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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

philosophy and liberty and religion.
and learned something Of real COM
radeship, perhaps Of real friendship
Now there are automobiles and tango
teas and American Beauties, and there
are chocolates instead of hamburg
sandwiches and popcorn. You have
been little disappointed in your old
college. At least you were until a few
days ago when you read in the paper
that there had been a fearful scrap
between the students and the towns
people, that the police had interfered
and that the president had bailed the
students out of jail and had made
speech. Then you realized that things
were not so bad after all. AS long as
the old fight between the town and the
college exists you are pretty sure that
the old college Is the old college STILL
OF course, 1t was and always has been
a perfectly friendly fight. All the stu
dents love the town, and the town
could not live without the college. but
the fight has continued for 20 or 80
or so years, as far back as anybody
remembers, and you can forgive the
old college anything as long as the
feud goes on. The old fight has never
failed you yet. Each time you are
convinced that the old college has de-
generated there is another scrap and
you are content once more.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Attempt to Kill Sheriff.

That Sheriff King F. Graham was
not killed last night, when his wild
ride on the running board of booze
automobile ended in his being Kicked
off the machine and run over by one
of the rear wheels, seems almost q
miracle.
AS it was he suffered painful in
iuries from his trying experience and
his body from head to foot, is covered
with black and blue spots. Whether
or not any bones were broken had not
been determined at a late hour in the
evening, but it is thought probable
that he received no hurt more serious
than the bruises and the shaking-up.
when he landed on the ground.-Port-
land Press.
The details of the story briefly told
above show that the men engaged in
the traffic are ready for murder, II
need be, to carry out their plans We
NAV be permitted to once more call
attention to the fact that it is not
the drinkers who break all the laws
of the country, for the returns of the
Iiuuor business, but the tools of the
business itself. officers receive little
announcement in their duties. Law
breakers receive continuous en-
couragement to disregard the law and
to discredit ii.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Valuable Records Wanted.

The following letters are self-ex-
planatory. Charles Francis Meserve Is
president of Shaw University. well
known in Maine, and has frequently
contributed to the columns OF the Ken
neDec Journal:
Raleigh, N. c., Dot. 20. 1914
Editor Kennebec Journal
The following letter will explain it.
self. 1t has occurred to me that you
might use a part of it in the Kenne-
bee Journal. and that might be the
means of recovering the records re-
ferred to. Col. Fred A. Olds holds
practically the position in North Ca
rolina that DR.. H. s. Burrage holds In
Maine. He Is vitality interested in all
matters of history and is an authority
on almost everything historical in
North Carolina. I am quite sure that
if the records referred to are in Maine
the possessor will be glad to turn them
over to the State that they may be pre-
scented to the Hall Of History.
Anything you can do to help Col
Odds will be appreciated by the entire
state of North Carolina.
Yours very truly,
CHAS. F. MESERVE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Crushing the Farmer.

The extreme hostility of this Demo.
cratic administration to the American
farmer is astounding. One would nat
urally suppose that If the Legislative
arm Of the government should be ex'
tended to any class Of its citizens i
ought to be to raise the agricultural
interest up to a plane of equality with
other great industries. But this is the
record of the Democratic administra.
ton as it affects the American farmer:
Out of twenty-five leading agricul-
tural products which have heretofore
received a fair protection under Re-
publican tariff laws, seventeen Of then
were placed on the free list, and the
other five given but a mere pittanct
which in no instance amounted to pro-
lection.
Can any farmer, Republican or Dem
oerat who understands the simple law
of supply and demand, doubt for mo-
ment that the excessive importations
nearly all along our northern border
prevented him from receiving what he
otherwise would have received for his
product? Can the northwestern farmer
fail to understand that an importation
of over 22,000,000 bushels of oats In
nine months must necessarily have
had a disastrous effect upon the price
he was entitled to receive for his
oats?
The northwestern farmer must be
blind indeed who did not observe that
from the beginning of the operation OF
this tariff law until August /, the trend
of prices was downward all along the
- a,,J
had it not been for the European wal
he would have received today less for
his agricultural products. with the pos
sible exception of cattle, than he has
received since the previous Democratic
administration.
This war will come to an end, and
unless this Democratic tariff act is re-
pealed before that time, the prices of
our farm products will drop to the
level recorded during the stagnant
years of 1892 to 1S97--Senator Nc
Cumber of North Dakota.
That is as far as the Democratic
reduction of high cost of living"
went-reduced the returns to produc-
ers but did not reduce the prices of
product to consumers. The result has
been, as Senator McCumber says. the
crushing of the farmers also the
crushing of consumers by reducing the
wherewith to buy, and at the same
time piling up the riches of the be-
tween. We are not surprised that
leading Democratic papers expect to
lose control of the National House. or.
at least great reduction in their con-
troll of it. This is distinctly NOT a
peoples administration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Raleigh, N. c.. Oct. %. 1914.

