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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-09-11
A DELIGHTFUL CONCERT
Given at Lakewood Friday Evening
Miss Arlen Mckinney Was the Solo.
LOT

One of the most delightful musicals
given in this vicinity for long time
was that presented at Lakewood Fri
day evening. it being a benefit for Miss
Arlen Mckinney, the talented young
soloist, who is studying voice culture
at the New England Conservatory OF
Music, Boston, and of whom both
Skowhegan and Madison people arc
justly proud
Miss Mckinney sang several diff
ficult solos with an ease aud grace
which bespoke not only careful train
ing but a splendid voice of wide
range and sweetness. She was as
sisted on the program by H. Tobey
Mooers of Skowhegan who as reader
was given rounds of we'll merited ap-
plause and by Victor Robbins of Mad
ison, cornetist, who is a student OF
the Manlius Military School in Manli-
us, N. Y, and holds a position as corn
ct soloist in the Military Band con-
nected with the school. He was at
tired in the dress uniform of the
school which was very attractive, and
was quite as graciously received as
either of the other performers. The
accompanied for the evening was "rs
Grace Heald Of Madison.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-09-11
MIDWAY WILL Be The
BIGGEST EVER
Fair Next Week VIII Have More Mid
way Attractions Than in Any Three
Previous Years

Elsewhere in this issue will be
found half page ad devoted to next
week S big Fair at Fairview Park.
Therein are named few of the mid
way attractions which were booked
first, but so many afterward contract
ed for ground space that 1t was i'm
practicable to name them all The
present problem is to find room for
all the tent shows, fakirs, and other
privilege men who are to be in the
space between the grand stand and
the stalls Of the horse department
Much of this extraordinary influx of
midway shows is due to the activity
of our former citizen, George L. Tay-
lor. Mr.. Taylor has been doing ad-
vertfsing work for the various fairs
throughout New England, and In this
way has made the acquaintance of
about all the midway artists on the
road. Interested in his home town,
he offered to act as booking agent for
the Somerset Central Fair officials.
Somewhat to the surprise of these
gentlemen, he has turned over con-
tracts and advance payments from
more midway people than we ever
booked for any fair in the history OF
the county.
People who come to the fair next
week will see midway layouts equal to
most of the big State Fairs of New
England.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-09-11

Miss Anna Groder left yesterday for
a visit in Portland.
Rev. and Mrs. J. G.. Osborne arriy-
ed home from Canada Friday
Mrs. Esther Withee of High Street
is confined to her room owing to ILL
ness.
The September meeting of the
Town improvement Society will be
omitted.
SeSVeral new pupils are noted
among the students at 'Skowhegan
High School.
Mrs. Nelson Foote of Portland is
here for visit at the home of her
son Hiram Foote.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Arnold left
yesterday for Portland to attend the
18th Maine Reunion.
The annual meeting of the Madison
Spiritual Association will be held to-
morrow at Lakewood
Sheriff ]. l.. Foss of Scion was
among the out-of-town people noticed
on our streets. Tuesday.
Evaette, the young daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. X. Poulin, has been very
i'll during the present week.
Mrs. Walter Wiltshire and son
Thayer of Winthrop have been visiting
this week with her sister, Mrs H. S.
Hopkins.
Mr. and Mrs. John Tracey of Bath
were in town last night to attend the
wedding reception of Mr.. and Mrs
Willard j. Crotteau.
The September meeting of Euniee
Farnsworth Chapter d. A. r. will be
held with Miss Theresa Spooner Mon
day p. m. Sept IS, at 2.30.
Miss Leah Viles, teacher at the
league school, passed Saturday aud
Sunday as the guest of Mr. and Mrs
Lester II. Packard on BigeloW Hill.
Mrs. Simon Grover was stricken
Tuesday with paralysis of the brain.
Mr.. Grover who was visiting his son
George Grover in Lynn, Mass, was
summoned home by telegram.
Mrs. Edward f. Merrill entertained
party of young ladies at her cottage
at Lake Wesserrunsett the first of the
week in honor of her sister, Miss
Marguerite Day of Portland who is a
guest at the Merrill summer home
Edward p. King has leased the
home on Neil Hill, the former resi-.
dence of the late Helen Howard, and
will move there with his family at
once, A daughter, Miss Margaret, 10
years of age, has already commenced
her studies at the Skowhegan High
School. We are glad to welcome Mr..
King to residence here again and for
the sake of the many lovers of the
sport can only wish ne were in trirr
once more to resume the place in the
oox for the local baseball team which
he used to occupy when Skowhegan
held the championship of Maine.
The Priscilla Rebecca Lodge assist
ed by Carrabassett Lodge |. O. o. F.,
will give an entertainment and social
Friday evening Sept. 18th in Charles
Burnor's new Ware House on East
Maple st. The members of both lodges
have the privilege of inviting one
friend. Let every member be pres
ent at this entertainment and assist
is enlarging the fund for the proposed
new Hall. A small admission will
be charged. After the entertainment
ice cream will be on sale and an op-
portunity will be given for various
amusements such as Finch, Card
playing and dancing. Good music
will be furnished. Committee of ar
rangements Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Spear, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Savage,
Hugh Hurley, Charles Burnor and L.
E. Jacobs.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-09-11

