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Oxford Democrat., 1911-01-24
Hastings.

Friday, Flora Edgerly closed . very
successful term of twelve weeks school.
Whole attendance 25; average, 216.
Those not absent one-half day:
Arthur Arsoneauf, Emma Arseneault,
Clarence Taylor, Charlie Cook,
Bessie Bemis, Mabel Cook.
Eliza Cook, Amos Arseneaul;,
Philip Cook.
Roy Bennett Of West Bethel ID running
tho bolter at the birch mill. Boards at
D. o. Bennstt's.
Oxford Democrat., 1911-01-24

b0StOn tno past week.
Nezinscot Lodge, No. l04, /. Q. o. f.,
had their annual installation and supper
Saturday night. The following officers
we're installed by D. D. g. n. E. Z.
Holbrook Of Mechanic Falls, assisted BY
John Fessenden % Grand Marshal:
N.G-J; Z: Warren.
Sec.-J. O. Wilmington.
Treas.-A. T. Cole.
Warden-John Ellingwood.
Conductor-H. A. Irish.
3. 8. s.-R. L. Cummings.
I. 8. SIS. J. spaulding.
B. n. 6.-B. =. Genish.
L. 8. N. Go. G. Casey.
k.s. '. ScP. G-P. s. s. M.:SSa4S. M.:sSinsSn'
Lee. B. Record.
o. GA. H. Cobb.
An oyster supper was served after the
meeting, prepared by Chef T. Record.
Ardon r. Tilton of Auburn Was with
his mother over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Cole and Mr.. and
Mrs. r. n. Morrill, spent Sunday with
friends in Mechanic Falls.
Mrs. Josie Drummoud OF Waterville 10
with Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Prince.
C. s. Childs has been appointed deputy
sheriff by Sheriff McIntite.
Mrs. Margaret Rowe passed away at
her home In the west part of the town
Tuesday morning at the age OF IS years.
She 10 survived by her husband, Cbas.
D. Rowe, and nine children, all but two
OF whom are married, and one brother,
Mr.. Fsrnum. The funeral WAS held at
the home of her oldest son, n. L. Rowe,
Rev. Mr.. Lamb officiating. Burial was
at the village cemetery.
Henry Browns house caught fire
around the chimney Wednesday morning
and but for the timely discovery and the
prompt action of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown,
tho FIRE would have gone beyond their
control. The damage was slight.
Twenty-four below zero was the re-
port for Wednesday morning.
The Sons of Veterans held public
installation at Nezinscot Hall Tuesday
evening. About sixty-five were present.
Refreshments of cake and coffee were
served. The installing officer was Divis.
| ion Commander Chas. L. Chase of New
port, and the following officers were In.
stalled:
| Commander-J. Z. Warren.
w. Commander-W. l.. Record.
/ y. ". .COmmhuu6I-c. W. WdIIcu.
Camp Council-F. N. Lamb, H. A. Murch, W.
II. Kicker.
Sec. T. Brow !, Jr
Treas.-W. w. Kicker.
| Chap.-F. M. Lamb.
| Patriotic Instructor-W. H. Conant.
| Color Bearer-M. A. Warren.
| Guide-Chas. Jordan.
Musician-Sid Brigham.
| Inner Guard-F. Davee.
| Outer Guard-A. G. Record.
Miss Myra Irish was given a,u~,--."
party on Monday evening b.cssa ~. &c
of her girl friends p-eTiOus to her de
parture e.. California with her parents
mr.. and Mrs. G. n. Irish, on Monday tht
23d inst, where they will spend the re
mainder of the winter. Eugene Chaffin
with bis mother and sisters will live II
the Irish house till their return.
Miss Gertrude Kimbsll Of Portland II
the guest of Miss Alice Nulty at Hote
Long.
Mrs. F. N. Lamb Is visiting relatives
10 Turner.
Mrs. Sadie Robinson went to Portland
Friday for visit with her sister, Mrs
Annie Bisbee.
Luther Irish and family and Il. H
Wardwell of West Paris were In tow
Friday and Saturday.
Oxford Democrat., 1911-01-24
West Bethel.

