The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-12-09

Inc laules OF mason Mills chapel Will ha We q
masked social at the chapel to- morrow, Fri
day, night. A 15-cent supper will be served.
The public are invited.
Late reports from Marian Louise, the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Knight, who
was taken to the Infantile Hospital in Boston
for treatment for stomach trouble, are very
encouraging and she is gaining in weight
ADVERTISED LETTERS The following let
ters remained uncalled for in the Belfast post
office for the week ending Dec. 7th: Mrs. A..
M, Gray. Mrs. Laura Robbins, DR.. E. Clear
water, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Drischel, Roland
Dyer. Fred Gross, John w. Roberts, Captain
Young.
The story of Thrift Club that saved $780,
600. told in our advertising columns. is follow
ed by an invitation to join the Holiday Saw
ings Fund at The City National Bank of Bel
fast, which starts Monday, Dec. 9th. Call at
the bank and let them explain to you their
method of encouraging thrift.
At special meeting of the Board of Trade
last Friday afternoon officers for the Food
Fair. to be held in the Opera House Feb l-5
were elected, as follows President, Charles R.
Coombs; vice president. Clyde R. Holmes; Sec
retary. Orrin J. Dickey; treasurer, Wilson Ell
lis; advertising committee, Irving 7. Dinsmore;
entertainment committee, Elbridge S. Pitcher;
decorating committee. Morris L. Slugg. Booths
have already been engaged. Mrs. John O.
Black will have lunch counter and the an
mex will be made an interesting feature.
The Unitarian Alliance met Thursday AFTER
neon, Dec. I'd, with Mrs Thomas B. Dinsmore
and after brief business meeting Mrs. Dins-
more read paper entitled ga Journey
Through the South i'll which she told of the
visits of Mr. Dinsmore and herself to several
of the most interesting cities of the South. As
the writer of this item was familiar with all of
these clties-some of them more than halt
century ago-he asked the favor of reading
| the paper, and then, the additional favor of
permission to print it in full in The Journal,
that our readers might enjoy it. and it will be
published in our next issue. 1t is record of
personal experiences and personal impressions
told in the familiar style of letter home, and
is both interesting and instructive
! FAMILY RECORDS. The work of looking up
the family records of Belfast of the vital sta
tistics of the State, which is in charge of AL
fred johnson, is progressing slowly. Miss R
( I. Newell, who had been engaged on the work
Tor nearly month finds that many of the old
er family Bibles are in other towns or States
and it is necessary to obtain the records from
them. While the conditions imposed are not
quite clear to many families in town, who
have these old family records still in their pos
session, it is required that the Bible or other
records that have been kept i'll the family
from the time of settling in Belfast should,
when possible, be seen and copied by the per-
son collecting the stathtics; but when this is
not possible a true copy of the records may
be made and sent to Miss Newell. Anyone
having family records which have not yet been
/ called for will confer favor by communlcat-
ing with Miss Newell telephone It's 8. When
tins is not convenient the records may be left
with Mrs. J. C. Durham in Belfast
I The &. A. r. ELECTIONS. Thomas H. Mar
shall Post and Circle, G. A. R.. at their annual
meetings last Tuesday afternoon elected officers
for the coming year, who with the appointed
officers will be installed early in January, The
Post elected Capt. J. w. Frguson, commander;
Capt E. S Mcdonald. senior vice commander;
h. NJ. Bennett, Junior vice commander; Capt.
Geo. I. Osborne. chaplain, A. K. Flelcter, sur
geon; Thomas Canon, adjutant; Daniel H.
Strout, quartermaster; James H. Clark, officer
of the day; Fitz W. Patterson, officer OF the
guard, L. C. Putnam, quartermaster General:
A. W Hassan, sergeant major, l. A. Conant
delegate, d. H. Strout and A. W. Hassan, alter
hates; D. II. Strout, janitor. The Circle elected
Mrs. Lulie P. Nichols, president; Mrs. Mary
Collins senior vice president: Mrs. Drusila P.
Frisbee, junior vice president; Mrs. Julia G.
McKeen, treasurer; Mrs. Nettie M. Merrithew,
chaplain; Mrs. lisa H. Ellis conductor; Mrs
Susan Patterson guard. Both bodies extend
thanks to the public for their general patron
age to the supper Tuesday as benefit to the
G. A. R., monument fund. 1t was successful in
every way and netted about $35.
An ADDRESS ON CIVIC DUTY. An open meet
ing of the Mems Club of the North church was
held at the church last Friday evening, with
good attendance Of members and guests Sup-
per was served at 63O Mrs. John o. Black
/ catering, anu aiteT supper Dr. W. l.. West,
president of the club, introduced Ion. Fred
eric H. Parkhurst Of Bangor, who delivered
fine address Civic Duty. In his opening re-
marks he spoke of the government of the
| United States the most remarkable form of
! government the world had ever seen and con-
trasted it with the form of absolutism exem-
| pliied in the government of Germany. With
I us the will of the people is sovereign 1t is su.
preme and finds its expression through the va
rious channels of government, State and Fed
eral. The will of the people is expressed
through officers and representatives chosen
directly by the people and it is in the discharge
of the duty of the ballot that a great respon-
sibility rests upon each one having the right
of sovereignty. The speaker then referred to
complaints that are often heard regarding men
who chosen for Office in all branches of
government and when pressed for reasons these
men would admit that they hadn't attended
a primary and many times were careless about
attendance upon election day. He gave many
illustrations Of this lack of practical interest
in government and regretted the fact that men
who were so very quick to resent some par
ticular act of any administration would them
selves refuse to allow their names to be used for