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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03

Tuesday Alanson NJ Perkins obserY-
ed his ninety-first birthday in quie1
manner at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Carrie p. Fairbrother on Madi-
son Avenue. He is in his usual good
health and was the recipient of sew
eral gifts and lovely flowers Mr..
Perkins was very entertaining to the
friends who called to offer congratu-
lations during the day and the event
proved a very enjoyable one.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03

An enjoyable evening was spent
Thanksgiving eve at the home of Miss
Marion Murray, several young peo-
pie attending. Singing and piano
solos proved very entertaining while
near midnight a banquet was served
under the direction of Thomas Cor
rigan. Among those present from
out-of-town were Thomas Chapan,
Alton Buteau, George Morrissette,
Madison, Charles Pooler and Cliff
Provost of Waterville.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03

books and documents. In this is also
kept the file of The Union Advocate
from 1856 to 1896, which has survived
two fires and is at last safely housed.
Beside the door of the vault stands
"Old Glory" On the wall west of
the fireplace is fine large portrait
of the late Mrs Mark Emery, the Ii
brary's benefactor, and the woman
whose tireless energy enthused her
co-workers. A beautiful oil paint
ing by Mrs. Lottie Sampson Love
JOY and pictures donated by the Fost-
er brothers adorn the walls. In the
front of the room are two large sta
tionary desks beautifully finished in
cypress and red cedar On one is
found the pay shelf where the latest
fiction appears. The opposite desk
has the card cabinet the Dewey deci-
NAL system being used in cataloging
The new furniture just installed is
of quartered oak, like the stacks. and
consists of a handsome long library
table with fiuted legs and chairs of
the Windsor design. The table con-
tains the latest periodicals donated
by friends and not least among them
is The Independent-Repo which is
kept on file. The accession book
contains 2462 catalogued volumes, but
there is large quantity of uncata-
lOgued books and documents The
building is heated by a furnace and
is we'll lighted by electricity. A
back room 12x15 feet is a reference
room. The entire wall space is oc-
cupied by shelves. Here is found
a valuable historical collection, Gov
ernment documents, books from the
State Library, a set of Massachusetts
Soldiers and Sailors in the Reyolu-
ton, and many other good reference
books. In the early days of the town
the forefathers had a good library
Dul ldJeI lDe DOOhS DtCdlue StdlltItu
The present library Association has
been fortunate in collecting in some
of those rare old volumes, and now
has over one hundred ancient books.
Among the possessions are also some
rare maps and other curios, which
are kept. in the vault but it is hoped
in the near future to have a museum
in connection with the library. The
following are the officers of the Libra
ry Association: J. NJ. Getchell,
president; Mrs V. D. Hilton, VICE
president and secretary; Mrs. Wallace
Emery, treasurer; ]. NJ. Cetchel. il
brarian; Miss Mary f. Porter, Curator
Trustees, J. M. Getehell, T. S. Parsons,
c. w Rogers, Mrs. W {. Robinson
G. L. Hovey, W. c. Emery. Mrs Y. d.
Hilton, Mrs. Wallace Emery, Mrs.
G. A Porter; book committee, Mrs. G.
A. Porter, Miss NJ. f. Porter, Mrs. E.
A. Brown.
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CONGREGATIONAL FAIR
Members Of the Working League Re-
cieye Liberal Patronage from the
Public

congregational parlors where the
ladies of the Congregational Working
League were holding a fair, formed
attractive headquarters for Xmas
shoppers yesterday The various
tables were we'll patronized and a
good sum was netted the League
treasury. The decorations were red
and green, evergreen trees being sta
toned in different sections of the
room. The tables were presided over
respectively by the following ladies':
Food table, Mrs E. c, Dunton. MI s.
George w Cover, Miss H r. Page
fancy work, Mrs. r F. Wilson, Mrs.
Willis Porter. Mrs Charles Matsou
Mrs Carl Curtis; ice cream. Mrs
Georgia Goodwin, Mrs. Winifred Good
win, Mrs. Nellie Savage; candy table
Mrs Emma Pooler. Mrs Emma vii
liams; apron table. Mrs James Cliff
Ian. Mrs. Isabelle Donaldson, Mrs
John Avore and Mrs Sarah Harris.
Tea tables were arranged in the west
parlor. Mrs G. W. Nash serving,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03
GARO|NER'S MAYOR WAS
A SkOWHEGAN MAN
B. f. Lamb Reelected by a Plurality
of 80 Votes. Is now a Physician

