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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20


This community was greatly shocked to
hear of the sudden death, on March z, of
George II. Mesder, formerly of this place,
in California. Mr.. Meader was in the
thirtieth year of his age. He left last April
for California with bis family, and was
employed there as carpenter.
His eyes began bothering him, and al
though he was given the best of medical
and surgical skill, it was without any
benefit. He entered a hospital for an
operation, and after being there eleven
days, the operation was performed. An
abscess was found on the optic nerve which
led to the brain, and he never rallied.
Mr. Mesder was popular among his as
sociates there, and was very promising
young man. He belonged to the order Of
Modern Woodmen.
The remains were laid to rest in Cypress
Lawn cemetery. The flowers were profuse
and beautiful, which showed the esteem
in which be was held. He leaves wife,
who was Ethel Whitaker, OF Lamoine,
and two children. The family and rela-
tives here have the sincere sympathy Of the
community in their bereavement.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS.


Ellsworth Association Formed at
Meeting Yesterday.
The Sunday School Workers institute,
which was held Tuesday afternoon and
evening with the Union Congregational
church, Ellsworth Falls, was largely at
tended and proved an enjoyable session.
II. f. Luikin, secretary of the Maine
State Sunday school association, was pres
ent, as were also Revs. p. A. A. Rillam, E.
ID. kizer, f. l.. Sawyer. and assisted the
pastor, Rev. o. j. Guptill, in making the
institute the success which it was.
A social hour and lunch was enjoyed
bet tween sessions, Mrs. whitney's Sunday
school class serving sandwiches and COT
fee.
There were some changes in the pro-
gram as announced. 1t was voted at the
conference in the afternoon to form an
Ellsworth district Sunday school associa-
ton, to include the Sunday schools OF Els
worth, Lamoine, Hancock, Surry and
Trenton. At the evening session, officers
were elected as follows: Rev. P. A. A.
Kiilam, president; b. b. Whitcomb, vice
president; Mrs. +. Eugene Moon, of Han
cock, secretary and treasurer; Rev. Il. l..
Sawyer, superintendent Of home depart
ment; Rev. L. d. Kizer, superintendent OF
teachers training department.
Rev. F. Paliadino, of Bangor, who was
to deliver an address in the evening, was
unable to be present, and in his place MIR.
Lufkin spoke on .'The Boy and His Prob
lens"
Following was the full program of the
day:
Afternoon.
Song and devotional service,
Rev PA A Killam
Needs and deeds, an experience meeting,
Led by Rev u Kizer. Phi d
Address: Building up the Sunday school,
HE Lufkin
Round table
Offering for expenses
Conference: Shall we effect district Or
ganiIationf
Social hour and lunch
Evening.
Praise and prayer....... lied by Mr. Lufkin
Symposium: Evangelism in the Sunday
school. Ten-miuute talks
a Its Motiye................Re Rev f L Sawyer
Its Strategic Value. .....Rev o J GuptiH
Preservation of the Child Ideal,
Rev Kizer
Offering for State work
Address, The Boy and His Problems.
Mr. Lufkin
Adjournment
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CITY MEETING.
.,,,arr OF APPROPRIATIONS
FOR COMING YEAR.
.r,s,ass FOR PERMANENT ROAD AND
f SIDEWALK WORK AND HANCOCK
HALL REPAIRS.

a.. ,,,l board was present at the recess
sing of the city government last
a.An,sday evening, when the budget of APP
.onristions was taken up.
r,cb Of the aldermen and the mayor
"a yivon the subject OF appropriations
Us during the week, and sew
~, Bs,s we're prepared. Items on the
"a. we're discussed separately and col
,..,i,sIv. and where there was disagree
-. on some items, compromise was
tremendously effected.
revision was made in the budget for
lament Highway aud sidewalk WORK,
e.. road and repairs ON Hancock hall.
Thssa appropriations are in line with
M.v,r CunniDghamis inaugural recon-
-,.,d.tions, and the board was unanimous
II aaonting them. The only change In
~. sppropriations for these purposes sug-
,,ss,c1 py the mayor was the reduction OF
.h.t for Hancock hall from a. 500 TO q 1000.
Fellowing Is the budget OF appropris-
,ons as finally passed, with the appro-
r,s.tlons for the two preceding years for
nhtnrarison.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20
MOUTH OF THE RIVER.

