Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-03-16
SOUTH PARIS.

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SOUTH PARIS POST OFFICE.
once Hours 7:So A. u. TO 7:3o Pm.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Beginning Sept. q. 1913,
TRAINS LEAVE SOUTH PARIS
Going down East 5 .SS a. M. express. daily
s,Sa NJ local, daily except Sunday; oO7 p m,
e1g 5i5s 1p west Gas an, express, daily
g.S5 .. M. local, daily except Sunday; 80 pm.
express, daily.
Eirst congregational Church. Rev. A. 7. Nc
Wh0rter. Pastor. Preaching service. 10 AZ A. h;
Sur.iay school II rs A. NJ; Y. p. 8. G. Z. 500
prsycr meeting Wednesday evening at 80 p. u.
al. not otherwise connected, are cordially In
Methodist Church. Rev. e. 1. Spear, Pastor
Oh sunday morning prsyermeeting 10 90 A: NJ
r-et,5InE service 10 AS A. M; Sabbath School
/. n; EpwortG5 League Meeting $50 ,so P. IN. n:
meeting Friday yening !: 80.
Bsptis, Church, Rev. T. L. Cam. Pastor.
or sunday, preaching service l9aS A. u; Sab
p-... -r meeting 90 P. NJ; Wednesday evening
-tye- service 30. Seats free. AL are
TT,yersslist Church, Rev Chester Gore Miller
r...r, Preaching service every Sunday at
lu.ls A. n. sunday School at IL II. Up. Q. U.
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STATED MEETINGS.
"A Part Lodge. No. "a. Regular
r.f.'r. Tuesday tvening on or before fullmoon.
10. o. F-Mount Mica Lodge. regular meet
AZ, T.u-sday eveniLs of each week.-Aurora
saanpuent tirst and shird Monday evenings
Do R-Nount Pleasan Rebekah Lodge, No.
Erf1 ~ a.ah
G"1.R-w. <. Kimban Post. No. las, meets
q and .h!ri Saturday evenings of each
wa Slmbsn Circle. Ladies' OF the G. A
r meets Lrss snd third Saturday evenings OF
each mouth, 10 Grand Army Hall.
sefV.-,Ioshua L. Chamberlain Camp meets |
or che drs. Tuesday night after the full Of the |
% Paris Grange, meets first and third |
saturday Of each month, In Grange Hall.
10 S.C.-Seconi and fourth Mondays Of
e. month.
y. 2. o. P.-Stony Brook Lodge, No. Isl, |
lt each month.
b. gt P.-Hannn Lodge, No. 81. meets every |
50 ay evening at Pythisn Hall
The Good Cheer Society will meet at
Hrs. Young's Wednesday afternoon at
$50.
While the big league season isn't yet
open, the small boy season is, and prac-
tee is lively on the dry patches of
g-ound.
Alice, little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Percy Smith, died Wednesday, at little
.ess than two years of age. The funeral
on Thursday was attended by Rev. A.
T. McWhorter, and there was singing by |
Miss Tens Newton.
Besides the tourmalipe ring with
which he was formally presented by the
employees of the Mason Manufacturing
Co., Mr. Scott has received further gifts
of handsome travelling bag and Ma
sonic watch charm from officers and en-
plOyes OF the company.
Mt. Mica Lodge, |. o. o. F., will work
the first degree Thursday evening of this
week, Introducing some of the new feat
ures for the first time. As it will take
about fifty men TO work the degree
properly, it is essential that every one
Who has part in this degree be present
al this meeting.
Miss Marion Everett and Miss Ruth
Bolster went Thursday to Lewiston, and
on Friday visited Mr.. and Nelson /. Mix
er at Lisbon. Miss Everett has returned
home. Miss Bolster, after visiting Mrs.
Dr. Clark at Freeport for short time, is
spending most of the present week with
relatives in Portland.
The officers of the Ladies' Aid of Deer
ing Memorial Church are:
Pres.-Mrs s. G. Ortway
Vice Pres.-Mrs. L. U. Millett.
Sec-Mrs. T. NJ. Davis.
rreas.-Mrs. +. K. Chapman.
Supt. Evangelical Dept-Mrs. Leroy Abbott
Flower Mission-Mrs. &. 4. Farnum, Miss
Myra Richards.
supt social Dept-Mrs. T. NJ. Davis.
Financial Dept.-Mrs. Ellen NJ. Curtis.
Literary Dept.-Mrs. Charles Edwards.
A delegation from Aurora Encsmp
ment, No. %, l. D. o. f., go TO West
Paris Monday TO do the degree work at
the Institution of a new encampment at
that place. 1t is the plan to work one
degree in the afternoon and the other
two in the evening. A large part OF
those make the trip going on the after
noon train and returning on the early
train Tuesday morning The encamp-
meut at West Paris starts under most
promising conditions with member
ship of over forty.
Rev. A. T. McWhorter will speak on
the following subjects at the Sunday
evening services at the Congregational
church: "Joel and His Message"
sketches from the Pilgrims Progress"
Queen Victoria, T" "rhe Story of Jonah,
1.-The Herdman of Tekoa," 1.-THE Mes
Of the Pauline Epistles." Beginning
March 21 these subjects will be taken in
the order here given or as near to IL as
possible. Keep this item for future ref
erence.
In short time the Democrat will be-
gin the pu blication as a serial OF Jack
London's story, "Smoke Bellew." This
IS some of Jack London's best work,
the scene laid in the Klondike region in
its most feverish days, and il has a grip
ping and holding interest. Frankly, II
is too long, but 1t deals with conditions
which are passing, which have already
partly passed, and should be preserved
to memory. Few writer's have as Lon
don has the power of putting the reader
into the very atmosphere OF the country
where the scene is laid. 1t is hardly nee
essary to state that Smoke Bellew" is
an exponent of the strenuous life IN the
ath degree.
olloo udAiu 10 PoAeSua"a'y 1890 |
ested in paragraph Of the current news
reporting that the estate of the late Will
liam Deering of Chicago, who was ma
tive of Paris, amounts TO little over
SIS, 0O0, 900 after the payment OF debts
and expenses. This, to be sure, Is some
thing OF a shrinksge from the fifty mil
lions which was the popular conservs-
tive estimate at the time of MIR. Deer
ing's death. Yet, as Mr.. Maxim points
out, the actual amount Is just about
ten times the valuation of all the real
and personal property In the town OF
Paris. Here" says Mr.. Maxim, sis
man who was born at about the time |
was, and Who in one lifetime accumulat-
ed this immense sum-" Nevertheless,
Mr.. Deering was not q very wealthy man
from the plutocratic standpoint.
10 honor of her sixteenth birthday,
Miss Muriel Bowker entertained quite
large party at her home Tuesday even
ing, the guests being between forty and
fifty of the young people OF Paris
and Norway. The house was decorated
prettilv with daffodils and pussy will |