The Republican journal., 1916-09-14

The report of the last meeting of the city
government will show that tax collector Ed
ward Sibley has added to his previous remark
able record, having collected and paid to the
city treasurer s54. 43476 of the total commit
ment of $85, 511.75.
A reception will be given in Odd Fellows
Hall this, Thursday. evening in honor of the
new teachers in the Belfast High school,
| Principal Faulkner and Sub master Cobb.
pleasing program has been arranged and the
affair is Gag arly looked forward to by the
dent body and their friends.
fine portrait In sepia Of the late Rev Geo.
E. Tufts, for many years pastor of the Bap
fist church, and later resident of Belfast
has been hung in the Baptist vestry by the
members of Mrs. M W. Rich's Sunday school
class 1t is fine likeness and is neatly framed
| in dark oak.
| MIR. Clarence W. Proctor, for eight years
principal of the Belfast High school, is taking
teachers training course in Columbia Uni
versity, New York. Mrs. Proctor and their
little daughter Annie v, who have been in
Windham with relatives during the summer,
will spend the winter in New York
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Stantial returned last
week from auto tour in the Garden of
Maine, and Mr.. Stantial reports Aroostook
county as booming. In the county generally
the potatoes harvested are of fine quality and
are bringing $2.4O per barrel at the shipping
points, price that puts the farmers on easy
street.
NORTH BELFAST. In the church vestry next
Friday evening at 7.30 o'clock there will be
I stereopticon lecture. Illustrated by 72 colored
slides of life in Mohammedan lands. Since all
are interested in the conflict going on between
Christianity and the followers of Islam this
will give us timely information on the subject.
At the close there will be refreshments and
social time. Next Sunday evening the service
will consist of the reading of story, 1.-The
Sword of the Jester" This was announced some
time ago. but omitted on account of other
things
SOUTH BELFAST. Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Curtis
of the city were guests of their brother, Geo.
Curtis, Saturday. Sept. 9th. Mrs Charles
Stevens of Belfast spent the past week in
Northport with Mr.. and Mrs. M. l. Stevens .
Mrs. Wallace and daughter, who are staying
at Bayside, were guests of Mrs. Abbie Green
law one day last week. . Mrs. Ralph Hart and
children OF Observation-Disclosures been visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Hart Miss
Verna Greenlaw, who has had employment at
the Hills farm, Baysde. has returned home.
-. The Ladies' Aid society of West North
port was pleasantly entertained Tuesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Lewis Pitcher
delicious treat of coffee, cake and fancy cook
| les was served by the hostess. The next meet
ing will be at the home of Mrs. P. G. Hurd.
WALDO COUNTY REscRIPT. The Law court
handed down rescript in the Waldo county
case of State of Maine VS.. George E. Benson,
Saturday. overruling the exceptions of the de-
PENDANT and giving judgment for the State
The rescript per curiam follows:
The respondent was indicted for maintaining
| a liquor nuisance. At the conclusion of the
evidence for the State the respondent asked
the presiding justice to direct verdict in his
favor. This was refused and the case was sub
mitted to the jury, who brought in a verdict of
guilty. The respondent introduced no evil
dence.
Upon respondents exception to the refusal
of the presiding justice to direct verdict in
his favor, it is held,
1. That when the evidence in support of a
criminal prosecution is so weak or so defective
that verdict of guilty based upon it cannot be
sustained, it is the duty of the presiding justice
to direct verdict in favor of the respondent.
e. That the evidence the part of the
State in this case was neither weak nor de-
fective, but was ample to justify the jury in
finding verdict of guilty. There was, there
fore, error in the ruling of the presiding
justice and the entry must be.
Exception overruled
Judgment for the State
Benson was committed early Sunday NOM
ing to serve six months sentence in the
county Jail.