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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-09
Somerset Vital Statistics

Following are the vital statistics for
Somerset county for the past week:
Deaths: Clinton, May Z. William Glf-
ford, aged about so years; Bingham.
May l. Mrs. Lillian Washburn: Angus
ia. May 2, Fred NJ. Houghton of North
AnsCn; Lewiston, Abram Mullen, for
merly of Embden; North Arson, April
%, Jacob Bailey; Palmyra, Miss Ethel
Hildred Sands: Madison, May 8. Les
ter Hardin, aged 16 years. Births:
North Arson, daughter to MIR. and
Mrs Will Hooper; East Madison, April
IS. a daughter TO Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Messer; Skowhegan, daughter to
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jones; Skowhe-
gan, May 1, a son to Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac Richardson. Marriages; Madi-
son, April so, Ernest E. Beaumont of
Skowhegan and Miss Edna Merrill;
Smithfield, April 90, Clarence H. Dow
and Miss Grace May Groves; Skowhe-
gan, Gordon f. Bragg and Miss Syl-
via Murray; Skowhegan, May 2, &C.
Gil H. Rogers and Hala NJ. Harville;
Nav A. William Provost and Miss Lena
Trrcotte; May 4, Louis Nadeau and
Miss Alice Charter; Augusta, Ever
EFT Avore of Skowhegan and Miss
Clara E. Norris.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-09

Mrs w r. G. Estes. who has been
in Washington, D. c.. for the winter,
arrived home Thursday.
Mrs J. w. Thompson is suffering
from a sprained ankle which she sus-
tanned Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-09

Teach the facts about your home
city in the public schools" urges the
bureau of municipal research, New
York city.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
Young Sandyss Shrewdness.

There ia a lad in certain Scot tish town who Is noted for his shpewd- ness. The, other day he was sent by his father to nefghboring. public house with the following order:
 Please send to our house ten doz- en ale"
 Now. It SO happens that one of the puoIican's saults is a propensity to poke his nose into other peoples busi- ness, and 80 when he had read the order he could not heip circulating;
 "Guid gracious, laddie. and what ever is yer fether gaun tae dae wi sac muckle ale?"
 For a moment Johnnie was puzzled, knowing that his father wouldn't like him to exactly tell the truth, Then an idea occurred to him and he quietly replied:
 'Tm no verra sure. but I think he's gaun tao nak' a cork frame and he'll need the corks. New York Tribune.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
CHURCH BUILT FROM A TREE:
Single Giant- Redwood of CarSorntaa Furnished4 Enough Materiai,isor'
 the, Whole Structure.

7 Yn Santa, Rosa, Cal, is 8, Baptisr church building. che product of sin'- gle giant redwood tree which grew in the neighborhood of Guerneville, a. few miles distant from where 1t now stands Not only is the main struc' ture built from the one tree. but the interior ffnishings-except~ the floor, which Is oi' pine-are ofs the same wood, beams, pulpit and seatingss not a particle of plaster or other similar material being used in this re1narks- able building.
 Tf1e, tree when sawed yielded 78,- 00g feet of lumber, and after the' bui1c- ing was finished in every particular, enough material was left to manufae- ture- several thousand shingles, be- sides D quantity of scantlings, jofsts and other dimension stuff: So careful ly were the details planned and so skilfully was the framework put to- gether, that the builders. of this one tree church declared It. might be as enduring as the old Saxon, churches of England built centuries ago out or native timber aad still fin use. It Is gothic in style. finished with massive buttresses outside and heavy beams inside. A tower 70 feet high was built on the southwest corner, but it came down at the time7 of the great eartE, quake in 1906;
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
HIS NATIONALITY MADE PLAIN
Auditors Sarewd Comment on Hear ina Peculiar Statement of CeIe-
 brated Astronomer.