B. E. Lamb who was reelected
Mayor of Gardiner Tuesday by a
plurality of 20 votes, was formerly a
resident of this place. He was the
son of the late Bowman Lamb and
the family lived on Island Avenue in
the house now owned and occupied
by Mrs. D. M. Bacon. Mr.. Lamb was
in the employ of Bixby & Buck, drug
gists, in the old Coburn Block. He
is now a practicing physician.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03

Notices for the services al the
Methodist Episcopal Church have
been submitted as follows: Morn
ing worship Sunday, 10.45 a. m, ser
mon by the pastor, Rev. H. G. Nc
Glauflin, subject 'Yrhe Recognized and
Unrecognized Ministries of Life" Sun
day School at IL m, topic Christ
Risen from the Dead" Mems Bible
League IL m. Epworth League els
p. m, topic What motive shall govern
my Christmas giving" leader, Miss
Lila Weston. Gospel service p. M,
subject "The Mission of Man.
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CANAAN CHILD SCALDkD
Non Reported In Serious Condition

CANAAN. Dec What proves 10
be very serious accident occurred
last Saturday in the home Of John 5.
Goodridge. when their little TWO year
old son Frank accidentally sat down
in pail Of hot water ia which his
mother was washing the floor scaid-
ing him badly. Dr. Earle was called
to attend the little sufferer and al
this writing he is quite comfortable
but is in d very critical condition
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03

FARMINGTON, Dec. Asher Davis
Horne who passed away at his home
on Main street Wednesday evening,
was a native Of Athens, Somerset
County, where he was born August \.
1919. He was the sole survivor OF
FIVE sons of David and Martha DOW
Horne. his four brothers having died
in childhood At an early age
Asher went TO Skowhegan and shortly
afterwards engaged in the livery busi-
ness in d small way, and having got
a start in life he came 10 Pennington
in the early 70's establishing a livery
stable in what was known as keyes
Square. He later moved to a stable
on Main St. but this stable shared
the common fate of nearly all build
ings in the path of the great contlagra-
ton in 1856. In no way discouraged
however, he obtained temporary quar-
ters later erecting d fine building. AT
tcrWards he became engaged III agri-
cultural pursuits giving up the livery
business for a time. but later became
connected with the same. continuing
thus until the time of his death. Mr.
Horne was Jealous Yotary OF the
race track, entered some good horses
in his time and served on many oc-
casions as starter or judge in which
positions he was regarded as emf
nently fair and impartial
Nh Horne was twice married. his
first wife having been Miss Cora
Dain OF Liyermore Falls, who died
in 1902 The second marriage was
with Miss Lillian NJ Scrbner in 1908.
who together with one son Asher D.
Horne. Jr., aged four years survive
her husband.
The funeral took place from the
home Saturday afternoon, the Re-
Richard H. Clapp. officiating. The
services were largely attended and
the floral tributes were many and
beautiful. The burial was in the
family lot in Riverside.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03

4 dinner and auction party was en-
joyed by the members of the Satur-
day Evening Auction Club, the 2Sth at
the home of Mrs. Charles Folsom
Jones on Locust Avenue At the close
of the play souvenirs were awarded
Miss Addie Swain and Mrs. Sarah
Whitcomb. The affair was very
happy one.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03

Yesterdays kilograms Indicated that
the battle in Northern Poland was be.
ing fought out under the eyes of ;he
German Emperor o. one side and the
Russian Emperor or t.c other. These
two monarchs left for the front, A.on-
day, SO that virtually all the heads of
the nations which are at war are wI'h
their troops Official news from -
land continued to be scanty.
Days OF lighting in which cores
poudents claimed victory Tor the Rus
clans over the Germans in Poland,
rave passed since the previous issue,
in which news OF the decisive results
withheld Saturdays dispatches told
of the German Warship. Wilhelm Der
Crosse being sunk III the Baltic while
Mondays reports bore the indications
that the advantages in the fighting
still lay with the Russian Army. Tues
day brought no decisive results. but
the facts as CLEANED from the various
messages OF correspondents appeared
to be that three semi-independent en-
gagements were progressing between
Thorn on the north and Cracow on the
south in which both combatants had
achieved local successes without dis
tinct victory for either army. Some
of the British military experts believed
that Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's
forces had been split into three units.
one of which was certainly almost
completely enyeloped. while the Rus
slams had driven a wedge between the
German army and its Austrian ally in
the region of Cracow. They declar-
ed that the Germans had consistently
underestimated the qualities of their
Muscoyite opponents and had opposed
them with body composed almost
wholly of second line troops.
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Musical Evening