"This is the season of SHOWS and blows,
OF sleighs and skates and frozen toes,
OF boots and furs and cracking fires,
or hunters yarns and awful liars"
Oxford Democrat., 1911-01-24
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
nIaTRICr OF MAINE a.

ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
On this 91.t day Of January, A. D. 1911, on
reading the foregoing petition, It !s-
Ordered by the Court, that hearing be had
uoon the same on the Srd day Of March, A. d.
1911, before said Court at Portland, In said Dis.
trict, at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published In The Oxford
Democrat, newspaper printed In said District.
and that all known creditors, and other persons
In interest. may appear at the said time and
place, and show cause. II any they have, why
the prayer of said petitioner should not lie
granted.
And It 10 further ordered by the Court, that
the Clerk shall send by mall TO all known crci.
itors copies Of said petition and this order, al.
dressed to them at their places Of residence rs
stated.
Witness the Hon. CLARENCE HALE, Judge
of the said Court, and the seal thereof, at Port
land, In said District, on the 2lst day Of Jan.
A. d. 1911.
r.. 81 JAMES x. HEwEY, Clerk
A true copy Of petition and order thereon.
Attest: JAMES Z. HEWEY, Clert.
Oxford Democrat., 1911-01-24
Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.
the matter of

pdHNiuPl otto" WI O'os"o' So'
In the matter of
WILFORD j. SMITH, In Bankruptcy
Bankrupt.
To the HON. CLARENCE HALE, Judge OF the Dis
trict Court Of the United States for the Distric:
of Maine:
JVILFORD J. SMITH Of Woodstock. In the
w County of Oxford, and State OF Maine.
In said District, respectfully represents, that on
the 18th day of November, last past. he was duly
adjudged bankrupt, under the Acts Of Congress
relating TO Bankruptcy; that he has duly sur
rendered all his property and rights OF property
and has fully compiled with all the requirements
of said Acts and Of the orders Of Court touching
his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays. that he may be decreed
by the Court to have full discharge from all
debts provable against his estate under saId
bankruptcy Acts, except such debts as are OK
cepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day Of January. A. ID. 1911.
wILFoRD J. K SMITH, Bankrupt
mark
Witness: MERTON L. KIMBALL
Oxford Democrat., 1911-01-24
Vast Paris.

The oflcers Of Onward Rsbekah Lodge
were installed Tuesday evening By Mrs:
Eva n. Swift, D. D. p, and Mrs.. Mildred
Davisl Grand Marshal. Mt. Hope Lodge
of Norway and Mt. Pleasant Lodge OF
South Paris were invited and about
seventy guests arrived by special train.
Supper was served Immediately after ar.
rival Of the guests, and Ice cream and
cake after the installation. The officers
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
PRINCES CHEAP.
in a Berlin Newspa-
per Has Caused Much Comment

Berlin, October 7. - A recent ad-
newspaper, the "Vossische Zeitung,"
offering a real prince in the mar
riage market at the extremely low
price of $4,000, has caused wide
spread discussion. The announce
ment reads: prince, 28 years old b,
splendid appearance, of great gener-
al education and polish, wishes i'm
mediate marriage. Ready cash ne
cessary, 100000 marks. Marriage
brokers' not entertained. Offers,
ETC., ETC."
1t is pointed out in many of the
comments on this, even for Europe,
extraordinary offer, that titles are
the only things that have recently
become cheaper, and it is limited
that perhaps the rise in the price of
meat, vegetables and other house
necessities is the cause of this
elimination in value.
A prince, however, it is argued,
Is in reality gift" at $4,000. In
the West End of Berlin a simple
private professor has hitherto COM
manded that sum in the matrimonial
market, while a medical man or a
lawyer in good practice was not to
be had below 100000, and a doc
tor of philosophy commanded $685.
600 at the very least The con-
troversalists are now asking what
Is likely to be the price of the
many counts and baroons on the
market in the face of this low Of
Ter of live prince.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12

The Famous Marlboro Trotter TO
Co at Auction.

