman in the engineers depart
mcnt at Togus.
Miss Ida Searlcs has returned home
after several weeks stay in Randolph.
Harry Morrell has gone to work for
the kcnnebec Central X. Il. for a
while.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

WoOdSum will attend the Baptist State
convention at Portland this week.
ROME.
tn" cattle show was he'd at Hillside
camp Friday. Several nice town teams
were shown and the show proved u
success III every way.
j. u. Littlcficld. VIM. SOulc and Geo.
rcat: have gone 10 Boston.
j. ii. Littiriicld has purchased the
boats at Hillside camp of e II. Foster.
NORTH VASSALBORO.
Nass:,lhpro w C. T. L. will meet with
Mrs. Frank Washburn on Wednesday.
oct. ..
Miss Ncsta f.. Hussey. trained nurse of
New Bedford, is stopping at her fathers,
GustavuS HuSscy.
Frank SkillIngs has blood poison in his
hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

These are great days for the cole
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

Sir Thomas Upton will now refrain
for time from challenging, and there
is a suspicion that this will just suit
the New York yachtsmen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Groder Of Skow.
hogan returned To their home Friday
after passing few weeks visiting
relatives in town.
Miss Eva Kerr is working for Mrs.
L. r. Moore.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
To the Valleys of Delight.

F'ieldsll soon be frosty, an happy
times in sight:
Wagon-wheels a-whirlin' to the valley S
of delight.
Toll has reaped of Plenty, an Sorrow
seems to say:
In the happy gardens they are sinsin'
me away.
Sing the happy season-sng it right
along!
The halleluia music to the liallcluia
song.
Atlanta Constitution
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04

The early hunters are not materially
be enjoyed by those who come later.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-04
- CANAAN.

Every sign in Rio de Janeiro is taxed.
A cafe having a special "sOrvete." or
ice, to serve, makes placard and hangs
it to doorpost. or to one of the palm
trees in tubs which commonly decorate
such establishments. The notice thus
posted must have a revenue stamp at
tached. Permanent signs are taxed
on a permanent basis; temporary signs
on a stamp basis. A sign, 'house t"
rent. bears revenue stamp. Under
such circumstances the tax on sign
boards or billboards is the expected
thing. but naturally there is much less
general use of such forms of adver-
tising. AS in the cities Of the United
States, vacant corner on q frequent
ed street. is very likely to have some
sort of billboard arrangement. and
Enclosures about buildings
in course Of construction are generally
covered with more or less promiRent
signs, but these signs. being taxed. are
regulated both in size and in other re-
Reports. .