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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-02-26

Slopes downward quite sharply past
the Emery G. Folsom store and the
bank building. 1t is said that the
youth of that day used to slide from
Madison Avenue around the corner
and down onto the North Channel
Bridge. The grade has changed ana
the bridge, including Water Street to
the Maine Central Crossing is now
very little below the level of Madison
Avenue.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-02-26
EAST SKOWHEGAN

Many are wondering how long this
cold weather will last. One thing we
are thankful for, the days are grow
ing longer.
Mrs. Ellwood Richardson has re-
turned from Portland after a week S
absence.
Mrs. Harold Foster. who has been
i'll for some time. we are sorry to
hear. is not improving as we all
hoped she would. At last accounts
she was very sick.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-02-26

for them and the firm later became
Emery & Turner.
The little wooden building at the
right was built by the Skowhegan
Bank This institution was chartered
about 1925 and first established in a
small building still standing on the
Island. in the rear of the Bacon home
stead
It will be noted that the street
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HISTORY OF SkOWHEGAN BANKS
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Continued From Page One)

drug store. with books. stationery,
fruit. etc. also offered for sale. Fire
and life insurance Is also announced
by another sign This must have been
located in an office on the second floor
where were also the offices of A. & S
Coburn (Alonzo and stephen), attor-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-02-26
HOW'S THIS

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re,
" ard for any case of CatArrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Q
i. Cheney for the last Is years, and be.
Iieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions. and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his urn.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls CatarPh Cure Is taken internal
ly. acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Test
imonials sent free. Price 76c per bot
tie. Sold ~ all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for Consti-
patton.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-02-26
FAIRFIELD CENTER

Miss Gretchen Pierce spent Satur-
day and Sunday at Foxcroft.
Mrs. Pierce. the artist, is quite
poorly.
Hubor Holt attended the auto show
in Portland last week.
Mrs. Alfred CULVER is poorly.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-02-26
SMITFIELD

MIR. and Mrs. Victor Hartford have
moved in town from Norridgewock.
DR. and Mrs Ivory Lowe of Canaan,
were called to Smithteld Sunday by
the critical illness with bronchial
pneumonia of Mrs loves sister Mrs.
Otis Sawyer
John S. Warren is in poor health.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-02-26
NORTH CORNVILLE

Two crows seen last Friday
W. B. Wilson is in Boston this week.
l.. ii. Leighton and wife, Mary
Davis, Nelson Towle and wife, were
called to Harmony Friday of last
week to attend the funeral of their
half sister, Mrs. Sherbern Leighton.
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aaRvn ehond eswnpn aus
weston n it
presents ea ar Street has
weston above ah
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-02-26
THE FORKS

" M Richards, who has been in
town for several weeks. returned to
Boston last Friday morning.
Warren Durgin has moved home
from the woods. He with Mrs. Durgin
was at Watervile and Augusta last
week.
Jessie Farley has returned from
Freeport
Mrs. William Hunnewell, who has
been sick. is much improved.
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IIARONE

Mrs. o. H. Stevens has been on the
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-20

He indicated the close manner hn is following the arguments of learned
 counsel for both sides by making
 many notes of the authorities subm15.
 ted.
 The point taken by Judge Sumpter
 that the entire petitions should be
 thrown on. because one name might be subject to challenge on it, was aot taken seriously by the court. as indi- cated in his remarks to counsel since he seemed to believe that if a name were improperly on the petition and were properly challenged. i. could be removed without of necessity invali- dating the whole petition upon which that particular name might appear.
 The crowd kept again pressing it's way into the county court room yes .erday until Judge Mooney in the aft ernoon session had 10 have the sher- Tiff clear the room, and hereafter the court proceedings will not be open to the crowd. Judge Mooney stated ~+t'~N A4N NAN AibA lAht VI hAl lut 6UGA tators from the audience, but that the noise and confusion made 1t impo,- sible for him to follow closely the lines of argument by the counsel, and .hat it would be necessary for him to give close attention to the authorities and the points argued
 County Clerk Charles Davis had his deputies busy yesterday issuing the summons for the 2.70O who are to be brought into court if they care to come. The entire roster of names had to be placed on twelve subpoenas and for this gigantic task the clerk gets a $6 fee, but he put his clerical force at the work promptly.
 Under former ruling of Judge Mooney those who are summoned will no- have to come into court unless they are rendered a witness fee for coming
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-20
Joint Session Tuesday.

