The Press., 1913-10-15
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

two upper classes in German have formed German club. ;
 MT. and Mrs. Eugene Miller, who have been visiting friends few days, have returned to their home in Bris- tol, R. I.
 Plans are being made by the l.. A. A. o. H. for a social and dance to take place Thanksgiving eve in St. Edward hall.
 The I. o. R. M. will hold their regular meeting Thursday evening. The high officials of the state will be present. All members are requested to be present.
 The Hospital Aid society will hold it's regular monthly meeting at the hospital next Tuesday at 2.3O p. m. There will be sewing and a business session as usual.
 The school enumeration, just con- pleted by Frank H. Plumb, shows that the town is increasing in popu- lation in spite of the adverse condi- tions because of the loss of several in- dustries. The enumeration, 11l2, is the largest the town has ever had. The enumeration last year was 1O6S.
 R. W. Ellis, who was recently elected president of the Stafford Busi- ness Mems association, and R. A. Nothnick, who was elected secretary &n Nothing will be done at present to fill the vacancies until more interest is shown in the organization. But five members were present at the last meeting.
 The Fayban Woolen Co.'S long storehouse, near the 0. V. tracks at the shoddy mill. was burned Tuesday afternoon. The building was about 100 feet by 80 and one story high. It was used to store raw stock. The loss on stock and building will be less than $5OOO. The railroad officials have claimed that seven feet of the building was on their land and there has been more or less controversy about it in the past, as there was a plan to put in siding at that point The fire will make it possi ble for the road to build the siding.
 The cases of Lucille Foster Frying and Olive Grant Foster against Fred Novogroski and E. l.. Burr, which were to be tried last Friday in t1le borough court, were withdrawn. MT. Burr has his goods packed and will leave his store to-day and in two weeks open in a new location. As far as MT. Novogroski is concerned the case re. mains just where it was and proceedI ings will have to be commenced all over again. His rent is paid to Nov. st, and after that date there will un' doubtedly be a marked advance in the price to be paid.
 There will be town meeting al the Town hall at Stafford Saturday, Oct. 25th, at 1.3O p. m. The meet ing is called to see if the town will appropriate SEQ, 900 for the highways in accordance with chapter 264 of the Public Acts of 1907, as amended by chapters 135 and 231 of the acts O1 l 1909 and chapters 68, 267 and 29S Oi the acts of 1911. Two years ago the town voted $2O, 900, but when the ap' portionment was made there was but 5000 for Stafford. If favorable action is taken at the meeting the 25th the town will be in line for q share of the state appropriation up tC $2O, ,OOO. Under this plan the town pays one-fourth the cost and the state three -fourths.
 The annual meeting of the council of federated churches at the Methodist church on Sunday was we'll attended, Report of the secretary referred tC the completed organization of the council and it's position for substantial work in the community. The chair men of the six committees, through ] which the work of the council is done, told of their labors. Rev. I. P. Booth was elected president; J. w. Robinson and E. K. Taft, vice .presi dents; F. H. Plumb, secretary treas urer. The chairmen of committeel were reelected and remain as las year. A committee was elected tt cause a recount of ballots on the re cent tie license vote, if such action b' found advisable and legal.
 A dynamite demonstration is to b' conducted by the state board of agri culture on the afternoon of Nov. 6 ol the farm of F. H. Plumb, at Eli thorpe, crossing, 0. V. R. R. G. E. Wilkes, an expert in blasting for az ricultural purposes, will carry out { series of demonstrations in blasting rocks, boulders, subsoiling, opening drainage ditches, removing stump and opening holes for setting trees. In the evening public lecture vii be given by MT. Wilkes, with stere opticon pictures, to illustrate what ii being done by the use of dynamite il clearing fields of Instructions and dis figurement, as we'll as blasting ditcheI and holes. Secretary l.. H. Healey of the state board will be here il charge of the affair.
 At the meeting at the Methodis church last Friday afternoon Mrs Mary B. Wilson of Philadelphia, ma tional w. O. T. U. superintendent ot work among foreign speak ing people was introduced md captivated hel hearers with preliminary remarks followed by graphic account of llel work as connected with the grea cause of temperance. Mrs. Wilson has been a3winning personality before the national public for the last~sevel years. All present wished she cohlt have been here for church qniol n-.-