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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
Buct.notd.

Mr.. and Mrs. Parker of Bath were
guests of their daughter, Miss Ruth
Parker, over Sunday.
Nathan Caldwell Of Topsham, w., Is
the guest of his uncle, DR.. j. G. Caldwell.
Mrs. Taylor Of South Paris has been
with the Misses Dean for visit.
The Nezinscot History Club met with
Mrs. Carrie Spaulding Tuesday after
noon. and the Buck1eld Literary Club
met with Mrs. c. N. Irish on the
same date.
Mr.. Newton, the newly appointed
station agent, Is moving into the rent OF
Mrs. Abel Irish on River Street.
C. s. Childs Is attending the May term
of court at Rumford as juryman.
The local blacksmiths attended the
meeting at South Paris Wednesday OF
the blacksmiths' organization.
Extensive repairs have recently been
made on the W. P. Brigham place and
the city water has been installed.
Rev. F. N. Lamb will deliver the
Memorial Day, address before Fessenden
Post, No. 43, G. A. R.
A lively game of ball was played at
the school grounds Thursday afternoon
between the high school team and the
locals, resulting In victory for the
school team by score Of six to five.
The Dixie Minstrels from Turner are
to give show at Nezinscot Hall, Friday,
MAY 81, to be followed by dance.
William r. Robinson died at bis home
Wednesday morning of heart trouble at
the age of eighty years, five months and
twenty days. he was the son OF William
Robinson and Sabina Ellis. He was 9
member of Evening Star Lodge OF
Masons. The funeral was held from his
late home Saturday at eleven O'Clock,
Rev. Eleanor Forbes officiating. The
interment was at the Bisbee Cemetery
In Sumner. He is survived by one
daughter, Miss Mary Francis Robinson
The Misses Edith and Helen DeCostel
and Ethel Waterman, students In the
high school, spent last week as guests oil
Mrs. A. W. Pottle. Their company wal
greatly enjoyed.
Last Sabbath two persons received the
rite of baptism at the Methodist church
and were received into membership.
Rev. A. W. Pottle went to Watervillt
Wednesday, taking the electric at Turner
and going all the way by trolley Wis
Augusta. 1t is a very pleasant route
It is three and half hours ride from
Lewiston to Waterville.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
NORWAY, MAINE.

NOTICE.
In the District Court Of the United States for
the District of Maine. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of
Of Paris, Bankrupt.
To the creditors of Edward c. Skinner, In
the County of Oxford and district aforesaid
Notice Is hereby given that on the 2ith day OF
Nov, A. d. 1908, the said Edward G. Skinner
was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and that the first
Of the Referee. No. 8 Market Square, South
Paris. on the 18th day of May. A. d. 1909, al
10 O'Clock In the forenoon, at which time the
said creditors may attend, prove their claims
appoint trustee, examine the bankrupt. and
transact such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
South Paris, May I. 1903.
WALTER L. GRAY,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
Locke's Mills.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Libby of Gorham
N. H., were in town last week.
Harold Croker returned from the
Lewiston hospital Tuesday.
Mr.. Frank Noyes and two sons spent
Sunday at w. w. Coolidge's.
j. D. George was called to Danvers,
Mass, last week by the sudden death of
his mother.
The household goods of Abner Libby
were sold at auction last Saturday.
Will Coolidge has sold the Bert Cum
mings farm to Will Swan.
c. R. Bartlett has bought new horse.
Frank Cummings has just purchased q
fine canoe.
Dana Grant has made extensive re-
pairs on his house.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
Bethel.