A rare treat is in store on Monday
evening when Towne's orchestra, Mrs.
Flanders and Miss Harris will furnish
the program. Admission n cents.
Reserved seats % cents. Doors open
at 7.l5 p. IN.
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Bazaar at the Methodist yestries

A Calendar Bazaar w'Nl be held next
Wednesday and Thursday, from 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon until 10
o'clock Thursday night. Thursday
evening there will be a twoact Come
dy The Sewing Circle Meets
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03
FORMERLY LIVED IN
SkOWHEGAN
Asher Davis Horne, "A Native OF Athens
Died in Pennington. Prominent
Citizen of that Community

Skowhegan people were grieYed and
shocked to learn of the death of Asher
d. Horne, a prominent cilizen of Far
mington, who passed away November
25th The deceased was for some
time a resident of this town. where
he vas engaged in the livery business.
and only last autumn was visitor
in this community Many former ac-
quaintanccs will wish to extend sym
pathy to the bereayed relatives Nj.
Horne was cousin of Mrs Z 7.
Goodrich of Skowhegan
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03

Mrs. f. E. Holmes of Boston Isl Wis
iting for few weeks at her mothers
home Mrs. Clara McIntires on Main
Street
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03

An automobile party composed of
]. Green. Miss Maude c Greene, Mrs.
Il Noble Mrs l. Barnes and Miss
VI Noble motored 10 EaSl Mercer sun
day.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-03
AUSTRIAN TROOPS
OCCUPY BELGRADE
Capital of Servia Until
Outbreak of War
Germans have Resumed the Offensive
at some Point in North Poland

l4DHlDis Ol-i. l.t"s 33t.l-
grade which until the oqtbreat of the
4ar Ras Tho capital Of seryIa VAS
today occupied by Austrian troops the
seraans having previously evacuated
rho CITY
RUSSIANS TO RELIEVE
Apparently Austria miscaIcalated
the nature Of the servian opposition
and only sfter Bosnia was invaded did
she send a sufficient force against the
Seryians 70 drive them back Now
they are being forced backwards and
are eagerly looking for the advance
Of the Russians INTO Hungary to af-
ford them relief
Russia has been sending Cossack
raiding parties through the Carpa-
thians with the object of diyerting
Austrias attention. but the Dual Mon
archy seemingly is determined to I'm
ish with SefYia first
This. however. is only a small afair
compared With What it, going on in
north Poland There the German
army which. with the aid of rein
torcements, succeeded in escaping
from the ring that the Russians had
forced around it. has formed q new
front and al some points has resumed
the offensive The Germans assert
that in this series of manoeuyr-s by
which they were able to check the
Russians they made So,oa3 prisoners.
On the other hand. The Russians in
a statement issued through Rome say
number All agree that the losses
have been very heavy and that the
battle is still proceeding Il will
probably be some days before a de-
cisiye result IS reached
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05
POINTERS ON PRO
POSED REMOVAL"

The expense of building a court
house in Hope, if such a thing
should be attempted. would be
greater than anywhere else and
the cost of repairs would be
greater, all of which is well known
to the boosters who are at the
bottom of the effort to remove the
county seat, but what do they
care. They expect to make the
man who works for a living pay
the freight. Suppose an expen-
sive house should be built there,
how long would it stand? Judg-
ing from past experiences in
building there, it could not be eX-
pected to last long and would have
to be constantly repaired at great
expense. But what these boost
ers want is the county seat, and
after they got it the people could
go to h. They will make any
kind of promise, agree to do
anything, knowing at the same
time that they cannot deliver the
goods, and that they would not if
they could. They tickle each
other and say, "we have that fell
low caught" but don't give the
other fellow credit for knowing
how to do his own thinking.
The people of this county know
a few things and they are not
going tc have few men dictate
terms to them, neither are they
going to put a yoke on them
selves, their children, and their
grand children, merely to crafty
and fill the pockets of a select"
little bunch in Hope.
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05
PROMINENT MEN
ARE ARRESTED