Walter r. Drake returned Satur-
day night from Roanoke, Va, where
his horse, Alfonso, won in the
z:16 race Friday. He will be in
the race in Richmond next week,
after which Mr. Drake will sell him
at auction to the highest bidder,
In Richmond on Tuesday, Oct. IL .
Alfonso during the past few
years has won reputation in
several states as a trotter, and has
been defeated in but a few free
fer all races. Horses have been
. brought from far and near to de-
feat him, but he usually came out
ahead in the final heats. While
end of the race, Alfonso got faster.
He would often lag behind till the
very few last yards and then spurt
ahead and win by a neck.
How Drake Got Him.
There are various stories circulat-
ed as to how Walter Drake got AL
fonso and how he discovered his
trottiing qualities. The facts are
as follows, as told by Mr.. Drake
himself:
Four or five years ago Bostic and
McEachern had carload of horses
shipped to them at Clio from Ken
SaSAy. ouS VI InS nOTSeS was SOlQ
Joel Mcintyre, who used him for a
year or more as a general farm
and buggy horse. Mr.. Drake hap
pened to see him being driven
around and saw from his actions
that he had good speed, being fond
of fast horses. Mr.. Drake got Ben
Jones to trade for the horse for
him. He commenced training him,
and he soon developed remarkable
speed. Since then Mr.. Drake has
traced up his pedigree and found
that he came from good racing
stock.
To Quit Racing.
Mr.. Drake says he is going to
sell Alfonso and go out of the
racing business.
Alfonso is now about IL years
old, and he is just as fast as he
has ever been. His record is CIV
en- out as 2:15, but many believe
that he is even faster than that.
Mr.. Drake was once offered $1,000
for him. Pee Dee Advocate.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
Good Roads VS.. Bad Roads.

Congressman William Sulzer, of
New York, sums up the argument
Tor the plaintiff in the case of
Good Roads VS.. Bad Roads" as
follows:
GOOD roads have a money value
Tar beyond our ordinary conception.
Bad roads constitute our greatest
drawback to internal development
and material progress. Good roads
mean prosperous farmers; bad roads
mean abandoned farms, sparsely
settled country districts and con-
gested populated cities, where the
poor are destined to become poorer.
Good roads mean more cultivated
farms and cheaper food products
for the toilers in the towns; bad
roads mean poor transportation,
lack of communication, high prices
for the necessaries of life, the loss
OF untold millions of wealth, and
idle workmen seeking employment. "
Gentlemen of the jury, the case is
with youi
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
INCoMPETENCY-FAHURE
Brains Are as Necessary in a Small
Store as Anywhere Else

Are there too many small mer-
chants? There are If you count in
the incompetent ones who start in
without the requisite knowledge for
success or the capital to carry
them through. Regardless of what
merits may be in the field they oc-
cupy, whether there is population
sufficfent to support another store
or not, they start in, pay for what
goods they can and always find
some ambitious wholesaler who is
anxious to extend credit. What is
the result? Their incompetency and
lack Of business training lead them
into cutting prices below the safety
mark. Their stocks are poorly as
sorted. They perhaps unwisely ex-
tend credits and, instead of properly
making goods so as to bring in a
good percentage of profits, charge
exorbitantly for one thing and toe
little for something else. Consum-
err become dissatisfied. Some turn
their patronage to the order houses
others to the nearest large city. In
the grocery line 1t can be seen by
the careful observer that the num-
Der of stores is fully third great
er than they should be in the av-
erage town. Where there are too
many stores only the we'll managed
ones win and the others fail. In
business it is the survival of the
ftttest as well as elsewhere
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
THE TURK IN EUROPE.
Not Much Left of Him and
Nothing i'm Africa.