Sunday evening, May 9, union meet
Ing was held at the n. &. church In
recognition Of "Mothers' Day" Brown
Post, Sons of Veterans and W. r. G.
were invited to attend In body. They
were addressed by Rev. W. G. Curtis and
Rev. @. L. Banghart.
Monday Mr.. W. q. Young went te
New York for business trip.
Tuesday Mrs. o. NJ. Mason and Mist
Alice Mason returned to their home
having spent month In Boston and
vicinity.
Mr. Almon T. Rowe of Boston is the
first summer resident to arrive to ar
range for the opening Of his summer
residence on Broad Street.
Wednesday Rev. and Mrs. Curtis. Mrs
Charles Valentine, Misses Belle Puring
ton and Daisy Dixon went to Mexico to
attend the Sabbath School Convention
also tho local union of Christian En-
deavor, returning Thursday evening.
Wednesday the W. G. T. U. held the
annual meeting for election OF officers
also to choose delegates to attend the
county convention. The following Of
flcers were elected for the ensuing year
President-Mrs. o. II. Mason.
Vice. Presidents-Mrs. Nellie Curtis, Mrs
Mary Banghart, Mrs. Agnes Ames.
Secretary-Mrs. e. w. Chandler.
Treasurer-Mrs. L. T. Barker.
Mrs. Alice B. Jordan and Mrs. Hattie
Springer we're chosen delegates.
Wednesday evening in response to In
vitations issued by Mr.. VIM. Hastings
DR.. Charles Stuart and Miss Annie M
Frye large company gathered at Pros
pect Hotel for an evening of whist. Tit
decorations were in fine taste, the re
freshments dainty and pleasant even
ing was spent and will be remembered
as one of the events of the season BY
those who enjoyed the hospitality of th'
hosts and hostessf
Friday evening he undergraduates o
Gould Academy gave an entertainment
followed by dance for the benefit o
the base ball team.
The citizens are invited to be presen
at the Peace Day exercises to be held II
II. o. o. r. Hall Wednesday evening
May 10, at 1880 O'Clock. Brown Corps
will celebrate at the same time their an
niversary, also the twenty fifth anniver
sary of the department. A silver offer
ing will be received for Brown Post.
Sunday, May %, will be observed a
Memorial Sunday in Bethel and the an
nual sermon will be preached by Rev. G
l.. Banghart at the NJ. e. church. Ma.
3lst, Monday, will be observed as Me
mortal Day. Comrade j. W. Bracket o
Portland will give short address .
East Bethel at 1890 A. M, also E. c
Park, Esq. Music will be furnished b!
the school children. In the Afternoon
exercises will be held at the monumen
in Bethel village, with an address b.
Comrade Bracket, and the children viii
especially join in this exercise.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
Norway Lake.

Eden Hall is much better. He Is able
to attend school again.
Mrs. James Crockett has been suffer
ing with lameness recently. She has
been scarcely able to get around.
Mrs. Lydia Titcomb visited at Chester
A. Flint's the past week.
Mrs. Sabrina Lasselle and daughter
Elizabeth are to move back to their
home very soon.
Miss Tessa Thibodeau of Norway visit
cd relatives here the 18th.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18

The watsrvills Trust CO., doing a
large business, has been closed pending
an Investigation, by an order of court on
complaint Of Bank Examiner SHELTON.
According to the statement-of President
Merrill, who was elected only a few
weeks ago, the trouble was large loans
to q syndicate of men made up Of direct
ors Of the bank, on securities of doubt
full and Uncertain value. 1t is thought
the stockholders will be assessed and
business will be continued.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
Fast Sumner.

Rev. 8. C. Eaton will address the old
soldiers, the Relief Corps and school
children at the Congregational church or
Memorial Sunday, May 80. On Monday
following Rev. j. q. Little of South
Paris will give the Memorial Day address
to the soldiers and citizens at West
Sumner.
Union Grange has invited the G. A. R.
Post and Relief Corps to be Its guests
at the next meeting of the grange on
Saturday, May 22d.
R. G. Stephens has q heavy stock oil
feeds at his mill and store, and IL having
big sales, As hay is scarce and grass
backward in its growth.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
East Waterford.

William A. Emery has gone to Bethel
to work. He took his little boy with
him.
Miss Matte Whittier of Waltham,
Mass, is spending some weeks at g. l..
Hilton's.
Merton Young has been digging a
cellar under his house which he built
last fall. The high wind Tuesday caus-
ed one corner to drop into the cellar,
breaking dishes and shaking things up
generally.
Mrs. Maria Washburne, who has been
boarding with Mrs. Susie Cole, Is at b.
G. McIntire's this week.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
North Waterford.

G. E. Farmer has new piazza built.
The young men Of the Kokomo Club
give free dance to all at Odd Fellows
Hall, May 2Sth. Five pieces Of music
will be furnished by Andrews Orchestra.
Frank Coffin and Henry Elliott are
driving fish wagon here and at adjoin-
ing towns.
Mayfowers are very plenty around
here.
Mrs. L. A. Knight, Hattie Knight,
Della Watson and Francis Watson are at
the "Play house' for two weeks.
Henry Elliott caught one hundred
speckled beauties last week.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
Coming Events.