Congress will meet in joint session in the house chamber tomorrow to listen to the message of the presdenT and the special address on the trusts and the regulation.
 Interest in the forthcoming mes sage is intense. While members of the house and senate committees which will handle the trust legislation have been privileged to hear the ad- dress in advance, they have kept well their condolences except to assure their colleagues that the presidents words will meet with favor in con gress and the nation at large.
 The president plans to begin deliy- ering his message at 12:S0 o'clock. A few minutes before the house will re- cess to await the arrival of the sen ate which will march in a body from the senate chamber, headed by the vice president and seargant at arms.
 Demands for tickets of admission to the galleries have been the greatest ever known for such an occasion. The capacity Is limited and each senator and representative is being assigned only a single ticket although they are overwhelmed with requests
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-20
MEXICANS THINK
 U. $. FRIENDLY
KIND TREATMENT OF REFUGEE PRISONERS AT PREsIDlo HAS
 A GOOD EFFECT.
Big Army of Exiled Mexicans Reach Marta, Tex, the End of a Sixty SeVen-Mile March.

Washington, Jan. 19-Tho kindly treatment accorded Mexican federal refugees from Oiinaga by the Ameri can government has excited deep grat- itude among the people of Monterey and vicinity, and has done much to encourage a belief that the United States really is friendly to the Mexi- can people, according to report to the state department today from Con sul Hanna.
 Care of the uninyited guests is proving costly, and today state and war department officials were casting about for means to defray the expense of maintaining the strangers. Even before the evacuation of Ojinaga the United States had expended about $l50,000 for the keep of Mexicans un- der detention, and with the Ojinaga fugitives added, the daily bill will amount to $2,50O,
 For time the Huerta government regularly remitted money to pay for the refugees interned at Fort Rose crans and Brownville, but payments stopped some time ago because of the exhausted condition of the Mexi- can treasury.
 Congress will be asked to give the war department an indefinite credit to meet this expense, although depart ment officials realiez this may precip- itate an undesirable congressional dis cussion of the Mexican problem. Ul- timately Mexico will be expected 70 reimburse the United States in full.
 Today's report to the state depart ment said the appearance of many constitutionalists in the neighborhood of Torreon has led the American con sular officer there to apprehend an early siege by Villas army. This will be the third time this town has been attacked in the present revolution. A tribute to it's strategic importance from a military point of view
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-20
BANK COMMITTEE
 MEETS AT CHICAGO

Chicago, Jan. 19.-That bankers in the middle west regard it as settleU in advance that one of the regional reserve banks to be established by the government will be at Chicago, was made evident here today at the hear ing before Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary of Agriculture Houston. It also appeared certain the bankers felt that d regional bank would be located at Minneapolis or St. Paul.
 Chicago bankers today, at the re- quest of the secretaries, gave their opinion as to the territory to be sery- ed by the Chicago bank. Iowa and Detroit, Mich, bankers requested that their territory be included in the Chi cago division and Minneapolis bank CTS presented the claims of that city to the northwest regionai bank.
 Secretary McAdoo asked if any one was present to speak for St. Paul, but there was no response. It is acknowl- edged, however, that the claims of the other twin city, may be presented.
 J. C.. Rounds, of Des MOines, Frank Epperson of Eddyville, M. Q. Davis of Iowa City. and John MclIugh of Sioux City, urged that not only all Iowa but Nebraska and that part of South Dakota served by Sioux City should be included in the Chicago ter ritory. It was inconceiyable, they de- clared. that Iowa should be annexed to any financial center other than Chicago Similar arguments were put forward by George II. Russell and William J. Gray of Detroit.
 We do the bulk of our business with Chicago" said MT Russell Tt would be a great error to attach us to some eastern territory. Later, when more banks are established than the original eight contemplated, De troit will wish to have regional bank of her own.
 The hearings will continue tomor- row
 Joseph Chapman, vice president of the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis, explained that he thought Minneapolis should be recog- nized because of the big grain busi- ness there. He said he believed the New York bank should be as large as possible.
 The New York bank should stand as a bulwark between Europe and the United States" he said. Europe will be more impressed with the scheme the larger you make the New York bank believe personally there should be a bank at New York, Chicago. Boston, San Francisco, Min neapolis and Kansas City or St. Louis, Philadelphia or Baltimore and New Orleans or Atlanta"
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MRS. REUTERS TRIAL.

