Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-17
Annual Picnic Of Ladies
Of the Relief Corps
Held With MI. and Mrs. James
Smith, Benton Station.
Rear Of the Drive Passes About is
Days Earlier Than Last Year.

The Ladies of the Relief Corps met
| Friday afternoon at the pleasant home
| of Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith of Ben
| ton Station for their annual picnic.
| A very social afternoon was spent with
| 20 members present. Fine music from
| a graphaphone was enjoyed. After the
work of the afternoon the members,
| by invitation of Manager Ford, went
| through the fine creamery of the Tur-
ner Creamery Co. Mr.. Ford showed
| the working of the plant and interested
all b ynis descriptions. Following this
| trip fine supper was served on the
| lawn of Mrs. Smith, ana the tables
We're just loaded with good things to
eat and the way they disappeared wa,
caution, for surely all came with
good appetites. Several members of the
E. p. Pratt Post, G. A. R., came over
and enjoyed the feast. Hot coffee,
beans, salads, pickles, cucumbers ana
all the good things were on the menu.
| At the close of the supper some of the
younger members of the corps enter
| tanned the assembly with some sleight-
| of-hand tricks that would put to shame
some of the travelling artists. The re-
turn home was made at late hour,
| the occasion being voted as one of the
best of the season and the guests wish
| ing to receive another invitation from
| Mr.. and Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. c. A. Reynolds has gone to
Crescent beach for a weeks vacation.
4. II. Totnnan has returned, after
passing week with his family at
Boothbay.
+. c. Stratton has returned to his
duties at the store of A. H. Totman,
after passing shore visit to Bath,
where he attended the celebration.
Frank Cofflll has returned to his du-
| ties at the clothing store of W. M
Crawford, after a several days trip
| to Boston.
Eli Gregory returned Saturday from
kineo, where he was for two days
playing baseball for the Newport team,
which trimmed the Kineo team it be-
| ing the first defeat for the season, and
| they have been up against some fast
| ones. Brick" Reed, a former Fairfield
boy, is playing a fast game at third
base for the Newport nine.
Henry Williams, manager of The
Gerald, has returned to his duties, af-
vicinity.
Madame Garland of Boston is spend
| ing few days at the home of the
Misses Lawrence, Lawrence avenue.
Madame Garland will deliver lecture
| on the latest Partisan styles for ladies'
gowns and will exhibit the much-talked
| about Sheath gown.
Eugene Jewell, who is in the employ
of Walter Flynt' at Shawmut, is con-
| fined to his home with severe attack
of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Amy Wheeler left Saturday for
Old Orchard, where she will pass a few
days vacation.
Miss Sadie Smith left Sunday for
Portland, where she will visit her Sis
ter. Mrs. Lillian circuit.
F. H. E. Bragg has purchased the
house recently owned by James Pool
er and situated near the Fairfield
Trotting park.
Mrs. Flora Files has returned home
after passing several days at Pemaquid
beach.
All the officers of Fairfield Lodge, T.
o. Q. F., are requested to be present
at the regular meeting tonight, as the
work OF the new ritual will he re-
hearsed
The rea.' of the Kennebec drive has
passed the Hume & Newhall boom.
This season has been the best for
years, the rear going through Is days
earlier than last year. There has been
enough water, thus avoiding the neces-
sity of using a large amount of dyna-
mite as in past years.
Hon lanes II Amos nf Row6oir-
ham, Prohibition candidate for Cover.
nor. and Field Secretary w. D. Lukens
held Prohibition meeting Saturday
evening in the Methodist church, be-
fore q small audience.
A stranger passing along our main
street Saturday night would have re-
ceived the impression that a conspr-
acy or Something as bad was being
discussed, for wherever two men We're
seen, the subject was in regard to the
proposed new change of running time
at the Hume & Newhall mill, COM
mencing Monday. The mill was down
last week for several days because OF
break. The orders kept coming in,
great many of them being marked
Rush" In order to meet the demands
of the trade and keep ahead of the
market this change becomes necessary.
The mill will open at $50 in the morn
ing and run until $50 at night. The
mill will shut down at 430 Saturdays.
The men will thus gain one day in the
week by the arrangement. In the old
en- days, when there were many mills,
equipped with ancient machinery. the
men used to go to work at daylight,
work for an hour or so and then go to
breakfast: returning they would work
until dinner and then work until dark
The output of the mill would not reach
much mere than 10000 feet Under the
present system of modern machinery
and working under the new order OF
things. some over $4,000 feet can be
easily run and the men will not have
to work nearly as hard, although they
are required to keep busy.
Jenkins Brothers leatherboard mills
on Plymouth street, two miles from