Table girl wanted at Hotel Coburn
Shop to rent, Russell St, 'Ordway.
Tenement 5000 month-Ordway
Wanted-Kitchen Girl at Greenleafa
Restaurant.
For Rent-S6 up stairs tenement
Court St. Ira A. Norton.
f. c. Nye, 81 Bush St, has a house
that he will sell at a bargain.
Nice tenement to rent, corner Mad
son and Russell Streets, Ordway.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-09-11

Look in Eyerybody's Column. Some
body is sure to be advertising for
just the thing you want to sell.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-09-11

IVY blacksmith shops will be
open all day Saturdays and be
closed the three afternoons of
the Fair. ,waz.
l.. B. HASKELL
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-09-11
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. Lyman B. Jewett left this
morning for a visit with her son in
Atlantic City, N. j.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06


its State administration is concerned is
the only elective State
him have the the
elective Offices each with
Legislature and the offices
up whether Wilson could
constructive reform Governor
Hughes but
elective subodnaes whom he could control
machine sharp blow and it forth
he accepted the responsibilities
leader He puposed only
leading in aonng them and getting
then on books in the first instance
the Governor by
trying sharp distinction all too seldom
aggregaons
but desirable in order that
organized and bodies of Of
brought together in effective and habua coopera
impossible without them But the
argument particular organization parties quite another
matter
have always insisted on eng
the of filling
leisure therefore has not the
knowledge the difficult and intricate business
the Short Ballot oganiza
the scrapheap and
opinion will to THAR sWR
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
"a MACHINE OF
DEMOCRACY"
Toledo News Bee

lOANtp ~ N9T ~
It was one of President Wilson
daughters that recently called the social
center a machine of democracy" And,
now that state after state is authorizing
the use of school buildings for social
centers, maybe we'd better once more re-
fresh our recollection of just what d
social center is.
The idea is to create place and a plan
and a spirit at and by and in which all
the folks of a neighborhood can get to-
gether now and then just as folks get to-
gether in a peoples club without dues
and fellow with each other and talk over
thecommon interests and find out again,
amidst the many influences of present
day life that tend to set up cliques and
classes and various dividing lines, how
much more we all have in common than
apart
Ever studied the youngsters at a play
ground? Sallies ma may not call on
Marys ma and Tins old man may be i'll
Jail, to the scorn of Willie's papa, a we'll
dressed pharisee. But Sallie and Mary
and Tim and Willie don't let that inter
fere with ring around the rosy" or zone
old cat. " There aren't any cliques on a
well-ordered playground.
Well, that's the spirit of a social
center. It's to get the grown-up chill
dren-the folks who toolishly let differ
ence in incomes, in where their fore
fathers came from, in the streets on
which they live, differences in things,
separate them-into the wholesome
practice of coming together on one level
and knowing each other, as folks.
The idea gets bigger every minute, as
all good ideas do. Because, as the pres
idents daughter says, it offers mach
inc of democracy" and democracy, the
the soul of America, must have ma
chine of its own-a machine that the
little special interest machines cannot
capture or cripple.
So look out for the social center-for
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
PROTECTIONISTS WEAVING A
TANGLED WEB