Raleigh, N. c., Oct. %, 1914.
DR.. Charles Francis Meserve,
Raleigh, N. c.
My dear Sir:
AS you are OF course well aware
North Carolina was owned for many
years by the Lords Proprietors These
were called the Lords Polatfve. find
that for the first 20 years Of this gov
eminent the records OF the Polatives
were kept at the old town of Bath, near
Washington. N. c.. and that during
the war between the States they were
carried off and are now somewhere in
Maine. A few years ago saw a news
paper clipping which said q man in
Maine had the book containing these
records. naturally most valuable to
North Carolina alone. and that tile
book had been obtained during the
war. Extracts from it were given In
the article.
Can you not aid me in locating this
book and in getting It presented 80 the
Hall of History? It's real owner Is of
course North Carolina. know your
splendid public spirit and zeal and
your interest in the work am trying
to do here. This is why / count on
your aid.
Sincerely yours,
FRED A. OLDS.
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To Muzzle the Press.
New York Worldly

The Brooklyn Bar Association has
passed the long pending resolution
urging an amendment to the criminal
law to forbid ANY comment or false
statement" concerning court pro-
ceeding which may tend to prejudice
the rights of any party thereto"
What, In the opinion of so Brooklyn
lawyers. would tend to prejudice" the
rights of a party? The answer is at
hand. The resolution was urged by
the chief counsel Of Cassidy and Will
lett as chairman of the special COM
mittee which framed it. The publica-
ton complained of was protest
against delay in this case. II the
World, now, were to say that the fact
that this seller and this buyer of a
judicial nomination are still unpun-
ished three years after their proved
crime Is a shocking scandal of the
laws delay. 1t would be but uttering
the simple truth: yet that comment
would fall under the ban of the Brook
lyn Bar Association. Three-fold Is our
government-executiv legislative, ju-
dicial~ Mayors and Governors and
Presidents may be criticised for their
Official acts, and few are so bold as
to suggest abridging any rights of
proper criticism heretofore enjoyed
and justified by public interest. But
there are obsequious and court-wor-
Shipping lawyers who would place the
bench alone upon a lofty pinnacle of
immunity where criticism would be
crime Impudent toward the outraged
public, cringing toward the court,
this atten6pt to muzzle the press will
not succeed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

Senator Clapp of Minnesota has written
the progressive State committee that he
will assist the progressive campaign in
Massachusetts if Congress adjourns. n
committee announce a meeting for him
at Springfield Oct. 20. Senator Clapp's
great speech at the Progressive State
convention at Bangor. has never been
and never will be answered SO long as
such conventions as Burleigh's and Pc
ters' meet at Augusta are above ground.
Lewiston Journal.
No? We haven't seen anyone who
wished to answer" it. Unlike Ding
leyism and Hal Gardnerism, Senator
Clapp talked of high ideals for the
party-and made special appeal Ito the
ladies'" He seemed to think his for
mer Republican associates were nc
worse than they were when he was one
of them, and might still be permitted
to live--and especially "the ladies'
whom he desired to meet after his
address.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

With 100000 pauper graves now FILL
ing almost every available inch of Pot
ter's Field, every effort is being made
by New York city authorities to solve
the problem of providing at least a
layer of earth for their derelict dead
Four layers Of close-packed collins to
a trench are now being laid by the
convicts who are employed to plant
the last few rows of this overcrowded
acre Of the dead, who are transported
to their last rest without sign of SER
vices and al the rate of almost a
thousand a month. Though Gotham
can not find single piece of soil to
add to its public burying ground, 1t is
hoped that cremation may save some
of the horrors of this cemetery scandal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Editorial Comment.
Amateurs.
oIIlCtfeIy yours,
FRED A. OLDS.