Frank Torrey, of Sedgwick, spent the
weekend with Capt. F. b. Sadler.
Miss Ora Murch, Of Crono, spent Friday
with her mother, Mrs. George Murch.
Miss Margaret Mathews has returned
from Boston, where she has been visiting.
Irving Closson and wife are visiting his
parents, Capt. d. F, Closson and wife, for
few days.
Mrs. Willis SadIer and Mrs. Sadie
Waters, of Hampden, were guests of F. b.
Sadler and wife one day last week.
Frand Meader and family are visiting in
West Ellsworth for few days before
going to Skowhegan, where they will live.
A few friends gathered recently at the
home of Mrs. George Fullerton for chop
ping match, after which bountiful sup
per was served.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20
SURRY.
Mrs. z. f. Ellington is ill.
G. F. Ingalls, is away on business

Mrs. q. E. Ellington is ill.
G.. F. Ingalls, is away on business.
Ella Jarvis and Lizzie Gray are visiting
in Boston.
Mrs. r. A. Coggins is with Miss Fannie
Allen for a short time.
Miss Nellie Sinclair, who has been visit
ing relatives here, has returned to Els
worth.
Earl Gaspar, of Beverly, Mass, who has
been visiting his parents, has returned to
Massac husetts.
Miss Louise Stickney, of Boston, is Wis
iting at II. j. Milliken's. She was called
here by the illness and death OF Mrs. l.. j.
Allen.
The friends OF G. WeIland Clay SYM
pathize with him in the loss OF his wife,
who died March 16 at the Eastern Maine
hospital, Bangor; also with Mrs. Clay's
father, who lost his wife only a few
weeks ago.
March IS. ANON.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20
ELLSWORTH FALLS.


Martin III. Haynes is in Boston for a
week.
Mrs. Emery strout is visiting in Har-
ringtpn.
Irving Shaw has been here several days
visiting relatives.
Henry ID. Smith is home, after several
months in the woods on the Penobscot
river.
Mrs. George s. Stanley was here Tues
day on her way from Walthsm to her
home in Brewer.
Miss frankie Flood has moved into the
house which she recently purchased Of
Mrs. Abbie c. Hasiam.
e. II. Giles, of Amherst, was here fri
day and Saturday OF last week, the guest
of w. N. Davis and wife.
Almond G. JelIison and wifei and Miss
Marjorie Jellison were in Waltham on
Friday of last week, guests OF B. F. Jordan
and family.
Mrs. Isaiah Richardson and son. Will
liam, of West Ellsworth, and Mrs. Amos
buttf VI DeFuhli. nave beeh Euesio VI
Leonard j. Maddocks and family several
days.
Mrs. Martha Whitman went to Bangor
Monday noon, taking with her Miss Alice
Witham, who will undergo an operation
for adenoids at the Eastern Maine general
hospital.
Funeral services of Elsie, the thirteen
months-old child of Fred II. Gerry and
wife, of Bar Harbor, were held Sunday af-
ternoou at the home OF John Moulton
and wife, Rev. .. j. Guptill officiating.
The remains were placed in the receiving
vault. This was the only child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gerry, and they have the heartfelt
sympathy Of their many friends here.
The child was taken suddenly ill, and al
though several doctors were summoned, it
lived only few hours.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20
ANON.
BUCKSPORT.
March i

Miss Marian Rust left on the boat Mon
day for Boston.
Miss Ouida Ward, of Houlton, is visit
ing her cousin, Miss Kathleen Webb.
The grammar school closed Friday for
the spring vacation. Miss Baker left Sat-
urday morning for her home in Steuben.
The seminary will open March 20, after
an enforced vacation of two weeks owing
to an accident to the heating apparatus at
the domitory.
Miss Helen Borland left on the Boston
boat Monday, en- route for Baltimore,
Nd, to spend two months with her
brother Hugh, who is attending the Uni
versity of Maryland.
Miss Florence Homer returned to Bos-
ton Monday, being in town to attend the
funeral OF her grandmother, Mrs. Smith.
March IS. j.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20
CAPE ROSTER.

Fernald Howard is working for William
Dyer.
Mrs. Izetta Dyer is working for William
Counce.
Jesse Gray will shingie the Smith cot
tage in April.
Maurice Gray and Alvarado Gray went
Ellsworth Monday.
Mrs Eugene Jordan, who has been
visiting in Massachusetts,, is home.
Misses Elsie and Vera Wardwell, who
have been visiting in Castine, are home.
Manfred Gray has placed his son Wales
in hospital in Boston for treatment Of
the eyes.
Capt. Ernest Gray and family returned
to New York Monday, after spending the
winter with his parents, s. d. Gray and
wife.
March Is. G.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20
ADVERTISEMENTS.
AS a Spring Medicine
Hoods is King

tsFor all the troubles have had Hoods Sarsa-
parlla surely is the king have taken it at different
times in the past three years when have suffered
from catarrh and stomach troubles, and have always
found it a grand medicine. My stomach is very
much better than it was, and as spring medicine,
too, know that no one can do any better than to
take Hoods Sarsaparilla. My husband and have
reason to recommend it cordially" Mrs. d. b.
Plummer, 3S7 Union Ave-, Laconia, n FL.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20
BORN.

