The Republican journal., 1914-07-02

Stucefys mafketa, dry goods stores A"s
o'ners viii close oil day Saturday July 4th. The
stores win be open Friday evering for delive'
ing orders.
Tomorrow. Friday, evening Rev. Horace
Sellers and number Of young people vii
hold cottage prayer meeting at the Belfast
Home for Aged Women.
Edward Wagner while at his work in the
Leonard & Barrows shoe factory Monday Sc
verely cut the fret three fingers of his right
hand and will be unable to use it for some
time.
At the regular meeting, June Gath. of Emma
White Barker Tent, D. of ", the presidents
Mrs. Eta Piper Savery, gave interesting
report of the State meeting of the D. of V
in Lewiston
Rev. William Vaughan is building six-room
cottage in the rear of his home in East Belfast.
Mr.. Vaughan designed it and with tho assist
ance of his sons Otto and Malcolm the work
has been done in their leisure hours.
The Farm buildings of W. L. Carter of Frank
fort. just across the town line from North
Searsport, were totally destroyed by fire last
Saturday afternoon. They were valued at
$500 with Grange insurance of $500. Some
hay. most of the farming tools and household
furniture were destroyed.
severe electrical storm visited this section
early last Thursday morning and the thunder
and lighting was almost continuous. while the
rain fell in torrents for a short time. No dam
E,I1n hu a hnf daV
it gave much needed impetus to vegetation.
which had been retarded by the unseasonably
C Dol wealth r.
At the meeting of Thomas H. Marshall
Circle last Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Nettle
Merrithew was appointed press correspondent
for another year. AT their meeting snext
Tuesday there will be five cent lunch, to
which all members of the Circle and Post are
invited The lunch will be at o'clock, and
will consist of sandwiches, doughnuts, cookies,
cake, cocoa and coffee.
Elmer Ness, wife and son of Searsmont, who
spent the winter in Canada, arrived in Belfast
Sunday with their string of trained horses,
ponies, bear. etc. They have had an unusual
ing rapidly as an athlete and handles his p,nies
like an old stager. Sunday evening Mr.. Ness
entertained few acquaintance at the Stoc..
Farm in East Belfast, where they were sto-k
ping.
The children of the Unitarian Sunday school
went to Murphy's point last Thursday, where
they were entertained at the Hazeltine cot
tage, The Oaks, by the committee from the
Woman's Alliance with Mrs. George l. Heating,
Mrs. Ben Hazeltine, Mrs. Wilmer J. Dorman
Ice cream and cake was served and the children
passed the afternoon playing on the shore,
having a most delightful outing.
The Maine State highway Commission at its
meeting in Augusta last week awarded many
contracts for State road work, but that in the
town of Northport was held up as the only bid
was by the firm of A. d. Bridges & Son for
1923, 1872 10 for distance of g miles, which the
Commission considered was too much and the
State will endeavor to build the section itself.
1t will be regretted by all travellers of the road
that the location has been changed from the
shore road to the back road.
New LAW FIRM Carleton Doak of this
city and Arthur W. Patterson of Castine have
formed partnership for the general practice
of law, with offices in this city and at Castine.
Mr.. Patterson is the son of Rev. G. W. Patter-
son of Castine. He received his preliminary
education in the public schools of St. Johnsbury
and Randolph, VT. and prepared for college at
ST. Johnsbury and Kimball- Union Academies.
He first entered Norwich University at North
field. and after a year at that institution,
transferred to the University of Maine. Dur
ing the intervals of his college life he studied
bookkeeping and shorthand in Boston, Mass
After the completion of his work at the U. of
M. he spent year in the law office of Dunaett
& Slack at St. Johnsbury, Vt. In the fall of
1911, he entered the U. of NJ Law School. TAX
ing the three years course, graduating with
the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In college he
is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra
ternity, and the legal fraternity, Phi Delta Phi.
He is member of the various Masonic bodies,
Palestine Commandery of this City,
and member of the order of Red Men and
MEXICAN REFUGEES STORY. Mr.. Edwin
Cornforth of Thorndike was a caller at The
Journal office last Saturday afternoon and re-
lated some interesting facts concerning the
experience of his son, Herbert r. Cornforth.in
leaving Gudalaja, Mexico, several months ago.
He had been in Mexico some 80 years, going
there when about 10 years of age. His wife
and daughter are in Lawrence, Kansas, the
former leaving Mexico at the beginning of the
trouble and the latter was attending school
there. Mr.. Cornforth was proprietor of
wholesale drug store and was given 4s hours
notice in which to prepare for fight. He
boarded up the doors and windows of his build.
ings and left things as they were. He has
little respect for the authorities at Washing
ton, D. C. The Mexicsns burned the Amer
lean flag on the refugees train and threw the
ashes in the face of Mr.. Cornforth and others.
He Jared better than many of his friends for
some wealthy and influential men have lost all
and are being cared for by the Red Cross So
ciety and in other ways. He hears frequently
from them. One says: "As you know have
been a strong Wilson mar. l have changed
my mind. could curry favor if wanted to
stultify myself, but 1 would rather lose every
dollar l have invested than give people I'D