indianapolis News)
No small part OF the general dis
trust of the Progressive party is due
to the feeling that Its members and
leaders are amateurs-not in political
management, for six of them were In
dicted in connection with the shame
less frauds perpetrated at the spring
primary-but in political thinking.
And that is what they are. Their
amateurishness indeed scars to the
dignity of a superstition. And that
superstition is that there is no wrong
or evil that can not be cured by
legislative enactment.
The people have had some expert
ence with statutory cure-alls, and 1t
has not been encouraging. The d.
rect primary, for instance, has proved
a gloomy failure. The only effect OF
the recall has been to keep the psople
in a continual turmoil, without In any
way improving their condition. We
showed a few days ago how 1t had
been used by organized vice to get rid
of an enemy. The initiative and
referendum have broken down Of their
own weight. OF none Of these have
paign. Indeed they have been prac-
tically Abandoned. The head Of the
party has ceased talking even OF the
recall OF judicial decisions. And the
whole party seems eager to forget
that there ever was such a thing as
the new nationalism."
To be sure, there are still some
mutterings about a tariff commission,
a scientific tariff" and the legalizing
of monopoly. But these, every one
feels, will soon join the other dis
carded paraphernalia. Congress will
continue to make our tariffs. and the
people will keep up their fight against
monopoly. And the world will con-
tinue to progress long after the Pro-
gressive party has ceased to exist.
Job knew the breed, for 1t was of such
that he said: mo doubt but We are
the people, and wisdom shall die with
YOU" But it was not so then. and
1t will not be so now. The world has
not been waiting a million years or
so for Roosevelt and his crowd to say
gee"
The insufferable conceit of these
people is not, after all. so insufferable
as 1t is amusing. We remember-to
take one case-that Roosevelt was in
the White House for seven years, and
that in all that time he never lifted d
finger against the tariff which he and
his followers now denounce as the
sum Of all villainies. He very pru-
IDENTIFY kept away from the currency
question. And never did the trusts
thrive so lushly as during his ad-
ministration. We saw something
too, of the system of licensing trusts,
as when Roosevelt permitted the
steel trust to gobble the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company. There was,
however. not much amateurishness
about that transaction. But as social
reformers and political regenerators,
the Progressives distinctly belong In
the amateur class.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
"Safe and Sane"

adds Dunbar in Truth.)
Twas Pat went forth to celebrate
(Foreseeing no disaSters)
The day on which our country great
Defied it's British masters.
With stout shillaleh brandished high
He glorified the nation, =
Till six policemen ventured nigh
An took him to the station,
Sure, Liberty is but a myth!
They locked that lad up, quiet,
For bein' Patriotic, with
The accent on the riot
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

would have flowed II it could have been
assured of proper protection against
the cheap-labor product of foreign
countries. And because of this lack OF
a definite policy on the part or our
Government the American people Will
be filched of s4So,Ooo,o0o within two
years, an enormous price to pay for the
lack of wise craftsmanship"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

Partridges have been killed under a
wide variety of conditions, but one of
the strangest ways OF securing these
much-sought game birds was that en-
ployed with success by John S. Tit
comb one day last week while on his
way to Pennington village. He was
driving along the New Road when
his brindle bull terrier Kyto flushed a
bird. The partridge alighted in a small
tree near the road, perching on limb
about feet from the ground. Tho dog
made frantic efforts to jump high
enough to seize the bird and kept up a
continuous barking. Titcomb. contra
ry to his usual custom at this season,
had left his gun at home. The bird
was so entirely engrossed with the ac-
tions of the dog that Titcomb ap-
preached within short distance and
well directed blow with his whip
broke the partridge's neck. He showed
the bird on his arrival here shortly
afterward, the partridge without shot
marks, but with a broken neck bear
ing indisputable testimony to the
method of it's death.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
The Same Old College.
fyr6;auocc,3s N5a~vc


OF course your old college has never
been the same since you we're gradu-
ated. You are sure OF that because
you have been back to see. There are
no such good fellows there now. and
no such jolly girls. There are no such
football games. mass meetings. bon
fires made from board walks. picnfcs
or dances. Even the professors are
different. The professors OF today
seem to know great deal more than
your old professors did, and one Of the
best things about your college lie was
the fact that you were so superior to
the faculty. When you were In college
the girls wore tam o'shanter caps and
tho fellows wore sweaters. Now the
girls wear wells ana beauty spots and
the men wear derby hats and English
coats. You used to take all day tramps
and build campfires on the hills. You
used to ait and smoke ali the might
through, and sometimes you disguised
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

The New York World. strong and
loyal supporter of the administration,
estimates that Democracy will lose so
representatives in the November elec-
tons. One might reasonably figure
that the World has seen a falling OF In
public confidence After election ex-
cuses will be interesting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Maine Gossip
" Mothers.
ITO M ca

ITO M. C.t
(By Elizabeth Powers MerrilD.
II mothers could turn back the years,
And see again their boys at play,
AS by their beds they kneei to pray
If they could clasp within their own
Those dimpled hands they loved so we'll
But no! The boys to men have grown,
And some in heaven gone to dwell.
If mothers could turn back the years
And hear the merry laugh once more,
Deep joy would Danish all life's fears,
o merry laugh of days of yore!
If they could see them skates in hand
Or fishing by the rivers side,
A merry, joyous, bright faced band
But they are scattered, far and wide.
If mothers, when the school is out
Could see their boys come Storming in
With noisy step and care-free shout
With all their clutter and their din,
How all their loneliness and pain
Would Danish in the moments Joy;
II haply-they could look again
Into the face of each dear boy.
If mothers-ah. tits not to be!
For God has wi1led il otherwise.
They leave old homes by land and sea,
They go to dwell meath other skies.
But in each mothers loving heart
Each little boy still laughs and plays;
Though they are severed, heart from
heart,
Each mother keeps, those long past
days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
A Mans Work.

