Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-31
Fourth Annual Meeting o.
Supreme Court Clerks.
Full Attendance and Much In.
terest In the Proceedings.
Annual Field Day Of Priscilla Re-
bekah Lodge Thursday.

The fourth annual meeting of The
clerks of the supreme court for the
various counties in Maine was held
here Thursday. The first session was
held in the supreme court building
Wednesday evening, but nothing OF in
terest to the general public was tram
sacted. There has been no radical
change in the forms and blanks now
in use.
The first meeting was held in Ban
gor in August, 1906. The second meet
ing was held in Auburn year later
and the last meeting was held last
year in Belfast The object of these
annual meetings is to improve the
| service by comparison of methods
and IDEAS. Throughout each year each
clerk keeps memorandum of things
which he believes will be Of interest
at the next annual meeting. New
methods of conducting the business of
his office which his surroundings have
caused him to develop and which he
has found advantageous or problems
which he has met and failed to solve
to his satisfaction are all noted by
him as they occur and brought up at
the annual meeting as subjects for
discussion. The method of work at
the annual meeting is to call the
counties in alphabetical order and as
the name of the county is called the
business presented by the county
clerk is presented and discussed at
length.
The meeting was presided over by
Phineas S. Longfellow of Washington
county, who is now completing his 44tn
year of service. Those present We're
| as follows: Charles w. Jones OF Ken
nebec; Mr.. Longfellow of Washington;
John Il. knOwlton of Hancock; c. F..
Sweet of Penobscot; Henry B. Flint
of PenobScot; Byron NJ. Small of
| Franklin; John l.. Reade of Andro-
scoggin; Clifford B. Butler Of Knox
and w H. Seekins of Somerset.
Meetings We're held during Thurs
day forenoon when matters Of inter-
| est to the clerks were discussed and
during the afternoon trip was made
| to Lakewood. The visitors are guests
at Hotel Coburn.
The annual field day of Priscilla
| Rebekah Lodge was held Thursday
afternoon at Lakewood. The after
| noon was passed in sailing around the
pond and the party attended the
| theater in the evening.
George H. Webb, street commission
err, commenced on Thursday to make
preparations for the building Of the
| new sidewalk on Madison avenue from
| in front of the Dodge block to the
| corner of Elm street This will re-
| place the old brick walk which has
| done duty for a number of years and
| will be great Improvement. 1t will
| be built of Portland cement, the same
as the walk on the west side Of the
street.
Miss Hannah r. Page and her guest,
Mrs. +. L. Marsh of Providence, r. L.,
returned Wednesday night from
Northfield, Mass, where they attend
ed the Congregational campmeetng.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Trombly and
| Mrs. w. NJ. Howett Of Portland, who
had been on a carriage drive in The
northern part of the county, passed
| through town Thursday on their way
home.
| II. L. Waugh, travelling superintend-
ent of the Commonwealth Shoe &
Leather Co, was in town Thursday,
looking over the local factory.
| Skowhegan readers of this paper
| learned with keen feelings of regret
Thursday morning of the death in
Waterville the day before of Mrs.
| Cynthia Steward. Mrs. Steward was
a native of this town and the wife of
the late II. S. Steward. Her age was
| ~ years. She had been in poor health
| for several years, but her last illness
was sudden. A daughter, Mrs. T.. w.
Heath of that city, with whom she
made her home, and two sons, Frank
r. and John w. of this town, survive.
| Coroner l.. ]. Addition was summon
ed to Madison Wednesday afternoon
by the death of James w. Weeks, who
was found laying on the ground with
his neck broken. An inquest was
deemed unnecessary. 1t was evident
that he had fallen from a staging at
tached to the side of a barn which he
had been shingling. One of the brack-
cts which had become rusted gave
way. The fall was some IS feet Mr..
Weeks was a resident of Madison
Bridge. The accident occurred some
| five miles from that village in the
| lOWH ol AHSOil. Ills age Was ~ yedI D.
A wife survives.
| Mrs. c. o. Childes of West Medford
Mass, arrived here on the afternoon
train of Wednesday and is the guest
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel
| Owen.
Joseph Lawley left Thursday morn
ing for a brief visit with friends in
| HalloWell
W.. d. Palmer of Worcester, Mass.
who had been visiting relatives here
left Thursday for a few days stay
with friends at Boothbay Harbor
NJ. L. Moody and family of Hinckley
passed through town Thursday en-
route for Lakewood where they will
pass few weeks with relatives on
| the east side of the pond.
The remains of Harold L. Smith
| were received here Wednesday night