Bartlesville, Okla, Jan. 19.-Mrs. A. NJ McCabe, an aunt of Guy Mac kenzia who with Joe Baker, is now serving a life term at the McAlestar prison for the murder of Charles T Renter, Tulsa attorney, today testi- fed es to the alleged relations be- tween Mackenzie and Mrs. Laura Reuter-, widow of the dead man, on trial for his murder She testified that Mrs. Reuter- told her that she was in delicate condition and that sic had had no relations with her husband for a year
 Most of the day was consumed by attorneys arguing on the admissibility O. cer:ain evidence. the court ruling with the prosecution in each instance When the taking of evidence was re sumed at o'clock, rapid progress was made. half dozen states wit nesses testifying.
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EVERYONE SHOULD
 AID CITY LIBRARY
PUBLIC IS GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO AID IN THIS VERY
 WORTHY CAUSE.
Editor Sentinel-Record

Editor Sentinel-Record:
 The need of an adequate public Ii. brary in the city is very great. There is never a day passes that some vis- itor does not come into the Wom. ans Christian National Library Asso- citation, look around and say "Is this the only library in uhe city" and when answered in the affirmative, they seem to be astonished, Some of them are very severe in their criti- cisms. others feel sorry that a beau tiful city that boasts of it's hundred thousand annual visitors cannot sup port a good library.
 The ladies of the library associa- ton have been working for years to get up the library spirit in the city. They have kept the w. C. N. Library going under great difficulties and severe criticism. but their spirit is undaunted. and now they are ready to erect on the lot given them by the government a nice suitable building, if they succeed in getting some assist auce and co-operati,n from the citi- zens
 Local pride should come to their rescue. The Mems clubs represent the wealth and influence social and political of a community; the wo- mems clubs represent society and the social element These would be valuable allies in this work and all professions, the law, medicine and teaching. the clergy, literary men and women. should make common, cause ill it's interest
 If all these forces should pull to- gether, how soon the building would go I'D! A library is not a luxury; n is not for the cultured few: it is not merely for the scientific. It is a great broad, universal and public benefaction. It benefits ali the people and should be built by all the Deople. Everyone will he given chance to help do this next Thursday evening. January 22 when a splen- did musical and pictorial production will he presented at the Auditorium theatre for the benefit of the New Library Building. JULIA SMITH
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-20
Refuqees at Maria.

Maria, Tex, Jan 19-Almost all of the $500 Mexican soldiers and the ,367 women and children refugees who fled from Ojinaga Mexico, had arrived in Maria from the border to- night and the first train load was made ready to go to Fort Bliss at El Paso, where hey will be interned
 The Mexcans, with Gen Salvador Mercado and other federal command CTS probably will arrive on the Fort lss reservation before daylight to. morrow They have been assorted to their original commands. Like the common soldiers Gen Mercado and his officers will not be permitted to leave The barbed wire fence built like a stockade around the Fort Bliss camp. The women and children like wise will be denied the privilege of leaving, as they elected to share the fate of the soldiers.
 Scenes of unbounded joy attended the arrival of the Mexicans at the American camp, after their fiye-days march of sixty-seven miles from Pre- sidio. The exhausted and half-fam ished soldiers literally dropped on the ground. The town witnessed all day an unbroken thrush of soldiers, wom en. children, horses, burros and dogs and when the vanguard reached here the rear still was ten miles away Less than 200 American cavalrymen had brought the refugees over the trail and had kept them from strag gling from the line.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-20

oming declared that while chemical tests had shown Behring district coaI to be better than the West Virginia product, actual naval tests aboard ship proved that "the Behring field absolutely falls down" in supplying coal the navy could use.
 Senator James replied that he had a letter from a former member of saying that the coal used in the naval tests aboard the cruiser Maryland did not furnish a fair sam pie of the product of the field.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-20
SEEK MILLIONAIRE.
Spokane Man Being Sought in All the
 Western States.