Turkey is now without one foot
OF soil in Africa, where once she
held millions of subjects and the
Ialrest lands north and east of the
sahara. How long will she stay in
Europe, where even within the
memory of middle-aged men she
held territories three times as
wide as now?
Not long, after other nations
agree upon a division of the spoils.
Some arrangement might be patched
up for awarding Salonica to Austria,
Albania to Italy. and Eastern Mace
donia to Bulgaria; for crushing the
national hopes of the Servians and
and pIacating elsewhere the other
Dig powers. But Constantinople
cannot be divided, and it Is the
/ crowntng prize, one of the finest
sites in the Old World for trade
and empire. So the turk stays ON.
He is not such a bad fellow
though Europe cannot forget that
Gladstone once called him 1.-The
unspeakable." He is brave, hos
hospitlable, strong, proud, patient
kindly, honest, sober, very intelli-
gent. All who know him we'll praise
MS fine and lovable qualities. His
torlcalIy he shines by contrasts.
Lhe Jews driven from Spain by
ferdinand and Isabella, found a
safe home in Turkey, where many
Will bear Spanish names and speak
spanish dialect. The Christian
sects in Turkey have been more
under the Sultans than they were
under the Byzantine Emperors or
than they have in other Christian
! lands.
The Turk is more European than
many who would Griv" him out of
Europe. Often blue-eyed and ligh.-
! halred, his ancestors have inter
married with Circassans, Greeks.
Slaves even with Englishwomen and
Frenchwomen, until he has no more
a national type than has the Amer
lean. Upon the whole, he is the
best man in Turkey, but his handi-
caps are two-a fatalistic religion
and the fact that he is in the min
ority.
Never a prolific race, the Turks
nave spent their blood in warfare
which they forbade to their Chris
tlan "ravas." They are less than
a third of the population of Europ-
can Turkey. Only in the country
behind Constantinople are they in
majority. Elsewhere they appear
mainly as the hated soldier, tax
gather and ruler of alien peoples.
Constantinople itself is more d med
ley of races than New York. The
turks are being gradually elbowed
out of Europe, which still respects
their military powers.-New York
World
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
BALLooNIsT's FATAL PLUNGE
Parachute Fails to Work - Falls
Seven Hundred Feet.

Tifton, Ga, October - While
engaged in a balloon race at the
South Georgia Exposition here this
afternoon, Capt. John Broder fell
700 feet from his balloon and was
instantly killed. Broder had just
finished a high diving act, and
Prof. Gowdy, and aerouaut, was
preparing to ascend when Broder
volunteered to take another balloon
and race. Both balloons ascended
perfectly, few yards apart, for a
distance of 500 to 1000 feet, when
the signal for them to cut loose was
fired.
Broder dropped slightly in ad-
vance of his fellow balloonist,, but
in some unknown manner his para
chute failed to fill and he plunged
10 earth like a shot. Despite Brod-
er's fate which he witnessed,
Gowdy also cut loose and landed
safely nearly half a mile away.
Broder was unmarried and
has mother and sis
ter living at Green Lake, Wis.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
TEE DILLON HERALD MORNING IL s

institutions OF the Presbyterian
Church in South Carolina was sue
cessfully and enthusiastically
launched in Florence, the Little
Gate City" Of South Carolina, and
the launching took place in the
parlors of the First Presbyterian
church, IN East Evans street.
This affair was rather a unique
way of launching SO great an un-
dertaking, but the end justified the
ways and means" of getting it
started. BY previous invitations a
large number of the representative
pastors, elders and deacons of the
Presbyterian Church of the Pee Dee
tresbytery and a number of other
distinguished ministers and laymen
of that church came to Florence for
this meeting. They were elegantly
entertained at banquet in the
dining hall of the church, where
ten-minute addresses, or rather
speeches, were made, and at the end
some $4,000 or $4,000 had been
pledged for the movement. none of
which is to be paid unless the
whole 100000 is raised.
The following was the programme
as carried out last night:
Song, Doxology, standing.
Grace, the Rev. T. Ellison Simp-
son, moderator.
The Rev. Thornton Whaling, D..
D., president Columbia Theological
Seminary, The Needs of Our Sem
mary"
The Rev. S. C. Byrd, d. D., pres
dent Chicora College, "Chicora
College,
The Rev. d. M. Douglas, president
Presbyterian College of South Car
olna, Our College at Clinton"
Mr.. R. H. King, general secretary
Charleston Y. M. c. A, 1.-The Short
Term Simultaneous Campaign"
The Rev. Jas. o .Reaves, d. D.,
pastor First Church, Columbia, THE
Significance of this Campaign"
The Rev. A. c. Bridgman, finan-
cial secretary joint committee on
endowment, Final Instructions.
Benediction, the Rev. D. NJ. Full
ton, Darlington.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
HYDE WILL BE BAPTIZED.
Sheriff to Accompany Doomed Man
to- Anderson Church.