Sir David Gill, the Scotch astrsro- 'ner, was no Gry-as-dust scientist. His greatest contributions to science, per haps, were his measurements of sSel- lar space, and to bring home to his audiences just what progress had been made in this branch he frequently told good story on himself
 He was speaking once on the aceu- racy of mechanical operations as Gom- pared with those of fifty years ago. He pointed out that half century ago an error of second of arc was con- sidered very email quantity in meas uring the distance of a star, that being equivalent to the measurement Of che diameter of three-penny piece situate a mile off; whersas. we coubt now measure within c,ch hun. dredtth of second of arc. w.Icn was like measuring a three-pennyy piece at 8 distance of one hundred niles"
 Then a voice was heard from one of Sir Davids listeners.
 ~Ye'd know he's a Scot,". said the voice. "Na'an else'd bother his head about a three-penny bit ., hundEedl miles off"
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
IS SNLY OLD SUPERSTITION
teenth With Disaster, Ho~ssvcr, Seems "a Have Stronp HcsJ+

Every time Friday falls on the mir
 teenth of the month there are head
 lines in newspapers owned and edieed
 by intelligent and decently educated
 persons connecting this conjunctiou of dates with i'll luck. and misfortune.
 The reason for the practise does not
 clearly appear. It may be that in some cases the persons perpetrating these scare heads know no better and really think that disaster may be ex- pected when Friday and the thirteenth come together. There are people of good abilities and even high standing in the business world who are haunt ed. by this ancient superstition but It IS fair to suppose that in most cases tract attention, or even a joke not supposed to be seriously taken by anybody. The truth is, however that for many thousands of people wao are educated enough to read the news papers such paragraphs are as seri- ously taken as an account of an earth quake or a blizzard in the West. The practise feeds on superstition, en~our- ages 1t and does more harm shan thoaghtless editors know. Many use. less fears, anxieties and regrets would be avoided if all such superstitions could be swept out of the popular mind The harm they do is inca8eu- lable, and their effects are seen in. all the most important concerns of the common life. especially in morals 5nd religion, to the enrichment of the spe-
 iOus swindlers who make the public pay a heavy tax on it's superstitions.- Christian ' lister.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
Family Pride That kIIls Ambition.

The discovery of a carpenter whose father. grandfather and great>grand- father practised the same craft has been commented upon in several newspapers, and at Lamberhurst, in Kent, England, there Is family who have been innkeepers for four cen turtles. In countries where the caste system prevails such a record would be thought utterly insignificant. Grant Duff notes in his diary the answer made by a punkah-puller in Madras to an English lady who suggested that he might improve his position. Mem sahfb, my father pulled a punkah, my grandfather pulled a punkah. all my ancestors for four million ages pulled punkahs, and before that the god who founded our caste pulled punkah for Vishnu."
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
Tal.g ABOUT TIE WEATHER
Declared in TFIese Days to Be tHs' Only Sssc' Topic of Con-
 versaeiouc

Psrfrsps the chief reason why the weather ts a suitable topic for conven- tIsynai conversation is it's usefulness: Nothing can be done with the weather except talk abouc'it it. SO the taik 1s not liable to interruption by call to action Hard tinEes are a topic or general interest, common alike to mli- lion Mre, and workingmatT. But if you say to a perfect stranger the times are aard he may take advantage or that admission by asking for a SUD- scriptfon for some charity or by de- mandfng that youeg vote the socialist ticket
 The weather is. In fact, almost the only safe topic left for pure conversa- ton in this energetic and practicah age. says the New York Independent However much you may deplore the badness of the .weatrer, nobody IS likely tu hold you responsible for It 0, call upon you to- remedy 1t unless you run across 8 crank who Is ralslns a fund to Lombard Cfie heavens TOT the production Of 'raia' or effe dissIpa1 Cion of ifailstorms.
 Leading of with tfie weather ~1n'' spires confidence, because 1t Is a traol- tfonai and established opening. If nran on being introduced to a young woman IS asked by her if he is mar risd, or on meeting a, stranger in dark anCY deserted road IS asked what time it IS, his .suspIcions are aroused at once Tn fact. any conversationai opening except the conventional one is fable to raise sfie iIrqolry, What does he mean by it?''
 Y. however. one begins with the weather we know that he means notnN ing by 1t, and we may continue Ntte conversation with ease of mind. Se@' ing then both useless and useful, tne weather ts unequated as a topic or conversation in- its formal and Te- linrfnary stages.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
One DisadvantuQe.