May Is, ls-County convention Of W. c. T. u,
West Paris.
MAY 20 23-Laymen's Christian Convention OF
Maine, Portland. .
June l-Oxford Pomona Grange, with Fred.
erick Robbie Grange, Otisneld Gore.
July 7-Reunion Of teachers and pupils OF
North Paris school.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOIN0S OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris HiIl.

First Baptist Church, Rev. g. W. T. Hi. pas
| tor. Preaching every Sunday at 10a5 A. II.
| Sunday School at IL. Sabbath evening service
Prayer Meeting THURSDAY evening 2,
| the LIST Sunday Of the month at 80 p. y. AL
| not otherwise connected arc cordially Invited
The engagement Is announced of Miss
Geraldine Farrar, the prima donna at the
Metropolitan Opera House in New York,
well known as once Paris girl, to
Signor Antonio Scott, the Italian tenor
of the company. !.
Ralph Fl. Hallett Of Boston, we'll
known here, now a member OF the
Massachusetts, bar, has become men,
Der of the law firm Of Elder & Bracket,
with offices at Beacon Street.
Mrs. Lewis NJ. Brown arrived here last
week and is getting the summer home,
"Old Brick" ready for the other mem
bers of the family who are expected
soon.
Rear Admiral Henry w. Lyon return
cd to Paris Hill last week. Mrs. Lyon
will come little later.
Miss Julia G. Snow is in town prepar-
ing the summer home for occupancy.
Mrs. Snow is expected during the pres
ent week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton K. Brooks of
Cambridge, Mass, have leased U. b.
Heald's house for the coming summer.
A delegation of twenty or more from
the village attended the mock graduation
of the Seneca High School at South
Paris Friday evening.
Mr.. Tetsutaro Nakanishi, a Hebron
academy student and native of Kyoto,
Japan, gave an interesting and instruct
i've address upon the Spiritual Problem of
Japan, May 9th, in the meeting house on
Paris Hill. He spoke of the progress
Christianity had made there since 1854,
that date marking the visit of Comma
dore Perry to that country, and an epoch
in their worldwide interest in western
civilization. A good congregation was
present listening closely to the record of
advancement in that far-away land, at
first hand.
PARTRIDGE DISTRICT.
Mrs. Emily Small has been very sick,
but we are glad to say that she is much
better.
Mr.. John Gregg has moved to Shows
Falls.
Mrs. VIM. Mason spent Wednesday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. b
Canwell.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Wild Land Taxes.
Parker's Hair Balsam.
Light Weight Suit Cases.
The Conservative Banker.
Summer Hosiery and Underwear.
All Right Shirts.
There Is Nothing Experimental
For Sale.
Notices on Closed Streams.
For Sale.
The Ice Coupon Book
For Sale.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
STATE OF MAINE.
PUBLIC NOTICE.

In conformity with ths provisions Of Chapter
~ Of the Public Laws Of eighteen hundred and
ninety mine, and upon the petition Of five or
more citizens Of the State and deeming Il for the
best interest of the State, the Commissioners OF
Inland Fisheries and Game, after due notice to
all persons interested in the subject matter OF
the said petition, and public hearing thereon in
thc locality to be affected, and deeming Il neces.
sary and proper for the protection ana preserva.
ton OF the inland fish of the State, hereby adopt
the following needful Rules and Regulations re.
lating to the times and places In which and the
circumstances under which inland fish may be
taken In the waters of Stony Brook, and all its
tributaries situated In Paris and Hebron.
Rules and Regulations.
Section /. Stony Brook and and all Its tribu
taries situated In Paris and Hebron are hereby
closed to all fishing for any kind Of fish, except
on Tuesdays and Fridays Of each week, from
May first to October first Of each year until May
first, 1913.
section2. On Tuesdays and Fridays when II
Is lawful to fish IA this brook and Its tributaries
according to section one Of these rules and regu
lations, no person shall catch more than 80 Dish
in any one day from this brook or any Of its
tributaries.
Dated this Fourth day Of May, A. D. 1909.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
East Brownfleld.