Santa Barbara, Cal Jan. l9-lndi' cations tonight strengthen tse theory that F Lewis Clark, the Spokane mil Iionaire. who dropped out of sight here last Friday, is alive
 Mrs. Clark, who arrived today from Con Francisco. expressed the belief Chat her husband is ,n a sanitarium in Yos Angeles. She explained that their nIons for the winter had been disar- ranged suddenly when her husband ue- cided last Friday to go to San D'eS0 to take rest cure.
 Proceeding on the theory ahat OIa' N had been drowned in the santa par bara channel. either a suicide or tue ,dctjm of foul play, dynamite was useo today in the hope of bringing the ooo' to the surface.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-20
MEET THE HIGH
 COST OF LIVING

One way to meet the high cost of living is to spend more time studying the advertisements in your morning newspaper. In that way you will learn where to spend your money and get the best possible value.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-20
SUPPORT STRIKERS.
Federation and Socialists Promise Aid
 to Copper Miners.

Houghton, Mich, Jan, 19.-The sup port of union mine workers in the copper district was pledged to Repro sentative W. J. Macdonald at meet ings of the three locals of the West ern Federation of Miners. Resolu- tions were adopted praising the con eressmans stand in favor of a federal investigation of strike conditions.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-20
w BATH ER
 20 R E ( A $ '

WASHINGTON, JAN. 1g-FORE- CAST FOR ARKANSAS. FAIR AND COLDER TUESDAY AND WEDNES- DAY.
The commonwealth., 1914-11-12
Brief News From Oak CITY.

Oak City, Nov. 1O.-Mlss Lila Phil
pot is spending few days this week
in WILLIAMSON.
}. w. Hines and family with Misses
Mary and Emily Hines spent Sunday
near Scotland Neck.
Robt. Salisbury and Miss Robinson
were in town Sunday.
}. c. Ross and family spent Sum-
day in Enfield.
Thanksgiving services will be held
IN the Missionary Baptist church at
night, beginning at 7:3O. A collec-
ton will be taken for the benefit of
the orphanage, which, by respond
ing literally, will be one of the
sweetest ways of showing our thanks
for blessings received the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loomis Chesson
spent Sunday at Mr.. Peter Reeves
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Weeks and
family were in town Sunday.
Mr.. T. E. Browne, State manager
OF the boys corn club will lecture at
the Oak City high school bnilding
on November goth.
Messrs. Tommie and Marion Bur
nett and Roy House spent Sunday
in Robersonville.
Miss Minnie Whichard spent Sum-
day at Bethel.
Prof. Dimmette and Misses Reed
and Snow went to Williamson SAT-
urday to attend teachers meeting.
The commonwealth., 1914-11-12
WISE But NOT INfALLIBLE.

While Woodrow Wilson is a great
man, and has thus far made a great
President, still he has his faults as
many experienced politicians con-
clude from the election results. Had
he not insisted upon Congress stay
ing in session up to the eve Of the
election the Republican inroads into
the House of Representative at the
polls last Tuesday would have been
considerably reduced.
The bulk of the voters in this
country haven't yet been educated
to that degree of looking at facts
instead of listening to arguments of
the bias tongue. With Democratic
Congressman ION the job" at Wash
ington and Republican candidates
ION the job" at home the result last
week in many instances was fore
gone conclusion.
We dare say that had Congress
adjourned six weeks before it did
the next Democratic majority in the
House would be at least seventy
five. Politics is politics, and you
have got to polite to be success
full politician. One cannot stay in
Washington all of the time needing
the public pulse and leave his re-
election chances to the conscience
OF the people. Neither can he let
G Gorge, the fellow that he is gcing
to appoint clerk of the committee
that he hopes to be chairman of,
look after his interest.
Wilson is wise, but Wilson is not
infallible.
The commonwealth., 1914-11-12
THE PEBBLES CASE HAS
Been MOVED TO HALIFAX
JUDGE ". N. Bond Hears Plea of The
Defendant Editors and Mr. 6. A.
Norwood, of GOIdSbOfO.