It was the day that Uncle andl Aunt Lewis had set apart for their annual visit to the city andi among their Va ried and prospective purchases, was A clock.
 Now" said the, dealer; i've have an elegant line of clocks, Here is something particularly attractive. When the hour begins. a bird comes out from the top and sings 'Caokoo. For instance, turn this hand to seven o'clock, and the bird comes out and sings 'Cookoo!" seven times
 "Waal, waaft Don't that beat all." cried Uncle Lewis, Enthusiastically. Mother, let's have one."
 But mother was more conserva- tive
 No, not" she replied. meditatively, still eying the clock longingfy. That sort Of thing might do for folks that have got lots of time on their hands, but it'd take me half the forenoon every day to take care of that bird.''
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
KIRBY AND CLARKE
 PREPARE FOR FIGHT
AT STATE CONVENTION
BIG DOINGS EXPECTED WHEN CLANS GATHER AT PINE
 BLUFF JUNE 3.

Little Rock May S.-War clouds, mine warfare and athletics have shad owed the senatorial contest recently, but the forces are silently, yet dili- gently going ahead with their work. Senator Clarke is in Washington, but he has lieutenants on the ground who are daily checking over the list of delegates to the State Democratic Convention. Judge William F. Kir- by, who makes the contest, declines to discuss the matter, but the fact that he has not yet returned to his duties on the bench of the Supreme Court, is taken for ample evidence that he is very busy preparing for the state convention.
 There are 629 delegates to the con vention, and Clarke supporters claim there are fully 430 of these in favor of the candidate declared the nomi- nee by the state committee. A Kirby adviser made the statement recently that Judge Kirby has slight majori- ty in the convention.
 So keen is the interest that it IS probable that few proxies will ba presented at the Pine Bluff conven- tion June 8, for all the delegates will be on hand
 Senator Clarke is expecting to re- turn to Little Rock about May 25, and lagin his preparations for the con- ve,ticn. It is unauthoritatively stated tt,.~t Cong .sssii,.... sssi,, :. J. c. Floyd of Yell vile will hc the choice of the Clarke men for permanent chairman of the convention. No one has been men- toned for the place of temporary chairman by anyone connected with either headquarters, but several dele gates have suggested the name of Vincent M. Miles, young attorney of Fort Smith, and a strong supporter of Senator Clarke. The Kirby forces have remained silent as to their fla vorites for convention officers, but they will prepare slate, and the first test of strength will be in the selec- tion of presiding officer. The tenn porary chairman is selected by the State Democratic Central committee. and Mr. Miles is member of that body.
 Because of the great interest in the state convention, Pine Bluff will be crowded during that week, and many are now reserving their hotel accom- modations in order to escape night under tree, due to the overcrowded condition of the hotels at that time.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
MINISTERIAL RULE IN B0SIOS
Wrter' rfss6 Some Hard ThirslS to9S Say About Clerical Bosses of q yans@
 LSmg Since Gone.

Ttss ministers ruled Boston t1 the
 good old days. They were the bosses.
 Literally. The big ministers were the colonia& bosses they steered the gov ernor aud the general court, while the little ministers were the ward or town bosses; they madls' up the voters lists, swung" elections and ran" the town
 meetings They themselves did" Inst hold office. Like our modern political bosses, they ruled! through others, And those sf us who think that low dow7a politicians" azs the only men that take orders" will please observe, that in this ease thoH,r clerical bosses ruled through the gessry in office and thea carefully selecte& good people in their congregations. Indeed, it seems to have been easier to corrupt that aristocracy into theocracy than it is nowadays to corrupt a democracy into a plutoeracy.
 Some of the lnethods of the clergy were legitimate, others were not. Their influence. as preachers upon public opinion was that of leaders. and so> long as Ghey exercised it in. the interest of hspeople of the colony as a; whojs, it was right and good. But when they abused it to beat a governor who; feeling tRrat their pun- ishments' were too, cruel, attempted to- use thes discretion which was properly his; when they put off conventions, to' times and places, where they could. control ttem against public opinion, and when tfisy let d bribe be sent to- the king Of Englaud--when they. did these andl other things, the clergy were playing the game" in wslatr we' would cali a pretty practicas. fash ion" And tf.ey were a practical lbt. of politicians, those godly minister's; pious, butt cunning good Dut no "mollycoddIea "-Li1acoIn Stefans, in the Metropolitan
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
HAD A. SPIRIT OF xfNSHlP
Yorker. Tsaat: AIr Women Really Are Sisters.

