Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-03-04

James Blake Wis. led bis daughtsr. Mr.,
John Bennett, over Sunday.
Mrs. Goldsmith sntertains the Ladies'
Whist Club Thursday of this week.
Miss Nellie jackson ia In Quincy
Mass, visiting her uncle, Col. VIM. B.
White.
The last quarterly conference of the
Methodist church for the conference
year was held last Friday evening.
Miss Lottis Giles went Saturday to
spend the weekend with relatives at
Bath. She was joined in Lewiston BY
her sister, Miss Addie Giles, OF the
Journal force, who accompanied her.
DR.. A. A. Downs Of Fairfield will
speak next Sunday evening at the Con-
gregstionsl church on "Some Health
Problems in the State of Msine.n The
four churches will unite in the service.
There will be q rehearsal Of the I. O.
0. F. MINISTRIES at Odd Fellows Hall
"Wednesday evening at 7:30 and IL is
hoped that every member of the chorus
will make an effort to be present.
Tracy Pierce went the first of last
week to the Central Maine General Hos
pital at Lewiston, where be underwent
an operation for appendicitis. It was an
advanced case, and he Is reported as
quite Ill.
Good Cheer fair supper Tuesday night
OF this week, March 4th. Steamed
clans, baked beans, etc., will be the
the menu, with grand socisble from s
to 10 o'clock. Come and have a fine
supper and pleasant social time.
Prices as usual.
About fifty Of the Norway Metbodists
attended the service at the Methodist
church here Sunday evening. A power
full sermon was given by Rev. j. NJ.
Frost, the district superintendent, and
the girls choir OF the church sang ex-
ceptionally well.
Mrs. L. A. Billings died quite sudden
ly Thursday night with heart trouble
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Willard
Herrick, on Pleasant Street. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herrick were at the time In Boston
with their son Roy, who is quite sick.
Mrs. Billings formerly lived at North
Norway, but had been with the Herricks
for the past few years. She was mem
Der of the South Paris Methodist church,
and the funeral on Sunday was attend
ed by Rev. T. n. Kewley of that church.
BY the crossing of the wires about 9
o'clock Saturday evening, the electric
lights of the village, both street and in
side, went out of commission. Kerosene
lamps were hurriedly hunted up and
trimmed, and shift was made to get
along somewsy, but il wasn't convenient.
II took about three hours Sunday morn
ing to get the lights going once more.
The power came on just in time to save
the church organs for the morning ser
The March term of court opens at
South Paris on Tuesday Of next week,
with Hon. George Z. Bird of Portland
justice presiding. The grand jury en-
paneled in October will be in attendance.
Venires for traverse jurors have been re-
turned as follows:
Perley c. Andrews, Bethel.
b. T. Billings, Woodstock.
William p. Book. Brownaeld.
John Burke, Mexico.
Everett E. Consnt, Buckheld.
Seth l. Day, Porter.
H. W. DennisOn, Paris.
Amos G. Elliott, Rumford.
Fred Z. Farnum, Rumford
Herbert o. Fletcher, Paris.
John X. Forhan, Canton.
Harry E. Gibson, Norway.
G. K. Jackson, Milton Plantation.
Wesley e. kimball, Greenwood.
Samuel A. Moore, Gilead.
Herbert Moulton. Hiram.
Howard Z. Moulton. Norway.
Enos L. W. Pike, Fryeburg.
Asa l.. Smith, Bethel.
Alfred Spear, Stoneham.
John L. Talbot. AndOver.
Eugene L. Torrey. Dixheld.
A. ID. Virgin, Mexico.
Fred s. Waterman, oxford.