Three prominent business men
and two negroes were arrested at
Hope the latter part of last week,
charged with being implicated in
theft of fifteen cases of shoes
from a car on the l.. Il A. railway
on a siding at Hope some weeks
ago. A detective for the company
had been working on the case for
some time and part of the ship
ment of shoes were located at the
home of Bill Arnold, one Of the
negroes. The searchers went
from there to the store of Waddle
Bros, one of the largest firms in
the city, where, it is alleged, the
officers raised planks IN the floor
and found several cases of the
shoes hidden under the floor.
The two Waddle brothers, j. N.
Griffith, a salesman for Waddle
Bros. and ex-city marshal, and
Bill Arnold and Friday Poindex-
ter, two negroes, were arrested
by the federal authorities in con-
nection with the theft and car
ried to Texarkana, where they
were given a preliminary trial
Wednesday and the five were
bound over to await the action of
the federal grand jury, bond in
each case being placed at $4,000.
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05
TEACHERS INSTI-
TUTE TO MEET

The annual Teachers Institute
will be held at Hope, Ark. begin
ming June 9 and continuing five
days. Prof. NJ. A. Matlock will
conduct the work. County dem
ons Rtion a n d canning club
agents are invited to attend and
participate in the work. 1t is de
sired to make this the best insti-
tute ever held in the county. The
attendance and cooperation of all
teachers in Hampstead county is
required.
Prof. De II. Branson of the Col
lege of Agriculture, Fayetteville,
will conduct the work in agricul-.
ture and several other prominent
educators will address the 4nsti-
tute.
M. l.. HICKS.
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05

The boosters and land lords of
Hope are at their old game ofmis
representation in getting up the
petition for an election on the
question of county seat removal,
some they tell that the court
house is falling down andlhas to
be propped up, others that the
petition is petition for it to re-
main where it is, and to others
that the tx will not amount to
anything. They viii tell anything
to gain a point.
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05
BIDS WANTED

Sealed proposals viii b e re-
ceived up to ? O'Clock p. M. June
II, 1914, by the Washington
School Board for demonstration
of a Two-story BrickSchool build
ing at Washington. Ark.
Bids must de accompanied by
a certified check forS25O,OO, made
payable to c. N. Trimble, Secre-
tary of the Board; the same to be
forfeited as liquidated damagesin
case bidder fails toenterinto con-
tract and furnish approved bond
double the amount of the con
tract withirDffteen days after the
awarding of same.
The Board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids, as their
interest may appear.
Plans and specifications may
be had on application to c.. N.
Trimble, Secretary, Washington,
Arkansas, or ClSde A. Ferrell,
Architect, Little Rock, Ark, on a
deposit of certified check for
$1,000 to insure safe return of
plans and a bid on the building.
(Signed) c. N.TRIMBLE,
Secretary.
CLYDE A. TERRELL.
Architect.
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05
A VOICE FROM BLEVINS
Mr.. Editor:

Mr.. Editor:
We were somewhat surprised
when we were confronted with a
petition from Hope to order an
other election on the removal of
the county seat, and of course
the erection of an expensive court
house would be the outcome if
they should carry their scheme
through. 1t would cost the small
sum of 5000 10000 to S25Q,OOo.00,
5 0 divide this among The tax
payers of the county and you can
see what it would cost.
Mr.. Editor you no doubt re-
member in reading Josephus that
he told US how Moses led the
children of Israel from under the
bonds of the Egyptians and car
ried them to Canaan, but did not
enter the promise land with them;
he, however understood their
disposition and ambitions, so he
appointed leaders among them.
Before Moses disappeared from
among men he left code of civil
laws or polity to be their guide in
social life, and in the fifth article
YOU will see what he tells them:
That when they have possessed
the land of Canaan, and have leis-
ure to enjoy it, that they shall
build cities, and that there shall
be only one city to have temple
in it, and at the most agreeable
place and according to prophetic
revelation.
Some of my readers are nc
doubt thinking: We'll, what has
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05
new BUILDING
FOR HIGH SCHOOL