Goldsboro, Nov. 6.-Hon. W. S.
OBJ. Robinson returned to the city
this afternoon from Jackson, where
he has been in attendance at North
ampton court to represent the de-
PENDANTS in the case of Judge R. B.
PEBBLES vs. Brown Brothers, editors
of the Gcldsboro Record, and Geo.
A Norwood, president of the First
National Bank, for ible damages,
this being a civil suit for $4,000
damage. In an interview with your
correspondent, Judge Robinson said
that when he filed an affidavit be-
fore Judge w. M. Bond, presiding
at this term of court, the case VIZ s
removed to the county of Halifax,
and in this action that Judge Bond
was to be commended in that it
shows he stands for impartial justice.
The above case is a sequel to the
one tried before Judge PEBBLES at
Northampton court in September
when he acted as judge and solicitor
and sentenced the editors to sixty
days each in Jail and fined them five
hundred dollars each, upon contempt
of court charges he himself entered
against them. Judge PEBBLES stated
during the trial of the editors he in
tended entering suit against several
prominent business men of Colds
boro, but among the list he men,
toned at the time he only selected
one, this being Mr.. Geo. A. Nor
wood.
The commonwealth., 1914-11-12

One result Of the defeat of the
amendments is convincing. that no
matter how much hallaballoo, poke
berry juice, and other journalistic
gyrations, with cheap arrays of
their opponents, such as one paper
in the State played up, is that the
average honest voter is going to
cast his ballot as he thinks and not
as he listens.
The commonwealth., 1914-11-12

BY the way, what does Brother
Hilderbrand the defeat of the Con-
stitutional amendments as? We
venture the guess that he is Patton
the Charlotte News on the back and
geeting 'em in line to raise Cain
when the Horn toots for the next
race.
The commonwealth., 1914-11-12
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Bank of Hobeood.

at Hobgood. N. c., at the close of
business October 81, 1914.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts....... $29, ,827 81
Banking house. ...... 10000
Furniture and fixtures. 663. OF
Due I'm banks & bank'rs 2,O3O.94
Gold coin. Observation-Disclosures. 1880
Silver coin, etc....... 372.97
National bank notes, ETC.. 1881 90
Total....................... S36, ,O48. Is
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. S 5000 90
Surplus fund ..... 1000 90
Undivided profits, less current
expen. & taxes paid 1886. 40
Bills payable ........ ...... 100000
Time certificates deposit. 1O.164 .O4
Deposits subject to check S,479.
Cashr's checks outstan'g.. 68 SO
Iotal.................... $36, ,O48. Is
State Of North Carolina
County of Halifax. s..
|, E. P. Hyman, cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is
true to the best Of my knowledge
and belief. E.P. HYMAN
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me, this 9th day of November. 1914.
w. N. HERRING,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
K. j. SHIELDS,
K. LEGGETT,
S. D. BRADLEY,
Directors.
The commonwealth., 1914-11-12

Why not make the Edgecombe
County Fair a tri i-county affair?
Then it would be fair enough. We
would all go and win a baby.
The commonwealth., 1914-11-12

1t now looks as if the School Mas
ter kept his boys in school little
too late to prevent the neighbor's
children from tearing down their
fences.
The commonwealth., 1914-11-12

Viewing the results of the election
from strictly non-partisan angle.
you will have to hand it to the dis
rupted G. 0. P. for their quick mo-
bilization in coming back in a num-
Der of Congressional districts.
The commonwealth., 1914-11-12

Fifty six thousand dollars worth
OF livestock was shot in Chicago
stock yards the other day. Every
body knows who will pay for those
murdered cattle and hogs.