CoUNCE-At South Brooksville, March 7, to
Mr. and Mrs William Counce, a daughter.
EAToN--At Brooklin. March II. to Mr. and
Mrs John Hiram Eaton, a son. Amasa
Choate.l
GRAY-At Bluehill, March 10, to Mr. and Mrs
Richard Gray, a daughter.
KNIGHT--At North Stonington, March 7, to
Mr. and Mrs Willard Knight, a son. lAlton
Young.
SANBORN--At Brooksville, March II, to Mr.
and Mrs Charles Edwin Sanborn, a son.
STAPLES-At South Penobscot March 10, Mr.
and Mrs George NJ Staples, a daughter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20

Before the board took up the budget OF
appropriations, they heard remarks from
citizens present in regard to particular
appropriations.
Ex-Chiei Justice l.. A. Emery was the
frs speaker in regard to the city library,
which ne characterized as one OF his pets.
Judge Emery has long taken an active in
terest in the management of the city Ii
brary, and TO him is largely due its ex-
cellent character.
The first matter brought up by Judge
Emery vas 10 relation to securing place
as a repository for State and government
reports and documents. One of the con-
dition- under which libraries receive State
aid is that provision be made for these re-
ports There Is no additional room for
these in the library building. Through
correspondence with State officials, Judge
Emery had been assured that IL, by vote
OF the city government, the aldermen's
room al Hancock hall could be designated
as an annex to the library, and the city
clerk as assistant librarian for the custody
Of State reports, the requirements of the
State would be satisfied and the State
stipend allowed. Later in the evening the
following order was passed:
Ordered. That the room of the mayor and
aldermen aud city clerk be made an annex of
The city library for the custody OF such
statutes, court reports. reports Of State Off
eiAls. etc, as may be received from the State
Of Maine. and also for the custody OF such
HHaHa -
United States.
That the city clerk for the time being be
assistant librarian for such care and custody
OF all said books and documents as shall
make them accessible at reasonable hours
Tor the use and beneht of all citizens.
The second matter presented by Judge
Emery was request that the sppropria-
lion for the library be not less than that
OF last year. The fact that last years APP
preparations had not been fully expended
ne hoped would not affect this years APP
Preparation. The library trustees had
parposely held back some OF last years
iund in contemplation OF extensive pur-
cnases Of new books now In course OF pub
hcation, and also to meet the expense OF
putting new furnace in the library
building.
PosroFFIcE LOT SEWER.
u W. Tapley, custodian OF the custom
mouse, presented communications from
the treasury department at Washington
10 regard to the drain across the lot on
winch the addition to the postoffice is to be
quit this year. the government repeated
rs suggestion that the city divert the
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20
WEST ELLSWORTH a.

Mrs. Austin, who has been i'll the past
few weeks, is out again.
Ora Carter will go to Ellsworth to-day
to be employed in Charles J. Browns
blacksmith shop.
Mrs. Hattie Carter, who has been con-
fined to the house the last two months, is
improving rapidly.
Mrs. George NJ. Cunningham is home,
after spending two weeks with her sister,
Miss Vsrnie Carter, in Old Town.
Raymond Cunningham will return to
Surry to-day to attend high school. He
has spent his vacation with his parents.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20
MARRIED..

SAWYER-SCAMMON- Franklin, March
MeItiah f Scammon, both of Franklin. -
SMITH = GRAY = At North Brooksvil,e,
March 10, by Rev j N Palmer, Miss Julia
Olive Smith to Thurman Lewis Gray, both
of Brooksville.
March a. by Rev A Killam, Miss Geneva
A Weber to John f Tourtelotte, both of
Lakewood.
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DoLLARDTowN.

Miss Julia Barron is home from Castine
normal school for the Easter vacation.
George B. Floyd and wife have moved
back from Ellsworth to their old home
here.
Miss Martha Barron left Tuesday for
Presque Isle to visit her niece, Mrs. Lura
p. Moran.
Frank Meader, who recently sold his
place at Bayside, is, with his family, at s.
P.,stackpcle's, preparing to go to skowhe-
gan, where he will live.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20

THE AMERICAN prints more pitaI sta
tistics-births, marriages ana deaths
than all the other papers printed in the
county combined, and most Of them 1t
prints from one to too ioeeks ahead Of its
contemporaries.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-03-20

sSs.Dna tBss~tl eSrsss3 ~
While these appropriations aggregate
more than 1900 more than last year, this,
/, ia estimated, will be more than Offset
By a smaller state tax, the rate this year
being only four mills as against six mills
last year. The appropriation for State
roads is sufficient to secure the Safe aid of
sznn
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-08-29
FLUKE SPOILS
FAST GAME
With Score | to 0 Jasper Claims
2on Disputed Hit, and
Sequachee Quit.