CONTINUED on eighth pageJ
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

and his soulful remorse that he had
learned to love Neva and had taught
her to love him.
She never chided him when they
parted. She told him frankly that the
month they had lived was worth to
her all the suffering its future mem
ory must entail. Dolph had gone to
Portia. He had confessed his mis-
take in their engagement. There was
no pity in that stony heart. Just one
firm, cruel curl of those proud lips,
and Dolph Merrill knew that this siren
woman would never release him.
On that same afternoon Neva
Throop sat with her work basket be-
side her. The sad tears fell, she be-
came lost in dreary reverie, and
was only aroused when hand stole
across the porch table and seized the
long, sharp scissors.
"Why, Margaret" she exclaimed,
looking up with a start and recogniz-
ing a poor demented woman who
wandered about the district, cared for
by charity in her lucid spells and kept
under lock and key when violent.
Poor Margaret had been crazed
through the death of her only child.
At times she fancied her little Nellie
was still alive.
Don't get frightened, dear" spoke
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
FOR OLD loves sake
Workings of Strange Fate
Changed the Tenor of Three
Young Lives.
BY AUGUSTUS GOODRICH sHER-
! WIN

-
WIN.
Complacently luxuriating in a shad-
ed garden arbor, reveling in all the
superb pride and disdain Of a siren
nature, Portia Manville sat with clos
ed eyes. She was immersed in a tri-
umphant yet bitter day dream that
humid, languorous June afternoon. To
keen analyst of womanly character
she would not have appealed, yet no
one had ever denied that her II he,
graceful form, exquisitely modelled
features, and, above all the rare glory
of her loveliness, her long magnificent
hair, fine and cleaning like shredded
amber, made of her magnetic, queen
like Circe.
She was thinking Of Dolph Merrill,
a man we'll worth thinking Of, she told
herself Her mind went back year,
when, with one chapter Of her life
closed, a dark and stormy one, she
met Dolph Merrill, just returning from
college, Both belonged to families Of
wealth and position The fathers and
mothers had encouraged love match
Portia had played her wiles well. She
had fascinated the bright, open-heart-
ed Dolph as she had entrapped others
He was happy in the meshes of her
fascinations until her true character
became disclosed to him. Too late he
discovered that he had taken interest
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

abled and induced them to pay their
workers good wages.
At the same time theyare sending dele
cations to Harrisburg and other state
capitals to tell the legislature that en-
forccment of the proposed factory legisla-
ton will compel them to close, since they
are unable to pay such wages as these
laws are designed to force them to pay,
a barely living wage, as a rule.
Are they lying to Congress, to the
state legislature, or to both?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
WHAT MISSOURI FARMERS
OBJECT To

Not farmer in Manitoba, Saskatch-
evan or Alberta pays cent of tax on his
improvements or personal property,
Farmers in British Columbia pay no tax
on personal property unless it is worth
more than SIS, 900, and the personal
property tax in the province will be
abolished in the next four years. The
poll tax has been abolished this year.
No municipality has ever gone back to
the old system of taxation after adopting
the land-value tax. Interview of w.
G. Eggleston, in San Francisco Bulletin.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

in a lovely woman for love. He doubt
ed even that she cared for him down
in her heart But they had become
engaged. Wretched to the point OF
heart break he felt his word and his
honor involved In a dull state of
misery he saw the days and weeks go
by that must end with a mockery of
marriage at the altar.
And then, one glorious love-illed
month, when Portia had been away on
a visit, came to Dolph full measure
Of happiness. First as acquaintances,
then as friends, and then as unspoken
lovers he and Neva Throop had drift
ed into hours when the sight of one
another was bliss complete. Then the
rude awakening-the return Of Portia
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

the free school house turned into a place
where, after school hours citizens can
play and mix and null over problems
that citizens in a democracy have to face.
If you haven't got one in your neighbor-
hood yet, get one. It's worth while.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

frantic methods which men like Nathan
Folwell, William Wood, and other ben
efciaries of tariff robbery are now en-
ploying.
But that is no reason why you should
let them fool you any longer,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
Beautiful and Durable

"Bishopric" is the ONLY wall board
stiiIened by LATH. kiln-dried lath are
imbedded in toughened asphalt.mastic and
-ranif ufaTn
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
SENATOR JOHN w. KERN,
DEMOCRAT