Anderson, October 5. - Special:
Sheriff w. B. King to-day received
an order from Judge Geo. e. Prince,
Eow presiding over Court at Mar
ion, to convey Samuel Hyde, who
is under sentence to hang on Octo-
ber 20 for the murder of his wife,
at the First Baptist Church, where
Hyde May Be baptized and received
as a member of the church. The
Rev. John +. Vines recently sent a
petition to Judge Prince, who was
the presiding Judge and who passed
sentence on Hyde had professed
conversion and desired to be baptiz-
ed. The petition also stated also
that it would be inconyenient to
conduct the baptism in the Jail. DR..
Vines is at Laurens attending the
Laurens county Baptist Association,
but he Is expected to return with
In a few days, at which time the
order of the court will be obeyed.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
b. II. THINIAN's POSITION.
Denies Taking Part in Alleged |
Meeting. - Richards Has Been
Misrepresented.

Senator Tilhnan has sent to the
DAILY Record, for publication, a copy
OF a letter he has written to Mr..
w; i Crews, editor of the News
Scimltor, replying to an editorial
In lie Inst issue of that paper,
September 22nd and denying that
he took any part with Major John
g. Richards, Jr., in any scheme to
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
Mullins Enterprise.

Mullins Enterprise.
Rev. ]. r. Watson, of Pages Mill,
was in town Monday. MIR Watson
mad the plans of his new church
with him, and they were admired by
all who saw them. He stated that
the building was going up rapidly,
the prick work being up to the
Ilrst window now. The little con-
gregation is to be congratulated on
thelr success in having such a nice
mouse OF worship under construc-
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
The article to which Senator Till
man refers Is as follows:
'The Plot Apaiuts RIeasa

The article to which Senator Till
man refers is as follows:
"The Plot Againts BIease.
Several days ago Senator Till
man was the guest of Mr.. John G..
Richards at his home in Kershaw
county, aid when the Senator left
for his home at Trenton the chief
Justice Of the supreme court of the
State, Judge Ira B. Jones, made a
pilgrimage, also, to Mr.. Richards
nome, which seems suddenly to have
become the political mecca for all
anti-Blease politicians.
Immediately after Chief Justice
Jones return home he sent his
resignation to the governor, to take
erect next January, and also noti-
lied Col. Brooks, Clerk to the Su-
preme court to that effect. This
turn of the political Kaleidoscope
affords some interesting prognosti-
cations, and at the same time de-
Velops a political scheme that has
been Matching in Columbia for some
time. When that former popular
News and Courier correspondent
whom Tillma loved and loves
above all other newspaper cores
pondents, of the anti press of the
state, laid all his wires and made
report to Gonzales and Co., the po-
litical leaven began to work. The
big city dailies Immediately began to
sing the praise of Judge Ira b.
Jones for governor and all the lit
tie 'me-too' antiBl-ease papers in
the State yelped approval and have
been making the welkin ring ever
since with the praises of Mr..
Jones.
Whether or not Senator Tillman
has given these conspiring politi-
clans any pegs on which to hang
their political hopes, we don't
know; but whether he did or not,
the anti-Blease politicians are try
Ing to make Senator Tillman's old
friends and supporters believe he
did. But at any rate, it Is easy to
picture the suave Richards and the
sedate and wise chief justice sitting
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-10-12
CAMPAIGN FOR $500, 900.
Presbyterians OF State Begin at
Florence, Movement for Benefit
oR Their Colleges.