Caught downtown umbrellaiess on a rainy afternoon, ! waited in. ono Of the Broadway hotels for twoo hours, them, decidEng to risk myrbest bonnet in, tf1e slightly sfackened; shower. started. aeruss to 8 Sixthsavenue' shop to, purchase am umbrellaa As I stood under the, elevated getting what pro teotion I could and waiting fog 8 hold up in the traffic. a young, garp stepped up, beside me. With her skirt slit to the knee, her hair forming, Near tops" down over her too pink, cheeks. and blue, blue eyes peering, through a fringe Of fiaxen yellow. above which was a bow three times. as big as the tail the latest cry of her type.
 One glance and she seized me by tho arm to draw,me beneath her um- hrel1a.
 Come in ous;of the rain. girlie." she. said.
 Even if myf minGi had not been ca my very extravagant bat, l should have met half way her spirit of frie2d- tiness. Alter thirty "gfrlie" has a rare and soothing, sound. anyway.
 Chatting as; to an old comrades she sheltered! me to my shop doon> and. with a. bright lod. passed on whence she had ooms.-fnto the unklOwn.-- New York Evening Post.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
NONE 10 GRADUATE
 . FROM HIGH SCHOOL
WILL. ADD IITHs. CRAZE
w. B: HUBBELL, FORMER HT.
 PERINTENDENT, TO DELIVER CLOSING ADDRESS MAY 2

On aceauns of the addition of n ysher grade to the curriculum of he. Conway high school fon next yer, there will be no graduating exercies at that schoo4 this year Those vno this year are in the senior class, or tenth grade, will receive their diror mas .whsn they completc:-the eleveth grade. The eleventh grade was eliAi- mated from the course last year on C. count of the financial condition of he school district.
 The commencement exercises VII consist of a program"IM next Sasn urday night, to be presented by cab of the 70 grades, and the closing eMr |cises on Friday night, May 2t, wheh will include an addressby w. R3 Hb- bell of Hendrix Collepe. forgner u perin.endsnt of the school, the awad
 ing of IS medals to winners odVarias contests and a musical program lto0e rendered by Misses Caroline Muh, Laura Harton, Myrtle Greeson, Paty Reville and Iris Hubbard. Mi. Hab bel, will salk on "The Pass Pressnt and the Future of thes ConwAy Schools" The medals which, will be awarded are offered by number of business and professional ren of Csn- way.
 The e1aroIlment ft the public seheoI titis year reached GAY, which is the lsla,gesa In the history of the insttu- tion. Every room in the building IS crowded to it's fullest capacity, and 1t vas found necessary to eanvert. the H. brary into class roomr The, school board now is considering the tdvlsa- lbiliby of buildsng an annex so the school, which grobablY. will pa. done this, summer.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
KIRBY READY FOR
 CONVENTION FIGHT
HAS APPARENT MAJORITY
IN CONVENTION, CARRYING 40
 COUNTIES WITH 321 DELEGATES.

Little Rock, May 11.-Associate Justice w. F. Kirby, who is contest ing the action of the Democratic state committee in giving Senator James P. Clarke the senatorial nomiation cer- tifieate, stated today that he has about completed his contest record and will lay it before the state convention when it meets at Pine Bluff in June. He says he will be represented before the convention by N. A. Lamb of Jonesboro, Smeade Powell of Camden, Frank Pace of Little Rock and Jim Head of Texarkana.
 Judge Kirby said according to his figures he carried 40 counties in the primaries which will have repre- sentation of 321 votes in the state convention, while Senator Clarke car ried 35 counties with vote of 3O8 in the state convention. The total delegated vote in the convention will be 629. Several counties, it is known, ignored the primary results and sent delegations favorable to the senatorial candidates who lost in the primaries. This applies to both Senator Clarke and Judge Kirby.
 The friends of Senator Clarke who have kept a record of the delegations selected by the county convention, state that the senator will have more .han 150 majority in the convention md the figures may reach 200.
 Judge Kirby stated today that he is mailing every delegate a copy of the ,ecord taken before the Democratic tate central committee two weeks go, when Senator Clarke was de- Jared the Democratic senatorial nom- nee by 213 votes in the entire state. enator Clarke will return to Wash agton in a few days to look after his lterests.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
SCHOOL ELECTION
 NEXT SATURDAY DIRECTORS AND TAXES
TO BE VOTED-NO OPPOSITION TO REJECTION OF CONWAY
 DIRECTORS.
From Saturdays Daily.


