Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-20
March Term Of Somerset
Supreme Court Opens.
Henry Ramsey Goes 10 Jail on
A Liquor Conviction.
School Conditions Investigated by
Women..PersonaI Notes.

i he MdrCn term OF the supreme gu
dicial court convened here, at 030 \.
NJ. Tuesday. with Justice A. r. Saw
age of Lewiston presiding. Prayer
was offered by Rev. J. c. Osborne of
the First Baptist church, which WAS
followed by the empanelling of tho
traverse juries after the grand jury
had started upon it's deliberations. c.
r. MeGrilIis of Palmyra was elected
foreman of the first jury and Leonard
r. Lincoln of Arson, foreman of the
second jury. There were no cases
tried. TIE first day, but the greater
part of the day was spent III reading
the docket, Which contained 319 cases,
while the equity docket contained Il
cases. Justice Savage had a large
number of the old cases dismissed that
had been on the docket for several
years. Ii is understood that this term
of court will last but two weeks. but
much business will be done in that
time. Sheriff John A. Meoers is the
officer of the court, with the follow
ing deputies as his assistants: H. D.
Brophy. Fairfield: =. G. Foss, Bling
ham, in charge of the grand jury; c.
II. Chute, Skowhegan. charge of first
jury. G. L. Folsom of Cambridge in
charge of second jury; and H. H.
Lessore of Madison. Among the at
torneys present at the opening of
court were: F. d. Dearth, Dexter; AR
Mclean. Augusta: Miss Ethel Walton
\. X. Butler, Daniel Lewis, NJ. p
Merrill, l.. l.. Walton, S. J. Walton
W. II. Halves, Judge f. F. Lawrence,
George w Cover, E. F. Merrill. For
barrett. Skowhegan; Harold Coolidge
George Morse and Judge o. A. Drake,
Pittsfield: G. w Hussey Harvey Eat
on, Waterville; c. O. Small, Bernard
Gibbs W. 3. Brown. Madison; p a.
Smith and George Weeks, Fairfield ;
II. L. Goss. Bingham; ID. d. Stewart,
st. Adams; J. H. HALEY, Hartland !:
Thomas J. Young, Scion; Judge A.
Simmons North Arson: l.. r. Folsom,
Nerridgewock.
The birthday of Mrs. James NJ. Dysart
was celebrated, Monday afternoon, by
the members of the Bethany Sunday
school class of Mrs. c. Davis Miller. Of
which she is a member. at her home On
Madison avenue. A pleasant social time
was enjoyed by ALI Ice cream and cake
were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Davis Miller are in
Boston visiting relatives.
The st. Patrck's Day supper given un-
der the auspices of the Congregational
Working League, Monday night. was i
very successful affair.
y public wedding anniversary will be
observed at the Bethany church, Wednes-
day evening. when Mr.. and Mrs. Randall
Nye will observe the 50th anniversary oil
their marriage. An extensive program
has been prepared which will largely oe
carried out by the children and grand
children of the couple.
Persia" will be the subject of the
meeting of Sorosis, Wednesday evening
Paper on THE Shah's Empire another,
THE Social Life of Persia and THE
Reconstruction
Henry Ramsey was arrested, Monday
after several hours work by Deputy
Sherffs f. r. Walker and II. H. Les
sore The officers had learned u short
time before that Ramsey had sold a
quantity of liquor to a resident of Mad
ison and they went in pursuit of him,
Ramsey getting word that the officers
were after him, hid in the wool pit of
the Madison wooden mill nearly all day
Dut WAS HndiiN cdptuTtu iIt was SiNG
hearing before Tnal Justice Newell
and was found guilty of the charge of
single sale. He was sentenced to 80 days
in the county jail and $50 costs and Il
days additional in default of payment.
He was committed.
A boy was born, Saturday, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Philips.
Roscoe p. Hart of Canaan has filed a
petition in bankruptcy. The first meet
ing of his creditors will be held, April G.
Mrs. +. w. Marble, Mrs. +. 7. Good
rich and Mrs. j. r. Wadsworth, a com
mittee appointed by the Skowhegan Wo-
mans Club. visited the High school,
Monday, to ascertain the crowded >ondi-
ton existing there. They found things
as Principal Leighton had stated and it
is believed that new quarters will be pro-
vided for Grade VIII at the beginning of
the new school year.
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