Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-24
BELFAST
Case of Barker VS.. Gould Heard
In Supreme Court Friday
A Community Building
Movement AfOOt

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The fourth day of the April term OF
the supreme judicial court opened FRI
day morning with the arraignment OF
Daniel Carter Of Belfast indicted this
term by the grand jury Tor maintaining
common nuisance and single sale OF
| intoxicating liquors He pleaded guilty
and on the common nuisance was SEN
fenced to serve 60 days in the county
Jail. The singls sale charge was mol
pressed.
| The first civil case Of the day was
| opened at 1870, suit brought by Lewis
A. Barker Of Brookline. Mass, pgactic-
ing law in Boston against Walter B.
Gould Of Winterport- Mr.. Barker repre-
sents himself and Is assisted by A. L.
Blanchard Of Bangor. In the opening
he told the jury that in 1914 the Barker
homestead at 292 Hammond street.
Bangor, was offered for SALE That he,
Mr.. Barker. went to the real estate Office
OF the late Elmer F. Pember and told
the latter that he would like him to find
a purchaser for the place. Later an
offer was made by Mr.. Gould Of Winter
port and accepted. Mr.. Barker alleges
that although the majority of the house
hold goods had been removed by his
mother when she moved from Bangor
to Brookline. his ballard table
and other furnishings of the bill
lard room worth some $685. and also
his law library, worth about $1,000. to-
gether with a gas range, kitchen range.
a mirror and few other household
effects remained. These, it was stated
expressly to the purchaser, did not go
with the house. He asked Mr.. Gould to
purchase the billiard room furnishings
and table but not the library. After
more or less quibbling the trade for the
house was made and the deed passed
Then Mr.. Gould claimed, 1t is alleged,
by the plaintiff, that he had bought the
| table and would not let the owner (the
plaintiff remove it or the library or
household goods, in fact locked ana
nailed up the premises. Unable to re-
plevin the property, Mr.. Barker brings
suit for the value thereof. The plaintiff
took the stand and told under oath the
story as he had told it in the opening.
Witnesses for the plaintiff were Mr.. Bar
ker. Littlefield of Bangor and Ellery
Bovden a winterrort attorney.
Through his attorneys, E. M. Simp-
son Of Bangor and w. A. Cowan, OF
Winterport, County Attorney OF Wal
do County, Mr. Gould claims that he
purchased the house at 292 Hammond
street, with it's contents, that such was
the agreement he had with Mr.. Pem-
Der with whom he had the dealings,
| that there was no question Of bis hav-
ing to purchase the billiard outi1t or
other personal property separately.
| The cases Of George Frank Harr1-
man of New York VS. the City OF Bel
fast, and William A. Clark OF Relfast
VS. City Of Belfast, were settled Thurs
| day after a conference of the attorney
Of the plaintiffs, James S. Hartman
| with Mayor Coombs of Belfast. City
! solicitor Doak and Judge Hanson, as
| follows: The city agrees to pay to
Mr.. Hartman damages assessed at
| $3.50 and costs and to grade the prop
| erty under his directions: to Mr..
| Clark $50 and costs and to grade
under his directions. The cases
were brought to recover from the city
| for damages alleged to have been done
to property owned by the plaintiffs in
Miller street by the city cutting down
the grade and thus interfering with
| the entrances to the property.
| A movement is on foot in Belfast to
start work in community building I'M
der the direction of the Y. M. G. A.
This will require the services of a
trained man who will be provided by
| the state organization to devote all his
| time to Belfast and vicinity. The pro-
| gram is to include work along the
! lines of physical, social, educational
| and religious improvement. This is not
| pioneer work. The first step will be to
make a careful survey Of the city to
| discover the actual number OF men
| and boys to record their preferences
| in regard to music, athletics, religion.
etc. After the survey Is purposed to
| begin work along the physical lines
by the organization Of various out
door sports with the new athletic field
as a base. This line will also include
agricultural clubs for potato raising
and corn and poultry club. Clean
games and sports will be introduced
into the recreation hours Of the school
children. The social work will include
musical clubs, reading and debating
clubs, hikes to the country, trips to
the cities and other points Of interest
Educational work will promote evening
classes for the men and boys, Gymna-
SUM work etc. Religious work vii
promote clean speech, . high standard
Of morals. clean sports. and al thai
counts in q high standard, Of citizen.
ship. The cost Of the project viii b.
$500 annually.
Al Sunday 10 go-to-church day Il 4
earnestly hoped that there will be I
large attendance ct all the CHURCHES +