Florence, October 5. - Special:
The campaign for the raising of
100000 for the three educational
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-25
ELoPEMENr PLANS M,scARRv.
Sixteen .Year.oid Girl Stranded and
Lover MISSING.

/ coSOV "ISOtISs
| Burlington Aug. 25.-Birdie Trimble
handsome country girl, who gives her
age as Is, but whose pulchritude be-
tokens more advanced age. was pick
| ed up on the streets by Officer Diercks
! last night. She had no money and no
place to sleep, SO she decided to spend
the night walking the streets She said
her home is in Toddville. in Linn coun-
ty, and that she, came to Burlington
expecting TO marry to Henry Oilphant.
aged %. neishbor. who had bought
her a ticket to this city. but neglected
to provide her with funds.
Oliphant had been paying her atten-
tons for some time. said the girl and
finally made the proposition that they
elope and get married. Her parents
would not consent to the union on ac-
count of her youth. SO Oilphant and
the girl accompanied by ELEPHANTS
sister left for EiCton, but on account
Of the girls age We're unable to secure
a marriage permit Oliphant, the girl
alleges, then bought her ticket to
Burlington and told her if she needed
any money, to call on a certain friend
Of his here who would supply her. She
failed to see the man in question and
Oilphant did not appear on the scene,
so the girl was taken into custody.
Her father was communicated with
and he wired back to hold Oilphant.
when he arrived. 1t Is undoubtedly his
intention &c prosecute the young man
for serious crime. The Trimble girl
is absolutely unsophisticated and could
be easily led astray Her parents will
undoubtedly take her home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-25
MAPES AGAIN IN CUSTODY.
Parolsd Convict Arrested for Alleged
Crime in Chicago.

Burlington, Aug. 25.-Frank Mapes,
one OF the smoothest crooks that ever
worked in this section, has been taken
to Chicago from the Anamosa reforna-
tory. to face a charge Of stealing silks
valued at 1900
,Mapes was sent to prison from Bur-
lington for forgery. His case was
marked by a number Of unusual feat
ures and ever since his arrest the
willy fellow has been trying to break
out. by lawful and unlawful means.
Mapes and a young woman Of Mar
shalltown came to Burlington several
years ago. They were here about six
weeks and Mapes represented himself
as having some sort of business Just
before their departure the GIRL cashed
a number Of bogus checks which had
been made out by Mapes.
No trace of the couple was found
ffoT a year. '~a:s:e. HaSes S:ect - The
chief Of police at Omaha and told him
Of the crime. Tho crook did this from
motives Of Jealousy. the girl havins
left him for another man. Tho youns
woman was at once arrested. and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-25
ALFRED DAvL,ss INJURED.
Illinois Educator Hurt at Country Hem
in 1owfn.

Illinois Edueatsr Hurt at Country HONS
in lows.
Springfield, H., Aug. 2.-Alfred Bay
liss, former superintendent OF public
instruction, is near death at his farm
at Woodbine. Iowa, according to dis
patches received In this city. Mr.. Bay.
iiss is suffering from a fractured skull
sustained Tuesday in q fall from
horse.
Mr.. Bayliss was riding a horse to
woodbine from his country home. when
the animal became frightened and ran
away. Mr.. Bayliss was thrown to the
ground and sustained severe fracture
Of the skull.
He was not at first believed to be
fatally injured. but reports from his
farm in Iowa are to the effect that ne
is gradually growing worse and death
is expected
Mr.. Bayliss was superintendent OF
public instruction for eight years. from
1899 to 1907. when he was succeeded
by Francis G. Blair. He is at present
head OF the Western State Normal Uni
versity at Macomb.