Senator Kern, of Indiana, proves him
self to be be man who has the courage
to be just. That may seem easy on first
thought, but is not as easy as it looks
at least for man in Kern S position, In
order to be Just he had to defend mem
bers of a small, unpopular group, towhich
he does not belong against prejudices
held by many members ofhis own party.
He had to take the risk of being misrep-
resented, as he since has been. Bestow-
al of praise for an act of such courage
should not be limited to members of
the group he defended.
Speaking of conditions in West Virgin
ia, where corporation-controlled COVER
nor has illegally suppressed freedom
of speech and of the press, and has
been upheld by the courts, Senator Kern
spoke as follows:
II had telegram the other day
from a leader of socialism denuncia-
tory of these conditions. When l
showed it to a Senator here he dep
recated the idea that there was such
relationship between me and that
man that he would feel free to tele-
graph me. Men are being impris-
oned in West Virginia today because
they are Socialists; newspapers are
being suppressed because they teach
the doctrines of socialism; men are
discharged from mines, according to
the testimony taken before the mill
tary commission, because they vote
the Socialist ticket and because they
belong to a labor union; and while
the doctrine of judicial recall gains
favor with the people whose rights
are stricken down by unjust decisions
so do the forces of socialism multiply
in such breeding grounds as those in
parts of West Virginia, with special
privilege on one hand eating out the
substance of the people, and with
Judges setting aside constitutional
safeguards to the end that the people
may be oppressed and denied rights
for which their fathers fought and
died.
Socialism has grown in this
country until more than mill
ion men cast their votes for the
Socialist ticket at the last eIec-
tiOn. The FIRE of socialism is
fed by such fuel as this West
Virginia decision, and the law
less action there of men charg-
ed with the execution of the
laws. Socialism grows and
will grow i'm exact proportion
as wrOngdOfng is cOuntenanced
and upheld, mot only by the
strong legislative forces of the
country, but especially when
they are backed up by the ju-
dlciaI arm of the Government.
Senators, these million men who
voted the Socialist ticket last No
vember are the men who ought to be
full of that kind of patriotism in time
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
$4,000 Anti Warp Bond

Bishoprie Wall Board Is moisture.proof
and non-warping in any climate. Is rat.
proof, fre.resisting and a non.eonductor Of
heat and cold. Our $4,000 Anti.Warp Bond
protects every purchaser,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

Senator Kern belongs to that wing Of
the Democratic party which believes in
democracy. That explains his willing
ness to be just to those whose views he
does not share. Italso explains the sur
prise and horror occasioned by his re-
marks among Democrats of the un-dem-
ocratic brand.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

of war that would impel them to go
out and walk on the uttermost ridge
of battle, to peril their lives in de-
fense of their country's flag because
they love their country, because they
venerate the laws of the land.
This great body of a million
or more men whose loyalty you
question, and the millions
more who make up the'Organ-
Ized labor forces of the land,
and who are not yet Socialists,
will love their country and its
flag If you Will permit them,
and not drive them away by
making them constantly real
iZe that they can not expect
fair treatment either in the adj
ministratiOn of the law by ex-
ecutive officers or in the con-
structIOn and enforcement of
law by. the courts.
If the time comes-we all pray it
may be averted-when the integrity
of this Nation is assailed, either from
within or from without-if the time
comes when the American Republic
is brought face to face with the
marching armies ofthe nations be-
yond the sea, we will need those
million of men, for they are men
that toll with their hands. They
have strong arms. They are the
type of men as that splendid Army
ofthe Republic so years ago who won
for themselves imperishable renown
by their sacrifices in behalf of the
Uuion and the flag.
Do you make good citizens
of men by denying them their
rights! Do you command the
respect and the patriotism of
AR,n AosUo,.s - 6 AI.ss Inv,SN ENwy @wuwv,
ing them away when they come
into this great tribunal and
simply ask that the light be
turned ON, to the end that the
peOpIemay know as TO whether
or mot God relgns and the Con-
stitutiOn still lives, andwhether
they and their kind are to be
despOiIed of their heritage of
liberty!
For man to be loyal, good cit
izen of this country he must love his
country. Can you ask him to love
his country and be true to her tradi-
tions and institutions when in his
heart of hearts he knows that in this
land and beneath its flag there is a
law for him which is not enforced
against others, and that he can no
longer appeal to the courts for the
enforcement of his constitutional
rights"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06
WOODROW WILSON AND THE SHORT BALLOT.
How The Short Ballot Aided Governor Wilson
in New Jersey.