 On next Saturday, May f6, the an- nuai school elections will be held in al districts of Arkansas. The only to be voted upon in Faulk- ner county are the election of direc- tors and the amount of district school tax. The questions of county super vision and uniformity of text books do not come before the voters this year.
 In the Conway district President D. 0. Harton and s. G. Smith will prob ably be reelected as directors for the ensuing three years without opposi- ton. They have consented to serve for another term and as the board has some important problems before it at present, the feeling seems to be gen. eral that the personnel of the board should not be changed, and so far no opposition has been offered to the re- election of Messrs. Harton and Smith. It is also likely that the seven-mill tax will be adopted by an overwhelm- ing majority, as it has been voted al most unanimously every year since the limit was raised from five to seven mills.
 The election in the Conway district this year will be held at only one vot- ing precinct, the courthouse. Secre' tary w. B. Hubbell said today that the school laws provide that in cities o1 the second class school elections may be held in the several wards or by giving 10 days notice the directors may order it held at only one precinct This notice was given several days ago. This will not only reduce the ex pense of the election, but will make 1t much easier to secure election officials as only six instead of IS men will be ] needed. The same judges who otfici' ated at the municipal election in the Second ward last month will serve as judges of the school election.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
Which Leg?

In a small town in the west of Seot- land the town clerk, who was a bit of a character" had the misfortune to lose his leg in a railway accident.
 As mark of appreciation and es- teem for his long service. the council unanimously agreed to replace his loss with an artificial limb, which they did as soon as he was sufficiently re- covered
 A few months afterwards the town clerk. who was generally known by his Christian name, Paul, was unfor- tunate enough to have his other leg fractured in trap accident.
 Naturally the mishap became food for town gossip, and one old wife, in discussing the matter with a neighbor, was overheard saying:
 Its gey bad business for Paul. puir man; but is't his ain leg or the leg that belangs to the toon that's broken?"
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
STIPULATION AS
 10 GUARDIANSHIP OF STATE CONVENTION
CLARKE AND KIRBY FORCES QUIETLY WORKING AMONG
 DELEGATIONS.
From Saturdays Daily.

Little Rock, May 9.-There is much speculation as to the man who will be selected as chairman of the Democratic state convention in Pine Bluff June 8
 The indications are that the conven- tion will be lined up according to the Clarke and Kirby partisanship, as the contest for the nomination of United States senator is the only one that is probable
 Both sides are working quietly, de- termining the personnel of the delega- tions, but there is no definite informa- tiOn upon which trustworthy predic- ton may be based of the way they will line up on questions vitally affecting the senatorial question.
 Judge Kirby is preparing his case from the record for vigorous prose cution of his appeal before the con- vention, and his partisans are active in his behalf. They insist that Judge Kirby has been defrauded of the nom- ination, and that they will make ! fight in the convention to secure re- versal of the decision reached by the central committee.
 On the other hand, Senator Clarke is in Washington and his friends are resting perfectly secure in the result shown on the face of the returns giv- ing him the nomination by majority of 214 votes. They declare that every thing is perfectly regular and honest, and that there is no basis whatever for a contest on the part of Judge Kirby.
 There will be a contest between the two factions for the election of the presiding officer, but at this time there is nothing more definite than gossip among political prophets nd near prophets. The one most prominently mentioned for gavel honors is Con- gressman J. c. Floyd, a Clarke parti- san. Others whose names have been mentioned in this connection are A. D. Duaney of Little Rover, Jeptha H. Evans of Logan, Stephen Brundidge of White and Smeade Powell of Qua chita.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
In Fashions JunoIe.

A big game hunter, just back from six months between Kilimanjaro and Victoria Nyanza, was walking on Fifth avenue, New York. with companion. In one block he passed a furriers shop with mounted skins of tiger and lion in the window and immediately thereafter three women, one wearing leopard skin coat. another wolf skin set, and still another whose furs might have been borne by an animal of mammoth shape, The hunters arms twitched.
 T say" he remarked. there's mo- where a chap misses his rife more than on Fifth avenue. And" he added vengefully. such . hunt mightn't be amiss, you know"
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
WifeIy Praise Qualified.

The husband was listening with blushing pleasure to his wife's praises of his handiness. He looked a little deprecatingly at the other passengers. as though to say, "I didn't seek this fame!" Then, unfortunately. says the Manchester Guardian, his good wife perpetrated one of those errors some times classified as things which might have been expressed different ly." "Yiss," she said, with an em- phatic nod. "'e made greenhouse all 'isself. an to look at 1t you'd think 6 real aan 'ad made It."