Arrangements have been made
to erect a large modern brick
building for the Washington High
School. The plans for the build
ing, which were drafted by an
experienced architect o f Little
Rock, were submitted to the
board this week and accepted.
The building will be 50x80 feet,
with four class rooms on the first
floor and two class rooms and an
auditorium with inclined floor
above. Bids for the erection are
being received and and the con-
tract will be let next Friday. 1t
is expected that the new building
will be ready for use when school
opens in September.
The site selected for the school
is the old Jno. r. Eal1in residence
lots on the hill overlooking the
valley up which runs the Arkan-
sas & Louisiana railway, and it is
one of the most beautiful sites
for a school in the whole country.
The grounds will contain five
acres.
A modern building for the col
ored public school will also be
erected on another hill overlook
ing the same valley; this will be
erected near the old Lincoln acad-
emy site.
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05
w Wa1zaCeburg

Wallaceburg, June 2.-Well, the
Tgqhaa no aef asf5 That 3Hstslf8FR PF6mIss l6 " sere
made four years ago, still, after
all the defeats that gang" at
Hope has met with for the last
twelve years, they are still try
ing to disrupt our cO1nty and
create animosity ana i'll will
among the people@of Hampstead
county, and when will they be
satisfied.
The dry spell was partially
broken by a rain the latter part
of last week, but it was only in
spots.
1t was decided at meeting of
the telephone interests that they
would connect with both the Hope
and Prescottexchanges andagree
with the Hope management to
build the line half way to that
point. The local switchboard is
TO be moved to BlevinS. The
matter of selecting an operator
was put off until a future meeting
of the shareholders.
There will be a public meeting
at the Babtist church at this place
on the third Sunday in June for
the benefit Of the orphans S home
in Texarkana. There will be gen
eral discussions in the morning,
preaching at II o'clock, dinner on
the ground, and singing the bal
ance of the day.
There will be a public picnic at
Blevins July Fourth, given by the
w. O. W. and Circle.
The peach crop through this
section will be an almost entire
failure, but apples, plums and
pears promise very good yield.
Blevins is still on a building
boom. New dwellings and stores
going up regularly.
Jim Snodgrass Of Prescott
passed through here Thursday
of last week; he said the black
land section of the county was
too heavy for one horse to pull
his wagon loaded with his tools
and he was going home to put in
another horse.
Sam Mullen and Claude Rober-
son made a business trip to Hope
Saturday.
The farmers are most all up
with their work and now employ
their time in hunting and fishing.
DEWEY.
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05

County seat removal would be
a good thing for that select bunch
in Hope; they would make money
out of it, but what would the peO-
pie of the county do? Just pay
the extra burden of taxation; the
farmer would have to raise a lit
tie more cotton and work harder
each year: the mechanic would
have to toll little long e, and
the laborer at other work would
have to put in a little moro time
each year, all to pay a useless tax
heaped on them by a few men who
wish to make money out of the
psOpOSition.
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05
NJ. L. HICKS,
County Examiner.

Messrs. Luther Smith and
Luther Spears arrived here Fri
day from Waco, Texas, with four
valuable Red Polled cattle. They
were purchased jointly by Jas.
K. Jones and Mr.. Spears from
what is considered the prize herd
of this cattle in the United States,
owned by DR.. Clifford of Waco,
and the price paid was 100000.
One of the four cattle purchased
was awarded the blue ribbon at
the Dallas Fair last season. Three
of them weighed as follows: 13
months old heifer, $40 pounds;
IA months old bull, 920 pounds;
last March calf, 415 pounds.
The cattle arrived in good con-
dition and they are all beauties.
They were carried to Mr.. Jones
farm east of town.
Washington telegraph., 1914-06-05
MARRIAGES

A quiet but beautiful wedding
broke the mOnotony of the warm
evening of June 3, 1014, at the
home of Mr.. Jno. A. Johnson,
two miles east of town. Under
the breezes of a six O'Clock hour
(p. n.y. Miss Efie Johnson, lean
ING on the arm of the bridegroom,
Mr. R. E. Wood, of Wallaceburg,
was met in the beautiful parlor
and Joined in holy wedlock by the
Rev. F. w. Harvey. Only a few
friends were present. The bride
was i n her beautiful wedding
gown, as pIetty and sweet as the
first blond rose of summer, car
rying the proverbial boquet. We
wish for the happy couple an un-
chopped sail across the Main.
Mr.. Frank Hamilton of Morn
ingsport. La, and Miss Addie
Finch of McNab were married at
the court house yesterday, Rev.
J. w. Berry officiating.