The Republican journal., 1908-04-09
IHE NEWS OF BELFAST

The April term of the Supreme Judicia
court will open Tuesday, April 21st, Judge
Savage, presiding. There are quite a mum.
ber of important cases to come up at this
term.
The Hamilton greenhouse is a mass OF
bloom, having the largest display of Easter
flowers in its history. One jardinere con.
tained bunch of 80 Gala lilies, and the
Easter lilies will be at their best Easter
Sunday, while roses, tulips, pinks and hya-
cinths are gorgeous in their color and frag-
rance.
Among the corporations which have filed
their certificates of organization at the Of
fee of the Secretary of State is the follow
ing:
N. Curtis Fletcher & Co., Inc, organized
at Kittery, for the purpose of dealing in
stocks, bonds, mortgages, etc, with $4,000
capital stock, of which nothing is paid in.
Officers: President, Horace Mitchell of Kit
terry; treasurer, S. j. Morrison of Ports
mouth, N. FL. Certificate filed April 7, 1908.
Horatio II. Carter, the popular mail car
rier, is wearing new emblem on his sleeve
"a red star on a gray field. This badge
denotes that Mr.. Carter has been carrier
for fifteen consecutive years. He went OF
duty fifteen years ago the first of April ana
has se-ved faithfully ever since His many
friends ON his route, and elsewhere through
out the city, hope that the silver star-the
badge of honor for twenty-five years seI-
| viee-may be his.
Elisha Winter, New England organizer, is
in this city in the interest of the Name
| Retail Merchants Association, which was
formed at Old Orchard Beach iu August
1906, in affliation with the National Asso-
citation. The National Association will
hold its 11th annual convention in Boston
| May 11th-14th, 1908. Every Retail Mer-
chants Association in the United States
will be invited to send delegates and 1000
delegates are expected. The Maine Retail
Merchants Association will hold its next
State convention in Bath the first week in
August, and is planning vigorous enforce
ment of the State law against unlicensed
peddlng The president is S. p. Whltcomb
of Waterville and the secretary IL. c. Web
| Der of Bath. Mr.. Winter will organize
Waldo county and county convention will
ee held later. He has already secured CO.
operation in Searsport and stockton
| Springs and will visit other towns IN the
county when the travelling permits.
The High school senior play has come to
be one of the most eagerly anticipated
events of the season, and B. II. S, 'OS, will
doubtless be greeted with a large audience
of schoolmates, alumni, friends and inter
ested townspeople in the Opera House to-
morrow, Friday, evening, when they Will
present two plays with the following casts {:
| ICIoN PARLE FRANCAIs.
Major Regulus Rattan, Ben Woods
! Victor Dubois. Sam Portion
| Mr.. Spriggins, Marthon Doak
| Mrs. Spriggns, Chafiotte braley
Angelina, their daughter,
Charlotte Pendleton
Julia, wife of Major Rattan,
Maude Stantal
Anna Maria, maid-of-all-work, Louise Reac
THE WRONG PACKAGE.
Miss Boggs, school principal, Vesta Shute
esss Margarsr Brooks nksnS' pupils and roommates'
Merte Sholes
| Ola Wood
| Jenny. the maid, Florence Braddock
The Quutette will furnish music during
the evening and for the dance which VIII
follow the plays. Tickets are on sale at
| FolIett's and dance tickets will be % cents
extra. A candy booth will be one of the
attractions.
A MUSICALE. The Parlor Musical So
| ciety'S first open meeting Tor The season
was held in Memorial Hall Tuesday even
| ing, and the fine program, under the able
management of Mrs. E.. ). Pitcher, was
much enjoyed. The opening number was a
| piano trio, the overture from the Barber of
Seville, and was skillfully played by Misses
| Louise bennett, Amy b. Stoddard and
| Gladys Pitcher. rms hne Selectioh was
Parker, who as usual, delighted his bearers
The male quartette, Messrs. Titherington,
Morse, Parker and Pitcher, sang the Bells
of Shannon, and gave, in response to the
| encore, humorous selection regarding the
dangerous combination Of the boy, tack and
the teacher Miss Katherine Brier's con-
tralto solo, Bucks "When the Heart Is
I, Young" was well rendered and heartily
encored She sang dainty little lullaby
as her second number. Miss Louise Den
nett's piano solo, Rondo,, by Hummel, was
executed with her usual skill and finish
| Mrs. Wescott's rendering of Dudley sucks
'sSunset" was delight to her hearers, who
| also enjoyed to the full her encore selection
"a charming negro lullaby. Miss Clara h.
Marsh whistled selection from the Pirates
of Penzance. This young lady's musical
gift is in growing demand for all musical
Entertainments and she never fails to win
| her audience. The male quartette sang
lively Yachting Glee and for an encore gave
| ssMammy only loves her boy in fine FORM
| Mr., Pitchers solo, the Windmill, by Tuck
| erman. was exactly suited to his voice aud
he never sang better. The closing number
was piano duet, Mendelssohn's Midsuui-
mer Nights Dream, and was played with
much feeling and expression by Miss Gladys
Pitcher and Miss Edith NJ. Davidson. The
accompanies for the evening were Mrs. Z.
W. Wescott, Mrs. Elon B. Gilchrest, Miss
Amy f. Stoddard and Miss Gladys Pitcher
IHR TRAVELLERS CLUB. A very pleas
ant special meeting of the Travellers Club
was held Thursday afternoon, April 2nd, at
the home of Mrs. Edward Sibley on High
street, the guest of honor being Mrs. W. ii.
Newell of Lewiston, Me. In few simple
words, in her usual charming manner, the
hostess introduced Mrs. Newell, whom she
believed capable of disproving the old say
ing and telling us "SOmethlng new under
the SUM-" And Mrs. Newell was quite equal
to the situation. She began by saying that
she wished her talk to be very informal,
and invited questions and discussion, of
which her audience eagerly avaied them
selves as she spoke enthusiastically of the
work of the Women's Clubs in Lewiston.
She said that the chief value of the club to
it's members was in the continuance Of
study after the school years were past, and
she spoke Of the profit to be gained from d
| study of literature, art or music in the com.