Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-26
Suit to Recover Damages
In Corn Packing Case.
indictments for Illegal Selling
Schools May Close.
Delegates Instructed for Roosevelt
At korridgeWock.

A case tried in the supreme court.
Monday, was of special interest to
every farmer in Somerset county,
Charles H. Gardner of Skowhegan VS..
the Portland Packing Company. The
plaintiff brought suit in the sum of
s250.e0 10 recover damages for the loss
of sweet corn, last fall, that he claims
he had contracted to plant for this
company. This case is one of about
80 of a similar. nature that have
been brought and it is understood that
the one on trial is to make test case,
altho the others may be tried. The
story of the case is as presented by
the plaintiff through his attorneys,
Merrill & Merrill, that he contracted
with the company TO plant four acres
of sweet corn for the factory at Show
hogan. After he had put in two loads
he had orders not to haul any more.
He claimed they stated no reason ex-
capting that the company had told
the superintendent not to accept any
more corn. The court house was
crowded by people from various parts
of the county interested in the out
come of the case.
Fred Bess was apprehended, Mon
dav. on an indictment for perjury.
Bess had been indicted through state
ments that had been made by him In
cases that he was involved in relating
to the infraction of the Prohibitory
law Several terms ago Mr. Bess was
tried for liquor selling and was acquit-
ted In that trial he testified Under
oath that he mad never bought any
=, 10 lat a
civil case was tried against him by
liquor house in Boston In dispositions,
Ress stated that he had bought the
liquor for Illegal sale and was not la
BILE for payment. Others unprecedented
on indictments found at this term OF
court were: John II. Clark on indiet-
ment charging him with willfgllly,
wantonly harrassing person AFTER
forbidden by the sheriff Napoelon
Gilbert, Madison, single sale; Chester
Hodgdon, East Madison, single sale;
Samuel Nelson, Madison. single sale;
Annie Johnson, Madison, common
seller. The civil cases on the assigned
list up to the present time that have
tech settled without trial are: Horton,
eomplt VS. Bickford, Court declines to
make order, neither party; Lander ct
II VS. Smith, continued; First National
bank, Sl1owhegan, VS.. Ernest Emerson
defaulted; Merrill VS. Gates defaulted
by agreement; Bishop VS. Hackett ct
al, neither party. The cases assigned
fer Tuesday are: Mckinney VS. Burl-
irgame; Garrett VS. Bunker; Davis VS.
Clark ct al.
There are prospects that two of the
IL IL. h.ay no
closed for the spring term, that of the
SOW district and Bigelow Hill dis
trict. On account of several families
moving recently from the district the
attendance In each school will be cut
down to about six pupils. If they are
closed the pupils in the Bigelow Hill
district will be conveyed to the viii
lage and those of the Snow district
to the Pitts district.
Supt of Schools l.. w. Gerrish de-
livered a very interesting address at
the meeting of the Y. NJ. C, A.. Sun
day afternoon. He gave history of
the Holy Land in reference to the
home OF Christ, His teachings. and re-
viewed the history of the week be-
fore the Resurrection.
Miss Vivian Ellsworth of Farming
ton. Colby 10. passed Saturday and
Sunday with Miss Rowena Flynt.
Dr. Wilbur f. Berry of Water
Vile occupied the pulpit of the Meth
odist church, Sunday morning and
evening.
Rev. j. g. Osborne of the First Bap-
fist church was in Wateryille Mon
day. attending the ministers meeting
Henry Crowell went to Bangor
Monday, on business.
Miss Stella Cunning. who has been
passlngs several weeks in Skowhegan,
returned TO her home in Brewer,
Monday