Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-15
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES

last Thursday forenoon. The retiring
board of directors was reelected as
follows: j. r. Mayo, S. o. Brown, w.
d. Sewall, Bath; F. w. Hill, Exeter:
A. f. Parrot, Augusta. hTe directors
reelected j. b. Mayo, president. l.. F.
Evans, clerk; w. c. Woodbury., treas
urer, and G. L. Arnold, auditor. The
stockholders present from out Of town
were Messrs. Sewall, Hill and Parrott.
Word was received in Milo Saturday
evening that a collision between two
autos and a team had just occurred at
Brownville Junction and George Nc
Claim and Mrs. McClain's sister, who
werei one of the autos, were in
jured. the lady fatally and Mr.. Nc
Claim being badly shaken UP.
Bankruptcy Proceedings
Discharges from bankruptcy have
been allowed by Judge Hale in tho
United States district court in tina
cases of: Charles w. Wright, Houlton:
Fritz e. Olsen, Kingman; Joseph c.
White, Lincoln.
Suicide of Montvile Woman a
Mrs. Hiram Church, who lived with
her husband and one son at McFar-
lands corner, Montville ended her
life Saturday by suicide. She had been
despC ndent for some time by i'll health
and an impending operation evidently
affected her mind. Telling her hus
band to go out in the yard and play
ball with tie son, she went to the
shed and strangled herself with, a
towel. and was found dead a short time
later She was about 45 years old. The
family formerly lived in Canaan.
Capt. Sylvester r.. Hall, Rockland
Rockland, Me, Sept. 12.-Capt Syl-
vester H. Hall, retired sea captain
of Rockland. died Saturday, aged
nearly r.. He was a native of st.
George and had commanded the
schooners Ada j. Simonton and Jen-
ME s. Hall. Assam ulating a comfort
able fortune he retired about 80 years
ago. Capt Hall was Mason and
Elk A widow and two sons. Merit
land D. of New, Haven and Ralph *.
of Bath, survive. He was the last OF
family of Il. 1-sser
RockIand Granite Co. Sold
The plant of the Rockland Granite
Co. was sold at auction Saturday at
Rockland for S10,5Q0, to the Security
Trust Co. of Rockland, which is trus-
tee under the mortgage. Other Rock
| land banks are represented in the
foreclosure proceedings The Rock
land Granite Co established its stone
yard here six years ago. with Hon. G..
Herbert Bletheu, afterward thrice
mayor of Rockland as manager. The
plant represented an outlay of about
$50, 900 and for several years gave
employment to about $50 men. Finan-
cial embarrassment led to suspension
of operations.
| Liquors soized-Berwiek, Man Settles
Sandy Rushton of Sanford waa
charged in Yorkshire municipal court
at Berwick Saturday with Illegally
having in his possession Friday 80
pints of spirituous liquor intended for
sale in Maine. He pleaded not gull
ty, but was found guilty on evidence
furnished by Deputy Sheriff Frank a.
Coffin and George w. Minis, who had
assisted Coffin in making the arrest
| and seizure. Recorder Gess fined
| him 500 and costs of $40. SANDY"
settled by drawing on deposit he
had in a Sanford bank. The liquors
were libeled by Coffin Saturday ana
| hearing on the libel was set for
| Oc- Z.
l., A. G. w. Relief Assn. Outing.
The annual outing of the L., A & W.
Relief Association took place on satur.
day afternoon at Tacoma Inn. The after
! noon was for both members and their
wives and sports of all kind were pro-
/ vided for the entertainment of those who
went on the outing. These included base
ball, dashes. broad jumps. three-leggea
races. potato races and tugs OF war a
/ no avaninp
Fifth l.. A. G. w. Benefit Part. .-..
| Gen. Mgr Bowie of the L., A. & w.
! Saturday paid to the guardian of the two
! children of Vital Picard, q former EN-"
ployee of the road. whose death occurred
! a few weeks ago the sum OF $500 to na
used for the benefit of the children, This
| is the fifth death benefit the L.. A. & w.
/ has paid to survivors of its employer,
who have died, since the pension system.
of which the benefit is a part, was put In
operation about three years ago. Under
this plan the railroad company agrees to
| pay in the event of the death of an en-
ployee, whose salary is less than $500 a
/ year, the sum of $500 to such beneficiary
is the employee may have designated dur
ing his life. Vital Pickard had been en-
| ployed by the railroad for some time az
member of its track crew when he be-
| came i'll and died. as said, a few weeks
ago.
MoCarron Is Marshal of Lewiston
| 1t was learned Saturday at Lewis
ton that the Maine law court has de-
cided the contested city marshal casa
of Lewiston in favor of the Democrat
ic marshal, c. Harry McCarron. The
contest arose from the appointment
of George r. Hall, Republican, last
spring by Mayor Wiseman on the claim
that Mr.. McCarron's term had ex-
pired. Arsene Caller was appointed
for a term. of two years in 1912 by
Mayor F. A. Mercy. The aldermen fail
ed to confirm the appointment, but he
served through one year. Then Mayor
w. H. Hines. appointed Mr.. McCarron.
This year Mayor Wiseman and the
Republicans claimed that Mr.. McCar-
ron's appointment was only to fill out
= he of xtyhir NJ,