Jasper and Sequachee battled for
eight innings Saturday afternoon l to
0. In the last half of eighth with two
men on bases, one out and two strikes
on the batter, Johnston, he put short
fly in left field on which decision was
not made by the umpire, who failed
to go to the line. Sequachee players
and rooters all thought the ball had
landed in foul territory, but the Jas.
per players thought differen tly, the
two on bases scoring, and Johnston
taking second Manager Hill took his
men off field, as this was too much. A
similar hit in previous inning by
H. Brewer, of SeQuachee. on which he
too made second was not questioned
as being foul ball, and some Jasper
people present said that Brewers hit
was nearer being fair than Johnston s.
The game was a lulah throughout
up to this fluke, some fast fielding be-
ing done by both teams. Time and
again each team got men on bases but
we're unable to score them. 1t was
three up and three down with surpris-
ing regularity. Leland made a star
catch for SequaChee when he took
Stewart near-oyer the-fence in CEN
tire. Harris did another fol Jasper in
right field. Sequachee scored its run
in second inning on hit by Hill. W.
Martin ran for Hill, stole second by a
splendid slide, and in stealing third
drew a wild throw from King and
scored. Curtis and Martin was the Sc
quachee battery, while Brewer and
King did the same stunt for Jasper.
Some called it a pitchers battle, .
but it was little more than that, for
there were plenty of fast plays around
the bases and in the field. Curtis
showed the Jasper people he could de-
liver the goods, pitching sharp
breaking curve, and Brewers on the
contrary were long and snaky, Mar
tin gave Curtis splendid support, TAX
ing four difficult fouls without an er-
ror, and King, barring two wild
throws, did good work. Case played
first for the locals without an error,
but failed to hit like he once did.
Johnston peraumbuated the same spot
for Jasper, and made one error, which
was not costly. S. Martin was on
short for Sequachee and took all
chances, but threw wild once, which
WAS uOL COSt1y DIS but runner, DG6N dIG
was nipped at third. Lasater played
third for Sequachee, and put up
splendid game, his two errols not be-
ing made by his fault, the runner
humping him pretty severely in
eighth on case of clear out, and he
dropped high foul in same inning af-
ter a remarkable run to get it. Cop
pinger played a good game at second,
and his Jasper rival, Stewart, like
wise.
Tom Foster umpired, and his decis-
ions were unquestioned He is good,
square fellow, and tried to do the
right thing always. F. failure to
run to line to decide on foul was uone
by inexperience, and not knowing -.
the ball actually struck or r2 e
was reluctant to give decision Il
Innings, 1913 al
Sequachee, O1O q &
Jasper, O0Q IS
Hits-Jasper, 4, Sequacbl IS | &
-JasOer A SpuuaChee z
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-08-29
Stanley.
Special 10 the .Ne7U5.

SPECIAL 10 the -Ne7OS.
Miss Emma Holloway returned to
her home at Whitwel Monday after
spending a few weeks visiting friends
and relatives here.
Tommie Lusk was tie guest of An
dy Richie Saturday night and Sun
day.
G. NJ, Layne went to Chattanooga
Saturday.
T, H. Richie made business trip
to Whitwell Tuesday.
A. j. Richie went to Chattanooga
Friday.
Road working is the order this week
by VIM. McNabb, overseer.
Miss Mary McNabb called at the
POstottice Sunday afternoon.
Miss Bette Christian, an aged lady,
died Sunday evening of consumption.
She lived in Hamilton County, but had
many friends and relatives in this
county who mourn her departure very
much.
We are sorry to announce the death
of DR.. M. l.. Barclay, who passed to
his reward Thursday. He had been in
feeble health for several months with
consumption. He was native of
Pennsylvania, coming to this state
about 18 years ago He married Miss
Sarah Durham about Il years ago. He
leaves wife and four children with
whom we sympathise very much.
Bon Bon.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-08-29
PLATFORM OF
SOCIALIST PARTY
Adopted by National Convention,
May, 1908, and by Member.
ship Referendum August 8,
1903. ---Amended by Re-
ferendum Sept. 7,
1909.