Here's a fellow patents a contriv-
ance to keep girls from falling out Of
hammocks."
More machinery displacing men,
Louisville Courier Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

travagant. Very well, then, it wasn't.
But it would have been IL Republicans
had been in control and had expended
within one hundred million dollars OF
as much
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Discreet Boaster.

Il want you to understand" he said
addressing his 17-year-old son, that
i am still boss in this house."
"All right, dad" the boy replied, but
you're a coward to make the boast be-
hind mothers back."-Cleveland Plain
| Dealer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Editors Letter Box.

The publication OF . letter IN ahis
department Is not to DO taken a.
an endorsement Of It's view by the
Kennebec Journal. This column
10 maintained for the discussion of
matters OF general public interest,"
son and not OF . Mbelous or Abup
oiVe nature
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Absolutely Neutral.

Cates-Are you keeping neutral
right along?
Clemens-I have been neutral for so
long l have forgotten by this time
which countries ~ are fighting.-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Area Limited.

He seems to be wandering in his
mind"
Then he can't stray away very far"
Town Topics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Timely Aid.

The Chaperone-Young man, you have
your arm around that young lady's
waist.
The Young Man-Thanks! I've been
trying to find the spot all evening, but
with these new gowns a fellow hardly
knows where he's at-Puck.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Hancock Pomona.

Following is the program for the
meeting Of Hancock Pomona Grange
with Arbutus Grange, Surry, Friday,
balloted on and accepted. Reports
Oct. 30: Opening exercises; address Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

Jail at Houlton have escaped during
the past month. The prisoners have
apparently had confederates outside.
who have passed through the window
crates saws, etc, with which the bars
have been sawed. off. Some Of the es-
capped prisoners are charged with Sc
rious offenses. One of the outside
doors of the Jail has been walled UP
by order of the sheriff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Women As Soldiers.

Henrietta" SAID Meekton. II don't
think women would ever care to be
soldiers"
why not? ?"
Soldiers uniforms are so much
alike No soldier can have the slight
est curiosity about what another SOL
der has on."-Exehange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Settling the Ownership.

"This plant belongs to the begonia
family"
"Ah! And you are taking care of it
while they are away."-Boston Tran
script.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Beyond lie Power.

THAT rich Mrs Stiggins doesn't
speak to me now. Yet she used to be
my next-door neighbor--and they were
awfully common"
We'll, there are some things money
can't do"
'What?"
Make old-time neighbors forget the
early days. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
Jude Johnson,s Relapse.

| Jude johnson was taken home today
in the patrol wagon. He had a relapse
of spring fever.-Atchinson Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

welcome, H. H. Clark; Response. Clara
Carter; Business Question: Has the
automobile place on the farm? N. b
Colby, Mrs. Albert Treworgy. Music
host grange; Recess. Call to order
Comforting Fifth defree. Topic: Al
what prices will it pay to raise pota.
toes? William Wescott: Literary Chips
Program Host Grange. Closing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

us the water you get at your
boarding house pure?"
NO, we frequently find traces of
coffee and other substances In it,
Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

Speaking of peace prayer day. was
the faith sufficient?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
An obIiaina Spirit.

i thought you were going to move
into more expensive apartment
The landlord saved us the trouble"
replied Mrs. Flimgilt. He raised the
rent of the one we have been occupy
Ing. "-Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
How He Cured Her.

Il cured my wife Of quarreling about
wanting her own way in everything"
How"
Il let her have it."-Boston Trans
cript.
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Never in Doubt.

Does your wife ever doubt what
you say when you get home later
asked the Wise Guy.
Never replied the Crouch. "Shs
knows l am lying. Cincinnati En-.
quirer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

A Democratic sheet says the Con-
gress just adjourned was NOT ex-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
ODD FELLOWS HALL

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 20, REGULAR
meeting Friday evenings at 73o Friday,
Oct. 80 work in Third degree Refresh
ments.
w. F. CURRIER, N G.
E. +. WESTON, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

Rockland Lodge. B. P. o. E., has ev-
cry right to feel pretty good-thank
you--over the burning Friday night OF
the mortgage which had been upon the
Elks Home in that Sity. The ceremony
took place in vacant lot in front OF
the Home and in the presence of big
crowd. A social session followed in
the lodge rooms. The Home was dedi-
Gated on Oct. %, 1907 and represents a
cost of about $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-27

Gilmore Bowman, who is now in Au
burn Jail to await the action of the
grand jury on the charge of having
caused the death of Hugh Clark by the
use of a knife recently at East Jeffer-
son has retained the services of Hon.
L. NJ. Staples of Washington to defend
him. Bowman pleaded not guilty at
the hearing. The grand jury Of Lin
coin county will hear the evidence in
the case at the session of court which
will begin today, Oct. q, at Wiscasset.