The postponed W. c. T. U. meeting Of
May Z was held May IA.
c. o Stickney of Hampton, n. H., is
visiting his mother, Mrs. E. A. G. Stick
ney.
John Gerry, an inmate Of the town
farm, died May IL.
Vera Plummer of Portland was guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Wadsworth last
week.
harlan Lord and Celia Mudgett were
entertained at Mr.. A. F. Johnson's re-
Gently.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
L. T. CARLETON, Chairman
j. w. BRACKETT,
Z. +. RING,
Commissioners of Inland Fiaherfea and Game

Section 81, Chapter 80. Of tho Revised Statutes
Whoever fishes for, takes, catches, kills or de
stroys any inland fish, In any manner or at any
time, In violation of any Of the rules and reguls
lions Of the commissioners of inland fisheries
with the provisions OF this chapter, shall bt
punished in the same manner and to the same
extent as Is provided for By law for the illega
taking, catching, killing or destroying any such
inland fish.
Section SO. Whoever willfully mutilates, de-
faces or destroys any notice, rule or regulation
of the commissioners Of inland fisheries and
game, posted In conformity with the provisions
Of this chapter, shall be punished by q nne moi
exceeding fifty dollars, to I've recovered by com
plaint or Indictment; and one. half of said fns
shall be paid 70 the prosecutor. 20 q
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18

And that is one practical argument
against local option, leaving out of con-
sideration any moral question. We
often hear it said, why, under local
option license, it wouldn't make any
difference to you in Oxford County.
Unless perhaps in Rumford Falls, there
wouldn't be any vote for license. You'd
be Just as well off as you are now. "
Part of which is true, and part of it isn't.
1t is altogether unlikely that license
would be voted in any town in Oxford
County, unless possibly in Rumford, and
We don't believe it would be there.
But there would be the fight to be made
every year And the advocates of license
would have the organization of the
liquor makers and sellers to work for
them, and plenty of funds, for the liquor
dealers have big pecuniary interest
and they might not be too fussy as to
the way their fund was used. And OPP
posed to them would be those who had
only that pecuniary interest which every
one has as citizen in the welfare of the
community. And the side which has
the money would unfortunately but in
evitably have the advantage.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
Don't XIII Your Own Town.

Any man who deliberately buys his
goods from mail order firm sends away
money which should be used in his own
town. What he does lessons the pros
perity of his neighbors and Is direct
injury to himself. In so doing he re-
stricts his credit at the local store, which
he may need some time to tide over
temporary hard spell or a dull season.
1t means the sending away of dollar
where 1t will never reach his pocket
again.
We say to the farmer and to the rural
dweller: Mail order houses don't help
pay your taxes.
They don't buy your produce of you.
They don't buy your livestock or your
grain.
They don't spend their money on your
schools, your churches or your homes.
They don't spend their money on your
highways.
They don't extend your credit when
you need it.
They don't do any of these things and
q hundred others that you expect and
get of your home merchants.
In fact, they don't care cent for you
or yours.
And yet a good many good people,
charmed by pretty pictures and brilliant
descriptions of cheap, shoddy articles,
send their money to these firms and do
1t under the false impression that they
are beneflting themselves.
We can say with all the assurance Of
positive knowledge, that there isn't a
single article in any mail order catalogue
that the local merchant cannot duplicate
penny for penny, time, postage and
freight charges taken into consideration.
Not only this, but you can see what you
are buying before you buy 1t.
The next time you get 600.page cata-
logue, do yourself the justice Of starting
q FIRE with 1t. Join with your fellow
citizens in protesting against the insti.
tuition of the parcel post. The cata-
logue houses are the people who will
profit most from the parcel post, and the
farmers and jewellers in the small towns
will be the greatest sufferers. The par
eel post will cripple your home mer-
chants, paralyze the villages and smaller
towns, and render the farms and home
steads of all rural communities of less
value than they are now.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
West Lowell.

E. L. Milliken of Conway, N. H., was
through the place last week with a fine
line of clothing, dry goods, etc.
Mrs. Mary Hartman of North Lowell
has been visiting relatives and friends in
the Mace
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
Referendum and Other Ramblings

One point suggested by those who do
not love the referendum must be con-
coded, and that is that in the referendum
there is distinct advantage on the side
where some class of people have a
pecunisry interest. That is true, but it
is condition not entirely separable from
any phase of our governmental system.
In the consideration of measure by the
legislature, where some one has pecu-
MARY interest on one side, and no one has
any special pecuniary interest on the
other side, the side with the pecuniary
interest has the advantage, and that
without imputing any form of corrup.
ton to anybody. Even in general
election, give one party little money to
use, in perfectly legal and legitimate
ways, and let the other party have nc
money, and the party which has the
fund has the advantage every time. II
is pleasant to say that in the new order
of things which is coming in, the use
and the effectiveness of money are grow
ing less, but at the present stage OF
progress, the party which has the money
other things being equal, will get out
the larger vote.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
ANGLE COPIES.