Published by request:
Human life depends upon food,
clothing and shelter. Only with these
assured are freedom, culture and high
er human development possible. To
produce food, clothing or shelter, land
and machinery are needed. Land alone
does not satisfy human needs. Human
! labor creates machinery and applies 1t
to the land for the production of raw
materials and food. Whoever has con
troll of land and machinery controls
human labor and with it human life
and liberty.
Today the machinery and the land
used for industrial purposes are owned
by rapidly decreasing minority. SO
long as machinery is simple and easily
handled by one man, its owner cannot
dominate the sources of life of others
But when machinery becomes more
complex and expensive and requires
for its effective operation the organic
ed effort of many workers, it's influence
reaches over wide circles of life. The
owners of such machinery become the
dominant class.
In proportion as the number of such
machine owners compared to all other
nation and in the world increases.
They bring ever larger masses of work
ing people under their control, reduc-
ing them to the point where muscle
and brain are their only productive
property Millions of formerly self
employing workers thus become the
helpless wage slaves of the industrial
masters.
Az hn sx,t 4 hn Tr
class grows it becomes less useful in
the life of the nation. All the useful
work of the nation falls upon the
shoulders of the class whose only prop
erty is its manual and mental labor
power-the wage wOrker-or of the
class who have but little land and lit
tie effective machinery outside of their
labor power-the small traders and
small farmers. The ruling minority
is steadily becoming useless and para
site.
A bitter struggle over the division
of the products of labor is waged be-
tween the exploiting propertied classes
on the one hand and the exploited
pronertyless class on the other. In this
struggle the wage working class can
not expect adequate relief from any
reform of the present order at the
hands of the dominant class
The wage workers are therefore the
most determined and irreconcilable an
tagonists of the ruling class. They
suffer most from the curse Of class
rule. The fact that a few capitalists
are permitted to control all the coun-
try's industrial resources and social
tools for their individual profit, and
to make the production Of the necessa-
res of life the object Of competitive
rrivate enterprise and speculation is
at the bottom of all the social evils of
our time.
In spite of the organization of trusts,
pools and combinations, the capitalists
are powerless to regulate production
for social ends, Industries are largely
conducted in a planless manner.
Through periods of feveriish activity
the strength and health of the workers
are mercilessly used up, and during
periods of enforced idleness the work
ers are frequently reduced to starva-
tion.
The climaxes of this system of pro
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-08-29
ROLLA WELLS IS
EARLY ON The JOB
Democratic National Treasurer
Is After Small Contributor.
The PEOPLE ARE TO HELP
Used in EIeetIng Wilson and Mar
shall.

New York-A small, smooth shaved,
middle-aged man with a coat Of tan
that gave evidence Of much outdoor
life recently came into the Waldorf
carrying a suit case early in the after
noon and registered as "Rolla Wells,
st. Louis, Mo-"
The smooth shaved little man, who
is to be the watchdog of the Wilson
campaign money from now on, was
asked for vital statistics whereupOn
it was learned at first hand that he is
a banker and ex-mayor of st. Louis,
is fifty-six years old, was graduated at
Princeton in 1876, or three years be-
fore Governor Wilson was graduated;
that he has two sons who are Prince
ton men and a grandson who some
day will be Princeton man; that he
had no notion Of seeing New York
this summer until the Wilson organi-
zation selected him as its treasurer
and that just at present the one thing
that sticks out in the appointment in
his mind is that the new job cut in Sc
riouslv upon a most beautiful vacation
which he and Mrs Wells had been en-
joying in a camp at Little Traverse
bay, Michigan.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-08-29
Good Fa ~mer.

Thursday of last " eek we mott
our streets ClaJ Greer, Jr., ~
son, Tom, with a wagon loadAsz
with team of four mares, a.
which had fine colt following.
Greer said he had on 81 bushes
corn, and Notwithstanding then
condition of the roads the mares NOV
this load with all ease. Mr.. Greer D
raising five spring colts from thA
many mares which have made y
crop. While he may be called luck,
by some you never find much fdlenesl
around him and be has always go
something to sell which brings goot
prices. .-Pikeville Banner.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-08-29
Flying Men Fl

V ctims to stomach, liver
troubles just like other
like results in loss of ap'
ache, nervousness, head actl
listless, rundown feeling,
no need to feel like that as i
bles, Henry, Tenn, proved.
ties of Electric Bitters," he wf
more to give me new strength
appetite than all other stomacl
dies l used" s. they help eve
It's folly to suffer when this grf
edv will help you from the firs
Try it. Only 80 cents ut
Whitwell L