few months after he had launched the Short Ballot
campaign, Woodrow Wilson elected Governor OF
New Jersey. In this position he had excellent op.
portunities TO put HIS theories to practical test,
One day the State boss" of New Jersey left the ex
ecuve Offices at Trenton in state of mental perturba-
tion all brought by polite good afternoon from Mr.
Wilson The incident is sti fresh in everyones mind
But how many realize what light it throws upon the
system of government in New Jersey?
The fact is, Mr.. Wilson knew, better than the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-06

Protected manufacturers of Pennsyl-
vania and elsewhere are trying to make
Congress believe that the tariff has en-
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1913-02-20
DISTRICT BOARD Orders SALE
OF 100000 POUNDS OF CROP.
GOOD FUR HARDIN co
80 Miles of Macadam Road Built
in 1912.

Elizabethtown. KY, Feb II. -
The road fund report of County
Treasurer w. C. Montgomery to
the Hardin county fiscal court
today showed resources of SAG, =
23S.76, expenditures to the
amount of S35, 938. AZ, and bal
ance of $40, 3O0.33. For the
year 1912 the uncollected rail-
road tax of $500. which will
swell the balance to $13, S00.33
During the past year the coun-
ty built thirty-three miles of
macdam roads, which is the larg-
est amount for any one year in
the history Of the county.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1913-02-20
SAVED THE. MAIL
Postman Carrying Two Babies and
a Waoden Leg Had Hard
Fight.

Timers, S. c., Feb. IT, A
novel adventure incident to par.
eel post service, involving two
babies and a wooden leg, al
three sent by mail, was reported
here today by Edgar F. Phillips,
a rural mail carrier connected
with the local Office.
Phillips, according to his story,
while covering his route with
two infants and a wooden leg
among his parcels" was at
tackled by a wild cat. For a
moment says the carrier, his
live mail was in danger of being
carried away. Selecting the
wooden leg as the most available
weapon. however, Phillips WELD
ed it so we'll that he put the wild
cat entirely to rout.
In due time, further reports
the carrier, all three parcels were
delivered at the proper address
es, none of them the worse for
the encounter.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1913-02-20
Card of Thanks.

We desire through the columns
of the Press to thank the many
kind friends and relatives who
so kindly and nobly. assisted us
in the many ministration of love
and sympathy shown us during
the sickness and death of our
darling boy, Dennis. Especially
do we thank Dr's Fox and Glenn
ent as we know they did all
skilled Physicians could do. May
Gods richest blessing ever abide
in their homes is the prayers of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carson Franklin.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1913-02-20
OLLIE JAMES Spec
lAL Will LEAVE
MARION FEB. q
Home Friends to Honor Senator
Elect.

AS a compliment 70 their fell
low townsman, who has been SO
signally honored, the residents
of Marion, KY, will leave there
Thursday Feb. II, at 4 o'clock
D. m. aboard Of their ollie
James Special, arriving inLouis-
vile Friday at $50 o'clock a. m.
After stopping for breakfast
they will attach to the c. & o.
at 9 O'Clock, arriving in Wash
ington at Z O'Clock a. m. Satur-
day, March /. They are going
there three days before the in
auguration in order to see Wash
ington before Inauguration day,
March 4, when their favorite
son will take his seat as United
States senator. While in Wash
ington they will be under the
personal charge of Senator-elect
James, who will also accompany
them to New York for a couple
Of days. The committee, which
made all arrangements for the
trip and will be in personal
charge is composed of W. @.
Clifton, J. H. Orme, T. II. Coch-
ran, Sam Gugenheim, and Will
lam Barnett. Louisville Times.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1913-02-20
Handed a Hot One.

They are telling a good story
on one Of Governor McCreary's
recent appointees to the Office of
county judge. The new official,
according to the tale of his
friends, went to the courthouse
and presented himself before
the circuit clerk. After proudly
flashing his commission from the
governor. the new appointee
said; well here's my commission
and / am ready to be sworn in
and qualify as county judge. Z"
He was taken off his feet when
the clerk, after winking at the
others, sharply retorted; Il can
swear you in, but all HI
couldn't qualify you!"-Rich-
mond Climax.