SINGLE COPIES.
single Copies Of the Democrat are four cents
each. They win be mailed ON receipt ofprice by
the publishers or for the convenience of patrons
Jingle copies Of each issue have been placed on
sale at the following places In the County:
South Paris, Shurtlef's Drug Store.
Norway, Noyes' Drug Store.
Stones Drug Store.
Buckdeld, Alfred Cole, Postmaster.
Paris HIN. Mrs. Harlow, Post ONCE.
West Paris, Samuel T. White.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18

TERNs.-sl.s so year II paid strictly In advance.
Otherwise tao0 year. Single copies cents
ADVERTISEMENTS: All legal advertisements
are given three consecutive insertions for $l.oO
per Inch In length Of column. Special contracts
made with local. transient and yearly adverss-
ers.
Jon PRINTING New type, fasr presses, electric
power experienced workmen and low prices
combine TO make this department OF our ousi-
ness complete aud popular.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
West Bethel.

Little changes come and go,
Evanescent as the snow;
Hot and cold come In q day,
Storms preyail-then pass away"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18

Under dead leaves the sweet arbutus lingei
Where pine. trees shed their garb in Spring
And from its shy retreat 1.-THE fairy fingers
Unto days glare Its perfume bring"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-09-30
BEAUTY OF MARS.
Wonderful Color and Grandeur Re-
vealsd BY the Telescope.

Wonderful Color and Grandeur Re.
Vealsd BY the Telescope.
Viewed under suitable conditions,
few sights can compare for instant
beauty and growing grandeur with
Mars as presented by the telescope.
Framed In the blue Of space, there
fioats before the observers gaze q
seeming miniature OF his own earth,
yet changed by translation 10 the sky.
Within It's charmed circle OF light he
marks apparent continents and seas,
now ramifying into one another. now
stretching In unique expanse over
wide tracts OF disk and capped al their
poles by dazzling oyals Of white. II re
calls TO him his first lessons In geogrn-
ply, where the earth was shown him
set ethereally amid the stars. only
with an added sense OF reality ia the
apotheOsis. 1t Is the thing itself,
stamped with that all peryadlng. In
deflnable hall mark OF authenticity In
which the cleverest reproduction some.
how fails.
In color largely lies this awakening
touch that imbues the picture with the
sense OF actually. And very vivid are
the tints. no salient and so unlike that
their naming In words conveys scant
idea Of their concord TO the eye. Rose
ocher dominates the lighter regions.
while robins egg blue c0lors the
darker, and both are set of and EN-
phasized by the icy Wilderness OF the
caps. Nor is either hue uniform. Tone
relieves tint 10 further heightenlng
OF eject. In some parts Of the light
expanses the ocher prevails alone. In
others the rose deepens 10 a brick red,
suffuslng the surface with the glow Of
warm late afternoon. No less vari.
Gus II the blue, now sinking into deeps
OF shading. now tightening into faint
washes that IN places grade of inscn.
sibIy into ochCr Itself. thus making re
gioDs Of intermediate tint the precise
borders Of which gre not decipherable
by the eye.
superlmposed upon Its general Opa-
line complexion sre now and then 70
be seen ephemerai effects. At certain
times and IA certain places warm
chocolate brown has been known TO
supplant the blue. Often. too. cold
white dots are scattered over the disk,
dazzling diamond points that deck the
/ planets features TO n richness beyond
the power Of pencil to portray. So
minute are they that good seeing b
needed to disclose them. IL Is at such
moments that color best comes out
To those who know the sun only as
golden aud the moon as white. even IN
It's color scheme Mars would stand
forth a revelation PercivaI Lowell in
Century
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-09-30
ADMIT RATE
DISCRIMINATION
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Hearing Develops In
justice or Railways.

SPOKANE. Sept. sO..-At the hear
Ing Of the interstate commerce COM
mission here today evidence was
submitted to show that rates on var.
ioua commodities where there IL no
water competition are much higher
70 Spokane than 10 coast points.
Freight Tratiic Director Woodwork
OF the Northern Pacific claimed that
the railways gave q lower rate TO
Portland on iron furniture because
a large factory in that city made il
necessary 10 lay the goods down at
a rate to enable eastern mannfaetur-
ers to compete. He admitted that .
lower rate was granted on many
things than was given 10 the inland
points in Oregon. Idaho ana Wash
lngton.